War is actually like a seesaw. When one side's momentum increases, it means that the other side will inevitably be suppressed!
The addition of Liu Ruyi's thousand-strong army soon filled the gap in the official army, and defeated the refugee army who came to the city.
Although half of these people are new recruits and the other half are veterans, their momentum has been fully boosted at this time, like a car with full horsepower, their morale is like a rainbow, and they are unstoppable!
Although these refugee armies are equally brave, because the official army has taken advantage of the terrain, at this time, the refugee army can only board the city in a small number, only a few hundred people! After all, they are just flesh and blood.
Under their desperate charge, they soon fell on the cold city wall one by one!
Some smart refugee soldiers no longer stepped forward. Instead, they took advantage of the opportunity of their companions' charge to quickly retreat to the ladder and crawl down the city!
In the chaos, they were fighting each other, and many people were pushed down by their companions. Those who were lucky enough to fall into the moat were better off, while those who were unlucky had their arms and legs broken directly!
The refugee army that was stubbornly resisting at the top of the city, because they lost the support behind them, were quickly skewered by the soldiers' spears!
The air was filled with a strong smell of blood. It was midsummer. Under the heat of the scorching sun, the blood dried up quickly. There were shocking blood stains everywhere on the city walls!
"Young Master, are you okay?" Xiao Liu'er, covered in blood, quickly ran to Liu Ruyi.
"I'm fine! Liu'er, go and inform the brothers, cheer me up and keep an eye on those thieves! I guess they will come again soon!" Liu Ruyi just killed several people one after another, and her physical strength
Already feeling a little exhausted, he breathed heavily and ordered Xiao Liuer.
"But, young master, your injury..." Xiao Liu'er pointed to a bloody wound on Liu Ruyi's shoulder, worried.
"Go, I won't die from this little injury! Liu'er, hurry up! Don't let them come up!" Liu Ruyi kicked Xiao Liu'er, casually pulled a piece of fabric from his clothes, and wrapped it around him hard.
On the wound!
Seeing Liu Ruyi acting like this, Xiao Liu'er knew that the situation was extremely critical at this time, so he ignored the greetings, kowtowed to Liu Ruyi, and hurried to the edge of the city wall.
"Fuck!" Liu Ruyi couldn't help but cursed secretly.
These refugee soldiers are really on the run and don't care at all. They are like brainwashed lunatics. They just come to take their lives with you without considering any consequences! In the melee just now, Liu Ruyi was accidentally killed by a strong man from the refugee army.
It was a horizontal slash. Fortunately, Liu Ruyi reacted quickly, dodged in time, and had fine armor to protect him. Otherwise, his life would have been at stake!
Soon, the casualties of the officers and soldiers were also counted.
After these two charges by the refugee army, more than 300 people under Pu Sheng in Dongcheng alone had been killed, 70 to 80 people were seriously injured, and most of the rest suffered minor injuries.
The feather arrow on Pu Sheng's shoulder has been taken out and the wound has been bandaged. He gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain, and returned to the city wall, commanding the officers and soldiers to set up defenses, preparing to resist the next wave of refugee army attacks.
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"Brother Liu, thank you very much for saving your life!" Pu Sheng was supported by several soldiers and walked to Liu Ruyi's side. He hugged Liu Ruyi with difficulty.
An arrow wound is no better than a knife wound. Like Liu Ruyi's, it only scratches the flesh and blood and is not fatal. However, Pu Sheng's arrow wound was shot directly through the shoulder. I am afraid that the bone has been injured. There is no such thing in this era. Yunnan Baiyao does not contain analgesics or penicillin. If this situation is not handled well and if you are not careful, your life will be directly in danger.
"Brother Park, you are so seriously injured, why don't you go down and take a good rest? Just leave it to the brothers here!" Liu Ruyi said with concern.
"Haha!" Pu Sheng smiled painfully, "Human, isn't it just a life? What's the meaning of living alone in this world? Brother Liu, it's you, brother, if I say something from the bottom of my heart, You really shouldn’t have come on this trip to muddy waters!”
Liu Ruyi was startled, but her eyes were a little complicated, "Brother, how do you say this?"
Pu Sheng stood up with difficulty and waved his hands, indicating to the left and right to retreat. Liu Ruyi also waved the soldiers around him to retreat far away, and hurriedly reached out to support Pu Sheng's body.
Pu Sheng glanced at Liu Ruyi, nodded slightly, and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Brother Liu, seeing you reminds me of myself back then! What is the purpose of this life? Do you know? ?”
Liu Ruyi didn't say anything, she just helped Pu Sheng to the edge of the wall and listened quietly.
"hehe!"
Pu Sheng smiled self-deprecatingly, "Brother Liu, you saved my brother's life, so I can't owe you anything! What I hate most in my life is being in debt to others! Back then, Mr. Jin had a certain support for a certain person. Well, I have to defend this city! But Brother Liu, you are different! There is no need to risk your life here! I understand clearly that we will not have any more reinforcements!"
"Brother, this~~, is this impossible? The imperial court has ordered Commander Zuo to send troops over and over again, and when so-and-so came, Commander-in-Chief Zuo also told so-and-so that reinforcements will be coming in the near future. Why did eldest brother say that?" Liu Ruyi said in a low voice. .
"Hmph! You are talking nonsense, who the hell can't say it?" Pu Sheng said dissatisfied, "Brother Liu, you are still young, you can't understand many things! I followed Zuo Shuai in Liaodong back then. Over the years, He has been working hard for his Zuo family, but if it weren’t for Mr. Jin, I would still be just a small hundred households!"
"But with a fortress like Nanyang City, it's impossible for Zuo Shuai to give up, right? This, this won't do him any good!" Liu Ruyi asked pretending to be frightened.
Zuo Liangyu was called a "national thief" by later generations. Looking at the history of his rise to power, he was quite cunning and ruthless. When others encircled and suppressed the militia, they always beat fewer people, but he beat more and more troops. He grew stronger and stronger, and now there were hundreds of thousands of them, dominating the Central Plains, and even the imperial court was helpless against him!
But he can be considered a hero. Liu Ruyi really can't believe that he can give up a strategic fortress like Nanyang City that controls all directions?
"Brother Liu, you can't escape the word 'profit' in everything!" Pu Sheng patted Liu Ruyi's shoulder gently and said in a persuasive way: "When the Nancheng city is defeated, the refugee army invades central Henan and approaches Luoyang. Governor Hong They will inevitably return to rescue them, but by then, the northwest troops are already depleted, so how can they defeat these cunning refugee armies? By then, only Commander Zuo will be the only combat force left in the entire Central Plains. You, what will you do?"
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but take a breath of air. Pu Sheng said, just like the development of history, Zuo Liangyu did this damn thing later! When the refugee army came, he ran away! When the refugee army left, he
He's coming back! If he encounters a soft persimmon, just pinch it and have a small, painless fight. No one can do anything to him!
"Brother, if that's the case, why should we work hard for his surname Zuo? Even if we don't defend this city, the court will blame us anyway!" Liu Ruyi said angrily.
"Hey!" Pu Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Brother Liu, it's good that you can think like this now, but it's a pity that it's too late! My brother has been fighting these mud-legged people in the Central Plains for so many years. Their nature is the same as my brother's.
It’s clear! These bastards are like mad dogs. They are so powerful now that they won’t give up! They even dare to dig up the ancestral grave of the great ancestor, what else can they not dare to do? After the city is broken, they will definitely massacre it!”
Liu Ruyi had long heard that the refugee army was undisciplined, like ants crossing the border, but after hearing what Pu Sheng said, Liu Ruyi still couldn't accept it in her heart!
"Brother, since everyone on the left and right is dead, let's just fight with these bastards! In my opinion, they may not be able to break the city with their dirty tricks!" Liu Ruyi said pretending to be indignant.
"Brother, how can an egg touch a stone? These refugee troops are not the mud-legged ones earlier, they are all veterans of hundreds of battles! You have also experienced their combat prowess! If there are no reinforcements, we will not be able to carry on without reinforcements.
There is no way out! These brothers have been following me for many years, and I can't bear to let them use their names here in vain! I am alone and will die when I die, and that doesn't matter, but you, you can't die here
!”
Pu Sheng sighed and said: "Master Jin is on good terms with the young marshal, but not with the marshal! If we can hold on for a while, the marshal might send some reinforcements, but I heard that the people in Ruzhou
On the other side, Governor Hong is almost victorious, and reinforcements will arrive soon. These mud-legged people will definitely fight tooth and nail! Even if we have a few thousand more people, we can still defend for a while, but at the moment, I am afraid that we will not be able to survive tomorrow.
Got it!"
Liu Ruyi gently moved her hands and feet to soothe her nerves, "Brother, in your opinion, what should brothers do?"
Pu Sheng looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and said: "Brother, tonight, someone is leading someone to steal the camp. You can break out from the east gate and go to Ruzhou to join Hongdu, or you can go directly back to your hometown.
Okay! There are three to four hundred confidants of Mr. and Mrs., all of whom are fellow villagers and relatives of Mr.. These people, brothers, you must treat them well! Even if my brother dies, he can rest in peace!"
Liu Ruyi looked at the man in front of her with an unspeakable feeling in her heart!
At first, Liu Ruyi just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the command of the city. If Pu Sheng knew what he was interested in, he probably wouldn't say much, but if he didn't know what he was interested in, he would just...
Unexpectedly, Pu Sheng turned out to be such a man who valued friendship, and Liu Ruyi felt a little hard to choose.
Looking at Liu Ruyi's complicated expression, Pu Sheng chuckled and said, "Brother, you don't have to worry too much! What a pity, these are not Tatars now. I can kill one to get enough money, and I can earn one even if I kill two! We are brothers.
, I didn’t even have time to raise a glass and drink. If there is another life, my brother will come to accompany you again!"
After Pu Sheng finished speaking, he waved his hands to the soldiers behind him and whispered a few words. After a moment, the soldiers gathered dozens of people and gathered around Liu Ruyi and Liu Ruyi.
Pu Sheng lowered his voice and said: "Brother Liu, these are my brothers of life and death. I will leave their lives to you!"
These dozens of people were all tall, strong and fierce. They looked like veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles. After hearing Pu Sheng's words, they all knelt down with tears in their eyes, "Sir, let's die together!"
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Pu Sheng was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked several people in front of him, "How dare you not listen to my words? This Brother Liu will be your food, clothing and parents from now on. His words are yours."
My life! It has nothing to do with me, Mr. Pu! Just take care of yourself!"
These soldiers did not dare to speak, but kowtowed as hard as they could, praying for Pu Sheng to change his mind, but Pu Sheng gritted his teeth and said nothing! In the end, they had no choice but to kowtow respectfully to Liu Ruyi and report themselves.
's name.
Pu Sheng then showed a smile, and he held Liu Ruyi's hand tightly, "Brother, our days are not long, but brother believes in his own eyes! Don't think about revenge for me, lead your brothers and live well.
! Even though my brother is under the Nine Springs, he can rest in peace!"
Looking at the strong man in front of him, Liu Ruyi felt as if he had been stabbed hard in his heart. He grabbed Pu Sheng's arm and hugged his neck forcefully, "Brother, you treat me like a brother!
I, Liu Ruyi, can't owe you anything! We must defend this city! It's hard to predict who will win and who will lose, so let me show you what I can do!"
Pu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then he saw Liu Ruyi shouting to the soldiers behind him: "Come here, bring up the Kaishan Lei for me!"