Although Zhang Yanling and others used the narrow city gates and the soldiers' superb martial arts and powerful firearms to inflict heavy casualties and frighten the rebels. However, the number of the opponent's soldiers and horses was too many, and it was necessary to rely on more than a dozen people to block these rebels.
People are unrealistic.
The rebel soldiers had no choice but to retreat. Although they knew the danger, they still had to rush forward one after another.
In other words, no matter whether the soldiers at the front are willing or not, the flow of people behind them will push them forward. Naturally, they are not willing to be killed by the other side, so they are also frantically attacking the other side with the weapons in their hands.
Although the dozen or so people under Zhang Yanling are elites, they are already a little tired from the long battle. Moreover, they have been hiding here and there since they entered the city and have not had a good rest.
At this moment, even if there are thousands of pigs waiting to be slaughtered on the opposite side, it will take a lot of energy to kill them all. Not to mention pigs that can fight back and bite people with sharp teeth. If you are not careful, you will be killed by them.
Take a bite.
All the remaining guards, including Chen Shiyi, were all injured. Some were injured in more than one place, and they were covered in blood and struggled to hold on.
The soldiers on the other side also gradually found the doorway. The enemy soldiers who rushed into the city gate now all used long spears. With long spears, not only the soldiers in the first row could fight, but also the second row and even the third row behind them.
All the soldiers could poke out their spears from the waist gaps of the people in front of them and stab them randomly.
Therefore, in front of the defense line composed of Chen Shiyi and his personal guards, there were often rows of spear points shaking, and dozens of spears stabbing at the same time. Each person had to deal with more than one person's attack.
Chen Shiyi was shot in the thigh and was bleeding profusely. Because Chen Shiyi stood in the middle position, not only protecting Zhang Yanling behind him, but also helping the brothers beside him to reduce the pressure from time to time. It was inevitable
A flaw was exposed, so he was attacked by surprise.
The injury on his leg was bleeding, and Chen Shiyi had difficulty moving.
Zhang Yanling's original intention was just to use the narrow city gate to delay. Even if he delayed for a moment, he might wait until reinforcements arrived.
However, under the current circumstances, Zhang Yanling knew in her heart that she might not be able to hold on for long.
A spear came and almost hit the slow-moving Chen Shiyi in the chest. Fortunately, a guard next to him blocked it, and Zhang Yanling fired a shot, knocking over three or four enemies in front of Chen Shiyi.
"Brother Chen, please step back and bandage the wound. I'll cover it." Zhang Yanling shouted loudly. He knew that Chen Shiyi could hardly hold on any longer.
Chen Shiyi didn't care at all. He chopped down an enemy who was rushing forward with his long knife and shouted loudly: "Don't worry, Mr. Marquis, your humble position will not interfere with it. If you fight with the bastards, you will die here today."
Zhang Yanling was extremely anxious because he could see that Chen Shiyi had lost a lot of blood and had to deal with the wound immediately. But after Chen Shiyi retreated, the defense line was in danger. Chen Shiyi could block several people by himself. With him here,
Only then can I endure it.
It seems that we have to retreat. If we don't retreat now, everyone is afraid that they will be blamed here. Although I am extremely reluctant, if I use the lives of Chen Shiyi and others to delay time, even if I can capture Ningxia City,
That is what Zhang Yanling is absolutely unwilling to do.
In the battle of Dushi City, almost all the two hundred brothers of Nanzhen Fusi brought by Zhang Yanling were killed. Zhang Yanling has been blaming himself for a long time. Zhang Yanling will never let those closest to him and the most trusting men who follow him
You can risk your life easily. Unless you have no choice, you must not do this. If Chen Shiyi dies here, Zhang Yanling will not be able to forgive herself.
"General Chen, immediately step back and bandage your wounds and prepare to retreat." Zhang Yanling shouted.
"Master Hou!" Chen Shiyi shouted loudly.
"This is an order!" Zhang Yanling roared.
Chen Shiyi had no choice but to endure the severe pain in his leg and backed away. Zhang Yanling killed the two men with a blast and stepped forward to fill the gap.
"Protect the marquis on both sides." Chen Shiyi gasped and shouted. Several personal guards agreed with hoarse throats. Chen Shiyi leaned against the hot wall tiles, tore the pants on his legs, and took out the golden sore medicine from his arms.
Quickly apply medicine and bandage with gauze.
After Zhang Yanling reached the gap, he was immediately attacked wildly. The rebel soldiers all hated Zhang Yanling. This man hid behind and shot countless people with firecrackers, which was a great threat. There was a guy with strong martial arts before.
I was blocking him in front, but at this moment, this guy actually came forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Naturally, he frantically attacked Zhang Yanling with his spear.
Zhang Yanling's martial arts skills were mediocre, and he could barely hold on with the help of his bodyguards. The firegun in his hand did not stop, but almost touched the forehead of the enemy on the opposite side and started bombarding him. The rebel soldiers' flesh and blood were flying everywhere from the bombardment, and they screamed in agony.
After a few breaths, the arm of a guard on Zhang Yanling's right was stabbed by a spear again. He could hardly hold the blunderbuss in his hand. He could not block the spear on the side for Zhang Yanling. When Zhang Yanling raised the blunderbuss to shoot,
A spear that came like a poisonous snake stabbed Zhang Yanling in the shoulder.
Under the severe pain, the gun in Zhang Yanling's hand almost fell off. He quickly fired a shot with his left hand, temporarily easing the danger. But the blood from his right arm rushed down the arm, and the entire arm was stained with blood in an instant.
"Master Hou is injured." Someone exclaimed.
Chen Shi rushed forward, pulled Zhang Yanling behind him, and blocked him in front of him.
"Where is the injury? Does it matter? Quickly bandage the Marquis." Chen Shiyi yelled.
Zhang Yanling waved her hand and shouted: "Retreat immediately! The plan is cancelled!"
"Master Marquis, we can still withstand it. We finally captured the city gate..." Chen Shiyi shouted.
Zhang Yanling gritted his teeth and shouted: "This is an order! Get out!"
Chen Shiyi roared angrily, swept the steel knife in his hand, split open the two thrusting spears, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, kill and retreat at the same time."
After hearing this, all the personal guards retreated one after another. They fought and retreated out of the city. After only a dozen steps back, they arrived at the city gate. Just a few more steps back and they were already outside the city gate. That also meant that
Completely losing control of the city gate.
Zhang Yanling endured the severe pain and loaded the bullet, suppressed the enemy with a fire gun with his left hand, covered the guards and retreated to the vicinity of the city gate, and he had actually stepped outside the city gate.
Fires were soaring overhead, the towers were burning, and smoke and sparks were flying like rain. In front of them was the dark enemy, and the ears were filled with screams, fighting, the sound of burning flames, and the violent breathing of the people around them.
At that moment, Zhang Yanling was in a trance. It felt like all this was quite unreal.
Zhang Yanling had to admit that the plan failed. If the plan failed, Ningxia City might not be able to be attacked. His three thousand cavalry were not in great danger, and they could still fight on the north bank of Lingzhou. But the people in this city
What should we do? Zhu Qingyi, Qiu Yue and the others are afraid that none of them will survive.
A feeling of frustration and self-blame began to fill my heart. I was still too trusting. This plan was extremely risky. I was not fully prepared.
Even if you bring at least more golden melons, you can turn the situation around. In this kind of battle, golden melons are much better than blunderbuss. They can also delay the battle for some time.
Or perhaps, he should have considered the possibility that the cavalry could not arrive on time and had a backup plan. Or at least he should have waited until Zhang Yin and the others arrived before taking action.
But some things are really difficult to fully consider, as there are changes everywhere. For example, the fact that he was raided as soon as he entered the city was an unexpected surprise that Zhang Yanling did not expect at all.
Someone then revealed his whereabouts. As a result, he could have had two or three days to make good preparations with Qiu Yue, but he had to spend the time hiding and being cautious.
In short, I am still too impatient and do not consider things carefully enough. This is a lesson, perhaps a bloody lesson.
A wave of dizziness hit, and Zhang Yanling felt his eyes going dark. He knew that this was a sign that he was bleeding too fast. He had to bandage the wound as soon as possible to stop the bleeding.
"Quickly pull it!" Zhang Yanling shouted hoarsely at Chen Shiyi and others who were fighting in the doorway.
But his words seemed to have disappeared. Even he himself did not hear the sound. Not only that, the surrounding shouts of killing were suddenly covered up by a dull roar. At the same time, the ground seemed to be shaking violently.
The sound of mountains roaring and tsunami screaming for death could be heard in my ears.
Everyone felt all this and showed shocked expressions. For a moment, Zhang Yanling thought that she was hallucinating due to excessive blood loss.
"It's reinforcements, Lord Marquis, Zhang Yin and the others have arrived." Chen Shiyi suddenly showed a surprised expression and shouted loudly.
Zhang Yanling turned his head, and he saw the rushing black shadows in the distance. He saw the flash of armor illuminated by the firelight at the top of the city.
That was the roar of the hooves of the war horses, and the cry of the three thousand cavalrymen galloping towards them. At the last moment, they finally arrived.
"Kill!" Zhang Yanling became energetic and roared, firing a shot.
Chen Shiyi and his dozen or so personal guards also seemed to have been given a shot of blood. They were filled with strength that they didn't know where they were coming from, and they began to kill fiercely. They stood firmly at the door.
In just a dozen breaths, it seemed like time had frozen.
The cavalry stepped onto the suspension bridge, and the horses rushed over in the face of the scorching heat. Zhang Yanling and others immediately withdrew from the city gate and hid aside.
The cavalry rushed into the city gate like a torrent, and the huge impact caused chilling sounds of broken bones and cries of ghosts and wolves howling in the city gate. Obviously in order to rescue, the cavalry of the Zhenwei Battalion adopted a direct charge to attack, and they fought head-on.
Crash into the opponent's formation.
After the men fell onto their backs, there was the sound of swords and swords clashing. A large number of cavalry charged in forcefully, and all obstacles in the doorway, including living, dead, and half-dead enemies, turned into mud balls under the trampling of iron hoofs.
This is the power of cavalry!
This is the power of charge!
All the flesh and blood in the city gate hole were soon washed out by the torrent of cavalry like garbage blocking the ditch, and the flow was smooth.
Zhang Yanling leaned on the outside of the city wall and gasped for air. Chen Shiyi poured the entire can of first aid powder into the huge wound on Zhang Yanling's shoulder and wrapped it tightly with gauze.
"Master Hou, the general deserves to die! You're late. Master Hou, are you okay?" Zhang Yin's voice came from the suspension bridge.
Chen Shiyi scolded: "You bastard, how did you get here? The Marquis almost died in your hands."
Zhang Yin dismounted his horse and galloped over, shouting: "The last general deserves to die, the last general deserves to die. Please punish me, Lord Marquis."
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "Don't listen to him, you came at the right time. Hurry up and lead the army into the city, occupy the four cities, and eliminate the rebels."