Chapter 397: Xiongnu Movements
Yuanyang County, Xihe County.
With the Xiongnu attacking in a different way than usual, Yuanyang, a small county that was not a fortified city, became overcrowded.
This small city, which was originally only a few hundred soldiers, has also expanded its army by more than 5,000 troops.
That night, as usual, the lieutenant of Yuanyang County took hundreds of soldiers around the city.
On a winter night, the temperature was terriblely low, but in a large family, more than a dozen people over half a hundred years old gathered together in this severe cold.
"You're all set, aren't you?"
"Almost, but that's fine, we don't want to be wiped out!"
"Rest assured, everything is connected, it's tonight! Hehe, Yuanyang will change hands tonight! ”
"Hmph, that's the best, otherwise, we won't spare you!"
"Well, let's get moving!"
After these people finished discussing, they began to act separately, and at the same time, in Yuanyang City, the back door of dozens of local wealthy families quietly opened, and a figure walked out of it and hid in the darkness.
The county lieutenant on patrol was unaware of this.
These people kept gathering together, slowly approaching the north gate, and in the dark night, they couldn't see their fingers, which made it easy for these people to approach the north gate.
Stopping out of sight of the guards at the head of the city, a leader-like man whispered, "Archer, prepare!" ”
"Put!"
Woohoo......
Dozens of long arrows shot out of the darkness, and more than a dozen gate guards were shot before they could see the enemy.
And when the leader shot his bow and arrows, he ordered his men to storm the gates.
However, the movement under the city finally attracted the attention of the defenders at the head of the city, and more than 100 soldiers rushed down with shouts after beating the war drums to warn them.
At this time, the county lieutenant who patrolled to the south gate heard the sound of drums coming from the north of the city, and his face immediately changed greatly, and he secretly screamed that it was not good!
At present, although there are thousands of people in Yuanyang, there are not many people on duty at night, and there are only more than 100 people at the four city gates, and most of them are on the city wall to defend against foreign enemies.
Before he had time to think about it, the county lieutenant immediately began to gather the soldiers who were keeping vigil and quickly rushed to the north city gate!
These days, the county magistrate of Yuanyang County is also quite frightened, for fear that he will be like the rest of his colleagues who fled from the north, beaten by the Huns like a lost dog, at this time, the city - the sound of drums, he was immediately awakened, turned over from the bed, put on his armor, held a sword, ran out of the door, and asked the soldiers who were keeping vigil: "Where did this sound come from?" ”
"It's the North Gate!"
"Immediately go to the barracks to summon the soldiers to the north city gate, and there must be no mistake in going quickly!" Youdao has been a doctor for a long time, and has been harassed by the Huns for a long time, and civilian officials like county commanders also have a high military quality.
"Yes!" One of the guards immediately split up and ran to the barracks.
The county magistrate looked at the direction of the north city gate, very worried, I don't know what the situation is, I hope it's still too late!
At the north gate of the city, the two sides were strangled together, and the rebels in the city were just family members and slaves from wealthy families in the final analysis, and the formation was scattered, and when the defenders at the head of the city rushed down, they had not even opened the city gate.
This made the leader very anxious, if he couldn't open the city gate quickly, the leader knew very well what they were facing, and he couldn't imagine that these were just ordinary county soldiers, how could they be so strong and tenacious?
The team of hundreds of people was actually broken through by more than 100 defenders, and more than 100 people rushed to the city gate and resisted there stubbornly.
And the rebel team lost more than 200 people in this meeting.
The leader of the rebels was very frightened, but now that the arrow was on the bow, there was no turning back, and the only way to turn back was to open the city gate as soon as possible.
The leader looked at the two sides strangled in front of him, and was secretly anxious, if it dragged on like this, the reinforcements in the city would come, and suddenly, a burst of anger flashed in the leader's eyes, and his heart was ruthless, and he shouted: "Archer, shoot!" ”
"Master, however, there are still brothers ahead!"
The leader looked at this man with red eyes, and shouted, "If you don't want to die, shoot quickly!"
The man who spoke looked at the eyes of his own master, his hair stood on end, he swallowed his saliva secretly, he didn't dare to disobey the order, and immediately asked the archers to prepare and release arrows at the two warring sides!
At this point, with the opening of the bow and arrow, after paying a huge number of casualties, the city gate was finally hit.
When the leader saw this scene, he immediately sent a signal that the overall situation had been decided, and his net worth and life were guaranteed.
Outside the north city gate, the sound of thunderous horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and countless cavalry seemed to appear suddenly, and they were rapidly approaching the city gate, and gradually, the figure of the person who came appeared.
The different faces of the Han people indicate that they are Huns!
There is a family in Yuanyang City who has taken refuge in the Xiongnu?
Twenty or thirty thousand cavalry entered the city unimpeded, and after quickly annihilating the defenders who were still resisting, they continued to attack the city.
"Report ...... Wu County ordered, the North City Gate fell, and the Xiongnu had 20,000 or 30,000 troops into the city! ”
"What?"
Wu County was shocked, at this time he had already made peace with the county lieutenant, and gathered more than 3,000 soldiers to rush to the north city gate, unexpectedly just came to the center of the city, the north city gate fell, and the worse news is that the Hun ** army has entered the city......
Three thousand against thirty thousand, and there is no garrison of the fortified city, or infantry against cavalry, such a battle has no chance of winning, which has been doomed from the moment the Huns entered the city.
"Wu County Order, withdraw it! It's too late! Seeing that the county commander was stunned, the county lieutenant hurriedly shouted.
Wu Xian Ling only came back to his senses at this time, he shook his head slightly, and his eyes became firm.
"Now there are 100,000 people in the city...... 100,000! If we retreat, they will inevitably be ravaged, and I will not retreat in this battle! ”
"Wu County Commander ......," the county lieutenant said anxiously.
"Needless to say, the county has made up its mind, if you want to escape, just escape!" Wu County Ling waved his hand and interrupted the county lieutenant's words.
"We swear to live and die with this city!"
The families of these soldiers are still in the city, if they escape, then the family members will definitely die, the Huns will not talk about any mercy and morality, if you escape slowly, it will be a death!
At present, Wu County's decision to swear not to flee is undoubtedly a great encouragement to these soldiers.
Seeing that Wu County Ling was determined to stay, the county lieutenant no longer persuaded him, clenched the weapon in his hand, and prepared for a big battle.
More than 3,000 people calmly formed a formation on the road that the Huns must pass, even if they had to face death in the next moment, but they were not afraid at all, but they were braving the flames of war in their eyes, as if they wanted to burn everything in the world and fight to the death with the enemy! Behind them are their own families, so they can't help but work hard!
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