Prince Chongzhen

Chapter 305 Sudden arrival
Anqing City West
"Listen up, brothers outside! The commander-in-chief thinks it's not easy for you to wait, so he has allocated more food to the military tents. You must not make trouble again after this!"

"Thank you brothers for reporting on my behalf. We will definitely discuss this later~~~!"

"Don't say that! I've got it~~~!"

After a few words of conversation, a batch of military tents and food were dropped from the west wall of Anqing.

Seeing this, the fleeing soldiers outside the city rushed forward, while the defenders on the city retreated back to the fire.

"The Marshal is kindhearted after all. They dared to make such a fuss after being defeated."

The person who spoke was a new recruit, and what happened tonight was completely beyond his expectations.

In his opinion, since they had suffered a defeat, they should quietly retreat outside the city and wait for the Marshal to punish them according to military law tomorrow. However, who knew that this group of defeated soldiers not only had the courage to ask for military supplies from the city, but also did so again and again, as if they did not take the defeat to heart at all.

The new soldiers who had seen Zhuge Liang shed tears as he executed Ma Su naturally found it difficult to understand. But what was even more difficult for them to understand was that the old soldiers in the team were also not surprised. It was obvious that this was not the first time they had seen such a situation.

"Hey! What do you know? Tongcheng was originally a place to delay time. How can the Marshal blame it?"

The new soldier was naturally a little indignant after being retorted by an old soldier in a neither light nor heavy tone. However, he did not quite understand what "delaying time" meant, so he pretended not to hear the hostility in the words and asked another question.

"Master Zhang, why do you say it's a delay?"

"If you want to defend to the death, then the commander should send some of his servants over there. Why would he leave them all here?"

"Perhaps the Marshal has some ideas, otherwise why don't you see the servants going up to the city?"

"Hey! A new soldier has a lot to worry about. If you can live another ten or twenty days, I will tell you."

Having said this, how could the new soldier still not know that Mr. Zhang looked down on him? However, his words were indeed a bit too much, so he thought of saying something back, at least to save some face.

"open"

"Don't say any more," the new soldier had just said one word when the flag officer who had been dozing beside him suddenly said, "Go to bed early while there are deserters watching you outside. I'm afraid you won't have a chance to sleep tomorrow."

After hearing the words, the new soldier dared not say much, but he was still angry about what Mr. Zhang said earlier. Although he wrapped himself tightly like everyone else, his mind was still turning.

His family was considered wealthy back then. If it weren't for the repeated disasters and wars, how could he have joined the soldiers just to make a living?

But at the same time, he also knew that he was the only one left in the huge family. If he didn't take this path, he would probably die.

Under such circumstances, no matter how much resentment he had in his heart, he had to lock it up in his heart until one day.
However, he was quite confident that he could make a name for himself in the army.

Although he had no official title, he was able to read and write. He was a rare talent among the soldiers who couldn't even recognize a word when a carrying pole was lying down.

From this, he also set himself a quite feasible plan.

As he thought about it, the new soldier's mind was completely focused on his vision for the future. After a long while, even when snoring sounds could be heard all around him, he still kept his eyes open and didn't feel sleepy at all.

"Bang."

"Bang."

"Bang."

Just when he was thinking about how to gain the trust of the Marshal and then become a civil servant, his ears caught a few imperceptible noises.

Originally, he didn't intend to pay attention to the noise, but perhaps because his previous thoughts had not yet completely disappeared from his mind, he still crawled out from under the shawl before his mind changed.

"What are you doing in the middle of the night?!" It was around 3 a.m. at this time, and there was no other sound on the city wall except for the occasional snoring. But when the new soldier had just crawled out of his blanket, he suddenly heard a muffled scolding from his side.

When he vaguely saw Zhang Laosi's angry face, all the new and old grudges surged into his heart.

"Zhang Laosi! Don't go too far!"

"Am I going too far? You idiot, why are you making so much noise in the middle of the night?"

"It's not me, it's"

"Who else are you?"

"I was just about to"

"Whoosh!"

"puff!"

Following the sound of breaking air and the new soldier's body falling to the ground, Zhang Laosi finally realized that he had wronged the other party.

But now he did not feel much guilt in his heart. Apart from being glad that he did not stand upright like the new soldier, the rest was only deep doubts.

That shouldn't be the case. Although the Marshal is a kind man, if he goes too far, his situation may not be half as good as before. What's more, he has almost met all the demands made by the defeated soldiers. Unless the leader has a hole in his brain, there is really no need for them to make such a fuss.

For an old soldier like this, the thoughts in his mind can never affect the actions of his hands.

As the body of the new soldier fell heavily to the ground, he rolled backwards five or six times wrapped in his cloak. Only after he reached a place he thought was safe did he calm himself and look into the distance.

At this time, more than ten figures appeared on the city wall that was supposed to be empty. While he was rolling a few times, those figures had already rushed towards the soldiers who were half awake around the fire.

"Enemy attack!!!!!"

Zhang Laosi didn't know whether this shout would attract the attention of the servants in the city, nor did he know how long it would take for reinforcements to arrive.

But he knew clearly that if he did not shout out this, his brothers who were still ignorant would all die at the hands of this group of defeated soldiers, and the section of the city wall they were guarding would become a breakthrough point for the enemy.

He will be alone by then. Even if he can escape this, how long can he last?

"Whoosh!"

His shout was not in vain. Regardless of whether others heard it or not, the defeated soldiers who climbed up the city wall had already identified the source of the voice.

But Zhang Laosi had been in the army for many years, so how could he not know what risks he would take?
Just as the sound of breaking air was heard, he had already pulled a loose shawl from the side and held it in front of himself.

He knew very well that it was impossible to block the enemy's arrows with this thin and cool cover, but with this layer of cushion, unless the enemy used the heavy arrows of the Tartars, the most he would suffer would be some minor injuries.

"puff!"

Sure enough, Zhang Laosi's many years of experience came in handy here. The arrow actually lost its power to move forward after piercing the skin on his neck.

But before he could make any further move, he felt a huge force coming from the hands that were holding the shawl, followed by a "bang" sound in his ears, and he was knocked upside down.

"Seize the door!"

(End of this chapter)