"Hmm...... But can we still keep the truth? I followed General Fang from Gaoyouzhou to Jiangdu and then to Yizhen, and I have been retreating, and after several battles, the casualties of our army are not ......small. ”

"If you can't beat it, retreat, it's not a big deal." The veteran waved his hand and said, "You have to firmly believe that as long as the general is still here, we will definitely be able to fight back." ”

"Hmm...... I see. Listening to the old soldier's words, the look on the young soldier's face became a little vivid.

Seeing that the recruit was persuaded by his few words, the veteran was also a little happy and asked, "Baby, what's your name?" ”

"Huang Changping, nicknamed Erwa."

"Good name, you're the second oldest in the family?"

"Hmm...... I also have a sister above me. ”

"Okay, good ......." The veteran said yes again and again, but no one understood what he was saying.

Huang Changping suddenly said: "Official, please do something. ”

"Say."

"You and I are fellow countrymen...... If I die in battle, can you help me visit my father and mother and report the news? Today, I saw that the battalion commanders ordered the soldiers to write suicide notes. ”

The veteran was stunned and frowned: "Who said you would die?" Even if it's really dead...... The General's Mansion has your military status, so he will naturally go to support your father. Don't worry, you can't die, and if there is a war, you will stand behind me ....... ”

At this time, a mournful alarm suddenly sounded on the city wall, "Enemy attack!" ”

The veteran got up when he heard the sound, rushed two steps towards the place where the sound came from, and suddenly turned back to the young man and said, "This is just a common thing for the enemy to attack, don't be afraid...... Follow me, don't run around stupidly. ”

……。

This was indeed an attack, and there were not many enemies who came to attack, two cattle and six hundred cavalry.

They didn't even organize a siege, they raised their bows and shot at the bottom of the city.

The galloping war horses made it difficult for the defenders on the city to aim, but in fact, they couldn't aim at all, no, they never thought about aiming.

At night, lit by the few torches on the city walls, it was evidently futile to aim at the galloping cavalry.

But the arrows fired by the enemy are real, not only fast but also accurate.

For veterans, this is just a piece of cake and can be completely ignored, just lean their backs against the battlements, wait quietly or chat with each other.

If you are really unlucky and are shot in the legs and feet by an arrow with "eyes", then you will blame yourself for being unlucky, and you can't die anyway.

Now in Yizhen City, in addition to the veterans brought by Chen Sheng, there are also Fang Guoan's cadet soldiers, although the psychological quality of the two is different, but they still know the basic tactics.

But in addition to these two parts, there are also some recruits who have just been recruited, such as this recruit named Huang Changping.

These recruits, less than three months before and after enlistment, had been hiding in the back as a reserve, but starting from the Jiangdu offensive and defensive battles, Chen Shengbu and Fang Guo'an had a lot of losses, and these recruits were slowly replenished.

After joining the army, these recruits have no battlefield knowledge except for learning to shoot and what they have happened to see and hear in the past half a month.

At this time, at least half of the people on duty on the city wall were recruits like Huang Changping.

The sound of the hooves of the horses, the strange cries of the enemy's "whooping" and "whooping", coupled with the arrows flying all over the sky, these recruits were in chaos, and their psychology could not bear this huge pressure, and they collided everywhere, and even some of them lay directly on the ground of the city wall, holding their heads in their hands and roaring, but this increased the probability of being shot by random arrows.

There were also people who frantically rushed to the battlements, clumsily pulling the flint and shooting blindly at the city.

And Huang Changping belongs to the latter type, Huang Changping, who was originally hiding behind the veteran, saw a recruit like his cousin, the moment he was killed by random arrows, his emotions were irresistibly out of control, he rushed to the battlement like crazy, and shot at the city, God knows where the projectile went.

But this is not a repeating gun after all, you have to reload after one shot, when Huang Changping's trembling hands began to load ammunition, he completely forgot that he had to bend down and hide behind the battlement wall to load, this is the most basic action essentials.

The torches on the city wall were basically inserted around the battlements, and Huang Changping's loading action exposed his upper body to the eyes of the enemy.

A figure lunged at him, hugged him, and then turned sharply.

Huang Changping was shocked and at a loss, looking at this face with a helpless smile that was not yet very familiar, it gradually dimmed, and he was dragged down heavily by the owner of this face, and smashed to the ground "Peng".

……。

When it was dawn, the enemy retreated.

Not to repel it, but to actively retreat.

The enemy cavalry is just an attack, without the slightest intention to attack the city.

Perhaps, they want to use this way to crush the psychology and morale of the defenders, so that the defenders will give up and retreat on their own initiative.

On the city walls, the defenders were treating the wounded and removing the dead.

Huang Changping knelt in front of the corpse, it had been more than an hour, and he was numb.

His mind was blank, and his stunned eyes made every soldier who approached and wanted to remove the corpse dare not or bear to do it.

A tall, officer-looking man approached.

"Get up...... He's dead. ”

Huang Changping shook his head stiffly.

"I command you to get up!"

This roar made Huang Changping subconsciously raise his head, look at the officer, and say dryly and with difficulty, "He...... He's ...... for me Block the arrow, and then die. ”

The officer frowned and said in a deep voice, "It's not your fault...... How can there be an immortal in a war, he is a veteran, he will not block arrows for you, but also for other recruits, this is our traditional ...... Lihaiwei. ”

Huang Changping's tears finally gushed out, and he howled, "But I...... I don't even know his name. ”

"You don't need to know...... What you have to do is to kill more enemies on the battlefield in the future to avenge him, and then, as well, to block arrows for the recruits, instead of feeling guilty here...... Of course, you have to live long enough to be a veteran! ”

The officer reached out vigorously and dragged Huang Changping up, and then said to the soldier behind him: "Carry it away!" ”

After the body was carried away, the officer was about to say a few words, when a soldier came running from afar and said loudly: "Commander Shi...... The commanders want to see you. ”

The officer swallowed back the hand that had reached his mouth, patted Huang Changping's shoulder, and left.

Huang Changping looked at the officer's back in a daze, and the soldier who gave the order shook his hand in front of him, and asked with concern, "You...... You okay? ”

Huang Changping shook his head and asked, "Dare to ask...... Who is the ruler of Fangcai? ”