The hand-to-hand combat on the head of the city was extremely tragic, and Song Jiangong's soldiers and horses should be the elite of Jiannan Jiedu's soldiers and horses, because Song Jiangong's management of the army has always been rigorous, and his soldiers have never abandoned training. In the Battle of Lushui, Song Jiangong's soldiers and horses successfully broke off the army and prevented the pursuit of Nanzhao's soldiers and horses, otherwise the battle would have been even more tragic. It can be said that it was Song Jiangong's soldiers and horses that made the situation still promising. And now this elite has to be exhausted in the hand-to-hand combat with the brutes in Quzhou, although Song Jiangong's heart is painful, but there is nothing to be done.

Even if there are only more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, the advantage of individual soldiers in battle is still very intuitive. The difference in blade armor is huge. In this crusade against Nanzhao, Yang Guozhong was equipped with a new weapon and armor for Jiannan Jiedu soldiers and horses, all the armor and blades are the latest and best in the Tang Dynasty, and they are not inferior to the forbidden army in the capital.

Not to mention the combat power of the soldiers, but wearing such armor and the opponent is really a sword. The slashing of the gun, it must be the Tang Army who takes advantage. Most of the Nanzhao soldiers were made of rattan armor, and many of the blades in their hands were axes made of stone, as well as spears and shuttle darts cut from bamboo. If it weren't for the capture of a piece of armor in the Battle of Lushui, the armedness of this army would be inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty's regimental training.

Therefore, although the number of the Tang army is small, it is well-trained and well-armed, which is the reason why it can continuously resist the opponent's attacks. Of course, the Nanzhao barbarians also have their advantages, they are flexible and free, and they all have tattoos, looking like a group of ghosts, which gives the Tang army a great deterrent psychologically. What's more, there are a lot of them. A steady stream of brutes climbed up from below the city and joined the fighting. As the number of dead in the Don army plummeted, they had to retreat along the city walls.

After the complete loss of the southern city wall, the Nanzhao army began to pour into the city. Suddenly, the whole city of Quzhou cried and screamed, and the people fled. Quzhou Taishou personally led thousands of organized people to build barrier fortifications on the streets of Nancheng, and used bows and arrows and simple blades to engage in street battles with the barbarians to delay the barbarians to occupy the whole city.

But everyone understands that this is just delaying time, and the fall of Quzhou is already an irreversible trend, and the general trend is gone.

"Go and tell Huang Taishou that you must hold on and let the people escape from Beicheng. Quzhou can be lost, but the people must not fall into the hands of barbarians. Song Jiangong ordered people to spread the word, and all the resistance was no longer to keep Quzhou City, but to evacuate the tens of thousands of people in the city.

But even this final goal was elusive, and the influx of brutes began to climb onto the rooftops, bypassing the obstacles in the streets. It is not difficult for them to climb over the wall and over the house, they have already exercised these skills in the high mountains and dense forests. And because of the fierce resistance, Ge Luofeng, who had not intended to kill, had already ordered the slaughter and burning of the houses in the city. Two hours later, a large number of dwellings in the south of the city had become a sea of fire, the city walls on both sides were lost, and Song Jiangong had to lead the remaining more than 1,000 Tang troops to go down the city wall to participate in street battles. But as the barbarian army approached, Song Jiangong had to face one last choice: to die in battle or to evacuate from the North City Gate and abandon Quzhou.

"Brothers, Xian Yu's order before leaving Quzhou was for us to stick to Quzhou. If it weren't for Sun You's greed for life and fear of death, Quzhou would never fall into the hands of the barbarians, but now, it's too late. Brothers, who followed me Song from birth to death, blocked tens of thousands of barbarians with 8,000 people, and it is very proud to be able to persist until now. Now, the barbarians are gathering in all directions, and we don't have much time, the brothers have completed their mission, but they can withdraw from Quzhou with Huang Taishou. The people along the way are fleeing for their lives in Rongzhou, and the brothers can assist them along the way and protect them to reach Rongzhou safely. ”

On the square inside the north city gate, Song Jiangong spoke loudly to more than 1,000 soldiers and hundreds of young and strong people in front of him. The exhausted soldiers and civilians were silent.

"Huang Taishou, I've worked hard for you, let's take someone and leave quickly." Song Jiangong bowed to Huang Shoucheng, the Taishou of Quzhou beside him.

"Song Sima, aren't you going together?" Huang Shoucheng frowned and asked.

"I'm not leaving, I, Song Jiangong, vowed to live and die with Quzhou, if I want to go, I evacuated with Sun Youneng yesterday morning, but I'm the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death."

"Song Sima, why bother?"

"Don't persuade me, I've made up my mind. Huang Taishou, Song only wants you to help me with one thing. ”

"What's the matter, Song Sima, please tell me." Huang Shoucheng said in a trembling voice.

"After Huang Taishou escapes, please report the situation of the Battle of Quzhou truthfully and expose Sun Youneng's greed for life and fear of death. In addition, I told Xian Yu Dashuai that I, Song Jiangong, were not greedy for life and afraid of death, and I promised to live and die with Quzhou, and I did it. ”

Huang Shoucheng's lips trembled, and he said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I will definitely report what happened here to the imperial court, and I will also report to the commander of Song Sima for bravely defending the city, and some people must be punished." ”

Song Jiangong smiled and said, "Okay, that's it, please take someone away quickly." ”

Song Jiangong stepped down the steps with a long sword in his hand and walked to the front step by step, standing still at the entrance of the square facing the black hole. In the darkness all around, the shouts of the brutes and the sound of their footsteps, the gurgling shouts were already close at hand.

"Let's go." Huang Taishou said in a deep voice.

More than a thousand Tang soldiers did not leave, standing quietly in the cold night wind, standing behind Song Jiangong, and silently drew out their blades one by one.

Song Jiangong turned his head to look at his soldiers and frowned, "Why don't you leave?" ”

An adjutant general said in a deep voice: "I will live and die with Quzhou together with General Song, and I will never retreat half a step." ”

Song Jiangong frowned and groaned: "You don't have to be like this, that's my oath, not yours." ”

The adjutant general said: "General Song's oath is our oath. ”

More than 1,000 soldiers said in unison: "We swear to live and die with Quzhou." ”

Song Jiangong was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, let's die together." Huang Taishou, get out of the city quickly, it's too late to be late, don't forget my explanation. ”

Huang Shoucheng silently surrendered his hand and led hundreds of people out of the city.

Song Jiangong turned around, the entrance to the dark square in front of him suddenly became bright, and thousands of barbarians holding torches turned around the corner of the street and ran over, Song Jiangong raised his long sword and shouted: "Come on, let's fight to the death." ”

The brute general waved his hand to stop the brute who was about to shoot an arrow, because he found that his opponent did not release an arrow, but put on a hand-to-hand combat appearance, which was a challenge. At this time, attacking with blowguns and bows is a sign of weakness.

The barbarian general muttered a few words in a quick voice, and in an instant all the archers began to retreat, and melee sword and shield brute soldiers poured out from the rear, striking the shield with their swords and making a uniform shout.

Song Jiangong swung his long sword and shouted, "Kill!" ”

Behind him, more than a thousand Tang troops let out an earth-shattering shout: "Kill!" Rushed out from Song Jiangong's side. The barbarians on the opposite side also let out a roaring shout, and the barbarians rushed forward, and the two sides collided together in an instant.

The moment the two sides clashed, several heads flew into the sky, and dozens of people were killed and injured and fell to the ground in an instant. In a short period of time, the battlefield became a meat grinder-like hell, with flesh and blood flying sideways, severed limbs and stumps thrown everywhere, which was unbearable.

This kind of hand-to-hand combat has neither a formation nor a tactic, and this kind of melee is not so much a contest of force as it is better than luck. Because you may have cut down your opponent a moment ago, but you sold your back to someone next to you, and he could kill you with a single sword. Or maybe you've just slashed a few invincible opponents, only to be caught in the leg by a near-dead opponent on the ground, and then you're left to accept any of them's sanctions.

Song Jiangong always put himself and more than 100 soldiers at the entrance of the North City Gate, because he wanted to buy more time for those who escaped. Every time a breath is delayed, the people who flee will be far away from Quzhou, and there will be more hope of escape. It was almost dawn, and taking advantage of the dark night was the last hope for the people to escape. As soon as the day dawns, the barbarians will send men in pursuit, and then there will be little hope.

But when Song Jiangong pulled the long sword out of the rattan armor of a barbarian soldier, he saw a familiar figure, which was the figure of Huang Shoucheng and Huang Taishou, who had just left the city.

Song Jiangong scolded anxiously: "You bastard, why did you run back." ”

Huang Shoucheng pointed to the outside of the dark city gate, shouting something, but the screams of the sword clashing around him were too noisy, and Song Jiangong couldn't hear what he was talking about at all.

"What? What are you talking about? Song Jiangong slashed over a brute soldier and took a step closer to Huang Shoucheng, and suddenly, he felt something strange, and the ground was shaking. There was a loud sound of 'swooping' in the city gate hole, which was the echo of the horse's hooves stepping on the wooden plank of the suspension bridge in the city gate hole, and Song Jiangong was too familiar with this sound.

Song Jiangong looked at the black entrance of the city gate in surprise, a gust of wind gushed out from the city gate hole, and then a pitch-black high-headed horse with four hooves with eye-catching snow white appeared in the battlefield like a ghost, the person on the horseback had a face like a crown of jade, a serious expression, wearing a fully armed bright light armor, reflecting the torches and emitting a colorful red light, and the cloak behind him was hunting.

Before Song Jiangong could react, another white horse rushed in with the black horse, and immediately sat a short and stout young man, followed by a jujube red horse, and immediately a soldier with a beautiful face. Behind the three of them, a large number of high-headed warhorses poured in, and on horsebacks sat soldiers in armor like iron towers and holding strangely shaped blades.

"Reinforcements, this is the arrival of reinforcements." Song Jiangong finally understood, and laughed out loud.