Hu Zhenmingjin's withdrawal of troops was not cowardice. He was going to make repairs and attack again.

Otherwise, the continuous deaths and injuries are not something he can bear.

"General, the prime minister invites you over."

Just as Hu Zhen was about to lecture the defeated soldiers and attack again, a herald rushed to Hu Zhen to deliver a message.

"I'll go!"

Hu Zhen's heart jumped. thought that he was ineffective in supervising the war, which caused Liu Fan's dissatisfaction.

With a nervous mood, Hu Zhen put on his armor and went to see Liu Fan.

After seeing Liu Fan, Liu Fan's first sentence made Hu Zhen feel at ease, and he only heard Liu Fan say: "I am watching from behind, but Wencai leads the soldiers to use their lives in the front, although the small battle is lost, but I will not blame you." You don't have to be inhibited. Since ancient times, or there are a few years of not resisting, although Longguan is not a strong pass, the world is dangerous. However, its deep walls are high, which can be compared to the big city. Fortunately, Hansheng annihilated 10,000 of his troops on the bank of the Qingshui River, otherwise Longguan would have become a barrier to prevent me from going to Xiliang. Perhaps, Longguan is really not a day's work to be broken. ”

"The last will be ashamed."

Hu Zhen bowed his head and arched his hand. Then he said: "Please give me another chance, before sunset, I will offer Longguan to the prime minister."

"Famous generals during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period usually connected more than a dozen cities. That kind of momentum that goes straight into the road is desirable. After the soldiers have drunk and fed, they will attack the city again, and I hope that this time, the momentum of your army will rush to Longguan. The army of 100,000 is waiting for you to perform. ”

Liu Fan said to Hu Zhen that he decided to fulfill the military order and give Hu Zhen another chance.

It's really not possible, let Duan Xuan carry out this important task tomorrow.

Hu Zhen felt the eyes of the generals questioning him, and was grateful to Liu Fan for believing in him.

He clenched his fists and left, back on the front line.

Above the Longguan City Tower.

"In just half a day, our army has suffered such heavy casualties!"

After Ma Chao went up to the city wall, he exclaimed.

Ma Chao has been recuperating from his injuries in the customs because of his injury, and Pang De insisted on not letting Ma Chao fight.

Because the shouting and killing continued, Ma Chao was like sitting on pins and needles, and when he heard the sound of Bing Ge, he couldn't help but come to the city wall.

"The young master is injured, and it is not appropriate to approach the place of the soldiers, please return to the customs to recuperate. I will defend Longguan. ”

Pound, who was originally leaning against the women's wall, got up and persuaded Ma Chao.

Ma Chao approached Pang De and said in a low voice: "Brother Ling Ming, if you can't do it, withdraw from Longguan!"

"Young master, even so, are you willing?"

Pound asked Ma Chao rhetorically.

"What if you are unwilling? You and I are both people who know the big plan, and we both know that Longguan will be broken sooner or later. After Liu Fan enters Longguan, there will be a chance to play. ”

Ma Chao said dejectedly, but in the depths of his pupils, there was a touch of dawn.

"The casualties of our army are all from the bows and crossbows of the enemy. In the bow and crossbow, we have no advantage other than being condescending. Under the onslaught of the enemy, the arrows seemed to be continuous. However, when the enemy attacked the city, they were severely damaged by our army. There were also heavy casualties, and morale was much worse than before. I want to hold Longguan for three days, and then abandon the city and leave. Instead of being forced to flee out of the city in less than a day. ”

Pound said with a firm look in his eyes.

"Sons, our army's reinforcements will arrive within three days. As long as you stick to it for three days, everyone is a hero and will be rewarded. ”

Seeing Pang De's determination, Ma Chao could only make a promise to the Xiliang soldiers defending the city, in order to estimate the morale of the soldiers and transform the desire to survive into combat power.

……

After Hu Zhen returned to the barracks, he ordered the soldiers to recuperate, drink water if they were thirsty, and eat if they were hungry.

This time, he made careful arrangements and selected one thousand Liangzhou warriors he knew as the main force to break through first.

"Bows and crossbows have been sharp weapons for breaking cities since ancient times, and the prime minister mobilized such a great force to help us, but he didn't work for half a day. The rest of the battalions were laughing at us. ”

Hu Zhen said to a thousand Liangzhou warriors.

After hearing Hu Zhen's words, many warriors were ashamed, and they were indeed a little ashamed when they recalled what they had sworn before.

"Do you know? Just now, the prime minister asked me to go and almost killed me, I died in battle, don't be killed for inaction. ”

After a while, Hu Zhen said to the soldiers in the camp fence.

"Please give the general an order, we will swear to the conflict this time."

One by one, the soldiers were red-faced and asked Hu Zhen for orders.

"Well, this time, I'm with you. We are all Liangzhou children, and our home is in front, one step away, but unfortunately Longguan blocked us. After this battle captured Longguan, we held our heads up and went back to our hometown, otherwise, we would shrink our heads and brains, and we would have no shame to see people. ”

Hu Zhen drew his sword and swore an oath.

Shame and courage, Hu Zhen was ashamed because of Liu Fan's words, and Hu Zhen's subordinates were ashamed because of Hu Zhen's words.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Hu Zhen's subordinates shook their spirits and asked Hu Zhen to give an order.

"The crossbowmen and archers continued to cover the soldiers and enter the city, and the sons rushed together."

Hu Zhen gave an order, with 3,000 soldiers as the front, and he personally led 1,000 elite soldiers behind. Launch a new round of impact on Longguan.

The ladder was hooked to the city wall again, and the archers approached the city wall dozens of paces and threw it at the tower to prevent accidental injury, and the rain of arrows became denser.

Pound sent people to resist and come back and forth to support.

He originally thought that the Han army had collapsed after the setback just now. Siege the city with old age.

The division veterans were tired and became unstoppable.

Everyone risked the arrow and clashed.

The ladder falls, and it is lifted up to continue.

Soldiers died, and there were countless people who competed for the first.

In just half an hour, I touched the women's wall several times, but unfortunately I fell down because I couldn't stand up.

"I die with you today! What are the soldiers afraid of? ”

Hu Zhen was stubborn, holding a shield, and ordered a thousand elite soldiers to enter the battlefield.

Another round of ladders was leaned up.

The bareback warriors who beat the war drums in the rear, seeing Hu Zhen ascending in person, beat the frequency of the war drums higher and higher.

The archer threw the bow and arrow faster, bleeding from his fingers, unconsciously.

Inspiring, elite soldiers and agitation, all with spears on their backs, raising their shields to attack.

Hu Zhen led the soldiers to swarm up.

"Block! Obstruct! ”

Seeing that the Han army's offensive was more rapid, Pang De shouted in a loud voice.

But that didn't stop the besiegers.

Under the female wall, an eight-foot man with a shield on his head appeared.

Two Xiliang soldiers stabbed at the Han army with spears.

The big man threw his shield at the two, causing the two Xiliang cavalrymen to slow down for a while.

Then he put his hand on the women's wall and jumped onto the women's wall.

"Haha, I'm the first to go."

He untied a halberd from behind his back and jumped off the female wall.

The Xiliang soldiers in the city came together to attack, wanting to kill this person on the city.

This Han soldier fought bravely to kill the enemy, fighting a dozen people and killing several people by himself.

Its strength was huge, and the Xiliang soldiers were directly smashed into the air.

A gap in one side is fatal to the defenders.

Between the pitches, dozens of people even boarded the city.

These dozens of people, under the leadership of the halberd-wielding man, made the city wall a few zhang into a gap. Han soldiers kept rushing up.

At this moment, the archers of the Han army no longer let out their arrows, and the strong crossbowmen no longer cast crossbows.

(End of chapter)