After hearing Ma Yan's words, a little hope suddenly flashed in the eyes of everyone in the city.
Seeing that there was improvement, Ma Yan hurriedly continued: "Dear fellow villagers! The prefect is a great man! He allocates land to military households tax-free so that the fellow villagers can have a good thought! I think you should feel this more deeply than me! I
The Ma family is not short of food from the fifty acres of land!"
Everyone's eyes showed some anger again, and Ma Yan continued: "But I, Ma Yan, am willing to follow the prefect! What about you? If the Black Mountain bandits are allowed to break into the city, not only will it be a good day at the beginning, but your land will also be yours.
Your family property, and even the life and death of your wife, children, and children will be in the hands of a group of thieves! By then, you will have nothing, or you will be killed by the thieves, or die like the countless refugees on this city! At best, you will die early or late.
Just one day!”
Several young and strong auxiliary soldiers shouted angrily: "Young Master Ma's words are true! Either way, you will die! It's better to fight with these thieves!"
"Fight! Fight with him!" A large group of people immediately echoed!
Ma Yan said happily: "Okay! Since everyone dares to kill the thief! My Ma family will kill pigs and sheep tonight to reward all the fellow villagers!"
"Kill the thief! Kill the thief!"
Everyone cheered in unison and morale was high!
The Black Mountain bandits swarmed up in the blink of an eye. All the arrows in the city were exhausted, and the boiling water was not burned. All they could do was watch the bandits cling to the base of the city! The only way for the Guangnian army and people to stop the Black Mountain bandits at this time was to tear down each house.
Big logs and beams were used as rolling logs to smash down the city wall! The thigh-thick rolling log hit the crowd of thieves, and there was a scream that made the hair stand on end!
The Black Mountain bandits were also attacking with all their might at this time, regardless of casualties! Thousands of horse troops were parading outside Guangnian City. If anyone dared to take a step back, they would be beheaded immediately in public display!
At this time, many of the Black Mountain bandits attacking the city were just farmers foraging in the fields a few days ago. Now, with a black scarf on their heads, they have turned into Black Mountain bandits. They wear all kinds of clothes and carry weapons.
They are quite simple, with guns and spears. But most of them are kitchen knives, hoes, rakes, and iron pots! The only thing that is the same is that they are wearing tattered clothes. They are all as skinny as firewood, but everyone's eyes are full of burning light.
Since retreating means death, the only way to have hope is to rush up to the city wall. The refugees and thieves all mustered up their spirits and rushed forward like crazy! The defensive pressure on the city head increased sharply!
There were only a limited number of rolling logs prepared on the city, and the number of siege thieves was as large as locusts! And they were obviously attacking with all their might. No matter how heavy the rolling logs and rocks above their heads rained down, a large area under the city wall was still intact.
It was quickly filled with dense crowds! Ladders were put up one by one on the city wall!
The soldiers and civilians defending the city struggled to push away the aerial ladder, but unfortunately there were too many Black Mountain bandits standing under the city. One aerial ladder was pushed open, and several more aerial ladders were put up to the city. After repeated push and pull, finally, the densely packed Black Mountain bandits began to
Climb the wall!
A fierce hand-to-hand battle unfolded in an instant! Wenyuan's military household system came into play again at this time, and thousands of soldiers and civilians were desperate again! Only by withstanding the thieves' attack could they keep their property from being robbed by the thieves.
! Only then can we keep the glimmer of hope in life that has just been brought about by the tax-free system for allotment of fields!
Thousands of military households have only one belief in their hearts: they cannot lose! If they lose, there will be nothing!
Yu Du looked at the tenacious defense of the soldiers and civilians on the Guangnian city wall, and felt an indescribable irritation in his heart. He saw with his own eyes that many civilians who were not soldiers desperately jumped off the city wall with the enemy in their arms in order to stop the army from attacking the city! He
I saw with my own eyes that many people were seriously injured and fell to the ground, and they were biting like crazy!
Guang Nian's army of no more than three or four thousand soldiers and civilians actually blocked his attacks of more than 20,000 people! And caused more than 2,000 casualties on his own side! If Xiao Shuai had not personally stepped forward to supervise the formation and strictly ordered those who retreated to die, the siege army would have
By this time, morale had already collapsed and they had retreated!
How much courage does this require? Who gave these people such firm faith?
Gradually, a chill began to well up in Yu Du's heart. Reason told him that he should give up the siege to avoid greater casualties. However, when he thought that if he retreated at this time, the countless wealth, money and food in the city would be lost.
Behind him, Lei Gong, Li Damu, and Baiquemen received the three Black Mountains.
MD, what are the dead spots? As long as Guangnian is breached, thousands more young men can be gathered! Yu Du gritted his teeth and ordered people to urge Xiaoshuai to take down the city wall as soon as possible!
Under the command of Xiao Shuai, thousands of cavalry troops dismounted, followed by the black crowd of thieves and rushed towards the city wall. Ma Yan, who was standing on the top of the city, couldn't help but feel a trace of despair in his heart. Julu had been repeatedly attacked by Black Mountain over the years.
How could he not know about the thieves' invasion and the power of these horse troops? Is it true that he will be buried in Guangnian City today? Is it possible that the Ma family in Guangnian will be destroyed today!?
Sure enough, with the addition of those tough horse troops, several places on the top of the city were suddenly lost, and more and more Black Mountain bandits swarmed up the city wall. Although the soldiers and civilians of Guanghan fought hard, more and more people climbed onto the city, and their momentum was overwhelming.
Already unstoppable!
Seeing that the city was about to be destroyed, the thieves looked like bloody hungry wolves, with wild madness flashing in their eyes! On the top of the city on three sides, a mass of darkness was seen, filled with thieves wearing black turbans and wearing Han military uniforms.
There are fewer and fewer defenders and civilians.
At this moment, although the soldiers and civilians guarding the city were completely desperate, no one was willing to retreat easily, because behind them was their home, and retreating meant that there was nothing left!
But at this time, the Black Mountain bandits were like a raging sea wave, killing one wave after another, and they could not be killed at all. The top of the city was filled with fallen corpses, and sticky blood flowed all over the ground on the top of the city.
It's sticky when you step on it.
"Kill! Kill!" Every time Ma Yan swung his sword, he would make a nervous roar. He was almost crazy. Beside him, only a dozen people from the group of auxiliary soldiers died, but on the opposite side, there were actually
The forty or fifty black bandits showed fierce eyes and brandished their swords at each other!
Ma Yan was very conspicuous in his armor. At this time, he was once again besieged by three horse soldiers. Although he had been familiar with martial arts since he was a child, he had been fighting hard for a day. The three horse soldiers on the opposite side had been waiting for work! He was clumsy on the left and right, although he tried his best to resist! Gradually
The elephant has been defeated!
Have you lost!? Have you lost like this? I am not willing to accept it! Ma Yan shouted in despair in his heart!
At this moment, a low sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the west direction of the city! Ma Yan looked to the south of the city and saw a dusty sky behind a slope in the distance! It seemed that thousands of troops and horses were running towards this side! Only one saw
The general, wearing bright armor and carrying a halberd, took the lead to turn out from the hillside. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, his body seemed to be integrated into the setting sun as red as blood, as if it reflected countless dazzling lights, just like a god descending to earth. After that,
A large flag with Chinese characters appeared from behind the slope, and countless armored sergeants rushed over with shouts!
Ma Yan could no longer control the tears of excitement and cried to the sky: "The reinforcements have arrived! The prefect is here to save us!"
Countless people on the top of the city also cried out: "The governor is here! We are saved!"
The morale of the soldiers and civilians who defended the city was greatly boosted. They were exhausted just now and seemed to be reborn! They actually pushed the thieves off the city wall little by little!
The morale of the defenders was high, while the Black Mountain bandits panicked. It only took them a moment to capture the city. When they heard the official reinforcements arriving, their morale was demoralized. If there were not officers watching around them, many of them would have been killed.
So Yazi ran away for her life!
What should we do? This question is now urgently facing the poison. Should we fight or flee?
Fight, now that the weather is bleak, how many officers and troops are there to help? Two thousand? Three thousand? Or five thousand?
Just look at the clouds of dust rising up all over the sky, at least there are more than two thousand! In normal times, he is not afraid of thousands of officers and soldiers. With more than 20,000 combatable soldiers under his command, what's the harm in a head-on battle? But now,
He only had 500 old battalions, 300 horse troops, and more than a thousand infantry left in his hands! The rest of them all attacked the city wall! More than 20,000 women, children, old and weak men were harvesting grain and grass, but they were left to resist the official army.
It will only make the situation worse!
Escape, he really couldn't bear to part with the fat that almost reached his mouth. If he loses this opportunity, all his previous efforts will be in vain!
However, he saw that his subordinates on the top of the city were retreating steadily, showing their defeat, and the supporting army seemed to have seen his own banner, and the front of the troops was pointed directly in the direction of his location!