Chengqing stood under the tumbling wolf head and looked at Jianglingfu City. Because of the distance, the tall Jianglingfu City became very small in his sight.
"This city is neither tall nor strong," he said. "Those walls cannot stop good men."
The generals who gathered around him all lowered their heads with frightened expressions, but no Chengqing's ax fell.
"The strong ones are the city defenders." Cheng Qing continued, "I don't know whether it is despair or hope that supports them."
Being saved is hope, but despair is a dead end.
In order to be saved, he fought tooth and nail to defend the city, but when there was no hope of survival, he had no choice but to fight tooth and nail.
Chengqing laughed and said, "I will let them be the former." After saying that, he waved the long ax in his hand and slapped the horse with one hand. The bay-red horse neighed and ran forward with its hooves raised.
Chengqing personally attacked the city, and the generals did not hesitate to follow them. For a moment, it seemed like thousands of horses were galloping. The soldiers and horses attacking the city felt as if they had been severely whipped, and their original fatigue disappeared.
Move forward desperately again.
Arrows were like rain, and the catapults' stone bullets met up and down the city gate. Every time they met, a group of people fell under the city wall, and a group of people disappeared from the city wall.
The once strong city wall was in a state of disrepair. With a loud bang, the top of the wall collapsed. The people behind were caught off guard, some fell down, and some were hit by bricks and stones, screaming in agony.
Standing in the air and looking at Gangneungfu City, it looks like waves and rocks. The waves have washed away the rocks countless times. The solid rocks have become loose, and rocks have fallen with each impact. Now a wave of more ferocious waves is coming.
Come.
This wave seemed to lift up the entire sea water, like a huge palm, and like a devil with its bloody mouth. This blow was bound to win.
The prefect stood on the city wall and closed his eyes, "Hang the white flag."
The generals around them had despair in their eyes and tears in their eyes: "Sir! Even if you hang the white flag, you will still be massacred."
The prefect looked at Monk Mu standing under the city gate, "Master Mu will go and dissuade Chengqing."
Although they admire Monk Mu very much, as officers and soldiers, especially in today's world, they simply do not believe that words can stop swords and guns. Words can only comfort those who do not have swords and guns.
"Chengqing is an evil ghost." A general murmured, "An evil ghost that even the Buddha cannot control."
The magistrate looked at the city gate and saw that countless people were already following Monk Mu. Some were kneeling and others were crying, all begging for his help.
Previously, he had to work hard to suppress the people's doubts with the wooden monk. Now that he released the wooden monk, the idea of the Jiangling Mansion's catastrophe was once again released.
The magistrate sighed, "The momentum has dissipated and there is nothing we can do to recover."
He raised his hand to give the order to surrender and open the city gate, when a soldier suddenly shouted.
"Things have changed!" he shouted, perhaps because it was so sudden that he couldn't believe it, and his voice changed its tone.
The changing voice was covered up by the screams at the top of the city, and people under the city gate couldn't hear it.
The wooden monk standing under the city gate raised his head. He heard it, and a trace of surprise flashed in his usually calm eyes.
Things have changed? What has changed?
"Reinforcements!" the prefect shouted, "reinforcements!"
He threw himself outside the city wall, ignoring the arrows and stones flying from outside the city, and tried his best to look into the distance.
The big hand that originally rushed towards me and the wide open mouth looked like someone was holding me down from behind. To say it was holding me down is an exaggeration. To be precise, it looked like I was being poked by a finger.
The force of the poke was not strong, but it still startled the cat who was concentrating on moving forward. It stopped slightly and turned its head slightly.
Chengqing didn't look back, he just reined in his horse to slow down his movements.
"Reinforcements? Where did they come from? How many are they?" he asked.
"Jiannan Road, they are here to escort Li Fengan's relatives. They left a few days ago. They should be escorting them to a safe place and later rescuing them. Now there are more than 3,000 people attacking our rear." The deputy general said, looking a little uneasy, "It's just Pengcheng Da.
The camp was also captured."
Chengqing laughed loudly, "Jiannan Dao boy is really brave." The reined horse did not turn around, but urged the horse forward again, "Ignore them, I will send them to serve their master after we capture Jiangling Fucheng."
The cat paused for a moment and jumped up with its back arched, its attack even more ferocious than before.
But Magistrate Hu, who was standing like a dead tree on the city wall, burst into flames. "Guard the city gate! Defend the city even to the death! Everyone, defend the city! Guard the city!"
"We have reinforcements!"
"Reinforcements are coming!"
The other generals also shouted, and the screams of fighting that broke through the city reached the ears of everyone above and below.
The originally panicked people all raised their necks. Reinforcements, are there really reinforcements coming?
"It's reinforcements, there are real reinforcements." The prefect pulled Monk Mu up the city wall and pointed into the distance. In just a short moment, although the siege under the city gate was still fierce, the battle scene could already be seen in the distance.
"Monk, the crisis in Jiangling City can be resolved!"
Monk Mu's expression returned to calm, he was not embarrassed or excited, "Sir, even I can see that these reinforcements cannot stop Chengqing from attacking the city. They will only cause more deaths."
The generals around him were angry: "Monk, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Will the morale that was so easily aroused be ruined by a few words from this monk?
The prefect was not angry, but smiled, "I can see that there are not many reinforcements, and it is very difficult to fight against Chengqing's fierce army, but!" He slapped the broken wall with his hand, tears of laughter came out, "They
There are not many people, but they all come to rescue our Jiangling city. They are not afraid of death, so why should we be afraid of death?"
He turned his head and stared at Monk Mu with a pair of red eyes.
"Now I want to defend the city, not because I have hope of survival, but because of these reinforcements."
"If Chengqing is allowed to capture Jianglingfu City, the reinforcements will be isolated and helpless, in the wilderness, without even a chance to escape."
The surviving officers, soldiers and civilians around were also red-eyed and clenched their hands. Their energy and physical strength had been exhausted. In fact, they just said that there were reinforcements, which did not raise much hope of being rescued, but what if they were to save others?
Even if they die, their death will be more meaningful.
"We don't have the ability to go to war, but as long as we hold the city, it will be a two-sided attack on the rebels!"
"There is no way forward and no way back. Even Chengqing will suffer heavy casualties!"
"We, Jiangling Mansion, are not easy to bully! Without reinforcements, we can still defend the city for twenty days. With reinforcements, our city will never be breached!"
The prefect's voice roared from the top of the city, not only to the officers and soldiers on the city, but also to the elderly, children, women, monks, beggars, doctors, injured and countless other living beings surrounding the city gate.
He screamed hoarsely like a maniac, and waved his hands and feet. A strong wind blew off his official hat, and his already messy hair suddenly danced wildly.
Could it be that your Excellency has gone crazy due to the excitement of great sorrow and joy? The generals around were a little surprised. Unexpectedly, Magistrate Hu said something that shocked everyone.
"Master Mu." The prefect grabbed his flying hair with both hands, looked at Master Mu and asked loudly, "What does this wind mean? Is it good or bad?"
The last time I asked about good or bad luck, the monk almost destroyed the city when he said "bad luck". Now I ask again at such a critical moment. If the monk said "bad luck" again, the city of Jiangling City would not be able to be defended immediately.
The generals stretched out their hands and didn't know whether to hold the prefect or knock Monk Mu unconscious first.
Monk Mu had no hair. He stretched out his hand to catch the wind and said, "Things have changed. This is a good sign."
Magistrate Hu laughed loudly and raised his hand to the sky: "Good luck, good luck! Defend the city! Defend the city!"
There was a commotion up and down the city gate, and the shouts were loud.
"Defend the city!"
"Defend the city!"
The trench has been filled with flesh and blood, the sound of fighting in front is constant, and the sound of fighting in the rear is getting closer and closer.
Chengqing slashed away the person in front of him with his sword, whether it was the Jiangling Mansion soldiers who fell from the city or his own soldiers. Blood fell like rain under the sun. The deputy general in front of him had blurred vision and his mind was even more turbulent, but he still gritted his teeth.
Pounce over.
"Sir, reinforcements are coming again." He shouted, "The rear is about to be breached!"
After shouting these words, a cold light flashed before his eyes.
The deputy general felt his legs weaken and fell to his knees in the blood, shouting another sentence with all his strength.
"The reinforcements from Mrs. Chu from Huainan Road have arrived!"
The long ax passed over the deputy general's head and fell to the ground, splashing blood.
"Huainan Road?" Cheng Qing's voice was a little surprised, "Did that woman really send troops?"
And so fast? Doesn’t that mean that Ma Jiang is defeated, so the woman has spare power to assist Jiangling Mansion?
"Yes, yes, they are coming from the west. The dust and smoke are billowing. I can see thousands of people! There are many flags on the Huainan Road with the word "Chu"." The deputy general was lucky enough to survive. Knowing what saved him, he hurriedly elaborated.
"Ma Jiang is a loser." Chengqing cursed, but still pulled out the long ax, "So what? How could I be afraid of her! Attack the city!"
The lieutenant general couldn't help but kneel down and take a step forward, "Sir, our losses are too great. We cannot attack this city. We are flanked from both sides in the rear and the camp is also lost. The situation is extremely unfavorable and we cannot fight here for a long time."
Before he could finish his words, a strong wind passed by, and with a bang, the helmet on his head was split open by a long axe. Blood immediately flowed down his face. The deputy general screamed and fell down. His ears were buzzing and his mind went blank.
But he could still hear Chengqing's words.
"Even if they are attacked from a flank, they can't do anything to me. As long as I capture Jiangling City, they will be dead."
"Sir, sir." Another general rushed over, not at all frightened by his companion who was kneeling in the bloody water with a bloody face, "Reinforcements are also coming from the east, and it is the flag of Qishan Mountain in the southeast!"
In the southeast, there is Ande Zhong over there. Chengqing's long ax was withdrawn and did not hit the deputy general's head. Qishan actually sent reinforcements. Could it be that Ande Zhong's side is not going well either?
The lieutenant general whose hat was cut off and his face was covered in blood raised his head and shouted, "Sir, it's not that you guys are greedy for life and afraid of death. The situation is really critical. Even if Jiangling Fucheng is captured, there are Jiannan Road and Huainan Road Southeast Road Guards outside. Your Excellency will definitely
Siege.”
Another lieutenant general hurriedly grabbed his chance and said, "Of course we are not afraid of the siege, but the situation on the little governor's side is unknown. If we cannot provide timely support and delay the important matter, it will really be more than the gain is worth the loss."
Take Jiangling Mansion, even if you take Jiangnan Road, if something happens to Ande Zhong, it won't be considered a military exploit, and the rebels in the southeast will also suffer heavy losses. Cheng Qing is a fierce general, but he doesn't just know
rush ahead
Chengqing frowned and gritted his teeth. He then turned around and threw the long ax at the nearby city wall. With a roar, the long ax leapt like an arrow and approached the city head. The people on the city wall were immediately thrown.
The wooden sticks and stones blocked the way, and the long ax was shaken by the interference. Even so, it still passed through these stones and the wooden sticks penetrated into the city wall with a bang, splashing a piece of gravel.
"retreat!"
Accompanied by cheers from the city wall, Chengqing's army retreated like a tide.
Although the troops retreated, they did not collapse and had to fight another battle with the reinforcements.
However, since the troops are withdrawing, the battle will definitely not last long. The officers, soldiers and people of Jiangling Mansion can breathe a sigh of relief. It can be said that the crisis has been resolved.
The heavy and messy city gate was slowly pushed open, and Magistrate Hu was the first to rush out to meet the rushing soldiers and horses.
"I didn't expect that." He looked at the flying Jiannan Dao flag and sighed, "Master Li Er really means what he says."
He didn't even take it seriously. He knew very well who Li Fengchang was.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Li Er really sent back the soldiers and horses from Jiannan Road.
Is it a mistake or is it something that people in troubled times should look at with admiration?
It’s just that I can’t see Mr. Li Er. Is it a girl who is leading the way?