Chapter 43: The Bloody Battlefield

"Understood!" Xu Wei held an iron shield to block it. "There's one more!" Xu Wei, who had just leaned over to this side, glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and shouted anxiously.

Suddenly, his eyes were stunned, because he found that at the same time, Qin Yu was holding a spear, thrust forward, and stabbed this Xihu soldier to death with a spear.

The Xihu soldier, who had just climbed the city wall, was stabbed to death with a spear by his brother Qin Yu. Isn't this possible, Xiaoji's martial arts are getting better and better!

The corners of his mouth raised a little smile, Xu Wei took a deep breath, pushed the iron shield with his left hand, and pushed a Xihu soldier off the city wall, and at the same time, the sharp blade in his right hand swung out, cutting down several enemy soldiers who tried to climb up, just like a fierce general.

"Brother Xu, amazing!"

Qin Yu approvingly, but he didn't face Xu Wei, it was different from when he first came to this world! Although he is now panting from the fight, his eyes have long since lost the horror and dazedness after the first killing. I'm going to go back alive-------

Qin Yu couldn't help but think of a gentle and lovely woman in his mind, he muttered to himself, clenching the spear in his hand. The sound of fighting was endless, pouring into Qin Yu's ears in waves.

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On the tower of the south city wall, Mu Partridge also looked dull, at this time, he was really in a cold sweat for the border army in the city.

Unlike those young men who were hastily formed in the war, in the formed army of the Xia State, only non-commissioned soldiers who have been trained for two years are qualified to go into battle as a non-commissioned soldier to kill the enemy, otherwise, at most, they are only reserve soldiers, or even logistics soldiers who are responsible for cooking fires or transporting grain and grass. So this ensured the strong combat effectiveness of the border army.

However, the amount of money and materials required to train such an army is also immeasurable, and generally a main army like this will have troops as a backup of the main army according to common sense, and cooperate with it to fight! Help harass enemy troops, or clear the battlefield or something,

But now, the border army guarding this section of the city wall has no backup troops, and the pressure on them from the Hu army's onslaught with such intensity is as great as a mountain.

However, no matter how worried he was in his heart, Mu Partridge's face did not show any of it, because he noticed that the soldiers and generals near the city gate tower peeked at his expression from time to time.

As the commander, his words and deeds will have an immeasurable impact on the soldiers of these generals.

Therefore, even if he heard that the Xihu soldiers had attacked the city wall, Mu Lu had to make a gesture as if he was winning, and even used body language as much as possible to reveal his disdain for the enemy and his trust in these soldiers.

No, when Luo Detao heard that the Xihu soldiers had attacked the city wall, he privately suggested that Mu Lu move to a safe place, after all, everyone knows that during the siege, the city gate tower is the command center of the defending side nine times out of ten, which means that the besieging side will kill this side at all costs.

And Mu Partridge, as the general of Dingyuan, is not only the highest-ranking military general in the city! It is the backbone of the border army in the city, and it feels inappropriate for Luo Tao to stay in this most dangerous place.

But in this regard, Mu Fu smiled and waved his hand, and said with a calm and solemn face: "Ben Jiang is here, sharing hardships with the brothers on the city wall!" ”

Not to mention the current situation of the Xia Junbian soldiers on both ends of the city wall at both ends of the city wall, anyway, in the city gate tower, when Mu Lu said these words, he obviously felt that the Xia Junbian soldiers and generals near here, their eyes and momentum have become different, and their faces are flushed with red light, and their expressions are excited.

People are such a very strange creature, even if it is the same sentence, the words spoken by an ordinary soldier are as different as the words spoken by the general Mu Partridge.

Sometimes a word of encouragement from a superior can often make many people desperate to risk their lives.

For example, the current Luo Tao.

If it weren't for the fact that he was shouldering the burden of guarding the southern city wall at this moment, he would have led a force to break through the siege and cut off the head of Naxihu's Great Khan Dorjee Gongpo.

It is no wonder that Luo Detao has this kind of side-by-side consideration, just because the battle situation on the city wall is really unfavorable at this moment, because the number of Xihu soldiers is too much, so that the soldiers and soldiers of the Xia army on the city wall have gradually been unable to suppress the enemy.

This directly led to the suppression of the battle line, making the entire southern city wall the main battlefield of the two armies.

This is quite a disadvantageous situation for the defenders.

Because once they were attacked on the city wall, due to the narrow terrain on the city wall, the Xia army could only withdraw the crossbowmen and replace them with melee troops such as sword and shield soldiers and pikemen, which made them no longer able to rely on the crossbowmen to cause casualties to the enemy troops under the city.

And what does that mean?

This means that the enemy army under the city will continue to storm the city wall, killing inexhaustible, and the city wall as a means of defense will be useless.

What's worse is that once the city wall is lost, it means that half of the city has fallen.

Throughout history, there have been very few cases where the defenders of the city have been able to repel the enemy by means of "street fighting" after the city walls have been captured.

Under normal circumstances, the fall of the city wall is equivalent to declaring that the fall of the city is only a matter of time, when the morale of the besieging side will soar and become more and more courageous, while the morale of the defending side will plummet and the will to fight will be lost.

And the situation of Dingyuan City is the same at the moment, once the city wall is lost, the Xihu soldiers rush to kill the city gate, open the city gate, and put in the Xihu cavalry, when the time comes, only the Xia army border army and the tribes' warriors in the city can stop those thousands of Xihu cavalry?

The more Luo Detao thought about it, the more anxious he became, and the more he thought about it, the more bottomless he became, and he couldn't help but glance back at Mu Lu, but unexpectedly found that the general who defended the city had taken a jar of wine from nowhere. Take a large bowl.

"Gurgling -------"

I saw Mu Partridge, gulping down the wine, shaking his head slightly, his fingers tapping the low table on the side one by one, and his mouth seemed to be humming an unknown tune in a low voice, as if he didn't care about the deafening shouts around him.

This scene directly stunned the generals of the Xia Army who were standing near the city gate tower, and said in their hearts that this general who defended the city! Isn't that calm? In such a precarious situation, he was still in the mood to drink and hum a little song, it was simply ------- that he didn't take those Xihu people in his eyes at all!

Near the city gate tower, the generals of the Xia Army standing here made eye contact with each other.

For some reason, the anxious mood in their hearts was gradually calmed down.

"Worthy of a general-----

Luo Tao glanced back, a wry smile on his face.

And when he turned his gaze again to the Xihu army outside the city, his eyes had become much calmer and more resolute than Fang Cai, because he realized that behind him, the general who was drinking and merry, had complete trust in him.

As soon as he thought of this incident, Luo Detao was no longer confused and uneasy in his heart, his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "Beat the war drums to the ground again, and be sure to let the soldiers on the city wall hear them, and -------- suppress the enemy army in terms of momentum!" Tell the city to send a team of young men to help defend it! ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers who beat the drums took a deep breath and exerted all their strength to beat the war drums to the ground like thunder, which was deafening.

Even if his arms were sore, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

"Knock knock—"

"Knock knock—"

More than a dozen or twenty war drums, its sound spread around, and for a while it stood out in the earth-shattering shouting and killing, and the heavy sound came into the ears of those soldiers on the side of the Xia Army, as if it sounded in their hearts, and their spirits were shocked.

I have to say that the battle situation on the southern city wall is really unfavorable to the Xia army's border army.

The 4,000 soldiers of the Xia army stationed on the southern city wall had been killed or wounded by this moment.

Although the number of deaths of Xihu slave soldiers and soldiers is probably already tens of thousands at this moment, roughly calculated, the ratio of casualties between the Xia army's border army and Xihu slave soldiers is about 1:20, which seems to be an acceptable loss of war casualties?

In fact, this casualty ratio was simply not acceptable to Mu Lu or the generals of the Xia army's border army.

You must know that the soldiers of the Xia Army's border army are fully armed and have standard equipment, although the equipment is badly worn and looks a little worn, but it is still strong and reliable; And what did the Sihu slave soldiers have? They generally had only a wooden spear, which could not even be called a weapon, and even some of the slave soldiers climbed the walls with their bare hands in order to climb them quickly.

In the face of the enemy army, which had almost no weapons and armor, the Xia army still suffered hundreds of casualties, which is simply unforgivable!

However, if you think about it carefully, you can understand that it is not surprising that the Xia army border army has this casualty figure.

First, because the Xihu soldiers had already climbed the city wall, and the border army had lost the suppressive power brought by the arrows. It is inevitable that there will be a certain degree of casualties in this not wide wall!

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And in the battlefield of the southern city walls. The young men who assisted in the defense had already climbed the city wall and guarded the city wall with Qin Yu and these border soldiers.

"Ah......h

A miserable scream sounded on Qin Yu's side, and he subconsciously turned his head, only to see a Xihu slave soldier knocking a young man to the ground and biting the latter's throat like a beast.

However, before he could blink an eye, the Xihu slave soldier was also cut down to the ground by another Xia Junbian sergeant, and immediately, several nearby Xia Junbian sergeants stabbed him to death on the city wall with spears.

"Why don't you stab it out? Idiot! ”

Qin Yu saw with his own eyes that a sergeant of the Xia Army walked up to the recruit whose throat had been bitten by the slave soldier, and scolded with a gloomy expression.

But the young man obviously couldn't hear it, and his pupils had gradually lost their lustre.

"Xiaoji!" In Qin Yu's ears, there was another subtle warning.

In fact, at this time, Qin Yu had already seen the Xihu slave soldier who pounced on him, and he did not hesitate to stab the spear in his hand and pierce the enemy's abdomen.

It may be that seeing that there are more and more slave soldiers around, Qin Yu shouted loudly: "Back to back!" ”

As soon as the words fell, except for Xu Wei, who was still holding a shield and blocking the front, the border sergeant and Qing Zhuang on the city wall quickly turned back to back, and Qin Yu resolutely leaned against a young man, and the backs of the two were also close together.

"Don't hesitate! When he saw the Xihu people rushing over, he stabbed out with his spear! The Xihu slave soldiers and soldiers around the guard were looking for an opportunity to kill them with one blow, and Qin Yu lowered his voice and instructed the young man behind him.

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the young man suddenly stab out his spear, accurately piercing the chest of a Xihu slave soldier.

And while quickly pulling out the spear, this young man couldn't help but glance at the young man who had been bitten by the enemy's throat, he couldn't hesitate, that was because once he hesitated, he would die.

This is the cruelty of the battlefield: if you don't kill people, people will kill you, and there is no reason at all!

The southern city wall of Dingyuan City has completely turned into a hell on earth, as if there is a fierce beast that is invisible to the naked eye, spreading its fangs and constantly devouring living human lives.

"Huhuhu......"

As a rare soldier in the Xia Army's border army, Xu Wei's breathing began to become rapid.

It is no wonder, after all, he has been at the forefront for a full stick of incense, killing and cutting down twenty or thirty Xihu slave soldiers.

This number of kills is definitely enough to show off to others, after all, there are many veterans who have retired from the army, and the total number of enemies they have killed in their lives is probably not as much as that of Xu Wei's battles.

But then again, it is undeniable that he is almost at the limit, and at this moment, he only feels that the iron shield in his left hand is sinking like a thousand pounds, and he can't lift it.

However, as if there was no end to it, the Xihu slave soldiers continued to climb up from under the city.

No, another slave soldier climbed up from directly in front of Xu Wei.

At that moment, several thoughts flashed through Xu Wei's mind, such as whether to use a shield to push him off the city wall or use the knife in his right hand to cut it down.

However, although his thoughts had been conveyed to his arms, they seemed to be filled with lead, and they were so sore and weak that they could not be lifted.

"Oh no!"

Just as he let out a cry of displeasure, the Sihu slave soldier pounced on him, grabbed his shield with both hands, and threw him to the ground with a throbbing force.

Xu Wei reacted instantly, and used a shield to protect his throat, after all, he had seen many soldiers of the same army bitten their fragile throats by these slave soldiers, resulting in death.

Maybe it was because Xu Wei subconsciously protected his throat, and the slave soldier, who knew that he couldn't survive for long, immediately made a decision and bit Xu Wei's arm, his face was hideous, as if he wanted to bite off a piece of meat from his arm.

With the next breath, a saber stabbed out from the side, and with a pop pierced the head of the Xihu slave soldier, and then, a large hand picked up the slave soldier's body and threw it aside.

"Are you alright, brother?"

"Strange voices......"

Xu Wei raised his head and looked at the soldier who saved him, only to see that the other party looked like twenty-five or sixteen, and his face looked a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it.

"Thank you." Seeing that the other party stretched out his hand, Xu Wei took the other party's hand and stood up.

At this time, I saw the other party pointing to the inside of the city wall and said, "Change the guard, go down." ”

Xu Wei subconsciously looked around, only to find that the soldiers who had fought together had been replaced by some soldiers who had no traces of blood on their bodies.

It turned out that after Mu Partridge realized that the southern city wall was the main direction of Xihu's attack, he transferred 4,000 border soldiers from elsewhere and deployed a full 8,000 soldiers on the south city wall, and these 8,000 men were divided into two battalions.

"Be careful, those people are like crazy." Xu Wei admonished the man.

The man smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "I noticed ...... when I came up," he paused, gave a thumbs up and praised Xu Wei: "One person plugs the gap of one zhang, it's really strong!" ”

Xu Wei smiled, wiped the blood on his face with his hand, but didn't want to touch the bite marks on his arm, bared his teeth in pain, and ran down the city wall along the steps on the inner side of the city wall.

Like Xu Wei, the soldiers who had just fought bloodily left the city wall one after another, and their posts were replaced by friendly troops who had just climbed the city wall.

After getting off the city wall, Xu Wei found Qin Yu, and after finding that Qin Yu was not missing arms or legs all over his body, he grinned reassuringly.

This relaxation was amazing, Xu Wei only felt a pain all over his body, as if even his bones were aching faintly, and with a snap, he fell to the ground with his back facing the sky.

At this scene, Qin Yu, who was so frightened that he was resting, immediately got up from the ground, rushed over and hurriedly dragged Xu Wei over.

"It's okay, it's okay, look at what scares you." Xu Wei waved his hand breathlessly, lying on the ground on his back facing the sky, gasping for breath.

"Brother Xu, are you injured?" Qin Yu noticed the bite mark on Xu Wei's arm, exclaimed, and then shouted loudly: "Here, someone is injured here!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier with a bone jar in his hand ran over and applied a green ointment to Xu Wei's bloody arm.

"Wow, what's that?" Xu Wei, who was resting with his eyes closed, only felt that his arm was cold, his heart was shocked, and he subconsciously wanted to struggle up, but he was held down by Qin Yu in time.

"It's an herbal ointment, and it stops bleeding very quickly after application." While explaining, Qin Yu pointed to his forehead at Xu Wei, only to see that he also had a similar ointment on his forehead.

When Xu Wei heard this, he put his mind at ease, and immediately looked at Qin Yu and asked curiously, "How did you get hurt?" ”

Qin Yu immediately blushed when he heard this.

Seeing this, the soldier on Qin Yu's side said with a smile: "Isn't it a shameful thing, is it worth being ashamed?" -----At that time, the spear in his hand was grabbed by the slave soldier, and in a hurry, he dragged the slave soldier over and knocked the other party unconscious with his head. ”

"Really?" Xu Wei looked at Qin Yu in surprise, revealing an expression like "How can the Xiaoji I am familiar with be so decisive, don't lie to me", and then asked with interest: "This is quite heroic, why are you ashamed?" ”

"Why are you ashamed?" The soldier had a malicious smile on his face, and before Qin Yu had time to cover his mouth, he said with a smile: "Because there is not just one, but two." ”

"I'm dizzy too?" Xu Wei stared at the embarrassed Qin Yu with wide eyes, grinning.

"Not really." The soldier shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "In the end, it was a fire commander who relieved him and killed the Xihu slave soldier. ”

"Hahahaha-"

Xu Wei laughed out loud without any image, in fact, not only he was laughing, but the other Xia Army soldiers who were resting nearby also laughed after hearing this.

In all fairness, is this funny?

It's funny, but it doesn't make those nearby Xia Junbian soldiers laugh so happily.

Perhaps, in the final analysis, it was not Qin Yu who those soldiers were smiling, they were smiling with joy, and they were happy that they persevered until they changed their guards and walked down the city wall alive.

It was the joy of coming alive from the precipitous battlefield of nine deaths and lives that made them laugh, and even some of the soldiers laughed and laughed, and tears of joy also flowed in their eyes.

These soldiers need an opportunity to vent their complicated feelings.

But after laughing for a while, the joy faded, for they knew that after they had rested for a while, they would have to go up to the city wall to take over the friendly troops who were now fighting on the wall.

And the thought of this made their hearts heavy again.

Gradually, he became silent, and there was no trace of the excitement he had when he walked down the city wall alive.

At this time, another pair of young men drove several carts over, each with many baskets on them, and the baskets were filled with the food that the locals of Lingzhou used to fill their stomachs every day, and a large bread baked.

It was probably freshly baked scones, and the soldiers who had just finished the bloody battle sniffed their noses vigorously, and they felt fragrant no matter how they smelled it.

Even, the stomach that was originally not hungry actually gurgled at this moment.

"Don't scramble, everyone has a share!"

Probably noticing that some of the soldiers were standing up and preparing to rush towards the carts, a lieutenant stood up and shouted to stop.

The border army also kept military discipline in mind, and after hearing this, no soldier went to fight.

Seeing this, the young men began to distribute food in order from near to far.

Qin Yu and Xu Wei were lucky, those young men all came to them at the beginning, and each of them handed them a scone the size of two palms and the thickness of a knuckle.

"Hmm......" After taking the scones, Xu Wei couldn't wait to take a big bite and chewed with satisfaction.

At this moment, another young man handed him a palm-deep croissant.

"What is this?" Xu Wei looked at the milky white liquid in the croissant and was stunned.

As soon as he finished speaking, the lieutenant's answer came from the side.

"Wine."

"Wine?" Xu Wei's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to take the croissant and pour a big sip, then smacked his lips, frowned and said, "This wine is so light, it doesn't taste good----- but it's delicious." ”

On the side, Qin Yu asked the captain in wonder, "Is this General Mu's arrangement?" ”

As if seeing through Qin Yu's thoughts, the captain nodded and said: "General Mu thinks that a little drinking can calm everyone's mood, and a little drunkenness can also make it easier for everyone to exert their potential----- I forgot General Mu's original words, anyway, that's what it means." ”

"Oh." Qin Yu nodded with relief, took the croissant, and ate and drank on the scones.

"After drinking, don't throw the croissant cup around, put it back in the basket over there, and the soldiers on the city wall will use it later." After the lieutenant finished admonishing the nearby soldiers, when he turned around, he saw Qin Yu looking at the scones and wine in his hand in a daze, and he was stunned for a moment, and then guessed the reason.

"At this time, even if you don't have an appetite to eat, you have to force the food to swallow because you don't know when the next meal will be." While admonishing Qin Yu, the captain bit down on a piece of scone, chewed it a few times, swallowed it with wine, and then solemnly added: "Only by eating a full stomach can you have the strength to kill the enemy, and only by killing the enemy can you have the possibility of surviving!" ”

As the captain guessed, in fact, at this moment, Qin Yu had any appetite because he had just killed several enemies, but after listening to the captain's words, he still forced himself to swallow the food forcibly.

All in order to survive this battle!

When they had had eaten their fill, the soldiers rested in silence, and no one laughed or played any more and wasted their energy, for they knew that it would not be long before they would set foot on the walls again and fight the Sihu slaves again.

Sure enough, about half an hour later, on the steps of the city wall, a general's order came: "The general has an order, the first battalion and the second battalion will change guards!" ”

Hearing this, the military attachés immediately stood up and shouted and urged the reluctant soldiers around them: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Fast! Go to the city walls! ”

"It's damn -----"

Qin Yu and Xu Wei glanced at each other, and with their arms that had recovered some physical strength, they picked up the weapons around them and climbed the city wall again.

Waiting for Qin Yu, Xu Wei and other soldiers of the first battalion of the Xia Army to set foot on the city wall for the second time and take over the defensive posts of the friendly army, it was already approaching dusk, but those Xihu slave soldiers outside the city still tirelessly tried to climb the city wall.

"Oh my God......"

After stepping on the city wall, Xu Wei looked around and secretly exclaimed, because he found that the city wall was full of corpses, and there was simply no room for them to stand on.

And the soldiers of the second battalion, who were still fighting bloodily, struggled to prevent the Xihu slaves from attacking the city wall, and at the same time transported the corpses of friendly soldiers to the city, and when this was over, they burned the corpses and transported the ashes back to Shangshui County.

As for the corpses of the slave soldiers, the soldiers of the second battalion simply used them as wooden messengers, and threw them out of the city one by one, smashing down the slave soldiers who tried to climb the city wall.

Don't say it's inhumane, in fact, this is the cruelty of the battlefield: for the sake of victory, you can do whatever it takes!

"The second battalion retreats! Retreat to the city! Retreat to the city! ”

After stepping onto the city wall, a captain shouted loudly, ordering the second battalion and the first battalion to change guards, and the non-commissioned officers of the first battalion, such as Qin Yu, Xu Wei, and others, quickly stepped forward to take over the posts of the second battalion teammates, replacing those tired friendly troops.

"Be fast!"

"All the people of the second battalion go down! Down the city walls! ”

"Take the wounded away!"

The fire captains and team leaders of the first battalion began to take over the command.

The corpses of the soldiers of the Xia army who died in the battle were quickly carried to the city, and the wounded who still had a trace of breath were quickly taken to the city for treatment to stop the bleeding.

"Casualties of the 2nd Battalion...... More than us.'" ”

During the change of guard, Qin Yu looked around, and he was incredibly surprised to find that the casualties of the second battalion were much more than those of the first battalion, which made him feel incredible.

After all, according to common sense, the Xihu slave soldiers they faced in a battalion were the opponents with full physical strength and high morale.

At this moment, an old soldier with an arrow stuck in his left shoulder walked past Qin Yu.

"Huh? Arrows? ”

Qin Yu looked at the arrow on the veteran's shoulder and was stunned, after all, slave soldiers didn't have high-grade weapons like bows and arrows.

Maybe the veteran noticed that Qin Yu was looking at him, his footsteps paused slightly, and his voice was hoarse: "Be careful of the Xihu cavalry!" -------Those brutes,"

After that, the veteran patted Qin Yu's shoulder side, and went down the city wall without looking back.

"What do you mean?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Qin Yu's eyes.

And at this moment, a captain of the first battalion and a captain of the second battalion had a few words in a low voice, and then shouted loudly to both sides, and the words he shouted could be regarded as answering the doubts in Qin Yu's heart.

"Attention soldiers, strictly prevent the Xihu cavalry from sneaking up with longbows! ------ all the soldiers, pay attention, strictly prevent the Xihu cavalry from sneaking up with longbows! ”

"The Xihu cavalry participated in the attack?"

Qin Yu subconsciously looked out of the city, and sure enough, he saw that more than 100 zhang away from the city, several Xihu cavalry were riding their horses around a circle, and quickly came towards the south city wall.

And the lieutenant apparently noticed this scene and shouted: "Beware of arrow attacks!" Beware of arrow attacks! ------ shield hand to protect Tongze! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the Xihu cavalry outside the city had approached the southern city wall, and I saw that they quickly turned a corner, ran parallel to the southern city wall, and took this opportunity to draw their longbows and shoot a wave of arrows towards the city wall.

It was really a continuous rain of arrows, and those Xihu cavalry galloping around in a circle seemed to shoot arrows only if they met a certain condition - parallel to the southern city wall and within the range of fire - and this strange tactic, although there were not many arrows in a single time, but the victory was endless, so that the soldiers on the side of the Xia army on the city wall did not even have a gap to raise their heads.

"Aren't those guys afraid of killing allies by mistake-----

Together with Xu Wei, a soldier of Wu Nei, who was also a shield bearer, he used a shield to protect Qin Yu, while scolding.

But then the scene he witnessed made him silently shut up.

Yes, the Xihu cavalry outside the city didn't care about the lives of the slave soldiers who were still climbing the city walls, and the arrows they shot were originally indistinguishable from each other.

And this scene is very familiar to most of the veterans of the Xia Army's border army.

I think that when they resisted Xihu's last attack a few days ago, those Xihu generals in command were also like this, and they didn't care about the lives of Xihu's soldiers.

"These brutes!"

Not far away, a soldier cursed in a low voice in dialect,

"Bastard thing!"

"Do you think this will be able to demoralize our army?!"

"Don't fucking look down on people!"

The soldiers and soldiers of the Xia army on the city wall held back a wave of anger in their hearts.

They may be defeated by an enemy army one day, but it is impossible for such bastards to be in disregard of their own casualties!

"Sons, suppress these Xihu slave soldiers, and let the Xihu people see the backbone of my Chu Xierlang!"

In the distance, there was the angry shout of Luo Tao, the guard of the southern city.

Hearing this, those soldiers and soldiers of the Xia army who were holding back a wave of anger in their hearts actually stopped avoiding the rain of arrows, and even braved the rain of arrows to block the outside of the city wall, suppressing those Xihu slaves who were still trying to attack the city wall.

"Boom-"

It was an increased wooden wall that was pushed down on the city wall by the Xihu slave soldiers, which made the increased wooden walls on the city wall one less piece, and there was almost nothing left.

But this did not affect the morale of the soldiers on the border of the Xia army, who were full of anger at the moment.

Is it just braving the rain of arrows to fight the enemy?

The battlefield experienced by these border soldiers has never been the enemy's back!

"Push them down!"

Qin Yu pointed to a group of slave soldiers who had climbed the city wall and roared.

In just a few face-to-face efforts, the group of about two dozen slave soldiers was quickly killed by the sergeants of the Xia army on both sides.

Moreover, for a long time after that, the Xihu slave soldiers, who had an absolute advantage in numbers, were unable to climb the city wall again.

Although part of the reason for this situation is that the Xihu cavalry outside the city shot many slave soldiers who climbed the city wall with a rain of arrows, you must know that the soldiers of the Xia army border army also braved the arrow rain of those Xihu cavalry.

The situation of the two is the same!

It can only be said that the strength of the Xia Army's border army at this moment is enough to make the other formed armies of the Xia Kingdom look at it!

The stupid Xihu people, with stupid tactics, provoked these soldiers and soldiers of the Xia Army who had been out of the army and had been in battle for a long time!

"Bang ----"

The shield soldiers of the Xia army's border army used the shields in their hands to block the gaps in the city wall, and used their shields, armor, and flesh and blood to create a high wall that was difficult for the Xihu slave soldiers to overcome.

Behind the shield soldiers, the rest of the Xia army soldiers assisted in the battle with spears, and some quickly carried the enemy corpses on the ground, used them as rolling logs and rolling stones, and threw them to the outside of the city wall, knocking down one enemy after another who tried to climb the city wall.

"Are these soldiers ---- crazy? Ignoring the rain of arrows overhead----

An archer soldier who came up to the city wall to investigate the situation looked at this scene on the city wall in surprise, he really couldn't figure out how this group of Wei soldiers seemed to be crazy one by one.

However, after being stunned for a moment, he immediately remembered the task he was shouldering, and squeezed to the outer edge of the city wall to peek at the position of the Xihu cavalry outside the city.

It wasn't long before the city's archers fought back with their longbows.

At the same time, on a high slope in the southwest corner of Dingyuan City, under the banner of Na Xihu, there were two teams of hundreds of people each, quietly watching this tragic siege battle.

And the two people in front of their respective teams, their faces were even more solemn.

These two people, one is the Xihu general Soba who commanded the siege the day before, and the other is the young Xihu warrior who is the commander of the Xihu Khan's guard, the Khan Jinwei. Senge.

"What do you think of this battle, young Commander?"

Glancing at the Xihu warrior Senge who looked to be only in his twenties, Soba asked with a solemn face.

I saw Senge slowly exhale and said in a low voice: "Xia Guo's army is far stronger than we imagined against ------. ”

"yes, who would have thought? The Great Khan gathered two or three hundred thousand people, but he was blocked by less than 30,000 people outside Dingyuan City, and he fought hard for more than an hour, but he didn't even attack the city wall----- "Soba said with emotion.

"No, those slaves have already attacked the city wall, but it's just ----" Senge said a fair word, and then turned his eyes to the south wall of Dingyuan City, and added with a strange expression: "It's just that, somehow, it seems to have angered that Xia army------"

With that, he turned to look at Soba and said tentatively, "What are your plans for this Dingyuan?" ”

"Spare me." Hearing this, Soba smiled bitterly and said: "The Wujiao tribe has been wiped out by a Xia cavalry of tens of thousands of people, and the clansmen and sheep have been killed, I don't want to spend too much military strength here, but the Great Khan won't listen to me!" ”

"It really doesn't look like the words of a Xihu general."

"Hehe, isn't every Xihu general belligerent? I'll only aim my weapons at the real enemy. ”

"The real enemy?" Senge frowned when he heard this, and asked in surprise, "Is it barbaric?" ”

Soba let out a long breath, looked up at the sky, and muttered, "The hungry wolves in the north are about to be unable to suppress the desire brought by long-term hunger!" ”

Senge was stunned when he heard this. But then he said helplessly: "But now we have no choice!" ”

--------- dividing line-------

Dusk has passed, night has fallen, and the sky is gradually getting dark.

At this moment, the first and second battalions defending the southern city wall have each rotated twice, and roughly calculating the duration of this siege battle, it is estimated that it has been almost two hours.

In all fairness, about two hours of wartime has been very common in siege warfare since ancient times, but it makes Mu Lu feel like a pin.

The Xia army suffered heavy casualties among the border troops, which could be guessed by the generals who did not need to tell Mu Lu.

There was no way, after all, the two battalions responsible for defending the southern city wall, that were a total of 8,000 soldiers, and they were facing no less than 70,000 or 80,000 Xihu troops, In these two hours or so, Mu Partridge poured himself a drink from beginning to end, or hummed a favorite tune in his memory, and never once gave orders, even he himself felt like a mascot.

But it is undeniable that the role of Mu Partridge, the "mascot", is irreplaceable, because as long as he is still sitting in the hall of the city gate tower, leisurely sipping wine and humming a little song, the soldiers near the city gate tower will not see any panic on their faces.

This is a kind of personality charm.

But in fact, after sitting for nearly two hours, Mu Partridge's legs were actually numb.

However, he couldn't move around at will, because once he walked, he would give the nearby generals the illusion: This General Mu was actually standing here? Could it be that they feel that the situation is unfavorable?

As the saying goes, the road he chose had to be completed with tears in his eyes, so when Luo Detao and other generals mistakenly thought that this General Mu was intoxicated with his own world, he never imagined that this General Mu's heart was simply dripping blood.

After about a while, Luo Detao came to Mu Lu's side with a sigh of relief, and said with some excitement: "General, the army of the Xihu people has retreated!" ”

His face was full of joy that the last general would not fail in his mission.