Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, an English army sneaked outside the North City Gate, with the help of Tamils and Sinhalese people in the city, and broke through the North City Gate, which was no longer guarded by many people. The army poured into the city gate like a flood from a collapsed embankment, and then divided into several groups to attack the west coast, east and south city gates. The Ming army in the south and the mercenaries in the east were already locked in an inseparable fight with the enemy. Now they were attacked from behind by the enemy. The momentum of the counterattack was immediately released, and the enemy forces in the front took the opportunity to counterattack. The Ming army and mercenaries could no longer resist and were washed to pieces by waves of enemy troops.
Seeing that the situation was over, Guan Shan had no choice but to order all armies to break out in separate routes.
Fighting was going on everywhere in the city, and the Ming army and mercenaries who had been unable to break out of the siege were making their last resistance; while the Ming army and mercenaries who had broken through the siege dropped ropes from the city wall and escaped from the city. The people in the city fled in panic, and many of them also followed the Ming army and mercenaries to flee the city. The whole city is burning and the whole city is crying.
Guan Shan fled the city with a defeated army and came to a nearby hill. Looking back, I saw the sky above the city was ablaze, and troops and people were fleeing one after another. Guan Shan ordered the troops to assemble on the spot to cover the evacuation of the people.
An old man, supported by a soldier, hurriedly came to Zhang Shun and said urgently: "My lord, my lord! There are still many people trapped in the city. Please save them!"
Guan Shan asked: "Where are they trapped?"
The old man said: "They are trapped near the east city gate. They are surrounded by enemies. They can't get out! Sir, you must save them!"
Zhang Hongdao: "There are enemies everywhere in the city now. Not only will we not be able to save people if we go back, but we will also have to lose our lives!"
Guan Shandao: "We soldiers have no choice! Zhang Hong, you and the mercenaries will escort everyone and continue to evacuate eastward, and set up eyeliners along the road to guide the escaped people to retreat along the correct road." Zhang Hong asked urgently : "Sir, do you really want to go back?"
"Nonsense!" Then he shouted to his soldiers: "Brothers, follow me into the city!" The soldiers agreed one after another. Guan Shan led more than a thousand soldiers and horses and galloped towards the east gate. Zhang Hong looked at the backs of Guan Shan and the others and couldn't help but murmured: "Damn it! These soldiers are just crazy!" Then he gave a series of orders to the bodyguards around him according to Guan Shan's instructions just now.
At the same time, in the chaotic city, Guan Ping returned to the backyard of the government office alone. I could only hear men and women talking and laughing from the back hall in front. The voices were all familiar.
Guan Ping frowned and touched it quietly. When he came to the window, he gently opened it a crack and looked inside. I saw the Sinhala envoy drinking and joking with the Sinhala beauty. The Sinhala envoy said in Sanskrit: "They all say how powerful the Ming Dynasty warriors are! I think they are stupider than pigs! I am a little The plan made him fall for it, and in the end the whole city was captured by us and the English!" The four women laughed, and one of them said with some nostalgia: "My lord's plan is good, but it's a pity for such a majestic man. A man!" The Sinhalese envoy said with a bad smile: "Let me satisfy you tonight! I am no worse than the people of Ming Dynasty!" The four girls laughed wildly and cast flirtatious glances.
Guan Ping was on Xiou Island and could understand Sanskrit. When the conversation between the five bastard men and women entered his ears, it was like a steel needle piercing his heart. Immediately unable to bear it any longer, he broke the window and jumped in.
The five men and women who were looking at each other suddenly heard a loud noise from the window and couldn't help but startled. Turning his head to look at the window, he saw a scary-looking Guan Ping standing in front of the window. The five people were shocked and turned around to run for their lives.
Guan Ping strode forward, grabbed the most seductive woman, and roared: "What a slut, you deceived me so badly!" As he spoke, he raised the knife and dropped the woman's beautiful head to the ground. Immediately, Zhang Heng caught up with the four people who had fled towards the door of Zhengcang Palace, and slashed with his knife. The sound of the knife chopping bone and flesh kept resounding. The other three women and the Sinhala envoy who was still complacent just now all fell in a pool of blood. .
On the other side, Guan Shan led more than a thousand soldiers to rush outside the east city gate and roared into the city. The Sinhala Army and Tamil Army guarding the east city gate did not expect that the enemies who had escaped would dare to come back. They were caught off guard and were immediately rushed to pieces.
Guan Shan attacked the city in one fell swoop and immediately ordered two hundred men to guard the city gate, while he led a large group to rush to the place the old man said. Just near the East Gate, it was originally a silk and satin market.
When they arrived, they saw chaos. Women were running around in fear, and were constantly caught by the enemies amidst their wild laughter. Men, the elderly, and children were running for their lives in a hurry, but they were constantly chopped down in a pool of blood by the enemies who were catching up. middle.
Guan Shan and others only felt their anger rising, and they immediately rushed forward. The enemy army, which was ravaging the people wantonly, did not expect that the Ming army who had escaped from the city had the courage to fight back, and was caught off guard. In an instant, I saw that the Ming army was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, killing like crazy with swords, guns and sharp blades. The corpses of English, Tamil and Sinhalese were covered in blood and fled in all directions! A Tamil man was running for his life while crawling on the ground. He didn't pay attention to the bricks under his feet. He tripped and stumbled and fell to pieces! Hearing the sound of rapid footsteps approaching from behind, he hurriedly turned around and was shocked to see a ferocious Ming soldier running towards him!
Terrified, the Tamil soldier raised his hands and begged loudly for mercy. The Ming soldier, whose eyes were red with murder, ignored him and cut off his head with a knife in his hand!
After a melee, the enemy army was defeated. Guan Shan immediately led his troops to escort the rescued people towards the east gate. At the same time, rumbling footsteps and chaotic shouts came from all directions, cloud-like banners and forest-like swords and guns appeared in the streets and alleys. Enemy troops were pouring in from all directions, and time was running out.
Guan Shan led his troops to escort the people to the east city gate. Suddenly he saw Guan Ping standing at the gate of the city holding a horizontal sword. Guan Shan was stunned and said happily: "Brother!" Guan Ping smiled, then frowned and yelled: "Brother, quickly bring someone to escort the people away!" Guan Shan was stunned, "Brother, what do you want to do?" Guan Ping looked at the past. The wave of soldiers pouring out of the streets and alleys said calmly: "I'll stay and cut off the queen!" Guan Shan was shocked, "No, let's go together!" Guan Ping glared at Zhang Shun, "Fart! No one can cut off the queen, maybe the soldiers We can break through the siege, but none of these ordinary people can escape!" Seeing that Guan Shan wanted to talk again, he shouted sternly: "There is no time to talk nonsense, get out of here!"
Guan Shan had no choice but to lead his troops and horses to escort the people back.
Guan Ping stood alone at the gate of the city with a horizontal sword, facing the enemy's thousands of troops without any fear, and murmured with a smile: "Damn barbarians! Let you see what a real Ming warrior is like. of!"
The English, Tamils and Sinhalese saw only one person blocking the city gate, but they paid no attention to it, even though dozens of people howled and rushed out of the group towards Guanping.
Dozens of people howled and rushed to the city gate, ready to kill Guan Ping in one fell swoop. Guan Ping suddenly let out a tiger roar that shook the world, and then rushed into the middle of the enemy, waving his sword crazily! The wind howled, the sword flashed, and bloody limbs were flying in the sky; screams continued, and the English, Tamils, and Sinhalese fell into a pool of blood one by one. Guan Ping is like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, but he is too brave to be defeated! In the blink of an eye, more than twenty enemies fell at his feet!
The English, Tamils and Sinhalese were shocked. The English general Hood shouted sternly: "Come together! Kill him!" The English, Tamils and Sinhalese could not help but feel crazy emotions in their hearts, and they rushed forward with howls. Guan Ping's body was instantly submerged in the crowd, and he only heard continuous screams; English, Tamil and Sinhalese people kept rushing up, but they were unable to break through the city gate. There are more and more corpses on the ground. I don’t know how long it has been. It seems very long and it seems very short. The corpses are actually piled up into a hill. Guan Ping, covered in blood, stands on the mountain of corpses. He still fights hard and keeps cutting the corpses with the horizontal knife in his hand. The enemy who rushed up was chopped down and rolled down the mountain of corpses. The lonely figure, illuminated by the blazing fire in the city, looked like an invincible god of death!
The enemy finally got scared and stopped attacking. They all looked at Guan Ping, who was crumbling on top of the mountain of corpses, with infinite fear! The originally noisy battlefield was actually quiet at this moment.
An officer looked pale and stammered and asked Hood: "General, general, what, what should I do?"
Hood suppressed the fear in his heart and shouted sternly: "Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows! Shoot him to death!" The officer immediately shouted: "Archers, fire the arrows!" Hundreds of crossbowmen immediately stepped forward to shoot him. Guan Ping, who was standing on the corpse mountain, sent out a wave of arrows. Arrows rained down, and Guan Ping's body was covered with arrows. He was staggering and about to fall. Guan Ping smoothly pulled out a spear from the mountain of corpses at his feet, inserted the spear behind him, and supported his body with the barrel of the gun.
The English, Tamils and Sinhalese thought he was going to fall, but were horrified to see him staggering but not falling.
Hood shouted at the archer: "Keep shooting arrows!" The archer continued to fire two waves of arrows. Hood waved his hand forward and shouted: "Forward!" The three armies slowly walked towards Guanping with an anxious mood, and came to the pile of corpses. An English officer bravely walked up the mountain of corpses and came to Guanping. The first three feet away. Not daring to get any closer, he held his breath, passed the cross sword in his hand and poked Guan Ping. Guan Ping's body finally collapsed. When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Hood wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and muttered: "What a heretic devil!"
An officer rushed to Hood in a hurry and said urgently: "General, it's bad, all the warehouses are on fire!" Hood was taken aback and asked: "How could this happen? Aren't the warehouses already occupied? "?" The officer said: "Everyone, everyone is having a party, and I don't know why the warehouse caught fire." It turns out that the British army, Tamils and Sinhalese people have long coveted the wealth of Xiou City, so after attacking the city , many officers and soldiers rushed into various warehouses to loot money and materials. Just when they were ecstatic about looting the wealth, the warehouse suddenly caught fire. In the chaos, many people were buried in the sea of fire before they could escape.
One of Hu Deling's generals led an army out of the city to pursue him, while he himself led another group of troops to the warehouse area. Sure enough, we saw raging fire, and the entire warehouse area turned into a sea of fire. The blazing flames roared into the sky, like waves that were constantly surging, which was shocking. Hood looked shocked and cursed angrily: "What happened? The warehouse area was burned down!" He thought that his soldiers accidentally set the warehouse area on fire.
"No!" Horatio's voice came from behind.
Hood turned and saw Horatio coming, followed by many men and horses, carrying dozens of corpses.
Horatio ordered his men to put the bodies down, pointed at the bodies and said to Hood: "These were all found in the warehouse area. They were killed, and many of them were attacked from behind! This fire was not an accident. It should have been done by the enemy’s troops left in the city! They are not letting us get these trophies!”
Hood was furious and shouted: "Then kill all the Han Chinese in the city!" Immediately after the order was passed, the English army, Tamils and Sinhalese immediately began to massacre the Han Chinese who failed to escape from the city, and the firelight illuminated There was blood, and screams filled his ears. …
Guan Shan retreated eastward with the remaining defeated generals to protect the escaped people. In the early morning of the next day, the scouts at the rear guard rushed up and reported: "Sir, Lord Deng Mingqi is here." Guan Shan stopped and turned his head to look, only to see dozens of riders catching up from behind. A moment later, Deng Mingqi and dozens of others rushed to Guan Shan. After reining in his horse, Deng Mingqi cupped his fists and said, "Sir!" Guan Shan said, "Why are you just catching up at this time?"
Deng Mingqi said: "We can't leave so much wealth and supplies to the enemy. I took advantage of the chaos and burned down the warehouse area." Guan Shan showed surprise and glanced at the Hua Xu spies behind Deng Mingqi. The people were injured and stained with blood. It was conceivable that they must have experienced a brutal bloody battle. Guan Shan couldn't help but feel in awe and said, "I originally looked down on you Huaxu people, but I was wrong."
Deng Mingqi said: "I have some bad news to tell you, sir." Then he waved his hand to his subordinates, and one of his subordinates immediately rode up. Guan Shan suddenly saw his brother Guan Ping lying on the saddle. He couldn't help being surprised and happy. He quickly jumped off the horse and ran to Guan Ping's side, shouting: "Brother!" Then he reached out and hugged Guan Ping off. I felt cold and stiff at the tentacles, and I couldn't help being shocked. I looked down and saw my brother's eyes wide open and unblinking. His body was covered with wounds, and the blood had formed a layer of dark red blood armor.
Guan Shan's face suddenly turned pale, and he cried: "Brother, brother!..." Guan Ping could not respond.
Deng Mingqi came over and said: "General Guanshan blocked thousands of enemy troops by himself, killed countless enemies, and finally died in battle! The reason why your Excellency and everyone here can retreat safely is because of his contribution! Although he committed a crime Wrong, but finally worthy of the title of Ming Dynasty Warriors! After missing the warehouse area, we were ready to climb over the wall to evacuate. When we saw the enemy collecting corpses at the gate of the east city, we rushed over and snatched the body of General Guan Ping!"
Guan Shan clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, nodded, and said: "Thank you." Deng Mingqi said: "You don't need to thank you, there is only so much we can do." Guan Shan said with infinite hatred: "English, Tamil People, Sinhalese, I will kill them all to avenge my brother!”
Deng Mingqi said: "I can understand that you hate them, but as the governor of Xiou, you can't act out of emotion!"
Guan Shan said angrily: "I know how to do it, I don't need you to tell me what to do!" He turned to the officer next to him and shouted: "Gather the troops immediately." The officer responded and ran down. Deng Mingqi asked anxiously: "What do you want to do?" Guan Shan stood up, looked at the west with infinite anger, and said every word: "I want to avenge my brother!"
Deng Mingqi said angrily: "No! Your responsibility is to protect the people here, not to fight the enemy! The enemy is outnumbered and has occupied Xiou City. You are just wasting the lives of the soldiers!" Guan Shan glared Deng Mingqi shouted: "Shut up! I am the capital of Xiou Island!"
At this time, the officer ran back, clasped his fists and said: "Sir, the troops and horses have been assembled!"
Guan Shan picked up his brother's body and handed it to Zhang Hong, saying, "Help me take care of my brother." Zhang Hong hugged Guan Ping's body and nodded.
Guan Shan got on his horse and shouted at the more than two thousand soldiers who had gathered: "General Guan Ping died in a bloody battle to cover us. What should we do?" The soldiers felt their blood boiling and shouted together: "Revenge! Revenge!" Guan Shan He waved his sword and shouted: "Fight back with me!"
Deng Mingqi ran over and grabbed Guan Shan's horse rein, and said sternly: "You can't mess around!"
Guan Shan's eyes were blinded by anger and he was not willing to listen. He immediately kicked Deng Mingqi away and led more than two thousand soldiers to fight back to Xiou City. Deng Mingqi was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.
Zhang Hong came over holding Guan Ping's body and asked: "Sir, what should we do now?" Deng Mingqi said angrily: "What else can we do! Let's protect the people and continue to retreat eastward!" Zhang Hong nodded.
Guan Shan led his troops and horses to rush towards Xiou City. On the way, he encountered five to six thousand enemy troops who came to pursue his side. The two sides suddenly met and immediately started fighting. Although there were many enemy troops, the Ming army was a mourning army, and all of them risked their lives and marched forward. There was a bloody battle in the wilderness, with corpses strewn across the field and blood flowing into canals. The enemy army was finally defeated and retreated. Guan Shan led the soldiers and horses to continue marching. At this moment, there were bursts of violent roars from the direction of Xiou City. Although they were still far away, the ground seemed to be shaking. Guan Shan felt strange in his heart, but such thoughts were quickly overwhelmed by infinite hatred and the urge to take revenge.
Guan Shan led his troops to Xiou City, and enemy troops surrounded him from all directions. However, Guan Shan also led his troops and horses to attack westwards like crazy, and for a moment he even disturbed the enemy's position. However, the enemy forces were dozens of times larger than theirs, and the situation soon became very bad. The enemy troops attacked fiercely from all directions, and they were almost inexhaustible. There were mountains of corpses on the ground, and the Ming army had also suffered heavy losses. However, the enemy troops' fierce attacks continued, like waves rising from all directions!
Guan Shan finally woke up and saw that many soldiers were already stained with blood on the battlefield. He couldn't help but blame himself and immediately led the remaining troops to break out. However, it was already difficult to break out of the encirclement at this time. The enemies in front of them seemed to be endless. The soldiers and horses tried their best to break out of the encirclement, but they suffered heavy casualties, but they could not break out at all.
Guan Shan looked at the boundless enemies around him and couldn't help but despair. Then a desperate desire came into his heart. He thought that since he couldn't break out, he would fight with the enemies and kill them one by one!
"Look, sir!" The bloody officer next to him suddenly pointed at the outside of the encirclement and shouted. Guan Shan looked in the direction of his finger and saw hundreds of his own troops suddenly appearing behind the enemy, charging into the enemy's thicket. This group of Ming army came so suddenly. The English, Tamils and Sinhalese were completely unprepared and extremely ferocious. They were like a group of tigers. Hundreds of them rushed into the enemy army and rushed forward. Invincible!
The direction of the attack of hundreds of Ming troops was close to the enemy's central general's flag. The troops and horses were in chaos, and the enemy's commander was also in chaos. There was chaos there, and other enemy troops couldn't help but become suspicious, and their attack intensity suddenly decreased.
Guan Shan seized the opportunity and rushed into the enemy group first to fight bravely. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty followed closely behind him. They were all like tigers descending the mountain, one against ten, fighting with all their might! The enemy army was already shaken, and seeing how ferocious the Ming army was, they couldn't help but be shocked. Although they tried to stop them, they couldn't help the Ming army's mad rush and killing, and the heavy tide of troops was forced to fight through the Ming army and open a bloody path to the east. And go! When the hundreds of Ming troops who suddenly appeared saw that Guan Shan and the others had broken through, they stopped fighting and immediately left the battle and retreated!
The enemy generals had just recovered from their shock. Seeing the Ming army retreating, they could not think of pursuing them, so they watched them retreat eastward.
Before sunset, Guan Shan saw that the enemy was not pursuing him, so he ordered his troops to rest on the spot. The soldiers and horses rested on the spot. Guan Shan glanced at the soldiers in front of him and saw only five or six hundred of the more than two thousand people left. Guan Shan couldn't help but blame himself deeply.
A scout rode his horse to the front of Guanshan, reined in his horse, jumped down, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, they are here under the command of Wang Zhuo."
Guan Shan looked up and saw hundreds of soldiers and horses running towards him. It was the army that suddenly appeared to rescue him earlier. After a while, hundreds of people came to Guan Shan. The leading officer clasped his fists and bowed: "Wang Zhuo has met you, sir!" This man was strong, with dark skin, a short beard on his face, and a resolute expression. He was the two brothers of Guan Ping and Guan Shan. The chief general under his command, Wang Zhuo, serves as the commander of South Guard City.
Guan Shan showed his behavior and said: "I was still worried about you, but I didn't expect you to break out! Where is Zhao Jun?" Wang Zhuo is the commander of the South Acropolis, and Zhao Jun is the commander of the North Acropolis. He The two of them defended Xiou City from the south to the north.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
