"Throwing fire oil—"

With Xiao Yuan's order, a jar of fire oil was thrown under the city and thrown onto the ladder, and the sound of the clay pot breaking sounded one after another, and the oil stains were splashed everywhere.

Immediately afterwards, rockets were shot at the oil stains, and the fire broke out suddenly, and the fire spread like a poisonous snake, along the oil stains.

In an instant, the countless ghost soldiers who were still besieging the city were in the sea of fire, their bodies were covered with firelight, some fell from the cloud ladder, and some were scurrying around in the fire, letting out a terrible howl.

The ghost army behind was blocked by the fire, but the ghost army at the base of the wall was still climbing up frantically along the ladder.

The ghost clan is fierce and bloodthirsty, their offensive is fierce, and the Central Plains soldiers are also fiercely resisting.

Xiao Yuan had already drawn out his sword and joined the battle in person, walking back and forth on the city wall, swinging his sword from time to time, slashing and killing the ghost army that had just emerged.

There were also many Central Plains soldiers who were slashed by the ghost army that came up, screaming and falling to the city.

Such a siege battle, its tragedy can be imagined, after swinging his sword again to slash and kill a ghost army, Xiao Yuan also grabbed a soldier's neck.

The soldier was probably a new recruit, and he was a little frightened and trembling, because of his fear of the enemy, and a ghost army had almost attacked him just now.

Xiao Yuan pushed him to the ground and shouted, "What are you doing!?" This is the battlefield! You don't kill the enemy! It's you who dies! ”

As he spoke, he immediately ran again with his sword, and at the same time shouted, "Listen to the order now!" All soldiers, be sure to fight the enemy! Including this general, if there is any fear of the enemy, military law will be engaged! ”

As we all know, the role of an army is beyond doubt, if the lord is greedy for life and afraid of death, the following soldiers must be a rabble.

However, now, Xiao Yuan, as the main general and the leader, he has played a complete leading role, and after his shock, the morale below is also suddenly boosted.

All the soldiers resisted more fiercely.

In addition, the fire attack also played a key role, so that the ghost army behind could not go to the battlefield for the first time, so after the first echelon of the ghost army was destroyed, the opposing commander could only order a temporary withdrawal of troops to observe the situation.

The army of the ghost clan came and went faster, and the plain outside the gate returned to calm.

Under the city walls, there were piles of corpses and rivers of blood.

Arrows were everywhere, some still nailed to corpses, some stuck diagonally on the ground.

This was only the first wave of the ghost army's offensive, and when it retreated, everyone was relieved, and the soldiers were even more prostrate, holding their halberds and sitting on the ground.

Before, Peng Shuang was in charge of the left city defense, and after the battle, he also looked for it, and seeing that he was covered in blood, Xiao Yuan subconsciously asked, "Injured?" ”

"No, it's all the blood of the enemy." Peng Shuang waved his hand aggressively.

Xiao Yuan nodded, and then began to order his generals to count the post-war losses.

Peng Shuang followed him, and said as he walked: "General, there is one thing, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"Between you and me, you can speak as bluntly." Xiao Yuan said without replying.

Peng Shuang pondered for a moment and said, "The 10,000 soldiers that Lu Shuai gave us seem to be ...... Something is wrong. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but stop and turned his head to look at him.

"Quite a few recruits." Peng Shuang hurriedly explained.

In fact, Xiao Yuan also discovered this problem, he first squinted his eyes, then patted Peng Shuang's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, this army will only get stronger and stronger!" ”

As the two were talking, Liu Yuzhi, the commander of Liucheng County, walked quickly onto the city wall, and behind him, there was a large group of ordinary people, and almost everyone was carrying something like a basket in their hands, and after people came up, they began to spontaneously take out food such as steamed buns from the basket and handed it to the soldiers sitting against the wall.

At this moment, those soldiers had just repelled the ghost army, and everyone's faces were stained with sweat and blood, and the concern of the villagers also made the soldiers show sincere smiles on their faces.

The scene was very warm.

"General Xiao." At this time, Liu Yuzhi also walked over and arched his hand towards Xiao Yuan.

"Lord Liu." Xiao Yuan returned the salute, then looked sideways at the people, then looked at Liu Yuzhi again, and asked, "These are all organized by Lord Liu?" ”

"No, no, no, this is the spontaneous initiative of the people in the city." Liu Yuzhi waved his hand.

Xiao Yuan raised his eyebrows, the current situation is also good for him, because in this way, the soldiers below will have a belief in protecting the people.

The soldiers were most afraid of fighting for some reason, and now they knew that there were still tens of thousands of compatriots in this city who needed their protection, and if they retreated, the whole city would die.

Casually swept his eyes, Xiao Yuan's eyes were also attracted by a special person.

It was a woman.

She was dressed in white like snow, and she was so outstanding among the people, and she was half-crouching there, handing hot steamed buns to a soldier.

She was about seventeen or eighteen years old.

The temperament is graceful and out of the dust.

It's like coming out of a painting.

Such a classical beauty, Xiao Yuan was a little stunned for a while.

"General?" Liu Yuzhi called softly.

"Huh?" Xiao Yuan came back to his senses.

Liu Yuzhi raised his eyebrows suspiciously, then followed his gaze just now, and then explained with a smile: "This woman is the richest businessman in Liucheng, Miss Gu's daughter. ”

"Miss Daughter?" Xiao Yuan was a little surprised.

"Yes, his father's family is wealthy, and this daughter is kind and knowledgeable...... Liu Yuzhi explained.

"What's her name?" Xiao Yuan asked for no reason.

"Gu Xue." Liu Yuzhi returned.

"Oh." Xiao Yuan responded, then shook his head secretly and laughed at himself. This woman is a young lady, and she has such a beautiful appearance, I am afraid that there are many sons and daughters who pursue her, and she is just a low-level general, why are you asking this.

Thinking of this, he also retracted his gaze, and then said to Liu Yuzhi: "Lord Liu, after today's battle, although the ghost army has been defeated, the ghost army will attack again tomorrow. ”

"The general doesn't have to worry about this, I'll take care of it." Liu Yuzhi said: "But is the fire oil still enough for the general, I'm afraid it can't be collected in the city." ”

"En......" Xiao Yuan pondered for a while, and said truthfully: "Judging from today's consumption, I'm afraid that the oil can't last for two days, and these can only play an auxiliary role, and can't really retreat from the enemy." ”

"What then?"

"Fight, you can't fight like this." Xiao Yuan also frowned worriedly.