Liu Kuo's men surged forward, pushing the rebels away for a while and then forcing them back. After the two sides merged, there were less than seventy people, but it was obviously much better than when they fought separately. The rebels behind them were rushing up wave after wave, just like the waves of the rising tide hitting the river embankment. After Fang Jie and the others fought their way out of the rebel formation, they had no choice but to return to their side and fight while retreating.
After all, Liu Kuo was getting older, and his physical strength was gradually declining. In addition, the wounds on his body had not been treated, and the blood kept flowing out, which accelerated the loss of strength. Fang Jie saw that his dancing movements were getting slower and slower, so he grabbed his armor and threw him backwards with one arm.
"Escort General Liu to the ship first!"
Fang Jie shouted, and the big sword in his hand danced with a screen of light and knocked over four or five rebels who came up. Liu Kuo's soldiers helped him back, but he struggled and wanted to rush forward. This general who refused to obey his elders did not want to show weakness in front of younger generations.
"General Liu!"
Fang Jie shouted while killing people: "Take a rest and come and replace me when I'm tired!"
Liu Kuo felt warm in his heart, knowing that Fang Jie was taking care of his own face. He looked back and saw that most of the boats that he had not tied up had been washed away by the water. He immediately rushed over and jumped into the water to pull back a small boat that was about to float away. The moment he entered the water, the river was immediately dyed red.
There is his own blood and the blood of his enemies.
After Fang Jie and the people from the service camp were separated, eleven people stood in a row to protect their comrades behind them. The dense forest of spears came over and jingled against the Mingguang Armor. Chun Gu switched to Fang Jie's Chaolu knife and used it awkwardly. She was accidentally poked by the spear and fell to the ground. The armor on her body was too heavy, and her strength was almost exhausted. She tried to stand up twice but failed.
When the rebels saw someone falling, they immediately rushed towards her like crazy, hitting Chun Gu with spears and knives like a rainstorm. When the butcher saw his wife lying on the ground in danger, he immediately strode over, blocked the rebel attack with his back, and stretched out his hands to pick up Chun Gu. On his back, there were jingling sounds from the enemy's weapons.
Chun Gu looked at the burly and ugly man in front of her with tenderness in her eyes.
Fang Jie took a step across, and with one sweep of his blade, he brought down the rebels who were attacking the butcher to the next level, and then urged Chun Gu to step back. Seeing that Fang Jie and the others had already retreated to the river, the rebels who had suffered a huge loss could not easily let go and surged forward like countless beasts. Fortunately, because Fang Jie and his group were small in number and the battle group was small, no matter how large the number of rebels were, they would not be able to rush up at the same time.
Every time Fang Jie took a step back, several corpses would fall in front of him. Four or five steps back was the river. The ground under his feet was slippery, and his steps became less steady.
The pontoon bridge is still more than fifty meters away from the north shore, and many archers from the left avant-garde have accumulated on the pontoon bridge and are firing arrows to support them.
But the pontoon is only so wide after all, so this support won¡¯t be of much use. Many people were shot by rebel archers, fell into the Huangniu River and were washed away far away.
Liu Kuo struggled to pull back a small boat, but all the fishermen who came in the boat were shot to death by arrows, and the other boats gradually drifted away. At this time, there were still fifty or sixty people left, and it was obviously impossible to go back with this small boat.
"Soldiers from the left vanguard!"
Liu Kuo pushed the rope on the boat into Chun Gu's hands, and then fought back with a long sword: "When it is time to cut off the queen, we can't give it to others! No one under the general is afraid of death! He is wearing a left Those in the avant-garde uniforms will follow me and fight back!"
Dozens of soldiers from the left forward elite infantry battalion shouted and rushed forward behind him. Relying on a burst of blood and the fighting power of the Jingbu Battalion, dozens of people counterattacked and suppressed the rebels back four or five steps.
"General Fang, cross the river quickly!"
Liu Kuo shouted while killing people: "If you can't go back, all our people will die in vain!"
Fang Jie felt sour when he heard this. He gritted his teeth and shook his head: "If I go back, I will never have a peaceful sleep from now on! Since we are destined to die here, let's just let go and kill. !¡±
Liu Kuo felt so hot that he couldn't care about anything else: "Okay, let's go ahead and kill him!"
At this moment, suddenly the rebels on the high slope on the shore let out a cry of surprise. Immediately afterwards, the rebel formation began to become chaotic. The rebel supervisors could be heard shouting loudly, but soon the rebel team surrounding the river continued to retreat. From their shouts, Fang Jie could hear a sense of fear.
As soon as the pressure in front of him relaxed, he couldn't help but look back.
On the lower reaches of Huangniu River, a dozen huge black shadows floated over quickly on the wide river.There was blood on his face, and Fang Jie wiped it hard before he could see clearly that the huge black shadow was clearly a dozen huge warships. Behind these behemoths, countless masts gradually became clear.
Great Sui Navy!
The rebels did not have such a powerful navy, and the increasingly bright red battle flags on the warships were like the shining sun at this time, which immediately warmed the hearts of all the Sui soldiers still alive on the north bank.
Dozens of Huanglong Clippers came from behind the large warship, and the archers on the warship began to attack the rebels on the north bank in a sweeping manner. On the large stern ship parked in the middle of the river, the ballistas on one side of the ship began to show off their power collectively. Hundreds of crossbows and nearly ten thousand archers poured out their arrows, immediately covering the north bank with a layer of white feathers. It looks like the river bank is covered with white grass.
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The Huanglong Clippers were lined up near the north shore. Each Huanglong Clippers could carry at least 200 soldiers. The navy soldiers are all excellent archers. Standing on the boat and shooting at the rebels on the river bank from a high position, the Sui naval archers were simply massacring them.
The rebel array finally collapsed, and the soldiers fled back wailing. The supervising team killed dozens of people one after another but could not stop the rebel soldiers' desire to survive. Once their courage was broken, they would not be able to get together in a short time. Like frightened ants that dispersed, the river bank was full of rebels fleeing into the distance.
Each of the archers on the Huanglong Clipper must shoot at least five arrows. There is almost no place to stay on this section of the river bank. The densely packed white feathers stuck on the ground are shocking to the core.
Seeing the rebels retreating, several centipede boats were lowered from the Huanglong ship. The speed of this boat, which can transport dozens of soldiers, is unparalleled. Dozens of soldiers slide the oars at the same time, just like several giant centipedes. It's like stepping on the water and rushing towards the north shore.
After the naval soldiers came ashore, they began to set up defenses and used phalanxes to protect Fang Jie and them behind them.
A naval general wearing special armor got off the Centipede Clipper, glanced at the ground and untied the broken limbs in front of them, and his expression couldn't help but change. The naval patrol fleet initially thought it was a large-scale conflict between the left avant-garde and the rebels, and the left avant-garde was forcibly crossing the Huangniu River. Because the rebels on the north bank were densely packed, it seemed that there were at least tens of thousands of people gathered. Therefore, Duan Zheng, the general commanding the navy, immediately ordered the navy to assist. He was still complaining in his heart why Zuo Qianwei Qiandu did not send anyone to contact the navy for coordination.
But when they got closer, the navy personnel discovered that there were only dozens of Sui soldiers trapped on the north bank.
I have been in the Navy for many years, but I have never seen such a tragic battlefield. Dozens of Sui troops, everyone alive today is like a bloody man. Their armor is red, their hair is red, and their faces are still red. At the feet of these living people are a field of dead people.
The navy commander couldn't count how many corpses there were. There were so many that his heart twitched.
He could not imagine how this team with a total strength of less than 350 soldiers could persevere when surrounded by tens of thousands of enemy troops. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never believe it no matter who mentioned it to him. The difference in military strength is so huge that it can be called a myth.
Bloody water flowed from his feet and merged into the river.
He stood up straight and then performed the most standard Sui military salute!
Fang Jie sat down on the bloody muddy ground and thrust the Da Mo knife into his side.
"General, do me a favor The bodies of the brothers who have left their lives here cannot be left behind. Please call someone to identify them and transport all our bodies back to the Huangniu River. They must be washed. Wash yourself, sew the wounds, change into clean clothes, and then bury"
The navy commander nodded vigorously and personally led his men to search for the people from the left avant-garde Jingbu battalion among the corpses.
Liu Kuo sat down next to him, glanced at Fang Jie and suddenly laughed: "I have always looked down on pretty boys. I used to think that pretty boys had no other use than their faces and butts."
Fang Jie knew that there must be something else behind Liu Kuo's words, but he didn't know much about the left midfielder, so he couldn't guess. Besides, he was so tired that he wanted to lie down, so he didn't have the energy to guess any more.
"This really doesn't sound like a compliment to me."
Fang Jie smiled and fumbled for the pipe from the deerskin bag with trembling hands. But when he took out the tobacco, he found that it was soaked through and red blood was dripping down his fingers. He seemed to have been foolish. He stuffed the bloody tobacco into the pipe and took out the cigarette.
The tobacco was too wet, and he took a long time to light it before taking a puff.
The mouth is full of thick blood.??.
Fang Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief after the bloody smell that stung his throat was sprayed out of his mouth. The tense muscles all over his body also relaxed, and his trembling fingers finally regained their composure.
"First time killing someone?"
Liu Kuo looked at him and asked in surprise: "First time killing someone?"
Fang Jie shook his head and spat on the bloody smear: "This is the first time I have killed so many people."
He took a look at the injury on Liu Kuo's shoulder, removed the chain armor for him, and then found the wound medicine that was also soaked in blood and applied it. Liu Kuo could no longer feel the pain and allowed Fang Jie to tear off his clothes. Wrap the wound.
¡°You¡¯ll get used to it from now on.¡±
Liu Kuo took off the wine bag and took a sip and handed it to Fang Jie: "You are very good. I have seen too many people of your age. The first time I went to the battlefield, I was so scared that I lost control of my bowels. The first time I killed someone, I was so scared. I haven't slept for several days and nights. Whenever I close my eyes, I can see the man I killed shaking his head"
Fang Jie sighed, and then realized that he was really not afraid at all.
Amid thousands of troops, within a desperate situation.
He thought about death, but he was not afraid.
He took a sip of wine and looked back at the corpses on the ground.
He suddenly had an impulse in his heart to count how many corpses there were on the ground.
Under the control of the navy, the men and horses of the left vanguard began to cross the river. Luo Yao, who had not wanted to have a direct conflict with the rebels, now had to do this. Navy General Duan Zheng watched helplessly. If he did not take advantage of such a good opportunity to cross the river, it would be unjustifiable in any case.
Fang Jie himself did not expect that this action of coming to explore the news would actually prompt the left vanguard to attack, and the Sui army set foot on the land occupied by the rebels for the first time. Unknown to him, he disrupted the pace Luo Yao had set.
When he, Liu Kuo and others were transported back to the south bank of Huangniu River by warship, the moment they stepped on the shore.
The left avant-garde soldiers gathered on the river bank couldn't help but burst into cheers. They spontaneously made way for a passage, and everyone looked at Fang Jie and the others with sincere respect in their eyes. I don¡¯t know who was the first to put his right arm across his chest. Gradually everyone raised their right arms to express their respect with the most standard Sui military salute.
Fang Jie looked at the soldiers and suddenly found that he enjoyed the scene. In front of him were countless pairs of respectful eyes, and behind him were Sui's naval forces carrying soldiers across the Huangniu River. Standing among the soldiers, he suddenly had an illusion that gripped the whole world.