Horse on the World

Chapter 184
When the sun was rising, Xiang Xianhe took his re-organized personal guard battalion, and under the protection of Xiang Feng Xianghui, set off towards Hailing. She didn't sleep almost all night, and even Ding Ling's song Chenghuan was boring, which made Ding Ling very dissatisfied, and Xiang Xianhe had to bleed a little more to comfort her.

In addition to the personal guard battalion, he also brought a battalion of recruits, which were re-recruited after most of the Fuzhou Army was destroyed by Guoshanfeng. Although they wore the best armor and carried the best weapons, even if they were not Xiang Xianhe, who is well versed in military affairs, also knows that their combat effectiveness is worse than that of the previous Fuzhou Army, and the best result when they encounter an enemy is to act as cannon fodder to cover their escape.

If it was true what Zhong Ziqi said, Xiang Xianhe couldn't help but shudder, and a single bandit for a long time could defeat his army. I couldn't even spit out my bones, so I couldn't help being frightened and reined in the horse.

"Marshal!" Xiang Feng rode his horse to Xiang Xianhe's side.

"Xiang Feng, do you think Zhong Ziqi's statement is credible? Li Qing is really trying to take me back to the state?"

Xiang Feng shook his head: "I don't know, Marshal, no matter it's true or not, you have to find out what the truth is, won't it be clear when you arrive in Hailing?"

"But if that's the case, then Ban Tianyun and Jiang Heiniu are in the same group, wouldn't we be miserable?" Looking at the soldiers around, Xiang Xianhe said.

Xiang Feng was silent, of course he was clear about the fighting power of his soldiers, and Ji Sichen on the side interjected, "It's okay, Commander, if there is a real discrepancy, we can hide in the navy and set sail to sea, then Jiang Hei What can Niu and Ban Tianyun do to me? Let's take a detour from the sea to Beijing to complain to His Majesty the Emperor, so that Li Qing can't bear to walk around."

Hearing this, Xiang Xianhe's brows relaxed a little, yes, it's really impossible, I'll get on the boat and run, what can you do to me?

"Let's go!" The mighty team started to march towards Hailing.

Ji Sichen sneered in his heart, Xiang Xianhe was doomed not to reach Hailing.

At noon, the team rested for a while, and just as Xiang Xianhe got on his horse and was about to set off, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes from the direction of Huai'an, Ji Sichen was overjoyed, and came.Xiang Xianhe was also stunned, because he saw that the knight on the horse was his confidant.Could it be that Zhong Ziqi was right, that the bandit was approaching Hailing?
"Commander, Commander, stop quickly." The knight yelled hoarsely, galloped over, rolled off the saddle, and grabbed Xiang Xianhe's horse's head, "Commander, it's not good!"

"Tell me what's going on!" Xiang Xianhe snapped, his voice trembling.

"Commander, General Jiang Can of Dingzhou went to the decisive battle with the bandits in Qingcheng for half a day and was defeated. Five thousand Dingzhou troops were killed and wounded countless times. In hot pursuit, Jiang Shen will send a flying horse back to report, and ask the commander to organize an army to prepare for city defense operations, so as to prevent Ban Tianyun from taking advantage of the situation to attack Huai'an. He has sent people back to Dingzhou, and asks Commander Li to send reinforcements. Commander, hurry up Go back to Huai'an," the messenger's face turned pale, and since he got Jiang Heiniu's letter, he ran all the way, and finally found the commander.

Xiang Xianhe's face changed abruptly. This time, in order to test Dingzhou's intentions and to ensure his own safety to the greatest extent, he took away almost all Huai'an troops. At this moment, Ban Tianyun defeated Jiang Heiniu , even went straight to Huai'an, if he couldn't get back in time, then Huai'an was in danger.

"Zhong Ziqi missed me!" Xiang Xianhe yelled, "Withdraw, withdraw, return to Huai'an!"

Ji Sichen followed Xiang Xianhe back, and said loudly: "Commander, what a coincidence, the other party knew about it as soon as we left Huai'an, did it have a premeditated plan, waiting for us to transfer the army out of Huai'an, come here for a while!" Recruit the tiger to leave the mountain?"

Xiang Xianhe was stunned, "You mean that Zhong Ziqi is hurting me?"

"I can't control that much now, Commander, hurry back, as long as we return to Huai'an before half a day of cloud, with the strength of Huai'an City, we can at least wait until Dingzhou sends troops to help." Ji Sichen said.

Xiang Xianhe nodded again and again: "Come here, quickly send an order to General Jiang, and tell him to block the clouds for a long time, so that we have time to rush back to Huai'an."

At sunset, Xiang Xianhe led his personal guard battalion and finally rushed back to Huai'an. When they saw the tall city wall, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Huai'an was still safe, and they finally came back in time.At this time, the newly recruited soldiers were running wildly all the way, and three or four out of ten out of ten stopped and fell behind. Rolling, a large number of people are approaching.

"Close the city gate, close the city gate!" Xiang Xianhe shouted.

"Slow down, Commander, look at the flag, it's General Jiang." Ji Sichen shouted.

Standing on the top of the city tower, everyone looked into the distance, and it was indeed the military flag of Dingzhou Jiang Heiniu, but now there are only more than a thousand of the majestic five thousand Dingzhou army at that time. came running wildly.A few miles behind them, a larger force was rolling in.

"Hurry up, get ready. As soon as Jiang Shen's men enter the city, close the city gate immediately, prepare to defend the city, and prepare for the city defense!" Xiang Feng ordered loudly, he knew that General Xiang would not be able to help him at this time. , except trembling. "Please come to watch the battle in the tower!"

After Jiang Heiniu led more than a thousand people into the city gate, the thick city gate was closed with a bang. There was a lot of hustle and bustle.

Jiang Heiniu was covered in blood and walked into the tower with sweat dripping down his face. After his thousand disabled soldiers rushed into the city, they collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily with their mouths wide open. Obviously, their physical strength had been exhausted by the rush just now. .

"General Jiang, general Jiang, how could this happen? How could this be happening?" Xiang Xianhe was trembling all over his body, seeing Jiang Heiniu, he asked repeatedly. "Didn't you fight against that bandit all the time? Why did you lose so suddenly?"

Jiang Heiniu gave him an annoyed look, "Commander Xiang, I got information that the commander led more than 5000 troops out of Huai'an and was going to Hailing, and Yun didn't know where he got the news from, and was about to come To seize Huai'an, I was shocked, and led my Jianrui battalion to rush back to Huai'an for rescue. I knew that the bandit Ban Tianyun was very slippery, and set me up in an ambush in Qingcheng. After nearly half of the trip, in order to prevent the half-day, I went to more than a thousand horses when the commander rushed back to Huai'an, and now there are only more than a thousand people left, and the commander-in-chief Li must cut off my head!" Jiang Heiniu With a look of anger on his face, he kicked the wall fiercely.

"I said Commander Xiang, it's okay, what are you doing in Hailing? It's fine if you go to Hailing. Anyway, you also left thousands of troops in Huai'an, and you actually took away most of Huai'an's troops. Isn't that right? This isn't..." Panting heavily, Jiang Hei Niu slammed his whip on the ground.

Xiang Xianhe's face was embarrassing, he couldn't say that he brought so many people to Hailing because I doubted you, but now he saw Jiang Hei Niu's miserable condition, and saw the thousands of scarred textile products under the city wall Remnant soldiers, doubts have dissipated, "General Jiang, don't worry, I will definitely tell you in front of Marshal Li, I will pay you money, a large amount of money, for the soldiers and horses you lost, but now, we have to help each other , keep Huai'an."

Hearing what he said, Jiang Heiniu's face paled, nodded and said: "That's natural, I have sent someone to report to Marshal Li, as long as we persist for a few days, Dingzhou can send reinforcements."

Hearing what Jiang Heiniu said, Xiang Xianhe was relieved, he believed that he would be fine if he persisted in Huai'an for a few days. speak?"

"Why is Jiang Shenjiang so polite, but it doesn't matter."

"Okay, then I'll just say it straight. Although the two generals Xiang Feng and Xiang Hui are very good generals, they must have never fought a big battle. The matter of defending the city is absolutely unexpected, so..."

Xiang Xianhe understood that Jiang Heiniu was asking for the command of the city defense battle. He pondered for a while and thought it was the best. The general did not have this resume, so Jiang Heiniu could command the battle and ensure the safety of Huai'an to the greatest extent.

"No problem, the city defense of Huai'an has been handed over to General Jiang. General Jiang, I entrusted my wealth and life to you."

Jiang Heiniu took a step back, and bowed deeply to Xiang Xianhe, "The commander trusts, Hei Niu is very grateful, and he will definitely live up to his entrustment. Let these thieves meet and bleed under the city of Huai'an, hum, Fuyuan During the bloody battle, Manzi was so powerful, it’s not because we beat him into a mess, and he was just a thief, so he can be compared with Manzi.” Although he was defeated, Jiang Heiniu didn’t seem to care about it, and he was still full of pride.

Xiang Xianhe didn't want to hurt the opponent's morale, so he asked tactfully: "General Jiang, when do you think Marshal Li's reinforcements will arrive?"

Jiang Heiniu pondered for a while, "It can be as little as ten days, or as long as a month."

"It will take so long?" Xiang Xianhe's face changed color.

There were bursts of exclamations from the outer city wall, "The bandits are coming, the bandits are coming!"

Jiang Heiniu accompanied Xiang Xianhe out of the city tower, stood on the city wall, watching the bandits rolling in, probably there were tens of thousands of them, seeing how powerful the bandits were, everyone gasped.Especially Xiang Xianhe, when he saw the bandits approaching the city, he was even more frightened, because many of the people inside were wearing armor he had equipped for the Fuzhou Army, and now they were all armed with bandits.

After a while, the bandits had already reached two thousand steps away from the city, and they had established their positions. A group of well-equipped soldiers surrounded several people and came towards Huai'an City.

"Marshal, isn't that Zhong Ziqi?" Ji Sichen suddenly pointed to the opposite side and exclaimed.The eyes are full of incredible colors.

(End of this chapter)