Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 149: Do You Know What Consequences There Will Be?
"What?"
Cao Yin was taken aback, then became furious. He found a high position to look, and sure enough, behind the Da Zhou Army, the Xiliang Army was desperately chasing. Some who ran slower were being hacked down by the Xiliang people!
"Those two bastards, don’t they know to cover the retreat while escaping?"
"Father, what should we do next? Please instruct us!"
Cao Yin watched the troops rushing into the city, clenching his fists tightly.
"Great General, we have no choice but to sacrifice some people!"
Li Qingmu said slowly, with a face showing no joy or sorrow, which made him appear cold-blooded. But Cao Yin knew this was the only and best way.
Closing the city gates takes time. Once the enemy holds on tightly, they would desperately hold both sides, making it impossible to close the gates. If that happened, Hanshui Pass would be breached.
Cao Yin closed his eyes painfully.
Once the gates are closed, those soldiers would surely be chopped to death by random blades...
"Father..."
Cao Jing was waiting for orders.
Cao Yin waved his hand: "Wait, wait a little longer. It looks like there are still over 10,000 left, close the gates when there are about 1,000."
"A thousand might be too late! The gate is too thick and heavy, it takes a long time to move it... Great General, two thousand!"
"Two thousand is too many!"
"Two thousand is necessary! With two thousand as the point, there is a buffer process for closing the gates, so some can still get in. We can only leave it to their fate!"
"You..."
Cao Yin pointed at Li Qingmu wanting to curse him, but the words wouldn’t come out. His rationality told him this was the right thing to do!
"Great General, I know you have deep feelings for those comrades, everyone is born of their parents, maybe some are the only son in their family and the hope of their parents, some already have children who are eagerly waiting for their return home! But do not forget, inside Hanshui Pass, there are still 50,000 soldiers on guard. The enemy is currently with soaring morale, if the pass is broken, it will be a death battle!"
Li Qingmu said this, looked down at the city, then turned and went towards the city gate.
"It’s too late! Close the gate! Quickly!"
"But..."
The soldiers closing the gate hesitated for a moment, Li Qingmu shouted, "If anything happens, I’ll take full responsibility, close the gate!"
The soldiers glanced at Cao Yin, and Cao Yin nodded.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The heavy stone gate was pushed, and the city gate gradually closed.
"No, no, don’t close the gate, let us in!"
"General, Commander, quickly open the gate!"
Below, the shouts of hundreds of soldiers echoed.
There is a time lag in closing the gate, so stopping at two thousand while closing the gate still allowed many to rush in, leaving hundreds outside, which was already the smallest damage.
As the gate closed, the enemy also charged forward.
The hundreds of soldiers left outside were trampled into meat paste by the enemy’s charge!
"Bang!"
A loud crash came from the gate, the Xiliang people tried to rush in, only to find that the gate was completely closed!
"Hoo—"
On the city wall, the generals watching this scene were all panting heavily, fortunately the gate was closed, if it were any later, Hanshui Pass might have been breached.
Cao Yin took a deep look at Li Qingmu, this kid was calm and collected, able to make the right decision under such circumstances, showing extraordinary intelligence and courage.
"Attend to the wounded!"
Looking at those below who were lying askew, littering the ground, Li Qingmu frowned.
"Great General, there are too many wounded this time, I’m afraid the military doctors won’t be enough!"
Almost 10,000 who rushed in, each had more or less injuries, taking a lot of time to handle.
Why are there so many deaths in every battle? Many did not die on the spot, but died from lack of timely treatment for their injuries, leading to infected and festered wounds.
"Grandfather, I know some medicine, I can help!"
"You?" Cao Yin was shocked, but having one more person to help was having more strength, he promptly agreed.
"I’ll go too!"
Li Qingmu followed his little wife to sneak away, knowing that if he stayed, someone would question his overstepping of authority.
— When did it become a civil servant’s turn to issue the order to close the city gate?
So, it’s better to run!
"Grandpa, are you okay?"
Long Yue and Li Qingmu followed behind a military doctor, helping bandage the wounds of soldiers, they soon arrived at a tent.
"Quickly, quickly check my grandfather, he was wounded on the back with a knife by the enemy while saving me, losing a lot of blood, sob..."
Luo Xiaoxiao knelt beside Luo Xie, looking at her pallid grandfather due to excessive blood loss, anxious and guilty.
As she cried, seeing Long Yue and her husband enter, she immediately wiped her tears and scolded: "What are you doing here? Come to laugh at us, aren’t you? Get out, get out!"
Previously, when Li Qingmu advocated not to pursue, they didn’t listen, resulting in a setback, Luo Xiaoxiao felt they had come to mock them.
So despicable!
Long Yue could not bear her ill-temper, so since they were asked to leave, they dropped the tools and left.
The military doctor who brought them hurriedly stopped Long Yue: "Please don’t be angry, Madam Li, Miss Luo isn’t a bad person, it’s just that... she has a bit of a temper..."
He wanted to say ’imperious,’ but thought better of it.
He then said to Luo Xiaoxiao, "Miss Luo, you may not know, Madam Li’s medical skills are excellent, better than mine, if she treats General Luo, there will definitely be no problem!"
"Hmph, are all the military doctors in this camp useless? It has to be a woman treating and saving lives?"
Luo Xiaoxiao furiously pointed at the military doctor and scolded, "Get out, let her get out..."
"Xiaoxiao, you go out!"
Luo Xie, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, Luo Xiaoxiao was stunned, incredulously looking at him, "Grandpa..."
"Leave, let Madam Li treat my wounds."
"But grandpa, she..."
"Out!"
Luo Xie wore a cold face, raising his voice, Luo Xiaoxiao knew no use in saying more, stomped her foot angrily and left.
Inside the tent, only Long Yue, her husband, and the military doctor remained. After cleaning the wound, Luo Xie also drove out the military doctor.
While Li Qingmu assisted Long Yue with handing bandages, suddenly, Luo Xie asked, "What’s the matter with those three arrows?"
Long Yue and Li Qingmu paused simultaneously.
Luo Xie squinted his eyes, looking at them: "Previously, when you were practicing archery on the drill ground, I saw you do a double shot with my own eyes, both hitting the bullseye. You really have the talent of a sharpshooter!"
Li Qingmu smiled slightly: "General Luo overrates me!"
"No, no, no, in the Xinan Camp, there aren’t many who can do double shots, Old Fool Cao is one of them, his eldest son counts as another, and there’s a General Yin. Other than those, I haven’t seen anyone else, let alone with three arrows combined into one... That arrow, was shot by you, wasn’t it?"
"It was me!"
Luo Xie was stunned, admitting so straightforwardly?
Do you want to reconsider?
He looked at Li Qingmu in shock, admiring the young man’s courage!
"You admit it like this, aren’t you afraid?"
"Afraid of what?"
Li Qingmu looked up in confusion.
Luo Xie: "This failed sortie lost twenty thousand elite soldiers, I can totally claim that you colluded with the enemy, allowing our troops to fall into their ambush! If that argument holds, do you know what the consequences would be?"
