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Chapter 439: Reinforcements

At this time, Hanxing City was also immersed in the ravages of war, because the sky had begun to brighten, countless catapults began to exert their power, huge stones were poured into the enemy camp, and people were constantly smashed into a pile of meat mud, which brought a great visual impact to the robe around him.

At this time, a thick layer of corpses had been piled up under the city wall, most of which were from the Xiliang rebels, and there were also soldiers from the imperial court camp who were pulled off the city wall and fell to death or killed. The corpses looked like chopped hay, not piled together, and they looked shocking.

Zhang Wen and Sun Jian stood at the head of the city, looking at the rebels who were still pounced like locusts below, while the faces of the soldiers around them were already tired, after all, after a night of fierce fighting, it was a huge test both mentally and physically. And with the soldiers defending the city being killed one by one, there are now fewer and fewer reserve forces left in the city.

Faced with such a predicament, Zhang Wen's heart couldn't help but be full of bitterness. However, he did not despair, although Hanxing City is still in decline, but as far as the entire Liangzhou battlefield is concerned, the imperial court camp still has the upper hand. If nothing else happens, it is only a matter of time before the rebels around Hanxing are cleared. Moreover, the predicament of Hanxing City was only temporary, because he had already received the news that Zhou Shenzheng was leading a large army here, and it was estimated that he was about to arrive.

"How many city defense materials are there in the city?" Zhang Wen asked a subordinate general beside him.

The military general immediately said: "General Qiyu, due to the urgency of the war, the consumption of city defense materials is also very fast, together with the war a few days ago, most of the city defense materials have been consumed. The general said cautiously, for fear that Zhang Wen would think that he had harbored these materials. After all, there have only been three wars before and after, and one of them only used tung oil. In this way, most of the city defense materials were consumed. It's doubtful to say it.

Sun Jian said on the side: "Lord Zhang, this is also very normal!" This Hanxing City was taken by General Yang from the rebels, and the other party did not expect that we would take the initiative to attack at first, so there were not many city defense materials placed in the city. And the two sieges of the rebels are also very strong, both of them are attacked by all four walls, and the consumption of materials is indeed much faster. ”

Zhang Wen sighed and said, "I know this truth, but I don't know when the general's reinforcements will arrive this week." And even if he can arrive in time, it will take a lot of time to repel the rebels, can the army and supplies in this city last so long? ”

Sun Jian said: "Master Zhang, you see if this is the case! Anyway, now Hanxing City is also an empty city, so we might as well demolish some houses and remove the wood to make rolling logs, which can also be topped for a while. There are also stones that serve as foundations, which can also be broken to fill catapults. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Wen immediately agreed to Sun Jian's construction and let the few remaining reserve troops start to prepare.

Suddenly, Sun Jian pointed to Zhang Wen and said, "Lord Zhang, look!" It may be that General Zhou has arrived! ”

Zhang Wen was overjoyed, and hurriedly looked into the distance, and saw that more than ten kilometers away, there was a piece of black pressure moving towards this side, and the flag fluttering in the wind could be faintly seen. The terrain around this Hanxing City is flat, and it is naturally not a strange thing to be able to see more than ten kilometers away from the city.

At this time, there will be no one else who can rush from this side except the army of the imperial court! Although they also knew from Zhou Shen's previous message that there was a rebel army to intercept their support army, but from the perspective of time, the support army is estimated to be fighting with the army led by Sunshine! Naturally, it is impossible to return so quickly.

Sure enough, when the black oppressive army came to the eastern defense line of the Xiliang rebels, the Xiliang rebels had already reacted, and the large army around Hanxing City immediately drew out most of it and moved to the east to meet this army. In this case, they used to mobilize their troops, naturally, not to welcome them in formations, but to intercept the enemy.

The two sides soon collided together, after all, as the war intensified, the battle lines of the two sides were stretched wider and wider, and soon, a battle line nearly 20 kilometers long was formed. On that front, it is like a meat grinder, constantly devouring life.

Obviously, this is a big gamble, both sides are constantly increasing their chips inward, and the losing side loses the whole war......

Zhang Wen stood at the head of the city, he couldn't do anything about the battle that took place in the distance, and it would be very good if he could guarantee that Hanxing City would not be breached. After all, although Bian Zhang sent a large number of troops to meet the enemy, the attack on Hanxing City did not fall. Countless armies are still attacking Hanxing City as always.

Arrows weave like locusts over the battlefield, arcing down their final targets and taking their lives with them. And this is only a small part of the insignificance on the battlefield.

The most brutal picture is that the countless rebels climbed the city wall along the siege ladder with the corpses of their companions, and were hit by the defenders at the moment of climbing the wall, and at the moment of fatal injury, they suddenly jumped up, hugged the enemy who had just injured themselves, and then fell down the wall together, making the pile of corpses under the wall even more spectacular......

The sun was rising higher and higher in the sky, and the armies of the two sides were still fighting tirelessly. Nearly ten hours have passed since the battle broke out. They didn't seem to be hungry, but those who were hungry had already gone to Hades. Now the rest of the people had hastily eaten something before they entered the battle, filling their empty stomachs. Because once they are in battle, they have no chance to eat again unless the battle is over, and this may be their last meal!

Time flies slowly, and it flies quickly, on the battlefield, but no one cares about it. It's just that the scorching sun overhead tells everyone on this battlefield that it's already noon. At this time, it is almost April, especially in the Liangzhou area, and the scorching heat of the sun is already unbearable. However, compared to the sun, the sharp weapons on the battlefield are more chilling. No one wants to let an enemy weapon plunge into their chest just to wipe their sweat.

By this time, there were already several collapses in the battlements of the wall, and it was easier for the rebels to climb up from here. However, the defending army couldn't spare manpower to repair the city wall, who let Yang Tian take away all the people in Hanxing City before?

If the rebel catapults were allowed to bombard the city like this, at most in the evening, the walls in some weak places would collapse, which would be disastrous for the defending army.

Fortunately, due to long-term and high-intensity use, many catapults have failed, and unless Bian Zhang can send someone to find a carpenter to repair them, these catapults will not be put into use. The number of catapults left on the rebel camp was only about 2,000, which was no longer enough to support such a full-scale high-intensity strike.

On the field battlefield east of Hanxing City, Cheng Dù was in full swing, and the total number of dead and wounded on both sides had exceeded three million, but the war still had no tendency to stop.

Zhou Shen was already covered in blood at this time, he couldn't tell whether the blood was the enemy's or his subordinates, anyway, he didn't know how many of his soldiers died in front of him, and he couldn't count how many enemies died under his own guns, he was already numb, he only knew that he kept wielding his weapons and harvesting the lives of the enemy.

Now that the war has been going on, the outcome has become blurred, and no one knows who this final victory belongs to, and whoever won this final victory must have suffered very heavy casualties.

Bian Zhang was also anxious at this time, and he was also resentful of the army that suddenly came out in the morning. In his heart, he thought that this must be Beigong Boyu deliberately releasing water, otherwise how could he not find out about these millions of imperial court troops? As for whether Beigong Boyu released the water, only he knows.

He can also estimate the situation in Hanxing City, and if this support army does not arrive, he has absolute confidence to take Hanxing City before dark. Even as long as this support army is defeated without paying too much cost, he is still confident that he will take Hanxing City before dawn tomorrow. It's just that now, he doesn't have much confidence that he can easily defeat the army in front of him. Even at this time, the three million troops he sent to intercept Zhou Shen's army were still at a disadvantage.

At this time, if it was a one-line battle, he was still very sure that he would take the other party, but he did not dare to stop the siege at this time, because he was afraid that after giving the other party a chance to breathe, the other party would recover his vitality, and if he wanted to attack the city again, he would have to pay a huge price.

In desperation, Bian Zhang had no choice but to lead his personal guards to join the battle with Zhou Shen's army, and he must end the battle here as soon as possible before he could devote all his energy to the siege battle.

And with the addition of the elite army led by Bian Zhang, the two sides finally fought a close match......

On the city wall, Zhang Wen and the others also had to join the battle in person, although Zhang Wen was a handsome general, and the force value was not very high, but it was still easy to kill these soldiers who were less than the eighth order. As for Sun Jian, he is even more of a fierce general, as long as there is a city wall he occupies, the rebels have no possibility of climbing up at all.

Now the city wall is the most well-preserved and the strongest defense is still the eastern city wall, because there are hundreds of large catapults and dozens of mountain crossbows left by Yang Tian, and under the deterrence of large catapults, the Xiliang rebels do not dare to arrange too many catapults here. And the crossbow can also effectively hit the opponent's collective charge, bringing great damage to the opponent. At the same time, the strength of the White Tiger Legion is also very strong, although the number is only 100,000, but the battle so far, its damage is only less than 40,000, many people after some minor injuries, take the gold sore medicine, and put it into the battlefield again. The heroic Cheng dù of these people also made Zhang Wen look sideways.