"Boom, boom, boom..."

With a rumbling sound, Zhang Xiang woke up from his sleep.

When he opened his eyes, he heard a violent impact again, and he felt that it was not a hallucination, and then quickly sat up.

At this time, sweat was rolling on his forehead, and big drops were slipping down.

But as soon as he sat up, he felt dizzy in his eyes and dizzy.

He shook his head and was about to sit up, when the door opened, and the slave walked in with a basin of water.

"Pony!" Seeing Zhang Xiang, who wanted to sit up, the slave turned pale with fright and hurriedly ran over.

After she put down the water, she hurriedly held Zhang Xiang's arm: "Donkey, you are about to lie down, you have been burning for several hours, don't get up again." ”

"Am I sick?"

Zhang Xiang wondered for a moment, then touched his forehead.

Sure enough, it was surprisingly hot.

After being helped by the slave to fall asleep again, he smiled bitterly and said, "Why am I suddenly sick?" ”

"You're still here!" The slave glanced at him reproachfully, twisted a towel and covered his forehead: "Don't you stay up on the city wall for two nights, it's no wonder you're not sick!" You came back last night and fell asleep, this morning has not gotten up, the slave came in to see, only to find that you are sick, are about to scare the slave to death, the slave and the maid hurriedly called the doctor to see, the doctor read, you are too tired, the body is weak to fall ill, to the slave and the maid prescription, you had better lie down and rest again, drink some medicine to slowly recuperate. ”

At this time, the sound of the distant sound of crashing continued.

Zhang Xiang frowned and said, "Slave, what time is it?" ”

"It's just past noon."

"What's the sound outside?"

The slave pursed his lips, and his mood was very low: "Donkey, that's the sound of the Xijin people attacking the city." ”

"What?" Although it had been expected, but when it really happened, Zhang Xiang's heart couldn't help but tighten tightly.

He lifted the quilt and said, "No, I have to go and see." ”

"Don't go, don't you." The slave hurriedly pingpong and pressed on his legs: "Donkey, you look like this, you can't go now, Brother Lin has already gone to the city wall to help, when he left, he told the slave and maid, if you get up, let the slave and maid stop you from going up the city wall, so the slave and the maid will never let you go out." ”

"Slave." Zhang Xiang glanced at her helplessly: "These Xijin people have made such a big battle, the siege must be very fierce, I also have to help, there are only 7,000 soldiers defending the city in Yingzhou City, and there are 30,000 people on the other side, and the city gate may be broken at any time." ”

"Then you can't go either." The slave didn't care so much at this time, and said stubbornly: "You are so sick now, the doctors are all gone, you can't get out of bed yet, what you need most now is to have a good rest, and recuperate from your illness, there are Lord Qin on the city wall, General Ji, and so many soldiers, what can you do?" What if the mountain kills you, what will happen to the slave maid? ”

"Slave..."Zhang Xiang still looked helpless: "I have martial arts, don't worry, I won't be fine." ”

"No, it just won't work, unless you kill the slave and maid, the slave and maid will not let you out." The slave hugged his leg so tightly that he couldn't move.

Zhang Xiang's eyes became serious: "Slave, there are 70,000 people in this city, do you know what the consequences will be if the Xijin people break through Yingzhou City?" ”

"When the time comes, Lord Qin and General Ji will be killed, all the soldiers will be killed, and the people of the whole city will also become prisoners of Xijinrao, let them slaughter, we won't be able to escape, the people of Xijin are not much kinder than the people of Northern Liao, do you know Liangzhou two years ago? Two years ago, Liangzhou City was broken by the Northern Liao people, so hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou people were slaughtered, do you want to see Yingzhou City like Liangzhou City two years ago? ”

"But... But..."

The slave was also teary-eyed by him: "But you are sick, doctor, you can't go out, you are sick like this, what can you do if you go?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm just going to take a look at the city walls and give them ideas, you know, they're not as smart as me, I can think of a way."

Zhang Xiang also grinned at her, trying to make this girl believe him.

The slave's face was full of embarrassment, and she moved her lips, not knowing what to think.

Zhang Xiang hurriedly said: "Good, let me come down, I promise you, you must protect yourself, okay?" ”

"That's... The slave and maid will go with you. "Slave heavy.

"Okay, you just come with me." Zhang Xiang nodded, he knew that if he didn't let this girl go with him, this girl would not be at ease with him.

The slave said again: "Then wait for you to drink the medicine and then go, and the medicine will be almost ready." ”

"Okay, as long as you let me out, I'll listen to you."

Zhang Xiang didn't bother to negotiate conditions with her, and sat up.

The slave also served him and dressed him.

Half an hour later, the slave helped Zhang Xiang, and the two went in the direction of the city wall.

On the streets, countless people were running around, crying and crying, some with luggage, some with bags, some holding wives, children, and even more animals.

Some push carts, some drive horse-drawn carriages...

The direction they ran was the East Gate and the South Gate.

Most of the shops on the street have been closed, as have inns, restaurants, etc.

Seeing this chaotic street, Zhang Xiang understood them very well.

They wanted to escape from the city, because now only the west gate was attacked by Xijinrao, and the other three gates could still escape.

They knew that in this situation, no one could escape, and no one could enter, because the four gates had already been sealed.

But this is just their instinct to escape, it is better than doing nothing and waiting for the Xijin people to attack and wait for death.

When Zhang Xiang and the slaves came to the city gate, the sound of the impact had stopped, and the soldiers who were covered in blood or had broken limbs and arms were carried down, and the screams and deaths kept coming from the mouths of these soldiers.

The slave helped Zhang Xiang to walk slowly up to the city wall, and when the girl saw the tragic scene on the city wall, her heart was about to break, and she stubbornly held back the tears that she wanted to shed.

The fighting on the city wall has stopped temporarily, several large stones are standing, these are thrown by catapults, many places on the city wall have been smashed out of holes, Ji Ke, who is covered in blood, is roaring with a big knife, directing the soldiers to repair it.

Countless wounded men helped each other aside, guarded by a new round of archers.

Qin Fu commanded the soldiers to carry the corpses of the dead soldiers, and those Xijin Rao corpses were directly thrown down the city wall, and the corpses of countless Xijin soldiers and broken ladders were stacked under the city wall.

But Zhang Xiang knew that this was only temporary, and the Xijin people were not attacking now, but were only adjusting their tactics.

Not far away, Lin Feihong, who was treating the wounded, saw Zhang Xiang and hurriedly walked over: "Donkey, why are you here?" Didn't you not want to come out? ”

Zhang Xiang said: "It's okay, I won't come to see it, I'll be very worried." What's going on now? ”

Lin Feihong shook his head: "The situation is not very optimistic, the Xijin people have been attacking the city since an hour ago, you have also seen, they have large siege equipment, and the number of people who have the advantage, just this hour, we have lost more than 1,000 people, and they have only lost less than 2,000 people, this is still you let them lose their guard before they lose so much, if this continues, they already know that our soldiers have not been hit, so as long as they adjust their tactics and continue to come for a few more rounds, I'm afraid the city will be broken before it lasts night. ”

Looking at the siege equipment in the camp of the Xijin army in the distance, Zhang Xiang's mood sank.

This is what he didn't expect, he didn't expect the Xijin people to prepare such sophisticated siege equipment, Lin Feihong is doing well, just the current situation, the Xijin people only need to lose less than twice as many soldiers and horses to break the city.

At this time, Ji Ke also came over, and he handed a letter to Zhang Xiang: "Don Ma, you see, this is shot up by the Xijin people before the siege of the city." ”

Zhang Xiang spread it out and looked at it, and there were only six words on it: "Those who surrender can be spared death, and those who resist will be killed." ”

Zhang Xiang smiled and pinched the letter into a paper ball: "Commander Ji, what do you think should happen next?" ”

"The last general is ashamed, and there is no way to deal with it for the time being." Ji Ke shook his head: "Their siege equipment is too fierce, and with the cover of these siege equipment, our archers have not played a big role at all." ”

"Attack with fire." Zhang Xiang looked at the three catapults that were 100 meters away.

"Fire attack?" Ji Ke was stunned for a moment.

Zhang Xiang said: "You bring Lord Qin here." ”

Soon, Qin Fu came to him: "I don't know what the horse commands?" ”

Zhang Xiang said: "Lord Qin, on the way I came just now, I saw a lot of people trying to escape from the city, you go and send someone to appease them, don't let them open the other three city gates, by the way, find someone to find all the lamp oil and oilcloth that can be used in the city, be quick, you have to be ready before the next round of siege by the Xijin people." ”

"Commander Ji, you pick out all the best archery skills among the archers, and then send a team of shield soldiers to cover the archers..."

Qin Fu and Ji Ke instantly understood what Zhang Xiang meant, nodded hurriedly, and conveyed what he had ordered.

Then, Zhang Xiang stood at the head of the city and looked at the Xijinrao camp in the distance.

At this moment, there was no movement in the Xijinrao camp, only hundreds of cavalry in the front row lined up in a long row, facing the direction of the city gate with high spirits.

Zhang Xiang's face was calm, looking at the catapults, crashing cars and other siege equipment in the Naxijin camp, and thinking of artillery.

At this time, gunpowder has been available for many years, but it is only used in bamboo tubes to make firecrackers, and no one has used gunpowder on the battlefield.

The first is that no one has thought about it, and the second is that the technology at this time has not yet reached the level of making high-quality cannon chambers and shells, at most it is only stone shells, and catapults are similar to this.

It seems that when I return to Pingzhou this time, the research of Gewu will also have to be started.

Zhang Xiang thought to himself.

About half an hour later, Qin Fu led a group of officers and soldiers to find the lamp oil and tarpaulins they needed, and many people sent these things to the city wall one after another.

Ji Ke also picked out hundreds of archers with good archery skills and stood on the city wall in a row, and each archer was covered by a shield soldier in front of him.

Zhang Xiang asked the archers to wrap the oilcloth around the arrowheads, and then dye them with lamp oil to make rockets.

Zhang Xiang Zhengse said: "If the enemy attacks the city again, all the archers will concentrate their firepower and use rockets to attack their catapults first, this catapult is extremely destructive to the city wall, as long as the catapult is burned, it can greatly weaken their siege power." ”

Many archers hurriedly agreed.

Soon, the Xijin camp not far away sounded the horn of attack again.

"Woo... Woo... Woo..."

The rousing sound of the horn was exciting, and the Sijin people changed their tactics, this time not with infantry, but with more agile cavalry.

The horses' hooves sounded, hundreds of cavalry galloped towards the city walls, and the three catapults also moved slowly, finding the right place to stop the siege.

The cavalry ran to the east side of the city wall and set up the ladder.

Ji Ke's heart tightened.

Zhang Xiang stared at the prepared catapults, and calmly commanded: "Commander Ji, you can lead a team of soldiers to guard the east city wall, this east city wall is just a trick they use to interfere with our vision, what they really want to attack is the west side, all shield soldiers, archers are on standby, light up the rockets, and concentrate the three catapults." ”

"Yes..."

Qi Qi's roar rang out, and the rockets in the hands of all the archers were ignited.

"Boom, boom..."

There was a loud bang, and the catapults in the distance threw huge stones and smashed them into the city walls.

The shield soldier standing in front of the archer was not afraid of death, and in the face of the huge stone that was falling, he did not choose to retreat, and after a loud roar, he raised the shield in his hand upward.

Not surprisingly, most of the shieldmen were engulfed by the massive stone, but again, the archers behind them had already shot their rockets.

Countless rockets swept through the air like a rain of fire, nailing the catapult.

The wooden catapult ignited as soon as it caught fire, and soon one of them burst into flames, engulfing the four soldiers who operated the catapult in the countless rain of fire.

After withstanding two catapults in succession, the Southern Chu army lost nearly half of the number of shield soldiers before burning a catapult.

The Xijin people looked at the catapults that were caught in the raging fire, and ordered the soldiers to urgently retreat the other two catapults.

It's just that it's too late, and the next round of rockets has already been lowered to another catapult.

The fire was ignited again.

The fight on the west side of the wall was fierce, but the east side was slightly better.

Although some of the cavalry who had hung up the ladder climbed up, they quickly retreated after seeing the soldiers guarding the city wall, without the slightest intention of fighting to the death with the Southern Chu army.

Lin Feihong walks on the edge of the city wall.

When he met Lin Feihong, those Xijin cavalry were not so lucky, he waved a red tassel spear in his hand, and almost every Xijin cavalry who emerged in front of him was cut a hole in his head by his spear and fell down the city wall.

On the ninth day of June, Yingzhou City was full of war and gunsmoke...