Under Siege of the City

  Yang Meng was so frightened that he stood unsteadily, and when he saw the second young lady speaking beside him, he suddenly came to his senses and quickly placed the knife at Peng Jingwei's neck. "Don't come any closer, or I'll kill her!" Peng Jingwei, who had just been held hostage as a human shield, was now being held hostage herself. The cold blade at her neck felt terrible, especially since it was trembling, making her fear that if she wasn't careful, it would cut her throat and she would never have the chance to speak again. The second young lady was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak, staring at Liu Ziguang with wide eyes.

  Liu Ziguang looked up at the sky and laughed loudly: "You're choosing a hostage, choose one that's right for you. How about this? I'll let you kill her first, then I'll kill you. You two can be companions on the road to the underworld. What do you say?"

  Yang Mengqi was so angry that he wanted to slap himself, and if he had to take a hostage, he should have taken the eldest sister, but instead, he took a useless hostage.

  Liu Ziguang did not want the second young lady to die at Yang Meng's hands. Although he didn't have a deep-seated hatred for Peng Jingwei, he also didn't have a very good impression of her. This little girl had bullied him many times, and this account would be slowly settled. He caught Yang Meng's hesitant gaze.

  Yang Meng was also calculating the distance, and then went to hold Big Sister hostage. Time-wise, it should still be enough, so let's do it this way! The dagger moved slightly, thinking of continuing to hold Second Miss as a shield to get closer to Big Sister, exchanging hostages.

  Liu Ziguang wouldn't give him any chance, suddenly the steel knife was in his hand, swift as lightning, a white light flashed before his eyes, and Yang Meng felt his right arm empty, originally the whole arm had been chopped off by the flying knife, falling to the ground. Fresh blood sprayed wildly, the pain almost made him faint. Yang Meng shook for a moment, then fell to the ground.

  The other guards all knelt down, shouting: "We were all deceived, spare our lives!" Liu Ziguang had already flown forward, kicked the knife on the ground into his hand, and cut off the ropes on the second lady's body with a few swift knives. However, he was powerless against the elder sister who had been acupunctured.

  The drums beat loudly, and the Qing army in the north had already formed its ranks. With the drumbeat, a team of linked horses began to charge forward.

  Liu Ziguang looked at Yang Meng on the ground and said, "I'll give you another chance. I won't kill you now. Whether you can crawl out and escape with your life depends on your luck." After that, he made two knife cuts, severing Yang Meng's Achilles tendons.

  Yang Meng's eyes turned black, his leg tendons snapped, and one arm was severed. How can I escape with my life using only one hand in the midst of this chaotic cavalry? Is this really an opportunity?

  The Qing dynasty's cavalry galloped faster and faster, the first wave of thousands of riders aimed to sweep away the slave army under the city, Liu Ziguang and his men were not even in consideration, they could be trampled to death casually.

  Liu Ziguang didn't bother with the kneeling guards anymore, there were only three warhorses left, so he let Second Miss and Yu Xiaolong each ride one, while he jumped onto Eldest Miss's horse. With a loud whack of his sword on the rumps of the three horses, they galloped towards the direction of the slave army. A few guards watched with wide eyes as the Qing dynasty's linked cavalry approached like a tidal wave.

  Lu Gaozhi fell to the ground, dazed and confused, only to be awakened by a loud rumbling noise. As he opened his eyes, he saw countless horse legs approaching him, snow and mud splashing everywhere, and the earth trembling beneath him. He quickly scrambled to his feet and fled in the opposite direction, but one of his legs had already been broken by Liu Ziguang, making it impossible for him to run fast. A few steps ahead, a man with a severed arm was crawling forward with one hand, leaving behind a trail of blood - it was Yang Meng! Further ahead, several guards were fleeing in panic.

  The thunder of hooves was approaching, and had already reached the ears, suddenly, the lower back felt cool, it was the tip of the gun on the linked horse that pierced into the body, Lu Gaozhi was knocked flying by the galloping warhorse, and then fell to the ground face up, the last scene he saw was a huge horseshoe trampling towards his face...

  Yang Meng's body was also quickly swallowed up by the horse group, and thousands of war horses trampled over. Lu Gaozhi, Yang Meng, and Song Qingfeng's corpses all turned into mush, merging with the blood and mud to disappear into the earth.

  Liu Ziguang wrapped one arm around Peng Jingrong's waist, grasped the reins with the other, and charged forward on horseback towards the slave army. The girl's delicate body was enveloped in his warm and broad arms, and despite the howling north wind, a warmth rose from the bottom of her heart.

  Peng Jingwei and Yu Xiaolong's horses followed closely, the three riders galloped to the front of the slave army formation, the crowd parted a road to let them in, then quickly closed in.

  The slaves lacked crossbows, long spears and large knives were not many, most of the tools in their hands were still mining tools, and there was no armor on their bodies. Such flesh and blood resisted the Qing dynasty's elite ring horse, it was simply a death sentence. On the city gate tower behind, Yu Hualong and Gao Shoubi had already climbed up to the city gate tower, looking at the troops all over the mountains and plains, they were already stunned. The Qing dynasty actually chose to launch a southern expedition on New Year's Day, making it impossible to defend against. Thinking again, wasn't he also like this? Choosing this day to rebel, the situation in the city had basically subsided, only the Lianfeng banner had not been conquered yet. The defensive weapons at the north gate had not been used much, and the infantry from Xuzhou Prefecture had entered the city from the south gate. Relying on the strong city and a large number of reinforcements, it was still possible to hold out for a while.

  The rioting slaves were driven back by the Qing army, and it was impossible to let them into the city. It was also good to consume some of the Qing's strength with these few thousand people. Yu Hualong ordered the archers to shoot, and the slaves were not allowed to approach within a hundred paces.

  The Qing dynasty is really playing this time, looking at the three sides surrounded by a sea of ??black knives and guns, as well as the tall catapults looming in the back, Gao Shoubei's cold sweat came down. This must be at least one million people, right? After a round of internal consumption, the remaining Iron Guards were less than 10,000 people, plus his own 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, it was impossible to defend the city. The iron factory was broken, and the next stop would be Xuzhou Prefecture. The government troops would pour out, and the front-line Forbidden Army might have been wrapped in dumplings already. It's over, why is he so unlucky? From the rich Jiangnan, he came to be a small guard, and just as he had built up his achievements, he hadn't even received his reward before he was about to die.

  Next to him, the fifth-grade Longjinwei Huang Zhen was so scared that he had already urinated in his pants. Since childhood, he had never seen so many soldiers. Outside the North Gate, except for a piece of land occupied by slaves, the rest was endless with the flags of the Qing country. The sound of cavalry hooves was like thunder, and the heavy infantry's neat pace shook the ground.

  I'm done playing, I'm going back to Haizhou. Huang Zhen quietly took a few of his subordinates who were also expressionless and quietly went downstairs.

  "The lower official wants to go back and defend Xuzhou Prefecture, please trouble the great lord to wait a bit." Although Gao Shoubei was from a military background, he had never seen such a terrifying formation. After ten seconds of intense mental struggle, he decided to escape back to Xuzhou Prefecture for now. The iron factory was a strategic pass, and if it could hold out for a while, he would have an extra chance at survival.

  With the dragon's breath of seven orifices emitting smoke, my hands have already grasped the hilt of the knife. If you flee, what will I do? My family's business is all here; it's not easy to seize great power only to hand it over to the Qing people in the blink of an eye - it's just too infuriating!

  With a swish, the sword was drawn from its scabbard and pointed at Gao Shoubi: "Gao Tai, the great enemy is in front of you, do you still have half a bit of a man's spirit in the army? Liguocheng has been broken, and Xuzhou Prefecture is also in danger, why didn't you stop the enemy here, but instead ran to Xuzhou Prefecture where there is no danger to defend?" A burst of sword-drawing sounds, the people and horses on both sides confronted each other on the city wall, the officials and soldiers were not inferior, Gao Shoubi knew he was in the wrong and did not argue strongly: "The enemy's momentum is strong, I will go back to ask for reinforcements from the adults, goodbye." After finishing speaking, under the protection of a large team of officials and soldiers with drawn swords, he hastily left the city.

  Huà Lóng burst forth like thunder, the great enemy was before them. If they were to fight internally, it would be unnecessary for the enemy to attack the city as it would already have fallen. Therefore, it wasn't good to openly obstruct Gāo's defense. He pulled over a trusted aide and gave him some low-voiced instructions. The aide responded with a single word and went down into the city.

  Under the city, Liu Ziguang asked Peng Jingrong: "Where did he press your acupoint just now?" He certainly wouldn't understand such a profound martial art as unblocking acupoints, but having watched many martial arts TV series, heroes can often block and unblock acupoints with just one touch at the same spot. In an emergency, it's not convenient to always carry a wooden dummy, so he decided to bluff.

  Peng Jingrong's face turned red, the feudal idea of men and women not being close occupied her mind, but at the bottom of her heart, another small Peng Jingrong (heart demon) with an arrowhead tail and horns jumped out and said to her: "What are you afraid of? If you're touched, just touch it, at worst, marry him." Besides, this can't move, dragging down his family is not good either. So, she took a deep breath and muttered: "It's here... the collarbone..."

  Liu Ziguang, relying on his exceptional hearing, immediately heard the sentence and, without being polite, applied the "Xian Zhu Shou" technique to the girl's collarbone area, randomly poking around. Peng Jingrong still thought that the amazing Liu Ziguang could do anything, but it turned out he was also blindly feeling around. In front of thousands of people, he poked and touched, making it seem like she wouldn't be able to marry him if she didn't let him continue. Furthermore, Liu Ziguang's finger strength was very strong, poking so hard that it hurt, causing the big sister's pretty face to turn red like a ripe apple, with tears almost welling up in her eyes. The second miss on the side couldn't bear to watch anymore: "Do you actually know how to relieve acupressure points or not?" She was glared at fiercely by Liu Ziguang and was too scared to speak.

  At this moment, Peng Jingrong suddenly opened the acupoint under Liu Ziguang's random and confused finger, and suddenly recovered her movement. Liu Ziguang heard that Lian Huan Ma was rapidly approaching, and there was no time to waste words. He handed the dagger to the eldest sister: "Hide behind, wait for me!" Turned around and rushed to the front of the formation like a meteor.

  The elder sister grasped the knife handle, which still retained Liu Ziguang's body temperature, and silently recited: "Wait for you, I will definitely wait for you." Peng Jingwei spoke up on the side: "Sister, the linked horses can break through the military formation in less than half a moment. Let's take Yu Xiaolong hostage and enter the city to avoid the enemy's edge."

  Yu Xiaolong shuddered at the words. I've become a professional adult today, being held hostage several times already. But for Second Miss, it's worth it!

  The young lady was still hesitating when she heard someone shouting from the top of the city wall.

  Hua Long's wife remembered her son and went to the ridge to look around, just in time to see two young ladies and their own son in the distance.

  The Qing dynasty's linked cavalry is rapidly approaching, less than a thousand steps away from the slave army formation. At that time, everything will be crushed to dust under the iron hooves of the linked horses.

  Hua Long picked up a loudspeaker and shouted: "Xiao Long, come over here! I'll use the pulley to lift you into the city. The two ladies, if you're willing to surrender, can come together with him."

  Xiao Long hastily said: "Let's head back, I guarantee the safety of both young ladies."

  Upon hearing Yu Hua Long's shout, Peng Jing Rong instead turned her horse to head north, "Xiao Wei, you and Xiao Long enter the city, I'll wait for someone here."

  Peng Jingwei hastily said: "In the midst of a million soldiers, whether you can return alive is a problem. Fine! Since you're going to wait, I'll accompany you in waiting. Anyway, returning to the city won't yield any good results, so we might as well die together under the city walls."

  Yu Xiaolong also became anxious: "If you don't enter the city, I won't either. I want to stay with you."

  When Huálóng saw the three men ignoring him, he was furious and had nowhere to vent his anger. The enemy army was approaching the city, although the defensive equipment at the north gate was all there, but lacked reinforcements, and food reserves were not many, the city would be breached sooner or later. Once the city is breached, the foundation will be destroyed in an instant, and even one's own wealth cannot be taken away, let alone going to the capital to become a Gongbu Shilang, it's impossible to become an ordinary rich man. Just now ordered people to go back and pack up their belongings, in case they can't hold on, it's good to escape in advance. The son doesn't listen to his own, he can't open the city gate to catch him back, what if he is captured by the enemy soldiers and cavalry, then there will be no chance to escape.

  The Qing dynasty's cavalry had already clashed with the slave army, and the tragic cries of killing shook even the iron guards on the city wall, whose hands holding guns were slightly trembling.