Chapter 506 Magnificent

Zhuo County is actually a large county, so the city walls are naturally stable.

However, under the continuous bombardment of the Wei army's catapults, something went wrong after all, and Tuoba Tao used a ram to pull down a section of the city wall directly with an iron hook attached to it.

"Rush over!"

Since the city wall was opened, the Wei troops outside naturally filed in and began to march towards the city.

These Wei troops were all serious Xianbei people, and they always fought with extremely ferocity.

In addition, having been blocked outside the city by Shen Qingzhi for nearly a month, the entire army was filled with resentment and became even more ruthless when they struck.

Seeing that the Wei army was pouring into the city with almost overwhelming force, Shen Qingzhi took out the Huanshou sword from his waist and led his soldiers to block it with his body.

"The city cannot be broken!"

This was the only thought in Shen Qingzhi's mind.

As soon as Fan Yang is defeated, Tuoba Tao can march straight into Hebei. Even if the imperial court sends a large army, it will be of no avail!

On the contrary, as long as they can hold out until the imperial army arrives, the imperial army can easily deploy multiple lines of defense to trap Tuoba Tao in the north.

Although Shen Qingzhi didn't know where the imperial reinforcements were at this time, or even whether they would come, the bloody sword in his hand already explained his attitude——

Keep it!

The Wei army came with great bravery, and the Song army also began to explode when life and death were on the line.

Gradually, the Song and Wei armies surrounding the entire city wall identified this gap, and fought to the death here!

The soldier in the front row broke his sword and stabbed the enemy hard with the handle.

The archers behind him were out of arrows, so they swung their long bows and used them as weapons to hit them hard.

By this time, the formations and training had become a bit ridiculous.

Use all means to kill the enemy. This is the most primitive and cruel war!

Chong Qingzhi held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and chopped down the Wei soldiers around him one after another, but they were like surging sea water that would never stop.

The intense discomfort and fatigue made Shen Qingzhi's movements slower and slower, and the weapon in his hand became a little dull. He struck out several times but failed to cut anyone.

Shen Qingzhi's movements were slow, but the enemy was not there.

His armor, which was different from ordinary soldiers, was recognized by the Wei soldiers at a glance. When they saw Shen Qingzhi standing in front of the Song army, they all started to kill him.

A fierce-looking Xianbei soldier raised the blood-stained hammer high and hit Shen Qingzhi's right hand.

Shen Qingzhi was already exhausted. After suffering such a heavy blow, his fingers were all broken. He could only feel the pain and threw away the Huanshou knife in his hand.

A hammer came down here, and a blade glowing with cold light pierced from nowhere. Although it did not penetrate Shen Qingzhi's armor or injure his flesh, it hit him with enough force to stagger him backwards.

Another person came out from the front, with greed in his ferocious smile, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to take away Shen Qingzhi's life in exchange for his own merits.

"General Shen, be careful!"

Fortunately, although Shen Qingzhi took the lead, he did not break away from the Song army.

A young captain behind him told Shen Qingzhi that he was in danger. He immediately and decisively turned his shield into an offensive weapon and threw it at several Wei soldiers who were rushing towards Shen Qingzhi.

Shen Qingzhi also recovered some strength in this rare opportunity. He turned back and glanced at the captain who rescued him, but he happened to meet the sword that was handed to him.

"General! Knife!"

The captain put his knife in Shen Qingzhi's hand, picked up a broken wooden stick from the ground, and guarded Shen Qingzhi.

"May I have your name?"

"Chen Xian!"

After Shen Qingzhi remembered this name, he once raised his sword and waved it left and right, turning all the Wei soldiers who dared to rush forward into dead souls under the sword.

This brutal battle lasted until night, and almost all the troops on both sides were lost.

There was faint blood seeping out of the gauze wrapped around Shen Qingzhi's waist. His wrists kept shaking and he had to stick them on the ground to stabilize his body.

Chen Xian, who had fought with Chong Qingzhi before, was not much better. There was a shocking wound on his face, and the large and small protrusions of flesh on his body made people doubt that he would die with just one more stab.

But they are still standing.

Not only them, but more than two hundred Song soldiers behind them were also standing.

Although the time was long and the battle was dangerous, they still did not let the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty enter Zhuoxian County!

The soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty outside also vented their anger at the beginning, then became confused, and now are in awe.

Even Tuoba Tao looked at Shen Qingzhi and others from a distance and couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a loyal and brave man!"

Xi Jin, who was beside Tuoba Tao, even thought of Liu Yifu and Kuai En who took the initiative to cut off the rear in order to buy time for the main force of the Song army.

For a moment, Xi Jin couldn't help but murmur to himself: "If all the armies of the Song Dynasty have this general, and all the Song Dynasty have this person...then I, the Wei Dynasty, will never be able to take over the Central Plains!"

It wasn't until he finished speaking that Xi Jin realized that there was something wrong with his words.

Fortunately, Tuoba Tao didn't react either. I don't know if he didn't hear it or if he heard it, but he agreed with it.

"The enemy's hero is my enemy's bandit!"

"Such a person must die! And he must die...without any sound!"

Tuoba Tao shouted: "The cavalry is ready!"

In order to capture Fan Yang as soon as possible, Tuoba Tao no longer stingy with the cavalry, and planned to personally put down the straw that was about to break the camel's back.

The strong war horse was pulled out, and the frustration of being unable to gallop for many days was swept away at this moment. The Xianbei knights on their backs were about to deliver the final blow to the Song army that was already riddled with holes.

"Damn it!"

Shen Qingzhi, who always presented himself as a Confucian general, also uttered a curse word and looked at the collapsed ruins on the left and right with eyes that hated iron.

"If this section of the city wall hadn't collapsed, we could have defended it for a few more days at least!"

Chen Xian replied breathlessly: "General...general, don't worry, you have done enough in the past few days."

"Otherwise, the big guys won't follow you and continue here, right?"

"right--"

After Chen Xian finished speaking, Song Jun behind him responded with all his strength.

Only then did Shen Qingzhi realize that the morale collapse he had been worried about had not occurred. On the contrary, even though everyone was too tired to lift a finger, they still showed their swords to the enemy with high spirits.

"good!"

Straightening up and staring at the war horse outside that was about to launch an attack, Shen Qingzhi dropped his shield and grasped the handle of the knife with both hands.

"Sacrificing one's life to go to the country's disaster, seeing death as a sudden return home!"

"If we can leave a few war horses at the end, then the imperial army will be less hindered!"

"Second and Third Son! Follow me to kill the enemy!"

The soldiers behind him all followed the same example, holding the hilt of the sword across their chests with both hands:

"Follow the general and kill the enemy!"

"The Song Dynasty is so magnificent!"

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