With the white belly of the fish in the east, the wolf smoke of Yanmen Pass was ignited, and the few people returned to the sentry post, and saw that the sergeants on the city wall in front of them had also entered a state of alert, and the archers were already in place, followed by the reserve sergeants who replenished supplies, as well as piles of stones and stone tools.

After getting ready, he didn't attack for a long time, Bu Tong watched with a clairvoyant mirror,

"Why didn't you attack?"

General Xu is also worried, now that the wolf smoke has risen, it means that the Beiliang people have begun to attack, but the bow and arrow have not been sent for a long time, and everyone is inevitably uneasy, "Could it be that the distance has not yet arrived?" ”

Butong shook his head slightly,

"Even if it's not in range, it shouldn't be this long."

"That's right," Commander Xu suddenly paused, "Lao Ming, they should be guarding the stone forest outside the city, why don't there be messengers to deliver the letter at this moment?" ”

Bu Tong felt really uneasy,

"January, you go and see how it goes."

"Yes," a word fell out of thin air, and there was no more sound, and Commander Xu and Mu Le looked around, only feeling very surprised.

Not long after leaving in January, the letter soldiers arrived, covered in blood, almost unable to climb the sentry, and fell to the ground with a "plop", "The county lord, General Xu, the Beiliang vanguard army is trying to attack, our organ key is almost exhausted, General Ming led people to block the enemy outside the city, he asked me to tell the city, the brothers are afraid that they will not be able to come back, I am the last message, the passage in and out has been destroyed, and the brothers in the city do not want to rescue, do not open the door, just wait for them to fight the last drop of blood, that is, do their best." ”

The heart was stabbed into the knife fiercely, and when Bu Tong finished arranging these positions, he clearly knew that the outermost sneak attack troops were the most difficult to survive, no matter what the final outcome was, whether the front gate could be guarded, and the enemy army reached the city gate, it was to pass through the stone forest, but a few hundred people, how could they resist the army of 80,000, but they just tried their best to hold back.

The letter soldier knelt on the ground, and the whole person was a little out of strength, Bu Tong took a deep breath to stabilize his tone,

"How many people are there in the first wave of vanguards?"

The soldier shuddered with a faint collapse, "There are two thousand of them. ”

There was a moment of silence among the people, and everyone naturally knew what the result would be if the two thousand people were only three hundred people with General Ming.

Bu Tong turned around and went down,

"Stay here! I'll go to the front wall and have a look. ”

Commander Xu immediately stopped him in the back, "The county lord can't, now the city gate is really dangerous, how can you ......?"

Bu Tong had already left, leaving him with only one sentence,

"General Xu is not allowed to follow, you will coordinate the overall situation here!"

Mu Le and Chun Tao hurriedly followed, and the three of them passed through the people who were hurriedly preparing their bows and arrows, and their feet were filled with the crisp sound of stepping on sawdust and branches, and the smell of lamp oil was thick and heavy, lingering on the tip of the nose and only making people feel nervous.

Climbing over the high stone staircase, Bu Tong is stepping on the stone face on the city wall, the thick and rough stone surface has been polished and trampled on over the years, becoming warm and smooth, Bu Tong pressed the black heavy city wall on the side, pulling a passing sergeant,

"Where is General Xiang?"

The sergeant looked at Butong, "Who are you?" ”

"County Lord!" Xiang ran to the general, "Why did you come here?" There is chaos and danger ahead, so go back to General Xu's place. ”

Bu Tong looked at the fire-filled appearance on the side,

"I can't rest assured, what's going on?"

General Xiang's face became heavy, and his throat rolled a few times before he spoke, "Since the county lord is here, just come forward and take a look, I'm afraid it's Lao Ming, and he won't be able to come back......"

Bu Tong followed Xiang Commander and walked quickly to the opposite city wall, the outside was indeed a mess of swords and halberds, and the black pressure in the distance was the large army of Bei Liang, and the voice shouted and fueled the momentum, and the oppression made people's hearts messy, Bu Tong stepped forward and pressed on the city wall to look at the sword light and sword shadow not far away,

"But General Ming is down there?"

Xiang General Shen spoke, "Beiliang two thousand cavalry, is sweeping away all the obstacles before the siege, so that the army can pass, General Ming's best organ ambush technique, is done in front of the effort, once used up, there is no more, now all the opportunities are almost exhausted, the ambush and sneak attack can no longer stop the progress of the enemy, in order to protect the city gate, can only be hard." ”

Bu Tong looked at the people who were fighting together not far away, and his heart was pinched,

"How long has this been going on?"

General Ming's heart ached, and he frowned and looked in that direction, "It's been almost half an hour, and they are fighting against the water, and they don't care about their lives at all, as long as the enemy army doesn't cross the thunder pool." ”

Bu Tong watched the sergeants fall down one by one, almost through blood and tears, looking at the remaining twenty or thirty blood-stained people, and took a big breath to the commander,

"Lao Ming, they're still there!"

So people looked at the stone forest one after another, there were corpses and horses running away everywhere, and the bloody people who were still standing were indeed the soldiers of Yanmen Pass.

"Good ......" Butong almost choked, but he was also helpless and desperate.

However, after half a cup of tea, the Beiliang army on the opposite side allocated a group of men and horses to rush towards this side, and went straight to the sergeants who continued to lift the saber in the stone forest, Bu Tong could hardly bear to look at it, and when he looked up again, the cavalry had already patrolled around the place and returned to the army with a brisk hoof.

There was a dead silence on the city wall, and even a few low sobs were heard, and Butong trembled to see, there was already silence in the stone forest, and the people on the ground were already muddy after being trampled by horses, but they deeply pierced everyone's hearts.

He shouted back to the Commander,

"All back to their place! Always ready for battle. ”

Everyone wiped their faces and scattered, and looked at Butong to the commander, "The county lord should go back." ”

Bu Tong shook his head firmly,

"What I want is for everyone to defend Yanmen Pass together, not as long as you come to shed blood and sacrifice to kill the enemy for the country, and I hide behind everyone and wait for the result."

A flash of water flashed in the eyes of the commander, and it was fleeting, and he saluted very firmly, "Don't worry, the county lord, we are not greedy for life and afraid of death, everyone understands the important stakes of Yanmen Pass, this place has been established for nearly a hundred years, the copper wall is ironclad, and the city is strong, as long as you keep this city gate, why not wait for reinforcements to arrive!" ”

Bu Tong nodded and comforted,

"Yanmen Pass is the largest pass in the north, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not difficult for everyone who has been stationed here all year round to defend it for a day."

The eastern sky lit up little by little, and the enemy troops in Beiliang on the opposite side seemed to be stimulated by the sun, shouting loudly and rushing to this side.

When they entered the firing range, ten thousand arrows were fired, and the first group of cavalry folded in front of the city gate, and the men behind began to stop attacking, and set up stone hammers and pointed at the people on the city wall.

"Be careful!" Bu Tong shouted.

Commander Xiang immediately noticed it and shouted, "Be careful with the stones, do a good job of protection!" ”

The sergeants raised their shields one after another, fist-sized stones were thrown at everyone in an instant, and after temporarily suppressing them, the cavalry on the opposite side continued to move, and the sergeants propped their shields on the city wall, and continued to shoot arrows from the gaps, cutting off the people who crossed the thunder pool under their horses.

In this way, as long as the arrows are complete, it is enough to support.

Bu Tong looked at the stone hammer that was constantly operating in the distance, listened to the screeching sound of stones hitting the shield and the occasional painful cry from under the city wall to hit the people, turned his head to look at Commander Xiang not far away, and suddenly had an idea,

"General Xiang, where is our stone hammer, and get some oil and hemp rope!"

Answered to the commander.,Quickly beckoned someone to get what Bu Tong wanted.,Bu Tong beckoned Mu Le and Chun Tao who were holding shields on the side,

"Gather the rocks thrown from the ground and give them to me!"

On the city wall, there are scattered stones, as if on the rocky beach by the river, you can reach out and bring a pile of stones, Butong sits on the ground, wraps it tightly around the stones with hemp rope, and then pours fire oil.

Mu Le's action of collecting stones paused, and he frowned slightly when he looked at Bu Tong's strange move,

"You're ......"

Bu Tong quickly wrapped up a pile and instructed the sergeant next to the stone hammer,

"Take your shield and fight back with these stones, I'm going to use the arrows borrowed from the straw boat to destroy the boat on the other side!"

The sergeant loaded these "special" stones into stone hammers, and couldn't help but remind,

"County Lord, I'm afraid that the stone wrapped in this way is not lethal."

Butong reached out to check the water tank resting on the inside, and waved his hand,

"Light the fire and throw it out!"

Xiang Commander instantly understood Bu Tong's intentions, and suddenly came to his senses, holding a shield and quickly stepped forward to help, Chun Tao was also quickly continuing to wrap the stone with the oil rope with Bu Tong, and Xiang Commander helped to load the stone hammer together,

"The county lord has a good idea, the enemy army outside is close to the stone forest, and their weapons are inexhaustible, but once the stone tools are destroyed, we can get half a breather."

Bu Tong's subordinates quickly wrapped the hemp rope, and the delicate little hands were hot and painful, but there was only one thought left,

"There are countless people who make arrows and weapons under the city walls, they have no shields, and now they don't know how many casualties they have, but they have to do their best to protect everyone."

Xiang Commander took out the fire fold and stretched out his hand, and suddenly the stone tool was shrouded in a ball of fire, the sergeants endured the heat and cut the ropes, and several fireballs suddenly turned into stars, crossed the already bright sky, and fell straight to the opposite camp, Bu Tong greeted the sergeants,

"Go get water to put out the fire."

The sergeants reacted quickly, and the stone that had caught fire did not stay long on the wooden stone hammer, and it was quickly pressed down.

Stone attacks were noticeably smaller, and more sergeants joined in the action of collecting stones to apply fire oil, and the archers in front shouted,

"Two stone throwers are on fire!"

"Another one!"

"There are two left!"

"All the stone tools are ruined!"

……

The sergeants cheered briefly, and Bu Tong and the others stopped their movements and breathed a sigh of relief, until the sergeants in front shouted,

"The attacking enemy forces have retreated!"

There was a mixture of cheers and praise on the city wall, and Muller threw down his shield and looked at Butong with a strange look,

"So you do have something real in your head."

Bu Tong didn't care about analyzing his words, and hurriedly continued to instruct the commander,

"General Xiang, I'm afraid that the next attack will be more violent, so we still have to find a countermeasure."

Give a warning to the sergeant in front of the commander,

"Enemy attack!"

Start the second wave of the offensive so soon?!

Everyone was surprised and hurriedly put everyone on guard.