Chapter 35: The Iron Horse (2)
In the first month of the eighty-fourth year of the Dou State calendar, an unprecedented fierce war occurred on the land of the Central Plains, and even the two countries of Hei and Dou, which had been hostile for several generations, had never broken out such a war.
The twilight was blank, and the sunset was coming from the sky over Changling in the south, and the red-armored infantry was retreating to the mountains against the north wind. The jar filled with black powder is ignited and thrown, and it ignites immediately when it hits the ground, and the lethality is huge. Under the dust, the banner of the word "Yin" is faintly visible.
The rebels soon attacked, and Yin Shenglin led people to fight bloodily.
"His Royal Highness King Qi! General Zhang was trapped in Xuefeng Mountain by Lei Jiaojie, and General Yang was insufficient to break through the defensive line set up by Tong Wen in the east. ”
Yin Shenglin stabbed the enemy with a sword, and took advantage of the gap between drawing his sword to ask, "Where is Wang Fugui?"
"We didn't expect that Tong Wen's troops would be so large! The Ding Bridge has already led people around from the flanks, and once the mountain is surrounded, we have no way out! ”
After a round of enemy attacks, with numerous casualties on both sides, Tong Wen ordered the infantry to retreat first and continue to use catapults to consume.
Blood stained the earth, and the sound of explosions was deafening. Yin Shenglin stood in the firelight, looking resolutely ahead.
"Your Highness! Withdraw now! It's really too late if you don't withdraw! "There was an arrow stuck in the shoulder of his subordinate, and the blood was still flowing.
Yin Shenglin didn't speak, leaned over, looking at the corpse lying on the ground, he was also in a dilemma, a good battle plan, and now it has become like this.
Tong Wen gave the order to let the infantry continue the attack. Yin Shenglin raised his long sword and pointed forward, shouting to all the subordinates behind him: "The family and country are above, my leopard army will never retreat!" Kill! ”
"Kill!"
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The blood-red sunset pressed the sky, and General Yang was still confronting the rebels, and the two sides were holding on to the death, and no one would budge. From noon to evening, the corpses on the battlefield had piled up, and there was no place to stay, and everyone stepped on the dead bodies, broken chariots, and blood-stained weapons, and continued to fight.
"Old general, we really can't do it, if we continue like this, we will die!" General Yang's subordinates said: "They have opened the defensive line from the south to the north, and we have no possibility of advancing westward at all. But once we march along the river and are ambushed and surrounded, I am afraid that there will be no way to retreat! ”
The blood flowed like a river, reflected in the sunset. The sound of guns, spears, swords, and shields clashing was very chaotic. Yang Wei took a deep breath, he had been in the army for so many years and had experienced all kinds of life and death moments, but he could hold on until the reinforcements arrived. Now he is a reinforcement, but he has to watch the main army be slaughtered, but he can't do anything.
"Chariots! What about the chariots! Yang Wei shouted.
"General, the chariot can't get in, and the corpses are piled up like a mountain!"
Yang Wei jumped off the horse: "All the soldiers listen to the order!" Today, either break out of the encirclement, or die for your country! The thieves are in charge, we can't tolerate it, and we can't be afraid, my good boy is a big deal, and if he dies, he will also pull these rebels and thieves! Give it to me! ”
"Kill!"
Yang Wei took the few remaining men and horses and started hand-to-hand combat. Even the old general personally carried a knife forward. Yang Wei suddenly remembered that he and Tong Wen had also been like this, shoulder to shoulder, overcoming obstacles on their battlefield. Now, he was the only one left.
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In the distant Weicheng, Liu Dehao did not know about the battle on the front line, and the army had been surrounded. The reinforcements in the east could not break the defense, they were still fighting, Wang Fugui and Zhang Shaoyun in the west were intercepted by Lei Jiaojie, Wang Fugui tried his best to go around the south, close to Changling, but Lei Jiaojie did not give him a chance at all, Zhang Shaoyun was trapped on the mountain, sitting and waiting to die.
Mr. Hu is coming in the next few days, and he may have a solution to the current problem. Because Yin Shenglin was not very relieved, he arranged for General Wu to guard Weicheng together.
"I don't know what happened to them." General Wu sighed.
Tong Ansu said to Liu Dehao: "I always feel a little uncomfortable these days."
"Do you want a doctor?"
"Not necessarily. Maybe I'm worried about him too much. ”
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Yin Shenglin blocked a blow, wielding a sword in his left hand and holding a gun in his right hand, the enemy was still swarming up, the brother in front was cut off an arm in the last battle, and one leg was also broken, he still dragged one leg, holding a knife in one hand, and slashed at the enemy.
"Your Highness, I can't hold it anymore. Pull back a little further and pull the enemy to the west. Wang Jixiang shouted.
"What about the messengers we delivered?"
"They can't be killed at all, General Yang, they may be more dangerous."
"How so...... Where did he get so many soldiers? Yin Shenglin was puzzled.
Wang Jixiang asked: "Has someone leaked military information to the outside world?"
"No, if that's the case, Tong Wen won't fight like this, wouldn't it be better for him to set up an ambush directly south of Weicheng to attack us? Why bother to fight me in Changling with such a large number of troops? Just fighting against us, there must be at least more than 300,000, there are Lei Jiaojie's 80,000 Beibao Army in the west, there must be a lot of people in the east, and Tong Wen must still have people left in the capital. In this way, how can he have five or six hundred thousand people in his hands, where did he get so many soldiers? ”
Wang Jixiang said: "I didn't expect that his strength would suddenly increase so much."
The soldiers around him had hideous faces, shouting and fighting with the enemy, even using their teeth, and their mouths and faces were covered with bright red blood. The men and horses on both sides have already killed red eyes, this is indeed a vicious battle that Yin Shenglin has never seen before.
Yin Shenglin blocked an attack again, and he saw the dead bodies that had been blown up and hung on the trees, still dripping blood, and some people who had fallen on the steep slope slid down directly, dragging out blood stains.
Tong Wen ordered: "Release the arrow!"
Caught off guard, Yin Shenglin was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder. Wang Jixiang hurriedly took a shield and helped him retreat, and all the soldiers also surrounded him to take the shield for cover.
"Quick, quick! Let it go, Your Highness is injured, what about the doctor? Hurry up and ask the military doctor! Wang Jixiang carried the injured Yin Shenglin into the camp.
"General Wang, most of the doctors in the army did not follow us, there were only three, and our injuries were too serious......
"It doesn't matter how many you have, this is His Royal Highness King Qi! Quick, get me all of them! ”
Yin Shenglin endured the pain and said to Wang Jixiang weakly: "No, no, don't worry about me...... I can't die. First, save the brothers. ”
"Then you have to take the arrows out, right?" Wang Jixiang said to his subordinates: "Please come first, Your Highness is the commander of an army, and nothing can happen!"
Yin Shenglin shouted: "No need! I'm a soldier in the army, so I don't need to ask a doctor for this little injury! After speaking, he gritted his teeth, did not even blink his eyes, and pulled out the arrow stiffly. Wang Jixiang was frightened, and hurriedly sent someone to help treat his wounds: "Fetch water!"