Chapter 88 The war begins

The Black Armor Guards' defense circle was pressed again and again, and the situation had reached a precarious point.

At this time, Cao Yunmeng had already been looking towards Baicheng with eager eyes, muttering: "Wang An, you bastard, why don't you come to save me!"

"I am your princess after all. If I were to be snatched away by the Eastern Tartars, the whole world would laugh at you!"

As he spoke, his tone was choked with sobs.

Xiao Zhao comforted her: "Miss, don't worry, the prince will definitely come to rescue us."

Cao Yunmeng just glanced at Xiao Zhao, bit her red lips and nodded.

But at this moment, a black-armored man pointed in the direction of Baicheng and shouted loudly: "Reinforcements are coming, the prince is here to save us!"

Everyone turned their heads to look, and sure enough, they saw a golden figure riding a horse in the distance, galloping towards them.

Behind him were hundreds of ragged Jizhou guards, following closely behind Wang An.

Although they were marching quickly, surprisingly, these new recruits, who had only been trained for less than a month, did not have their formation scattered. In the Daliang Dynasty, only the most elite troops could do this.

This made the Black Armor Guards, who were also elite, somewhat insecure.

If the equipment of the Jizhou guards were not so tattered, one would have to shout “good soldiers”!
But even so, the Black Armor Guards were still extremely happy, because the appearance of the Jizhou Guards represented a re-balance of power, or even a break in the balance.

Just when the Black Armored Guards found the reinforcements, Manggurtai also returned to the little prince and said anxiously: "I didn't expect these Southern Dynasty people to actually dare to come out of the city to support us, and their number is at least twice ours. Little prince, you can't fight recklessly. In my opinion, we should retreat quickly."

However, how could the young and frivolous little prince bear to see the fat meat in his mouth fly away?

The young prince became extremely obsessed with the idea of ​​being able to hold the princess of the Daliang Dynasty under his control, and even exchange it for Longkodo's mother.

The little prince said viciously: "Look at their clothes, they are just some guards. We were planning to capture the prince of Jizhou anyway, and now he comes to us. It saves us the trouble of attacking Baicheng!"

"This..." Manggurtai was speechless. Originally, everyone wanted to attack Baicheng because they expected that Baicheng's defense was weak and the Southern Dynasty's garrison soldiers were in a state of disarray, so they expected that they could easily win.

However, at the moment, the enemy's more than one hundred black-armored guards cannot be easily defeated, and the enemy has reinforcements coming to rescue, so it would be very unwise to continue fighting with them.

What's more, Manggurtai had been in the army for a long time, and he could tell at a glance that the enemy's reinforcements were not simple garrison soldiers, because their formation was so neat.

Even if the enemy's reinforcements are vulnerable, these black-armored guards in front of them cannot be easily dealt with with so many reinforcements.

The opponent could use the black corner to contain our side, and the rest of the reinforcements could assist in the attack. It would not be completely impossible for them to take down our three hundred men.

Fortunately, Longkodo on the side also obviously saw that the other side's reinforcements were not simple. He changed his usual attitude of instigating the little prince and advised nervously: "There is an old saying in the south that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall!"

"Little Prince, we have a long time to go. It won't be too late for us to fight again later. The most important thing is that we have three hundred people and even the personal guards of His Majesty the Khan, who are temporarily lent to us for hunting. If there are heavy casualties, I may have a hard time explaining when we return." When the little prince heard the word Khan, his originally ferocious eyes changed.

After a slight hesitation, he decided to give in and retreat.

However, it was too late at this time. A golden figure suddenly crashed into the Donglu army formation, and swords and blood flew everywhere.

Following closely behind were the whimpering new recruits of the Jizhou Guards, accompanied by a circular roar: "Line up and charge, sword and shield soldiers in front, spearmen in the back!"

After a slight panic among the Jizhou guards, they immediately formed a formation under the organization of the veterans, with the sword and shield soldiers charging in front and the spearmen stabbing and killing in the back.

Every time there was a burst of stabbing with the forest of spears, dozens of Eastern Tartars could be taken away.

Originally, these Eastern Tartar cavalrymen looked down on the ragged Jizhou guards. However, as soon as they came into contact with them, more than ten people were taken away, which immediately caused a slight disturbance among the Eastern Tartars.

Longkodo said directly: "When did the soldiers of Jizhou Guard become so elite? No! This must be the conspiracy of the princes!"

Manggurtai glanced at him and said disdainfully: "This is just an encounter, there is no need for any conspiracy."

Longkodo refuted: "We have to come to this play several times every year, and we are familiar with these guards. In the past, they would collapse at the first blow. How could they be so brave and good at fighting?"

Manggurtai did not answer, but said to the little prince: "Little Prince, order a retreat immediately. These Jizhou guards must be up to something now. They can no longer be dealt with easily."

The little prince was so frightened that his face turned pale. He immediately said in panic: "Okay, okay, quickly order the whole army to retreat!"

Longkodo received the order and immediately shouted loudly: "Retreat! The little prince has ordered us to retreat immediately!"

Manggurtai immediately realized that something was wrong. He asked the little prince to withdraw his troops with the original intention of allowing the army to retreat slowly and orderly.

However, Longkodo's shout immediately caused the soldiers, who were already frightened by the Jizhou reinforcements, to become confused and flee in a hurry on their horses. The originally orderly retreat immediately turned into a major rout.

At this time, Wang An, who was charging left and right in the Donglu army formation, immediately realized that the opportunity had come. He raised his bloody sword and ordered: "All troops charge, chase and destroy the enemy!"

The Jizhou Guard won the first battle, and the new recruits under its command were still breathing hard at first, but when they saw that the Eastern Tartars, who they had originally thought were extremely brutal, were no more brutal than them and collapsed at the first blow, they were immediately encouraged and rushed forward.

The surrounded Chen Huaian also keenly realized that the opportunity to repel these Donglu people had come, and he waved his sword and ordered: "Entangle these Donglu people, don't let them escape!"

The Black Armor Guards, who were originally in a defensive posture, immediately changed their combat intentions and took the initiative to attack and entangle the Eastern Tartars around them, preventing them from withdrawing easily.

As soon as these Eastern Tartars were entangled, several Jizhou guards would rush over with swords and guns, hacking and killing them.

The little prince and his two companions became even more frightened upon seeing this. They no longer cared about protecting the Khan's guards and hurriedly fled after calling dozens of people.

(End of this chapter)