Chapter 42: Quelling the Chaos (Part 5)
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the golden hour of beheading and killing people in the plot of the novel, the scorching sun of different time and space has risen to the right space, and the fiery red rays are projected on the earth, giving the early spring of March a feeling of summer solstice.
The battle at the west gate of Jiankang City has become white-hot, above the city tower, the pale township soldiers keep putting arrows down with Yuan Hong's slogan, near the city gate, countless forbidden troops are fighting each other, they are wearing the same clothes, holding the standard weapons from the same place, and even shouting the same slogan.
Yuan Hong took out an arrow from the quiver leaning against the city wall, put it on the bow, and pulled the string again, ignoring his arms that were already a little sore. This was the twelfth arrow he shot in a row, and the most of the village soldiers under his command were only seven, so he rubbed his arms and was replaced by his companions.
Fortunately, the Forbidden Army's crossbowmen's divine arm bows provided enough suppressive firepower, and with a non-stop creaking sound, the powerful crossbow arrows gently tore through the light armor on the rebels' bodies, passing through their bodies and nailing them into the cracks in the stone pavement.
Liu Shiyong retreated again, casually threw away the curved knife in his hand, and waited for a while, but he didn't see his own soldiers handing over the prepared knife. Turning his head to see that the hands of the pro-soldiers were already empty, he took a spear from the hands of the sergeant in the back row, Liu Shiyong swept the densely inserted feather arrows on the hand with the barrel of the gun to the ground, turned his head and stared ahead without blinking.
The rebels' offensive was very fierce, and it was completely a life-saving style of play, if it weren't for the fine scale armor on Liu Shiyong's body, he would have already hung the color. Rao still felt some discomfort in his left shoulder, which was caused by the slash of a long knife, and the violent swing split his shoulder armor entirely. If it weren't for the cowhide lining that blocked it, his left shoulder would have left his body.
On the other side of the long street facing the West Gate, Xu Wangrong was also dressed in scale armor and frowned and looked ahead, this wave of attacks, he sent his own personal guards, and everyone's skills were passed on by himself, but he still failed to collapse the opponent. The enemy was all extremely brave, Xu Wangrong saw his guard captain slash him with his own eyes, but he took the long knife and slashed it through the situation.
Taking over the thick-backed broadsword held in the hand of a personal soldier beside him, Xu Wangrong was not sure whether to pull it out, since he exterminated the rogues many years ago, how many years had he not personally gone into battle.
On a small two-story building a street away from here, a wealthy middle-aged man stood behind the open flower window, looking at the battle situation not far away, his brows had wrinkled into the word "Sichuan". Although Xu Wangrong's side was still on the offensive, the tenacity of the official army was beyond his expectations.
"Go, tell Huang Er that they don't have to go over, inform the housekeeper, take the old lady and all the ladies in the family, and those underage little brothers to go to the west courtyard of the city immediately, don't go to the street, bypass the Qinhuai River." The middle-aged man sighed and commanded without looking back.
The servant behind him answered, and ran downstairs on his feet. After a while, there was a commotion downstairs, and a large group of people rushed away with Pu knives and whistle sticks.
In a casino in the south of the city, a young man with a pungent appearance walked through the noisy lobby to the backyard, and saw a half-naked middle-aged man lying on a chair, a flower with rich thorns covering the entire upper body, and a peony on his chest was spitting out fragrant stamens.
"How's that?" Before he could figure out how to speak, a voice came from the front.
"Brother Xiaoyi, they lost the north gate, the head of Weng Fu was raised on the tip of the spear, and hundreds of cavalry troops have entered the city." Even though he couldn't see it, his playful expression still looked respectful.
"As expected, it's a bunch of rubbish. After the official army quelled the rebellion, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no action, so that the brothers would make less trouble, and the fees paid would be increased by 30% compared to last year, and the day of this Jiankang Mansion would be changed. Chen Xiaoyi heard that the cavalry had entered the city, and he knew that Xu Mao and the others were gone.
After waiting for a while, there was no news from the North Gate, and there was no help from Huang Yuanwai and Chen Xiaoyi. Xu Wangrong faintly had some bad feelings, he couldn't be so stalemate anymore, he suddenly pulled the thirty-pound thick-backed big knife out of the sheath, shouted, and the flag behind him rushed forward with him.
With a "poof", the heavy blade smashed a forbidden army with a gun and flew sideways, Xu Wangrong shouted and danced the big knife into a circle of light, and everyone was invincible, and soon a semicircular gap appeared in front of him. Stepping on the head of the spear that fell to the ground, Xu Wangrong stepped forward and rushed out of the forbidden army's array.
Liu Shiyong saw that the shape was not good behind the battle, and he couldn't take care of it, so he raised his gun and went up. A few steps away, Liu Shiyong threw the hand card in his hand to the enemy general, Xu Wangrong saw a black object spinning and flying towards him, and returned to the hand to split the object, but it was a tattered hand.
Taking advantage of the moment when Xu Wangrong was stunned, Liu Shiyong held the barrel of the gun with both hands, twisted his waist, and the tip of the gun rushed to Xu Wangrong's chest like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, so fast that Xu Wangrong had to rely on his instinct to put the big knife across his chest, and the sound of gold and iron intersecting suddenly rose, and the tip of the gun stabbed a string of sparks on the big knife.
Seeing that Liu Shiyong's spear was old, Xu Wangrong turned around on the spot, and the blade of the knife danced in a large circle in the air, sweeping towards Liu Shiyong's head. Liu Shiyong couldn't stop it, so he had to be short, the knife flashed, and a pinch of red tassels fell to the ground.
Liu Shiyong, who was bullied by Xu Wangrong, had already fallen behind, and before the spear could turn around, the sharp sword light had already come from top to bottom. Liu Shiyong raised the gun with both hands crossed, only to hear a "click", and the barrel of the gun made of hardwood broke in response.
"Suffer death!" Xu Wangrong sneered and stabbed straight with his knife, Liu Shiyong staggered back under his feet, seeing that it was too late. Suddenly, there was a soft sound in the air, and a feather arrow broke through the air and went straight to Xu Wangrong's chest. Looking up again, the enemy general had been rescued into the formation.
Yuan Hong, who was on the city tower, sighed "It's a pity", his physical strength had reached the limit, and this arrow had used up all his strength, and now his arms couldn't be lifted as if they were broken. Although he saved Liu Shiyong, the brave enemy general did not lose a single bit, Yuan Hong looked to the north, his side had done his best, a group of rabble, and it was a miracle that he had not collapsed until now.
Liu Shiyong, who had retreated into the formation, stood up, shook off the broken gun in his hand, looked at the demon-like man not far in front of him, gritted his teeth, snatched the spear of a forbidden army, and wanted to pounce.
"Reinforcements are coming, it's our cavalry!" Suddenly, he heard the shouts of the villagers on the upper floor of the city, and Liu Shiyong was stunned. Xu Wangrong also stopped moving, the sound of the rumbling earthquake had already come from behind him, and he knew what was going on without looking back.
In order to prevent the rout from going out of the city and harming the township, Liu Yu and his team took a lot of effort to roughly wipe out the scattered and fleeing rebels. Therefore, the time to support Ximen was a few minutes late, and seeing from the telescope that Ximen's side was still fighting, Liu Yu on horseback was also relieved.
In order to completely annihilate the enemy, more than 600 cavalry divided into three groups and rushed to Xu Wangrong's back from three sides.
Before the spearmen in front of the formation could form a formation, they were dispersed by the crossbowmen driven away by the cavalry, no matter how Xu Wangrong shouted loudly, under the enemy on all sides, the collapse of the entire formation was inevitable.
"Abandon weapons, abandon weapons, only investigate the first evil, and the servants will not die!" As the words of surrender rang out, one by one the rebels threw down their weapons and sat down with their heads in their hands. Xu Wangrong saw that the general trend had gone, and took his own soldiers to fight his way out of the bloody road and fled in the direction of the palace.
Seeing the sudden change in the situation, Yuan Hong on the city tower was speechless with excitement, and for the rest of his life, Liu Shiyong in front of the battle was holding a spear, and there was a burst of laughter when he looked up to the sky, and the forbidden troops around him were all overjoyed. Liu Yu took the golden pheasant slave through the people, and he was also very happy to see the situation of everyone.
"Xu Wangrong's thief escaped, too guarded, but be careful, this guy is very brave." Thinking of the moment of life and death in the battle just now, Liu Shiyong was still a little afraid.
"I can't run, Jiang Ning led someone to chase him, Yuan Niangzi is still in his hands, it's not good to persecute too much, you have to prevent him from jumping off the wall in a hurry." Liu Yu doesn't care too much, no matter how brave he is, he is just one person, this Jiankang City, in the end, he still won it completely.