"Whew!"

To the west of Dongliu County, the enemy retreated like a tidal wave, leaving hundreds of corpses outside the city. The defenders at the head of the city did not make any sound, they were all seizing this rare gap to rest, Liu Yu also sat down against the big shield leaning on the battlement, and let out a long breath.

He was indeed a little tired, and he had barely slept last night, and he had only taken part in the defense of the city by himself, although he had not killed a few enemies with his own hands, but it greatly boosted the morale of the defenders. Fortunately, the intensity of the enemy's attack was not great, and there was no threat of deadly stone cannons and building cars, which is why he dared to stand at the head of the city.

Guarding him were several forbidden soldiers sent by Yang Lei, these tall "inner guards" had never experienced war, but there was no shortage of bravery and loyalty, and there was indeed kung fu under his hands, which covered him to the point that he did not leak, and by the way, he also strengthened the city defense in this area.

Liu Yu looked left and right, the old defender not far away was sitting on the ground like him, and was taking out a huge gourd to draw water, the face was as comfortable as tasting wine, and the other defenders were similar, their faces were calm and waveless, neither excited nor afraid, these old soldiers from Shu were indeed good.

There are no people in the city, everything has to be done by yourself, the keeper of this wall is Yang Lei, he has no time to rest at the moment, he is directing a group of people to move the wounded, of course, there are corpses, most of them are dressed as civilian officials, and they are Liu Yu's subordinates in the mission.

Fang Cai's attack lasted for more than half an hour, the opponent was a new annexed army that had just descended, neither the fighting spirit nor the morale was high, the cavalry led by Zhang Hongfan was not only to sweep the array and monitor, but also to act as crossbowmen for long-range support, and the rain of arrows with a small density caused certain casualties to the defenders.

According to Liu Yu's visual observation, there are less than 100 dead, and there are more injured, and the attrition in this round is nearly 200, one-third! The enemy still has a complete 3,000 elites, if Zhang Hongfan made up his mind to fight hard, Liu Yu was a little afraid to think about it.

"The arrows everywhere have run out, and there are still some rolling wood and stones, but the morale is acceptable, and Zhang Dutong's side is the same, it's hard to say in the next round, if so"

After a while, Yang Lei came to him, lowered his body and said softly, at the end of the words, he paused, and then seemed to have made a decision, with a resolute look on his face.

"If the situation is critical, Zhongshu can go from the east of the city, and the last general will bring someone to drag them here, no matter what, you can't wait for a loss."

As a guard with the regiment, Yang Lei has only one responsibility, to ensure the safety of this mission, and to put it more seriously, it is actually to ensure the safety of Liu Yu's national envoy, and nothing else is a pity.

"Come, pull this officer."

Holding Yang Lei's arm, Liu Yu stood up from the ground, patted the dust behind his buttocks, and looked out of the city, the enemy's foot soldiers had retreated into the formation, and the crossbowmen behind him were nowhere to be seen.

This is just a small battle, according to the character of the ancients, there will be no more than one sentence in the history books, who in later generations can understand the story behind those few words? And it is these insignificant short sentences that constitute our history, thinking of these, Liu Yu suddenly turned around.

"The enemy army is strong, maybe the city will be broken in the next moment, this official is not a guard, and you are not a guard, what good is it to guard this empty city?"

Without the help of the megaphone, his voice was a little hoarse, and it was scattered by the river wind, and everyone who heard it stood up and slowly gathered around.

Liu Yu took a step forward, took his envoy's staff from the guard's hall, raised it high, two snow-white yaks moved with the wind, his gaze slowly swept over, and everywhere he saw were simple faces.

"At the foot, this city has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and it has been lost and regained, and there are countless such lands in Jiangnan, Jinghu, and Shuzhong, why? Why do you want to make the Tartars wantonly abuse? It is necessary to displace the fathers and the villagers. ”

"This official is stationed here, this place is the Song soil, I am here to tell them that the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty will not die for a day, and the land of the Great Song Dynasty will not be lost for a day. Want? Unless you step on the corpse of your own official and kill every soldier in this city! ”

"Fight to the death!"

"I vow not to surrender!"

The swords and guns were raised high, and the shouts of various accents resounded throughout the city, Yang Lei's heart was not only passionate, but also endlessly sighed, he finally understood why this young man could get the blue eyes of the saint, the value of his friends, those storytelling jokes were not exaggerated at all, such a Shangguan was worthy of death.

"Escort the leaders of the Yuan people here, and tell Zhang Dutong that if you hold on a little longer, reinforcements will definitely come. In case the city is broken, they retreat into the city, and set down the houses, and hold on no matter what. ”

After boosting morale, Liu Yu called Yang Lei and instructed, some things should come in handy, countless experiences have shown that hope is often at the last moment, and at that moment, Liu Yu believes that it is not far away.

"Wow!" Ground thud.

The long knife on Zhang Hongfan's waist was half pulled out by him, and he stared at his feet with a blue face, several new army generals were prostrate on the ground, their bodies trembling, all of them were untidy, and some of them were still wounded.

Less than half of the original complete thousand-person team came back, and the rest were either injured or lost their fighting spirit, seeing that they could no longer be used, how could Zhang Hongfan not be annoyed, but to deal with them like this? Not only did he know that it was wrong, but even his brother Zhang Hongzheng, the deputy Wanhu on the side, frequently showed him with his eyes, which meant that it was impossible.

"Poof."

The long knife was unsheathed, Zhang Hongfan turned around and slashed, slashing a military stool on the ground in all directions, and he stood on the ground and looked up with a burst of laughter.

"Haha, it's a good Dongliu County, but the official has opened his eyes, get up, get up."

These new annexes are also doing their best, they are not elite, at least they are not about to collapse at the first touch, what is the use of killing these generals? What annoyed him was actually himself, he was too light on the enemy, but he didn't expect a group of envoys with thousands of people to easily withstand his attack without reinforcements and guards. As far as he could see, the stones fell like rain on the city, and those stones actually demolished the houses in the city.

What he is worried about now is not whether he can break the city, but that there are still his own people in the city, and the leading secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Lian Xixian, is a red man in front of the Great Khan, if he really lost his life because of his attack? I'm afraid that there will be a lot of trouble afterwards, of course, the Great Khan will definitely not move him now, but what about after that?

Quitting the army? Unwillingly, Zhang Hongfan looked at the city in the distance, the fiery red Song Dynasty flag on the city tower flew in the wind, a little lower, the handsome flag with the word "Liu" stood side by side, and the city walls on both sides of the city were full of marquis, commanders, generals, and heads, and the battle flags were like forests, how did all this happen?

Who is this official surnamed Liu, everything makes him angry and a little curious, he can't figure out why the defenders are full of fighting spirit in this situation, what are they relying on? The shouts in the distance were clearly audible, the defenders were clearly more morale, and what should he do.

"Lead your men to the back and pull the rest of the ladders, Hiromasa."

Sending the new army generals away, Zhang Hongfan looked at his brother.

"The end will be."

"Give you a team of 1,000 people, within half an hour, this officer doesn't want to see those flags again, can you do it?"

"I will not disgrace my life!"

Zhang Hongzheng, who was at the end of the family, did not hesitate, hugged his fists and replied categorically, the army has its own laws and disciplines, even if it is a brother, there is no exception, if he really commits a crime, the punishment is only afraid that it will be heavier than these new attached army generals, he got up and took the order, and walked towards those cavalry.

The cavalry is also a last resort, these more than 3,000 people are the starting troops of his old Zhang family, and the combat power is not to be said, and one more injury will make him heartache. But there is no way at present, there is no way to explain to Pingzhang if the city is broken, there is no way to explain to the Great Khan if the city is broken, Zhang Hongfan just wants to bet on this last hand, this mentality has been in the blood since he was born, and it is innate.

"Ten thousand households, on the city, on the city"

A cavalryman came in a hurry, jumped off his horse and pointed in the direction of the city and said, before he finished speaking, Zhang Hongfan was suddenly startled in his heart, and immediately decided to go forward to take a look in person.

About a hundred steps away, out of the range of the Song people's bow and crossbow, Zhang Hongfan looked at the horse, and at some point a few tall wooden shelves were erected on the city tower, of course, it was not a trebuchet, there were several people tied to it, and something was stuffed in their mouths, and one of them, the familiar face made him sink his face all of a sudden.

This is a difficult opponent, he knows where his weaknesses are, Zhang Hongfan couldn't help but sigh, the other party has obviously made up his mind to break the net, do you really want to continue to fight in the face of sweating? He hesitated for the first time.

"The official didn't see anything, and ordered Zhang Hongzheng to prepare to attack the city!"

But for a moment, he turned his horse's head and roared viciously, I don't know why, he always felt that the Song official at the head of the city was looking at him mockingly, this feeling made him feel very uncomfortable, and a reluctance to admit defeat surged up, and he couldn't suppress it.

At a distance of about 200 paces, when he returned to his Chinese army, Zhang Hongzheng had already lined up with more than 1,000 dismounted cavalry, and the wrestlers on both sides held their wooden mallets high, and when those ladders were delivered, they would beat the marching drums.

"Ten thousand households, ten thousand households, it's not good!"

Before he could throw the stirrups and get off the horse, a pegasus suddenly came running from outside the formation, and the people who came shouted while riding the horse, which made him feel shocked and angry in his heart, and his eyes were fiercely cast.

"The docks, on the river, a large number of enemy troops are coming!"

"What?"

The surprise overwhelmed the annoyance, Zhang Hongfan changed color again when he heard the words, Jiangshang? How can it be.