From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 334

The battle of Yancheng was still going on in full swing. Yingcheng received the order to rush to help and responded quickly. It immediately sent 20,000 reinforcements from the southern official road and rushed to Yancheng via Ye County.

Although it was already mid-April, the Kunshui River was overgrown with weeds and covered with green plants. Shi Yi led 2,000 elite soldiers and had already lurked in it, waiting for the Yingcheng farmers to arrive.

At about 3:45 a.m., the sentry sent out in front had returned quickly and whispered: "Brother Shi, the enemy's people are coming soon, about five miles away from us."

Shi Yi said in a deep voice: "When fighting, you must call your position! Remember it clearly next time!"

"Yes! General Shi!"

The younger brother half-knelt down and said solemnly: "Looking at the length of the team and the scale of the fire dragon, it should be about 20,000 people."

"And their team is very long, stretching for several miles."

Shi Yi said: "Then prepare for action!"

"Tell the brothers to take the gong sound as a signal. If they can't hear the gong sound, even if the peasant soldiers step on their faces, they can't be exposed."

"Remember, you can only fight for a quarter of an hour, and then return to the original place after the fight. No matter you win or lose, you must not stay."

Everyone looked at each other, nodded and accepted the order, and began to pass the message to each team.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse. The sky at midnight is not as good as winter. You can see the silver light of the earth.

Snakes and insects roamed in the green grass. Everyone gritted their teeth and watched the peasant soldiers stride from the end of the official road.

They moved very fast, and the vanguard crossed the ambush area in just a moment.

"Wait a little longer..."

Shi Yi was sweating profusely. It was his first time to organize soldiers and perform a mission. He was more nervous than anyone else.

He knew that this was his chance. If he succeeded, he would definitely be reused in the future.

If he failed, he might as well go back to his hometown in Shandong and become a refugee.

He never wanted to be a refugee again!

Right now!

He suddenly roared: "Bang the gong!"

The soldier next to him raised his stick and smashed it hard on the gong. The sharp metal clang resounded through the world and tore the silent night.

"Kill!"

Shi Yi raised two axes and roared to the sky.

"Kill! Kill!"

Two thousand soldiers roared in unison and rushed towards the peasant soldiers like crazy.

The two sides were only a few dozen feet apart. The sudden shouting and killing made the peasant soldiers terrified and they quickly drew their swords to resist.

But they were in a marching formation, like a long snake formation, and the waist and abdomen could not organize a counterattack in a short time. They were cut off by the two thousand people led by Shi Yi in a few dozen breaths.

"Don't disperse, they are not many, surround them!"

A peasant leader yelled.

He raised a torch and said angrily: "Damn it, what are you panicking about? Kill these lackeys of the court!"

Perhaps because of his lack of experience in war, especially fighting at night, he held a torch and kept shouting, and his position was completely exposed.

Shi Yi threw the axe directly, took the strong bow from his back, bent the bow and put the arrow, and shot straight out.

The peasant leader was shot through the body by an arrow just before he yelled halfway, and fell straight off the donkey.

"Their boss is dead! The general of the peasant soldiers is dead!"

"Kill them all!"

Shi Yi roared, picked up an axe and rushed in, hacking and killing.

The peasant soldiers were completely panicked. No one told them how to fight now!

They had been passively beaten, and the blood was all over the ground. Finally, their blood was killed and they roared.

"Fight with this group of court running dogs!"

"Grit your teeth and kill them all!"

They didn't know how many people Shi Yi had.

But just as they were about to fight, a quarter of an hour passed. Shi Yi and others did not hesitate and rushed into the green plants and weeds on the river bank in the night.

This grass forest more than one person tall completely covered the traces of Shi Yi and others in the night.

"Everyone got into the grass, what should we do!"

A peasant soldier roared, and they didn't know what to do on the spot.

Someone stood up and shouted, "Brother Cao is dead. Now listen to me. Don't chase these people. Let's follow the commander's order and support Yancheng."

"There are not many soldiers in the court, and even fewer here. They can't stop us at all."

Because of unity, these peasant soldiers quickly organized themselves and rushed forward at a high speed.

Seeing this scene, Shi Yi smiled coldly and shouted, "Kill their tail! It will still take a quarter of an hour!"

"Kill!"

The two thousand troops rushed in at the fastest speed and started a new round of massacre.

Countless peasant soldiers were in chaos, taking out their weapons to fight. The formation was too chaotic, and they were in a hurry to meet the enemy. They were no match at all and were defeated in a dozen breaths.

Shi Yi and others killed heartily, and everyone was stained with blood.

The leading peasant soldier was very angry.He shouted: "It's chaos! It's all fucking chaos! How can we fight this battle!"

"Fuck them, we have to fight them to death and kill all these bastards, otherwise we can't go to Yancheng at all."

After all, the peasant soldiers were numerous, and with unity, they quickly suppressed the offensive of Shi Yi and others.

"Retreat!"

Shi Yi couldn't wait for a quarter of an hour and directly ordered a retreat. The two thousand people went into the weeds on the river bank again.

Some peasant soldiers who were bloodthirsty also rushed in and were soon hacked to death.

"Don't rush in! Don't go in!"

The leader of the peasant soldiers shouted: "Damn it, are you all pig-brains? You can't see anything inside, and you will die if you go in."

"Form a defensive formation, move forward slowly, and be ready for them to come out again at any time!"

A peasant soldier said: "Boss, if we go like this, we won't be able to reach Yancheng before dawn!"

The leader of the peasant soldiers said: "I can't care about so many things. They will be helpless at dawn."

Another peasant soldier came over and said in a deep voice: "Boss, I have a plan!"

"You say!"

The leader of the peasant soldiers replied subconsciously, and then glared and said: "Which village is your accent?"

As soon as the voice fell, the peasant soldier chopped off his head with a knife, and then raised the knife to slash at the people around him.

"Ah! Damn it, they also put on headscarves and mixed in with us!"

"Kill! Kill them!"

"Who are they? I can't tell them apart!"

This time, Shi Yi and his men came out in the most ordinary casual clothes. Except for not wearing headscarves, they were almost the same as the peasant soldiers. In the dark, they couldn't tell them apart at all.

Seeing this, Shi Yi laughed and said, "Quick, put on headscarves and kill them all."

"This time, we can only kill them for twenty breaths, otherwise we will be in chaos and can't tell the enemy from the friend."

"Kill!"

So the mighty army rushed in again, this time all wearing headscarves, killing people everywhere.

The peasant soldiers were completely in chaos, and they didn't know who was who, and they just chopped blindly with knives.

Twenty breaths had arrived, and the soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp could obey orders and retreated without hesitation.

But everyone was wearing headscarves, and the peasant soldiers couldn't tell the enemy from the friend, so even though Shi Yi and his men had already withdrawn, they were still chopping each other.

"Kill! Kill them all!"

A man hacked at the people around him, thinking they were the enemy, while the people around him thought they were the enemy.

For a while, the peasant soldiers hacked at themselves, leaving corpses all over the ground.

Seeing this scene, Shi Yi was trembling all over.

It was so satisfying! It was so damn satisfying! It was so cool to fight with the marshal!

This move messed up all the enemies. Two thousand people could actually beat twenty thousand people.

After killing for half an hour, the peasant soldiers finally found something wrong, and they were all tired.

They stood there stupidly, staring at the surroundings, and they were all confused.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What should I do now?

Twenty thousand people were attacked several times by this charge, and they killed each other for half an hour. There were only a few thousand people left. How to fight this battle?

Physical strength was exhausted, and mentality collapsed. Many peasant soldiers cried on the spot.

"I won't fight anymore, I want to go home, I still have to serve my mother!"

"I won't fight anymore, I still have to support my sister!"

The peasant soldiers collapsed.

But Shi Yi would not give them a chance.

"Brothers! Tear off the headscarves!"

"No need for tactics now, they are exhausted, kill them!"

Almost 2,500 soldiers from the barracks rushed out like crazy, killing the exhausted and mentally collapsed peasant soldiers like pigs.

"Run! Run!"

This is the only thing the peasant soldiers can do. They don't know how to fight back, so they can only run away.

About half an hour later, Shi Yi and others finally stopped.

Looking at the corpses covering the official road, Shi Yi murmured: "We really defeated 20,000 people! The marshal is really a god!"