The Northern Qin army slowly approached the city, and the golden city, which was originally a projectile land, was even more cramped in front of the enemy army swept by the waves.

The Northern Qin army was much more sophisticated than the Uighur army, and as the army slowly pressed towards the city, the ditches that Xi Yan had ordered to dig were filled one by one.

The distance of three hundred paces was already within the range of the longbow, and many arrows flew one after another under the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city blocked them with their swords, and the occasional one who was hit by the arrow also endured it vigorously, and never left the city until the last moment.

Rather than hiding under the wing protection of his comrades, it is better to die in this city, this is the idea of every Da Zhao defender, and the soldier who died on the battlefield is much more glorious than other ways to die.

Seeing the enemy army under the city slowly approaching, many soldiers already wanted to stretch their bows and arrows. But the military order is like a mountain, less than one hundred and fifty paces, no one is allowed to release arrows without authorization.

Soon, two hundred steps, one hundred and seventy-five steps, one hundred and fifty steps!

"Shoot the arrows!"

With the commander's order, thousands of arrows were fired at the head of the city in an instant, and all the arrows shot straight towards the Northern Qin front army. Seeing the arrows shooting towards him, the Northern Qin heavy armor soldiers in the front row didn't care, they only thought that it was the same as the previous throw, and when the bow and arrow shot in front of him, he was powerless to pierce the armor, and there was no need to resist at all.

But this time, all the arrows came like lightning, and the armor-piercing effect was unexpectedly good. Without defense, the Northern Qin soldiers in the front row soon fell one by one.

Seeing this, the Da Zhao soldiers at the head of the city drew their bows and arrows one after another, and shot flat again. However, the Northern Qin army had already taken precautions, and when they saw the rain of arrows coming again, they all held shields to resist, so this round of flat fire had little effect.

Seeing this, Xi Yan ordered: "The crossbow on the bed of the city wall shoots a salvo at the enemy's front army." Trebuchets in the city are ready to be projected at the rear of the enemy army. ”

"General, the enemy's mid-army is retreating, and our army's bed crossbows and trebuchets cannot hit its camp!"

"Huh!" Xi Yan couldn't help but sneer, "This Fu Mang is really cunning, he knew that our army would attack his camp, so he retreated first, leaving only a part of the army to attack the city." Knowing that our army does not have much food and grass, he wants to go out of the city and surrender to him when we are exhausted, which is really wishful thinking! ”

At this time, six hours had passed since the Northern Qin army launched the first round of siege. As the night gradually fell, Xi Yan looked at the gradually dim sky, and a bold thought came to mind.

"Pass my military orders!" Xi Yan's face was resolute, "Heavy cavalry, lancers go out of the city to fight!" ”

"General?" Liu Peiqi was slightly stunned, and then reacted, "The general wants to attack the camp at night?" ”

Xi Yan nodded and said kindly, "Since Fu Mang has withdrawn the big battalion, then we will take advantage of his retreat to attack him unprepared." Anyway, it was already twilight, and even if the attack on the camp failed, it would be a big deal to retreat to the city. Hold on to the city, and I will lead the men to attack the camp! ”

"The last general obeys!"

The city gate was opened under the cover of night, and the drawbridge was slowly lowered, from the time the Northern Qin army began to attack the city until now, the Great Zhao army had repelled their nine rounds of attacks, and while the Northern Qin army had not yet made a comeback, three thousand iron cavalry had been lined up outside the city.

When the city gate was about to close, Xi Yan turned his eyes and saw Zhan Feihong rushing out with one or twenty soldiers of his age.

"Zhan Feihong, what are you doing!?" Xi Yan glared at him angrily, "Didn't I order you to stay in the city and guard the city!" ”

"General! I am a cavalryman, and it is the infantry's duty to defend the city! Since you have taken me as a soldier, why don't you let me follow you? ”

In a few words, Zhan Feihong had come to Xi Yan.

"Do you know what the consequences of disobeying military orders are?"

Xi Yan wanted to scare him and let him return to the city obediently, but he didn't want Zhan Feihong to say, "Disobeying the military order will be punished with a cane or a head, but you just want to punish me, and you will be punished when you go back." Besides, I am also a big Zhao man, and it is also my responsibility to guard the country! ”

Xi Yan clenched his fists a little angrily, but he knew that what Zhan Feihong said made sense, as a big Zhao man, he would never back down on the battlefield, and besides, time was pressing, so he could only acquiesce to Xiao Zhan by his side.

It's just a moment, three thousand iron cavalry rushed towards the camp of the Northern Qin army, if this battle can tear a gap in the camp of the Northern Qin, maybe they can leave.

As early as before leaving the city, Xi Yan had instructed in advance, "Leave with one blow, don't fall in love." ”

The Northern Qin camp was already close at hand, and Xi Yan deliberately chose the slightly weaker flank of the camp, but when he was about to charge, he smelled a hint of danger......

This barracks has no feeling of war readiness at all, and it is really quiet and terrifying.

Xi Yan trusts his instincts very much, and in the past many assassinations and battles, his instincts have not gone wrong.

Fu Mang has been on the battlefield for many years, how could he expose his thin flanks like this? There must be an ambush in the camp!

Thinking of this, Xi Yan decisively shouted, "The whole army retreats!" There is an ambush in the camp! ”

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, many arrows were shot at the originally scheduled place to attack the camp. Fu Mang led the people to step forward immediately, arrogant, "Ignorant people dare to attack the camp!" Ben Shuai told you to come and go! ”

When the soldiers of Da Zhao heard this, they turned their horses and galloped away. Approaching the city, seeing that the drawbridge was about to fall again, Xi Yan immediately ordered the city in a loud voice: "Don't open the door!" Ben Shuai would rather die than surrender! ”

Then he ordered the men and horses behind him, "The whole army listens to the order, turn the horse's head to meet the enemy!" ”

It's not that Xi Yan didn't think that the attack on the camp would fail, but when it really came at this moment, he was a little unwilling in his heart. But since you have made the wrong choice, you must bear the consequences.

Years later, when Xi Yan recalled the battle that took place that night, the shadows of the swords and the disgusting smell of blood in the air still terrified him.

Xi Yan clamped the spear under his flank, looked firmly at the enemy army coming like a tide, and shouted loudly, and the purple shadow under him chased the wind and rushed towards the enemy first. Xi Yan's arm rotated inward, and the silver spear immediately fell, and after a few back and forth, there were already many dead souls under the gun.

When the soldiers under his command saw that the commander was desperate to charge into battle, their morale soared for a while, and they all took one as ten.

The soldiers of Da Zhao at the head of the city saw that their comrades had the upper hand, and they all applauded. Seeing this at the head of the city, Liu Peiqi also ordered the archers to fire arrows at the Northern Qin army in the distance. At this moment, less than half of the 3,000 people led by Xi Yan remained.

The strength was rapidly draining, and later, every time Xi Yan swung the spear, his arms became extremely heavy...... It's not like he hasn't experienced this kind of fight before, but this time, he really felt death.

Once, when he and his friends chatted, they also threw life and death like sand, but at this moment, Xi Yan found that life and death have never been light, and they have always been like heavy shackles, pressing on themselves.

It was just a trance, a spear still stained with blood had been forced in front of him, Xi Yan had even seen the smug smile on the face of the enemy soldier, he only needed to send it lightly, and the spear could pierce his chest.

Maybe he was really tired, and for a moment, Xi Yan wanted to leave with his brother like this.

In the next moment, the sound of a sharp weapon piercing into the body came, this sound could not be more frequent on the battlefield, whether it was killing or being killed, this piercing silk cloth sound would be heard.

But Xi Yan didn't feel pain, a warm blood splashed on his cheeks, one side of his eye, who was blocking in front of him, who was Zhan Feihong?

The enemy's spear had pierced his heart, and the knife in his hand had slashed into the head of the enemy soldier.

This is the responsibility of a pro-soldier, but Xi Yan feels ...... The decision he made to keep him by his side that day ended up hurting him.

Until the last moment before his death, Zhan Feihong turned his head and smiled lightly at Xi Yan.

Such a bright smile should have appeared on a child's face, but it should not have appeared at this time, in this Shura's hellish battlefield, before this young man died......

Can't tolerate the mist in his eyes, Xi Yan suddenly woke up, how could he die? Comrades who guard the city, and soldiers who guard them...... All the responsibilities are still waiting to be borne by themselves, how can they die?

The war continues......

The Da Zhao cavalry under the city seemed to have forgotten the pain, and occasionally stabbed into their bodies with sharp blades, but they also gritted their teeth and said nothing, turned around and waved their knives to cut the enemy off their horses.

Seeing that the soldiers of Da Zhao were so brave, the Northern Qin army kept retreating, and the soldiers showed frightened looks on their faces. But before they could retreat to safety, they were cut down by their own overseers.

It's a pity that the enemy is outnumbered, and under the constant attrition, the team led by Xi Yan gradually has only a few hundred people left. The remaining soldiers slowly gathered together, escorted Xi Yan, who was already wounded, in the center, and brazenly launched a final charge against the Northern Qin army.

Hundreds of people rushed towards the enemy in the shape of arrows, knowing that it was a moth to the fire, but they were still frosty and fearless.

Fu Mang looked at the charging Da Zhao soldiers from a distance, and there was a hint of admiration in his eyes. After sighing lightly, Fu Mang instructed his subordinates: "Retreat." ”

"General! If we encircle again, we will definitely be able to annihilate these people in one fell swoop! ”

"I have an appointment with someone first, and at this moment, I can't break my trust with others." Fu Mang's eyes darkened, "Retreat!" ”

The originally invincible Northern Qin army retreated like a tide, and Liu Peiqi, who had been supervising the battle at the head of the city, finally relaxed and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, while Xi Yan's hand holding the silver spear was already trembling.

At the moment when the city gate was about to close, Xi Yan looked back and looked out of the city, a Da Zhao soldier kneeling in front of the city gate with a spear in his hand, his body was covered with scars, his eyebrows were covered with frost and snow, but there was no trace of fear in his eyes.

A soldier passing by was about to reach out his hand to help, but the next moment, he fell straight into the snow, and until he died, he maintained a fighting posture.

The night has passed.

The sun was slowly rising in the east as usual, and the army in the city looked at the place where the fierce battle had been, and realized how terrible the battle had been last night.

There was hardly a complete corpse to be found on the entire battlefield, and the muddy snow was mixed with stumps and red bloodstains, why was the land in the northwest red? It was the blood of the soldiers that soaked the land red.

In last night's battle, although Da Zhao lost more than 2,000 soldiers, Northern Qin also left more than 5,000 corpses.

Xi Yan looked at the battlefield in front of him from the city, and the loneliness and desolation appeared in his backwater-like eyes.

"Jincheng is a dead end, blocked by the Northern Qin army in the front, and surrounded and suppressed by the Great Zhao army, and the grain and grass that is only enough to support five days can only be supported for three days now."

"Brother, if you have a spirit in heaven and see all this happening today, will you be happy?"

"General," Liu Peiqi's voice came from behind him, "the Northern Qin army...... The siege is about to begin again. ”

Xi Yan's voice was hoarse, but he still gave a clear order: "Then put them into the urn city, and smash them with rolling wood and stones, and when the rolling wood and stones are used up, they will be poured with hot oil, and when the hot oil is finished, they will block it with their bodies!" As long as there is one person alive, Jincheng will not fall. ”

Liu Peiqi took away all his emotions and went straight to his fate.

In fact, he really wanted to ask Xi Yan, "Is it worth it?" ”

But he knew that at this moment, defending and killing the enemy had become a belief for Xi Yan...... If they wanted to retreat out of the city to the south, they were blocked by the Northern Qin army, and the Great Zhao army that came to the northwest had already become an enemy army that exterminated their own people.

The soldiers of the Northern Qin Dynasty had already been put into the urn city, and boiling oil and boiling water were poured down from the city head one after another, and as soon as they landed, torches flew from all directions at the head of the city.

In an instant, fire flowed everywhere, and only the wails of the Northern Qin soldiers resounded in the sky.