The head of Zhangyu County has now turned into a Shura field.
The enemy troops continued to attack the city head. Because the defenders suffered heavy casualties, the enemy archers who lost their suppression boldly approached the city and fired arrows directly at the city head.
The ladder was put on the top of the city. It squeaked and sank suddenly with a tooth-breaking sound. Then the enemy soldiers rushed up with one hand holding the ladder, the other holding a shield, and holding long knives in their mouths.
.
After rushing to the city, they kept looking for a breakthrough.
"The enemy has broken through."
"Block it!"
"Lance."
"Help me!"
Various sounds intertwined at the top of the city.
At this moment, Du Hui didn't have any strategizing, he was just making decisions subconsciously.
"Follow me."
Du Hui and his men drove the enemy troops away after a fierce battle.
An enemy general smiled grimly at Du Hui when he was descending the ladder.
Then he turned over and jumped down easily.
Only then did a row of spearmen stop.
"Shield!"
Someone screamed from the side.
A hail of arrows flew up.
The spearmen fell to the ground one after another in the hail of arrows.
Only then did Du Hui know why the enemy general was grinning at him.
This is a bait, to mobilize the few reserves under his command, and then cover it with a rain of arrows.
"alert!"
Du Hui subconsciously judged that the enemy would counterattack immediately.
Squeak!
The familiar voice came.
Du Hui looked at the ladder and it suddenly sank down.
There was a long wooden fork on the ground, which was very strong. Du Hui picked it up, put the fork on the ladder, and shouted with all his strength: "Quick!"
A sergeant came up behind him, and the two of them tried their best to push up, but the ladder was trembling and could not be lifted up.
"Come a few people."
Several sergeants dropped their weapons and followed suit.
"Get up!"
The ladder was held up and slowly left the city. The enemy general's head popped out with a look of shock on his face.
"Push hard!"
Du Hui shouted.
The ladder started to stand upright, and then fell backwards with a slight exertion.
Amid the miserable howl, Du Hui put his hands on his thighs, panting heavily, sweat dripping down his face.
"Boom!"
A ladder was set up on the top of the city again.
Squeak!
The ladder sank suddenly.
Du Hui's heart also sank.
The enemy's attacks came one after another.
Don't give the defenders a chance to breathe.
"ah!"
Xie Ru's roar came from the right side.
Two enemy troops rushed to the top of the city to attack him.
Xie Ru fumbled and dodged under the two long knives, and soon received another wound on his body.
"kill!"
A figure rushed over from the side and killed an enemy.
"Mingfu!"
The one who rushed over was Du Hui.
The two of them worked together to drive the enemy troops away.
"kill!"
The sound was not quite right. Du Hui turned around and saw several women stabbing with spears.
woman!
Du Hui was shocked.
He roared angrily: "Go back! Everyone go back!"
But no one listened to him. Several women joined forces and stabbed an enemy soldier to death. Just as they were rejoicing, several enemy soldiers from the side came to kill them with ferocious smiles.
"roll!"
Du Hui roared and rushed over, joining forces with several sergeants to defend against the enemy.
"go back!"
This wave of defense is over.
The enemy troops retreated like a tide.
Du Hui cursed at several women: "Women give birth to children, and men protect their families and countries. When I wait for all the men to die, you can come back later and go back!"
Several women were persuaded to leave.
Du Hui felt so exhausted that he almost lay on the top of the city panting.
Xie Ru limped over, breathing louder than his own.
"Still alive." Du Hui smiled.
"Yes! It's great." Xie Ru looked into the distance greedily, "Xiaguan has never felt that the grasslands that he was tired of seeing in the past are so beautiful and full of vitality."
"How many people are left?" Du Hui felt that he no longer had the strength to stand up.
Xie Ru dragged his injured leg to inquire.
When he came back later, he looked as usual.
"In the Ming Dynasty, there are six hundred brothers who can still fight."
It can still fight, but it doesn't mean it is intact.
Du Hui nodded calmly, "That's almost it."
"Yes!" Xie Ruxue also lay on the top of the city. He suddenly felt relaxed and felt that he had never been so comfortable in his life.
"It's good to be alive." Xie Ru breathed greedily, as if every time was the last time.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to stop them next time." Du Hui said with a smile: "The enemy's sudden withdrawal is not a sign of cowardice. I judge that this is preparation for an unprecedentedly powerful attack."
"Send out all the troops." Xie Ru coughed dryly and felt a little tight in his chest, "We will conquer the city in one go. That's fine, but..."
He looked to the left, "Has Xuanzhou sent reinforcements?"
Du Hui shook his head, "No way."
"Yes!" Xie Ru's sigh was not regret, but a kind of despair coming from the heart. After the despair reached the extreme, it turned into calm.
Among the enemy troops, Shengzhong asked the general who led the army.
"The Tang army suffered heavy casualties, and our losses were also considerable, almost three thousand."
This loss made Sheng Zhong frown slightly, but then he relaxed and said, "This price is necessary."
"Yes." The general said: "There are at most five or six hundred Tang soldiers left, and most of them are injured. By the way, a woman was also found."
"Five to six hundred people..." Shanhu said with a smile: "They have very few archers left. Next time we will cover the city with bows and arrows, and attack the city again after a few times to ensure success the first time."
Um!
"With all the women on board, it can be seen that the defenders are at their wits' end." Shengzhong also agreed with this point, "Let the warriors prepare."
All enemy troops are preparing.
Shengzhong Cima shouted in the crowd: "Warriors, the time has come to break the city. Do you want to rob the money?"
"think!"
"Do you want to sleep with a woman from the Tang Dynasty?"
"think!"
The shouts this time were particularly neat.
"Do you want to go into the city and kill and plunder?"
"think!"
"Then, prepare to break the city!"
Sheng Zhong was satisfied to see the eyes of those warriors full of desire.
Shanhu said dissatisfied: "You want to massacre the city? Don't forget what happened in the last years of the Chen Kingdom."
"What's the matter?" Sheng Zhong asked casually.
Shan Hu said: "When the Chen Kingdom fell, there was a melee in the Central Plains, and tribes massacred the city. The forces in the melee ceased fighting together, formed a coalition to go out of the fortress, killed everyone they encountered, and left no chickens or dogs behind. In the end, they all died in the battle. If the city was massacred today, the Tang Dynasty would be full of people.
No matter how hard the country tries, it will kill every Kibo person."
I actually forgot about this... Shengzhong nodded and shouted: "You are not allowed to kill people wantonly after entering the city."
There was more dissatisfaction in the eyes of those warriors.
But Sheng Zhong's back was covered in cold sweat.
Fortunately!
He nodded gratefully to Shan Hu, "Thanks to your reminder, otherwise I would have made a big mistake today."
Shanhu said: "Just steal their population."
Sheng Zhong smiled and said: "Yes! This is also a different kind of massacre."
"Warriors are ready." Shanhu glanced at the city head and said, "I will lead the team."
"No, I will go in person this time." Sheng Zhong rode forward.
"Set off."
An overwhelming enemy force followed him to the city.
At the top of the city, Du Hui took a deep breath and said, "Here we come."
Sheng Zhong shouted: "After three days of attacking, you and the others are at the end of their rope. If you continue to resist, you will die without a burial place after the city is broken."
Kill all the defenders, no problem.
If we kill more people who resist, who can say anything?
This is a war, you can't kill this girl, you can't kill that, and you can't kill me!
Contempt flashed in Shengzhong's eyes, "I'll give you ten breaths of time...will you surrender?!"
He raised his hand, and there were many swords behind him.
The shouts were like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
"Reject or not!"
"Reject or not!"
"Reject or not!"
The city seemed to be swept by a hurricane.
Du Hui supported the city head with both hands, stood up straight, and said to the city:
"How can a man of the Tang Dynasty bow his head to the barbarians?"
He raised his sword.
"Today there are only Datang County magistrates who died in battle!"
"No surrender!"
"No surrender!"
"No surrender!"
The soldiers stood up straight and shouted.
The injured soldiers either climbed to the top of the city and stood up holding on to the battlements, or helped each other stand up.
Everyone knows that the final moment has arrived.
Sheng Zhong nodded and said with a smile: "In this case, I will give you a decent ending."
He turned around and said, "After the city is broken, no one of the defenders will be left alive. I want Du Hui's head to take back and make it into a urinal."
Shan Hu shouted: "Attack the city!"
Enemy troops swarmed in.
The remaining archers tried their best to release arrows. Under the arrows, an enemy soldier fell down occasionally, as if they were a small wave rising in the sea, and then disappeared.
"Fire the arrow!"
Under the city, enemy archers gathered.
"Shield!"
The people at the top of the city raised their shields and huddled behind the city head.
Duh duh duh!
The arrows plowed the city wall, and it looked like a newly planted grove.
Puff puff puff!
Countless ladders were set up on top of the city.
Squeak, squeak!
The sound of stepping on the ladder came intensively.
"Fire the arrow!"
The second wave of arrows struck again.
The defenders squatted behind the city, waiting desperately.
"Get up!" Du Hui shouted, being the first to stand up.
He thrust the horizontal knife forward with all his strength and thrust it into the eye of the enemy soldier who had just emerged.
Immediately, the city was completely in chaos.
Xie Ru's hair was messy and he was hacking hard.
He looked around in despair and said: "Mingfu, it's over!"
Enemy troops have already surged up in many places.
Can't stop it.
Du Hui gasped: "Marie your country!"
Xie Ru nodded, "If you fight hard and die, even if you go underground, you will still be able to hold your head up when you see your ancestors."
Du Hui fought hard to kill, and then he gasped with the pestle, "From the beginning of the siege, I said that reinforcements would not come, but I was not expecting it in my heart. Xuanzhou was too late, so I thought, Yang Xuan might think that we are both in the same position.
For the sake of Chenzhou's lineage, we are here to help, even if some light cavalry come to harass us."
Xie Ru teamed up with him to drive down an enemy soldier who had climbed up to the top of the city, and said with a wry smile: "It's hard to defend the city. At least I have some thoughts, so this man will not collapse."
"Yes!" Du Hui smiled calmly: "It's the last moment, Lao Xie."
"The official is here." Xie Ru looked at him.
Du Hui straightened his clothes and said, "If I am exhausted later, remember to kill me."
Xie Ru: "The Ming Dynasty can commit suicide."
Du Hui smiled bitterly, "I wanted to try it before, but I couldn't do it."
Xie Ru: "..."
After a while of slashing, Du Hui shook his head, "It won't work anymore."
Xie Ruye felt so weak that a child could kill him at this moment.
"I'm going to see my ancestors."
Du Hui muttered and straightened his clothes again.
The same goes for Xie Ru.
The city was eerily quiet at the moment.
The enemy troops temporarily stopped attacking.
"The defenders collapsed."
An enemy general said ecstatically: "The city has been broken!"
"The city is broken."
Sheng Zhong said calmly: "I will review the entire army in the city later."
"Show off your power!" Mountain Hu's eyes were filled with sparkle.
Sheng Zhong suddenly tilted his head and listened to the voice behind him.
A little boring.
There were also some inexplicable cries.
"Siege the city!"
Shan Hu shouted.
Then the whole army swarmed forward.
"What's the sound?" Sheng Zhong asked in confusion.
Because the defenders were weak, the enemy camped within three miles of the city.
Naturally, the camp must be guarded by someone.
The enemy generals who stayed behind looked at the five hundred cavalry galloping towards them and couldn't help but sneer, "We have a thousand people here, are they here to die? Arrange in formation."
One thousand mounted the horse.
"I didn't expect that guarding the camp would be rewarding. It shows that God treats me well, hahahaha!"
The guard laughed.
Someone next to me pointed forward, "What is behind Tang Jun?"
"The smoke is billowing!"
"This is..." the guard looked carefully, "it's a big cart, no, those Tang troops are setting fire to it. What do they want to do? No, the grain team has been robbed, they are burning our grain and grass, hurry up, hurry up
Let them go!"
A thousand Kibo troops just rushed forward.
Yang Xuan looked back and saw smoke and dust billowing behind him, and the fire was gradually rising. The oxen pulling the cart were getting faster and faster...
"accelerate!"
He shouted loudly.
Someone looked back and said, "They are coming, run!"
The cart was burning, and the oxen pulling the cart was speeding up like crazy. If it didn't speed up, it would be hit.
The two sides are getting closer.
"spread!"
Yang Xuan gave an order, and the Tang army dispersed from the left and right.
"Quick!" The guard just wanted to divide his troops.
More than 300 large vehicles with fireworks rolled in like this.
Nan He galloped his horse while looking ahead at the impending collision.
Boom boom boom!
The bullock cart crashed into the middle of the enemy army. It didn't feel any help at all, and it just rushed forward without hesitation.
"Form up!"
Yang Xuan led his men into formation and followed closely behind the convoy to charge.
There is no need to rush to kill anymore.
One thousand defenders were driven to pieces by bullock carts, and then were swept away by 500 Tang troops. The remaining men and horses fled for their lives.
The fire ox convoy rushed into the camp.
They rushed through the camp, leaving a mess in their wake.
Dozens of cavalry galloped all the way to the enemy army that was attacking the city, and found a way to win.
"Tang Jun is coming."
Sheng Zhong asked: "How many people?"
"Five hundred riders!"
Sheng Zhong felt relieved, and then asked with a cold face, "Where is the food and grass?"
"It's all lost."
Sheng Zhong scolded: "If we can't break the city right now, you will be unpardonable!"
"What is that?"
Someone shouted from behind.
"Five hundred Tang troops and a thousand cavalry guarding the main camp can deal with them. There is no need to worry. We can deal with them calmly after the city is broken."
"Fire!"
The screams from behind interrupted Sheng Zhong's arrangements.
He looked back and saw fireworks in the direction of the camp.
The fireworks rushed out of the camp and rushed this way.
"So fast!"
Some people can't help but say.
"What is that?"
Katsura murmured.
The defenders at the top of the city were also watching.
They are condescending and can see more clearly.
"Yes...it's a big car!"
"It's a big car on fire!"
"Oh my god, this is... what does this mean?"
Then they saw a miracle.
Three hundred fire ox carts rushed into the waiting Kipo army.
No one can stop it.
Those cows lowered their heads and pointed their horns forward. No matter what was in front of them, they would hit them with their horns.
The men and horses were like water, being rushed in by the three hundred fire ox carts like waves. Wherever they passed, the men and horses fell to the ground.
A war horse would panic when encountering a mad cow, but when it encounters fireworks again, it immediately explodes.
The five hundred Tang troops were like sharp blades, following behind the fire ox cart, scattering and strangling the scattered enemy troops.
"This...is this the Fire Oxen Formation?" The enemy troops at the top of the city began to panic, and were driven down by Du Hui and his men. He lay on the top of the city and watched the Fire Oxen Cart being invincible in the enemy formation, and he couldn't help but say:
"Five hundred cavalry could not shake the enemy, so they robbed the enemy's grain carts and drove the cattle on a rampage. Good method, good method!"
Xie Ru said in admiration: "Who is it?"
Five hundred Tang troops rushed to the city.
Du Hui handed over his hand and said, "Who is Gaoyi who came to help? Du is very grateful!"