The cheers on the city walls grew louder and louder. Soon, the soldiers responsible for defending the other three city walls also got the news of the victory and joined in, pushing the happy atmosphere to the climax. They defended Liyang, and they turned the entire world around.
The battle situation. Although half a month ago, they were still a weak brigade that had just been included in the order of imperial troops. But after this battle, the name of Xiongwu Camp Xiaoguo will be resounded throughout the Sui Dynasty together with the city below.
Cavalrymen kept rushing out of the smoke and dust, mercilessly cutting down the collapsed rebels to the ground. The rebels who had lost their fighting spirit either dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground and begged for their lives, or walked away crying and running away. No one
No matter how courageous they must be to resist, no one will worry about the food in the city anymore. If the cheerers on the city wall and the escapees below the city carefully observe the situation on the battlefield, everyone will be surprised to find that the number of cavalry is far less than they imagined.
.Although the dust and smoke brought up by the horses' hooves shot straight into the sky, the horses rushing out on the smoke became increasingly rare.
"It's a bit strange!" Yuwen Shiji walked to Li Xu and whispered. After calming down from the initial excitement, he finally discovered that the number of cavalry under the city was actually less than one-tenth of the number of defeated soldiers.
"It's not the reinforcements, it's the brothers we left on the road!" Li Xu put away the black knife and deliberately lowered his voice very low. The number of reinforcements may be less than five thousand, and they are all cavalry. Accompanying the cavalry in pursuing the enemy, there are
There are many horses with empty saddles. Looking at the entire Sui Dynasty, there is only one team that maintains this weird ratio of fewer people than horses, and that is the Xiongwu Camp under his command. A few days ago, he and Yu Wenshi and the soldiers rushed to Liyang for thousands of miles.
The exhausted soldiers and horses were all abandoned at the inns along the way and handed over to the other general Murong Luo to take care of them. Calculating the time, the brothers arrived just in time.
"You said, you said General Murong is leading our old, weak, sick and disabled people below the city!" Yu Wenshiji pointed at the defeated army in the distance and widened his blood-red eyes. Suddenly, he began to laugh loudly, beat his chest and burst into tears.
The blood flowed down, making the blood on his face white and red. "Li Mi, Li Mi just bought a piece of tofu and killed him." He laughed and cried. "What's so talented, what's famous all over the world, bullshit, it's all blown out."
Yes, it was all fucking blown out!"
He was praised by the late Chu Gong Yang Su when he was young, and has been a role model for the children of the Sui Dynasty family for many years. He read with a corner and his mind is in a ditch. Faced with such an opponent, Yu Wenshiji said that he was not afraid, which was just pretending.
He came out to comfort the soldiers under his command. When he found out that he had finally defeated his role model for many years, and that guy was just a silver-like wax gunhead who was just trying to gain fame, the feeling in his heart could not be described as just happiness.
"It's dark, they are already at the end of their war effort, but they didn't expect that our people would come to kill them at this time." Xuzi smiled tiredly and responded in a low voice. The reputation of his opponent did not bring much pressure to him, so
, at this time, he was able to see more clearly the key to the enemy's failure.
The rebels had been worried about the arrival of reinforcements from the Sui Dynasty, so their scouts focused all their attention on the main force led by General Yu Wenshu, ignoring the threat from the northwest. When Murong Luo led Xiongwu
When the brothers who were left behind in the battalion rushed into the battlefield with lightning speed, the rebels who were tired and hungry after fighting for a whole day certainly had no time to consider whether this team was the main force of the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, they
It inevitably collapsed, completely.
The factors that win the war are not only the use of troops, but also sometimes a little luck. Undoubtedly, all the good luck today fell on the Xiongwu Camp. For those who try to collude with foreign enemies and destroy their own country, there may be gods in the dark.
I also think his conduct is despicable.
"Should we pursue him or not?" Yu Wenshiji smiled enough, wiped his face, and asked again. It will probably take another one or two days for the official reinforcements to arrive. If we don't take this opportunity to kill Li Mi to death, I'm afraid he will be shocked from the shock.
After he calms down, this shameless guy will gather his troops again to cause trouble for everyone.
"I want to chase, but how can we get out of the city?" Xuzi shrugged and responded to Yuwen Shiji's question with a wry smile. He knew what Yuwen Shiji was worried about, but all four gates of Liyang City were closed last night.
They were blocked with sandbags. Although the brothers stationed on the south and north walls were well established at this time, it was not an easy task to dispatch them.
"You just need to allow them to go out of the city to pursue and kill, and grab the credit. As for how to get out of the city, they will figure it out themselves!" Yu Wenshiji smiled mysteriously and gave instructions.
Li Xu knew that Yu Wenshi had a lot of tricks up his sleeve, so he couldn't miss this opportunity. He had to give military orders with a try attitude. The order flags asking the defenders of the north and south cities to "leave the city to pursue escape" were tied to the flagpoles and raised high.
It rose up. The cheers on the north and south walls suddenly stopped, and then louder cheers rang out again. Soon, Asahi, who dragged his tired body up to the highest floor of the enemy tower, saw what happened on the north and south walls.
In a shocking scene, the soldiers quickly transferred the ropes tied to the inner city wall to the outer city wall. Then, some soldiers slipped down from the top of the city, ran to the west of the city, and carried away the ladder abandoned by the rebels. Then, the defenders of the brigade followed suit.
Using ladders and ropes, they filed down.
"You stay and defend the city while I go out to take a look!" Li Xu glanced at Yuwen Shiji with admiration on his face. Then he grabbed his weapon and ran down the stairs quickly. When he brought more than twenty people back
When the soldiers who could walk arrived at the city along the Yuliang Avenue built by the rebels, captains Cui Qian and Li Mengchang were already waiting in line outside the west city with two thousand of their strongest soldiers.
"You two lead the chase, be careful not to fall into the enemy's trap!" Xuzi glanced at the faces of the brothers and ordered loudly. "Yes! The final general will definitely live up to his orders!" Cui and Li Er Er
The man agreed, led his soldiers, and rushed into the distance, shouting all the way.
"Let's go chase it too!" Xuzi dragged his exhausted body and turned back to Zhang Xiu and others. Generals at his level no longer need to collect heads to accumulate military exploits. But he no longer "sends off" in person.
"Li Mi's journey made Xu Zi feel uneasy after all.
Zhang Xiu nodded and followed the general with his brothers. The sky had not yet completely darkened, and their team, covered in blood but with high morale, looked very eye-catching in the glow. Soon, some cavalry discovered their home.
General, everyone cheered and gathered around Li Xu, leading a few horses with empty saddles along the way.
"The general is here, the general is here to greet you all!" The cavalry excitedly spread the news throughout the battlefield.
"See General Lee!"
"I've seen the General!" Officers kept coming to meet Li Xu, bringing more empty-saddled mounts. From officers to soldiers, everyone's face was filled with admiration. General Li was a man who was good at creating miracles.
, he made one in Liaodong and another outside Liyang City. As for today's victory, although Murong Luo was not the last straw to crush the enemy, the soldiers instinctively attributed most of the credit to
On Asahi's head.
More than 200 horsemen gradually gathered around him. Li Xu jumped on his horse, turned around and clasped his fists towards Liyang City, making a "please" gesture. Then he rode in pursuit of the enemy in the direction of their retreat.
"When did this kid become so greedy for merit?" Yuwen Shiji smiled and shook his head, slowly walking down the watchtower. This was a great victory. After the rebellion was over, what would be in front of Xuzi and him?
An extremely brilliant golden avenue. He created this with his own hands, without relying on any influence of the Yuwen family. He wiped his face again and raised his head proudly.
The situation on the battlefield was very chaotic, with rebels crawling on the ground everywhere, east and west, waiting to be slaughtered. Small groups of cavalry rushed past these guys who had lost the courage to resist, and no one stopped to contain them.
Prisoners. If a prisoner unfortunately blocked their way, the cavalry would immediately use their swords and horse hooves to clear a path. Those who were massacred would cry and escape further, running a few steps,
When he found that there were no horse hooves chasing him, his legs became weak and he fell to his knees with a plop again.
After chasing for about half a stick of incense, Li Mengchang's flag appeared in Xuzi's sight. The horses could not leave the city, and the brothers who had changed from cavalry to infantry were not walking very fast, and the order was very chaotic. They found a group of people standing still.
In the field, the rebels had no masters. Then, more than two hundred soldiers carrying different weapons separated from Li Mengchang's banner, surrounded the defeated soldiers, and ordered them to put down their weapons and kneel down. Immediately afterwards
, a shocking scene happened in front of Asahi's eyes.
The brothers of the Xiongwu Camp wielded their weapons and massacred the newly surrendered people. They did not hesitate to use kitchen knives, sharpened sticks, spears picked up from the battlefield, and horizontal knives to stab each other's bodies. When the other party cried,
Killing them while shouting for mercy, then sawing off their bloody heads with a sharp blade, and throwing them into prepared straw bags like collecting property.
The massacred rebels did not dare to resist, and fled in all directions, crying loudly. The brothers from the Xiongwu Camp who had been prepared for a long time surrounded them and knocked them down one by one with arrows and spears in the red dusk. At this moment, Tianhe
The ground was red, and the eyes of every murderer were also dancing red. They flashed and flashed, just like the wolves that appeared on the grassland after dark.
"Stop, who told you to do this!" Li Xu was so heartbroken that he rushed forward and yelled to stop.
"Oh, what are you shouting about? Are you pretending to be compassionate? If we don't kill them, how can we get away with it and take credit for it? Ah!" A new recruit from the Xiongwu Camp wearing canvas armor retorted loudly with his back to Li Xu.
It was too late to enter the camp, and he hadn't had time to get familiar with the commander's voice. Therefore, he directly regarded Li Xu behind him as a soft-hearted recruit.
"General Lang orders you to stop!" Wang Qijin swung his riding whip and hit him all over the head and face. The huge force on the tip of the whip drove the recruit's body around half a circle and knocked him over heavily in a pool of blood. "General Lang."
Your Majesty has an order, please don't kill indiscriminately!" Among the cavalry, Zhang Xiu's tired order came again. This time, everyone heard it clearly, and stood blankly beside a pile of corpses holding bloody weapons.
The cavalry quickly stepped forward and formed a large circle. The busy murderer and the murdered person who was crying and begging for mercy were all restrained. Some people took off their bloody bags from their backs and quietly threw them to the ground. Some people were still angry.
It was unfair, but seeing the anger in Li Xu's eyes and the swords raised high by the cavalry, he had to lower his head.
"Who, who told you to do this?" Li Xu pointed his riding crop at his brothers and roared angrily. Most of these people were recruits who had just joined the Xiongwu Camp. They also wore the same canvas as the rebels.
They have perfect armors and a variety of weapons in their hands. If you don't distinguish them carefully, you can't tell the difference between them and the rebels. They have the same yellow and rough faces, the same waist that is a little tired from life, and the same confusion.
Flashing cunning eyes.
Forced by the general's reputation, the soldiers did not dare to talk back. However, they were not convinced and crushed their feet hard on the mud, digging out small pits. The plasma of the killed gathered together and condensed into
The small depressions are so bright and red that it makes people’s eyes burn.
"They are here to atone for their sins!" Li Mengchang, who realized that something was wrong, ran over quietly and got behind Xuzi's horse to report. He did not think that killing prisoners was a sin. Nowadays, the number of soldiers surrendered in the Xiongwu Camp is veterans.
Several times, only through killing can the surrendered soldiers completely release the anxiety and hostility in their hearts. Only through blood can the recruits and veterans be firmly bonded to each other.
As for those innocent people who were killed, they were just the victims and glue that had to be paid in the process of the rise of Xiongwuying.
"Atonement?" Xuzi suddenly found that this word was familiar to him. A long time ago, the victor on the grassland did the same thing after catching the defeated.
Even not long ago, he personally supervised the execution of Yuan Wuben who was defeated and surrendered.
It's just that the first two massacres were grand and mysterious, but this one was far from simple and rough.
"Are you willing to atone for your sins?" In a daze, Li Xu heard a voice thundering in his ears. He saw boundless blood rushing towards him between the heaven and the earth, wet and sticky, and he could not breathe. (Unfinished)