Chapter Fifty-Five: The Battle of Fengyang Nine
Seeing Zhu Guoxiang's death, he felt extremely sad and angry. He rushed up on his horse, took Zhu Guoxiang's body, put it on his horse, and killed him again in the direction where the intruders were sparse.
As Zhu Guoxiang committed suicide, the few officers and soldiers who were still resisting completely lost their command and suddenly became a mess. Some wanted to escape, while others wanted to surrender.
Zhu Guoxiang's desperate resistance made Gao Jie furious. At this time, the Ming army was already in disarray. Gao Jie immediately roared and killed everyone he saw, regardless of whether the Ming army had surrendered. By daybreak, the four thousand soldiers brought by Zhu Guoxiang were almost slaughtered.
It was completely exhausted, and the moat at the gate of the city was dyed red with blood, turning into a river of blood.
It is said that after Liu Zongmin was defeated by Lin Dong, he fled with his men. It was night now, everything was pitch black, and there were constant shouts of killing from everywhere. There were also unknown number of pursuers. Everyone was running around in the city until daybreak.
Only then did everyone realize that there was no trace of Anton's army.
Liu Zongmin was really relieved when he saw that Anton's Army was not chasing him. However, when he thought of Anton's Army, his heart trembled and he almost fell off his horse.
"Damn Lin Dong, I will definitely not let you go next time I meet you." Liu Zongmin was furious in his heart. He cursed Lin Dong but found it boring. He just thought of the strength of Anton Army and was inevitably depressed.
After resting for a long time, he asked his men to collect the remaining troops, hoping to gain some military exploits while the main force of the invading army did not enter the city.
Although he failed to defeat the Anton Army, he could still claim the credit for taking Fengyang. As long as he controlled most of Fengyang City before King Chuang entered the city, then the credit would still be his.
Little did he know that just when he had gathered the remaining troops, Li Zicheng had already led the army into the city, and Gao Jie had also defeated Zhu Guoxiang and was chasing the Ming army everywhere.
It wasn't until the sky gradually grew brighter that news came from the dock that all the supplies had been transported to the ship. Now the ship carrying the supplies had left Fengyang City and entered the Huaihe River. Now they only had to wait for Lin Dong and others to return before they could leave by boat.
Fengyang is a place of right and wrong.
Lin Dong nodded and said: "It's time to leave, everyone follow me."
"Yes!" Everyone cheered and followed Lin Dong towards the dock.
Soon, a group of people arrived at the pier. At this time, most of the boats on the river had left, and the rest were prepared for the Anton Army. There were more than ten large and small boats, and transporting thousands of people was not a problem.
"Cheng San, what's going on?" However, when Lin Dong arrived at the dock, the sight in front of him made Lin Dong almost stumble and fall.
At this time, the dock was almost crowded with ordinary people, tens of thousands of people.
Looking at the people on the dock, Lin Dong felt depressed. Where did these people come from?
The reason is that there is news in Fengyang City that if you want to survive, go to the defense area of the Anton Army.
As for the location of Anton's army, you can find out by asking around. They are in the area of the pier, so the residents of the city walked toward the pier with their young and old in tow.
"General, forgive me. I don't know, I don't know. I don't know who released the news that our Anton Army will protect the safety of the people, so they are coming here one after another. Without the general's order, I don't dare to stop..." Cheng
San's voice became smaller and smaller. In fact, he knew in his heart that the reason why so many people appeared here had something to do with him, but he didn't dare to say it.
Just before dawn, he had just led his people to move the food and ordnance, and then he remembered that his adoptive father was still in the city, so he decided to take Tieniu and others back to look for them.
At this time, Fengyang City was in chaos, but no one noticed their group, and soon several people arrived at their residence.
"Gangzi, why are you here?" To his surprise, Gangzi was also there.
"There's a war and chaos outside, and I saw that my uncle was inconvenient, so I came over to take care of him."
"That's it, thank you!" Cheng San didn't expect that this gangster had a bit of loyalty. Although he didn't dare to do things with him, he still knew how to take good care of the old man at home.
"You and I, brothers, why bother saying thank you? It's just Third Brother, what are your plans next?" Cheng San waved his hand and said, "That's exactly what I came here for."
After Cheng San finished speaking, he immediately knelt down in front of his foster father and said, "Father, the city is now in chaos. I am afraid that Fengyang City cannot be defended. Now I have joined the Anton Army and am ready to leave with them. This time
I came here specially to pick up my adoptive father."
"An Dong Army? Is that Lin Dong's army you mentioned?" The old man was silent for a while before slowly speaking.
"Exactly."
After hearing this, the old man didn't say anything special. He just said that it's up to you.
So Cheng San asked Gangzi to take his adoptive father, while he led a group of brothers to clear the way in front and headed towards the dock.
It doesn't matter. When the people in Fengyang City saw such a large team and weapons in their hands, they were scared at first. But when some people followed without being expelled or harmed, more and more people followed.
Got up.
Along the way, people continued to join in, and the entire team gradually grew.
At the same time, some good-hearted people in the team soon found out the origin of this army after some inquiries, and that was the Anton Army.
Fengyang City is not that big, and the news that the Anton Army defeated the Chuang Army spread like wildfire last night.
When the people heard that this was the Anton army coming to rescue them, they all shed tears of emotion.
So they all called their friends and companions, old and young, to follow the team. They just hoped that following the Anton Army would give them a chance to survive in the war.
Just like that, the team snowballed, and thousands of people gathered in the blink of an eye. As the crowd moved, the team continued to grow. By the time they arrived at the pier, there were already tens of thousands of people. What was even more terrifying was that
, behind them there are countless homeless victims rushing towards this direction.
Cheng San didn't care at first, but when he arrived at the pier, he realized that there were tens of thousands of refugees behind him.
In such a situation, even though he was extremely resourceful, he couldn't think of any good solution for a while. Just when he was scratching his ears, he happened to meet Lin Dong who was rushing back with someone.
"Folks, this is the officer of the Anton Army. Come and pay homage..." Seeing Lin Dong coming back, someone shouted loudly, and the whole crowd immediately became excited.
At this time, a prestigious old man took the lead and knelt down in front of Lin Dong and said: "General, I know that we are a burden to you, but we really have no choice. Please save us.
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At this point, the old man burst into tears.
"Old man, it's not that I, Lin Dong, don't want to save everyone, it's really that I, Anton, are short of soldiers..." At this point, Lin Dong couldn't hold back his tears any longer. Could it be that these thousands of living lives are about to be saved?
Dying in front of you? Do you really have the heart to watch their heads be chopped off one by one by the intruders?
"General, the old man knows your concerns. I've had enough of this old bone after living for so many years. I just ask the general to take these women, children and young adults away. I'm very grateful."
"Yes, General, as long as you can take my children and grandchildren away, I, Old Man Li, am willing to work hard to repay your great kindness."
"General, please save my son, he is only seven years old!" a woman cried bitterly.
"Please general, please save us..." The entire dock burst into tears.
Looking at this group of barely clothed refugees, Lin Dong couldn't bear it. In these damn troubled times, do we have to force people to death?
"No, I, Lin Dong, must not sit idly by, otherwise what's the difference between me, Lin Dong, and Chuang Jun." Lin Dong thought of thousands of miles of uninhabited people and bones exposed in the wild, and he felt compassion for a moment.
"If you want to blame, blame this damn troubled world. Although the world is unkind, I, Lin Dong, will go against the will of heaven today." Soon, Lin Dong made a very difficult decision.
"Cheng San, empty out all the ships that are not loaded with supplies. Let the elderly, women and children board the ships." Lin Dong ordered.
"General, no." Everyone was shocked. What is the general going to do? Do you want to give up the boat? Thinking of the countless intruders, everyone was shocked and knelt down: "Please take back your order, general!"
Ships are the tool for the Anton Army to escape. Once there are no ships, the Anton Army will have to walk out of Fengyang on two legs. There are hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city. Is this possible?
"I have made up my mind, let's carry it out!" Lin Dong glanced at the helpless people, sighed and waved his hand.
"General, no!" Li Da persuaded with tears in his eyes.
"Li Da, execute the order." Lin Dong's face was cold.
"We can stay, but the general is the soul of my Anton Army. We can't stay. Let Li Da lead the people out of the city."
"Come here, please invite the general aboard the ship." Li Da said extremely firmly.
Immediately, two soldiers came forward to pull Lin Dong away.
"Li Da, what are you going to do!" Lin Dong shook off the two soldiers and roared.
"General, it doesn't matter if Anton's army is without me, but it can't be without you. General, please come on board!" After speaking, Li Da was the first to kneel on the ground.
"General, please come on board!" All the soldiers of the Anton Army knelt down and shouted loudly.
"Get up!" Lin Dong suddenly said angrily: "I, Anton Army, will never abandon a brother at any time. If I, Lin Dong, leave today, how will I, Lin Dong, be able to see anyone in the future?"
When Lin Dong said this, he paused slightly and said, "Do you remember what I said on the day the Anton Army was founded?"
"Of course I remember." Everyone replied in unison.
"Just remember, everyone listens to the order, I order you to protect the people and fight out of Fengyang City."
"Fight out of Fengyang City..., Fight out of Fengyang City..." Immediately everyone shed tears of emotion.
Chapter completed!