Chapter 129: Defending the City (4)
It was night, the wind was blowing, and the sky was gloomy, but it refused to rain happily. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, the soldiers and horses were divided into four teams, a team of 5,000 elite soldiers attacked head-on, attracting the enemy's attention, a team of 10,000 elite soldiers ambushed in the middle of the road, intercepting and killing the pursuing soldiers and horses, and the other team of only 50 elite soldiers quietly went around to the enemy's abdomen, searched the granary, and set fire to the grain. The remaining horses formed a team of their own, ready to support.
At the second watch, all the military horses were prepared and were about to set off.
"Success or failure is here, the general must be more careful!" Xia Ruqian looked at Gu Cheng's eyes, sincere and eager.
"Please rest assured, Gu Cheng will live up to his mission and return victorious!"
Nanqing lined up here, but Ji Hui was not idle there.
After last night's battle, Ji Hui's army suffered heavy losses.
The atmosphere in the camp was solemn, and the generals knelt on the ground, even breathing carefully.
"How is the damage of our army?" Ji Hui asked.
"Back to the general, the damage is 50,000." One soldier replied.
Ji Hui frowned, forced himself to calm down, and said as if comforting the generals: "It's okay, we still have 150,000 troops." ”
Someone below raised his head and wanted to say something, but was pulled by the general next to him, frowned, and gave up.
"Is there any news from Xishan?" Ji Hui asked again.
No one answered.
"What about Jialing? Isn't there any news coming in either? ”
Still no one answered.
Ji Hui punched the table, and suddenly, blood soaked the table.
"Please General Ji take care of your body, you can fight again if you are defeated, but your body is the capital."
Ji Hui looked up to the sky and laughed, and his voice was miserable: "In vain, I tried my best to send troops, but I was defeated repeatedly, God!" Why are you doing this to me?! ”
"General, stay in Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, if there is no chance of winning this battle, then your subordinates will send someone to escort the general away!"
"No, no, no, it's not yet at the end of the mountain, I can't panic first, I have to think about it, let me think about it." Ji Hui seemed to be caught in his own world, and muttered to himself: "On this trip, I made a military order, and the emperor gave me an army of 400,000, if I lose this time, then I am afraid I will not live long." No, I want to save myself, I have to save myself! ”
Ji Hui stood up, slapped his head, and forced himself to think.
Suddenly, Ji Hui stopped and asked, "How many dead soldiers are left now?" ”
"Fifty left."
"Fifty? Enough is enough! Ji Hui nodded, turned around again, and was already depressed: "We don't have time, we have to capture Nanqing!" I set up an ambush in Xishan, and I haven't seen any news for so long, I'm afraid that it has been broken by the Nine Princes, so Jialing will definitely not be guaranteed. ”
"Even if the Nine Princes break through the ambush, they will definitely suffer a dark loss, we have left 100,000 troops in Jialing City, and we are afraid that he will not succeed!" A general stood up and said.
Ji Hui shook his head and replied: "The Ninth Prince has an army of 300,000, and we have besieged the city for so long, but we have not seen a single soldier fighting us head-on, which shows that there are not many military horses left behind in Nanqing!" They don't dare to go head-to-head with us. Then the big army must be following the Nine Princes! In this way, the capture of Jialing will be in sight! ”
"Hmph, this group of juniors, if they hadn't cheated, we would have captured Nanqing this time!"
"Yes! I don't know who the general who defended the city this time was, he was so scheming! First they burned our army, and then they raided us three times at night, and we couldn't live in peace! ”
There was a discussion in the camp tent, Ji Hui raised his hand, and the generals immediately quieted down.
"If it is really as I said, the Nine Princes will return victoriously in a few days, then we will not be able to control the enemy, but will suffer from it, and we will soon be attacked from both sides."
Ji Hui clenched his fists, and when he thought that his hard work would go down the drain, he hated it so much, but now is not the time to be angry, he must wait, he must endure!
"So, tonight, we can only break the kettle and gamble!"
"General, what do you want to do?
"Come here with your ears." Ji Hui explained, and all the generals immediately surrounded him.
The rain finally came late, first hitting the ground in large pieces, and then pouring down.
Gu Cheng braved the wind and rain and touched the Jihui military camp.
The Jihui barracks was pitch black, and there was no candlelight, which was very weird.
Gu Cheng had doubts and immediately stopped.
Suddenly, an army rushed out of the corner, with many men and horses, and rushed straight towards Gu Cheng.
Gu Cheng immediately retreated with a loud shout and returned the same way.
When they reached the ambush of the horses, all the archers of the second team immediately drew their bowstrings and ambushed them. Gu Cheng also turned his army and led his army to attack the enemy.
However, there were too many enemy troops, and soon Gu Cheng fell into battle.
Xia Ruqian stood on the city wall, looking nervously below, although she couldn't see the specific situation clearly, but she had already judged from a large number of dark shadows that Ji Hui was extremely annoyed and angry, and she immediately ordered the fourth team of people: go out of the city to support Gu Cheng!
The fourth group of men and horses was immediately ordered to rush out of the city gates, and at the moment when the last soldier came out and the city gates were about to close, fifty dead men who were lying in ambush in the shadows rushed out. They immediately beheaded the soldiers guarding the city gates and left them open.
The fourth team of men and horses saw that there were dead soldiers behind them and rushed open the city gate, and the soldiers divided into two ways, one part turned around and rushed towards the dead soldiers, and some supported Gu Cheng according to the plan.
"Nanqing's city gate is open! We're about to win, so let's cheer up and come back, rush in, and capture Nanqing!" Ji Hui shouted.
In an instant, the morale of Ji Huijun increased greatly, and the collision became more ferocious.
"The brothers have held on, and they must not let Ji Huijun enter Nanqing!" Seeing this, Gu Cheng jumped down from his horse and entered the enemy's army, and at the same time ordered: "Fight and retreat, and move closer to the city gate!"
"What to do? Gu Cheng can't hold on! Xue Chenyu stood on the city wall and looked down at the situation under the city, and asked eagerly.
"Capture the thief and capture the king first, now the disparity between the enemy and us is huge, and the fastest way is to take Ji Hui's head above the chaotic army!" Xia Ruqian immediately leaned out and shouted at the city: "Gu Cheng, shoot Ji Hui!"
However, all the soldiers fought fiercely together, and they couldn't spare time to shoot Ji Hui with their hands.
Xia Ru stomped her feet, eager to go down to help herself.
Xue Chenyu thought again and again, and said in a deep voice: "I'll go!"
"You? You can't go! It's too dangerous!"
"If I don't go, Nan Qing won't be able to keep it, and we'll all die!" Xue Chenyu stepped forward and hugged Xia Ruqian: "Don't worry, I'll be fine, my martial arts are high!" ”
After speaking, Xue Chenyu patted Xia Ruqian's shoulder solemnly, and flew down from the city wall in the direction of Ji Hui. (To be continued.) )