Chapter 219: The Last Line of Defense
Huang Xu hurriedly waved his horse and rushed to pacify the embassy.
"How's the situation at the East Gate?" The first thing Huang Xu said when he saw Yuwen Boge was to ask about the situation.
"Master Ma, according to the latest news, the defenders of the East Gate are already on the way to retreat to the pacification embassy, because the Qing army is very numerous, they are worried about leading the enemy to the pacification embassy in advance, so the defenders of the east gate adopt the tactics of resistance one by one, and gradually retreat, as much as possible to slow down and delay the advance of the Qing army." Yuwen Boge Dao.
"What about casualties?" Huang Xu asked again.
"The casualties are very large, it is estimated that the personnel who can safely return to pacify the embassy will be less than one-tenth of the original defenders of the city, but, Master Horse, the casualties you brought are not very large, as far as I am concerned, I can't help but say, this is really a miracle." Yuwen Boge's admiration for Huang Xu's subordinates could not hide the sadness in his words.
Huang Xu heard that the casualties were very large, and his heart tightened, thinking that what he was most worried about had happened, but who knew that this Yuwen Boge changed his words, but said that the casualties of the special operations detachment were very small, Huang Xu heard it, and he was very happy in his heart, he knew that these rabbit cubs had experienced the test again, which was very beneficial to the growth of the special operations detachment. At the same time, he was deeply sympathetic to the casualties of the defenders of Anqing Province.
"Lord Yuwen, how is the situation of the people?" Those who achieve great things are people-oriented, Huang Xu is well aware of this truth.
"Don't worry, the lower officials have already arranged for this matter, before the start of the war, the lower officials have arranged for people to move the people of the whole city to the pacification embassy, so that the surrounding dignitaries and nobles can give up their private houses to temporarily settle the people, and the lower officials have built three lines of defense around the mansions of these settled people, which should be able to resist for a while." Yuwen Boge Dao.
"Although everyone understands that the two armies are fighting, the crime is not as good as the people, but as soon as the war starts, the jade is burned, and the city gate is on fire, it will definitely affect the pond fish, we are the generals of the heavenly kingdom, the adults are loyal to the country, and the enemy is short-handed, that is a matter of course, however, the people are very innocent, they should not become the victims of this war, Lord Yuwen, you are doing the right thing, the hearts of the people are clear, our efforts today will not be in vain, and the matter has been moved, These kind people will definitely repay our efforts today with tenfold or even hundredfold sincerity, so even if we lose this battle today, we can win the hearts of the people, and those who have won the hearts of the people since ancient times will win the world, Lord Yuwen, you are a hero of the kingdom of heaven." HUANG Xudao.
"The golden and jade words of the master of the horse are remembered by the lower officials, even if the lower officials are broken, they must ensure the safety of these people." Yuwen Boge was stirred by Huang Xu's words and blurted out.
"Okay, I'll fight alongside you." Huang Xu clenched his fists and said.
"Thank you, Princess." Yuwen Bog thanked.
Between the words of the two, a large number of soldiers who had retired from Simen returned to the pacification embassy one after another, although many of them were wounded, but their morale was very high, and they all shouted that they would return to the battlefield and fight the Qing army.
Looking at these respectable soldiers, Huang Xu was happy and sorry in his heart, happy that there are no bad seeds in the kingdom of heaven, only brave warriors. It's a pity that most of the soldiers who are so good will lose their precious lives to this damn battle before long. Thinking of this, Huang Xu seemed to have a breath in his heart, and he couldn't find an outlet for Xuan.
"Big brother, we're back." Huang Xu was groaning, and the voices of Tian Xiaoer and Dongfang Bufu sounded behind him.
Hearing the voice, Huang Xu Huo Ran turned around, opened his arms, and hugged them suddenly, Huang Xu kept patting the backs of the two, and kept saying: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back......".
Tian Xiaoer and Dongfang Bufu were stunned at first, but later when they saw Huang Xu, who was revealing their true feelings, they were also very moved, and they couldn't help but stretch out their arms and hugged each other tightly.
Only when they have truly experienced the test of life and death together can the relationship between brothers become more precious and indestructible.
"Big brother, we are all fine, except for two brothers who are seriously injured and five brothers who are slightly injured, everyone else is fine." Tian Xiaoer said softly.
When Huang Xu heard Tian Xiaoer's words, he let go of the arms of the two, stretched out his fist, and gently slapped them on the chests of the two of them, and then smiled: "Well, good job."
Tian Xiaoer and Dongfang Bufu glanced at each other and smiled embarrassedly.
"Big brother, the city gate has been lost, what should we do?" Tian Xiaoer was a little worried.
"Xiao Er, what are you afraid of, it's a big deal, let's lead the brothers to kill out, I don't believe anyone dares to do it." The East is not confused and arrogant.
After today's battle, Dongfang Bufu can be regarded as having truly seen the combat effectiveness of the special operations detachment, and he really admires his big brother in his heart.
"Kill out? How to kill, there are hundreds of thousands of troops on the other side, you think it's just decoration." Tian Xiaoer listened to Dongfang's words that seemed to be unconscious, and choked.
"What is the hundreds of thousands of troops, didn't we also kill them in the first place?" Dongfang is not confused and a little disdainful of authenticity.
"That's someone else's underestimation of the enemy, and they haven't figured out our details at the time, so they gave us a loophole, you really think we are invincible in the world, dreaming." Tian Xiaoer was very unimpressed with Dongfang's empty eyes.
"Little Er, you know that you will grow other people's ambition and destroy your own prestige." Dongfang is not confused.
"I'm here to make you self-aware." Tian Xiaoer did not give in.
"You...."Dongfang was not confused, his eyes widened angrily, and he said.
Tian Xiaoer did not show weakness and looked at eye to eye.
"Okay, when is it, you are still pinching here, what we urgently need to do now is to find a way to support the prince's army to help, what good way do you have?" Huang Xu saw that the two of them were almost in trouble, and said loudly.
Seeing Huang Xu's voice, Tian Xiaoer snorted at Dongfang Buconfused, ignored him anymore, turned his head, and said to Huang Xu seriously: "Big brother, everything that can be used has been used, and now all we can do is to hold on, to put it simply, it is to exchange lives for lives, and with our lives, kill and injure the Qing army as much as possible, we can hold on for a moment longer, then, the greater the hope of waiting for the army to come to help."
"Hold on to a fart, big brother, according to me, we still take our brothers from the special detachment to kill them, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of running out of firewood, and come to these Qing troops to settle accounts in the future." The meaning of Dongfang is not confused is to preserve strength in order to achieve after-effects.
"Don't you just ignore Yuwen Bog and them?" Huang Xu continued to say that Dongfang was not confused.
"Tell them to kill too, and if they can run one, it's one." The East is not confused, and it is simply authentic.
"Dongfang, didn't you let the eldest brother disobey the prince's military orders, but the prince asked us to stay and wait for help." Tian Xiaoer shouted at Dongfang Bufu.
"You...."Dongfang was not confused for a while, he understood that what Tian Xiaoer said was also the truth.
"Little Er, is there any news from the prince?" Huang Xu ignored them and asked to himself.
"No, I have sent several groups of people out, and I haven't seen anyone report back yet, it seems that most of the people sent out are more than lucky." Tian Xiaoer guessed.
After listening to this, Huang Xu didn't make a statement, and the thoughts in his heart turned around.
It must be guarded, but if you want to burn the enemy jade, this deal is too cost-effective, the only feasible way is to comprehensively consider the opinions of Tian Xiaoer and Dongfang Bufu, and try your best to support it in advance, but it really can't hold on, so find an opportunity to break through and take revenge in the next day, Huang Xu thought.
After making up his mind, Huang Xu told Tian Xiaoer and Dongfang Bufu what he meant, and let the two act separately.
Huang Xu himself went to Yuwen Boge to discuss some defensive details.
Just when Huang Xu was discussing with Yuwen Boge and others, the Qing army had already followed, and the speed was really fast enough.
After the Qing army surrounded the defensive circle around the Anqing city defense army, the Qing army's letter of persuasion was also sent to the pacification envoy Yuwen Boge at the same time.
Different from the first letter of persuasion, this time, Yuwen Boge seriously wrote a reply letter and asked the Qing army to hand it over to Zeng Guofan, the commander of the Qing army.
Zeng Guofan received Yuwen Boge's reply, and he was very happy, although he didn't have much hope, but after all, it was unexpected to receive Yuwen Boge's handwritten reply.
However, the content of the letter made Zeng Guofan's heart even more complicated.
There are only a few big words in the letter, quoting two sentences from Wen Tianxiang, a famous minister in the late Ming Dynasty. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (biquge.info) to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation ......)