Wang Gang stood on the broken city wall and looked at the horizon in the distance. A ray of sunshine had already appeared on the horizon. Soon the Xixia army would attack the city again.
This is the forty-sixth day that Wang Gang has defended Dashun City. Everyone in the city, young and old, regardless of rank, is exhausted physically and mentally and full of fear.
Two months ago, Emperor Li Liangzuo of the Western Xia Dynasty personally led an army of 200,000, bypassing Sanchuan and heading straight to Qingzhou. In just seven days, he marched down three cities in a row and headed straight to Dashun City.
Wang Gang led 10,000 soldiers to support Dashun City, and joined Zhang Yu, the city's defender, to defend the city together.
Zhang Yu and Wang Gang agreed that the Xixia army was too strong and Dashun City could only defend the city with its small force.
Wang Gang was not good at defending the city, so he handed over 10,000 soldiers to Zhang Yu's command, while he did the backup work to appease the people in the city.
After Li Liangzuo led his army to attack the city, he immediately discovered that Dashun City was a tough nut to crack and Zhang Yu was really good at defending the city.
Wang Gang mobilized the people behind and prepared many tools for defending the city. He also asked the young and middle-aged men to boil hot oil, and the women helped to make arrows.
The Xixia army attacked the city for ten days, but not only failed to capture Dashun City, they also suffered heavy losses.
Li Liangzuo was unwilling to give in, so he divided the 200,000 troops into two groups and led 100,000 people to continue the attack on the city.
Another 100,000 people bypassed Dashun City and attacked other cities in Gyeongju.
It was these 100,000 Xia troops that made Wang Gang feel the smell of death.
Wang Gang has been reincarnated for several lifetimes, and this is the first time he has faced a real war.
In the previous suppression of bandits in Jiangxi, Wang Gang mostly fought bandits and irregular troops, which could not be compared with the powerful Xixia army.
Although Wang Gang was supporting from the rear, he also learned a lot.
He had made an agreement with the British to defend Gyeongju for a month, but the British attacked the Western Xia army from the flank.
However, things are changing rapidly on the battlefield, and the military situation changes day by day.
The British father did not keep the January agreement, and Wang Gang can't even contact him now.
There were no telegraphs on ancient battlefields, so communication was very troublesome.
Forty days ago, Zhang Yu was unfortunately shot by a stray arrow while defending the city. He was seriously injured and fell to the ground. He could no longer fulfill his duty of defending the city.
Wang Gang could only shoulder the burden, go to the city in person to supervise the battle, and lead the remaining soldiers to resist the Xixia army.
In the past forty days, the Xixia army left at least five thousand corpses under the city.
The situation in Dashun City is not good either. If it weren't for the 10,000 troops brought by Wang Gang, the city would have been captured long ago.
Today is the forty-sixth day of Wang Gang's defense of the city. The city's defense supplies have been almost used up, and the soldiers have been seriously injured. Almost half of them can no longer fight.
Wang Gang could not see Xixia's intention to withdraw.
In three days at most, Dashun City will not be able to hold its own, and Wang Gang is ready to fight to the death.
It's not that he doesn't want to leave alone, it's that he can't.
The Song Dynasty would never forgive a prefect who abandoned the city and fled.
It doesn't matter that Wang Gang is alone, but his parents, wife, and relatives are all in Bianliang.
Of course he could run away, but what about his relatives?
Death is just another beginning for Wang Gang, but for people like Hai Chaoyun and Mrs. Sheng, death is death.
Wang Gang summoned his soldiers and said: "Everyone knows the situation in Dashun City, and I have prepared a deadly battle."
"Mr. Shanda, you don't need to say anything anymore. Today the city is alive but the people are alive. The city is dead and the people are dead." Kongde was the man Wang Gang brought from the British Duke's house. After spending more than half a year together, he was completely impressed by Wang Gang.
"Sir, we are ready to defend Dashun City and the people even if we fight until our last breath."
"Behind us are the people of the Song Dynasty. If we give up, who can resist the Xixia cavalry?"
Wang Gang looked at the group of Song soldiers around him and was very moved.
They are all ordinary people, unlike Wang Gang who can travel through time. Of course they are afraid of death, but they know better that if Dashun City is destroyed, the entire Qingzhou will fall under the Xixia Soldier Peak and will no longer be able to resist.
Most of the soldiers were recruited locally from Shaanxi Road, and they also had parents and relatives to protect them.
"Okay, today I will defend the city with you. Even if we fight to the death, we will not let the Xixia army enter the city."
Wang Gang pulled out his long sword, pointed outside the city gate and shouted: "Today I will kill one Xixia soldier to earn my base, and I will make profit if I kill a pair."
The soldiers also drew their weapons and shouted: "Kill one and you will be enough. Kill a pair and you will make a profit."
The heroic laughter quickly spread throughout the city. The Xixia Emperor Li Liangzuo who was not inside the city was very surprised that the people of Song Dynasty could still laugh after they had reached such a stage.
"Pass on my military order, no matter the cost, Dashun City must be captured today."
"Your Majesty, we have been trapped in Dashun City for a long time and have lost nearly ten thousand soldiers in the attack. It is better to detour to other places instead of being trapped in a small city." A general suggested to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo was furious and roared: "I personally defeated an army of 100,000 people and countless elite soldiers and generals. Why can't I capture the small city of Dashun?"
If you can't defeat Dashun today, how can you surrender to the territory of the Song Dynasty?"
When the Xixia soldiers saw that Li Liangzuo was determined to capture Dashun City, they could only obey the order.
Xixia launched another attack on Dashun City. Wang Gang stood at the top of the city, feeling calm in his heart.
One by one, the ladders were driven to the top of Dashun City, and the Song army had no more boiling oil to pour on them.
The Xixia army also found that Dashun City's resistance was particularly weak today, and they were all very excited. Soldiers finally climbed to the top of the city and started hand-to-hand combat with the Song army.
Wang Gang took the lead, raised his sword and cut off the head of a Xixia soldier with one blow.
With Wang Gang taking the lead, the Song army gained momentum and quickly destroyed the Xixia army that had boarded the city.
However, the Xixia army seems to be endless and cannot be killed at all.
Wang Gang had been slashing from day to night. He didn't know how many Xixia soldiers he killed, and his body had long been stained red with blood.
At this time, he had long forgotten what he had learned, such as Baji Quan, Xingyi Quan, Ming Jin and Dark Jin, and they were all forgotten.
His only thought was to hack the Xixia soldiers in front of him to death, killing them in the most labor-saving, time-saving and most effective way.
After dark, the Xixia soldiers finally retreated, and the brutal city defense battle ended, leaving both sides with a rare moment of respite.
Only then did Wang Gang realize that he had been injured a long time ago and had several cuts on his body. Fortunately, the wounds were not deep and the bleeding had stopped.
After the Xixia soldiers retreated, some people went up to the city tower to heal the injured soldiers and bring them food. Some women also ran over and carried the dead soldiers down to the city.
Both the soldiers and civilians in Dashun City are all working on something, and no one is idle.
"Sir, please sit down and get some treatment first!"
A teenage girl helped Wang Gang sit down and applied medicine to his wound with her own hands. Only then did Wang Gang feel pain.
"Thank you, girl." Wang Gang endured the pain and said to the girl.
"Your Majesty, you are welcome. This is what I should do. Your Majesty, you fought bloody battles for the people of this city. I, Xiaoyu, only regret that I am not a man, otherwise I would have to fight on the tower."
"Miss Xiaoyu, I'm fine here. You can go help others!"
Xiaoyu got up and went to help other soldiers apply medicine.
Wang Gang ate some food, drank some water, and fell asleep leaning against the city wall with his knife in his arms.
He has been sleeping like this for a while and is used to it.
Suddenly, an enemy attack woke up Wang Gang.
Wang Gang subconsciously picked up the knife and stood up.
"Sir, be careful." A clear cry sounded, and Wang Gang felt a weak body pounce on him, and the next moment countless arrows fell from the sky.
"Miss Xiaoyu." Wang Gang found that the person who jumped on him was none other than Xiaoyu who had just given him the medicine.
At this time, Xiaoyu had blocked two arrows for Wang Gang with her body, but she had no breath.
Wang Gang's eyes were red. He carefully placed Xiaoyu on the ground, then picked up his knife and rushed towards the Xixia soldiers who climbed up the city wall.
The Xixia army launched a surprise attack at night, and this time the attack was more fierce than during the day. However, because of the darkness, the Song army could defend more easily.
After leaving behind hundreds more corpses, the Xixia army completely retreated this time.
Wang Gang asked his men to take inventory of the battlefield, and then came to Miss Xiaoyu and said "I'm sorry" with a guilty look on his face.
In these days, Wang Gang has encountered crisis more than once, and more than one person has died trying to save him.
Although Wang Gang is very grateful, he also knows that he is the only one that Dashun City can rely on now, and his life is more important than others.
Ci Bu was in charge, so Wang Gang quickly regained his composure and asked someone to put away Xiaoyu's body.
On the other side, Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo lost his temper in the military camp and severely whipped the soldiers who attacked the city today.
"Trash, they are all trash." Li Liangzuo said angrily:
"Password to me, if we fail to capture Dashun City tomorrow, the siege general will immediately kill him without mercy."
"Your Majesty, the troops in Dashun City are exhausted. It is better for us to besiege and not attack. We will be deprived of food for a few days, and then send people to recruit people to surrender, which may cause civil strife in the city. This may have a miraculous effect." A counselor suggested.
Li Liangzuo squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, since he couldn't attack by force, besieging the city might not be a bad idea.
"Okay, starting from tomorrow, we will surround Dashun City. Not even a fly can fly in. I will starve them for ten days and a half. I don't believe that we can't take Dashun City."
