Chapter 4 Chapter Nineteen

Although Xing Tiefeng and Yang Yi's former army has made some progress, it is still extremely difficult to break out of the snake camp.After we made another dash, our progress was stopped again. Xing Tiefeng and Yang Yi must have gnawed hard bones.I was a little uneasy, and suddenly there was a loud noise from the east.I thought it was another group of people blasting the gunpowder, and Zhen Yining suddenly shouted: "Land mines! This is land mines!" Indeed, although the sound is loud, it is not as loud as the gunpowder in bamboo tubes I made, and it is a bit dull.If it's really flat mines, then Ren Ji came to support?I was happy for a while, but still a little uneasy.

Although Ren Ji's Thunderbolt Crossbow is powerful, it is inconvenient to move, and this kind of charge will definitely not be brought out.If we only bring flat land mines, then once we get to the place where we are stuck with the snake man, we can't use them anymore. However, there are flat mines to clear the way, and they are invincible, and the snake man cannot stop them at all.I don't know why Ren Ji rushed over, but with their support, our chances of rushing out are greatly increased. At this time, someone shouted from the east: "The second prince came in to meet us!"

The man's voice was very loud, and the whole army was immediately shocked.The snake people in the east suddenly parted like a tide, dodged a path, and a mixed troop of horses and horses rushed in.I was overjoyed and shouted: "Get out!" Raising the whip, the carriage turned around and ran to the east. The second prince also committed suicide in person?The impression he gave me was not very good, he was headstrong and refused to listen to persuasion, but he was able to come to rescue us regardless of the danger, which is really commendable.I rushed over with the carriage, and the newly killed infantry came to meet me.Although the infantry was not as mobile as the cavalry, their defense was much stronger. Those infantry were divided into two rows, and although the snakemen on the side were extremely aggressive, they still couldn't break through their defense.

The second prince stood out from the crowd and said loudly, "Bian Zhen, where are you?" I drove the carriage forward, bowed in the carriage and said, "Your Highness, the last general Chu Xiuhong is here, and General Bian is probably still fighting fiercely with the Snake Man in the north." The second prince glanced at me coldly, and said, "Chu Xiuhong, why didn't you follow the plan?" I didn't expect the Second Crown Prince to ask this question, and my heart sank, but I still respectfully said: "Your Highness, the situation of the battle has changed, and the final general can't break through the snake man's defense if he goes south, so he can only go north to join General Bian. "

The second prince snorted, and at this moment Lu Gongxing suddenly came over and said, "Your Highness, this is not the time to speak, let the assault battalion retreat quickly." The second prince nodded and said, "Let's go." I'm a little apprehensive.Maybe I am a bit paranoid, but the second prince's tone seems to be very dissatisfied with me.Because I didn't separate from it as planned, and then came back from both sides?The second prince should know that I am not a fairy, I can't do it like this.In fact, if they hadn't come to support me, I wouldn't even be able to kill here.However, the second prince was able to take the lead and lead the team into the snake camp, which is really commendable.

The second prince brought mostly infantry, with some cavalry among them.They are a fresh force, although they are not as fast as the cavalry army, but they are quite skillful in interspersing and switching, and Lu Gongxing commanded them in an orderly manner.However, the number of soldiers brought out by the second prince does not seem to be too many, not more than 5,000. Although we are still on the offensive, this offensive will definitely not last. I was driving the carriage and retreating with the brigade, when there was a scream behind me, I turned my head to look, and heard the sound was coming from the north.Although there were Yang Yi, Xing Tiefeng, and Bian Zhen's remnant army there, they had to deal with all the troops of the Snake Man's Northern Camp. It might be too late for them to fight until now.

The Second Crown Prince was not far from me. Hearing the scream, he took his horse to look there, and shouted: "Cavalry, follow me!" He held a long gun in his hand, and the tip of the gun was actually stained with blood.It seems that although the second prince will not really charge into battle, he has already fought against the snake man.Maybe because he won so easily, now he must have underestimated the enemy, thinking that Bian Zhen and I are too useless if we can't kill them in the snake camp. As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed to the north, with two or three hundred cavalry rushing behind him.Lu Gongxing exclaimed in surprise: "Second Highness! Second Highness!" But the second prince ran too fast, and Lu Gongxing wanted to direct here, how could he catch up?

In the cavalry that followed the second prince, I saw at a glance that Ren Jin's sixty people were also there. I untied Fei Yu from the carriage, and shouted: "General Lu, you call someone to drive the carriage, and I will help His Highness repel the enemy." To talk about retreating from the enemy is of course just an obedient sentence.The second prince is already dissatisfied with me, probably I am driving the carriage, which in his eyes is also a manifestation of greed for life and fear of death.I jumped on the flying feather, and the gun was about to rush out, when there was another exclamation from the south.

A group of snakemen broke through Tao Changshi's defense and rushed in! The wolf soldiers suffered heavy losses. They and Cao Wendao's army resisted for such a long time with less than 300 troops, which is already a remarkable record, but under the continuous attack of snake men, they could no longer hold back. I was at a loss and didn't know who to help, Lu Gongxing shouted: "General Chu, take someone to meet His Highness, don't let him make any mistakes, I'm here!" I can't help but be sure.Lu Gongxing was originally in charge of the vanguard battalion, although this vanguard battalion is completely different from the one he commanded, but he must be more comfortable in command than me.I shouted: "Cao Wendao, come with me!"

At this time, Lu Gongxing had commanded a group of infantry troops to come.With their support, the wolf soldiers were able to breathe, and the formation became tight again.It seems that although the wolf soldiers suffered a lot of losses, it is still possible to hold on for a while.The most worrying thing now is probably the second prince who is too self-righteous. I was so anxious that I took Cao Wendao and the others to rush over. Zhen Yining was fighting the snake man just now, so he came over and walked by my side at some point.We only rushed for a while, and many soldiers who had lost their horses retreated and passed us.Most of those wounded soldiers were seriously injured, and they always retreated with support. I am afraid that there are still many wounded soldiers who will not be able to return from the front line.

Although the formation we are holding on to is not intentional, it has already coincided with the square formation.It wasn't long before I led my people to the place where Xing Tiefeng and the others were fighting.There were dead bodies everywhere on the ground here, but most of the dead seemed to be Bian Zhen's subordinates, and Yang Yi and Xing Tiefeng's troops did not suffer much loss.In the crowd, I saw the Second Prince leading a group of cavalry fighting the Snake Man, and seven or eight people were inseparable from the Second Prince.These people have excellent spear skills, seven or eight spears do not take the initiative to attack, but just block those snake men who attack the second prince's horse, they are probably the second prince's personal guards. In any case, the second prince rushed to such a front, at least his morale was boosted by him.I took Cao Wendao and they rushed up.Although we are already at the end of our strength, the snake people may not be much better than us.They fought bloody battles with Bian Zhen before, although Bian Zhen's army was almost completely destroyed, the price paid by the snake people was not small, but now their offensive is not as fierce as before, and they are struggling under the suppression of the army. But, this is also temporary.I know that once the snake man establishes a firm footing, the next wave of attacks must be even stronger. As soon as I urged the horse, I rushed to the side of the second prince, but before he got close, the two guards behind him pointed their guns at me and shouted: "Who is here?" I put the gun horizontally on the horse and shouted: "Your Highness, don't love to fight, retreat now." The second prince was holding a spear and knocking down a snake man.He has five or six extremely strong guards guarding him, only attacking but not defending, and his spear skills are also remarkable, which is considered good in the imperial army, and the snake man is not his opponent when he fights alone.He knocked down the snake man, and in a moment of high spirits, he turned his spear and said sharply: "General Chu, are you afraid?" I do have some fear.I have fought the snake people many times, and I know the true strength of the snake people very well, but the second prince can't help but underestimate the enemy.But he is now invincible, I really can't make sense, and the two guards next to me stopped me, as if I was the real opponent.I retreated a little dejectedly. Here, Yang Yi, Xing Tiefeng, and Bian Zhen's remnant army have gathered about a thousand people, plus the soldiers brought by me and the second prince. These are elite soldiers of the imperial army. Even if the snake people are powerful, they will not be able to break through our defense for a while lock up.The snake man probably never expected that the camp would be raided by us. He was caught off guard, and it is still in chaos. The second prince is surrounded by guards, but he is invincible and unstoppable. Looking at it, he really looks very brave. I stood there in a daze, and suddenly Zhen Yining shouted: "Controller, be careful!" Shocked, I saw a long spear stabbing from the side.It was a snake man rushing towards Fei Yu's horse's head with a spear.I raised my gun to block it, only to feel my arms tremble, and the gun almost fell to the ground. Under the fierce battle, my physical strength has been exhausted.Fortunately, the snake man didn't intend to attack me. After I blocked the gun, a knight flew over and cut it down with a knife. The snake man blocked the spear horizontally.The snake man let out a scream, and the gun slid down, and the knight's knife slipped on the gun shaft, its fingers were cut off immediately, and it flew straight up.The snake man was still waiting to act fiercely, but Zhen Yining and a few soldiers had already come over, raised their guns to block the snake man's retreat, and fired several shots at the same time, the snake man was stabbed to the ground. I wiped the sweat from my brow, feeling a little uneasy.Zhen Yining suddenly called out: "General Ren! Is it you?" Is that Ren Ji?I looked at the knight, and sure enough, he was carrying a package on his back. It is a bit strange to carry such a thing on the battlefield, he must be carrying a flat mine.I was both surprised and happy, and said, "General Ren, is that you?" Ren Ji didn't take off his mask, but just nodded.At this time, a cry suddenly came out from the snake formation, and from a distance, I heard a loud voice saying: "Scatter to the left and right, don't fight on your own, attack together and defend together!" This voice came from the side of the snake man, and it seemed to be what the snake man said.These few words are well-spoken, and the voice of the snake man cannot be heard at all.When the snake people heard this order, they suddenly separated like a tide, and our group of people was immediately squeezed into a wedge shape. I don't know why, but I feel like I've heard this voice somewhere, it's very familiar, but I can't remember it for a while.The order of this snake man seems to have a deep understanding of the art of war. The snake man was originally a chaotic group. Although there were a large number of people, they restrained each other. Yang Yi and Bian Zhen's remnant army couldn't stand it immediately, and retreated one after another. The only shortcoming of snake people now is lack of discipline.If the snake people can be organized, then they will definitely become an unprecedentedly strong army, so do we still have a chance of victory? I can't help thinking about it now, the snake man's counterattack was very powerful, they separated and closed like a pair of iron tongs, and they were about to encircle us.My heart sank, and I shouted: "Quick, go for reinforcements!" The second prince's cavalry army is fighting hard, but the snake men are attacking layer by layer, like a stormy sea. Although the cavalry brought by the second prince is a new force, they still cannot stop their attack and are retreating steadily.But the snake man's wings are moving forward, but the middle is retreating instead. It seems that they want to wrap us all in. As soon as I kicked Fei Yu, Cao Wendao and Zhen Yining followed closely beside me and rushed towards me.The snake man hadn't closed the encirclement yet. After we broke in, the front ends of the two wings were pushed away by us again, and they couldn't close up.I shouted immediately: "Your Highness, let's go!" The second prince's armor is also a little askew.The snake man's current offensive must have exceeded his imagination, and there are only five of his guards with strong spear skills left.Most of these five people were injured, and their bodies were splashed with blood, but they were still fighting to the death, preventing the snake man from rushing to the second prince's side.The second prince heard the sound and looked back. Although he had a mask on and couldn't see his expression, the second prince must have turned pale now. He laughed at me for being afraid of the snake man, and now he must be more afraid than I am.Hearing my cry, the second prince suddenly turned the horse around, kicked the horse's belly fiercely, and rushed backwards. Suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes beside me, and someone rushed up.At this time, it takes a lot of courage not to retreat but to advance. When I saw that this person was Ren Ji, I couldn't help but admire him. I was afraid that he would charge blindly and rush into the snake camp, and shouted at him: "Ren Ji General, be careful!" I shouted loudly, but Zhen Yining exclaimed from the side: "Oh my God, what does he want to do?" At this time, Ren Ji had already taken off the package on his back, took out a ball from it, and was immediately lighting the fuse. What he took out was a flat mine!I just felt that the head elephant was hit hard, and there was a "buzz". The power of flat land mines can blow a ship to pieces. Ren Ji is lighting it now. Does he want us all to die with the snake people?But he was still in the imperial army, and now that he was on fire, the imperial army must have killed more soldiers than the snake men.Could it be that he went crazy because he was too frightened? He rushed towards the second prince.The second prince must also know the power of flat mines, he was stunned on the horse, and forgot to hit the horse.Now, even if he hits the horse, it's too late, so he won't be able to escape very far.I just stayed there, but knowing that it was useless to go forward, I stayed there for a while. He had already rushed to the second prince's side, Ping Dilei tucked one arm under his armpit, suddenly jumped up from the horse and rushed towards the second prince. He actually wanted to assassinate the second prince! This assassination method of killing each other is more effective than using a sword.The flat mine was about to explode, and if someone killed Ren Ji on the spot, the second prince would not escape his life.I was so stunned that I couldn't say a word. Ren Ji came with me, and he was taciturn and preoccupied all the way. I thought he had such a temperament, but I didn't expect him to do such an astonishing thing.Although he is only a foot in front of me, how can I stop him in time?Now he can only watch Ren Ji rushing towards the second prince.The second prince and his bodyguards were probably stunned by Ren Ji's sudden move. Even though the snake man was attacking frantically, seven or eight of them remained motionless. White smoke was still coming out of the lead wire of Pingdi mine. Seeing that Ren Ji hugged the second prince and the two of them squeezed together on the same horse, Ren Ji was stunned for a moment.At this time, a figure flashed past me, and with a flash of the saber, Ren Ji's right arm snapped off, and the flat mine fell straight down. Once the flat land mine falls on the ground, it will be more lethal when it blows up. I was about to scream when I heard the man with the knife shout: "General Chu, shoot!" That's Zhen Yining!His movement was as fast as a ghost, and after cutting off Ren Ji's arm with a single knife, he could only hold it up with his hand. The flat mine probably wasn't too heavy, and he threw it about five feet. Exploded five feet in the air and still killed most of the people here.Shocked by Zhen Yining's voice, I was about to throw the gun, but just as I raised the gun, I remembered that it was a rare and good gun, and hesitated for a while. The two guards of the second prince suddenly stretched out their guns and crossed them in the air. , slammed on the flat mine. Immediately afterwards, several guns were put on, and at the same time, the flat land mine weighed only three or four catties. The long guns had exhausted their strength, and the flat land mine was shot high like a stone. A guard suddenly rushed forward and pinned down the second prince. The flat mine was shot less than one foot away, and there was a loud "boom".Fei Yu suddenly hissed and jumped up on the ground. I was also dizzy from the loud noise, and suddenly there was a "dang" sound in my chest. Flat mines exploded in our army! I took a closer look, and saw that the place where the flat land mine just exploded was the center, and the area was about ten feet away, and it was already dripping with blood.There are many iron flakes and stones in the flat land mine. Once it explodes, those iron flakes and stones will splash. The sound in my chest just now was a stone hitting my breastplate. The breastplate was dented by this stone. Fortunately, it was a stone. If it was a piece of iron, even the Black Moon Armor might not be able to stop it.Fei Yu was not so lucky, a piece of iron sliced ​​a big gash on his front leg, and blood kept flowing out.I didn't care about my distress, I got off my horse and shouted: "Zhen Yining!" The explosion was so sudden that the Imperial Army did not expect that such an incident would happen to its own side. In the place where the flat land mine exploded, dozens of soldiers were blown to pieces, and the soldiers who escaped by chance were also shocked. stunned.But the snake man didn't pause much, and immediately shot again, and many soldiers were cut off from their horses. At this time Cao Wendao came over and said, "Control, what happened?" He was behind me earlier, but he was not affected by the explosion of the mine.I didn't care about answering him, jumped off the horse, and shouted: "Your Highness! Zhen Yining! Where are you?" The horse on which the second prince was riding was blown to pieces by a land mine. I don't know if the second prince himself was also killed.If the second prince is killed, then my credit for setting fire to the Snake People's Army will be depleted.Although I still think about the credit, I am more worried about Zhen Yining.This mature young man is excellent in every aspect. To be honest, his status in my heart is far higher than that of the second prince. The snakemen on the periphery are still attacking desperately. The explosion just now made the snakemen's offensive setback, but now they are attacking more fiercely, while the morale of the imperial army has plummeted. It is already extremely low. Now it is just It's just for self-preservation. I stepped on the broken limbs on the ground, and my eyes couldn't help but shed tears.I don't know why Ren Ji did such a thing. It doesn't matter if he dies alone, but if he does this, he will also kill more than a thousand of us. At this time, someone suddenly whispered from my feet: "Save... save... life!" The man was covered in blood, and his face could not be seen clearly. Looking at his battle armor, he was one of the second prince's guards.I helped him up and said, "Fortunately, you are still alive, where is Your Highness?" He had countless wounds on his body. He must have been relatively close when the landmine exploded. He only struggled a bit, but couldn't speak anymore, and just pointed at a group of people.I didn't care about taking care of him anymore, I rushed over and pulled away the dead bodies above, and just dragged down two, but Zhen Yining's handsome face was revealed.His eyes were closed tightly, and there was some blood on his face. I was both surprised and happy, and shouted: "Zhen Yining!" and dragged him out. Zhen Yining was also very close to the flat mine when it exploded, but his body didn't have too many wounds, and a piece of iron was embedded in his shoulder.As soon as I pulled out the iron piece, blood gushed out from the wound.I exclaimed, tore off a piece of cloth to cover his wound, and said, "Zhen Yining, be stronger." Zhen Yining moved her body and said, "I'm fine, hurry... Hurry up and save His Highness!" At this time, the outermost soldiers couldn't stand it anymore, let out an exclamation, and retreated one after another.On the battlefield, if everyone does not retreat, they will often fight to the end, but if one person escapes, the soldiers who are determined to fight to the death will often flee with them, and the morale of the army will completely collapse.Originally, the soldiers still had the determination to fight to the death, but the flat mine exploded unexpectedly, which made the soldiers lose all fighting spirit, and they rushed to retreat one by one.I supported Zhen Yining and shouted: "Calm down! Calm down!" But at this moment, who would listen to my shout?The soldiers who hadn't died on the ground were also trampled on and screamed, blood splashed again. Listening to the sound, it almost felt like walking on muddy ground.It's just that what's under his feet at this time is not mud, but fiery blood. I supported Zhen Yining to the side, let him sit on Feiyu, and said, "Hurry up!" Zhen Yining was in better spirits, he looked at me and said, "Where is Your Highness?" "Now look after yourself!" I hit Fei Yu with a whip, and Fei Yu ran back with him.I panicked for a while, and said to myself: "I hope you can escape." The second prince must be found, but there is chaos now, and the snake man is chasing him with a sword and gun, and he will rush here soon.I gritted my teeth and shouted: "Running is a dead end, those who want to survive, stop!" In the chaos, Xing Tiefeng's voice also sounded: "Don't retreat! Anyone who retreats, behead!" His voice was not far from me.I raised my head and looked at him, only to see that his battle armor was already stained red with blood, and he looked majestic on the horse.Xing Tiefeng didn't show much all the time, if he wasn't a son of a noble family, he could only stand out from the crowd, but this time he was extremely effective in fighting, and he also faintly had the air of a general.He was sitting on a horse, with the head of an imperial soldier, presumably one who had just escaped, hanging from the end of his spear. War is like a furnace that can temper a man into steel.In the killing and fighting, we become stronger, perhaps, we also lose more things. A soldier shouted: "What kind of prestige is there at this time..." The soldier was brought by the second prince.He was probably used to being majestic, so he couldn't listen to Xing Tiefeng's words.Before he finished speaking, the gun in Xing Tiefeng's hand was thrust out suddenly, and a gun was piercing through his mouth. The soldier fell off his horse without even screaming.Xing Tiefeng said sharply: "Anyone who retreats will be killed immediately!" Looking at him, I shivered.Although Xing Tiefeng was a little too harsh, but at this time he did exactly the right thing.If we continue to flee in a chaotic manner, I am afraid that even the rear will be disrupted, and we will have no chance of survival.I turned on an unowned horse and shouted: "Stand still, don't take another step back!" Although we have been so purged, we are now on the verge of a complete defeat. We can only hold back the retreat, and the retreating soldiers are still a steady stream. The most important thing now is to find the second prince.I shouted, "Take the wounded soldiers off the ground immediately." I dare not bluntly ask them to find the second prince.Not many people know about the second prince's demise, so it's better not to let them know.I just yelled, but I saw someone yelling five or six steps ahead: "Come quickly... come and save Your Highness!" The man was covered in blood, and his whole body almost turned red.He had been crouching beside a pile of dead bodies before, but he suddenly stood up, like a ghost coming out of hell.He supported a person, who was also soaked in blood, and was looking here blankly. That is the second prince! I was overjoyed for a while, and a group of horses rushed over.As soon as I took a step forward, the snake man was already rushing towards me like a turbid current. I knew that I was in a state of urgency. As soon as I reached his side, I stretched out my hand from the horse and shouted: "Hold me!" I didn't dare to waste another moment, and I didn't get off the horse. While turning the horse's head around, I went to hold the second prince's hand.The second prince stretched out his hand in a daze, and suddenly, the person supporting him let out a scream, blood splashed out suddenly, the second prince slipped and fell on the pile of dead bodies again. A snake man with a sweeping knife rushed behind them. The guard was cut from the left shoulder to the right waist by the snake man, and a man was cut in half obliquely. From his body, the blood was no longer gushing out, but like falling Came out the same. My horse has turned around.Now there is only one chance, if you can't take the second prince away, then you have to die here too.I bent down from my horse and called out, "Your Highness!" The bodyguard's blood and internal organs were piled up in a pile, and the remains of people and horses were piled up together. I couldn't see anything clearly. I stared at the pile of dead bodies. Suddenly, a hand moved and stretched out. When I got up, I was so happy that I bent down and grabbed the hand. From the pile of corpses, a bloody man was pulled out by me.Just as I was about to straighten up, suddenly there was a sudden wind of saber, and the snake man's sweeping saber slashed at me again. Ordinary knives are only between two and three feet long, but sweeping knives can generally reach more than four feet.With such a long knife, the handle should not be too long, and it takes several times more effort to swing it than ordinary knives. Using this kind of knife requires extremely strong arm strength, so few people in the imperial army use sweeping knives, but The power of the snake man is enough to use.It's just that besides strength, skill is also very important to use the sweeping knife. The snake man's knife technique does not seem to be strong, but such a great power is no longer something ordinary people can resist.When its knife slashed at me, I couldn't turn back, I could only glance at its blade from the corner of my eye, and when I saw the right moment, I shot back. If this spear can stab the snake man's hand, then its sweeping knife will not be able to cut it out.It's just that the confusion is extremely high now, I saw it right, and just as the gun stabbed out, the horse under the seat slipped, I was jolted, the tip of the gun was in a mess, it could have stabbed the man's wrist, but now it just Flicked across the snake man's wrist.Although he also stabbed the snake man until his skin was broken and blood flowed, but the snake man's sweeping knife never fell to the ground. I didn't know well, but it was too late, I just heard the horse neighing and rushed forward.I was so pulled by this force that my whole body trembled and I almost fell off the horse.The sweeping knife sank a bit after being stabbed by my spear. Originally, the snake man slashed at my back, but this time it slashed at the horse's buttocks.Under the pain, the horse jumped up. I held the horse tightly, but I held on to the second prince's hand with one hand. I pulled him out of the pile of dead people. I didn't exhaust my strength, and he flew away. stand up. The horse just took a step, and fell to the ground again.I was still holding the spear in my right hand, and I slammed it on the ground. Before the horse fell to the ground, I jumped off the horse's back, swung my left hand, and carried the second prince on his back. I turned around and was about to leave. Someone in the pile of dead people shouted: "Help me! Help me!" The hoarse voice must be that there are still survivors in the pile of dead people.But at this moment, I couldn't protect myself, so I could only harden my heart and run away. As soon as I took two steps, Xing Tiefeng had already rushed to me. When I saw him, I felt that he was more friendly than ever before. I raised my head and shouted: "Xing Tiefeng..." Before I finished speaking, Xing Tiefeng spit on my face and cursed: "Bastard!" This unreasonable scolding made me furious.I am his officer, no matter what point he can't scold me, but this is not the time to lose his temper, I shouted: "Give me the horse!" "You left His Highness there!" Xing Tiefeng said, rushing over. Saved the wrong person?I was startled and looked back at the man on my back.The man's face was covered with blood, but it was still recognizable as Ren Ji.On the pile of dead people, a man was wielding a waist knife, and three or four snake men were approaching him. That person is the second prince!I just felt a "buzz" in my head, and I didn't know where I was.I actually rescued the wrong person, but now the snake man has rushed over, Xing Tiefeng is also blocked from rushing over, and I lost my horse again, what else can I do? I felt pain and remorse, and suddenly someone beside me shouted: "Controller, get on your horse!" That was Cao Wendao.He pulled an empty horse from nowhere, I looked at Ren Ji on the back, thought for a while, and then pulled him onto the horse's back and laid him across the saddle. Anyway, Ren Ji has been rescued, and I really can't do it if I want to throw him away.I jumped on the horse, and Cao Wendao shouted, "Go! An army of snake men is attacking the city. If we don't leave, we will be locked up outside the city!" I looked at Xing Tiefeng, he was rushing forward with a few soldiers, but now the snake man had the absolute upper hand, they charged once, and half of the soldiers around Xing Tiefeng lost, at this time they had turned their horses and prepared to attack. Fleeing away, the pile of dead people was also blocked by densely packed snake men. The second prince might have been cut into pieces by random blades, so it would be useless even if he rushed in front of him now. This is God's will.I let out a long sigh and called out to Cao Wendao, "Go!" The snake man attacked layer by layer.Now their offensives are becoming more and more organized, and there is some order between their advance and retreat, which makes it more difficult for us to deal with. We almost walked on dead bodies all the way. Every step we took, we could hear screams. Yes, also mixed with the screams of the snake man. The news of the second prince's defeat has not yet spread, and the morale of the soldiers is still high.If they hear that the second prince has died in battle, I don't know if they still have the courage to fight against the snake man.But no matter what, we were caught in this flow of people and gradually killed them out.I was at the end of the line, but since I was still riding a horse, I had rushed to the middle of the line when I reached the gate of the Snakeman camp. Many infantry fell behind because they couldn't keep up with our speed, and they let out a burst of panic from time to time. Call.As for the four large carts, they were miraculously intact, but each cart was packed with more than 60 people. As soon as I rushed out of the camp gate, I let out a long breath.Cao Wendao, who was beside me, probably heard my voice, turned his head and said, "Control, hurry up!" Outside the west gate of Dongping City, there were bursts of noise from afar.At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and looking around, the thousands of soldiers brought by the Qianfeng Battalion and the second prince were all in scattered armor, and their bodies were splashed with blood. No one will save them, and their life and death are only in their own hands.I let out a long sigh, but I heard someone shouting: "General Chu, General Chu!" That was Zhen Yining's voice!Surprised, I looked to the side.I saw my flying feather in the chaos army.The wound on Fei Yu's front leg was sloppily wrapped with a cloth horse, but he still did not lose his bravery. Zhen Yining hugged the horse's neck, and the horse was on the verge of falling. I added a whip and rushed to his side, saying: "Zhen Yining, are you OK?" Zhen Yining smiled and said: "It seems that he still won't die." He paused and said: "General Chu, it turns out that being injured is so uncomfortable." I smiled wryly, no matter what, we only need to charge another mile to escape.I urged the horse to go fast, and Ren Ji in front of the saddle was also shaken. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, looked at me, and sighed: "General Chu, save me!" do what?" I'm not trying to save you, but because you acted indiscriminately, causing me to save the wrong person!I wanted to scold him like that, but I couldn't bear to see him covered in injuries.I didn't answer him either, and kicked the horse's belly again, and said sharply, "Don't talk!" Although this horse is not as fast as Fei Yu, it is still a fast horse, and it can still run very fast with two people on it.In the twilight, the battlements of Dongping City have faintly appeared in the faint morning light.At the gate of the city, there was another flickering light of torches, presumably the Snakeman's partial division was attacking.Cao Wendao and I walked in the army with Zhen Yining in our arms, preventing him from falling off his horse.Because Zhen Yining followed me, he was also closer to Cao Wendao, and Cao Wendao seemed to appreciate this mature young man quite a bit. I called out, "Cao Wendao, can you see clearly whether the city gate is open or closed?" This group of Snakemen probably came to attack us after we successfully attacked the Snakeman camp, it doesn't look like it was premeditated.It is an excellent strategy to use troops to attack and save them. It seems that the leader of the snake people is really not easy.It's just that the leader never dreamed that our task was to rush forward to the camp, and there were still heavy troops stationed at the gate of the city, so we didn't need to be distracted. Their night attack was not as lucky as us, and it hit a snag.It's just that if the snake people attack the city, I don't know if we can guarantee that the city gate will remain open.If the gate of the city is closed, we will be flanked by front and rear attacks. Seeing that we have fled to the foot of Dongping City, we still cannot escape our lives. Cao Wendao didn't stop, looked forward and said: "I can't see clearly." Dongping City was getting closer and closer, and suddenly the soldiers in front uttered a scream, with crying in between, Cao Wendao turned his head and said: "Control, the door is closed! There is a snake man at the door!" My heart sank suddenly, and my throat felt hot, as if there was blood about to spit out.I suppressed the depression in my chest and shouted: "Don't panic! There won't be many snake people at the city gate, we still have thousands of people, let's wipe them all out!" It is still unknown whether I can wipe out all these snake people, but even if I die, I will fight to the death with a long spear.At this moment, I seemed to hear the vow of Marquis Wu to "die by the sword" in my ears. The number of those snake people was small, only about two hundred.I guessed right, this must have been sent out after the Snakeman was attacked, trying to disrupt our rear to relieve the crisis in the formation.Now, there are about 4,000 remnants of our army left. After calming down, Yang Yi's unit in front launched an attack. Naturally, the two hundred or so snake men were no opponents. They just resisted at the gate of the city for a while, jumped on The carriage backed away. If we pursue now, the two hundred snake men can be wiped out, but everyone has no fighting spirit and only wants to enter the city.Behind him, the snake man was still chasing him.The lagging soldiers probably knew that they would die, and after giving up the idea of ​​escape, the offensive was greatly boosted.Although this kind of offensive of flashing light can't last long, it makes the snake man unable to attack for a while.I don't know why the snake people follow them so lingeringly, maybe it's because our night attack made them suffer a lot, and they are angry and want to take revenge.But I waited for a while, but there was no sign of the team moving, but there were soldiers shouting and cursing again in front.Cao Wendao suddenly said in surprise: "Controlling, it seems that something has gone wrong, and the city gate has not been opened yet." The city gate is not open?I was very anxious, at this time, those big cars creaked up, and the first one was the one with a group of women.There are also many wounded soldiers sitting in this car. Although the woman in the car has never fought, her clothes are covered with blood.The driver was no longer the soldier I entrusted earlier, but a wounded soldier with a wounded right arm. Beside his seat, the little snake man who was tied up by Cao Wendao also sat across the seat perfectly.这伤兵虽然只有一条左臂可用，驭马之术却很高明，到了我边上，见队伍不再前进，叫道：“出什么事了？蛇人要杀来了，快走！” 有个士兵骂道：“乱什么乱，前面不开城门，我们大家一窝儿都是死，你急着投胎做什么？” 那士兵大概脾气也很坏，说得气急败坏，周围有人搭腔道：“是啊，我们出生入死，竟然到了自己城下还要被蛇人追上杀掉，那帮军官只知道饮酒作乐，谁管我们的死活？真他妈的，这仗还打什么打。” 这一阵话又引起了一阵骚动。我知道军心已乱，再下去自己先乱了，到时就算开城，大家争先恐后地冲进去，只怕会在城门引起堵塞，到时蛇人大队过来，便是高鹫城的旧事重演。我拍马上前，也不顾边上的抱怨，走到护城河边，向城上高声叫道：“前锋营统制楚休红在此，请邵将军开城！” 这是我能发出的最大声音了，一说完便有些上气不接下气。我不知道上面是不是有人听到，清了清嗓子正待再喊，却听得上面有人道：“蛇人就在你们身后，若开城，蛇人将会趁势杀入，楚将军你不知其中利害么？” 这声音正是邵风观的。这时周围的士兵一听城上有人答话，一下静了下来。我的话给了他们一线希望，虽然邵风观话意是不肯开城，但他们都没在意。 我叫道：“城外由我一力承担，保持按序入城，邵将军，这四千军人都是帝国的好男儿，你难道要寒了这些勇士为国出力之心么？” 我的话音刚落，有个粗嗓门在人群中痛哭起来，像是有传染的一样，周围一片哭声，当中还有女子的声音。我鼻子一酸，也觉眼眶湿润。这时，却听得有人叫道：“军人出征，便要有为国捐躯之心，难道还怕一死么？” 这声音有些熟，但我也记不起那是什么人。听他这么说，我仰头道：“军人为国捐躯，自是死而无憾。但若是见死不救，那又算什么军人呢？我等战死是小事，邵将军，日后你想起我们四千英魂，难道心中不会有愧么？” 我有些愤怒，说得也没了礼数。城上顿了顿，忽听得邵风观喝道：“诸葛方，你不要拦我，要是怪罪下来，有我一力承担，与你无关！” 这时，城门发出了“吱呀”的声音，吊桥也放了下来。城下的士兵一阵喧哗，我心中一喜，却听得邵风观高声道：“城下诸军听着，依序进城，有搅乱者，杀无赦！” 我马上也叫道：“前锋营的过来，让步兵先进城，若有抢先者，立诛之！” 我从来不说“杀无赦”“立诛之”这一类的话，只有在高鹫城破时说过一次，这时，大概是第二次吧。诸军发出了一声欢呼，步兵像一道洪流，向城门涌去。曹闻道与钱文义带着人过来，与我立在一边，杨易，邢铁风也过来站在我们对面，一起维持进城的秩序。甄以宁也想要留下来，被我让一个士兵带着他进去了。他受伤太重，留下来也没用，何况他骑着我的飞羽，我宁可自己战死，这匹万里挑一的好马实在不忍也没于战阵。 前锋营现在大概还剩八百余人，出来的一千一百人能有这么多生还，也足以让我自豪。此时这列长阵的最后还在与蛇人血战，不时发出惨叫，而前面的人却井井有条地入城，似乎对后面充耳不闻，真是奇怪。二太子带出的兵还有三千余，我看见路恭行垂头丧气地走在前面。二太子的死他大概知道了吧。 他们走了一半后，那辆满载女子的车也驶了进去，轮到几车伤兵，车子忽然向左右一分，停住了。我心中一惊，以为起了兵变，却见他们向我行了一礼，有个士兵叫道：“楚将军，你说得对，军人为国捐躯，自当死而无憾，我们愿与将军一起断后！” 我有些哭笑不得，那句话其实并不是我说的，而且他们一帮伤兵战意虽盛，又能有多少战力？我高声道：“大家之心，楚某感激不尽。留得青山在，不怕没柴烧，快进城吧，不要挡了后面的路。” 那士兵怆然一笑道：“我等入城，多已成了废人，还要人照顾，楚将军，不如由我们来作最后一战，也让他日后人说起，东平城外，有我等一些帝国的好男儿为国捐躯！” 他的话悲凉凄楚，鼓舞人心，我心头一热，勉强笑了笑道：“无谓的牺牲又有什么意义？你们快走，不要浪费时间。” 断后的，是陶昌时的狼兵。狼兵只剩了几十个人，不再有补充，他们更无余力阻挡，厮杀声一步近似一步，惨叫声也更响了，陶昌时却仍然在对着上千的蛇人死战不休。狼兵剩下的人马都已变成了红色，像从血中捞出似的。陶昌时向我请命断后，也确确实实做到了，到了这最后一刻，他仍然不愿退后。他如此力战，也许是为了洗刷东平城外一败之耻。 城外的士兵已进了四分之三，现在邢铁风与杨易的部队也已开始入城，我向陶昌时叫道：“陶将军，快快过来！” 如果我们不曾入城，蛇人便已杀到，那恐怕邵风观还是要关城门。陶昌时他们离我们还有百步左右，但这百步却像有百里之遥，已是事关生死。隔着这百步，我也不知他能不能听到。 快逃吧。I thought silently. 任吉忽然在我鞍前道：“楚将军，你还不进城去么？” 我不想回答他，但是顿了顿，还是道：“众生平等，我的命不比他们值钱。如果我能救出两个人，那我就是赚了。” 任吉为了刺杀二太子，不惜在自己营中引爆平地雷，我对他实在有些厌恶。但是看他伤得这样惨，也不忍多说。本来我是故意留他在马鞍上，要是我真的逃不过，也拉他做个垫背，但这么一说后，突然心中一阵惶惑，将他拉下马来，对曹闻道道：“你先进去吧。此人有行刺之罪，你带他去向邵将军自首。” 任吉勉勉强强地站着，忽然往地上吐了口唾沫，笑道：“楚将军，你是个好人。可惜啊。” 邢铁风那一部跟在杨易后面也过完了，他正带马要上吊桥。走过我时，他看见了任吉，怒道：“任吉！是你这王八蛋！” 他拍马过来，一枪便刺向任吉。我伸枪挡住，道：“邢铁风，准备进城！” 二太子的士兵已经尽数进城了，现在该我们进城。从城上也有人叫道：“快啊！快进来，蛇人要上来了！”邢铁风看了看我，脸也扭成一团，愤愤道：“楚休红，我知道你不是个好东西。” 任吉说我是个好人，邢铁风说我不是个好东西，而任吉又是行刺二太子的罪魁祸首，大概我真不是个好东西吧？我也没心思跟他多说，厉声道：“邢铁风，走！” 邢铁风悻悻地带马向城中跑去，曹闻道也带转马道：“楚将军，我们也进去吧。” “你们先走，陶昌时还没过来。” 曹闻道急道：“楚将军，火烧眉毛了，你当你是神仙啊，什么人都能救出来。” 我心头一热，叫道：“我身为前锋营主将，只要有一个部下未脱险，那我就不入城！” 我心中突然有了种自暴自弃的念头。我不知道我算不算个好人，我杀过人，也救过人，但是此时，我只想做一个人，做一个堂堂正正的人！