Chai Rong looked at the scene in front of him, his scalp was numb, and his extremely tired body almost collapsed.

What can he do?

Although Wang Zhi ostensibly wanted to listen to his opinion, he actually made himself the person who came out in this way.

They all know that once the city is broken, the fate of nearly 10,000 women and children inside can be imagined, and most of them are the families of people with heads and faces in the clan.

Although Wang Zhi kicked the ball back, he didn't feel good in his heart, and no one wanted to do this.

Taking advantage of Chai Rong's entanglement, the crowd approached the city wall a few points.

Judging from the speed of the march, no one wanted to do this, and many of them knew that behind the wall, there were incense burns of nearly 10,000 people.

Grinding forward, just to live a little longer.

As for what to do when they arrive in the city, they can only take one step at a time, resign themselves to fate, and they will not be freed soon.

Looking at the mixed crowd that was getting closer and closer, not only Chai Rong, but also the defenders at the head of the city did not dare to breathe, and the hand holding the blade was a little tighter.

They are all veterans of the battlefield, and they all have experience in defending the city, although they are nervous, but their hearts are not panicked.

Chai Rong came back to his senses from the murderous atmosphere around him, and it was time to make a decision.

The lesser of the two powers, "Let's focus on the overall situation." ”

This sentence hollowed out Chai Rong's last ounce of strength after running for half a night, and he leaned against the city wall, holding on to it.

"But I have a request, let me out of the city, I want to be with them. ”

In the face of Chai Rong's request, neither Wang Zhi, who is a politician, nor Liu Liu, who represents the iron-blooded military, will agree.

For Chai Rong, he is the indirect murderer of the clansmen, and he needs to compensate and atone for his crimes, only in this way will he feel at ease.

But for Wang Zhi and Liu Liu, this is not in the interests of auspiciousness.

The starting point of thinking is different, and the conclusions drawn are naturally very different.

In the end, Wang Zhi persuaded him, "The matter has come to this point, so why give up your life in vain." When they get closer, you can communicate again, believing that the living peasants need you more than they do. ”

Wang Zhi promised to let them go to the city, which was an extremely risky decision, and Chai Rong understood what was at stake.

There is also a saying that speaks to his heart, and the living people need him even more.

Yes, it can be seen from the current situation that the invaders have no good way to take the mascot, which is why they have this trick.

They have already angered the tribe, and they still have to take the rest of the people to move to a new stronghold as soon as possible, and they also have to protect the last pure land of the tribe, and they can't die yet.

After figuring it out, Chai Rong bowed to Wang Zhi and Liu Liu to express his gratitude.

Things have come to this point, you can't complain about auspiciousness, he can distinguish between right and wrong, and the root of everything is on the invaders.

He understood from the day the whole tribe fell apart that he was still a half-grown child.

As long as it is something that the invader has a crush on, it is difficult to hold on.

Women, grain, gold, silver and jewelry, etc., as long as they feel valuable, the people of the ten tribes have to obediently offer, which is also the origin of tribute.

After thinking about it, the faltering crowd finally crossed the Manshui Bridge and came to the bottom of the city.

The closer they get to the city wall, the slower they go, and this wall is the Ghost Gate, so if you can't get close, you won't get close.

At this time, Wang Zhi handed over a horn.

After Chai Rong took it, he closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.

When he opened his eyes again, all the decadence was swept away, and all that remained was fortitude.

This is the hope of a tribe. ’

Every subtle move of Chai Rong did not escape Wang Zhi's eyes.

Chai Yi is old, if the next controller of the peasant clan has no responsibility, no sharpness, indecision, and lack of courage, how can he be worthy of forming an alliance with Jixiang?

Nobody likes pig teammates.

Chai Rong walked to the urn city in front of the city gate, and looked down on the old and young tribesmen.

Once again, he marveled at the intruder's cleverness.

The elderly have children, and the young children have their parents.

The old and the young have little ability to resist, and it is easy to control.

Once Jixiang attacks indiscriminately, behind every peasant who dies, all the injured are living families.

Let's ask, the parents and children are gone, how can the days continue, can they still face the mascot calmly in the future?

"I'm Chai Rong, the second leader of the peasant clan, my clansmen, you can't move forward any further. ”

Chai Rong's voice was not loud, but for the peasants who were dead silent and waiting for bad luck to come, it was not easy for rain to fall from the sky.

"It's the voice of the second leader. ”

"How could the second leader be here?"

"Are we saved?"

The appearance of Chai Rong gave the desperate peasants hope for life, and the city was extremely noisy for a while.

It didn't take long for the excited peasant people to be happy, but they thought of the truth behind the matter, and slowly fell into silence.

At this time, Chai Rong's voice sounded again.

"It's too late to say anything now, the outcome is already doomed, unless the invaders are merciful and let everyone go.

But is it possible?

Why are you here?

You'll say it's the intruders who kidnapped them.

But why did the intruders tie you up?

Now I know that they are using us as a shield, using our relationship with the mascot to blackmail the defenders, so that they will not dare to attack.

Do you think the mascot should attack us?"

Should or shouldn't?

The people under the city are in a tangle.

"You know, it was you who took the initiative to attack the auspicious city.

And don't forget the nearly 10,000 women and children!"

At this point, the eyes of most of the peasants in the city who had just lit up instantly dimmed.

One moment of heaven, one moment of hell.

"What did the invaders bring to us?

There are only disasters, and there will be more in the future.

They are like bloodsuckers, as long as they are in our bodies, they will not stop sucking our blood to strengthen themselves until we die.

The mascot came here, and what did it bring us?

With advanced agricultural tools, our harvests have nearly doubled, advanced medical skills have greatly improved the survival rate of newborns and mothers, abundant daily necessities have made our lives more comfortable, and many more like this, except that there is no plunder, no oppression, no exploitation.

If auspiciousness is defeated, we will lose all of this.

If the invaders are defeated, we will be free.

Your presence here has proven that Jixiang is strong, and this is only a part of Jixiang's troops.

For the sake of the continuation of the clan, for the freedom of the people, no matter how great the sacrifice is, it is worth it. ”

This is straightforward, but it fits the current environment.

The people in the city who had lost hope, under the baptism of Yang Rong, suddenly felt that their death had become great.

If the tribe is really strong and free in the future, its own contribution and credit will not be erased.

The power of faith is terrifying, it can turn a helpless man into a strong man of steel, and it can also make people desperate for their goals, like moths to a fire.

"Grandpa, did the second leader say that even if we die, it will be for the sake of the clan, and the clan will slowly become stronger because of this, and then drive away the invaders?"

A young child pulled the placket of the old man's clothes, raised his immature little face and asked very carefully.

"Is that grandson afraid?"

"The grandson is not afraid, as long as it is for the sake of the clan, the grandson is not afraid of anything. ”

......

The young and old peasants who have returned to the yang are no longer weak, and in the face of the doomed ending, their mentality has changed completely.

"Kill the invaders, give me back my land, and give back my family. ”

The sudden shouting in the crowd aroused everyone's blood, who is willing to be a slave?

One by one, they responded, from north to south, from near to far.

The crowd is like a wave of wheat blown by the wind, one after another, wave after wave of defections, spreading southward.

They want to let the last moment of their lives burst out with brilliant light, illuminate the direction of the peasants' progress, and be their stepping stone.

Chai Rong didn't shed tears, but his eyes were red, and he looked at the clansmen who fell one after another.

He's counting.

The mascot did not take this opportunity to shell, and the two sides of the city were in a mess, or it would be more appropriate to call it a one-sided massacre.

The intruder's artillery did not fire, firstly, the distance was not enough, and secondly, there was chaos in front, and there was no time to prepare, and the first thing they had to do was to clean up these chaotic elements.

When Chai Rong spoke, Wang Zhi had already asked people to report to the new stronghold of the peasant clan.

If the city rebels, the invaders will inevitably anger the peasants.

Wang Zhi hoped that they would move as soon as possible, conserve their strength as much as possible, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

Liu Liu also gave the order, and Hu Yu's fleet went south, preparing to shell the army behind the enemy and trap it on the trail.

The peasants could not die in vain, even if it was just to give them confidence, these invaders had to die.

"Let's go, the second master, or it won't be long before the enemy will launch an artillery bombardment, and it may not be safe here. ”

The guards carried Chai Rong into the city tower, where the terrain was high and the view was good, and the enemy's artillery could not reach it.

Gradually, the shouts of killing outside the city became inaudible.

The enemy began to clean up the battlefield, and the corpses were thrown into the water on both sides, leaving them to float with the waves.

The trail is no longer the appearance of the trail, but like a red ribbon, swaying from side to side with the wind, with spirituality.

By noon, neither the enemy nor the enemy had eaten, and they were making final preparations for the big battle.

"You're not in good spirits, go get some sleep first, and we'll take care of the rest. ”

Liu Liu couldn't bear to see Chai Rong like this, so he asked someone to take half a catty of 'Meng Jixiang' and give it to him, hoping to let him get drunk and rest.

Sending Chai Rong away, Liu Liu pinched the time to go to the city.

The vanguard of the enemy had reached the Manshui Bridge, and more than a thousand corpses had disappeared in the water along the way, and through the binoculars, Liu Liu could even see the enemy's hideous facial expressions.

"Inform the reserve team to eat, six points full. ”

"Yes. ”

"Artillery, this time you are not allowed to fire first, see how powerful the enemy's artillery is, and inform everyone to prepare for artillery shelling. ”

One after another, orders were passed out, and the entire city wall was crowded.

Seeing that the mascot did not shell at a distance of 1,000 meters as he had done yesterday, the invaders were bold and pushed the artillery forward another 100 meters.

But the mascot still didn't move, so he advanced another 100 meters.

After some tentative work, we came to the flooded bridge formed after the gunpowder explosion.

This is the limit distance, and their artillery can't get through.

Finally, the ten cannons of the vanguard rang out, and the solid iron eggs slammed into the city.

The enemy's firing angle was not high, and their target was the city gate, so most of the shells hit the outer wall, and only one fell into the urn city.

The pine gate was smashed by a cannonball, and the sound was not loud because of the large stone behind it.

The momentum caused by the cannon pellets hitting the city wall was not small, but the effect was not ideal, except for the cement mortar on the surface was smashed and flying, revealing the red brick wall inside, there was no real damage.

This is the effect of the enemy's first blow, which is within the range of auspicious bearing, and also expected by the invaders.

Then the second blow came, and there were a few more red spots on the surface of the wall around the gate.

"If they continue like this, if they want to break through the city gate, I'm afraid it will take half a day?"

After the staff officers got the data, they came to such a conclusion, and this is still in the case of auspiciousness not fighting back.

"It's all foreplay, and the means can't be so scarce, and I don't believe they don't have explosives. ”

As a result, the staff officers again started a discussion around the topic of explosives.

The enemy shelled two rounds, and when he saw that Jixiang was still like a turtle with a shrunken head, he ignored it, so he boldly came up with another group of artillery.

"Twenty guns, commander, do you want to fight?" asked Liu Liu.

"Let's fight. ”

After Liu Liu decided to fight back, he asked people to move the stones behind the city gate, and the intention was already very clear.

So, before the group of artillery that had just come up could be fired in a hurry, the three-inch guns on the head of the city began to counterattack.

"It's really not a long memory, yesterday's lesson is forgotten so quickly, you should be unlucky on the dog day, these are just interest charged to the peasants. ”

After seeing the effect of the shelling, the artillery commander blushed, excited like a child, and kept spewing trash talk from his mouth.

"The second wave of shelling preparations. ”

After a round of strikes, most of the invaders' twenty guns were missing, and the remaining ones finally rang out, and the effect was not to be said.

At this time, Jixiang's second counterattack arrived, and only a few pieces of artillery were scattered, and the other side could not even find anyone standing.

Hu Yu saw that the head of the city began to counterattack, so he accelerated to the south according to the plan.

He wanted to take advantage of the range advantage of the naval guns to block the enemy's rear route.