Chapter 44: Trapping

Soon, the phalanx of the enemy army approached the city wall, and at the front was a pack of black wolves, roughly estimated to be about three hundred, and in the middle of the rear of the pack was a chariot with a man in a robe standing on it.

Chu Qin said to Tang Shuo: "That person is the Spirit Master, that is, he controls the wolves, kill him and the wolves will disperse." ”

Tang Shuo glanced at Chu Qin and said in an unhappy tone: "General Ben knows and has tried, but it is not as easy as Master Chu said." ”

Chu Qin said: "Give me five hundred cavalry, and I will kill him." ”

"Five hundred!" Tang Shuo looked at Chu Qin in amazement, he didn't know Chu Qin, he had only heard of this name, he knew that he was a young and promising soul master, and he knew that Chu Qin was the son of the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Tang Shuo pointed to the enemy formation and said, "The enemy army has tens of thousands of people!" Five hundred cavalry rushed in, and in less than a quarter of an hour they would be strangled to death! ”

Chu Qin said: "As long as you kill the Spirit Master, the enemy army will be defeated, and at that time, the general will lead troops to kill, and it will be decided in a battle." ”

Tang Shuo lowered his voice: "There are less than 10,000 defenders left, even if they all rush out, it is absolutely impossible to repel the 30,000 people, the enemy is outnumbered, it is better to wait for reinforcements, it is not appropriate to switch to battle." ”

Chu Qin said: "It will take four days for reinforcements to arrive at the earliest, and now the morale is already low, and if it is hit hard, the pass is bound to be difficult to protect, and once the pass is broken, it will be ruined." ”

Tang Shuo frowned, Chu Qin was right, but ......

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock knock ......"

The drums of war in the enemy formation were beating, and the shouts of killing suddenly rose, and five groups of enemy troops rushed towards the city wall with wooden planks several feet long.

Chu Qin said: "General! Don't hesitate! ”

Tang Shuo gritted his teeth, if Chu Qin couldn't succeed, he would die in the enemy formation, and this pass couldn't be saved, and he, the general, would never return to the imperial city alive, anyway, it was a death, fight!

Tang Shuo shouted loudly: "Where is Gu Chong? ”

The deputy general Gu Chong ran to the front and hugged his fists and responded: "The last general!" ”

Tang Shuo said loudly: "Hurry up and hand over five hundred light horsemen to Master Chu!" ”

"Command!" Gu Chong agreed, turned around and ran away.

Chu Qin said to Tang Shuo: "After the wolves rush up the city wall, I will switch to battle, as long as I see the spirit master falling, the general will immediately lead the troops out of the pass, don't hesitate!" ”

Tang Shuo responded: "Master Chu rest assured, this general will never be cowardly, let alone ignore Master Chu's life and death." ”

After getting off the city wall, Chu Qin said to Lixia and Gu Du: "You two protect Shangguan He, if you break the pass......"

"Say no more!" Shangguan He interrupted him and said: "I will go with you, I will sleep together in life, and I will be in the same cave in death, besides, I am the daughter of the head of the military and political department, I am greedy for life and afraid of war, and I am humiliating my family." ”

Chu Qin didn't speak again, this battle, if it doesn't succeed, he will become benevolent, if he dies, even if Shangguan He is still alive, he can't protect her, and once the pass is broken, it's hard to say whether she can escape, rather than being humiliated, it is better to die on the battlefield.

Arrows were like locusts in the city and under the city, shouting and screaming one after another, Chu Qin took the lead, stood in front of the closed door, and said loudly: "This time I will fall into battle!" There is no advance or retreat! There is death and no life! ”

"Roar!" The five hundred cavalry agreed in unison, everyone knew that this was to send them to death, but there was a yellow-robed soul master leading the army into battle, and death was glorious!

Shangguan He said to Lixia: "If I fall, you must kill me, and you are the same, you can't live to be humiliated." ”

Rexia nodded solemnly.

Tang Shuo shouted at the head of the city: "The wolf is coming! It's all here! ”

Chu Qin shouted: "Open the door!" ”

Twenty soldiers opened the gate in left and right, Chu Qin rushed out first, and five hundred cavalry shot at the enemy's main formation like a sharp arrow.

Feather arrows shot all over the sky, Chu Qin swung his sword to open the arrows, and rushed towards the spirit master, Shangguan He followed closely behind Chu Qin, Gu Du followed closely to Shangguan He, he wanted to protect Shangguan He in life, and killed Shangguan He first in death, Shangguan He treated him like a brother, he wanted Shangguan He to live calmly and die happily.

Li Xia followed Shangguan He on the other side, she didn't care about life and death, but felt that if she could die on the battlefield with Gu Du, it would also be a kind of happiness.

Because the three of them were very close, and Chu Qin was directly in front, the feather arrows shot by the enemy could not hurt them at all, but the cavalry behind them, and some people fell off their horses one after another.

The city gate was about eighty zhang away from the enemy's main formation, and in a few breaths rushed to the front, the enemy drew his spear, Chu Qin jumped up at the last moment, the war horse neighed and fell, and Chu Qin fell into the enemy formation.

Because Chu Qin's war horse broke a gap, Gu Du and the three of them rode into the enemy formation, and the cavalry behind also rushed in, and the enemy's defense line quickly collapsed, but the enemy army was surrounded from both sides.

Tang Shuo stood on the city wall and watched, the four yellow robes were particularly eye-catching, no matter whether they succeeded or failed, Tang Shuo reassessed the Soul Master in his heart, it turned out that the Soul Master could not only control the soul army, but also kill the enemy in battle.

Chu Qin released the Soul Army, opening a passage in an instant, and the enemy's Spirit Master also released the Soul Army.

Gu Du and Lixia were still holding Shangguan He, fighting left and right behind Chu Qin, the two horizontal knives flew up and down, and Shangguan He basically couldn't cut anyone.

The bravery and determination of the four inspired the soldiers in battle, and the fall of their comrades one after another ignited the fury of revenge.

There is no advance or retreat! There is death and no life!

The wolves' attacks became sluggish, as the enemy Spirit Master wanted to distract himself from controlling the Soul Army, and Tang Shuo's eyes rekindled hope that he might really win!

Chu Qin suddenly jumped up, and a spear stabbed straight at Shangguan He, because Shangguan He was less than three steps behind Chu Qin, and Gu Du and Li Xia both focused on the enemy troops on both sides.

Shangguan He hurriedly swung his knife to block, but only missed the head of the spear, and the spear pierced her left shoulder, pushing her backwards quickly.

Gu Du returned his hand with a knife, hacked the pikeman to death, and then jumped to Shangguan He's side, hugged Shangguan He tightly, and waved his knife to open the spear that stabbed him.

Lixia wandered around for a week, slaughtered all the enemy troops who surrounded him, and then returned to Shangguan He's side.

Gu Du squatted on the ground, grabbed the barrel of the gun, and shouted, "Cut off the barrel of the gun!" ”

Li Xia held the knife in both hands, slashed down, cut off the barrel of the gun, and Shangguan He screamed miserably and knelt on the ground.

Gu Du put his arm around Shangguan He's waist and lifted her up, and shouted to Li Xia, "Go and help the Soul Master!" ”

Rexia turned and rushed into the crowd.

Shangguan He gritted his teeth and said, "Kill me and help them." ”

"No!" Gu Du walked forward with Shangguan He, because there was no way out, the back was already surrounded by enemy troops, and the only way to survive was to find Chu Qin, and he had to kill the Spirit Master, otherwise they would have to die here.

Tang Shuo could see clearly from the city wall, five hundred people died and less than a hundred people remained, although Chu Qin had approached the spirit master, he had not killed the other party, and Li Xia had gone off the rails and was trapped in the enemy army, isolated and helpless, Gu Du was holding Shangguan He, and it was also difficult to move.