"Sir, why do I feel that there are not many people in Quanzhou City? It's a bit like an empty city." asked the battalion commander of the Gray First Battalion.
Confucius nodded. "Who cares what kind of son of a bitch it is? We'll know after a fight. Order the troops to surround the south city and bring all the siege weapons up here!"
At this moment, Quanzhou City had already exploded. Only a thousand-man commander Shao Bu and a puppet soldier Li Cheng were left in Quanzhou City.
Although Shaobu is good at fighting, he has no opinion of his own, and Li Cheng, the surrendered general, is as weak as trash in combat.
"Oh no, oh no, Captain! The Song army is besieging the city." The messenger ran in in a panic.
Shao Bu immediately panicked: "What's going on? Where did the Song army come from?"
Not only did he not expect this, everyone found it incredible. This Song army seemed to have appeared out of thin air.
"No, I don't know. The Song army has already deployed its troops at the South Gate and is about to attack the city." The messenger said in panic.
Shao Bu was anxious: "Send someone to inform Captain Gert immediately and ask him to come back for support."
"Already, I've already gone to notify them." said the messenger.
This made Shaobu feel somewhat relieved. He looked at Li Cheng beside him. Although they were both captains of a thousand men, Li Cheng was not even a centurion in his eyes.
"Li Cheng, it's time for you to pledge your loyalty. The Song army is now attacking the city. You should take your men to open the city gates and fight the Song army to the death!" Shao Bu said.
Li Cheng cursed in his heart, "They're using my soldiers as cannon fodder." Normally, these Mongolian soldiers looked down on these puppet troops, and now they were using him as a scapegoat. If they were defeated, Shaobu could just put the blame on him.
Li Cheng was no fool: "Shao Bu, the enemy's position is unknown at the moment. I think we should close the city gates and wait for the captain to return."
"What are you talking about!" Shaobu was furious: "What are you talking about when you leave, Captain? I have the final say in Quanzhou City. Do you want to rebel?" He drew the scimitar at his waist.
Li Cheng was taken aback. He was a general surrendered from the Western Xia, and he was always inferior to others. He had to bow his head under the eaves, so he said respectfully, "I dare not do that, but you know my men well. Collecting taxes and bullying the people is fine on weekdays, but this war..."
The Mongols had no county government in Quanzhou; the military and the government were united. Each was ruled by a single leader, the "Gert," who was essentially the ruler of Quanzhou. There was no royal law; the Gert was the law.
Therefore, Li Cheng was responsible for the taxation and food rations of Quanzhou. The Mongols called this "using barbarians to control barbarians", that is, using the Xixia people to control the Xixia people.
Li Cheng's troops were quite impressive, and the Mongols couldn't possibly let him become powerful. They were just a bunch of officials acting as a ragtag group. If they didn't go to the battlefield, they would probably be scared to death before they even rushed out of the city gates.
If he did not open the city gates and fight, Shao Bu would kill him for being a coward. If he opened the gates and fought, he would surely be defeated.
Shao Bu must have been afraid that he could not stop the Song army, so he wanted to find a scapegoat so that he could frame himself for the loss of Quanzhou. Li Cheng was in a dilemma.
"If I tell you to fight, then go. If you dare not go, I will kill all your men!" Shaobu threatened.
Li Cheng was so frightened that his whole body trembled. He had seen the cruelty of the Mongolian soldiers before, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "I will take my men to the city gate to fight!"
The 3,000 cavalrymen led by Gert were defeated at Sunset Slope and abandoned their armor and weapons. More than 3,000 people were like fish on the chopping board, being cut into pieces by the Song army.
At this time, Gert had less than 800 people left. They began to risk their lives to break out, hoping to create a gap and escape back to Quanzhou City.
Zhu Qing has always been eager to try. He has long wanted to show his skills on the battlefield instead of sitting in this command position and watching others fight.
"Bring me my helmet!" Zhu Qing stretched out his hand, and his personal soldiers hurriedly handed him his helmet.
Luo Shiqi had already vaguely guessed something and was shocked: "Wolf Head, you are the coach, how can you easily get involved? No way!"
Without saying a word, Zhu Qing turned around, walked to his fast horse, and jumped on it with extremely graceful movements.
Zhu Qing drew his sword and rushed into the battle array, howling.
The commander actually charged into the battle formation himself. If anything went wrong, the Iron Wolf Army would be finished.
"What are you looking at? Protect the wolf head!" Luo Shiqi was anxious and rushed up as well.
The Iron Wolf Army's personal guards shouted and rushed forward together.
Zhu Qing was fighting against a centurion, who was also a veteran soldier who had fought on many battlefields. He rushed towards him with a scimitar in his hand.
Zhu Qing held a long sword in his hand, and the moment the two men clashed, the centurion scimitar slashed down diagonally.
The sword came with a fierce force and a tricky attack. The opponent relied on the force of the horse's charge to strike, and most people could not block it.
But Zhu Qing seemed to have anticipated this move. He carefully observed the direction of the knife and dodged the fatal blow. Then he thrust the sword straight out and pierced the centurion's throat.
The centurion cried out and fell off his horse. He didn't know how the opponent drew his sword until he died, it was too fast.
Zhu Qing was extremely excited. This was the first enemy he had ever killed. He had always had a dream, to fight and die on the battlefield, and today he had finally realized that dream.
Some people live just to fight, and their life goal is to conquer all directions and expand territory.
The personal soldiers who were protecting him behind him became anxious and rushed forward as well.
The commander-in-chief charged forward, so how could the guards behind him dare to show weakness? Zhao Huan was extremely strict with his military orders. If the commander-in-chief died in battle, his subordinates would often be executed if they failed to protect him. This was the only way to ensure the army's combat effectiveness.
The guards also rushed forward with a roar, and Tengger and Baganda beside Gert were shocked. Tengger shouted: "Captain, this is the man pretending to be a shepherd."
Gert took a breath of cold air. He also realized that the young man in front of him was a general of the Song army.
"Charge and kill him!" Gert commanded his remaining soldiers.
The first one to rush forward was Tengger: "You traitor, how despicable! I will kill you!"
Zhu Qing smiled slightly: "It's you, good to see you come!"
After just one more round of fighting, the two men brushed past each other on horseback. Both sides were drawing their swords so quickly that it was impossible to tell whether they were fighting or not. Suddenly, both of them reined in their horses and stopped.
After a while, Tengger fell straight off his horse, just like the centurion, with a cut on his throat and blood gushing out.
The other Mongolian soldiers were so frightened by the young man's bravery that they retreated on their horses. Zhu Qing rushed forward with his sword drawn, and attacked the captain Gert.
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