The soldiers on both sides were stunned. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info they never thought that at this time, Wang Yuan would dare to burst out and kill people, and it was a one-hit killing, which was simply terrifying. Facing the stunned rebel soldiers, Wang Yuan sat on the ground and laughed.

After a short period of surprise, the rebel soldiers came to their senses and saw that Wang Yuan was standing up and retreating with his sword in his hand, and they did not allow Wang Yuan to leave. More than a dozen people rushed forward and raised their swords in greeting. Wang Yuan's whole body was weak, and he staggered back and said with a smile: "Is it cheap?" I'm afraid it's not that easy. ”

More than a dozen soldiers in the rear rushed forward, protected Wang Yuan's body, forced back the pursuit of the opposing soldiers, and helped the crumbling Wang Yuan back to the defenders.

After Chang Wanshan was killed, the generals in the rebel army had no heart to persuade him to surrender. It's good to capture Wang Yuan alive, but killing him is also a great achievement, but you don't need to say much.

"Kill them all."

The rebels on the north and south sides received such an order almost simultaneously. So the rebels came up from the clamor and wanted to cut these hundreds of people into meat sauce. Wang Yuan reluctantly lifted the long sword and gave the order to fight to the death. Wang Yuan also knew that this time it was difficult to escape, and these two or three hundred people were afraid that they would all die before they could support the tea time.

However, just as the two sides were about to engage in battle, a louder shout suddenly came from the direction of the castle tower, and a shout like a landslide resounded in the night sky. It seemed to be the sound of countless men, women, and children shouting together, and it actually drowned out all the voices in the city.

Both the enemy and the enemy were stunned, and involuntarily turned their heads to look in the direction of the castle tower. But seeing a commotion among the rebels on the northern wall, it seemed that they were under a strong attack. Soon, everyone's attention was drawn to the rush of people on the streets of the square inside the city gate. Illuminated by countless lights, a huge stream of people was pouring from the streets to the inner squares, from the upper staircase to the city walls. The various objects they held in their hands were not like weapons, but more like some clubs, harpoons, and even hammers and shovels.

"This ...... What's going on? The defenders looked at each other.

"Could it be that reinforcements have arrived? But where are the reinforcements from Yangzhou City? Someone asked in a low voice.

Wang Yuan frowned and shook his head: "That's not reinforcements, that's the people in the city." The people of Yangzhou rushed to the city. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and then they realized that those who rushed up with a shout were the ordinary people of Yangzhou.

Wang Yuan was right, it was countless Yangzhou people who rushed up. They were just watching the battle in the city, and they watched the city head being captured by the rebels, and the murderous fighting on the city head also made all the people tremble. Many people have realized that the city is about to be captured, and many have fled in a hurry, preparing to go home and pack up their belongings and flee. Panic haunts everyone.

However, at this moment, a group of more than 100 people rushed from the street with swords in their hands, and the people didn't know what was happening, but they quickly recognized that the person in the lead was actually the eldest lady of the Cui family. The eldest lady Cui was dressed in men's clothes, holding a sword in her hand, and led a group of Cui family's men and servants to rush towards the city.

"Miss Cui, what are you going to do? Do you want to go up to the city to die? The people were stunned.

I don't know who shouted: "Yangzhou City is about to be broken, even the eldest lady of the Cui family knows to go to the city to kill the enemy, but we people are here to stand by and watch, it really shouldn't be." Yangzhou City has been breached, and none of us will survive. Haven't you heard that the thieves will slaughter the city after breaking it? ”

"Yes, how can we stand idly by, in the end we will all die, and everyone will simply fight with the thieves. Let's go up to the city and help the defenders kill the enemy. Someone came to his senses and shouted.

"Yes, yes, we can't stand idly by, let's go and help. But we don't have weapons. ”

"What kind of blade do you want? Isn't it okay to have sticks and stones? It's really not that we bite with our teeth and hit our heads with our heads. In short, we have to pull the thief soldiers on our backs when we die. ”

"Yes, yes, that's it. Left and right are dead, and if they die, they have to pull the backs of these thieves. ”

“……”

In the midst of the discussion, the crowd was excited, and the air burned like a flame. The people went out, more than a dozen Yangzhou butchers led the way with sharp knives, and countless people in the rear began to pour into the city from the city gate with sticks, pitchforks and other things. Regardless of gender, young and old, once the crowd was excited, everyone took action and formed a great army to resist the enemy.

The Yangzhou defenders on both sides of the city gate were already struggling to support, and they were stubbornly guarding the city walls within more than 100 steps on both sides of the Yangzhou city gate, because once it was breached, the city would be broken. But the disparity in strength has made them retreat and unable to support them. But suddenly, hundreds of people rushed up to the city, breaking through the rebel formations on both sides like a huge wave, and fighting the rebels in one place.

The rebels were stunned at first, but soon they realized that these were unarmed civilians, and of course they were not afraid of the common people, and the blades in their hands mercilessly slaughtered the people who rushed up. However, they soon discovered that these ordinary people were simply crazy and not afraid of death. They rushed forward, striking them with clubs and stabbing themselves with pitchforks, even if they were struck with swords. That's not all, these guys hug themselves like octopuses when they get close, headbutting, biting with their teeth, and pinching with their fingernails. In short, all the means at all hands were used. Even if they were hacked and stabbed to death with their own swords, they would not let go.

What's even worse is that when more than a dozen people dragged them off the city wall with a dozen rebels in their arms, the people did the same.

Can you imagine the white-haired old woman holding herself with her toothless mouth open and gnawing violently? Can you imagine the people with half of your body cut off and still holding your body alive and dragging you out of the city walls? When these shocking and tragic scenes appear vividly in front of your eyes, what a shock and fear it brings.

In the face of the attack of such a group of people who are disorderly but do not care about life and death, the panic in the hearts of the rebels can be imagined. One rebel after another was dragged by the people and fell under the city walls, like dumplings. After falling underneath, the bones shattered, and the sound of the skin sac cracking was clearly audible, which was terrifying. None of the rebels wanted to be caught by these civilians in any part of their bodies, so when the civilians rushed forward, they timidly retreated one after another, resulting in a chaotic formation of squeezing back and forth.

The people also paid a huge price for themselves. With the blades of the blades, two or three out of ten men were able to rush over and grab the rebels' soldiers, and most of them were slashed and killed before they could get close. On the city wall, which was recaptured by the people in just a few dozen steps, the corpses of the people were piled up, and the blood and water bubbled like a stream along the masonry of the city wall.

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On the southern city wall, more than 200 defenders around Wang Yuan cheered, originally thinking that they would die, but now they seemed to have a glimmer of hope suddenly. However, Wang Yuan's face was solemn. Before the battle began, Wang Yuan did consider crowd tactics. But Wang Yuan understood that if he really mobilized the people to defend the city, the casualties of the people must be huge. This is tens of thousands of elite rebel soldiers, and in the face of unarmed civilians, it will be a one-sided massacre. Although there are hundreds of thousands of people in Yangzhou, in the face of the well-armed rebels, no matter how many they are, they are no opponent. Therefore, Wang Yuan abandoned this idea before the war, and he told Cui Daoyuan, Shen Zifang and others that if the city was lost, they would immediately order the people to evacuate. However, at this time, not only did the people not evacuate, but rushed to the city to fight, even if Wang Yuan did not see the battlefield in the distance, he also understood that the people were suffering huge casualties.

At this point, Wang Yuan couldn't stop it, he could only use this opportunity to lead his men to break through.

"Reinforcements have arrived, kill." Wang Yuan raised his arms and shouted, leading people to the north to kill. He wants to confuse the public and make the rebels, who are confused about the situation, panic, or have a chance to break out.

The soldiers also shouted loudly with Wang Yuan, and mustered up enough courage to rush north to kill. The rebels were a little confused at first, but soon they realized that they were not reinforcements, but the people of Yangzhou, so they decided to resist. Once they stabilized their position, Wang Yuan's and the others had no chance to attack, and only rushed out a dozen steps, killing dozens of rebels, and they were pushed back by the rebels' fierce counterattack.

The rebels were attacking from both sides, and they had already made up their minds to kill the small group first. In an instant, the enemy was met on both sides, and more than a dozen defenders fell to the ground in blood. The formation was compressed here by more than ten steps, and two hundred people were crowded into a small space of more than twenty steps. Wang Yuan sighed in his heart, it was still the last moment to fall to the ground.

Suddenly, three red fireworks rose in the dark sky in the west, and the red fireworks were extremely dazzling in the dark night. Both sides of the city were attracted to the attention of the enemy, and the sudden fireworks appeared very strangely, and the direction was to the left of the rebel camp. Everyone was puzzled, but when Wang Yuan saw the red fireworks, he almost jumped up with excitement.

It's coming, it's finally here. The red firework bombs were a means used by the Divine Army to communicate their messages. That's the real reinforcements. After being behind for nearly five days, Zhao Qing and Tan Ping led 3,000 Shence army personal guard cavalry from Xuzhou to Yangzhou City. Wang Yuan thought that they would arrive after dawn at the earliest, but it was obvious that Zhao Qing and Tan Ping did not delay along the way, but insisted on a few hours in advance. And this time arrived, but it was the right time. It was when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, and suddenly the willows and flowers were bright.

It seems that they must have just arrived in Yangzhou, and when they saw that the rebels were attacking the city, they led their troops to charge the enemy camp and kill them. This is exactly the strategy of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, and the empty rebel camp at the moment is the perfect target for these 3,000 soldiers and horses to attack. Once the battalion is attacked, Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu will definitely order the withdrawal of troops to rescue. This was the most cost-effective move for these three thousand cavalry at this time.

"Brothers, reinforcements have arrived. The reinforcements have really arrived, the army of my Shence army has really arrived, everyone hold on, and the rebels will retreat in a while. Because their large battalion is under attack. Wang Yuan laughed loudly, and his excited voice changed.

"Is it really the Divine Army? My God, reinforcements have arrived. We are saved. The soldiers shouted.

The news soon spread through the city, and the thousands of remaining defenders and countless civilians cheered and jumped for joy. The army of the Shence Army arrived, and the city of Yangzhou was saved.

The tens of thousands of rebels at the head of the city were like ashes, and some of them did not want to believe it, and several generals shouted and cursed: "Where are the reinforcements, don't listen to their bluffs." It is serious to take down the city tower and attack Yangzhou. ”

However, the blazing light of the next camp silenced them. It was clear that the empty barracks, which had already sent all their troops to attack the city, were under attack by the Shence Army, and the large camp had already been set on fire. In the midst of the fire and flames, countless cavalry were pouring into the camp like a torrent on the south side of the camp. A moment later, a shrill gong sounded, the sound of the rebels under the city calling for the retreat. It's time to stop the siege and turn back to the rescue.

All the rebel soldiers were like ashes, and they could already break through Yangzhou, but they had to give up the siege and turn back to rescue. The camp was under attack, and the safety of His Majesty and Prime Minister Yan was obviously more important than Yangzhou, and they had no choice. The leading generals gritted their teeth and stomped their feet and gave the order to evacuate the city.

Fortunately, there are still hundreds of ladders for them to get out of the city, but the difficulty of going down and attacking the city is almost the same, and they have to pay the same heavy price, and the defenders at the head of the city will not allow them to retreat calmly. For a while, arrows flew everywhere and stones rained down, and even the corpses at the head of the city were thrown as rolling logs. After paying thousands of casualties, the rebels finally broke through the moat and disappeared into the darkness.

There was jubilation all over the city. People cheered and celebrated this hard-won victory. All the soldiers and civilians who experienced this night's bitter battle know how tragic this battle was. Amid the cheers of celebration, some people began to cry. Soon, the cheers of the city became a cry.

Wang Yuan stood weakly at the head of the city with his sword in his hand, looking at the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who were crying loudly, his eyes were also moist. In the hazy dawn of the morning light and tears, Wang Yuan saw a smiling face rushing towards him, it was Cui Ruoyu who was rushing along the city wall. Wang Yuan's heart was relieved, his body was crooked, and he fell to the ground with a bang.

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Wang Yuan seemed to be in the middle of the desert, his body was burning and thirsty, and his throat and eyes seemed to be on fire. This feeling is very similar to the experience of Wang Yuan when he entered the desert and went to Bison City a few years ago, his body seemed to have been drained of water, and it was as dry as a piece of wood.

"Water...... Water ......," Wang Yuan shouted in a dumb voice.

"Here it is, here comes the water." A gentle voice sounded, and the soft palm lifted his head and leaned against the soft and fragrant warm and elastic place. Next, a cool sweet spring poured into his mouth, and Wang Yuan suddenly drank it like drinking elixir.

"Drink slowly, don't choke." The gentle female voice whispered lovingly in her ear, and her gentle palm gently caressed her forehead.

Wang Yuan drank a large glass of water, and finally his thirst disappeared, and his heavy eyelids were finally able to stretch out. Then he saw Cui Ruoyu's beautiful face in front of his eyes, his eyes full of worry and pity.

"You're awake." Cui Ruoyu smiled like a flower and said softly.

Wang Yuan's ears still echoed with the sounds of fighting and screams at the head of the city, he shook his head, these sounds disappeared, and there was silence all around. The sun was shining through the windows, the leaves were brushing outside, and a few birds were chirping.

"I'm ...... What's wrong? Wang Yuan struggled to his feet. Then he felt a sharp pain in his body, almost everywhere in his body.

"Don't move, don't tear the wound." Cui Ruoyu said busily.

Wang Yuan reached out and lifted the quilt, only to find that he was naked, with bandaged strips of cloth on his waist, ribs, shoulders and arms.

"You've got more than a dozen wounds. There was a lot of blood from the two wounds on the lower back ribs. Plus overexertion, that's why you fainted at the head of the city. You've slept all morning. Fortunately, there was no big problem, and Lang Zhong said that he only needed to recuperate and recuperate. Cui Ruoyu said softly.

Wang Yuan sighed, leaning heavily on the pillow, he remembered what happened before he fell unconscious.

"When Lang Zhong took off your armor, I was almost scared to death. You...... His body was covered with wounds, and his clothes were stained red with blood. I almost thought you were ......," Cui Ruoying couldn't go on.

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, where am I dying so easily." I knew I was hurt, and I bandaged my wound myself. I can't die. As Lang Zhong said, I was overstrained and lost too much blood. ”

Cui Ruoyu smiled and nodded, reached out and took two pale red silk cloths from the back of the chair next to her, and asked softly, "Is this the silk scarf you used to bandage your wounds?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "What are you doing with this thing?" Oh yes, I remember, this silk scarf was given to me that day when we drank the soup and ate the bread, oops, I tore it up and used it to bandage the wound. I didn't mean not to value your stuff, don't be surprised. ”

Cui Ruoyu said softly: "It's good that you still remember." I'm sorry for something, but I'm going to take it back now. I'll give you another silk handkerchief. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "This has been torn and stained with blood, what are you doing with it?" Throw it away. ”

Cui Ruoyu didn't answer, gently put the two silk handkerchiefs together, wrapped them around the bun a few times, tied a mandarin duck knot, and said with a smile: "Just use it to tie my bun." I want to keep it forever, because there is your blood shed for Yangzhou on it. So I'm going to keep it and be a witness. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Your taste is really heavy, you can tie your hair in a bun with blood-stained scarves, and you don't want to be pickled." Not...... The color of this scarf is lighter, do you want me to cut some more blood to dye it, and the color is brighter. ”

"Net nonsense." Cui Ruoyao's smile trembled, and Wang Yuan also laughed a few times, but the smile quickly turned into a bitter smile, because it hurt all over the body when he laughed, which was really torture.

"How's the war going? Have the rebels retreated? Wang Yuan asked.

Cui Ruoyu put away her smile and nodded: "They didn't attack anymore, and they all withdrew more than ten miles to the west." I don't know exactly what happened, but I've been here all morning taking care of you. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Have my three thousand personal guard cavalry entered the city?" What about Zhao Qing and Tan Ping? Why didn't you come to see me? ”

"You're talking about General Zhao and General Tan, they talked to my grandfather, father and Shen Taishou in the front hall. They came to see you while you were asleep. Cui Ruoyu said busily.

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Please go and ask them to come to see me, and I'll ask about the situation." ”

Cui Ruoying frowned and said: "You have to recuperate more, although you don't have to worry about your life, but you also have to take care of your body." Especially if you're tired right now. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have my own measure." I didn't get out of bed, I just called them to talk. Go and invite them to come, and be obedient. ”

Cui Ruoyu sighed and nodded in agreement, stood up and walked towards the door, but suddenly turned back again, approached Wang Yuan's lips and kissed it gently, and then fled out of the door.

Wang Yuan smacked the fragrance on his lips, looked at the bead curtain that was swaying after the person left, and a smile appeared on his face.