The arrow hit him right in the middle of his eyebrows. The tail of the arrow was still trembling slightly. The arrowhead had completely sunk into his frontal bone. Only a little blood was seeping out at this moment, but it was already shocking.
The person who was shot by the arrow opened his eyes wide, with his pupils gathered together, as if he wanted to see clearly what had stabbed him. But the next moment, he could no longer keep his body steady, and fell backwards to the ground with a bang.
Yun Hui's face, filled with despair and hatred, froze for a moment.
As the man fell, he turned his head sharply and looked behind him.
A man came riding a horse. The military uniform he wore was different from those of the soldiers from the state. He had a very young, or perhaps youthful, face. As he rode closer, he drew a bow in his hand and shot and killed another person.
Soon, another man and a horse appeared behind the opponent. The man on the horse was burly, wearing general's armor, with a beard, and had a remarkable aura. When he swung his sword, it was like a whirlwind, knocking down three Xu cavalrymen.
Looking at the extraordinary broadsword, Yun recalled the rumors he had heard about "Zhan Xiu", and the answer suddenly flashed in his mind - General Chang Kuochang? !
Immediately afterwards, a team of armored cavalry appeared in Yun Hui's sight. First there were ten people, then a hundred people, and then a thousand people... They were rushing towards this place with great momentum.
The sound of horse hooves was deafening, as if the earth was about to crack. The sounds of fighting continued, blood and limbs flew everywhere. Yun Hui stood there in a daze, unable to tell for a moment whether this was real or just his own crazy imagination before his death.
Until a soldier nearby shouted out in ecstasy—
"Look, it's reinforcements!"
"Reinforcements have arrived!"
In an instant, Yun Hui's numb and sluggish five senses returned to normal and he suddenly came to his senses.
An enemy soldier stabbed at him with a spear, but his face suddenly brightened and he dodged the sharp spear. With his nimble body, he knocked the enemy soldier to the ground from the side, took out the dagger hidden in his boot, and stabbed it into the enemy soldier's heart.
Then, he quickly picked up his younger brother who was lying on the ground, and protected him as he retreated to the back.
The young boy in front of him said weakly: "I knew... that my second brother would not lie..."
He seemed relieved and leaned against his brother and closed his eyes.
"Agui!"
"then!"
When a man and a horse passed by Yun Hui, they threw something at him.
Yun Hui subconsciously stretched out a hand to catch it. It was a small porcelain bottle.
The man on horseback said to him, "Quickly feed him one pill, and give the rest to the soldiers who need to stop the bleeding urgently!"
The person who spoke did not look around nor did he pause. When Yun Hui raised his eyes, he felt a cold wind blowing on his face, and along with the cold wind came the vigorous youthful aura between the eyebrows of the young soldier on the horse, and the murderous aura that swept through the wind.
Chang Suining pierced an enemy soldier in front of him with his spear and shouted, "General Chang is leading 100,000 reinforcements to defend the city with the Hezhou soldiers!"
Peng Canjun, who had been killed to pieces, looked over in disbelief, his pupils trembling. He raised his sword to respond, his voice hoarse and trembling from excitement: "... Let's fight the enemy together!"
Madam Yun's eyes were red: "Let's defeat the enemy together!"
"Fight the enemy together!"
The morale was boosted instantly, as if they had just emerged from a dark sea of corpses and blood and suddenly saw the light of day.
"...General! It's really Chang Kuo!" A lieutenant came to Ge Zong and said, "They brought an army of 100,000!"
Ge Zong immediately asked: "Have you seen Li Yi?"
"I haven't seen him before. It should be Chang Kuo who is leading the troops here alone!"
Ge Zong cursed - if Li Yi was a burden, it might be better! The imperial court sent troops to fight this time, and after the battle in Liangshan, it was clear that Li Yi was a complete idiot. The only person they regarded as a big threat was the deputy commander Chang Kuo.
Chang Kuo was born in Xuan Ce's army and was a capable subordinate of the late Crown Prince. In his early years, he disobeyed the order of the emperor and killed the Khan of Bei Di in a battle against Bei Di. He was also disabled and disappeared from public view for many years. However, he has reappeared in everyone's sight in the past few years and pacified the Southern Barbarians together with Cui Jing.
Although he is old, he has rich combat experience and his prestige in the army is no less than before! Looking at the mighty general, Ge Zong's eyes were filled with emotion.
If I can kill Chang Kuo today, it will be a great achievement! At this moment, Chang Kuo pointed the big knife at him and asked loudly with full of energy: "Who is that person opposite? What's your name!"
When generals of two armies face off on the battlefield, they always have to know each other's name and origin. In addition to knowing yourself and the enemy, it is also a kind of battlefield etiquette.
Ge Zong also responded loudly: "I am Ge Zong, the deputy general under General Xu, the general of Kuangfu!"
Chang Kuo: "Okay, Ge Zong, right?"
Ge Zong was about to say "Yes" when he heard the other party's voice rise even higher, like a loud bell, and spread all around: "Whoever takes the head of this bastard Ge Zong today will be rewarded handsomely and will be recorded as a first-class military merit!"
Ge Zong: “……!”
Damn it!
What was even more worthy of scolding was that before Chang Kuo had even finished speaking, an arrow flew towards him impatiently.
Ge Zong's expression tensed, and he raised his knife to block the arrow, while looking at the traitor who shot the arrow.
It was the little cavalryman who was at the front at the beginning!
The other party was probably young and full of vigor, a complete military merit brain, and was very eager to grab this first-class military merit. In a short moment, he quickly put an arrow on the bow again, narrowed one eye slightly, and pulled the bow in his hand to the fullest, and this time he fired two arrows at the same time! Ge Zong swung his sword to block again, and a wooden thorn pierced his eye socket amid the flying debris, and blood flowed.
Ge Zong covered his stinging eyes with one hand, raised his knife and shouted angrily: "Chop him off for me!"
During this gap, the soldiers in front of him had already raised their shields and formed a battle array, surrounding him and protecting him, blocking the volley of arrows that were coming from all directions in imitation of the small cavalry, and soon cavalrymen around him also raised their bows and crossbows.
“Be careful!”
Yun Hui temporarily settled his brother down, then he took up his sword and mounted his horse again. He slashed at the oncoming arrows while shouting to the young cavalryman, "Retreat!"
"Why retreat?" Chang Suining raised his chin slightly, acting arrogantly, and said: "Our army has 100,000 elite soldiers, and the enemy is just a bunch of rabble who joined the army halfway. Today I will take the head of that bastard Ge Zong!"
As he said this, he put away his bow and picked up his spear, shouted "Go", and faced the rain of arrows and the enemy soldiers who were attacking him with spears in their low stance, he did not retreat but instead advanced, driving his horse forward.
Yun Hui was shocked: “……!”
So arrogant and reckless! But he couldn't let the other party take risks alone, so he also rode his horse to catch up! "Gee!"
Under the command of Chang Kuo, a team of cavalry followed closely, with great momentum, thunderous morale and unstoppable force.
The cavalry led the way, their spears and swords pierced and swept away obstacles, and their iron hooves stomped on the enemy's makeshift defenses, quickly breaking through them.
The defense was impacted and collapsed, and then Chang Kuo led his troops to rush forward, and the morale of Xu's army also collapsed and panicked. When the two sides fought hand-to-hand, the difference in morale was already apparent.
Ge Zong looked at the increasing number of reinforcements rushing in. The sky was filled with sand and dust, and he could not see the end of the reinforcements.
A long spear came towards him with a whistling sound.
Ge Zong narrowly avoided it, gritting his teeth and saying, "It's you again, little bastard! It seems like I have to find you dead!"
There was murderous intent in his eyes, and he rode forward with a knife in hand.
The two war horses were about to collide when the soldier on the horse suddenly jumped up, tapped his feet lightly on the horse's back and head, flew forward, his body like a meteor, and rushed towards him with a gun in hand, the cold light from the gun tip was dazzling.
Ge Zong's pupils shrank, and he suddenly bent down and leaned back to avoid it. Seeing the soldier approaching again, he quickly turned over and half jumped and half fell off his horse.
He reacted quickly and handled the situation appropriately. Although Chang Suining failed to hurt him, it was inevitable that the morale of an army general would be seriously damaged when he was knocked off his horse by an ordinary-dressed enemy soldier in the battle.
But the soldier who came flying over sat on his horse's back as if to provoke him, holding the reins in one hand and the spear in the other hand swept across the ground and rushed towards him again.
Ge Zong rolled on the ground for a few times, and several of his subordinates came forward to help him up. A group of soldiers holding spears rushed towards Chang Suining, wanting to knock him and his horse to the ground.
Chang Kuo, holding the Zhanxiu, had led a team of cavalry forward in time. During the fight between the two sides, Ge Zong, who was retreating, saw that the morale was gone, and he did not dare to act rashly. He gritted his teeth and -
"withdraw!"
The situation is unfavorable at the moment. We will report to General Xu after returning to the camp and agree on a good strategy. It will not be too late to fight again!
Xu's army received the order and retreated while fighting.
After Chang Kuo led his troops to chase for three miles, he slowly reined in his horse and raised his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to stop.
"General Chang, why don't you chase them?" Yun Hui, who was driving his horse forward, couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you take this opportunity to drive them out of Hezhou in one fell swoop!"
Xu's army is camped thirty miles away. We should take advantage of their high morale and defeat them completely in one fell swoop!
Chang Kuo looked at him with a hint of admiration in his eyes. Instead of answering, he asked, "Are you the son of the governor of Hezhou?"
"Yes!" Yun Huiyu immediately clasped his fists and said urgently, "General Chang, please give the order to destroy the enemy!"
Chang Kuo looked at the retreating Xu army and said, "It's not the right time yet."
Yun Hui, who was eager to kill the enemy and vent his hatred, wanted to say more, but was interrupted by a voice from behind: "Ah Hui, follow General Chang's arrangements!"
Hearing A Niang's voice, Yun Hui seemed to be pulled back from the overwhelming hatred and anger.
"Don't be anxious. There will be a time for revenge." A clear voice sounded from his side.
Yun Hui looked over and saw that it was the young cavalryman. He was riding Ge Zong's warhorse. The horse was strong, but he was thin. However, Yun Hui's image of him killing the enemy just now flashed before his eyes, and he did not dare to despise him at all.
Meeting those clear eyes that seemed not to be tainted by any blood, Yun Hui slowly calmed down, nodded and said "hmm" to the other party.
Looking at the few remaining Hezhou soldiers, Madam Yun ordered with red eyes: "Great victory, return to the city!"
…
In Hezhou City, where the gates were closed, the soldiers left to guard the city were stopping the people from leaving.
Most of these people were men, holding axes, hoes or other farm tools, or ordinary sticks.
The leading man said angrily, "We need to leave the city to support the madam and the two gentlemen! Open the city gates!"
"No! When Madam and Erlang left, they ordered that the people in the city should leave the city quickly through the back gate!" The soldiers guarding the city looked solemn, but tears were in their eyes: "If you don't leave, you will let Madam and Erlang down!"
The reason why Erlangjun chose to go out of the city to meet the enemy instead of staying to defend the city gate was not because of impulse.
After the previous attempts to defend the city, the defensive items that could be used for the defense had been exhausted, and the city gates and walls were also damaged to varying degrees. The barrier of the city gates was no longer vulnerable. Under such circumstances, when the army arrived at the city, the defeat was already certain, and the morale collapsed under the passive trap, so there was not much difference between the 500 people who stayed to defend the city and the 8,000 people who defended the city.
Therefore, Erlangjun made this desperate move. Madam and the two gentlemen personally led the troops out of the city to boost morale, hoping to use this morale to split the barrier of Hezhou into two.
One is the city gate, and the other is the flesh and blood of the lady, her husband and the soldiers.
The purpose of these two barriers is to delay the enemy's attack on the city as much as possible, in exchange for the opportunity for the people to leave the city on their own.
Although they were all forced to leave Hezhou and destined to become refugees, it was still a hundred times better than having all the men and their properties conscripted and looted.
Forced by the situation, this is the only way out that the lady and her husband can plan for the people.
But who would have thought that most of the people in the city were unwilling to leave and instead forced them to open the city gate.
"Why are you running away! Hezhou doesn't just belong to the governor's family, it's also ours! We are facing a powerful enemy. Madam is a woman, and Sanlang is still a child. They are willing to risk their lives to kill the enemy... If I, a man of seven feet tall, run away like this, even if I survive by chance, I will have a guilty conscience for the rest of my life!"
"...I will not have the face to see the governor when I am in the underworld!"
"That's right! Let us out!"
"Let the women and children leave, we are going to look for the lady and the husband!"
As those people were talking, they saw that the guards refused to move aside, so they rushed forward and tried to force open the city gate.
Amid the commotion, a soldier's voice suddenly rang out from the tower: "...a large army is heading toward the city gate!"
When they heard the word "large army", the people's faces changed immediately. The lady and her men only led a few thousand soldiers out of the city. This "large army" definitely was not the lady and her husband!
It must be the rebels!
Thinking that Madam Yun and the two gentlemen might have died in the battle, some men burst into tears and clenched their weapons tightly: "... Let's fight these villains today!"
Some people still had a glimmer of hope, so they quickly climbed up the city wall and stared closely at the army that was getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, a soldier who had been holding his breath for a long time opened his eyes wide and shouted, "It's our flag!"
A soldier on horseback, holding the flag of Hezhou City, galloped and shouted, "Great victory!"
"Open the gates!"
——A big win?!
On the city wall, the soldiers and civilians were in an uproar.
All the people rushed forward, opened the city gate together, and ran out of the city to welcome them. Some laughed, some cried loudly, and some laughed and wiped tears at the same time, the sound was mixed.
"lady!"
"My dear!"
"Look... those are the imperial army! They are reinforcements!"
They saw many wounded soldiers being brought back, so they quickly moved to the sides, not daring to delay their treatment.
Some people also saw that Sanlangjun was protected by Erlangjun on horseback, with a broken arrow stuck in his chest.
Yun Gui was only twelve years old, his cheeks were still chubby and childish, but at this moment there was no color on his lips, bloodstains covered his pale face, his eyes were tightly closed, and he no longer had his usual lively and lovable look.
Yun Hui did not feel the slightest joy at surviving the disaster, nor did he bother to feel the surging emotions of the people. He dismounted outside the governor's mansion, held his brother in his arms and walked quickly inside, shouting for the medical officer.
Not long after, Madam Yun followed closely, dismounted from her horse and hurriedly crossed the gate of the mansion, but the moment she stepped over the threshold, she fell down with a thump.
"lady!"
Chang Suining and two soldiers quickly stepped forward and helped him up.
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