When Gu Qin heard what Xiao Ruxun said, he couldn't help but darken his face and threatened:
"General Xiao, as the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are heroes. My Prince Kuai has many soldiers and generals, and his troops are everywhere, and he is invincible. Now Zhongwei and all the cities in Lingzhou have been captured by Prince Kuai. With you, a small civilian,
Can the city still block Prince Chi's army? It is better to surrender as soon as possible to avoid the danger of war."
Xiao Ruxun was furious: "Who are you? How dare you gossip in front of me. Come, get my bow!"
"Gu Xiaoqi, run quickly, Xiao Shen's arrow skills are like a god!" Several soldiers following Gu Qin heard Xiao Ruxun's roar on the city wall, and quickly turned their horses and ran away. They still had some conscience, while
He ran and greeted Gu Qin.
"I don't believe in the magic of archery... Oh!" Before Gu Qin could finish his words, he saw a flash of white shadow in front of him, and a feather arrow accurately nailed his throat, and he fell off his horse with a grunt.
Got to the ground.
Xiao Ruxun shot Gu Qin with one arrow. Still unfinished, he raised his bow and fired arrows at the other rebels who were running away. Although those people ran one step first, they could not escape Xiao Ruxun's fast arrow.
Seven or eight rebels fell off their horses one by one, and only two of them ran out of the effective killing range of bows and arrows with injuries, so they managed to save their lives.
"Brother Xiao, what a magic arrow!" Su Hao, who was standing on the top of the city wall with Xiao Ruxun, couldn't help but clapped his hands as he watched Xiao Ruxun, with ease, shoot down the rebel soldiers who were running wildly on horseback.
Xiao Ruxun threw the bow back to his own soldiers and said with a disdainful smile: "A few young minions dared to come to Xiao to persuade him to surrender. They really ate the heart of a bear and swallowed the courage of a leopard. Don't.
It's just a small thing to say that Kuai Bai personally came with the troops, so why should Xiao be afraid of him?"
"With Brother Xiao's magic arrows, I can rest assured. Kuaibai doesn't have many soldiers under his command. I'm afraid that Brother Xiao can make Pinglu City impregnable with just one pot of arrows, right?" Su Hao smiled and complimented, in fact.
Above. What he was thinking about was whether it was necessary for his survey battalion to participate in the defense of the city. If the soldiers in Pinglu City were as good as Xiao Ruxun, even if there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it would not be enough to fill the trenches under the city.
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Xiao Ruxun stopped laughing and said seriously: "Instead, I shot and killed the envoy sent by Yiyun to persuade him to surrender. The next step is probably that Yiyun will launch a large-scale attack on the city. We have to make preparations quickly."
"It really pisses me off!"
When Yiyun saw the two soldiers who had escaped, he was so angry after listening to Xiao Ruxun's reply. Generally speaking, the rule of war is not to kill the enemy, but Xiao Ruxun was so angry with the few soldiers who were delivering the message.
, it is obvious that he wants to completely break up with Kuai Bai and not make any compromise.
"If General Wei Shen and Xiao Ruxun don't surrender, are we really going to attack the city?" Qian Zongguo, the commander under Wei Yun, asked.
Kuaiyun said: "Of course we have to attack. Didn't you listen to what my adoptive father said? The whole town of Ningxia must be pacified before the imperial army arrives. Now my eldest brother and Tu Wenxiu and others are going south to Zhongwei and the forts in Lingzhou. It depends on me.
If you can't take Pinglu City, what face do you have when you go back to see my adoptive father?"
Ma Zhengguo said: "Commander Yi, please forgive me for speaking frankly. You picked the North Road to pinglu the city, but you made the wrong choice. Xiao Ruxun is the most brave and good at fighting among the generals of the Ningxia Guard. He runs the army very strictly.
, it is also difficult for the sergeants under my command to fight. Among the 48 forts in Ningxia, Pinglu City is the most difficult to fight."
"Is there such a thing?" Kuaiyun was stunned. He had met Xiao Ruxun in the past and knew that Xiao Ruxun had some abilities. But he always believed that only his adoptive father Kuaibai was the strongest in Ningxia.
Even if the other generals had some skills, they could not compete with Kuai Bai's army. When Kuai Bai assigned tasks, Kuai Yun offered to lead his own troops to defeat Lu City because he wanted to show off his abilities. Kuai Bai knew that.
Xiao Ruxun was not easy to fight, so he specially assigned 2,000 of his most elite Cangtou soldiers to Kuaiyun. This was probably because he was determined to win.
"Now that the entire territory of Ningxia has been secured, there is only one Pinglu City left. I don't believe that Xiao Ruxun is made of steel poured into iron." Kuaiyun said, "Come here, pass my order and prepare the siege equipment.
Early tomorrow morning, attack Pinglu City!"
Early the next morning, five thousand rebels led by Yiyun arrived outside Pinglu City, set up camp, and set up military flags. Looking from the top of Pinglu City, they could only see a large area of enemy troops.
The sword is shining and the dust is flying.
"How many people are there here?" Su Hao stood at the top of the city, observing the enemy formation with a telescope, and muttered.
"That's about four to five thousand people." Xu Guangzu stood next to Su Hao and said in a disdainful tone.
"Bing Lao Xu, don't underestimate the enemy. What Kuai Yun brought here are Kuai Bai's direct descendants, as well as the private soldiers he raised, the Cang Tou Army. These soldiers are very capable of fighting in the entire Ningxia Guard." Xiao Ruxun.
said.
Su Hao asked: "Brother Xiao, are you saying that these soldiers are better than your men?"
Xiao Ruxun nodded and said: "It's not that I increase the prestige of the thieves and destroy my own ambition. My battalion of soldiers and horses has been well trained and is considered good among our Ming army. But when it comes to He Kuaibai's soldiers
In comparison, I still feel inferior."
"Oh, if you can get a compliment from Brother Xiao, you can die without any regrets, right?" Su Hao said with a smile.
Xiao Ruxun was amused by Su Hao: "In other words, now that there are many thieves and we are few, it's hard to say who will win and who will lose. It's too early for you to say this."
Chen Dao also held up the telescope and looked at it for a long time, and said: "General Xiao Shen, in our Pinglu City, the sergeants from the Pinglu Station, plus the soldiers from the Kanyu Camp, total almost 5,000 people. Kuaibai only sent 5,000 people.
Coming to attack the city is too much, isn't it? The two sides are one-on-one, and I can't defend the city with a fortified city?"
Xiao Ruxun said: "Based on Xiao's guess, Kuai Bai did not include the more than 2,000 men who were replaced, but only the troops of my Pinglu Station. To make a few people unhappy, my Ningxia border troops
The army has always been arrogant and has never paid attention to the mainland soldiers. I guess Kuaibai didn't even pay attention to the more than 2,000 people he brought here."
Su Hao said: "Then you deserve it. The price for underestimating Su is that he will die without a burial place."
While he was talking, Yiyun had already ordered the attack on the city. The war drums sounded, and the sound was frightening. The rebels divided into several groups and slowly approached Pinglu City. They were still a hundred steps away from the city wall.
, Su Hao and others standing on the top of the city wall could already feel the awe-inspiring murderous aura.
"Don't panic, everyone, wait until the thieves are close before shooting arrows!" Xiao Ruxun stood on the wall and commanded Ruoding. The sergeants of Pinglu Station hid behind the arrow stacks and looked at the enemy soldiers under the city through the arrow holes, with expressions on their faces.
There was no sign of panic.
Pinglu Station is located at the northernmost end of the Ningxia Guard. Every time the Tatars invade, Pinglu Station is the first to bear the brunt. The sergeants are no longer unfamiliar with this kind of battle to defend the city. The only difference is that the enemies under the city are
A few days ago, it was his own robe, but now the two sides are fighting to the death.
In contrast, the soldiers from the Kanyu camp who also came up to the city were not so calm. Some of them had a look of fear on their faces, and some of them were not afraid, but they were a little impatient. You could tell at a glance.
They are new recruits who have never been on the battlefield.
"Fire arrows!" Xiao Ruxun gave the order loudly when he saw that the enemy was within the effective shooting range.
The sergeants of Pinglu Station stood up together, drew their bows and fired arrows. For a moment, arrows rained down, flying towards the rebels below the city.
"Ploppap!"
Despite the shields, a considerable number of arrows hit the rebel soldiers. From time to time, some people in the team screamed and fell to the ground, and the blood dyed the loess under the city red.
The rebel archers also began to fight back. A large number of feather arrows flew towards the city, suppressing the soldiers on the city. The soldiers in the Pinglu Station also suffered casualties. Taking advantage of this time, the charging rebels accelerated their pace and rushed to the city.
Under the city wall, a series of ladders were set up, and mosquitoes began to climb the city.
The soldiers on the top of the city abandoned their bows and arrows, picked up large stones that had been prepared, and threw them down. Every time a stone fell, a rebel soldier would fall from the ladder with a bloody head, but the soldiers behind were like
It was as if he didn't know there was danger ahead, so he kept climbing up, hoping to reach the top of the city.
After all, Pinglu City is just a small military fortress. The city wall is only more than ten feet high. If ordinary people climb faster, it only takes a few seconds to climb up. On the city wall, a crenel can accommodate the defenders.
It was very limited. If three or four people were defending at the same time, it seemed like they were constraining each other. The rebels set up dozens of ladders at the same time, and kept shooting at the soldiers defending the city wall with bows and arrows. In just a moment, there were already
Several city wall battlements were lost, and rebel soldiers poured into the city from the battlements one after another.
"Come on, drive the thieves down from the city!" Xiao Ruxun waved his sword and took the lead, rushing towards dangerous places. The enemy and we started a fierce battle on the city wall, with swords and swords flying, blood and flesh flying everywhere, shouts and screams,
The moans were endless.
While the troops at Pinglu Station were bravely defending the city, Su Hao, Xu Guangzu, Chen Dao and others stayed aside to watch the battle. The 400 Kanyu camp soldiers held flintlock guns in their hands, ready to obey orders and join the battle group at any time.
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"Uncle Xu, it's our turn, right?" Su Hao looked at the dangers on the city wall, his hands were sweating, and he kept asking Xu Guangzu for instructions. Before the war, they had an agreement that the reconnaissance camp would participate in the war.
The timing must be determined by Xu Guangzu or Xiao Ruxun, because after all, Su Hao still has no actual combat experience, and blindly commanding will miss the big deal.
Xu Guangzu kept observing everything on the city wall. When he heard Su Hao's words, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry, General Xiao can still stabilize the situation. We won't be needed until we are needed."
"But, we have firearms in our hands. If we go up, we can repel the rebels from the city wall in one round, and the brothers from the Pinglu Station will not have to fight bloody battles." Su Hao said, looking at the men lying in a pool of blood.
In the meantime, he only felt heartbroken.
Xu Guangzu still shook his head and said: "This is just the beginning. If our strength is exposed at this time, more people will die in the future. There is no one who will not die in a war. Don't be impatient. You will definitely do it later."
There will be an opportunity for us to show off our magical powers." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.