Chapter 33: Night Battle

The county commander of Fuxi hurriedly sat down on the stool on the side, with a smile on his face. When Dong Xiu on the side saw it, a trace of disdain flashed in his heart.

In this era, it makes sense only if there is strength, and whoever has the big fist will say what he says. In troubled times, the king of grass has the right to speak only when there are soldiers, so the military generals at this time have a very high status, while the civil officials are just the opposite. These generals themselves don't look down on civilian officials, not to mention that they have no backbone in Shixi County.

"Ben Jiang heard that the last time the thieves attacked Fuxi County, as a result, you ran away directly? gave a good Fuxi county town to the thieves, so that they got a lot of things for nothing? As if thinking of something, Dong Xiu suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Fuxi County's body couldn't help but tremble, obviously worrying about anything. As soon as he sat down, he hurriedly stood up again and said, "The two generals Mingjian, it's not that the subordinates don't resist, but they really don't have soldiers and horses!" If there are 1,000 troops in the hands of the subordinate officials, and there are several generals, they will definitely fight to the death with these thieves! ”

"That's it, it's not your fault for this matter! We don't want to pursue it either! Ben will ask you in the future, is there any other way into the city in this Huayin County? Or can you bypass the city and go straight to the east gate? Zhu Lin waved his hand, stopped him from continuing to complain, and asked.

"This, the general should know that Huayin City is located at a key point, and there is no other road except for the east and west gates. If it weren't for this, those thieves would not have defended the city! When the Fuxi County Commander heard this, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and after thinking about it for a while, he said with a smile.

"But I heard that the last time the thieves in Huayin County went around to the top of the official road, and then blocked the return route of the Tongguan defenders with earth and stones, so that they were all wiped out! If there is no road, how do those thieves get through? Dong Xiu snorted coldly and said dissatisfied.

"The general is angry, the general is angry! Don't hide it from the two generals, the south of Huayin City is close to the mountain cliff, and the mountain is deep and densely wooded, if you want to say that you can go, you can naturally go, but the army can't pass, and you can only walk along the city for a distance, and it is impossible to go down to the official road under the cliff. Otherwise, those thieves wouldn't have just sent some people over to block the official road! The Fuxi County Commander was taken aback and hurriedly said.

"There's some truth to what you're saying. It seems that there is no other reason for this than to storm it. This city is in a hurry, we lack siege equipment, and this place is the closest to your Fuxi County. Therefore, Ben will order you to hurry up and make a batch of trebuchets after you go back, and within two days, I will see five trebuchets, otherwise, military law will be done! Someone! Send the prefectural order out of the house! Zhu Lin nodded, and suddenly said.

"Huh? Trebuchet? Generals, generals, is two days too little? Please be considerate and forgive me a little more time! The Fuxi County Commander was startled, and after reacting, he fell to his knees and shouted.

"Won't you send the county commander out?" Seeing that the guards were hesitating, Zhu Lin couldn't help but snort coldly. At this moment, it was useless to plead no matter how the county commander of Nashiki pleaded, and soon, his voice disappeared completely.

"General Zhu thought of a good way, if we can build this trebuchet, it will be much more convenient for us to attack the city." At this time, Dong Xiu understood the true purpose of his summoning the Fuxi County Order, and couldn't help but smile.

"The method is good, but the order of Nashixi County may not be possible. It's better for us not to have too much hope, it's best to be able to make it, if we can't make it, wouldn't we be happy in vain? Let's follow our plan and attack the city tomorrow! Maybe we won't need that thing, and we'll take the city!" Zhu Lin shook his head lightly and said.

"This is reasonable, but let's be careful when we camp tonight, maybe those thieves will come to steal the camp!" Hearing this, Dong Xiu obviously agreed, but after thinking about it for a while, he said again.

"Well, this matter is important, so please ask the general to arrange it!" Zhu Lin nodded.

After discussing it again, the two went back to the camp to rest. As soon as the sky dawned the next day, Zhu Lin ordered the whole army to advance to the city, and a new round of siege battles began.

"I came so early, I'm afraid I can't be good today! Brothers, cheer me up, let these thieves know how powerful our Huashan Army is! At the head of the city, Li Xin couldn't help but think when he saw the other party killing again. Immediately, with a loud shout, everyone hurriedly returned to their respective positions.

"Kill! .........! "There is no difference between this siege and the first day, the siege ladder is erected again, and the two sides are constantly fighting and fighting around the city wall. In this cold weapon, siege warfare is a process of filling with human lives, both for the defending side and the besieging side. Anyway, it's a very torturous thing, seeing one life after another disappear in front of your eyes, and people who don't have a little will really can't hold on.

From morning to night, the enemy army of 5,000 people never stopped attacking, and every time they attacked the city, more than 1,000 people rushed up. Because they have a large number of people, they are basically divided into three or four batches to rotate, so that most of their soldiers can rest and always maintain their combat effectiveness.

But for Li Xin, who was defending the city, they only added up to 1,600 people, and they could only be divided into two groups for rotation, and after a long time, they would naturally be more tired compared to the enemy army.

Especially those recruits, the first time they came into contact with real battles, they were faced with such high-intensity battles, and many of them felt a little unbearable. And at this time, the early training will show its advantages, otherwise, if it is really an ordinary homeless army, I am afraid that it will already be unable to survive the enemy army and completely disperse.

The enemy's siege force was very fierce, and almost everyone in the city was stained with blood, especially Li Xin and Zhou Tong. Since they were targeted by the enemy, there was hardly any rest at the end of the day, and the enemy army planned to use the advantage of numbers to consume the two of them alive in the city.

However, the two of them are now like killing gods in the eyes of the enemy, and none of the enemy troops who attacked the two of them survived. If it weren't for the heavy reward, and there was a team of warlords behind them, I am afraid that few people would be willing to face the two of them to kill the gods, because it would be like sending them to death.

As a result, by the time it was getting late, Li Xin and the two of them were already extremely tired, and the weapons in their hands had already changed several times. Li Xin had already switched to a spear at this time, and this thing was definitely a hole when it went down in a bucket, and it was simply a representative of stability and ruthlessness.

Because the enemy's attack was too fierce, Li Xin was ready to use those long bamboo poles to push the siege ladder away. But this time, when the enemy was on guard, it really didn't play a big role.

With a sound of "pounce", as if the sound of piercing the leather, Li Xin quickly withdrew the spear from the enemy's body, and without looking at the corpses that had fallen under the city, he immediately took a few steps and killed the enemy who climbed up next to him.

It was getting late, and the sunset was completely hidden in the sky, but at this time, the enemy troops under the city lit a fire, shining brightly under the city. Seeing this scene, Li Xin's heart couldn't help sinking, obviously, the enemy was planning to fight at night.

Although he had already guessed this, he was still a little worried at this time, and quickly glanced at the other people in the city, and all he saw were tired faces. Some people were already like machines at this time, and their expressions only knew how to swing the weapon in their hands and slash and kill.

On the other side, Zhou Tong also happened to come over, and the two glanced at each other briefly. Although there were no words, although they were all the same tired, they all saw the encouragement in each other's eyes, and saw the determination and fearlessness in each other's eyes.

"Attention, everyone, the enemy is going to fight at night! Take out all the ruthlessness you had in training! Li Xin took a breath and said loudly.

It was a very simple statement, but everyone in the city understood that it meant to tell everyone that the time had come to test themselves. At the thought of this, many people began to become a little excited and a little nervous. After all, a few days ago, everyone had already exercised, so no one was afraid to say that they were afraid.

The enemies under the city did not know that the morale of the city was high at this time, and they thought that after a day of fighting, the people at the city would be very tired at this time. But what they didn't expect was that when they reached the top of the city, they found that they were greeted by a brave and fierce attack.

Night battles are naturally more dangerous than during the day, after all, under the black rumbling, some attacks may not be detected at all. To be honest, generally speaking, this kind of night battle was not so common in ancient times, because people in ancient times generally had night blindness because of nutrition. In other words, at night, your vision deteriorates dramatically.

But for the siege of the city is not the same as for the night attack, one is because the city is there at the time of the siege, it is fixed, and such a tall thing cannot be seen, isn't it blind! Moreover, the fire lit on the front was bright enough. As for night attacks, it is the patent of a small number of elite soldiers, after all, he rushed into the enemy camp with a small number of people, and he killed all over the place anyway, and the problem was not particularly big if he couldn't see it clearly.