Taking advantage of the death of the enemy's main general, the chaos in the army, and the gap between the left and right wings that could not be encircled for a while, Yan Bai immediately rode back. Along the way, those cavalry who were still supporting were gathered by him and followed him all the way. Going forward, the disintegrated formation gradually condensed—however, after only a short charge, the 300 cavalry brought out were only a hundred or so left in a blink of an eye.
But those soldiers who were still fighting hard followed the general without any fear in their eyes.
They were all battle-experienced fighters he personally selected from the remaining troops in the Youjun camp who hadn't left the city to transport grain and grass. From the moment His Royal Highness led them out of the city on light cavalry and iron clothes, he knew that this would be a life-and-death fight.
"Those on the city, open the city gate!" Braving arrows and stones, he led the army back to the city, Yan Bai reined in his horse, and shouted loudly at the defenders on the city, "Deputy General Shao, the head of the enemy general has been beheaded, Quickly open the city gate! Let us go in!"
However, what responded to his words was the laughter of Shao Yun on the city, he leaned out from behind the female wall, with a long whip in his hand, he touched the dark enemy camp behind Longshouyuan, and sneered, "Your Highness the Seventh! —The prince has an order that you can only open the city after you have taken the head of the traitor King Yonglin!"
"What?" Prince Xueya's hand holding the rein trembled. He covered the arrow wound on his waist with his left hand, but the blood still spewed out from under the armor like crazy. The internal organs were all injured by the shock.
"Shao Yun! Are you rebellious? What is the crime of falsely passing on the general order? - Let the emperor come out and talk to me!" He raised his sword and pointed at the guard in the city, with fury between his brows. But soon, his eyes froze—
On the high city, Shao Yun was dressed in a yellow robe facing the wind. The person who looked down at the city with his hands behind his back turned out to be his own brother!
At that moment, Yan Bai felt a sharp sword pierced into his heart suddenly, he staggered, his hand could not hold the rein, and he almost fell off the horse. The surrounding soldiers who fought bravely from the thousands of armies finally couldn't help changing their faces when they saw the current situation - they were not afraid of the enemy's swords and soldiers, but unexpectedly when they turned around, they faced their own people. bayonet!
"Brother! You speak—open the city gate! Why didn't you give the order to open the city gate!" Hearing the sound of hooves approaching behind him, Yan Bai finally couldn't help shouting, with bruised veins on his hands, he felt his heart broken crack.
"Kaesong! Kaesong!" The surrounding soldiers turned their heads and saw that the enemy army had regained their footing, and the iron hooves were approaching. All of them rushed forward with enthusiasm, and their angry voices changed. "Brothers in the city, Kaesong! door!"
However, the prince in the yellow robe on the city didn't say anything, just looked down at the city. Behind him, Xu Taifu in long clothes and feather crowns is like a gray shadow attached to the left and right.
Today, this group of people must splatter the city with his blood!
Xueya... three hundred strong men will be buried with you, and you will not be alone in the underworld.
"Kaesong!"
Under the city, the hundred riders who had returned from the bloody battle shouted in unison, their voices hoarse from the bloody battle. Accompanied by the rumble of the rebels' iron hooves pressing down on the border, they scattered into the city, and every defender's heart was shaken.
Even if they were not soldiers under the Seventh Prince's command, the faces of the soldiers on the right side of the city were a little shaken. After all, he was in the army. He once held the crown prince and fought in half of the Li country.
Standing beside Prince Chengde, Xu Fuyan looked down at the city, and saw the armor of King Yonglin's army and horses rolling in layer upon layer, rushing up like a tide. The momentum was extremely astonishing, and my heart was also horrified. I couldn't help but secretly glanced at Shao Yun next to me. The two looked at each other for a moment, and immediately moved away, but they both smiled tacitly.
Those hundreds of horsemen and horses stood in front of the army, like a leaf in the sea.
"Kaesong! Kaesong!"
Under the city, the voice calling Guan was hoarse because of anger, however, Prince Chengde looked at the Taifu, the Taifu nodded, and turned his head to order: "The Prince ordered that His Highness Seventh Prince brought the head of the traitor King Yonglin before the city can be opened! If you insist on disobedience, you will be punished by military law!"
When Shao Yun saw Taifu's eyes, he waved his hand and ordered to the soldiers at the top of the city: "Shoot the arrow!"
The soldiers called Guan under the city were unprepared, and the random arrows immediately shot several knights who had returned from their wounds off their horses. With a frightened look in his eyes, Yan Bai repeatedly ordered his subordinates to back off, and turned back with one hand, and had already caught several arrows that had been shot.
The sound of horseshoes of King Yonglin's army coming from behind was overwhelming, causing the ground to shake.
"Brother!" He looked at the figure in the yellow robe on the high city, standing there calmly overlooking the city—for a moment, he couldn't believe that it was his elder brother who had been helping him for many years!
Yan Bai grasped the shaft of the arrow with his fingers, and broke the long arrow in his hand with a "cha".
He rode his horse back amidst the random arrows, but his eyes were fixed on the city, his canthus tearing open. Blood was flowing between his fingers, the arrow wound on his waist dyed his white robe red, the cold wind of the dragon head in winter blew the long hair under his helmet, there was a bright light in Yan Bai's eyes, his thin lips were tightly pressed, and his thin Fingerbones gripped the broken shaft.
In the face of desperation, is he going to collapse and retreat
Yan Bai turned the horse's head suddenly, but the earth-shattering sound of iron hooves coming from behind stopped abruptly after approaching.
Those who have not personally experienced the battle, cannot appreciate the cold pressure permeated by the tens of thousands of soldiers and the silence. The Yonglin King's army just stopped quietly on the Longshouyuan, condensed like a mountain.
Only thirty feet away.
On one side is an army of 30,000. On the other side were more than a hundred wounded cavalrymen.
King Yonglin's chariot was in the core of the army. However, his words were clearly transmitted to the ears of more than a hundred wounded soldiers who were rejected under the city of Ye through the herald: "The situation today is as follows. Mount Tai presses the egg, and the lonely king can make you pulverize with a single finger. However, seeing your bloody battle just now, the bravery is astonishing, if you are willing to join our army, the lonely king will definitely live up to your blood!"
Such words aroused a wave of uneasiness among the remaining cavalry. The cavalry of the left army looked around at each other, and finally their eyes rested on the general. However, Yan Bai's handsome and thin face was expressionless, and his thin lips were tightly pursed.
"Look! This is how Chengde treats brave generals!" King Yonglin stood up from the chariot, pointed the whip in his hand at the closed city of Yecheng, and sneered loudly. for?!"
The cavalrymen had unconcealable resentment in their eyes, and several of them were already nodding secretly, but more soldiers were still waiting for Prince Xueya's statement—they are all soldiers and generals who have lived and died together after hundreds of battles, even in such a situation , Still never defected.
"He's right.... So my lord, what's the point of fighting to the death?" Finally, a sentence slipped from Yan Bai's mouth. He raised his head, looked at the subordinates around him, threw the long sword in his hand to the ground with a snap, and slowly Said, "Everyone surrender."
All the cavalry under his command were tired and injured, and because of the unfeelingness of Prince Chengde, they also weakened their determination to fight to the end. Hearing the command of the lord general, they all fell silent, threw away the weapons in their hands one by one, and rode their horses back to the opponent's camp slowly.
Some of Yonglin Wang's forwards came out to receive the wounded soldiers who had just surrendered.
Yan Bai rode his horse slowly, while turning his head to look at the closed city of Yecheng, he seemed a little crazy. When he came back to his senses, all the iron cavalry returned to the opponent's army, and they dismounted one after another.
Suddenly there was a tragic smile on the corner of his lips.
"Your Highness, do you think... Will the Seventh Prince simply surrender to King Yonglin?" Among the people watching the battle in Ye City, Shao Yun couldn't help asking, watching the white-robed horse slowly walking towards the tens of thousands of troops.
Xu Fuyan was silent, but there was joy in his eyes.
Prince Chengde remained expressionless, and said calmly: "Seventh Brother, this man can be killed but not humiliated—" He looked at the big banner in the enemy camp, and his eyes lit up: "Not to mention...Yonglin King, a beast! From the beginning, Xin Ning's mother died at the hands of that fellow..."
When it came to the death of his biological mother, Prince Chengde, who had been keeping calm all this time, couldn't help but gritted his teeth.
The chaos in the palace suddenly started by the fourth uncle... only Xueya fled with him, and all the princes in the harem were killed, even their mother and queen were killed in the rebellion.
"Then why did he disarm all his men and surrender?" Shao Yun looked at the lonely rider on the battlefield looking back at the city, and unconsciously lowered his head, not daring to meet the fierce eyes of Prince Xueya. See.
Prince Chengde also saw his younger brother Zhuma looking back, but he did not avoid Yan Bai's eyes.
"He has the heart to fight to the death, and he doesn't want to let a hundred cavalry be buried with him!" The prince suddenly blurted out a sigh, with a stern look on his brows, saw Shao Yun's puzzled eyes, and suddenly smiled, "You and I I can't understand Xue Ya... He is too strong. He has been too strong since he was a child... "