Long Kong said a little nervously: "My lord, why did you all withdraw?" ”

Yang Zhiyuan said helplessly: "The defenders on the head of the city are seriously insufficient, we must go up to the city wall." Remember, don't open the gates under any circumstances! If the city gate is opened, and the Tartars rush in, the entire Aoshan City will be finished! ”

Long Kong hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, we will definitely defend the city gate to the death!" Unless we all die in battle, not a single Tartar will ever want to pass us! ”

Yang Zhiyuan nodded, took the soldiers of the escort team, and turned around.

In the second half of the night, in the Acropolis of Aoshan, it was very calm, and nothing worth paying attention to happened. From time to time, there are refugees who arrive and enter Aoshan City in shock, but the number is already very rare. In one night, less than two or three hundred people came. The next morning, the number of refugees who came to Aoshan City became smaller and smaller, and only a dozen or even a few people arrived intermittently. Near noon, not a single refugee was seen for half an hour. This shows that the arrival of the Tartars is getting closer and closer.

Sure enough, the rat soon sent a message that the Tatar was less than fifty miles away from the Aoshan Acropolis. All the gates of the Acropolis of Aoshan were slowly closed. Except for the warriors of the First Association, who continued to perform special tasks, the other warriors appeared on the city wall. The soldiers of the artillery association also deployed ten cannons near the north gate.

The north gate of Aoshan City was guarded only by Long Kong and a dozen improvised armed refugees. The officers of the convoy are here for one last round. This time, it was not Yang Zhiyuan who came to the city gate, but Yang Zixuan, who was very talkative. He patted Long Kong's shoulder with a smile and encouraged: "The safety of the city gate will be handed over to you!" In any case, the gates must not be opened! Otherwise, the Tartars will come in, and the whole city will suffer! ”

Long Kong said with an awe-inspiring face: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, we will definitely defend the city gate to the death!" Unless we are all dead, not a single Tartar will get in! ”

Yang Zixuan said with satisfaction: "Good guy! When you have made your achievements, come to our escort team! Come to my troops! I like men like you! ”

Long Kong said gratefully, "Thank you, for your kindness." ”

Yang Zixuan patted Long Kong's shoulder again, expressing his great satisfaction, and then left.

Walking thirty zhang away, Yang Zixuan suddenly bent over, as if he wanted to vomit. However, after vomiting for a long time, nothing came out. He had to smile helplessly, and then rubbed his chest vigorously. Qi and blood are running, and it is finally a little better.

The soldier next to him asked differently: "Baihu, what's wrong with you?"

Yang Zixuan shook his head, indicating that he was fine, and raised his legs to continue walking. After a while, he said to himself: "No wonder the tiger head is reluctant to come, damn, it is indeed disgusting...... Such a sensual language, even I myself was disgusted, and it still came out of my mouth...... In the future, I will never do such a thing again...... Why didn't Mo Yu, that bastard? This kind of thing is the most suitable thing to leave to him! ”

After a while, Yang Zixuan returned to the city wall and reported to Zhang Zhun in a low voice: "Long Kong said that he will defend the safety of the north gate to the death." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said quietly: "Very good." Execute as planned. ”

Yang Zixuan agreed.

Zhang Zhun held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the northern wilderness of Aoshan City.

The wilderness outside was empty, and there were no refugees in sight, and there were no tartars in sight. However, sensitive people can perceive that the pace of war is getting closer and closer to Aoshan City. The air around Aoshan City seems to be gradually heating up. Both inside and outside the city, it seems quite quiet.

According to the intelligence, the slave chief who led the team was Shubru.

What kind of tricks will this Shubru have?

…… Shu Buru actually has no tricks, his best is archery, hand-to-hand kung fu is not what he is best at. However, he had a lot of thoughts in his head. The strongest idea is to tear apart Zhang Zhun alive. He wanted to dry every piece of meat on Zhang Zhun and hang it up, and when he wanted to eat it, he would take off a piece, boil it in water, and eat it. In this way, you can not only fill your stomach, but also relieve hatred.

His hatred for Zhang Zhun is definitely not something that can be eliminated in a short period of time. The reason is very simple, since he came to Shandong to settle down, Shu Buru has not suffered such a big loss. When did the Tartars come ashore and not come back with a lot of money? Even if there is a loss, at most it is a few people, and there is absolutely no more than ten people. Only the sneak attack on Zhang Zhun once, there was nothing to gain, and the whole army was wiped out! Tian Hengdao's strength was removed forty percent at once!

Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?

It's just that after suffering such a big loss, Shu Bulu has no way to take revenge directly on Zhang Zhun for the time being. After all, Tianheng Island is still some distance away from Fushan City. This distance is not long, but it is not short, and it is still more troublesome for the Tartars who are not good at water warfare. What's even worse is that the original two pork belly boats on Tianheng Island were captured by Zhang Zhun. Without a boat, no matter how brave the Tartars are, no matter how good they are at fighting, no matter how fierce they are not afraid of death, no matter how superb their archery skills are, they will not be able to fly to Fushan City.

suffered such a big loss, but there was no way to take revenge, snow wash shame, Shu Buru's mood, if you really want to say how aggrieved, how aggrieved. Although I went ashore to sweep once, I reaped a lot of benefits, and burned a county seat. However, after being bullied by Zhang Zhun and turning around to bully others, no matter how you say it, there is no sense of revenge. If you have the ability, you will go to the main owner to take revenge, and take out anger on irrelevant people, what is the matter?

For the first time, Shubrou's prestige was challenged from within. Because of the death of Mu Geda and others, some subordinates began to wonder if Shu Bulu had fallen into the evil of Sun Zhiqi and fell into the trap carefully arranged by Zhang Zhun. If that's the case, Shubru's brain is a little dull. If such a mistake happens again, it is very likely that all the Tartars on Tianheng Island will be put into it, and no one will be left.

Within the Tartars, the competition is quite fierce, especially at the level of Niu Lu Zhangjing. No matter how brave you are, how superb your archery skills are, and how powerful your hand-to-hand kung fu is, if you can't bring benefits to others, then you, Niu Lu Zhangjing, will fail. If everyone is against you, then you will definitely not be able to sit firmly in this position. If you want to say that there are masters of archery, hand-to-hand combat, and there are many in the tartars, no one will be much worse than Shubru.

Faced with the distrust of his subordinates, Shubru was of course annoyed. But there was nothing he could do to stop the spread of this distrust. The organization inside the Tartars is what it is. As long as you can bring me benefits, I will recognize you. If you don't do me any good, even father and son may turn against each other. The brothers Zilharang and Amin are typical of the typical.

Even if he Shubru is the boss of Tian Hengdao, if he can't benefit his subordinates, he is likely to be kicked out. If you want to talk about archery and hand-to-hand kung fu, there is really no shortage of talents in Tartar. For example, under Shubru, there is a guy named Aobai, who is a first-class warrior despite his young age. Shubru thinks that the only thing that is better than Aobai is that his brain is a little better. Aobai's brain is not good. However, if he can't prove it as soon as possible, his brain is still good. Perhaps, his subordinates will elect Ao Bai as the boss.

"Zhang Zhun, you hurt me!"

Every time in the dead of night, Shu Bulu couldn't help but curse Zhang Zhun fiercely.

Fortunately, the opportunity for revenge has finally come.

Hearing that Zhang Zhun had occupied Aoshanwei, Shu Bulu was sincerely happy. This damn Zhang Zhun was sent to Tian Hengdao under his nose, and he was simply looking for death. Last time, it was a labor expedition, and the risks at sea were difficult to control. This time, Zhang Zhun is at the door of his house, what is he afraid of? Fighting on land, the Daikin Force has never been afraid of anyone!

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

Shubru only had these two words in his head.

He swore that he would tear Zhang Zhun alive!

Shu Bulu also subconsciously felt that the last sneak attack on Fushan City failed because Mu Keta was too rubbish. If Mu Geta's temporary command can be flexible, smart, and decisive, even if he can't beat Zhang Zhun, he can withdraw smoothly. In any case, it should not be the result of total annihilation. You must know that if you only suffer a blow, even if you suffer a blow of destruction, there is still a big difference between the annihilation of the whole army.

Even if it suffers heavy losses and suffers a large number of casualties, as long as someone escapes, the foundation of the Tartar is still there, the spirit of the Tartar is still there, the backbone of the Tartar is still there, and in time, it can continue to rise. However, if it was completely annihilated, not a single person escaped. Then, the morale of the Tartars will be greatly damaged, and it will be difficult to recover for a long time.

In one battle, two hundred men were lost, and the entire army was still annihilated. This seems to have never been seen in the history of the Daikin Force, even if it was fought with tens of thousands of Ming troops in the north, the losses of the Daikin Brigade were not so large. The loss of two hundred people at a time was a long, long time ago. Therefore, for the Tartars, it is definitely an unprecedented blow.

Fortunately, this time it was himself in charge.

Shu Buru believed that with his rich combat experience, it would never be a problem to take out Zhang Zhun on land. His subordinates, as well as a few hundred people, were enough to fight against tens of thousands of Ming troops. No matter how great Zhang Zhun's ability is, it is impossible for Aoshan City to have tens of thousands of subordinates!

"All the troops are on the move!"

Stimulated by the angry revenge psychology, Shu Buru with strong self-confidence, with the fierceness of tearing apart Zhang Zhun, murderously took all the Tartars, killed to Aoshan City, and came to find Zhang Zhun's bad luck.

After coming ashore, the Tatars adopted a consistent tactic, dividing into multiple routes, constantly expelling refugees and creating panic. At the same time, he planted his subordinates Han Jian into the refugees and followed them into Aoshan City. In order to more effectively break the morale of the Ming army, Shuburu also arranged hundreds of hostages, all of whom were young women. They drove the hostages to the front of the line and used them to slow down the defenders' counterattack.

These pre-offensive preparations took Shuburu more than a day. However, Shubru felt that his preparation efforts would not be in vain. As long as you take Aoshan City and catch Zhang Zhun, everything will pay off. Everything was ready, and Shu Buru finally gathered all the Tartars and waved his army to Aoshan City.

...... "Tartars! ”

"The Tartars have appeared!"

A sharp alarm sounded from the lookout post on the tower of the Octagon.

"Dangdang!"

Then, the loud gong sounded continuously in the city, and Zhang Zhun quickly came to the city wall, raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked outside.

Sure enough, it's a Tartar.

In the fields to the north, a large number of tartars appeared.

However, the first thing they saw was not the Tartars, but hundreds of hostages. In front of the tartars, there were hundreds of ordinary people, all young women. The fierce and vicious two Tartars hid behind these women and approached Aoshan City. In other words, what the second Tartar does all day long is this kind of work without a surname!

It's another trick!

Zhang Zhun's face suddenly became gloomy.

Using the Han people as a precursor is a tried and tested trick of the Tatars. According to the general law, if the Ming army at the head of the city opened fire indiscriminately, these young women would definitely be killed. However, if the Ming army at the head of the city hesitates, the Tartars will come up. If the Tartars enter the distance of thirty zhang, the lethality of their arrows is still considerable, so the Ming army basically formed a consensus on this move, that is:

Resolutely fire!

In any case, the Tartar must not be allowed to come up.

As for the hostages who are in the middle of the battle lines between the two sides, the chances of surviving are really very small. As a result, they all become the most tragic cannon fodder. The defenders had every reason to justify their actions: for the sake of the lives of tens of thousands of people in the city, they had to sacrifice these poor hostages. It would be a great sin to bury the lives of tens of thousands of people in the city in order to save these hostages. The dead hostages are under Jiuquan, and if you feel wronged, you can only go to the Tartars to take revenge. Because, it was not the Ming army that caused their tragic fate, but the Tartars.

Aoshan City, can it be an exception?

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice: "Don't shoot without my order!" ”

The soldiers of the escort team were all slightly stunned.

Li Jiaxi said a little worriedly: "My lord? ”

Although the women outside were indeed pitiful, no one was willing to shoot them. However, if Aoshan City is breached for this reason, the number of people who will be slaughtered will increase by a hundredfold. Measured by the consequences, it is obvious which is more important.

(To be continued)