Chapter 348: Laiwu Blood Light
The Wu-Lu coalition army launched a fierce attack on Laiwu City, but not only did it have no effect, but killed and wounded more than 10,000 people.
It seems that the Qi army has won, but the whole Qi army, from the generals to the soldiers, and even the common people, have no joy of victory. They knew that the more coalition troops they killed, the worse they might die.
Because the coalition forces are five or six times more powerful than theirs, and if there is no rescue, it is only a matter of time before the city is breached. The more Wu soldiers they killed, the greater the anger they provoked, and the more blood was shed on the day the city was broken.
The only hope is that the rescue troops of the Qi State will arrive, and they may be able to lift the siege and let the whole city escape.
When night fell, the coalition forces outside the city collected their troops, and the defenders in the city were on guard except for the head of the city, and the others also ate and rested.
Suddenly, the coalition forces outside the city fluctuated abnormally. After a moment of confusion, the light slowly moved into the distance, and finally disappeared into the night.
There was complete silence around Laiwu City, what was going on? Could it be that the Wulu coalition army that besieged the city withdrew? Did they withdraw because they couldn't hold it for a long time?
This one is completely impossible. They attacked for several days, got nothing, left only a piece of corpse, and retreated like that?
Wu Zixu and a few heralds lay in ambush behind the bushes not far from the city, quietly observing the movements in the city.
"Look, my lord!"
The creep whispered. Wu Zixu saw that there was a basket hanging with a rope on the city wall, and a person was sitting in the frame, and he slowly lowered it.
Wu Zixu said: "The Qi army in the city can't sit still, they are anxious to understand the situation outside, don't alarm them." β
After an hour, the little soldier probably came running around the city, and when he returned, he went up again in a basket.
Wu Zixu said: "They still have to send people out, this time it should be to reconnoiter from afar, they want to know where our army has gone, and know whether they have come to the rescue." β
Sure enough, there was not much time, and more than a dozen soldiers were put down from the city wall. Spread out in all directions.
At this time, the army of King Wu is fighting with the Qi army more than ten miles away, and the spies sent by Laiwu City may come back to report the situation in about two hours, if they make the decision to go out of the city for reinforcements, they will open the city gate and lead the army out of the city.
Time was quietly slipping out, and it was already the second half of the night. Suddenly, the lights of the city were lit up, and the night over the city became much lighter. This shows that the army in the city is preparing for the city. They had to go for reinforcements, because if the reinforcements were defeated by the coalition forces, the coalition forces would turn back and surround Laiwu, and Laiwu would still not be able to escape the bad luck. If they go out of the city to help, work together to defeat the coalition army, or drive out the coalition army, Laiwu City may be saved.
Wu Zixu said: "The Qi army is ready to go out of the city, notify the ambush points, and prepare for action." β
"Yes!" A few heralds were ordered to run away. Wu Zixu got up and returned to the camp, turned over on his horse, carried a big knife, and looked in the direction of the city gate.
It was about a mile from the city gate, and from a distance I saw the gate slowly open, and the soldiers poured out of the city in four columns.
Wu Zixu said to the death squad around him: "Go up quietly, approach quickly, attack suddenly, don't let them close the city gate." β
Twenty or thirty people ran forward.
The city gate is just such a place, and it is useless to have a lot of people.
The death squads approached the city gate from both sides, and when they were still twenty or thirty steps away from the city gate, they shouted and rushed into the ranks of the Qi army, wielding knives and slashing indiscriminately.
These people are all selected king-level soldiers, not only superb in martial arts, but also responsive, and fight with one as ten.
The Qi army was going out of the city, and suddenly encountered such a sudden attack, in a panic, it was caught off guard, and dozens of them had already been cut down.
Someone shouted, "Close the gatesβ"
In the fierce battle, several Qi soldiers ran to the city gate. How could those death squads make them close the city gates? Swing a knife and cut down a few. At this time, the number of Qi troops had an absolute advantage, but there was so little space inside and outside the city gate, and it was useless to have more people.
The Qi army was cut down and another group came up, and the two sides launched a desperate battle for the city gate. If the city gate cannot be closed in time, a large number of coalition troops will pour in, and Laiwu City will be finished.
As soon as Wu Zixu saw that the death squad had succeeded, he shouted an order, and the large army shouted and rushed forward. Rushing ahead is the horse team, which is also selected, and the martial arts and riding skills are very skillful. In the blink of an eye, they rushed into the city gate hole, those Qi troops were a little cut down, some were knocked over by war horses, and soon, the horse team opened the way in front, and a large number of coalition troops poured into Laiwu City.
At this time, the Qi army had already been dispatched and was waiting to get out of the city. Suddenly, the coalition forces appeared in front of them. Then pick up the fight.
There were more and more coalition troops, and immediately after, the gates of the city were opened on all sides, and the coalition troops poured into the city from all sides. A fierce fight ensued.
The whole Laiwu City was dark, the ghosts were crying and howling, the swords and guns collided, sparks were sparkling, and flesh and blood were flying. Another horrific massacre.
All the allied troops poured into the city, and the city gates were immediately closed, which means that no one should try to escape, no one can escape from the battle, whether they live or die depends on their fate.
But the thing is clear, the strength of the coalition army is two or three times more than the strength of the Qi army, and who wins and who loses will be decided. Every soldier in the Qi army knew this in their hearts. It is impossible for them to survive tonight.
In that case, let's fight, and we can't just stay still and let the enemy stab you to death. At this time, it doesn't matter whose martial arts are higher and whose martial arts are lower, anyway, it's a life, you can't beat others, and you can take a small life!
Tens of thousands of Qi troops were in extreme despair, all of them howled like beasts, regardless of their own life and death, regardless of their moves, when they saw the enemy, they cut and chopped indiscriminately until they fell in a pool of blood.
The loud shouts of killing also woke up the common people, who had seen a lot of the slaughter of the city. Everyone is dying, the timid are not cowardly, the scared are not afraid, pick up clubs, hoes, sickles, everything that can be used as weapons, and fight with the enemy.
Tens of thousands of soldiers, tens of thousands of ordinary people, all crazy.
It will take a few times to be a soldier, and the common people will not do it all at once, but they still have strength and teeth.
The day dawned, the sun rose, and the shouts of killing ceased. Tens of thousands of ordinary people, tens of thousands of Qi troops, there is no one alive.
Wu Zixu won, but when he counted the numbers, he collapsed on the ground and couldn't get up. He had enough troops to kill an enemy with three men, and he had to die one of his own. That is, his troops also lost tens of thousands of people.
Kill 1,000 enemies, self-damage 800, a taboo!!
It was only at this time that he realized that he had done a stupid thing for a year, and if he had opened the city gate at that time and allowed the Qi army and the common people to escape, it would have been a complete victory, but the result would have been very different.
It's also a pyrrhic victory!