Chapter 2715 Cherish Life
Prince Gao Er climbed up the tall building and looked towards the West City Gate from afar. He glanced at the dark night and said, "We must quickly recapture the West City Gate. They don't have many people right now. Otherwise, when their reinforcements arrive, Anshi City will be finished."
Everyone knows that they only captured the west gate because they had fewer people. However, they were defending the gate, making it difficult to capture it.
Several generals remained silent. Prince Gao II's expression was grim. He scanned their faces and, seeing that no one was willing to fight, he simply said, "General Yuan Yi, please lead 5,000 soldiers to recapture the West Gate."
It’s not that he is unwilling to send more soldiers. The problem is that they are now inside the city and want to attack from inside the city and seize the city gate.
But there is only one street inside the city gate. Even if that street is very large, it can only accommodate 20 to 30 people standing side by side. It is not wide and the attack area is narrow. Even if he gives more people, it will be useless.
Yuan Yi couldn't help but bow his head in agreement, took the token and left.
Prince Gao Er watched him leave before he said, "Check the entire army and find the remaining spies. All the new recruits recruited in the past month must be checked."
He doesn't want to be betrayed again.
Everyone agreed and went to check immediately.
General Ashina also looked at the sky, then turned to ask Qibi Heli, "When will the reinforcements arrive?"
"It's almost there," Qibi Heli said, "I only brought 10,000 men with me, so the main army will probably arrive around noon."
General Ashina lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "That's enough."
Qibi Heli said it would be soon, and it turned out to be soon. The lagging infantry arrived more than a quarter of an hour after he said that.
Ashina glanced at the panting infantry and said directly to Qibi Heli, "Leave me two thousand men, and take the rest to the north gate."
Qibi Heli: "What?"
"Be careful they might attack from the north gate and circumvent us," he said. "They have 100,000 men, while we only have 13,000. If they attack from both sides, we won't be able to hold the west gate. But if we just face the inner city gate, 5,000 men will be enough."
General Ashina said, "We will divide our forces. You will go to the north gate. Once they open it, you will attack the city. If you can capture the north gate, that would be great. If you can't, don't let them leave the city. Just wait until the main army arrives tomorrow."
Qibi Heli agreed after a brief thought, then pointed at Zhou Man and said, "Let Master Zhou go with us."
"No," General Ashina said calmly, "There are so many wounded soldiers here who haven't been treated yet. Besides, there may not be fighting at the North Gate, but there will definitely be fighting here. The soldiers need a military doctor."
Don’t his soldiers need a military doctor?
He brought 8,000 men with him, but there were only 5,000 here. He said, "I can give you the remaining two military doctors. I only want Zhou Man."
General Ashina went to find Zhou Man and said to her, "Mr. Zhou, please send someone to the north gate with General Qibi."
Manbao asked without even looking up, "Just one?"
"One is enough." There were only three in total.
Manbao said, "Okay."
She raised her head, looked around, and frowned, "Where are Su Banxia and the others?"
General Ashina narrowed his eyes, and Qibi Heli touched his nose and waved his hands behind his back. A moment later, Su Banxia and the others rushed over with medicine boxes. Wiping the sweat from their foreheads, they said, "Teacher, didn't you say to set up a medical tent outside the city? Isn't it dangerous in the city?"
Manbao and General Ashina looked at Qibi Heli together.
Qibi Heli looked at the sky and the earth, but not at them.
Manbao withdrew his gaze and said to Ashina, "General, I brought ten students with me this time."
General Ashina said expressionlessly, "Then Lord Zhou, please dispatch some men to accompany General Qibi to the north gate."
Manbao nodded, pointed to Wen Tiandong, asked him to take four people with him, and gave them some medicinal herbs.
She said to Qibi Heli: "General, I leave these five students in your care. Please protect their safety."
Qibi Heli stopped fighting with Zhou Man and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, Master Zhou."
Wen Tiandong had no choice but to leave with his classmates.
Manbao said to him, "We are the medical tent, and the medical tent must stay in the rear."
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After they left, Manbao continued to squat down and treat the wounded.
This open space was filled with wounded soldiers, so Manbao ordered people to carry the seriously injured soldiers to the rooms next to the city wall. They had lost their ability to fight, and there was no point in staying outside. They could stay warm inside.
General Ashina was also tired. He arranged for the patrol and guards, and sat on the ground with his eyes closed to rest.
Xue Gui thought about it and sat aside.
Manbao turned his head to look at him as he passed by, and taking a look at his face in the firelight, he asked, "Are you hurt?"
Xue Gui was stunned for a moment and then said, "No?"
Manbao looked at his back.
Only then did he feel some pain in his back.
Manbao glanced at him, waved to a student, pointed at him and said, "Treat his wound." Then he turned and left.
But after a while, she turned back and said to General Ashina beside her, "General, we need water. Is there a well in this area?"
Xue Gui, who was bandaging the wound, immediately said, "I am willing to lead the team to find a water source."
General Ashina glanced at the wound on his back and didn't let him go. Instead, he waved to a lieutenant general and asked him to take his men to find out if there was any water source in the area they occupied, and if so, to control it.
As he was giving the order, he heard a noise. Xue Gui also heard it and turned to look at the street together with General Ashina.
The scout came to report, “General, the enemy is coming, there are too many of them, and we can’t count them yet.
The street was so wide that there was no end in sight for the people stretching out, let alone counting them. He couldn't count how many people there were anyway.
General Ashina said, "The city gates and streets are only this big. We only need to hold the checkpoints and we won't be afraid of their large numbers."
With that, he deployed his troops for defense, with archers and spearmen ready.
He looked forward with a serious look, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. The West Gate was in his hands. He was not afraid of defense as long as there were no enemy troops outside the gate.
The enemy rushed over and everyone started fighting across the barrier. Of course, it was not just swords and guns, but also bows and arrows.
However, the people on the other side of the road who were shooting arrows had shields. Of course, the people on the other side of the road who were shooting arrows also had shields.
However, the shield cannot block all the arrows, and some arrows will still fly over the heads of the front row and fall on their side.
Manbao was startled by the arrow that suddenly fell and stuck not far away, and then she immediately ordered people to carry the wounded out of the city gate. She and her students bent down and moved the medical tent out of the city.
After going out, she breathed a sigh of relief. It was much safer now. Not only were there many soldiers separating them, but there was also a thick city wall. Unless the city tower was lost or the enemy troops came around, they would be safe.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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