The battle of the first layer of external defense is the most tragic, whether it is the Ning army or the black warriors, no one will be convinced by anyone in the initial battle, everyone wants to convince the other side, and the battle is so tragic that the losses of troops on both sides can make people's scalps numb, but still no one is convinced.

The outer line was broken through, but the black warriors should not have imagined that they would lose so many troops just by breaking through the outer line, and the combat power of the Ning army made the shadow on the hearts of the black warriors heavier, and they underestimated the belief of the Daning soldiers to defend His Majesty the Emperor.

Tacitly, after the offensive of the black warriors retreated, the two sides began to take back the corpses of their comrades on the battlefield, which was the most shocking scene on the battlefield, but it happened every day, but it was only in a small area, and no one dared to get closer to the enemy.

The two sides who were still fighting desperately not long ago walked past each other silently at this time, distinguishing the corpses, and when the two sides passed by, they would look at each other, and they would see tiredness and indifference in each other's eyes.

Killing is the main theme on the battlefield, but it's not the whole story.

The men on both sides retrieved the bodies of their comrades and waited for the next killing to begin.

Shen Leng had to return to the city wall to command, and after the first line of defense was breached, the black warriors were already very close to the city wall.

"Pass the order down and abandon the second line of defense."

"Huh?"

Shen Leng's subordinates were all stunned when they heard the order.

"Abandon the second line of defense?"

"General, if you give up, the Black Warriors will be able to attack the city directly!"

"General, let me go down and command, I will definitely be able to block the attack of the Black Warriors!"

"General, you can't retreat anymore."

Shen Leng shook his head: "I know your ability, and I also know your determination, but you see, the battlefield compressed to the second line of defense is only less than thirty zhang, this distance, the second line of defense is covered by the black warrior arrow array, and tens of thousands of brothers staying outside the city will be squeezed to death by the black warriors little by little, in fact, we all know that the significance of the second line of defense is that the brothers who supported the first line of defense have withdrawn, and now this mission has been completed." ”

Shen Leng let out a long breath: "Withdraw." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Kuohai answered, the horn sounded, and the soldiers of the first line of defense under the city were a little surprised when they heard the horn of retreating into the city, but the military order was like a mountain, and the soldiers began to withdraw to the city in an orderly manner.

On the side of the Black Warriors, seeing that the Ning army had abandoned the last line of defense outside the city, they seemed to see the dawn.

"Before dark!"

The black martial general of the northern front, Yero, shouted loudly: "Take other ancient cities and capture Emperor Ning alive!" ”

"Take another ancient city!"

"Capture Emperor Ning alive!"

"Kill all the Ning people!"

The roar of the black warriors reached the sky, and the retreat of the Ning army's defense line greatly boosted the morale of the black warriors.

And the abandonment of the last line of defense outside the city made the period of the soldiers of the Ning army low.

The first line of defense is far away from the city, and if there is no support from the second line of defense, the first line of defense will be surrounded by the black warriors, even if it is an enclave, and it will be impossible to withdraw back.

There is no problem with Shen Leng's order, this is something that everyone knows, but it is difficult to accept.

"All heavy crossbows ready."

Shen Leng didn't have time to explain so much: "The enemy's offensive is coming soon. ”

The black warrior mountain outside the city roared a tsunami, and the black crowd rushed up again.

Behind the first line of defense is the trench that Shen Leng ordered to dig before, with these trenches, it becomes difficult for the black warriors to rush to the city quickly, and there are gaps between the trenches and the trenches, if the trenches are like moats, those intervals are bridges on the moat, when Shen Leng ordered to dig the trenches like this, many people did not understand, but Shen Leng did not change his decision.

The Black Warriors rushed through the first line of defense, and because of the presence of the trenches, they could only rush to the open space between the trenches.

"Kill!"

With Shen Leng's order, all the heavy crossbows on the city wall were aimed at those open spaces, the black warriors were silted there, where did they still need to aim, just smash the heavy crossbows and feather arrows to that side, a row of six or seven heavy crossbow arrows blasted over, and the black warriors on the narrow open space were pierced to death countless times, and the feather arrows covered the ears, and the first wave of the black warriors' attack was quickly pressed back.

The open space between the trenches was covered with corpses, and under the tremendous power of the heavy crossbow, it was like ploughing the ground, and all the black warriors in a line were pierced to death.

But soon, the second wave of the offensive came up again, the black warrior holding the giant shield rushed forward frantically, the heavy crossbow on the city wall was powerful again, the shield was shattered, the person was penetrated, the dense feather arrows made the black warrior pay countless lives for every step forward, the corpses on the open ground had begun to pile up, and the second wave of the black warrior's offensive was pressed down again.

"Fill in the trench with corpses!"

Hierro's shouts exploded in the ranks of the Black Warriors.

The crazy black warrior rushed over regardless of life and death, lifted the corpses of his comrades and threw them into the trenches on both sides, people were constantly dying, and the trenches were constantly being filled.

Finally, after paying the price of thousands of people, those trenches were filled by the black warriors with corpses, and the follow-up black warriors stepped on the corpses of these comrades and rushed forward, and the feather arrows of the Ning army were covered, still killing a large number of enemies, but compared to the previous massacre, the number of killed and injured enemies at this time was far from so much.

"General!"

The roar of the pro-soldier sounded beside Shen Leng: "The Black Warriors have rushed to the second line of defense. ”

The second line of defense was also dug a trench, and if the Black Warriors entered the trench, the archers on the walls would be less lethal to them.

"Let them come, and shoot them with archers and heavy crossbows in the distance, cutting off the front black warriors and the ranks behind them."

With Shen Leng's military order, the archers sent the feather arrows to a farther place, and the heavy crossbows were shot out in a row, and the black warriors who pressed up behind were hit by such a dense defense and suffered heavy losses, as if the fire was buried with soil to create an isolation belt, and a large number of black warriors in front of them had already poured into other ancient cities, in order to avoid the feather arrows, many people jumped into the trenches dug by the Ning army, but at this time, the wooden barrels of the city wall were thrown down one by one, and the barrels were full of fire oil, and the burning rockets fell to the ground, In an instant, the entire second line of defense was engulfed in flames.

A lot of gunpowder was sprinkled in the trench of the second line of defense, and the moment the oil ignited, the gunpowder exploded, and countless black warriors were swallowed up, and the fire exceeded the walls of other ancient cities in a certain moment, so that the defenders on the city walls were roasted and had to squat down.

The flames that rose to the sky were like roaring war spirits, and the war spirits of all the Ning soldiers who died in battle gathered here, maybe it was a human illusion, maybe it was an illusion, and the flames rose to the highest point as if they turned into a huge tiger and rushed towards the black warriors, which was the majesty sent by a gust of south wind.

Under the city wall, a ghost cried wolf, and the black warrior who was on fire screamed extremely miserable, and the people kept struggling in the sea of fire.

When the sea of fire receded, there was a place of charred corpses under the walls.

The fire once again repelled the fierce attack of the black warriors, the sky had gradually darkened, and the remnants of the fire also prevented the next attack of the black warriors from coming soon, and the retreating black warriors watched the flames shrink little by little from a distance, but they did not dare to attack immediately.

Another rare moment of respite.

"Replenish the bow and arrows! Change the guard! ”

Shen Leng shouted, his voice already hoarse.

The soldiers in the city carried bundles of feather arrows and rushed to the city, the reserve team replaced the soldiers who had just guarded the city wall, and the wounded people were also carried off the city wall, the wounded medicine has been saved, and the number of wounded people every day is so many that people's scalps are numb, the emperor has been preparing for this battle for a long time, and the weapons and equipment carried without affecting the march of the army are already the limit, but the consumption of feather arrows is still far beyond estimates, especially on the northern front, the believers of the Sword Gate do not take life and death seriously at all, In their opinion, death is to go to the Moon God's Palace to meet the Moon God.

"General, you go to rest, I haven't closed my eyes for two days and two nights."

Chen Ran handed Shen Leng a pot of water, and he wouldn't call Shen Leng Leng in front of the soldiers.

"No, just lean against the wall for a while."

Shen Leng took the kettle and took a sip, the pain in his throat was as if it was burning, and he didn't dare to drink the first sip of water, and the water passed through his throat as if it was torn.

After a few mouthfuls of water, Shen Leng bumped Chen Ran with his shoulder: "Get something to eat." ”

Chen Ran snorted, pulled out a cloth bag from his breastplate, inside the cloth bag were two steamed buns that had been squeezed flat, Shen Leng smiled when he saw the steamed buns, took three mouthfuls and killed one, and then asked Chen Ran: "Do you still have it?" ”

Chen Ran said: "This is leftover at noon, I have eaten, you were still outside the city at noon and didn't have time to come back, you eat first, and dinner should be delivered in a while." ”

Shen Leng snorted, stuffed the second steamed bun into his mouth, and looked at Chen Ran's breastplate: "It's a good place to keep warm, it smells like a mother." ”

Chen Ran: "Get out of ......"

He leaned against the city wall and sat down: "You can still laugh, now the means that can be used for the city defense are almost all used, and in seven days at most, our feather arrows will be exhausted, what will we do after seven days?" You can only slash the enemy on the city wall, and if Your Majesty doesn't leave, it's really too late. ”

"Your Majesty will not leave."

Shen Leng ate the steamed bun and poured another sip of water, his stomach was not so comfortable, but it hurt, but this pain was also a kind of satisfaction for Shen Leng, who had not eaten for nearly a day, it was the pain after eating, which was better than the pain of hunger.

"I hope the sword soldiers are coming soon."

Shen Leng exhaled: "Your Majesty has calculated everything, and variables like Xin Fengyue are within Your Majesty's calculations, I believe that the sword soldiers are also coming soon, it is impossible for the old general to solve the matter over there so slowly, if the sword soldiers rush over, we can hold out for a while, and ......"

Shen Leng looked at Chen Ran: "You know, I don't like to rely too much on others when I am fighting, even if Your Majesty is fully prepared." ”

Chen Ran snorted: "So what? ”

Shen Leng: "So why don't you go and see when dinner will be delivered?" How can you eat two steamed buns the size of your-! ”

Chen Ran: "Your uncle, what arrangements do you have?" ”

Shen Leng looked at the crescent moon that was gradually turning slightly white in the distance: "The sword soldier is His Majesty's last card, and I only have one card left." ”

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