Chapter 389: A Few Joys and a Few Sorrows

A few families are happy and a few are sad, the dark sky is like her mood, although it is the height of summer, Zhao Yuzhen can still feel the coldness emanating from the depths of her soul. At this moment, she felt that he had never hated someone so much, hated the sister who was only a month older than her own father. Originally, his hopes were shattered again because of her, and he lost an opportunity to change his fate at hand.

When the news of her father's possible marriage spread in the capital, she was already secretly making preparations. The eldest sister has an independent marriage, and has made it clear that she is extremely disgusted with that Qin Dui, and will never marry him, but the seventeenth sister is the long-cherished object of the third prince of the Doton Kingdom, and the ministers of the court and even the father and the emperor are inclined to this marriage, seeing that this thread can only be tied to herself, how can this not surprise her who has been digging out her mind to find an opportunity?

No one can understand the feelings of a girl like herself, who is nominally a noble princess, but in private is looked down upon by those nobles and even subordinates, she hates this family that has caused her to live in humiliation for a long time, and even hates the so-called mother who gave birth to herself but let her be branded from birth.

For more than ten years, the indifference of her father, the cold eyes of her brothers and sisters, the contempt of the nobles, and the contempt of the subordinates, this qiē made her increasingly sensible cry blood and swear in secret that one day, she would let these people who had hurt her prostrate at her feet, wagging their tails and begging for mercy, begging for her forgiveness, and for this goal, she was willing to sacrifice her own qiē and even her life.

Qin Dui's appearance made her feel that a good opportunity had come, she could see that this was an extraordinary guy, but there was an unquenchable ambition hidden under the handsome appearance, as the eldest sister said, no one could suppress this guy's ambition. And she doesn't want to suppress, but to promote the realization of his ambitions, only by firmly relying on him, her own wishes can be realized, in this patriarchal society, to realize her wishes. You can only do whatever it takes.

However, seeing that the opportunity that belongs to him has passed by, this qiē is all because of her, Zhao Yuzhen's resentment in his heart has reached the extreme, is he really much worse than her? Or is it just that she has a good mother?!

Lifting the silk quilt on his body, his white skin exuded a faint flush in the bright candlelight. Zhao Yuzhen was immersed in loss, untied the belt of his small clothes, revealing a pale pink belly pocket, and his black and shiny hair fluttered gently on his smooth and smooth back. The slender fingers are finely dissolved, the silk belly pocket quietly slips down, a small jade navel on the smooth and delicate lower abdomen, a pair of tall and strong jade ~ shallow halos looming on the peak, and the body is spinning with self-pity, but Zhao Yu's heart is burning with an unyielding flame.

They're still engaged, and even if they do, I still have a chance. I will not admit defeat and show off my beautiful and proud body. Zhao Yuzhen looked at the vast night sky and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, I won't give up, never!

No one sleeps tonight, and the strong man has no regrets tonight.

On the same night, Claudia, the commander of the Kaman army, who had firmly surrounded Jiayuguan, received information from the Yanjing intelligence department that Qin Du was about to return to the northwest. The most frantic storm of attacks was unleashed from both the north and the south.

Thousands of butter torches illuminated the entire front of the pass as bright as day, and the black-pressed soldiers lined up in a standard battle formation, advancing slowly in turn according to the number of the troops. A neat and orderly marching queue, bright knives and guns. The full momentum and the attitude of ignoring death all show that this is a steel army.

One after another, the huge trapezoidal siege engines, the towering and sturdy mobile arrow towers were covered with raw cowhide and fireproof paint to prevent enemy rocket attacks, and the inside was full of soldiers with strong bows, and the mobile trebuchets set up on heavy vehicles were followed by one stone bullet supply truck after another, and the huge and powerful bed crossbow on the nine-bow bed ballista arranged in high vertical positions had opened its hideous bowstring, as thick as a finger bison tendon string to tell you how far its range would be, All of this qiē was slowly pushed to the front line by the soldiers, gradually approaching the towering city walls.

Seeing the dense sea of guns and halberds in front of her, Claudia did not have any joy and relief in her heart. Originally, it was not planned that Qin Duan would be allowed to return to the northwest in such a short period of time, which had a great impact on the military operations in Taixuan Mansion. Once the situation in the northwest is stabilized, the army in the northwest may advance eastward rapidly, and not only will the plan to take Taixuanfu fail, but the gains and losses of Jiayuguan will also become a problem.

But now the time is not ripe, Claudia does not dare to urge the shadows arranged by his side to launch in a hurry, otherwise once they fail, maybe the Kaman people will lose the opportunity to seize Jiayuguan forever, and they will feel guilty for a lifetime, so Claudia can only ignore the losses, keep issuing orders, increase the intensity of the attack, and try to create a chance for his killer to be fully implemented.

The commanders of the front line kept arranging the assembled attack team according to the best attack formation, and began to attack the towering city wall, and the ballista and catapult that had already been arranged in place also began to spray boulders and crossbow arrows frantically at the defenders on the city wall, and the soldiers who maintained it nervously but skillfully installed and debugged these heavy siege equipment and then installed and debugged it, striving to achieve the best effect, the stones and arrows flying in the sky flew towards the soldiers on the city wall one after another, and from time to time there were soldiers screaming and falling from the wall tower, Suddenly fell into a pulp.

At the same time, the soldiers also spread out according to the way of attack, or clustered siege vehicles and arrow towers, or held high folding ladders, shouted, and quickly swarmed up, and a tragic offensive and defensive battle began.

Standing on the tower of the city and coldly watching the Kaman army attacking frantically under the city, the commander-in-chief of the defending side of Jiayuguan, Shen Jin, the commander of the First Garrison Division of Taixuanfu, appeared calm and composed. After many offensive battles between the Kaman and Sithro armies, he was no stranger to the enemy's set, but some new situations still caught his attention.

First of all, the enemy launched an attack on both the north and south fronts at the same time, and the combat effectiveness of the army invested was also unusually strong, which greatly increased the pressure on his own side; Second, the enemy army has prepared a large number of advanced siege equipment, such as arrow towers and a new generation of siege vehicles, which poses a great threat to their own side in the defense, a few days after the war, as soon as the moat was filled, the number of casualties among the soldiers on their side rose rapidly, and more than 1,000 people were killed during the day today, although the enemy's casualties must have far exceeded their own side, but this crazy offensive still made him feel frightened; Thirdly, the enemy's commander was also quite cautious, and strengthened the defense while attacking, building small fortifications not far from both sides of the city wall, and arranging a large number of crossbowmen and spearmen, which were the natural nemesis of cavalry, to prevent their own side from using cavalry for assault.

But this is only a superficial appearance, Shen Jin clearly knows, and the enemy's commander also knows that even if the enemy has such a big advantage, it is far from enough to take Jiayuguan. The city's nearly 80,000 civilians were already armed and ready to take up their positions, and relying on this naturally powerful defensive system, the Kamans might not be able to double their forces. But because of this, Shen Jin was even more suspicious, what kind of conspiracy the enemy army would have? He couldn't even think of this when he racked his brains and scratched his scalp. (To be continued......)