Chapter 512: Villain

It was the sunset again.

The difference is that this time the sunset glow is extraordinarily coquettish, orange-red like blood, combined with the thick blood-colored clouds in the sky, it gives people a sense of oppression, covering the sky and the sun.

Looking around, the sky and the earth are all red.

Tragic, dead silent.

The autumn wind blows, bringing bursts of low whistling.

The bloody battle at the foot of the city wall of Mulan Fortress had come to an end. The mountain barbarian warrior wearing thick fine iron armor leaned against the base of the city wall, panting heavily, unable to move.

On the armor, there were knife marks all over, and blood stains.

And not far away, there were corpses scattered everywhere in the holes in the city wall, some of them were barbarian soldiers, and more of them belonged to the Taiping army. The yellow uniforms were extremely conspicuous on the battlefield.

The entire afternoon of fierce fighting, the two sides around the hole, fighting to the death, no one dared to retreat half a step. The small hole seems to have become a forbidden area for all life. Whoever dares to take a step is walking into the abyss. Only the strongest fighters can struggle out of the abyss.

On several occasions, the Taiping army had already rushed through the caverns and bravely entered the fortress, but was forced back again and again by the mountain barbarian soldiers led by Elai.

Such a small position changed hands five or six times in one afternoon.

Every inch of land has left the blood of countless soldiers.

Mottled bloodstains were left on the city wall. Under the reflection of the sunset glow, it looks even more bleak.

This is the worst battle since the two sides started the war.

Relying on the tenacity of the mountain barbarians, Shanhai City finally held its position. Not only that, Elai also caught a big fish, he was Li Xiucheng, the deputy general of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom South Route Army.

As one of the pillars of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the later period, Li Xiucheng was born in a poor peasant family. He lived with his parents "foraging for food" when he was young, and his life was very difficult.

After joining the Taiping Army, Li Xiucheng was witty and brave in combat, and was soon promoted from an ordinary soldier to a young general. After the Tianjing Incident, he, together with Chen Yucheng and Li Shixian, supported the crisis and won military victories such as the Second Breakthrough of the Jiangbei Camp, the Sanhe Victory, and the Second Breakthrough of the Jiangnan Camp, and established Sufu Province and Tianzhe Province. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The heavenly king Hong Xiuquan granted Li Xiu the title of loyal king, calling him "eternal loyalty".

After the fall of Tianjing, Li Xiucheng was captured and killed.

Li Xiu became a man of soft exterior and strong interior. Because he was born in poverty, he was very concerned about the sufferings of the common people. He even regarded "benefiting people" more than "fame".

As Li Xiucheng's opponent, Zeng Guofan and others called Li Xiucheng as cunning as a fox.

It was such a famous general who, when he led his troops to capture the cave, because he charged too far forward and the guards were too late to protect him, he was seized by the evil, severely injured, and put in custody.

It was the capture of Li Xiucheng that pushed the fierce battle in the afternoon to a fever pitch.

Li Xiucheng's troops, seeing the main general being captured, suddenly acted like crazy, fearlessly launching wave after wave of charges, regardless of their own life or death.

Such a ferocious army, even the mighty mountain barbarian warriors, can't stand it. If it hadn't been for the villain to stand in front of the team and boost morale, it was really possible to be rushed in by the Taiping Army.

Even so, the mountain barbarians suffered heavy losses.

A total of five hundred of the most elite mountain barbarians are buried forever at the foot of this nameless city wall; and thousands of Taiping soldiers died in battle.

The Taiping army with broken halberds at the entrance of the cave probably numbered no less than 4,000 men.

At the end of the war, only the dead bodies can block the hole. The attacking Taiping Army had to "clear" the passage again and again before they could continue their offensive.

When Wanxia appeared, Li Xiucheng's men were completely disabled.

Even so, this group of men still had to charge. It can be seen from this that Li Xiucheng's prestige in the army must be very much loved by the soldiers, which made them crazy.

In the end, it was Yang Xiuqing who personally ordered the remnants of Li Xiucheng to be withdrawn from the battlefield.

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"You bastards, get up for me. The general said, you deserve a reward for your good fight this afternoon!" The silent atmosphere was suddenly broken by a rough voice.

The one who spoke was Xilai who made the first contribution in this battle.

This villain doesn't know what fear and exhaustion are all over again. The mighty mountain barbarian warriors collapsed to the ground from exhaustion after an afternoon of fierce fighting.

However, he, the chief general, acted as if nothing had happened. After the battle, Elai immediately ran to Baiqi to ask for credit.

When he came back now, he had a simple smile on his face.

Because of the haste of leaving, there was no time to deal with the blood on Xilai's face. With his smile, he pulled the muscles on his face and mobilized the blood all over his face.

When the generals and soldiers saw it, they couldn't help feeling a "chill" in their hearts.

Of course, against the evil general, the mountain barbarian warriors are in the police uniform in their hearts.

Mountain barbarians worship the strong.

And evil is simply synonymous with the strong.

In the afternoon battle, no less than a hundred enemies died under the Elai's pair of iron halberds. Not to mention, the shocking blow of evil directly captured the enemy's main general.

Such achievements really put all the mountain barbarians to shame.

Evil and brave, but he has little scheming, and he doesn't put on airs of a general in front of the soldiers. It is precisely because of this that Elai can be sincerely supported by the mountain barbarians.

Some soldiers joked that General Elai must have the blood of the barbarians flowing through him.

Otherwise, how could temper be so sympathetic with them?

Even for the legion commander Bai Qi, a group of mountain barbarians have never been in such awe.

However, this time, the soldiers were really tired.

My tired brain stopped functioning, so I just wanted to lean against the corner of the wall and sleep comfortably.

Elai came to see this, but he was not dissatisfied, and shouted loudly with that loud voice: "Hey, I said you bastards, I just praised you in front of the general. What's the matter, just this afternoon, just All of them have become soft eggs, and they don't even have the strength to snort?"

Faced with the general's "molestation", the soldiers could only roll their eyes.

Seeing the general alive and kicking, the soldiers really couldn't refute it, they could only admit cowardice.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing this, Xi Lai was overjoyed, laughing unscrupulously.

At this moment, Xilai is like a great demon king, and he can be proud of all the heroes outside the battlefield.

Laugh, I just remembered the business when I was evil, and announced loudly: "The general has an order. The first brigade and the second brigade in this battle will each count a sixth-class merit. All soldiers will be promoted to the first rank. At the same time, in order to reward everyone, The general also specially ordered that you have extra meals in the evening, and you can eat as much as you can with barbecue!"

At this moment, the mountain barbarian warriors finally regained their spirits, their eyes were as bright as thieves.