Chapter 284: City Fall
The newly recruited soldiers did not have much combat capability and were left in Yucheng to continue training.
In order to avoid unexpected abnormal situations, another 10,000 troops were left behind.
Xiao Ning set off with an army of 90,000.
Worried that the march was too slow and would lead to the loss of Cangzhou, Xiao Ning ordered 20,000 cavalry to advance first, followed by infantry.
We traveled day and night to Cangzhou.
The horse galloped like lightning and thunder, and the road it passed raised a layer of dust that made the earth tremble.
…
Cangzhou City was finally broken.
Days of sieges had caused heavy casualties among the Huns. With immense rage, they rushed into Cangzhou City and fought with the defending soldiers.
This time, the Huns were determined to move south and dispatched a large number of troops.
There is a huge gap in the military strength between the two sides.
Many soldiers in Cangzhou City were killed in the battle, and only half of them are able to fight now.
Even though the troops from various counties and districts under the jurisdiction of the provincial government had been mobilized, even the yamen runners were used as soldiers.
But this only stopped the Huns from moving south for a short while.
If reinforcements do not arrive, they will all be buried in this city.
But their generals never abandoned the city, and the precious prince was still in the city.
How could they retreat!
So what if I die at the hands of the Huns!
The people of Cangzhou City had no swords or knives, so they picked up hoes and sticks and prepared for street fighting.
The moment the city gate was broken open, Shang Xi was pushed by Zhangye to the side of the personal guards.
"Quickly escort His Highness away!"
"I won't leave!"
"I will defend the city with the soldiers!"
Shang Xi shouted.
Zhangye said, "Your Highness, Cangzhou City has been captured. If we don't leave now, we will really die here. Are you willing to accept this?"
"You still have ambitions and great undertakings!"
Zhangye originally accepted Shang Xi just to earn a merit for following the emperor, but after spending some time together, he really respected this prince.
He is different from the princes in the imperial city.
There is no arrogance and no indifference.
Zhangye felt a little reluctant to see him die in Cangzhou like this.
As for him...
He is the governor of Cangzhou, and it is his duty to protect Cangzhou.
Fortunately, his wife disliked the bitter cold in Cangzhou and took her children to live in her hometown so they didn't have to put themselves in danger.
Is Shang Xi willing?
Of course Shang Xi was unwilling to accept this.
But life is never perfect.
For so many years, he has always gone with the flow and been pushed around by the world.
This time it was his own choice.
He wanted to stay in Cangzhou and defend the city with the people of Cangzhou.
Even if the final outcome is death.
I just don’t know if Aning will shed tears for him.
He looked at Zhangye with a firm gaze.
"General, there's no need to persuade me anymore. I've made up my mind!"
After saying this, he strode down the city wall with his sword in hand.
Shang Xi has not been idle these days. He runs around every day and is busy. He is no longer the pampered princess he used to be.
He even stabbed to death two Hun soldiers who were about to climb up the city wall.
When I read the letters written by Xiao Ning in the past, I always felt how heroic she was when killing the enemies.
But when he actually stood on the battlefield, he realized how cruel war was.
Almost every moment, someone falls down around me.
And you never know when you might suddenly collapse.
The feeling of panic tore and tortured me.
There was another strange feeling of excitement running through my body.
Every day is a torment, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.
But in the end, no reinforcements arrived and the city was breached.
The Hun army quickly rushed from the city gate to the streets.
Not only did the men charge forward with hoes in hand, but the women also charged towards the Huns with kitchen knives and sticks.
What can they do if Cangzhou City is broken and they hide at home?
After their men are killed, it will be their turn.
What will be waiting for them?
Rather than being abused later, it is better to come out and fight now.
Kill as many as you can!
Even if he is killed, he will die cleanly!
But in the eyes of the brave Hun soldiers, they were like mayflies trying to shake a tree.
People died one after another on the streets.
Some Hun soldiers even kidnapped the woman who attacked him in the street, snatched the kitchen knife from her hand, and dragged her into the alley.
He had only taken two steps when a long sword suddenly pierced his chest from behind.
It was ruthlessly pulled out again.
The Hun soldier fell down before he could turn around.
The woman was saved and without saying a word, she picked up the knife from the Hun's hand and stabbed the rushing Hun soldier.
But he knocked the scimitar away with one blow.
A knife stabbed into the woman's chest.
Seeing this, Shang Xi didn't even have time to worry about the woman, and took the opportunity to stab the Xiongnu soldier's throat with the tip of his sword.
One sword to the throat.
The Hun soldiers fell off their horses.
More Hun soldiers rushed over.
Shang Xi was knocked to the ground. He rolled several times on the spot and barely avoided the blade that was stabbing at him.
Some soldiers came from behind, chopped down several Hun soldiers, and rescued Shang Xi from their hands.
But he was cut on the neck by the scimitar and fell to his knees in front of Shang Xi.
The gushing blood splashed all over Shang Xi's face.
He subconsciously raised his hand to support him, but the scimitar that came from the side cut his arm.
Shang Xi quickly rolled on the ground, narrowly avoiding the blade that was attacking him again.
Even though he used to be the most afraid of pain, he now didn't care about the injury on his arm.
He gritted his teeth and clenched the saber he picked up from the ground.
He raised his hand to block the incoming scimitar.
However, the opponent's huge strength made his palm numb and the saber slipped out of his hand.
The moment the scimitar chopped down, Shang Xi subconsciously closed his eyes and his heart stopped beating.
He is dying...
Are you saying you're scared?
Didn't seem too scared.
Say sorry?
It seems that there is no regret...
The swords collided, making a clanging sound.
The scimitar that was about to fall on Shang Xi was deflected.
"Go!"
Someone shouted.
Shang Xi opened his eyes. It was the hawker who often set up stalls at the city gate. He had seen him several times.
"careful!"
There were Hun soldiers attacking from behind, and Shang Xi subconsciously reached out and pushed the vendor away.
But he was stabbed in the back.
Shang Xi staggered forward two steps and fell to his knees.
The peddler he pushed away was also chopped down with a single blow after he chopped a Hun soldier.
He fell in front of Shang Xi.
His lips moved as if he was saying something.
But Shang Xi couldn't hear it.
The sound in his ears gradually faded away, and his vision went dark. He reached out and groped on the ground, picked up a knife, and tried to stand up, but eventually fell to the ground powerlessly...
He put his ear to the ground, and the rumbling sound made his eardrum hurt, and the ground seemed to be shaking.
Is it thundering...?
Maybe...
Shang Xi's eyelids finally closed as if they could not bear the burden.
He could neither hear nor see.
But the fighting in the city continues.
The soldiers and civilians of Cangzhou fell one after another, but they were also replaced by many Hun soldiers.
The Xiongnu general gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, "Kill! Kill all these ants!"
How dare you resist so stubbornly!
When this battle is over, he will kill all living things in this city and take their women by force to relieve his hatred!
“Kill—”
The shouts of the Huns resounded through the sky, and the soldiers of Cangzhou were already exhausted.
The entire city was shrouded in blood.
It's like Asura hell.
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