It is precisely because I want to live a good life and have expectations in my heart that I begin to fear death.
As they say, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.
In the past, Alatan was barefoot and dared to do anything.
Now that he has become a shoe wearer, he has to be careful everywhere and does not want to walk in too dirty places.
An impromptu idea by Feng Yidao and Hu Tongtian changed the situation on the battlefield. Countless Mengqi turned around and fled, losing their will to fight.
Alatan, who was also running away, wanted to say that he was not dead, but in the chaotic situation, even if he did say it, not many people would be able to hear him. Even so, it was better not to do that useless thing and continue to escape.
Meng Qi was defeated like this. After Ji Zhu shot the Meng Qi in front of him to the ground and killed him, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
This battle is going to be a bit difficult, and if it continues, there will probably be widespread casualties.
Fortunately, if the battle ends early, more strength can be preserved.
"Come here, let the young marshal know immediately that we have won." After Ji Zhu said this, his whole body was a little exhausted. Even the Overlord Spear was a little unable to be lifted, so he could only hold it on the ground.
In this battle, more than 6,000 Mongolian cavalry were killed and about a thousand people were captured.
Completely severely damaged the 20,000 vanguard army charged by Alatan.
If we add the 2,000 Mongolian cavalry killed yesterday and the harvest from Su Shi, nearly 10,000 Mongolian cavalry were killed.
Even if Alatan can gather all the old troops, his number of men and horses is only about ten thousand, and he will not dare to attack again for a while.
Of course, Su Shi also paid some price for this.
Two of the black knights were killed in the battle, and almost all the others suffered major injuries.
First team, second team
A total of more than fifty people were killed in the battle and thousands were injured.
More than 400 people from the vanguard army were killed and thousands were injured. Among them, nearly 100 were seriously injured.
When Su Shi arrived outside Xincheng from Yangxing Village, what he saw was rows of corpses of those killed in the battle.
"They are all heroes. They were registered, given generous cares, and reported to the court to reward their families." Looking at the corpses of more than 400 pioneers, Su Shi said in a deep voice.
Then his eyes fell on the fifty-six dead black knights, and Su Shi's eyes turned red.
Their families are all on Shangcang Mountain, and they are the most loyal troops to them.
But generals will inevitably die in battle, and people will die in battle. Presumably they and their families must have been mentally prepared for this.
"Ji Zhu, after burning the bodies of these people, have people take the ashes back to the mountain, and then caress the family members on the mountain, and tell them that these soldiers who died in the battle are heroes, and they died to protect their families and the country.
, they deserve to be commemorated forever by our descendants."
"Yes, Marshal." Ji Zhu's physical strength has recovered a lot, but his mood is not very high. "By the way, Marshal, from the beginning to the end of the war, there were no troops in Xin City to help. If not for this, this battle would not have been possible."
It won’t be so hard.”
"Okay, I understand. Don't worry, I will give everyone an explanation." Su Shi nodded heavily, and then looked outside the south gate of Xincheng.
Coincidentally, at this moment, the city gate opened from the inside, and groups of Song soldiers wearing red armor poured out of the city.
There were more and more people, and the number of people reached ten thousand. The line ended just before the city gate was filled. Following them were the prefect Zhu Qianhe who was riding in a sedan chair.
General Gong Gu of Xinzhou on War Horse came out of the city gate.
Especially Miyako, who was wearing bright white armor and looked very majestic.
But comparing that spotless armor with the armor next to Su Shi that was stained red with blood, they were so different.
"The people here are reinforcements sent from the capital, but I don't know who the general is and who the ministers accompanying the army are?" The sedan fell down, Zhu Qian came out, and a scholar shouted in an elegant manner.
If these people didn't come out before, they wouldn't dare.
Be it the Black Cavalry or the Vanguard Army, they just showed their cruel side.
Zhu Qian in the city did not want to deal with these big-headed soldiers, for fear that these killers would commit crimes.
Now that they were fine, they saw General Zhongwu's banner on the city tower in the distance. They knew that the person who could talk to them had arrived, so they left the city.
"Ten thousand troops, if we can come out earlier, we can leave more Mongolian riders, and more of our warriors can survive. But just because they are afraid of death, haha, such people are worth saving
?"
Listening to the shouting, Su Shi said almost as if he was gritting his teeth. Then he said to Lou Yang behind him: "Push me over."
"Yes." Lou Yang agreed, and then winked at Bai Xing and the Longhu brothers.
Lou Yang knew his young master's temper too well, he was about to get angry.
Then you must be surrounded by some of your own family members, otherwise, what if someone resists? There are ten thousand Song troops, and they must not be underestimated.
Brother Longhu understood what Lou Yang meant and quickly waved to call more people. Within a short time, thousands of black knights followed Su Shi.
He headed towards the south gate of Xincheng behind him.
Not only that, Yang Wenguang, Hu Yanqing and other thousands of vanguard troops also followed behind.
They were also hating in their hearts at this moment.
I hate the inaction of these people in Xincheng.
I hate that they are greedy for life and afraid of death, so I just watch them fight alone.
I wish I could kill these officials now to comfort the souls of my brothers who died in the battle.
Zhu Qian and Miyako didn't know that a disaster was coming. They were still waiting to meet with the reinforcements generals and to have a drink with their colleagues.
No matter what, now that the siege of Xincheng has been lifted, they are safe. Just because they are safe now does not mean they will be safe in the future. If they can have a good relationship with people from the capital, they can put in a good word for themselves and be transferred to the capital.
It's best, or worst case scenario, you can transfer to the rich south. Anyway, I just don't want to stay in the dangerous Xincheng.
Su Shi in the wheelchair slowly approached the city gate. The wheels of the chair pressed against the ground and made a creaking sound. It sounded heavy to everyone's ears.
Just as Zhu Qian was looking forward to it, Su Shi arrived in front of the south city gate.
When Zhu Qian saw that it was a young man coming in a wheelchair, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked casually: "I am Zhu Qian, the prefect of Xinzhou. Who is the minister who came to help from the capital?"
"Look out, this is Su Shi, the young master, and he is also the general to aid the north, General Zhongwu, appointed by the emperor." Lou Yang acted as the introducer at this time, introducing Su Shi.
As soon as he said this, Zhu Qian was surprised for a while.
He did not expect that the leader of the imperial court's rescue effort was actually a young man.
Not only that, he is also a young man with both civil and military talents. This is
A rare thing.
The emperors of the Song Dynasty were paranoid, fearing that the generals who went on an expedition would become too powerful, so whenever a large army went on an expedition, they would be followed by civil servants, and most of them were civil servants.
After all, a military commander is a hard-working person, while civil servants are still the top leaders in charge of the overall situation.
Precisely because this has become a common practice, Zhu Qian was stunned for a moment when he heard that Su Shi was the one shouldering the civil and military duties.
But soon, after he understood the situation, he cupped his fists and saluted and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Song, but I am blind."
There is no mention of lowering the official rank, because according to the rank, the magistrate of Xinzhou is the fourth rank, while Su Shi is only the fourth rank, or a casual official, and his rank is not as high as his own.
"You are the magistrate of Xinzhou? Where is the general of Xinzhou?" Su Shi in the wheelchair waited for Zhu Qian to stand upright before slowly asking.
"This general is General Xinzhou, and I have met General Zhongwu." Miyagu also dismounted his horse at this moment, and clasped his fists at Su Shi in salute.
Speaking of which, Miyako was only a fifth-rank general, but Su Shi was a third-rank loyal general, and his rank was much higher than him. It was normal for him to salute Su Shi.
The prefect generals all jumped out, and Su Shi just sneered, "You two, you should have seen the fighting outside the city just now, why don't you bring troops out of the city to help?"
Su Shi's tone was not very good. He meant to ask for guilt. Zhu Qian saw it and laughed, "It's really important to defend the city. I was worried about the city being damaged, so I didn't cause any trouble."
The soldiers went there. But didn’t the facts prove that General Zhongwu could win?”
He's just a young man, very impulsive
, Zhu Qian smiled and thought it was understandable.
"Haha, hahaha."
Su Shi suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and then said: "Okay, it's good that we are worried about losing the city, but we won the battle. But do you know what a huge price we paid for this? How many of us died
Are you brave warriors? Fuck, just because you are greedy for life and afraid of death, just because you want to preserve your strength, you can ignore the lives of others, they are just to save you. Fuck, look at you now, look like dogs, you are really
Not worth saving."
He cursed twice and even used swear words, which showed how angry Su Shi was at this moment.
Zhu Qian was also very angry.
How can you say that you are also a dignified prefect of a state, but you are just a fourth-grade official with a small official position, not as senior as me, and far younger than me. How can you say dirty words?
You don't take me seriously.
"Young Master Su, please be careful, we still need to look like a scholar."
"Fuck you, Mom, scholar. When Mengqi surrounded you, why didn't you, a scholar, reason with him? Now you know? Someone came and tied them both up. If you dare to resist, I will kill you!"
At this moment, Su Shi was extremely angry.
There are so many reasons not to go out of the city for rescue, but you cursed twice to get angry, and you still dare to stop it, do you really think you are some kind of good-tempered person?
Su Shi gave the order, and Yang Wenguang and others behind him were stunned. Hu Yanqing couldn't help but said: "Fuck, what a man."
The vanguard troops were not used to Su Shi's style and were stunned, but the Su family troops who came with them were not polite at all.
Angry, he rushed towards Zhu Qian and Miyako.
Zhu Qian was a civil servant and had no strength to restrain a chicken. Black Cavalry came forward and pinned him down.