Chapter 217: Battle of Chengdu 7
As soon as he finished speaking, the white-pole soldiers behind Li Dingguo immediately separated into two sides. An old woman wearing red armor, a purple-gold crown on her head, and a blue cloak embroidered with a four-clawed python dragon came up on a bay horse.
She is Qin Liangyu, the newly appointed Prince of Sichuan by the imperial court, the only queen in history.
The seventy-one-year-old Qin Liangyu approached with a majestic presence, a spear in her hand, a wisp of silver hair fluttering, revealing her age.
Li Dingguo couldn't help but admire Qin Liangyu when he saw her. He clasped his fists and said, "I admire the old general's ability and his loyalty! I have nothing to say about today's defeat! If I am lucky enough to defeat the general on horseback, I don't ask to live, I just ask to spare my brothers!" After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he pointed to the Dashi Army soldiers who surrendered and those who did not.
"I, Qin Liangyu! I, the Prince of Chuan, swear here that if you defeat me with my spear, you and your men will be safe and sound! If you break this oath, you will be pierced by thousands of arrows!" Qin Liangyu said, her voice as resounding as a bell.
"Good! Thank you, old general!" Li Dingguo said to Qin Liangyu and then to the other Dashi Army soldiers: "Brothers! Thank you for following me for so many years. Many of my old brothers have died, and it is you who gave me a chance to live! Today I will fight and win a life for everyone!"
"General! We swear to follow you until death! We will not live alone!" Several diehards began to express their loyalty.
Li Dingguo only said one last sentence after hearing this: "Brothers! Let's be brothers again in our next life! Kill!"
Li Dingguo's diehard followers also shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Li Dingguo shouted, "Kill!" He raised his bright silver spear and rushed towards Qin Liangyu. Li Dingguo wanted to make a final fight! Li Dingguo was young and strong. He was not yet thirty years old and had experienced many battles. He could be said to have crawled out of the dead. He felt that he could definitely defeat the old lady in front of him!
Qin Liangyu was particularly energetic today. She had been taking supplements recently, and her energy and spirit had improved a lot. Although she was not as old as she was in her youth, she was still very agile in wielding the spear.
Ma Wanchun wanted to stop her, but was stopped by Qin Liangyu's sharp eyes. This sharp look made Ma Wanchun shudder, and when he recalled it many years later, he still felt a lingering fear.
Seeing Li Dingguo approaching with his spear in hand, Qin Liangyu also began to spur her horse. The chestnut horse under Qin Liangyu's crotch quickly accelerated, and the two men rushed towards each other at top speed.
Li Dingguo was determined to fight Qin Liangyu today, using a life-for-life strategy. He didn't care what moves Qin Liangyu used, he just focused on stabbing her body. As for where Qin Liangyu chose to stab him, he didn't care at all.
In a flash, Li Dingguo rushed to Qin Liangyu, raised his gun and stabbed it towards Qin Liangyu's chest.
Qin Liangyu did not raise her spear, but at the most critical moment, she hugged the horse's neck and hid under its belly.
Li Dingguo stabbed the chestnut horse with a spear. The chestnut horse neighed in pain and raised its front hoof. Qin Liangyu was just above Li Dingguo's head at this time. Qin Liangyu held the horse's neck with one hand and held the spear with the other. A spear stabbed at Li Dingguo's face. Li Dingguo reacted quickly and dodged the fatal blow by tilting his head. However, the white spear still stabbed his shoulder, and blood immediately gushed out. Li Dingguo fell off his horse, but he did not let go of the spear.
By this time, Qin Liangyu had long since disengaged from her warhorse. She turned back and glanced with heartache at the horse that had accompanied her for five or six years. It lay on the ground, bleeding from the wound on its back. Its eyes looked at Qin Liangyu as if bidding her a final farewell.
Qin Liangyu turned around, holding her gun and preparing to give Li Dingguo the final blow. Li Dingguo stood up at this time, enduring the severe pain, knowing that his final moment had come.
With one arm unable to move, he wanted to fight Qin Liangyu to the end. Li Dingguo held the gun and watched Qin Liangyu coming over, panting.
Yes, Qin Liangyu's move was incredibly powerful, but it was also incredibly exhausting. It was no small feat for someone over seventy to be able to pull off such a move. She knew Li Dingguo would fight her to the death. She wasn't as young as Li Dingguo, and didn't possess his strength, so she could only think of techniques and moves.
So she decided to sacrifice her own chestnut horse in exchange for victory. Finally, she chose to hide in the stirrup, and then stab from above to give Li Dingguo a fatal blow.
Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo actually dodged her. She was exhausted. Her hands began to tremble and her breathing became rapid.
Li Dingguo knew that he had no hope of survival, but he still had to fight back.
Qin Liangyu raised her spear and stabbed Li Dingguo, who rushed towards the spear.
"Ah!" Li Dingguo cried out as Qin Liangyu's spear pierced his body. Li Dingguo made no move to stop, but instead rushed towards Qin Liangyu, following the white pole and letting it pierce his body. He used up his last bit of strength and thrust the spear into Qin Liangyu. But in the end, the force was weak, only injuring her left rib.
Qin Liangyu drew her sword and chopped off Li Dingguo's head. Then she released her spear, and Li Dingguo's headless body fell to the ground.
Qin Liangyu was also exhausted at this time. She staggered a few steps and finally fell to the ground.
Aunt! Grandmother! Qin Yiming and Ma Wanchun both ran over crying. Without asking anyone for help, they carried the unconscious old woman to a nearby house.
Neither of them thought about the title of king anymore, they just wanted their elder to recover soon.
After Li Dingguo died, some of his diehard followers began to take out knives and make a final struggle.
Seeing these people rushing over, Ma Wanchun ordered: "Shoot! Shoot them to death with arrows!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a rain of arrows whizzed towards them, turning each of them into a hedgehog and falling in a pool of blood.
Qin Liangyu was sent away, and the South Gate was also breached by Fang Xinyu and Zeng Ying.
Fang Xinyu got on the hot air balloon and immediately saw where the Dashi Army's trap was. He couldn't see the difference on the ground, but he noticed the difference in the sky.
Fang Xinyu waved a flag, instructing the gunners to fire at the designated location. With a roar, the carefully prepared traps were instantly rendered ineffective.
Then Fang Xinyu commanded Zeng Ying and others to start deploying troops. First, they attacked Sun Kewang's vanguard in front of Wanli Bridge, and then built pontoon bridges on both sides of Wanli Bridge to cross the river and avoid the covering attack of artillery on Wengcheng.
After re-establishing their positions on both sides, the Ming army's artillery began to unleash its might, firing shells one after another onto the city walls, forcing the defenders to fear raising their heads.
Sun Kewang looked at the Ming army commanding from the sky and had a bad feeling in his heart.
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