Chapter 153: You Can't Fall!
Kill!
The earth-shattering roar broke through the sky, and enemy troops from the west of Vietnam continued to pour in from outside the city gates and on the city walls.
Stepping on the corpses of dead soldiers, stepping on this city that has inherited hundreds of years of wind and rain and war, shattering the rare peace for a hundred years.
When the enemy entered the city, they did not scurry, but quickly assembled at the gate and stood in formation, and then a man on a black and brown horse with a large sword came in from outside the city.
The man was extremely tall, and even on horseback, he was surprisingly burly.
He wears brown leather armor, a bronze helmet and a mask, all of which are engraved with gluttonous patterns, and there are three green feathers on the helmet, which inexplicably resemble the clothes worn during sacrifices in some places.
The mask obscured his countenance, and only a few strands of loose hair protruded from under the helmet, and surprisingly, his hair was not pure black, but brownish-yellow, unlike the Zhaoling people, and even most Yuexi people.
After the man entered the city, the backs of the enemy troops in the west of Yue were straighter, as if they were waiting to be examined.
The man rode forward two steps, and the lieutenant general stepped forward and said loudly: "Ji Khan is like a god, and those torches on the city tower are just a bluff to scare us by the Zhaoling people." There were no reinforcements to support them, on the contrary, they used this illusion to retreat ahead of time, the city had been abandoned by them, and now Jihan was the new owner of the city! β
After the adjutant general finished speaking, all the soldiers raised their swords in their hands and shouted: "Welcome the master into the city!" Welcome to the city! β
The shouts shook the sky, with infinite joy and reverence.
They have coveted this city for too long, and finally conquering this place means that their land has increased a lot, and their wealth has also increased a lot.
Everyone was happy and excited because of the infinite possibilities of the future, but the person called Ji Khan was not overjoyed by this, and only said in a deep voice: "The Zhenbei army is not as simple as you imagined, everyone according to what I said before, quickly occupy the high ground in the city and set up defenses to prevent someone from counterattacking." β
"Yes!"
At the sound of an order, all the soldiers dispersed in an orderly manner and went to various parts of the city to set up defenses.
The remaining team of about 20 soldiers and horses went to the camp tent in the north of the town with the commander, wanting to see what kind of place the team that had fought against them for hundreds of years lived on weekdays.
"Ji Khan, how do you know that these people in the city have withdrawn their troops?"
"The torches on the castle tower increased. It shows that the number of guards has increased, and they usually change their guards every two hours, and the torches have not been moved tonight, indicating that there is no change of guard, and there can only be one reason, these torches are only used to deceive people, and the people in the city have actually withdrawn. β
The man whispered, hoarse, but pleasant, and after such a long stalemate, he finally took the city. It can be regarded as the first step to achieve his ambition.
In a few years, his name will resound throughout Zhaoling.
The soldier who followed him nodded and said, "Ji Khan is wise. After speaking, his face appeared hesitant again, and he hesitated for a moment and asked, "But the king is still in Hanjing and has not returned, will the king be in danger if we attack like this?" β
As soon as the words fell, the aura around the man instantly became cold, and his voice was dyed with gloom, and he said word by word: "There is a drought in the sky, and I do this." It is also for the good of our people, and my father will be considerate of me even if something happens. β
When he said this, there was a warning at the end, and the soldier immediately nodded, and responded again and again, for fear that he would be cut off if he was a little slow to answer.
The man straightened his back, grabbed the horse's belly and sped up, and crossed another street, but there was a sound of breaking the air behind him.
The man quickly raised the knife to block his back, and the arrow aimed at his left ventricle was nailed into the knife with a crisp sound.
"Protect Jihan!"
The twenty men immediately took a protective stance and surrounded the man in the middle. However, it was too late, and the soldiers of Zhaoling, who were lying in ambush on the rooftops and tall buildings in the distance, appeared and drew their bows and shot arrows at them, and the dense arrows shot at them like a rain of arrows.
The people who could follow that Ji Khan were the best warriors in the Yuexi people, but their two fists were invincible to the four hands, and under the attack of the rain of arrows, they were powerless to parry, and the leather armor was quickly nailed through, and the gaps between the shoulders, elbows and knees were also shot by arrows, but even so, they did not flee separately, and still stood in front of that Ji Khan, using their flesh and blood as a shield to protect him.
Zheng!
Another sharp arrow came, and the angle of this arrow was very tricky, just avoiding those who stood in front of it, and accurately broke the three green feathers on the bronze helmet.
Qingling fell to the ground, and the gluttonous carvings on the helmet also lost their momentum.
The man jerked his head up in the direction where the arrow was fired, it was a teahouse, there was no light in the teahouse, and a room on the second floor was facing here, and the windows were open. It was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen.
Shen Bai stood in the darkness and drew another arrow and put it on his bow.
The man who was surrounded couldn't see her, but she could see the fierce look in his eyes hidden behind the mask.
Like a hungry beast, a mouth can tear everything apart.
It's just that I didn't expect to fall into the trap, and there was still a hint of surprise in this fierce eyes, which was a little different from the high-spirited spirit of the previous life.
The helmet and mask protected him well, and Shen Bai aimed at his neck this time.
There was chaos around, but Shen Bai was not affected at all, staring directly at that person.
After aiming, without any hesitation, Shen Bai let go of the arrow.
The sharp arrow came out of the string and went straight to the man's neck, but when it was about to be shot, it was blocked by a man with his body.
The line of sight was blocked for a moment, and then Shen Bai heard a fierce roar, and he had already found that the enemy army who had been ambushed had come out of the siege to save their general.
This is the difference between the Zhaoling and the Yuexi people.
The generals of Zhaoling can sacrifice themselves and their soldiers for a city, while the Yuexi people must protect their generals whenever they arrive.
The best time to kill this person has been lost.
Shen Bai was a little regretful, but he still drew an arrow and put it on the bow.
After a few moments, the corpse was pushed away, and the gluttonous mask-wearing general brandished a large knife and headed straight for the teahouse.
Shen Bai knew very well that she had provoked him.
With his mind, he should have guessed who this empty city plan came from.
However, Shen Bai was not afraid, his hand holding the bow and arrow was very steady, he aimed calmly, then released the arrow, and then took the bow to aim.
It was actually not far from the ambush place to the teahouse, but after discovering that the enemy generals were murderous and wanted to kill the teahouse, all the soldiers who were ambushed around the teahouse strengthened the arrow rain attack, and the Praetorian Guards who had been protecting Shen Bai also raised their swords to block the man's steps.
The enemy who had come to the man's rescue saw him. and the Praetorian Guards were killed, and the two forces were glued and pulled, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.
The man was red-eyed, and for the first time he felt the feeling of being unable to move an inch, he roared, jumped up from the horse, stepped on the horse's back, and went straight to the second floor of the teahouse, the two Praetorian Guards behind Shen Bai immediately raised their swords to meet them, and the soldiers who were ambushed on the roof of the building also turned into the room to draw their knives and stepped forward to help, and the others kept pouring here, Shen Bai walked to the window, put his hand to his lips, and whistled at the man.
The man paused, looked at Shen Bai with fierce eyes, and was slashed by the Praetorian Guards on his shoulder at the moment of distraction, and his body shook slightly, but he still stared at Shen Bai and refused to move away.
Shen Bai didn't speak, and looked at the man with cold eyes.
The defeat was decided, and a heavy and muffled horn sounded from the direction of the city gate, and the enemy troops in the west of Yue could not resist and were ready to withdraw.
Someone shouted: "Protect Ji Khan from retreating!" β
If they don't withdraw, all of them will have to fold here.
Hearing the order, the enemy army in Yuexi rushed up desperately to protect the man and leave, the man clenched the knife in his hand, let the blood on his shoulder gush out, looked at the dark window and said loudly: "You remember it for me, my name is Hu Chi Lie, one day, I will cut off your head and kick it as a ball!" β
In response to him, there was a cold arrow glowing with cold light.
Shen Bai never spoke, the horn at the city gate blew over and over again, and in the end, he could only grit his teeth with hatred, and led the remaining soldiers to break through the siege and run towards the city gate.
Shen Bai took the bow and arrow and turned around and went downstairs. Shen Sheng commanded: "Clean up the battlefield and don't let go of any suspicious person!" β
After saying that, he found a horse from the backyard of the teahouse and rode on, and a Praetorian Guard came and said in a deep voice: "There is fire and smoke in the southwest outside the city, and His Royal Highness has successfully found the grain and grass of the enemy army in Yuexi!" β
Shen Bai's eyes lit up, and he said to the Praetorian Guard: "Inform Vice General Sun, and immediately take people out of the city to respond." β
Encountered an ambush in the city, the enemy army in the west of Yue suffered heavy casualties, and suddenly wanted to kill Shen Bai, but many people died in the delayed time, and retreated quickly after breaking through the siege.
However, after leaving the city. Seeing a fire in the southwest, the whole person exploded in anger.
He wanted to immediately lead his troops to save grain and grass, but Sun Yiguang chased people out of the city.
There are still some remnants of the city who are besieged and can't get out of the city, Li Yunjue and Qian Botian are leading people to clear up, Shen Bai went up to the city tower, and after Sun Yiguang left the city, he asked people to close the city gate, and increased the number of people in the gap in the south of the city.
Tonight, he led 20,000 horses to attack the city, and when he attacked the city, he died a little 1,000, and when he was ambushed in the city, he killed several thousand, and only about 10,000 people escaped from the city with him at this time. Sun Yiguang didn't want to kill these 10,000 people, so he only brought 2,000 people to respond, slowing down the speed of Hu Chi to go back to save food and grass.
Blazing Flame had already run out of range, and Shen Bai put down his bow and arrows and looked southwest.
The firelight became more and more intense, illuminating half of the night sky, and after a long time, Shen Bai saw someone riding a horse in the firelight.
From such a distance, Shen Bai couldn't see their faces clearly, but the one who instinctively rushed to the front was the teenager she had been dreaming of for more than ten years.
The siege was besieged, and the grain and grass were burned. These two events made the fire blazing.
He thought that today's battle would be a battle for his own fame, but he didn't expect to lose when he was most confident and proud.
This defeat is not only the reputation of defeat, but also the troops that Yuexi has accumulated over the decades of Taoguang Yanghui, and the next time he wants to attack Zhaoling, there will be no such favorable time, place and people.
He missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Suddenly, he bit his cheeks sorely, thinking of the person behind the scenes who had never shown up in the city, and then seeing Gu Hengzhou who set fire to the grain and grass and galloped back, he couldn't wait to tie up these two people and directly unload them!
However, the current time does not allow him to do so, he is a defeated enemy army, and in the eyes of the Zhaoling people, he should be like a lost dog. Sun Yiguang also led 2,000 people to chase them after them.
In order to facilitate the retreat, they abandoned catapults and artillery carts, and only a group of soldiers ran behind the horses.
Hu Chi Lie wanted to intercept Gu Hengzhou and relieve the anger of the grain and grass being burned first, but Sun Yiguang and they were shooting arrows in the back, as long as he led people in the direction of Gu Hengzhou, the arrow rain would immediately chase after him.
In order to reduce casualties, Hu Chi Lie could only lead people to the northwest.
Sun Yiguang breathed a sigh of relief and led people to prepare to join Gu Hengzhou. After Hu Chi led people to withdraw from the range of the bow and crossbow, he suddenly led a team of ten people towards Gu Hengzhou to kill.
The others continued to retreat, and suddenly rushed towards Gu Hengzhou with a fierce and murderous spirit.
He is really unwilling to lose this battle, and if he doesn't do something, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart!
The distance between Hu Chilie and Gu Hengzhou was closer than Sun Yiguang, and he quickly brought people to Gu Hengzhou.
Gu Hengzhou took 300 people from the army, and now, there are less than 50 people left in his hands, and most of them are injured.
They walked in the desert for nine days and nights, the water in the water bladder was long gone, the dry food was difficult to swallow at all, and it was a miracle that they could find the enemy's food in the west of Vietnam and burn it.
Seeing that Hu Chi Lie brought people to intercept him, one of them shouted loudly: "Your Highness, leave us alone, you go quickly!" β
Gu Hengzhou ignored his words, took out his long sword and clenched it tightly in his hand, and said word by word: "You are brought out by me, as long as I still have a breath, I will take you back!" β
When he heard this, he immediately sneered: "I burned my grain and grass and still want to retreat, let's see if the big knife in my hand agrees!" β
When the words fell, he suddenly brandished a big knife and rushed towards Gu Hengzhou, and Gu Hengzhou raised his sword to meet him.
He was slashed on the shoulder of Hu Blazing in the city before, but at this moment, he was not affected at all when he fought with Gu Hengzhou.
The two of them were on horseback, trying their best to kill each other, and the move was fatal, and suddenly the people who came with the blazing fire also killed the fifty soldiers.
Hu Chi Lie had no distractions, and there was only one goal, to kill Gu Hengzhou and the group of people behind him who had set fire to the grain and grass.
Gu Hengzhou couldn't do it like Hu Chi Lie, he had to resist Hu Chi Lie's attack on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to help the soldiers behind him resist, and he was dedicated to two things, although he didn't fall behind quickly. But it's slowly getting a little harder.
Suddenly blazing found this, the corners of his lips hooked up a sneer, and with a slam, he lured Gu Hengzhou away, and picked a soldier in Gu Hengzhou's right rear to the horse.
That soldier has been following Gu Hengzhou these days, and he just finished burning grain and grass, but he pulled Gu Hengzhou when he was in danger, so that Gu Hengzhou could get on the horse in time.
But now, suddenly blazing in front of Gu Hengzhou's eyes, stabbed the man's heart, picked him up and threw him under the horse.
Blood instantly stained the ground red, and the soldier didn't even have a single cry of pain before he cut off his breath.
Gu Hengzhou was stunned for a moment, there was a blank space in his mind for a moment, and he didn't remember who he was or where he was.
Gu Hengzhou's stunned expression pleased Hu Chi Lie, he neatly withdrew the knife, this time he directly swung the knife at Gu Hengzhou, feeling the fierce knife wind, Gu Hengzhou instinctively raised his sword to block, but this could not resist at all.
"Your Highness, be careful!"
A soldier flew over and threw Gu Hengzhou under the horse, but he was stabbed in the waist.
The blood poured out instantly. It got on Gu Hengzhou's hand.
Gu Hengzhou came back to his senses, grabbed the soldier's belt with his backhand and rolled back a few times, avoiding the blazing pursuit.
"You're looking for death!"
Gu Hengzhou shouted loudly, and was about to fight back, when a sharp suona sound came from the city tower.
The sound was extremely loud and long, like the sorrowful cry of an ancient spirit beast, tearing through the night sky and letting the first faint rays of morning light pour down.
It was dawn, and Zhaoling won the battle after all.
The wounded soldier grabbed Gu Hengzhou's hand tightly and said word by word: "Your Highness, we have won." Return?? Return! β
They have already won, so the poor Kou Mo chases, and the most important thing now is to return to the city.
Gu Hengzhou's thin lips pursed without saying a word, and the suona sound sounded again, still the same mourning as just now, but with two more points of urging.
Gu Hengzhou blew a whistle, carried the wounded soldier on his back, and ran over with the clouds, Gu Hengzhou turned over on his horse with the soldier on his back, raised his sword to help the other soldiers retreat from the enemy, and shouted in a deep voice: "Go back to the city." I'm broken! β
The situation was urgent, everyone didn't shirk anymore, they rode their horses and galloped in the direction of the city gate, suddenly pestering Gu Hengzhou to not let him go, seeing that Sun Yiguang was about to bring people to arrive, someone behind him reminded: "Ji Khan, their reinforcements are coming soon!" β
If they don't leave, they won't be able to go!
Hu Chi Lie didn't speak, he waved the long knife in his hand vigorously, there was another person behind Gu Hengzhou, his movements were limited in the end, and when he mentioned blocking again, the long sword broke into two with a bang.
Blazing Blazing's eyes lit up, and he was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, Hunting Cloud neighed, and the two front hooves were raised high, and the horse under Blazing was frightened, and took two steps back, Blazing Fierce was almost thrown off the horse, grabbed the reins of the horse and stabilized his body, and with a wave of the long knife, he cut the neck of Hunting Cloud's horse.
"Wait for the night. Take your life! β
"Ji Khan!"
Sun Yiguang's shouting and the adjutant general's worried call sounded at the same time, and suddenly he stopped fighting, turned his horse's head and galloped away.
Hunting Cloud fell to the ground suddenly, Gu Hengzhou rolled to the ground with the soldier on his back, and through the rolling dust, he only saw the figure of Hu Blazing leading people away.
"Xingyuan, are you alright?"
Sun Yiguang asked loudly, Gu Hengzhou got up with the soldier on his back, shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's okay, go back to the city first." β
Soon someone let a horse come out, and Sun Yiguang took them back to the city together.
When everyone returned to the city, the heavy gates were closed again, as if the smoke of the war had been shut out.
The city gate was closed again, and there were only eighteen soldiers who finally returned to the city with Gu Hengzhou.
Knowing that they were safe, everyone's tense nerves relaxed, their bodies were crooked, and they dismounted, and the soldiers next to them immediately supported the people, and the military doctor who had been waiting next to them came over with a medicine box on his back to help them diagnose and treat.
Gu Hengzhou didn't fall down, he turned over and dismounted, and put the soldiers behind him on the ground, only to see that the man's waist and abdomen were cut with a deep and long wound, and his internal organs fell out.
He is still alive, but he is not destined to live long.
Gu Hengzhou's throat choked so badly that he knelt on one knee and let the soldier lean on his lap.
The surroundings fell silent, and even the military doctor lowered his voice.
The soldier looked at the blue sky above his head and the gradually bright sun, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, we are back to the city, what if we go back to the city?" It would be nice to have one more rain. β
With one more rain, the drought will end, Yuanfeng County will come back to life, and the city will be lively again.
He hadn't been back to his hometown for a long time. Yuanfeng County is his hometown, and he wants to see how vibrant the spring in his hometown is.
Gu Hengzhou's mouth had already dried out bloody wounds, he licked his lips with difficulty, and responded softly: "Come on, it will rain when you heal from your injuries." β
"Really?" The soldier laughed, and tried to say something more, but only pursed his lips, but failed to make any sound, and then tilted his head and lost his breath.
He lasted until he returned to the city with His Royal Highness, but he could no longer survive the end of this drought.
Gu Hengzhou clenched the man's hand, and his heart was overwhelmed by the huge indescribable pathos.
This is the first real big battle since he grew up.
Unlike fighting with mountain bandits who have no brains and strategies, this battle is a real fight.
When he was in the camp of the captain of Hanjing, he could cheat with despicable means in order to protect the blind monkey, but in this big battle, no matter how hard he tried and how he used his tricks, he still had to watch one familiar face after another fall in front of him, and he couldn't stop, he couldn't be presumptuous, he could only keep rushing forward with the remaining people who still had hope of surviving.
He suddenly felt more tired than he had ever felt before. Tired enough to even move his fingers, his eyelids sank as if they weighed a thousand pounds, and his body fell forward weightlessly, but he hit a thin shoulder.
Shen Bai didn't know when he came here, so he knelt in front of Gu Hengzhou and caught him with his shoulder.
She opened her arms and gave Gu Hengzhou a big hug, and then whispered in his ear: "Brother Gu, there are still many soldiers watching you, if you fall, they will also fall." β
The most important thing in the barracks is the morale of the army, sometimes pay too tragic a price to win a big war, after the war, the psychological defense line of many soldiers will also be destroyed, such soldiers can no longer go to the battlefield, and even daily life will be shrouded in endless haze.
Gu Hengzhou lifted his eyes to look at Shen Bai, Shen Bai bent his eyes, his eyes were clear and soft, and he was silently encouraged.
Like a drop of clear spring dripping into a parched heart, Gu Hengzhou grabbed Shen Bai's hand tightly, and stood up with her body as support, his gaze swept over everyone present, and the pain in his eyes was gradually replaced by a calm and resolute light.
Then he picked up his short sword and shouted in the loudest voice he could shout at the moment: "Zhaoling Erlang, never retreat, never say die!" β
The soldiers who were originally shrouded in grief raised their weapons one after another and echoed: "Zhaoling Erlang, never retreat, never give up!" β
The roars came and went, shaking the wings of the birds in the sky faster, Shen Bai held Gu Hengzhou's waist, and suddenly felt a warm wetness, and his eyebrows frowned.
Brother Gu?? Injured?
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