Chapter 344: The Soldier's Trick (Part II)
Ling Fox Chao began to regret it, just an hour after making the decision, he began to regret it, seeing the enemy army enter the city in a big way, he couldn't resist. The west city could not be saved, so the fox tide ran along the city tower in the direction of the sea gate, and did not stop until he came to the edge of the sea gate, and he looked up and saw the defenders of the east city opposite.
"Drop the drawbridge!"
Linghu Chao finally made a last resort, and Xicheng and Dongcheng received signals at the same time and began to release the drawbridges at both ends. It has been said before that the city of Transitional State is divided into two, and if the two cities want to be connected into one, they need to build a suspension bridge over the wide river behind the sea gate. The suspension bridge is divided into two parts like Duzhou City, the west city and the east city have half of them, and the two cities must start at the same time when the suspension bridge is released, so as to ensure that the suspension bridge on both sides can be put together into a complete suspension bridge after being released.
Ling Fox Chao stood at the head of the city in the east and looked at the turbulent river under the city, at the position of the entrance and exit of the sea, the river water poured into the sea, and it has always been the appearance of thousands of horses galloping, it is precisely because of the existence of the sea gate that this majestic momentum is artificially controlled. However, the power of nature is not something that can be reversed by human beings in many cases, and even with the existence of Haimen, this section of the river within Haimen is still unruly, and even because of the construction of Haimen, the river channel has been diverted and there is an unfavorable factor of undercurrents.
In this case, the suspension bridge is crucial, once the two sides of the suspension bridge are combined into one, it can serve as a traffic link between the two cities. Ling Fox Chao did not allow the suspension bridge to be released at first, in order to prevent the enemy from entering the east city through the suspension bridge, at least he could not keep the west city and still occupy the east city to confront the enemy army. It's a pity that Ling Fox Chao himself didn't expect the battle in Xicheng to end so quickly, and before he could fully mobilize his army, there was already a significant decline.
An army of 30,000 people is not a small number, but it is a pity that there is no wise commander, and no matter how many people there are, they are just a rabble, but they are chased and beaten by the Jingyi army of more than 10,000 people.
At this time, Ling Fox Chao still saved his life first, and when the chains of the suspension bridge were pulled and the suspension bridge was slowly released in front of his eyes, Ling Fox Chao's heart was nervous and excited. He was nervous because he was worried that the enemy would catch up, and he was excited because at least he could still survive.
It took a year for the craftsmen of the girders to build the suspension bridge, and when the decks on both sides were lowered at the same time, it was not at all clear that the bridge was divided into two parts, except for a narrow slit that could be faintly seen. The base of the drawbridge is balanced by chains the thickness of an adult man's waist, and in order to increase the stability of the bridge deck, the craftsmen also wrapped iron cables the thickness of an adult's arm around the bridge and connected them to the chains.
The soldiers who led the guards chased desperately, and Lu Xiang and Duan Lang, who were at the forefront, could already see Ling Fox's back, and they also witnessed the moment when the suspension bridge was released. The deck of the suspension bridge is really wide, at least in Duan Lang's opinion, it is similar to the "Avenue to Heaven" sung in the ballad, and the bridge deck is wide enough to accommodate ten soldiers to pass side by side at the same time.
If it weren't for the battle, Duan Lang really wanted to enjoy this magnificent artificial scenery, and even wanted to go up to the bridge and walk back and forth. Ling Hu Chao stepped on the bridge, he began to run towards the east city on the other side, followed by a few soldiers, they as the remnants of the defeated and retreated soldiers can only ask for a life at the moment, at least in the east city on the other side are their own army, once they reach the other side of the bank they can save their lives.
At this moment, the Cold Knife Guard caught up, and they ran quite hard, except for Zhang Hanshan, the rest of the people almost began to be out of breath, after all, from the beginning of the evening to now, the soldiers of the Cold Knife Guard have not stopped for even a moment. Xuan Shaoning tried his best to keep up with Zhang Hanshan's footsteps, and for this commander, Xuan Shaoning's doubts were even greater.
"Shaoning!"
Zhang Hanshan turned his head and shouted at Xuan Shaoning: "We must catch up with Linghu Chao, we must go to the suspension bridge!" ”
Without waiting for Xuan Shaoning to nod, Zhang Hanshan's footsteps swayed more rapidly, and he suddenly distanced himself from Xuan Shaoning. Xuan Shaoning could finally sigh: "Who is Zhang Hanshan?" ”
Lu Xiang took the lead in catching up with the tail of the remnants of the Tang Dynasty, brandishing a spear and starting to fight, Duan Lang ran for a while and then jumped to the base of the suspension bridge with the wings on his armor, and became the first person in the Jingyi Army to step on the suspension bridge.
Seeing that Ling Fox Chao was not far in front of him, Duan Lang was ambitious to capture him alive. Duan Lang was on the edge of the suspension bridge, and his own comfort was difficult to guarantee for the time being, all of which was in the eyes of Xuan Shaoning, who felt it later.
Not good, it's too dangerous! Xuan Shaoning had already realized the danger of Duan Lang's situation, so he had no choice but to take off the armor of a soldier who had been killed in battle, put it on his body, and after thanking the dead soldiers, he also learned the movements of the guards and relied on such a pair of wings to achieve a longer glide. It's a pity that Xuan Shaoning didn't have the special training of the guards after all, and he couldn't grasp the time to spread his wings when he jumped in the air, resulting in not being able to land at the expected location.
If he didn't catch up with Ling Fox Tide, it would have been fine, but Xuan Shaoning spread his wings too early this time and made the whole person fly farther away, which was a fatal distance. Duan Lang had just kicked a Tang soldier off the drawbridge, and when he looked up, he saw Xuan Shaoning flying over his head and landing directly on the drawbridge.
When he landed, Xuan Shaoning also failed to grasp the strength, and the whole person directly lay on the body of a lower Tang army, pressing this person to the ground, and the pair of wings could not be retracted in time and crashed into the bridge deck and was completely scrapped.
Without waiting for Xuan Shaoning to get up, the Tang Army behind him had already shown their butcher knives, so he could only roll forward to avoid it, and took advantage of the situation to draw out Junwu to fight. These soldiers of the Tang Dynasty originally planned to flee to the other side, but they never thought that such an enemy would fall from the sky to block their retreat, how could they give up and have to be directly overturned!
These soldiers who originally followed behind Ling Huchao were red-eyed, and they had been chased and beaten by these Liang people before, and now these many people can still be invincible in the face of one? So a group of Xia Tang soldiers began to attack Xuan Shaoning, and both fists were difficult to defeat with four hands, let alone dozens of hands? Xuan Shaoning didn't want to kill the enemy, it was already rare to be able to save his life, he could only fight and retreat, to be exact, he couldn't do the battle, he could only keep retreating.
This scene that happened on the suspension bridge was imprinted in the eyes of almost everyone, and those defeated troops of the Tang Dynasty who were eager to escape through the suspension bridge were furious and wanted to solve Xuan Shaoning as soon as possible; The Jing Yi army, which was blocked at the mouth of the suspension bridge, wanted to come forward to help, but had no choice but to fight with the Tang army, and they couldn't cross this human wall at all; The Lower Tang Army at the head of Dongcheng wanted to help, but they could not use the feather arrows with the highest safety factor, so they could only send people to reinforce them through the drawbridge.
"This kid is used to being a hero, and he doesn't even care about his own life!" Zhang Hanshan had already seen the Tang Army coming out of the Dongcheng Suspension Bridge, once they arrived in the middle of the suspension bridge, Xuan Shaoning had no chance to retreat, and at that time he was left with only two ways: being killed on the suspension bridge or actively choosing to jump off the bridge.
Zhang Hanshan pulled over a guard soldier and gave a rude order: "Take off your armor to me!" Lu Xiang saw Zhang Hanshan's actions and wanted to step forward to dissuade him, but Zhang Hanshan happily put on his armor and pulled Lu Xiang and said, "You came just in time!" I'm afraid I'm still unable to support it alone, but it's much better to have you! At least to death, our brothers can still be companions on Huangquan Road! ”
After speaking, Lu Xiang didn't care whether others wanted to or not, they chose a high point, and the two jumped down together. Seeing this scene, Ji Wenhan shouted: "Commander, you must be careful!" ”
Hearing Ji Wenhan's shout, Duan Lang, who was already on the edge of the suspension bridge, looked up at the sky again, good guys this time it was two people, Zhang Hanshan and Lu Xiang slid to the suspension bridge with their wings.
Xuan Shaoning had already retreated to the middle of the drawbridge, he had already heard the sound of running behind him, needless to say, it must have been the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty, he thought that he was going to die honorably in this battle, but he saw two people descending from the sky.
With Lu Xiang's assistance, Zhang Hanshan's landing was much stronger than Xuan Shaoning's, and the landing point of the two was also accurate, just in the middle of Xuan Shaoning and several Tang Jun. Before he could completely land, Zhang Hanshan's shovel flew out directly and shoveled off the two heads of the Tang Army, and then rolled on the spot to catch the shovel and threw it again, but this time his target turned out to be Xuan Shaoning!