Fortunately, Marquis Weiyuan withstood the pressure early in the morning and asked the court for help in advance. If you really wait until the soldiers come to the city and then ask for help, it is estimated that when the imperial court receives the news, the Shanhai Pass has been broken.

"Xiao Yao, will you send us away?"

Xiao Yao glanced at Gu Fanghua deeply, and his deep voice was like the sound of a piano: "I will let someone send you away." ”

Sending you away means something completely different from having someone send you away. Hearing Xiao Yao's answer, Gu Fanghua knew that he was afraid that he would have to live and die with Shanhaiguan.

"I'm not leaving, you don't have to send someone to escort me. I swore in public outside, I would work with Shenzhou, if I really arrived at Shanhaiguan and couldn't hold the day, I would die in Shanhaiguan. ”

Gu Fanghua said the strongest words with a smile, but in her soft voice, there was no doubt about firmness. She's definitely not going to go!

Zhong Taojiao also said loudly: "Killing one is enough, killing two to earn one, even if I die, I will have to pull a few backs." ”

Xiao Yao was full of contradictions.

In his heart, he didn't want Gu Fanghua to defend Shenzhou, even if Shanhaiguan was broken and Shenzhou was lost, he also hoped that Gu Fanghua would be safe.

Intellectually speaking, Gu Fanghua's identity doomed her to not retreat, and forcibly sending her away was not only an insult to her, but also a shame for the Gu and Zhong families.

If you want to blame, you blame yourself for going back to Liaodong, so that Gu Fanghua will go this way.

"Mingzhu, when the last group of people from Shenzhou go to Shanhaiguan, if you still don't want to leave, I will go to Shanhaiguan with you."

Xiao Yao said his promise with a little difficulty, Gu Fanghua smiled sweetly, there is no need to say a thousand words, I understand you, and you understand me.

The combined forces of the Jurchens and the Mongols were really anxious, and just after evening, their own army had not completely rested, and began to forcibly attack the city.

Ladders, warriors who went forward one after another, and sharpshooters on the lookout, began to attack the city with their lives.

Now in this cold winter season, the city walls are splashed with water and ice, and the boiling oil is not used, so it is all about stones and logs to smash people. But those people were not afraid of death, countless people were smashed to the ground, and countless people climbed up again.

The steppe marksman on the lookout is basically the same as the city wall, hidden behind the shield, and basically has no arrows.

The person in charge of defending the city today is the veteran Wang Shaotang, who personally climbed the city tower to inspire the soldiers. Command the Great Zhou Marksman and compete with the Prairie Marksman.

One hides behind a stack of arrows, the other behind a shield, and shoots the steppe archer with his hand or forehead whenever he opens his bow and arrows.

After several battles, the sharpshooters of the steppe died one by one, and finally did not dare to climb the lookout again. But their attack was so fierce that on two occasions they were robbed of the city walls.

Although they were killed again soon, the casualties were too fast in such a high-intensity battle.

The knives of many Great Zhou soldiers were cut to the edges, and General Wang Shaotang could only arrange an hour to change a team of people in order to resist the fierce offensive of the Jurchen and Mongol coalition forces.

The news spread to the handsome tent like flowing water, and Xiao Jing faced the dinner without any appetite.

The most fearful thing happened, and Hershemin really chose the wheel war, exchanging their people for their lives, and vowing not to give up until they broke through the Shanhai Pass.

"Yanlin, what are the casualties so far today?"

"General Hui, so far more than 1,000 people have died, 300 are seriously injured, and about 2,000 are lightly injured."

This casualty was indeed too heavy, Xiao Jing couldn't help frowning and said: "The city walls are full of thin ice, even the ladder is not easy to stand firm, how can it be so easy to attack?" ”

"General Hui, now their ladders have been shortened so that they can climb up, but our people can't reach them with their hands. And they have a large number of marksmen, and our people basically died from arrow wounds. ”

Xiao Jing couldn't sit still, and ordered: "Go, go up and have a look!" ”

Yan Lin knew Wei Yuanhou's temper, and was busy waiting for him to put on the golden silk soft armor and arrange for his personal guards to escort him to the city wall.

As soon as Xiao Jing climbed the city wall, he witnessed the ferocity of the grassland coalition army. The corpses of the steppe warriors under the city wall have been covered with a thick layer, but the besiegers who have gone forward and followed the city seem to have no gaps and do not know their exhaustion.

The most powerful thing is that a row of shields was set up a hundred zhang away.

Aiming holes and arrows were dug in the shield, and then their marksmen hid behind the shield, and the arrows were basically missed.

If the Great Zhou soldiers were exposed, they would be ready-made targets, but if they hid, the people on the ladder would be able to climb up quickly.

Wei Yuanhou frowned and said angrily: "Vice General Wang, are we going to suffer in vain?" ”

"General, there is no way to do this, our archers simply can't penetrate the shield so far. But our people are within the range of others. ”

Vice General Wang is also very helpless, it is not easy to attack the city, and it is also difficult to defend the city!

Wei Yuanhou watched quietly for a while, and ordered: "The distance between here and the shield array is only about a hundred zhang, if we take the initiative to attack with light horses, we will soon be able to enter the shield array." There can't be too many sharpshooters in their army, and after this wave of killings, they can save the lives of many soldiers. ”

Vice General Wang paused, a little embarrassed: "General, although the shield array is not far from us, it is not far from the place where they are encamped. If our people go, they will be attacked from both sides, and they will not be able to come back. ”

"If you can't come back, you have to go! You resist first, and I'll arrange for the manpower. ”

Wei Yuanhou walked down the city tower quickly, and when he saw the corpses that were constantly being carried down, his heart was like a knife.

He was thinking about how to arrange this mortal team, and Yanhua came to say: "General, Guan Shan and the others in the prison heard that the war had started, and they petitioned one after another, hoping to die on the battlefield to atone for their sins. ”

"Guan Shan?"

Wei Yuanhou then remembered that there was still a group of people in Guanshan, who were locked up in prison.

After thinking about it for a while, Wei Yuanhou ordered: "Go, bring them, and then go to each team to see if there are any volunteers to participate in being dead soldiers?" The pension is three times higher. ”

Soon, a team will be organized to target the Prairie Shield Array marksman, and the news of the dead soldiers will spread all over Shanhaiguan.

Many people enthusiastically signed up, and finally Guan Shan led the team, in addition to those dozens of people, and selected some lightly injured soldiers who volunteered to play to form a team of 120 dead soldiers.

Before leaving, Wei Yuanhou poured a bowl of wine for each of them with his own hands, and said: "There is no way back here, and you will definitely die." I will not open the gates again, and any of you who want to exit will have a chance. ”

A fighter wounded in the left shoulder shouted: "His grandmother's! Those barbarians hide behind and release cold arrows! Instead of being killed by cold arrows, it is better to hack those turtle grandsons to death and avenge the other brothers! ”

"Revenge! Avenge! ”

These are the voices of the wounded soldiers, and the casualties are too aggrieved.

Guan Shan held up the wine bowl and said loudly: "General, we are originally guilty people, if we can complete the task today, I hope the general can spare the sins of the old and weak women and children." ”