My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 289 The Battle of Belori
Alegunel in the front attacked fiercely, and the rebels in the rear were also pressing harder and harder. Zhou Xi and the others were attacked by the enemy, and they were already in a desperate situation.

"Commander, Wang Qianhu died in battle, and the rebels in the rear have broken through the line of defense!"

At this moment, a worse news came from behind.

Wang Qianhu was also one of Zhou Xi's generals. He had been in charge of patrolling Belori City before. Now he died at this critical moment, which shows that the battle situation in the rear has completely collapsed.

"Withdraw into the barracks!"

Zhou Xi roared, the rear could no longer be defended, and now only by withdrawing into the barracks can the defense line be organized again.

Following Zhou Xi's order, the defending Ming army immediately organized a withdrawal.

The quality of an army is most obvious when it is retreating. For example, Zhou Xi's elite soldiers are methodical even when retreating, and they can even take the opportunity to fight back and beat back the enemies who rushed up.

In addition, Zhou Xi also sent Li Gui to lead a team to meet the defeated soldiers in the city so that they could return to the barracks smoothly.

About an hour later, Li Gui, who went to meet him, finally returned to the barracks, but only half of the original [-] defenders in the city remained, and almost everyone was wounded, not even Wang Qianhu's body. can bring it back.

Seeing that all his brothers had withdrawn, Zhou Xi led the rear guards to retreat to the barracks, intending to use the barracks' defenses to hold on.

Ale Gounel's army also saw Zhou Xi's plan, and launched a crazy attack at this time, trying to keep their army in the rear, but at this time Li Gui led the musketeers to support them, and the muskets fired , the army of Alec Gurner paid a heavy price, but could only watch helplessly as Zhou Xi withdrew to the barracks smoothly.

This barracks was personally planned and built by Zhou Xi and the others after they came to Belori. There are solid walls all around, and there are also a lot of supplies in the barracks. It can be regarded as a strong fortress.

Therefore, after Alegunel's army joined up with the rebels in the city, although their strength increased greatly, they still couldn't take down the barracks after several onslaughts, and finally they had to send a large army to surround the barracks.

"Brother, although the enemy army outside can't come in, we can't get out either. It's very bad for us if we continue to stand like this!"

Li Gui found Zhou Xi that day and said to him solemnly.

After they returned to the barracks, they repelled the enemy's attacks many times, but no matter how many supplies there were in the barracks, they would run out one day, such as food. If they waited until the barracks ran out of food, they might have to wait to die up.

"Is there anything you can do?"

Zhou Xi frowned and asked.

Of course he knew the current situation, but there was nothing he could do.

"Brother, the only way now is to concentrate all our efforts, break out of the siege, rush to the port, and seize Ale Gunnar's ship. Only in this way can we have a chance!"

Li Gui solemnly suggested.

Although their ship was burned, Alegunel came across the sea and naturally brought a large number of ships. If they can capture these ships, they can sail into the sea and escape from the land of right and wrong in the Lion Kingdom.

"No, we were ordered to guard the Lion Kingdom back then. If I led my troops to flee, I would have failed the envoy's trust in me!"

Zhou Xi shook his head without thinking.

In fact, he had committed the crime of dereliction of duty for failing to guard Beelori City. If he led his troops to escape from the Lion Country, even if he returned to Daming, he, Li Gui and others would probably be executed according to military law.

"Brother, the situation is critical now. With the strength of our troops, we can only wait for death if we continue to defend. That's why he should be able to understand us!"

Li Gui has a different view.

In fact, what Li Gui said is not wrong. It is extremely risky for them to guard a country with 3000 people. Therefore, when Zheng He left, he specially left warships for them, so that they could be dispatched in time when they were in danger. evacuate.

But I didn't expect Ale Gunner to kill from the sea, occupy the port directly, and destroy their warship, which made them have no way out.

Hearing his brother's words, Zhou Xi also showed a pensive expression. After a while, he raised his head and said, "Didn't you say before that Zhengshi might have already sailed to the west? What if they are on the way to the Lion Kingdom?" Woolen cloth?"

"Brother, we have gone to sea several times. You know the situation at sea. It may take a few months for the fleet to be delayed. With the materials in our military camp, it is okay to last three months, but if If it takes longer, I'm afraid we will have to wait to die."

Li Gui persuaded again.

Hearing this, Zhou Xi showed a pensive look again, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, but there are more brothers injured in the barracks. Let the brothers recover from their injuries during this period, and then find a chance to break out of the siege!"

"I see!"

Seeing that Zhou Xi agreed, Li Gui exclaimed excitedly, and then went down to make preparations.

In the next month, Alegunel completely controlled the city of Belori, and launched several attacks on Zhou Xi's barracks, but all failed, and finally seemed to give up the attack, without even probing. Yes, just kept going around like this.

A month later, most of the soldiers of the Ming army in the barracks had recovered from their injuries and were ready to break out.

So in the early hours of the morning, when the enemy army outside was soundly asleep, Zhou Xi suddenly opened the gate of the camp, and then led more than 2000 men under him to kill them.

The enemy army outside was caught off guard by Zhou Xi and the others. Although they had several times the strength of Zhou Xi, they couldn't use it at all. In the end, Zhou Xi and the others easily broke out of the siege, and then rushed towards the port, preparing to capture Alegunel's ship.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer.

Seeing that the port was just around the corner, Zhou Xi and the others also showed excitement. As long as they seized the ship, they would have the hope of escaping.

However, when Zhou Xi and the others rushed to the port and were about to rush to the pier and seize those warships, something happened suddenly.

I saw those warships that were docked at the port suddenly set up their sails, and then slowly sailed away from the port. Although they didn't go very far, they were only a few dozen steps away from the pier, but these dozens of steps turned into An unreachable moat.

"Hahaha~"

At this moment, on the largest warship, a burly figure stepped onto the bow, pointed at Zhou Xi and the others on the pier and laughed triumphantly, and then said in blunt Chinese: "Zhou Xi, you didn't Come to think of it, I have expected that you will seize the warship, but unfortunately I will not give you this chance!"

"Aleigh Gounel!"

Seeing the figure on the bow, Zhou Xi couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said in hatred.

Ale Gunner was escorted to Daming, and it was at that time that he learned Chinese.

(End of this chapter)