CHAPTER XXXVII

After Cangqiong sent a guard to summon Fengmen, he talked to Yi in detail about the Gonggong assassination, interception, and siege of Huaicheng.

"Gonggong used to be such a good leader, but now he is controlled by desire to make him do such a rebellious thing, which is heart-wrenching. “

The wind gate soon arrived in front of Cangqiong and Yi. After Fengmen met with Cangqiong and Yi, Cangqiong told Fengmen his orders and asked Fengmen and Yi to go together to defend Huaicheng and rescue the leader of the Chinese nation.

"Leader of the Huai Clan, please forgive me for being rude, now that the war in Huaicheng is in crisis, I must fly to Huaicheng as fast as possible with my little luanniao, to help the soldiers of Huaicheng to guard Huaicheng together, protect the safety of the leader, and not go to Huaicheng with Lord Fengmen. ”

"You go and bring some dry food to Lord Yi, and feed some things to the Divine Bird. ”

"Leader Wye, time is urgent, we must leave immediately. ”

"Lord Yi, sharpen the knife and chop wood, the divine bird flew from Huaicheng to Xiangcheng, did not drink a sip of water along the way, fed a grain of rice, where does the divine bird still have the physical strength to support it on its back and fly to Huaicheng, you let the divine bird eat and drink enough here, you eat some simple food with me at this time, and then you fly to Huaicheng. ”

Yi couldn't wait to go to Huaicheng immediately, but Cangqiong was right, the divine bird no longer had so much physical strength. Yi followed Wu Huai to a house next to the palace, where a table of food had already been set up in the hall of the house, and Yi devoured it regardless of his image.

"Yi Zhen is an admirable person, for the sake of the Chinese nation and the leader of the Chinese nation, he does not care about his own image, does not consider his own life, and is an example for all the courtiers of all tribes of the Chinese nation. ”

After Yi finished eating, he took the dry food given to him by Wuhuai's Kuding, and flew from Xiangcheng to Huaicheng on the little luanniao. Fengmen rushed to Huaicheng with elite troops in Xiangcheng according to Wuhuai's orders.

Xu Gan and his men were all beasts, and after a night's rest, they were in the best mental and physical condition. The soldier sent by Xu Gan to report the information to Zhuan Xuan returned, and the soldier told Xu Gan what Lu Feng had said. Xu Gan heard the soldier's words and was very grateful in his heart. Xu Gan led so many elite soldiers and strong generals who failed to break through a small Huaicheng, and Gonggong and Lu Feng did not punish them, but also gave them verbal rewards.

"I must break through Huaicheng and repay Lord Lu Feng and their great Chinese national leaders for their joint efforts. ”

"Our great Chinese national leaders are sympathetic to us, let us rest well and attack the city the day after tomorrow, we are all alive and well now, I want to lead the troops to attack the city today, and repay the kindness of our Chinese national leaders Gonggong and Lord Lu Feng. ”

After the soldiers had breakfast, Xu Gan gathered all the soldiers into a team. Xu Gan relayed the words of encouragement from their great Chinese national leader to the troops. How many people did Gonggong kill in the month that Gonggong went crazy, so that everyone in Gonggong City felt that their lives belonged to their great Chinese national leader. They failed to capture Huaicheng, they deserved to be punished, and now the Gonggong not only forgave them, but also rewarded and encouraged them, and they were all full of gratitude to the Gonggong like Xu Gan, and they were determined to attack Huaicheng one by one.

A new round of tragic war began. Xu Gan learned the lesson of yesterday's defeat and had the archers line up in a phalanx a hundred paces away from Huaicheng, with the rest of the soldiers standing side by side on either side. Xu Gan ordered the rest of the soldiers to keep their weapons in their hands safe and secure the archers caught between them.

Han Xing and Han Bing stood on the city wall, and Han Xing asked Han Bing.

"Commander Han Bing, our strategy was very successful yesterday, why did you keep closing the city gate today and no longer use yesterday's strategy. ”

"Commander Han Xing, yesterday we had few soldiers, and we would definitely not be able to withstand the crazy attack of the Gonggong rebels, and in a desperate situation, we can only win in danger; ”

"Commander Han Bing, what you said is very right, but you look at the position of the Gonggong rebels, they want to attack our Huaicheng from a distance with bows and arrows, and the weapons in the hands of our soldiers cannot attack them; if we go out of the city to attack, we will definitely be flanked by the troops on both sides of Xu Gan, if we stand on the city wall, we can only love to fight, and we can be attacked without the strength to fight back?"

"What can we do, we can only use the slingshot in our hands to do some simple counterattacks, as for the rest, don't attack, try your best to protect yourself from injury, and wait for the Gonggong rebels to attack the city in a big way. ”

"Offense. ”

Xu Gan gave an order, and the archers of Xu Gan's troops shot like rain of arrows on the wall of the south gate of Huaicheng. Han Bing and Han Xing, two commanders with slingshot soldiers, loaded stones onto slingshots and counterattacked Xu Gan's troops. Some of Xu Gan's soldiers were blinded by slingshots, and some were beaten with soreness. Many soldiers on the southern wall of Huaicheng were shot by one or many arrows of Xu Gan's troops, some were wounded and some died. Blood flowed on the city wall, and Han Bing and Han Xing were helpless. There were not many arrows left in the quiver of Xu Gan's bow and arrow troops, and the wounded and killed people on the walls of Huaicheng had been added together to nearly half of the entire army. Seeing that the time had come, Xu Gan ordered the archers to retreat and cover, while the other troops attacked the city. In ancient times, there were no ladders, and the siege of the city could only rely on the number of people to push open the city gates. Xu Gan's archery troops continued to shoot at the southern gate of Huaicheng, covering the troops under the southern gate of Huaicheng to hit the gate. Han Bing stood on the city wall and asked Han Xing to lead the troops to block the city gate, not to let Xu Gan's troops push the city gate open.

The troops on both sides pressed together towards the same city gate, and the city gate was almost sandwiched into meat pies by them. An arrow came from Xu Gan's bow and arrow troops, but Han Bing couldn't block it and shot at Han Bing's right shoulder, and the bronze sword in Han Bing's hand fell to the ground. Han Bing was lying on the ground, and saw many arrows shooting at him again, he no longer had a bronze sword in his hand, no weapons to resist arrows, Han Bing was shot on his head, body, and limbs by many arrows, and Han Bing died. It was too late for the surrounding soldiers to come over to protect Han Bing, and they were crying loudly on the city wall for this wise commander.

Han Xing heard the soldiers on the city wall crying "Commander Han Bing, wake up" in the city gate, and understood that Commander Han Bing was dead. After a while, all the soldiers at the south gate of Huaicheng knew the news of Han Bing's death. Han Bing is the soul of their troops, and the soul is dead, and the spirit of Han Xing and these soldiers has been hit hard.