"It's a lot of noise. Chu Xianzhao lowered his head and sighed, and the other party pulled his finger: "How long do we have to defend before His Majesty the Emperor's reinforcements arrive?"

"I don't know, I've been writing to my father and the emperor, and they haven't replied to my letter until now, I'm afraid that we will have to wait a few days, we must defend here, Shuyue's army may appear on the battlefield at any time, otherwise only Yan Yu will not dare to provoke a war easily, and they have no chance of winning.

"Have you noticed that the sound of artillery fire seems to have stopped? Nangong Mingyue suddenly said, Chu Xianzhao was stunned, yes, the sound of artillery fire stopped.

"Report!"

A soldier hurriedly came, clasped his fists and knelt down in front of Chu Xuanzhao: "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, the city gate has been blasted open!"

Chu Xianzhao's face changed, and at this time, the bronze bell in the city also rang, the soldiers ran down the street with swords, the war horses in the stables roared constantly, and some of the sergeants on duty at the defense line on the city wall roared loudly, but Chu Xianzhao couldn't hear what he was shouting.

"Are the Yanfu people going to cross the river?" Chu Xianzhao said awe-inspiringly: "Tell General Zhang Heng of the Eagle Tuo Cavalry, the decisive battle between the two armies is today, let them prepare the army in front of the city, let the Lushui Division prepare the boats, and the defenders in the city will not move, listen to my orders, by the way, what is your name?"

"The third battalion of the osprey battalion, Ma Yuan!" the other party gave him a powerful military salute, more and more soldiers wearing white armor lined up on the street, and the eagle flag on their faces shook in the wind, as if to cover the sky, Chu Xianzhao pondered for a while, and said to Nangong Mingyue: "Gather the soldiers in the city to the square, I have something to say to them, although I am young, I still have to say some things myself." ”

In less than two incense sticks, the square was crowded with nearly 100,000 defenders, Chu Xianzhao walked up to the high platform, wearing the same white armor as them, the soldiers looked at him in surprise, many people here only knew that His Royal Highness the Third Prince would fight with the army, and also killed Jiangzhong Jiaolong, but they didn't know what he looked like, compared with the elder brother who liked to drink with his soldiers, Chu Xianzhao was really cold to his soldiers, maybe he was a little afraid of life. But in the battle of Guxia Mountain in the west, it was he who killed him with one sword and one sword to the gate of heaven, and killed Su Changqing with divine flames, and people even praised him for carrying the blood of gods and Buddhas in his body, otherwise it would be impossible to volley in the air like a warlock, but just a light glance left a deep impression on them, at this time he stood in front of everyone, wearing the same armor as them, except that his eyes were purple.

"It's still half an hour before dinner, and I want to talk nonsense with you. Chu Xianzhao raised his arm and motioned for people to be quiet.

Chu Xianzhao looked at the soldiers in front of him, not even a single guard around him, and the Wang Xi in his body who was forcibly suppressed by him was ready to move again, but his face was not good-looking at this time, his father's reinforcements had not arrived for a long time, Hua Youyue could not command the battle, and the Yan people blasted their city gate open, which meant that all the tactics they had discussed before became empty talk, if the Yan people forcibly crossed the river to attack the city, Jingnan City

It is likely to face the bad situation of the annihilation of the entire army, but one can imagine how bad Chu Xuanzhao's mood should be at this moment.

The few generals closest to Chu Xianzhao naturally stood solemnly, clenching the hilt of their swords.

"My name is Chu Xianzhao, I am your Royal Highness the Third Prince, many of you have fought with my father on the Emperor Mountain, maybe you protected my brother in the battle of Yunjian River, I am very grateful to you, many of you may have only heard my name, but have never seen me, and now I am standing here. Chu Xianzhao tilted his head, his pride planted in front of people like a flag.

A hundred thousand pairs of eyes were watching him, only the wind was blowing.

"Very well, I'm only sixteen years old...... After this autumn, he will be seventeen, and when his father led the Yinguo cavalry to attack the Golden Horde, he seemed to be at this age, perhaps even younger. Chu Xianzhao did not look down at them, but looked up at the Eagle Banner.

"I've always wanted to go to the battlefield like my father and brother, but my sister always said that I was a child, and many people said that I was a child, and I didn't like them to always call me like this, but once the people around you treat you as a child, you won't be like growing up, and you will always find someone to help you when you encounter any difficulties, and you will always cry when you are injured, saying that you want to enter the rivers and lakes as a swordsman, and go to the battlefield to kill famous generals, but you didn't have these abilities to do it before, but now you have the ability, but many things still can't be done. You all know that I killed Su Changqing, you only know that he was treasonous, he killed the people in the city, but he was a friend who grew up with me, the brother of my handmaid, but I killed him in the end, and until he died, I didn't know what he was thinking and didn't do anything for him.

People were a little overwhelmed and couldn't understand what he was saying.

Chu Xianzhao said calmly: "I am a very willful and selfish child, I want to keep all the good things for myself, if I want most of you to stay here, I and those nobles will live...... Those who are willing to do so, please take a step forward. ”

100,000 people began to make noise, some people stood up, some people were still stagnant in place, Chu Xianzhao smiled: " The reason is always very simple, you all want to make a contribution, everyone wants to live and return to their hometown, marry a wife and have children, but I can tell you very clearly, mortals will eventually die, it doesn't matter if it is heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather, you only need to know one thing, you are not dying to protect me or the nobles in the city, nor are you dying for your military exploits, but for those who cannot hold a sword to fight, those women, old people, children!"

Just today, my general almost died on the battlefield in order to defend this city, I know that many of you don't like her, but I want you to know that if it weren't for her feat today, the war elephants of the Yanfu people would have invaded this city, and I hope you can understand her. ”

The crowd blinked.

He took a deep breath, "Now that the city gate has been broken by the artillery of the Yan Fu people, as expected, the Yan Fu people will cross the river into the city tonight, they are for."

The war came, for revenge, for our death, and they would use our blood to pay tribute to the Yan Fu soldiers who died in the Battle of Yunjian River. ”

The soldiers began to get nervous, clenching the swords at their waists, the wind brought a biting chill, and after today, there was also the swallowtail knife of the Yan Fu people.

Chu Xianzhao raised the crimson command sword, and his waist was as tall as a sword.

"The general asked me to stay in the city and guard until His Majesty's army arrived, but I can't do this, now the city gate has been blasted open by them, and there are still many women and children in the city who can't fight, it's a pity that General Hua Youyue still hasn't been able to play that confessional requiem, but I still have to give it a try, we must not let the Yanfu people step into this city and hurt them, in order to capture this city, many people have died in our Yin country, but war always kills people's ......"

"My teacher Zuo Ci taught me not to fight the soldiers of the people, it is a war between a reasonable person and a reasonable person, but the Yanfu people are unreasonable, and the real war is also unreasonable, so we will leave all their lives here!"

"This is the self-confidence of our Yinguo Iron Cavalry, but also our conceit, we are born for this, and we are willing to die for this, since His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne, the war experienced is more wins and fewer losses, but which war is not a narrow victory? Take my brother's battle of Yunjian River as an example, my brother personally told me that it was the hardest, most tragic, twice as many enemies as theirs, the most painful war, if it wasn't for Ye Ba being killed by him in the end, he would almost give up his life, and now we are facing the second big battle with the Yan people, my brother is not there, my father is not there, General Meng Yu is not there, General Bai Yun and General Ye Zang are not there, but!"

"My father gave me an army of 50,000 people, plus the garrison in the city has a total of 100,000 troops, when my brother came here, there were only 30,000 people, and more than 30,000 people fought 60,000 people, so they won the battle! We now have 100,000 people, Eagle Tuoqi, Iron Man Tu, Osprey Battalion and other dozens of battalions of people, why can't we win those Yanfu soldiers outside? This doesn't make sense, right?"

"Now I can't promise you anything, after tonight, many of you will die, but I will not stand on the high platform and watch you go to war, how my father and my general tell me that it is their business, at least I feel worthy of everyone present, I will fight side by side with you. ”

"Probably like my brother and my father. ”

Nangong Mingyue leaned on the pillar, there was a sour feeling in his heart, he was really Chu Yingyang's younger brother, the child of His Majesty the Emperor, none of the men of the Chu family were waste, they always rushed to the battlefield one after another, taking the lead, regardless of life and death.

Chu Xianzhao lowered his head when he said this, and looked at Nangong Mingyue: "If I die in battle after tonight, I hope that those of you who survive can tell your children that there is a person named Chu Zhao, who is not a prince or a hero, but a generous death for the Yin Kingdom."

of soldiers. ”

"If any of you die in battle, and I live, I will also tell my children that any of you is a soldier who died generously for the Yin country, but the battle will not surrender, and the battle will not fall!"

He drew his crimson command sword and pointed high into the sky: "The eagle flag will not fall!"

"The Eagle Banner will not fall!" suddenly someone replied to him.

"The Eagle Banner will not fall!" Zhang Heng raised his arm above the top, his expression was extremely resolute, and the broad sword at his waist shone with an iron blue light.

"The eagle flag will not fall!" Qian Yi raised his hand.

"Don't fall!" Nangong Mingyue also said.

These four words were the slogans that His Majesty the Emperor casually shouted in the Battle of the Golden Horde, and later was widely spread by the soldiers, and finally became the slogans before the war.

The Eagle Banner does not fall...... The country of Yin does not fall.

"The Eagle Banner does not fall!" more arms were raised, like waves in a sea of fists, and no one had sparks jumping in their eyes, gradually turning into a fire that burned the plains.

The figure of the young man holding a sharp sword high makes people feel so reassured.

Chu Xuanzhao then said loudly: "In the past, there was a great Qin wind! Now there is also a great Yin wind! This battle is when we end the Yan Fu people, when the Great Yin Iron Horse rushes out of the city gate, our swords will clean the entire battlefield, and 100,000 Yan Fu men will die!"

"We will taste their wails!"

......

......

The moat is choppy, and the turbidity waves are monstrous.

The Yanfu people have advanced the battle line to the edge of the moat, and the huge elephant carcasses by the river provide them with good shelter, and they can push their ships into the river one by one, and the changing wind blows the sails to the clatter, and the sails whine and hoarse and deep, like the call of the devil, and the ships are passed down from ship to ship.

"Collect the sails," Li Gangyi ordered, "lower the mast." The oarsmen are in position. The helmsman gave the order. The crew hurried to their posts and pushed away the soldiers standing on the ship. The deck was busy, Ye Yunpeng looked in the direction of the city wall, the city wall was empty, including the city gate that had just been blasted open by them, there was no one, and the whole city was like dead.

Ye Yunpeng stood on the largest wooden ship, the deck was covered with ballistae on both sides, they unloaded all the trebuchets in the stern and bow of the ship, and replaced them with artillery for siege, the horn sounded again, Ye Yunpeng once again sent out the order, the war drums on the ship were loud and steady, every time they knocked, hundreds of people skied together, the movements were neat, and the paddles entered the water at the same time, setting off huge waves.

The big ship he was standing on spread its oars, followed by the big ship Linzi, and the Huozi ship had just sailed into the starboard side of the Shanzi, and when he reached the designated position, he heard the soldiers shouting from afar across the sea, encouraging each other. Since the departure from the city of Sabbath, they have long been impatient, eager to fight, and

And full of self-confidence, firmly believe in victory.

Where Chu Xianzhao was hiding now, he thought to himself, the ship was full of roars, shouts, the trilling sound of horns, and the sound of thousands of wooden oars rising and falling and hitting the water. "Hold the line," shouted Li Gangyi, who was still wearing the rattan armor, which had the advantage of not only being hard, but also that it would not sink into the water, and those wearing the rattan armor would float when they fell into the water, but once they were burned by fire, they would soon turn to ashes, but fortunately their enemies did not know about this shortcoming.

It was now windwindy, but the movement was not affected by the change of sails and oars for the fleet. They will follow the tide and drive straight in, but once they enter the river, the advantage will be reversed, and the Yin army will inevitably make good use of the river rapids, as we all know, the water flow at the entrance of the moat in Jingnan City here is strong and urgent, and it is all water from the Yunjian River, and it feels really bad to be pitted by the moat built by his ancestors, Li Gangyi thought to himself. If they meet in the middle of the river, they can encircle from both wings, squeeze the heron division to the center, and wipe them all out, they have a large number of artillery and gunpowder, no matter how good the heron division's ships are, it is useless, at most thirty ships at a time, lest the oars and blades will be handed over and contradict each other.

Outside the battle column, Li Gangyi looked at the heaven and earth troops behind him, on the other side of the river, the black pressure was full of people and horses, and the military advisor definitely did not let them be idle, but began to build a small raft and make flying arrows, even so, waiting must be anxious. The horns sounded in the crowd, faint but piercing, and were immediately drowned out by the shouts of thousands of troops, who prayed that Li Gangyi would take control of the city gates, and lower the drawbridge planks at the main and north gates so that their troops could drive in.

The seemingly narrow river is now as vast as the ocean, and the walls are getting bigger and bigger, with its steel-reinforced fortifications, huge forts, and thick black walls, like ferocious beasts that sit on the river and the streets. The cliffs below the fort are rocky and steep, dotted with moss and thorns. The fleet must pass through the main gate before it can attack the city.

As they got closer and closer to the city wall, Ye Yunpeng smelled a hint of conspiracy, but he couldn't see any signs of the enemy's ambush or surprise attack, could it be that the other party planned to sneak attack our fleet at the right time and cut our army in two? What is the advantage of doing this? They can place their ships on both sides of the moat, so as not to let them enter the river area in such a grand manner.

"General, look!" someone pointed to the wall.

Chu Xianzhao walked out of the shadows step by step.

The scarlet cloak hunted, and the eagle on the cuirass shone brightly.

Like his father, like his brother.

The young man sat at the head of the city, looked at the approaching fleet, made a grimace at Ye Yunpeng, and said with a bright smile: "Chu Xuan, the third prince of Xia Dayin, dare to ask the generals of Yan Yu——"

He took a deep breath.

Words blow up thunder.

"Who wants to kill me?"

"Who's going to kill me?"

"Who can kill me!"

The boy's voice was as high-pitched as a dragon's roar.

Li Gangyi gritted his teeth and just

At this moment, a flock of swaying snow-white birds spread their wings from the city wall and swooped down, skimming around him like a sword piercing the heart!

Chu Xianzhao stood with his hands in his hands, and the trebuchets in the city shot flints at the ships in the moat, and the background behind Chu Xianzhao was as gorgeous as the stars falling.

Now the real war has begun......

(End of chapter)