Chapter 18: Night Attack

On the city wall, a column of patriotic soldiers patrolled the city wall with torches, and other soldiers remained on guard and prepared to meet the enemy.

But when the moon was dark and the wind was high, it was quiet outside, and there was half a figure somewhere.

Some soldiers were already exhausted, unable to stand steadily, unable to open their eyes, and were about to fall asleep against the wall in a daze, and then just when they were about to wake up halfway from sleep, they were slammed by the soldiers patrolling the city, and they woke up in an instant, and continued to watch ahead.

To the north, in a place of darkness, there is nothing.

It was completely dark, there was no moon tonight, darkness came, the night was so thick that I couldn't see my fingers.

The wind is raging, there is a grim reaper laughing silently, it is really a dark moon and high wind, a good night of killing!

In the Yan military camp, which had been silent, the mournful sound of the military horn suddenly sounded, like the sharp roar of death, resounding between heaven and earth!

The sudden shouting of killing, leisurely away, in this dreary night, is particularly harsh.

Countless torches lit up in an instant, shining on the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom, like fire dragons, surging towards Pingyan City.

Countless soldiers of the Yan Kingdom held torches high and held sharp blades to form a surging crowd, clustering and killing the city called Pingyan.

Even on the dark city wall, there was still a long distance away from the fire dragon, but the heavy sense of oppression was still coming, and in such a thick dark night, the hearts of the defenders of Pingyan City couldn't help beating wildly!

At this time, the defenders on the city wall finally came to their senses, and their blood was active at the moment when the horn sounded, it was the blood that flowed in the soldiers for eternity, the blood that killed passionately, and it was the fighting spirit that was immortal and sealed in the hearts of the warriors.

Sun Zhengwu was the first to run over, looked at the crowd surging in the distance, and sighed in his heart:

His Royal Highness Liu Xiu is still young, but he expects things like a god, if he does not prepare and rushes to face the battle, the consequences are unpredictable.

The war began in a strange way, the bloody day was repeated in the dark night, although Yan Lao's appearance could not be seen, but in this darkness, his crazy roar could be clearly heard!

Waves of warriors crawled frantically towards the city, but they were cut down mercilessly, falling to the ground, and smashing out pools of blood.

Some died in the darkness before victory, others died in despair where there was never hope.

Roaring warriors, what is your blood shedding for!

What are you fighting to the death for, never stopping!

Killing, in this dark night, crazy stage!

Waves of siege soldiers were shot to the ground by fiery arrows, and the companions behind him stepped on his corpse and never looked back, with only one thought in their minds, kill the past, kill the enemies in the city, and live!

The tired body was forcibly dragged, and the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom waved the sharp blades in their hands and moved forward!

The city wood hit the city gate that was reinforced again and again, and Sun Zhi's heart tightened in the dark, even after a whole day of fighting, he couldn't help but be afraid in his heart.

He smiled bitterly, gritted his teeth, and continued to resist the impact from the outside.

The soldiers who rushed up to the wall were cut down and fell, and those who had been killed by the arrows also curled up and fell, their eyes blurred by blood still looking in the direction from which the arrows came.

However, these thousands of arrows were shot from the same direction, and it was impossible to tell who shot the arrows, and even if they died, they could not go to Hades to confide in them.

The war lasted all night, and when the torches were extinguished, the day came.

On the morning after the night battle, a little wind blew from the vast land, and the bloody breath it brought rushed straight to the city walls.

Liu Xiu stood there straight, quietly looking at the neat rows of Yan soldiers under the city, and couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.

After a whole night of hard fighting, Wei Guo repelled the crazy onslaught of Yan Guo's elite soldiers with only 60,000 recruits.

However, the Yan army is still attacking tirelessly, never dying.

Liu Xiu's face was solemn.

After a night of command, he found that the Yan army took advantage of the huge numerical advantage and took turns to attack the city, while the patriotic soldiers who were inferior in numbers could only grit their teeth and hold on, and they could not get the opportunity to take turns to rest.

Especially the recruits on the city wall, because they have no actual combat experience, they don't know how to save their bodies when they fight, and now they just rely on a breath to hold on there.

Liu Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

Fortunately, the soldier was still able to hold on, but he didn't know how long he could hold out.

Can you hold out until the moment when Liu Hongwen leads the reinforcements to arrive?

In the fierce battle last night, although the recruits were much better than they imagined on the whole, they had no actual combat experience after all, and they were always in a state of nervousness, so that as soon as there were many enemy troops attacking the edge of the city, they seemed to be in a hurry.

And because he didn't know how to save the body, these recruits even showed signs of unsteady standing in the second half of the night, so that he had to place all the veterans who were used for temporary transfers and to check and fill in the gaps on the defensive line to supplement the inexperienced situation of the recruits.

Although he felt a heavy heart, he was also slightly happy, believing that after this battle, these soldiers on the city wall would be the greatest wealth of the empire in the future.

It is also the best trump card he uses to dominate the world.

At this time, the darkness receded, the sun rose, and it was a wonderful sunny day!

It's just the pungent smell of blood and the deafening shouts of killing, but it lives up to this great time and beautiful scenery.

What are you fighting for, O foolish people?

Under the sunlight, Liu Xiu's slightly immature face looked pale because of fatigue and pressure.

Under the city, the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom still attacked like crazy, and for a whole day and night, they were so tireless and crazy to attack, performing the duties of soldiers with blood and life, and using their unyielding will to complete the orders given by the generals behind them.

Despite the deep weariness in everyone's eyes.

Looking at the past from afar, the dense Yan army gathered under the three city walls, surging upward, only the east side was clean, and no one escaped from the city.

On the city wall, the arm of the recruit Li Er was so sore that he could barely lift it, he looked at the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom who were still climbing up the ladder, and couldn't help but complain:

", these dogs. Is the Yanguo Tartar raised by the mother still human? It's been so long, and he's still so damn energetic, my hands are sore. ”

He shook his hand, and then focused on looking ahead, for fear that if he didn't pay attention, those Yan Kingdom miscellaneous people suddenly appeared and slashed themselves.

At this time, Sun Zhengwu was patrolling the city with a team of emergency soldiers, and when he heard Li Er complaining, he scolded with a smile:

"You kid don't complain to me, guard your position, don't let the enemy climb up, why don't people know that they are tired? When I train on weekdays, I know that I am lazy, so give me a good top! As long as you win this time, Lao Tzu will give you a year's vacation! ”

Li Er marched violently and saluted:

"Li Er must live up to the general's entrustment!"

Sun Zhengwu smiled and nodded, and took his soldiers busily to go-

The sun is in the sky.

This war has been fought until now, the soldiers on both sides are exhausted, and now they are only holding on with one breath, Liu Xiu looked up at his soldiers, and many people's legs have begun to tremble.

How long can this city last?

Just when Liu Xiu was about to feel hopeless, the Yan army outside the city finally heard the sound of gold, the offensive of the Yan soldiers slowly began to weaken, and then disappeared, and the Yan soldiers who had been attacking for a day and a night temporarily retreated, and this battle finally came to an end.

As if they didn't believe that Yan Guo had retreated, the guards on the city wall even maintained a defensive posture and did not move, until Sun Zhengwu issued two orders to rest in succession, and they did not believe what was happening in front of them.

Yan Guo, finally retreated!

In this rare gap in war, many soldiers fell to the ground to rest as soon as they were freed from the heavy pressure. The whole night of fighting had long since exhausted the bodies of most of the soldiers.

After the war, water and rice were quickly delivered to every soldier on the city wall, and after the battle, water and food were urgently needed, otherwise it would be difficult to hold on, and no one knew when the next attack of the Yan army would be.

For a while, the aroma of rice overflowed, it was freshly cooked food, and everyone had a great appetite at the moment they smelled the fragrance.

Up and down the city walls, there were patches of blood stains everywhere, and a night of battle left a large number of corpses on both sides.

Liu Xiu, who was standing on the wall, looked at Sun Zhengwu staggering over with blood on his face, and said worriedly:

"What, hurt again?"

Sun Zhengwu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, thinking that there was an obvious wound on his body, so he hurriedly looked around carefully, and only after a while did he understand what Liu Xiu meant, smiled bitterly, wiped his face, and responded:

"This is the Tartar of the Yan Kingdom."

After finishing speaking, he followed the example of the soldier next to him, sat down, leaned on the city wall, sighed, closed his eyes, and looked very enjoyed.

I really want to lie down like this and never have to move again.

Damn the Tartar of the Swallow Kingdom.

Sun Zhengwu thought hatefully.

Seeing him like this, Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, and said with a smile:

"Exhausted, aren't you?"

Sun Zhengwu didn't open his eyes, just shook his head and replied:

"I'm in good health and can still bear it, but I haven't rested, I'm afraid my brothers won't be able to hold on."

Liu Xiu was silent, of course he had a full view of the situation of the soldiers, even the 20,000 elites of the patriotic country were already tired, not to mention these recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time.

This is expected, there is no way to avoid it, there is no way to solve it, it can only rely on their will, until the moment when reinforcements arrive.

He looked around, and saw that almost all of them had collapsed there after eating, and some had even fallen asleep.

As if feeling Liu Xiu's gaze, the soldiers who had not slept subconsciously raised their heads and looked at their young commander.

Liu Xiu saw smiles, unyielding and respect in their eyes.

There is no decadence, no escape, no fear, and no fear.

Seeing their gaze, Liu Xiu's heart was moved.

That's enough! That's enough, as long as the spirit hasn't collapsed, then you have the confidence to lead them to victory and become famous all over the world!

Although the combat power of the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom is very terrifying, there is no one of their own soldiers!

He subconsciously looked at the enemy on the east side, and the city gate was closed, and he didn't see half a figure.

Nor did he hear from the East Gate guards about the rebels.

That's enough.

Liu Xiu nodded, smiling, walking on the city wall, looking at his soldiers, in this bloody Shura battlefield, he had a smile on his face, that was the desire for victory, the smile for the soldiers' commendation!

As he passed by the soldiers, everyone had a heartfelt respect on their faces, and everyone knew that this emaciated young general had commanded a whole day and a night of fighting, replenishing and coordinating the forces of all places, but now he barely showed the slightest tiredness.

What kind of person is this? What makes him so persistent? Let him keep working hard and never give up!

Is it our soldiers or is it the country called Han behind us? Or all the ordinary people of this country?

Anyway, the recruit Li Er couldn't figure it out, he either didn't think about it at all, he fell asleep after eating, when Liu Xiu passed by him, he didn't know what he dreamed of, and suddenly stretched out his legs, and actually tripped Liu Xiu, and muttered something in his mouth, and the people next to him hurriedly wanted to wake him up, but saw Liu Xiu waved his hand gently, and then walked away with a smile.

Behind him was the soft banter of the relaxed soldiers, which sounded like fairy music to Liu Xiu.

Sun Zhengwu didn't know when he stood up, and when he saw Liu Xiu coming over, he hurriedly greeted him and said:

"Your Highness, although our army did not show defeat in the first battle last night, the casualties of the Yan army are already the same as ours, and the enemy has made us suffer heavy losses just by attacking the soldiers and sharp arrows on the city wall, but I am afraid that the situation will become more and more unfavorable in the future."

Liu was silent after hearing this, and Sun Zhengwu also sighed, not knowing what to say for a while.

At this moment, the Yan army, which had taken a short break, began to integrate the formation again.

The atmosphere on the battlefield suddenly became tense again.