Chapter 264: The Great Retreat

Jiang Yun, as the last team to withdraw from the south gate of Lanzhou City, was followed by a lot of stragglers of the Xia army, so that Jiang Yun himself felt that he was the one who withdrew from the firearms battalion in the city.

However, the situation was indeed urgent at that time, and Han Guangde, the generalissimo of the Liao people, had already begun to gather the battle array and prepare to block the city gate, so Jiang Yun himself didn't have time to see it clearly, so he quickly retreated south with his men and horses.

In fact, the main reason is that An Yi and Gao Ciyi have been entangled with Guo Muer for too long, and when they left the South City Gate, they couldn't see Jiang Yun's shadow anymore.

But there's no way, Guo Muer is not a good person, if you don't make some tricks, his pair of golden hammers can easily let you go?

By the time An Yi and Gao Ciyi rode their horses and jumped out of the city, basically all the Liao people around them were already stunned by the two of them.

These Liao soldiers who surrounded them also didn't expect that in the end, they would be able to rush out of the city with two Han people, but at that time, the Liao soldiers had been fighting bloody battles for a long time, so they were quite tired in their hearts, and no one would put down the bow and crossbow in their hands for these two "big-headed soldiers", pick up the scimitar and step on the war horse to pursue.

However, Xiao Yan'er and Han Guangde in the distance are not confused, although they don't know Gao Ciyi in front of the horse, but they are very familiar with Jingyuan Bo Anyi in the back of the horse, after all, they have been looking at each other face-to-face for three days in Hanlin.

Immediately ordered, all the cavalry pursued at full speed, catch alive!

Xiao Yan'er is not the Cao Mengde who can't bear to be a killer in love, the calculation in her heart is that this comfort is the earl of Great Xia, and she was the commander of the Xia Army before, so whether it is for Great Xia or for the Xia Army, it is quite familiar, and if there is such a person in her hands, it will definitely be of great benefit to the future plan.

Of course, it's not that this comfort is a master who can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman, and is caught by Xiao Yan'er and immediately defects to the enemy and treason.

It can only be said that Xiao Yan'er has a number in her own heart, how many heroes can there be who grit their teeth and don't blink after dozens of punishments?

At the beginning, the arrogant Wenchen scholar Xiao Yan'er was not uncensored, and in the end, it was not all about pouring beans from bamboo tubes, how much did she say? The backbone is a thing, what is thought in the heart is what is thought in the heart, and it is really on the execution ground, but it is not like that at all.

Not to mention anything else, Xiao Yan'er firmly believes that a son like An Yi is from a brother, and there is no mouth that cannot be pried open, only a punishment that is not in place.

This is also a disguised rescue of the lives of the two of them, if it is really an order to fire ten thousand arrows, then there is no way to live.

But what made An Yi's heart flutter was that he still ran all the way from the south of the city, and what he saw was not the stone bridge that had been broken, but this was what he was most worried about along the way.

According to the amount of advance he calculated before, if it was just Han Guangde who led the army alone, all the time would be more than enough, but he was a little surprised that Xiao Yan'er would actually come to the scene with the dignity of the queen mother, and he saw through the trick he was going to repeat at a glance, so that later he almost confessed to Jin Mingyin and fulfilled it truthfully.

It's just that An Yi will slowly know that the place where the Empress Dowager Chengtian of Da Liao surprised him is not only that.

"Old Shuai, do you see the stone bridge in front of you?"

Xiao Yan'er pointed to Han Guangde, who was galloping side by side, while holding the horse under her crotch.

Han Guangde also saw the unusualness of this stone bridge, wasn't it the Xia army who had just escaped from Lanzhou City gathered on the other side of the bridge? Since it has escaped from the tiger's mouth, why are you still gathering here?

When the eyes of this veteran who had experienced a hundred battles swept over the ferries of all sizes and sizes that were quietly leaning together beside the bridge, he already had the answer in his heart, so Xiao Yan'er said: "Queen Mother, presumably this Xia army is planning to break the bridge!" It is estimated that it is because this comfort has not crossed the river, so there are scruples! ”

"That's right!"

Xiao Yan'er's bright eyes, which seemed to be able to perceive the dark void, wiped a trace of coldness slightly, "I guess those ferries are full of fire oil, since they hesitate, let's help them!" ”

"Good! It just so happened that the old man also came to the event to move his muscles! ”

Han Guangde naturally knew Empress Xiao's thoughts, and without the slightest hesitation, he pulled the longbow in front of the horse, and with the torch in the hand of the Khitan cavalry beside him, the tip of Leng Sensen's arrow was stained with sticky oil and soaring flames, and then he pulled the moon-full bowstring, pointed at the sky, and shot at several ferries next to the stone bridge.

"Whoosh!"

Jiang Shang, who was on the other side of the bridge here, saw An Yi and Gao Ciyi's horses followed by the pursuing Liao soldiers, and the people who were already on the horses sped up their movements, and they were about to rush out with the cavalry to respond.

Before the horse had stepped out of its front hooves, it saw a long tail flame and a meteor-like feather arrow, drawing a bright arc in the still dim air, and falling straight towards the ferry!

"Not good! Stay away, everybody! ”

Of course, Jin Mingyin's own bureau is clear about the oil and fire in the ship. Where can the medicine withstand the puffing of this open flame?

Frightened, he quickly turned around and shouted at the soldiers and horses behind him to retreat, but before he could finish his words, the fire behind him was accompanied by an explosion and a powerful wave of air had already spread towards the south bank.

"Boom!"

The shock wave that spread rapidly made this group of Xia Jun, who had just experienced a bloody battle and was already exhausted, like weeds swept by the wind on the vast grassland, and they were all overturned to the ground in an instant, and several cavalrymen who were close to the stone bridge and sitting on high horses were completely unable to react, and even the people and horses were not swept away by the wind, and their chests were as if they had been hit hard, and after they fell to the ground, they were all spitting a mouthful of red blood on the ground.

Jiang Shang reacted a little faster, turned over and went to the horse, and with the help of the body of the war horse, he was able to block it, and he was not seriously injured, but Rao was like this, and he was also pushed forward four or five steps away.

By the time he stood up again with the silver spear in his hand, the entire stone bridge had been engulfed in flames.

Gao Ciyi was running forward non-stop in front, who knew that when he was about to run in front of him, the sound of "Teng" was completely cut off by this wall of fire that seemed to rise from the underworld and separated yin and yang.

"Brother!"

When An Xin saw this scene, her crying was heartbreaking, and she didn't care about the blood marks that had just been swept out by the air wave and wiped on her legs, she struggled to stand up and was about to rush towards the opposite bank, if it wasn't for Jin Mingyin to stop her, this girl would have gone crazy and went straight to the turbulent Sushui River!

"Sigh Rule~"

The fire that Jin Mingyin made was indeed really big enough, even if Gao Ciyi calculated, it was impossible to jump from the fire with two people on a horse, and in desperation, he could only tighten the reins of the horse and stop on the spot.

An Yi followed Gao Ciyi's slowly turned the horse's head, looked at the Liao army that was chasing in front of him from behind, and slowly stopped, and said to Gao Ciyi in front of the horse with some bitterness in his mouth: "It seems that the two of us are not easy to pass this level today." ”

"I'm not afraid!"

Gao Ciyi looked at the playful face in front of the Liao army with an iron face, as if staring at Xiao Yan'er with the kind of cat staring at the mouse in the dead corner, and pushed the silver gun in his hand forward, "I'm going to die here today, and I want them to catch a few more people!" ”

"No way!"

An Yi's mind was a little quiet, he glanced in the direction of Xiao Yan'er, and with this Xiao Yan'er's eyes, he already understood in his heart that their purpose should be himself, not Gao Ciyi, so he lowered his voice and said: "They don't know who you are, the reason why they didn't order us to kill us just now must be coming for me." You listen to me now, get off the horse, and go to Sushui River, Jiang Shang and they will definitely answer you. ”

The current of the Sushui River is quite turbulent, even if Gao Ciyi's equestrian skills are good, he will not be able to cross it alone, otherwise during the previous Qingcheng Battle, the Liao army would not all be honestly squatting on the north bank.

But fortunately, Jiang Shang and the others have already crossed the river, and as long as they respond a little on the shore, Gao Ciyi can pass safely.

An Yi calculated like this in his heart, thinking that he would pull the reins of the horse, planning to drive Gao Ciyi down the horse,

Where is Gao Ciyi willing to agree?

"No! I left you here alone, how can you explain to Xin'er if you let me go back, she still has to hate me for the rest of her life? And what you promised me, are you going to leave it alone? No way! Absolutely not! ”

Gao Ciyi held a silver spear in one hand and held the reins of a horse in the other.

"If you don't let go, we'll both have to die here!"

"Then even if the two of us should be like this, anyway, the main force of the Xia army has passed, and without the two of us, the Liao people will not be able to pass Tongguan!"

Gao Ciyi can compete with Guo Muer in terms of strength, where can the strength in An Yi's hands twist him?

So he thought about it for a while, then glanced behind him, and continued to whisper: "Okay, then I won't fight with you, the two of us will fight today, and you will fight back with your horse." ”

"Backwards?"

Gao Ciyi didn't understand the meaning of comfort, to the back? Do you retreat to the Susui River?

An Yi didn't seem to want to explain more, so he just ordered: "You listen to me, slowly, go back." ”

Gao Ciyi thought that An Yi already had a plan in his heart, so he was very obedient and slightly drove the reins of the horse, so that the horse under the crotch obediently retreated backwards and retreated towards the Sushui River.

But no matter how slow you retreat, the Liao people on the other side are not blind, and you can't see their small movements?

Xiao Yan'er is really like a cat licking her claws with a winning ticket, as if she is looking at the "two little mice" in front of her with great interest.

At the same time, he had already raised his slender hand, so that the crossbowmen behind him were ready to draw their bows and arrows, and once there was any change on the Xia army's side, they would all be shot! With such a close distance, you don't have to worry about any firecrackers.

also sees the small action of comfort in his eyes, as well as Jin Mingyin on the south bank,

Jin Mingyin was sitting on the ground kneeling on the ground with one hand and sobbing non-stop, and pointed to An Yi on the other side of the river and said, "Look, they seem to be ...... Come here! ”

Jiang Shang's eyes never left the other side for a moment, naturally without Jin Mingyin's prompt, he had already noticed An Yi's thoughts, and after seeing his step-by-step movements, he hurriedly turned around and ordered the soldiers around him: "Quick!" Go find a few strong, watery brothers, come with shields, quick! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The pro-soldiers also knew at this moment that they did not dare to delay even a moment, and got up from the ground and ran towards the army.

"Brother Jiang!"

After Jiang Shang finished speaking, he glanced at Jiang Yun again, beckoned, and said, "Bring the firearms battalion here." ”

"Good! I understand! ”

When the people on the south bank are all arranged, Gao Ciyi follows the gray and white war horse under his crotch, and he is also about to rely on the side of the Sushui River step by step.

One step, two steps......

It wasn't until Gao Ciyi felt the horse's back kick sink deep that he knew that he had stepped on the mud on the shore.

"Brother, it's time to get there, what should we do next?"

An Yi gently shook the reins of the horse with his hand, signaled Gao Ciyi to let go of the hand holding the reins, and then grabbed the jade belt around his waist with the other hand, put his head to Gao Ciyi's ear, stared at the Liao soldiers on the opposite side with his eyes, and said in a low voice: "I'll count three times, let's fall back together." ”

"Good!"

Gao Ciyi looked at the arrows glowing with cold light behind the sunset red cloud armor general, took a deep breath, and tilted her head heavily.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

As soon as the "three" of comfort came out, Gao Ciyi felt a sudden force on his waist and dragged him back, and the hand that had already loosened the reins could no longer control his body on the horse, and the whole person fell back suddenly.

"Plop!"

Behind is Sushui River, Gao Ciyi's upside-down onion pierced into it!

Jiang Shang had already arranged a few thick hemp ropes tied to the other side in Sushui River, and a few sergeants holding shields and dragging hemp ropes quickly leaned towards Gao Ciyi, and scooped him up from the water in three or two clicks.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Except for comfort, other people's lives are of little value in Xiao Yan'er's eyes.

"Stop!"

When this shout reached Gao Ciyi's ears in the river, he realized that An Yi was still sitting on the horse, and he had no intention of coming down at all!

"You! At ease! ”

With a slight smile on An Yi's face, he turned his head to look at Gao Ciyi in the water,

"Xin'er won't blame you now, help me take care of her."