Chapter 332: Capture the Thief and Capture the King
As the Yuan soldiers rushed to protect Gong Buban, the two shadow guards who were the first to attack gradually became difficult to resist, one was stabbed in the chest by Gong Buban, and the other was beheaded by the Yuan soldiers.
Mu Chong felt a pang in his heart when he saw this, Gong Buban was already good, and at this time, his precautionary heart became stronger, and his plan to take advantage of the chaos to take his life had come to naught.
"Take down all these thieves!" Gong Buban had already realized that he had fallen into the trap of Mu Chong and others at this time, but the army had already suffered nearly half of the casualties, and he was in the middle of the battle with the Red Turban Army and could not retreat easily, so he was full of anger and had to vent his anger to Mu Chong and others.
As soon as General Gong Buban gave the order, countless Yuan soldiers immediately surrounded Mu Chong and the others.
"Brother Mu is panicking, Pan Cheng is here!"
It was at the critical juncture that Pan Cheng, who was worried that Mu Chong would not be able to attack and kill Gong Buban, finally brought his elite to support, and a new round of fierce fighting broke out between the two sides.
The time of a stick of incense passed, the variables regenerated, and a Yuan soldier Qianhu rushed to report in a panic: "General, it's not good!" ”
Gong Buban's heart sank, and he reprimanded: "Don't panic! What happened? ”
Qianhu, who reported the news, said breathlessly: "Back! Behind! A red turban thief has come from behind us! There were at least a thousand cavalrymen! ”
"What did you say!"
Gong Buban only felt that his scalp was numb, and the soldiers under his command were attacking the city with all their might, and the rear of the troops was completely defenseless.
Although he was wounded by arrows, he did not delay for half a moment, and led the troops out of the east city gate as quickly as possible, and then rushed straight to the north city gate to help.
"Kill me, brothers! Let this group of arrogant thieves open their eyes to see the ability of our Han family boys! ”
Guan Duo rushed in front of his head first, the spear held in his right hand was tightly attached to his body, and he rushed to the rear of the Yuan soldiers with murderous intent.
The unsuspecting infantry was as fragile as tofu in front of the charging cavalry, and countless Yuan soldiers were strung into sugar gourds with iron spears before they could recover their senses, and they were killed on the spot.
The Yuan soldiers were overwhelmed by the impact behind the formation, and they were scattered in an instant, and all the Yuan soldiers were in danger, not knowing what to do, and they ran away like headless flies for a while.
The Yuan soldiers under the city fell into a panic after being successfully attacked by Guan Duo, and it was too late to escape, how could anyone continue to attack the city?
The defenders led by Liu Futong immediately boosted their morale, launched a counterattack under his orders, and quickly reversed the disadvantage of the city.
Without follow-up support, the soldiers only found it more and more difficult to resist, and after being forced into the corner of the city, some people finally began to kneel down and beg for surrender.
"How many lives have been injured by these thieves, how can they be easily forgiven? Someone, kill me! Not a single one to stay! ”
In the face of the Yuan soldiers who surrendered and laid down their arms, Liu Futong did not relent, and resolutely issued the commander's order, he knew that at such a juncture, he needed to let his soldiers vent the suppressed emotions in their hearts.
As a ladder was burned and pushed away by the Red Turban Army, the Yuan soldiers' attack on the city wall was declared a failure.
The Red Turban Army who reoccupied the city wall was unrelenting, and after killing all the Yuan soldiers, they picked up their bows and crossbows again and fired arrows at the Yuan soldiers who were scattered by Guan Duo below.
The frontal attack was blocked, and the rear was attacked again, and the advantage won by the Yuan soldiers at the city gate was gradually reduced, while Pan Cheng's subordinates became more and more brave the more they fought, replacing the weapons dropped by the Yuan soldiers on the spot and howling to counterattack.
Although Gong Buban was brave, but Pan Cheng and Mu Chong joined forces to block in front of him, he was unable to withdraw to stabilize the morale of the army, and the Yuan soldiers had already seen defeat under the attack from three sides.
"General, let's withdraw! The brethren couldn't stand it! ”
"Yes, General! If you are not afraid of no firewood, let's retreat first! ”
The decline had appeared, and more and more officers ran to Gong Buban's side to persuade him to quit the army.
Gong Buban took out his hand and glanced around, and saw that his side was indeed struggling to support, so he had to reluctantly issue an order to retreat.
"The thief escaped! Fight your Grandpa Pan for another hundred rounds! Pan Cheng picked up an iron spear out of nowhere, and as soon as he sent it outward, the tip of the spear went straight to Gong Buban's horse.
Gong Buban had already prepared, and with a flick of the blade of his sword, he defused Pan Cheng's attack, and then tightened the reins and twisted in Pan Cheng's direction, and the horses under him raised their hooves and stepped on Pan Cheng.
Pan Cheng didn't expect Gong Buban's riding skills to be so good, and he had to lunge to the side to avoid the horse's hooves.
Pan Cheng was already injured in his body, and he was already in pain this round, so he barely stood up with the support of the left and right.
Seeing this, Gong Buban snorted coldly: "Keep your head first, this general will cut you with a thousand knives sooner or later!" ”
Gong Buban said that he would turn his horse and leave, regardless of the fact that many of his men had not withdrawn from the city.
Mu Chong saw that he wanted to escape, so he was willing to let him go easily, and after killing the two Yuan soldiers who were blocking the road in front of him, he hurriedly picked up an iron gun from the ground, turned over and got on his horse to chase after him.
Guan Duo outside the city was already fighting, and after seeing that the Yuan soldiers began to retreat, they began to organize non-stop rushing and killing, striving to block the retreat of these Yuan soldiers.
Gong Buban, who escaped from the city, naturally noticed Guan Duo, who was the first soldier, although his own life was the most important, if he was allowed to lead the cavalry to harvest the lives of his own soldiers in this way, then even if he could evacuate, it must be at the cost of almost total loss.
Even Gong Buban didn't dare to bear such a painful loss, so after weighing it, he personally patted his horse and killed Guan Duo.
Guan Duo killed the rise, he didn't expect that the enemy lord would launch a sneak attack on him, and he was negligently stabbed in the belly of the horse by Gong Buban, who rushed over, and the whole person fell out of the horse, and the bones of his body were broken a few times, and his eyes almost fainted under the severe pain.
Gong Buban was willing to spare Guan Duo's life, and immediately urged him to step forward and kill him on the spot.
"Yuan thief! Don't you dare! ”
Mu Chong chased after Gong Buban, and when he sneaked up on Guan Duo, he finally caught up.
Although Mu Chong's riding skills were not as superb as Gong Buban's, the iron spear was supernatural in his hand, and before Gong Buban could see his moves clearly, he was slapped on the shoulder by the body of the spear.
This blow used ten percent of his strength, and although he couldn't pierce his head with the tip of the spear, the force of this blow almost swept Gong Buban off his horse.
Gong Buban only felt that the bone in his left shoulder was shattered, and his entire arm was unconscious, so he took a few breaths of cool air before coming back to his senses, and hurriedly set up his sword and aimed it at Mu Chong.
Mu Chong didn't rush to make a move, but stared coldly at Gong Buban and said word by word: "I heard that you ordered the slaughter of the Shangcai soldiers and civilians, and today I will flay you alive to pay for their lives." ”