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In the early morning, the sun has not risen, and there is a moment of darkness in the sky.

The fire on the ground was still burning, and piles of fire were almost over.

Zhu Can still did not capture Xiangyang City. Although he prepared a lot of equipment for siege, Xiangyang City was too strong after all, and it was definitely not possible for him to lead the bandits to conquer it. Although the bandits were greedy for money and profit, they could not capture it for a long time and were inevitably exhausted. Except for a few people who were on guard, they all slept and were just waiting for the next day to attack the city.

The defenders were also exhausted. After several days of war, everyone did not dare to leave their armor, and most of them squatted in the corner with spears and napped.

Although there were a few who were staring at the movements of the thieves under the city, their eyes were red, and they seemed to have not had a good sleep for a long time. However, the responsibility to protect the people of the city fell on them, and they dared not feel tired.

The relatives of these soldiers were either in Xiangyang City or in the surrounding counties and townships. In the past few days, countless people have been driven over. Some have died at the city, and some have not died, but at this moment, they are still under the slaughter of Zhu Can and others. Most of them are not as good as death.

Some of the eyes of guarding the city were red and swollen, but they were because of their sadness and cried.

Suddenly, the sound of gentle footsteps sounded, and some soldiers woke up suddenly, holding guns or holding knives. However, when they saw the people coming, they put down their weapons and shouted in a low voice: "Mr. Dou."

Dou Yi was also covered in blood and his face was gloomy. When he saw a soldier who was about to greet the soldiers who had not woken up, he waved his hand to stop and sighed softly, "Let them sleep for a while. It's really hard to fight for these days."

The soldiers stood with their hands in stern hands, not knowing whether the county magistrate had not slept or had just gotten up at this time, but no matter what, the county magistrate and everyone shared the joys and sorrows, which always moved the soldiers. The scene of killing the soldiers a few days ago faded.

All the soldiers knew that Dou Yi had no choice but to kill the soldiers, and the soldiers might not have opened the city gate. However, it disturbed the morale of the army. It was impossible for anyone to go to open the city. At that time, the bandits rushed in, and it would be out of control. Sometimes, killing people was also a way to save people. Dou Yi and the soldiers shared the joys and sorrows, and they were quite famous for benevolence and righteousness in Xiangyang, but when this disaster was about to come, benevolence and righteousness could not save their lives. Although Dou Yi was wearing armor, he was a weak scholar. There was another person standing beside him, and he was also a little frightened.

"Brothers guarding the city, I, Dou Yi, feel guilty." When Dou Yi said this, two lines of tears flowed down.

The soldiers were surprised and said, "Why did Lord Dou say this? Lord Dou leads us to defend Xiangyang and defend our country, so how can we say that we have a guilty saying."

Dou Yi sighed, "Although I have soldiers in my hands, I don't have the ability to lead the troops. I wish I could lead you to expel the thieves. I am ashamed of the local elders who trust me."

The thin man next to him advised: "Mr. Dou, since the rescue letter has been sent to Yangzhou, there are also communications in the counties along the way. I believe reinforcements will come soon. Zhu Can is violent and will be besieged for a while."

All the soldiers said: "Mr. Kong said very much, Lord. Don't be discouraged. The bandits will not last long. With Lord. Dou here, we should fight for the people of Xiangyang."

Dou Yi turned sadness into joy. He bowed to the soldiers on the front of the city and said, "If Xiangyang City is guarded, it will be a merit for all the soldiers. Dou Yi thanked the people of Xiangyang on behalf of the people."

The soldiers were all excited. Dou Yi wanted to inspire everyone to the city gate tower, but he didn't expect that all the soldiers were very wise. Although they were cheerful, they sighed secretly.

He took Lord Kong down the city gate tower and did not rush to turn back to the county magistrate's mansion. Seeing that there was no one around, he asked in a low voice: "Brother Shao An. Do you think this Xiangyang City can be kept?"

Of course, he could not be discouraged in front of the soldiers at the city gate tower for the people of Xiangyang, but he could not help but express his depression when he looked at Lord Kong alone.

Kong Shaoan frowned and said, "Sir, the rescue letter has been sent out. I think the emperor will send troops soon. If General Zhang arrives, how can Zhu Can resist it? Xiangyang City has enough food and grass. It will be no problem to hold on for a few months. I believe reinforcements will definitely come. Besides, here is not far from Yiyang. My brother is the county magistrate there, so I must be able to help. If you think so, if you keep Xiangyang City, you will definitely be able to rescue it."

Dou Yiwei frowned and thought that he was useless. Kong Shaoan said all the words of lenient words, but they were nonsense. He and Kong Shaoan were both scholars, so he saw that the uselessness was obvious.

There was chaos in the world, and wars were everywhere. Even if Zhang Xutuo had three heads, six arms and ten legs, how could he deal with it? Zhang Xutuo had been suppressing bandits in Henan and Shandong, and the bandits were too busy. When they remembered Xiangyang City, the city would have been destroyed long ago. If it were in the past, Xiangyang was a major road in the north and south, and the Great Sui Dynasty had always attached great importance to it and was close to the Eastern Capital. Fast horses and flying reports would have elite soldiers to help. But now that the emperor has gone to Yangzhou, it was a long journey, and he didn't know whether the senders could get there alive. As for the counties along the way, they were mostly doing their own affairs and guarding their own cities, how would they come to help. As for the younger brother Dou Zhong, Dou Yi had a headache when he thought of it, and thought that his younger brother had always been greedy for life and fear of death, and his brother was not harmonious, and he would not come to save him.

"The Lord has abandoned the people of the world." Dou Yi suddenly sighed and burst into tears.

Kong Shaoan was inexplicably aware and didn't know how to comfort him for a moment.

What Dou Yi said was a ruthless act, but now that Xiangyang City is in danger, no one will come to investigate.

When the two were silent, they suddenly heard a commotion in the city gate tower. Dou Yi was shocked and whispered: "Can they come to attack the city again?"

The bandit soldiers were not strict in order, and they usually attacked the city in the daytime and stopped at night, as if it was rare to attack the city early today. The soldiers of a city quickly stepped down and saw Dou Yi and said, "Mr. Dou..."

"Have the bandits come?" Dou Yi asked anxiously.

The city soldiers showed ecstasy expression on their faces, "It seems that reinforcements have arrived, and there has been a commotion in the thief camp."

Dou Yi was more surprised than happy. He couldn't figure out which reinforcements arrived. When he climbed the city gate, he saw that the sky was bright and the remaining red fire on the ground was mixed with desolation. However, in the desolation, there was vague chaos, and the fire was jumping and the figures were shuttled, but it was definitely not a sign of siege.

Xiangyang City is surrounded by Han River. It is difficult to attack and garrison troops on both sides. It is difficult to attack and garrison troops on one side. It is not easy to attack the city on one side. But to the south is an open plain, which is the place where the enemy soldiers focus on attacking. At this moment, the bandit camp is in chaos, and Kong Shaoan also saw some clues. He suggested: "Mr. Dou, should you come out with elite troops to attack?"

"Sir, we are willing to lead our troops to fight." Several lieutenants guarding the city went out to fight,

Dou Yi hesitated and pondered: "How could it be that the bandits' strategy to lure the enemy? The counties nearby. As far as I know, no one has the strength to compete with King Luo Luo..."

Everyone was silent. Knowing that what Dou Yi said was also reasonable, Kong Shaoan suddenly pointed to the distance and said in surprise: "Sir, look!"

Dou Yi and the generals turned their heads and looked over, and their faces suddenly showed joy, just because they saw the yellow dust rolling in the distance, and the sound of hooves turned into yellow dragons, walking between the remaining fire in the sky before dawn. It was like flying among the clouds.

Everyone had already understood that a team of cavalry suddenly appeared behind the bandits, with nearly a thousand people. They just increased their strength to urge their horses and had already penetrated into the enemy's rear camp. The bandit camp was like a lake thrown into a huge rock, and suddenly exploded. They were in a state of turmoil and panic.

"What's going on, who is it?"

"Who is here with such strength?"

"Is it a reinforcement?" "Which reinforcement is it?"

Everyone asked one after another, and Dou Yi and Kong Shaoan were also confused and confused. Therefore, this was not a bandit soldier. How could the bandits have so many war horses? They didn't look like the officers and soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty. How could there be such a fierce and powerful man in the Great Sui Dynasty?

The cavalry had no flags, but they were in a consistent and fierce manner, just like all the people and horses were led on one line. The cavalry held shields and spears to rush into Zhu Can's camp. The horses stepped on the joint camp, and they had broken through two defenses in a flash, and were not far from Zhu Can's main camp.

Wherever the troops passed, the flag fell, the bandits screamed, and the huge blades of the cavalry split the waves and separated the thieves, all invincible!

In the camp of bandits, drums were loud and horns were roaring. Two teams of bandits were wearing red cloaks. They swarmed out, their left and right wings spread out, and blood spread out like a camp, turning into a long snake to wrap around the yellow dragon. Everyone watching the city was shocked. They said in unison: "The reinforcements are worried."

The Red Snake and Huanglong were already entangled! The enemy had already received a report before rushing to the scene. Reinforcements were found on the other side of the Han River in the north. They kept driving away the bandits. Because the river was cut off, the troops were arranged just for a show. The reinforcements from Xiangyang County attacked there, obviously preparing to attack the weak links.

He was surprised and didn't know where reinforcements came from.

According to his judgment, Xiangyang was the strongest troops in the nearby counties, but now they are trapped in Xiangyang City. Other counties are not attacked and burning Gaoxiang, so how can they have the strength to rescue them?

However, the news of the arrival of the reinforcements in Xiangyang has caused a stir among the bandits. As long as it is not Zhang Xutuo, he should fight. When Zhu Can thought of this, he ordered his subordinates to beat the drums and slogans and gather the thieves.

Without even thinking about it, Zhu Can had already left the camp and ordered the troops inside to gather to meet the enemy.

The inner army was a group of loyal soldiers armed by Zhu Can with looting and plundering equipment and money. It was also the most combat-capable bandits around Zhu Can, with thousands of people. Although there were not many war horses, they were well-equipped.

But Zhu Can did not expect that his opponent would come so quickly, so he could not set up a formation to meet the enemy, so he could only come out in panic. The sound of alarm came one after another, and the message from a distance was lingering, and the message from a close distance was very shrill. It was instantly transmitted from the back camp to the middle camp and ended abruptly. Then Zhu Can saw a black dragon coming with rolling yellow dust!

Zhu Can was shocked that the enemy was so fierce and came very fast, but he still had the opportunity to order all the internal troops to go out and divide two rows to attack the troops.

The army came to the army, Zhang Xutuo. When Zhu Can saw his opponent's momentum and quick action, this impression flashed through his mind.

After all, although Zhang Xutuo is brave, he rarely uses surprise attacks and has always been dominated by the phalanx of the regular soldiers. Zhang Xutuo has not many troops, but when he is arranged in a phalanx to attack, it makes you feel desperate like a mountain pressing down on the top of the mountain, unable to resist and unable to shake it. Although the opponent is fierce this time, it is fierce but it is light and elegant, which is elusive.

Zhu Can likes to eat human flesh and uses the people as military rations, so the inner army is also a desperate person. He uses the red cloak to symbolize bloody and violentness. Wherever he passes, it makes people frightened. Seeing that the enemy is strong, it aroused a more fierce intention, and suddenly stepped forward to intercept and cut it off.

In a blink of an eye, the enemy's eyes could see that the leader, with a black helmet and black armor, and a spear in his hand, shot out like rain with arrows.

The bandits and bandits were not waiting to move forward and fell one after another, shocking their opponents' fierce momentum, armor spirit, and bows and arrows.

The cavalry is the same as the generals in the head, with armor on their bodies. Even if the horses are covered with leather armor before them to prevent being attacked by guns and arrows. The entire team is like a monster, spraying arrows everywhere, and like a dragon, shaking its head and waving its tail, and living beings crawling and worshiping.

After a round of feather arrows were shot, the black-armored cavalry had completely plunged into the heart of Zhu Can's military camp. People shouted and neighed, and the thieves had already formed a group of people.

When Zhu Can saw his inner army fall down one after another, he was both painful and shocked. However, he didn't want to give up. Although the enemy was powerful, the number of people was not too large. Although the inner army failed to take the lead, the number of people was still superior. As long as they were trapped, the cavalry would not play a role. Zhu Can felt that they still had a chance to defeat.

Thinking of this, Zhu Can shouted sternly: "Stop them!"

The yellow dragon and red snake were completely entangled at this moment. People use horsepower and horses to rush forward. The black-armored cavalry has faced the bandits. All the bandits and black-armored soldiers can see the feelings they see in their eyes. The black-armored soldiers have their lips pursed and their faces are full of evil spirits. They come here to win, they cannot defeat, they are invincible!

This is to train their generals to instill the spirit in them. Tell them that chaos is death, fear is death, rush is victory, and courage is victory. Lions and tigers do not need to worry about their own safety, because they have the courage to make others frightened.

They are the soldiers of lions and tigers, they are the dragons in the clouds, and they will definitely be invincible!

With the sound of the card, all the black-armored cavalry hung their bows, took their spears, held their shields, and kept their castle. Although Zhu Can's inner army was powerful and had a large number, it has not hindered the iron-armored soldiers' sequel to now!

Accompanied by neat sounds, the cavalry on the horse shortened and accumulated strength. The spear suddenly came out, snatching the horse's head a few feet away. It flashed with a sharp and chilling light, and pushed forward in rows. The horse's four hooves flew and rushed straight towards it.

The two wings are bandits, and the opposite side is also bandits. They are already surrounded, but they must fight for a path of blood.

The horse's hooves were bursting, and the person who was as excited as he stepped on his chest was about to vomit blood. The momentum was fierce, forcing the bandits to retreat involuntarily. The soldiers who had speared out and held shields had already stabbed into the bandits on the opposite side like a thorny subway board, and then slapped into the enemy formation like a thousand kilograms of huge cones.

With a shout, the huge rock fell on the lake and caused a commotion. The bandits in the front row could not resist the rushing force of the iron-armored cavalry. A small half were hit and flew up in the air, some hung on spears, flying in the air, and blood spilled all the way. More bandits did not fly up, but they slapped down like tender grass falling to the ground, moaning in pain.

After a slowdown, the bandits on both wings finally rushed up, and they all used their swords and spears to cut off and stab. However, the iron armored soldiers ignored it, and did not bother them. They just held their shields to protect the flanks and rushed straight forward.

Their leaders remained unchanged and only gave them one order, which was to rush over, rush over, stab, and tear the opponent's defense.

When the enemy is in chaos, their chances of winning will naturally be much greater!

The soldiers' guns and swords were like stabbing on a heavy iron rod that was moving forward and rotating rapidly. With the jingling sound, sparks were everywhere, but it was hard to do anything to the enemy.

The black-armored soldiers not only rushed fiercely, but also had extremely well-equipped equipment. The bandits' weapons stabbed over and hit the shield one after another, as if they were scratching the shoe, and they could not do anything to the black-armored soldiers at all. Some even cut on the shield, feeling a powerful force coming from the shield, unable to hold the single knife, and escaped from their hands. Some spears broke, which were shocked and retreated one after another.

The black-armored soldiers moved forward like a dragon, just shaking the scales on their bodies. The bandits felt a gust of wind passing by, and their bodies were full of salivation.

This army cannot stop it! All the bandits have this helpless thought in their hearts.

The black tortoise swept by the yellow dust. Although the bandits were still numerous and powerful, they did not hurt too many soldiers, but the bandits' hearts were dissipated and their hearts were full of coldness.

The face was covered with a biting coldness, and the blood was pouring out, but it could not warm the coldness of the rapid decline. Zhu Can was already terrified. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he was in charge of the central army. However, in a flash, the inner army in front of him had fallen down like a wind and swayed. The leader of the general had a corpse hanging on his spear, but he was just excited and rushed in the air with blood and scattered in the air, spreading his teeth and claws.

With a thud, the body fell to the ground and dust rose everywhere. Zhu Can felt a loud bang in his chest and his face was gone.

A giant dragon with fangs and claws was roaring and roaring towards him. More bandits were unable to resist and were stunned on the spot. Allowed by the spear to pierce and horse hooves, they had never seen such a fierce and powerful enemy, like a prehistoric monster!

Is it to escape or fight? The thought flashed in Zhu Can's mind, and in a flash he made a decision that was very favorable to him. Escape!

The bandits can reunite without them, but they only have one life.

Every time the bandits are unable to become great. The most important point is that the leader of the team lacks the courage to fight desperately. They rely on the advantages of many people and places. At the most important point, they always consider their lives first. Li Shanfei is like this, Zhai Rang is like this, and he, Zhu Can is like this!

Zhu Can clearly understand that the sharpest thing about this kind of iron-armored cavalry that rushed into sprint is its speed.

Speed ​​forms strength. Speed ​​forms sharpness. Speed ​​forms terrifying destructive power. As long as they can slow down their speed and make them unable to run, the bandits can still win.

It’s a pity that he was guarding against the Sui army’s deer-horn trenches that were all arranged in the direction of Xiangyang City. He never dreamed that such a cavalry would rush over from behind.

I can't delay their rush, but there should be no problem next time. Do I have another next time...
To be continued...