Li Daocheng, the prince of the Great Xia Kingdom, discussed with the military advisor Mao Yanshun how to move next.

Mao Yanshun thought for a while and said, "At present, the losses on the side of Pubian City are relatively small. And there are powerful crossbow arrows on the side of Xinquan City, which are not easy to attack, so we might as well go all out to attack Dingbian City. ”

"Okay, then do what the military advisor says." Li Daocheng nodded in response.

Next, Li Daocheng passed the order and let Zhang Yuanpu and Zhang Wangrong's uncle and nephew, who attacked Pubian City, and Chibugou and Shu Tianxiu, who attacked Xinquan City, each lead their men and horses to Dingbian City to support Balati in attacking Dingbian.

The military order was transmitted to Pubian City, and after Zhang Yuanpu and Zhang Wangrong's uncle and nephew received the order, they immediately adjusted their men and horses, abandoned Pubian, and drove towards Dingbian.

Jin Xi in Pubian City and Pubian County Commander saw that Hu Daren's army had withdrawn, and they both breathed a sigh of relief, and the continuous conquest in the past few days made the 15,000 soldiers and horses in the city only have more than 7,000 people left. For several days, Jin Xi was very anxious, he knew that Dingbian City was besieged, and he could not send a letter to it, nor could he get support, so he could only rely on the strength of Pubian City to fight hard.

Seeing that he was about to be unable to support it, Hu Ren actually withdrew, which couldn't help but make him breathe.

Similarly, Kou Zhixian and Cao Dutong and Xiao Ding in Xinquan City couldn't help but be a little surprised when they saw the Hu people suddenly withdraw their troops. Xiao Ding Xin said, as long as you hold on for a little longer, maybe you can conquer Xinquan City, why did you suddenly withdraw?

Jin Xi and Xiao Ding were relaxed, but Huang Wenlong's pressure came up. Seeing that there were two more groups of people outside the city, there must be about 30,000 people together. At this moment, it seems that Dingbian City is difficult to keep.

The troops of Zhang's uncle and nephew and the troops of Chibugou converged with Balatian's troops. A frantic attack was immediately launched. Under the city wall of Dingbian County, there are piles of corpses like mountains. Blood stained the thin ice on the moat red.

Huang Wenlong and several leaders in the city were scattered in the four castles to command the enemy. The battle was fierce. Thanks to the bows and arrows replenished by the Luyang troops, otherwise, they would not have been able to resist the fierce attack of the Hu people at all.

Those Hu people are rushing forward as if they are not dying! The simplest and most brutal tactics of the sea of people! It's a pity that Dingbian City is most afraid of fighting hard against the Hu people now. After all, there were far fewer people in the city than the Hu people.

The battle lasted just over an hour, and the defenders of the city had already suffered more than a thousand casualties. They don't have the new crossbow arrows of New Springs City, so they can't shoot enemies from a distance, and when they can shoot at the enemy on their side, the enemy will be able to shoot at their side as well.

Sometimes, the bows and arrows of the Hu people shot farther than the bows and arrows of the soldiers of the Great Song Kingdom. Fortunately, there were battlements on the city wall to dodge, and there were shield bearers to cover, so the casualties were relatively less than those of the Hu people.

When Huang Wenlong saw this situation, his heart was cold, if he continued like this, as long as he fought until tomorrow, his army would have to be consumed by the other party. Dingbian City will not be able to hold it.

After more than an hour of fighting, the Hu people still had no intention of withdrawing their troops. The defenders again lost more than a thousand soldiers.

Huang Wenlong was in a hurry in the city, and he couldn't think of any way. Finally, he sighed: "My life is like this, but I have pity on the thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of people in this city!" ”

Now the only thing he hopes for is that there will be a sudden miracle, otherwise, he can only watch his soldiers die one by one, and finally Dingbian City falls into the hands of the Hu people.

The battle continued until the evening, and the Hu people still did not retreat, and there were only 10,000 defenders left in the city, including thousands of troops brought by Lu Yang.

Huang Wenlong was in a hurry, his mouth was full of blood blisters, and he watched his soldiers fall, but he couldn't do anything, what kind of mood was this?

He didn't know if he would be able to hold out until the moment the city was broken. At this time, he had already made up his mind to live and die with Dingbian City.

Just when Huang Wenlong was very desperate, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Lord Qiyu, I found a large army rushing from the southeast, I don't know if it is reinforcements." ”

Southeast? Last time, Luyang's troops came from the southeast, and that direction was the direction of Yongzhou.

"Take me there!" Huang Wenlong seemed to see a little spark in the dark night, and the seeds of hope seemed to sprout in his heart again.

The soldier led Huang Wenlong to the gate tower of the southern city, and looked in the southeast direction, only to see that there was dust and flags looming. Sure enough, a team was rushing towards Dingbian City.

At this time, the Hu people also discovered this group of men, and the attack from the east and south was temporarily eased. They also didn't know whether the group was friend or foe.

Soon, the team came into everyone's field of vision. Sharp-eyed people saw clearly the big characters on the banner of the team: "Xiangjun South Camp".

The soldier who saw the flag immediately shouted excitedly: "Xiangjun South Battalion, it's reinforcements coming!" It's reinforcements coming! ”

The other soldiers who heard it also shouted happily: "Reinforcements are coming!" Reinforcements are coming! We are saved! ”

When Huang Wenlong heard that reinforcements were coming, he was so excited that he burst into tears. The long-awaited reinforcements finally arrived, Dingbian City was saved, and the people of Dingbian City could be spared from suffering.

The team of the southern battalion of the Xiang army rushed directly into the Hu people's troops and rushed to kill. Hu was in a big mess, lost his square inch for a while, and was caught off guard.

There were also as many as 50,000 troops in the southern camp of the Xiang army, and they rushed into the Hu camp, defeated the Hu people, and retreated for 20 miles, only then did they stabilize their position.

Huang Wenlong hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate to welcome reinforcements into the city. If reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, the border city would have been in danger.

Fei Wen, the commander of the soldiers and horses of the southern battalion of the Xiang army, rode on the horse with his head held high with disdain, and led the troops to station in Dingbian. There was also a military Marquis named Bian Hongtai beside him. and more than a dozen low-ranking officers at the metropolitan level.

Huang Wenlong hurriedly stepped forward and clenched his fists with both hands: "Thanks to Lord Fei's reinforcements in time, otherwise Dingbian City would be in danger." Huang thanked Mr. Fei here! ”

Huang Wenlong and Fei Wen are at the same level, and even Huang Wenlong has one more official rank than Fei Wen as a training envoy of the Yongzhou regiment. The reason why he was so polite to Fei Wen was mainly because he was sincerely grateful for the timely appearance of the South Camp of the Xiang Army, which not only saved his old life, but also saved all the soldiers and people in Dingbian City.

Fei Wen just snorted with his nose on his horse, his face full of disdain. Then he followed everyone into the city, and then, Huang Wenlong arranged for people to clean up the battlefield.

Fortunately, it is the winter moon of the lunar calendar, and the corpses on the battlefield have been frozen, and there will be no outbreak of the epidemic for the time being. Otherwise, so many dead people would definitely produce a plague.

Huang Wenlong ordered people to pile up all the corpses on the battlefield and burn them together, whether they were from the Hu people or from the Great Song Kingdom.

For a moment, piles of corpses like hills were piled together, clusters of bright flames shone and jumped on the corpses, and bursts of scorched corpses entered the noses of everyone present, and the white bones also turned to ashes......

The nearby snow has long been dyed red, especially in the bright moonlight. Looking at this bleak scene in front of them, many soldiers couldn't help but hide their faces and weep.

Many of these corpses are good brothers who get along with each other day and night! In the blink of an eye, the yin and yang were separated, which was really unacceptable to them.

These dead soldiers, maybe everyone has a beautiful family behind them, they also have families, and there are people who remember them every day! But they will never go back, and their families will never see them again!

This is exactly what it is:

The bones under the border city wall are like piles, and the wives and children at home are looking forward to the return of their husbands;

Throwing blood on the battlefield, this scripture is gone and never returned!