Chapter 256: The Darkness Before Dawn

At this time, a group of British routs had just escaped from the jungle and appeared outside the west gate of Jianning City.

"Thank God we finally escaped!" A black soldier looked at Jianning City, which was close at hand, and shouted in a crying voice.

"That's right, we escaped from those fierce enemies like tigers, guys, I have to say that we were really lucky." The other white soldier rubbed his stiff face and laughed at the mistake.

"I'm cold and hungry now, and I'm running out of strength, so let's go into town quickly, the guys will prepare us warm and dry clothes, and I'll have a big bowl of hot soup."

"I still want a woman, I'm going to sleep with her, this fight is a nightmare for me."

The rout soldiers shouted chaotically and began to rush towards the west gate of Jianning City.

After the retaliatory actions of the Wehrmacht, the city of Jianning was reinforced, and many troops were deployed to strengthen the defense. And because it was a bridgehead for the Wehrmacht, there were soldiers patrolling the castle even after dark.

The movement of these routs attracted the attention of the soldiers patrolling the city, and the torches were soon lit up on the top of the city, and the figures of the routs were exposed under the torches, but they were not clear, and the light of the fire cast a shadow on their blood-stained faces.

"Who are the people in the city?" Someone in the city shouted and asked.

Unfortunately, none of these routs could understand, and they looked at each other and shouted at the city in broken English, even in the language of their home country.

Naturally, the defenders at the head of the city did not understand their words, because they sounded like the language of birds.

"Where did you come from, get out of here, otherwise grandpa will be unkind to you." The soldiers at the head of the city shouted and cursed.

The routs finally realized that they were too naïve, that they were thinking too much about the good things.

The language of both sides is not understood at all, and what they say is not incomprehensible to the other party.

The routs were not reconciled and began to shout again, expressing their anger by waving their arms and waving their arms towards the city.

They were indeed very angry in their hearts, in their opinion, they were here to help Zheng Zhilong fight, but now they were cold and hungry and were still blocked by Zheng Zhilong's soldiers under the city, which was really unbearable.

They hope their anger will do a little bit.

However, their anger did work, but it succeeded in angering the defenders of the city.

In the southeastern region, there are many barbarians living around. These routs who did not understand the language and made provocative moves have been successfully identified by the defenders as a group of barbarians who have come to provoke without knowing whether they are alive or dead.

There were a few shouts and curses from the top of the city, and then some strange sounds came, and a few arrows pierced through the darkness and hit the few routs standing at the front.

After a few short screams, the arrow-hit soldiers fell to the ground.

The rest of the rout fled in panic, cursing helplessly and cursing the damned defenders.

It's a pity that they don't have any weapons in their hands, and their rifles have already been thrown away when they are fleeing for their lives.

If you get rid of the branches they picked up to use as crutches.

Watching these "barbarians" leave, after leaving a few curses on the city, calm was restored.

The driven British routs walked aimlessly in frustration, not knowing where to go.

This is a completely strange continent, and at this time it is the darkness before dawn, and they are lost.

"What's that?" An Indian rout suddenly screamed as he looked into the darkness ahead.

The other soldiers were startled by his shout, some yelled and some looked at him curiously.

Something seemed to be coming towards them in the darkness, and the rout froze.

Da Da is the sound of a horse's hooves. And the sound grew louder and more urgent, and in an instant a group of cavalry rushed out of the darkness, bringing a chill.

It was the razor-sharp swords of the cavalrymen.

It wasn't until the cold light arrived in front of them that the routs finally reacted and let out a scream.

That's the last voice they left in this world.

The cold flashed, and everything was calm again.

"Captain, thirty-seven in all, all dead." A knight rode around in a circle and whispered.

"Okay, go over there and see if there's any fish that have slipped through the net." The captain said in a deep voice, and then the sound of the horse's hooves faded away.

This is the cavalry regiment of the First Army, and they are the first to come and intercept these fish that have slipped through the net.

At the same time, the First Army of the Wehrmacht has also begun to deploy the encirclement of the city of Jianning.

It is said that it is a siege, but it is not accurate. The strength of an army cannot completely surround Jianning City, but Bai Mu's purpose is not to completely encircle it, but to startle the snake and encircle the point to send reinforcements.

Chu Yunfei's 47th Army had also taken advantage of the night to quietly drive to the official road leading to Fuzhou City outside the south gate of Jianning City to ambush. If you want to rescue Jianning City, that road is the only way to go.

Everything is going on quietly.

Except for the occasional short cry from the darkness, the night was quiet as usual.

Dawn is coming, the gloomy darkness is fading away, and the dawn is beginning to fall little by little.

The guards of Jianning City have been replaced by Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui is Zheng Zhilong's real confidant, so he handed over the burden of guarding Jianning City and protecting his old mother to him.

Zheng Hongkui was still very attentive when he was the defender of Jianning City at the beginning, in addition to increasing the patrol density and increasing the defensive forces at various city gates, he himself also took his own soldiers to patrol around every day, even in the middle of the night, he would check the post, which can be said to be very conscientious.

But since then, it has been calm, and Zheng Hongkui's vigilance has become more and more relaxed.

Especially after the British sent reinforcements, he didn't think that the imperial court still had the strength to attack Jianning City at this time.

Once the nerves are relaxed, it is not easy to tense up again.

The days passed, and the calm made Zheng Hongkui's habit of sleeping flowers and willows flare up again.

At first, I went every few days, but then I simply stayed in the hook fence every night and didn't come back.

During the day, his subordinates always went to the checkbar to find him for anything.

It is not surprising today, Zheng Hongkui woke up from a pink bed with sleepy eyes, looked at the pink extravagant curtains around him, and then touched two handfuls on the two delicate bodies that were still sleeping next to him, and closed his eyes again to reminisce about the absurdity of last night.

Suddenly, a loud muffled sound in the distance startled his heart, and he couldn't help but open his eyes suddenly.

He was no stranger to the sound, it was the sound of a cannon.

Immediately afterward, another loud bang came from a distance.

Zheng Hongkui's face changed, and he stood up naked, his eyes looked in the direction of the north gate, where the cannon sound just now came from.

"Third master, it's not good, the enemy, the enemy is starting to attack the city!" A pro-soldier suddenly pushed open the door and broke in, looking at Zheng Hongkui, who was naked, and then said loudly.