diskusbooks Chapter 208 My Captain
Chapter 208 My Captain
At the foot of the city, Zhao Sheng led the personal guard battalion, using Gatling guns to clear the way, and rushed into Luancheng.
"Shuya, Shuya, what happened to you?" When Zhao Sheng saw Li Shuya lying on the hospital bed with her clothes stained with blood, he struggled to push through the crowd and rushed forward.
"Husband, our child is gone." The moment Li Shuya saw Zhao Sheng, tears burst out and she cried bitterly.
The impact of the violent explosion not only shattered the vehicle frame, severely injuring Li Hongniang, but also severely damaged Li Shuya. While being rushed to the Luancheng Clinic, the fetus tragically died from the devastating impact. Even more tragically, Li Hongniang ultimately passed away despite futile efforts.
"Where are our cannons defending the city? Where did the enemy's cannons come from?" Zhao Sheng, who had lost his beloved son and concubine, was almost emotionally collapsed and angrily questioned the people around him.
Wanqiu rushed to assist with the emergency treatment upon learning of the situation, remaining by Li Shuya's side. Knowing that the princess shouldn't be upset at the moment, she gently tugged at Zhao Sheng's clothes, signaling to the tearful Li Shuya with a glance, urging him to control his emotions.
Zhao Sheng raised his head with tears in his eyes, said no more, and just hugged Li Shuya tightly in his arms.
After Li Xin learned about this, he gathered his troops and planned to fight back to the county government to find out what happened.
The troops from Jing County rushed over, and together with Cheng Jushu, they encountered Yuan Shan and Shi Ge attacking the city, so they launched a surprise attack from behind.
The two attacking armies scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.
Seeing this, Lu Zhi cried out in despair: "Heaven wants to kill me!"
He led his troops to evacuate southward, but unexpectedly Ma Biao's independent regiment blocked them. Chen Qian had already set up mortars and was ready for battle.
"Did you see the leader? He is the general of the Lu family. We must take his head as a sacrifice today." Ma Biao pointed at the person who was fleeing in panic in front of him. This person was Lu Zhi.
"Don't worry, Commander, I will arrange someone to deal with him right away." Chen Qian rode on his horse and found the rifle sergeant. He told him the target to be sniped, and then mobilized a company of riflemen to cooperate with the sergeant's task.
Faced with this team that could take people's lives from a long distance, everyone was naturally terrified.
The scattered and fleeing army was difficult to gather. Most people followed the direction of the team's movement, while more people fled aimlessly, just trying to save their lives.
Chen Qian commanded the team to pursue, and the spearman searched for the target among the crowd.
It is not easy to find the target in the chaotic team, but the general direction is correct. Lu Zhi is surrounded by a group of guards.
"Shoot at that group of people. Don't worry about the ammunition." Seeing that Chen Qian had failed to take down the target, Ma Biao commanded Ma Damao's cavalry battalion.
"Just watch, my captain." Ma Damu grinned, waved his hand and led the team into action.
Ma Biao always kept the special operations battalion and the cavalry battalion for use at critical moments. He did not know what was happening in the city, otherwise, Ma Biao would not be so calm.
Ma Damu's thousand-man team, armed with five-shot carbines that looked like large revolvers, shot at close range on horseback, with great pleasure, one shot after another, which was extremely refreshing.
Everyone would place the revolver on the saddle and replace the revolver directly after firing a bullet, which was as convenient as changing a magazine.
Near Lu Zhi's team, there was continuous gunfire.
Lu Zhi only felt that the people around him were getting fewer and fewer, and he was so anxious that his saddle was wet.
When a grenade hit his shoulder blade, the piercing pain made sweat beads on his forehead, and his eyes were blurred with blue and green.
"The man in front seems to be a leader. Let's catch up with him."
"Could it be the Jin army commander from the Lu family? If we can catch him, we'll be rich, but we have to catch him alive!"
"Hehe~ Chase..."
The shrill shouts echoed in Lu Zhi's ears. Suddenly, he realized that if he fled like this, he would probably not survive tonight. They were going to capture him alive anyway, so why not surrender?
Just as he was thinking this, another stray bullet hit his back, causing his armor to clang.
Perhaps because he was too nervous, or perhaps because he felt he could no longer hold on, his eyes went dark and he fell off his horse.
The sky gradually darkened, and above the sky, the last ray of setting sun slowly sank below the horizon like a burning flame, dyeing the sky a magnificent blood-red.
Zhao Sheng did not dine with the soldiers, but sat quietly beside Li Shuya's bed.
When the princess learned that she was injured and had a miscarriage, especially when she learned that the baby was a boy, she broke down on the spot, cried bitterly, and fell into a coma.
"Sir-in-law, Ma Biao has entered the city. Would you like to have some food first?"
"No need. Where is Ma Biao? I need him for something."
After saying this, he was about to get up, but he saw a maidservant beside him, accompanied by Wanqiu.
This girl looked familiar, but I couldn't place her face right away. But today, I saw her busying around Li Hongniang, even offering her arm when she was giving me a blood transfusion.
"Wanqiu, this girl is pretty good. You can reward her later."
"Sir! This is our girl. The princess has already given her..."
Zhao Wanqiu suddenly realized that she had said something wrong, and quickly covered her mouth, then looked at the princess on the bed.
Zhao Sheng was astonished. How could he not remember such an incident? But since it was his wife's arrangement, he did not dare to ask further.
"Yes, you must take good care of her. She is too thin!"
Not knowing what to say, Zhao Sheng said something casually and followed Liang Dong out of the room.
"Sister Qiu'er, do you think the young master dislikes me?"
"What are you talking about? When has the young master ever disliked you? How come I didn't notice?"
"The young master just said I was too thin."
"Hehe, since when did you care about what the young master thinks of you? You didn't even change your name when you came to the young master's house. The princess said she could call you Wanchun."
"Princess..." When the little girl mentioned the princess, her eyes instantly became blurred with tears and she looked at the person lying on the bed.
"Don't cry, Hongniang passed away today, and the princess and the young master are both extremely sad. Let's not cause any more trouble."
Speaking of Li Hongniang, Li Shuya's fingers on the bed trembled slightly, and a tear quietly slid down the corner of her eye.
Zhao Sheng came to the camp where Ma Biao was resting, and it was very lively inside.
"What a pity! The guy we captured today is a commander-in-chief of the Lu family army, replacing Lu Yang, the commander-in-chief."
"You mean the governor's reward is more?"
A sergeant stood up excitedly and asked.
"Why are you so excited? We're still not sure if the shot you fired hit him. He got a bullet in the shoulder blade and a bullet hole in his back armor, but unfortunately the bullet is stuck there."
When the others heard this, they started laughing.
"No matter I hit him or not, at least I didn't lie. I did shoot at him." The sergeant was not panicked. It was not that he didn't want to take credit, but it was really difficult to prove.
Zhao Sheng was very angry that Ma Biao was not in the city, but as he walked along the road, he realized that it was not their fault. When he heard the soldier's words, he lifted the door curtain and said.
"Today, all of you independent regiments have received rewards. Do you dare to fight me outside the city tonight?"
When Ma Biao and others saw that it was Zhao Sheng, they hurriedly stood up and saluted.
"I'm asking you, are you willing to go?" Zhao Sheng did not respond and continued to ask.
"How dare we disobey the order from the Prince Consort? Where should we go? Just give the order. There is no need for the Prince Consort to go in person."
Liang Dong gently pulled Ma Biao's sleeve without saying a word.
When Ma Biao saw that everyone looked serious, he knew that something was wrong.
"Pack up, prepare your ammunition, and follow me tonight."
After receiving the order, everyone went to prepare separately.
Ma Biao ran to Liang Dong and whispered, "Brother, is the sky falling?"
Liang Dong looked up at the night sky for a long time, then shook his head, sighed, and left without saying a word.