The attack could not be resisted at all, and the Rus deserters who had just fled into the city began a second escape, opening the gates north of Nexus and continuing their escape journey. And under their leadership, some of the soldiers in the original city also chose to flee, and the number is still expanding.

Yuri, who was on the tower of the city, watched the situation develop in the most unfavorable direction, he really couldn't do anything, and even more soldiers came to him and asked him to retreat with him, because now anyone can see that the city of Nexus is over, and under the fierce attack of the other party, without sufficient preparation, the city can no longer be defended.

Knowing that the general situation was going away, Yuri did not choose to flee, as the defending general of Nexus City, he had long been prepared to live and die with the city, this is his mission.

"Run, I'll stay and do the last fight." Yuri's gaze was firm, but his tone was a little lamenting, this choice was not something he wanted, but it was something he had to do.

Yuri decided to stay and fight, but instead brought some of his soldiers with him, so they chose to stay as well. It's just that many more soldiers chose to flee, after all, not everyone can see the truth under the tribulation.

Yuri stayed, along with nearly 10,000 soldiers, who chose to stay on top of the tower, avoiding the cavalry of the original Dragon and Tiger Legion, which was extremely powerful in the city.

So, after Dian Wei and Yan Liang led the infantry of the Sixth Legion to climb the city tower with the help of the ladder, they saw Yuri and the 10,000 Rus soldiers behind him.

"Yes, someone stayed, otherwise, we wouldn't even be able to drink the soup." Seeing that there were still Rus soldiers to fight on the city tower, Dian Wei, the commander of the Sixth Legion, was not surprised, most of the siege just now was due to the achievements of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, which made Dian Wei, who had always been proud, not very happy.

"Commander, leave this battle to me, hehe, you know, I've been holding back for a long time." The deputy legion commander Yan Liang came to Dian Wei with a smile, rubbing his hands with a flattering expression.

How to say, Yan Liang was also a general in Yuan Shao's hands, and his reputation once spread all over the world, if you let him be obscure, it is obviously difficult to do such a person.

Understanding Yan Liang's mood, thinking that he thought that he had indeed not given the other party too many opportunities to perform, Dian Wei held back the idea of doing it himself: "Okay, that's the case, I'll leave it to you here, the number of the other party is not very large, you have to fight quickly." ”

"Order." Yan Liang seemed to be afraid that Dian Wei would regret it, so he hurriedly agreed, and then he turned around and began to mobilize troops, and then 20,000 soldiers were selected, and a formation was quickly set up on top of the city tower.

No matter how big the city tower is, it can't put these armies, Yan Liang chose to be progressive, that is, every time the front is further advanced, the troops in the rear can keep up continuously, which has the advantage of allowing the attack power to reach indecisive and not giving the other party a moment of rest.

Although he had made preparations to die in battle, and the 10,000 soldiers under his command also made the idea of repaying the country with death, but in the face of the seemingly endless soldiers of the Celestial Empire, their strength was not consumed a little, and their spirit did not dare to relax for a moment, and they needed to face the attack of the enemy with a hundred times the spirit all the time, but they did not even have a moment of rest, so the ending seemed to be doomed.

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Haybalan City.

On the third day after Cai Yang entered the city with 400,000 infantry of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, Zhang Chao, the emperor of the Celestial Empire, also entered the city with the first and second legions.

On the top of the tower, when Utkin and Matvi saw the support of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, and when they saw countless black-clothed and black-armored soldiers, like black clouds, filling the entire city, they knew that it was not up to them to decide where to be.

The 400,000 troops of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, the 500,000 of the 1st Legion, and the 400,000 of the 2nd Legion, a total of 1.3 million troops, all entered the city, making the streets of Hai Paolan City, which looked very wide, seem to be crowded. The original residents in the city didn't even dare to go out of their homes, but carefully watched everything that happened outside through the gap in the gatehouse, and their hearts were hanging at any time, as if they were not careful, these Heavenly Dynasty soldiers would rush into their homes and treat them well.

Fortunately, before the departure of the army, Zhang Chao had already had a ten-kill order, and he also strictly ordered the sergeants not to harass the local people, so although life was boiling in the city, and the soldiers of the Celestial Empire could be seen everywhere, there was no case of disturbing the people.

This is a very rare thing, even a general who is extremely strict in governing the army cannot guarantee that his subordinates are 100% obedient, and this time the performance of the soldiers of the Celestial Empire is indeed so consistent, just from this point of view, it has to be admired.

General Matvey had even done a good job of having the interests of the people embezzled, but after waiting for a long time in his military camp and no such news came, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and after coming to Utkin's mansion, he said with a happy face: "Lord Wu, the soldiers of the Celestial Empire still really abide by the rules." ”

After the excited Matvey finished saying this, he found that Utkin was not as happy as himself, but his face was clouded, as if he had a very serious concern, "Lord Wu, what's wrong?" Is something going on? ”

"No, nothing happened. But General Ma, don't you think this is abnormal? Is that the biggest thing? Utkin, as if he was saying a tongue twister, yelled at Matvey.

"Why?" Matvey asked, puzzled.

"Why? Can't the general see that this is clearly the army of the Celestial Empire buying people's hearts? They don't touch our people, and after a long time, they will make the people feel grateful, which is not a good thing. Moreover, with such a well-disciplined army, do you say that his combat effectiveness will be weak? In the future, when we defeat His Highness, it will be very difficult for the Celestial Empire army to withdraw from the territory. "Utkin sees what is in front of him with a long-term perspective. The so-called people have no worries, but they must have immediate worries, and he has seen greater difficulties in the future from some things.

"Oh." Matvey was really not very excited when he heard it, as a military general, what he thought and considered was originally different from that of a minister like Utkin, and he saw more immediate benefits. As the defender of Haibalan City, the first thing he needs to do is to ensure the safety of the city and the basic interests of the people in the city, as long as he can do this, he is qualified, and as for what will happen in the future, should he think about it?

Matvey didn't show the slightest movement, and Utkin knew that this warrior didn't have the vigilance he had. Thinking that the two of them are grasshoppers on the same rope now, if he wants to do something, he must go through the cooperation of this person, so he changed his tone, and said in a very kind manner: "General Ma, it's like this, do you think in order to prevent the people from having a good impression of the Celestial Empire army, do you think we take the initiative to cause some things and make the situation tense?" In this way, we will have an excuse to drive the Celestial Empire army out of the city. ”

"No." Hearing this, Matvey shook his head repeatedly.

Now the total number of soldiers in their city is only 50,000, and most of them are prisoners. And with such an army taking the initiative to provoke the millions of troops of the Celestial Empire, isn't that self-inflicted?

Maybe one person can drown himself half to death with a mouthful of foam, such a powerful contrast, it is a good thing that people don't come to find their own trouble, and he has to take the initiative to find other people's unhappiness, this is looking for death.

Matvey shook his head very firmly and refused, which made Utkin even more anxious and said: "General Ma, although the Celestial Empire army has not done anything to our people now, there is no guarantee that it will not do anything in the future, so I think we should take the initiative first, right?" ”

"That's not right." Matvey, who rarely had the intention of refuting, replied in a very firm tone this time: "I only know that the people in the city are doing well now, so that's fine, as for what will happen in the future, I will talk about it later." The present said, did Lord Wu think that with this limited number of soldiers and horses in our city, he could really control the army of the Celestial Empire? Not to mention what they haven't done yet, and even if they do, what can we do? To take the initiative to send troops is to seek death. Of course, as a general, I am not afraid of death, if there are really soldiers of the Celestial Empire who trouble our people for no reason, I will definitely go to seek justice, even if I die, I will do this, but people have not done such a thing, we do take the initiative to arrange such a thing, then I will never allow this. ”

After saying this, Matvey seemed to know that Utkin was not so easy to convince, and then he added: "Okay, I know what Lord Utkin thinks, but it is really too dangerous. In this way, for the safety of the people in the city, I think it is better for Lord Wu not to go out to the mansion during this time, so as not to do something that should not be done and be misunderstood. Come on, pull out half of my recruits, and protect the safety of Lord Wu. ”

By doing so, Utkin is putting Utkin under house arrest. In normal times, he didn't have the courage to do so, but now, for the safety of the people and soldiers in the city, he really had to do so.

"You dare." Hearing that he was going to put himself under house arrest, how capable Utkin was, he shouted angrily on the spot.