67 The city of Datong was on fire
That night, a fire broke out in Datong City, and along with the fire, there was a pungent smell of smoke.
"My lord, wake up, something has happened. Because they knew Zhang Yuan's calculations, Gu Qian and the three of them didn't dare to fall asleep, but wrapped themselves in a quilt and took a nap back to back.
"What's wrong?" Gu Qian rubbed his eyes and said puzzled.
"The defenders of Datong City rushed out. ”
"What?!" Sleepiness was suddenly scared away, and Gu Qian got up, "What you said is true?"
"Of course it's true!" Gu Tai said eagerly, "I heard that it was poisoned in the fire in the city, and now there is chaos in the city, and the defenders are not angry with the methods of the Beijing army, and now they are rushing towards the camp!"
Gu Qian wiped his face, and suddenly lost his mind, the combat effectiveness of the Datong defenders was definitely above the group of young master soldiers in the Beijing army, if they rushed over, who knew if they would be hacked to death with a knife.
"My lord, what should we do?" Gu Qian's tent is still close to the grain cart, it is far away from the front, and it will not be affected for a while, but the Datong defenders are menacing, in case the pond fish is affected, then the small life will be explained here.
The three masters and servants looked at each other, and no one could think of a solution, now that the moon was dark and the wind was high, and it was in the wilderness, even if they had the heart to flee for their lives, where could they flee to?
"Let's go under the grain cart and take shelter. Gu Qian thought about it, grabbed Gu Xiaojiu with one hand, and walked out with Gu Tai with the other. The day before yesterday, the Datong defenders had just burned the grain and grass, and I didn't know if the other party would repeat the old tricks this time, a few people were concerned, opened the curtain and observed the situation outside, at this time the camp was already in chaos, the officers sat on the horses and shouted orders, and a group of soldiers ran out of the camp tent, gathered in front of the officer's horse, and under the leadership of the officer, ran towards the direction of the attack of the Datong defenders.
As soon as Gu Qian and the three of them leaned out, they were almost kicked down by the hooves of the running horses, now that the camp is in such chaos, it is not a good time to escape, "Forget it, let's not go out yet." Gu Qian said helplessly.
The three of them retreated again, Gu Tai didn't dare to relax, opened the curtain a slit, and stared at the outside with his eyes, for fear that he would not have time to react to any emergency. Waiting for a group of soldiers to run over, the quiet in front of the tent in the corner of the place finally returned, and the three people tiptoed out of the tent and slowly walked in the direction of the grain cart.
"My lord, the defenders won't burn grain and grass again, right?" Gu Xiaojiu said worriedly.
"I don't know. Gu Qian was also scared in his heart, but he didn't want to lie, so he could only pat Gu Xiaojiu's shoulder hard, "Let's go over and have a look first." ”
When I got closer, I saw that the grain cart was in a circle, and there were a hundred and ten soldiers guarding outside, and I saw three people tiptoeing over, and the leading general flag stepped forward and shouted: "What person?!"
As he spoke, the soldiers guarding the grain cart drew their long knives and pointed their cold tips at them.
"Don't don't, don't do it, I'm Gu Yushi, not an enemy!" Gu Qian hurriedly raised his hand to signal, they just wanted to take the opportunity to escape with their lives, but they didn't come to spy on the military.
A small flag heard his voice, raised a torch and took a photo, sure it was Gu Qian, then nodded at the general flag, the general flag waved his hand, and the tips of the soldiers' knives fell down, he frowned, and asked Gu Qian dissatisfiedly: "Lord Gu, it's messing up now, you don't stay in the tent, what are you doing here?"
"There were just three of us in the tent, and I always felt that I didn't □□ all. Gu Qian was embarrassed to say that they were afraid, so he found a place where there were many people to hide.
"You can't lift your hands and shoulders, and it's even more dangerous outside. ”
"Mr. Liu, let's be accommodating, now that the army is in chaos, do we want to go back the way we came?" Gu Tai took a step forward and waved at Mr. Liu.
Gu Qian is a civil official and an imperial historian, Liu Zongqi didn't dare to offend him, so he had to frown and nodded, but before he had time to arrange a place for Gu Qian to hide, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, Liu Zongqi's face changed, and he said sharply: "The enemy is coming!" Lord Gu, you guys hide quickly, the others, prepare to fight!"
The foot soldiers had no chance of winning against the cavalry, Gu Qian's face turned green when he heard the sound of galloping horses' hooves, it seemed that he had really made a wrong judgment, he had known that the Datong defenders would still use grain and grass to open their swords, so they should have hid in the camp tent and not come out. It's a pity that it's too late to say anything now, several people have no experience in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and in a hurry, Xiaoqi, who recognized Gu Qian just now, kicked a few people under the grain cart with a kick, and shouted in a low voice: "Don't come out." And he hurried away.
The soldiers guarding the grain blocked the improvised horse-repelling stakes in front of them, and they held the stakes in one hand and raised their long knives in the other, and looked in the direction of the cavalry with wary faces.
"It's all over this time," Gu Qian lay under the car, looking at Gu Xiaojiu and Gu Tai in frustration, "It's all me who hurt you." ”
"Don't say that, my lord, it's fate. Gu Xiaojiu and Gu Tai stretched out their arms and shook his hand tightly.
Gu Qian's eyes were a little moist, and he said in his heart that this ancient world was really not easy to mix, if he was really chopped up this time, he didn't know if he would die in the underworld this time, or if he would return to modern times, but it was a pity that Gu Xiaojiu and Gu Tai were two brothers, if he was lucky enough to survive this time, he must treat them better.
Thinking so crankily, the sound of the horse's hooves was already close to their ears, and the three of them trembled with fright, and pressed their eyes to the bottom of the car, for fear that one of them would be cut down if they were not careful.
The sound of long knives slashing at each other clanked non-stop, and from time to time there were muffled snorts and wails of soldiers, Gu Qian could remember that Duan Wenrui was here at this time, if there was a brave little Duan, he would not be so bad that he would climb under the car to hide for his life anyway.
"Ahh......h
"Little Er, wake up!"
"Damn, I'm fighting with you!"
The sound of swords and the roar of grief and anger sounded from time to time, seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers in front of the grain cart, Gu Qian's heart was also panicked, he clenched his fist with one hand, and stretched out his other hand, groping indiscriminately.
"My lord, what are you going to do?" Gu Xiaojiu, who was hiding on the side, saw his hand stretched out of the car, and whispered anxiously.
"You can't sit still. Gu Qian's fingertips touched a knife hilt, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly reached out, Gu Xiaojiu was frightened by his lifeless action, and also arched over to move towards him.
"What are you doing?" Gu Tai asked nervously when he sensed that something was wrong.
"I can't hide anymore, it's a big deal to die. "After hiding under the car for so long, Gu Qian really didn't have the face to hide anymore, although it was the duty of the soldiers to protect the grain truck, but he couldn't enjoy the protection of everyone so calmly, and then watch everyone go to death.
"My lord, don't move!" Gu Tai just shouted, then he heard the footsteps outside more chaotic, and someone shouted in panic, "Oh no! It's on fire!" It turned out that some cavalry saw that they couldn't get close to the grain cart, so they simply ignited the arrows in their hands, pulled out the full bow and shot out, under the blocking of the foot soldiers, most of the arrows were blocked back by the shield, but there were still some arrows shot on the grain cart.
Gu Qian's luck was not very good, there happened to be a burning grain truck on his body, and the three of them no longer dared to hide under the car, so they hurriedly climbed out from under the car.
"My lord, run over there. Gu Tai's sharp eyes found a place with more foot soldiers, and dragged Gu Qian away, Gu Qian pulled one sleeve by him, but one hand bent down to pick up the long knife on the ground.
The battle between the cavalry and the foot soldiers had entered a white heat, the horses neighed, the iron hooves were high, and under the control of the cavalry, they kept stepping on the foot soldiers, and the foot soldiers were not vegetarians, they either cut the legs of the horses with long knives, or used the cavalry on the long □□ horses, or pushed the barbed horses to the horses.
Before Gu Qian and the three of them had time to run, they heard the sound of a long knife slashing in his ears, he secretly screamed in his heart, the ghost squatted down like a god, thanks to his strange instincts, a long knife swept over his head, Gu Qian's face turned pale with fright, and he couldn't stop trembling, or Gu Xiaojiu reacted quickly, seeing that the adult was trembling, he snatched the long knife in Gu Qian's hand, closed his eyes, and shouted "Look for death!" and slashed forward with all his might.
They should be lucky, Gu Xiaojiu slashed the hind legs of the war horse, poof, the war horse neighed and fell, the knight on the horse was unexpected, and was thrown out by the war horse that lost half of its hind legs. Watching the cavalry bones roll out of the distance, Gu Qian and the three of them looked at each other, this ...... That's killing one?
"Run!" "Dead one, there is still one behind! There is no time to watch the tragic situation of the cavalry, Gu Tai dragged the two people and ran, but this soldier is in chaos, where are the three powerless scholars who are the opponents of those fierce cavalry, not to mention that now there is the sound of swords everywhere, where can they run?
"Don't run away, fight with them!" Looking at it, it was all scenes of fighting and killing, the cowardice in Gu Qian's heart gradually dissipated, and an irrepressible impulse came to his heart, and it was better to fight than to die. The thought in his heart became more and more firm, he picked up a long knife, and said to Gu Xiaojiu and Gu Tai with a solemn face: "You guys hide behind me, I don't believe that I won't be able to pass this hurdle tonight!"
"My lord!" Gu Xiaojiu was about to grab him, but was swept behind by Gu Qian, and the thin and thin figure was like a mountain at the moment, firmly blocking in front of him.
"Kill!" Gu Qian shouted, rushing towards a cavalryman who had lost his mount, when he was in Qingjiang, although he had also commanded the battle with the Japanese Kou, but at that time, Duan Wenrui was charging into battle, he only needed to provide a strategy, just watch from a distance on the top of the city, where had he ever seen such a cruel scene where a knife was chopped down and blood was immediately spatted and people died?
The smell of blood penetrated into his nostrils, and the wailing sound poured into his ears, Gu Qian's whole person was numb, he closed his eyes, and swung the knife with all his might, but this time his good luck seemed to have run out, and he didn't even cut anything when he swung it down.
It's broken, it's empty! As soon as this thought flashed through Gu Qian's heart, he heard Gu Xiaojiu and Gu Tai shouting fiercely: "My lord!"
Gu Qian turned his head, just like watching slow motion, watching his opponent's □□ stab at him, and he didn't know what was wrong, he could have dodged, but he found that his legs had become soft noodles, let alone dodging, he couldn't even move.
"My lord!" Gu Xiaojiu took a step forward, desperately trying to pounce on him, but the distance was too far, and his pounce was only enough to reach the corner of Gu Qian's clothes.
It's over, it's really over this time.
Gu Qian closed his eyes and found that he really couldn't hide this time.
In desperation, he even began to fantasize about the feeling of the tip of the gun piercing into his body......
With a bang, an arrow feather slashed into the air, Gu Qian closed his eyes, and thought with a wry smile, it turned out that there was not only a □□ in front, but now there were flying arrows in the back!
He closed his eyes and waited, waiting for the sharp pain of the tip of the spear and the arrow entering his body at the same time, but waiting, waiting, waiting, except for a few flying horses' hooves, as if ...... As if nothing happened?
"Adult?" Gu Xiaojiu crawled over with a stream of urine.
Gu Qian opened one eye and looked puzzled at the enemy who was hit by an arrow in his forehead in front of him and was lying on the ground in a strange posture.
Is the enemy dead? and he is still alive?
At this time, Gu Qian, who came back to his senses, found that the cavalry who had just been brave and good at fighting had already shown a declining trend, and under the attack of a new force, they fled in the direction of Datong City in embarrassment.
"What's going on?" Gu Qian asked stupidly.
"My lord, it's the reinforcements that have arrived!" Gu Tai said excitedly with a dirty face that he couldn't see clearly: "It was General Qi who saved you!"
"General Qi?"
"Look, my lord, that person is General Qi!" Gu Tai stretched out his arm and pointed to the back of a man wearing armor who was taking the lead in pursuing the defenders of Datong.
The light at night was very blurry, and Gu Qian couldn't see what the person looked like at all, but behind him, the big banner embroidered with the majestic word "Qi" was impressive. 166 Reading Network