"Is it difficult to leave a part of the army in Daodaochuan City?" Desima asked.

"And the commander of this army is very powerful, not an easy person to match, knows how to take measures to guard against our spies, and can also mobilize the local people to build walls and moats to resist us, it is not easy." Halibaldo said.

"Hehe, he also thinks too much of his own strength, just with some remnants of the defeated generals, plus some ordinary people, he wants to compete with our army, and he inevitably underestimates us too much. Don't think about it so much now, take the time to rest, send more scouts out to spy on the situation, and when tomorrow the cavalry comes, it will be their end. Harry said confidently.

Both Desima and Halibodo agreed with Harry Kaisheng, believing that in such a situation, no one could stop his conquest.

Just when the Huns outside the city were gearing up to attack, Qin Duan was also seizing the time to make final preparations. Zhu Yongqing has completed the reorganization of the recruits, and has also completed the most basic training, so that he can go to the simplest defense work on the city wall, and all the 7,000 recruits are temporarily assigned to five temporary brigades, and the mode of veterans leading the recruits to the battlefield temporarily, and taking turns to bring them to Xicheng to familiarize themselves with the terrain.

Liu Xiaoshan also led the first brigade and the people in the city to send all kinds of fighting logs, stones, arrows, boiling oil and other materials to the city, and Qin Duan also ordered the escort of a thousand box crossbows to be placed on the west city wall, which is also a powerful weapon, but because this weapon requires a certain amount of time to re-install the crossbow arrows every time it is fired, it limits the play of power.

At the same time, Qin Duan also ordered the troops to demolish the residential houses along the city wall, and promised to pay compensation after the battle, in case they were hit by enemy rockets and caused a fire during the war. Cause confusion.

The people of Tokugawa Castle also knew that the critical time was coming, and consciously organized themselves to work overtime to make necessary supplies such as dry food and stretchers, and many people took the initiative to sign up as stretcher bearers. The entire Tokugawa Castle was like a clockwork machine, all revolving around the coming war.

At night, Qin Dui and Liang Qiming talked about tomorrow's war in the study of the city guard's mansion. When Liang Qiming asked about Shangguan Yonglun's whereabouts, Qin Duan just smiled and didn't answer. Since Shangguan Yonglun returned to Tokugawa Mansion the night before, no one has seen him again, no one knows when and where he went, and his more than 3,000 cavalry brigades disappeared with him.

Early the next morning, Qin Duan ordered Zhu Yongqing to make logistical arrangements in the rear, and he and Liang Qiming led the soldiers of the second and fourth brigades and the five wings of the personal guard brigade to the west city wall. Rika led the 3rd Brigade and two other reorganized Tokugawa troops to stay in the castle.

Waiting until noon, the enemy didn't move much, and Qin Duan also felt a little strange. In fact, at this time, the infantry of the Huns had not yet arrived due to their speed, and Harry Qisheng and the others did not plan to carry out a siege battle on this day, and they were also preparing to rest for a day before launching an attack.

On May 10, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, the day passed peacefully, and both sides seemed very calm. But Qin Duan knew that this was just the calm before the storm, and he believed that the enemy would not drag on like this, and that would not be good for them.

The sun finally rose on May 11, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse. The enemy army outside the city finally moved, and Qin Duan stood on the city tower and watched the enemy camp in the distance. It's finally coming.

With the sound of low horns, the soldiers of the enemy camp continued to appear on the horizon, and more and more, and the infantry lined up in a neat phalanx, taking solid steps, and the black pressure rushed towards the Tokugawa Castle one by one. On both sides of the infantry were cavalry phalanxes, tall and burly soldiers were wrapped in iron armor, fat and strong war horses were roaring and galloping, and the hooves of thousands of war horses were so neat and orderly, like the sound of a giant stepping on the earth. and the earth trembled.

The riding skills of the Huns are indeed worthy of their reputation, and it can be seen from the skillful horse control skills alone that they are worthy of being the best among the nomads, and Qin Duan couldn't help but secretly admire.

Harry Kaisheng also deliberately put on a powerful formation, wanting to destroy the opponent in momentum. The soldiers on the city wall were a little shocked, Qin Du and Liang Qiming also sensed the enemy's intentions, the two of them quietly patrolled along the city wall, and joked with familiar soldiers and officers from time to time.

They stopped a mile from the western castle of Tokugawa Castle and met the next cavalry general. Guarded by dozens of cavalry, he rode his horse to this side, and when he came to a distance of about two hundred paces from the head of the city, he stopped far away, this distance is difficult to shoot with a bow and arrow, and even if he can shoot, the strength is very weak, and he can't hurt a piece of armor at all.

He shouted to the head of the city in Chinese: "Listen, my lord, I am the deputy general of the western cavalry of the Hungarian kingdom, Halibodo, and I have been informed by the order of the lord that if you surrender now, our lord will spare your life, and you must know." If you dare to resist, our humble Hun cavalry will attack the city, and it will be too late to regret it. ”

The generals in the city all looked at Qin Dui, and Qin Dui laughed: "I am the dignified county guard of Tokugawa County, the fourth rank of the Great Qin Empire, how can I have any reason to surrender, you go back and tell you that Harry Qisheng, if you have the ability, you will capture Tokugawa City?" Don't brag here, we are up and down Tokugawa Castle, and we would rather be broken than broken! ”

"Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately. Drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times. As he spoke, Qin Duan couldn't help but chant this familiar poem

Qin Dui's voice spread far away, and the city and the city could hear it clearly, hearing Qin Dui's voice, the soldiers of the Great Qin Empire in the city all couldn't help but stand up straight, everyone showed a proud look on their faces, the main general had such courage, even if they died with him, why would they regret this?

"Drunk and lying on the battlefield, don't smile, a few people have come back to fight in ancient times."

Many soldiers and officers couldn't help but silently recite Qin Dui's poem in their hearts, this poem was really close to the hearts of these soldiers.

It was worth it to die on the battlefield with such a heroic county guard.

"Drunk and lying on the battlefield, don't smile, a few people have come back to fight in ancient times."

Halibaldo couldn't help but read it again, and couldn't help but be shocked by the artistic conception in the poem, this poem is so good, it simply says a lot of the hearts of soldiers.

As a soldier, as a soldier who fought in the south and the north, Harry was really touched by the fact that he didn't have much, yes, how many people came back to fight in the past.

"If you are willing to surrender, I can recommend you to our king to be our Humble Lord." Halibodo rarely cherished his talents.

"The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other." Qin Du shouted.

"It's a pity."

Harry Bodo didn't say much, turned his horse and went back with the escort, and when Harry Qisheng heard the news, he was surprised and very angry at the same time, and immediately launched an order to attack.

With the sound of the terrible trumpet, the Huns-hung infantry launched the first wave of attacks with leather shields and sandbags on their backs, and the cavalry also crouched on their horses, divided into several groups and rushed to the moat with sandbags on their backs, throwing sandbags into the river. Other soldiers also raised their shields and bows as cover attacks. In order to attack the city walls, the moat must first be resolved. This is a question that everyone knows, and the question is how much it will cost to fill this moat, which is not something that ordinary people can predict.

Wave after wave of attacks are like a tide, the officers on the city wall, running back and forth, waving the weapons in their hands, keep drinking the soldiers under their hands, wave after wave of arrows poured down, constantly splashing blood flowers under the city, and the giant trebuchet is even more terrifying, the grinding disc-sized stones are thrown high, accurately fall into the enemy camp, causing great damage, the soldiers are often smashed by people and horses to the bones and tendons, brains overflowing, blood and flesh blurred, miserable, screams, moans, cries one after another.

The time of the day passed quickly, when the sun in the west was gradually about to set, the call of the Hungarian troops finally sounded, the soldiers on both sides breathed a sigh of relief, the Hungarian soldiers quickly withdrew from the danger area like the ebb tide of the sea, gathered in the whole team outside the danger area, counted the number of people, and then maintained a good defensive formation, and slowly retreated.

Standing on the city tower and paying close attention to the development of the battle situation, Qin Duan also breathed a sigh of relief, the combat effectiveness of the Huns is really not to be underestimated, the iron-like discipline, the spirit of not fearing death, is indeed not something that ordinary teams can have, and it is no wonder that they can win many battles.

There was not much suspense on the first day of the battle, and in the absence of a solution to the moat, the advantage of the defending side was very obvious. After counting the battlefield, Liang Qiming reported to Qin Duan that his side had killed 560 people and wounded 1,321 people, of which 363 were seriously wounded. The enemy estimated that more than 5,000 people were killed and countless were wounded.

After listening to the report, Qin Duan nodded and motioned for Liang Qiming to sit down, "Old Liang, I'm afraid the war will become more and more difficult and cruel, today's results are caused by the fact that the enemy can't fight back at all, you go down to warn all the soldiers, don't have paralyzing thoughts, and strengthen your guard at night to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of loopholes." The enemy's combat effectiveness is worthy of its name, and the training of our troops must be strengthened after the war. ”

Liang Qiming saw that although his boss was very appreciative of the enemy's combat effectiveness, he did not have a trace of worry, and his heart was still full of confidence in victory, and his originally somewhat uneasy mood suddenly relaxed, and he suddenly found a fact that he had never paid attention to, whenever he listened to the arrangement of this boss who was nearly ten years younger than himself, he was always unspeakably relieved, as if everything was in his control, and there was no need to worry at all, maybe this was his natural leadership charm. (To be continued......)