Dingxi City.

This small city, which does not look too big like Zhenbei City, is the seat of the county seat that governs Shuofang County in the western part of the Hetao region of Zhao State.

At this moment, there were thousands of Zhao soldiers standing above the west head of Dingxi City, and these Zhao soldiers were holding bows and arrows one by one, looking at the outside of the city very nervously.

Chen Teng, the county guard of Shuofang County, was a forty-three-year-old middle-aged man who looked quite weak, with a square face and small eyes, and the beard under his chin trembled slightly because of nervousness, and asked Wu Sheng, the county lieutenant beside him, with some uneasiness: "Wu County Captain, the Yue clan is menacing, and this Dingxi City must be defended." ”

Wu Sheng is an officer of the Zhao State who is just over thirty years old, with dark skin and tall figure, it looks like an iron tower at this stand, giving people a very reassuring feeling.

"Don't panic, these Yueshi people are just cavalry, and they don't have any siege equipment, so it's not a problem for us to hold on for ten days and eight days." Wu Sheng opened his mouth to comfort.

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

Having said that, when Chen Teng looked at the rammed city wall made of loess under him, he always felt a little uneasy.

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And in the position of the Yueshi people outside the city, the main general of the Yueshi people, Masagai, was looking at the Zhenbei City in front of him.

There are a total of five major mistresses in the Yueshi Kingdom, namely Qilian E, Yanzhi E, Helan Elongation, Grassland Exi and Western Regions Elongation.

Each of them was in charge of a specific area, in charge of the large and small tribes and soldiers in this area, and had great power, similar to the Jiedu envoys of the Tang Dynasty.

Ma Sagai is one of the five major eunuchs, and he is also the number one general under the command of the king of the Yue clan, and has made great contributions to the king of the Yue clan many times in his expedition to the Xiongnu and the west to fight for Wusun.

This time, Masagai came with 20,000 cavalry, including his own 20,000 cavalry, a total of 15,000 people, and 5,000 cavalry from Qilian Xihou, which can be said to be full of momentum.

It was the sixth day since the Yellow River had been crossed to the east, and during these six days, Massagai was invincible, plundering more than a dozen Zhao villages within a radius of 100 miles, and obtaining thousands of prisoners and a lot of grain and grass.

The captives had just been escorted by Massagai to the city walls, hoping to force the defenders of Dingxi to surrender, but without success.

According to the information from the captives, as long as the small Dingxi City in front of them is taken, then half of the original territory of the entire Linhu people has been taken by Massagai.

What is the difficulty of fighting a small city with two thousand defenders, the walls are neither high nor strong, and they are still rammed with earth?

Massagai was full of confidence, and without any hesitation, he gave the order to the two 10,000 cavalry commanders beside him.

"One of you in charge of the west and the other in the south, take the city down for me! After the capture, General Ben allowed you and your men to take everything they saw, whether it was money, livestock, women, and slaves! In the name of the great King Veshka, conquer this city of the Zhao people! ”

After Massagai's order was passed down, the morale of the Yue cavalry was immediately boosted, and their eyes showed a light of greed and desire, and some even slapped their chests like orangutans and roared wildly to the sky.

In the sound of whining horns, thousands of Yue's cavalry rode on war horses, like a tide, and rushed towards Dingxi City in front of them from different directions.

When the horn of the enemy's charge sounded, everyone above the head of Dingxi City became nervous.

Although the county lieutenant Wu Sheng is young, he used to be the captain of Lian Po's personal soldiers, and he has been by Lian Po's side for more than ten years since he joined the army at the age of eighteen.

"Don't panic, the second and third sons, the enemy army under the city has no iron armor, hold the crossbow in your hands, shoot their horses, and chests! If you don't want to be captured and enslaved by these Yue's people, you will fight to the death for me today! ”

As soon as Wu Sheng's words came out, although many of the Zhao soldiers in the city were still a little nervous, they all clenched the crossbows in their hands and drew their longbows.

The 1,000 unclothed Zhao captives just now had already shown enough misery, and none of the people in Dingxi City wanted to be one of these captives.

At this moment, whether it is the Hu soldiers or the Zhao soldiers, no matter how many dirty things they have had on weekdays, but now they all have a common idea, that is, to hold Dingxi City and repel the Yueshi people!

When the cavalry of the Yue Clan began to enter the range of the crossbow, Wu Sheng waved his hand vigorously without hesitation.

"Launch!"

With Wu Sheng's roar, hundreds of crossbow arrows flew out whizzing, instantly submerging into the Yue's cavalry, and dozens of Yue's cavalry at the forefront were hit by arrows one after another, falling off their horses in the screams.

Since it takes time to wind the crossbow, when the crossbowmen raised their crossbows for the second time, the Yueshi cavalry had already rushed under the city walls, and they all bent their bows and arrows to aim at the head of the city.

"Launch!"

"Launch!"

The two words with the same meaning were shouted out by the two commanders above and below the city in different languages, and in the next moment, the sky between the two sides was covered by two waves of castrated arrows.

Countless screams rang out from the top and bottom of the city at the same time.

The fierce battle for the capture of the city began.

Due to the lack of stones, the head of Dingxi City is made of soil ramming, and the height is only more than one zhang, which is converted into a modern height of about four or five meters.

Such a height was obviously not enough to stop the Yue Clan's cavalry from climbing.

A large number of Yue's cavalry rode around the city, suppressing the Zhao army on the city wall with their excellent cavalry and archery trained as nomads, covering the arrival of other Yue's cavalry.

The cavalry of the Yue clan climbed the city wall without stopping, and then was quickly cut into several pieces by the gathered Zhao soldiers.

The blood on the head of the city flowed more and more, and gradually dyed the city wall with a bright blood.

Massagai was clearly determined to take the city of Dingxi in one fell swoop, so the Yue's offensive was wave after wave, and there was almost no sign of stopping.

Although nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians of the Zhao State in the city worked together to defend the city, there were still more and more Yue people rushing to the city, and it took more and more time to kill all these Yue people who rushed to the city.

Before you know it, the sun begins to set in the west, and a yellow glow appears in the western sky, which is gradually preparing to turn red.

Masagay stared at the battle situation in front of him, his face a little ugly.

To be honest, the casualties paid so far have far exceeded Massagai's estimates.

But at the thought of the imminent breach of the city in front of him, and the exhilarating plunder and slaughter that would follow, a trace of excitement swelled up in Massagai's heart, and he subconsciously rubbed his hand against the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Just then, a scout suddenly arrived.

"Wait, a large number of cavalry was found ten miles east of the city, it may be reinforcements from the Zhao people!"