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However, Huling City, which initially encountered the enemy's cavalry "flying" around the city, had reached the most critical moment at this time.

The enemy did not need to attack the city gates, they only killed and wounded the defenders on the towers.

When the defenders are dead, the city is taken, which is no different from one plus one equals two.

Yue Xiaolin fell into deep remorse, he believed that he had dragged these more than 2,000 people into the Jedi and led them to a dead end.

This kind of despair devoured the only reason in Yue Xiaolin's heart like a demon.

At this moment, Yue Xiaolin was about to break the jar.

"The prince said that soldiers should be honored!" Yue Xiaolin opened his blood-red eyes and loudly mobilized before the battle in an excited and tragic voice, "Today we will die here, and tomorrow, the comrades of the Northern Expeditionary Army will recapture this city and avenge us with all the Tartars...... Brethren, eighteen years later, another hero! ”

He's X!

If Wu Zheng was there, he would kick Yue Xiaolin's ass.

When the battle is reached here, there are still more than 1,000 lives in front of us, and although it is a matter of time before the city fails, what if there are reinforcements?

It was with this kind of constant harassment and encroachment on the enemy cavalry that the morale of the defenders was being consumed.

Why don't you retreat from the city tower and use 100 people to hide behind the battlements and block the enemy with cold guns, even if there are casualties, more than 1,000 people will be added in batches, and it will take a day or two to consume it, and it will not be a problem.

In this way, even if the enemy cavalry can shoot at the city tower for twelve hours a day, I am afraid that it will not be able to help Huling City in a short time, after all, there are actually only 600 spear cavalry outside the north gate of Huling.

It's a pity that Wu Zheng gave the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army courage, but he couldn't give them what it means to be adaptable.

In fact, those who can respond to the situation on the battlefield and do not die have basically become veterans, in the Northern Expeditionary Army, veterans are rare, most of them are in the First Army, and the Huling defenders, including Yue Xiaolin, are actually new soldiers.

They do not lack combat skills and courage to dare to die, but what they lack most is tactfulness and compromise.

Fighting is never a collision of strengths.

War is never about killing, but about costs and benefits.

It's the same as doing business, and you need to weigh whether it's worth it or not.

In particular, one side of the main general must be weighed.

I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid that it's not worth dying, that's it, veteran.

Yue Xiaolin's instigation suddenly boosted the morale of the already demoralized defenders.

In this way, Yue Xiaolin took advantage of the short gap between the enemy's cavalry and the next round of "flying shooting" and the next round, leading the whole army, opening the city gate, and brazenly shooting guns outside the city, launching a counterattack.

The defenders succeeded, and the spearmen outside the city could not have imagined that the defenders, who had been pressed and beaten, dared to open the city gate and launch a counterattack.

For the sake of continuity of the siege, the camp of the spear cavalry was only five miles away.

And Yue Xiaolin's choice of counterattack timing is just right, but in fact, this is a blind cat crashing into a dead mouse, Yue Xiaolin's original intention is nothing more than to open the city gate when the enemy is not attacking, otherwise, being rushed in by the enemy horse, the defenders are afraid that they will not even have a chance to resist, and even Yue Xiaolin does not want to live at all, because at this time, Yue Xiaolin still thinks that the enemy rider outside the city is three thousand.

Yue Xiaolin died.

Hit by seven bullets in his body, the remorse in his heart forced him to take the lead and rush to the forefront of the team.

At the forefront, often, is cannon fodder.

Yue Xiaolin understood this truth, but he didn't want to live anymore.

There were more than 2,000 defenders, and only more than 1,000 people remained, and they were led by themselves to launch a counterattack against the "3,000" enemy cavalry.

Yue Xiaolin didn't think that he could still live, and he didn't deserve to live anymore, so he ...... He's dead.

However, the defenders won.

The fall of night made it impossible for the enemy to estimate the sudden dispatch of the defenders, and it was Yue Xiaolin's surprise that the victory was that the two wheels of the enemy cavalry were alternating before and after, and the victory was that the enemy cavalry rifle was also a single shot, and there was no continuous fire.

When more than 1,000 defenders rushed to the enemy cavalry camp, the enemy cavalry was at first panicked, then disdainful, and after shooting down one or two hundred people, they found that the defenders were rushing towards them desperately, and only then did they realize that they needed to avoid their edges, and only then did they think of getting on their horses and retreating...... It's a pity that it's late.

The distance of five miles was not enough for these cavalry, who had delayed most of the time in order to shoot the defenders, to retreat calmly.

When the spears of the defenders pierced the buttocks of the horses, in fact, the victory and defeat had already been decided, and there were no projectiles in the short guns of the enemy riders, and six hundred horsemen wanted to shoot more than 1,000 defenders face-to-face with muskets, which was obviously a kind of suicide to avoid the strengths and promote the weaknesses.

In this battle, which lasted only one pillar of incense, the enemy's 600 cavalry was wiped out, and the defenders were still less than 400 people gasping.

In the eyes of these more than 300 survivors, there is more ruthlessness!

In fact, at the end of the enemy cavalry, there were still more than 100 people who surrendered, but at this time, even if Yue Xiaolin was still alive, he could not restrain the madness of the surviving soldiers of the defenders.

I'll die, or, you'll die!

There was no moon on this night, and the night covered up this bloody scene.

It was only a few days later that the pile of severed limbs was discovered, none of the bodies were intact, disgusting and bloody, as if to tell of a hellish night.

……。

When Wu Zheng led the main force of Xuzhou to the south of Peixian, it was already late at night.

At this time, Lu Zhiyu was patrolling and visiting the wounded soldiers at the north gate.

Strangely, the enemy cavalry at the north gate did not attack after only two attacks, but only kept cruising in the distance.

Lu Zhiyu wondered in his heart, could it be that the enemy was going to besiege Peixian?

That's not right, Pei County is close to Xuzhou, and the prince's reinforcements will arrive, what does the enemy want to do?

Lu Zhiyu, who couldn't think of a clue for a while, decided to use a stupid method, that is, to respond to all changes with the same.

Hold Pei County, everything is not a problem.

……。

Shen Zhiyuan was very calm, he had no intention of attacking Pei County, what he wanted was to bring Wu Zheng to help, and then fight a field battle with Wu Zheng.

Shen Zhiyuan knew very well that if he fought an offensive and defensive battle, he would definitely lose.

Only in the field can he have a sure chance of winning, because he knows that the Northern Expeditionary Army has no cavalry, so after nightfall, Shen Zhiyuan still repeats the old routine of Huling, leaving 600 spear cavalry at the north gate to attract the attention of Lu Zhiyu, while he leads 1,800 cavalry to detour to 20 miles south of Pei County, waiting for the arrival of Wu Zheng, no, to be precise, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the Northern Expedition.

Shen Zhiyuan never thought of killing Wu Zheng, absolutely not!

In Shen Zhiyuan's heart, Wu Zheng has never been an enemy, but a brother.

But as he himself said, brother, you can't stand in the way!

"If Wu Zhengru comes this time, he will be a prisoner of my subordinates!" Shen Zhiyuan smiled and said to Lan Bai, who was inseparable from him.

Lan Bai said with a smile: "If you are a talented general, you will naturally be able to succeed...... With this merit, the imperial court will definitely increase the number of officials and knights, reward the forehead, and rely on the forehead to carry it more in the future. ”

"Well said, well said." Shen Zhiyuan replied with a haha.