Chu Qiao stood quietly for a long time until the soldier's voice gradually became low and gradually disappeared. The snowflakes fell slowly and landed on his face, but they did not melt, but piled up bit by bit.
The wind blew her clothes, like an old dream swaying, the sky was desolate and vast, the world was so big, but they seemed to be abandoned by the whole world. Chu Qiao thought of many things, recalling those yearnings, those persistence, those enthusiastic expectations and hopes when she was young. She thought of many years ago, in that cold and dark prison cell, her hand was stuffed into the arms of the boy, it was warm. Yan Xun told her many things about Yanbei with bright eyes, the white snow there, the green grass there, the horses there, the Huoleiyuan there, the Huihui Mountain there, the hardworking people there, the kind people there, There is no war, peace and tranquility, like a paradise.
Yanbei, Yanbei...
Chu Qiao raised her head slowly, a line of clear tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, her back was so straight, like a javelin, heavy snow fell on her shoulders.
No one is guarding you anymore, so let me guard you instead, and we will wait together, waiting for them to come back. No one thought that the defeat of Beishuo City would be so rapid and terrible. In less than five days, Beishuo was completely defeated by Zhao Qi's fierce offensive. I believe that if there were no defensive tools left by Chu Qiao, Yan Yan would be defeated at this moment. The Golden Dragon Banner of Daxia must have been planted on the head of the city in the north.
At this moment, Cao Mengtong stood on the top of the city, looking at Xia Jun who was roaring towards him, he felt that the world seemed to be trembling. He couldn't figure it out, where did his millions of troops go? Sitting on a grand pass, why was he defeated so thoroughly? But at this moment, he couldn't allow him to think about these things anymore, Lu rushed forward and shouted loudly: "General, run quickly! If you don't run away, the Xia army will attack!"
"Run?" Cao Mengtong turned his head, and asked a little blankly, "Run?"
"Yes!" Lu Zhi shouted, "Xia An fled with the Beishuo army. I heard that Chidu City has not fallen, and the girl named Chu Qiao has been guarding it with troops. We can escape from there. Lancheng. My lord, hurry up, if you don't leave, it will be too late!"
"Run?" Cao Mengtong's reaction was very slow, but after a few days, his hair was all white, and he murmured, "No, I can't run."
"General! That old man in Xia An has run away. He is the city guard general of Beishuo. He has run away. What are we still doing here?"
Cao Mengtong sighed sadly, looked at Lu Zhi with his old eyes, and said: "He can run, but I can't, Lu Zhi, I am the leader of the president who fought against the Great Xia Northern Expedition, if I escape, Beishuo City will be destroyed." It's over."
"If you don't go to Beishuo, you will be finished, general, don't be stubborn!"
Cao Mengtong shook his head, "No, Lu Zhi, if you want to go, go."
Lu Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and then called out: "My lord, are you really not leaving?"
Cao Mengtong said affirmatively, "I won't go."
"Then I won't leave either!" The rude man shouted loudly, "Isn't it just death? My lord, you promote me and take care of me, just like my own father. If I want to die, I will fight to the death with my lord!"
Cao Mengtong was so moved that tears filled his eyes, he patted Lu Zhi on the shoulder and said, "Adversity sees people's hearts, Lu Zhi, I didn't value you in vain."
"My lord, please allocate 20,000 troops to me. I will rush out of the city and fight the enemy to the death!"
"Okay!" Cao Mengtong said proudly, "I will give you my last personal guard. They are the most loyal of our Yanbei and the most elite troops of the Second Army. Lu Zhi, don't let me down!"
"I will live up to the general's entrustment!"
Half an hour later, the gate of the north city opened wide, and Lu Zhi took Cao Mengtong's last personal guards, swept away the gold, silver and jewels in the city, and fled in a hurry.
Cao Mengtong stood on the city tower, watching his love leave him, spurted a mouthful of blood, and collapsed to the ground.
The Xia army attacked again, and the whole city was in an uproar. Everyone was running around in panic. The North City Gate was sealed by officials from the Military Justice Department sent by Cao Mengtong, and no one was allowed to escape.
Rolling, roaring, screaming, and blood filled the entire city, Da Xia's army had rushed to the front of the city two hundred paces, they set up ladders, and began to climb again. The sun is gradually setting, and the sky and the earth are blood red. This is the last impact of today. The enemy army blew the horn of charge, mobilizing soldiers to take Beishuo City today!
"Surrender! Those who surrender live!" Daxia sent more than 300 soldiers with loud voices, shouting over and over again under the city. From time to time, some people in Beishuo City wanted to open the city gate and surrender, but they were all killed by officers of the Military Law Department. The screams and fighting sounds were getting closer and closer, so close that one could smell the blood on Xia Bing's body.
"General! General! The Third Division needs reinforcements!" an officer covered in blood ran forward and said.
Cao Mengtong looked at him and shook his head slowly. The aged general drew out his sword and took two steps forward with a murderous look. How many years, how many years has he not gone into battle to kill the enemy? For so many years, he has been ridiculed by others, and others called him a "runaway general". The only bravery in his life turned out to be a big mistake. If he had listened to that girl named Chu Qiao at the beginning... At this moment, he couldn't help but shake his head in a ridiculous way. At this moment, what's the use of thinking about it? He smiled bitterly, and said slowly: "I myself am the last reinforcement."
"General!" The officer was stunned, and suddenly burst into tears, crying, "It is incompetent for the general to go into battle and kill the enemy in person!"
The old general shook his arm and said slowly: "Let's fight to the death together!"
"yes!"
At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise outside the city, and there was a rapid drumbeat in the Xia army. The Xia army below the city was stunned when they heard the sound, and turned their heads immediately, with panic on their faces.
Cao Mengtong and the officer of the third division were also stunned. When they raised their heads, they saw a black shadow suddenly appearing under the distant horizon. Immediately, that black shadow turned into a stream. Become one side, gradually expand and become larger. Suddenly, the Black Armored Corps jumped out of the horizon, roaring and galloping at a thunderous speed, a red cloud banner with a white background fluttered above their heads, like a blazing fire!
"Reinforcements are here!" Beishuo's city head suddenly burst into deafening cheers, and the soldiers cried out with joy.
"It's our troops! Our reinforcements have arrived!"
"The envoy of the Southwest Township! It's Master Chu!"
"Lord Chu is here! We are saved!"
All of a sudden, the black armored cavalry let out an earth-shattering roar, "Fight for freedom!"
With a neat military appearance and a fast impact speed, accompanied by the faint and deep sound like thunder in the sky, the team is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more people. There are 20,000 to 30,000 people, all of whom are high-speed cavalry. They held their sabers sideways and controlled their horses purely with their feet. Under the reflection of the sunset at dusk, thousands of soldiers rushed to kill the enemy in a dense formation, like a storm!
"The Southwest Township's envoy! It's the rebel army of the Southwest Township's envoy!"
Compared with the cheers at the top of Beishuo City, there was a round of wailing in Xia's army. They had a huge team, and they suddenly encountered the enemy in the rear. The army and the southwestern town government envoy were even more prestigious. For a while, the rear was routed like water, and it was a mess.
"Long live Master Chu!" The soldiers at the top of Beishuo city cheered loudly, many hugged their heads and shed tears on the wall.
"My lord!" He Xiao rushed forward and shouted loudly, "There is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, so we should not confront each other head-on!"
Chu Qiao shook her head coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Our army is a fresh force, winning by surprise, with momentum like a rainbow, Xia Jun can't figure out our reality, this is a god-sent opportunity, if we don't win this battle, we will have no chance of winning!"
The army frantically rushed up, and the military order of Xia Jun's central tent had not arrived at the rear, and the nearly 100,000 troops in the rear had already been knocked upside down by the opponent's first impact. Chu Qiao gave the order to ignore the other stragglers and attack with the whole army to defeat the central battalion!
Xia Jun's nightmare began. It was only a team of tens of thousands of people, but they had a clear banner, high quality, and they came extremely fast. When they moved, they had incredible agility and swiftness.
"The whole army stay in formation! Charge with me!" He Xiao took the lead, and a flag officer held a red cloud flag on a white background and followed behind him. Chu Qiao sat in the army and galloped on horseback. The suppressed silence and depression finally broke out, and the army roared like a swimming dragon, sweeping across the entire Xia army formation.
"Fight back! Rectify the formation!" Zhao Qi shouted loudly while riding on the horse. He tried his best to stabilize the army, but he came to the edge of the battlefield regardless of the dissuasion of the guards behind him. However, at this moment, an arrow seemed to have eyes and shot towards him. A personal guard rushed forward desperately, blocking in front of him, and the arrow shot through his chest with a spray of blood. Zhao Qi was so shocked that he fell off his horse and escaped in embarrassment.
The army was extremely fast, and rushed over in an instant. Chu Qiao knew Zhao Qi, she had sharp eyes, she jumped off the horse and stepped on the man's back. There was a flash of silver light, and the shadow of the sword crossed, before Zhao Qi screamed, she immediately cut off his head!
"Zhao Qi is dead! Hurry up and catch him!"
boom! It was as if a thunderbolt exploded in the flat ground, and the 400,000 troops collapsed under the impact of the opponent. Chu Qiao was slender, sitting high on the horseback, holding Zhao Qi's head high, with sharp eyes and a straight back.
Xia's army was in chaos immediately, Cao Mengtong on the tower saw him, and shouted decisively: "Open the city gate! Open the city gate! The whole army rushes to kill!"
The gate of Beishuo City finally opened, and the soldiers who had no intention of fighting rushed out in unison. The defeat of the Xia army was a foregone conclusion!
On October 27th, Chu Qiao gave up Chidu and burned the city to the ground. The fire blocked Zhao Yang's footsteps, he could only watch helplessly as Chu Qiao left with less than 10,000 troops. On the road, Chu Qiao met Lu Zhi who had fled from Beishuo and rushed to Chidu. When he learned that Lu Zhi had defected to Beishuo, General Cao Mengtong's personal guard immediately mutinied and cut him to pieces. Twenty thousand guards immediately joined him. The camp of the southwestern town government envoy.
Afterwards, under the leadership of Chu Qiao, they went around behind the enemy and launched a surprise attack. They dealt Xia Jun a heavy blow on the Huolei Field in front of Beishuo City Gate.
In this battle, more than 70,000 enemies were annihilated. Most of the dead were trampled to death by war horses while escaping. Thirty thousand were captured. The most powerful contender for Xia's throne - the third prince Zhao Qi, the blow to Xia's army is immeasurable.