There were sounds of fighting everywhere, frightened and confused cries, motionless bodies lying on the ground, and the pungent smell of blood. I don't know since when, Ji Shu has become accustomed to this situation.
Parts of the surrounding buildings had been ignited, crackling and burning. At this time, Ji Shu was calmly directing the soldiers to set up a defense line.
"Teacher, don't you allocate some people to put out the fire?"
Compared to Ji Shu, Han Zong seemed a little anxious. No, it is better to say that this is normal. Most people will not watch the place they are in gradually turning into a sea of fire and remain indifferent. If left alone, the Han army would not even have to fight in, they would just set fire to them and burn them alive.
But Ji Shu knew that Xu Shu would not do this.
"Don't worry, the rocket is just to create chaos and will stop soon. Xu Shu will not let the fire develop out of control."
ah?
How could Xu Shu do something beneficial to our army?
Han Zong looked at Ji Shu with wide eyes and made a cute sound. Perhaps in his eyes, he had begun to doubt whether his teacher was crazy?
Ji Shu smiled softly. It is true that if the entire prefect's mansion is burned down, almost all the Chu troops trapped here will die.
But Ji Shu might not die.
What if only Ji Shu was not burned to death?
What if Ji Shu is allowed to survive?
Xu Shu did not stay in Xiaopei just to bet on this eventuality. Every white-eared soldier who stayed here was already prepared to die.
Even a one in 10,000 possibility was enough for Xu Shu to give up the method of easily annihilating the Chu army and choose to sacrifice a larger storm.
He must see Ji Shu's body with his own eyes! This is exactly the meaning of Xu Shu staying here.
Ji Shu observed the battlefield with burning eyes, analyzed the strength of the fire, and thought about how to use the fire to reduce the pressure on defense. Let’s not talk about strategies for the moment. When it comes to arranging troops and deploying troops, almost no one in the world can surpass Sun Ce, and his level of hearing and seeing Ji Shu is by no means low.
Even so, all Ji Shu could do was try his best to delay time. Facing Xu Han's white-eared elite soldiers, especially when the opponent's determination to die was clear, Ji Shu could not get out of the predicament no matter what with the troops he currently had.
I have never been forced into this desperate situation! Even if Zhuge Liang fell into Zhuge Liang's plan in the Battle of Jingzhou, Ji Shu still had a choice, but now he is surrounded on all sides and unable to fly!
Ji Shu never thought that people like Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, and Sima Yi would go crazy one day and have to be buried with him when they die.
I had obviously thought about many possibilities, but I never thought it would turn into this situation. There is something that I have missed, and there is something that I have not been able to see. Ji Shu thought about it unwillingly.
The first line of defense in the south was breached, and the Han army had entered the mansion.
Maybe I will die here today.
Ji Shu thought like this, and if he asked himself if he was afraid, the answer would be like a black hole.
Stifling emotions, coldly ordering Zhou Tai to die, spreading rumors, giving up the bottom line for victory and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Today's Ji Shu cannot say the words "fear of death".
But what is this unwillingness in my heart?
Sure enough, I still want to give him advice, and want to see him ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, help him sweep Yunei, unify the country, and build a brand new country! A country without intrigues, separation between life and death, and filled with death and smoke??????
Ah, after giving up so much, it’s natural to have such greed! I'm really despicable.
Ji Shu pulled out the decorative sword from his waist and glanced at the soldiers around him. His eyes were those of someone who had realized something, and he was pouring out his will to everyone.
"If the second line of defense is breached, we will all die here. Instead of trembling here, I am willing to fight together with you and shed the last drop of blood for Chu. All soldiers follow me and kill!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Everyone was excited, and Ji Shu put his last troops into the battle.
The fighting became more and more fierce. Even if the soldiers consciously protected Ji Shu, blood was already splattered on his armor.
"Teacher, there is a trace of chaos in the Han army at Ximen, and there is a gap."
At this time, Han Zong's whole body looked like he had been fished out of a pool of blood, with a sinister aura permeating his whole body.
"Could this be a trap?"
Ji Shu understood Han Zong's worries, but he made a decision in a flash.
"Let's go! Fight out of the west gate!"
If you stay here and stick to it, you will be able to hold on for a longer time, but in the end it will be a dead end.
The fire in the Prefect's Mansion must have attracted the attention of other Lu Chu troops. This was one of the reasons why Ji Shu had previously focused on defense and let the fire burn. If the chaos in the west was Xu Shu's trap, they would just die earlier than expected; but if it was really caused by Hou Cheng or Lu Xun, this might be their only chance of survival.
Ji Shu had no time left to think. He didn't know if Xu Shu would have such a surplus, but the risk was worth taking.
"Walk!"
Han Zong said no more and took the lead in fighting a bloody path.
When Ji Shu and others rushed out of the prefect's mansion along the gap of the Han army, there were only more than 400 soldiers left around them.
In a corner of the street outside the prefect's mansion, two armies were fighting.
"It's Boyan!"
Han Zong pointed to a person in the distance and said in surprise. Even though there were still countless Han troops coming as far as the eye could see, everyone was excited by it.
"Kill over and join the brothers!"
"kill!"
