Chapter 45: The Battle to the Death
How could these old, weak, sick and disabled people in Linyi City be able to hold on? Even if they had to transfer the forces of the Hong Zhen Heavenly Dao back, it would take almost a day. What's more, they have just taken Xudu City, and they are already sleepy and tired, and the enemy will not wait for your reinforcements to arrive before attacking.
Wei Feng looked at Ma Huayun and asked, "What is the best plan for the military advisor?" Ma Huayun couldn't think of anything for a while, just shook his head. "Do your best to obey the fate of God, I'll go and deploy first and try to hold out until they come back."
Wei Feng and Lin Qi put on their battle armor and climbed the city tower, in fact, Wei Feng also wanted to go to the battlefield in person. Looking at the hopeful eyes of the soldiers below, he didn't know how many would survive this battle. Or can you survive, thinking of this, Wei Feng looked at Ma Huayun.
Then he commanded, "Open the gates." When Ma Huayun heard this, he hurriedly said, "The general must not give up lightly, even if we fight to the last soldier, we can defend it." Wei Feng shook his head and said, "I don't have to give up, you open the city gate." Command a few soldiers to patrol as usual, and then you lead the men to fortify the city.
The enemy general will hesitate when he sees this scene. All you have to do is ambush a thousand archers in the city. When a few people heard this, they hurriedly went to arrange, saying that Zhang Hu led the iron cavalry to the city of Linyi. Looking at the wide-open city gate and the guard wind on the city tower, he was dumbfounded for a while.
What kind of fame did this make, and then asked the soldier next to him, "Didn't you say that the elite of the guard army has been sent to Xu Du? What is going on?" The soldier replied: "The elite of the guard army is indeed in Xu Du, and they are just playing tricks now. ”
Zhang Hu must be extraordinary if he can become the county guard, and the strategist behind him said: "In my opinion, the general might as well send some people to check it out first." lest they fall into their trap". When Zhang Hu heard that it was exactly what I wanted, he spent so much effort to rush to Linyi City, so naturally he didn't want to go back so empty-handed.
Then he ordered: "Zhang Yi, I'll give you 3,000 people, you go and investigate." After hearing this, Zhang Yi took a spear and said, "Brothers, follow me into the city." 3,000 men and horses came to kill the city of Linyi, and at this time, many soldiers patrolling the city were terrified.
Even the spear was about to be unstable, Wei Feng said to Lin Qi, "Brother Lin will go down with me to meet them." Then he was about to go downstairs, and Ma Huayun said, "The general can't go into battle in person."
Wei Feng took the spear and said, "If the city is broken, can I escape? My life is my life, and their life is also my life." You cheer me on." Then he rode out of the city with Lin Qi, and Zhang Yi saw that the people were also ordered to stop.
Lin Qi stepped forward and said, "Who dares to compete with me." This Zhang Yi is also a hot-blooded man, but he has some ability. It's just that he has always been under the name of Zhang Hu's younger brother. He naturally understood in his heart that those soldiers did not obey him in their hearts, so he felt that this battle might be an opportunity, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "The enemy general is crazy, I Zhang Yi will meet you."
The two clashed like this, and a few rounds passed in a while. The two are also becoming more and more courageous, as if they are opponents in chess, but the difference between the two is too great. Lin Qi's speed was extremely fast, and at the same time as Zhang Yi's spear stabbed.
The figure flashed and threw it into the enemy camp with a single shot, and Zhang Yi was killed on the spot. Zhang Hu looked like he was crazy, and rushed over and said, "Rush to Lao Tzu." Wei Feng and Lin Qi naturally retreated to the city, and the empty city plan was no longer useful.
Relying on the two of them to block the 8,000 people was completely like a dream, so Wei Feng hurriedly ordered someone to block the city gate with stones. The more blockages the better, and then join in to move the stones.
Ma Huayun also transferred five hundred archers to the upper floor at this moment, and shot at the enemy troops below. In fact, in this case, you can shoot with your eyes closed, because there are too many enemy troops below.
Then he asked people to take out all the wine in the city and put it on the stone behind the city gate, and watched the city gate be slammed again and again. Wei Feng and Lin Qi stood closest to the city gate, looked at the soldiers behind them, and asked, "Are you afraid?" and everyone said in unison, "Not afraid."
Wei Feng nodded and said, "None of my guards are of a bad breed, and today I, Wei Feng, swear to defend Linyi City with everyone." If you retreat, I will kill you, and I will retreat, and you will kill me. Got it?" The soldier behind him raised his spear and shouted "kill, kill, kill".
For a while, morale was like a rainbow, and the city was full of corpses. The enemy army went crazy and slammed into the city gate, and the city was in the capital. Zhou Mingyang naturally received a letter from Linyi City, and Hong Zhentian wanted to lead the army back to help him on the spot as soon as he heard it.
Zhou Mingyang stopped, "We just took Xudu City, and the soldiers have a lot of casualties. In my opinion, we might as well attack the Shadow Capital directly, which is Zhang Hu's lair. In this way, he can be forced to withdraw from the army, so that the crisis in Linyi City will naturally be solved. ”
But Hong Zhentian didn't listen, and replied directly, "If you want to go, I will go back to the rescue." Then he rushed to Linyi City with a thousand cavalry, and Zhou Mingyang saw that there was no way.
He personally led two thousand elites to ambush Zhang Hu when he retreated, but he was not worried about Linyi City. Besides, on the side of Linyi City, the gate has already been broken. I had a few torches thrown over, and for a time the gates of the city were ablaze.
There were many screams, but they did not stop the enemy's offensive. There were still many people rushing over, and at this time, Wei Feng and Lin Qi with the soldiers behind them and Zhang Hu's men and horses were mixed together. In this case, any resourcefulness seemed to be pale and powerless, and the smell of blood-red fish permeated the entire Linyi City.
At this moment, most of the soldiers on both sides have been damaged, and the body of the gun is gradually bent. Blood flowed throughout the city, and the eyes of the fallen guards reflected the smiling faces of their wives and children.
Then it turned to ashes, and the soldiers who were still brandishing their weapons and slashing were left with only hatred in their hearts. I saw that Lin Qi stabbed him directly to death regardless of the iron spear that stabbed at his body, Lin Qi was injured, and Wei Feng didn't remember the wound on his body.
Just numbly brandished his spear and watched the soldiers around him fall one by one, the only thought in his heart was. I want to fight, I can still fight, and the surroundings have become a sea of thousands of dead souls. The rest of the guards forgot their attachments, forgot their infant children, and waited at home for their wives and aging mothers.
There was nothing left in the eyes of his door, but the determination to die with the enemy. One by one, their faces were hideous, as if they were evil spirits rushing out of hell, and the enemy soldiers they killed retreated one after another. At this time, Hong Zhentian had arrived with a thousand reinforcements, and the two sides were flanked back and forth.
Zhang Hu's soldiers were immediately defeated and fled in panic. Hong Zhentian walked over and asked, "Brother, are you okay?" Wei Feng only felt that the world was spinning at the moment, and looked at Lin Qi and smiled. Then he fainted, and Lin Qi was also lying on the corpse exhausted at the moment.
Panting, there were so many corpses on the ground that it was almost impossible to tell whether they were the enemy or the guards. This battle was arguably the worst battle fought so far, with only one or two hundred of the more than 2,000 men left.
There was nothing but rejoicing in the living, hugging the corpses on the ground one by one and weeping bitterly. Hong Zhentian glanced at Ma Huayun and said, "Military Master, I'll leave it to you here." I'm going to slaughter those bastards."
Then he turned over and went to chase Zhang Hu's defeated soldiers, and Zhou Mingyang happened to meet the defeated Zhang Hu at this moment. directly ordered to rush and kill, Zhang Hu had no intention of fighting. felt that the grass and trees were all soldiers, not to mention that the elite of the guards was naturally not an opponent, so he fled to the Shadow Capital City in a panic. After Hong Zhentian caught up, he and Zhou Mingyang launched a strong attack on the Shadow Capital City, and Zhang Hu couldn't defend it even when he saw it.
There was no way to escape, so he decided to surrender. How can you say that you can still save your life, isn't it, but Hong Zhentian is not Zhou Mingyang. It's not Ma Huayun, he doesn't understand the truth that generals can't be killed.
directly killed Zhang Hu's thousands of generals one by one, and even hung his head at the city gate to show the public. For his relatives, he also saw one kill another, and directly killed the Zhang family almost extinct. If it weren't for Zhou Mingyang's final timely dissuasion, I am afraid that there would not be a single member of the entire Zhang family left in the Shadow Capital City, but this battle would have achieved the name of Hong Zhentian as a god-killing god.
The enemy was terrified, and no one dared to attack the idea of Linyi City from then on. According to Hong Zhentian's idea, he slaughtered the city directly, but Zhou Mingyang didn't understand the consequences of doing so.
So naturally he was not allowed to do this, and Hong Zhentian only found out after taking off his battle armor. The whole body is already scarred, but I haven't paid attention to it.
So I went back to my room to prepare for the medicine, and I happened to see that Incheon Yu was still there. So I didn't care about anything and started to take off my clothes directly, Incheon Yu hurriedly picked up the dagger on the table and asked, "You, what are you going to do." ”
Hong Zhentian didn't care, she took off her clothes and went to take the medicine, and the scars on her back and body were almost bone-deep. Hong Zhentian gritted his teeth and sprinkled the medicine on the wound, and Incheon Yu put down the dagger and walked over. Looking at the wounds on his body, he said, "I'll help you."
Hong Zhentian hesitated for a moment and asked, "You don't hate me anymore?" Incheon Yu replied, "The two armies are fighting, each is its own master, what do I hate you for." What's more, I'm already a prisoner now, not to mention that you helped me. I don't want to owe someone else, don't think about it."
Then he took the medicine in Hong Zhentian's hand and said, "This is really similar to the two of us, I used to secretly take medicine alone." Incheon Yu looked at the person in front of him, and actually felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Hurriedly shook his head and comforted himself, "What am I thinking, how is it possible". Hong Zhentian replied, "Why are you a woman learning to dance with guns and sticks?"
"My father, Ren Long, followed Zhao Li to fight in the south and the north, often frightening the enemy. It's just that his father died in a battle, and Zhao Li always sighed that it would be good if his father was still there. So I take good care of me, and I naturally study hard in order to repay Zhao Li's kindness. ”
After speaking, he closed the medicine bottle and said, "Okay." Only then did Hong Zhentian get up and put on his clothes, and the relationship between the two has been one step closer since then.