Chapter 1504 The Sudden Change in Suzhou - Decision
As the courtyard wall was completely abandoned and the rebels were allowed into the inner courtyard, the battle entered the most brutal stage. All those protecting Zhu Ying at this time knew that no matter whether Zhu Ying was captured or killed, they would escape alive in the end.
Most likely he will be executed, and his family will be harmed. Even for the sake of his family, Zhu Ying cannot be captured and killed; and those who want to capture Zhu Ying, whether it is the Dan family or other White Lotus cultists who are involved by coincidence, know that if they cannot capture him alive,
Zhu Ying and the others were also bound to die! So both sides tried their best to fight each other.
At first, the imperial troops had the advantage. After all, they were well-trained and cooperated tacitly. But when Dan Mo saw that he could not kill them all, he set up a few cannons again. Whenever he saw three or four imperial troops,
The men and horses fired at the place where two White Lotus cultists were fighting! Suddenly, they didn't care that their own people would be killed! Although these old-fashioned artillery were very inaccurate and sometimes killed more of their own people than the enemy, they were enough to destroy the power of the imperial people and horses.
Cooperation allowed the martial arts masters on their side to kill the people of the imperial court. The White Lotus cultists gradually gained the upper hand.
Li Xingxiao hacked a rebel to death, pulled out his scimitar from his body, dodged another rebel's short spear, and cut off his right arm with one knife. The man was rolling on the ground in pain. He was about to make a cut with another knife.
He hacked him to death, but at this moment two other people rushed towards him with swords. Li Xingxiao could only kick the rolling man, allowing him to block the two charging people, and at the same time he stepped back.
Go and meet up with your second brother Li Xingjian.
"Brother, these people are so crazy, we are at a disadvantage now!" Li Xingjian shouted.
"Damn it, I don't know how long it will take for the Suzhou Guards to arrive, but now I haven't heard the sound of attacking the city from outside. It seems that they won't be able to come for a while!" Li Xing said
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"Did he also die here today?" Li Xingjian thought of this, and while he was holding away another rebel's knife, he kicked the man on the waist and knocked him down, but his voice was crying and he said:
"I'm only twenty years old, and I'm going to die here before I get a wife!" Thinking of this, his hand softened, and the knife that was about to strike at the rebel in front of him did not fall. The rebel was already waiting.
He was dead. It was obvious that the knife was hanging in the air before it fell on him, and he straightened up the short gun and stabbed Li Xingjian in the waist.
But just as the rebel's short spear stretched forward less than an inch, it suddenly became stiff and different. Li Xingxiao pulled out the machete from his neck, hacked another person to death, and said to Li Xingjian: "Second brother, as long as you haven't been killed yet,
If you are killed, you must continue to fight against the rebels. If you can kill one more person, you will earn an extra life! It is worth dying!"
"And don't worry, your sister-in-law has given birth to a son for me, and she is still pregnant with another one. If someone finds out, it should be a son. The old man in our family will definitely make the decision to adopt this little one to you. You don't have to worry.
People offer incense!”
Li Xingjian ignored him and just raised his knife to fight with the rebels. Why did he care if anyone offered incense? People of his age would not think that far. He just thought there were so many delicious things.
I have never used anything that is easy to wear or useful, and I have never fucked a beautiful woman. I feel unwilling to do so. If the rebels were not surrounded by rebels on all sides and he couldn't run away even if he wanted to, he would probably throw down the knife.
He ran away desperately! But now he couldn't escape even if he wanted to, so he could only get fierce and fight desperately with the rebels. With this fierceness, he hacked two or three people to death in a row, and the two of them suddenly had good martial arts skills.
The White Lotus cultists hacked the opponent in front of them to death and then ran over to join forces to kill him.
Seeing that his younger brother was in danger, Li Xingxiao hurried over to help. He tried his best to block one person, but his martial arts skills were not as good as those of the White Lotus cultist who was blocking him. The weapon "bang bang bang bang bang" hit him a few times, but his opponent took advantage of the opportunity and slashed his thigh with a knife.
superior.
Li Xingxiao suddenly became unsteady and was about to fall to the ground. The rebel sneered and waved the knife, which was about to fall. Li Xingxiao raised his knife to block it, but the rebel raised his foot and kicked his knife away, and saw that the knife was about to fall.
On him.
But at this moment, the rebel's body suddenly stiffened, and then he fell to the side. Another hand reached out to Li Xingxiao and pulled him up.
"Tang Guard, thank you very much," Li Xingxiao said.
"You're welcome." Tang Jingyu smiled, then hacked another White Lotus cultist to death, and with the help of Li Xingxiao, he helped Li Xingxiao lean against the wall. "Stop the bleeding." Tang Jingyu handed him another piece of gauze.
A look of surprise flashed across Li Xingxiao's face. The situation is now so critical. Although everyone is trying their best to fight against the rebels, there are very few cases of rescuing injured bystanders, not to mention that he only knows Tang Jingyu and is not familiar with him at all.
Why did he want to save himself?
However, the look of surprise only flashed by. He had no time to think about it now. He took the gauze and said thank you, tore open his pants, wrapped the wound tightly with gauze, and then leaned against the wall, ready to continue with the conversation.
The rebels fought against the thieves. By this time, his younger brother had also killed his opponent and hurried over to stand beside him.
The four of them fought against the rebels in the corner. They occupied this excellent position, and they had a headblock in front of them. They killed seven or eight people in a row without any injuries to the four of them. But in Li Xingxiao's view, the most important thing
The reason is that Tang Jingyu's kung fu is too good, and he seems to know the martial arts methods of the rebels very well, and he can always find the opportunity to kill the rebels with a single blow.
"Brother Tang, you should protect His Highness, why are you killing the rebels with us outside?" Li Xingxiao asked while fighting. At this time, more than a dozen guards were guarding Zhu Ying in a small pavilion built with stones.
Tang Jingyu's kung fu should definitely go there.
Hearing this, Tang Jingyu gave a bitter smile and did not answer. Although he gave him a certificate by killing Xiang Yuanhong, and simply released him to kill the rebels due to lack of manpower, he was always on guard against him using counterintuitive tactics. How could he
Will he be allowed to get close to Zhu Ying?
Not only that, Tang Jingyu has been fighting against the rebels in the most dangerous places in order to completely wash away his identity as a White Lotus cultist, so that he can be dealt with lightly in the end and let his wife and children go.
Seeing that he was doing his best to protect His Highness and try his best to treat others. However, after killing nearly twenty people, his physical strength gradually became unable to support him anymore, so he stopped fighting against the thieves in the corner after rescuing Li Xingxiao.
But how could he tell Li Xingxiao? No one had told the world that he was a traitor, so he just pretended not to hear and continued to fight against the rebels.
When Li Xingxiao saw that he didn't respond, he thought it was because he was concentrating on fighting and really didn't hear him. He stopped talking to him and just leaned against the wall and continued to fight against the rebels.
They fought for a while, and I don't know how long it took, but Li Xingxiao's physical strength was almost exhausted, and his left arm was cut off, leaving only one right arm. He took a breath and leaned against the wall. He raised his head and glanced at what seemed like infinity.
The endless rebels suddenly had a look of despair on their faces: They probably won't survive, right? Even if they want to earn an extra life, they won't be able to earn it.
He couldn't help but raise the knife in his hand and wanted to kill himself. Although he no longer had the strength to kill the rebels, the knife was so sharp that he could still commit suicide. He would die with just a scratch on his neck.
And there was not much pain. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of falling into the hands of the rebels. What's more, if Zhu Ying was not saved in the end, it would be better for him to die even if he survived, lest his family would be implicated.
Moreover, 'Since I have lost my left arm, I will be half a useless person even if I live, so I might as well die.' Li Xingxiao thought like this, and he was about to wipe the knife towards his neck.
But as soon as he raised his right arm, he was blocked by someone. When he looked up and saw Tang Jingyu, he smiled bitterly and said: "Tang Guard, let me die, otherwise I will suffer the consequences."
"It's better to be alive than dead." Tang Jingyu didn't say much, he just said this.
"I'm half a cripple, what am I still doing? And even if I survive, if King An is kidnapped or killed by the rebels, His Majesty will definitely be angry with us. It would be better to die and serve the country loyally, so as not to implicate my family.
" Li Xingxiao said.
"The rebels will be driven back soon, and His Highness will not be captured by the rebels." Tang Jingyu said again.
Li Xing wanted to say, "You don't have to persuade me with lies. The rebels are still attacking fiercely. How can they be driven back?" But then he thought about how Tang Jingyu saved his life. Since he persuaded himself
Don't commit suicide. You can continue to live and fight against the rebels for the time being, and you may be able to save Tang Jingyu once in return. And you can commit suicide anytime you want, so you muster up the courage to fight against the rebels again.
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"Brother, are you going to fire this shot or not?" Dan Qing asked Dan Mo with a trembling voice.
"Brother, decide quickly, it's too late!" Another man named Danbo also asked anxiously.
Although Tang Jingyu's guess was not completely correct, it was still very close: the Dan family was indeed in a dilemma.
Although the more than twenty soldiers guarding the Suzhou city wall who escaped did not know the Dan family's plan, they knew what it meant that someone wanted to seize the city wall. Moreover, there was also His Highness Prince An in the city. They all rushed towards Suzhou as if there were tigers chasing them behind them.
I ran to Wei's barracks, and I arrived in less than a quarter of an hour on a journey that usually took less than half an hour.
At this time, the commander of the Suzhou Guard was celebrating the New Year at home, and his fellow commanders were not in the camp. Only a commanding officer named Li Zhiliang was on duty in the camp. He had the least seniority, so he stayed in the camp.
Of course Li Zhiliang himself was unhappy. Most people would get drunk after drinking, but he didn't like drinking, so he called his servants to the table to play cards together.
He was playing cards happily when he suddenly heard someone reporting that urgent military information was coming. He thought it was Zhu Ying who was coming to inspect the military camp tonight, so he hurriedly cursed and asked the servant to put away all the cards, put on his coat and went to receive him.
The person who delivers the message.
But then he heard incredible news. "What, someone actually wants to capture Suzhou City!" Li Zhiliang grabbed the man's collar and shouted loudly.
"Master Li, someone has indeed captured Suzhou City! Most of them were captured, and only a few escaped!" This man also spoke as fast as he could: "Sir, His Royal Highness Prince An is still in the city!
To seize Suzhou City, there must be a rebellion, and the rebels will definitely want to kill His Highness Prince An! We must hurry up and save His Highness! Otherwise..." At this point, probably because Li Zhiliang pulled too hard, the man suddenly shouted loudly
Cough.
He didn't finish his words, but Li Zhiliang certainly understood what he meant. If Zhu Ying died, he wouldn't have to live anymore. He loosened the man's collar and loudly ordered all the servants: "Go and take care of this person at this time."
Call all the soldiers who are still in the barracks, let’s go rescue His Highness Prince An! Tell them that if something happens to His Highness Prince An, no one among us will survive!”
Several servants were shocked when they heard this and were stunned. Li Zhiliang went up and kicked each of them, and then slapped a few big-eared melon seeds to wake them up, and then they went to give the order.
After another ten minutes, many disheveled soldiers ran out of the military camp. Many of them had red faces and were still drunk, but everyone looked very panicked.
Seeing more than 300 people coming to the military camp, Li Zhiliang sighed, stepped forward and shouted loudly: "There is a rebellion in Suzhou City and the city wall has been captured. His Royal Highness King An is in danger. Soldiers, follow me to recapture it."
Suzhou City, rescue His Royal Highness Prince An! The court will definitely not begrudge the reward!" After saying a few simple words, Li Zhiliang waved the knife in his hand, mounted his horse and rushed out first.
The soldiers agreed in confusion, and the cavalry hurriedly found their horses. The infantry picked up a sword and gun at random and followed Li Zhiliang towards Suzhou City. This matter was so serious that even ordinary soldiers understood how serious it was.
Don't dare to neglect at all.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Zhiliang led more than 300 soldiers to the gates of Suzhou City and immediately began to attack the city. Of course, the regular army was not something that the grassroots bandits could deal with, and the White Lotus Cult did not have many people. Even they did not have cannons or any siege equipment, but once
The charge almost brought down the city wall, but it took martial arts masters to kill several of the most aggressive soldiers to stabilize the position. (To be continued)