Chapter 14: The Lonely City
Xiao Wu already had a lot of wounds on his body at this time, and the guards around him surrounded Xiao Wu in a circle, and the guards outside were constantly fighting, and Xiao Wu was taking advantage of such a short time to breathe rapidly in the battlefield.
There were nearly 1,000 of Xiao Wu's personal guards, but there were less than 100 people left who followed Xiao Wu to the enemy formation in the rush just now! These 100 people surrounded Xiao Wu to the middle, and they had their flesh and blood to buy Xiao Wu time to recover!
Although it is said that the man has tears and does not flick, Xiao Wu saw that the guards who had fought with him in the north and south together in the past few years kept dying in front of him, and Xiao Wu's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
If these people surrendered just now, then they would definitely not have to die, but they were willing to follow Xiao Wu, even if they died, they would follow Xiao Wu's path! Xiao Wu looked at these guards, even if they died, they had to firmly support their bodies and make themselves stand in place, just to buy Xiao Wu a little time, so a little time to die late.
Xiao Wu is not a sentimental person, but when a person is about to die, he will always recall the experience of his life, Xiao Wu's voice was just a beggar before he met Luo Yuchen, but after meeting Luo Yuchen, Xiao Wu became a monk and became a general today.
Originally, Xiao Wu always had the idea of fighting the world for Luo Yuchen in his heart, but Xiao Wu suddenly became a little stupid when he saw so many people die, and he died so many people just to achieve hegemony, is it really worth it?
Xiao Wu himself is not afraid of death, Xiao Wu is also willing to die for Luo Yuchen, but Xiao Wu is reluctant to die for these soldiers who follow him. It is said that dying on the battlefield is the glory of soldiers, but what about the families of these dead soldiers? Even if they get money in their hands, can they calm the wounds in their hearts? They can only miss the children who used to be hungry and cold together in a life of food and clothing!
Xiao Wu silently stood up straight, gently and resolutely pushed away the guards beside him, Xiao Wu looked at the eyes of the guards and said, "Are you afraid of death?"
This guard was able to rush here to kill a lot of people and suffer a lot of injuries, at this time he was covered in blood, there were enemies, there were also his own, he heard Xiao Wu's words and smiled shyly at Xiao Wu and said, "Of course I'm afraid." ”
Xiao Wu also smiled when he heard such honest words: "I'm afraid you're still dead?" Xiao Wu said well, if you were afraid of death, why didn't you drop just now?
When the guard heard Xiao Wu's words, he suddenly gave a military salute to Xiao Wu and said, "Because I want to die on your battlefield, general!"
Xiao Wu suddenly laughed when he heard this, is it because you follow me, why did you die? How good would it be if there was no war in this world? But it doesn't matter, after I die in battle today, is there a war in this world or does it have anything to do with me?
Xiao Wu stood up, and a crazy battle intent suddenly appeared in his eyes, even if he died! Lao Tzu would kill enough! Xiao Wu roared angrily and rushed out of the encirclement of his own guards, and directly charged at the countless enemy troops in front of him!
It will be the soul of the army! A soldier will be a bear! Will be a nest of bears! Xiao Wu's morale suddenly soared, and all the guards directly followed Xiao Wu and rushed over!
But Xiao Wu rushed too fast! Rushed too fiercely! At this time, Xiao Wu didn't have any tactics in his heart at all, and Xiao Wu's heart just wanted to kill the enemy as much as possible! So Xiao Wu simply used all his strength, and rushed over to the place where the enemy army had the most! The place where the enemy army had the most was in front!
When Xiao Wu's sword is broken, he will snatch the sword and kill him! If a master attacks, then Xiao Wu will directly exchange his injuries for injuries! At this time, Xiao Wu turned out to be like a madman!
Suddenly, Xiao Wu suddenly saw the back of the enemy army! Xiao Wu immediately became puzzled, these enemy troops have been fighting with him, obviously they are already in sight of victory, why are the troops still facing away from him?
If you don't understand, you don't think about it anymore, anyway, at this time, the enemy is facing you from behind, and if you don't kill at this time, when will you wait! Xiao Wu didn't think about it, he just continued to kill the past in front of him! But just after killing for a while, Xiao Wu suddenly found that the enemy in front of him was facing himself again!
Suddenly, Xiao Wu saw the outfit on the other side clearly, this is his own army, this is his own reinforcements! It's Hou Cong! It's Hou Cong! Seeing the reinforcements, Xiao Wu was not only not happy, but an extremely angry emotion immediately spread out in Xiao Wu's heart.
It was because he was afraid that Zhu Xiong would be impulsive, so he let Hou Cong defend the city! I originally thought that Hou Cong would be cautious and would not come out to meet the enemy because of the defeat, but how could this Hou Cong be so irritable! This city is dead, and countless people are attacked, and at this time, Hou Cong is not guarding this city, is it because the city that has just been attacked is being sent back? Wouldn't the countless soldiers who died in the siege die in vain!
Although Xiao Wu's heart was extremely angry, but seeing the reinforcements still made Xiao Wu relax his mind, Xiao Wu had been relying on a killing intent in the battle just now to keep himself from falling, Xiao Wu's injuries all over his body immediately broke out, Xiao Wu still didn't react, and immediately passed out!
I don't know how long it took, but Xiao Wu slowly opened his eyes. Xiao Wuyi opened his eyes and saw Hou Cong's anxious eyes and heartfelt smile, Xiao Wu knew that this was Hou Cong's relief after seeing him wake up, and Xiao Wu was also extremely moved after seeing this scene.
Hou Cong led his troops to meet Xiao Wu, but when he arrived at the place, he found that Xiao Wu had actually encountered a siege! This shock was not trivial, and he directly led the army to rush over! However, the enemy army was huge, and even if Hou Cong tried his best, he only broke through half of the enemy's defense line! Hou Cong was very anxious after seeing this scene, and in order to save his best friend Hou Cong, he almost rushed in alone! But at this moment, Xiao Wu actually broke through the enemy formation and killed him! Hou Cong saved Xiao Wu.
Hou Cong was happy to see that Xiao Wu woke up and still didn't come, so he saw that Xiao Wu suddenly raised his hand and directly slapped himself! This slap directly blinded Hou Cong! Hou Cong hurriedly grabbed Xiao Wu's hand and said: "Don't worry, the Zhu Xiong also rushed out soon after you came out, don't worry, there is no one missing!"
Xiao Wu sat up directly when he heard Hou Cong's words, but the urgency and serious injury made Xiao Wu directly spurt out a mouthful of blood! After Hou Cong saw this scene, he hurriedly rushed over to support Xiao Wu, but he was kicked by Xiao Wuyi and almost fell directly from the carriage!
Xiao Wu shouted angrily at Hou Cong: "Our current troops are not enough to defend the city, and you still bring troops to the rescue! Look at the good things you have done! In order to save me and Zhu Xiong, you actually let ten horse-drawn carts, and you actually let the sergeants break off! What is the use of just the three of us going back to the city? Can the three of us be able to defend a city?"
Hou Cong also reacted when he heard Xiao Wu's words, why did Xiao Wu get angry, and hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, we have soldiers!"
Hearing Hou Cong's words, Xiao Wu almost turned his back on him! Xiao Wu has always been the commander, this Hou Cong and Zhu Xiong are the vanguard of the left and right, and Xiao Wu naturally knows how many soldiers he has!
Luo Yuchen's money to Xiao Wu Xiao Wu directly recruited nearly one million, although one million is not worth mentioning for this boundless Western Continent, I don't know how many sects on this Northern Continent have more troops than 10 million!
Xiao Wu is not a person who is in a hurry, Xiao Wu directly let these millions of people open up the wasteland, and then directly open up the village by himself, because now the Western Continent is in turmoil, so countless people are displaced, so as soon as Xiao Wu's village is opened up, there are countless people who immediately rush to it!
After a long time, the village was finally able to be self-sufficient, and at this time, Xiao Wu's reputation had been widely spread, and countless original residents of the Northern Continent had come to join Xiao Wu!
At the beginning, Xiao Wu made very good progress, and it didn't take much effort to take a lot of land on the edge of the village, but after the place became bigger, it was natural to protect it thoroughly, so that Xiao Wu could lead the troops to fight a lot less. After Xiao Wu left his troops to protect the territory, he directly took Hou Cong and Zhu Xiong to seize a city with their wits!
After years of war and chaos in the Western Continent, many people were displaced, and many ordinary people directly carried the banner to form their own forces. Because Xiao Wu developed in the village at the beginning, Xiao Wu has always dealt with the army of ordinary people, so that although Xiao Wu has many soldiers in his hands, there are very few soldiers.
This sect took advantage of the moonlight to attack directly at night, Xiao Wu came out to lead only a million troops, and lost one-third of the siege, but Xiao Wu still defeated this sect very bravely, and then even chased and killed it! If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the Sword Sect at the end, maybe Xiao Wu would have crushed all the forces of this sect!
No matter how Xiao Wu calculated, he only calculated that the number of troops in the city at this time was less than 100,000, and most of the wounded people were in the defense a few days ago! With such a strength, if no one attacked the city, it would be fine, but if someone attacked the city and defended it, they would not be able to defend it! Not to mention that this Sword Sect still suddenly appeared on the battlefield at this time! Moreover, this Sword Sect has many soldiers and generals!
Xiao Wu also blamed himself when he saw Hou Cong's appearance, if he wasn't too proud and only brought a small number of soldiers to attack the city, he wouldn't have ended up like this. Now that he is being targeted by others, the enemy must be cut down and eradicated, and it is impossible to say that the forces that Xiao Wu has worked hard to assemble in the past few years will be wiped out!
Xiao Wu sighed and said to Hou Cong, "When will our troops arrive?"
Hou Cong was immediately stunned when he heard Xiao Wu's words: "What troops?"
Hearing Hou Cong say this, Xiao Wu spurted a mouthful of blood on the spot, and almost died of anger! Xiao Wu scolded Hou Cong angrily: "Since you know that I have been ambushed, why don't you send all our troops to this city? Although all our rear forces have dissipated in this way, we will definitely be able to hold the city! But you didn't even transfer troops! You told me that the defense facilities in our village are very few, and the troops are also very evacuated, how do you want to stop the army of this Sword Sect!" How can you block the charge of the cavalry of the Sword Sect?
Among the three, Xiao Wu has a natural leadership ability, Xiao Wu's temperament can make people very willing to work for Xiao Wu, while Zhu Xiong is more powerful, and Hou Cong is more resourceful. So the three of them formed a combination of Xiao Wu as the leader, Zhu Xiong as the pioneer, and Hou Cong's think tank, but the little 50 million can't understand it, they can see it clearly, this Hou Cong's wisdom is above himself, why can't Hou Cong understand?
Hou Cong heard Xiao Wu's words and suddenly said: "If we can defend this city and destroy these armies, or force them to retreat, will we be safe?"
Xiao Wu heard Hou Cong's words and immediately mocked: "You're right, behind our village is the sea, and then the mountains, this city is the only way to enter the hinterland of the village, as long as we are given half a year, we can connect the village to the city, and cast fortifications, at that time it was an iron bucket." But don't you know that we don't have any fortifications at all now, and we can't stop this Sword Sect's army even if we bypass it! As long as we are fenced off, we will be a lonely city! Don't say anything about the city, there is no way to go to heaven and no door to go down to the earth!"
Hou Cong heard Xiao Wu's words but smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to worry, our reinforcements have arrived, even if they can't destroy this Sword Sect army, they will definitely not dare to attack." ”
Seeing Hou Cong so confident, Xiao Wu was also slightly relieved, Hou Cong has always been very cautious, never fighting uncertain battles, and at this time there is no other way, Xiao Wu can only close his eyes and lie on the carriage with his eyes closed and ponder, no way, if Hou Cong's brother kills Xiao Wu, there is no place to reason.
Xiao Wu had just been lying down for less than an hour, and immediately felt that the ground began to shake slightly, and Xiao Wu directly sat up and looked into the distance! This kind of momentum Xiao Wu instantly knew that this was caused by hundreds of thousands of cavalry running, this place is also a remote place in the west, and there are hundreds of thousands of cavalry here only the Sword Sect army!
Xiao Wu took a deep breath, and then immediately looked at the city that was not far away. Now, although I feel the momentum of the cavalry, the smoke and noise created by the cavalry have not yet been transmitted, indicating that the cavalry is still some distance away from him, and the city is already close at hand, and compared with the speed of the two, he must be able to enter the city safely.
As Xiao Wu expected, just when smoke and dust began to rise in the distance, Xiao Wu had already entered the city. However, Xiao Wu didn't have any reassurance, because Hou Cong didn't see any of the reinforcements Xiao Wu!
Standing at the gate and just opening the city gate for Xiao Wu were two remnants with missing arms, and there were not many people standing loosely on the city wall. This city is not small, although there are more than 100,000 people, but because of serious injuries and logistics, there are less than 30,000 people who can stand on the city wall.
Of these 30,000 people, excluding the cripples and transporting defensive materials, at most less than 10,000 people stood on the city wall! When these 10,000 people stood on the city wall, there was a space of nearly two meters between the two people! Needless to say, how many people could fit in these two meters of space!
Xiao Wu said to Hou Cong with a gloomy face: "What about the reinforcements you said?"
Hou Cong patted Xiao Wu's shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't worry, there must be no problems in our city, and our reinforcements are resting in that city at this time." ”
When Xiao Wu heard Hou Cong's words, he immediately gritted his teeth and said: "If you can't hold this city, let's just wipe our necks together!
Xiao Wu stood on the city wall and looked at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and his heart was very entangled, this Hou Cong went to the city to call for help for almost a quarter of an hour, even if the team was scattered, it should have been assembled!
Before Xiao Wu could figure it out, the Sword Sect's army had already stopped three miles outside the city, what was the concept of hundreds of thousands of cavalry in front of him? That is, all of them were human beings at a glance! These countless enemy troops were enough to collapse just because of their inner oppression!
The disciple of the Sword Sect who had persuaded Xiao Wu to surrender just now came out and said to Xiao Wu again: "What is my future when you abandon so many soldiers and escape, is it such an abandoned city?"
Xiao Wu was immediately angry when he heard the words of this Sword Sect disciple, this Sword Sect disciple's side was a well-made hundreds of thousands of cavalry, and on his side was a defeated 10,000 remnants of soldiers who couldn't stand steadily! It seemed that this battle didn't need to be fought at all! As long as there was a salvo of 10,000 arrows on the opposite side, all of them would be killed!
At this time, Hou Cong suddenly panted and hurriedly ran in front of Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu drove to Hou Cong and immediately lifted his spirits, grabbed Hou Cong's shirt and asked, "The reinforcements have been assembled?"
Hou Cong nodded again and again when he heard Xiao Wu's words: "It's already assembled!"
Xiao Wu immediately perked up, and then looked in the direction that Hou Cong was pointing! This glance directly made Xiao Wu furious on the spot! Xiao Wu's hand pointed and grabbed Hou Cong's neck and roared angrily: "The reinforcements you are talking about are these people? Are there 300 of these people? You let these 300 people go to fight against hundreds of thousands of cavalry? You tell me that this is the reinforcement to save us?"
Looking along Xiao Wu's hand, he saw that there were people squatting or leaning in the city, anyway, everyone who was standing seriously! No matter how you look at these people, they were in their early 200s! Among them, there was still a bald head lying on a Taishi chair! There were still people beating their legs and fans around this bald head! (To be continued.) )