The night was low, and a ray of moonlight shone through the dark clouds and sprinkled on the city. The blood that had gathered in the low-lying areas of the city reflected the moonlight, and the soldiers leaned against the battlements, not knowing how many of them were dead and how many were alive.

After a day of non-stop bloody fighting, those who were still alive could no longer hold on, and most of the soldiers fell asleep almost after the Northern Zhou barbarians retreated, regardless of whether there were still corpses around them that had not been moved.

In the whole city, only more than 100 soldiers as a reserve are still carefully carrying the corpses, obviously they also know how tired their companions are after this day's fighting, so they are all handled with care, and the corpses of their own people are all carefully sent down to the city, as for the corpses of the Northern Zhou people, they are not so particular, and they are all thrown directly from the city.

Who knows when the next attack of the Northern Zhou people will be, and how long this non-stop attack will last, if these corpses have been piled up on the top of the city, not to mention that they will stink, I am afraid that in this rainy season, it may not be long before it may cause a plague.

Then the city will really not have to be defended.

"Boqing, wake up!"

Xiao Shilian opened his eyes in a daze, I don't know if it was because he was too tired, he didn't care about the sound at all, he turned his head and fell asleep, and the snoring sounded again. But soon Xiao Shilian was woken up by Li Xinchen's violent shaking.

"The brute is here, you get up!" Li Xinchen raised his voice and shouted in Xiao Shilian's ear.

Xiao Shilian shuddered suddenly, opened his eyes suddenly, and was extremely sober.

Li Xinchen handed him the water bladder: "Come, drink saliva, hurry up and go to the city." ”

I have to say that Xiao Shilian is still very shrewd, he did not lie directly on the city wall, but on the uptown trail, even if this place was suddenly attacked by the Northern Zhou, it could prevent being injured by the first wave of arrows.

Although Xiao Shilian fought desperately, he also knew that he and Li Xinchen, as the commanders of more than 2,000 soldiers, had to ensure their own safety, because only when they were there, this Zhangshan County could stand in that frenzy.

Xiao Shilian nodded, but it was still difficult to hide the tiredness and fatigue that gradually spread, and when he looked at Li Xinchen, his companions were not bloodshot? At that moment, Xiao Shilian walked up to the city quickly, and asked in surprise:

"When is this? Why did these barbarians come up so quickly? ”

Li Xinchen smiled bitterly: "You can see it by looking at it, it should have been the strikers of the Northern Zhou people that we repelled before, and now it is their main force that comes." ”

Xiao Shilian frowned, he had also seen the fierceness of the enemy, and even let the enemy rush to the city for a while, if it wasn't for Li Xinchen's quick decision and mobilization of a few generals to take the lead, I'm afraid that now this Zhangshan County doesn't know whose it is.

And if this is only the striker, then how terrifying will it be for their main force to start attacking the city?

"How many people did we lose?" Xiao Shilian asked in a low voice while going up to the city.

Li Xinchen was silent for a moment, and also lowered his voice: "More than three hundred, it's not much, most of these were killed by the Northern Zhou people who rushed to the city, if it weren't for the city as a barrier, our little people would not be enough to stuff their teeth." ”

Xiao Shilian bowed slightly, for the side defending the city, more than 300 people were killed in the battle with the enemy's forward, and this battle lasted for a total of one or two hours, which is not a good sign. Of course, Xiao Shilian also knew that the Northern Zhou people died far more than this number.

However, a large part of the price paid by the Northern Zhou people was paid when filling the moat, which meant that there was no need for them to repeat the process later.

The next battle will obviously be more dangerous.

When he saw the light of torches in the darkness outside the city, Xiao Shilian couldn't help but secretly speak: "This fucking person thinks too much of us!" ”

This magnificent sea of torches outside the city, to say the least, must have tens of thousands, or even more than 20,000 people, and it is certain that the main force of Wei Chi's army is already here. Resisting the enemy vanguard of four or five thousand people still paid such a heavy price, Xiao Shilian didn't know how much the loss of the defenders would be when these tens of thousands of people launched an attack on the city at the same time.

What's more, such a spectacular array will cause irreparable shadows and pressure on the defenders.

Li Xinchen chuckled, undeniable. And the footsteps behind him hurriedly sounded, and Chen Zhishen and others also rushed over, and the number of people killed by this man in the daytime battle was innumerable.

Li Xinchen estimated that a small half of the Northern Zhou soldiers who rushed to the city fell into his hands, especially the brave Northern Zhou general, Chen Zhishen killed him, but it really caused a lot of pressure and panic to those Northern Zhou soldiers who rushed to the city.

Therefore, the rest of the generals who were originally a little unconvinced that Chen Zhishen could always receive Li Xinchen's task also respected him at this time, and even most of them subconsciously took a step behind and let Chen Zhishen walk in front.

"Joining the army, fighting the master, what's the matter, these barbarians raised by bitches still don't stop?" Chen Zhishen asked in surprise, he was also woken up from his sleep.

People usually get up angry, not to mention that they are sleeping in a half-dreaming state now, and they are even more annoyed. And several generals behind Chen Zhishen had already noticed the situation under the city at this time, and they couldn't help but take a breath of cool air.

Everyone just slept for a while, how could there be so many enemies when they opened their eyes?

"This is the main force of the Northern Zhou." Li Xinchen told them the reason, "It's only a quarter of an hour since I arrived." ”

After the Northern Zhou strikers arrived, Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian had already collected most of the scouts who had been scattered, otherwise if the city gates were blocked everywhere in the future, then these scouts would really become rootless wanderers.

For the defenders, whose soldiers are precious, such a waste of troops cannot be tolerated.

And it was precisely because the scouts had withdrawn that if it weren't for the Northern Zhou army that drove directly to the city, I am afraid that Li Xinchen and they would not have known that the enemy had poured in.

"Are they in a hurry to attack the city?" Xiao Shilian raised his eyebrows, his fingers lightly tapped the hilt of the knife, ready for a fierce battle.

However, Li Xinchen shook his head and vetoed Xiao Shilian's speculation: "If it is a siege, it must be that the ladder carts have already been lined up at this time, and even with the help of their firelight, we can see large instruments such as bed crossbows and trebuchets, but you see, most of the people in this city are foot soldiers, and there are not even many crossbowmen." ”

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