Three thousand dead soldiers from the East China Sea entered the city from the west gate, occupied the city gate and defended it to death.
Li Xing was awakened from his sweet dream. He was stunned for a long time before he realized what was going on. Then he immediately gathered the city defense troops to recapture the lost city gate from Li Xingzai's hands.
Although the army was transferred to attack the Eastern Navy, Yangzhou's city defense was empty, but this was only relatively speaking. Compared with the three thousand dead soldiers in Li Xingzai's hands, Yangzhou's soldiers were still countless.
So for Li Xingzai, the situation is not optimistic.
Li Xing personally went into battle.
The defenders of Yangzhou City were ordered to launch a fierce attack on Li Xing, and Li Xingzai must be driven out and killed no matter the cost.
The two sides fought fiercely at night. Yangzhou soldiers rushed forward like a tide, but were blocked layer by layer.
Ma Chao charged in the front line, and Li Xingzai commanded from the center. The two cooperated fully, and the soldiers under his command fought desperately and blocked one round of strong attacks after another.
But such a bloody battle is naturally accompanied by tragic casualties. Although everyone in the Eastern Navy strives to be first and brave, they are rushing towards death one after another.
Li Xingzai frowned, and his mood became increasingly heavy. With 3,000 men marching in a hurry, although they raced against time to get to Yangzhou City and successfully opened the city gate, it was indeed risky to hold the gap with 3,000 men.
Looking at the situation in front of me, I can't hold on for long, and I don't know when Qi Jiguang will arrive. If he loses the city gate before he arrives, then all the hard work and racking his brains to play the big picture will be nothing more than merit in the end.
Due to the collapse, the bamboo basket was in vain.
However, it is useless to think about these things at the moment. At this point, there is no other way but to hold on.
Li Xingzai gave up command and joined the battle himself. As a result, the morale of the Eastern Navy was greatly boosted, and the enemy's charge was once again blocked.
Li Xing spotted Li Xingzai at a glance, and he was really offended. When he saw Li Xingzai, his eyes burst into flames.
"Set the arrows, shoot the arrows, and don't let anyone go."
Three thousand people dared to attack my Yangzhou City, so they didn't take me seriously. Li Xing was also cruel in his heart, wondering how did Li Xingzai come and die here.
The flying arrows rained down on the Donghai Navy. The Donghai Navy used local materials and used shields discarded from the city gate to resist. Even so, the damage was disastrous.
People kept falling in front of Li Xingzai, and some people didn't even have time to cry out before they died.
Thanks to the good soldiers trained by Qi Jiguang, even in this situation, they still refused to retreat. They fought on the corpses of their comrades, their blood mixed with the blood of the enemy, but still no one retreated.
Li Xingzai felt heroic in his chest, and suddenly roared, saying:
"My sons, come and fight with me. Even if you become ghosts, I will lead you to kill another hundred thousand ghost soldiers."
"Roar."
The dead soldiers of Donghai roared in response, and for a moment they were so angry that even the countless Yangzhou city defense troops were overwhelmed.
Ma Chao felt that he should do something. He drew his bow and arrow, aimed at Li Xing in the crowd, and shot an arrow at Li Xing like a star chasing the moon.
Li Xing's heart was so excited that he almost fell to the ground in fright. Fortunately, the personal guards sacrificed their lives to protect him, and one person blocked the arrow with his body.
The expression on Ma Chao's face remained unchanged, he drew his bow again, and another arrow flew towards Li Xing.
In a short moment, he fired seven arrows in a row and killed seven people. If his shoulders had not been unable to withstand the gravity, he could have slaughtered all Li Xing's personal guards with one bow and one man.
Li Xing gasped, Li Xingzai really had some fierce men under his command.
Facing the ferocious Donghai Navy, Li Xing launched a more violent attack. Even if he piled corpses, he would eliminate Li Xingzai.
Manpower is sometimes scarce, and when faced with an enemy several times larger than one's own, sacrifice is inevitable. Large areas of people died, and large areas of brothers fell in front of them. This battle lasted from night to dawn, and when the white fish belly appeared in the east
At that time, there were less than a hundred soldiers standing beside Li Xingzai.
From three thousand people there was a fierce battle until only a hundred people were left. Li Xingzai, Ma Chao, and Xu Wentian were all wounded.
By this time, Li Xing slowed down his attack. There was really nothing left to fight. One more round of strong attacks would wipe out the enemy.
Li Xingzai leaned on the Overlord's Golden Gun and looked around. He was surrounded by dead brothers. Even the living ones looked haggard. This group of people had been fighting all the way from Luofeng City until now. They were already exhausted mentally and physically.
Now, it all depends on the willpower in my heart.
What remains unchanged is their fiery eyes, which tells the enemy that they still want to fight and they are still not willing to admit defeat.
Faced with this scene, Li Xingzai suddenly burst into laughter. He pointed his Overlord Spear at Li Xing and said:
"Do you dare to let your horse go and fight with me?"
We are all members of the Li family, with the same warlike blood flowing in our bodies. To be honest, the empire has evolved into the situation it is today, which neither Li Xing nor Li Xingzai wants to see.
Facing the ferocious-looking Li Xingzai, Li Xing sighed softly and said, "My good nephew, you can go on your way with peace of mind. I will take care of the old mountains and rivers."
The empire was destroyed at the hands of the Li family, and of course it was up to the Li family to clean things up. But in the end, it was Li Xing or Li Xingzai who represented the empire in the decisive battle with Nohara Huo. In fact, there was no big difference.
Thinking of this, the golden gun in Li Xingzai's hand slowly dropped, and a wave of fatigue surged from deep in his heart.
"I have something to say, please listen carefully." Li Xingzai said.
Li Xing nodded slowly, he really wanted to hear Li Xingzai's last words.
"The Li family is guilty of the whole world, because we have already killed too many people." Li Xingzai opened the dead bodies on the ground. Some of them were from the Eastern Navy, and some were from the Jiangnan soldiers. They were equally young and equally tired. There was not much difference except for the clothes on their bodies.
"I just hope that one day, so many people won't have to die. The Li family owes the world, and it's up to us to pay it back slowly." As he said that, Li Xingzai suddenly raised his voice: "After my death, the Eastern Navy will no longer be able to fight with the Jiangnan soldiers.
As enemies, everyone can serve Jiangnan as much as possible. I only hope that the empire will not fall into the hands of foreigners, and that the people of the world will live in peace."
"The Li family indeed owes the world a lot." Li Xing also raised his voice: "After I die, it will be the same. We can no longer be enemies of Donghai. You can all work for Donghai to calm the world."
"Undecided." Li Xingzai raised his head, his eyes as firm as iron.
Li Xing was stunned, suddenly feeling like he had been deceived. Did he underestimate his nephew? He was someone who would never give up easily until he played all the last cards.
Did he really admit defeat?
Suddenly, the sound of horse hoofbeats came from far and near, and a large army rushed quickly outside the city gate, approaching Yangzhou City.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Someone reported in a panic: "The Eastern Navy is coming."
Li Xing was stunned, feeling that the sky was covered with dark clouds.
Li Xingzai still persisted until the last moment. At the most critical moment, Qi Jiguang led the army and arrived.