Chapter 38: To Die
Zhao Fu led more than 10,000 horsemen towards the west, and then, on the hill not far from Baifeng City, the dark Beihu cavalry was exposed.
Yan Gu looked at the Lanhe army in the distance, and the corners of his mouth grinned like a demonic smile. He saw Zhao Fu come with his troops, break into the empty barracks, then set fire to the barracks, and then join the defenders under Baifeng City and leave to the west.
Since his proposal was adopted by Ahu Yu, he has replaced Hu Lude and become the real power figure in the vanguard army. Several small-scale battles have brought great confidence to the Beiting soldiers, so his purpose in this battle is not to clear out the residents of Lanhe who are hiding in the mountains, but to directly take Baifeng City!
For this reason, he has revealed false information to the Lanhe side several times. From the initial siege of Baifeng City, to the wounded and slaves left in the barracks, it was all to lure Zhao Fu to the mountain to the west.
Zhao Fu ignored one point, that is, although the Hu people were not good at fighting in the mountains and forests, their team, which was composed entirely of cavalry, would have to give up their superior mobility on horseback if they wanted to enter the mountains to fight, and they were not much different from the Hu people without prior preparation.
Yan Gu even thought that the 20,000 people he had assigned to the west might be able to eat the cavalry troops that went to reinforcements in the mountains and forests. After all, he also dismounted, relying on his determination and courage to fight, and in this regard, Yan Gu was confident that the warriors of Beiting were by no means weaker than the Han people.
"Take White Blade City!" Yan Gu calmed down and didn't think too much, the main purpose at the moment was still Bai Feng City, the city that had given Beiting a great humiliation.
"Hulahula!" When Yan Gu lit the torch in his hand, like a domino, the fire behind him quickly spread, and then illuminated the entire hillside.
This time, Yan Gu did not hide his desire for Bai Fengcheng anymore, and put his strength in front of Bai Fengcheng naked, but this time, Bai Fengcheng did not seem to have the ability to resist anymore.
Zhao Fu came from the west, so he didn't see the hewn city wall to the east of Bai Feng City in a hurry, and Yang Shizhu was urged back to the front before he could go home and hug the concubine who had just married for a while.
This time the Hu people did not feint, but a real onslaught, the city wall was already damaged and the number of troops was reduced, Yang Shizhu collapsed on the city wall again, the male symbol that had not recovered immediately softened, Yang Shizhu where could he take care of the lower body that was already unconscious and began to flow out of the yellow liquid, and hurriedly shouted to his subordinates to hold on, and then let people go to recover Zhao Fu.
But this time, the Hu people obviously came prepared, and even got a few catapults, and began to destroy the eastern city wall that was already lost. In fact, there may not have been any gods, at least for now, and there were no miracles, and the messengers sent abroad could not break through the encirclement of the Hu people, and the losses of that wall soon began to grow larger and greater.
Yang Shizhu's face also deteriorated as he gotten worse, not that he was worried about whether he could defend this Baifeng City, but whether he could still survive.
The situation of the siege battle was very unfavorable to Bai Feng City, not only in terms of numbers, but also in terms of morale, Beihu's high morale far overwhelmed the panicked defenders of Bai Feng City.
Yan Gu rode a horse and looked at Bai Feng City, which was surrounded by torches, this city would become the first city of Beiting to occupy the Lanhe Empire, and he was the one who went down in history with this glorious battle, and a sense of pride arose.
The choice of Baifeng City is not just to wash away humiliation, but the geographical location of Baifeng City is too good, it may not be seen from the map, but Yan Gu knows, and General Jin Ling also knows that although this city is not surrounded by mountains on all sides, it is just between the two mountains, to the north is a vast open land, and to the south it can also reach the hinterland of the Lanhe Empire.
After Zhao Fu gave up some small towns, he could indeed reduce the possibility of being defeated by Beihu one by one, but the same problem was that once Beihu successfully occupied a city, it meant that Beihu also occupied the surrounding territory, which was the biggest drawback.
"The city protector, the Hu people have a messenger asking to see!"
Just when Yang Shizhu was scared and incontinent, he received an invitation from Hu Ren to "negotiate peace".
Of course, the so-called "negotiation of peace" is nothing more than a nice name for surrender, but there is one condition that is very attractive to Yang Shizhu: the city protectors and city officials can give preferential treatment until they are redeemed by the Lanhe Empire.
Yang Shizhu seemed to grasp the straw, for him, as long as he was not killed by the Hu people, then with his family background, no one in the Lanhe Empire would dare to act rashly against him, even if he lost a Baifeng City, it was just to receive some punishment and give the royal family more money.
"Let them in......" Yang Shizhu ordered.
The officers below looked at their immediate superiors with red eyes one by one, although they had long known that this "city protector" was just a gold-plated trip to the frontier by the young men of the capital, but they didn't expect it to be so wasteful.
"Protector!" The officers below shouted in unison.
"What do you know?" I don't know if it was because he was frightened and lost his male function before, Yang Shizhu's voice became much sharper, and he shouted in a sharp voice, "Give preferential treatment to officials!" Only then can we live! β
Maybe it was because of Yang Shizhu's eunuch-like duck call, or maybe because of the words in his words, the officers shuddered, their boss was actually such a person!
"But the people of the city ......"
"What the hell do they do?" Yang Shizhu continued to shout in a sharp voice, "It's just some pariahs, if you die, you will die!" β
"It can't be like this!" One of the officers fell to his knees crying, and then quickly fell to his knees in a large area, bursting into tears.
Yang Shizhu looked at these loyal officers and suddenly felt a little blamed himself. Although it was night, it was too dark, there was no moon, and he couldn't even see a few stars, but he still felt as uncomfortable as being exposed to the scorching sun. He swallowed, not knowing what to do.
Soon, the city began to shout again, urging Yang Shizhu to let the messenger in quickly.
"If you don't accept the 'peace' city, you will be slaughtered for three days after the city is broken!" The translator shuddered and translated to Yang Shizhu.
Yang Shizhu's face no longer hesitated, and his originally slightly chubby face looked even more distorted under the light of the fire, "Open the city gate!" β
It's a night sky where morality has been erased.
"Yang Shizhu!" At this time, a young officer stood up: "You are not worthy to be this city protector!" β
"You, you, you!" Yang Shizhu said you three times in a row, and then laughed, "Hahaha, I'm not worthy of that, so what?" If I have money in my family, I can be it, but what about you? You're just nobodies on the battlefield! β
"Get up, such scum is not worthy of our knees." The young officer's face was indifferent, and then he ordered the herald, "Don't open the gates, and hold on until the general returns!" β
The herald was sandwiched between the two of them, not knowing what to do, although Yang Shizhu was the highest-ranking officer present, but the young officer's judgment might be more accurate......
"You ...... Are you going to rebel?! Yang Shizhu grabbed the young officer's collar, "You dare to disobey military orders?" β
"The lower official doesn't dare, the lower official just wants to ask you to hold on until the general returns." The young officer slapped Yang Shizhu's fat hand like a meat ball.
"General? Hehe, hehehe, if it weren't for Zhao Fu's stupid hairy boy, how could we have been deceived by Hu Ren? Yang Shizhu sneered: "Still waiting for him to come back?" Don't be naΓ―ve, look at the city, can you get out? β
The young officer turned his head to look at the sea-like torches and the invisible sound of sabers and horses' hooves under the city: "I can get out!" β
"I can get out!" He repeated in a low voice again, but this time it was not for others to hear, but for himself, whether he could get out or not, he had to go out, he could only get out!
Yang Shizhu was about to make a mockery, but was knocked unconscious by the young officer's palm, he glanced at another thin officer, the officer quickly dragged Yang Shizhu to a safer place, they looked down on Yang Shizhu again, but they couldn't look down on the power of the family behind Yang Shizhu, so they couldn't kill him, but they had to save his life as much as possible.
"Zhao Si, you look at him, I'll break through and report to the general!" The young officer looked at the thin officer who had dragged Yang Shizhu away and ordered.
"Boss Ning, no problem!" The skinny officer replied.
"Who's going to go out of town with me?" The young officer, known as Boss Ning, glanced at the officers present with different official positions and engaged in various fields.
"Count me in!" An older, bearded officer was the first to respond.
"I'll go too!"
"Boss Ning went, I'm sure I'll go too!"
"Let's follow Boss Ning!"
Soon, most of the officers present responded, except for a few people who were cowering in the corner and dodged without knowing what they were thinking. The young officer sighed, he knew that it was impossible for everyone to be like them, everyone had their own ambitions, and he did not force it.
"Have you decided everything? This time we are likely to have no return, and it is still too late to quit. The young officer asked again.
It was very quiet, and finally a white hand broke the silence, and an emaciated officer raised his hand, "I, I want to go too!" β
"Little beans? What are you doing here? β
"Hahaha, can you ride a horse?"
Xiao Douding is actually not an officer, just an orphan who is responsible for doing chores for the officers, and his body looks very thin because of malnutrition when he was a child.
"I can do it!" Xiao Douding replied firmly, looking at the young officer.
"Accurate!" The young officer smiled and looked at the sky, where the moon finally showed a corner in the dim sky.