Chapter 4: Mending the Sky (7I)

"Senior Brother Yao knows that woman!" At the moment when the feather arrow left the bow arm, Yang Baobao suddenly discovered a secret. "But Senior Brother Yao is a great achiever, and he will never be merciful!"

He knew that the women of the city were going to die. Li Jing is known as a divine shooter, and he either fails to trigger it, or hits it with one shot. Thinking that a peerless beauty died like this, Yang Baobao felt a little pain in his heart. He didn't understand why he felt this way, this was a battlefield, either the other party would die or he would die, and he couldn't afford to pity the jade. "But that woman really has a special charm!" He quickly turned his head to look down, expecting to take another look at the enemy girl before she was shot by Li Jing's feather arrows. But to great disappointment, a large enemy rushed up and blocked his view.

"Ah——!h There was an exclamation of exclamation, followed by a terrible roar. The big enemy was about to fall off the horse, and the woman who was as gorgeous as a peony threw away the order flag and bent down to help. Immediately after, hundreds of shields formed a thick wall, making it impossible for Yang Baobao to determine who Li Jing's fatal blow had ultimately hit. All he could see was the countless rebels running, shielding the female general and everyone around her and quickly retreating. Then, the archers of the rebels went crazy and concentrated all the carvings in the direction of the enemy tower.

Ding ding dong, the tip of the iron arrow smashed on the blue roof tiles, and it sounded like the sky was hailing. Several Sui soldiers who were leaning over the battlements to cheer for Li Jing's divine shooting did not have time to dodge, and their bodies were immediately filled with feather arrows. They died of exhaustion without snorting, and their bodies lay on the female wall on the outside of the enemy building, like hedgehogs shrunk up. Countless carved feathers continued to fly over, thickening the weight of the corpses until they could no longer bear it and slowly slid down the female wall, leaving a thick and long trail of blood outside the tower.

Several huge siege crossbows roared down into the enemy tower, knocking half of the roof edge away. Immediately, hundreds of white feathers slid in an arc and fell down the gap in the corner of the building, smashing the city bricks into sparks. It was obviously no longer a wise choice to continue to stand and shoot at the enemy, and without waiting for Li Jing's order, everyone in the enemy tower chose one action. They quickly rushed to the outside of the women's wall, their backs clinging to the base of the wall. This is a shooting blind spot, and you have to hide here to avoid becoming the prey of a stray arrow.

Jing Zhao Yin Guyi squatted in front of Yang Baobao, his slender fingers clasped tightly on the brick joints, and the joints were faintly blue. Next to the bone instrument were two Yun Cavalry Captains with Yu Lu in their womb, one squatted a little higher, his helmet was smashed crooked by a stray arrow, and the strap of the helmet was broken against his chin, and his face was covered with blood. The other, apparently a newcomer who had experienced the battle for the first time, had been muttering loudly. At first, Yang Baobao thought he was cursing the rebels, but after a while, after the sound of the rain of arrows fell, he realized that this person was chanting Buddha.

The Buddha apparently could not hear his prayers. While everyone was pressed by the feather arrows in the enemy tower and unable to raise their heads, more rebels climbed the city wall. They worked in groups of three and five as much as they could, trying to expand their control. The defenders of the city did not give an inch, fighting the rebels repeatedly one battlement after another.

With the loss of two high-ranking generals in quick succession, it is clear that the anger of the rebels has been ignited. With the thunderous sound of war drums, soldiers with only light armor and even no armor to protect themselves continued to climb towards the city. Many people had just poked out half of their bodies from the battlements when they were immediately pierced by defenders with long lances. But the successors turned a blind eye to the imminent threat, dodged the bodies that fell overhead, wiped away the blood that fell on their faces, and continued their climb.

Looking out from the enemy towers, there are rebels near almost every battlement. Jing Zhao Yin Guyi soon couldn't hold his breath, "Block, block, block, block the traitors, and each person will be rewarded with five hundred!" He shouted, and there was a cry in his voice. He had just issued a reward to the brothers, and then shouted to Li Jing for help: "Pharmacist, pharmacist, hurry up and think of a way, hurry up and think of a way!" If Mrs. Li enters the city, none of us will have a good life! ”

"The bone master is in a hurry, and although the enemy's offensive is fierce, he does not grasp the rhythm. If it goes on like this, it won't last long! Li Jing's voice came from the noisy interlude, with an unquestionable force.

He still had feathered arrows on his fingers, and whenever there was a pause in the suppression of the enemy archers, he quickly poked his head out from behind the female wall, and shot either at the bottom of the city or at the enemy at the head of the city. This calm and calm attitude affected many soldiers around him, including Yang Baobao, and the people in the enemy tower slowly calmed down their panicked minds, and followed Li Jing's example to provide support for the robes on the city wall. After a few moments, the speed of the enemy surging up gradually slowed. The archers who were responsible for suppressing the Sui army also ran out of arm strength, and the carvings that shot at the head of the city became more and more sparse and gradually lost their effectiveness.

"The archers are tired of shooting, everyone hurry up and get ready to fight back!" Seeing that there was an opportunity, Li Jing immediately organized a counterattack. Hearing this, the soldiers in the enemy tower got up and took advantage of the pause in the shooting of the enemy archers to run up the city wall, which was already occupied by the rebels in many places.

The addition of a new force eased the critical situation in the city. Several rebel soldiers were caught off guard and pushed off the city. Their robes fought hard and shouted for support from the city. But the situation under the city was as Li Jing expected, the overly fierce offensive exhausted the strength of this rebel army early, and the commander who succeeded the female general tried to give Pao Ze assistance, but in a short period of time, more wall climbers could not be gathered around him.

The enemy and the enemy made a pot of porridge on the top of the city, as if they had a great enmity with each other. The cloud rider who had just recited the Buddha pierced the stomach of a rebel with his spear, pushed the opponent's body with the shaft of the spear, and pushed it against the edge of the city wall. The wounded enemy soldier screamed loudly and fluttered his hands, trying to drive the bull-headed horse away from him. His efforts were apparently in vain, and the reciter quickly let go of the spear shaft and allowed the wounded to fall from the city like a meteor.

In the next instant, the Buddha chanter was also pierced through the lower abdomen with a spear. The crooked helmet rushed to save him, but before he could get closer, he was cut by an enemy general with a horizontal knife. Li Jing personally led people to come forward to help, but was entangled by several lightly armored rebels. Yang Baobao had to join the war group and snatched back from the brink of death the people who the commander Yin Shishi had ordered him to be captured in prison or killed.

Bodies lay near each battlement. Soldiers on both sides jumped over the pile of corpses to continue the battle. To cut a climbing rope or overturn an improvised ladder, defenders often have to pay five or six lives. And in order to protect the section of the wall that was already in hand, the attackers had to struggle to support themselves in front of defenders who were several times their size.

"The traitors are at the end of the crossbow!" After a while, even people like Gu Yi, who didn't know how to fight, understood that this time everyone had won another game, holding a horizontal knife, and joined the battle group surrounded by guards.

Several rebel soldiers were cornered by defenders several times their size. Behind is the battlement, and there is no way back. "Kill, kill one enough!" The leader of the group screamed loudly, trying to prove his bravery with his death. Li Jing quickly fulfilled this person, and swept his head directly into the air with a knife.

The remaining six men laid down their weapons and asked for forgiveness. The defenders swarmed up and chopped them to pulp with horizontal knives.

The battle did not last long, but the intensity was unusually large. None of the rebels who had climbed to the top of the city were able to retreat in one piece. The officers and generals and noble children who followed Li Jing and Gu Yi also lost one-fifth of their lives.

"Spare your life!" In the middle of the layers of corpses, a wounded man dressed in a rebel uniform raised his blood-stained hand in vain. Without waiting for the commander to give the order, several officers and soldiers ran forward, turned the wounded out of the corpse with all hands and feet, and threw them directly down the city wall.

No one showed mercy to their opponents, and the generals never said anything to stop the atrocities. Killing them all became almost a matter of course. In order to vent their anger, the defenders, who had temporarily gained the upper hand, pushed down the battlements of the fallen enemies, both dead and dying, down the battlements. Whenever an injured person screamed in the process of falling, they shouted with excitement. The rebels, who were slowly retreating under the city walls, witnessed these scenes and angrily blew their horns, "Woo-woo-woo-woo!" "It's like seeing off in your own robes, and it's like you're demonstrating to the defenders. If Chang'an is breached, presumably they will not be soft on the captives.

This is exactly what Li Jing wants to achieve. Yang Baobao stood in the middle of a pile of corpses with a half-cut horizontal knife, faintly feeling cold. He can accept the idea of mercy not to take charge of the army, but the practice of planting hatred in the hearts of both the attacker and the defender, waiting for it to take root, is terrifying. 'Good thing I didn't offend this guy!' Thinking of this, he peeked at Li Jing again, and for a while, he didn't know whether he should carry out the orders of the general of the Yin World Division.

"General Yang has something to tell me?" Li Jing's senses were very keen, and he found that Yang Baobao's eyes were always looking around him, and he immediately became vigilant in his heart.

"No, no, General Yin sent me to take a look. If you're okay here, I'll go back to the west of the city and give him my life!" Yang Baobao hurriedly avoided the other party's aggressive gaze and repeated his purpose again.

He wasn't sure he could make Li Jing believe his perfunctory words, but Jing Zhao Yin Guyi did a great favor just right. "Even if you go back and fight General Zuo Yiwei, as long as Li Jing and I are here, it is impossible for the rebels to attack from Xicheng!" While wiping the sweat from his face, he emphasized his importance. It looked as if the rebels had been driven back north of the Yellow River.

"Indeed, the last general must report truthfully to Lord Yin. With Lord Bone and Master Li in charge, Xicheng is unbreakable! Yang Baobao nodded and responded with a smile. At this juncture, the skull instrument can still think of doing merit for himself, Yang Baobao really doesn't know what shape the head under this person's hat is.

"It's mainly General Li, if he hadn't shot the enemy general, the rebel offensive wouldn't have ended so quickly!" Seeing that the other party was so knowledgeable, Gu Yi didn't think much of himself, and gave the greatest credit to Li Jing.

According to the military regulations of the Great Sui, the general who beheaded the enemy in battle could be credited with the first merit. Everyone had just seen Li Jing shoot an enemy general riding a black horse off his mount with an arrow, although most people didn't know the name of the unlucky ghost, but judging from the chaotic performance of the rebels afterwards, the level of the fallen horse was definitely not low.

"Indeed, today Yang is fortunate to be able to witness Li Juncheng's divine shooting!" Yang Baobao stopped and agreed with Gu Yi's statement. "It's just that it happened suddenly, and I couldn't see who this person was!"

"I didn't see it clearly! What a pity! Gu Yi pretended to sigh regretfully and said.

"It should be Jukou Sun Hua! I didn't mean to, he hit the tip of the arrow himself! Li Jing smiled and gave the answer very modestly.

As soon as the words were spoken, a sound of admiration immediately sounded around them. The Taiyuan rebels were able to kill the base of the Jingshi wall so quickly, and the role of the thief Sun Hua in it should not be underestimated. In order to commend his merits, Li Yuan even ignored this person's humble background, and directly recommended him as Doctor Zuo Guanglu, the county prince of Wuxiang, and Feng Yi Taishou. In terms of titles alone, among all the generals of the rebel army, Sun Hua was second only to the hereditary prince Li Yuan and the county prince Chai Shao, and was directly listed in third place.

And such a traitor with a prominent official position was actually shot to death by Li Jing himself in the city. If the news is accurate, after the counterinsurgency is suppressed, I am afraid that Li Jing's knighthood will not be slightly lower than that of the county duke.

Li Jing is known for his integrity, so no one suspects him of boasting. But in addition to the amazement, there was a sour taste in the stomach. "The surname Sun is a man who values love and righteousness, and he would rather use his body to block arrows for women!" Someone's gaze suddenly became keen, as if he had clearly seen every detail when Li Jing fired the arrow just now.

"That's it! For the sake of a woman, she refused to even ask for her life. Such a man is really rare! Gu Yi smiled and continued. Anyway, Li Jing himself just said that he didn't do it on purpose, and it was not offensive for everyone to say that his credit was lower.

"In any case, that's the credit of General Lee." Although he didn't want to call Li Jing 'Senior Brother Yao' anymore, Yang Baobao still couldn't get used to the sour appearance of Gu Yi and the others, so he stopped for the second time and turned back to say. As if very inadvertently, before leaving, he asked again, "Has General Li ever known the name of that female general, and the one who can make Sun Hua sacrifice his life to block arrows should not be an ordinary person!" ”

He believed that if Sun Hua hadn't accidentally run forward to die, that woman as brilliant as a spring flower would have been splashed with blood on the battlefield. But he was still very curious about who the other party was, and he could actually make Li Jing, who had always been as cold as steel, hesitate for a moment before releasing the arrow.

Before he walked down the city, he heard the answer.

"I don't know who she is. I just feel that the battlefield for women should not be between two armies! Li Jing grinned and replied in a joking tone.

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