Chapter 21: The Last Resort
Liu Fan felt that tonight's battle was full of twists and turns, and it was tortuous enough, and it was time to say that it was time to enter the end, but he was wrong again, because the biggest twist and turn for him and Li Min was slowly approaching.
Perhaps when the Great Qi army launched a general attack in the north and south directions, Nuergedan felt that the general situation had gone, and he wanted to grasp the last straw, maybe he had already smelled the opportunity in the city to take advantage of the chaotic situation in which I had enemies and enemies had me.
So he used his last killer move.
A team of about 200 people quietly hid towards Li Min and his party, and when Liu Fan found out that this was a team of Khitan soldiers who had taken off their fur hats and deliberately dressed up as Daqi soldiers, it was too late to retreat, and more than 60 people with Li Min and their own soldiers were all surrounded by the other party.
Dong Zi said on the side: "Brother, these people are all in black armor, I think they look like Nuergedan's guards, I heard that these people are Khitan warriors who are one in a hundred. ”
Liu Fan said casually: "I know, now don't say it's a warrior, it's just a group of tigers, we have to stick to the end and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, I think now the city is full of people, the situation here will be discovered immediately, we can support it for a moment at most." ”
At this time, Liu Fan had already realized in his heart that this must be a trick that Nuer Ge Dan had already planned, and its target must be Li Zongxiong's pearl Li Min, as long as the enemy catches Li Min, it will be a strange commodity to live in, and he can make all kinds of unreasonable demands to the general manager Li or the imperial court unscrupulously.
The enemy's news is also well-informed enough, Li Min has only been in the city for a long time, and he has already let the enemy grasp it, is it because he has a spy on his side, or has the enemy recognized it in this chaotic situation?
Uncle Chen's words sounded in his ears again, he must ensure that Li Min cannot be lost, Commander-in-Chief Guo asked him to bring a battalion of men and horses to follow the Shenwu Army A Brigade in order to let himself and this battalion protect Li Min, but he stupidly sent a battalion of men and horses, completely unaware of the danger that may arise at any time in this chaotic situation.
But at this time, it was useless to think of this, and finding a way to deal with it was the most important thing, thinking of this, he immediately shouted: "All the guards are there, divide me into two parts, and form two circles inside and outside." ”
All the guards had also realized the seriousness of the situation, and immediately hula formed two circles of more than 30 people each inside and outside.
Liu Fan stood on the outer circle and saw that Dong Zi was on his right, and Li Min on his left, and immediately said to Li Min: "Li Shuai, it is not a matter for the two of us to stand together in this outer circle, I command resistance outside, you stand in the center of the circle to coordinate, once you see that the outer circle is opened by the enemy due to casualties, immediately command the guards in the inner circle to fill the gap and plug the gap, this is equally important, otherwise it will be broken up by the enemy before effective resistance, you coordinate well in the center, we can hold on longer, maybe we can wait until the arrival of reinforcements, otherwise blink an eye, You and I and these guards are going to report to Lord Yama. ”
Li Min thought for a moment, nodded slowly, and retreated into the inner circle.
In the blink of an eye, the guards in the outer circle had already ping-pong and fought with the enemy, and more than 30 guards fought in a circle with the enemy.
Most of Li Min and Liu Fan's guards are equipped with spears, shields and straight knives, basically in groups of three to deal with the enemy's attack, take care of each other, one person to attack and one person to assist one person to defend, although the number is small, they also persevered for a while, especially if someone is killed or wounded, under the command of Li Min, someone immediately fills the gap, and is not immediately disrupted by the other party.
Liu Fan saw a Khitan soldier holding a scimitar and slashed at him, immediately raised his Mo knife to the right side, raised his foot and kicked the Khitan soldier in the stomach, and was shot in the chest by Dong Zi on the right.
A spear stabbed at his abdomen like a poisonous snake, Liu Fan turned around in an instant, and the spear slashed his abdomen, although he didn't hit it, he still felt a hot pain in his abdomen, and the Khitan soldier suddenly stopped his feet and fell forward, and was cut to the ground by the sword and shield soldier on the left.
The two sides come and go, Liu Fan only feels that he has been fighting for less than ten minutes, although he has personally cut four people, but he has also been injured in many places, and the number of people fighting on both sides is declining sharply.
Liu Fan had already blinked his eyes and saw that there were few people standing in the inner circle, and in just a moment, more than half of the guards had been killed or wounded, and the reinforcements he expected on his side were still nowhere to be seen.
Although the Khitan soldiers were killed and injured by the guards, it seemed that there were still more than 100 dozens of people, and it was still more than enough to encircle and suppress more than 30 people.
After the guards struggled to hold on for a while, Liu Fan, Dong Zi and another guard worked together to cut down two more Khitan soldiers, and there were less than twenty guards in the outer circle.
Liu Fan knew that if the reinforcements were a few minutes later, no one would be spared by himself, Li Min and the more than twenty guards.
"Alas, I've only been in this world for three or four days, and it seems that I'm about to leave again, what is this going on!"
I thought in my heart: "No matter what, I have to do my best, Dong Zi and the remaining twenty or so guards, and I also want to buy this last bit of time for Li Min." ”
immediately shouted: "Everyone come around and protect Lvshuai Li!" ”
I saw a group of guards snorting again, and suddenly surrounded Li Min inside, forming a smaller circle to the outside world.
Li Min hurriedly said: "Liu Fan, if you want to die together, what's the matter!" ”
Liu Fan tried his best to resist the attack of the Khitan soldiers on the opposite side, and said: "Think about it, if you are in the circle, everyone will focus on protecting you, then the team will not be chaotic. ”
I saw that the guards were knocked over to the ground by the Khitan army one by one, the number of people became smaller and smaller, and the circle became smaller and smaller.
Liu Fan saw that there were less than ten guards, and he and Li Min were no longer spared, and he felt remorseful, but the situation did not allow him to run his thoughts, this slight negligence was exchanged for a scimitar slashing heavily in the chest, fortunately Dong Zi picked it with a spear, otherwise his head blossomed instantly, and he saw a person on the left struggling to insert a sword into the other party's chest, Liu Fan only felt a flower in front of him, his legs were weak and knelt down, all kinds of noisy sounds came from his ears, Dong Zi's exclamation, the roar of the Khitan army, And in the middle of this, there were countless rushing and killing sounds from the soldiers of Daqi, yes, at this last moment, the reinforcements finally arrived, and before he finally lost consciousness, he saw Li Min's light crimson general robe beside him.
Another heart-rending pain woke me up from my coma, how could this scene be so familiar, and I suddenly remembered that I had just woken up from this world, did I wear it back again? When I opened my eyes, I couldn't help but be disappointed, only to see that the besieging enemy had long since disappeared, Dong Zi, Zhang Ting, and Li Min were all around him, and in a blink of an eye, his group was still in Ganzhou City, and there were corpses of Khitan soldiers everywhere.
He cleared his throat and opened his mouth to ask, "What time is it, why are we still here?" ”
Dong Zi next to him said: "Brother, you have been in a coma for less than a pillar of incense, can we go there?" ”
Liu Fan asked again: "What's wrong with me, why did I pass out again?" ”
Zhang Ting next to him said: "Liu Lu, you just lost your strength, mainly due to the rush to attack your heart, it's okay, and the injury on your right chest is not in the way at all." ”
Liu Fan turned his head at this time and asked Li Mindao: "Brigade Marshal, are you okay?" ”
When Li Min heard Liu Fan's question, he seemed to react suddenly, with a hint of tremor in his voice: "I...... It's nothing, seeing that the situation is getting more and more tense in the end, there are less than ten guards left, and the Khitan soldier slashed you in the right chest, and I flew and stabbed him in the chest with my sword. ”
Liu Fan saw that her pretending to be calm face was full of fear and confusion, and thinking of the first time she killed someone, he slowly patted her on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, alas, you have to pass this level first when you become a soldier." ”
Knowing that no one else could help with this kind of thing, he could only digest it slowly by himself, so he didn't say anything more.
Turned his head and asked Dong Zi again: "Dong Zi, are you okay, are you not injured?" ”
Dong Zi said: "Brother, what can I do, you are all right, can I be fine, at most, I have added seven or eight small wounds." ”
Liu Fan glared at Dong Zi and said, "Why are you talking, you are more powerful than your brother!" ”
Dong Ziwen said angrily: "After three battles, you fainted twice, brother, you have to exercise hard in the future, I feel that you are getting weaker and weaker." ”
Liu Fan listened: "Hey, this kid counted the last fainting on his head, but he can't justify it, but it's really a little bit of it, maybe the previous owner of this body pays more attention to exercise than his current self, especially he may be thicker than himself and has a stronger heart." Alas, Dong Zi is right, in the future, both physical and mental aspects should be strengthened. ”
I only heard Dong Zi continue: "As soon as you fell, you scared me a lot, I thought, how can I explain this to my father, I didn't protect my brother!" As soon as I picked you up, I saw countless rescuers rushing over, and the situation after that was one-sided, and it didn't take long to kill all the remaining Khitan soldiers. ”
Liu Fan smiled bitterly in his heart: "Who is protecting whom?" ”
I only heard a Shenwu military captain next to me say: "Lvshuai Liu, we were the first to see the situation here from the city wall, I thought that Lvmarshal Li and Lvmari Liu had been here, and suddenly thought that something had happened here, so I quickly summoned the soldiers to come to the rescue, and I almost didn't keep up."
Liu Fan bowed his hand and said: "Thank you, brother, if you didn't lead the team in time, Li Lu and I will explain here today." ”
"Liu Brigade, I have the same surname as you, my name is Liu Dazhi, I served as a battalion captain in the ugly battalion under Li Brigade, don't say that, the Shenwu Army also saw it today, it was you who worked hard to organize these guards to save our Li Brigade Shuai, if you didn't organize these guards to resist in two circles, you couldn't stop this Nuergedan's guard team at all, I heard that this guard team is very strong in the Khitan army, and one person can beat two or three ordinary Khitan soldiers in ordinary times. Besides, we lost no less than 100 people in the attack on the city wall just now, and it was you who opened the passage with two or three times of help, which made our ugly battalion lose how many soldiers, everyone remembers you! ”
Liu Fan asked a few people again: "What is the current situation, why can't I hear the sound of killing at all now." ”
Zhang Ting said: "Brigade Liu, just now the command has conveyed the order of the command to us, the enemy has been completely defeated and retreated, the enemy forces in the north and south directions have basically been annihilated by our army, only a few enemy troops in the city have broken through from the west gate, and the command has ordered the Jincheng Army, the Ganzhou Army and the Forbidden Army to pursue them in an all-round way. Ordered our army to immediately withdraw from Ganzhou City and go to a temporary camp to rest. The defense of Ganzhou City was undertaken by the Ganzhou Army A Brigade. ”