The level of vigilance on the side of the horse bandit camp near Metasequoia City was obviously much higher than that on the side behind. Although the wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier at this time, the horse bandit sentries standing guard still noticed something unusual.
First, inside the camp, the tent that was scratched by the Xingluo knife attracted the attention of the passing patrol. When the guards got into the tent and saw the body inside with its head missing, they were so frightened that they hurriedly sounded the alarm, alarming the entire camp.
The sentry guarding the camp fence immediately became alert when he heard the sound of the gong. They paid close attention for a moment and soon discovered Li Jiangyao and his two men hiding near the fence, and rushed over immediately shouting.
Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, Li Jiangyao gritted his teeth, suddenly raised his inner strength, and jumped into the air with a swish, narrowly avoiding the arrows fired by the horse bandits, and then turned over in the air and flew directly out of the fence.
With his feet firmly on the ground, Li Jiangyao did not dare to delay at all. He immediately launched his Qinggong with all his strength and rushed forward desperately, trying desperately to open the distance between him and the horse bandits' camp.
What he fears most at this time is the archers on the other side who are guarding a high place. With only a dozen hard bows, it is very likely that the girl behind him will be killed.
Things turned out just as he expected. The ghost alliance horse bandits reacted very quickly. In the blink of an eye, the archers on the fortress' archery tower had already bent their bows and shot arrows in their direction.
Li Jiangyao sighed helplessly and could only stop and turn around, drew out the Xingluo knife to block the dense arrows, and retreated while hitting.
As a result, the precious escape time was immediately delayed, and the situation took a turn for the worse. The three camp gates closest to him opened one after another, and hundreds of horse bandits and cavalry swarmed out and rushed towards Li Jiangyao and the two men.
The order is now complete! Li Jiangyao secretly screamed something bad: On the plains and wilderness, let alone carrying a weak woman on his back at this time, even if he was alone, it would be impossible to withstand the charge of so many cavalry groups.
Although he had retreated beyond the range of the archers, it was difficult for the other party to pose any threat to him and the girl. But the cavalry roaring in front of them was more terrifying than the rain of arrows. In just a few breaths, the two of them would be swept into the wave of war horses.
Li Jiangyao knew that he couldn't outrun the enemies who were accelerating. Instead of being brutally killed while escaping, he might as well give it a go and kill them one by one!
He immediately shouted loudly, shook the long knife in his hand, and faced the rapidly approaching horse bandit cavalry without fear.
But at this moment, a dense sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded from the direction of Metasequoia City behind them.
"Long live my emperor!" The charge war cry of the Zhenjiang Protector's Mansion rang in my ears like thunder.
It was the brothers from the Pegasus Scout Battalion who came to kill him!
Li Jiangyao's body shook, and without any further hesitation, he immediately turned around and ran away.
It turned out that Lin Feng, who had been guarding the city head, had already arranged for his men to quietly raise the iron gate of the north gate. When the city gate was opened, two hundred heavy armored cavalry lined up secretly behind the gate, ready to welcome Li Jiangyao into the city at any time.
As soon as chaos broke out in the horse bandit camp, Lin Feng jumped on his horse, personally led the team out of the city, and galloped towards the opposite side.
The distance between the two sides was not that far to begin with, and for the cavalry, the distance of 1,800 steps was a matter of time.
Li Jiangyao carried the girl on his back and ran forward for dozens of feet. Just as he was about to be overtaken by the horse bandit who was charging the nearest, a javelin suddenly flew towards him and hit the horse bandit in the chest, nailing him directly. on the ground.
At the same time, a war horse rushed out and knocked another horse bandit who was close at hand to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, countless Pegasus scouts rushed over one after another, blocking the path of the Ghost Alliance horse bandits, and strangled them with each other, successfully protecting Li Jiangyao and the two closely behind them.
A familiar voice rang in my ears: "Boss, are you okay?"
Hearing this, Li Jiangyao closed his eyes and took a long breath: "Lin Feng, I owe you a life."
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Ma Mu's first reaction when he saw Li Jiangyao was to rush forward, hug him tightly, and cry with joy.
"Old Ma, don't get excited, your snot is rubbing on me!" Li Jiangyao tried his best to break away from Ma Mu's bear hug, with a look of disgust on his face.
Ma Mu smiled happily: "Sir, you are finally back, just come back..."
Li Jiangyao shook his head helplessly: "How is the current situation of the metasequoia trees?"
Lin Feng reported: "The enemy appeared at sunrise this morning, with a size of about 30,000 to 40,000 people. They originally planned to launch a sneak attack, but they were discovered by our scouts twenty miles away. I followed your advance instructions. After deciding on the strategy, we immediately put the entire city on alert. In that case, the opponent had no choice but to turn a sneak attack into a strong attack."
"In the evening, the enemy withdrew their troops. They launched a total of three large-scale attacks, all concentrated in the direction of the east gate of Metasequoia. The other three gates were feint attacks, totaling seven or eight times, but they were all repelled by us."
Li Jiangyao nodded slightly: "Very good, Lin Feng, and Ma Mu, you all did a good job today! What are the casualties on both sides?"
"The enemy's losses are estimated to be around three to four thousand. We have more than 200 killed and nearly a thousand injured." Lin Feng lowered his head in annoyance: "Boss, I didn't command well. I'm sorry for those brothers who were killed and injured."
Faced with the dire situation in which half of the defenders were defeated, Li Jiangyao couldn't help but feel pity. He raised his hand and patted Lin Feng on the shoulder: "Brother, don't say that, it's already good to be able to hold on. The enemy's troops belong to us. Twenty times, no matter who is in charge, the only way is to fight to the death."
Ma Mu said worriedly at the side: "Sir, what should we do next? I never thought that the Turks would come again this time."
Lin Feng said in a deep voice: "Don't be afraid! Before the enemy besieged the city, I had already sent out fast horses to ask for reinforcements. As long as we survive these few days, we can wait for reinforcements."
After hearing this, Li Jiangyao remained silent and did not answer.
There are various indications that the current situation is definitely not the whim of the Ghost Alliance Geerhan or the Turkic Empire.
Rather, it is a well-planned chess game.
Prior to this, the Zhenjiang Army lost troops and generals due to battles, and then was exhausted due to the plunder of horse bandits. By now, the garrison of the Zhenjiang Protectorate located to the west of Anxi Kingdom has been extremely dispersed.
Perhaps at this moment, other places are experiencing similar troubles like them.
Reinforcements? I'm afraid I can't count on it.
However, Li Jiangyao couldn't say it in front of everyone. Otherwise, once morale is weakened, that is the real danger.
To defend the city, what is needed most is confidence. Only confidence is the fundamental force to persevere to the end.
The source of confidence must be a solid victory.
Thinking of this, Li Jiangyao said calmly: "Lin Feng is right. At present, Metasequoia City needs people and money. Not only is the city wall tall and strong, but there is almost no shortage of everything in the city. Let's guard the stove and drink mutton soup. Look at those fools outside sleeping in tents in the freezing cold and suffering, this alone makes you much better than them. Want to attack the city? Then you have to ask if the bows and arrows in your hands will agree to it first!"
"That's right! Hahahaha——" All the soldiers became energetic after hearing this. They suddenly discovered that being surrounded by enemies in Metasequoia City didn't seem to be such a bad thing.
Seeing that his morale had been boosted, Li Jiangyao turned to Lin Feng and said: "The most taboo thing about defending a city is to stick to it. We must do something to prevent the enemy from being too quiet."
"Making trouble?" Lin Feng was slightly surprised: "With the current strength of our troops, is it possible that we still need to attack?"
"Why not?" Li Jiangyao smiled: "Even you don't believe that we have the ability to attack, let alone the enemy. I want to take advantage of this and give them a surprise!"
Lin Feng and Ma Mu couldn't help but look at each other, secretly praising the captain's courage.
In any case, the opponent also has an army of 30,000 to 40,000 people, and there are also Turkic warriors involved. In terms of pure combat strength, not all of them were used today, and nearly half of the Metasequoia defenders were killed and wounded. The terrifying degree cannot be underestimated.
Under such circumstances, Li Jiangyao actually took the initiative to attack. Any general in the Protectorate's Palace might not have the courage.
However, Lin Feng had an almost blind trust in his boss, who was a special-level student in the martial arts hall. He responded loudly: "But according to your orders, I am willing to be the vanguard of the entire battalion!"
"If you are not a pioneer, let's talk about it when the time comes." Li Jiangyao waved his hand: "Right now we have one more important thing, and we must start it immediately."
Ma Mu asked curiously: "What's so important? Aren't you going to sleep tonight?"
Li Jiangyao showed a smile: "Sleep is a top priority, and of course it cannot be delayed. However, it is just for the troops who are about to leave the city to fight. The rest of the people, including some people in the city, need to cheer up and play a show with me. Big drama.”
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There was a melee outside the north gate of Metasequoia just now, which alerted all the coalition soldiers and horses surrounding the city.
Duolun, the commander-in-chief of the Iron Pigeon Army, was also startled by the big movement over there. He thought that the defenders in the city were planning to break out in the middle of the night, so he immediately ordered the entire army to be on alert and ready to block the attack at any time.
However, after waiting for a long time, nothing happened. While Duolun was wondering to himself, the leader of the Ghost Alliance, Geerhan, rushed over and reported to him that someone had stolen the camp, and his general Anru was assassinated by the opponent.
Then a fierce battle broke out between the soldiers and horses of the Ghost League and the Shengtang Army north of Metasequoia. The horse bandits suffered a heavy loss, and the assassin who came to attack had been taken back to the city.
After listening to the other party's story, Duolun was so angry that his head hurt: Just because of such a big thing, he almost blew up the camp? !
Nearly 30,000 Turkic soldiers stayed up most of the night, got up to put on their clothes and armor, and then stood in the wilderness to drink the northwest wind. Just because your ghost alliance neglected to take precautions, the Shengtang people sneaked in and killed a fool?
This is really unreasonable!
Geerhan was also very depressed. When night fell, he personally went out to patrol the sentries, and specially strengthened the security force facing the direction of Metasequoia City, just because he was worried about being attacked by the enemy in the dark.
But what is puzzling is how the Zhenjiang Army was able to sneak into the camp without anyone noticing despite their high alertness? Damn it!
On the first day of the siege, a general died for no reason in his camp. To say it was bad luck was an understatement! It's simply unreasonable.
As a cooperating coalition partner, Duolun, as the commander-in-chief, could not reprimand Geerhan too much. He could also see that the other party was upset and worried that the reprimand would be too severe, which would affect future cooperation.
So, Duolun suppressed his anger and comforted Geerhan with a few gentle words. He also told the other party to take precautions, and then ordered the entire army to continue to rest.
Back in his tent, Duolun was taking off his armor while secretly cursing the Ghost League for being unreliable. Unexpectedly, before he could lie down, he heard a "whoosh" sound coming from outside. There was an explosion, and then the whole sky lit up.
Duolun was shocked and quickly looked outside, followed by several more explosions that echoed through the night sky. He hurriedly put on his cloak and ran outside the tent, only to find that fireworks were being set off at the top of Metasequoia City.
Bang bang bang, bright fireworks flew into the air from the city wall, and huge flower clusters exploded, which were colorful and beautiful for a while.
Not only was Duolun stunned by the sight in front of him, but even the Turkic soldiers who had gone to sleep in their tents were all attracted out at this time. They pointed at the night sky in groups and kept talking, and they couldn't figure out what the defenders were doing. what are you doing.
Duolun looked around subconsciously and found soldiers wrapped in quilts and looking confused everywhere. His heart suddenly tightened and he shouted quickly: "Sound the horn and assemble! Be prepared for enemy night attacks!"
