"It's a pity......"

Xu Shu stood in the dark place of the West City Gate, staring at Huchu Spring, who was wandering around the city but couldn't squeeze in, and finally sighed slightly and said, "It's a pity that there is no urn city in Linjin...... Why didn't this guy take the lead in the city, hey......"

If there was an urn city, Xu Shu would definitely wait a little longer, and wait until Hu Chuquan also squeezed into the city gate with the soldiers before finally launching it, but now it is only in the east city gate, and the temporarily stacked horse rejection array really can't provide the best attack and defense strength like a solid urn city.

Although it is a pity, but Xu Shu can't take too many risks, after all, the net of Linjin is still smaller, so he can only catch a certain amount of fish and shrimp, if he is too greedy and is really squeezed through the net by fish and shrimp, then the status of the two sides may be reversed immediately.

"Drums! Shooter step forward! Free Fire! ”

Xu Shu saw that the Huns were almost congested, so he ordered an attack, and also pointed to Huchuquan, which was more than a hundred steps outside the city, and specially ordered, "Strong crossbowman, shoot him!" ”

Although at such a distance, the strong crossbow does have the power to kill, but under the reflection of the fire in the dark night, the approximate location is known, but the specific body shape may not be as clear as in the daytime, Xu Shu's supplementary order, but the meaning of the lottery is greater than the actual significance.

If you win, you should have some dreams, right?

The war drums that had been silent once again rumbled in the sky above Linjin City!

The Southern Hun soldiers who were pushing and desperately wanted to enter the city were startled, and when they looked up, they saw arrows falling in their faces, pouring down like hail!

The Southern Hun cavalry clustered together is simply the best target, and the archers on the head of the city don't even save aiming, just in the general direction, as fast as they can, dump the arrows, as for whether the shot is a man or a horse, or that guy, all of them are left to God to arrange.

"Throw hay! Torch! ”

When the drum sounded, Tai Shi Ci was leading the army to resist the Hun soldiers, and under the wave of the halberd, almost in the blink of an eye, more than ten Hun soldiers who were trying to break through the defense line in front of him were cut down, and then cooperated with the inner and outer sides of the city, so that the soldiers began to throw hay torches to the Hun soldiers who were crowded together.

At this moment, the Hun soldiers who were crowded together also somewhat understood that the so-called broken city was actually a trap, but the problem was that the Hun soldiers who rushed into the city did not have much space to dodge, either they were shot by arrows, or they were burned by the ignited grass balls and dry firewood, many Hun soldiers were covered in the flames and collided with their heads, and then accidentally hit the sharp wooden frame of the horse with people and horses, and were stabbed and scratched by the sharp blade on the horse, screaming and bleeding all over the ground.

There were also many Hun soldiers who realized the danger coming, and began to shout, commanding the soldiers to abandon their horses, climb the houses on both sides and the messy piles on the road, but when Tai Shici took off his bow and arrows and shot the few small Hun leaders who tried to command in the chaos, these Hun soldiers completely lost control......

"How the hell is this fat four?!" From the edge of the city, he finally dodged the shooting of the crossbowman, and Hu Chuquan, who fled back, even spoke a little out of tune, rushed to Zheng Gan and roared loudly, tightened the war knife in his hand, concealed the lack of evil anger on his face, gritted his teeth, and stared at Zheng Gan deadly.

On the top of the city, a lot of torches have been lit, and then Hulala with the firewood contaminated with fire oil thrown under the city wall, soon ignited a sea of fire, burned so that the Hun soldiers who were congested under the city wall screamed, many people in order to avoid the burning and baking of the flames, actually jumped off the half-dry trench, and the bad luck hung directly on the stake at the bottom of the trench, and the arms stretched out in despair shook in the light and shadow of the flames, like a ghost trying to escape from purgatory.

"This! I don't know why! Zheng Gan shouted in panic, seeing Hu Chuquan's unkind face, he couldn't help but tremble, and then hurriedly shouted again, "It must be the treacherous plan of the generals in the city to conquer the west!" A certain also sent someone to lurk in Tongguan, Yang Gong has also sent someone to lead the troops to come, at that time, the army will be together, just the remnants of the Jin Dynasty, even if there is an occasional small victory, what does it matter, after all, it is still a city broken and killed! ”

Hu Chuquan stared at Zheng Gan viciously, the war knife in his hand tightened and tightened, and roared: "What does it mean? It's all lost here, what else can be done in Tongguan? What's more, how many sons have been lost in the city in the past two days! ”

"Right Virtuous King, Right Virtuous King, don't be impatient!" Although it was the middle of the night and the temperature was low, Zheng Gan was still sweating, seeing that Hu Chuquan's face was getting worse and worse, and even the original bright signboard of "Yang Gong" could not work, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating, staring at the flames at the city gate, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said in a loud voice, "Right Virtuous King!" We are not defeated, we are not defeated! We've won! Victory! ”

Hu Chuquan was stunned for a moment and said, "Won?" What does it mean to win? Such a victory? ”

Zheng Gan pulled out some smiles on his face, pointed to the east gate of Linjin and said, "King Youxian, please look!" Although this fire has damaged a lot of people and horses, Linjin City is like this, and there is no East Gate! It's said to be blocked by flames now, but it can burn for a long time! After all, when the firewood is exhausted, even the fire oil in the city is probably exhausted at the moment! As long as you wait for a while, when the flames are extinguished, the city gate of Linjin City is still ours! It's just a little bit of a pause, and the victory is still ours! ”

"This ......" Hu Chuquan looked at Zheng Gan, and then at the east gate of Linjin City, which was burning, and the war knife that was originally lifted in his hand slowly relaxed.

"Tomorrow...... No, I'm going to ask someone to gather some people now......" Seeing this, Zheng Gan hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said, "There is also a cow wine baggage, which will also be supplemented and sent!" Reward the whole army! When the flames are extinguished, it is the time when the city of Linjin is broken! ”

"Hmm......" Hu Chuquan looked back at the east gate that was burning with raging flames, and then looked at his own subordinates who had fled back in embarrassment after all the hard work around him, as well as those sons and daughters near the city gate who were either shot by bows and arrows or killed in the scourge, pondered for a while, and finally glanced at Zheng Gan before putting the war knife into the scabbard and said, "Okay! Come on, blow the trumpet, collect the troops! Gong Zheng, you can go back to the camp with me first! ”

Above the east gate of Linjin, the scorching flames devoured the surrounding air, and even on the city wall, it was inevitably a little difficult to breathe.

"Xu Yuanjun ......" Chen Hao looked at the Hun soldiers struggling in the flames at the city gate, then turned his head to look at the situation in the city, hesitated for a moment, and still said, "This ...... The East City Gate, I'm afraid it won't be safe......"

Xu Shu glanced at Chen Hao with a smile and said, "If you have something to say, you might as well speak up." ”

“…… Xu Zhijun, although many Hun soldiers were burned this time, but the city gate was also destroyed in the fire, if this is ......" Chen Hao paused and said, "At that time, the Huns will attack, and there will be no city gate here to ......"

Xu Shu raised his head and smiled, and said, "If the Huns are really like this, wouldn't it be better?" ”

"Better?" Chen Hao was stunned for a moment, "How can it be better?" ”

Xu Shu smiled without answering, nodded towards Chen Hao, and Shi Shiran left first......

Leaving Chen Hao scratching his head a little, he couldn't quite understand.

The flames soared into the sky, but with the Huns who rushed in were killed and wounded, those firewood also burned to seven or eight eight, in the noisy night finally passed not long, as the early morning sun sprinkled all over the earth again, the people of the Zheng family who were originally building equipment in the rear, pushed the shield car that built more than ten cars overnight, and was numb to move slowly under the city of Linjin.

A fire at the east gate at night burned many soldiers and horses of the Southern Xiongnu, and also damaged the spirit of the Southern Xiongnu. If it was usual, in the face of the already dilapidated city gate, the Southern Huns would definitely not be doing any siege equipment, and they slowed down their speed in vain, and most of them rushed forward directly to fight and kill things.

But after such a chaotic night, the momentum of the Huns couldn't help but weaken a lot. Although the Huns ate some things at dawn, as for the cow wine that Zheng Gan promised or something, of course it was not so fast, and it was also on the way. Therefore, the somewhat exhausted Huns drove all the Zheng tenants and craftsmen who were originally making equipment in the rear to serve as cannon fodder for the first wave.

These Zheng tenant craftsmen, like walking corpses, looked haggard, dragged or pushed, and struggled to crawl towards the east gate of Linjin City.

Behind these tenant craftsmen were the four or five hundred private soldiers brought by Zheng Gan, who just followed behind the shield carts, marching in unison and shouting loudly, as if to encourage these tenant craftsmen, and also as if to cheer themselves up.

Hu Chuquan led the men and horses of the Southern Huns, and lined up at the back to suppress the formation, and there was not much intention to step forward for the time being.

Under the east gate of Linjin City, through the faint black smoke, you can see the open city gate, and the soldiers of the west are lined up at the place of the door hole, waiting for the battle.

"Blow the trumpet! Get these guys up to speed! Hu Chuquan coldly ordered. The shield cart and Zheng Gan's soldiers were used to consume the bows and arrows of Linjin City, even if they were all dead, they would not make Hu Chuquan blink his eyes more. Hu Chuquan didn't believe that the number of bows, arrows, and crossbows in this city was endless!

Sure enough, the shield cart was already within range of the bow and arrow at the head of the city, but there were only a few scattered bows and arrows on the city wall, as if the arrows had been exhausted like a storm last night.

Zheng Gan was at Hu Chuquan's side, so nervous that his whole body trembled slightly, and now he felt completely different from last night. At the time of last night, Zheng Gan still felt that he was winning, and it seemed that the world could let him gallop freely, and his mood was very relaxed, but now, although Linjin City was indeed like what he said before, the east gate was open, but Zheng Gan felt that his heart was beating and his blood was pouring to his head.

Hu Chuquan looked at Zheng Gan, and was about to say a few words, when he heard a sudden burst of shouts above the nearby city, and then some figures appeared on the city, as if they were carrying something, and they fell towards the shield cart that came to the city!

Under the city wall, the white mist of boiling water steamed up, and at the same time, it sounded at the same time, Zheng Gan's people, who were seriously burned, and they were so miserable that even their voices became extremely sharp screams!

As the boiling water poured down, the shield array that was originally in the city gate cave spread out, and a big man wielding a halberd flashed out, followed by twenty or thirty foot soldiers wearing heavy armor, rushed out without stopping, and directly crashed into the shield cart of Zheng Gan's soldiers!

The long halberd waved, shining cold, and instantly broke through several shield carts in front of him, killing Zheng Gan's private soldiers behind the shield cart scattered and collapsed, and the offensive array of Zheng Gan's side, which was originally barely supported, was suddenly a mess, not only the tenant craftsmen who were lucky not to be injured dropped the shield cart and turned around and ran, even Zheng Gan's private soldiers who followed behind were also in chaos, and subconsciously dropped the shield cart and fled backwards.

The big man who made the halberd chased and killed for a while, and then stopped, and then he exhaled and opened his voice, and under the strength of the halberd, he picked up a shield cart in front of him, and with the strength of one person, he picked it down in the trench outside the city, causing another shout of cheers from the city and the city......

Hu Chuquan's pupils suddenly contracted. He has been in the battle formation, so he naturally knows what it means to be such a strong general.

"Blow the trumpet! Let the Warlords step forward! Hu Chuquan no longer looked at Zheng Gan, and directly ordered loudly, "Don't retreat!" The Retreater, Slash! ”

A group of Hun soldiers rushed forward, and then raised their swords to cut down the Zheng Gan soldiers who escaped the fastest to the ground, chopped off their heads and raised them high, brandished their war knives, and shouted loudly for these Zheng Gan soldiers to regroup, and then plunge into the attack again.

Under the coercion of the Xiongnu swords and guns, these Zheng Gan private soldiers could only regroup, shouted loudly, and launched an attack on the east gate of Linjin again.

This time, perhaps because it takes some time to boil the water, when these Zheng Gan's tenants and private soldiers rushed to the city gate together, they did not encounter boiling water again, but directly collided with the soldiers guarding the city gate, and fought each other.

The city gate hole is actually not wide, at most it can accommodate two carriages walking side by side, so when Zheng Gan's soldiers rushed into the door hole, they encountered the strict formation of soldiers in Zhengxi, they could only cut and chisel on the shield in vain, while the foot soldiers led by Tai Shici could easily use spears and war knives to harvest the lives of these chaotic Zheng Gan's private soldiers in the gaps in the shield.

Hu Chuquan stared at the east gate of the fight for a while, and watched Zheng Gan's soldiers fall down a layer in the city gate cave after a while, and suddenly his heart was a little abrupt, he glared at Zheng Gan, and then ordered: "Come on, order the right big family to bring people to the north of the city, and the left auxiliary Bigu Duhou to take people to the west of the city, and attack me in all three directions!" ”

In the sound of the horn, the Xiongnu divided their forces and bypassed in the other direction of Linjin City......

The morning breeze was blowing, and the sky was gradually brightened in a mist.

Although Hu Chuquan did not read any books on the art of war, the experience formed between the battle formations also made him quickly realize the strategy of luring the enemy that Xu Shu placed at the east gate.

Although there is no city gate at the east gate, but the door hole is not wide, if it is blindly attacking the east gate, even if you can use cavalry to break through the array of the western infantry, but after this infantry battle formation, there must be the back hand of the general of the western expedition, and it is not good to be entangled in the east gate for too long, but lose the initiative.

Therefore, it is better to attack on three sides at the same time, although it may not be captured immediately, but at least it involves some of the strength of the soldiers in the city of Linjin to conquer the west, maybe there will be rain on any cloud, and it is impossible to say if there is a sudden windfall.

Hu Chuquan's idea was very good, but soon encountered a practical problem, although the soldiers sent to the north and west roared repeatedly, but it seemed that the intensity was not large, and after half a ring, they sent people back to report to Hu Chuquan, all saying that they had encountered the same problem.

There are not enough siege equipment such as ladders, rushing cars, and oars, and now they are all attacking against the head of the city, and they are used to pick up those that have not been completely damaged under the city.

Although this is the case, but after all, the speed is much slower, and the rhythm is not easy to control, sometimes a ladder on the left is erected, and the right one does not keep up, and when the right side is also on it, the left side has been pushed down, unable to form an effective joint force, but easily let the soldiers who have been accustomed to the ferocity of the first two days break through.

After all, the requirements for rushing the car are relatively high, and it will not be good for a while and a half, so there is no and still said in the past, the tree, if you don't have it, you can use your own small shield, it's not a big problem, and the most serious thing is that the ladder is gone......

Without the ladder, how can you get to the city?

Hu Chuquan glared, subconsciously turned to Zheng Gan, and then saw Zheng Gan's crying face, only then did he react that the Zheng tenants and craftsmen who were originally used to make ladders and other engineering equipment had been buried under the East City Gate by themselves in this early morning.

"Zheng Gong!" Of course, Hu Chuquan would not admit that it was his mistake, but directly buckled Zheng Gan's head, and said, "As I said before, we are responsible for the attack, and Zheng Gong supplies grain and grass equipment. ”

Zheng Gan said helplessly: "Don't dare, don't dare, just transfer grain and grass to build equipment, how much will take time, and please ask King Youxian to give a little grace, so I will arrange manpower......"

Hu Chuquan was still angry, and when he stared at Zheng Gan and was about to say something, several cavalrymen suddenly ran from a distance, and it was Hu Chuquan who was on guard around him.

"The Right Virtuous King!" The scout rushed to the front, with a happy face, and shouted loudly, "Tongguan has fallen, General Yang is leading the troops to come, and it will be there soon!" ”