Chapter 16: Cutting Off the Way
The battle on the city wall is still going on, and the two sides are already stuck together, for Li Xin who is defending the city, this is already their last line of defense, and if they retreat, it will be completely in vain. As for Fu Yun, it seems that he has seen the hope of retaking Huayin City, and it is impossible to give up. Under such circumstances, there is no end to the war.
Every villager in the city is fighting hard at this time, Li Xin and the three of them, although they are all wearing leather armor, but at this moment, the leather armor is already a lot rotten. Their faces were no longer clear, because they were covered with the blood of the enemy, not to mention the blood-stained robes on their bodies.
Li Xin's movements also began to become mechanical, and the knife in his hand had already been changed once, because the previous one had been cut off. At this time, he only had one thought left in his heart to support, that is, to eliminate any Qin soldiers who dared to rise in front of him.
When the sky was light, there were several places on the city wall that were lost, and Li Xin and the three of them became like a firefighting team, running around. It is also thanks to the fact that this wall is not particularly long, otherwise, far water will not quench the thirst of the near, and this city will have been captured by the enemy long ago.
"I can't imagine that among these thieves, there are such fierce generals, how good it would be if they could be used by me. It's a pity! Which of you is going to take them down for me! As long as the three of them are solved, this Huayin will be back in our hands! Under the city wall, Fu Yun, who had been staring at the battle situation, naturally discovered the traces of Li Xin and the three of them a long time ago, but after praising them at this time, they were full of murderous intent.
The few generals standing behind him, you look at me, I look at you, and none of them stood up. After all, they have already seen the strength of Li Xin and the three of them, if it is on flat ground, they are not afraid of a battle, the problem is that this is a siege, and under the situation that they are at a disadvantage, no one wants to send them to death!
"Waste, a bunch of waste, was scared like this by the enemy! What do I want you to do? Seeing their appearance, Fu Yun couldn't help but be furious.
Just as he was about to say something more, suddenly a loud noise came from a distance, interrupting his thoughts.
"What's going on? Where is the loud noise? A hint of unhappiness flashed in Fu Yun's heart, and he asked sharply. However, the generals behind him were also all dazed, obviously not knowing what was going on.
"Report, general, the big thing is not good, the thief who came from nowhere occupied the cliff above the official road, pushed down the boulder and dirt from above, and cut off our way out!" Just as they were hesitating, a soldier rushed to report.
"What? Damn thief, you dare to cut me off! Hearing this, everyone present was shocked, and Fu Yun was even more discolored.
They were all from Tongguan, so they naturally understood what this meant to them. When these people came to attack the city this time, they were lightly armed, and they didn't bring anything else except for the necessary things. The most fatal thing is the problem of baggage, and when there is no food or drink, fighting a war is a joke. There is no way, if you want to blame, you can only blame them for coming too quickly, they didn't expect Li Xin to come to such a move, or they were too light on the enemy, and they didn't think that they would not be able to capture the city at all.
"General, what should we do now?" A general said in a hurry, he didn't want to die in this place.
"General, why don't we find a way to retreat! First send someone to clean up the rocks and open up the way back. As for this Huayin City, let's think about it in the long run! A general proposed.
"You're stupid enough to send someone to clean up the rocks, do you think those thieves will watch us clean up? To send someone to death is to send people to death, and in my opinion, we only have two ways left, or surrender. Or, it is to attack the city directly, it is best to let the soldiers know that we have no other way out except this road now, in order to boost morale, it must be able to boost the morale of the army, and the soldiers will use their lives, maybe this Huayin City will be captured. As long as Huayin County is taken back, other problems will naturally be solved! At this time, the other general came up with a relatively reasonable countermeasure.
Hearing this, everyone present nodded their heads and thought it was true. Fu Yun's heart moved when he heard this, and he said, "Yes, according to the general, the enemy is undoubtedly extremely stupid to do this. As the so-called death and resurrection, they think they have a plan, but they don't know that this has strengthened the heart of our soldiers to fight to the death! Come and send an order down to let the army know the news and tell them that if they want to live, they can only take Huayin County. When the county seat is taken, I will allow them to plunder the city for three days! ”
Hearing this, the generals present were immediately excited, and for them to plunder the city for three days, it was a lot of oil and water. So, after the generals received the order, Xu Ci came out and rushed to the battlefield. Actually, you can't go if you don't go, after all, if you don't work hard now, I'm afraid you'll really have to explain it here.
Li Xin and the others at the head of the city were in the midst of a fierce battle at this time, and suddenly heard the sound of shouting and restlessness from the city, and then, one by one, the Qin soldiers were like crazy, and kept climbing to the top of the city. Seeing this scene, Li Xinzhong moved, and guessed that his strategy was successful.
"You go down there and tell Uncle Wu and ask him to send those 100 people up! It's all about success or failure! Li Xin said to a young man behind him.
Before the start of the war, he had already prepared two reserve teams, one was led by Li Erhei, and the other was the final preparation, which was in charge of Wu Heng. To be honest, Li Xin sincerely hoped that he would not use that team, because if he got to that point, it would mean that the situation was very critical.
Soon, a hundred villagers came up from the city to support, which made everyone in the city breathe a sigh of relief. Li Erhei and Zhou Tong didn't know why the enemy below had become so crazy, and they both took this opportunity to send people over to ask for news.
"What? Li Lang sent someone to cut off the enemy's rear route? Well, great job! I said that the enemy is like a mad dog, it turns out that he is in a hurry! Hahahaha, this time, I made you completely dead and want to go to the city from me, that's delusional! After receiving the reward, Li Erhei immediately burst out laughing.
"Hey, big brother is playing this trick very well! As long as we can survive the first wave, the enemy's morale will be weakened, and it will be self-defeating. By the way, you go and tell all the brothers about this news, so that everyone will be happy! When Zhou Tong heard the news, he was immediately overjoyed, and after figuring out the key, he let people spread the news.
Soon, the entire city was also boiling, and it was not weaker than the enemy soldiers under the city. Especially the villagers who came later, they shouted even harder, so that it felt as if there were suddenly thousands more people in the city.
The Qin soldiers, who were still counting on the East Gate in one go, received this blow at this time, and their morale immediately declined. They thought that reinforcements were coming in the city, and they were frightened for a while, and the morale that had just risen went straight to the end, and one by one they no longer attacked the city, but ran backwards.
"It's time, do it!" As soon as he saw the appearance of the enemy, Li Xin was immediately overjoyed, put down the knife in his hand, replaced it with a bow and arrow, aimed at an enemy who looked like a general, and flew out directly with an arrow, and the man fell in response.
This arrow is like a signal flare, and the bow and arrow that has never been taken out before is now on display. The rain of arrows that pressed everyone so hard that they couldn't raise their heads before was replaced by the other party to enjoy it at this time, with such a small place under the city, the number of enemies is so large that it can be hit almost without aiming.
It was just a rain of arrows, and there were not many people standing outside the entire city wall.
"Zhou Tong, you take people to guard the city, and the others will go out with me!" Li Xin put away his bow and arrows, picked up his sword again, waved his arms, turned around and jumped onto the wall, and then slipped down the siege ladder placed by the enemy.
"Brothers, kill!" Li Erhei also waved his knife and jumped down excitedly.
All of a sudden, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and there was elation in the voice. Everyone followed Li Xin's example, went down from the siege ladder to the bottom of the city, and launched a major counterattack against the enemy. If it was a normal situation, how dare Li Xin do this. However, now those Qin soldiers who survived the rain of arrows were all intimidated by this momentum, and they all wanted to escape, where could they care about attacking them.
"Pounce!" With a bang, Li Xin slashed an enemy soldier who raised his knife to the side and killed him without stopping. Next to him was Li Erhei, the two of them were like Shura generals, with knives up and down, plus they were covered in blood, and their faces were hideous, but whenever they fought the enemy on the opposite side, they were all frightened, and they couldn't raise the courage to fight at all.
It didn't take long for the two of them to kill all the way to where Fu Yun was, and at this time, the sky was already bright. This guy in armor and riding a horse is the most conspicuous among these defeated soldiers.
"Erhei, catch it alive!" As soon as Li Xin saw this guy, he immediately knew that the other party was not an ordinary person, and immediately shouted at Li Erhei.
Li Erhei nodded, and led people to kill the guy. Don't look at this Fu Yun is a young general, but it is much worse than Li Erhei, and at this time, he couldn't help but be startled when he saw such a burly enemy general rushing towards him. Without thinking about it, he wanted to slap his horse and rush over to resist, but his horse became a burden because of the injuries all over the ground.
Li Erhei killed to the side, and didn't say much, and suddenly shouted, which sounded like thunder to Fu Yun. The next moment, he saw a tall figure suddenly leap into the air, raise the shield in his hand, and pounce on him. Li Erhei threw him directly from the horse to the ground, and the dignified Tongguan guard became a prisoner.