Chapter 463: Punching through the city gate
The arrival of Zhang Xiaopaw did not reverse the rout of the army, because he was the only one who came.
He went out of the city with the baggage troops transporting supplies, but he thought that the baggage troops were walking too slowly, so he greeted Shangfeng and took the lead alone.
The baggage troops are still thousands of miles away, and it will take at least three or four days to get here.
Fortunately, he was the only one who came, and not with the baggage troops, otherwise with the current situation, he would have become a burden to the army.
Qi Yoyo sent a small team of men and horses to inform the baggage troops of the battle situation and asked them to act carefully.
Then the army got off the official road of the main city, fled to the northwest along the official road of the state city, and went straight to the state city of Fuzhou.
The rebels had already seen through the intentions of the army, and they fiercely took off their armor and pursued lightly, and their speed suddenly increased a lot.
Because it was night, the field of vision was limited, and the intelligence feedback was much slower than during the day, so when the army learned that the rebels had abandoned everything and pursued lightly, the rebels had already narrowed the distance to more than ten miles.
The distance of more than ten miles seems quite far, but for cavalry, especially lightly armed cavalry, it is not called distance at all, but if the army is slack, it will be overtaken.
It's a pity that even if the army didn't slack off, it was eventually caught up at dawn.
There are too many disabled people, and the speed has already reached the limit, no matter how fast you go, you can't be the opponent of the lightly armed rebels, unless you abandon these wounded and learn to escape with the gecko cut off its tail.
But this is obviously an extremely cruel and difficult choice, Qi Yoyo can't be so cold-blooded and cruel.
Qi Yoyo quickly responded, commanding the 40,000 Yancheng army to cover behind the palace and buy the last bit of time for the army.
The city of Fuzhou is already close at hand.
On the one hand, there is a brave army that pursues by victory, and on the other hand, there is a tired army that has been defeated and fled, the latter still has a several times gap in numbers, and as soon as the two sides fight, the victory or defeat is already known, but fortunately, it is necessary to fight and retreat, and delay the rebel attack, otherwise these 40,000 people may be swallowed by the rebels in an instant.
"Why doesn't she use our people? Does she look down on us and treat us as waste?" Hong Yehua saw that Qi Yoyo was dispatching soldiers from Yancheng back and forth, and he was still dissatisfied, feeling that he was underestimated by Qi Yoyo.
To be precise, Qi Yoyo's ignorance of them along the way touched their hypocritical face.
Each of them has been the focus of attention wherever they have been since they were young, and everyone spoils, holds, and flatters them, so they are completely ignored by Qi Yoyo, making them feel abandoned, as if they have fallen into the stinky ditch from the nine heavens, from the attention of all to the dislike of ten thousand.
It is indeed disliked by tens of thousands of people, at least none of the soldiers in Yancheng are willing to give them a good face, if it weren't for their prominent status, they would have been attacked by a group long ago.
And their subordinates obviously have a lot of criticism about them, but they all dare not speak out.
The eight of them had already felt this strange atmosphere of being rejected by everyone, but they didn't want to believe and accept it in their hearts.
"Okay, don't get cheap and sell well. Yan Shangwu, the youngest of the eight, pursed his lips and sneered.
He is nineteen years old this year, born with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, delicate and handsome.
However, the scorching sun march for almost a month has made his fair face red, and he has already shed several layers of skin, and at the same time he has taken off his immaturity, making his delicate appearance resolute and mature.
He is the eldest grandson of Yan Xiang, the lord of the seventy-two central cities of Double Eagle City.
"Boy, what do you mean by yin and yang?" Hong Yehua was immediately displeased when he heard this.
"Now let you take your people to the palace, will you go?" Yan Shangwu asked with a sneer.
Hong Yehua was immediately dumbfounded, snorted with a strong face, turned his head to the side and ignored Yan Shangwu.
"Actuallyβ" Lu Siyuan said with a gloomy expression, "When we acted on our own that night, we no longer belonged to this army. At least, at critical moments, in key positions, the commander-in-chief will not let us go, because he is not sure whether we will resolutely obey orders, and the soldiers who may disobey orders at one moment are sometimes even more terrible than the enemy. Sadly, we are no longer trusted. β
Compared to the others, he was already deeply aware of his mistakes, which can be seen from the remorseful weeping and self-blame he had before.
"Cut!"
"If you don't trust, you don't trust, anyway, Lao Tzu won't stay in Yancheng. β
"It's just a yellow-haired girl, what qualifications does she have to command Lao Tzu, if she is really suppressed by her, won't she be laughed at when she says it?"
Someone was dismissive.
Regardless of whether they were repentant or stubborn, Qi Yoyo didn't call on them, because as Lu Siyuan said, a soldier who doesn't listen to orders is sometimes more terrible than the enemy.
Like the queen of the palace, which is equivalent to entrusting the back of the whole army to the arduous and heavy task, how dare Qi yoyo hand it over to a group of second ancestors, in case this group of undisciplined second ancestors suddenly picks and does nothing, then the back of the whole army will be instantly exposed to the enemy's butcher's knife.
Therefore, even if it is to let Yancheng's logistics troops, she will not consider the second ancestors.
"Anti-thief general, listen up!"
Someone in the rebel army suddenly broke through the air and roared, and the sound resounded through the sky, suppressing the shouts and shouts of the two armies, and it was heard for several miles.
With this long howl alone, people dare not underestimate his cultivation.
"Quickly hand over the brother Gongzi who came to Yancheng to gild, our army will retreat as soon as it is successful, and we will never break our word, otherwise even if you hide in Fuzhou City, you will not escape death." β
The voice spread throughout the three armies, and naturally penetrated into the ears of the second ancestors.
Their expressions changed drastically, and they could not have imagined that the rebels would make such a request, and they could not have imagined that this rebel army was coming at them at all.
"Damn bastard!"
"The rebels want to kidnap us and then demand a ransom from our family!"
The brain is so good, and he reacted immediately, both angry and panicked.
If they are captured by the rebels, this stain will stay with them for the rest of their lives, and it will be difficult for them to see the light of day.
So they were furious, and they felt that the person who came up with this shady idea should be cut with a thousand knives.
But at the same time they panicked.
I'm afraid of being captured, and I'm even more afraid that Qi Yoyo will hand them over for the sake of the overall situation.
What made them even more panicked was that Qi Yoyo didn't refuse, was he weighing the pros and cons?
"! this girl won't really hand us over, will he?" Hong Yehua said in a panic.
"Don't worry, she doesn't dare. The power behind the eight of us is monstrous, if she dares to hand us over, can she afford to provoke us?" Wei Nian sneered disapprenously.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a deafening shout from several camps: "Okay, we agree, but you need to retreat ten miles to show sincerity." β
"Damn!" Second Ancestor's eyes fell to the ground after hearing this voice, although they knew that this was most likely a delaying tactic, but they still couldn't suppress their panic, wondering what if it was true?
"Drive!" Kong Gaolang kicked the horse's belly violently, and the horse galloped forward first, thinking that as long as he rushed into Fuzhou City, he would be safe.
Several other people reacted and rushed towards Fuzhou City first, for fear that they would be caught by Qi Yoyo and handed over to the enemy army if they ran slowly.
Obviously, the rebels would not fall for such a shoddy trick, and launched a more ferocious offensive after replying with a "no idea".
"Fuzhou City Guard, quickly open the city gate!"
"I am the heavy army of the empire, quickly open the city gate and let us enter the city!"
"Are all the people dead?!"
"If you don't open the city gate again, don't blame me for breaking through the city, and then you will no longer be good citizens of the empire, but a group of people with the rebels, and all of them will be reduced to slavery!"
The second ancestor led their subordinates to the city of Fuzhou first, but the gate of Fuzhou city was closed, and there was no figure on the city wall, so they shouted and shouted under the city.
However, there was no answer from the beginning to the end of the city, as if it were a dead city.
"These damn people!" Kong Gaolang scolded angrily, "they dare to pretend to be dead, deliberately not opening the city gate, not letting us enter the city, and trying to kill us." The sin is so heinous that it deserves death!"
He knew that there were people in Fuzhou City, because he was responsible for recovering this state city, and he also led his troops to live in the city for two days.
"Come on, slam the gates open!" ordered Wei Nian.
But fleeing all the way, the weapon of breaking the door has long been thrown to the side of the road, how can there be any way to break the city, only dozens of people with more advanced cultivation can come up to break the door with brute force, but it is obviously impossible to break it.
If the gates of a state city could be broken so easily, wouldn't it be useless?
A group of people tossed for a long time, so anxious that they were sweating profusely, and they didn't break the city gate, and their throats were about to smoke, and no one in the city answered.
"What's going on?!" Qi Yoyo finally led the crowd to flee to the city, and when he saw that the city gate was closed, he asked with a cheer.
The 40,000 Yancheng troops behind the palace suffered heavy casualties, leaving corpses all the way, and more than 10,000 people were visually damaged in battle.
It was not easy to distance themselves from the rebels, but it was only temporary, and the rebels could catch up without half a cup of tea.
So, time is of the essence.
"The people and the rebels in the city are in a group, and they refuse to open the gates of the city, and we are not allowed to enter the city. Kong Gaolang replied angrily.
"If I'm not mistaken, Fuzhou City is your responsibility to recover. Qi Yoyo's eyes fell on Kong Gaolang, and he asked in a cold voice.
"That's right, I recovered it, I only wiped out the rebels, I can't slaughter the whole city, right?" Kong Gaolang asked rhetorically.
Qi Yoyo didn't answer his words, his eyes retracted, looked at the closed city gate, and ordered: "Break the door!"
"Let me come!" Xiao Chong rolled over and dismounted.
"General Xiao, let me try first. You Star Realm, don't accidentally violate the sage's order and invite death. Zhang Xiaopaw stepped forward and said.
"Okay, you try first. Xiao Chong smiled, his heart was warm, he didn't expect Zhang Xiaopaw to think about him at such a time.
"Boy, can you do it? In my opinion, don't waste time, let General Xiao come. Kong Gaolang glanced up and down at Zhang Xiaopaw, frowning and displeased.
He was fortunate to have seen Xiao Chong's strength, that day Fu Yucheng led the troops to rush into Yancheng, Xiao Chong held the octagonal Zhuxian heavy crossbow and shot Fu Yucheng's star masters The shocking scene is still fresh in his memory, so he knows Xiao Chong's cultivation.
He was the middle-aged man who hid in the distance to watch the play that day, and was almost frightened by the black-armored iron horseman.
Zhang Xiaopaw ignored Kong Gaolang's contempt, jumped directly from the horse's back to the door, and shouted: "The people behind the door get out of the way quickly, otherwise if I hurt you, don't blame me for not warning you in advance." Do not hide from those who are on the tower, for I can see you. β
After speaking, he didn't wait for the other side to answer, stepped his feet, stepped away, and the power of the three colors gathered into his fists, and his right fist suddenly blasted out.
Bang!
Fists slammed against the city gates, and the loud crash made people's ears buzz.
However, the gates were sturdy, but trembled slightly.
"Hmph, I can't help myself. Don't hurry up and get out of the way, let General Xiao break the door. Kong Gao Lang sneered.
"Not necessarily!" Zhang Xiaopaw replied.
The sound fell, and the right fist blasted out again.
Bang!
It's a little more powerful than before, but it still doesn't seem to be able to damage the gates.
But before the sound fell, Zhang Xiaopaw's left fist immediately blasted out, and then his right fist, and so on, one punch was faster than the other, and one punch was heavier than the other.
Bang bang bang β
The sound was loud and rapid, like a mountain drumming.
Xiao Chong's eyes trembled, and he found that Zhang Xiaopaw's fist actually made him feel palpitations.
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