Chapter 14: Fight for a game

Originally, Xu Mengmeng thought that it would be good for ten of the remaining 10,000 people to stand up and volunteer to guard the city gate, but when she really saw the rows of warriors standing in front of her without fear of life and death, her heart was very shocked.

Sure enough, no matter when and where, in the hearts of some people, the righteousness of the family and country is always higher than their own lives! Some people may call them fools, but in fact they live more noble than anyone else!

"Very good, I am grateful to see you standing in front of me! First of all, thank you for your trust in me, and secondly, I thank you on behalf of the people of the Eastern Jin Dynasty! Xu Mengmeng bowed after speaking.

"After this battle, you may not have tomorrow, but I believe that this protection of yours will definitely bring tomorrow to the Eastern Jin Dynasty! Thank you! You are the true warriors of my Eastern Jin Dynasty and the pride of my Eastern Jin Dynasty! Xu Mengmeng almost roared out of tears with these words of encouragement, and his voice was hoarse and unpleasant.

"Swear to protect the Eastern Jin Dynasty", "Swear to protect the Eastern Jin Dynasty", "Swear to protect the Eastern Jin Dynasty" Listening to their loud responses, Xu Mengmeng said silently in his heart: Xu Mengmeng, you must be able to! Come on!

"Report, the enemy army is still more than a hundred miles away from here!" Sure enough, the enemy didn't keep everyone waiting, and early in the morning there was news that the scouts were about to arrive.

"Everyone is in place, brothers, it's up to everyone to hold Rongcheng!" Xu Mengmeng, who was dressed in green clothes, stood behind Wu Feng, took a deep look at the more than 10,000 men on the opposite side who were not afraid, and after he said this, he turned around and went up to the city tower, brothers, take care, I hope you can all be present next time you have a good time.

"General, we have arrived, and one mile ahead is the west gate of Rongcheng!"

"Didn't you say that the people of the Eastern Jin Dynasty knew that we were about to attack Rongcheng, so the people in the city fled? Why is it that the guards at the city gate are now doing as usual, although the city gate is closed, the shouting inside is not weak, and the guards do not show any fear, and there is even a person standing on the city tower playing the ocarina? Could it be that reinforcements from the Eastern Jin Dynasty arrived so soon? Didn't you say there were two more days? Ye Ting ordered the whole army to stop advancing, and asked Du Zimo, the military advisor beside him, in a low voice.

"Whatever, Lao Tzu will lead the troops in first!" Lin Chi said impatiently, he lost sixty or seventy thousand soldiers and horses, but he only captured a Yicheng that was not very rich in products until now, Lin Chi's grievances in his heart can be imagined, he wants to take Rongcheng quickly, and then attack all the way east, and kill directly to the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"General Lin, don't be impatient, our army is only 80,000 troops now, if the Eastern Jin reinforcements have arrived, then attacking the city now is tantamount to sending them to death!" Ye Ting hurriedly grabbed Lin Chi, who was eager to try, to be honest, he didn't like to cooperate with such a person, he always felt that this kind of reckless arrogance was not very reliable.

"I said how can your mother-in-law and mother fight a war, even if their reinforcements arrive, will we go back empty-handed now? You kid is embarrassed to go back, I don't want to lose such a big face! Lin Chi glared at Ye Ting with some unhappiness.

"General Lin, you better listen to General Ye's plan! After all, we can no longer afford to make unnecessary sacrifices! Besides, the Eastern Jin Dynasty has defeated more of our army with fewer times in a row, and there must be a very powerful military division in their army, so let's send someone to find out the situation as soon as possible! ”

Du Zimo, the military advisor on the side, saw that the two of them couldn't make up their minds for a while, and thinking of the fact that the Eastern Jin Dynasty had defeated his side several times in a row, he was somehow a little uneasy in his heart.

"Alright! Lao Tzu will wait for some more time, as soon as Shen Shi arrives, Lao Tzu will immediately lead people to attack, and today he must take this small Rongcheng! Although Lin Chi was a little unaccustomed to Ye Ting, he was still a little convinced of his military advisor Du Zimo, so even if he was in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, he could only wait patiently.

Not to mention what the enemy camp was planning, Xu Mengmeng, who was standing on the city tower and playing the ocarina, had his whole heart lifted when he saw the enemy army getting closer and closer to the city gate, until he saw them camping half a mile away from the city gate and even starting a fire to cook, he was silently relieved.

In this way, the people and horses on both sides began to light fires and cook through the closed city gates, and for a while they were peaceful, and there was no tension at all.

The Golden Luan Hall of the Imperial City of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

"What else is there to do in the Zhongqing family, if there is nothing to do, let's retreat!" Sima Wei, who was already a little tired sitting on the dragon chair, waved his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, the military emergency, the western border is urgent, four days ago, the Western Chu generals Lin Chi and Ye Ting led the Western Chu 150,000 soldiers and horses to attack the western border of our country, Yicheng has been lost, the enemy army is currently attacking Rongcheng, the Yuncheng defender General Wu Feng has led 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yuncheng to support, and the reinforcements from other cities are also marching towards Rongcheng one after another!"

The dusty little soldier almost crawled to the ground and knelt down to the main hall to report quickly.

"What? How dare they in Xichu? Who is the defender of Yicheng, and why were the 150,000 soldiers and horses unaware of it before? ”

Sima Jian was first shocked by this sudden news, and reacted with great anger.

"Back to the emperor, Zhou Guang, the defender of Yicheng, has died in battle!"

"It's a good thing he's dead, otherwise I'd have slashed him with a thousand knives! How many soldiers and horses are there in the current city? And who are the defenders of the city? ”

"Coupled with the 30,000 soldiers and horses who arrived in Yuncheng, there are a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses in Rongcheng, and the guard is Chen Ming!"

"What? The enemy has 150,000 troops, and our army is only 50,000? How soon will it be before other reinforcements arrive? ”

"Other reinforcements will arrive in four days at the earliest!"

"What is the best strategy for the Zhongqing family to defend against the enemy?" Even if Sima Wei knew that the capital was too far away from Rongcheng, even if he discussed a good plan now, he was afraid that Rongcheng would have been lost long ago when he led troops from the capital, and he was flustered, and he subconsciously wanted to hear the opinions of his ministers.

"I am willing to lead the troops to Rongcheng to repel the enemy army!"

"The minister is willing to go!"

"I am willing to go together!"

Sima Wei's words fell and several generals stood up, which made his face look a lot better.

"Okay, Zhu Ping, I order you to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses in the suburbs of Beijing to fight against the enemy army in Western Chu today, if you win this battle, I will reward the three armies to comfort my favor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty!"

Unlike the news that the capital had just received from Xichu's anti-treaty, Rongcheng at this moment was getting closer and closer to Shenshi, and there was an aura of slaughter inside and outside the city, and war was about to break out.

"The time of Shen has arrived, my warriors of Xichu, rush in with me and take Rongcheng!" Seeing that the time was up, Lin Chi punched the war drum on his side, and then rushed towards the city gate in a hurry.

"Close the city gate, put on the bow and arrow, shoot" Xu Meng, who was hiding on the city wall, dreamed that Lin Chi took five thousand cavalry to solve the guards at the gate and rushed straight in, barely suppressing the grief in his heart, and when all the cavalry entered Rongcheng, he got up and shouted suddenly.

Suddenly, both inside and outside the city there was a dense rain of arrows, the difference was that the rain of arrows outside the city was cold, while the inside of the city was full of fire.

"It's not good, it's a trick, withdraw!" The five thousand cavalry had just entered the city, and they were still very excited when they looked at the empty streets, but when the city gate was closed, barrels of wine or oil were splashed, followed by a rain of rockets, what else did Lin Chi not understand?

But even if he understood it, there was nothing he could do, because Xu Mengmeng's purpose at the beginning was not the entire 80,000 Western Chu soldiers, but the cavalry with the strongest combat ability in this ancient country where technology, weapons and communications were not developed, and those brothers at the city gate could not be sacrificed in vain, so how could they be allowed to break through.