Xie Ming

Chapter 220: The Dilemma of Heart and Water

The whole city was on fire, and Hu Chen's troops fled out of the city from the west gate. Hu Xinshui led the front team of more than a hundred people to chase after them, but they never expected that the rear team was intercepted and detained in the city!

When General Hu Xinshui of the Left Camp of the Guanning Army rode his horse more than two miles out of the city, the soldiers behind him suddenly realized the sudden change in the situation and immediately reported it.

"General!"

"General, stop now!"

"The cavalry behind us didn't catch up at all!"

"They are all detained in the city!"

"General! Look back, the whole city is on fire, the situation is critical!"

The soldier behind Hu Xinshui's horse looked back in surprise and hurriedly spurred his horse and whipped it to chase the general in front, shouting in horror and reporting.

"Uu——"

"Shut up!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Xinshui pulled the reins of his horse, stopped rushing forward, and looked back.

But I saw a raging fire rising from the West Gate!

Suddenly, the whole city was engulfed in flames, with red flames and thick smoke, gradually becoming a deadly place!

If you listen carefully, you can also hear the wailing and roaring in the city!

Hu Xinshui saw this and suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly!
"Bah!"

"What a thief! What a thief!"

"You are plotting to harm my entire army!"

"Soldiers! Follow me and quickly return to the pass to rescue the people, break through the passage, and tell the rear troops to leave the city!"

"There is still a large amount of food in the city!"

"If you delay a step, it might be too late!"

"Hurry! Come back soon!"

Hu Xinshui gritted his teeth in anger, kicked his horse's belly, and led the way back to Xiguan again!

In a short while, the group went back and arrived at Xiguan again!
But now, the city gate is closed!

On the top of the city wall, there are more than a dozen people reserved by the Huchen tribe for defense!
When these soldiers saw the more than one hundred vanguards of Hu Xinshui's army approaching the pass on horseback, they attacked with bows, crossbows, and muskets without saying a word!
After a fierce attack, more than 20 soldiers of Hu Xinshui's front team were killed.

Seeing this, Hu Xinshui was enraged. He looked up to the sky and roared, cursing wildly to vent his anger.

But due to lack of manpower, it was no longer possible to attack the city, and they could only linger in front of the city gate, anxiously unable to find a way in.

He felt remorseful in his heart, he never thought that after attacking and defending the city for a whole day and night, not only did the Guanning Army suffer heavy casualties, but the other side actually had such a brilliant plan to deal with him!
As he was thinking, he suddenly thought that the information he got from the gossip he caught on the way here, saying that the city was full of food and grass, was also a trick, all fake! He was just waiting for some of his own troops to fall into the trap, who knows!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Hu Xinshui roared wildly, threw away the horsewhip, and lost his heart.

Although Wu Sangui, the great commander of the Wu family, was mature and prudent in the battle of Mancheng and left his troops outside, even though the Guanning Army suffered heavy losses and lost more than half of its soldiers, it did not end up in a complete loss.

However, after the battle, three to four thousand soldiers were killed and there was not a single grain of food left.

How can I explain to the prince after I return to the camp?
If the Guanning Army were to fail and withdraw like this, the commander would certainly be in disgrace in front of the prince, and would inevitably be looked down upon, reprimanded and punished by the leader!

"what!"

"A part of my left camp, more than 2,000 cavalry, was destroyed in an instant!" Hu Xinshui shouted urgently.

"You bastard!"

"I, Hu Xinshui, swear to chop off your head!"

Outside the west gate of the city, Hu Xinshui was furious in vain, trying to rescue but to no avail!

In contrast, Zhou Changsheng’s situation on the East Gate city wall was not much better than his!

After the enemy cavalry entered the city, the backfilling speed of the East Gate and the southern section of the gap was too slow!
At this moment, a fire broke out in the city, but the East Gate was still unable to completely block the fire. In this situation, how could Changsheng not be anxious? !
Seeing that it was difficult to open the West Gate, the cavalrymen in the rear of Hu Xinshui in the city began to rush in the opposite direction in an organized manner, attacking the East Gate and retreating!

Zhou Changsheng peeked into the city from the top and saw that several teams of soldiers and horses that had fled in all directions, with fire on their horses' tails, were running wildly and were now less than 200 steps away from the East Gate!
"Hurry! Hurry!"

"Oh! You guys should fill it up quickly!"

"The enemy cavalry in the city are trying to escape and are heading this way!"

"We must stop them in the city and burn these sons of bitches of rebel soldiers to death!"

"General Xiao's plan failed, and all our previous efforts were in vain!" "Even if the general returns, I'm afraid it will be difficult to report back!"

"Hurry up! Fill it up for me, and be quick!"

"Damn it, everyone. Do you still want to get reward money for your military merits?!" Changsheng ordered anxiously.

"Ouch! Mr. Bai!"

"It's not that you brothers are not willing to risk your lives, but...but there are too few earth, stones and bricks on the city wall!"

“It’s not enough to fill it!”

"At this rate, how long will it take to fill up this huge hole?!"

"Knowing"

"If I had known earlier, the enemy should have fired more artillery just now!"

"We can have more fillings now!"

"It's better than the current situation where it's hard to redeem!"

Hearing Changsheng's scolding, a soldier who had been working hard on the earthwork complained casually.

"shit!"

"What the hell is this bullshit!"

"What?!"

"You think the number of brothers killed in the explosion is not enough, right?!"

As Changsheng was retorting, he suddenly changed his mind and shouted at a big man who was moving earth and rocks in the distance.

"That's right! Erzhuer!"

"Go! Take a few people with you!"

"Bring over the bodies of the soldiers that we piled up on the path, and use them to fill the gap below!"

"Hurry!" Zhou Changsheng acted in a hurry and didn't care about anything else!

But upon hearing this, the burly Erzhuer was stunned and stunned on the spot. It felt like his legs were filled with lead and he couldn't move even a step.

"what?!"

"This, Mr. Bai! This, this is not good, right?!"

"As the old saying goes, the dead are the greatest!"

"This person is dead, and we are still treating these corpses like this, Mr. Bai, this... this work will really damage our virtue!"

Erzhuer was really reluctant and had a bitter face, unable to refuse.

"Ouch! Fuck you!"

"What is this, good deeds or not?"

"Look up and see what time it is!"

"The gap at the East Gate could not be blocked, and the enemy escaped!"

"Those in the city! I'll kill them all starting with me. No one will survive!"

"Go quickly!" In order to intimidate the soldiers below, Zhou Changsheng had no choice but to put on a ferocious look.

From what we can see, although this method only caused controversy, its immediate effect was quite significant. It was obvious that Erzhuer and the others beside him were frightened. They dared not to say anything else and just obeyed the order!

"brothers!"

"I'm the same as you guys, we're all miserable people, soldiers who have to live on our own!"

"If you want to stand out, who will give you a chance if you don't risk your life?!"

"I'm telling you, guarding the East Gate today is a death order."

"Even if I die, you can still fill me up!"

"Do you understand? Hurry up and move, hurry up, hurry up!"

Changsheng's words were directed at the lower-level soldiers, but they were also spoken to himself!
While they were talking, he was also busy. In order to speed up the progress, he started to help personally and filled up the gap in the city gate!
(End of this chapter)