Chapter 490: Paving the Way with Blood
Cao Hong was rescued and hurried to Cheng Yu's house.
"What? The chess was a bad move, and it didn't destroy the Yang family in one fell swoop, but it led to such a disaster, Yu's fault! Cheng Yu heard that the south gate was lost, Cao Hong was attacked, and shouted with regret.
Without waiting for him to give another order, a general outside the door suddenly rushed in with blood, almost crawling in, and it turned out to be Wang Xiong: "Master Hou, general, the big thing is not good, the north gate ...... Lost! β
"What? How can it be? Cao Hong and Cheng Yu exclaimed at the same time, and the faces of the people next to them instantly turned as white as pieces of paper.
"Is the message exact?" Cheng Yu was calm in the end, and quickly suppressed the shock in his heart and calmed down.
Wang Xiong replied firmly: "The last general was supposed to go to the north gate to support, but a large number of Jingzhou soldiers rushed in front of him, and he was met by the thief general Zang Ba, and the last general was defeated and rushed desperately to report it." Master Hou, general, hurry up and break through, if you drag it any longer, you won't be able to leave! β
Cheng Yu's face was pale and bloodless, and the whole person shook for a moment, and he was about to fall, but fortunately, Yan Ming's hand quickly held on.
"Master Hou, let's go, let's make a decision when we see Duke Wei! If even you fall, then Wei Gong will lose an arm! Cao Hong persuaded bitterly.
Cheng Yu's whole person seemed to be ten years old, and he sighed and said, "Okay, break through, and ask for guilt when you see Duke Wei!" β
Cao Hong immediately ordered: "Yan Ming, Cao Cheng, guard Hou Ye, if Hou Ye is the slightest bit damaged, you will come and see you!" Wang Xiong, Cao Shun, Wang Fei, follow me to stop the enemy! β
"No!"
The whole city was fighting, everyone was running around, although Cao Hong and his party saw it, they didn't care too much, their goal was the north gate.
Along the city wall around the periphery of the imperial city, there is a small road, this is the road that the palace people take for daily purchase, there are not many people who are qualified to walk, but few people come, Cheng Yu chose this road, which can lead directly to a street and alley not far from the north gate.
The road was safe and sound, near the north gate, only to see a large number of Jingzhou soldiers had entered the city, where more than 1,000 people were left guarded, and the corpses and mottled blood stains were all over the ground.
"Rush!" Yan Ming gave an order and rushed out first!
"Stop them! Fast! The Jingzhou defenders at the gate of the city immediately met the enemy.
But ordinary soldiers couldn't stop Yan Ming and Cao Cheng, who were generals, not to mention that Cao Cheng was difficult to meet the enemy with archery, and he released arrows one after another in his hands, and those who were slightly close were killed by arrows, and the others were killed by Yan Ming and others, and hundreds of people rushed out of the city in an instant.
"Let's go! To the north, then to the west! Go to the east of the river! Cheng Yu had completely calmed down at this time, and calmly commanded Yan Ming and the others.
The north and south gates were lost, so that the city of Xuchang was surrounded by war, the defenders were also defeated, looking for an opportunity to escape, and were forced to surrender on their knees.
Cao Hong blocked it slightly, and learned that Cheng Yu had left the city, so he immediately looked for an opportunity to take the same road that Cheng Yu escaped, and the north gate had been sent more people because of Cheng Yu's breakthrough, with three thousand people. Cao Hong was spotted when he showed his head slightly.
"Defend the city gate, there will be Cao Jiang coming, and if you catch Cao Jiang, you will have a great achievement!"
All the defenders at the gate of the city immediately shouted for joy, and Cao Hong saw that there was no way to retreat and shouted: "If you die, you will die, what is there to fear!" Kill! β
But it was Wang Xiong, the infantry general beside him, who rushed out first, and shouted at the same time: "Wang Xiong opens the way, the general quickly get out of the city!" β
Wang Xiong had two knives in both hands, and the dancers were dazzled, but the Jingzhou soldiers who had just rushed were unstoppable, and they had just opened a space, and immediately two or three hundred of his subordinates surrounded him inside, and shouted in unison: "Block the enemy with the general!" β
Wang Xiong and Wang Fei are brothers, and they are rare infantry generals in the Cao army, especially the elder brother Wang Xiong, known as the "Diamond Dragon", which shows that he has a lot of ability. But he didn't expect that a team of his own soldiers would arrive at this moment.
Wang Xiong suddenly met Zang Ba, too late to line up was killed by the defeat, his subordinates were also killed scattered and fled, Wang Xiong only took dozens of people to flee to Cheng Yu's house, these people are regrouped, a wounded soldier said that Cheng Yu from the north gate out of the city, expected that the big thing has gone, hoping to break through and then go to Hebei to join Cao Cao, I didn't expect to meet Cao Hong and his party again, especially to see his main general Wang Xiong desperately kill the enemy, immediately stepped forward.
"Hahaha, today my Wang Xiong can still fight side by side with my brothers, this life is not in vain! Kill! Wang Xiong laughed.
"Kill!" The whole army roared.
Wang Xiong gave an order: "Array!" β
With an order, although the number was small, but it was indeed the most elite group of men under his command, they immediately formed a smaller infantry battle formation, with shields standing in the front row, bows and arrows standing in the back row, and spearmen standing in the middle, and a simplified battle formation was immediately formed.
"Enter!"
Under Wang Xiong's orders, these defeated soldiers suddenly seemed to be a different person, and their momentum suddenly rose, like a sharp dagger, pressing towards the defenders at the city gate.
The infantry marched at a steady pace, allowing the defenders to keep retreating.
But the retreat was only a few steps, and a large number of Jingzhou troops were coming here.
"Kill!"
Wang Xiong's small battle formation was good, but the Jingzhou army had just broken through Xuchang's victorious army, and its morale was even higher, so it was immediately killed.
But those who had been culled were immediately killed, either by arrows or by spears. There were a few brave ones, desperately grabbed the pikeman, pulled out with a gun, and were slashed by the partners next to him, although Wang Xiong's infantry formation was strong, but it could not withstand the boundless rush, and the battle array continued not to be destroyed.
The manpower also kept dying, but the battle array was protecting Cao Hong and the others behind them to advance slowly, and finally went under the city gate.
The space is narrower, and the battle formation is more favorable. However, Wang Xiong couldn't hold on, because the more people and horses gathered outside, and if he delayed for a few more moments, Cao Hong's success in escaping would be smaller.
"Enter!" Wang Xiong once again paid for the lives of his five brothers, killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers who rushed in, and pushed the battle array outside the city gate.
The battle formation advanced with difficulty, and the remaining manpower was less than fifty, most of whom had been wounded, and it was obvious that it was already the end of the force. The Jingzhou Shi clan also saw this, and the impact was even more violent!
"General, go! The last general can't go with him! Enterβ" Wang Xiong hissed and roared with exhaustion, no longer ordered to meet the enemy, and forcibly broke through and advanced, so that his men died faster, and finally pushed out of the drawbridge, and the whole army fought to the death all the way, only five or six people were left to move, and the rest were all killed by random knives.
"Wang Xiong!" Cao Hong wept bitterly.
"Big brother!" Wang Fei was even more sad and indignant.
"Let's go!" Cao Hong ordered angrily, he knew that there would be dead people on the road ahead, and it was still unknown whether he would be able to escape, but Wang Xiong had tried his best to pave a bloody path for himself and others with his own blood!