The border city is different from the city in the hinterland of Great Chu, there will be at least four city gates, and the larger city will even have two or three city gates in the same direction, in case of emergency. (. Purple Pavilion)

The area of the border city is very small, the city wall is made of soil rammed on the spot, the height and width are not as good as the masonry city wall, in order to facilitate the guarding, there are only two gates, east and west, convenient for caravans from the east and barbarians from the west to enter and exit.

For the people in the city, the workload of guarding two gates is much smaller than four, which is the advantage of the border city system, but on the other hand, for those attacking the border city, only two gates need to be blocked, and the siege can be easily completed.

A lot of things in the world are often like this, and the advantages are equally fatal disadvantages.

As the sun sets, the people of the city eat dinner at this time, and the soldiers who guard the city gates are no exception, carrying clay bowls larger than their heads and leaning against the battlements of the city walls.

After someone finished eating a bowl, he felt that he was not full, so he wanted to serve another bowl, but he was dumbfounded as soon as he stood up, and a few hundred meters away, there was a team of cavalry neatly arranged, with more than a thousand people.

"Enemy ...... ......"He stuttered under control.

"What brother, brother, you are not very old, except for the large amount of food. One of his companions laughed, and the people around him followed suit.

The man was annoyed and slammed the bowl in his hand to the ground: "Enemy attack!"

If it was left in normal times, everyone would definitely think he was joking, but he dropped all the guys who were eating, and everyone subconsciously stood up, and they were all scared.

Dangdangdang......

Someone rang the gong, and Kerim, who was also eating, looked a little impatient: "If you don't let people eat properly, who will ring the gong?"

A small soldier stumbled over, almost not falling on his heels, and said in a shouting tone: "Oh no, young lord, we are surrounded by a large number of cavalry. ”

"What massive cavalry?" Crimea was puzzled.

The soldier explained: "A large number of enemies have appeared at the east and west gates at the same time, there are no less than two thousand people in each place, the city gates have been blocked, they are dividing their troops, and they will soon be able to complete the siege!"

"What!" The chopsticks in Kerim's hand fell to the ground, where did the enemy come from, the border city has been calm for more than ten years, and the surrounding bandits have long been scared, and there are no bandits with more than a few thousand people!

He picked up the scimitar that was set aside and shouted, "What is the origin of the enemy?"

Xiao Bing's face tightened: "I don't know, it looks a bit like a person from the Baishan Clan." ”

Kerrim didn't think about it and said: "Impossible, the Baishan clan has just changed its patriarch, and the internal situation is extremely unstable, how can it be possible to send troops to the border city?"

Two days ago, Gu Lilen also sent an envoy to meet him secretly, afraid that Su Kemu would send troops to fight him, indicating that he had not yet been able to integrate the tribes, and it was impossible to send troops in such a situation of self-care.

He walked quickly to the head of the city, took the telescope handed by his subordinates, and the next second he was angry: "Damn, it's really the Baishan clan, are you crazy Gu Lilen?"

Not only could he confirm that it was a cavalry of the Baishan tribe from his clothes, but he even clearly saw Gu Lilen standing in the center of the team on horseback in the binoculars.

The news of the siege of the border city quickly spread to every corner, and Su Kemu, as the first lord, also came to the city and asked his son: "What's the matter, why didn't you give early warning?"

This month's border city defense was in charge of Su Kemu, he handed over the heavy responsibility to his son, thousands of enemy soldiers pressed the border, and no one noticed, so that the other party calmly completed the siege.

Kerim lowered his head and said, "Everyone was eating at that time, so no one noticed, and it is clear that the Baishan tribe was fully prepared, and thousands of people marched at the same time, and there was no movement at all. ”

"That's enough, don't make excuses!" Su Kemu was furious, pointed to his son's nose and said: "How many times have I told you, the city defense is related to the lives of tens of thousands of people in the city, and you must be careful and careful! Eat, eat, what do you know besides eating, shouldn't you divide people into two groups and take turns eating and standing guard?"

Kerim was scolded by his father in front of everyone, which made him feel very shameless, but he was indeed at fault, and he was not easy to refute.

Su Kemu snatched the binoculars with his hand, and said while looking at it: "It turned out to be that traitor of Gu Lilen, he dared to lead troops to besiege the border city! Kerim, I was going to send troops to the Baishan Clan before, but you did everything possible to obstruct it, if we sent troops two days ago, Gu Li Leng would only be tired of coping, will he still have a chance to attack us?"

Su Kemu's evil fire was sprinkled on his son's head.

Kerim smiled bitterly and said: "Father, at least the son's information is accurate, Gulilen has indeed won the support of the clan, otherwise how could he lead the cavalry to fight us." ”

Su Kemu pointed at his son's nose and scolded, when suddenly someone shouted: "Look, the enemy has brought a stone thrower, and it is being assembled!"

When the old man heard the reputation, he almost fainted at the head of the city, and sure enough, it was a siege weapon stone thrower, but it was still large, and the projectile distance was more than 500 meters.

The grassland people are good at cavalry running, not good at attacking cities, this is a well-known thing, who would have thought that the Baishan tribe would learn to make and use stone throwers, this border city is really dangerous.

Kerim cautiously asked, "Father, what about Medina and Chen Gongzi, haven't they come back yet?"

Obviously, the main purpose of Gullen leading a large army was for Medina.

Xiao Chen settled Medina in an absolutely safe place, and quietly approached the back of the White Mountain cavalry on his horse.

At the head of the city, the other three lords also rushed to hear the news, their faces were nervous, the Baishan cavalry was famous for being able to fight well in this area, plus the use of stone throwers, everyone was worried about whether the border city could be defended.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, Su Kemu squeezed out an ugly smile: "Don't worry, the number of enemies is only four thousand, our total strength is above three thousand, plus the young and strong people in the city, the number is not less than the enemy, and we will definitely be able to hold it." ”

That being said, but once the city is broken, the enemy army will rush in, and after burning, killing and looting, what else will be left?

At this time, a horse rushed out of the enemy formation, holding a black flag in his hand, representing that he was the messenger of the Baishan clan.

Crimean almost didn't fall from the city, he was no stranger to the person who came, it was the messenger who came to see him the other night, he wouldn't tell everyone about his betrayal of the border city, right?

Thinking of this, his heart began to beat wildly, he was about to be ruined, and his father would definitely use a knife to cut himself!

With a haughty expression on his face, the envoy stopped at a distance of twenty meters from the city gate, raised his head and glanced at the trembling Kerim with deep meaning, and said loudly: "I am the envoy of the king of Baishan, Gu Lilen, and I have come to deliver a message to you, and our king said that as long as you are willing to hand over Medina obediently, we will not embarrass you, and we will withdraw our troops immediately." ”

Everyone in the city gasped, and that guy from Gulilen was actually king.

Su Kemu replied coldly: "You dream, even if you die here, you will never hand over your granddaughter to that traitor!"

The envoy smiled: "Yes, then you just wait to be slaughtered, under the crushing of my Baishan army, a small earthen city, can it be stopped?"