The fighting on the walls of the city lasted from early morning to dusk. The leaders of the city increased their troops several times, but they did not achieve the desired effect. On the contrary, because the ironclad infantry entered the war early, they slaughtered all sides at the head of the city, and they were majestic. It left a deep shadow on the hearts of many Qiang warriors who fought at the head of the city.

The sun sets in the west, dyeing the clouds on the horizon into a dazzling blood-red. And the soldiers on both sides of the city, who had already fought to exhaustion, withdrew their troops one after another at this time. The Qiang warriors left hundreds of corpses at the head of the city. Blood flowed freely from the many corpses, gradually soaking into the earthen walls. Patches of purple-red and shocking mottled blood can be seen everywhere on the city wall.

On the first day, the enemy was repulsed and achieved good results. However, Li Yanzhi looked at the casualty figures counted by each team, but he was still secretly frightened - the auxiliary soldiers defending the city suffered more than 150 casualties, four out of ten. And even the foot soldiers who were all covered in iron armor paid the price of seven killed and thirteen wounded in this battle.

"Change the guard!" Li Yanzhi solemnly bowed to the generals who were stationed on the southern wall on the first day, came to the front line in person, and organized soldiers to successfully block the rapid offensive of the Diqiang warriors. Among the auxiliaries, only two of the four centenarians remained, and the hundred-man commanders of the old battalion infantry and the hundred-man commanders of the battle front battalion were also wounded. The tragedy of the battle can be seen from this.

Seeing Li Yanzhi bowing to them, the few surviving generals became uneasy in their hearts. After hesitating for a moment, they all clenched their fists and knocked on the ground. looked at the corpses of the generals on both sides, and even called them guilty.

Li Yanzhi stepped forward and helped these generals up one by one. I wanted to say a few words to boost morale, but in the end, I wanted to stop talking. In the end, looking at these generals who had been fighting hard all day, Li Yanzhi said softly: "It's been a day, and I'm tired, go down to the city to rest and recuperate, eat some hot food, and sleep well." ”

"Yes!" The generals got up separately, then returned to the ranks under their command, and began to arrange for the soldiers to take their weapons and prepare to go down to the city for repairs.

A team of soldiers in the city on standby quickly went to the city to stand guard. As soon as they entered the city, many of the auxiliary soldiers who had not been in battle saw the corpses of the generals of both sides piled up on the city, and the strong smell of blood in the air. Many of the auxiliaries who had just eaten dinner almost immediately found a female wall and lay down and vomited.

The soldiers, who had been fighting all day, saw that the receiving troops had gone up to the city, so they lined up and headed down the city. They looked at the Tongze who were lying on the side of the female wall and vomiting with pity but a little disdain. Today's battle was tragic, but for those who had already experienced it, it was just an ordinary appetizer in retrospect. As they went, the soldiers began to talk about their gains for the day and what kind of reward they would receive.

With the completion of the defense, the generals of each battalion are also successively organizing their soldiers to clean up the battlefield, carry the corpses of the generals on both sides, and carry all kinds of defense equipment and weapons and arrows from the city to the city. In order to prevent the Hun cavalry from coming at night, aiming at the place where there was fire and firing arrows and killing and wounding the defenders of the city, a few torches were lit sporadically on the city, and there was no one around these torches.

Li Yanzhi stood on the black and steep city tower, looking thoughtfully at the lights of the newly established Zhao military camp five miles away. If the Zhao army maintains this offensive, Lingju will inevitably not be able to hold it for a long time. It is likely that you will not even be able to wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The only brightly lit building in Lingju City today is the county seat where Xin Yan is located. On the first day of the enemy's siege, Xin Yan also looked at the southern city wall in the county capital for a day. When night fell, after the shouts and fights gradually fell silent, Xin Yan turned back and entered the study, spread out a few pieces of letterhead, picked up a brush and began to write.

The content of Xin Yan's book is naturally a request for help. The object of the letter was very targeted and chose his uncles from Fang Town. After hurriedly writing it, Xin Yan took the envelope and packed the letters separately, then wrote the name of the recipient, then sealed it with fire paint, and then stamped it with his official seal.

Xin Yan summoned Wang Qiang, who had been ordered to protect him in the county government for the past few days, handed him these letters, and asked him to quickly arrange for a messenger to deliver the letters out of the city. Wang Qiang hesitated slightly, but finally took the letter, saluted with a fist and left.

After leaving the county government, Wang Qiang told his subordinates to guard the county government, and he went straight to the south tower where Li Yanzhi was guarding. Regarding Li Yanzhi's intention of calling them to "protect" Xin Yan, Wang Qiang really thought a little more.

Li Yanzhi saw that Wang Qiang brought Xin Yan's letters that he was about to send, and a cursory look at the recipients of these letters made him more sure in his heart that Xin Yan was on the same front as him and the Lingju County soldiers at this time. He didn't care, handed the letter to Wang Qiang, and said, "How many cavalry are there in the city now?" ”

Wang Qiang thought for a while and replied, "There is about one more." All of them are under the command of Tao Bairen. ”

Li Yanzhi nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll give them these letters, and ask them to leave the city at night and deliver the letters as soon as possible." ”

Wang Qiang took the order and turned around, and was about to leave, but he heard Li Yanzhi say something behind his back: "I am waiting for my life, and it is likely that I will ...... in these letters."

"Yes! The subordinates will inform the horsemen and others of this, and ask them to send it as soon as possible. When Wang Qiang heard this, he suddenly felt that he had a heavy responsibility, so he ran towards the city in a hurry.

Li Yanzhi glanced at the brightly lit county government in the city with emotion. When he turned back to the city tower, the chaotic scene of the corpses of soldiers on both sides piled up on the city wall and the weapons everywhere had been effectively alleviated.

In front of Li Yanzhi's eyes, there was a soldier who was lying on the women's wall and vomiting happily. At this time, the soldier was laboriously dragging the headless corpse of an enemy soldier towards the stairs. It's just that in the process of dragging, Li Yanzhi noticed that he still didn't look away, and didn't dare to face the headless enemy corpse.

Li Yanzhi was playful for a while, and he tiptoed to the side of the soldier, intending to suddenly yell and scare him. However, the soldier was dragging the corpse of the enemy without distraction, and when Li Yanzhi was about to speak, he suddenly turned his head to look at him, which made Li Yanzhi feel shocked.

Seeing that Li Sima, who had taken off his iron mask, was standing aside, the soldier was also beating a drum in his heart, and hurriedly put down the feet of the enemy corpse he was dragging away, turned to face Li Yanzhi, hugged his fists and bowed, and said, "The villain has seen Li Sima ......"

Li Yanzhi looked at the soldier in front of him, and a sense of familiarity lingered in his heart. However, he thinks left and right, but he always can't remember when and where he crossed paths with himself. Li Yanzhi, who had been thinking about it for a long time and had not received an answer, simply stopped thinking about it and instead talked to the soldier.

"As soon as I saw you, I felt familiar. I don't know where you're from? Li Yanzhi looked at the soldier, and then at the headless corpse of the enemy soldier who fell to the ground, and wondered.

"The villain did have a relationship with Sima. After that, the villain took Sima's teachings to heart and did not dare to forget them. ”

"Oh?" When Li Yanzhi heard what this soldier said, his heart suddenly became interested: "Tell me, where did I have a relationship?" ”

"The first place where Sima and I met was in Longxi...... At that time, my family fled, and Sima led his troops to Longxi Sentinel Cavalry. When I saw that Sima's troops were all fierce cavalrymen, I mistakenly thought that the Huns had come to plunder the displaced people, and I was terrified, so I left my wife behind and fled to the depths of the mountains and forests alone......"

The soldier's account evoked Li Yanzhi's memories of the past. He thought for a moment, then laughed and said, "I remember, it seems that I also whipped you at that time, and asked why you abandoned your wife and children and ran away alone, but this matter? ”

When the soldier heard this, his expression was slightly embarrassed, so he had to hang his head and say like a mosquito: "Indeed...... Indeed, it was the work of a villain...... Sima learned the right lesson, and the villain had already repented. ”

"Hmm......" Li Yanzhi stroked the beard on his chin, looked at the soldier, and asked, "How did you think of coming to join the army?" ”

"The villain heard that the thieves had gathered a large number of soldiers to come, and they had burned and looted in all the miles around our county, and many villagers were brutally murdered, and their hearts were indignant. and the blessing of Xin Mingfu and Sima, his wife and children have retreated north to avoid disaster. When the villain read Sima's teachings, he understood that Hu Qian was uneven, just like the villain's wife and children, and the villagers would never have peace. So he explained the affairs of his family, and came to join the army......"

"I just hope that I can stop the thieves with my body, so that the villagers can settle down and start their careers. Even if the horse leather shroud is on the battlefield, there are no regrets......"

Hearing the words of this pawn, Li Yanzhi couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart. In the past and present lives, shameless people have seen many people. And there are only a few brave people who are brave after knowing the shame. The confession of this pawn's mood made Li Yanzhi realize that this person was completely a malleable talent.

"I don't know what to call Juntai?" Li Yanzhi looked at the pawn and asked Wen Yan.

"Don't dare, don't dare, Sima killed the villain. The villain's surname is Cheng, and his name is Erlang......" He arched his hands and looked at Li Yanzhi with some trepidation.

"I think you are also a malleable talent, but you lack courage. It is difficult to do this in the army. If I don't do it, I will take it upon myself to change your name to 'Yong'. I don't know what you think? Li Yanzhi looked at Cheng Erlang and said solemnly.

Cheng Erlang heard this, but he was busy leaning down and bowing, saying that he didn't dare. Seeing this, Li Yanzhi was a little unhappy, and shouted: "Cheng Yong! ”

Cheng Erlang raised his head and looked at Li Yanzhi in disbelief.

"If you have taken this name, you will change it in the army!" Li Yanzhi looked at him: "I hope you are so worried, why did I change your name to this for you!" ”

"Sima's teachings, villains don't dare to forget a little." Cheng Yong knelt and kowtowed, nervous.

"After dragging this enemy corpse, you will go and inform you of the hundred captains, and I will transfer you to the tent to obey the orders." Li Yanzhi looked at the auxiliary soldiers who were still cleaning the battlefield and hauling the bodies of the generals on both sides, and said slowly to Cheng Yong.

Cheng Yong raised his head in fear, but when he saw Li Yanzhi's serious face, he couldn't help but lower his head again: "The villain worships Sima!" ”

"Go ahead, remember to bring your own weapons and armor." Li Yanzhi waved his hand, glanced at Cheng Yong, who couldn't stop kowtowing, and turned around and walked towards the city tower. Counting yesterday, he hadn't closed his eyes for twenty or thirty hours. However, at this time, the strong smell of blood on the city tower and the stumps and broken arms that could be seen everywhere struck his nerves hard, making him not sleepy.

After about two moments, Cheng Yong also strode to the city tower to report to Li Yanzhi. Li Yanzhi pointed to the iron-armored foot soldiers on the city tower and motioned for Cheng Yong to stand with them. Cheng Yong walked towards the place where the ironclad infantry soldiers lined up in a daze, but he was greeted by distrustful glances.

The ironclad foot soldiers who were taking a nap gathered in twos and threes, and behind them leaned against their long knives against the battlement wall. One of them saw that Cheng Yong was thin and small, and his appearance was not amazing. deliberately walked in front of Cheng Yong, and when the two staggered, his right shoulder struggled forward. Cheng Yong, who was caught off guard, was stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

The iron-armored foot soldier was more than half a head taller than Cheng Yong, and he squinted at him from top to bottom, his tone full of disdain: "Short man, can you hold a knife?" Before he could finish speaking, he raised his right hand, grasped the back end of the hilt of his long knife, and raised the long knife, which was five or six feet long, flat. The heavy long knife was held in the hand of the iron-armored foot soldier like this, and it did not move at all.

Cheng Yong was a little panicked when he suddenly encountered such a difficulty, and when he saw that this iron-armored foot soldier was so powerful, he already beat a small drum in his heart. The iron-armored soldier in front of him, whose eyes were like knives, stared at him quietly. makes Cheng Yong clearly feel that it is difficult to ride a tiger.

These ironclad soldiers are the hardest trained in the army, the best equipped, the most powerful, and yet the best treatment. These four made them have a sense of superiority in the camp long ago. This sense of superiority became even more evident with the previous big victory in blocking the Zhao striker at Taniguchi.

The kind of hardship that Cheng Yong encountered is not unique in the army today. Whether it was the newly recruited auxiliaries or the robed brothers who had joined the army in the same batch as these ironclad soldiers, they also felt inferior to them at this time. This undoubtedly made the hearts of this group of arrogant soldiers even more inflated.

Li Yanzhi, who was next to the city tower, also saw this scene. He wanted to come forward and solve the siege. However, he still wanted to see if this Cheng Yong was worthy of the word "Yong" in the name he gave him.

Cheng Yong raised his eyes and looked around, surrounded by iron-armored foot soldiers who looked at him with a mocking face. At some point, he really wanted to walk away silently, and no longer have any intersection with these proud soldiers. However, as soon as such a thought appeared, what Li Yanzhi had just said echoed in his ears.

"May you be so thoughtful, why did I change your name to this!"

Cheng Yong raised his head with some difficulty and looked at the ironclad soldier in front of him. At this time, there was only firmness in his eyes.

"I can!" Cheng Yong shouted, as if venting all the grievances and resentment in his heart. He stepped aside, grabbed a long knife leaning against the battlement, took a deep breath, and then, with all the strength of his right arm, lifted it flat!

Li Yanzhi, who was about to step forward to stop the ironclad soldiers, saw this scene, and his eyes suddenly lit up!