In the conch horn that sounded in the city, Geng Jimao hurriedly changed his armor and immediately boarded the south gate of Xiuyan City under the protection of a group of guards.

He immediately saw that on the horizon in the distance, a thin black line seemed to protrude out, like a worm that would wriggle on its own, getting closer and closer, and getting thicker and thicker, and gradually, it had transformed into countless neat soldiers and horses.

These soldiers and horses, densely packed and extremely imposing, quickly rushed in the direction of Xiuyan City, all the way to it.

Seeing the huge formation of the enemy army standing out, Geng Jimao's heart sank in an instant, and for a while, there was an inexplicable panic.

At this time, his uncle Geng Zhongyu, dressed in armor and a worried face, hurriedly ran over, and said to him in a deep voice: "Virtuous nephew, now in Xiuyan City, there are a total of 1,500 infantry, as well as 500 cavalry, and since I got the news of the Tang Army's invasion of Xiuyan, I immediately forcibly recruited the young and strong in the city from Xiuyan City, and pulled out more than 1,000 young and strong soldiers, so there are more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the current situation in the city is ......."

Hearing his uncle Geng Zhongyu nagging about the situation in the city, Geng Jimao was in turmoil.

How to carefully deploy this matter, Geng Jimao believes, is definitely not the point of defending Xiuyan City.

He believed that the best situation for defeating Haoge was to be able to resist strongly here for a few days, and as soon as his father Geng Zhongming's troops returned, he could attack them inside and outside, and wipe out all the Haoge troops outside the city.

This is the best and safest strategy.

Therefore, when ordering the whole city to be urgently armed, Geng Jimao had already sent several envoys to Fuzhou in a hurry to report the situation of Xiuyan to his father Geng Zhongming. I hope to contact my father as soon as possible and ask him to lead the troops back quickly.

It's just that when will Geng Zhongming's troops return? And can I hold on until the day my father returns?

Just when Geng Jimao fell into a delusion, from the Tang army formation, a messenger-like person ran in, with two guards behind him, and quickly ran towards the south gate of Xiuyan City.

"Who is the lord of the city, and can you go up to the city to answer?" The envoy looked like a dusty man, and could see that he had gone a long way, but his spirit was very uplifted, and he shouted loudly to the south gate of the city in a thick voice.

Hearing the messenger's shout, Geng Jimao walked up to the south gate, and he shouted at the messenger with a stiff face: "I am Geng Jimao, the lord of the city!" I heard that you are all Hauge's subordinates, but the truth? ”

The messenger nodded: "Exactly." ”

"Humph! Haoge, who was once the prince of the Qing Dynasty for me, betrayed the court, failed the Qing Dynasty, and went to seek refuge in the lowly Orion Li Xiao, which really lost the face of my Qing Dynasty! This number one sinner of the Qing Dynasty, not only did he shamelessly betray his lord to seek glory, but today he actually came to attack my Qing Dynasty realm again in order to ask for merit from the new master, which is really shameless! If you have any, just put it out quickly! ”

Geng Jimao shouted loudly, the Tang army envoy's face was white and red, obviously showing a look of shame, he glared at Geng Jimao, and said loudly at Geng Jimao: "Geng Jimao, you guy, listen up." My Manchurian commander Haoge, to vote for the Tang King, is really a good bird to choose a tree to perch, it is a very wise move, how can you be allowed to spray dung here for no reason! Tell you, now in Xiuyan City, which is a narrow city, our army is about to attack, and you and other soldiers and horses are already unable to escape! Originally, our army wanted to wipe out all of you, but the commander Hauge was merciful and did not want to punish without teaching, so he sent a special messenger to announce that as long as you lay down your arms and surrender out of the city, our army could let you wait for a way out. If you don't agree, you will definitely capture Xiuyan, and the whole city will be slaughtered, and the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”

The envoy's last words accentuated his tone, and he looked fierce.

Unexpectedly, when Geng Jimao heard this, he laughed loudly, and he stared at a pair of blood-red eyes and scolded: "Phew! Shut your dog's mouth! It is wishful thinking that you shameless people, you traitors, want us and other loyal people to surrender to you! You nonsense, if you have the ability, you will come to attack the city, but you will have to see, you are only 3,000 people, but what skills do you have to capture my well-prepared Xiuyan City! ”

After speaking, Geng Jizang took the bow from the guard next to him, put the arrow on the bow, and shot an arrow with a whoosh, and the sharp arrow flew past the messenger's face, which frightened his face greatly.

"Geng Jimao, don't be rampant, you wait! Wait for our army to break through the city and slaughter them all! ”

The messenger dropped a word in hatred, and pulled his horse back.

And from the clairvoyant mirror, Hauge, who clearly saw this scene, gritted his teeth hatefully, and snorted coldly.

Since you are killing yourselves, this king will fulfill you!

"The king of this army ordered all the dragon bombardments to attack the city wall on the right side of the south side, and completely collapsed the city wall here."

"Order!"

Under the gray sky, the wind was like a knife, and 30 heavy dragon bombardment guns were lined up by the Tang gunners, and in a neat array, they pushed towards the right city wall on the south side of Xiuyan City.

When Geng Jimao saw the 30 heavy dragon guns with huge shapes and black holes like the devil's open mouth, stopping a thousand meters away from the southern city wall, the shock in his heart was indescribable.

Geng Jimao saw that the Tang army concentrated all the 30 heavy steel cannons with huge muzzles on the right side of the southern city wall. Subsequently, these Tang gunners began to be extremely skillful in loading gunpowder on the spot, measuring the spacing with a gun gauge and adjusting the angle of fire.

At this moment, Geng Jimao's heart beat like a drum.

In the face of such fierce and ferocious artillery, no stratagem, no bravery, are not worth mentioning. What's more, the important town of Jinzhou back then, with strong walls and sufficient garrisons, could still be conquered by the Tang army in one fell swoop, so can Xiuyan City, which has much worse defensive strength, really withstand the fierce bombardment of these artillery?

Geng Jimao peeked over, and saw the soldiers and young men stationed on the city wall, and everyone's faces were full of horror, and even many people were trembling with their legs.

In today's plan, only the complete elimination of these Tang heavy artillery is the only fundamental means to preserve this Fuzhou city.

Geng Jimao sighed, turned his head, and looked at his uncle next to him, Geng Zhongyu, with a complicated look.

"Virtuous nephew, ...... you" Seeing Geng Jimao's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Geng Zhongyu suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Geng Jimao sighed lightly, and said: "Uncle, nephew Geng Jimao, there is an extremely important matter now, I want to ask you to do it uncle, this matter is related to the safety of Xiuyan City, but I don't know, are you willing to help this king?" ”

When Geng Zhongyu heard this, his heart sank, but he said loudly: "Virtuous nephew doesn't have to be like this, you are the lord of a city, what do you want to do for your uncle, but please command!" ”

Geng Jimao looked directly into his eyes and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle, this king wants you to lead all the four hundred cavalry in the city to highlight the south gate and kill those Tang gunners. Only by killing these gunners will this Xiuyan City not be destroyed by the heavy artillery of the Tang army like Lushun. ”

Geng Jimao paused, and tears appeared in his eyes: "It's just that the Tang army outside the city is extremely powerful, and if you go, even if you can kill the Tang army's gunners, I'm afraid that you will die for a lifetime." Uncle, you can only be more careful when you go. ”

Geng Zhongyu's eyes also flashed with tears, but he still said loudly to Geng Jimao: "Virtuous nephews don't have to be like this, sacrificing their lives for the country is the duty of a military general. ”

Geng Jimao nodded heavily, and his voice was choked: "Don't worry, uncle, if you sacrifice, my aunt and a group of nieces and nephews will definitely take more care of my nephew and give him great grace, and his food, clothing, and monthly income are far above others." ”

Geng Zhongyu nodded, didn't say much, bowed to Geng Jimao, and then turned around and walked down the city wall.

Soon, Geng Zhongyu ordered the five hundred cavalry in the city, put down the south gate drawbridge, opened the city gate, and rushed out of the city together.

The five hundred cavalry had barely crossed the drawbridge when they heard a bang behind them.

Geng Zhongyu subconsciously turned his head to look, but saw that the drawbridge was being pulled up by the soldiers at the head of the city, while the south gate was tightly closed.

For a while, Geng Zhongyu's heart was extremely bitter.

He knew that Geng Jimao had done this, and he had decided to use him as an outcast, as long as he led the army out of the city, there was only one way to go to die on the battlefield.

Perhaps, this is my own fate.

Geng Zhongyu gritted his teeth fiercely, and his eyes were already blood-red.

"Brothers, follow me, but kill those Tang Army gunners, King Huaishun and the prince will definitely not treat everyone badly!"

Immediately, Geng Zhongyu slammed the horse's belly and took the lead in rushing forward.

The cavalry let out a loud shout in unison, followed him closely, and rushed forward in unison.

When they were only about 300 paces away from that row of Tang artillery, a group of Qing cavalry scattered into a straight line, each of them was optimistic about the gunner in front of him, and he slammed the horse's belly more and more vigorously, and rushed forward quickly.

"Rush! Kill all these bastards! ”

Geng Zhongyu drew his riding knife and shouted loudly, like a black lightning, rushing towards the panicked gunners not far ahead.

The cavalry also roared loudly like a group of crazy beasts, and in the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, these Geng cavalry wielding swords and swords ran straight towards the Tang gunners on the opposite side.

At this time, Haoge, who understood the enemy's intentions, smiled coldly and immediately ordered loudly to let Ao Bai lead more than 1,200 cavalry under his command to rush towards these Geng cavalry who rushed out of the city.

The Manchurian cavalry roared and regrouped, and Ao Bai personally commanded the more than 1,200 Manchurian cavalry, quickly assembled into an assault formation, bypassed the artillery battle formation in front, and fiercely rushed towards the enemy cavalry that was rushing in a scattered formation.

They turned around and attacked this time, which was very fierce and powerful, like a speeding tank, and scattered the enemy cavalry that had not yet reacted.

Especially the large number of enemy cavalry that were in front of the Manchurian cavalry, many of them were killed by the Manchurian cavalry who rushed in a blow before they could react at all.

They either fell off their horses screaming, or were stabbed in the chest with sharp cavalry spears, and many were pierced in pairs by the cavalry spears or knives of the cavalry of the Aobai Division, and even men and horses were pierced in pairs, and the death was very horrifying.

The Manchurian cavalry, which had superior numbers and high morale and was in a tight formation, immediately dealt a solid and ferocious blow to the enemy cavalry, which was less than half of its own number.

Almost in an instant, two cavalry teams were immediately strangled together.

The clanging of swords and slashes, the tooth-aching porphyry sound of cutting bones, the dull pop sound of stabbing into the body of a human horse, the screams of dying and the mournful screams of a dying horse, suddenly resounded.

"Sons, such a feat, Anke missed, go and kill them all for Lao Tzu!"

Aobai, whose face was bloody, was full of hideousness and pleasure, and he yelled at the Manchurian cavalry who were fighting hard to cheer them up.

A group of Manchurian cavalry also shouted in unison like wild beasts, responding loudly, and the chaotic Qing cavalry fought more and more heartily.

In the face of the strong combat power and fierce assault of more than 1,200 Manchurian cavalry, the scattered resistance of Geng Zhongyu's cavalry in a scattered formation was almost futile.

In this stalemate battle between the cavalry, it can be clearly seen that under the dim sky, the Manchurian cavalry formation of the Haoge Department continued to squeeze forward and attack, and those enemy cavalry continued to retreat, and the whole formation became more and more messy.

The two armies fought, slashing with swords and spears, shouting and shouting, and the cavalry fell from their horses screaming, or their mounts were cut to the ground, and they let out a mournful scream.

In this cavalry engagement, where the Manchurian cavalry had an increasingly obvious advantage, the whole battle situation became clear in an instant as the Manchurian infantry behind came quickly.

A Manchurian infantryman armed with spears and swords, all the way here, everyone was already out of breath, but he was still a hundred times more energetic, and his morale was like a rainbow. They shouted and rushed quickly, completely cutting off the rear road of these Qing cavalry, completely outflanking them from front to back, and leaving this group of enemy cavalry in a desperate situation of being completely surrounded.

A sharp spear and tiger knife, like a flying poisonous dragon, roared and stabbed fiercely, the Qing cavalry or people or horses, one after another were stabbed by the spear, one after another cavalry screamed and fell off the horse, one after another war horse neighed and fell to the ground.

The battle was fierce, the fighting continued, and in this sudden reverse encirclement and annihilation battle, the Hauge Department had completely gained the upper hand in a very short period of time, and the entire battle had already shown a one-sided trend.

For the trapped cavalry of the Qing army, such a terrible situation, even if the god of war is reincarnated, is irreparable.

"Brothers, hold on, you must hold on! We're going to ......"

Seeing that the troops on his side were completely surrounded by the Tang army, and the number of people fighting against him was getting smaller and smaller, Geng Zhongyu cried out in despair.

At this time, a sharp tiger knife came horizontally with a sharp whistling sound, Geng Zhongyu did not finish his words, his head was already carrying a pillar of blood that soared into the sky, soared into the air, and after crossing an arc in the air, the bones rolled to the side.

His headless body, like a stake, rolled silently from his horse, smashing up a large mass of viscous bloody mud, and then it did not move.

"General Geng!"

Seeing that the main general Geng Zhongyu was killed, the enemy cavalry next to him screamed in grief, and the entire formation became more and more scattered, almost out of control.

The Geng cavalry, which was attacked on the belly, resisted extremely hard for a while, and finally completely collapsed.

Except for a very small number of cavalry who struggled to break through, the remaining cavalry howled loudly, threw their weapons on the spot, and raised their hands and begged for mercy, looking very pitiful.

It's just that in this chaotic battlefield, Haoge's subordinates simply don't have the ability and time to collect prisoners, so those red-eyed Haoge soldiers and horses still roared like wild beasts, mercilessly killing almost all the remaining Geng soldiers and horses.

In the end, the Geng cavalry, who had less than 50 cavalry, fought to the death to break out of the encirclement, and was extremely lucky to save his life, and fled in all directions, without a trace.

At the south gate of Fuzhou City, Geng Jimao, who saw this tragic scene clearly with a clairvoyant mirror, felt the pain in his heart like a knife.

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