Chapter 981, Escape
Khedira came back to her senses, and saw that the fire was spreading, and her face could already clearly feel the heat of the flames, and she couldn't help but feel anxious. After looking around, he saw the very calm harbor and the huge fleet slowly approaching the harbor, and he was overjoyed as if he had seen a life-saving straw, and immediately shouted to Leslie: "Quickly send the order, and the army will attack the port immediately!" Hurry! Leslie hurriedly agreed, and rushed down, and then chaotic shouts and curses rang out, and more than 40,000 HRE troops rushed towards the port.
The port, on the west side of Mumbai, which is the location of the West City Water Gate, is divided into two ports, the inner port is inside the water gate and the outer port is outside the water gate. Not long ago, a surprise army of the Ming army raided the water gate, captured the inner and outer ports, and routed the army led by Khedira who rushed to the rescue. After the appearance of the HRE fleet, the attacking force retreated into the harbor. Therefore, it is not a simple matter for the HRE army in the city to join up with their own fleet and successfully escape from here, and they also need to recapture the port first, at least part of it.
At this moment, the HRE fleet on the sea saw that a fire had suddenly broken out in the city, and they expected that Khedira and them were in a critical situation, so they did not wait for the appointed time to sail towards the port.
Seeing that the HRE officers and soldiers were about to rush into the port. Suddenly, a number of fires rose in the harbor, and then the flames spread rapidly, as if they were engulfing the entire harbor; Under the firelight, I saw groups of Ming officers and soldiers rapidly evacuating.
The HRE officers and soldiers who were about to rush into the port saw the port burning, and they stopped one after another, looking at the fire in front of them, which was burning more and more, and they only felt frightened and at a loss! The officers and soldiers wanted to advance, but they were blocked by the flames and wanted to retreat, but the fire behind them was constantly approaching, rolling over layer after layer, completely sealing all the retreats of the officers and soldiers of the HRE! All the HRE officers and soldiers clearly heard the terrifying roar of the fire demon!
"What, what to do? There is no escape for us! A HRE soldier shouted in panic. Khedira looked around, not knowing what to do.
Leslie said urgently: "Now I can only fight!" Then he pointed to the fire that was spreading rapidly on the pier, and said: "The fire on the pier has just started, and there is still a gap, so we will open up, rush over, jump into the sea, and maybe survive!" After speaking, without waiting for Khedira to speak, he quickly took off his armor, and then wrapped his head and face in his battle robe and plunged into the flames. Seeing this, all the officers and soldiers immediately followed suit, threw away their helmets and armor to cover their heads and faces, and rushed into the sea of fire.
I saw that one by one the officers and soldiers were ignited by the flames and turned into burning people, and the terrible screams rang out. At the same time, many lucky officers and soldiers rushed through the sea of fire and jumped into the sea, and for a moment the sound of falling water became a sound, and the sea water at the edge of the pier was like dumplings.
The HRE fleet, seeing the raging fire at the dock, did not dare to get too close. Immediately, many people rushed through the fire and jumped into the water, and many clippers were immediately dispatched to the rescue. Shiploads of HRE officers and soldiers were salvaged and brought back to the fleet, and the people who survived the catastrophe thanked their God. However, after all, there were only a few who were able to escape, and most of the HRE officers and soldiers were not so lucky, they were drowned by the sea of fire and failed to escape. The HRE officers and soldiers, who had narrowly escaped, looked back at the port that had been completely engulfed in flames, and they were all stunned and speechless.
Burnt, wet, and embarrassed, Khedira and Leslie were taken atop the flagship of Admiralissimo Heinz.
When the two saw Heinz and the other admirals, they were ashamed. He saluted Heinz and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Heinz glanced at the two of them, frowned, and said, "Your Majesty ordered me to lead a fleet to meet you. I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived, you were completely defeated! Is the enemy too powerful, or are you too useless! ”
The two were ashamed, not knowing how to respond to Heinz's words.
Heinz asked a general on the side, "How many people have been rescued?" The general replied: "In total, only more than 10,000 people have been rescued, and the exact number is still being counted." ”
Heinz looked at Khedira and Leslie and said, "The 300,000 main army under the command of Generalissimo Goode only gave birth to more than 10,000 people?" I really don't know what to say! ”
Leslie couldn't help but say, "Your Excellency, all of our soldiers have done their best!" It's not that we're incompetent, it's that the enemy is too powerful and cunning! ”
An admiral sneered and mocked: "If you can't defeat the enemy, you say that the enemy is powerful, is this what your army does?" ”
Leslie couldn't help but let a breath of anger well-rise, and said loudly: "We are defeated, and we have no face to say why." But don't be complacent, your navy! With such a huge number of troops and so many warships equipped with heavy artillery, isn't it not that you have gained nothing from attacking Daming Kunlun Island for so many days? And what face does it have to talk about our army! ”
The admirals were furious and shouted and cursed. Leslie sneered at each other without showing weakness, and had the posture of Zhuge Liang's tongue and fighting the group of Confucians.
Khedira hurriedly grabbed Leslie, while Heinz shouted at the admirals, "Enough! The admirals, who were furious, immediately calmed down and stopped scolding. However, there is still a tense atmosphere between the two sides.
Heinz told the generals to retreat, and then sat down Khedira and Leslie. Heinz glanced at the two of them and said, "The empire has suffered such heavy losses, if we still have internal fighting, wouldn't it be a joke for the enemy?" Leslie's face was filled with reproach and he said to Heinz, "I was wrong. But the general under His Excellency the Marshal should not be sarcastic about our army. ”
Heinz nodded and asked, "How did you lose?" I want to know the detailed process! ”
The two glanced at each other, and Khedira said to Leslie, "Come on, I'll add if there are any deficiencies." The latter immediately told the whole war concisely from beginning to end, and finally couldn't help but sigh: "Your Excellency, Marshal, we have really tried our best, but the enemy is too strong, and we are finally defeated!" Heinz was silent for a moment and said, "I also know what you said. He glanced at the two of them and said, "The situation encountered by our army in besieging Kunlun Island is really unforgettable for me!" Then he frowned, looking outside, as if recalling the scene of the fierce battle on Kunlun Island. When the two saw Heinz like this, they didn't need to ask to know that the situation encountered by the navy must have been very tragic. I couldn't help but glance at each other and sighed in my heart.
After confirming that all those who could be saved had been saved, Heinz immediately ordered the fleet to retreat away from the coast and to the sea. Heinz then wrote a report on the current situation and ordered his subordinates to pass it to Catherine with pigeons.
It is said that Catherine joined the southern army to attack Lu Zhishen's troops and horses, because the difference between the soldiers and horses of the two sides was too great, even with Duan Zhixian's bravery and the combat strength of the directly subordinate legions, the army retreated in succession, lost five passes, and the sixth and seventh passes did not hold for long, and fell one after another. Duan Zhixian then led his troops and horses to retreat to Multan and gathered all his forces to prepare for a decisive battle with the HRE army.
However, the strength of the Shenluo army is too strong, and the combat power of the main force of the Shenluo is no worse than the Ming army, nearly a million troops continue to pounce on Multan like a tide, the Ming army is struggling to support, and the city is crumbling. Although the combat power of the Ming army is strong, but in such a situation, it gradually feels that it cannot be supported. After a few days, the corpses of Multan were piled up, and the entire city walls seemed to be indiscriminately painted with red paint. After that, the HRE soldiers ascended the city along the slope of corpses, wave after wave, and before the end of one attack, another wave of attack followed; Flesh and blood flew on the city wall, and the soldiers on both sides stood together like wild beasts, killing inextricably, and many soldiers from both sides fell from the city at every moment.
Under the continuous onslaught of the Shenluo army regardless of casualties, the Ming army finally could not support it, and the whole line was broken through! At this time, Duan Zhixian and his Ming soldiers were still trying to repel the enemy army, and they all sacrificed their lives to fight back desperately, and everyone was killed as bloody, and even more
The soldier rushed into the enemy group with a gunpowder bag and died with the enemy! Its madness, its bravery, deeply shocked all the enemies, but after all, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and the desperate counterattack of the Ming army only delayed the enemy's footsteps, and finally the enemy swarmed into the city!
Duan Zhixian had to fight again, but fortunately, the deputy general was quite calm and dissuaded Duan Zhixian in time, so Duan Zhixian withdrew from Multan while leading his troops and horses to resist the enemy's attack, and retreated all the way to the east, preparing to retreat to Patinda to continue to resist the enemy. And at this moment, the eastern sky was full of smoke and dust billowing in from afar. When all the soldiers saw that there were enemy troops in the east, they were shocked and became desperate. Duan Zhixian raised his iron Zen staff and shouted: "Brothers, there are enemy troops in front and behind, we can only fight!" Killing one is enough, killing two is earning! Follow me! Then he immediately rushed towards the dust that had swept up in the east. All the soldiers hurriedly followed, roaring and running, raising their weapons high, ready to fight hard!
I could see that under the flying sand and dust, a large army was sweeping in, and I couldn't see how many people there were, but I felt as if it was endless. At this moment, the Ming soldiers did not care whether the enemy army was more or less, after all, they were desperate, and if they could kill a few enemies before they died, it would not be a loss. Everyone shouted, charging bravely, like a mad tiger, like a mad wolf, the momentum is amazing!
Duan Zhixian's lieutenant was suddenly stunned, then caught up with Duan Zhixian, grabbed him, and shouted: "General, that's your own person, it's your own person!" ”
Duan Zhixian immediately stopped, looked up, and sure enough, he saw the Ming banner surging in the rolling dust. Duan Zhixian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, turned his head and shouted at his soldiers: "Stop!" Stop! What kind of excitement, it's your own people! The Ming soldiers who were rushing and charging gradually stopped. They all looked up and saw that the oncoming army was indeed their own, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed and cheered. Although the Ming soldiers are strong, but none of them are tired of living and want to die, and it is naturally a very happy thing to be able to die.
The two Ming armies came back in the wasteland, and the soldiers of Duan Zhixian's department were certainly cheering, and the soldiers of Yang Yanzhao's army were also very happy.
Duan Zhixian and Yang Yanzhao saw each other, Duan Zhixian laughed and said: "The Sprinkle family thought it was the golden haired ghost of Shenluo, and they were preparing to fight hard!" Haha, I didn't expect it to be you, General Yang, who came! Yang Yanzhao hugged his fists and smiled: "I just hate to come late!" Duan Zhixian waved his hand and said boldly: "It's not too late, it's not too late, it's just right!" Then he looked at the people and horses brought by Yang Yanzhao, and saw that although there were many people and horses, it seemed to be a lot less than he expected, so he asked: "General Yang, it seems that there are only more than ten or two hundred thousand soldiers and horses you brought?" ”
Yang Yanzhao nodded, glanced back, and said: "General Shi Liancheng and I divided our troops after defeating the main force of Gude's department, I led the soldiers of the directly subordinate corps to rush to support General Duan, and General Shi Liancheng led his soldiers and horses to sweep south to eliminate the Shenluo army that was still entrenched in the south of Tianzhu." ”
Duan Zhixian nodded, frowned, and said, "If you all come, then it is possible to fight with the enemy in the field." Now that only the soldiers and horses under your command have come, General Yang, it seems that we can only defend it by risk. It's fucking unpleasant! ”
Yang Yanzhao said: "I received a report and learned that General Duan was in danger, so I led the army to rush in to reinforce me. Now that General Duan is unharmed, we might as well retreat to Patinda and rely on the terrain of mountains and rivers and cities to defend against the enemy. What does General Duan think? ”
Duan Zhixian laughed and said, "Don't hide it, the Sprinkle family was originally going to retreat to Padinda!" Then he couldn't help but scold: "His grandmother's! The Sprinkle family has never fought such a shitty battle, and they are chased by the enemy behind their buttocks! If you follow the temperament of the Sprinkle family, you have to rush up and fight with those golden frustrated birds! ”
Yang Yanzhao said with a smile: "General Duan doesn't have to be annoyed. General Duan has dragged down the million-strong army of the Shinra for so long with tens of thousands of people, but someone else can't do it! Duan Zhixian laughed. Yang Yanzhao looked to the west and said to Duan Zhixian: "Without further ado, our army should retreat quickly." Please ask General Duan to go first, and I will order the dog Yang Dezheng to lead the battle and ride off. Duan Zhixian said loudly: "After the family is broken, you go first!" Seeing Duan Zhixian's resolute attitude, Yang Yanzhao nodded, and then passed down the order. Duan Zhixian also passed down the order. So the army retreated towards Patinda, with Yang Yanzhao's department walking in front, and Duan Zhixian's department at the back of the line in charge of breaking the rear.
It is said that Catherine led the army to chase Duan Zhixian's troops all the way, and the army was surging like a tide, swords and guns reflected the sun and snow, and the mountains were all over the wilderness, boundless.
A scout rushed from the front to report to Catherine that Yang Yanzhao's troops had come to join Duan Zhixian's troops and retreated to Patinda.
Catherine was a little surprised when she heard that Yang Yanzhao's department had arrived, because she expected that it would be at least two days before Yang Yanzhao's department arrived, but she didn't expect them to come so quickly. Catherine was afraid of Yang Yanzhao's prestige and was worried that the other party would have some ambush, so she slowed down the march of the army, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter the movements of the Ming army. Due to the slowing down of the march of the HRE army, the Ming army did not encounter the HRE army during the retreat, and retreated safely to the Patinda area. The army retreated into the Padinda area, and Yang Yanzhao immediately assigned a task to prepare to meet the enemy.
A day later, when the sun had just risen, the Ming soldiers standing on the city wall only saw the smoke and dust coming from the west, and the figures of men and horses were layered on top of each other, as if they were endless. The alarm immediately sounded, breaking the silence of the early morning, and the Ming troops hurriedly climbed the city wall, their swords unsheathed, their bows and crossbows wound, and they were ready for battle.
Soon after, the HRE army advanced hundreds of paces ahead and came to a halt. The smoke and dust in the sky gradually dissipated, and as far as the eye could see, I saw that the land in front of me was covered with enemy soldiers and horses, as if there was no end in sight. Yang Yanzhao immediately said to Yang Dezheng beside him: "Yang Dezheng, you lead a thousand war cavalry to attack the enemy formation!" Yang Dezheng hugged his fists and ran down. Immediately, the city gate was opened, and Yang Dezheng, a fierce general wearing silver armor and carrying a pair of copper hammers, led a thousand elite horsemen to gallop out of the city, like a tiger out of the box.
Yang Yanzhao said to Yang Xin again: "Yang Xin, you have a thousand war cavalry and then follow up and answer Yang Dezheng." Yang Xin hugged his fists and ran down.
At this time, the 1,000 war cavalry led by Yang Dezheng had already rushed towards the boundless enemy army! The tiger leaps into the dragon, the murderous spirit is soaring, and a thousand war horses are like a thousand tigers!
The HRE army had just arrived, and before they had time to line up, they thought that it was impossible for the enemy army to dare to go out of the city under such a huge difference in strength, and at this time, they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw the enemy army suddenly rushing out of the city, and the attack was very fierce like a tiger descending from the mountain. The main force of the HRE is fine, and those servant armies are in a bit of a commotion!
Marshal Boehne hurriedly said to Catherine, who was at a loss for a moment: "Your Majesty, please quickly order the war cavalry to meet the battle!" ”
Catherine reacted, and immediately gave the order, and the horn sounded loudly immediately, and tens of thousands of Shinra war horses roared and rushed out of the military formation, and swept towards Yang Dezheng's thousand war horses, with a fierce momentum, like a surging tide, looking like they were going to swallow the Ming army in one bite! Yang Dezheng and the others saw dozens of times the enemy coming head-on, and they were not afraid at all, all of them were boiling with blood, and they roared and rushed forward!
In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of Shenluo war horses overwhelmed the Ming war horses in one fell swoop! However, then the Ming war cavalry set off a huge ripple in the wave of the enemy's cavalry, seeing that the Ming war cavalry was indomitable, slashing and slashing, waving spears, and killing the Shinra soldiers on their backs! Especially that Yang Dezheng, like a tiger and a dragon, invincible, a pair of copper hammers flew up and down and smashed the enemy's flesh and blood, and the Shenluo soldiers will be killed countless times, but no one is his general! Rushing forward, brave and invincible, the copper hammer is invincible!
Seeing that the enemy was so brave, Catherine couldn't help but look shocked, and couldn't help muttering, "Good, so powerful! I didn't expect that there would be such a demonic general in the Ming army! ”
Bona next to him said: "This person's name is Yang Dezheng, the son of Yang Yanzhao, the general of the Ming Dynasty, who is brave and invincible!" I've heard that I've never met an opponent since I went to war! Catherine couldn't help but frown.
Tens of thousands of Shenluo war horses surrounded the Ming war horses, trying to besiege and annihilate the Ming war horses on all sides. However, the enemy's attack was too fierce, and they rushed forward one by one, like a sharp dagger, making it difficult for the HRE cavalry to encircle and annihilate the Ming cavalry.
Before Yang Dezheng led a thousand cavalry in a bloody battle, he cut through the enemy bushes and rushed straight towards the enemy's array! Tiger leaps and dragon, murderous!
The HRE soldiers were all shocked, and the HRE infantry at the front hurriedly prepared to face the battle, looking a little flustered. It's no wonder that these Shinra infantry, they didn't expect the enemy army to clash under the siege of dozens of times their own cavalry, so they were unprepared at all, and now that the incident happened suddenly, they were in a hurry.
"Hurry up and release the arrows!" A senior general shouted urgently. The crossbowmen hurriedly released their arrows, and the rain of arrows flew chaotically towards the Ming warriors. The Ming cavalry quickly flipped under the horse's belly, and the rain of arrows that flew in had little effect. Immediately, the Ming army turned on the back of the horse, and urged the war horse to rush straight towards the Shenluo army array, all of them looked crazy, like a Pixiu tiger and wolf pounced on their prey!
Even the experienced Shinra soldiers couldn't stand the panic in their hearts when they saw this scene. Gather your courage and prepare for the battle. In the blink of an eye, the Pixiu tiger wolf-like Ming war cavalry slammed into the enemy's line! In an instant, a huge and amazing impact sound sounded, and the Ming war cavalry was indomitable, trampling with iron hooves, slashing with knives and guns, and only flesh and blood flew in the crowd!
The drum and horn of the Shinra sounded rapidly, and then the teams of Shinra soldiers and horses surrounded from all directions and besieged the Ming army. As far as the eye can see, it is full of sword mountains and guns! One by one, the Ming Dynasty cavalry died in bloody battles, but they did not retreat and kept rushing forward! The spear was broken in the continuous attack, and he pulled out his horizontal knife to continue slashing, and the flesh and blood flew in the air, and it was completely unclear which ones belonged to the HRE soldiers and which ones belonged to the Ming soldiers! The iron hoof knife of the Ming Dynasty shot and killed the Shenluo soldiers in a pool of blood, and the sword mountain and gun forest of the Shenluo also killed the Ming war cavalry to the ground! Only that Yang Dezheng, everyone has no way to take him, although ordinary officers and soldiers can't intercept him, the five or six fierce generals who just rushed up also died tragically under his copper hammer in an instant! Yang Dezheng is mighty, and the soldiers of Shengluo can't help but be frightened!
But no matter how strong these Ming war horses are, after all, the strength is limited, and under the continuous siege of the enemy wave, there are heavy casualties, and the situation is already very bad!
At this moment, the sound of a golden bell representing the collection of troops suddenly came from the city wall. Yang Dezheng and the others, who were in a bloody battle, heard the sound of the golden bell, and immediately did not dare to fight, turned around and killed the enemy along the way they came. The Shenluo army desperately wanted to keep these Ming war horses, but they couldn't intercept them at all, and they were killed by the Ming war horses and rushed out of the bloody road.
Catherine was greatly annoyed by this, and immediately saw her own horsemen besieging the enemy horsemen, and immediately ordered the drummers to beat their drums and cheer them on. The rumbling drums sounded loudly, and the two sides galloped across the horses and clashed fiercely, only to see the sword and sword shadow people turning on their backs!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.