Chapter 49 Section 22

The republican army has all rushed out.Zheng Sichu led the Fire Dragon convoy to the middle of the queue. The gate of Tianluguan was blown open by Fang Ruoshui's suicide attack.The news spread throughout the army at once, and everyone cheered, as if victory was within reach.But Zheng Sichu knew that this was only the first step of the attack, and there was going to be a fierce battle next. Bi Wei is right, you can't show mercy, if you keep one, it will be a big loss for yourself.But when he saw the dragon chariots covered with oilcloth beside him, his heart trembled, as if he saw the Wude Camp struggling in the flames.

Those are real people, not just a number.The more people he killed, the more Zheng Sichu felt the preciousness of life.Whether it is a comrade-in-arms or an enemy, if you die, you will never see them again.However, on the battlefield, what is the so-called "heart of the benevolent"? The fire dragon convoy was not moving fast, and in order to avoid the only remaining cannon, they went around to the left, and turned to the front when they reached the dead corner in front of the city.Before they could come to the front, there was another scream from the gate of the city, and the Republican Army that had rushed to the gate of the city retreated like a tide.

Zheng Sichu was taken aback, and said to the lieutenant behind him, "Come on, I'll go over and have a look." As soon as he hit the horse, Fei Yu rushed forward. The formation of the Republican Army was already in disarray. He stopped one and said, "What happened? Why didn't you attack?" The soldier said: "The bandit army is fighting back and rushed out." Zheng Sichu was slightly taken aback.Wude Battalion is indeed a hard bone, and will not admit defeat so easily. It seems that Lin Shanyang's surprise attack team did not achieve the expected results.If Bi Wei knew that his strategy was useless, he would probably be pissed off.For some reason, Zheng Sichu almost took pleasure in other's misfortune.Maybe Bi Wei's character of playing tricks and keeping secrets from his own side made him very unhappy. Faintly, he didn't seem to want to see the Wude Camp easily defeated.

How could there be such an idea.Zheng Sichu shook his head.At this time, an officer suddenly rushed over and shouted: "Officer Zheng Sichu, is that you? General Bi has an order for the fire dragon convoy to go forward, and the last general, Shang Junguang, is ordered to protect the convoy." The troops rushed out of the Wude Battalion are already fighting with Fang Ruoshui's troops.Although Fang Ruoshui's first army had a strong offensive, it was somewhat at the end of its strength, and the Wude Battalion had become a mourning army. They knew that if they won't win, they would die without a place to die. Therefore, they counterattacked very strongly, and the Republican Army was suppressed for a while.However, because it was involved with the Wude Camp, the giant cannons at the top of the city were even rarer.He said: "Zheng Sichu obeyed." He turned around and walked back.

The Huolong team is going to be used in advance, and Bi Wei is also forced to be helpless.Zheng Sichu was thinking silently, at this moment the deputy general came up to him and said, "Officer Zheng, are we going?" Zheng Sichu nodded.He raised his head and looked at the majestic city wall. Strong fortifications like Tianluguan were not reliable. There is no such thing as "invincible" in this world. At this time, Shang Junguang had already led his troops to surround the fire dragon convoy.Shang Junguang's troops were all cavalry, and the deputy general saw Shang Junguang and shouted, "General Shang, is General Bi going to use the assault bow?"

Shang Junguang nodded and said: "The outcome depends on one move, everyone work hard." He had a flat face, and there was no expression of joy or anger, and he didn't know what he was thinking.Zheng Sichu heard what the deputy general was talking about about "Assault Bow Team", and then he noticed that Shang Junguang was carrying a big bow on his back. Not only him, but Shang Junguang's hundreds of people all had the same equipment. The bow and arrow team has never been used for charging, but Bi Wei had a whimsy and trained this assault bow team to be used by the Fire Corps to attack.Unlike other people who mostly use firearms, the assault bow team only uses bows and arrows, and it is said that their fighting skills are also the best in the army.This is one of Bi Wei's personal soldiers. After training, the world will be peaceful, and he has not used it yet. This time, Bi Wei transferred the assault bow team. It must be that the surprise attack team failed to play its due role. He has high hopes for the fire dragon team. Bar.

As soon as the fire dragon convoy arrived at the front of the formation, the battle situation had become a stalemate, but the Republican Army was much stronger after all, and the Wude Battalion had been forced to the gate of the city, but they were still fighting endlessly.Shang Junguang shouted: "General Fang, please retreat quickly." Fang Ruoshui had already rushed to the front line to command, and upon hearing Shang Junguang's voice, he shouted: "No need, you guys rest on the side." He was a little annoyed, and secretly said: "Are the Fire Legion coming to claim credit? At this time I just came up, but Lao Tzu fought in the first battle, and the one who died was also Lao Tzu's people."

Shang Junguang said: "The bandit army is rushing to repair the city gate. General Fang, we are led by Staff Officer Zheng. We didn't come here for merit." Fang Ruoshui heard that Zheng Sichu was leading the team, so he had nothing to say, and couldn't help thinking: "This Bi Huzi really understands people's thoughts thoroughly." Admiringly, he said to the flag-bearer next to him, "Let the brothers make way for Staff Officer Zheng." But at this time, the Wude Battalion was already entangled with Fang Ruoshui's troops. Although the Wude Battalion had a small number of people, under the galloping conflict, the Republican Army could still rely on its formation to firmly resist. However, the army was in a mess all of a sudden, and was rushed closer by the Wude camp. A general in the Wude camp shouted: "Don't let Fang Ruoshui escape!" He took the lead and was only dozens of steps away from Fang Ruoshui. .

Fang Ruoshui said in shock: "It's Cao Wendao! Damn it, it's worthy of the Yongzi Camp!" Cao Wendao's unified battalion was named Yongziying, and it was also famous for its attack power in Wudeying. At this time, it was even more unstoppable, with a banner with the word "Yong" waving in the wind behind it.Shang Junguang said: "Officer Zheng, I will stop them, you quickly burn the enemy troops at the city gate to death, and don't let them rush to repair the city gate." Zheng Sichu nodded, and lifted the white wooden spear from his horse.Although the strength of his right arm has weakened a lot, his marksmanship is still not something ordinary people can resist.He looked at Cao Wendao who was leading his soldiers to the ground, and he couldn't help being shocked.Those who are as good at fighting as the five virtues camp are probably unique in the world.He turned around and said, "Follow me!"

Cao Wendao's offensive is extremely fierce. If the Republican Army is like a wall, then the Yongzi Battalion at this time is like a nail.Shang Junguang shouted: "Let's go!" He took down the giant bow from behind, and hundreds of charging bow teams bent their bows and set arrows at the same time, and met them at the same time. Archers are the most powerful when forming an formation, but their defense is also relatively weak, especially when they are in chaos and cannot be used.The assault bow team uses cavalry and shooting as the main means of attack, and uses mobility to make up for the lack of defense.

A burst of arrows shot, and the cavalry of the Wude Battalion fell to the ground one after another.Cao Wendao was directing the soldiers to charge, but he didn't know that such a troop came out suddenly. His marksmanship was superb, he swung his gun to call the flying arrows, and he was not injured at all. He shouted: "Brothers, if you have the courage to capture Fang Ruoshui alive! Come with me!" Shang Junguang only thought that after the rain of arrows, the Wude Camp's offensive would always be thwarted, but he didn't know that the enemy didn't slow down at all, and still rushed over, he couldn't help panicking, thinking: "They are not afraid of death. Is that?" Startled, Cao Wendao had already rushed to his horse, pointed his spear at his chest, and stabbed him.Shang Junguang was only twenty-seven or eight years old, and he joined the Fire Corps later. He had never met Cao Wendao before. Forward, never backward, even though the assault bow team lost dozens of people in the Yongzi Battalion in one round of attack, the remaining hundreds of people still rushed forward. Shang Junguang didn't know well, he was skilled in bowing horses, he bent down on the horse's back, dodged the shot, and before he could straighten up, he had already drawn an arrow from the quiver, and lay down on the horse's back. He set up the arrow and was about to shoot it, when he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him, with a "snap", Cao Wendao's spear failed to hit him, instead he shot down, hitting him hard on the back. This blow was so powerful that Shang Junguang felt his viscera turned upside down and he was about to vomit blood. He was terrified and kicked the horse's belly with both feet. The horse rushed forward and passed When Cao Wendao was beside him, he straightened up, only to feel nausea in his chest and abdomen.Although this shot failed to injure him, it also beat him to a point where he was blurred. Cao Wendao failed to knock down this enemy general with one shot, he changed his moves extremely quickly, and was about to return his hand to make up for it, when he suddenly heard a shout in his ear, and a bright saber slashed down on his head.Knowing that he could no longer stab the enemy general behind him, he raised his gun and put his gun on it, but when he took a closer look, he was surprised and delighted. It was Fang Ruoshui who was facing him! Fang Ruoshui had fought against him back then, and that time Fang Ruoshui was beaten into a saddle and fled, but Cao Wendao also suffered a bit when he chased him fiercely.After many years, they ran into this old opponent again. Both of them were getting old, but their attacks remained the same as before.He blocked Fang Ruoshui's knife with a single shot, and shouted: "Brothers, come here!" Usually when he called out, a large number of people would gather around him.The Yongziying used this method to charge into the battle back then, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly. It often smashed the enemy's formation to pieces. The enemy has always been extremely troubled by Cao Wendao's unruly and fierce battles, but this time, only a few people surrounded him. Ten people, but a large group of republicans rushed over, surrounded Fang Ruoshui, and separated Cao Wendao a lot.He was taken aback and asked, "Where are the others?" An officer said: "General Cao, our army has lost a lot, and we can't make it through!" The Yongzi Battalion is used to attacking with fierce battles. As far as individual soldiers are concerned, the Yongzi Battalion is much stronger than the Republican Army, but the number of the Republican Army is too large, and Shang Junguang's assault bow team shoots with bows and arrows in the formation. The leader of the Yongzi Battalion, the Yongzi Battalion has been divided into many small pieces to fight on their own, and was shot down from time to time. Cao Wendao was surrounded by only these dozens of people.Cao Wendao felt a chill in his heart, and shouted: "Okay, let's go!" If Fang Ruoshui can be captured, even if the Republican Army will not collapse, its morale will drop.He took the lead and rushed forward, picking off two Republican soldiers. Just as he was about to charge forward, his mount suddenly fell to his knees, and he fell to the ground, but the horse was shot in the side by an arrow.Seeing that he fell off his horse with an arrow, the soldiers nearby were shocked and rushed to rescue him. Cao Wendao shouted, "Leave me alone! Kill Fang Ruoshui!" But at this time, the soldiers in front of Fang Ruoshui were getting more and more surrounded. Although the Wude Battalion was strong, it couldn't break through these many tight sieges.Cao Wendao scolded: "Fang Ruoshui, you coward, don't you dare to come out?" Fang Ruoshui's face sank when he scolded him, and he was about to rush out when he flattered his horse. Shang Junguang suddenly rushed to him and shouted, "Let the arrow!" There were more than 20 assault bow soldiers beside him. These more than 20 people shot arrows at Cao Wendao who was on the ground at the same time. Cao Wendao had lost his horse and was carrying a spear on the ground. In time, the soldiers on the side were hit by arrows and fell off their horses. His eyes were wide open, and suddenly an arrow hit his thigh. Cao Wendao staggered and knelt down on the ground, still cursing: "Fang! Ruoshui, you bastard, do you only hide behind?" Seeing his situation, Fang Ruoshui suddenly couldn't bear it, and said loudly: "Wait a minute! Cao Wendao, you are such a tough guy, you should surrender." Cao Wendao saw that the soldiers around him fell off their horses and died one by one. He knew that the battle was a failure, and finally ended in failure.It's just that this round of charging must have bought time for Chen Zhong, and most of the city gates have already been blocked. He looked up to the sky and said with a smile: "Fang Ruoshui, death by your hands, Cao is really not worth it." Fang Ruoshui was so scolded that his face turned red, and he wanted to rush out to fight, but he didn't dare to see Cao Wendao covered in blood.He sighed and said, "Cao Wendao, you are already doomed, why are you determined not to surrender?" Cao Wendao yelled: "A man can do something and not do something, Fang Ruoshui, watch out!" He suddenly raised his gun and threw it at Fang Ruoshui. But the shot was shot down by the soldiers in front of him only halfway through, without even touching his horse's head. Cao Wendao didn't intend to succeed with this shot. After throwing the shot, he pulled out his waist knife and said with a sad smile: "Fate will return, it is not a crime of war. Fang Ruoshui, I will give you my head!" After all, a knife pierced his heart. He committed suicide in such a way that even the Republican Army was moved. Fang Ruoshui was stunned for a long time before sighing: "Put him in a good place." He fought Cao Wendao many times, winning and losing each other. There is a kind of respect.Shang Junguang suddenly said: "General Fang, cutting off his head will definitely shake the hearts of the soldiers in Tianlu Pass." Fang Ruoshui sighed: "No way. If Cao Wendao can risk his life and rush out, there must be another commander in Tianlu Pass." He looked at the corpse lying on the ground, feeling no pity in his heart. Shang Junguang said: "Even though there are other commanders in the city, Cao Wendao is a general of the enemy army, and his death will definitely shake the enemy's morale. Come, cut off his head, and go to give orders!" Although his military rank is smaller than that of Fang Ruoshui Much more, but at this time tit for tat, not giving up.Fang Ruoshui was angry and glared at him, but seeing that Shang Junguang was fearless, he also sighed and said, "You can figure it out." When he was in charge of the first attack, he was full of ambition and only wanted to win the first battle. Seeing Cao Wendao's death, he felt a little more confused, thinking: "If Cao Wendao is dead, I will die too. Even if I become a commander-in-chief, What's the use?" He has always been keen on fame, but now he feels like pouring ice water on it.