Sun Muren was rescued not long after he died, he was covered with knife wounds, but the most fatal knife was in the back, he was cut off by a knife, he lay quietly on the ground, the heavy rain washed away the blood stains on his body, his face was unusually peaceful, as if thinking about his son's innocent and lovely face, yes! He hadn't seen his wife and children for three years, and he didn't know if he would be able to meet them in the next life.

Guan Ying knelt beside him, covering his face with his hands and sobbing silently, at this time, after a moment of silence, the Hui people made a repeat move, cut down more than a dozen big trees, and moved forward step by step.

"Team, what should we do?" Sun Muren died, Guan Ying was the head of this group of Tang troops, Guan Ying wiped away his tears and stood up, at this moment, he suddenly matured.

He observed the enemy's movements for a moment, and the Hui army was still about eighty paces away from them, and in the heavy rain, the range of their bows and arrows was only fifty or sixty paces at most, which meant that now was their only chance to retreat.

"Withdraw to the castle!" Guan Ying decisively gave the order, and the Tang soldiers carried the corpses of their dead brothers, turned around and ran towards the castle, Guan Ying also carried the corpse of Sun Muren on his shoulders, and stumbled along the muddy mountain road towards the castle.

It has been more than two hours since the attack of the Hui people, the rain has gradually stopped, there is still thunder rumbling in the distance, the mountain stream in the south is still flashing with electric light, a fierce wind is blowing in the east, the dark clouds are drifting away, the stars are drilled out, the moon over the mountain is moving eastward, and there is a faint yellow light in the residual clouds after the storm, and the sky is about to dawn.

On the castle of Zhang Sancheng, hundreds of Tang troops were already in battle at the head of the city, and after the Hui people occupied the high ground, they temporarily stopped attacking, and most of them withdrew, leaving only 1,000 people to guard the high ground. They seem to be waiting for something.

The distance from the heights to the castle was about five hundred paces, and the originally relatively wide road had been destroyed by the Tang army. appears more narrow,

And the castle is not a wall, it is tall and strong, like a giant at the top of the mountain. Even if it is attacked in front of it, it is difficult to get into the city, and it is obvious that the Uighurs are waiting for siege weapons, such as ladders or ramming wood.

But the Don Army was also ready. They blocked the gates with huge ashlars and cut down hundreds of trees on the hills. It was sawn into a five-foot-long piece of rolling log. There is also a barrel of fire oil in the castle, which may play a role at a critical moment, but it is a pity that there is no Tang Army's first weapon here: gunpowder, otherwise it will be difficult for the Hui people to fly through this pass even if they have wings.

Time passed little by little, the sky was already bright, the Hui people still did not move, the easternmost part of the castle, Guan Ying sat on his knees. His eyes looked sadly at the purple glow in the distance. Last night's fierce battle seemed like a dream, and he hoped it was a nightmare. But it's not, the eldest brother who has been suffering for many years is dead.

"I was sorry last night."

Wang Tingjiang slowly walked behind Guan Ying, he sighed, and said apologetically: "If I can come to pick up, maybe Captain Sun will not die." ”

Guan Ying laughed miserably, "Even if he doesn't die last night, what can he do?" Even if you can stand here and talk now, will we survive tomorrow? ”

He stood up, pointed to the high ground not far away, and said, "Look there, you will understand." ”

Wang Tingjiang followed his finger and was immediately surprised, only to see that hundreds of bed crossbows and dozens of ladders had been placed on the high ground at some point, and the road below the high ground was densely packed with Hui troops, there were 10,000 or 20,000 people, looking at their appearance, it seemed that they were no longer the group of people who attacked last night.

"Captain Wang, while the enemy army has not yet attacked, let the brothers leave their last words!"

Speaking of this, Guan Ying's eyes shot a fierce gaze, "No matter what, we must not let the Hui people succeed, unless we all die in battle." ”

Wang Tingjiang stared at his eyes tightly, and he nodded slowly, "Okay!" I'll arrange it. He turned and walked briskly down the castle.

At this moment, there was a commotion on the side of the Hui people, and I saw that they gave way to both sides, and the Hui commander Jiegan Gasi walked up quickly.

In last night's battle, just to test the strength of the Tang army, his own army suffered nearly a thousand casualties, but what reassured Jiegan was that the Tang army did not have many weapons, especially the most feared fire and thunder, so it was only a matter of time to take Zhang Sancheng Castle, and it would not be too long.

Jiegangas looked at the castle from afar, the gray-white castle was so clean by a rainstorm, it stood so conspicuously, as if to laugh at his mistakes in decision-making, occupying Yanqi, but actually surrendering this majestic castle to Tang

Jiegan Gath couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, he glanced back at the vanguard general Urimodagan, and said coldly: "If you are given 10,000 people, when will you be able to take the castle?" ”

"My subordinates promise to take the castle before dawn tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Jiegangas shook his head and flatly rejected his plan, "No, you must take the castle before dark." ”

With that, he turned and walked down the hill, and from afar came his indisputable order, "If you can't take the castle before dark, bring your head to see it." ”

Urimoda looked at the Xiongbao that was dyed red by the morning glow, he gritted his teeth, and roared loudly: "Order the army to attack, and those who dare to retreat will be killed!" ”

The muffled sound of trumpets rose into the sky, and the fierce siege battle began once again, and the Hui army began to rush to the castle in droves under the cover of the flying ballestas.

More than 100 crossbows roared and shot out, and huge arrows about three feet long were inlaid with iron heads, crackling above the city! There was a loud noise, debris of masonry and stone flew around, and one of the Tang soldiers was unfortunately hit, and the huge force actually pierced his body and nailed him to the ground, and he didn't even have time to exhale screams, but most of the Tang troops were obviously able to deal with these huge arrows, and they clung to the city wall, using the wide wall as a backing.

"Shoot!" As soon as the flying crossbow stopped, Wang Tingjiang gave an order, and the Tang army at the head of the city immediately turned over and lay on the battlements, and the trigger of the steel crossbow in his hand was pulled, and hundreds of arrows shot towards the mountain road like lightning, shooting a group of enemy soldiers who were already more than a hundred steps away from the castle to the ground, and then threw down several rolling logs. Tumbling and smashing the last seven or eight people in a row, they rolled down the deep valley with a ladder. There was a long scream, and in a moment, more than a hundred enemy soldiers were killed or wounded, and there was not a single person standing.

"Bastard!" Urimoda scolded dryly. The crossbows had obviously not worked as well as they should, and he remembered the attack of the previous night, and immediately ordered a dozen more trees to be cut down, and ordered the second group of attacking troops to carry them forward.

Overhead, there was a loud whistling sound from the crossbows. The momentum rushed towards the head of the city, so that the Tang army could not raise its head. More than 800 Uighurs rushed to the castle with their leafy trees. Less than a hundred steps away from the castle in a moment, at this time, under the effective protection of the tree wall, the lethality of the Tang army's bow and crossbow dropped sharply, and most of the rolling logs thrown down were also knocked crooked by the tree wall, falling directly into the valley.

"Shoot on target!" Guan Ying shouted, and he aimed at a centurion, pulled the trigger, and the arrow went straight through a few bushes of leaves. An arrow hit the centurion's face. He screamed and rolled down on his back.

Under Guan Ying's reminder. The Tang army on the city began to shoot at a fixed point, and it was effective, and the enemy soldiers were constantly shot by arrows and fell to the ground, but in this way, there were still hundreds of Hui troops who took the opportunity to attack the city, they had to climb the stairs on the ground, some hooked the city wall with a flying rope, and struggled to climb up, and some simply used the big tree as a crash wood, and slammed the door violently, behind them, the third team and the fourth team of the Hui army were like a big tide surging, wave after wave, and the situation was quite grim for the Tang army.

"Captain Wang, I'll deal with the climbers, and you will deal with the enemy army behind."

Guan Ying's eyes were red, he led more than 100 Tang troops to fight with the Hui people who climbed the city, the knife flashed, a flying rope was cut off, the ladder was split, dozens of Hui soldiers climbed the city tower and were cut down, and behind them, Wang Tingjiang led more than 200 Tang troops to smash the rolling wood downward, the mountain road was already crowded with dense Hui soldiers, every rolling log was smashed, always to smash dozens of people.

At this time, an extremely fierce Hui centurion jumped on the city, he raised his spear and fell, and poked over three Tang troops in a row, Wang Tingjiang was furious, he raised a piece of rolling wood and smashed him off the city wall, but at the moment when the Hui centurion was hit, the spear in his hand also came out of his hand, and it pierced Wang Tingjiang's chest at once, nailing him to the wooden pillar.

As soon as the main general died, the Tang soldiers seemed to be crazy, they swung their knives together, and killed all the Hui troops who had climbed the city tower, but there were too many Hui troops, they came like a tide, many flying ropes with hooks hooked the city head, could not completely cut them off or thrown back, more than 30 long ladders were erected on the city wall, many ladders were overturned or broken, but more ladders were then pushed up, the Hui army was like a vigorous ape, agile climb up, at this moment, Guan Ying has naturally taken over the position of the commander of the Tang Army, He organized the Tang army to pounce again and again, killing the Hui army in hundreds and hundreds of cities, and countless dead and wounded had been piled up at the foot of the city wall, like magma erupting from a volcano, piled higher and higher, like a small hill, but the enemy's attack never stopped.

The Tang soldiers were exhausted, their knives were chopped and their shields were torn, but they relied on a determination to fight to the end, and they killed the Hui army again and again, the blood dyed the gray-white castle red, and the corpses and limbs were piled up into a mountain, by the afternoon, more than half of the Tang army had been killed, and the Hui people had been killed and wounded thousands, but Zhang Sancheng Castle was still like an island in the sea, standing majestically.

Night had gradually fallen, and a sharp army had finally arrived at the foot of the Silver Mountain from the north, the vanguard of the 5,000 Tang Army, who had marched thousands of miles and hurried to support Zhang Sancheng's capture.

At the foot of the mountain, they saw the castle on the mountain ridge blazing, but did not see a Hui army crossing the mountain, from the north to the mountain is much faster and closer than the south, three thousand Tang troops rushed to the castle on the top of the mountain, closer and closer, they saw that the Tang Dynasty military flag in the firelight has been full of holes, but it is still proudly fluttering over the castle.

Under the banner of the Tang Dynasty, only three Tang soldiers were left standing with their heads held high, and five hundred Tang Army officers and soldiers faithfully fulfilled their promise with their blood and lives: to fight for the country until the last man! If you want to know what will happen next,