"Kill!" Another "heroic" daredevil barged in with one hand protecting his head and the other hand swinging a sword in front of him.
Wang Bo only felt that the arm covering his head was sticky and warm, but he was sure that he was definitely not injured because he felt no pain.
Two soldiers were summoned by the leading soldier. The three of them had a horse sword in one hand and a horizontal sword in the other. After breaking in, Wang Bo kicked an enemy away with the hind hooves of his war horse, and Zhang Jianzhi protected him inside.
"Have you found the person?" Faced with the protection of the three people, Zhang Jianzhi couldn't swing the sword horizontally or horizontally, so he had to raise it and asked.
"It's right in front, my lord, follow me." The soldier leader shouted and replied without looking back, but he showed no mercy with the Ma Shu and Hengdao in his hands, especially with the Ma Shu, which was passed down by Xue Rengui, and waved In the meantime, handfuls of blood flowers were flying on the long blade, presenting a strange scene.
The killings continued, and Wang Bo and Zhang Jianzhi had no time to regret their recklessness at this time. Seeing the five soldiers gathered around them to protect them, they felt even more jealous of their rash intrusion. Deep regret.
War and fighting are not as simple as they seem. If you are on the battlefield, as long as you are not really involved in war and fighting, you will never know how cruel this war is. Weapons are so ruthless and cold!
Wang Benli shouted loudly. Although he couldn't see the figure clearly, Zhang Jianzhi could still distinguish the somewhat familiar voice after adapting to the battlefield.
"Further forward." The horizontal knife in his hand stabbed back and forth in the gaps between the five soldiers, reducing the enemy's chance of sneak attacks on himself and others.
"Stop!" Wang Bo's forehead showed blue veins, and even because he shouted so hard, his head shook with the roar.
Zhang Jianzhi only felt that his eardrums were aching. He turned around and looked at Wang Bo. Wang Bo also looked at Zhang Jianzhi. The two of them did not expect that stopping the roar actually brought them a short period of peace.
"Say it quickly." Wang Bo winked at Zhang Jian's urgency.
"What are you talking about... Oh, stop! I am Zhang Jianzhi, the Minister of Rites of the imperial court. Wang Benli deliberately conspired to rebel, colluded with foreign enemies, deprived the people of firewood and charcoal, and oppressed the people of Bazhou. If you continue to resist, you will be regarded as Wang Benli The army has been reduced and you haven't surrendered yet!" Zhang Jianzhi reacted very quickly, but what he said was extremely incompetent because of his haste and his nervousness.
But the rougher the words, the more these people would like them. So what Wang Bo and Zhang Jianzhi didn't expect was that these people actually understood this sentence.
There was silence in the entire courtyard for an instant. Apparently, everyone was waiting for Zhang Jianzhi's next words, and the soldier leader who was originally protecting Zhang Jianzhi took the token from Zhang Jianzhi's hand. He held it high so that everyone present could identify the authenticity.
"Fire the arrow!" Xue Rengui stood at the top of the city, wiping away the snow in front of his eyes and watching the rumble of horse hooves on the thick snow. Behind the cavalry, there was like a layer of snow mist, covered by Horse hooves splashed.
Following Xue Rengui's order, the crossbows in the left and right hands of the thirty soldiers, like sixty crossbows, instantly shot out layers of arrows.
The neighing of war horses and the screams of herdsmen resounded outside the city instantly. The strong wind swept the snowflakes and howled in the wilderness, and everyone excitedly joined in the fun.
"Wang Benli, are you crazy?" Among the horses lying in the snow outside the city, a man quickly got up and shouted towards the city.
Xue Rengui did not speak, but looked at the person who spoke through the layers of wind and snow, and then signaled the soldiers to take aim and prepare to shoot.
At the city gate below the city tower, Hei Te Changzhi held his horse tightly, with only fifty soldiers behind him. He was always ready to obey Xue Rengui's order and go out of the city to kill these herdsmen by surprise.
The continuous sound of orders to fire crossbows on the city tower made people outside the city realize that something was wrong. Obviously, the people on the city top were not Wang Benli's people. He had secretly been doing business with Wang Benli in the past two years. He was not very good at it. Maybe it’s because he, the financial backer, is being pushed to the outside world.
Even if you don't want to do business with yourself privately, if the court finds out, you can stop doing business instead of using bows and crossbows to serve.
But no matter how loudly Gu Dulu asked questions, the people on the top of the city remained silent and said nothing. When they saw the opportunity, they shot themselves with crossbows.
The people next to Gu Dulu whispered in his ear a few times, and then Gu Dulu looked at the city head with a heavy face, signaling for others to fight back with crossbows.
At this time, they had no way to return to the tribe. Not to mention the casualties they suffered from the city, even the wind and snow made their idea of doing nothing in vain become unrealistic. idea.
"Fight back." Gu Dulu spat and gritted his teeth.
"Launch." Xue Rengui ordered again, but this time after giving the order, the city gate was suddenly opened.
"Kill!" The horse in Hei Te Changzhi's hand shook in the snowflakes, and then led Xue Rengui's fifty-horse bodyguard behind him and rushed out of the city gate in an instant.
What they wanted was to catch them off guard at this moment when Li Zhebei's remaining bows and arrows were getting closer to the city wall and his attention was focused on the top of the city.
As the horse gallops, the snowflakes feel like raindrops hitting the face. You can even feel the snowflakes hitting the face one after another.
Ma Chang shook the wind and snow in front of him, and pointed the long blade directly at the leader. Compared with Xue Rengui, how much younger is Hei Te Changzhi? His horse-riding skills are obviously better than Xue Rengui at this time. And this was the only reason why the two of them decided who would defend the city and who would attack after the dispute.
The fifty-man cavalry seemed to inject more energy into the snowy sky in the wilderness. With a strong murderous intent and high fighting spirit, they rushed towards the herdsmen without flinching.
Especially these Xue Rengui's personal guards have been training in Anxi over the years. After facing the herdsmen, they are much stronger than the herdsmen in terms of their horse skills and the weapons in their hands. This is also what happened in the Tang Dynasty. can become the foundation of a strong country.
Therefore, they were not afraid of the herdsmen who were far more numerous than them. In addition, the herdsmen did not know their true strength at all. They used quick strikes at the beginning, and in an instant they used a small triangle formation to kill hundreds of herdsmen. The tribesmen dispersed.
The fifty-man cavalry never separated. They were not greedy for merit or eager to fight. They followed Hei Te Changzhi closely. They were as graceful as a wandering dragon, wandering in the wilderness, leaving the herdsmen who were stunned for a moment. , it is difficult to form effective defense measures.
Xue Rengui stood at the top of the city, his heart full of anxiety. If at this time, even if there were fifty more people in hand, he would dare to lead people to rush out of the city and annihilate them all under the city.
But now, with only thirty people around him, he really can't cooperate with Hei Te Changzhi to do the maximum damage to the enemy. If he doesn't do it well, the herdsmen will even take advantage of the loophole and rush into the undefended Ba. In the city.
And just when the killing outside was in full swing, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly ran over. This shocked Xue Rengui, who was on guard at the top of the city. The first thing he thought about was, had Zhang Jianzhi failed
"General Xue!" The man was still some distance away from the city. He looked at the arrows under his feet that were gradually being submerged in snowflakes, and shouted anxiously.
"Prince Pei Li Xian?" Xue Rengui's brows temporarily relaxed as he listened to that voice.
Then he signaled the soldiers to put him up. Looking at Li Xian leading nearly thirty servants, Xue Rengui's questioning eyes moved to one of his sleeves, which was dancing wildly in the wind and snow on Li Xian's face.
"General Xue, is there anything I can do to help? Don't worry, these servants are loyal to me and will never be timid." Li Xian looked at Xue Rengui's eyes and said generously .
Just as Xue Rengui was about to speak, there was another rapid sound of horse hoofbeats. Before firing arrows as a warning, the people on horseback began to shout: "General Xue, Wang Benli has been captured."
Xue Rengui's tiger body trembled, and his eyes were much brighter than when he saw Li Xian just now. Then he looked at Li Xian and said solemnly: "Okay, since His Highness King Pei is willing to help, the general is just what he wants. As long as His Highness can lead the servants , just keep an eye on the city gate!”
Faced with Xue Rengui's unconditional trust, Li Xian was so excited that he didn't know how to answer. Along the way, he thought about how he could use his words to convince others that he was sincerely trying to help Datang. He even thought that he could He left his servants behind and left in an extreme way to make Xue Rengui and others trust him.
But I never expected that all my complex ideas would turn out to be so simple when I actually faced them, and I even couldn't believe it.
"I will live up to my mission. As long as I, Li Xian, am still alive, I will never let the herdsmen break into the city!" Li Xian looked at Xue Rengui on horseback and said loudly.
"Thank you, Your Highness! Everyone, fight out!" Xue Rengui poured it into his mouth regardless of the wind and snow, roared, and took the thirty soldiers on the city top and the twenty soldiers Zhang Jianzhi brought back, just in time. Fifty people were killed quickly.
As Yuan Day approached, Li Hong fell into deep thought in the East Palace of the Imperial City in Chang'an City. A small-scale rebellion broke out in Anxi, and even local officials from the imperial court were involved in it, and it was still a small place like Bazhou!
He stared blankly at the several memorials on the desk. There were memorials written jointly by Xue Rengui and Hei Chi Changzhi, there were memorials written by Zhang Jianzhi alone, and there were also memorials written by Li Zhe to himself. But no matter which one it was, In this memorial, Li Xian's achievements in this battle are described in detail.
"Your Highness, Father is here." Pei Wanying knocked on the door of the study several times, but there was no response. She had to gently open the door, walked in, and said softly while looking at Li Hong who was in a daze.
(End of chapter)