Great Han Empire

Chapter 47 Yanzhao Fengyun
Tian Jing closed her eyes in relief.

He was carried to Lulong Tower by Tian Zhong.He saw Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, and Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping County, leading [-] troops passing through the Crescent Tower in a steady stream, and gathering in line in the square one after another.He heard the thunderous sound of war drums.He knew that Lulongsai would not fall, and would return to the hands of the big Han people.

The gate of Lulong Tower was fully opened.

Thousands of torches were lit on the opposite square, illuminating the dark night as bright as day.The square was densely packed with heavily armed soldiers.At the front of the queue, in the middle of the city gate, stood a thin and dry old man in common clothes. He looked very haggard, but he was in good spirits.He hung a long sword at his waist and held a big man's battle flag in his hand.

The soldiers of the Hu coalition stopped in their tracks.They were stunned.They couldn't believe what they saw.They didn't understand how the reinforcements from the Han Kingdom suddenly appeared in Lulongsai.

On the tower, Que Ji and his soldiers were still cheering heartily; below the tower, Wu Yan was sitting on the ground, discussing with Xiong Ba how to capture Lulong Tower; Shouting.

Upstairs on Wangri Tower, the sound of ox horns resounded through the sky.Upstairs in Lulong, the sound of war drums was earth-shattering.

Liu Yu raised the battle flag in his hand, turned his head and shouted: "Children, follow me to take back Lulongsai, kill..."

The soldiers behind shouted in unison: "Kill... ah..."

Liu Yu was the first to rush into Luronse Square.The soldiers behind them were like fierce tigers descending the mountain, raising their weapons high, roaring like thunder, like an avalanche, and charged into the enemy's formation without hesitation with the aura of thunder.

Li Hong knelt on the ground, staring blankly at everything in front of him, he couldn't believe it was real.Liu Yu kicked him hard, "Son, stand up, take back Lulongsai, kill..."

Li Hong rolled and crawled, stood up from the ground, and was immediately engulfed by the torrent behind him, rushing towards the enemy involuntarily.

The sound of horns from Wangri Tower disappeared from the air in an instant.Que Ji and the soldiers were dumbfounded.incredible.For a while, they still couldn't wake up from the great joy of victory.Wu Yan and Xiong Ba stumbled up the stone steps, their eyes wide open.Fall short, fall short.

"Retreat. Retreat immediately." Xiong Ba shouted.

"No." Wu Yan stared at a pair of blood-red eyes, and yelled frantically, "Fight, fight with them."

"Your Majesty, you've run out of people, what's the use of occupying such a stone city? Withdraw." Xiong Ba shouted in a rage.

Que Ji on the city tower ordered his subordinates without hesitation to sound the horn to retreat, and the whole army retreated.The soldiers woke up from the shock and retreated down the tower like a tide.

Liu Yu held up the battle flag and walked firmly in the middle of the team step by step.Although he doesn't know martial arts and can't fight on the front line, he feels that his actions can inspire the brave fighters around him and inspire them to fight the enemy bravely regardless of their own safety.

The surrounding soldiers consciously surrounded him, not letting an enemy approach their Lord Inspector.Long arrows shot from time to time from the darkness.The soldiers walking in front of Liu Yu did not hide or give way. They would rather fall down when they were shot by an arrow than let an arrow hit Liu Yu's side.Liu Yu looked at the fallen soldiers, his heart was bleeding, he waved the battle flag, mustered all the strength in his body and shouted: "Children, for the Han Kingdom, kill..."

More and more soldiers poured into Lulongsai Square through Lulong Tower, overwhelmingly killing the enemy.

The soldiers of the Han army were as imposing as a rainbow, and the sound of killing shook the sky.After being stimulated by great joy and sorrow, the soldiers of the Hu coalition army were depressed and had no morale. Coupled with the fierce blocking and killing of the Han soldiers, the sound of their own retreat horns resounded through the night sky, which finally led to the overall defeat.

Xiong Ba led fifty soldiers to stand on the top floor of the corridor to block the attack, covering the army's rapid retreat from the city wall.Things in the world are really unpredictable.It was the soldiers of the Han army under the leadership of Chai Ting who prevented them from going downstairs.In a blink of an eye, it became Xiong Ba leading the Xianbei soldiers to stop the Han army from going upstairs.

The gate of Lulongsai was filled from the inside to the outside with soil bags by soldiers of the Han army, which was a solid, three-foot-thick soil bag. Even if it was carried outside, it would take a long time to carry it.They also thought of it at the beginning, so they didn't attack the city gate at all. Not only would it be futile, but it would also incur a lot of losses.But now how much they hope that the door can be opened.Now they have only one way to escape, and that is to climb over the city wall and climb down from the ladder.Due to the darkness and the crowds, the soldiers were flustered and disorganized, the towers were in chaos, and many soldiers fell to their deaths and were injured.

The soldiers were all squeezed under the stone steps and could not go up for a while.The soldiers of the Han army who rushed to the forefront fought a bloody battle with the enemy's blocking forces.Often in order to fight for a small step, it takes the lives of more than a dozen soldiers.The battle flag in Liu Yu's hand was taken over by his subordinates.The overall situation of Luronse has been decided, and he is going to see those who survived the defense of Luronse.

Li Hong was the first to rush up the tower.His saber flew up and down around Xiong Ba, forcing him to retreat step by step.Xiong Ba's sweat was mixed with blood, and his whole body was drenched.Li Hong soon cornered him to the edge of the city wall.After crossing the city wall, there is a ladder.The surrounding enemy soldiers roared frantically, all rushing forward to occupy this escape position.A large number of Han soldiers stepped on the corpses of their comrades and rushed to the tower.

Li Hong turned around suddenly, roared, and swung his knife to meet the surrounding enemies, no longer caring about Xiong Ba behind him.Xiong Ba suddenly understood, he turned over and jumped onto the city wall, and quickly escaped.Li Hong immediately leaned his back against the city wall, firmly occupying a favorable position, and never let an enemy go.

Facing Xiong Ba, he couldn't make a move.Xiong Ba is the commander-in-chief's confidant and a good friend of Iron Wolf, so he can't take his life.After killing Xiong Ba, Iron Wolf would definitely call him an ungrateful villain.Without Iron Wolf, I would not be where I am today.Li Hong decided to let Xiong Ba go.In this way, Iron Wolf will not call himself an idiot if he knows it under Jiuquan.

Que Ji stood at the foot of the city and kept ordering the trumpeter to blow the trumpet to gather the troops.At this time, we must not be chaotic, we must be steady, and we must give the soldiers confidence.Isn't it just that the siege failed, and it wasn't that the whole tribe was killed, so why panic.

It didn't take long, and the soldiers who were still in shock gradually regained their self-confidence, and no longer had the sense of fear of impending disaster just now.The soldiers who fled to the city began to regroup under the command of the Horn.On the city wall, soldiers escaped down the ladder one after another.

Wu Yan lay on the ground, his face pale.Li Hong's knife was too domineering, and he was seriously injured.Xiong Ba was in a bad mood and extremely depressed.The number of people who attacked Lulongsai reached 1000 people. After losing 9000 people, they didn't even get a piece of Lulongsai's bricks.He didn't know how things could turn out like this.He didn't know how he would face Murong Feng.

Que Ju ordered the troops to prepare for archery.

His subordinates suspected that they had heard wrong, and turned to look at their leader.Que Ji immediately gave him a whip.Immediately, the sound of the horns of the attack tore through the dark night, and sounded again under the city of Lulongsai.

"Command, shoot all the arrows that can be shot here." Que Ji said coldly.

"My lord, there are still hundreds of soldiers who haven't come down." His subordinate once again suspected that he had heard wrong, and opened his mouth to exclaim.

Que Ji didn't hit him this time, but looked at the tragic battlefield where the figures were flying on the city tower, smiled wryly, pointed to the hundreds of ladders leaning on the city wall, and said sadly, "They can't escape." No one.

On the city wall, more than 1000 Han soldiers surrounded more than 300 enemies who had not had time to escape, and the two sides were fighting fiercely.Li Hong leaned against the base of the city wall, exhausted, looking weakly at the bloody battlefield in front of him.

Que Ji roared loudly: "Let it go..., let's fire continuously..."

Nearly 2000 soldiers who escaped stood in a neat line with extremely strong hatred, and shot an arrow to vent their anger towards the wall of Lulongsai City.

The long arrow whistled in the dark night, flew into the darkness, flew up the tower, and shot into all places that could be pierced after touching.

The city wall suddenly fell into chaos.Some soldiers of the Han army fled in all directions like birds and beasts, some rolled and crawled to hide under the city wall, some lay down on the ground and put the corpse on themselves, some panicked and looked at the corridor and ran wildly to escape. In the fortress, there are also those who regard death as home and raise their knives to entangle and kill the enemy.

But the speed of escape is far less than that of Changjian.Batch after batch of long arrows poured violently on the tower of Lulongsai City without any pause at all.No life can escape.The people on the tower were like leeks cut off with a knife, falling down one after another.

Li Hong looked at the terrifying scene in front of him and laughed wildly.He wanted to die but had no chance.He has been killing and killing people all the time, but now he is sitting at the root of the city wall, out of reach of long arrows.He wants to die with them, to live is to kill, to be killed, life is meaningless.He struggled to support his body, ready to walk into the fierce arrow rain.

Suddenly, he saw Jiming's sachet, which was stained red with Jiming's blood.He froze for a moment.

The soldiers of the Hu coalition army buried all the remains of the dead soldiers at the foot of Yunshan that night, and then slowly withdrew with the wounded soldiers, a large number of siege equipment, and supplies.

After losing nearly 9000 men, they returned home in a disastrous defeat.

Que Ji's final blow dealt a heavy blow to the morale-high Han army.If you stick to the city for ten days, the entire army will only be 800 people.However, the last blow of the fierce Hu people caused hundreds of casualties to the Han army. In addition to the loss in the square, the 1000 reinforcements lost more than [-] people in less than half an hour.The ferocity of the Karasuma and Xianbei people deeply shocked the Han army.

The defense of Luronse was finally over.

The next day, Li Hong was woken up by someone pushing him on the tower.Looking at the smiling but very unfamiliar face, he couldn't understand what happened for a while.He wants to sleep.

"Are you Li Junhou?" the middle-aged man with a sword asked.

Li Hong shook his head.The big man in front of him was tall, of medium build, with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and three slender beards. He looked elegant and mighty.

Seeing Li Hong shaking his head, the man hesitated.He took a closer look, and then pushed Li Hong who had fallen asleep again.Li Hong tried his best to open his heavy eyelids and looked at him in bewilderment.

"Are you Marquis Master Li?"

Li Hong shook his head resolutely.

"Then you are Master Li, the head of the village?"

Li Hong's mind went blank.He bowed his head and thought for a while, before he remembered that Lord Wu Feiwu had told him that he was the head of the village.If there are no troops, they will lead people to patrol the city wall at night.

He smiled shyly at the man and nodded.

"By the order of Lord Inspector, please come to Lulong Tower." The man bowed politely and said loudly.

Li Hong couldn't turn the corner for a moment, looked at him blankly, and asked, "Who are you?"

"My lord, Xian Yufu, with the cursive character Yuxing, is the meritorious service of the governor." Xian Yufu replied very politely.

Seeing that he has been tepid, soft-spoken, and polite, Li Hong felt that he was very impolite, so he quickly stood up and saluted him back, "My name is Li Hong, and my name is Zimin. Everyone calls me Heizi." .”

Xian Yufu laughed, his eyes showed admiration for Li Hong.The two then walked to Lulong Tower together, chatting casually on the way.Li Hong found that Shao Yufu had a gentle temperament, and he was also very modest and cautious.

On the main city wall, the remains of soldiers from both sides had been buried overnight, and many people were scrubbing the blood on the ground and repairing the damaged tower.On the square, more soldiers were cleaning the battlefield.The fire in the center of the square last night burned a huge piece of the ground black.

"Master Xianyu, do you know how many people we have left?" Li Hong asked softly.

"In the entire Lulongsai frontier army, there are only you, an officer above the head of the village, and 230 or two soldiers. Among them, there are more than 200 soldiers in the seriously injured. The frontier army has been defeated." Xian Yufu said sadly.

Li Hong fell silent.

"Master Tian..."

"Passed away last night. He was too badly wounded to help."

Li Hong knelt on the ground, his whole body was covered with blood, emitting a strong fishy smell.The two adults hurriedly got him up.

Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping, looked very kind. He first praised Li Hong, and then introduced him to Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou.Li Hong was a little surprised to see that he was the old man who kicked him yesterday.It is really unimaginable for a state and county official to wear a black cloth dress and a pair of cloth shoes.

Li Hong knelt down again to salute.

"Before Mr. Tian left, he strongly recommended you to us, saying that you are all-rounder in civil and military affairs, and you will definitely be the pillar of our big man in the future. We have also heard a lot about you. You are really a young hero. Think of me as a big man, just a man The small Youzhou has also produced two famous heroes, which shows that the talent is at its peak."

Seeing Li Hong's puzzled gaze, Liu Yu explained with a smile: "The white horse Gongsun Zan, the chief historian of Liaodong's vassal state, is just like a little hero, a hero who frightens the barbarians."

"Your Excellency's absurd praise. I just did my duty, and I don't have any outstanding achievements." Li Hong blushed to Liu Yu's praise, and said hastily.

"Don't be humble, my people. Master Tian told us that you are the leopard who was captured by the Xianbei people with two black wooden tokens. Recently, you, a leopard, have gained a great reputation in the north, and your head is also priceless. I just didn't expect that So young."

Liu Yu and Liu Zheng looked at each other and smiled.

"Because you are more familiar with Lulongsai's situation than we are, and you are now a military marshal, so I would like to ask how many people Lulongsai should send to garrison it is more appropriate." Liu Zheng said pleasantly.

"Returning to the two adults, Wuyan has been hit hard this time, and the loss of personnel and materials is huge. It is difficult to do anything in the short term. And the Xianbei people, with the heart of tigers and wolves, are always thinking about invading our Great Han Kingdom. There is still the possibility of an attack. So I think 3000 is a basic number."

Liu Yu and Liu Zheng looked embarrassed and did not continue talking.

"However, there is a way to make the Xianbei people completely give up the idea of ​​​​invading my big man from Lulongsai."

Liu Yu and Liu Zheng exchanged surprised looks, and waved their hands almost at the same time to signal him to continue talking.

(End of this chapter)