Chapter 152: Siege

The purpose of this sneak attack has been achieved, and there is also the unexpected joy of killing General Hui, but the price in the meantime is also the loss of the lives of thirteen soldiers, which is an almost negligible price on weekdays, but at this time, it is undoubtedly worse for Li Zhen and Jingcheng County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Throughout the night, the lights in the county town of Jingcheng were bright, and the people took turns to climb the city to repair the dilapidated city wall, for them, this was the last and only line of defense for the people of the city.

"How many of us are left?"

Li Zhen leaned back against the table, his body was covered with a thick fur robe, and beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead were dripping down, although the wound on his body continued to come from severe pain, but Li Zhen still insisted on sitting here, even if he didn't do anything, he could feel a little more at ease.

Gao Yu thought for a while and replied: "Our own brothers, there are still one hundred and three people left who can fight, and if you add the original county soldiers in Jingcheng City, there are more than three hundred people in total!" ā€

Li Zhen's brows furrowed even tighter after hearing this, "Brother Qianli, can you concentrate the young and strong laborers in the city, maybe you can block it for a while!" ā€

Gao Yu nodded and said, "Well, Taiwen has already done it, and the young and strong laborers in this city can roughly calculate that there are more than 2,000 people, and the ones that can really be used for city defense should be about 1,005!" ā€

Speaking of this, Gao Yu sighed and said, "Alas! If these 1,500 people are all county soldiers, I can guarantee that the city gate of Jingcheng City will not be lost for a month, but these people are ordinary people, how many of them have really experienced war? How many have seen the scene of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood? I'm afraid that when I see a dead person, I'll be scared first! ā€

"Well, so the real ones in front have to be our people and county soldiers, these people only need to be on the side to be responsible for vigilance and assistance, from now on let the soldiers withdraw first, fill their stomachs and rest, as long as the Hui people do not attack the city, they don't have to go to the city, as for the task of vigilance, let these people do it, so that the soldiers will not be too tired!" Li Zhen then said.

"Well, that's the only way to do it now, tomorrow I think there will be a fierce battle waiting, you should rest first, after all, it is the most important thing for you to recuperate now, and the rest is for me and Taiwen, Lao Gu, and Yan Heng to deal with!" Gao Yu said, getting up and leaving.

"Brother ...... Thousand Miles"

Li Zhen shouted.

"Huh?" Gao Yu turned around.

I saw Li Zhen stand up with difficulty, and then solemnly saluted Gao Biao, and said, "Zhen has thanked me in advance!" ā€

"Hahaha, don't come to these vains, after you are injured, you have to accompany a certain person to drink a few jars of good wine!" Gao Yu laughed, then turned to walk out.

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The next day, before the sun rose and the sky was about to dawn, the people of Jingcheng, who had been busy all night, were suddenly awakened by a dull sound of horns, and then they only heard the panicked shouts of the men in charge of guarding the city.

"The Hui people are attacking the city!"

As soon as the words fell, Gao Biao was the first to rush to the head of the city, only to see the Hui people outside the city lined up as the left, center, and right three formations, the Chinese army was cavalry, and the left and right armies were foot soldiers, and the black wolf flag was fluttering high in the rear of the Chinese army, and it seemed that the sound of hunting in the wind could be heard.

The three armies lined up, the horns roared mournfully, and a thick aura of slaughter instantly permeated the two sides.

The cold wind rose, the birds were startled, and the dust and mist lifted in the distance made these Hui people look more like the ghosts from the Netherworld, hideous and terrifying.

"Fu Yuan crossbow, prepare!"

Gao Yu shouted, and the soldiers who had been waiting in their respective positions struggled to kick the bowstring, although the movements did not look uniform, and even a little clumsy, but no one cared about this, what they had to do was not a beautiful move, but just pull the bowstring as fast as possible, place the iron arrows, and then aim at the enemy position.

"What's going on? Hasn't the general been killed? How can you still assemble troops and horses to attack the city? Zheng Jin stepped forward and asked suspiciously.

Gao Biao shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Obviously, there is more than one general in the Hui army!" ā€

"Humph! You can wait until I go down and then kill him!" Gu Duoda shouted angrily when he heard this, and walked out as he spoke.

"Stop!" Zheng Zheng said angrily: "It doesn't matter if you die, don't involve others, last night was just a fluke that gave you a loophole, if you go again this time, it is tantamount to sending you to death, in vain you are the general of the Yan Dynasty, if you are so blind to military law, I will explain everything to Zeyuan, and you will return to your Bohai Kingdom!" ā€

After hearing this, Gu Duoda also felt that he was at a loss, although he was still not angry, but he didn't dare to act recklessly, but obediently stood beside Gao Yu, staring closely at the Huifu battle formation in the distance.

"It's moving!"

At this moment, only one soldier shouted loudly, and then I saw the cavalry of the Hui Chinese Army in the distance taking the lead in rushing towards Jingcheng City.

I saw that its cavalry was divided into three teams, each team was about 300 people, and after the front team set out 100 paces, the squadron set off, and the squadron set off after 100 paces.

And each Hui cavalry is not holding a scimitar in his hand, but the unique short bow of the Hui people, the short bow of the Hui is shorter and more concise than the horn bow of the Tang army, and the operation is more flexible, often the Hui people have three arrows, and the Tang army only shoots an arrow, although it is not as good as the angle bow in strength, but it is flexible and light, often so that the enemy has not yet reacted, the arrow of the Hui people has been out of the string.

Everyone in the city stared intently at the cavalry of the front team of Hui Yuan, and the soldiers who operated the Fu Yuan crossbow were also ready to shoot.

The Hui cavalry came like a tide, and just as it was about to enter the range of the Fuyuan crossbow, it suddenly divided into three columns, and each of them was diagonally inserted from three different angles to the bottom of the city.

"Shoot!" Although the Uighurs changed the direction of their advance to everyone's surprise, Gao Biao still gave the order to shoot, and a series of heavy crossbow iron arrows roared out almost at the same time, carrying a thousand momentum, into the cavalry camp of the Uighurs.

Puff - Puff -

Although the accuracy of Fu Yuan's crossbow was not very good, it still showed its great power when it entered the camp of the Hui cavalry.

As far as the iron arrows came, the men and horses were all killed, and even a few arrows pierced through the three Hui cavalry.

And just as the second heavy crossbow had not yet been wound, the cavalry of the Hui people's squadron had already arrived, and as they had just done before, they were divided into three columns and marched diagonally from different directions.

But then, Gao Yu's face changed, and he exclaimed: "It's not good! (To be continued.) )