The cold wind blew, and the air was not full of rancidity, blood, and the smell of fireworks. Inside and outside the Inner Yellow City, there was a terrible death gas everywhere.

After another night of fierce battle of life and death, both warring sides have reached the point of running out of oil, but again, they have no way out, and only the complete defeat of one side can declare the end of the war.

Yan Li looked at the crumbling city wall in the distance, which seemed to be easy to take every time, but it always made it difficult for all the Yellow Turban soldiers to take a step beyond the thunder pool. He felt unspeakable remorse in his heart, the tenacity of the Han army was something he could never have imagined before, but now he was riding a tiger. Of the 35,000 men, only 15,000 of them were barely able to fight, and 15,000 warriors were left behind under the distant walls.

Yan Li's feet suddenly skewered a cool breath, if he couldn't capture this city immediately, his secret mission would be a complete failure, then even if the great sage and good teacher didn't blame him, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang would definitely not let him go.

He has become a gambler, but the stakes are his own! Only by taking this city and getting the way to make those catapults can you get your life back. As for the army that has been disabled, Yan Li's mouth showed a hint of cruelty, there should still be tens of thousands of men in the city, right? As long as you capture this city, you can go all the way south, and then plunder all the villages along the way, and I believe that when you arrive in Huaixian, your subordinates will have more soldiers and horses than they did in their heyday.

"Daqu Shuai!" A general came to his side and said respectfully, "The Han army in the city sent envoys to stop fighting for half a day and collect the remains of the soldiers!" ”

"Do they want to survive?" Yan Li sneered, "Why should Ben listen to them!" ”

"But!" The general hesitated, "The last general thinks it's still necessary!" Now that the weather is warmer, many corpses have been put away for three days, and if they are not disposed of early, it is easy to cause a plague! ”

"The plague?" Yan Li couldn't help but shudder, "That's it!" It just so happens that our army is also tired, so it's good to rest for half a day! What's more, the piles of corpses under the city also affected the siege of the soldiers! ”

He looked at the sun and muttered, "It's almost the end of the morning, so go and inform the Han army envoy that from the beginning to the end of the time, the two sides will each send a corpse collection team to clean up the battlefield!" ”

"But!" He suddenly raised his voice and said, "You go and tell the Han army envoy that if you dare to take the opportunity to recover the weapons and arrows, our army will immediately suspend the agreement and launch a new attack!" ”

"His grandmother's!" Nan Ying blurted out and scolded, "This old boy surnamed Yan is an old fox!" Ben Jiang wanted to kill three birds with one stone, but now there is one less! ”

"Three birds with one stone?" Gao Feng was surprised, "The last general can only guess two!" The first is to take the opportunity to recover the arrows that we are seriously lacking, the second is to stabilize the morale of the army, so that the soldiers will not have the tragic end of exposing their corpses to the wilderness, and the third is what? ”

"What is the current situation of casualties in our army?" Nanying asked suddenly.

Gao Feng's face immediately became gloomy: "According to the latest statistics, there are only 1,300 of the 3,500 officers and soldiers left, and almost all of them are injured!" Among them, 58 of the 200 brothers of our Eagle's Nest were killed, 600 archers under the command of the captain of the shooting sound were killed in more than 200 years, and 300 cavalry under the command of the captain of the Yue cavalry abandoned their horses and fought on foot, and the losses were the greatest, and now only half are left. There are about 600 of the 1,400 county soldiers who directly belong to the adults, as for the original 1,000 defenders in Neihuang County! ”

His face contorted: "I should have all died in battle!" ”

Nan Ying also trembled slightly: "Then what about the people in the city who are assisting in the defense!" ”

Gao Feng sighed: "Although we tried our best not to let them directly participate in the frontline battle, but the sword and gun have no eyes, and they have paid at least nearly two thousand lives!" ”

"That is!" Nan Ying nodded, "The enemy has about fifteen thousand corpses, and our remains are only about four thousand, right?" ”

Gao Feng was stunned and said, "Yes! Among them, only about 500 bodies of our army fell into the city in the fierce battle, and the remains of the rest of the soldiers and Minzhuang have been properly buried! ”

"Good!" A glimmer of hope swelled in Nanying's eyes, "These warriors fought bloodily in their lives, and they are still protecting us after they die!" Send the order down, send 500 people, put on the standard armor of our army, and go out of the city to recover the body! ”

"What does that mean?" Gao Feng was stunned and said, "Forgiveness will be dull!" ”

"Stupid!" Nan Ying said impatiently, "The thieves are weak, I hope to take this opportunity to rest, but unfortunately they don't know, in fact, our army is much more tired than them, of course this is a rare opportunity!" If they see that we have sent the same number of officers and men just to recover hundreds of corpses, they will of course think that our army not only still has sufficient strength, but also has sufficient physical strength, and this will make them vigilant, and they will never dare to attack rashly until the physical strength of the soldiers is completely restored! This will buy us more time! Do you know the time? We just need time now! ”

"And! What an even dumber bunch of dumb fools! Nanying sneered, "Fifteen thousand corpses? They don't have a large number of people to support their labor, they have to send a large number of soldiers to collect the corpses, and I wish I could exhaust them to death! ”

"Do you get it?" Nanying simply lay down directly on the city wall, "You go and arrange it!" In addition, tell the soldiers to immediately seize the time to treat their injuries and replenish their sleep, and there should be a fierce battle from this afternoon to night! ”

He turned over slightly, and scolded faintly: "Fuck you!" Don't care about Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will break through tomorrow morning! ”

Gao Feng was stunned for a moment, this is already the third day of perseverance, plus the day that Nan Ying led three hundred cavalry to fight for back has already exceeded the two days after the agreed time with Lu Zhi, no wonder Nan Ying shouted on his lips that he would not disgrace his mission, but in his heart, I am afraid that Lu Zhi's ancestors have already been scolded upside down, right?

He smiled wryly and turned away. Break out tomorrow morning? Perhaps, tonight will be our last moment!

Before dusk, the funeral finally ended. Thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers remained silent and continued their offensive. After a few days of attacking, their vigor has long been lost, especially the hastily sinking of more than 10,000 robes into the soil just now, which makes them give birth to the sadness of the death of rabbits and foxes, and a depressing atmosphere is slowly spreading in the army. If it weren't for the Lord's general Yan Li's personal assurance, once the city was broken, they would be allowed to plunder for a day, probably no soldier would be willing to fight.

The Han army in the city was also silently opposed, they were all qualified warriors, but it was a pity that no matter how firm their will and strong fighting spirit were, they could not make up for the weakness after blood loss, as well as the loss of physical strength caused by severe lack of sleep. Their gaze swept over several places, consciously or unconsciously, where several tall figures were standing still, which made their gloomy gaze gradually brighten.

"Kill!" There were no more arrows in the city, which made it easier for the Yellow Turbans to climb the walls.

The murderous aura that had been stored up for a long time quickly erupted, and hoarse cries and dying screams resounded throughout the city.

Hou Tong knew that he was going to die, because he was surrounded by seven or eight Yellow Turban soldiers, and his soldiers were also fighting to the death, but unfortunately each of them had to face several times more enemies, and no one could reach out to him.

He let out an unwilling roar in his mouth, it was really a tiger falling in Pingyang, if it was placed on weekdays, not to mention these thieves, it would be twice as much, and he would only be able to torture and kill. But now, there are at least four injuries on his body, and each one is slowly collapsing, so that his vitality is passing bit by bit.

A young Han soldier rushed over like a mad tiger, shouting wildly: "Big brother! Hold on! ”

The young man's kung fu was good, and in the flickering of the long knife, from time to time the Yellow Turban Army fell with a scream, but unfortunately, like Hou Tong, he was about to run out, and this was just the final outbreak.

Hou Tong stared at his blood-red eyes and shouted, "Go back!" Hold your post! ”

A long knife swept over, cutting off his helmet, followed by a kick in his lower abdomen, Hou Tong spit out a mouthful of blood, took advantage of the situation to fall, and rolled in a row with his head, avoiding several long knives that were cut down one after another.

The young man saw blood dripping from his eyes, but he was almost attacked by an enemy soldier, and he had to concentrate and fight.

The white light flashed, a knife was cut head-on, Hou Tong sat on the ground, and tried his best to put the long knife in his hand on his head, "dang long", a long knife in Hou Tong's hand flew out of his hand. The other long knife had already swung towards Hou Tong's neck without hesitation.

Hou Tong roared wildly and closed his eyes. The expected cold blade didn't land on his neck, but suddenly his face was splashed with hot liquid, and he was overjoyed when he opened his eyes.

A black-haired young man with a shawl waved his double knives, twisting his body strangely in the enemy group, the sword light in his hand flashed continuously, seven or eight enemy soldiers screamed miserably, and a terrible large piece of blood light appeared in the neck, under the ribs, in the face, and in the chest and abdomen, and fell to the ground.

More than a dozen Han soldiers rushed over and quickly plugged the gap here.

The young man walked back, stretched out his hand to pull Hou Tong up, frowned, and said, "What's the matter, you still don't go to rest after bringing so many injuries?" What can I do! ”

Hou Tong stood up with a smile and said, "Don't worry, my lord!" The Admiral already owes you several lives! Before you pay off your debts, you will never dare to die easily! ”

Nanying was angry and said: "You die as soon as possible!" Save Lao Tzu from being annoyed! ”

Hou Tong saw at a glance that the young Han army who called him the eldest brother also ran over, and said with a smile: "My lord, this is the younger brother!" If the last general is dead, let him help the last general pay off the debt! ”

Nan Ying turned around, looked the young Han army up and down, and praised: "Good skills!" He will definitely be a qualified general in the future! ”

When the young man heard Nanying's praise, his face flushed with excitement, and he bowed down and said, "Thank you, sir!" Humble duty must work hard! ”

Hou Tongyou was nagging: "My lord! His riding skills are especially above the last general! If you want to be a general, you must also command cavalry! The last general....... be careful! ”

He rushed forward and pushed Nan Ying to the ground, his body shook a few times, and a long arrow was already stuck in his chest.

"No!" Cao Xing, who was in the distance, happened to see this scene, his eyes became blood-red, and the hard bow in his hand instantly turned into a full moon, and with a "collapse", the last long arrow turned into a flash of lightning, and before the arrow arrived, the yellow turban thief who shot the arrow of the sneak attack was nailed to the ground alive.

Nan Ying hugged Hou Tong in his arms in pain, this rough man no longer had the same look as before, his face was as white as paper, and his body gradually lost its heat, and anyone could clearly see that a life was moving away.

Hou Tong's younger brother also knelt in front of him, tears raining down.

Hou Tong reluctantly took a long breath and hissed, "My lord! No, you owe me! I should call you my lord! ”

Nanying hurriedly said: "Yes! I owe you! But you kid still owe me! I command you to live! ”

Hou Tong's eyes gradually darkened: "I owe you, I can't pay it back!" Let my brother let him ........."

He tried to point his finger at the young man who was on his knees, but he couldn't speak.

Nan Ying's eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and he said softly: "Brother, don't worry! You don't owe me! It's because I'm here on this mission that I'm on your own! So it's me Nanying who owes you, and your brother will follow me from now on! I swear in the name of a warrior that I will definitely let him make meritorious contributions and magnify your Hou family! ”

Hou Tong's eyes brightened, like a candle flame that had been burning in the long night, the last trembling beat before it was extinguished!

His body sank heavily, but a smile of no regret spread across his face.

Suddenly, the Han soldiers around them burst out with a crazy roar, and the shouts were filled with the incomparable joy of being in a desperate situation.

Nan Ying turned his head to look at it, and couldn't help but shake violently.

On the distant horizon, under the afterglow of the setting sun, a large group of cavalry slowly appeared from the shadows of the distant mountains, like heavenly soldiers stepping out of nothingness, they formed a long battle line, and surrounded the Yellow Turban Army from all sides.

Reinforcements have finally arrived!

The Yellow Turban Army under the city was in chaos, and they retreated in panic, letting out inexplicable screams from their mouths.

"Why!" Nanying glanced down at Hou Tong in his arms, who was like a sleeping person, and muttered, "Why didn't you come earlier!" ”

The remnant sun was like blood, reflecting on the ruined city, reflecting a large area of miserable blood and the broken swords and broken swords scattered all over the ground, which made the lonely figure who stood up slowly elders. Suddenly, a wild howl like a wolf howl spread far away.