Chapter 111: Shen Ze's answer
Tonight was the most wolf-bรจi and frustrating night in the life of the Crimea. He was busy until late at night before falling asleep, and almost as soon as he closed his eyes, he was awakened by the shouts of the soldiers. By the time he washed his face with cold water and cheered up to organize and arrange people to extinguish the fire, the grain and grass in the warehouse had already been burned to a tenth. Although only a quarter of the total grain and grass was stored here, it was enough for him to feel distressed for a long time.
Clinker, he has not yet recovered his breath, and he is surrounded by the Jing'an army again. Rockets rained down from the sky, and for the first time, Krimu was stunned in front of his men. If it weren't for the quick eye of his personal guard, who took him to the nearest house as soon as possible, it would be difficult for Crimea to be guaranteed that he would not be shot.
All the people who were exposed to the outside were suddenly confused, looking for a place to hide. The fire oil on the arrow is very domineering, and the person who is shot cannot be extinguished even if he rolls on the spot. The people who had just finished saving the fire in the warehouse were exhausted, and many of them couldn't dodge and were hit by arrows one after another, but they became fire men after a few breaths, and the uncontrollable screams and wails were endless.
After reacting, Kerim hurriedly ordered in a loud voice: "Everyone should find a place to hide nearby, don't panic if you are hit by an arrow, take advantage of the ability to move, and quickly find water to extinguish the fire by yourself!" โ
But is it safe to hide in your room? Although the roof was covered with bricks, the rocket did not go out when it was shot on it, and some of the burning oil would drip in through the cracks, and some would stick to the tiles and continue to burn, and it was only a matter of time before they burned through. Even if the roof is not in danger for the time being, what about the windows? Whether it is the paper pasted on the windows, the curtains and curtains used for decoration, they are all flammable materials, and as long as they are stained by rockets, they will spread before anyone can extinguish them, causing a raging fire.
If you don't hide, you die, and if you do, you just drink doves to quench your thirst, and for the first time in his forty-seven years of life, he feels that death is so close to him.
"Hahaha, what a Shen Ze! is worthy of being Shen Yi's descendant! There was no hope of escape, he laughed madly, laughing and laughing, and the bitter memories of the past that were fiercely pressed in his heart were no longer controllable, and spontaneously appeared in his mind, and a few lines of tears couldn't help but gush out. Suisui, it looks like I'm going to go first. On the Huangquan Road, I am waiting for you to walk. โ
This whisper fell on the ears of the black tiger who had been following him, and his body stiffened, and he glanced at his master with a complicated expression. Krimu, who was immersed in the memories, did not notice this small movement of his.
The loyal guard who had just saved the Crimean was unwilling to watch the prince sit and wait for death, holding the mentality of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, he walked to the door, carefully avoided the rain of arrows, took out the signal flare in his arms for emergency distress, opened the line of fire and threw it into the sky, and a special firework suddenly bloomed in the night sky.
They did not know that there were only 3,000 cavalry surrounding them outside, and that their forces scattered across the gates on all sides were 20,000. Everyone thought that if the Jing'an army could appear here, the defenders outside must have been more than lucky, so they had no idea of asking for help.
Thanks to the unrelenting actions of this guard, the guards of the eastern, western, and northern cities, who had not received orders and did not dare to act rashly, together with the soldiers of the southern city who were still entangled, all put down a qiฤ and gathered at the fastest speed to save their prince.
When Dark Eight saw the fireworks in the sky, his face changed greatly. "It's a distress signal from the Limeng royal family! All the Limeng people who see this signal will come immediately, let's get out of here! โ
Jiang Yunfei was about to give an order, but Jiang Quan hurriedly reminded him: "Go to Dongcheng." โ
Now is not the time to ask questions, Jiang Yunfei knew that the other party would not ask for such a request for no reason, so he turned the horse's head without hesitation and led everyone to the east.
I have to say that they still underestimated the power of this flare, and also underestimated the speed of action of the Limeng people. When they were still two blocks away from the city gate, they unexpectedly came into contact with the enemy troops who had just assembled and rushed to the garrison to rescue them.
It was a force of 5,000 men, and although it was mainly infantry, there were quite a few archers in between.
"Charge!"
"Raise your shield, fire your arrows!"
There was no superfluous nonsense, and the commanders of both sides gave orders at the same time, and the shouts of killing from both sides resounded in the sky.
Although the light cavalry is fast, it is relatively low in defense. Just one street is not enough to give their charge the most advantage. Although they rushed into the enemy camp in an instant, they also lost a lot of men under the bow and arrow.
The two sides fought together, one side had a low defense and a small number of people, but it had the advantage of sitting on a horse; Although the military branches of one side were restrained and the formation was disrupted, the number of people was several times that of the enemy.
Jiang Yunfei and Jiang Yong rode on the same horse, and it was inevitable that they were a little constrained. He was so murderous that he simply jumped off his horse and displayed his killing skills in the midst of the enemy, and no one could beat him wherever he went.
However, as the horses were cut off and the cavalry became infantry, their advantage diminished. Although the enemy suffered more casualties than them, they were still twice as numerous. They, gradually, fell into disadvantage.
The teammates around him fell one by one, and Jiang Yunfei slashed at the enemy who rushed towards him, but he couldn't dodge the sneak attack from behind, and a spear pierced his body, only an inch away from his heart. The knife just now had exhausted the little body he had left, and suddenly under the pain, the potential of his whole body suddenly gushed out. Jiang Yunfei turned around suddenly, broke the spear that was still stuck in his body, and stabbed forward with the big knife in his hand, immediately killing the person who attacked him.
"Yunfei, are you alright?"
"Young Master, how are you?"
It seemed that he heard the anxious voices of the two brothers of the Dark Eight and the Jiang family, Jiang Yunfei gasped and wanted to answer them, but after killing that person, he no longer had the slightest strength. His eyes gradually blurred, and the whole person fell back uncontrollably. Before closing his eyes, he wondered if the dying person would hallucinate.
However, he didn't know that the last glimpse was not an illusion - the "Shen" banner representing the presence of the Jing'an commander suddenly fell from the sky and quietly appeared behind the enemy.
The arrival of reinforcements lifted the spirits of these remnants who were on the verge of defeat, and also made the Limeng people, who were already eager for the Savior, have no intention of fighting.
"Command, pursue at normal speed!"
Shen Zegao sat on the horse and looked at the surviving subordinates, with a smile on his face that was gratified, proud, and grateful. But now was not the time to talk, and after leaving a small group of men to attend to them, he did not stop, and slowly advanced with the army.
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On the side of the garrison, after throwing out the distress signal, the rain of deadly arrows immediately stopped, and the guards were overjoyed, and hurriedly woke up the prince who was caught in his thoughts.
Originally thought that he would definitely die, the Crimean suddenly cracked and was overjoyed. Immediately gathered the surviving men, and couldn't wait to step out of the dilapidated mansion that almost became the place where he was buried.
As soon as they came out, except for the army that was engaged with the enemy in the eastern city, the soldiers of the other three places arrived almost at the same time. After listening to the report of the defenders of the southern city, Krimu was furious, stabbed the useless waste to death with a sword on the spot, and ordered the pursuit of the 3,000 cavalry that should have been stopped by the army of the eastern city.
By the time these scattered armies were integrated and mobilized, the battle on the eastern side of the city was over. Crimea met the fleeing Dongcheng guards on the way, and before he could ask a question, the other party shouted from afar: "Lord Wang, it's not good, the enemy's reinforcements have arrived!" It's the enemy commander Shen Ze who came! โ
As the commander-in-chief, Shen Ze personally led the team, and the number of troops could never be less than 50,000. After several successive defeats in a short period of time, coupled with the consumption of memories at the moment of life and death, Krimu had long lost his fighting spirit in his heart. After a moment of silence, he decisively ordered to turn around and abandon the city and retreat.
In fact, if he sent a scout to investigate the enemy's situation, he would find that Shen Ze only brought 5,000 people.
The Limeng people attacked the three cities at the same time, and almost all of Shen Ze's troops were put on defense, and the first three thousand cavalry to raid plus the current five thousand infantry were already his last hole cards.
In this way, only at the cost of more than 2,000 light cavalry casualties, Shen Ze easily regained Yunzhou.
And without the support of the transit station of Chengzhou, the three siege of the Limeng army became a lone army, as long as they can continue to hold on, it is only a matter of time before these people are defeated.
When loyalty and righteousness cannot be both, how to choose? A city in Yunzhou is the most perfect answer that Shen Ze handed over to the emperor and all the people of Jing'an! (To be continued.) )