Chapter 29 Ambush
Shangwangzhuang was quite uneasy tonight. Fires suddenly broke out in the village. Teams of people were awakened from their sleep. The sound of killing resounded throughout Shangwangzhuang.
Outside the village, Pei Xiaoer searched the entire army and finally found more than 300 people without night blindness as the vanguard. Led by captain Liu Changle, they ambush outside the gate of Zhuangzi, waiting for something to change inside the village, they could immediately rise up and occupy the gate.
The remaining armies are all on standby in the camp as follow-up troops. When the vanguard troops occupy the gate, they can light torches and occupy the entire village.
Pei Xiaoer stood on the high ground with a solemn expression.
Finally, the deafening sound of killing in the village reached the camp, and the heavy door of the village slowly opened. Pei Xiaoer raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and finally he could let go of his worries. The overall situation was decided.
"Send the order for Liu Changle to attack immediately and seize the gate with all his strength."
The soldiers around me who were delivering the order got the order and ran away.
After a while, the deafening sound of killing gradually approached the village gate, and the wide open door welcomed all these uninvited guests in as if welcoming distinguished guests.
Suddenly, an iron gate fell down behind the gate, as if a giant beast had closed its mouth, trapping the people who had just entered the village. Suddenly, there were sounds of killing.
"There's an ambush, retreat quickly."
"The gate behind is closed. There is no way out. Let's kill brothers."
"Thieves should all die."
Suddenly, the sound of killing and the clash of swords and guns resounded.
Pei Xiaoer, who had been paying attention to the battle situation, knew that something bad was going on the moment the iron gate fell, and he was ambushed.
"Liu Zhizu, Pei Zhu'er, take your people and follow me to rescue the brothers in the village. Zhang Zhiyuan, you stay in the camp. If there is any abnormality, you will be killed without mercy." Pei Xiaoer gritted his teeth and ordered.
"Yes." The three of them were also extremely frightened and angry, and they followed the order without hesitation.
After a while, the army came to the bottom of the wall. Rows of ladders were set up on the top of the wall. Soldiers holding swords and shields climbed up.
However, the defenders inside the village had obviously expected that the bandits outside the city would become angry and attack the city in anger.
Rolling logs and stones were thrown at the wall as if they were free of charge. Unfortunately, a soldier was hit in the thigh by a stone. With a crisp fracture sound, the soldier let out a shrill scream. However, the scream clearly exposed him.
At that position, many rocks fell down, and the screams stopped.
"Attack them." Liu Zhizu became fierce, holding a big knife in his mouth, taking the lead in climbing up the ladder, jumping on the wall and directly hacking to death the oncoming officers and soldiers.
Suddenly the morale of the soldiers was greatly shaken, and everyone scrambled to climb up.
However, the officers and soldiers are not vegetarians. They are worthy of the name of elite. They are not afraid of death and will not retreat until they fight to the death. They fight together with the Pei family's army who jumped on the wall.
Liu Changle and the others who were surrounded heard it clearly.
Liu Changle shouted: "Brothers, the general is here to save us. If we kill him on the wall, we can survive."
The low morale suddenly rose, and everyone had hope of living again without having to rush against the wall with their lives.
By the time Liu Changle and Liu Zhizu reunited, there were only more than 100 people left in the team of more than 300 people, and everyone was injured and could no longer fight.
When Pei Xiaoer saw that Liu Changle and his party had been escorted, and the officers and soldiers had been assembled and were about to support Zhuang Qiang. He knew that he could only go so far tonight, so he immediately ordered the troops to retreat.
The crisp sound of ringing gold filled the entire battlefield. The people on the wall first covered Liu Changle's retreat, then killed and retreated, and finally withdrew from the wall before the army encircled him.
In the village, Wang and his son were trying their best to persuade Liu Xianchun to cover up and kill him.
"Master Magistrate, the rogue bandits have been newly defeated. If we send out troops to kill them now, we will be able to break through the bandit camp in one fell swoop and achieve an unparalleled feat." Wang Silang persuaded Liu Xianchun anxiously.
"What Shiro said makes sense. Sir, why don't we just follow the bandits and we will definitely be able to achieve full success?" Wang Yuanwai also said in support.
Liu Xianchun was a little hesitant. Sending troops meant risks. He was a cautious person, even cautious to the point of timidity. He did not want to do anything risky.
"This opportunity must not be missed, sir." Wang Silang was so anxious that smoke was coming from his head, but he still couldn't persuade the timid Liu Xianchun.
"I have made up my mind to close the door tightly and not to attack," Liu Xianchun said to the generals following him.
"Sir..." Wang Silang was so anxious that he wanted to strangle Liu Xianchun to death. He opened his head to see what was inside. Is it paste? What on earth were you thinking if you didn't attack at such a good opportunity?
Outside the village, Pei Xiaoer gathered his troops and retreated alternately. He breathed a sigh of relief after retreating all the way to the camp.
Back at the camp, Pei Xiaoer immediately called all the doctors accompanying the army, treating the soldiers' injuries at all costs, and at the same time ordered all units to count the casualties.
Liu Changle was lying on the bed dying. His condition was very bad now, with more than twenty wounds all over his body, and blood was constantly pouring out.
The doctor bandaged him urgently. This doctor was also forcibly "recruited" from Guojiazhuang, but his medical skills were acceptable.
After hurriedly bandaging Liu Changle's wound, Pei Xiaoer took the opportunity to ask about Liu Changle's condition.
The doctor shook his head, and Pei Xiaoer suddenly felt a chill in his heart. "General Liu is seriously injured. I have tried my best. The rest depends on his luck."
Liu Zhizu sat by the bed, staring blankly at Liu Changle lying on the bed, holding his arm tightly.
Pei Xiaoer sighed, stepped forward and patted Li Zhizu on the shoulder. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
"How dare you come back?" Pei Zhuer's angry voice came from outside the tent.
When Pei Xiaoer heard the noise and hurried out to check, he saw Pei Zhuer, whose hands were wrapped in white gauze, beating and kicking an extremely embarrassed man.
Upon seeing this, Pei Xiaoer hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Pei Zhuer away. He looked down and saw that the person lying on the ground being beaten was actually Wang Hong.
Pei Zhu'er was pulled away by Pei Xiaoer, and he kept scolding himself.
Pei Xiaoer ignored him, turned to Wang Hong and said sternly: "Why is it you? Are you really not afraid that I will kill you?"
When Wang Hong saw it was Pei Xiaoer, he quickly got up from the ground and knelt down in front of Pei Xiaoer.
"General, if you want to kill or chop me, Wang Hong will do as he pleases. But I dare to swear that I will never betray our army." After Wang Hong finished speaking, he knocked his head on the ground and stopped talking.
Pei Zhu'er next to him became even angrier. He stepped forward and kicked Wang Hong in the stomach, cursing: "How dare you say you didn't betray us? Is Mr. Wang a god? How did he know we were going to do it tonight?"
Night attack? Damn it, I'll chop you down today." Just say that, he pulled out his saber and struck at Wang Hong.
Wang Hong was rolling in pain, but he still got up with difficulty and knelt in front of Pei Xiaoer.
Pei Xiaoer saw that he was covered in scars, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted, sighing to himself that he was still a man.
Seeing that Pei Zhuer's knife was about to cut his neck, Pei Xiaoer stopped him: "Pei Zhuer, stop it."
Chapter completed!