Outside Hezhou City, it was a dead night. Even the most ferocious carrion bird seemed to have a premonition and did not cry out at night.
Outside the city gate, within an area of less than two miles, there are all rotting corpses and damaged armor. No one is cleaning up, and the siege of the city is far from over.
On the top of the city, the last three to four thousand defenders were ready according to Chen Xian's order. If the city cannot be defended in this last round of siege, the Beidi army will march straight in once Hezhou is broken.
Perhaps because he had been waiting for a long time, Chen Xian's face showed a trace of anxiety.
"Little strategist, the Di people really want to attack at night? How come there's still no movement until now?"
"It should be correct. This is Tuoba Hu's last chance. Otherwise, once the reinforcements arrive, it will be more difficult to attack Hezhou City." Dongfang Jing raised his head. The disaster left by the great epidemic still makes him worried even now.
My frail body occasionally feels cold and uncomfortable.
With only a remnant army, they sacrificed their lives to hold off Beidi's 200,000 elite army until now. No matter which dynasty it is placed in, it is a matter of pride.
"Little strategist, general, there is the sound of horse hooves!" At this time, a captain on the top of the city suddenly spoke angrily.
Horse hooves thundered outside the city, and under the dark sky, there seemed to be an earthquake.
The whole Hezhou is crumbling.
"Defend the city!" Chen Xian's eyes flashed, and without any hesitation, he immediately issued the order to defend the city.
As expected, not long after, the Beidi people's vast range of cavalry waited until they were close to the city gate, then fired waves of flying arrows towards the top of the city.
Under the night, the accuracy is not very good. But even now, the scene of arrows and rain is still thrilling.
"There are not many arrows! Every arrow kills a Digou for me!"
After all the efforts, the entire Hezhou city defense equipment is about to be exhausted.
The more than a thousand people who stayed in the city to fight the national disaster also roared and shouted slogans, and quickly transported the boiling water to the top of the city.
In the streets behind the city gate, countless stone houses were demolished. Without the boulders, they used hemp shirts to wrap the rubble together, stuffed them into bullet bags, and shot them into the sky.
Woo hoo.
Accompanied by the siege horns and trombones, both sides went back and forth, throwing stones and flying arrows at each other intensively.
The guard supported Dongfang Jing and walked to the city wall. After coughing twice, Dongfang Jing raised his head and looked down silently under the protection of the iron shield.
As he expected, the great epidemic slowly passed, and although some strength was restored, these Di people were obviously still a little weak and no longer as vicious as before.
"Little military advisor, the Di people have arrived!"
"I know."
With only these three to four thousand men, the defense would definitely be insufficient. Dongfang Jing had already expected this.
"Hold the Di people!" The defenders who were attached to the city wall began to draw their swords and shout angrily, and poured boiling water and boiling water into the city gate to attack.
Like ants crushing, under the dark sky, the screams of the Di people could be heard from time to time. But among them, there were also many Di people who had already built the city ladder, relying on the cover of throwing stones and flying arrows, holding knives in their mouths
Come here first.
The spearmen guarding the city thrust their ten-foot-long wooden spears down one after another. After a while, the Di people who had ascended first fell into the darkness.
"General Chen, add more torches to the entire city."
"Don't worry, little military advisor, I have already prepared!"
Dongfang Jing nodded. In the current formation, there were not enough defenders, not even reserve battalions. All he had to do was defend with all his strength. Adding torches would make it impossible for the Di people to distinguish the strength of the defenders in a short period of time.
Following Chen Xian's order, not long after, the entire city was lit up with torches.
"For the soldiers who died in battle, please lift yourself up and stick to the city wall!"
Amid the whistling of stones and flying arrows, the last group of defenders burst out with a desperate morale. They followed Dongfang Jing's command and carried out a difficult defense.
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"Shenluzi, something is wrong with this."
Even though it was still a little far away, Tuoba Hu could clearly see that the defense at the top of Hezhou City at this time did not look like it had collapsed.
Shenluzi also frowned, "Great Khan, you and I both know that Hezhou must have insufficient defenders. I guess it's the lame man's plan again."
"The reinforcements from the King of Yuzhou are about to arrive. If we can't defeat Hezhou in these two days, I'm afraid the war will be even more difficult."
"Of course I know!"
Tuoba Hu was a little unhappy. He had given him enough face from beginning to end. But it was a pity that now, 200,000 troops marched in person, but without any results.
In addition to the 20,000 defenders who were ambushed outside Hezhou before.
But the real purpose of the personal expedition was to conquer Hezhou and take control of the Central Plains.
"Did the Great Khan notice that within this hour, there were many torches on the city wall of Hezhou for no reason? I think this may be the lame man's trick."
"You were talking about wallowing in the west, but is it still okay now?"
Shenluzi hesitated for a moment, "The torches are blinding the eyes, and the garrison forces on the east wall and the west wall can no longer be distinguished. If you follow my suggestion, the Great Khan will have no choice but to continue the attack at any cost."
"What kind of strategy is this?" Tuoba Hu sneered. By now, he was already a little impatient. This expedition to the south was proposed by the Rouran people. The sacred deer and eagles would conquer the Central Plains together.
I thought I had a good layout, but I didn't know that I would be stuck here when I entered Hezhou, a border crossing. The Great Khan of the Grassland went on a personal expedition, and if he didn't achieve any results, he was afraid that he would be ridiculed when he returned to the royal court.
Moreover, his legitimate son Tuoba Zhu died in the hands of Xu Mu, the king of Western Shu. He also thought that after taking over the Central Plains this time, he would be able to avenge his great revenge.
"damn it."
Tuoba Hu thought about it and his expression became ferocious. Under the current situation, as Shenluzi said, he could only capture Hezhou before the reinforcements from the Central Plains and regardless of the battle losses.
"Pass my military order to push all the siege equipment from the rear to the front! If the city is breached tonight, whoever ascends first will be made the capital and will be rewarded with a hundred American slaves and a thousand cattle and sheep!"
After the heavy reward was passed down, countless Di people, like mad dogs, seemed to have regained more strength and rushed towards the city gate with a roar.
woo woo woo woo.
The deafening horn horns, fighting and horse hooves, against the backdrop of the dark night, seemed to be very close to my ears.
No one retreated.
Facing Beidi's madness, the Hezhou defenders roared to the sky, using their lives and blood to make the final resistance.
Under the city ravine, the corpses of Beidi soldiers who died in battle were scattered all over the field, layer by layer. The severed limbs and battle-damaged armor were even more shocking when viewed from the top of the city.
With only an unyielding will, under the command of Dongfang Jing and Chen Xian, even if it is on the verge of collapse, even if there is no way out, Hezhou has not fallen, like a boat in the storm, holding on with hard bones.
"If I die together with you brothers, then I will be with you on the road to hell. Don't think about it in this life. In the next life, you will join the army and guard Hezhou again!"
"Roar!"
Among the defenders, most of them had young faces. At this moment, they all followed Chen Xian's shouts, holding a knife in one hand and raising their arms in the other and shouting wildly.