Chapter 43: The Mysterious Troops Appear at the Critical Moment of Life and Death
Shi Jin was surrounded in this formation for about half an hour. If he continued to fight like this, he would either be killed by the chaotic blades or exhausted to death. However, Shi Jin took advantage of a gap and looked around, only to see the shadows of government soldiers and the cold glint of their swords everywhere. The giant pine tree that had fallen earlier was now almost completely burned by the flames, emitting some green smoke, and the ashes were trampled underfoot by the surrounding soldiers.
The sight of the fallen cypress, burned to ashes, left a deep impression in my heart at a glance. No matter how tall and green it was in its heyday, it ultimately couldn't withstand the inch-by-inch invasion of the fierce flames. No matter how magnificent it looked when it fell, no matter how shocking, but in the end, those scattered crowds still trampled on its body after the fire had burned out, crushing its "ashes" to pieces.
So Shi Jin felt that this pine torch he had lit himself was surprisingly similar to him.
Shi Jin took advantage of the sideways blow from the soldiers' blades to cut down the soldiers who were planning to ambush him from behind. He didn't want to end like this, so he borrowed strength and struck back, while at the same time trying to break through towards the residential area opposite the west gate. No matter whether it would succeed or not, he had to give it a try.
Just as he was about to make a final breakthrough, the sound of horseshoes echoed outside the west gate. The intense impact of the horseshoes hitting the ground mixed with the sound, which came from afar and approached the west gate. All the government soldiers in Huayin County subconsciously turned their heads to look, and Shi Jin couldn't help but curiously glance into the dark gate of the west city gate.
They all secretly suspected in their hearts, and the soldiers on the periphery stared at the gate without blinking, their hands involuntarily tightening around the hilts of their swords. Especially Shi Jing, who was now facing away from the breakout, had his heart raised to his throat again. For some reason, his sixth sense told him that the commander of this powerful cavalry must be someone he knew.
It's been a long time, Shi Qian must have returned to the village early and found Zhu Wu and the others, bringing back his words. Chen Da must have led the cavalry through the ambush at Luoxingpo, capturing Kui'er and the others. However, Shi Jin felt that he had been careless at the time and did not instruct Shi Qian to leave a way out for Kui'er. The treasury's wealth must have been obtained, but Kui'er's life or death is unknown. Calculating this way, Chen Da must be worried about Shi Jin's consolation, so Zhu Wu suppressed the wind rudder people and brought back the money, while Chen Da, Yang Chun, and Shi Qian led the three routes of cavalry to Huayin County.
Shi Jin secretly calculated in his heart, and he felt more and more that when the cavalry arrived, it would be the day of his own rise to fame! He was afraid that the first one to ride a horse and rush into the gate would be Chen Da. The second one would be...
Shi Jin was guessing on one side and suddenly rushed towards the west gate, but before he could guess again. A burly man with a large crescent-shaped knife on his back, riding a horse, rushed into the city first, followed closely by dense and continuous cavalry troops, each wearing silver helmets and armor, holding long spears and battle-axes, galloping in with great momentum.
Although Shi Jin did not recognize the general, he knew their armor and it was indeed Meng Zhu's soldiers. Alas, Shi Jin let out a cry of surprise, secretly lamenting in his heart. Before he could turn around and break through towards the direction of the civilian houses again, the government troops from Huayin County were even more urgent than him. As soon as they saw the soldiers rushing in, without saying a word, they picked up their weapons and clashed with them. While fighting, they also shouted: "The bandits have brought reinforcements to fight back!"
At this moment, the officers and soldiers didn't care about Shi Jing anymore. More than a dozen of them were holding Shi Jing back to fight, while hundreds of others went straight to the west gate to kill. Shi Jing took one look and understood in his heart. It turned out that he had disguised himself as the commander-in-chief and mixed into Huayin County, and Chui'er had made a big fuss again, plus the county's cold attitude of not caring for several days before. The officers and soldiers in Huayin County no longer believed that there would be any reinforcements coming to their aid. Now that the reinforcements really came, they thought it was just bandits disguising themselves, so they didn't have anything good to discuss and directly started fighting with all their might.
Shi Jin understood, but the newly arrived General Li De Sheng and his vanguard did not know. They had received Meng Du Jian's urgent order to speed along the official road in pursuit of Chui Er Feng Zhuo. However, they had been chasing all the way to the city of Huayin without encountering him, and just as they saw the flames rising from within the city, they knew something was amiss. Rushing to the city gate, they saw it wide open, with signs of war on the walls, and inside, people were shouting in confusion. Li De Sheng thought that the bandits from Mount Shaohua had taken over the city and trapped Chui Er again. He led his vanguard soldiers, whipping their horses, and charged into the city in a fierce onslaught.
But Li Desheng did not expect that as soon as he entered the city, hundreds of officials and soldiers with red eyes rushed over to kill him. Li Desheng took a look, although he didn't know what was going on, but the comer was not good, this kind of rudeness was obviously not a fellow traveler. Just then his deputy general shouted: "General, it's not good, there is an ambush!" Li Desheng finally came to his senses and thought that this "empty city plan" was easy to recognize, but he had rushed in recklessly and fell into this blatant ambush.
Li Desheng was called to suffer, but the horse's speed was extremely fast. In addition, the troops were in an attacking formation and rushed forward with a high density, which made it difficult for them to stop or retreat at that moment. Li Desheng had no choice but to face the group of officers and soldiers who didn't care about their lives, so he swung his big knife and killed his way through first before doing anything else.
The situation suddenly turned around, and Shi Jin's heart was delighted again. He killed several people around him, snatched a long gun, and didn't care about anything else, thinking only of rushing out in the direction of the civilian houses.
At this moment, Li De's cavalry was fighting with the government troops in Huayin County. The long gun soldiers of Huayin County stabbed and killed many cavalrymen, but Li De also used his speed to trample many government troops to death. Especially General Li De, who was at the forefront of the charge, wielded his crescent-shaped knife on horseback, and with the help of his horse's strength, he was like a galloping silver tide, leading his soldiers to quickly open up a bloody path under the city wall. Just as this new round of fierce fighting began, it provided Shi Jin with an excellent opportunity to escape.
But in an instant, Li De Sheng's vanguard camp rushed past Shi Jin's side, and the government soldiers of Huayin County were suddenly scattered. Shi Jin grasped his long spear and took advantage of the situation, taking a deep breath to stab all the government soldiers who blocked his way to death, and his feet ran wildly. Before long, he was about to rush out of the battlefield. At this time, Li De Sheng's cavalry also rushed over, recklessly swinging their long spears to harvest the lives of Huayin County government soldiers.
Shi Jin rushed halfway, the horseshoe sound behind him shook the stone slabs on the street, and at this time Shi Jin suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from behind his head. He swept his long gun back to look, only to see a cavalryman rushing forward, wielding a long spear towards his face.
