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The city was quiet, and the long tug-of-war made people so tired that the city was full of Hexi soldiers.

Occasionally, patrolmen galloped through the streets.

Suddenly, the sound of war drums shattered the silence in front of him, and a brutal battle broke out again.

Tens of thousands of coalition troops gathered under the city began to attack Dailai City in a big way, and the enemy's commander-in-chief, Yao Xing, had already issued a final order to take Dailai City within five days.

Dozens of trebuchets were launched at the same time, and the overwhelming stones were thrown at the city, and in an instant, the city was in chaos.

The enemy attacked from four directions at once, with the southern attack being the most intense.

Dark clouds flew out of the enemy's formation, forming a rain curtain of arrows, which pressed the defenders of the city to raise their heads.

Duan Ye personally guarded the southern city wall, and at this moment the city head had been flooded with stones and arrows, and more than a thousand Hexi troops could only hide behind the iron shield and endure the crazy baptism of the enemy.

Suddenly, the shield on the right side was hit by a stone the size of a grinding disc, and the shield was instantly smashed into the air.

Immediately after that, the stone castration continued, and more than a dozen soldiers had no time to dodge, and were directly smashed to death with blood from their mouths and noses.

Several Hexi soldiers who were lucky enough to survive suddenly ran out from under their shields, trying to save Paoze, but were unexpectedly shot by speeding arrows.

"Leave them alone, hold on!" Seeing that the situation was critical, Duan Ye was so anxious that he roared loudly.

Without waiting for the Hexi army to mourn Tong Ze's death, as the enemy's arrows and stones became more and more dense, the rumbling war drums finally sounded.

Under the cover of archers and trebuchets, the dense Later Qin army and Qianghu rebels began to attack Dailai City.

After all, the Qiang people are the Hu people with a deep degree of sinicization, and Yao Xing received Han culture and education since he was a child, so the Later Qin army is not like other nomadic tribes, they know how to use various siege methods.

Before the start of the war, Yao Xing ordered craftsmen to make 100 ladders and install them on siege engines.

Towering siege engines began to slowly advance towards the walls, each followed by hundreds of people.

In order to take Dailai City as soon as possible, Yao Xing not only personally supervised the southern city, but also transferred the elite under his command to serve as the main force for the siege.

At the beginning, thousands of Qianghu people followed behind ten siege engines and launched a tentative attack on Dailai City.

Eight hundred steps, five hundred steps, three hundred steps...... The enemy gradually entered the range of the defenders' bed crossbows, and one by one the bed crossbows were waiting for the order to attack.

Duan Ye slammed his fist against the wall and yelled, "Fuck, shoot me!" ”

As soon as the roar fell, the well-protected bed crossbow suddenly opened fire, and the black pressure of the crossbow arrows like a torrential rain shot at the enemy.

In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, the broken limbs were lifted more than a foot high, large swaths of enemies fell, and the terrible screams shattered the eardrums of countless people.

The siege vehicle that was unfortunately hit collapsed at once, more than a dozen archers fell from above, and some were directly strung into sugar gourds in the air, and a large gap appeared in the middle of the originally crowded crowd of attackers.

At the end of the attack, those Qianghu people seemed to have just come to their senses, and they retreated frantically, and the huge power of the bed crossbow made them tremble.

The army retreated, leaving only a few lone siege engines on the battlefield.

Yao Xing, who supervised the battle later, had expected such a result, and ordered his subordinates to use knives and guns to drive the Qianghu people back to the battlefield again.

However, the nightmarish experience just now filled the hearts of the Qianghu people with fear, and they were always hesitant to attack.

Eventually, after paying heavy casualties, the enemy finally approached the walls.

At this point, siege warfare turned to hand-to-hand combat, and this was precisely the moment when the will and combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides were most tested.

Siege engines swarmed up, ladders were attached to the city at the same time, huge iron hooks hooked the walls to prevent them from slipping, and countless enemy troops rushed up to the city.

At this moment, more than 1,000 Hexi troops on the head of the city were waiting for them, and when they saw the enemy coming up, they immediately held crossbows and released arrows.

For a while, arrows rained down, as dense as steel needles, and a large number of enemy soldiers fell one after another, letting out a long scream.

The enemy troops in the rear saw that the Hexi army was powerful and hurriedly raised their shields in an attempt to reduce casualties.

Yao Xing had been paying attention to the battle in front of him, and when he saw that his side had captured the city, he immediately ordered: "Send another 2,000 soldiers to attack." ”

The rumbling war drums sounded again, and the elite foot soldiers of the two thousand Hou Qin rushed forward, and the crossbows on the city bed shot crossbow arrows as usual, whistling and rushing towards them.

However, the Later Qin army was obviously more well-trained than the Qianghu people, and as soon as they entered the range of the bed crossbow, they immediately raised their shields and dispersed the formation, and suddenly accelerated the speed of their impact.

As a result, the bed crossbow only had time to shoot a round of crossbow arrows, and the Hou Qin people had already rushed through the dangerous area at a gallop, losing only dozens of people before and after.

Originally, the south was already tight, and after the Qin army suddenly increased by two thousand elites, Duan Ye couldn't bear it all of a sudden.

At this moment, the sweat on Duan Ye's forehead came down, and there were originally more than 1,000 soldiers, but now there are less than 700 people left, and almost all of them are injured, even he himself was accidentally shot in the left shoulder.

Looking at the enemy army in the distance, who couldn't see the edge, he began to feel a little at a loss.

At this time, he saw Meng Yao, who had been staying in the city, rushing to the south city wall with three hundred guards.

Although Cui Hao, Duan Ye and others repeatedly forbade her to fight, seeing that the situation was critical, she could no longer sit in the mansion safely.

Meng Yao couldn't help but sink in his heart when he saw the corpses all over the city and the heavy casualties of the Hexi Army, "General Duan, what's the situation?" ”

Duan Ye felt a little relieved when he saw that Meng Yao had brought five hundred fresh troops, and hurriedly replied: "Madam, the enemy army is attacking the southern city wall regardless of casualties, and Yao Xing seems to have put all the main forces of Later Qin on this side. ”

Meng Yao saw that his left shoulder was injured, and immediately ordered: "You go down and rest, I will guard here." ”

After that, without waiting for Duan Ye to refuse, Meng Yao roared, and with a swing of his spear, he rushed into the hundred and ten enemy soldiers who had just landed in the city.

Suddenly, the spear was like a storm, the marksmanship was accurate, and one person would be killed for each shot, and dozens of people died under his gun in just an instant.

The soldiers of the defending army, who were originally demoralized, saw that the lord's mother had gone into battle to kill the enemy, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they drove the enemy army down from the city again.

However, after all, the enemy army had the advantage of strength, and was assisted by various siege equipment, and after a while, the city was crowded with enemy soldiers.

Meng Yao rushed to kill for a while, and seeing that he could not reverse the decline, he immediately ordered: "Transfer a hundred Mo swordsmen to come up!" ”

At this moment, Yao Xing, the main general of the enemy army, had already invested 20,000 troops on the southern city wall, including the most elite 15,000 foot soldiers under his command.

The Later Qin people have already replaced the Qianghu people, their army rushed up wave after wave like a tide, all of them were not afraid of death, and their combat effectiveness was very strong, countless Later Qin troops climbed to the top of the city, the defenders were struggling to support, and the situation was once again in crisis.

At the critical moment, a hundred Mo swordsmen rushed from the city, and the Mo sword army joined, which instantly reversed the situation at the head of the city.

The Mo knife hands lined up in a line were like a wall, but when they saw the Mo knife waving, the flesh and blood flew in an instant.

The enemy offensive was finally broken down once again, and the entire city wall was filled with jubilation.

Seeing this scene, Yao Xing's face turned blue with anger, and he yelled, "Give me to continue the attack, I'll see how long it can last!" ”

"Your Highness, the morale of the defenders is high right now, and if you attack again, you will only lose your troops."

Uncle Yao Xu saw that Yao Xing had lost his calm, so he hurriedly persuaded him, and continued: "Now the loss in Dailai City is too great, once the reinforcements of the Hexi Army arrive, under the front and rear attacks, our army will be completely finished." ”

"It's better to hold off the attack and think of something else."

"What can you do?" Yao Xing stared back at him and said.

"There is no good way for the minister to ask for help from His Majesty."

Yao Xing pondered for a long time, it was obvious that he was not sure if he attacked again.

Finally, he nodded, "Alright! The general ordered the army to suspend the attack and inform the emperor to send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

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In 391 A.D., in late August, 6,000 Hexi iron cavalry successfully crossed the Yellow River, and under the leadership of Wei Shuo, they went all the way to the west, and went straight to the city of Fushi.

Along the way, all the Qianghu tribes were killed, and because almost all the Qianghu Qingzhuang went north, the Hexi army encountered almost no resistance and arrived at Fushi City very smoothly.

After a short sneak attack and fierce fighting, the Hou Qin defenders suddenly collapsed due to surprise, and were beheaded by the Hexi army on the spot, and the rest surrendered one after another.

After capturing the city of Fushi and capturing the supplies of the Later Qin army, Wei Shuo was about to lead his troops north, when he suddenly received two pieces of news from before and after.