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Volume One, Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Four, Rush for Reinforcement

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    Two hundred and thirty-four Rush to rescue

    Meng Ju and Jiang Hai looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.  The invasion of the Northern Demons is the most terrifying thing in Northern Xinjiang. It is a horrific disaster like a plague of locusts and the Yellow River bursting its banks.

    "Inspector Yang, please tell me in detail! Which tribe does the invading Northern Demon belong to, and how many troops do they have?"

    "Lord Governor, the ones who invaded our Chicheng are the Ashina Swallowing Tribe of the Turkic Demon Tribe. They came in large numbers, with a total force of more than 10,000 people and 1,200 pairs of battle armors."

    "There are only 10,000 shepherd soldiers and more than 1,000 battle armors?" Meng Ju breathed a sigh of relief and was surprised: "Chicheng Town has five brigades of troops. How can an enemy of this level make a fuss and ask for reinforcements?"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Ju knew that he had said something stupid.  The original frontier army in Chicheng Town had a large number of troops, so it was natural that they were not afraid of these thousands of northern demons.  But now Chicheng Town is torn apart, and the military leaders are killing each other. Naturally, it can no longer be compared with that of the past.  Seeing Inspector Yang's blushing face and murmuring not knowing how to answer, Meng Ju asked again:

    "Inspector Yang, what is the current situation in Chicheng Town? Who is in charge of the defense of Chicheng?"

    "Governor, most of the royal divisions in Chicheng have now dispersed. The only ones left to guard Chicheng are the two brigades from my Dongling Guards Division and the Brigade Commander Li Fucang's Division."

    "Who is Li Fucang?"

    Jiang Hai coughed dryly: "Governor, Li Fucang is Li Baozi, whom I introduced to you. Because his real name is too peaceful and not loud enough, so everyone calls him Li Baozi."

    Meng Ju asked: "Inspector Yang, there are five brigades of soldiers and horses in the Chicheng border army, and soldiers and horses from other brigades. Where have they gone?"

    "Reporting to Governor Meng, some of the troops from various brigades have fled to inland prefectures and counties, some are scattered in remote counties in Chicheng, and some are missing - in short, we cannot contact them now."

    When answering, Inspector Yang tried his best to appear calm, but he still couldn't help but have a faint blush on his haggard cheeks.

    The towns of Dongping and Chicheng are adjacent to each other. Both towns are important towns in northern Xinjiang. They are similar in size and military strength. They also have a strong tradition of martial arts. The soldiers in the two towns boast of their bravery and do not give in to each other. But now, the frontier troops in Chicheng Town  It was nothing more than fighting among themselves and fleeing from the Northern Demons. In the end, they had to ask for help from the Dongping Border Army - if they were not at the end of their rope, the Chicheng Border Army was determined not to do this.  This time, Chicheng City was really disgraced and could no longer raise his head.

    Meng Ju pondered for a moment and was about to speak, but Jiang Hai said before him: "Inspector Yang, you have worked hard all the way here. Please go down to have a meal and rest first."

    Inspector Yang also knew that the Dongping military would definitely need to discuss such a major matter for a while. Inspector Yang bowed deeply and said, "I hope the mayor can show sympathy for the lives of 100,000 Chicheng elders and provide reinforcements as soon as possible. The soldiers and civilians of Chicheng are waiting with eager anticipation.  I am grateful for your kindness, Lord Governor."

    "Well, Inspector Yang, we will make a decision as soon as possible."

    After Yang Yang left the tent, Meng Jucai asked: "Inspector Jiang, what did you want to say just now?"

    Jiang Hai bowed slightly and said, "Superintendent, the general has just made his own decision. But Superintendent, were you planning to agree to Inspector Yang's request for help and rush to Chicheng immediately?"

    Meng Ju nodded: "Exactly. Reinforcement is like fire, there is no delay."

    "I am so brave, I dare to ask the governor to think twice!"

    "Inspector Jiang, what do you mean?"

    "Governor, the Northern Demons are invading, and the troops are at their peak. Our troops are rushing towards them at this moment, and they happen to collide with them head-on. With their spears lightly tasseled, they engage in a head-on battle with the Hu soldiers and horses. Regardless of victory or defeat, our troops and horses will suffer a lot of damage.  Ah! If things go wrong, I'm afraid our army will be damaged in vain and the plan to take over Chicheng will be abandoned halfway."

    Meng Ju nodded. He said nothing and continued to look at Jiang Hai, so Jiang Hai continued: "In my opinion, our army might as well stop and sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight? If Beihu wins, our army will  Then go to expel Beihu; if the army near Chicheng wins, our army will continue to go. At that time, it is estimated that the remaining soldiers in Chicheng will not be able to prevent our army from taking over. What do you think of the town governor? "

    Meng Ju nodded: "Inspector Jiang, actually, your plan makes sense."

    Jiang Hai looked happy: "Then, we"

    "Let's go to bed early. Tomorrow morning, we will continue the expedition to Akagi as originally planned - rest early, don't think so much, everything must be done according to the plan, it will be too tiring."

    After saying that, Meng Ju nodded politely, stood up and left the tent.

    Wherever you look, there is a vast expanse.  The vast northern Xinjiang plain is buried under the soft snow, full of deep solemnity.  On a dead tree with all its leaves beside the road, two people stoodCrows, they stared silently at the team passing in front of them, watching the snow foam and dust rising up on the road.

    Meng Ju stood on a low hill. He looked out from under the brim of his helmet to the extension of the horizon.  His army was advancing, and he felt calm as he watched the armored warriors running side by side in a long line on the road.

    In the more than 300 years of history of the Wei Dynasty, there have been many royal civil wars and rebellions, large-scale Han uprisings, and Xianbei people killing each other, and there are countless wars.  These three hundred years of turmoil have given people an illusion. Many people¡ªincluding many local officials and generals¡ªbelieve that the civil war between Murong and Tuoba will be the same as before, like hurricanes, heavy rains, or plagues.  , it will pass soon.  The victorious royal family will rebuild the new Xianbei regime in Luojing, the rule of the Wei Dynasty will still stand, and order will be re-established.

    But unlike most people at the time, Meng Ju was able to clearly understand that the Wei Dynasty was over because of his experience in later generations.

    Not only because of the civil war in Xianbei, not only because of the threat from the Southern Dynasties, but the most critical point is that after more than three hundred years, the land was not available, refugees were everywhere, the political institutions of the Northern Wei Dynasty were corrupt, the Xianbei nobles were degenerate and incompetent, and the officials at the top and bottom were corrupt.  Incompetent, generals and soldiers in the army have no loyalty, and disunity has become common.

    The pillars and beams of the house are broken. This is the most terrifying thing.  As for external wind and rain, that is only a secondary reason.  Whether Tuoba Xiong or Murong Yi, they are both heroes with both ambition and strength, but Meng Ju believes that they are determined not to solve this problem - there has been no dynasty for three hundred years since ancient times. This is the destiny and the law.  Throughout the ages, there have been so many wise kings and wise ministers, but they were unable to solve it. Meng Ju did not believe that the Murong family or the Tuoba family could be so defiant and able to solve this unsolvable problem in the world.

    Precisely because he firmly believed that the Wei Dynasty was over and troubled times had arrived, Meng Ju took bolder and more active actions than those local officials who were still watching and doing nothing.

    Now, the four thousand soldiers and horses passing in front of him are his biggest support in troubled times.  Meng Ju felt a sense of security as he watched this heavily armed Doukai army pass in front of him neatly.  In this troubled world, with all the wealth and prominent family status in the world, the most effective thing is military power.

    A Leopard-style armored fighter rushed out from the team and rushed towards Meng Ju. He was still far away from Meng Ju, so he stopped running and stood still. He changed from running quickly to stopping suddenly, but it was as smooth as flowing water.  No force, no dust or snow rising under your feet.  This move was extremely difficult for a non-master to achieve, and Meng Ju couldn't help but applaud in his heart.

    The armored fighter took off his helmet, and Meng Ju recognized him as Wang Hu, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army's march and the brigade commander of the first brigade of the Zhenbiao Division.  This officer was young, with thick and slightly curly black hair, deep-set eye sockets, a long and narrow face, and slightly barbaric features - this was also a characteristic of Northern Xinjiang.  Northern Xinjiang has been a mixture of Hu and Han for hundreds of years. The local indigenous residents have more or less Hu ancestry, but they are out-and-out officers and soldiers of the Wei Dynasty.

    Wang Hu was originally an armored fighter in the internal security team of the Jing'an Department. He followed Meng Ju in the Battle of Jing'an and later became his bodyguard.  After Meng Ju became the governor of Dongping, he expanded his army several times. Wang Hu, who was originally just an ordinary armored fighter, had been with Meng Ju for a long time and won several battles. He was quickly promoted from the corps commander to the important position of brigade commander.  ¡ª¡ªOf course, in normal times, this would definitely be criticized, but compared to Lu Liulou, who was promoted from a soldier commander to a province governor, Wang Hu is not a good example.  what.

    Wang Hu came closer and bowed to Meng Ju: "Commander, the soldiers and horses have been marching for about half an hour. Everyone is tired. Is it time to find a place to rest?"

    "Huzi, you are the marching commander, you can decide this." Meng Ju pointed to a dark outline on the horizon: "The guide said that there is a village called Wujiacun there, and there are hundreds of families there.  We¡¯ll camp there tonight.¡±

    "Yes, Governor. Then I will send someone to inform Mr. Jiang who is leading the team so that he can prepare?"

    "Okay! Today we have entered the area of ??Chicheng. Let us pass down the order and tell the brothers to behave themselves. Anyone who dares to commit suicide and plunder privately will be executed."

    In winter in northern Xinjiang, it gets dark very early.  It was not long after afternoon, and the sky became gray and dark.  The leading team had already entered the village. When Meng Ju entered the village, the leading figures in the village had gathered at the entrance of the village and were waiting.

    The village chief, a shrinking old man, tremblingly knelt down to pay his respects to Meng Ju, and said a few words to welcome the heavenly soldiers to the common people. He was so afraid that his whole body was shaking.

    Meng Ju listened patiently, and then told him that the Dongping King's trip was purely to resist Beihu and rescue Chicheng. The Dongping army had strict discipline.It has nothing to do with folk autumn, so the villagers don't have to be afraid or worried.

    The old man looked happy, but before he could speak, Meng Ju changed his words and said that even so, the Dongping King's Division was in urgent need of rescue, and they did not bring enough food and grass when they set off, and they still needed some support from Chicheng.  I think the villagers in Wujiacun are all loyal subjects of the Wei Dynasty, so they will definitely not refuse.  As for how much food and grass is needed, the quartermaster will naturally talk to him.

    Meng Ju sighed as he watched the old man go down with a grimace and groans.  He turned his head: "Huzi, why are you laughing?"

    Wang Hu was startled, and he bowed slightly: "The governor is really good-tempered, and he said so much to this country bumpkin. If I want to change the general, the most I can do is give him a whip and shout, 'Seven hundred dans of white flour.'"  , a thousand loads of hay, if you can't get it together in an hour, I will slaughter your bird village!'"

    Meng Ju smiled, thinking that although they both wanted food and salary, to put it mildly, this was the difference between Master Wang and the bandits - in fact, there was no difference.

    "Is Inspector Jiang here?"

    "Inspector Jiang has arrived and is arranging the team in the village. Can the town supervisor call him over?"

    Meng Ju hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "Is he busy? Then don't disturb him."

    When he entered the village, Jiang Hai, who entered the village first, did not greet him at the entrance of the village, nor did he come to see him immediately.  Meng Ju then knew that Jiang Hai was a little dissatisfied with him. It must be because he was stubborn and didn't adopt his opinion last night, right?

    Seeing Jiang Hai's dissatisfaction, Meng Ju just laughed it off. He was not angry - his subordinates are also human beings, and it is normal to have opinions and get angry.  With flesh and blood and temper, this is a normal young man in his twenties.  If Jiang Hai could greet him calmly as usual, he was worried that this guy was too scheming and forbearing.

    Standing at the height of the village entrance, watching soldiers and horses entering the village to settle down one after another, smoke was burning everywhere in the village.  Meng Ju turned his head and looked at the western horizon shrouded in twilight.  There, a red sun was slowly setting on the horizon. In Meng Ju's eyes, the setting bright red sun seemed like the death struggle of the Wei Dynasty.

    The first year of Xinping, the second day of the first lunar month, Chicheng.

    In the swirling white snow, there is a vast expanse.  An inexplicable red light was swirling on the horizon, and huge rumbling sounds were heard constantly in the vast distance ahead. Some white figures were looming in the snow.  From time to time, there was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and dark arrows flashed past in the snow and fog, like flying insects that flickered in the darkness.

    Holding a long knife in one hand, Li Baozi avoided the rubble and found someone beside a broken city wall.  Here, several black-armored fighters carefully hid behind the city wall, sticking their heads out from time to time to observe the situation on the other side.

    "Mi Zhendu!"

    Among the armored fighters, an officer wearing tiger head armor turned around.  He held the shield vigilantly and shouted: "Who is calling me?"

    "It's me, Li Baozi!" Li Baozi got out from behind a broken battlement. As he walked, he observed the ruins around him, for fear that a barbarian archer hidden behind some ruins would suddenly shoot him an arrow - they had been fighting for several days.  Okay, the Wei army has suffered enough from the Beihu archers.  Those barbarian soldiers' arrows were accurate and poisonous, and they came specifically to shoot at the faces of armored warriors. Their thin coverings could not stop them.

    During the war, the two generals had no time to chat: "Governor Mi Zhen, how is the situation here at your side?"

    Mi Huan pushed the mask onto his helmet, revealing a tired and haggard face. The chubby round face was deeply sunken due to lack of sleep.  He said directly: "No! The snow is too heavy and the fog is heavy. We don't know what the barbarian soldiers are doing outside!"

    "Where are the scouts?"

    "They were sent out, but they didn't come back." Mi Huan looked depressed and said, "Li Shuai, Chicheng cannot be defended. The city is too big and the city wall is too long. It is not enough for all three brigades to go up to the city. The demons can go anywhere  You can all rush in."

    "They can break in, and we can fight them out."

    "Li Shuai! You can't rely on street fighting! The demons have thousands of battle armors, and our three brigades add up to only more than 300 battle armors! Last time, in order to drive away the demons, my two brigades took turns to fight, and we suffered heavy losses.  It took more than seventy armored warriors to drive the barbarian soldiers out of the city. If the barbarians attack again, how can we have the strength to drive them away again? While the troops still have combat effectiveness, let's join forces and break through as soon as possible!"

    Li Baozi was silent for a while, and then he said: "We escaped, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of elders in the city? Is there any way to survive?"

    Mi Huan lowered his head, avoiding Li Baozi's gaze and said, "Li Shuai, you are a good person. But the world is in chaos, so we should take care of ourselves first."

    "Mi Zhendu"??Hold on for two more days!  Dongping¡¯s reinforcements might already be on the way!  "

    "Li Shuai, what time is it now? Do you still expect reinforcements from other towns! The Wei Dynasty is over, and it is no longer the time for the six towns to assist each other! Even our soldiers and horses in Chicheng have fled. Without relatives and friends, the Dongping Army may  Will they come to rescue us? Besides, even if Marshal Meng is willing to come to rescue us and we send a messenger there, Dongping is willing to send troops immediately - then it will take at least five days for them to arrive! It's good if we can hold on for one day!  "

    Precisely because he had met Meng Ju in person, Mi Huan believed that he had some understanding of Meng Ju.  He said: "Governor Meng of Dongping is a powerful figure in the world. He will not miss this opportunity. They will come after we and the Hu soldiers are both defeated."

    Li Baozi's face twitched slightly, and his gloomy expression looked particularly fierce: "As long as Meng Ju is willing to come, that's fine. I don't care whether the boss in Chicheng is surnamed Yuan or Meng, but I have to do it for the hundreds of thousands of people in the city.  Think about it! Our elders usually support us, but when a disaster strikes, we can't just run away!"

    He stared at Mi Huan fiercely: "Mi Zhendu, you have to stay with me for two more days! By then, if your Dongling Guard Meng Zhendu comes to reinforce, you have saved Chicheng and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. This is a great achievement.  One thing! If you want to escape Hey, Lao Mi, I won¡¯t let you go even if I¡¯m a ghost!"

    In response to this statement, Mi Huan could only smile bitterly in return. He was about to say something, but at this time, there was a huge rumbling sound in the distance. The two stopped talking and turned to look.

    "The Hu soldiers are coming!"

    I don¡¯t know where the frightened shouts came from, followed by the harsh noise of the barbarians.

    "Damn it, how dare you choose me as a breakthrough!" Mi Huan was shocked and angry, and the fat on his face trembled.  He shouted to Li Baozi: "Li Shuai, I don't know what to do now, but if it isLi Shuai, you have to help us!"

    The two broke up in a hurry, and Mi Huan took the lead in person.  Braving the arrows flying all over the sky, he ran to the ruins of a section of the city wall and looked over. He saw a sea of ??white people surging in the snow, like locusts.

    The shrill horns echoed at the front of the Akagi defense line, and another battle began.  In the snow curtain, no one knows how many barbarians in armor and cavalry approached the city.  Groups of demon armored warriors were wandering like wolves in the wind and snow, and the defenders on the city could only see their shadowy figures.  When the Wei army relaxed for a moment, they suddenly jumped out of the snow curtain, fired arrows to snipe the Wei soldiers on the position, and then quickly retreated and disappeared into the snow curtain.

    Because of their small number of soldiers, the Wei army did not dare to chase the demon raiders one after another. They only dared to hide behind the city wall and fight back with bows and arrows.  You come and go, and the air is filled with the "whooshing" sound of cold arrows.

    Although the battle was not very intense, Mi Huan was still very nervous.  He could see clearly from a high place that the barbarian soldiers were pressing up only the vanguard troops. Behind them, there were still densely packed black soldiers and horses standing on the wall.  The army was hidden in the snow, and the trumpets sounded low, echoing each other, ready to go.

    It is obvious that the barbarian soldiers and horses are now taking advantage of their superior strength to harass their own positions in order to consume the physical strength of their own armored warriors.  Once his armored warriors become tired, the demon soldiers who are recharging their strength behind will immediately take advantage of the situation and pounce on them.

    It is actually not difficult for Mi Huan to deal with this harassment tactic. He just needs to arrange the armor fighters to go into battle in batches.  But the problem is that there are not many armored warriors under his command. About two hundred armored warriors have to defend a two-mile-long front line. It is not enough to spray them all. If they have to divide the troops into shifts, it will be even more suicidal.

    He hurriedly sent someone to ask for help from Li Baozi, who was in charge of the left wing. He said with certainty that the Hu soldiers had assembled a heavy force in front of him and were about to launch a fierce attack. He begged Li Baozi to send some of his troops to give him reinforcements.  Li Baozi was also very generous and quickly sent him a battalion of soldiers and horses - although there were only about thirty armor fighters, you should know that this was nearly one-third of the armors Li Baozi had.

    Seeing the arrival of the reinforcements, Mi Huan breathed a sigh of relief: With these reinforcements, even if the demon clan continues to consume them, he can take turns to deal with them.

    The demon soldiers and horses were coming and going erratically, while Mi Huan was trembling and sweating profusely, and the situation became deadlocked.  At about noon, the snow stopped and the fog gradually dispersed. Mi Huan became confused: If the Hu soldiers were to use the strategy of exhausting their troops, it would be almost done by this time!  What are they waiting for?

    Mi Huan began to feel uneasy because of the experience of an old frontier general.  He turned his attention to the flanking wall on the right, where Li Baozi was stationed.  Mi Huan began to wonder whether he should send someone to the Leopard Brigade to check, or simply go there himself to discuss countermeasures with Li Baozi?

     He was still thinking about it when suddenly, a huge roar suddenly came from the place where Mi Huan was worried.  He stood up suddenly and shouted to his men: "Go and investigate quickly. Is there something wrong with the Leopard Brigade?"

    Before the spies could set off, a greedy wolf-armored fighter rushed from the left position in embarrassment. He quickly rushed to Mi Huan, panting and shouted: "Governor Mi, the demon soldiers and horses are attacking us fiercely. We are close enough."  Thousand Doukai! We can't resist it anymore! In a few moments, they will enter the city!"

    Mi Huan was still very wary: "Who are you?"

    "I am Zhou Quan of the Second Battalion of the Leopard Brigade!"

    The armored fighter lifted up his mask, and Mi Huan recognized that this person was Li Baozi's battalion officer Zhou Quan, whom he had always met.  As a result, Mi Huan was finally convinced that he had indeed fallen into the demon clan's conspiracy to attack the east and the west.  He shouted angrily: "Come here, gather your troops quickly, we will go to the right wing to reinforce!"

    But the battle armors of each battalion are scattered on the battlefield, and it is not an easy task to gather them.  When Mi Huan was hurriedly mobilizing troops and horses, he seemed to have noticed the Wei army's predicament. The Hu soldiers and horses who were originally responsible for the feint attack suddenly took action. Hundreds of Hu soldiers in armor rushed out of the thick fog and attacked the Wei army's front line.  Come, the barbarian armored fighters jumped over the city defense line like locusts, and the Dongling Guards had to fight on their own. For a time, the sound of killing was loud on the front of the formation, and the two armies fought together.

    Seeing this scene, Mi Huan jumped anxiously.  This is a critical moment. Once your troops are held back by this small group of Hu soldiers, the weak Leopard Brigade will be completely wiped out by the enemy.

    Mi Huan¡¯s mind was running wildly, what should I do?

    Quickly defeat this demonic battle armor?  It certainly won¡¯t be possible in a short time.

    Ignore them and directly reinforce the Leopard Brigade?  If they were left to chase them all the way from behind, how many of them would be able to reach the Leopard Brigade's position alive?

    Or, leave some people to drag them with you, and lead some of your troops to reinforce the Leopard Brigade?  As soon as the idea came into his mind, Mi Huan immediately rejected it.  It is the stupidest way to divide your troops so thinly that they will be defeated one by one in the end.

    Maybe there is another way, just abandon the Leopard Brigade and run away.  .  .  As soon as this thought came into his mind, Mi Huan shuddered, but he couldn't help but continue thinking: The enemy was attacking from the east and west, breaking through the Leopard Brigade's defense line and entering the city, and had already penetrated his side and rear.  Now, his problem is no longer how to hold the defense line, but how to safely evacuate his troops from the demon offensive.

    The more Mi Huan thought about it, the more she felt that there was really no other way out.  Chicheng cannot be defended anymore, and the strong man's wrist will be cut off. There is no other way.  He summoned his confidant Hu Ba, the brigade commander of Luojing Brigade of Dongling Guards, and told him his plan in a low voice. The latter was shocked.

    "Governor, the Hugou are attacking hard, how can we retreat at this time? If we want to leave, we have to fight off the Hugou in front of us before leaving! Please take back the military order!"

    Mi Huan shouted back: "Old man, we can't leave unless we leave! The wolf has already defeated Li Baozi. If we don't leave, when Li Baozi is defeated and the barbarians surround us, we won't be able to leave even if we want to!"

    "Governor, with this retreat, we can only take away more than 200 armored warriors, but we will have to leave behind all the more than 3,000 infantry troops! There are also officials and family members of the Provincial Department and Akagi Department in the city.  That¡¯s also thousands of lives!¡±

    Thinking of the terrible loss, the muscles on Mi Huan's face were twitching with nervousness. He knew very well that after today's defeat in the battle, the Chicheng Dongling Guards would probably be wiped out, and half of his life's hard work would be wasted.  But he knew better that if he couldn't make up his mind to cut off his wrist at this time, he would lose not only his career, but also his life.

    Nothing is more important than your own life.  Young people may still be excited for the imperial court or fame, but for Mi Huan, a veteran who has been around for a long time and has seen many life and death experiences, nothing can fool him.

    "Old man, there is no other way out! We have to leave, let's leave now! If we don't leave, the dogs will surround us, and no one can escape! We can't enter the city, we have to go west from the city!"

    As he spoke, Mi Huan pointed to the west. Before he finished speaking, there was suddenly a loud killing sound in the direction he pointed to. Mi Huan and Hu Ba looked at each other, both stunned: The demons actually divided their forces into three groups and attacked at the same time?  Be brave, the demons have many more soldiers and horses than we thought!

    Suddenly knowing that the escape route was cut off, even Mi Huan, who had experienced the world for a while, felt helpless.

    "Heaven is going to destroy me!" He was desperate and angry, but he was determined: "Brothers, we have no choice but to fight to the death! Fight to the death!"

    But at this moment, a familiar sound of a horn came into my ears.  Hearing the sound of the horn, Mi Huan was startled, but suddenly felt ecstatic: The soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared in the west were not demons, but our reinforcements?

      Ignoring the arrows flying all over the sky, Mi Huan climbed to a high place, took off his helmet and shouted with all his strength: "Brothers! The reinforcements are coming, the Dongping reinforcements are coming! Marshal Meng is here!"

    This excited call, accompanied by the long horn, spread throughout the entire formation at the same time.  In fact, many people have already noticed the strangeness of the demon army without Mi Huan shouting.  The attacking barbarian troops retreated faster than when they attacked - it was no longer a retreat, it could only be described as an embarrassing escape.  Although the reaction of the Hu soldiers and horses was very fast, they were still intercepted.

    From the thick snow and fog to the west, a large black shadow outline suddenly appeared. With a huge roar, a dark white tiger flag suddenly stood out from the snow and fog. The white tiger with teeth and claws on the black flag shined brightly.  It caught everyone's eyes.

    Under the White Tiger's banner, the dark outline gradually became clear, which was the black battle armor phalanx.  A large group of battle armors swept in and formed a formation. The earth-shattering power was unimaginable to those who had not experienced it personally.  Under the feet of these steel giants, it seemed as if the earth was shaking and collapsing!

    Seeing a phalanx of battle armors of this size, both the demon soldiers and the Wei army watching the battle at the top of the city changed their expressions. There were five hundred battle armors in front of them. How many Dongping reinforcements came this time?

    The army marched forward in the wild, soldiers and horses advancing rapidly. Even at high speed, the armor warriors still maintained an orderly array. The armor fighters marched side by side, densely packed and neat as if they were the same person. They quickly inserted themselves into the demon soldiers.  The horses came up from behind and outflanked them.

    The reinforcing Wei army encountered the retreating demon soldiers and horses!

    Seeing that the way back was blocked, the Hu soldiers also became brave. They screamed and waved their swords, and bravely rushed forward. The crowd was surging.  The black battle armor group was like an indestructible city wall, crushing the demon soldiers and horses without stopping.  The ones in front were all heavy-duty tiger-style battle armors. They wielded huge hundreds of knives and smashed everything in front of them like lightning - whether it was the Hu people's battle armor or the cavalry - they were all destroyed by the hundreds of swords.  Crush the hundreds of swung knives to pieces and destroy them.

    This battle armor phalanx was like a huge black wave of destruction. There was only a heart-wrenching sound of chopping steel, the sound of broken limbs, and the piercing screams. Countless demon soldiers were hacked together with their horses.  Cut into several pieces.  In front of this war machine operating at full strength, the human body appears so fragile and small.  A large number of human bodies were chopped off at the same time, and countless amounts of blood surged so fast that a layer of blood mist filled the air. A large group of fighting armors rushed past, leaving only a bloody road behind them.

    The battle armor army ran over, and almost in an instant, more than 300 demon armor fighters and more than 2,000 demon cavalry were all wiped out.  In the eyes of the defenders at the top of the city, it was so easy, so effortless, and such a battle. They had never seen it with their own eyes or had never heard of it.

    "Ah ah ah~" Mi Huan waved his fist, and he cheered so hard that his voice became hoarse: "Well done~ Marshal Meng must have come in person for such fierce soldiers and horses!"

    Countless people followed and shouted: "Commander Meng is here!" and "Long live Master Meng!"

    Seeing that the demon soldiers and horses were retreating in a panic, Mi Huan took the opportunity to raise his arms and shout: "Brothers, Marshal Meng is here, it must be a great victory! Hu Gou has escaped, and we should chase him!"

    This sentence touched everyone's heart. The officers and soldiers had been simmering with anger since they had been surrounded and beaten by demons in the past few days.  Now that strong reinforcements have arrived, seeing the majesty of Dongping's reinforcements, it is obvious that this is a safe victory. Everyone likes to beat up a drowned dog.  The remaining armored warriors of the Dongling Guard jumped out from behind the broken city wall, and all the soldiers and horses rushed out together, following the direction of the Dongping army in front.

    Seeing the large number of reinforcements from Dongping, the demon soldiers and horses who knew what they were doing turned around and fled - this is also the characteristic of the grassland people.  The herdsmen have soldiers and horses, and all the people are soldiers, and the soldiers are actually herdsmen.  Once such an army gains the upper hand, they will fight extremely fiercely, but if they suffer a setback, they will become discouraged very quickly.  The demon soldiers and horses entered the country just because they heard that the border defenses of the Northern Xinjiang border army were empty recently. They were not willing to fight a tough battle with the elite troops of the Wei army and suffer heavy casualties.

    For a moment, the snow was full of fleeing demon soldiers and horses. The shepherd soldiers wearing sheepskins and long curly hair screamed strangely and ran as fast as rabbits. The Dongping Doukai formed in formation could not catch up with them.

    "Let's stop here." Looking at the chaotic black spots running and jumping in front of him, which gradually left his field of vision, Meng Ju shouted: "Stop the pursuit and rest where you are!"

    The ordering soldiers ran quickly, waving small flags in their hands, and each battle armor phalanx slowly slowed down and stopped.  The running and fighting for just half an hour had exhausted the soldiers' physical strength. The armored warriors took off their helmets one after another, breathing heavily, and the heat on their headsSweat condensed into a white mist in the cold air.  The loud shouts of the captains echoed in the queue: "Keep the queue! Count the number of people and register in the queue!", "Are there any casualties in each team? Captain, register!"

    The soldiers did not take off their armor. They sat cross-legged on the ground quietly to rest.  Even during a break, they kept the queue neatly organized.

    Seeing that the soldiers and horses of Dongling Guards had stopped pursuing, Mi Huan hurriedly ordered to stop.  He hurriedly ran towards Dongping's army, but he was stopped from a distance by the armored warriors on duty outside: "Whoever is coming over there, stop!"

    Mi Huan stopped, took off his helmet, and raised his hands high: "Don't do anything! I am Mi Huan, the guard of Dongling in Chicheng, and I want to see Governor Meng."

    "Stand over there, don't move!"

    Mi Huan waited for a while.  I didn't feel it when I was sprinting, but now I feel very cold when I stop.  The cold north wind poured in through the gaps in his armor, making his whole body ache with coldness.

    After waiting for a long time, an officer wearing a leopard-style battle armor strode over. This man was tall and powerful, and the look from his helmet was cold and fierce, making Mi Huan shudder.

    The officer bowed his hands to Mi Huan: "Master Mi? It's inconvenient to say etiquette in the battle formation, and my subordinates are vulgar. I've offended you a lot."

    Mi Huan was really startled when she heard that it was Meng Ju's voice.  During his visit to Dongping, Meng Ju once hosted a banquet for him. He could not connect the handsome, gentle and scholarly governor with the bloody and fierce soldier in front of him - they were obviously completely different.  Two people!  Seeing Meng Ju like this, Mi Huan couldn't help but think of a rumor he heard in Dongping, saying that as long as he went to the battlefield, Governor Meng would go crazy.

    Mi Huan hurriedly knelt down: "See Marshal Meng! This time Chicheng was in trouble, fortunately the Marshal led the rebel troops to come to the rescue and saved hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Hecheng from certain death. The Marshal's benevolence and righteousness touched heaven and earth, and all the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Chicheng were saved.  We are extremely grateful to the commander-in-chief. This kindness and kindness will be unforgettable for us. Whenever the commander-in-chief has any assignments from now on, we will go through fire and water without hesitation"

    Meng Ju took off his helmet, revealing a gloomy and stern face.  He made a gesture to stop Mi Huan from speaking: "Governor Mi, let's talk about these words later. How is the situation in Chicheng?"

    Seeing Meng Ju's serious face, Mi Huan did not dare to be nagging. He answered honestly: "The garrison in Chicheng originally had three brigades, two of which were from Dongling Guards and one from Li Baozi. But this  The sub-demons have broken through Li Shuai's defense, it's hard to say what's left behind by the Leopard Brigade."

    Meng Jujian raised his eyebrows and said, "Li Shuai is in danger? In that case, let's go there quickly. Governor Mi, please lead the way."

    Mi Huan responded.  At that moment, they went back to Chicheng without any delay.  Along the way, Meng Ju did not dare to let his obviously tired subordinates advance at full combat speed because he was worried that there were still a large number of demon soldiers and horses scattered around, and they might encounter the enemy at any time. He only dared to let them advance at normal marching speed.  ¡ª¡ªThis is also the weakness of the large-scale pure combat armor troops. They have no infantry troops to serve as cover. What they fear most is that they encounter the enemy when they are most tired during the march, and they are really powerless to fight back.

    Fortunately, the journey back was relatively peaceful, with only some scattered small groups of demon soldiers encountering them.  Seeing the large group of fighting armors from the coalition forces of Chicheng and Dongping towns approaching, the small group of demon soldiers and horses wisely stayed away, and no fighting took place on the way back.

    Chicheng is an important town in northern Xinjiang and a famous city in the north. It has always been a key stronghold for the Central Plains Dynasty to resist the demons in northern Xinjiang. At that time, the founder of the Wei Dynasty, King Tianwu, led three thousand battle armors to break through the border and enter the Central Plains, and they took the front line of Chicheng.  This city was built near the mouth of the Yin Mountain Gorge, overlooking the Shanyin Plain. The city is majestic and majestic.  On the incomplete city wall full of vicissitudes of time, Meng Ju could think of the wind, rain and disasters this city had experienced in the past thousand years.

    "It's all my fault. I was deceived by the demons and transferred a Doukai battalion from Li Shuai. If not, the demons wouldn't have been able to break through Li Shuai's defenses so easily." As he spoke, Mi Huan wiped his face.  , sighed: "Li Shuai is a good man."

    Somehow, Meng Ju felt that this sentence, combined with Mi Huan's fat face covered with oil and sweat, always gave off a feeling of "Li Baozi is dead" - did he expect to kill the remnants of the Leopard Brigade in this way?  Annexed?

    Meng Ju nodded calmly: "Well, I hope Li Shuaiji will be a good person."

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? That is a section of the city wall defense line that is more than two miles east of the city and was in charge of Li Baozi. This was also the first line of defense that was broken by the demons.  Although this group of Hu soldiers invaded, they could not stay long. Seeing that the left wing was defeated by the Dongping reinforcements, and seeing the Wei army coming in large numbers for reinforcements, they saw the opportunity quickly and withdrew from the city early.

     After the fierce battle, only a broken wall and corpses were left on the battlefield. Those disabled soldiers who were lucky enough not to die during the battle were lying in the ruins screaming in pain, with blood everywhere. The situation was like a hell on earth.

    Meng Ju is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time. Seeing such a scene, he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart.  But this was not the time to be sentimental. He ordered local snake Mi Huan to organize people to rescue the wounded as soon as possible, and tried to find out the whereabouts of Li Shuai. At the same time, he arranged for Dongping soldiers and horses to enter the city to rest, prepare meals, arrange for rotating soldiers to garrison in the city, and other matters.  Mi Huan responded again and again: "Commander, just don't worry, these are things that I should do in my humble position. You have worked hard here, please go and rest first. If there is any news, I will report to you immediately."

    Mi Huan originally arranged for Meng Ju to live in the Chicheng Dongling Guard Headquarters, but Meng Ju waved his hand and said, "Governor Mi Zhen, I heard that the Chicheng Governor's Mansion has a magnificent and unique building, and I have always wanted to see it."

    Mi Huan was stunned for a moment, with a troubled expression on his face: "Governor, you are really discerning. It's just that the Governor's Mansion has just been robbed by soldiers, and all the furniture and utensils were looted by the soldiers. If you want to stay, I'm afraid you will be too negligent. Moreover,  The previous Governor Yuan died inside again, which is not a good omen"

    "It doesn't matter. I, a soldier, have slept among the dead, so why do we care? Governor Mi, don't worry, I don't taboo these things."

    Seeing Meng Ju's resolute attitude, Mi Huan had no choice but to agree: "In that case, I will arrange for some servants and utensils to come over. Marshal, you can make do with them first." - In fact, Meng Ju's intention, Mi Huan  Why didn't you understand?  Although the Chicheng Governor's Mansion was looted by the insurgents and not even a complete chair was left, as long as Meng Ju lived in it, it would be a political statement.

    "The bird takes over the dove, this kind of thing is really not very honorable to say, so there is no need to say it clearly.  The Dongping military leader who came for reinforcements moved into the vacant Chicheng Governor's Mansion. Anyone with good brains in Chicheng should understand what Marshal Meng meant, right?
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