"Lost? How could it be lost?" Xiahou Mao couldn't help but exclaimed. Since he came to Shilou City, he has been trying his best to improve the deployment of the defenders in the city. Although Xiahou Mao is not capable, it is only compared to the Xiahou Hui brothers.
After all, Xia Houmao is also a disciple of the general. Xia Houmao is still confident in the effectiveness of these arrangements and is determined not to be broken down so easily!
At this moment, the soldier had arrived in front of Xia Houmao. When he raised his head, he revealed a face with blood. Because of the color of the sky, Xia Houmao didn't notice it just now. Only now did he notice that the soldier's whole body was covered in blood.
There was blood, and the left arm was also broken. It was obvious that he had just experienced a hard battle! The soldier shouted with a mournful face: "General! It's because the brothers are unwilling to sacrifice their lives! When the enemy troops appeared outside the city, the brothers had already
We were ready to meet the enemy, but we didn't expect that a group of enemies would appear from the city at this time, completely disrupting the defense line! Someone even secretly opened the city gate, and the enemies marched straight in and rushed directly into the city! All the brothers on the top of the city were already here
He was almost dead, but the villain had to fight his way out of the enemy siege!"
Xia Houmao had no intention of knowing how much suffering this soldier had suffered. Now he was completely in shock. Internal response! Is it that simple? The defense line that he had worked hard for more than half a year to lay down was just because of such a simple thing.
One reason was defeated? Xia Houmao's originally fair face suddenly turned pale, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, several soldiers behind him saw the opportunity quickly and hurriedly reached out to him
After being supported, one of the soldiers said to Xia Houmao anxiously: "General! Let's withdraw first! This Shilou City cannot be defended!"
These soldiers are also elites in the army, and their vision is no worse than that of ordinary generals. Since the enemy has made full preparations to attack the city, and now that the city gate has been broken, the defenders will definitely not be able to stop the enemy's attack.
If Xiahou Mao stays here, there is only one way to die! They are all the old troops left by Xiahou Dun, so naturally they cannot just watch Xiahou Mao die in this stone tower city.
Xia Houmao stood still, but his hand held the spear tightly, and veins jumped up from the back of his hand. Xia Houmao knew very well that what those soldiers said was the most correct choice, but he was not
An ordinary general! He is the son of Xiahou Dun, the former general of Cao Wei! What he carries on his body is the great reputation that his father achieved when he was alive! It is because of this that Xiahou Mao can no longer retreat from the battle! Immediately Xiahou Mao is
He snorted coldly, threw away the soldiers who were supporting him, and shouted in a deep voice: "Send the order! Call all the defenders to retreat into the city and engage in street fighting with the enemy!"
"General! No!" Hearing that Xia Houmao still wanted to resist to the end, the soldiers were all shocked and tried to dissuade them. Unfortunately, their persuasion had no effect at all. In the end, they had no choice but to follow orders.
Several people were sent to the other three city gates and the military camp inside the city. The defenders at the west city gate have obviously been wiped out, but the defenders at the other three city gates and the military camp should still be there. Depending on them, they may be able to provide more support.
a while.
Xia Houmao also arranged for someone to leave the city directly from the east and go to Xiaoyi City, which is closest to the stone tower, to ask for help. After making all these arrangements, Xia Houmao turned around and returned to the city guard's mansion with his spear in hand. Apparently, he decided to rely on
The city guard came to resist the enemy.
Soon, the soldiers sent out had also summoned the soldiers from the other three city gates and the military camp. Fortunately, the enemy did not have time to attack other places in order to sneak attack the city. Now Xiahou Mao's men
There are still more than 2,500 defenders left! Seeing these defenders gathering at the gate of the city guard house, Xia Houmao raised his head and looked up at the already dim sky, hearing that they were getting closer and closer.
With the cry of killing, a surge of pride arose in my heart, and I shouted to all the soldiers: "Soldiers! Prepare your defenses!"
Shilou City was suddenly attacked, and the enemy had already entered the city in the blink of an eye. The morale of the defenders could not not be affected. But at this moment, Xia Houmao showed the responsibilities that a general should fulfill. Looking at
The garrison officers and soldiers were inexplicably inspired by Xia Houmao's appearance. They calmed down one after another and followed Xia Houmao's instructions to set up defenses in the city garrison.
Seeing the soldiers busy, Xia Houmao stood proudly in front of the gate, his eyes slowly moving towards the spear in his hand. This spear was a relic left by Xia Houmao's father Xiahou Dun. Look.
Holding this spear, Xia Houmao seemed to see his father's serious face again in a trance.
In fact, Xia Houmao didn't know that after making this choice, the possibility of him surviving was extremely small, but Xia Houmao himself also had his own persistence. Xia Houmao and his eldest brother Xia Houchong have been taught by their father since they were young.
In Xiahou Mao's impression, his father always had a serious face when facing their brothers, but if it was time outside of practice, they could still see his father's smile often. But until another person appeared in Xiahou Mansion
After that, the father's smile turned elsewhere and was never shown in front of their brothers again. This person was Xia Houlan, the adopted son recognized by his father and the adopted brother of Xia Houmao brothers!
Ever since Xia Houlan became his father's adopted son, it seems that their brothers will be compared with Xiahoulan by their father in every aspect! Although his elder brother Xiahou Chong is not outstanding, he has inherited his father's bloodline to some extent, and is comparable to Xiahoulan.
At least he is not inferior in comparison, but Xia Houmao, who is not talented enough, is different! To this day, Xia Houmao can still clearly remember the hatred his father looked at him after every big competition between brothers.
The iron-clad gaze made Xia Houmao wish he had a hole in the ground that he could crawl into.
It was also from that time on that Xia Houmao became paranoid and aloof. All this was just to draw his father's attention back to himself. But no matter how hard Xia Houmao tried, the difference in talent always made Xia Houmao
Lan threw herself far away! This also led to the fact that even though Xia Houlan had been dead for so many years, the knot in Xia Houmao's heart had not been opened at all!
Looking at the spear in his hand, Xia Houmao took a deep breath, as if he wanted to use the slightly bloody air to ignite the fire in his chest. Xia Houmao slowly carried the spear behind his back and secretly shouted in his heart: "Father! Wait and see.
Let’s go! Today’s battle! I will prove that I will never be worse than him!”
"Kill!" The cry of killing had already sounded at the street entrance not far from the city guard's house. Xia Houmao squinted his eyes and looked in that direction, and saw countless dark figures rushing over from the street entrance. And with
At the same time, on the east side of Shilou City, the sun had begun to rise, and the first ray of light shone through. Among the dark figures, a military flag was illuminated by the sun, reflecting the
Two big words: "sharp armor"!
The Ruijia Army! One of the three main regular armies in the Western Qin Army! Different from the light cavalry, the heavy cavalry or the trapped camp, the Ruijia Army is a real army! As a general of Cao Wei, Xiahou Mao of course
Knowing the meaning of the sharp-armored military flag, Xia Houmao had already been mentally prepared for it, but now he still couldn't help but take a breath of air.
"It turned out to be the Ruijia Army!" An officer next to Xia Houmao was obviously a well-informed person. He immediately recognized the Ruijia Army and couldn't help but exclaimed. And because of this officer's exclamation
, the morale of the defenders, which had finally been raised with great difficulty, began to become chaotic again. All the soldiers were whispering to each other and showing fear on their faces.
"Humph!" Seeing this, a cold light flashed in Xia Houmao's eyes, and the spear in his hand stabbed out like lightning, straight towards the officer who had just screamed in surprise. Before he could react, the spear was already at the officer's throat.
A transparent hole was stabbed there! The officer looked at the gun head protruding from his throat with disbelief, opened his mouth and hummed a few words, then tilted his head and died. General Xiahou Mao
He drew the spear, shook off the blood on the tip, and shouted to the left and right: "Whoever dares to disturb the morale of our army will suffer this fate!"
Xia Houmao's move to scare the monkeys had a certain effect. Although the defenders were scared, they were also suppressed by Xia Houmao's iron-blooded methods. They all calmed down and stayed in their positions.
He didn't dare to move. But Xiahou Mao raised his head, pointed his spear forward, and shouted: "Archers, get ready! Aim at the target! Shoot!"
Since it is an army defending the city, archers are naturally indispensable. Among the more than 2,500 defenders summoned by Xia Houmao, at least half are archers! Following Xia Houmao's order,
All the archers bent their bows and nocked arrows, aimed at the sharp armored army in front of them who were killing them, let go of their bowstrings, and shot out the arrows!
Suddenly, the more than a thousand arrows were like a dark cloud, quickly covering the Ruijia Army's formation, and immediately there was a burst of screams! Xia Houmao's eyes lit up, and he tasted the sweetness.
, and immediately continued to shout: "Shoot! Keep shooting! Shoot until there are no arrows left!"
It can be seen from this that although Xia Houmao wants to work hard to do all this, he is still far behind in ability. Generally, even if an archer succeeds, he must not order the archer to shoot randomly. If
If all these are useful, then what is the use of generals? Sure enough, after Xia Houmao gave this order, the arrows fired by the archers were no longer as powerful as the first round of arrow rain, and they were scattered.
, there is no power at all! The effect it has is even less, just the intermittent and scattered screams are enough to prove everything!