Chapter 565: The Road Encounters Fire
At this time, the 100,000 reinforcements led by Nguyen Tien Ngai were also about to arrive at Lang Son City.
They were still more than thirty miles away from the city.
Nguyen Tien Nghi urged the army to speed up and make sure to reach Lang Son City before dark.
If Lang Son is lost, Hanoi will be in danger, and Yue Bang will definitely be shaken, even a little farther, if Lang Son is lost, if Nanyang wants to keep the Yue Bang country, I am afraid it will be a little difficult.
From this point of view, Lang Son must not allow mistakes.
As the first general under Aquino I, Nguyen Tien Ngai was given great trust by Aquino I to protect the heaviest Yue State of the Nanyang Kingdom, and if he lost the Yue State, it would not only be a heavy blow to Ruan Tien Ngai, but also an unbearable burden for the ambitious Aquino and his Nanyang State.
Therefore, they must do their best to defend Lang Son.
However, Ruan Tianyi did not know that the Taiping army had surrounded Lang Son City at this time, and he was thinking about how to deal with the rumors that filled Lang Son City.
But Li Jingguo has obviously sent a messenger to Hanoi asking for help, why did Nguyen Tianyi not know about the siege of Lang Son, it turned out that the messenger who went to Hanoi from Lang Son City to rescue had been robbed and killed by the Taiping army halfway, and then, the Taiping army sent someone to pretend to be a Lang Son messenger to report peace to Nguyen Tianyi, which led Ruan Tianyi to always think that Lang Son City was safe from the heart.
However, Ruan Tianyi was still very careful, and in the process of urging the army to advance, he still constantly sent scouts to reconnoiter forward, so as not to accidentally lead the boat in the gutter.
And just as Ruan Tianyi was moving his army forward, the scouts who were reconnoitring in front brought back news that he found a small group of Taiping troops moving about ten miles in front of them.
Squad of the Taipings? As soon as Ruan Tianyi heard this letter, his eyes couldn't help but narrow, and he thought. He won't be fooled.
So, Ruan Tianyi ordered the scouts to continue to reconnoitre, but he led the army to continue to hurry.
The army ran forward for more than ten miles, and arrived at the place where the Taiping army was found.
Nguyen Tien Nghi ordered the army to pause its advance and rest on the spot.
The army was busy on the road, and it was really tired. It was time to rest, so he scattered the scouts, set up a guard post, and then rested the army with confidence.
And Ruan Tianyi rode a horse, observing the surrounding environment.
The mountains here are high and dense, the scenery is good, and it is a good place to enjoy the cool and relax.
And Ruan Tianyi has been running for so long, he is also a little tired. Earlier, I had been thinking about the situation of Lang Son City, and I couldn't relax for a moment, but now that I was in this place, and Lang Son City was close at hand, the tense Shen couldn't help but relax, but fortunately the environment here was good, and it was very quiet, so he simply dismounted. I found a place to sit down, and then prepared to close my eyes and squint. It's time to relax.
Who expected this squint, but didn't want to fall asleep, of course, this is understandable, first, the environment here is really good. It's quiet and cool, it's very suitable for sleeping, and secondly, he is indeed a little tired, and his heart is relieved. Just fell asleep.
He slept soundly, and even dreamed.
However, for some reason, in his sleep, he suddenly heard someone shouting that there was a fire.
He was startled and immediately woke up.
Then, the sight that caught his eye made him froze.
It turns out that some of the things in the dream are real.
His surroundings have been blazing, the mountains and mountains are covered by fire, the mountains here are high and dense, the air is dry, the forest is on fire when it sees it, and the fire borrows the wind, and the surrounding forests are lit at once, at the beginning only a small part of the place was burned, only for a while, the entire forest was on fire, and the raging fire made Ruan Tianyi look frightened.
And the 100,000 troops under his command also began to be in chaos, and everyone shouted and fled in all directions, hiding from the fire, and they did not want to be buried in the fire.
And after a short period of stunned, Ruan Tianyi also came to his senses, he shouted to tell everyone not to mess up, and then he ordered his personal guards to quickly find a way out, looking at this posture, if he didn't leave, I am afraid that Ruan Tianyi and his Nanyang army will all become roast boars.
He cursed in his heart that the guy who killed a thousand knives, why did he set the forest on fire so indifferently, if he knew who did it afterwards, it would be strange if he didn't skin this person.
The main thing now is to find a way out of this sea of fire.
Soon, however, the guards he sent came to report that the intersections in front and behind were burned out, and they had no way out.
When Ruan Tianyi heard this, he was shocked.
There's no way, how can this be good.
He has seen a lot of battles, and he is known for his wisdom and bravery, but this is the first time he has been burned, and he is really going to be buried in the fire today.
He was in a hurry.
And the guards under him all looked at him, hoping that he could come up with a way.
Ruan Tianyi turned his head and looked at the people who were running around, and his heart was very melancholy.
What should I do, the road is gone, do you really have to wait here to die?
He walked back and forth, thinking of a way to break the game.
At this time, the fire was getting more and more intense, and the smoke from the strong wind almost obscured the surrounding sky, which made the visibility around it become less and less, and the pungent smell of the smoke made many people cough loudly.
It's uncomfortable!
If you don't rush out again, the final result will be either burned to death by fire or smoke, in short, you will definitely die an ugly death in the end.
The situation is critical, and there is no time to delay.
Ruan Tianyi bit it, ordered directly, and rushed out from the intersection in front of him at any cost.
If you rush out, you will live, and if you can't rush out, you will die, Ruan Tianyi plans to fight.
At this time, he can't hesitate anymore, he must make a decision immediately.
Soon, Ruan Tien Gie's order was spread.
Yes, it has spread, and now it can only be spread, and how many people can hear it can only be resigned to fate.
Ruan Tianyi sighed in his heart, then turned around and resolutely led the guards to take the lead towards the intersection that was burned by the fire.
And some of the soldiers who had received Ruan Tianyi's orders also followed them and rushed out.
Rushing out is heaven, staying is hell, in order to survive, the Nanyang army at this time is quite a hatred of the enemy.
Ruan Tianyi, who rushed to the forefront, ordered people to sprinkle urine on the rags torn from his body, and then protected his face and nose respectively, ensuring that the smoke in his face would not rush into his nose too much and cause a fatal breath.
Then, without hesitation, they rushed into the flames.
However, they were comforted by the fact that there were few trees at the junction, so the area of the fire was not too large compared to other places, so they had burned a lot of their hair, eyebrows and beard, and their skin was also burned a lot.
But he still rushed out in a smooth way.
Fortunately, life is still there.
And, as long as you're alive.
And after rushing out of the sea of fire, Ruan Tianyi shouted for the army inside to continue to rush out, and with the example of Ruan Tianyi, more and more Nanyang troops also rushed out of the sea of fire.
And after rushing out, Ruan Tianyi did not stop for a moment, he ordered people to gather those still surviving troops and move forward desperately, they had to flee to a safe place.
After a desperate run, they finally left the fire behind.
It's safe!
When he arrived at the safety zone, Ruan Tianyi let out a long breath, he took a breath, and then ordered people to gather the army, count the number of people, and finally found that less than 40,000 people were left in the 100,000-strong army to escape, and the others were afraid that they would never be able to escape again.
Seeing the 40,000 army for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, Ruan Tianyi couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, this god is too unkind, he actually played him like this, he wanted to scold the sky.
After a short rest, Ruan Tien Nghi was about to find out who had accidentally set the fire, but before he could act, he saw a Biao army rushing out in front of them to block the way. (To be continued......)