Chapter 126: A Hero
General Zhao is considered lucky, he has never been on the battlefield on weekdays, and he is very happy to catch up with the era of peace, and he is also complacent about his luck.
Escorting the emperor to travel to sign a treaty, he used to regard it as a beautiful errand, because there are almost no people who dare to touch the emperor, and it must be safe when he walks, and his name can be recorded on the history book.
Where did I think that today, but I "hit the big luck".
Huo Shijiu's face was flushed, and he had to give up: "I will do my best." ”
Huo Shijiu frowned slightly, he should have suggested that the emperor bring General Qiu here.
But that's all it can be.
The British have ordered people to look for arrows, fireworks, and light the news.
The fireworks swished into the sky, exploded with a "pop", and in the daytime only the red light could be faintly seen, the echoes of the distant mountains could be heard, and the smoke and dust blown away by the northwest wind.
At the same time, the Jin army pulled into formation, and catapults and ballistas were transported.
Wen Da Jiahui has led troops all year round, and when he saw the situation, he shouted loudly: "Get out of here!" They must aim for palaces and statues! The ballistae of our Jin army are not projecting ordinary bullets, they are shells! ”
When the words fell, I listened to the shouts of killing under the mountain, and General Zhao's people came up head-on.
The Jin army was ordered to make a surprise attack, naturally it would not delay, and the black crowd also caught up, at the same time, only the sound of breaking the wind was heard sharply, and the catapult was the first to be launched, and the boulder fell from the sky, hitting the head of the stone statue of the founding emperor of the Yan Kingdom, smashing off a lot of large stone fragments, and then the roof of the palace also broke a huge hole.
The stone rain fell, the ballistas fired, and another wave of cannonballs ignited and flew in. I heard a loud bang. The flames are blazing. The palace was on fire!
Before the Jin army went up the mountain, the Yan army had just faced the battle, and there were already heavy losses on Topaz Mountain!
The screams and wails were incessant, and they were really more terrifying than purgatory.
Huo Jiuhe dragged the little emperor, Cao Yu and the imperial guards to accompany him for protection, and hid with Wenda Jiahui in the inconspicuous back mountain, because it might not be the range of catapults and ballistas.
"Boom!" Another loud bang. The heat wave hit from behind, pushing several people to fly forward, the back had already exploded, shrapnel splashed everywhere, and two palace people died, and shrapnel "swished" from the cheeks of the little emperor, and there was immediately more blood on his face.
Huo Nineteen exclaimed: "Your Majesty! Hurriedly helped the little emperor up and protected him in front of him.
At the foot of Topaz Mountain, a thousand elite soldiers met with the Jin army......
Jiang Yu stood on the third floor of the pagoda in the Qingliang Temple in Yuling, looking at the battlefield from afar. I secretly said something bad in my heart, and turned around and asked Li Chenghua, who also looked solemn: "The nearest defender is at Yongning Pass?" ”
"Yes. Madam, because I want to sign a peace treaty, as a sign of sincerity. Both countries had previously agreed to withdraw the defenders. I can't imagine that we abide by the agreement, but the people of Jin Guo are so despicable! Looking at the battlefield and the gunsmoke of Topaz Mountain, Li Chenghua sweated worriedly: "The emperor doesn't know what's going on, the Jin people are too cunning, and they actually brought catapults and ballistas, which shows that they are prepared." ”
Jiang Wei pursed her lips, Nesuken is really a strong enemy. He didn't just recklessly attack Wenda Jiahui's fiefdom, but after taking the opportunity to attract everyone's attention, he ordered his people to make a detour and make a surprise attack.
It is believed that the first task of these centaurs is to kill Wenda Jiahui, and the secondary task is to capture or kill the little emperor.
"The signal on Huangyu Mountain, Yongning Pass should be able to get it, right?"
Li Chenghua said: "I can't see it, but I can definitely hear it, and the emperor will also send someone to deliver the letter." ”
Jiang Yu muttered: "The enemy army is afraid that the emperor will also guard against the emperor asking for reinforcements, you go to Jinzhou City and order the wolf smoke to be released." ”
"Yes." Li Chenghua galloped away and hurried to Jinzhou City. Not long after, wolf smoke was blazing, and the black mist flew high in the wind, as if a large dark cloud had been condensed.
Jiang Wei saw that the enemy's offensive was getting more and more fierce, and many places on Topyu Mountain had been bombarded with crossbow artillery, and seeing that the 1,000 people in Yan Country were retreating one after another, and many people had died in battle, Jiang Wei's heart tightened.
What to do.
Far water can't save a near fire. Once the people of the Jin Kingdom attack the mountain, the little emperor, Huo Shijiu and Jiang Xuewen are afraid that they will all die!
Now it seems that it will be even more difficult to count on these people to hold back the pace of the Jin army, and stop their attack until reinforcements arrive.
Li Chenghua soon returned to Yuling.
"Madam, the gates of Jinzhou City are now closed, and because there are only more than 100 defenders in the city, there is a fight outside Zhilu Road, and the people are already panicking. When I arrived, they were preparing to release wolf smoke. ”
"How many people can be available in Jinzhou City?" Jiang Yu asked.
"Only a hundred. And it's not something we can deploy. Li Chenghua noticed the glint in Jiang Yan's eyes and hurriedly explained.
Jiang Yu pointed to the distance and said, "Look at those." ”
Looking in the direction of Jiang Wei's finger, Li Chenghua saw the camp and baggage in the rear of the Jin army. They didn't bring much baggage, and it seemed that they were all dead soldiers who came with a determination to die.
"That's the Jin Army's baggage, ma'am?"
"Now that the emperor's men and horses are forced to be suppressed under the Topaz Mountain, if it goes on like this, I can't think of an hour, and the Jin soldiers will go up the mountain. I want to contact the defenders of the city and find a way to rush into the rear of the Jin army and burn their grain and grass.
"Wonderful!" Li Chenghua stroked his palm, which would be a little impressive to the wayward woman in front of him, he didn't expect that in such a time of crisis, he, a big man, was a little stunned, and she could analyze it so calmly.
If the grain and grass are burned, the people of Jin will inevitably be in chaos! That would at least delay a little longer!
"Madame's clever plan, I will immediately contact the defenders of the city."
"Hmm." Jiang Fei bowed.
Li Chenghua once again rode a jujube red horse across the plains and went to Jinzhou City.
After a short time, Jiang Yu saw the gate of Jinzhou City open, and a small group of people rushed from inside, about fifty or sixty people, all of whom were holding steel knives and fire oil from the small altar, and rushed towards the rear of the Jin army.
So few people......
Jiang Wei sweated for them, and always felt that her plan might not be realized in their hands.
It's all to blame for this damn treaty, there are no defenders in Jinzhou City!
Nesuken really picks the time. I'll really grasp the timing!
"Boom!"
There was another earth-shattering bang. Jiang Wei's heart jumped. Looking at Topaz Mountain from afar, I saw the fire on the top of the mountain, and the statue of the founding emperor of Yan collapsed.
It's a ballista!
In winter, the weather is dry and dry, and today there is a northwest wind, which may cause wildfires!
Jiang Wei is anxious, the two most important men in her life are now on the mountain!
He looked back at the rear of the enemy army that was covered by the black fog that had been dispersed by the wolf smoke of the city. From the heights, it was easy to see that the rear of the enemy had turned back to the horses. Ran to the baggage, but never saw the spark ignite......
At this time, Huo Shijiu was knocking down the little emperor and pressing him down, and then he heard a boom, and the gravel fell all over his body.
He and the little emperor are already disgraced.
The little emperor's face turned pale with fright, and he grabbed Huo Nineteen's hand: "Brother Ying, will we die here!?" ”
Huo Jiu pursed his lips, but his voice was as low and gentle as usual: "Don't be afraid, even if you want to die, you will be behind the ministers." ”
"No, I'm not afraid." The little emperor's voice choked.
Cao Yu grabbed him by the collar. Dodging a piece of gravel again, he said, "Your Majesty." Master, we can't go on like this. Gotta figure it out! ”
Jiang Xuewen covered his head and face, and he was also embarrassed, "Your Majesty, you have to find a place to hide, you can't go on like this, it's dangerous to go on like this!" ”
"Where can I hide on this mountain?" Wen Dajiahui said: "Even if they hide, they will definitely go up the mountain to search the mountain, how can Nesuken be relieved if he doesn't look at my head?" They will live, and they will see men, and they will see corpses. When the time comes, the emperor of your country will still fall into the hands of the Jin State. ”
"It's all you!" Jiang Xuewen angrily pointed at Wen Dajiahui and Huo Shijiu: "How did you collude to design!" ”
The voice fell, only to hear a sound of breaking the air, and a stone the size of a watermelon fell from the sky.
"Ahh The crowd fled for the distance.
Huo Jiu and Cao Yu were busy pushing the little emperor to dodge.
The stone fell, breaking a dead tree. The trunk of the tree fell down, and it was smashing Jiang Xuewen's direction.
The guards beside Jiang Xuewen broke their heads on the spot, bleeding and their brains splashed. Jiang Xuewen was lucky to fall, and was pressed by the trunk of his left leg and calf, and he screamed "ah" in pain.
The little emperor saw Jiang Xuewen's leg bones twisting in an abnormal direction, and saw the original fresh lives around him die in front of him with various unexpected deaths, and there were fewer and fewer people around him to follow and protect......
He cried with a white face, grabbed Huo Nineteen's shirt and shook his head: "Brother Ying, we will die!" We're going to die! I don't want to die, I don't want to die here, I haven't done what my father commanded, I don't want to die! ”
Huo Shijiu's heart ached sharply, hugged the crazy child tightly, patted his back comfortingly, and said a thousand words, only turning into one sentence: "Your Majesty, be cautious." ”
Cao Yu's eyes were red, looking at Huo Shijiu and the emperor, even if he had peerless martial arts, he couldn't resist the falling stones like stars, let alone the cannonballs fired by ballistas.
He used to be full of confidence, and always thought that he had a martial art that could do a lot of things. But before the army is thousands of horses, all he can do may be to protect his most important people with his flesh and blood, and the mission that his most important people tell him to complete.
"Let's go!" Cao Yu grabbed Huo Nineteen's arm and walked towards the forest.
Jiang Xuewen was still lying on the ground, wailing in pain.
Huo Jiu glanced at Jiang Xuewen, but decided to protect the emperor first, and secretly remembered his location.
After running some distance into the forest, they found that the stones and cannonballs that had fallen like a meteor shower had weakened, and they heard people shouting and cheering.
Jing Tong's face was covered with dust, and he shouted in a cloak: "It's on fire!" The rear of the enemy army is on fire! ”
Huo Shijiu and the little emperor were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly walked around the trees and went to the front mountain. Before reaching the highest place, I saw the wolf smoke rising from Jinzhou City, and the rear of the enemy army was burning with raging fires.
The enemy army was in disarray, leaving only a few men to fight against the Yan army at the foot of Topaz Mountain, most of them retreated to the rear like a tide, and the catapults and ballistas gradually stopped projecting. Because there is not enough ammunition!
"Brother Ying, look!" The little emperor pointed to the vicinity of the baggage, because the distance is not very far, it can be seen to the naked eye, there are more than 100 people rushing to kill in the formation, some of these people are wearing Yan military uniforms, some are dressed as ordinary people, some are riding horses, some are fighting hand-to-hand with the Jin army on the ground, and they are trying their best to mirror each other with the intention of evacuating the rear of the Jin army.
The little emperor looked at it with enthusiasm: "Brother Ying, the people of the Great Yan Kingdom are not vegetarians!" Don't look at the fact that there are no defenders in Jinzhou City, but everyone in Yan Country can be a strong soldier! ”
Not only did the little emperor think so, but even the soldiers who had fought to despair under the mountain were moved by the ordinary people who dared to take advantage of the chaos to rush into the enemy formation and burn the enemy's grain and grass! They are soldiers, and they have the responsibility and obligation to serve the country and even give their lives, but why are the people innocent?
In the distance, there was another loud bang, and then the explosion sounded repeatedly, and the fire soared into the sky, almost forming a fire dragon, and the ground trembled with the sound of the explosion.
Huo Shijiu and the others looked from afar, and they could also see that there were repeated explosions in the rear of the enemy army, and it must have been the fire that burned the ballista shells, and the Jin army was blown up on their backs, but many of those ordinary people were also blurred by the explosion on the spot, and there were also people on fire, screaming and running, rolling all over the ground......
In the face of such a heroic death and sacrifice, there were tears in the eyes of the little emperor. Not because of fear, but because of shock.
Huo Nineteen hugged the little emperor's shoulders tightly, and when he came back to his senses, he found that the catapults and ballistas had not attacked the top of Topaz Mountain for a long time. Because they don't have any ammunition left!
My heart suddenly relaxed. Just as he was about to speak, he saw that in the place where the explosion had just exploded, the flames were fierce, and the black smoke was gloomy, a black shadow suddenly rushed out, and from a distance, it was a man and a horse.
The man on the horse was dressed in a black suit, he couldn't see his face clearly, he could only see that his body was very thin, leaning on a black horse, and a long knife with a cold light stretched out obliquely in his hand. The speed of that horse was so fast that even if the Jin army wanted to turn the horse in pursuit, it would not be able to catch up for a moment.
But when he saw that the man on the horse came under the flagpole, the cold light reflected the snow, and in an instant it could be struck by the eyes of the people, and the black horse man stood up, kicked over a cavalryman with his front hooves, and the horse's mane flew. And the man on the horse stood up, and the steel knife force slashed the flagpole.
The orange-red banner of the Jin Army with the word "Wen" on it fluttered down, like a bright flower on the ground trampled into mud by blood-red pollution.
"Good!" The little emperor cheered: "Good man! ”
Huo Nineteen's face was already green at this time......
Others can't see it, but he can see that the "hero" is clearly his wife!
Cao Yu's heart pounded.
As the figure burst out of the black smoke; When she understood that she risked her life to burn the ballista's ammunition and cause the explosion, it was only to protect the emperor and Huo Nineteen on the mountain; When she swung her knife and cut off the head of the Jin Guoren, she immediately cut off the military flag with a horizontal knife...... He didn't know what he was doing, and he felt the blood flowing in his body burn like it was about to be ignited.
"Your Majesty, I'll go down to help!" Cao Yu didn't wait for the little emperor to answer, and he had already used his light skills to fly away. (To be continued......)