After Li Qiufeng shot an arrow with all his strength, he only felt that the pain in his left arm was unbearable, and he knew that the wound had burst again. It's just that at this critical juncture, these can't be taken care of.

Suddenly, I heard someone next to me trembling and said, "Brother Li, your arm ......"

Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but saw Murong Danyan running to his side at some point, looking at his left arm with a look of horror on his face. Li Qiufeng saw that his left shoulder was stained red with blood, and his entire arm was so painful that he couldn't lift it. I was just afraid that Murong Danyan would be worried, so I gritted my teeth and said, "It's just that there is some blood, and it's not in the way." Miss Murong, it's too dangerous here, you might as well go down to the city. ”

At this time, Liu Yong had already grabbed the battlement, and loudly ordered the heroes of the rivers and lakes to shoot arrows at the Tartar soldiers. At this time, the Tartar cavalry under the city was attacked by the defenders with bows and arrows and rolling stones, and their positions were already loose. Hundreds of martial arts masters bent their bows and arrows and shot at the city, killing fifty or sixty Tartar soldiers in an instant. At this time, Liu Yong had also discovered that Shaobu, who was hiding behind the Tartar team, was the general of the enemy army, so he and more than a dozen leaders of various sects shot straight at Shaobu with bows and arrows.

The feather arrows shot by these dozen masters were quick and fast, and they all shot towards Shaobu's vital point, although the accuracy was poor, but among the dozen feather arrows, two or three reached Shaobu's chest. Several Tartar soldiers hurriedly covered with shields, but they did not expect that these feathered arrows actually pierced the shields, killing one person and wounding the other two.

Shaobu couldn't imagine that the arm strength of the archery was so good, and his face changed color. Seeing that the more than 1,000 Tartar cavalry gathered under the city were smashed by the defenders of the city with bows and arrows and rolling stones and logs, and could only defend with shields, and they were no longer able to attack the city, how could they dare to stay here, and immediately waved his right hand, and a sergeant beside him raised his horn and blew it.

As soon as the trumpet sounded, the Tartar soldiers under the city immediately raised their shields and slowly retreated. The Tartars of the rear team continued to fire feathered arrows to cover the retreat of the Tartars of the front team, and after the Tartars of the front team withdrew to the position of the rear team, they stood still, bent their bows and arrows and shot arrows at the city, and the rear team retreated under the cover of the front team, and after fifty paces, they stopped, turned around and shot arrows at the head of the city, and the front team of horses that remained in place then retreated backwards. The two groups covered each other and slowly withdrew out of the range of the city's defenders' arrows, before regrouping and retreating into the camp.

When the defenders of the city saw the Tartars withdrawing, they could not help cheering in unison. The garrison commanded the soldiers to rescue the wounded and transport the bodies of the fallen soldiers. He stripped off the armor of the Tartars who had died in the city, and threw the corpses down the city.

In this battle, the defenders killed more than 200 people, the Tartar soldiers were also killed 2 or 300 people, and more than a dozen people died under the bows and arrows of the Tartar soldiers.

Liu Yong and the garrison stood at the head of the city, seeing that although the Tartar soldiers retreated, the formation was not chaotic at all, so they slowly returned to the camp like a huge black stone slab. Liu Yong sighed: "I thought our plan was seamless, but I didn't expect to really take on the battle, it was useless." ”

The garrison nodded and said, "These Tartar soldiers are extremely fierce, but they are all horse teams. When Chengzu set up the Duoyan Sanwei, he destroyed all their siege equipment, especially the powerful 'Huihui Cannon', and all the Tartar craftsmen who knew how to make them were also killed. If it weren't for that, these Tartar soldiers would have the help of these siege equipment, not to mention that our small Yong'an City is a well-guarded capital, and I am afraid that it will fall within a few days. ”

Liu Yong's face was worried, and he said, "If the Tartars come to attack the city again tomorrow, how can we resist it?"

The guard said, "Mr. Liu don't have to worry. Today, the Tartars have the upper hand with surprise attacks, but they also expose their weakness of not being good at attacking cities. If we come back tomorrow to attack the city, let's wait for them to come within range and fire a thousand arrows, and see how they can get close to the city walls? ”

He paused for a moment before he continued, "Fortunately, the Tartar soldiers only attacked the eastern city. If they rely on their horses to keep attacking the four city gates, we will be tired of running for our lives, and we are afraid that the general situation will not be good. Sang Liangtian's move is so strange, could it be that he is jealous of Duoyan Sanwei and wants to weaken the power of the Tartar soldiers first, and then take Yong'an City?"

Although Liu Yong knew that Sang Liangtian had made up his mind to return to the imperial court, it was inconvenient to tell the garrison at this time, so he had to say: "Maybe Sang Liangtian thought that there were many people and did not put the small Yong'an City in his eyes. ”

The garrison shook his head and said: "Sang Liangtian is extremely good, with the first emperor going out to conquer outside the fortress many times, he is a rare general in this dynasty. With his resourcefulness, how could he come up with such a strategy, it is really puzzling to think about it. ”

While the two were talking, Murong Danyan had already helped Li Qiufeng to the arrow tower. At this time, dozens of wounded soldiers were sitting in the arrow tower, most of these people were wounded by arrows, and they could only hear the screams and groans. Five or six soldiers in the army were treating the wounded soldiers, and they were sweating profusely. Some of the wounded soldiers were in pain, so they scolded these Lang Zhong, and some even beat them with their fists.

Murong Danyan couldn't help frowning when he saw the dirtiness of these people's scolding. Li Qiufeng knew that she was a daughter's family, and she couldn't stand these rude people, so she forced herself out of the arrow tower. When I met Xiao Zhanpeng, I saw him say excitedly: "Brother Li, I killed five Tartars, haha." ”

Li Qiufeng said with a smile: "Brother Xiao is really good, admire, admire." ”

Murong Danyan was worried about Li Qiufeng's injury, and when he saw Xiao Zhanpeng's face happy, dancing and telling about his feat of killing the enemy, he was annoyed in his heart, glared at Xiao Zhanpeng and said, "Xiao Lao Wu, haven't you seen Brother Li's injury recur? If you want to brag about leaving me far away as soon as possible, don't get in the way here!"

Xiao Zhanpeng found that Li Qiufeng's face was pale, and the clothes on his left shoulder were already soaked with blood, and he became embarrassed. wanted to step forward to wrap up his wounds for Li Qiufeng, but was pushed aside by Murong Danyan. At this time, Liu Yong walked over, and when he saw Li Qiufeng's appearance, he couldn't help but feel terrified, and hurriedly helped him sit on the steps next to him, and asked the Huashan disciple to go to the arrow tower Langzhong to ask for a pot of medicinal wine, wash Li Qiufeng's wound, reapply the wound medicine, and carefully bandage the wound, and then said to Li Qiufeng: "Li Shaoxia, now that the Tartar soldiers have retreated, they will not come to attack the city again today." Go to the city and find a place to rest, and don't do anything with anyone again, or this arm will be in danger!"

Li Qiufeng knew that his injuries were extremely serious, and seeing that there would be nothing in the city for the time being, he said goodbye to Liu Yong, and was supported by Murong Danyan and walked down the city tower along the horse road. Xiao Zhanpeng stayed in the city and said to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li go back and rest well, don't worry about here, there is still me in this city!"

Murong Danyan said in a low voice while helping Li Qiufeng downstairs: "This Xiao Lao Wu, there is no edge when he blows the bull. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "Xiao Shaoxia killed a lot of Tartar soldiers today, if everyone is like him, then our Ming Dynasty can be regarded as burning high incense." ”

Murong Danyan brought Li Qiufeng to the house where Ma Dongqing lived. This house is only a hundred steps away from the gate of Dongcheng, and it was originally the house of a big silk merchant in Yong'an City. It's just that before the rebels besieged the city, the rich family surnamed Zhou had already received news. That time, the old man was a very selfish person, he thought that the female dependents were walking slowly, and he was afraid of delaying his escape, so he left his mother, the third lady and the maid ring behind, and fled with his son and several family members on horseback with gold, silver and jewelry. These ladies had no choice but to hide at home with two old servants, reciting only Amitabha Buddha every day, praying for Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless the safety of the whole family.

After Murong Danyan sent Ma Dongqing to the house, the Zhou family settled Ma Dongqing in the west wing. The old lady of the Zhou family is a good person, saying that they must take care of each other in the chaos of war, and instruct the family not to treat guests slowly. At this time, Murong Danyan helped Li Qiufeng into the house and went to see Mrs. Zhou first. Mrs. Zhou heard that Li Qiufeng was injured because of resisting the enemy, so she hurriedly arranged a vacant room to invite Li Qiufeng to rest, chanted Buddha vigorously in her mouth, and said to Li Qiufeng: "It turns out that the distinguished guest is a military master who fights Tartar soldiers, if we treat it slowly, we will be punished by God." If you hadn't fought to the death defending the city and the Tartar soldiers had invaded the city, we, the women of the Taoist family, would not have been allowed to hang ourselves and jump into the well?"

After Li Qiufeng applied the wound medicine, the pain was slightly reduced, but he was bleeding too much, and his body was very weak. After Mrs. Zhou went out, Murong Danyan helped him lie on the bed. He only felt that his head was confused for a while, although he said a few more words to Murong Danyan, he didn't know what he was talking about at all, and after a while, he fell asleep in a deep sleep.

(End of chapter)