There were corpses everywhere near the gap, and injured people were struggling and shouting desperately among the corpses. Someone was screaming and waving a short knife while fighting with the same wounded people around him.
The attackers in black armor and the defenders in messy uniforms could no longer maintain their formation and command. There were either three or five of them fighting against each other, or thirty or fifty of them entangled in a whirlpool. Everyone howled like wild beasts, exerting all their strength.
At this moment, glory, wealth or anything else has no meaning. Everyone's life is only a matter of seconds. If you suppress the enemy and kill the enemy, you will live. On the contrary, if you die immediately, everything will stop.
In this high-intensity fight, Liu Ran completely exhausted his physical energy. The shield in his left hand was chopped into pieces, but it felt too heavy to lift; the knife in his right hand had several gaps after repeated stabs and slashes, and suddenly it didn't look like a knife, but like a sharp fang. The toothy fish began to try to shake off the control of his right hand.
Veterans like them who are experienced in the battlefield will never persist at this time, and even the officers who are urging the battle will not force them. So Liu Ran glanced at a gap in the fighting, suddenly stepped back, and hid behind half of the low rammed earth wall in two steps.
This location was chosen by him, Liang Hu and others long ago and is very suitable for rest and concealment.
But the last time he retreated here, Liu Ran ran for more than forty steps in one breath. Only half a stick of incense had passed before the defenders retreated step by step, almost approaching the low wall. As a result, the enemy troops pouring in through the gap had more and more room for maneuver. Under the orders of the general who was against Liu Ran and the other three, they even had time to start forming formations!
That general was Shi Tianying who surrendered to the Mongols. This man's reputation for bravery was spread even in the Lulong area. Liu Ran didn't know about it just now, but now that he knew his identity, he felt even more pity.
Liang Hu pulled Zhang Pingliang and retreated to Liu Ran.
Zhang Pingliang charged murderously and was still screaming. He had just rolled around like a wild beast with a black sergeant, and now his voice was completely hoarse. Liang Hu couldn't help but gasp when he saw that he grabbed the enemy so hard that his fingernails turned over.
Liu Ran took off his horn bow from behind and tried to shoot Shi Tianying who was directing the formation. But he really had no strength at all. He tried twice and couldn't draw the bow.
An officer of the garrison shouted loudly from high on the tower.
Liang Hu climbed up and looked through the gap in the broken bricks of the low wall. He saw the dark enemy troops occupying the wall on the right side of the gap and began to attack the tower.
He spat out bloody spit and turned back to lean against the low wall: "Damn it, the Black Tartars are so cruel. They don't want to keep us until tomorrow."
"The main force of the Black Tartars hasn't moved yet." Liu Ran looked at his hands shaking violently and sighed: "Aren't the people who are attacking now all Han'er from Jinzhou?"
"Damn, damn..." Liang Hu didn't know how to respond and cursed a few more casually.
Zheng Ke bent down and suddenly appeared from behind the low wall on the side.
Almost all of his men were killed or injured in the fierce battle just now. Everyone knew that this ferocious man had become an empty leader. Therefore, even an honest man like Liang Hu didn't bother to get up to say hello. Only Liu Ran reluctantly changed from sitting to squatting.
Zheng Ke suddenly stretched out his arm and grabbed Liu Ran.
He lowered his voice: "The situation is not right!"
"What?"
"Just now when I went to the south gate to urge reinforcements, I saw Gao Biao and his followers rushing to the city gate, saying that they were preparing to defend the city together. However, I think this old boy is planning to open the city and surrender!"
"How could it be?" Liang Hu opened his mouth wide and said in a daze for a while: "He is the military judge of Pingzhou!" Apart from the manager, he is the only one in the city! "
Zheng Ke sneered repeatedly: "The manager is running around giving orders. Do you think Gao Biao has moved this day? He acted suddenly because he was sure that he could not hold on anymore and wanted to find another way! Besides, at the south gate, On the other side, the person in charge of attacking the city is Brother Youxing, a wealthy man from Gaozhou... He, like Gao Biao, is from Bohai! As soon as Gao Biao opened the city, his own clan made a great contribution, and he and Brother Youxing can support each other!"
"Are you really unable to hold on? We have been fighting for a long time, but we can't hold on anymore? These bitches...these people are all bitches!" Zhang Pingliang suddenly started crying.
Liu Ran and Liang Hu were calm. Along the boundary trench, there were so many high-ranking officials in the imperial court who abandoned the battle and fled for their lives, or betrayed friendly forces and surrendered, that they were too numerous to count. As the majesty of the imperial court wavered, so did the Yi and Chi armies in various places.
Tens of thousands of Han soldiers are attacking the city from all sides, and they insist on criticizing a Bohai man for not fighting to the death for the Jurchens... They have been scolding them two years ago, and they can hardly stop scolding them anymore.
"Pingzhou is definitely doomed. Shi Tianying who attacked the east gate is a ruthless man, and we can't defend it!"
Zheng Ke lowered his voice: "You all follow me closely! I have asked people to keep an eye on Gao Biao. Once he makes a move, we will leave... I still have a few reliable brothers at Ximen. Everyone opened the door directly and went to Qinglong Go to the river!”
"Where are the people in the city? What should we do with so many people?" Zhang Pingliang raised his head and asked, "You are Qia Jia! You have to tell the envoy quickly and ask him to send someone to arrest Gao Biao!"
The ferocious look on Zheng Ke's face flashed away: "Where are there no common people? When I was in Jinyingou, Liu Ran was in Xiaochengzi, Lao Liang was in Guiliuhe, and you fool were in Qijiadian, where could you see it? To the common people? There are dozens of military forts along the boundary trench. Aren’t all the people inside them are common people! If you die, you will die! If Pingzhou City cannot be defended, we ourselves will die, who cares!"
He sneered a few more times: "You are all good players. It would be a pity to die here. That's why I gave you a chance. If you insist on dying with the city, then you can! You will die today, immediately, immediately !”
"Qian Zhi, let's go with you." Liu Ran stood up, held up Zhang Pingliang with one hand, and pulled a knife from the pile of corpses with the other hand and stuffed it into the empty scabbard.
Liang Hu thought for a moment, threw down the spear, and replaced it with a straight knife in his hand.
Several people were scheming behind the low wall, attracting the attention of the officer who was shouting orders from the front.
That man was wearing a white military robe and black leather boots. He was the Jurchen commander in charge of guarding the east gate under Wulin Daqi.
"Stop!" he shouted: "No one is allowed to leave without my order! Everyone fight forward!"
Zheng Ke was usually unruly and cruel, so now why did he care about the orders of others? He blew his nostrils into the sky, ignored them, and hurried away with Liu Ran and others.
Na Dutong suddenly turned dark, drew his sword out of its sheath, and stood in front of Zheng Ke: "Military law is ruthless, Zheng Qianji, you must not seek death!"
Zheng Ke cursed and yelled at him, and suddenly saw a familiar subordinate waving wildly deep in the road.
He knew that it was Gao Biao from the south gate who was about to take action, so he could no longer control the impatience and violence in his heart. Unexpectedly, Du Tong scolded him viciously, which made him furious. He rushed in front of Du Tong and cut off half of his neck with one knife.
"Martial law? I'm going to use your mother's military law! Do you still care about me?"
Blood splashed all over Zheng Ke's head and face. Zheng Ke looked around and shouted: "This city can't be defended! If you want to live, follow me!"
This action stunned Liu Ran and the others, and even the soldiers who were still fighting hard at the front looked back. The calls and shouts of the defenders fell silent for a moment. In the next moment, some people exclaimed, some wailed, some cursed, and more people shouted: "We are all dead! We can't hold on anymore!"
There was no incident in the direction of the south gate, but the defense of the east gate collapsed almost instantly.
Zheng Ke didn't say anything anymore, kicked the captain over and ran towards the west gate.
Liu Ran and the other three were stunned, but they were suddenly swarmed by the defeated troops from behind.
"Follow him!" Liu Ran shouted, leading Zhang Pingliang and Liang Hu to chase him.
Just as they started, the black army stormed in at the same time. The archers who were originally covering the rear also rushed into the city, shooting arrows everywhere, shooting down the deserters who had their backs turned to them one by one, just like shooting rabbits running wildly in a hunting ground.
Liang Hu had just run a few steps when an arrow suddenly flew out of the thorn and penetrated his thigh squarely.
He screamed and limped on for two more steps. But with every step he took, a large stream of blood would spurt out from the penetrating wound between the thigh bone and muscle.
Liu Ran pushed away several broken soldiers and rushed back, trying to help Liang Hu.
Liang Hu sat in a pool of blood stained by his own blood, waved his hands vigorously, and hissed: "I can't move, you go quickly! If you slow down at this time, you will die! You go quickly! I am almost forty years old, I have lived enough Got it!"
Zhang Pingliang cried again. Liu Ran looked deeply at Liang Hu, nodded to him, and turned Zhang Pingliang around. The two figures were wrapped in the deserter team and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Liang Hu stared blankly at the direction in which the two disappeared. He served in the army in northern Xinjiang for fifteen years, and spent ten of them hanging out with Liu Ran and Zhang Pingliang. They went through many hardships together and never separated. Now that the two of them were walking quickly, he was a little lucky, but also a little sad:
"Damn, these two boys really dumped me!"
He wiped the tears from his eyes and tried hard with his hands to push himself to the side of the road. Unexpectedly, the arrow cluster scratched the ground, pulling the injured area, and the pain became more severe. Cursing, he stood up, drew his knife, and cut the shaft of the arrow.
After two cuts, a huge roar was heard from both the south and north sides of the city, as if countless people were shouting crazily. It seems that not only Gao Biao of the south gate, but also Meng'an Bo Jilie Bai Sa, who is in charge of the north gate, has decided to surrender.
To the south are the soldiers and horses of You Xingzong, the Bohai people, to the east is Shi Tianying, and to the north is someone who is powerful. I don’t know why these people were so drunk after taking refuge in Mongolia. The Jurchens must not be able to withstand it.
Liang Hu took out the arrow shaft, and the severe pain eased slightly. He didn't bother to treat the wound and just lay on the roadside.
The black army that came through the gap in the city wall quickly rushed past him, and there were still people killing people along the city wall. He heard the constant sound of gold and iron, curses, begging for mercy, and the crying of the people in the city who had no time to escape.
The city gate was quickly opened, and the black cavalry in black armor rushed in, each waving their sharp swords in a show of force.
Liang Hu squinted at them, waiting for someone to notice him.
I stretched my neck, and it was very easy for any military commander to bend down and wave the long knife to end the problem.
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