The Era of Generals

Chapter 431   The Struggle of Abandoned Sons

"Back, back quickly!"

In any case, Huang Chengjian couldn't sit still.

These five hundred thousand elite soldiers are commanded by him, but they are not his, but Mr. Zheng's. He is only acting as the commander temporarily!

So, how dare he escape alone at such a time, regardless of the lives of his soldiers?

Snakes can't do without a head, and the troops are suddenly attacked. If he, the supreme commander on the spot, pats his butt and leaves, it will deal a heavy blow to the already low morale.

It is not impossible for the entire army to be wiped out.

In this way, even if he escaped with his life, how should he explain to Master Zheng?

Even if he can't die this time, what awaits him is still the consequence of being sent to a military court.

In the end, isn't it still dead?

In the end, not only did he not die on the battlefield, but he would be sentenced as a deserter and die in disgrace on the gallows. Not only that, but he would also implicate his family, his wife and children, his young and old, his yellow His entire family would be executed for his crimes.

So, does Huang Chengjian dare to retreat?

He didn't dare.

At this moment, not only can he not retreat, but he has to do his best to keep the army as much as possible. If he can save one more soldier, his guilt will be lessened.

Mr. Zheng had sent him loud arrows back then to make him give up attacking the city!

Huang Chengjian regretted this too much, because of a mistake, he did not follow Zheng Yuanyun's order, but chose to forcefully attack the opponent's city gate at this time.

However, what was exchanged was such a result?

I thought that other people's troops were insufficient, and they could let them play at the gate on the left side, but looking at it now, where is the lack of his mother?

The defenders on the left side of the city are clearly no lower than those at the main city gate, and the configuration of trebuchets is also quite a lot.

In the end, the order to withdraw the troops was sent out, and amidst the sound of sound, like a death knell, the soldiers who had known something wrong were also rushing back crazily.

But the siege road, which was obviously easy when it came, was so difficult when it was retreating.

With every step, the brother fell to the ground with an arrow, and with every step, there was a falling rock that was burning with billowing flames and exploded.

After a short journey, the soldiers of the Qingyang Empire walked out of Huangquan Road. Yes, it is Huangquan Road. They felt that they were walking on the road, and they clearly had one foot in the yang world and one foot in the underworld.

The shouts around him could no longer be heard clearly, and the sound of falling rocks and explosions sounded so illusory, as if it was ringing in the ears, or like a dream.

"Fight back, fight back!"

Huang Chengjian roared wildly from behind.

When the vanguard was sprinting, he also ordered the catapult troops to press forward, but at that time the speed of the light cavalry was too fast, and the team was out of touch for a while.

But at that time it didn't matter.

After all, the offensive on the top of the city was dispensable, and the scattered falling rocks and scattered arrows could not cause any substantial casualties to their troops.

Therefore, the stone-throwing troops advanced slowly, and it did not affect Huang Chengjian's troops bombarding the opponent's city gate.

But at this moment, he desperately needs a catapult to repel his own soldiers from retreating, but...

However, the reason why the catapult troops were dispensable at the time was because Huang Chengjian didn't have many catapults at hand.

He attacked after a circle.

What is a raid?

If the speed is not fast enough, how can it be called a surprise attack?

In order to get to the destination as soon as possible, and because Huang Chengjian's troop configuration was mainly light cavalry, when he was ordered to come here, he didn't have many catapults for him, and he didn't really need them.

But now that he needed it, he turned his head and saw that his side's catapults were only a hundred. Compared with the densely packed catapults on the other side's wall, Huang Chengjian was reminded of the saying that an egg hits a stone for no reason.

Unfortunately, he still had no choice but to bite the bullet!

Fortunately, the soldiers who were retreating attracted most of the firepower from the top of the city, which allowed the catapult troops to quickly advance to the range where they could attack the top of the city.

Although the artillery fire was unsatisfactory, it still slowed down the opponent's offensive and bought a little time for the soldiers to escape.

But it was just a salvo.

Huang Chengjian's catapult was hitting from the bottom up, and the attack distance would inevitably be shorter. In order to be able to hit the top of the city, of course they could only risk advancing to a distance where the opponent could also attack them.

As a result, this firing immediately attracted the attention of the opponent's trebuchet troops.

There is no need to deliberately target, Tianyuan City only allocated a third of the catapults, aimed at Huang Chengjian's side and fired a round of volleys, and he could only watch his pitiful little catapults helplessly. The troops perished in the flames.

It's gone!

The helpless Huang Chengjian only had time to remember his subordinates, and then turned his attention back to the battlefield.

How much time did this take?

What he could see when he turned his head was still only his own soldiers who were deeply caught in the artillery fire.

"You, go back and tell Mr. Zheng to ask for help!"

In desperation, Huang Chengjian had no choice but to jump off the horse, and shouted at the messenger soldier who came to him at a very fast speed, who also had a dumbfounded expression on his face.

He thought very clearly that if he relied on himself alone, he might not be able to get out of trouble, and the only one who could ask for help right now was Mr. Zheng.

Although Mr. Zheng's troops are not many, but because there are not many, he can't tolerate the loss here.

Right now, he can only get as many soldiers back as possible at this moment by asking Mr. Zheng to come to the battlefield as soon as possible and gather all the troops on both sides.

Soldiers!

Huang Chengjian's heart was bleeding. In the past, he would never take a look at the low-level soldiers, but now they are the only resources that generals like them desperately want to keep.

There are generals but no soldiers, so why fight?

"Quick, hurry up!"

Seeing that the messenger soldier was still in a daze, Huang Chengjian was so angry that he wished to kick him back.

"By the way, the ringing arrow!"

He was also furious, and he forgot the ringing arrow, which sent messages faster. He hurriedly snatched the bow and arrow from his own messenger soldier, and then took out the special arrow and fiddled with it in a hurry, engraving the ringing arrow as a signal to ask for support. middle.

However, how could Huang Chengjian, who was in a hurry, know that his last hope at this moment, in fact...had already retreated when he just started to attack the city.

He didn't even know that even if he chose to take the lead in running away regardless of the lives of the soldiers, Zheng Yuanyun would not blame him for it afterwards.

Because Zheng Yuanyun actually made the same choice a long time ago.