Huangfu Song, dead.

This result came as a surprise to many.

Even the Puppeteers, who had been trying to kill Huangfu Song but had never given up their efforts, were thrown into chaos by this sudden attack, and they really couldn't understand why their opponent, who they had just been completely unable to kill, had fallen in an instant, and it seemed that it was their own soldiers who had killed this opponent who was a headache for them.

At least it looks like a clay puppet, and it is dressed in the armor that only soldiers wear, and has a bun on his head that only soldiers wear.

Who the hell is this guy?!

For most people and clay puppets, this is a question that is extremely difficult for them to answer.

It's a pity that the culprit who killed Huangfu Song disappeared into the crowd of people in the next moment, looking like a professional assassin, and he would be thousands of miles away if he missed, but the costumes of those clay puppets were unprecedentedly lovesick, even if they were fixed and arranged neatly, it was not very easy to distinguish each of them, not to mention that the current situation was so chaotic.

However, this stagnation only lasted for a few short moments, and both the living and the clay puppets who were originally stunned seemed to be restarting the picture that had been pressed the pause button, how to fight and how to fight.

It's just that the atmosphere between the two sides seems to have become a little different.

The clay puppets were naturally excited, and even some of the clay puppets used their ugly voices to make a roar that was even more terrifying than that of the beasts, and the wall that was originally used to block the rescue of the living also became loose, obviously after the main target was eliminated, the clay puppet corps could put these forces into a more important battlefield sweep, as for the remaining dozen or so Huangfu Song's personal guards, in the eyes of the clay puppets had no previous value. Any soldier left behind can deal with these living who have lost their backbone.

The actions of the puppeteers made more people aware of the outcome of this spontaneous rescue, and many soldiers burst into tears on the spot - crying and shouting the name of their beloved commander while desperately killing the enemy, completely indifferent to their own defenses. It seems that he has already made up his mind to die and continue the rest of the battle with the idea of dying with the enemy.

In particular, the dozen or so remaining guards were like mad dogs, protecting Huangfu Song's lifeless corpse while rushing towards any enemy around them with a hideous face, no matter whether the feeling of the cut was dirt or steel, they didn't care, it didn't matter if their hands were bloody or they simply lost their arms, as long as they could continue to fight. With the weapon in his hand, with his angry fists, or simply with his only hard teeth, as long as he can hurt the enemy in front of him, a qiē means, a qiē way, there is no problem for these guards.

Speaking of which, they are not Huangfu Song's old subordinates, those who once followed Huangfu Song to fight in the south and north. Most of the guards who begged for the yellow scarves and rejected Qiang Hu have now gone into hiding because of their age. In the manor of the Huangfu Song family, there is a certain profession. Those who are now following him are all recruited and formed one after another after Huangfu Song became the principal of the military academy.

These people all have a common characteristic, that is, all of them are ordinary children, or simply some ordinary peasant children, who have missed the best time to enter school, and have nothing to do except for their strength.

Even though there are Xiliang people among them. There are people from Bingzhou, and there are also people from the prosperous land of Sanhe, but if there is no value from Huangfu Song, they may only continue to be accompanied by loess for the rest of their lives, instead of experiencing such a magnificent life.

Therefore, Geng Quan was valued by Huangfu Song and absorbed into this team because of an accident. These guards were a little jealous, but they also took it for granted, because they were lucky to be here.

Maybe the risk of becoming a soldier is greater, just like today, but they don't regret it, not only because Huangfu Song treats them very well, except for training, they are always pleasant, but also because the fate of their family has also changed because of their luck, so how can the good life they live now also owe to Huang Fu Song's favor for them.

Because of this, even if there is no entry in military law related to the responsibility of the guards to the commander, these people will make the same choice - except for those who are responsible for the heavy responsibility, the rest will be rewarded with death!

The news of Huangfu Song's death quickly spread with the change of the target and method of attack of the puppet army, and even the logistics personnel and others who were hiding behind the city wall also knew the news, obviously there was probably also the intention of the puppet army, after all, in the previous attack, everyone had already decided that Chang'an City could hold on until now, relying on an old general like Huangfu Song, a pillar of optimism, and now that spiritual pillar has fallen, so Chang'an City's will to resist ......

"For the sake of the emperor, fight!"

There is nothing wrong with the spiritual pillar indeed collapsing, but at the moment of confirming the news, the defenders still broke out into an amazing battle**, and even defeated the exhaustion of the body, and the fear of an unknown opponent, which looked imposing, and even drove many soldiers of the puppet regiment off the city wall at one point, making the originally precarious shape turn around a lot.

Of course, this result was not unexpected for the commander of the puppeteer regiment who had seen too many wars, in fact, the commanders of the puppeteer regiment who had collected information about the enemy army before thought that the merger army was obviously a rather difficult opponent from the very beginning, just like the country that once occupied the region of the state, and it was definitely not to be taken lightly.

The subsequent battle did confirm the judgment of these people, perhaps because of their innate physical conditions, the puppeteers gave them far more personal combat effectiveness than before, with their original will and obedience to orders, including the fanaticism for battle, so that even the least confident people in the puppeteers felt that the final victory would belong to them.

It's just that there is still controversy over the difficulty of the process.

However, the Bingzhou Army has taught them the accumulation of the development of the era and the innovative brain of the living time and again.

If such an opponent can't play with the spirit of 12 points, then defeat is probably not a fantasy.

It is precisely because of such psychological preparation that the puppet army will continue their suppression tactics against Chang'an City for a long time, even if they have enough advantages, how can such caution change because of the death of Huangfu Song.

It's not really inferior to the other party when it's at a disadvantage now, it's just like Cao Di's comment - "One blow, and then decline." As long as they survive the enemy's final counterattack, then without their spiritual support, no one will be able to summon their courage, fear will raise from the bottom of their hearts, and the exhaustion of the body will speed up the speed at which those negative emotions will occupy the body. And at that time, even in the city that once fought desperately, there will only be piles of walking dead left.

At that time, the war will be simpler, and the losses of the puppeteers will be smaller.

It only takes time to survive the momentum of the defenders.

Of course, this does not mean that the puppeteers will choose to retreat, and temporarily avoiding the edge only means that the puppeteers will not take the initiative to attack at this time, even if it seems that the balance of war has tilted in favor of the defenders, but they are still fighting and building the Great Wall of puppets on the top of the city. Let the stormy waves set off by the defenders smash the Great Wall of clay puppets and at the same time divide and even shatter themselves.

All in all, the commander of the puppeteers will not let the momentum of the defenders rise to such an extent that they cannot control the rhythm.

Because, in that way, it is very likely that new heroes will be born in the defenders, and then under the leadership of these new heroes, the defenders will easily find a new spiritual leader, and then the defenders who have been renewed in momentum will maintain the same combat effectiveness as before in the next battle.

No, it's even possible to get stronger. It will be even more difficult to defeat, as these defenders will gain confidence in this battle. This will also make the previous pressure on Chang'an City of the Puppeteers become a dead talk, and even those soldiers who do not need spiritual support still have the belief to win, and without the mystery as a cover, the victory of the Puppeteers may be reduced by another three.

This qiē and qiē mean that the hard-working plan of the puppet army has completely become the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror, and the water is lost.

This is obviously something that the commanders of the puppeteers cannot tolerate.

In fact, the stakes are also clear to those who are knowledgeable in the defending army. They also know very well that they have now reached the critical juncture of the whole battle, if they can repel the enemy's attack in one go, then Chang'an City still has to be defended, but if they can't repel the enemy in this case, then Chang'an City will be breached and it will be a matter of one or two days.

It's just that this truth is known. But they couldn't find any strength to smash this group of clay puppet soldiers whose whole body was as hard as a turtle shell, and every counterattack could cause all kinds of paralysis and even chaos on their side.

Huangfu Song should have a back hand, but with his death, everyone didn't know what kind of back hand he left, how to contact those back hands, and when to launch it, but there was no other action to cooperate with other than a desperate battle, so that the precious fighter plane passed by like this.

Is it really a lack of skills?

Behind the walls, invisible to the defenders of the walls, detachments were gathering. In order to maintain the defense line at the head of the city, the bow and crossbow of the puppet regiment extended the fire coverage back to the city wall, so that the rear can gather troops in a relatively safe environment more calmly, and these newly assembled troops are not ordinary cannon fodder, some of them are either lupine scarves, or holding swords, dressed as civil officials, and some are short shirts and shorts, showing hideous muscles, looking like miscellaneous servants who carry goods for the Chamber of Commerce, and around these "miscellaneous servants" are huge trebuchets, Large equipment such as ballistas.

"Duke Zhao, everything is ready, and now General Huangfu has unfortunately passed away, so this order can only be handed over to you to give it."

"Have you made up your mind, the next battle will be brutal."

“…… Yes, for the sake of this city guarded by General Huangfu, we have no choice. ”

"Then why did you give me the power to give orders?"

"Because you are highly respected, everyone can trust your decision, and the boy is ...... young in comparison."

"But the old man is no more than a white body at this time, and Ji Ping, you are an important member of my Han court. If it's up to me to give you orders. And if you obey my commands, what difference is there between us and those who are in trouble? ”

The two people who are talking, the young one is Wei Anwei Jiping, the concubine of the Hedong Wei family who has followed Li Shushi from Xihe to today. As the Taishou of the Northland, he should not have appeared here, but at the beginning, Huangfu Song planned to consult Wei An about the movements of the Hu people in the Beidi area, and Wei An respected Huang Fu Song, an old general, for his personality and talent, and saw that there was nothing too big in the county. He came in person, obviously in order to speak more clearly and carefully, and his secret idea was naturally to take the opportunity to ask Huangfu Song for more advice, whether it was the strategy of governing the army or some academic issues.

It's just that I didn't think that not long after I came to Chang'an, I encountered this kind of thing, so that Guardan had to stay in Chang'an. However, for Wei An himself, he didn't think this was a bad thing, but he was very happy to be able to get his words and deeds by Huangfu Song's side.

As for the old man who looked very old, but his waist was unusually straight, he was even bigger, he was the grandson-in-law of the great Confucian Ma Rong. At the same time, like Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan and others, they all asked Ma Rong for advice from the Confucian Zhao Qi and Zhao Suiqing.

With his knowledge, it is not difficult to get a good official position in Bingzhou, in fact, he was recommended by Ma Riyan, and Li Shushi himself admired the old man's style, Li Shushi actually hoped that the other party could become his subordinate. It's just that because he stayed under Li Shushi's rule for a long time, it was because Li Shushi was forced to do so, and he obviously couldn't give Li Shushi any good looks, and like many people who were left behind, he went to the official school or the library to hide, as if his ears didn't hear what was going on outside the window.

Li Shushi could not say that he was satisfied with such a result. But he didn't do anything more - that was his bottom line anyway.

If it weren't for Huangfu Song's invitation this time, I'm afraid Zhao Qi would still be the "Dr. Zhao" who has a high reputation in the official school.

That's why I don't want to give orders or something. I'm afraid that in addition to the sake of his mouth, he also doesn't want to be too contaminated with the state army, although in this case, he has done too many actions that are a little against his will.

However, just think of the innocent people in the city, and think of what might happen to them after the city is broken. Zhao Qi still stood here without shirking, waiting for the order to attack.

Perhaps Zhao Qi is one of the few people who know the truth, but instead of pinning his hopes on inhuman kindness, Zhao Qi prefers to believe the claims of the living, at least except for many seemingly "rebellious" actions. The people are living quite well under the rule of the Bingzhou Army, and it can even be said that it is much easier than when Emperor Huan Ling was in power.

"Is that so? Well, everyone, listen up! For the sake of General Huangfu, counterattack, start! ”

Hundreds of stone projectiles and giant arrows were fired, and the target of these weapons would be the soldiers who were fighting at the head of the city, regardless of whether they were friends or foes - yes, in such a situation where both sides were intertwined, it was obvious that it was no longer possible to accurately hit the enemy, and only a miracle could really do it.

Even if the attack power of the weapons attached to these stone bullets and arrows does not hurt the soldiers who are equipped with tiger charms and amulets to distinguish between friend and foe, the physical force will not be changed, and if you are knocked down by a stone, you will bleed and may die.

In fact, the crossbowmen of the Puppet Corps are doing the same thing, although the Puppets have stronger defense, but in the face of their own powerful crossbow arrows, they will also be shot through, and they will also suffer battle damage. It's just that in comparison, such losses have been calculated by the commanders of those puppet regiments, and Ci Bu is in charge of the soldiers.

In this way, the outcome of such an attack can be said to be extremely unfavorable to the defenders, because their bodies are more fragile, and at this time, the living at the head of the city have an advantage over the clay puppets in terms of numbers alone.

Is it really that simple to fight back? The result of a well-prepared offensive is the total annihilation of the enemy and the enemy, and even the physical superiority of the clay puppet soldiers has accelerated their own demise?

How can it be!

The azure light lit up immediately after the next moment, although there were also fiery red for the flame, sand yellow for the storm, and emerald green for the earth, but these lights were obviously not the main theme, but more like an embellishment of the refreshing azure, the azure that represented the continuation of life will inevitably appear around the colorful colors that represent the life will inevitably appear.

Although he is already very old, the old man Zhao Qi is like a young man, frantically pouring the strategy of rejuvenating the defenders to the city, so that they can fight regardless of the pain and no worries, and with him, there are also those old civil officials behind him who are also gray-haired and even pale-faced, as well as a group of young and childish young men, and of course, there are more young people who are in their prime and are in their prime.

Huangfu Song has brought almost all the civilian officials who can be found in the city here, whether it is a strategic attack or a strategic support like now, this is really a force that can change the situation on the battlefield.

Even without Huangfu Song's scheduling, these people's actions are somewhat chaotic and lack sufficient purpose.

But at this moment of unity, it is still enough to completely change the situation on the battlefield.

A change that made the commander outside the city violent.

When a city not only has tall walls and all kinds of complete defense facilities, but also has people who regard themselves as city walls and moats, with the current strength of the puppet army, can they really capture such a city?

Vaguely, the past that had happened in Handan City came to his mind.

And when he hallucinated in front of his eyes, the clay puppet soldiers who had firmly occupied the city had been basically driven out of the city, and their successors could never return to the place where their robes had fought. (To be continued......)