The enemy army has begun to attack the city again.

Although this siege method of just releasing arrows and then filling in the soil is really nothing new, and it is a little less urgent than the "ant-attached" attack mentioned in the book, it is the most difficult method to solve for the defenders of Chang'an City.

Why?

Although the attack of the ants seems to be huge, because the attacking soldiers cannot pose any threat to the defenders for a long time, the defenders can make full use of various fortifications on the city wall to kill and injure the enemy army, so that the enemy army has already suffered a large number of casualties before the short encounter, and even the formed troops may be consumed under the city wall before they see the enemy.

It is precisely because of this that the exchange ratio of battle losses between the offensive and defensive sides hovers between 5:1 and 3:1, and if the defenders have a strong city like Chang'an City as a support, as long as the troops are not too stretched, then this ratio can be further expanded.

Even if it is a puppet army, if it is bent on attacking, it will also need to pay a lot of price - the puppet regiment has learned the kind of fortifications of Chang'an City when filling the moat before, causing a certain amount of battle damage, which may not seem like a staggering number, but for the puppet regiment that has been proven to be unable to be replenished, it is obviously impossible for them to waste their army.

So what they adopted was an unrestricted firepower suppression tactic -

Under the condition that their own side is not trapped in the supply of ammunition and equipment, and they will not be physically exhausted, the puppeteer regiment can use the weapons in their hands to their heart's content, covering the defenders with firepower over and over again so that the defenders can not raise their heads at all, which also consumes a lot of the defenders' strength and morale, and brings huge psychological pressure to the defenders.

Even if the defenders were not crushed by this, they had to spend more time on their actions to dodge and reconnoitre. action, as well as the operation of various defense equipment to fight back, lest a slow step will cost your life.

As a result, under the circumstance that the psychological pressure and necessary consumption have increased significantly, even if the soldiers who have not been well rested have their courage, the combat effect will be greatly reduced. At this point, for the defenders, it is completely supported by will.

If it weren't for the fact that the puppeteers outside the city reminded people of the horror of the undead in the grassland, perhaps now that the war is going on to this point, the people in the city may have already had the idea of opening the city to surrender, instead of uniting more closely around Huangfu Song.

After all, after consuming so much, those clay puppet legions have accumulated a lot of fire even if they are made of mud.

With a little brain filling, the horrific spectacle will prompt most people to take up arms again and go to war.

This is where the power of propaganda warfare lies, which can disintegrate the enemy and the invisible. It can also unite people's hearts and unite as one.

However, if this continues, Chang'an City may really be overwhelmed.

The only thing expected now was that the annexed state army outside the city would be able to cut through the besieged enemy army before the city was breached.

Of course, although the hope of winning in the end was pinned on the reinforcements from the outside world, Huang Fu Song did not think that his side could relax because of this, and even in order to allow more people to live to welcome the arrival of victory, Huang Fu Song was also full of energy today.

Although the body is haggard. But he was in high spirits, and he probably said that he is now.

"The enemy is ...... today There is a new change. It seems that he has finally made up his mind, or maybe he has enough confidence? ”

The enemy troops in the distance, in addition to the crossbow soldiers phalanx they usually took out, had some more things that they did not have before-all kinds of siege equipment, including simple equipment such as crash cars and ladders, and more complex things such as climbing vehicles.

But just think about it. The enemy had been tempting for so many days, and the moat had been filled in enough for multiple siege engines to go down at the same time, and if the enemy had not taken care of the battle damage, the siege could have begun five days earlier.

Even Huangfu Song believed that if it weren't for the pressure on the enemy army from the periphery, the pressure on the enemy had reached a certain level. The enemy may still continue the same rhythm of gradual pressure that they used for a while, as it has proven to be quite effective.

But now that the enemy has made up their minds, the rest can be left behind.

The key is to see how to resist the enemy's offensive this time.

After all, if it weren't for the enemy's own confidence, they would not have been able to send troops to launch the final blow at this time, after all, even if the peripheral state army had made a big breakthrough, there was still a considerable distance from the final word.

I believe that Zhu Jun, who is in charge of the north gate, will have similar thoughts.

At this moment, Huangfu Song vaguely seemed to have returned to the head of the Changshe City back then, at that time, there were also dense enemy troops outside the city, and it also seemed difficult to defeat, but what was the final result?

Even if there was no sudden "Vermilion Bird Fire Rain", I believe that the final victor would still be the official army under his command.

He has such self-confidence, and the self-confidence he has is constantly infecting those subordinates who are slightly uneasy.

The rain of arrows is still a rain of arrows, even if you close your eyes and stop thinking, you know what choice the enemy will make.

The defenders skillfully found where they should hide, relying on the heavy stone and blue bricks of the battlements to block the stray arrows in front of them, and then holding their shields above their heads to guard against the crossbow arrows falling from the sky, but in the jingling sound, silently counting the sheep that were shot into hedgehogs because they jumped up, and there was still a little spare in their heads to make up for the bloody shots.

For these defender soldiers who can already be regarded as "veterans", the baptism of arrow rain makes them quickly grow into a qualified soldier, of course, there is nothing else in this "qualified" standard, that is, they can protect themselves as much as possible on the battlefield, otherwise even if they are strong, even generals with tiger talismans, under this rain of arrows, there is only one result.

Those who can't protect themselves and are brave have been eliminated in this war, and the rest are some clever guys, as for how much courage they still have in their bodies. No one can say anything about this kind of thing.

But what is certain is that these clever guys can at least make Huangfu Song have soldiers available when he sits on the city wall, so as not to fall into the dilemma of greeting and no one responding to his subordinates, and also let the enemy face the crowd of people on the city wall, knowing that it is only now that its fangs are really exposed.

It's a pity that Geng Quan has been transferred to Huangfu Song's personal guard for a while. Otherwise, if he could still stay in the original army, he should be a team leader at this moment, or even a hundred generals, the only thing that is not very clear is that his soldiers do not know which part of the city will be replenished from the new Ding.

"General, the enemy is starting to fire arrows into the city!"

The enemy's attack on the city's head of the fire only lasted for three rounds, although the enemy's arrow rain lasted for a shorter and shorter time in recent times, but it is still very rare to see such a short period of only three rounds as today. Presumably, the enemy also knew very well that the soldiers of the state army who were now in the city were a group of human spirits who crawled out of the pile of dead people. No amount of time is a waste of ammunition.

Although the enemy army will definitely not lack that few arrows.

Of course, the slightly abnormal behavior of the enemy army today is certainly noteworthy, but this person who delivered the news to Huang Fu Song also made Huang Fu Song frown slightly and sighed secretly.

It's just that at the same time, Geng Quan is a rare joyful look, and every inch of skin on his face seems to radiate a huge light.

Without him, simply because the person who delivered the message was a female creature.

Because of the battles during this time, a large number of young people were killed. Although it is not that there are no men in the city who can take up arms and fight, after all, the huge Chang'an City needs a large number of troops to defend every area where the enemy army may appear. Naturally, there is a shortage of manpower.

So Zhu Jun asked his wife to organize a large number of women to participate in this battle that decided the fate of the entire Chang'an City.

Although most of these women can only take on some logistical and morale-boosting work, there are always some "extraordinary people" among them, who show that they are not inferior to the fighting ability of men, and give the barracks a little more restless.

is like the widow of the Tian family in front of her. It is said that he fled from the north with his mother-in-law, and all the men in the family died because of the yellow scarf, if it wasn't for the battle to defend the city and the outstanding appearance, maybe it should be a family with a hard and unknown life, even if it is not impossible to be forced to do a secret prostitution for a living.

But now. But it is like a wildflower blooming in the army, not only with bright colors, but also with extremely tenacious vitality, so that Geng Quan, who has always been single, can no longer contain the throbbing in his heart when he sees it.

"Let's go, go up and have a look, and see what the enemy is doing this time."

It's a pity that as Huangfu Song's personal guard, Geng Quan doesn't have any chance to pick up girls, and with Geng Quan's careful and fearful character, he doesn't dare to risk being reprimanded or even dealt with by military law to solve his life's events, or if she is really a bold person, in this era, maybe the child will be able to play soy sauce a long time ago.

Coming out of the hidden place, Geng Quan saw a scene that made his scalp tingle - the city was densely packed with black shadows representing the enemy, and they either carried, pushed siege equipment, or held short soldiers in hand, and rushed towards Chang'an City in a scattered formation.

This was the first time the enemy had attacked the city, and the enemy apparently hoped that this would be the last time as well.

So the battle was fought a little brutally from the start.

Once again, the enemy showed the people of the state their superior physique.

The counter-attacking bows and arrows were shot at them, and the jingling sound might still be able to hear a little rhythm if you listened to it at another time, but now, it will only make people feel a depressing feeling of sinking their hearts to the bottom.

Toppling the ladder to the city is not easy, and it takes a lot of effort. After the ladder fell, the soldiers who were planted with it only took a few seconds to get up from the ground, and then lift the ladder to continue the attack. Only the soldiers who fell into the moat that had not yet been filled in would push back a little distance, thinking that they would not participate in the siege for a while, but such "lucky ones" were only a few after all, like a splash in the water.

Perhaps the most effective way to attack is to pour grease on the heads of the enemy and the siege engines, and then throw a fire down to not only burn the siege engines, but also slow down the puppets.

The clay puppets seemed to be a little afraid of the fierce fire and water immersion, but compared to the fragile bodies of humans, such a body with only a few weaknesses was enough to make any army commander feel emotional.

Because the advance preparation is sufficient. Although the clay puppet army also paid a certain amount of battle damage, but such a number even Huangfu Song felt that it was too small and too little, even if it was replaced by the commander of extremely rare soldiers' lives, he would not care, and these battle losses brought about enemy soldiers began to appear on the city.

At first, a clay puppet soldier faced a defender composed of more than a dozen soldiers and militiamen. At most, they could only be killed by the defenders in exchange for five or six lives, but the ferocious combat effectiveness of these clay puppet soldiers not only made the soldiers feel terrified again, but also restrained the power of the city head, allowing them to gradually reduce the firepower they could give to the soldiers under the city.

So, after a while, the head of the city, where there were still a few clay puppet soldiers, was densely packed with countless clay puppet soldiers, which also made the entire city head defense line look crumbling, and it was about to miss soon.

At this critical juncture. Huangfu Song made a quick decision and invested in the reserve troops in his hands.

Unlike other combat reserve forces, where the combat effectiveness is generally slightly weaker, the reserves in the offensive and defensive battles of Chang'an City are all elite troops of the Bingzhou Army brought by Huangfu Song, at least they are veterans who have participated in battles for many years.

These troops did not appear in the city from the very beginning, because Huangfu Song did not regard them as defending troops in the first place, but as elite troops that could be quickly discharged if there was a problem in any direction. After that, because the enemy army did not attack the city and only fired arrows, even if this army was very warlike, it asked Huangfu Song to fight many times. But he was not allowed either.

It was only at such a critical moment that Huangfu Song was willing to put these troops on the battlefield.

After all, if the walls are missed. Then the battle is over.

Why?

Because the characteristics of the enemy army determine that they have no height advantage, the crossbowmen can bring enough huge pressure to the Bingzhou army, so it is conceivable that if the protection of the city wall is lost, then when the crossbowmen of the puppet army shoot condescendingly on the city wall, Huangfu Song does not think that his soldiers can guarantee that they will not collapse in such a difficult situation.

So, win or lose. In one fell swoop!

And Huangfu Song is naturally fighting on the front line of guarding Chang'an City.

Because, only by doing so, can he ensure that those militia units whose body is not supported and whose morale fluctuates because of the influence of the body can hold on. Instead of collapsing and triggering a chain reaction.

But the result of this is, of course, making Huangfu Song the target of the enemy's attention.

"General be careful!"

With an exclamation, one of Geng Quan's guards next to Huangfu Song was directly cut in two by the clay puppet soldier, and the plasma sprayed completely turned Geng Quan into a reddish-brown "blood man", and if he didn't feel that something was wrong and moved two steps in advance, Geng Quan felt that even if he wasn't killed in seconds like that colleague, he would probably be seriously injured, and then fall on this battlefield.

But his slight feeling of joy and rejoicing soon turned into unease and self-reproach.

Because because of his evasion, the emperor behind him suffered the damage that should have been borne by him.

Although this kind of injury was nothing to the old general, and he didn't need to worry about his HP being damaged with the burden of his guards, the scar was still so dazzling in Geng Quan's eyes, stabbing his eyes painfully.

Geng Quan is a person who cherishes life, even if he joins the army, he has not changed his belief in life, so even in the war-torn era, she still survived, although she was promoted and raised, served as a petty officer, and married Bai Fumei's life is insulated from him, but he can still live until now, and most of those fellow villagers and former colleagues who have "lofty ideals" have gone to the underworld because of various willingness to report.

He was supposed to continue to be his little guy and continue his life in obscurity until ......

Geng Quan couldn't be allowed to think wildly during the battle, but for some reason, he felt a warm feeling coming from his heart, a temperature he hadn't felt for a long time, a temperature he hadn't felt since his parents died.

The surrounding enemies seemed to be gathered here, and there were more and more, which also made the guards around Huangfu Song feel more and more difficult to parry.

Obviously, the soldiers of those puppet regiments already knew very well that the reason why Chang'an City was still able to stand here was precisely because of the old general in front of them. The old general is like a banner, a soul, supporting the backbone of the entire city, constantly fighting against the puppeteers.

If this spine is gone.

This assumption was enough to make any of the generals in the Puppeteers feel a burst of excitement, and enough to make any defender feel a chill, and both sides fought to the death for this assumption. So much so that I forgot that in this cruel environment, there was a person who seemed so out of place with this atmosphere.

However, the soldiers' intuition is very keen, just as Geng Quan can always make a choice to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, and the soldiers of the puppet regiment also seem to feel his problem here.

A bronze long sword suddenly stabbed out, aiming directly at Huang Fu Song's body, and Geng Quan, as Huang Fu Song's personal guard, blocked the trajectory of the bronze long sword. If Geng Quan dodge, then this long sword will stab Huang Fu Song's body, and it may not have a great impact on Huang Fu Song's HP protected by the tiger talisman, and if he doesn't dodge, then there is no doubt that he will suffer a heavy blow, even if he is killed, it is not impossible.

How to choose?

Do you want to be a coward for the rest of your life, or do you want to try to be a hero once, even if it's just for a few seconds?

"It's a pity, this damn body doesn't give me a chance to make a choice at all......"

Looking at the sword body that passed through his chest, Geng Quan fell into endless darkness before he could finish what he wanted to say at the end.

However, he might be happy, because Huangfu Song quickly killed the enemy who had that weapon stuck in Geng Quan's body in the ensuing battle.

In this way, the death of this little person can be regarded as worth it.

He should be considered a hero. (To be continued......)