Yu Tian followed Li Xia with twenty soldiers to protect him. During the melee, he actually couldn't see how the fight was going. But when Li Xia rushed forward, Yu Tian also rushed forward.
Everything that happened after that was like a dream.
The vibration of horse hooves came from the ground behind him, and Li Xia shouted, "The Changning Army is coming." Yu Tian perked up, thinking that the battle was won.
And the words Li Xia said before the war also came to his mind instantly.
"Don't forget, the Mongolian army is the defeated army. They were defeated in the Yangtze River and can't wait to escape back to Dali."
"This is the Song Dynasty. What you have in front of you is a homeless dog that was beaten to the point of wanting to run away."
"..."
At that moment, Yu Tian, like other river patrolmen, suddenly burst out with great courage, slashed with his long sword, and forced back a Mongolian soldier beside Wu Liang Hetai.
The Mongolian soldiers took two steps back timidly.
But Li Xia took a few steps forward.
On the battlefield, with just these two steps, Wu Lianghetai was surrounded by river patrolmen.
During the chaotic battle, Xu Kui stabbed the war horse with a spear. At that time, Yu Tian had no other thoughts in his mind, so he rushed forward and slashed at Wuliang Hetai with his sword.
The hammers danced wildly, the spears stabbed wildly, and the single sword slashed wildly.
Everyone seemed crazy.
"I cut him! I cut him..."
A head was cut off and raised. Yu Tian couldn't help but roared: "I've cut him too!"
In these days, all the worries and fears caused by being defeated and captured were finally released by him at this moment.
He no longer has to worry about involving his family members. All he can think about is "he has done great work and will be rewarded", and he can't say anything else excitedly.
The cheers were loud, and some angry Meng soldiers rushed forward and were killed by the river patrolmen.
More Mongolian soldiers turned around and ran away the moment they saw the heads of Wu Liang Hetai being lifted up.
…
Yang Ben was still fighting, but the enemy in front of him had already turned around and ran away.
He turned around and wiped the sweat and blood on his forehead while looking at Jiang Fan, his comrades in the Centurion Team. He felt surprised and depressed at the same time.
This group of country bumpkins first beheaded a Mongolian Army Deputy Qianhu, and then fought a great victory with the Xuzhou Army...and now they actually killed a Mongolian Army Capital Marshal?
Damn it.
And the same goes for Xiongshan. It’s like this every time, and he can’t get the top spot...
Just thinking about this, Mao Yi'er slapped him down and shouted excitedly: "We won! We won again!"
Yang Ben snorted in pain and ignored him. He snorted in his heart: "If it weren't for me, you would have died just now, idiot."
He turned to look at Li Xia.
Li Xia had turned her head to look south, and the surprise in her eyes quickly dissipated and turned into thoughts.
Before he could feel the excitement of killing Wu Lianghetai, he had already seen A Shu's flag and the two thousand Mongolian cavalry rushing towards him.
"Everyone listen to the order! Swim across the Changning River immediately."
The river patrolmen moved quickly and quickly stopped the pursuit. After a moment of reorganization, they immediately supported the injured comrade and headed towards the Changning River.
Some of them were panicked at first, but Li Xia was extremely calm.
"Let's go! Move quickly, don't panic, go up the mountain immediately after crossing the Changning River... put the heads down, and leave without taking any of the heads except Wu Liang Hetai."
Not only did Li Xia not run away first, but he went to help several wounded soldiers one after another.
"Those who can stand up should grit their teeth and cross the river to heal their wounds..."
But soon, he encountered seriously injured people.
Li Xia leaned down and whispered: "Wu Shisan, your father is celebrating his 60th birthday this year... I will do it for him."
"County Lieutenant..."
With a soft sound, Li Xia covered Wu Shisan's eyes.
There was only time to deal with these wounded men, and Meng Qi, who was flying in the distance, was getting closer and closer.
"Walk!"
At this time, most of the people had already run towards the Changning River. Accompanying Li Xia were more than ten people including Yu Tian, who also quickly ran towards the Changning River, leaving behind wounded soldiers, horses, and corpses all over the ground.
…
The Changning River is 160 paces wide in this section, which is almost within the coverage of the Mongolian army's arrows.
One of the requirements for recruiting river patrolmen is that they can swim back and forth in the Fujiang River twice, so they have good water skills. However, there are many who are seriously injured and cannot swim, or they are shot by the Mongolian army's arrows and are swept downstream by the river.
Li Xia was among the last ones to enter the water. He had not swum very far when Meng Qi had already caught up with him and fired arrows into the river.
He would swim and dive as far as possible into the water, only to see clouds of blood mist rising up in front of him.
The river is very cold in winter, and the joy of killing Wu Liang Hetai has completely dissipated...
Fang Yankai never said that he was not very good at water. In fact, apart from Liu Jinsuo, he was the worst at water.
After flopping in the Changning River for a long time, he was still in the middle of the river.
His body was getting colder and colder, and he couldn't move forward every time he paddled hard.
"puff!"
An arrow shot into his back.
Fang Yankai closed his eyes and gave up.
He thought of his madness when he had just killed Wu Liang Hetai, and thought of how many ambitions he had yet to fulfill... and then his eyesight went dark.
…
As he regained consciousness, he heard Li Xia's voice.
"How many of them are still alive? Liu Jinsuo, you carry one..."
"Okay. Fortunately, I practiced water, otherwise I would be dead today...Housekeeper, are you awake? Can you leave?"
Then I heard Bao San say: "The chief secretary can't leave, you idiot Liu is carrying... have you seen Jiang Fan?"
"Let's go. Bao San, you command Jiang Fan and his team to carry Xu Kui on his back..."
Fang Yankai didn't speak. He was in a daze and couldn't tell whether he was dead or not. He fainted again soon.
In the darkness, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his back. He woke up suddenly and found that it was already dark. He was lying beside the campfire, and the doctor who accompanied the army was treating the arrow wound on his back.
"Where is this?"
"The chief is awake, this is the top of the mountain."
Fang Yankai asked: "Which mountain?"
"The villain doesn't know."
"Where is Lieutenant Li?"
"Master, please remember that it was the county captain who pulled you out of the water."
Fang Yankai was stunned for a moment, vaguely recalled something, and asked, "Where is he?"
"The county lieutenant said that the Mongolian army will definitely go up the mountain to attack at night, and he is leading people to set up defenses."
Fang Yankai nodded, feeling that his body was already dry. He turned around and saw wounded soldiers lying around the campfire.
Not long after, killing cries rang out.
"Push!" Liu Jinsuo's roar shook the sky.
"Kill the enemy! Remember, the Mongolian army is a lost dog!"
"Defel them off! The army will surround them soon..."
Then there was a roaring sound, as wood and rocks were pushed down the mountain.
The night battle sounded very intense, but it did not last long.
Fang Yankai judged that the Mongolian army was only making a sneak attack, and it was not appropriate to launch a large-scale attack at night.
Suddenly someone shouted again: "The Mongolian army is setting fire to the mountain!"
"Quickly, cut down the tree..."
"..."
"Leave the canes and dig the firebreak all the way to the cliff over there. Xiong Shan, you take people to collect the canes..."
Fang Yankai stood up with strength, passed through the busy soldiers, and finally found Li Xia who was in command.
"Feiyu..."
"If you can't cut down the tree, dig it down... Is the landlord awake?"
"Where is this?"
Li Xia said: "It should be Panyuan Mountain."
"Should you? Didn't you ask Ma You'er?"
"He's dead." Li Xia said, "I didn't even see how he died."
Fang Yankai sighed, lamenting the cruelty of the battlefield.
"We don't have dry food and water, what should we do?"
"The key is that there is no medicine for injuries." Li Xia said.
"what for?"
Li Xia said: "A'shu doesn't recognize me, but I recognize him and his fighting style, so his sneak attack failed tonight. He should be very angry, so he set the mountain on fire. But this fire also made him two or three There is no way to attack the mountain within a day."
Fang Yankai looked at the growing fire at the bottom of the mountain and felt that it was like Ah Shu's anger... the raging anger that broke out after his father died.
"Two or three days...A Shu will withdraw his troops by then."
"So it's not terrible that there is no water and dry food. What's terrible is that there is no medicine for wounds." Li Xia said, "Everyone's wounds have been soaked in water and they need medicinal materials."
"How many more...do we have?"
"Including wounded soldiers, there are nearly three hundred people. Some people were washed away by the Changning River...maybe they can come back."
"Are there many wounded soldiers?"
"a lot of."
Fang Yankai said: "Looking at the wind direction tonight, there is no fire in the south. Should we go down the mountain from the south and leave? Or send someone to ask for help?"
"A Shu deliberately left a side without setting fire. His troops must be lying in wait there, waiting for us to break out." Li Xia said: "He wanted to end the battle tonight, but I originally wanted to drag him on for a few more days."
"You... are too crazy."
"I'm not crazy. I have said many times that this Mongolian army is a defeated army."
Fang Yankai sighed, becoming increasingly weak, and asked: "Why did Feiyu save me? If I died, wouldn't it be better for you..."
Li Xia turned around and saw several military officers coming over. He raised his hands and interrupted Fang Yankai's words.
"Housekeeper, let's talk when we have time, let's go."
"Where are you going?"
"Let's go pick herbs." Li Xia said, "There will be fire to illuminate it."
"You will be smoked to death..."
"Wouldn't that be better for you?"
Li Xia waved his hand, turned around and led several of the army officers down the mountain.
Fang Yankai was stunned for a moment. Looking at Li Xia's back, he felt that his last words didn't sound like a joke, but rather had a profound meaning.
He turned around, walked a few steps with difficulty, and sat down by the campfire.
Occasionally, the whispers of some wounded soldiers could be heard.
"When I got to the river, I saw Bantou Jiang."
"He's missing a hand, so it's hard to paddle, especially if he's hit by an arrow."
"Bah, the county captain said he was washed away by the water and can come back..."
"So tired..."
"Marshal Mengtardu's head wasn't marinated in lime. Wouldn't it be rotten? How about taking it off and grilling it..."
Fang Yankai raised his head and saw a spear stuck there, and Wu Lianghetai was still glaring angrily.