My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

"Whether to go or stay is up to you." Qin Wujiu selfishly didn't want Ning Chi to join the army, but he couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Going back to the Marquis' Mansion might not be a good thing for him.

Qin Wujiu watched Ning Chi grow up. This child has a simple mind. The Marquis' Mansion is full of intrigues and crises.

Ning Chi rarely showed a look of confusion.

After coming out of the main tent and returning to the camp, Ning Chi saw Zong Yanli and Wen Nian sitting at the stove, eating. When he saw Wen Nian naturally transferring the meat residue in his bowl to Zong Yanli's bowl, Ning Chi felt a sour feeling in his heart.

It turns out that Zong Yanli is not so unwilling to let people get close to him...

"Achi, come and have dinner!" Monk saw Ning Chi and called out.

Ning Chi walked over reluctantly, holding his left hand with a bamboo board. Wen Nian had broken his bone in the previous fight, so it was very inconvenient for him to move.

Zong Yanli glanced at Wen Nian sideways, as if asking, why are you so cruel?

Wen Nian: ...

After dinner, Zong Yanli called Ning Chi into the tent and pointed to the small stool next to him and said, "Sit down."

"Wen Nian has no intention of targeting you. He has always been like this." Zong Yanli glanced at Ning Chi's arm and continued, "It is reasonable that you cannot defeat him. There is not much difference between a competition and a duel. Bravery alone is far from enough."

"Now you lack practical experience and have no idea of ​​your opponent's strengths and weaknesses. It's difficult to win with bravery alone." Zong Yanli said with a serious expression, staring at Ning Chi.

"Although we have been in the army for three or four years, we have experienced many battles, big and small. You don't have to rush for success."

"Ning Chi, you are no worse than others."

Zong Yanli's words made Ning Chi's eyes red instantly. It turned out that he was so confused and aggrieved just because he wanted to hear these words.

He is no worse than others!

Then the next day, Monkie and the others discovered that Young Master Ning, who had been listless for a few days, had returned to his usual energetic self.

If there was any change, it was that he became more hardworking. He would practice swordplay with his heavy sword before dawn, swinging it vigorously with one hand. At the same time, he would calculate the time for Zong Yanli to get up, rush to fetch water for him, and even rush to wash and wipe Zong Yanli's armor.

It seems that he is really doing a good job as a personal soldier.

It's winter again.

There was no movement from the Kingdom of Qing at all. Zong Yanli led his troops out for inspection and caught some game to improve the food in the army.

Today he was lucky and caught a wild rabbit. Monkie excitedly boiled water, plucked its feathers, and put it on the grill.

"It smells so good..." Ning Chi sat aside and swallowed his saliva. He thought that as a young master of a marquis's mansion, he had eaten all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, but now he was so greedy that his eyes were shining because of this tiny roasted rabbit.

"But you have to keep it covered. Otherwise it will float to other tents and there won't be enough to share." Qian Zhixing stood aside and fanned, trying to dilute the smell of the barbecue.

Seeing the roasted rabbit meat becoming more and more fragrant, several people were drooling. Monk tore off a piece of leg and held it up, saying, "I'll take it to the general. Wait for me..."

When Monk was standing up with the rabbit leg in his hand, he suddenly heard the sound of a horn. Several people who were sitting together stood up at once, turned their heads to look towards the city wall, and saw the torches that suddenly lit up.

Qing Kingdom, attack the city!

No one expected that the Kingdom of Qing would choose to attack the city in such a cold winter.

"Hey, this... Hey!" Monk's eyes widened, not caring about anything else. He stuffed the roasted rabbit leg into his mouth, ran back to the camp, put on his armor and got his sword.

"Let's go!" Qian Zhixing and his men rushed forward, not caring about the hot roasted rabbit meat. They tore off a piece and stuffed it into their mouths, shouting incoherently, "Assemble!"

Lu Hao, Ning Chi and others followed suit, rushed forward and tore it apart a few times, stuffing their mouths full.

Pei Liang turned around and put out the fire with a basin of water before running away. When Zong Yanli saw Monk Qi and the others coming over to the parade ground, his eyes fell on their shiny lips.

Monk had a bone in his mouth. When he met Zong Yanli's eyes, he didn't know whether to spit it out or swallow it. He lowered his eyes guiltily.

Zong Yanli laughed angrily, turned away, ordered his soldiers to take out their long swords and headed straight for the city wall.

The beacon fire was lit, and standing on the city wall, one could see a huge sea of ​​fire below. The soldiers of the Qing Kingdom came out in full force. The sky darkened and the last light faded away, followed by night. The cold wind blew the flags and drums, and the sound of the war drums, one louder than the other, seemed to fall into everyone's heart.

"Look there, it's a battering ram." Zong Yanhongtu and Qin Wujiu arrived one after another, squinting their eyes as they looked at the military formation below and couldn't help but take a deep breath. When they saw the siege ram being pushed out, their expressions became even more solemn.

"I wonder why the Qing Kingdom has been dragging on with us for so long. It turns out they are waiting for this..." Qin Wujiu felt a little complicated. Although he knew that the Qing Kingdom had a variety of siege equipment and that the siege crossbow was not enough, they even transported this huge battering ram.

"Let the smoke of war burn everywhere." Qin Wujiu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Order the soldiers in the rear camp to immediately send the people in Changfeng County away. This battle..."

"Our army may not be able to hold on."

Everyone felt a little depressed after hearing Qin Wujiu's words. Zong Yanhongtu responded in a low voice and turned around to give orders.

The Kingdom of Qing did not give them much time to prepare. Under the starry night and in the cold wind, the siege horn sounded and was carried by the wind into everyone's ears.

How terrifying the surging troops were, with beacon fires and beating drums.

Zong Yanli led his soldiers to guard the main gate. The catapults smashed into the army formation under the city wall like it was smashing into cotton. No matter how many soldiers were killed, more would swarm up. The huge battering ram was like a beast in the dark, driving towards the city wall.

A dull crashing sound, bang——!

Crashed into the city gate.

Every tremor of the city gate shook the hearts of the soldiers.

I thought having only one battering ram was scary enough, but I never expected Qing State to be so generous and bring out five of them.

The heavy battering ram could not only knock down the city gates, but also attack the battlements.

The crossbows mounted on the battering rams made their attack extremely fierce and terrifying.

The soldiers defending the city did not dare to stop at all, as they were afraid that the city gate would be breached in a moment of distraction.

The ladders were pushed down and put up again. The soldiers standing on the city wall were almost bloodthirsty. In the end, they didn't care what weapons they had in their hands, and even carried the bodies of their comrades and smashed them down from the city wall.

This can be used to knock down enemies climbing up the ladder.

Kerosene was poured on the city wall, giving the soldiers defending the city a moment's respite, but suddenly they heard shouts of a broken crossbeam at the city gate.

The soldiers guarding the city gate were replaced one after another.

The night fades away and the morning comes.

This battle to defend the pass lasted a whole day and night. Finally, on the second day, the round stone gate collapsed under the impact of the battering ram no longer. The soldiers of the Qing State rushed into the pass viciously with large flags raised.

"The city... has been broken." The soldiers on the city wall had not closed their eyes for a whole day and night. Their eyes were bulging and bloodshot. They looked at the Qing army swarming into the pass with dull eyes, as if at this moment the last line of defense in their hearts collapsed along with the collapse of the gate.

"Although the city is broken..." An extremely abrupt large flag was planted on the city wall. Zong Yanli stood in front of everyone holding a long sword: "As long as the soldiers are not dead, the generals are not dead!"

"Everyone, follow me and kill!" Zong Yanli jumped down from the city wall, supported by the military flag in his hand, and jumped to the steps. He charged into the enemy army so bravely and fearlessly.

Behind Zong Yanli, veins bulged on the necks of Monk and his men, and they screamed with all their might: "Kill!"

He followed Zong Yanli's footsteps without hesitation and rushed into the enemy's formation.

This scene was so heroic that the soldiers defending the city, who had originally loosened their swords, were moved by it and unconsciously tightened their swords again, as if the blood in their chests was ignited again in an instant.

In the army formation of Qing State, the flag belonging to Wu State stood proudly, standing out from the crowd!

Zong Yanli carried the flag behind her. As long as she didn't fall, the flag of Wu State would never fall!

"Kill!!!" Ning Chi swallowed the fishy sweetness in his throat, turned his head to look at Zong Yanli standing in the center, and looked at the dancing flag. At this moment, he seemed to finally understand what a general was!

This was the general he wanted to follow.

Zong Yanli's army of a thousand men blocked the Qing Kingdom's troops that had entered the city for two full hours at the city gate. In the fierce battle, there was only death, and no one took a step back!

Only after all the troops had evacuated Yuanshi Pass did Zong Yanli withdraw with the remaining troops.

At this point, the Qing State completely captured Yuanshi Pass and occupied it.

Yuan Heng looked at the almost completely destroyed and war-torn Round Stone Pass in front of him, as well as the corpses that almost filled the city walls and gates, with an extremely complicated expression on his face.

"Just to capture one pass, we lost nearly 10,000 soldiers..." Yuan Heng was almost speechless. Countless battering rams were damaged and siege crossbows were broken. It took a full day and two nights to break into the city!

"General, have you seen the young general carrying the military flag?" Xu Yinghao wiped his face, his voice a little hoarse, his eyes still with a complicated look as he said: "He alone, fought his way to the city wall and the city gate, and he led the soldiers to kill half of them."

"Zong Yanli..." Yuan Heng saw it and couldn't help but clench his hands. It was he who killed his beloved general Zhong Ming!

"It is really intimidating that the Wu State has such a fierce general." Xu Yinghao seemed to be able to see Zong Yanli holding a long sword and killing the enemies ferociously in the army formation even when he closed his eyes.

Yuan Heng suddenly couldn't help thinking, was it really their victory to capture Yuanshi Pass?

If just one level is so difficult, how about entering Changfeng County?

On the other side, Qin Wujiu led his troops to withdraw from Yuanshi Pass and enter Changfeng County. Compared with the enemy-defending tower of Yuanshi Pass, Changfeng County was obviously more inadequate, and retreating here was also a last resort. If Qing Kingdom added more battering rams and siege crossbows, the fall of Changfeng County would be a matter of time.

The casualties in this battle were about four thousand, which can be said to be very good compared to Qing Kingdom.

However, Guangzong Yanli's army suffered more than 500 casualties, with more than 100 seriously injured.

Qian Zhixing was seriously injured and on the verge of death and is still receiving treatment.

The remaining generals were all injured, and no soldier in that battalion was still standing. Even the knowledgeable Qin Wujiu who came to visit could not help but shed tears when he saw this scene. He choked in his throat for a long time and had to suppress his emotions. He ordered in a deep voice that all the military doctors who could be dispatched from the general's army should be dispatched.

Zong Yanli took off her military armor, which was almost stuck to the blood from the wounds on her body. This time, her injuries were serious on her waist and arms. She did not call a military doctor, but only called a mute slave to come and bandage her.

"Ah, ah..." The mute slave was already familiar with Zong Yanli. He was kneeling at Zong Yanli's feet, watching Zong Yanli tear off his armor. It seemed as if his own flesh was being torn off at the same time. He could not help shivering, his eyes filled with tears and he could only gesture with his hands.

"No bones are injured, it's okay." Zong Yanli took a deep breath and said to the mute slave, "Don't be afraid."

The mute girl moved her lips, raised her hand to wipe away the tears in her eyes, wet a handkerchief and went closer to help Zong Yanli clean the wound. She wiped it carefully, looking at Zong Yanli every time, but she could only see Zong Yanli with his eyes closed in silence.

The mute girl pursed her lips and helped Zong Yanli clean the wound, then bandaged it. She was now very familiar with doing these things.

She made gestures with her hands that Zong Yanli couldn't understand, and guessed that it was meant to tell her to rest more and recuperate.

"There are a lot of things to do in the army. I will rest in a while." Zong Yanli frowned and asked her to help him put on his armor again. He walked out of the tent with a long sword in his hand. The mute slave opened his mouth but could not make any sound. He could only watch Zong Yanli walk out of the tent with a complicated expression.

Zong Yanli went to see Qian Zhixing first. Feng Pei wiped his hands and said, "The bleeding has stopped, but the knife injured his lungs..."

Feng Pei had a complicated expression on his face. He shook his head and said, "It's hard to treat him in the army. Let's send him to Shouxi County."

Zong Yanli glanced at Qian Zhixing lying on the bed. His face was pale and he was unconscious. He was so seriously injured that he could no longer participate in the battle. Zong Yanli turned his eyes away and said, "Wait for the reinforcements to arrive and send away all the wounded soldiers in the camp who have no fighting ability."

"How are the injuries of the others?" Zong Yanli asked briefly, then inquired about Gao Feilin and the others.

"All of them are lightly injured." Ning Chi and Wen Nian were also injured. The only thing worth mentioning was that Wen Nian was no longer mad because of the war. Wen Nian, covered in blood, did nothing but sat there holding his spear. Even the wounds on his body were bandaged by Monk Qi.

"Have a good rest. I'm going to see General Qin." Zong Yanli glanced at Wen Nian and the other man, and after making sure that they were fine, he turned around and went to Qin Wujiu's tent.

Qin Wujiu saw Zong Yanli coming over so quickly, and couldn't help but frowned and asked, "How is the injury?"

Zong Yanli lowered his head slightly: "No problem."

Qin Wujiu looked at Zong Yanli with admiration and praise and said, "This battle was won thanks to you for delaying the battle. The loss of Yuanshi Pass was inevitable. You have done enough. Don't think too much."

"Yes." Zong Yanli pursed his lips and responded, frowning slightly as he asked, "Qing Kingdom has not pursued into Changfeng County. What is the general's plan for the next step?"