The sound of fighting was endless, pouring into Zhao Hongrun's ears wave by wave.

At this time, he really pinched a cold sweat for the Shang Shui Army in his heart, after all, the completion of the Shang Shui Army was too short, you must know that in the Wei State, only a non-commissioned soldier who has been trained for two years is qualified to go into battle as a non-commissioned soldier to kill the enemy, otherwise, at most, he is just a reserve soldier, or even a logistics soldier who is responsible for cooking on the fire or transporting grain and grass.

Generally, a young army like this, according to common sense, will act as an assistant force of the main force, help harass the enemy army, or clean up the battlefield or something, familiarize yourself with the atmosphere of the battlefield, accumulate some battlefield experience, and hardly say that it will be directly put into the battlefield, because the casualty figures after the war will be difficult for the commander to accept.

However, no matter how worried he was in his heart, Zhao Hongrun's face did not show it at all, because he noticed that the soldiers and generals near the city gate tower peeked at his expression from time to time.

As the commander, his words and deeds will have an immeasurable impact on the soldiers of these generals.

Therefore, even if he heard that the slave soldiers had attacked the city wall, Zhao Hongrun had to make a gesture as if he was winning, and even used body language as much as possible to reveal his disdain for the enemy army and his trust in the merchant army.

No, when Wu Ji heard that the slave soldiers had attacked the city wall, he privately suggested that Zhao Hongrun move to a safe place, after all, everyone knows that during the siege of the city, the city gate tower is the command center of the defending side, which means that the besieging side will kill this side at all costs.

And Zhao Hongrun, as the prince of Wei, the dignified king of Su, and even the commander of the expedition to Sanchuan, let this stay in this most dangerous place, Wu Ji didn't feel right no matter how he thought about it.

But in this regard, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand with a smile, and said with a calm and solemn face: "This king is here, sharing hardships with the merchant army!" ”

Not to mention the current situation of the Shangshui soldiers at the north and south ends of the city wall, anyway, in the section of the city gate tower, when Zhao Hongrun said this, he obviously felt that the Shangshui soldiers and generals in the vicinity, their eyes and momentum have become different, and their faces are flushed with red light, and their expressions are excited.

People are such a very strange creature, even if the same sentence is said by an ordinary soldier, the effect is like a world of difference between the words spoken by an ordinary soldier and the mouth of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Wei.

Sometimes a word of encouragement from a superior can often make many people desperate to risk their lives.

For example, the current Wu Ji.

If it weren't for the fact that he was shouldering the burden of commanding the whole situation at this moment, he would have been eager to lead a group of troops to break through the siege and bring the head of Bitatu, the patriarch of the Najiaojiao tribe, to this Su throne.

It is no wonder that Wu Ji has this kind of side-by-side consideration, just because the battle situation on the city wall is really unfavorable at this moment, because the number of slave soldiers in the city is too much, so that the merchant soldiers on the city wall have gradually been unable to suppress the enemy.

This directly led to the suppression of the battle line, making the entire western city wall the main battlefield of the two armies.

This is quite a disadvantageous situation for the defenders.

Because once they were attacked on the city wall, due to the narrow terrain on the city wall, the merchant army could only withdraw the crossbowmen and replace them with melee troops such as sword and shield soldiers and pikemen, which made them no longer able to rely on the crossbowmen as a long-range unit to cause casualties to the enemy troops under the city.

And what does that mean?

This means that the enemy army under the city will continue to storm the city wall, killing inexhaustible, and the city wall as a means of defense will be useless.

What's worse is that once the city wall is lost, it means that half of the city has fallen.

Throughout history, there have been very few cases where the defenders of the city have been able to repel the enemy by means of "street fighting" after the city walls have been captured.

Under normal circumstances, the fall of the city wall is equivalent to declaring that the fall of the city is only a matter of time, when the morale of the besieging side will soar and become more and more courageous, while the morale of the defending side will plummet and the will to fight will be lost.

And the current situation in the city is the same, once the city wall is lost, the Jiaojiao slave soldiers rush to kill the city gate, open the city gate, and put in the Jiaojiao cavalry, when the time comes, only the merchant army and the warriors of the tribes in the city can stop those thousands of Jiaojiao cavalry?

The more Wu Ji thought about it, the more anxious he became, and the more he thought about it, the more bottomless he became, and he couldn't help but glance back at Zhao Hongrun, but unexpectedly found that His Royal Highness King Su had taken a pot of wine and a wine glass from nowhere, and was pouring himself a drink slowly.

"Hmm~Hmm~Hmm~Hmm~Hmm......"

I saw this King Su, taking a sip of wine, shaking his head gently, his fingers tapping the dwarf table one by one, and his mouth seemed to be humming an unknown tune in a low voice, as if he didn't care about the deafening shouts around him.

"His Royal Highness King Su......"

"Your Highness, he ......"

"It's really worthy of the king of Su who defeated Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and Xiong Hu, the king of Pingyu......

Those Shangshui soldiers and generals standing near the city gate tower were dumbfounded, and said in their hearts that His Royal Highness King Su was too calm, right? In such a precarious situation, it is simply ...... to still be in the mood to hum a little song while drinking I didn't take those horn people in my eyes at all!

"Anyway, what kind of tune is His Royal Highness King Su humming? Don't say it, it's weird and good......

"Is it the folk song of the Wei Kingdom?"

"You are stupid, His Royal Highness King Su is the royal family of the Wei Kingdom, and it is obvious that he is humming the tune of the Wei court!"

"Not quite like ...... It sounds like a folk song......

"You know the!"

Near the city gate tower, the generals of the merchant and water soldiers standing here made eye contact with each other.

For some reason, the anxious mood in their hearts was gradually calmed down.

"Worthy of His Royal Highness King Su......

Wu Ji glanced back, a wry smile on his face.

And when he turned his gaze again to the army of Karma outside the city, his eyes had become much calmer and more resolute than Fang Cai, because he realized that behind him, there was His Royal Highness King Su, who was drinking and having fun.

"His Royal Highness King Su, who once defeated our Chu army with outnumbered people, is now sitting behind us......

As soon as he thought of this, Wu Ji was no longer confused and uneasy in his heart, his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "Beat the war drums to the ground a little more, and be sure to let the soldiers on the city wall hear it, and ...... in momentum Suppress the enemy army! ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers who beat the drums took a deep breath and exerted all their strength to beat the war drums to the ground like thunder, which was deafening.

Even if his arms were sore, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

"Knock knock—"

"Knock knock—"

More than a dozen or twenty war drums, its sound spread around, and for a while, it stood out in the earth-shattering shouting and killing, and the heavy sound came into the ears of those Shangshui soldiers, as if it was ringing in their hearts, so that their spirits were shocked.

I have to say that the battle situation on the west city wall is really unfavorable to the Shang Water Army.

Of the 4,000 soldiers stationed at the western city wall, about 3,000 or 400 had been killed in battle.

Although the death toll of the Qiangjiao slave soldiers is probably already in the tens of thousands by this moment, roughly calculated, the ratio of the Shang Shui Army and the Karma Slave Soldiers killed in battle is about 1 to 20 people, which seems to be an acceptable loss of war deaths?

In fact, this casualty ratio was simply not acceptable to Zhao Hongrun or the generals of the Shang Shui Army.

You must know that the soldiers of the Shangshui Army are fully armed, inheriting the high-quality equipment of the Junshui Army, although the equipment is badly worn and looks a little worn, but it is still strong and reliable; And what do the Horn slave soldiers have? They generally had only a wooden spear, which could not even be called a weapon, and even some of the slave soldiers climbed the walls with their bare hands in order to climb them quickly.

In the face of the enemy army, which had almost no weapons and armor, the Shang Shui Army still suffered hundreds of casualties, which is simply unforgivable!

If it were replaced by the Junshui Army, the Dangshan Army, and the Chenggao Army, it could not be said that one person would not be killed in battle, but the casualties would never exceed 100!

However, after careful consideration, it can be understood that it is not surprising that the Shang Shui Army has this casualty figure, because most of the dead are recruits who cannot get past the psychological level.

This is the cruelty of the battlefield: if you don't kill people, people will kill you, and there is no reason at all!

"Ah......h

A scream rang out beside the pawn Li Hui, who subconsciously turned his head, only to see a Horned Slave soldier knocking a soldier to the ground and biting the latter's throat like a beast.

However, before he could blink an eye, the Horn slave soldier was also cut down to the ground by another merchant soldier, and then several nearby merchant soldiers stabbed him to death on the city wall with spears.

"Why don't you stab it out? Idiot! ”

Li Hui saw with his own eyes that a merchant soldier walked up to the recruit whose throat had been bitten by the slave soldier and scolded with a gloomy expression.

But the recruit obviously couldn't hear it, and his pupils were gradually losing their brightness.

"That's ...... It's like it's called "Pillar......

Li Hui glanced at the recruit and seemed to be impressed.

He vaguely remembered that it was a recruit who had enlisted in Shangshui County at the same time as him, and it seemed that he was a young man from a village with the surname "Mao" in Pingyu County.

A very shy and kind young man.

"Ah Hui!" In Li Hui's ears, there was a warning from his companion Le Leopard.

In fact, at this time, Li Hui had already seen the Horn slave soldier who pounced on him, and he did not hesitate to stab the spear in his hand and pierce the enemy's abdomen.

Le Bao looked at Li Hui in surprise, and his eyes showed the appreciation of "so decisive".

Probably seeing that there were more and more slave soldiers around, Wu Chang Jiao Meng shouted loudly: "Back to back!" ”

As soon as the words fell, except for Yang Wu, who was still holding a shield and blocking the front, the Jiao brothers quickly backed back to back, and Le Bao and Li Hui, the backs of the two were also close together.

"No more hesitation?" The slave soldiers around the guarded ground, looking for an opportunity to kill him with one blow, Le Leopard lowered his voice and asked Li Hui behind him.

Before he finished speaking, Li Hui suddenly stabbed out his spear and accurately pierced the chest of a Horned slave soldier.

"Ah, no more hesitation......"

While quickly pulling out his spear, Li Hui couldn't help but glance at the recruit who had been bitten by the enemy, the young man from the neighboring county whose surname was "Mao" and was called "Xiaozhu".

There will be no more hesitation, that is because once you hesitate, you will die. (To be continued.) )