Red House Shoufu

Chapter 189 Battle and Crisis

The White Lotus Sect camp outside the city was smashed through by three hundred cavalry led by Jia Lian, and the Dragon Guards threw all the torches in their hands into the tents and grain and hay piles.

When the city gate of the Daming Mansion was closed again, Zhao Xilai, the leader, directly killed the little leader who was in charge of the night watch.

Wan Zhongyuan's confidence in taking down Fucheng was a little less, and he arranged for his henchmen to be ready to evacuate at any time in a low voice.

The officers, soldiers and common people in the city cheered one after another, because Jia Lian brought good news that the British Duke Zhang Yue had sent a large army, and they were marching at full speed, and they would arrive soon.

Lin Shu made arrangements for the city guard and patrol, and when he returned to the government office, Jia Lian was holding a whole roast chicken and gnawing on it.

"Cousin Lian, has the British government really sent someone to help?"

Jia Lian took a sip of the soup, and then replied: "I was just talking to appease the people. When we received your letter, we had just arrived in Kaizhou, and it was too late to ask for help from Xiangfu. I will send people to Shandong. To ask for help, Ke Wenxuan, the magistrate of Puzhou, was the same year as Master Du, and sent a thousand guards, and it is estimated that he will arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"One thousand government guards? Then add the 800 people on your side, and Tan Mingming's [-]..."

Lin Shu calculated the strength of his own troops. Compared with the casualties of the White Lotus Sect in the past two days, they were at least evenly matched.Of course, it must be ruled out that the White Lotus Sect has no more reinforcements.

Jia Lian finally had a full stomach, and he asked, "What's going on? How come nearly ten thousand Bailian sects rebelled just after we divided up our troops to search for the culprits?"

Lin Shu replied bitterly: "It's just the White Lotus Sect. I don't know how many forces secretly filled it. Even in the city, several gentry behaved very strangely."

Lin Shu told Jia Lian what had happened in the past few days, including the situation of the bandits outside the city and the strange behavior of the Ma family and other grain merchants in the city.

"To be honest, I still don't understand these questions. What makes me most surprised is that the Daming Mansion has been besieged by nearly ten thousand bandits. For three days, there has been no movement in the surrounding state capitals. Are these people blind and deaf?"

Jia Lian also couldn't figure it out, but he told Lin Shu that he was attacked on the way back to aid, and he said, "Perhaps the surrounding prefectures don't even know that there is a rebellion in the Daming Mansion, and someone is deliberately blocking the news."

Lin Shu pondered for a while, the possibility is not small.If someone deliberately blocked the Daming Mansion, then the people I sent to ask for help would probably have been killed.This can also explain why Tan Mingming, who is not far from Fucheng, has not returned to help so far.

As for Jia Lian going south, maybe it was luck.

Jia Lian ran all night and was exhausted. After talking with Lin Shu for a while, he fell asleep leaning against the back of his chair.

Lin Shu arranged for someone to carry him directly to the bed, while he himself went back to guard the city.This sudden offensive and defensive battle has obviously come to an end, maybe tomorrow is the time for a decisive battle.

The rain that had stopped for the whole day began to rain again at dawn. After the midnight attack last night, almost everyone in the White Lotus Sect's camp was downcast.

Three hundred versus three thousand, let people kill the big camp one by one, not only lost a lot of food and grass, but also killed and injured countless brothers in the holy religion.

Zhao Xi asked several of his bosses to gather a team as soon as it was dawn. Today, he vowed to take down the Daming Mansion and present a big gift for the arrival of the Holy Sect Master.

What happened last night, he felt that he had lost face in front of Wan Zhongyuan, his "ally", and he must donate blood to get it back today.

woo woo woo...

The horn sounded, and the sound of drums came to the top of the city.

Jia Lian, who had rested all night, held a long knife in his hand and looked at the bandits who had begun to gather outside the city.

He clicked his tongue twice: "This group of rebellious officials and thieves is really an eye-opener. Nearly [-]% of them were killed or injured, and there is still no sign of collapse. This is something that even the soldiers and horses on the nine sides can't do!"

"Cousin Lian, look, this group of people with earth-colored turbans on their heads are all loyal believers of the White Lotus Sect. These people have been thoroughly brainwashed long ago. In their eyes, the Virgin of the White Lotus will take them to the vacuum after death." My hometown is the heaven that the White Lotus Sect preaches. As for the group that died in the city a few days ago, they are just cannon fodder, and the more than 2000 people in front of us are the real elite of the White Lotus Sect."

Lin Shu handed the binoculars to Jia Lian, and pointed to the left side of the mound: "Look over there again, those hundreds of people in Ming armor should be from the other side. When attacking the city these days, basically they don't work hard, otherwise , they won’t even be unable to attack the top of the city.”

Although Jia Lian had never heard of the words brainwashing and cannon fodder, he could still figure out the meaning.

He put away the cynicism of the past, and carefully ordered the three hundred elite cavalry under his command to be ready to go out of the city and charge at any time.

"When I was about to leave, Lord Du made an appointment with me that he would arrive with the rest of the soldiers and horses this afternoon. No matter what, we must persist until then..."

"Vacuum hometown, lifeless mother."

"The Holy Maiden descends, Bailian is reborn!"

The more than 2000 Bailian sect bandits outside the city pressed on Fucheng amid bursts of slogans.Although they only have crude weapons in their hands, they don't even have a decent leather armor on their bodies.But the officers and soldiers on the top of the city clenched their swords tightly, with solemn expressions.

"Master Zhen Fushi, can you let the cavalry go out of the city to charge the battle? You don't need to fight, just mess up their formation."

Yang Shouyuan carefully observed the opponent's formation, then turned to look at Lin Shu and Jia Lian.He said to the two of them: "We don't have many people to fight with. If we let them continue to attack the city, we can last until noon at most."

The cavalry armor of the Dragon Guards is the best among all the guards. The simple weapons in the hands of these White Lotus Cult bandits cannot cause much damage to the cavalry.

The speed of the horses increased, and the cavalry entered the battle, just like wolves entering the flock.As long as you don't love to fight, it's really not a big problem to charge back and forth a few times.

Jia Lian clasped his fists at the two of them: "Vice General Yang, don't worry, I will meet this group of thieves pretending to be ghosts..."

The general is the courage of the army, and Jia Lian took the lead in the battle regardless of life and death. This is one of the reasons why the Rongguo Mansion can leave a great reputation in the army.Lin Shu knew that he couldn't persuade Jia Lian, so he could only return with fists in his arms: "After leaving the city, the north gate can no longer be opened. Cousin Lian can choose the opportunity to go to the south gate."

Yang Shouyuan shouted loudly: "Beat the drums for the Governor and all the brothers!"

With the sound of war drums, the north gate slowly opened.

Jia Lian pulled down his armor, drew his knife and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!"

The back of the sword slapped the horse, and following the neighing of the horses, all three hundred cavalry rushed out of the city, like a sharp sword, and killed the bandits of the White Lotus Sect who were slowly approaching the city wall.

In cavalry-to-infantry combat, infantry is no match for an enemy without a heavy armor shield.Jia Lian's long knife cut across the enemy's neck again and again, and the smelly blood had already spread all over his body.

With the charge of the cavalry, the formation of the White Lotus Cult was completely disrupted.The formation that was originally marching towards the city wall has also become a defense and encirclement of the cavalry.

Jia Lian saw that his goal had been achieved, so he led his brothers to prepare to evacuate at the right time.

At this time, he suddenly discovered that hundreds of unidentified thieves were actually killing him.This group of people is not the poorly equipped White Lotus Sect. They wear armor and have many sharp weapons in their hands.

The two armies collided for a moment, and in just one round, many of the guards beside them fell off their horses.

(End of this chapter)