Chapter 72 The attack on Bu’s village "Young Master!" The general who rushed up was panting like an ox and stopped Jiang Ben in front, "Everyone really can't keep up."
Coming all the way from the border between Qi and Wei, in addition to the damage caused by rotten hooves and feet due to poor maintenance of the horses, many soldiers fainted and fell to the ground simply because they were running around the clock and were carried down to recuperate and receive treatment.
They had 20 elite troops when they set out, but before they reached the battlefield, they lost [-] troops.
This is all because the young master does not know how to lead troops, and he ran to Daliang in a hurry.
"Look at how cowardly you are!" Jiang Ben scolded the generals calmly and said in good spirits, "Can't I just keep up?"
The general glanced at the carriage under Jiang Ben's buttocks and made no sound.
What about sharing the same hatred and joy with the soldiers and generals as promised during the training?Why don't you come down and take a few steps?You don't even want to ride a horse, so why do you have the nerve to scold soldiers who run away on two legs?
Seeing the general's expression, Jiang Ben twisted his body uncomfortably and coughed: "How far is it from Daliang?"
"There are only eighty miles left," the general said. "If we don't rest now, by the time we get to the battlefield, the soldiers may not even have the strength to lift their swords."
After speaking, he pointed to the west and said, "The Bu Village where Princess An Guo is camping is only thirty miles away from here. I don't know where we are going."
"Of course it's Daliang!" Jiang Ben clapped his thigh and said, "There's no war in Bu Village, so why don't I go there to cause trouble?" After thinking about it, he waved his hand and said, "Let's rest and make rice on the spot. Let's all have a good meal. Yes. After an hour, let Chu State see what we are capable of!"
Among the [-] soldiers, less than [-] can wear armor and go into battle.
Jiang He did not have the ability to take the general's head from the rebel army.
What she studied was state governance, military strategy, not fighting with a sword to fight one against a hundred.
So she, holding the sword in her hand, did not stand at the front.
At the front, there are soldiers who use a foot-high low wall as a bunker and use their bows and crossbows to aim at foreign enemies.
The crossbow arrows swarmed out, and only a few pierced the Chu army's bodies. More were blocked by the raised shields and fell into the fields.
The Chu army was strolling in a leisurely manner, but the Wei army was frightened.
A low wall of ten feet high is not enough to withstand a hundred thousand soldiers and horses. Once they get close, they will fall into the fortune teller's village.
This small village will become a battlefield for hand-to-hand fighting, and the people here will also be slaughtered.
"General Chen," Jiang He ordered, "draw 3000 people, go out of the north gate, and light the beacon fire."
When the beacon is lit, several surrounding cities will know that the fortune telling village has been attacked.
If Wei Ji's soldiers and horses were nearby, they would definitely come to rescue him.
This is the only hope for the people of Bu Village.
There are fifty horses in Bu Village, but these horses are not war barely putting on the bridle, General Chen organized a group of cavalry.
He was nearly forty years old. Although he had been in the army for ten years and had seen life-and-death situations several times, before setting off this time, he said to Jiang He: "If someone dies in the line of duty, there is no need to collect the body."
When an officer above the rank of concubine died, his body had to be collected and buried. He said no, because he was determined to die and planned to bury his body in the wilderness together with the soldiers.
There was thick mist in Jiang He's eyes. She reluctantly pursed her lips to stay calm and calm, and told General Chen how to use the troops.
The north gate is a hundred feet away from the beacon tower, so there is no need to tangle with the Chu shield soldiers are in front, and the light infantry is behind, killing a bloody road to cavalry rushed out to occupy the surroundings of the beacon tower, cleared out the Chu troops inside, and went up to the stage to light the fire.
Most of the Chu troops were in the south of the village, and there were less than 1 people near the beacon tower in the ten thousand with 3000 people is like hitting a stone with an egg.
But lighting the beacon fire is the only hope for the people of Bu Village to survive.
As for the remaining officers and soldiers of the Wei Dynasty, they stayed in the village until reinforcements arrived.
"Be quick." Jiang He said, "Maybe we can come back."
General Chen laughed and said: "Wrapping the corpse in horse leather is exactly what Chen has wished for in his life."
In order to attract the Chu army and reduce the pressure on the soldiers who attacked the beacon tower, Jiang He got on his horse and opened the south gate of Buzhai.
Dressed in red, she was particularly dazzling in the shimmering light of the black armor of the shield soldiers and heavy armored infantry.
The Chu army about seventy feet away was suddenly ready to move, and the Chu prince Mi Bei Chu suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"She is Princess Anguo?" he said to himself.
It was too far away to see clearly, but the woman on the horse was elegant yet majestic, possessing a spirit rarely found in southern women.
"Interesting!" Mi Fuchu suddenly laughed, "Catch them alive!"
The Wei army struck back, first attracting the Chu army into range. The catapults inside the wall suddenly launched, knocking the Chu army off their backs and hurriedly retreating.
"Why do they have a trebuchet?"
"Go back!"
This is the only trebuchet in Bu Village, and it was used to capture the Chu army on the battlefield a few days it was broken, Wei Ji sent it to Jiang He to see.
Knowing that the Chu army was coming today, the first thing Jiang He did was to transport the trebuchet here and repair it.
The south gate of Bu Village was closed, and Jiang He rode through the widest road in the city toward the north gate.
"How about it?"
A soldier who retreated lay on his horse and said with his last breath: "Your Highness, I was waiting, but I couldn't..."
Jiang He looked outside the stronghold, where all three thousand Wei troops were wiped out.
General Chen's war horse fell to the ground just a few feet away from the beacon tower.
The front legs of the war horse were cut off, and he fell to the ground. There was a crossbow arrow stuck in his back, and he was dragging his body, which could no longer stand, towards the beacon tower.
Five feet, half a foot, one foot...
A Chu soldier slowly walked up to him and chopped off his head with a sword.
The body that climbed forward finally stopped, and the blood spread under the beacon tower, so red that it burned my heart and lungs.
Jiang He's hands clenched tightly in the skirt of her skirt. She wanted to cry loudly, but her expression only became calmer.
"Come here." Jiang He stood on a high place, turned around and said, "Pass my order and the people of Bu Village will hide in the military camp and guard them to the death with five thousand soldiers and horses. The rest will follow me out of the north gate and light the beacon fire."
While the Chu army here was counting casualties and taking a break, while the Chu army in the south reported that there was a catapult in Bu's camp, which scared them back, Jiang He had one last chance.
The soldiers were gathering. She took a piece of armor and quickly put it on.
On the official road outside Bu Village, a carriage was approaching.
"Sir, do you still want to leave?"
Cai Ling, who was driving in the front room of the carriage, almost cried.
She had obviously told Jiang Anqing what she saw with her own eyes.
She said that the stockade in front was surrounded by soldiers, and those people were holding khaki flags; she said that many people rushed out of the stockade and were killed; she said that there was a round and tall thing standing outside the stockade, guarding the All the soldiers in the east and west were killed by the Wei army who rushed out of the stronghold, leaving only Jiang Anqing said: "Girl, that thing is called the beacon tower, let's go there."
go?Don't you want to die? "Only when the fire at high places is lit will soldiers and horses come to save the village, and the people in the village can survive. Ahe is in the village, and the people of Wei are in the village. How can we stand idly by?"
"But there are people guarding there!"
"Girl, don't be afraid." Jiang Anqing said, "If you stab the horse's butt with a dagger, the horse will rush towards you. Wherever the man is standing, you will hit him. He is an infantryman no better than a crossbowman, and he can't stop you. of."
Cai Ling hid a dagger, which was never used.
She hasn't killed anyone either.
"Sir," Cai Ling took off his belt, wrapped the dagger around his wrist, took a deep breath and said, "The princess bought me, and my life is hers. Whatever you say, Cai Ling will do it. The worst is that I will die today. Let’s go see my starving sister.”
Crimson blood splashed, and the horse pulling the cart neighed and rushed towards the beacon tower.
There seemed to be a familiar voice shouting from behind: "Master Jiang! Master Jiang! Don't go!"
who is it.
Cai Ling thought as the carriage jolted forward rapidly.
No matter who it is, they can't stop us from saving the princess.
Everything is as Master Jiang said.
As expected, the soldier stopped him and was trampled to death by horse carriage stopped by the beacon tower, and Cai Ling climbed up the narrow steps outside.
Jiang Anqing is guarding below.
"My lord, there is a door here!" she gasped.
"You find a coin-shaped piece of wood, pull it out, and the door will open." Jiang Anqing spoke from below.
Even at a critical moment of life and death, his voice was gentle and had a calming power.
As expected, the door opened, and what came into view was a low platform made of adobe and weeds several feet high were piled in the middle, and half-wet firewood was placed next to them.
"Girl," Jiang Anqing said, "first light the dry grass with a fire stick, and when it burns, cover it with wet firewood."
On the way here, they had to make a fire for cooking, so they carried fire sticks that were easy to light.
But I don’t know whether it was because it was cold and snowing, or because the wind was a bit strong at high altitudes, so the fire could not be a panic, Cai Ling saw Chu troops approaching in the distance.
"My lord, my lord!" she said in panic, "I can't light it."
"Girl," Jiang Anqing said loudly before climbing up the steps to the beacon tower, "think of a way."
Cai Ling's head was battered and frightened. Seeing the Chu army getting closer and closer, she simply gritted her teeth and took off her cotton-padded jacket and moved closer to Huozhezi.
The clothes are put on immediately, and then the hay is put in.
"Boom--" The flames burned.
"Sir!" Cai Ling excitedly held the edge of the beacon tower and shouted downwards, "Light it up!"
As soon as she finished speaking, an arrow flew past her forehead, frightening her to shrink back.
The fire burned bigger and bigger. Cai Ling quickly put the wet firewood on the flame. Black smoke rose into the sky, seeming to lift up the lowered sky.
Cai Ling knelt down and looked out, and saw that the Chu army was very close.
In the despair of facing death, she became brave.
She never knew she could be so powerful and help save a whole city.
Then Cai Ling's eyes lit up and she saw a dozen men riding horses running towards this side from the official leader was none other than Zongjun, the impeccable steward of Princess Luoyang's residence.
The strong men behind him are all the guards of the house.
You are here! Cai Ling sat down slowly as if she was struggling, and smiled amidst the thick smoke that choked her mouth and nose.
"Sir! It's done!"
"Cailing," Jiang Anqing was still talking to her as usual under the beacon tower, "do you think Ahe looks like me?"
……
"Your Highness, look!"
Jiang He, who had just gathered his troops and was about to open the north gate, looked up and saw black smoke rising from the beacon tower.
The Chu army outside the north gate originally wanted to stop the Wei army from lighting the beacon fire. Now seeing that their previous efforts had been wasted, they were ready to attack the gate of the village.
"How could it be?" Jiang He was confused for a moment and then looked away.
She said coldly: "In this case, you and I will defend the city together!"
"what is that?"
In the wilderness, Master Qi stuck his head out of the carriage and suddenly jumped down in shock.
"Is that Bu Village?" He grabbed a person and asked.
Before the man could speak, he pulled the man off his horse.
"Oh my God! My sister!"
Jiang Ben got on his horse, and before he had time to explain to his generals, he turned around and rushed north.
After rushing for a few feet, he tightened his horse and forced himself to stop. It seemed that he had just realized that he was leading an turned around and gave a stern order: "Go to Bu's Village at full speed. If you see the Chu army, kill them without mercy! Anyone who lags behind will be killed for violating military orders!"
The army rushed towards Bu's village.
elder sister……
Jiang Ben's face turned pale and his forehead was sweating.
Wait for me, no matter how difficult it is, wait for me! "His Majesty!"
"I saw it."
Zhao Zheng on the horse didn't say a word.
He felt like he was racing with the God of the Netherworld. If he was one step too late, his beloved would be dragged into hell.
never come back to life.
(End of this chapter)