Chapter 90: Death is Death
That night, Ye Baiye sat alone in the military tent, put on the old armor that didn't fit well, and carefully wiped the war knife that had accompanied him for half his life.
Xie Wu saw that the lights in the account were bright, so he came to ask for a meeting: "General Qiyu, there are 200,000 defenders in the city, and only 3,000 people have fled. Wu Yong and Wang Bao privately found the last general, wept bitterly, and after leaving a letter home, they began to arrange fortifications. Zhan Yunfei also asked the last general to bring a message to the general, willing to accompany the general to fight to the death. Now the whole army is in high spirits, and they are making final preparations for tomorrow's war. ”
Ye Baiye was also quite shocked by this, he thought that it was a surprise to be able to leave half of them, but he didn't expect that his few heartfelt words would leave almost everyone, and at the same time, Ye Baiye also fell into deep self-blame, as the saying goes, it is better to die than to live, these subordinates choose to fight to the death because of themselves, this is easy, and it is not clear in this life.
Ye Baiye sighed and said to Xie Wu: "Just now there is news from the court, Your Majesty has ordered General Wei Qing to lead an army of 200,000 and rush to Yongzhou. ”
When the latter heard this, he was overjoyed: "This is great news!" In this way, as long as our troops can defend General Wei to help, after the army converges, the chances of victory will be much greater! ”
Ye Baiye nodded and said, "Pass on the news, as long as our department can hold on, Golden Wolf City may not be lost." ”
Xie Wu was in high spirits and withdrew from the military tent, intending to inform the defenders of the city of the news.
In the second half of the night, Ye Baiye was still in the tent, staring at the sand table in front of him and constantly deducing, Xie Wu saw this, walked into the military tent, and said carefully: "General, the night is already deep, please rest early and nourish your spirits." ”
Ye Baiye had already made plans to stay up all night, and said with a chuckle when he heard this: "The general is not sleepy, it's okay, when the morning dawns, Sikong Li will definitely lead the army of Chu to attack the city, if I die in battle, there will be time to rest." Leave me alone, you can rest early, there is a tough battle to fight tomorrow. ”
Xie Wu shook his head and said with a smile: "It just so happens that the last general is not sleepy, so he will stay with the general for a while." ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, and they both made up their minds in their hearts that they would die calmly in the battle tomorrow.
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In the early morning of the second day, the two of them, who had not slept at night, walked out of the military tent together, passed through the camp, and walked up to the city tower, the 200,000 army had already lined up, and Ye Baiye shouted loudly: "Brothers, fight to the death with me today!" ”
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! ”
Ten miles outside the city, the army of Chu was also ready to go under the leadership of the military god Sikong. The Great War is imminent!
Sikong Li is different from others, he has been in the army for many years, he never carries a strategist entourage every time he goes out, he has no assistant to the adjutant, and he never takes the initiative to support his henchmen, but there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Chu State, and everyone is willing, and this military god is the first to look forward, which is the unique charm of Sikong Li.
This battle attacked the Golden Wolf City, Liang and Chu both knew that it was a matter of time before the city was broken, but how long Ye Baiye could defend it would have a crucial impact on the future battle situation, if it could hold on until Wei Qing's army came to the rescue, with 150,000 horses under Sikong Li's command, the chances of victory were not great, but if it was lost too quickly, the follow-up army of Chu State could go south, and the entire Yongzhou would fall into the hands of Chu State.
Sikong Li also knew this well, and even made a military order in front of the king of Chu, within three days, he would definitely break through the Golden Wolf City! Yesterday had left a day for Ye Baiye to consider for himself, at this time, the courage of the first person in the military world, originally planned to surrender without a fight, so that Ye Baiye opened the city and surrendered, but it backfired, in the Golden Wolf City, the defenders of the Liang State had a high fighting spirit, and now there are only two days left, if you want to break through the Golden Wolf City, ordinary means are afraid that it will be too late.
His cronies came to ask at this time: "General, now that the defenders of Golden Wolf City are angry, how should we break the city?" ”
Sikong Li stretched his waist and wrote lightly: "Give me a stick of incense, I will enter the city first, and when the city gate is opened, you can just charge with all your strength, and when you encounter Liang Dog, regardless of men, women, old and young, you must not show mercy to your subordinates, and you will be killed!" After speaking, he drove the war horse under his crotch and galloped towards Golden Wolf City.
On the city tower, Ye Baiye was holding a war knife, and Zhan Yunfei and Xie Wu were standing on the left and right beside him. Seeing this scene, Xie Wu exclaimed, "Is this Great Chu Military God crazy because of his heart? Do you want to attack the city alone! ”
Ye Baiye said with a straight face: "This person's strength is definitely not something we can compete with, we can't speculate with common sense, pass the order, the crossbowmen are ready, don't let Sikong Li enter the city one step!" ”
Zhan Yunfei shook his sleeves, his ten fingers were full of sharp hidden weapons, and he shot at Sikong Li, who sneered: "Carving insect skills!" "As soon as the luck is fought, the strength flows all over the body, and the protective body qi pours out, and the ordinary arrow has not yet touched, it will collapse on its own, even if it is the hidden weapon shot by Zhan Yunfei, it is difficult to hurt Sikong in the slightest. The latter had planned to break through the city gate directly from outside the city, but at this moment, he temporarily changed his mind, jumped and smashed on the city tower like a meteor.
Seeing this, Xie Wu's eyes widened with anger, this person was so arrogant, he didn't take himself in his eyes at all, and shouted loudly: "Protect the general!" ”
Sikong Li went straight to Ye Baiye, this time entering the city, breaking the city gate is the first priority, if you can kill Ye Baiye by the way, the dragons in the Golden Wolf City have no leader, the Liang army will definitely be in chaos, when their own army enters the city, it can be like a bamboo, at least it can kill fewer people. Sikong Li came and went like the wind, and Ye Baiye was also resolute in his eyes, without any panic, which made Sikong Li look a little higher. The two quickly fought together, Ye Baiye had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and his martial arts should not be underestimated, but when he met the fourth great Chu military god in the world, he was still far away, and he couldn't even catch three moves, so he was hit in the chest by a punch, and his armor was deeply sunk, and he flew out backwards.
The incident happened suddenly, everyone didn't have time to react, and at this moment, seeing that the Lord was about to be injured, Zhan Yunfei and Xie Wu rushed to Sikong Li left and right, and the latter smiled: "Take me three moves and don't die, but the general will underestimate you!" After saying that, he turned around and forced the two to retreat with one palm, turned over, jumped down from the city tower, and prepared to break the door so that the army could charge smoothly.
Ye Baiye endured the severe pain and shouted loudly: "Stop him!" ”