Liu Qi clasped his hands together and prayed devoutly to God to open his eyes, and prayed that Zhao Yun, who was as angry as a silk thread, could come back to life.
It was already the fifth watch, and it was still about to dawn. Some of Gongsun Zan's camps outside Yecheng were still in the light of fire. There were corpses everywhere outside the city. The three thousand rebel troops that Zhao Yun surrendered to Liu Qi were killed in the night attack on Gongsun Zan.
Most of the soldiers returned to the city, but only 800 soldiers wearing red armbands were left. Adding in the 100 Qilin troops rushed to the rescue by Chen Wu, the total strength was less than 1,000.
However, Gongsun Zan's 13,000 troops and horses outside the city still had as many as 8,000. If Gongsun Zan's reinforcements and siege equipment were in place, Yecheng might not be able to hold out for more than an hour before the city would be destroyed and the people would be killed. The situation was extremely unfavorable to Liu Qi.
Deng Zhi turned around again from the top of the city, hurriedly walked to Liu Qi, glanced at Zhao Yun who was lying on the ground with unknown life and death, and asked with concern: "Sir, can General Zilong be saved?"
Liu Qi crouched down and took Zhao Yun's pulse again. He stood up and said, "The pulse is disordered and the breath is weak. It may be that the curare poison is too deep. It's hard to say whether Zilong will survive. I'm afraid I can't save this arm."
"It would be great if Mr. Hua Tuo were here." Chen Wu murmured regretfully.
Deng Zhi was startled and suggested: "General Zilong is brave and good at fighting. If he loses his arm, wouldn't it be worse than death? I heard that the young master is a disciple of Mr. Hua Tuo, the miracle doctor. Why don't you try to cure him?"
"This..." Liu Qi was stunned, and Deng Zhi's words seemed to wake up someone from a dream.
Liu Qi always relied on Hua Tuo's quick-acting life-saving pills, and could not bear to watch the victorious general Zhao Yun lie unconscious on the ground after taking the blue life-saving pills. How could he forget that he had also learned Hua Tuo's "Qing Sang Jing"
, even if you only have a superficial understanding of it, the medical skills taught by Hua Tuo can still save lives.
"Quickly, take off the armor." Liu Qi said, taking off Zhao Yun's helmet and unbuttoning his armor. Deng Zhi, Chen Wu and others were busy undressing Zhao Yun.
I saw that Zhao Yun's right arm injured by the arrow was red, swollen and congested, and the arrow wound was completely black. Fortunately, the poison had not completely spread. If the curare poison spread to the shoulder blade after a while, even if Zhao Yun could survive, then Zhao Yun's right arm would not be able to survive.
It will be completely destroyed.
When Liu Qi carefully inspected Zhao Yun's arrow wound, he realized that maybe Hua Tuo's quick-acting life-saving pills had worked and prevented the spread of poison, or maybe it was because of Zhao Yun's excellent physique and good fortune that Zhao Yun unexpectedly woke up slowly.
Zhao Yun looked at Liu Qi and others covered in blood in front of him, and tried to open his eyes. The first thing he said when he woke up was: "Sir, am I still alive?"
Liu Qi, Deng Zhi and others looked happy, it was really God's eyes opened, Zhao Yun came back to life.
"Zilong, we are all alive." Liu Qi choked with sobs.
"What happened to the three thousand soldiers?" Zhao Yun was concerned about his volunteer soldiers and tried to support his body with his arms to stand up and look around. However, due to the weakness of the arrow's poison, he suddenly screamed "Ah" and poisonous blood spurted out from the arrow wound in his right arm. Zhao Yun fell into coma again.
"Zilong, Zilong." Liu Qi shouted loudly, looking at Zhao Yun who was unconscious again. He knew that in a situation like Zhao Yun's, if he didn't remove the curare on Zhao Yun's arm, I'm afraid it wouldn't be a matter of not being able to save the arm, but a problem of the curare.
It would not be a life-threatening problem, but Liu Qi did not know how to remove the poison, and the city gate during the war did not have the conditions to perform surgery on Zhao Yun. It would be serious if it caused infection.
Liu Qi realized that Zhao Yun's life was in danger, and in the absence of Hua Tuo, he had no choice but to send Zhao Yun to Xinye as soon as possible. Perhaps Huan'er, a close disciple who had learned the true story of Hua Tuo, could cure Zhao Yun's poisonous injury.
"Rebellious Liu Qi, quickly open the city and surrender, otherwise we will massacre the city for three days and kill them all." Liu Qi was thinking about Zhao Yun's injury when the arrogant shouts of Gongsun Zan's soldiers came from outside the city.
"Treat the city for three days, kill without mercy..." The shouts of Gongsun Zan's soldiers sounded very terrifying. I can't even imagine what the consequences of massacre of the city for three days would be.
"Wow, that thief Gongsun has gone too far. Please open the city gate quickly. I will lead the Qilin army to kill him. I will take Gongsun's head and present it to him." Chen Wu shook off his armor, struck the spear in his hand, and roared.
road.
"Sir, please open the city gate. I'll go too." Huang Wudie also shook his cloth bag and loudly asked for a fight. Huang Wudie, who had been silent all the time, saw that Liu Qi was in tears because of Zhao Yun, and he had long been worried about the people outside the city.
The fierce bandits and barbarian soldiers were so jealous that they wanted to rush out of the city immediately and scatter all the pear blossom needles in their bags.
Liu Qi looked back at the remaining soldiers behind him and on top of the city, and then looked up at the sky. At this time, the sky was gradually whitening, and it was almost dawn. Without the barrier of night, the result of fighting out was that there were less than a thousand soldiers in the city.
The remaining soldiers who resisted the eight thousand strong soldiers of Gongsun Zan will all be wiped out, and the city will be destroyed.
Regarding whether to hold on to the city or break out of the siege, Liu Qi was confused, but his expression remained calm. He took off the red armband on Zhao Yun's left arm, then took off the red armband on his own left arm, and folded the two red ribbons into one
, tore the shirt of Zhao Yun's arrow wound, tied two red straps tightly around Zhao Yun's shoulder blades, and tied a tight knot to prevent the poisonous gas from spreading. He stood up and faced Chen Wu and asked: "General Wu, Brother Wan is leading the charge.
How many troops and horses, and when will they arrive?"
Chen Wulang said: "General Wan ordered me to lead one hundred Qilin troops to rush to the rescue first, leaving Wen Dai to lead two thousand elite troops to garrison Xinye. Brother Wen and General Wan sent one thousand monkey troops and eight thousand officers and soldiers to arrive later."
"I'm afraid Brother Wan won't be able to catch up." Liu Qi looked at the sky with a gloomy expression.
Chen Wu was surprised and asked: "How can you say this?"
Liu Qi remained silent. When Deng Zhi saw this, he said on Liu Qi's behalf: "General Wu, we have been trapped here for three days. I am afraid that if the sun rises today, Gongsun's reinforcements will also arrive, and General Wan's troops will be intercepted and killed.
How can we come as we wish?"
"What can I do?" Chen Wu heard this and had no idea for a moment.
Deng Zhi ignored Chen Wu's panic and cupped his hands towards Liu Qi, who was in deep contemplation: "Master, rescue has been cut off and we cannot sit back and wait for death. The current plan is to get out of the city with all the sergeants and soldiers to protect General Zilong from the siege and abandon the city."
The best thing to do is to leave."
"Brother Bo Miao, that's not appropriate!" Liu Qi immediately rejected Deng Zhi's proposal, with a worried look on his face, and said with emotion: "If we abandon the city and leave, Gongsun Zan will slaughter the city for three days, and the people will suffer because of my injustice. How can we do that?"
Greed for life and fear of death."
Deng Zhishen was deeply impressed by Liu Qi's righteousness, but he could not bear to see his son Liu Qi being trapped and left to die, so he persuaded him again: "Young master's love for the people can be seen from the sun and the moon. It's just that Ye City originally belonged to Gongsun Zan, not Xinye City. I was blocked by heavy rain.
It is not a pity to stay temporarily for a few days and abandon other people's cities. If Gongsun Zan enters the city, how can he massacre the people in his own city? If the prince is trapped in Yecheng, he will definitely kill his disciples, which will lead to war between Gongsun and Sun.
The fire has killed many innocent people. At this time, the sky is still dark, and if we break out of the siege in one go, we may be able to save the people of Yecheng from the fire and water."
"This..." Liu Qi hesitated. Deng Zhi's words were not unreasonable. He gave Liu Qi a very complete reason to abandon the city and break out of the siege. As for whether Gongsun Zan would massacre the city for three days, Liu Qi thought about Liu Bei, who has a reputation for benevolence and righteousness.
By Gongsun Zan's side, Gongsun Zan absolutely couldn't do what he did to massacre the city for three days. Even if Gongsun Zan really massacred the city for three days, he would be digging his own grave and losing the support of the people. Gongsun Zan would die sooner or later. Thinking of this, Liu Qi made up his mind to abandon the city.
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"Sir, make a decision. It will be dawn if it is too late, and the soldiers are afraid of increasing casualties." Huang Wudie persuaded Liu Qi when he saw that Liu Qi was worried about Gongsun Zan's massacre of the city.
"Master, we can't wait any longer." Deng Zhi looked at the sky that was about to turn white, feeling worried.
"Come on, if that thief Gongsun dares to massacre the people of Yecheng, he will have to pay back the blood debt sooner or later." Liu Qi looked heartbroken, turned around, and showed a calm general's demeanor again, saying, "Generals, listen to your orders."
", and began to dispatch troops and generals.
"General Wu, you will lead one hundred Qilin troops as the vanguard. Just move forward and clear the bloody path."
"Yes." Chen Wu took the order and went to arrange the Qilin Army's charge.
"Brother Bo Miao, you can lead the remaining soldiers in the city to cover up and kill us."
"Yes." Deng Zhi took the order and walked up to the city. After saying a few words to the archers, he gathered the remaining 800 soldiers in the city at the city gate and prepared to charge outside the city.
"Die'er, you ride on the white dragon horse and take General Zilong with you to hide in the army and fight out. Generals Chen Chun and Chen Xia will cover you."
"Yes." Chen Chun and Chen Xia, the two guards, immediately came out. Chen Chun held Zhao Yun on his horse. Huang Wudie rode on the white dragon horse and grabbed a large handful of pear blossom needles in his hand.
"Two generals Chen Qiu and Chen Dong and ten bronze-armored guards followed me to the rear."
"Yes." Chen Qiu responded, and quickly walked to the ten bronze-armored guards who had been reduced to bloody battles to explain the matter of breaking out of the emergency guards.
Liu Qi also had some considerations in making such an arrangement: Chen Wu was so powerful that it was not difficult to lead the Qilin Army to kill the enemy; Huang Wudie had sharp eyes and quick hands and hid in the army to escort Zhao Yun. The very powerful pear blossom needle could kill the enemy who wanted to shoot Zhao Yun first.
The strike is the strongest; Deng Zhi understands the art of war, and covering up kills will not cause heavy casualties; while Liu Qi led Chen Qiu, Chen Dong and ten bronze-armored guards to cut off the rear, leaving the danger to himself. It is obvious that the forwards should attack
The bloody road is easy, but it is very dangerous to be chased after the break.
"Sir, you and Mrs. Huang will escort Zilong while I come to stop the rear." When Deng Zhi gathered the fully armed soldiers, he asked Ying.
"Brother Bo Miao, the Qiu and Dong guards and the ten bronze-armored guards are with me. We have already fought many battles. Don't worry about it." Liu Qi waved his hands with a calm expression and looked at a night attack at the city gate.
The bloody warriors raised their hands to the crowd and said loudly:
"My fellow soldiers, Gongsun Zan is cruel and unkind, causing General Zilong's life and death to be uncertain, and injuring countless of my brothers. This is an irreconcilable hatred. Now that I heard that reinforcements from Xinye have arrived, we don't have to defend the city. We just have to fight our way out of the city without stopping. The soldiers
If we keep on marching, join forces with ten thousand soldiers from the new field, and then return to take revenge, will all the soldiers have the confidence to break out of the encirclement?"
"Yes." The soldiers in the city responded hoarsely, their voices echoing through the night. The nearly a thousand soldiers who survived a night of bloody battle showed no fear, and they were so brave that they fought to the death and returned home.
"Let go of the suspension bridge and kill me." Liu Qi jumped on a big white horse, drew his Goujian sword and pointed at the city gate. At the sound, he saw two guards on the top of the city raising their swords to cut off the cables of the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge made a clang.
fall.
When the city gate opened, he saw Chen Wu leading the way. He waved his gun and shouted: "Qilin, Qilin, I am the best. Brothers, kill!"
"Kill, kill..." The Qilin Army, a special force under Liu Qi's command that was either one in a hundred or one in a hundred, rode out from the gate of the city on war horses. Deng Zhi, Huang Wudie and others escorted the unconscious Zhao Yun as planned and then killed him.
He wanted to break out of the encirclement before dawn and go straight to Nanyang Xinye.