Chapter XVI: The Beginning of the War

On the city wall, the defenders of the country saw that the Yan army was like a tide, and rushed over, and Pingyan was like a huge stone, blocking this huge crowd and separating it.

The Yan army surrounded Pingyan City on three sides, leaving only a large gap on the east side of the forest near the mountain range, which was not encircled.

Sun Zhengwu, the commander of the new military camp, was stunned for a moment, then walked to Liu Xiu's side and said:

"Your Highness, you see that the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom are coming so aggressively, it seems that they have not resisted along the way, and their morale is booming!"

After speaking, he paused, pointed at Yan Jun, and said:

"However, what is the purpose of the Yan army to vacate the east side?"

Liu Xiu looked at the busy siege of the Yan soldiers below, and did not look back, and said with a smile:

"I'd like to hear what Master Sun has to say."

Sun Zhengwu laughed and said:

"The subordinates believe that the enemy must know that there are a lot of new recruits in our army, and they gave us a fierce attack in the initial stage of the siege, so that we feel powerless to resist, and leaving a mouth on the east side is to disturb the hearts of our army, and the soldiers will hesitate at the critical moment when they feel that they cannot resist, even if they abandon the city and flee."

Liu Xiu nodded and praised: "That's right, I'm afraid the enemy is exactly this mind, it seems that this Yan Emperor Murong Ke is not a simple figure." ”

Sun Zhengwu pondered for a while and said:

"Your Highness, although the enemy has his advantage in doing so, we may not be helpless, except to encourage morale and prevent soldiers from fleeing, our subordinates think that we must also take action."

After hearing this, Liu Xiu turned his head and smiled:

"Oh? What kind of action, General Sun might as well talk about it. ”

Sun Zhengwu took a few steps forward, pointed to the gap on the east side, and said:

"After a while, the enemy will attack the city fiercely, under the desperate resistance of our army, the enemy will no longer dare to underestimate our army, and there will be no time to take care of the entrance of the east city, we will see the opportunity, send a few columns of elite cavalry from the east gate to kill, and rush behind the enemy, maybe they can be caught off guard, kill the main camp of the Yan army, and have a big harvest!"

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed a few times, and he nodded:

"Yan Guo really gave us a great opportunity this time, which is somewhat consistent with what you said, General Sun, but it doesn't rely on our defenders, not on the temporary elite cavalry,"

After speaking, he pointed to the main camp of the Yan State army under the city with his hand:

"Look."

Sun Zhengwu turned his head with Liu Xiu's fingers and saw that in the Yan State military village, there were several neat columns of cavalry holding weapons, guarding the left and right.

The armor is distinct, the military horses are quiet, and at first glance it is an elite division, an iron-blooded cavalry.

For a long time, Liu Xiu looked at the cavalry and said slowly:

"Our cavalry, although they are also very powerful, can be said to be elite, but the number is too small, and they were defeated by them before they rushed to the front."

Sun Zhengwu was silent after hearing this, although there was no expression on his face, but the disappointment was still revealed, and after a while, Sun Zhengwu suddenly opened his mouth and asked:

"Your Highness said yes, but what did you say just now that this is indeed an opportunity?"

Liu Xiu said with a smile:

"You'll know then, now is not the time to say it. General Sun, as far as I know, this is your first time participating in a battle, right? ”

Sun Zhengwu raised his head and greeted Liu Xiumuguang, who was standing on the huge stone steps, but was barely a head taller than himself, looked at his smile, and said calmly:

"Although I have fought a few battles with Yan Guo before and led the troops alone, this is the first time I have participated in such a big battle to defend the city."

Liu Xiu's face was gratified, he smiled and nodded, and said:

"What a good man, most of the soldiers on the city wall are newly recruited, they have no combat experience, you are their role model, the responsibility is very heavy, you can't lose face in front of them."

Sun Zhengwu laughed after hearing this, and the soldiers next to him couldn't help but turn their heads sideways to look at their two main backbones, and when they sweated in their palms, they heard their laughter, and their hearts calmed down a lot.

Sometimes, the courage of a person in times of danger is so closely related to the appearance of the person you look up to.

At this moment, Sun Zhengwu pulled out his sword, turned around, and saw that the soldiers behind him were looking at him and Liu Xiu, he couldn't help the surging in his heart, raised the blade in his hand, and under the sun, a light flashed.

"Brethren!"

Sun Zhengwu said loudly, "Today, this is the first time I have called you like this. From now on, we will be brothers in life and death! After this bloody battle, we will become real iron-blooded soldiers! Look at the city, where are the demons who constantly slaughter the people who defend the country, and the devils who bully and plunder the civilians! Now, they want to step over this city to kill the people of our Han Empire, and now they want to step over our corpses and loot the property of our relatives behind them! So, what do we do? Brothers! ”

Everyone looked up at him, everyone's eyes were blazing, and everyone stood there, clenched into fists.

Just wait for a shout, shout, shout:

War!

War!

War!

There was silence on the city wall at this time, it was the last silence before the roar began!

Sun Zhengwu looked around and said loudly, "So, what should we do?" ”

The soldiers all looked at Sun Zhengwu's resolute face, everyone gritted their teeth, and even some of them followed Sun Zhengwu's voice with both hands, and held the sharp blades in their hands tightly together, in this vast world, on this city wall, there were thousands of brothers, and facing the demons under the city, who wanted to step on their corpses.

In the silence, the sound of the heartbeat was so strong, intertwined, resounding in the city.

And countless eyes stared at Liu Xiu, who was standing behind Sun Zhengwu, through the distance.

A weak young man stands straight, and he is a dignified seven-foot man, so what is he afraid of!

Liu Xiu took a step forward, met the eyes of all the soldiers, and in the fierce wind, drew his sword and stabbed the air, slashing towards the north!

He shouted:

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Hearing his voice, Sun Zhengwu pulled out his sword violently, and roared with Liu Xiu:

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

All the soldiers, shout in unison.

The voices converged together, and even the entire Pingyan City shook!

It was the cry of every soldier's heart, it was the fanatical roar of every soldier for the land and family behind him, and it was a symbol of their tenacity and resistance to foreign enemies!

War! War! War!

And at this time, the army of Yan finally began to attack the city!

With the piercing horn sound of the Yan army, the siege battle completely kicked off.

According to the orders of the commanders of each team, the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom besieging the city on three sides shouted in unison, and rushed to the city wall almost at the same time.

The soldiers of the Yan Kingdom were divided into several groups in an orderly manner, and they set up cloud ladders to climb the city, and they smashed the city wood to attack the gates, and death completely opened its dark chest with the arrival of these siege equipment!

On the battlefield, the sound of fighting came and went, countless Yan warriors climbed the ladder, and fell from the air in the counterattack of the patriotic soldiers, while the companions behind them still gritted their teeth and climbed up without hesitation.

All the people on the city wall are enemies, and the fallen ones are their companions who get along day and night, and only those who have stepped on the city wall can they live and avenge their comrades!

The boiling hot oil was poured down from the city walls, and the besieging soldiers on the ladder had no choice but to fall down with endless screams, and then slammed down beside their companions under the city.

Blood mixed with the raised soil, inhaled into the nasal cavity, and I no longer knew what it tasted like.

There is only one word in everyone's hearts:

Kill! ――

In front of the city gate that was thickened by Liu Xiu, dozens of Yan soldiers carried a thick giant tree, rushed towards the city gate, and smashed the city wood on the solid city gate, only to hear a dull "knock" sound, which made the patriotic soldiers behind the gate tremble in their hearts.

The defenders on the city wall saw that the enemy was attacking strongly on this side of the city gate, and they bent their bows and arrows, and for a while the arrows rained down, and some of the soldiers attacking the city of Yan still maintained the posture of rushing forward and were shot to the ground by the rain of arrows.

In a short time, less than halfway through the journey, the soldiers carrying the wood were almost half dead, but the companions who had stepped on their corpses took what they had left behind on their shoulders and continued on.

"Boom!"

The crashing wood hit the city gate like thunder, and exploded with a bang.

The crossbowmen on the city wall bent their bows and arrows in this direction, and shot them in batches, and the arrows from the string came densely like a heavy rain.

After the rain of arrows, there was an unkempt of blood and fallen corpses.

Behind the city gate, Sun Zhiju, a recruit from the same village as Sun Zhengwu, was close behind the city gate at this time, and the shouting and killing sound from time to time made him feel scared from the bottom of his heart, this was the first time he stepped on the battlefield, he thought he would be as calm as Sun Zhengwu, but just defending the city gate, listening to the huge sound of the city gate being slammed, made his legs tremble.

Is this the fear of facing death? He straightened up unwillingly, but the door was "Bang!" The sound completely suppressed his courage to gather his strength, and he swallowed his saliva helplessly, so he could only resist the city gate with all his strength, and block the enemy with his body to prevent the enemy from entering.

And on the city wall, the situation of those recruits who enlisted with Sun Zhiju was not much better, and the enemies under the city rushed up like crazy, and that momentum made them think they were ready could no longer suppress the fear in their hearts, and sometimes they couldn't even hold the knife, but how could they give up!

As long as they give up, the city will be lost, and the enemy will set foot on the defenseless Wanma Pingchuan, and the land where their families are waiting for the autumn harvest, their ardent eyes slowly emerge in their minds, and they cannot give up.

The knife in his hand was clenched again, and his body was tense and straight, just waiting to kill the enemy who came to him, to make him fall to his death!

However, the huge siege experience possessed by the soldiers of the Yan State still played a great role, and after half an hour, there were siege soldiers rushing to the city wall one after another.

Attacking so quickly, it seems that the enemy has given up.

As if victory was just around the corner, the Yan soldiers who climbed the city wall even showed a smile of joy, but a whole column of gloomy patriotic soldiers behind the battlements made the smile on their faces solidify.

Draw your sword and form a formation!

With Sun Zhengwu's order, the soldiers had red eyes and shouted and rushed towards the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom who had not yet stood firm.

The pain of the sharp blade slashing into the body makes people resist in despair. Kill the enemy in front of you, only to find the blade protruding from your chest. People who are unwilling to die are struggling before they fall. Look at your bright red blood, flowing quietly!

On this city wall, the Yan soldiers who rushed up were constantly pulled to the rear, and were slowly besieged and killed by the elite of the patriotic state, and the defense line on the city wall that seemed to have a gap was replenished, as if it had not changed since the beginning.

It's just getting started.

Liu Xiu stood on the city wall, watching the soldiers on both sides fighting back and forth like a tug-of-war with an expression on his face, observing the shape of the field, and constantly mobilizing the soldiers in his hands to save the scene.

Ensure that each place has sufficient soldiers, and do not give the Yan army a chance.

Inadvertently, he glanced at the main camp of the Yan Army.

Emperor Murong Ke of the Yan Army, what is he doing at this time?

Have you ever thought that you would return here and be defeated?

He chuckled lowly and shook his head.

In front of them, the morale of the guards is high.