[69 Book Bar - www.] Before they reached the north gate, they heard a noise coming from there, as if the ground was turning upside down. Jin Qianshi said in shock: "Commander, it's not good, it seems that there is already a fight."
I listened carefully and said, "Quickly, the rear army seems to be unable to resist."
I patted the horse and rushed forward. My left arm was not healed, but the pain was no longer there, so I thought it was no big deal.
We had rushed to the north gate, but we saw a sea of people at the gate. I don’t know how many soldiers were squeezing in, making it a mess. Some soldiers were squeezed and fell to the ground. The people behind didn’t care about them and rushed in anyway.
They screamed in pain after being stepped on, but those behind them seemed to turn a deaf ear and still squeezed in as hard as they could, with a few ragged city residents among them. The sky had darkened, and the surrounding torch lights were covered with wooden boards, making people's
His face also flickered between light and dark.
What is going on outside?
At this time, a young officer squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards me. I shouted to him: "Stand."
He stood still, raised his head and looked at me. I asked, "Who are you?"
The young officer unconsciously stood still and said: "Wu Wanling, the junior colonel of the rear army, has met the general."
I asked: "What happened? Where is General Luo Jingwei?"
Wu Wanling said: "General Luo was encamped outside the city and was arranging the transportation camp to set off. Suddenly, countless snake people came from all over the mountains and fields. We retreated to the city, but many of the city residents who had been released from the city ran away again.
Come back to the city and fight with the troops..."
I shouted: "No matter what, we must first clean up military discipline and prevent chaos. Who has the highest rank in the army at the gate of the city?"
Wu Wanling said: "We are the fifth battalion of the rear army. The two captains are with General Luo and have never entered the city."
I said: "First of all, give an order to the troops at the gate of the city not to panic, and to let the citizens go first, and then enter the city one by one. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed immediately."
Although I said this, I felt a little worried. The rear army was not a place where I could give orders. If the soldiers still refused to listen, I couldn't really kill a few to establish authority. But Wu Wanling calmed down and turned around.
He shouted: "Listen to the soldiers at the city gate and enter the city in order. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed immediately."
His voice was not inferior to that of a thunder drum. After this shout, the doorway was like a flood, and it immediately calmed down. Wu Wanling shouted: "Stop! After the citizens enter the city, all the ministries enter the city in turn."
The soldiers at the city gate were originally leaderless, but now Wu Wanling gave the order and everything was in order. There was no need to kill a few people to establish authority.
Once there is order, it will be much faster to enter the city. There are about two to three thousand soldiers and hundreds of citizens at the gate. Those hundreds of citizens must have wanted to go north after leaving the city through the east gate, but they were stopped by the snake people.
, knowing that they were drinking poison to quench their thirst, they had no choice but to escape back. As soon as these hundreds of city residents entered the city, soldiers took them aside. It was not easy to arrange for them at the moment, and they were imprisoned in a broken archery tower at the top of the city. Fortunately, there were only
hundreds of people
, squeezed into a watchtower, it was enough for a dozen or so people to guard the exit. They may have been numbed by the confinement, so they didn’t say much and walked in one by one. When they passed me, I saw that most of the people in the crowd were
They were women, children, old and weak, and there were almost no young people. Most of them were carrying a package, which was only some food and clothing, but could not carry anything valuable out of the city. There was an old man who even carried a mian pipa.
When I saw the pipa, my eyes seemed to dim for a moment.
I wonder, how is she now? Does she know that a young officer who has only met her a few times would feel that way about her?
At this time, Wu Wanling said loudly: "Quick, don't delay, come in in order." I looked at the city gate. All the citizens had come in. Now it was time for the troops to enter the city. As soon as the citizens entered the city, the remaining troops came in order.
It only takes a blink of an eye to get in.
At this time, the forward battalion had arrived. Lu Gongxing said: "General Chu, where are General Luo?"
The gate of the city was now free, and I said, "General Luo is still fighting. What should we do?"
At this time, I was also a little confused. The Dragon Scale Army and the forward battalion together only had more than 2,000 people. The rear army itself still had 20,000 people. Taking away 2,000 from the south gate, there were only 18,000 left. Even though the rear army had little combat effectiveness,
Strong, after all, there are many more people than us. In the field, even if we add the two thousand people, it will be useless.
Lu Gongxing said: "Stay calm at the door, and I will go and bring General Luo back."
As soon as he finished speaking, the forward battalions had already rushed out of the door. I said: "General Lu, can you do it?" He didn't answer me, and his horse was already out of the city gate, and the wind seemed to rush across the suspension bridge. Several people from the past
My colleagues had also left the city. They nodded to me when they passed by me. Qi Lie saluted me on his horse, and everyone rushed out.
Jin Qianshi said: "General Chu, what should we do?"
I looked at it and said, "Go to the city."
Thousands of people have retreated at the gate of the city. Luo Jingwei is commanding less than 15,000 people outside. I don’t know how many snakes are invading. They have to protect the supply camp and engage in battle. He also has to
It's really not easy to win.
As soon as we reached the top of the city, we saw smoke billowing outside the city, and an army retreated. I took a look and saw that this army was mixed with a large number of military vehicles, and it was probably a supply camp. I said: "General Jin, please let a few people guard
Be careful when walking on the suspension bridge."
The supply battalion has retreated to the city. Looking at it, it is extremely embarrassing. The supply battalion is not a combat unit. Although it is also responsible for suppressing prisoners, it is different from actually going into battle to kill. Deyang is in the rear. He is also wearing soft armor, but
There were holes in his armor and blood stains all over his body.
As soon as they entered the city, I shouted: "Deyang! Lord Deyang!" Deyang raised his head and saw it was me, and said: "General Chu, you must be careful, there are tens of thousands of snake people!"
Tens of thousands!
My heart skipped a beat. The snake army outside the south gate came with great force, but only a few thousand people actually went out to fight. Could it be that their real purpose was to surround the city? I said: "Luo
How is the general doing now?"
Deyang said: "General Luo is fighting hard. If there is no support from General Lu, I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand it."
As if in response to my words, there was a loud "boom" in front of me, and I felt the ground shaking. About two miles away to the north, a thick smoke rose into the sky, and I didn't know what happened.
That was the explosion of gunpowder again. Was it Lu Gongxing using gunpowder? No wonder he was so confident. At the beginning, he once said that Zhang Longyou might be the key to victory or defeat. Maybe he had already thought at that time that it was difficult to defeat the enemy with swords and guns alone.
Snake man, you must use that new weapon.
I can't help but admire Lu Gongxing a little. He can make the forward camp with high ambitions subdue his control, which is indeed a well-deserved reputation.
At this time, Jin Qianshi took an umbrella over and said, "General, please hold an umbrella."
I thought about it and took it. Now that I can't move my left arm, I naturally can't fight with one hand, so I can only command from the top of the city. But Wu Hou didn't know what he thought, why did he put the dragon with only 300 people in it?
The scale army is sent to the north gate?
At this time Jin Qianshi said: "Commander, they have retreated."