Chapter 755: The Sound of Drums and Horns Shows Its Sharp Edge (27)

In the darkness, a few torches lit up in a mess, and in the panicked crowd, they could only illuminate the figures of a small group of people nearby. But without exception, the fleeing soldiers all looked panicked. The fear that could not be concealed made them rush to the moat like a tide, and shouted loudly at the city to open the gate. [

He Yingxing, the officer on duty at the city gate, was a little flustered. It was the first time he encountered such a situation. According to the regulations, he should not lower the drawbridge and open the city gate, but the one shouting below was the general Yao Changrong, which was not something he, a small official guarding the gate, could compare to.

Across the moat, Yao Changrong was also extremely conflicted at this time. He knew very well that once the city gate was opened, these soldiers disguised as fleeing soldiers would rush into the city, and Shahe would be undefended. But Mei Hua, who was beside him, was holding a crossbow in his hand, aiming at his vest with the help of the shadows. If he didn't open the city gate, he would be the first to die the next moment.

In the midst of hesitation, preserving his own life finally prevailed, but in his heart he hoped that the duty officer would stick to his principles. If he refused to open the door, it would not be because he did not try his best.

"Open the door quickly, the Eastern Expedition Army will soon catch up. Do you want to send all these thousands of brothers to the Eastern Expedition Army for slaughter?" Yao Changrong jumped to his feet and cursed.

The officers on the city finally couldn't withstand the opponent's force. What's more, the so-called Eastern Expedition Army hadn't even seen its shadow at this time. It wouldn't take much time for these thousands of people to enter the city. He made up his mind and turned around and said, "Lower the drawbridge and watch the city gate."

Seeing the high-hanging drawbridge creaking and slowly lowering, and the tightly closed city gate slowly opening, Mei Hua's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally fell back into his stomach. Only then did he feel cold sweat on his back. If anyone among these fleeing soldiers shouted desperately at this time, it would be all over. The soldiers he brought with him didn't even bring a shield in order to play the role of deserters. At this distance, a rain of arrows came down from the city, and his group of people had nowhere to hide, and were all shot like hedgehogs.

"As soon as we enter the city, you kid should run for your life!" Mei Hua smiled in Yao Changrong's ear, "Hide in your own home, don't come out to die, wait until we take Shahe. We will remember your contribution, and our Eastern Expedition Army will never treat meritorious people unfairly."

"I don't ask for merit, but I ask you to keep your promise and keep my family safe!" Listening to the bang of the suspension bridge falling, Yao Changrong said in a low voice with a sad face.

"Is this a request? This is not a request, it's very simple." Mei Hua chuckled. "Let's go, once you enter the city, you will complete the task." Reaching out and poking Yao Changrong's waist, the two of them entered the city first. Behind them. More than a thousand Eastern Expedition Army followed the two people and rushed in.

Alarm bells rang in the city, and troops poured out from various military camps, heading towards the city wall. Ji Heng rode on his horse, and under the protection of his personal soldiers, he rode quickly. Two armies of more than 3,000 people.

They suffered defeat at the same time, which means that the enemy is definitely not the two camps shown in the intelligence, but a large army that can threaten Shahe City. If they had known this earlier, they should never have sent these two armies to die. If they were placed in the city, with an army of more than 10,000 people plus the young and strong in the city, they would be able to defend Shahe steadily. But now, there are only 4,000 people left in the city. Whether they can survive the enemy's attack is still an unknown. Compared with Shahe City, 4,000 defenders are too few.

When he was thinking about the lawsuit, a huge shout of killing suddenly broke out from the direction of the East Gate. Ji Heng's head banged and he almost fell off his horse.

Defeated soldiers? Defeated soldiers! Earlier, when he suddenly heard the news that Yao Changrong and his men had fled back after being defeated, he was shocked and angry, and did not think about it carefully, fearing that something serious had already happened.

"Go out of the East Gate, hurry up, go to the East Gate." Ji Heng drove his warhorse hard and ran towards the East Gate like crazy.

The shouts and screams were deafening, and the blazing flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the eastern sky. A battle was breaking out at the East Gate. There was no doubt that the expeditionary army used those defeated soldiers to open the gate.

At the East Gate, the officer on duty, after opening the gate, ran to the gate entrance to greet Yao Changrong, but he never expected that a soldier behind Yao Changrong raised his hand, and with a sound of "chi", he looked down at his chest in disbelief, and a short crossbow arrow was stuck in his chest until the handle was gone.

He pointed at Yao Changrong, stared with eyes wide open, and slowly fell backwards.

As Mei Hua made his move, the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army shouted and drew their swords to kill in all directions.

"The first company controls the city gate, the second company goes up to my city wall and cuts off the rope of the suspension bridge, the third company expands outwards and disperses the enemies at the city gate, and the fourth company immediately builds a fortress for me." Mei Hua rushed forward with his sword and killed several steps, knocking down several enemies in front of him, stopped and shouted loudly. When he turned around and saw Yao Changrong standing there in despair, he couldn't help but smile and said, "General Yao, you have made great contributions, why don't you leave immediately, do you want to fight here with me?"

Yao Changrong's facial muscles twitched a few times, and he clasped his fists towards Mei Hua, "Please don't forget your promise." He turned around and ran into the darkness while the chaos was going on.

Mei Hua strode onto the city wall. In just a few moments, the soldiers of the second company had quickly destroyed the winch connected to the suspension bridge. Several soldiers were shouting slogans to turn around the crossbows on the city wall, while others used battering rams, stones and other things on the city wall to block both ends of this section of the wall. In a short time, a simple defense line had been set up.

Holding the battlement, looking towards the east, the sky was still dark. Half an hour, Dasha Company Commander had to hold on for half an hour. When setting out, Mei Hua felt that there was no problem, but now that he was really in such a situation of being attacked from multiple sides, he felt that this half an hour might not be so easy to endure.

Standing here, he could clearly see that on the streets of the city, the horses' hooves were rumbling, and the torches were almost connected into a dragon of fire, gathering here from all directions. I'm afraid that Ji Heng has transferred half of the city's soldiers and horses here.

"Jixiang." He shouted. Jixiang was the company commander of the second company. At this time, he and several soldiers were shouting slogans to move the bed crossbow to the battlement here. Hearing Mei Hua's shout, he hurried over.

"Captain, what's up?"

Mei Hua pointed to the direction of the rumbling hooves in the distance, "Do you see that street? They are all cavalry. It seems that Ji Heng is determined to retake the city gate. He actually used cavalry on such a narrow street. You have two crossbows here. Aim at that street and open a bloody alley for them."

"Yes!" Ji Xiang shouted.

"Aim and shoot. If you can't aim, I'll die." Mei Hua reached out and took a big knife from the weapon rack beside the city wall. "Fuck, I can't bring my Mo Dao. This thing can barely be used." He weighed it in his hand and strode towards the city wall.

"Captain, what are you going to do?" Ji Xiang asked behind him.

"You opened a bloody alley, and I will rush in and cut down all directions in the chaos. This cavalry came the fastest and was the most aggressive. After I kill them, let's see if they still have the energy they have now." Mei Hua raised the big knife and danced it in the air.

Jixiang opened his mouth, but before he could come to his senses, Meihua had disappeared from his sight. In a fit of excitement, he turned around suddenly, rushed to the two crossbows, waved his arms and said to the soldiers who were adjusting the two crossbows: "Aim at the street where the cavalry came from, aim, and make a bloody alley. If you can't shoot accurately, I will chop off your heads."

Mei Hua dragged his knife and led twenty soldiers who also held big knives to lie at the corner of the street, waiting quietly. The sound of hooves was getting closer and closer. The rumbling sound of horse hooves stepped on the ground. Feeling the slightly trembling ground under his feet, Mei Hua's heart calmed down. He remembered the bloody battle with the palace guards. Tens of thousands of war horses rushed together at a very fast speed. There were flashing sword lights all around. There was no way to protect himself. The only thing he could do was to raise the Mo Dao in his hand, sweep, chop straight, and rush through the dense team. As for whether he would be hit by a knife and fall off the horse and be trampled into meat paste during this process, there was no time to think.

At that moment, everyone's mind was blank.

It was during the third confrontation that Fatty Shang blocked a knife for himself. At that time, the dense cavalry had become much sparser, and on the ground, there were more soldiers' bodies that were trampled into pieces.

He took a deep breath, clenched the big knife in his hand, turned his head, and looked at the two crossbow arrows on the city wall that flashed with a faint cold light.

A sharp whistle suddenly sounded, and the two crossbows flashed in the air like ghosts under the reflection of the fire. Screams were heard on the street immediately, and when the heavy objects fell to the ground, the rapid sound of horse hooves suddenly stagnated.

"Good shot!" Mei Hua roared, holding the big knife, lowered his body, and rushed out like a tiger descending from the mountain. Behind him, more than 20 soldiers of the Zhengdong Army who also held big knives howled and rushed up.

On the street, the horses rushed forward one after another. The two crossbows on the top of the city wall accurately shot into the dense horse team. The powerful crossbows shot through several cavalrymen like a string of candied haws. The first two bodies were shot to pieces, blood splattered, and limbs flew. After such a shocking blow, the cavalrymen behind them could not help but stop their horses and collided with each other, and suddenly became a mess.

Mei Hua rushed out at this time, chopping down with the big knife in his hand, and each chop was accompanied by a loud roar, as if he was not chopping human lives, but wooden stakes.

He led these twenty or so long swordmen and actually embedded himself in the cavalry team. (To be continued...)

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