Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 866 The Zhenxi Army Arrives

I don't know how many days I ran, but just when I was about to faint, I suddenly heard the people in front of me cheering.

I raised my blank eyes and looked ahead. Through the gaps in the crowd, I seemed to see a wide river.

"This is..."

Someone shouted loudly: "Jinjiang, this is Jinjiang, the other side is Cannes, we are here, we are here alive."

Many people began to shout with joy.

They clapped their hands in joy and congratulated each other that they were still alive.

Most people sat down on the ground, and some even lay down, breathing heavily, looking up at the blue sky, letting their tears flow freely.

Some people with good physical strength stood by the river, looking at the opposite bank in the distance. Among the shadows, they could see the huge figure of Cannes.

That was their hope of survival. As long as they entered Cannes, they would save their lives.

The Zhenxi Army is an extremely powerful presence, both in the Imperial Guards and among these family members, and is also a source of reassurance.

However, they did not think about how such a large number of 20,000 or 30,000 people could cross the wide river?

The general who was in charge of leading the way and providing protection was a lieutenant general under Wei Ming of the Imperial Guard, named Xie Hukai.

He ordered his soldiers to divide into two groups and search for fishing boats along the river.

We must first cross the river and explain the situation to the defenders of Kancheng so as to seek protection from the Zhenxi Army.

It would be a huge project to transport all these people to the other side.

And there may be rebels chasing after him.

Time waits for no one, and everyone must be transported there quickly to ensure their safety.

The tens of thousands of civilians in front of him were all the families of his comrades, and naturally there were also his own families among them.

However, there was not a single fishing boat on the entire vast river.

Xie Hukai was so anxious that he jumped up and down.

The cavalry stationed at the rear of the team had already sent word that the rebel pursuers had caught up to within a hundred miles.

Now we no longer expect to rescue all of these family members, we will just save as many as we can.

But there was no point in his anxiety. On the broad and calm surface of the river, the water was still rolling up waves and flowing downstream, but there was no sign of any ship.

Xie Hukai ordered 3,000 guards to form a formation behind the crowd, ready to fight the rebels to the death.

A few hundred soldiers were left behind, some to continue searching for ships, and some to be on standby. Once the main army was defeated, they would be responsible for leading the crowd to flee to both sides.

What made Xie Hukai despair was that the shadows of the rebels had appeared in the distance, but there was still no ship here.

"Everyone, for the sake of your families, let's stay here today and never let the rebels take a single step closer."

The people behind him were all his family members, and he didn't need to remind them. All the soldiers had already planned to die in battle rather than let their families be humiliated.

Five thousand rebels gradually appeared and were getting closer and closer.

The number of rebels was twice as large as his own, and Xie Hukai had no idea whether he could stop these rebels or not. It all depended on how willing his soldiers were to fight for their lives.

The rebels quickly advanced one mile and stopped advancing.

The other party is also watching and choosing a method of attack.

Half an hour later, the rebels in the distance began to split up.

The rebel general was very smart. Although he had the advantage in numbers, he did not engage in a head-on attack on the Royal Guards.

Instead, they were divided into three teams, with 1,500 people in each of the left and right teams and 2,000 people in the middle team.

Xie Hukai was stunned for a moment.

If the team of less than 3,000 people under his command were to unite together, they would be a force that could not be ignored.

But if they are separated, the disadvantage of insufficient numbers will be revealed.

It's like ten people fighting against twenty or thirty people, rushing forward in a swarm, and it's hard to tell who is better or worse for the time being.

If they were to disperse and one person were to fight two or three, his disadvantage would be very obvious.

If the Royal Guards divide more than 2,000 people into three teams, with each team having less than 1,000 people, how can they resist the enemy's attack?

If we don't divide the troops to stop them, and let 1,500 rebels rush into the crowd of civilians...

Xie Hukai's eyes began to turn red, and the team was not divided.

He immediately ordered the team of more than 2,000 people to be divided into three teams, each responsible for resisting the attacks of the rebels.

There were only more than 800 people in the team, and facing 1,500 rebels, the soldiers were initially afraid.

The cunning rebel leader actually divided the troops again.

Continue to expand your advantages.

A team of 400 Royal Guards faced more than 800 rebels. Everyone could see clearly that they would definitely lose this battle.

Because the Imperial Guards had tens of thousands of family members behind them, all waiting by the river, occupying a large area.

Therefore, it was impossible for the more than 2,000 troops to be sheltered behind them, which gave the rebels the opportunity to attack them in groups.

Faced with the rebels' detachment attacks, the Royal Guards had to continue to defend in detachments.

Xie Hukai became more and more desperate. He felt that he was not as smart as the enemy generals and his ability to respond on the battlefield was much worse.

He could only keep dividing up the teams and shrinking the defense circle to try his best to protect all the people behind him.

"Brothers, never retreat a single step, fight to the death!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Fight to the death, fight to the death, fight to the death..."

A tragic atmosphere spread among the Royal Guards.

Many soldiers turned around to look at their loved ones.

Perhaps, this is the last sight of me in this world.

The rebels on the opposite side began to advance. Xie Hukai kept a close eye on their steps and began to calculate the distance between them.

He understood that once the war started, it would be the beginning of the death of these Royal Guards.

There is no other choice, and there is no way to escape the responsibility of being the pillar of the family.

The rebels were about to step into the range of the arrows.

Xie Hukai raised one hand, signaling all soldiers to get ready.

Bows were drawn, pointing diagonally upwards into the air.

There was a tension in the air.

Suddenly, the crowd behind me started shouting.

"Hey, the warships of the Zhenxi Army are coming, the Zhenxi Army is coming..."

One by one, their shouts gradually became like rolling thunder, echoing from far away.

This huge, thunderous shouting made the rebels in the distance stop their attack.

Everyone looked at the wide river in surprise.

A warship slowly approached the west bank from the center of the river. The soldiers on the warship were all leaning on the railing and looking over here.

Suddenly tens of thousands of people came to the west bank of Jinjiang River, forming a huge black mass. How could the Zhenxi Army not know about it?

Hu Jincai immediately ordered a warship to come over to check the situation.

After seeing the warship, countless people knew that it was the ship of the Zhenxi Army, and it was also a life-saving straw in their eyes.

Large groups of people began to kneel down and kowtow to the warship.

Shouting, crying, howling...

Suddenly there was chaos.

The leader on the warship was Cui Ying, the general of the Zhenxi Army. She stood at the bow, holding the railing with both hands, and calmly watched the scene on the river bank.

When the warship was three meters away from the river bank, it dropped anchor.

In case of emergencies on shore.

Hundreds of soldiers held crossbows and stood on the side of the ship, facing the river bank, ready for battle.

Among the crowd on the shore, there was a small leader of the Royal Guards. He ran to the shore, waving his hands and shouting loudly.