The lime powder is light and can be lifted up by the wind and carried to Tajimu's 20,000-strong army.
Lime generates heat when it comes in contact with water, which is nothing. However, once it is sucked into the mouth, it is hot enough to burn the throat; if it accidentally falls into the eyes, it is enough to blind the eyeballs in a short time. After burning down the Shatuo Grain Guard Camp the night before, when he was replenishing rations for the journey, Mei Yuanchen found a lot of canned lime powder in the big bamboo house to remove moisture in the house. What he saw in front of him suddenly reminded him of Duan Fuzi's teachings. In addition to disinfecting epidemics on the battlefield, lime powder also had a wonderful effect in repelling enemies, so he ordered the soldiers to pack them in bags and bring them with them.
The wind really helped Mei Yuanchen, as it carried lime powder and blew it towards Tajimube. Wherever the white ash went, there were wailing sounds one after another, and many people had been hit and injured by it. The generals who were lucky enough not to be stained with lime powder had no choice but to cover their eyes and stop moving forward. Just when Mei Yuanchen was about to lead the cavalry to charge forward, he heard the sound of "Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!" coming from the military position of Shatuo's army. Although it was the first time he heard it, he also knew that it was the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops.
The Shatuo army has withdrawn its troops!
All military strategists know that in a battle, attacking a city will never gain advantage, so troops must be sent out quickly and strive to be overwhelming. Once the siege cannot be carried out for a long time, it will be detrimental to oneself. It is not appropriate to stand in a stalemate at this time. The troops should be withdrawn and reorganized to choose an opportunity to fight again. Chihedan's Suzhou reinforcements had arrived, but the enemy's strength did not increase. Knowing that nothing could be done today, he ordered the army to retreat and withdraw its troops, and switched from offensive formation to defensive formation. This change of formation has indeed yielded good results. After Shatuo's army gathered together, Zhuge Pingtai's heavy cavalry was unable to charge and kill them, so they lost their combat advantage and had to chase the small group of Shatuo's soldiers who were lagging behind and kill them.
Xu Ding'an and Mei Siyuan understood, Mei Yuanchen understood, and Zhuge Pingtai also understood that their trip was to defend the city and resist the enemy, not to lead troops to kill the enemy. Their ultimate goal is to drive this Shatuo army outside the country's borders, not to kill them all here. Everyone knows that "killing one thousand enemies will cost you eight hundred." How many generals would need to sacrifice their lives to kill all these 200,000 enemy troops? Everyone has selfishness. If there is no choice, no one will die. Therefore, after Shatuo's army withdrew, none of the armies could catch up.
The crowds receded, leaving behind desolate areas and countless broken limbs. There were corpses all over the ground. Seeing that the horse had nowhere to land and it was difficult to move forward, Mei Yuanchen decisively abandoned the horse and headed for Xu Ding'an's department at the city gate on foot. He knew that Mei Siyuan must be here!
"Dad, you must be safe and sound!" Mei Yuanchen prayed strongly in her heart.
The cruelty of Xiao Jinkou that night still stung Mei Yuanchen, making him not happy at all even though he won. At this time, the battlefield outside Suzhou City was far more tragic than that night. Human corpses and horse corpses stretched for several miles, and the smell of blood filled the nostrils.
"Dad! Dad~~~" Mei Yuanchen shouted as he walked. Suddenly, I felt my ankle being tightly grasped. I looked down and saw a twisted, unwilling face and a pair of pleading, frightened eyes. There was blood on the eyes and face, and I was holding tightly with one hand. He grabbed Mei Yuanchen's right foot, and his other hand only held the handle of the gun inserted into his chest. This is a young Shatuo soldier.
Although she couldn't bear it, Mei Yuanchen still gathered strength and kicked him away, and continued to search for her father in the sea of corpses.
"General Xu! General Xu!" A group of soldiers rushed towards a small pile of corpses, picking up corpses one after another, looking for Xu Ding'an. Some of them remembered that Xu Ding'an fell at this position previously.
"General Xu! It's General Xu!" a soldier shouted. The soldiers on the side rushed over and dug Xu Ding'an out of the pile of corpses. After killing Azig and being stabbed by enemy soldiers, and when he was about to die in battle, a group of his soldiers rushed to his side and protected Xu Ding'an in the middle.
Now, that group of soldiers had turned into this little mountain of corpses, and he was finally saved.
Mei Yuanchen followed the sound and came to identify the armor of this bloody man. He also heard people call him "General Xu" and found out that he was Xu Ding'an, the staff general of Anxian Post. He hurriedly pushed aside the soldiers on the side, took off Xu Ding'an's armor, and tapped several large acupuncture points on his body to stop the bleeding. After grabbing his left hand, he transferred an inner force into his body, and finally protected it near his heart. "General Xu is seriously injured. Hurry back and apply bandages and medicine." Mei Yuanchen said to the soldiers next to him. It is not advisable to carry a heavy load when riding a light horse for a long distance, so Mei Yuanchen did not wear the military armor of a commander at this time. However, when everyone saw that he quickly rescued Xu Ding'an, they couldn't help but feel very grateful and naturally followed his words.
"Have you ever seen Lord Mei Siyuanmei?" Mei Yuanchen had already gone out to look for his father, but suddenly turned around and asked the soldiers to try his luck.
A soldier took two steps forward and replied: "I just met Mr. Mei. He was seriously injured. It was a few of us who carried him into the city!"
Mei Yuanchen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that his father was still alive. Then he remembered that he was seriously injured, and felt very sad for a moment. He asked urgently: "Do you know where he is at this moment?"
"Master Mei is the chief officer here. We carried him to the central military camp." The soldier guessed that the young man in front of him might be a relative of Mei Siyuan. At this time, he became more respectful and bowed slightly and replied.
"Thank you so much!" After Mei Siyuan said these words, he performed "Twenty-Three Diagonal Steps" and rushed into the city like a phantom, leaving a group of soldiers in shock.
Everyone knows that the war was brutal and the battlefield was like a hell on earth. But only those who have experienced it can know exactly what it feels like.
The Suzhou defenders won, with one against five, and repelled Shatuo's army. However, of the more than 10,000 defenders who left the city to meet the enemy, less than 3,000 survived. Although these three thousand people survived, everyone was injured. It is unknown how many of them will die from these wounds.
"Ah~~ah~~ah!!!"
"Ah!! Ah~~ah~~!"
Along the way, all she could hear were the cries of the wounded soldiers in extreme pain, which made Mei Yuanchen even more upset and tears kept rolling in her eyes. Walking into the Chinese military tent, two medical soldiers were bandaging Mei Siyuan. Mei Yuanchen clenched his fists and walked quickly over. Seeing several wounds on Mei Siyuan's body that were deep enough to show bones and organs, he couldn't hold back anymore and started to cry out in pain.
After crying loudly for a while, she remembered the wounds on her father's body, and quickly regained her consciousness. She held his left hand, and her luck wandered through Mei Siyuan's body to check for his injuries. "Fortunately, my father has internal energy to protect his body, so his blood energy has not dried up, otherwise it would be true." Upon closer inspection, Mei Yuanchen knew that although his father was seriously injured, he was not in danger of his life. At that moment, he hurriedly increased his energy to expel the congestion and debris from Mei Siyuan's body.
Half a quarter of an hour later, all the blood congestion in Mei Siyuan's body had been removed, and all the dirt that had been soaked into the wound by the weapons had also been discharged. Moreover, Mei Yuanchen also left some true energy in his heart veins and several wounds to prevent the wounds from rotting in the hot weather. Even Mei Yuanchen's profound internal energy could not support him at this time. He only felt that his eyelids were heavy and he slowly lost consciousness.
