And the state, Luo County, Xianbei siege, the ninth day.

The siege of the city for several days caused most of the Han troops in the city to be killed and wounded, and Xianbei had more than 4,000 people sleeping under the city. In the past nine days, the four-zhang earthen city wall in Luo County has been like a meat grinder, although it is crumbling, it has withstood every impact of the Xianbei army.

The earth-and-stone walls are now dyed dark red on all sides, shining in the sunlight.

Outside the city, the Xianbei banner covered the sky, and the war horses neighed and the voices were boiling.

The county commander was shot by a stray arrow on the tower of the city during the first Xianbei attack, and the county lieutenant died in battle, and 1,000 county soldiers were almost killed and wounded. Standing on the tower of the city now are the militia in the city who spontaneously defended the city and the remnants of the fleeing Han army. The soldiers and civilians who have been fighting desperately for days have long been exhausted, and the surviving soldiers have not closed their eyes for two days, and they still dare not neglect to resist the siege of the Xianbei army again and again.

Three days ago, Pu Tou, the lord of the Xianbei tribe, saw that the city could not be attacked for a long time, so he ordered his subordinates to take turns to attack the city with a team of 1,000 people, day and night. Many cavalry of the Xianbei tribe are not good at attacking fortifications, but there are tens of thousands of cavalry surrounding Luo County, and they are still strong men when they get off the horses.

The county seat of Luoxian County, the north gate.

Ma Teng leaned against the wall and gasped, his leg hit by a stray arrow. Ma Zong also looked very embarrassed, and the leather armor on his body was full of knife marks. Ma Zong hid behind the women's wall and said to Ma Teng: "Big brother, Xianbei has retreated. ”

Ma Teng nodded, he was no longer able to speak, there were no less than fifty Xianbei people who had died under his sword in the past two days, but every time he attacked the city, the enemy still came up like a tide.

The bearded Cheng Yin glanced at the female wall and hurriedly retracted it, shook his head, and said: "Brother Ma, we won't be able to hold it if there are two more impacts, and the corpses under the city are piled up one foot high." ”

A few old men lay on their stomachs at the head of the city, and Ma Teng sighed: "I'm afraid we won't be able to see San Lang, but fortunately, the monkey didn't follow, and he and Guan Yu will take care of Xiaodouzi in the future." ”

Ma Zong said: "Xiaodouzi's desire to survive is stronger than any of us, he will definitely be able to live well, big brother, you don't know, in the Zhangye curtain we cut off water and food, a group of people trapped in the curtain Many old men have no will to survive, desperate to die, Xiaodouzi took a few water bladders and hid them, and later learned that he was full of camel urine, even if he drank camel urine, he had to live." I don't know what he's thinking, but it's much more comfortable for us to kill Xianbei than to drink camel urine now, and we'll definitely survive. ”

"Hey... Small beans. Sighing, Ma Teng rubbed his eyebrows with his hand and said, "Erlang, you go and tell Wei Sima that I will set fire to the city." ”

Ma Zong answered and ran towards the west gate.

The Han army went out of the fortress for 2,000 miles, and Xianbei cut off food and ambushed various means, and finally scattered the Han army when the army retreated. Ma Teng and others broke away from the army that day, and then led 500 people to flee to Luoxian County. After only resting for one day and one night, Luo County was blocked in the city by the Xianbei lord named Putou with an army on the second day.

One wall is nine days.

The summer sun was scorching, and the corpses under the city were piled up a foot high and exuding a strong odor, and both sides were at the end of their crossbows. There were more than 6,000 Xianbei people who surrounded the city. There were only about 2,000 men in the city who could take up arms, and although tens of thousands of residents were actively preparing for war, the door panels were removed and the fire was burned, but the contrast was still dangerous.

The Han army has a strong ability to defend the city and the advantage of armor, and under normal conditions, it can almost block three with one block when fighting with the Xianbei people who dismount. But the problem is that Ma Teng and others are not leading the battle-hardened Han army, and even the physical and mental health of the remnants of the Han army is not normal.

The Xianbei people outside the city were ruthless, and they could not be allowed to withdraw at this moment. They have paid for the lives of too many people, and only by plundering the city can they make up for their losses.

The Han people in the city were also ruthless, and there were only a few remnants of the Han army and county soldiers standing at the head of the city, mostly old people with gray hair. Behind them is their home, their wives and children, and there is no way to retreat.

After a while, Ma Zong came back and said to Ma Teng: "Wei Sima has already prepared fire oil, and it will be delivered later." ”

Suddenly, the candidate shouted from the watchtower and ran over, "Brothers are ready, the Xianbei people are ready to rush up again." ”

"Take up arms, enemy attack!"

"Kill them all!"

"Kill!"

Again, the Xianbei Thousand Men pressed up.

Ma Teng has fought countless battles with Xianbei in the past ten years, but none of them have been so hateful as now. Most of the people standing in the city were Han old men, and the young ones were forty, and the young and strong died one after another, and they were all buried under the city. Looking down at the Xianbei people who rushed up, they were all just herdsmen, where were some kind of warriors, and they didn't even have leather armor on their bodies, so they rushed up with a single coat and a weapon.

Behind them, the guards of the adults who wore armor and rode tall horses were considered warriors, but what were they doing, brandishing their whips to drive their people to rush up and send them to their deaths.

The arrows rained down and were also shot up, some fell to the ground and wailed with their wounds, and the Xianbei slaves who were not hit by the arrows continued to charge towards the city.

The arrows used by the Xianbei people were cut from the forests outside the city, and the arrows used by the Han people were cut from the beams of the houses of the common people in the city.

The ladder is set up on the city wall, the Xianbei people scramble to bite the bronze arc knife and climb up in the rain of arrows, and the three-zhang high ladder is the longest distance in life.

The Han people carried the giant tree and pushed it out with great force on the ladder.

Some of the ladders fell, and the Xianbei people on the ladders were slapped into the ground like ants and turned into a puddle of snot. Some of the ladders did not fall, and the Xianbei people who rushed up to the city tower cut the old man pushing the ladder into pulp like wolves. Then the Xianbei people were hacked to death by the Han people, and then more enemies rushed up.

At the same time, the Xianbei people of the four gates of Luoxian County poured up like a tide, women and children ran up and down the city tower with stones and arrows to transport supplies, and the craftsmen in the city kept sharpening their swords day and night to repair the armor stomach. In the past, people brought a large amount of stone and wood from outside to build houses to shelter themselves from the wind and rain. Now, in order to survive, they are scrambling to tear down the house and turn it into a rolling stone giant tree thrown down from the city.

War has never been a matter of a few generals and a bunch of big-headed soldiers, and no one can stay out of the war when it burns to the doorstep. No matter who wins or loses this battle, the pain of the war will continue to affect the people on both sides until they die, and at this moment, at least thousands of families have been broken, and when the war stops, I don't know how many people in Luo County will hang white flags in front of their doors.

If Xianbei wins, the lives of Luo County will be destroyed, and the surviving people will be driven to the north to be enslaved forever. If the Han army wins, countless Xianbei people will die due to lack of food. It's not you who live or die, and it's not me who lives or dies. This is a war, only two sides are lost, and no one lives forever. Martial arts can only allow you to kill enemies faster, and thick armor can only allow you to take a few more stabs, but these are difficult to save your life. As long as the war continues, people will die every moment.

Raising his leg to kick down the Xianbei soldiers who rushed to the city, Cheng Yin shouted: "Ma Er, protect your brother, there is no one to Yigou, wait for the brothers to chase him out and kill him!" ”

There are more and more Xianbei soldiers who climb the city tower, and there are more than 600 Han people in the north city who still have the strength to defend the high city. But Ma Teng was hit by an arrow in his leg, and it was difficult to move and dodge, so he could only hold a shield in one hand and a knife in the other to block the tide of enemies.

Ma Zong responded, he had been guarding Ma Teng's side, and the two long knives in his hands danced impenetrable, blocking Ma Teng behind him like a mountain, and did not take a step back in the face of the charge of the Xianbei enemy.

On the other side of the female wall, the candidate took the remaining thirty or so Qiang people, and more than thirty hunting bows were loaded with arrows, aimed, and shot in one go, and instead of letting them defend the city, they should concentrate on archery, and their superb archery skills could shoot down the enemy who was half of his head exposed and ready to climb down the ladder.

For the Xianbei people, who didn't even have leather armor, there was no need for copper arrowheads, and the sharpened wooden poles were enough to shoot them through.