Chapter 269

When Zhang Yuanyi's inner mood kept fluctuating, Qing Yuan's face on the side changed several times, it was not the first time he had seen Zhao Wu, but when he faced Zhao Wu again as a loser, Qing Yuan didn't even dare to face Zhao Wu's face. The momentum of Zhao Wutong's night army is too strong, and even Qingyuan, who has always insisted on resisting, feels that there is something wrong with the decision made in advance at this moment, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to keep Xilanguan today.

The more than thirty generals behind the two were lined up, most of them were city people who came to help in the battle, and at this moment, looking at the formation of the night army, they were also terrified and eager to leave this place, the generals in front of the night army were not something they could deal with.

There was a stone's throw between the two armies, and Zhao Wu was also looking at the people in the city at the moment.

"The night has passed, I wonder if Marshal Zhang has thought it through?" Zhao Xu, who was in front of the chariot, shouted to Zhang Yuan on the city tower when Zhao Wu showed him. For Zhao Xu, whether the enemy is willing to surrender does not have much impact on him, and today he led a large army to come, Zhao Xu only wanted to fight with the Snow Army.

After the previous wars, Zhao Xu became more and more interested in large-scale battles. Zhang Yuan in the city also faced Zhao Xu's inquiry, his eyes blinked a few times, and he wanted to say that he didn't want to surrender, but he didn't have much confidence in his heart; he wanted to say that he was willing to surrender to Qingyuan to join the army, and there were also high-level officials of the Zhang family, Zhang Yuan also hesitated and didn't know how to respond.

"If Marshal Zhang is willing to surrender, please open the city gate, if you are not willing to surrender, then we will see you on the battlefield," Seeing that the other party was silent, Zhao Xu urged a little anxiously.

"I don't know if General Zhao can allow Zhang to think about it again?" Zhang Yuanyi's anxious forehead faintly appeared beads of sweat, Zhao Xu just made an eighth-order martial cultivator like this with just a few simple words, it can be imagined how much pressure Zhang Yuanyi's heart is at this moment.

I didn't expect Zhang Yuanye to say such words that damaged morale at a critical moment, and that not firm attitude towards the War of Resistance was really bad for a commander-in-chief's style, how could such a person lead troops to fight.

Zhao Wu, who was on the chariot, saw Zhang Yuanyi's words and deeds in his eyes, and quickly made an evaluation: "Zhang Yuanyi is not suitable to be the commander of the three armies." "Only this point, Zhang Yuanyi is no longer the same existence in Zhao Wu's eyes, I don't know how Qingyuan joined the army to choose Zhang Yuanyi as the commander, in short, Zhao Wu understands that the possibility of the night army attacking the city has increased a lot.

"Marshal Zhang, what do you want?" Before Zhao Xu could figure out what to say next, Qingyuan in the city had already pointed at Zhang Yuan in anger and asked.

"My lord, there are too many night troops, how can the snow army in the city beat them. Besides, the stone bridge can't be destroyed in a short time, and the night army can come over countless soldiers. Meeting the other party's gaze, Zhang Yuan did not back down, and there was also the meaning of blaming the other party for not letting the bridge be destroyed before.

Qing Yuan joined the army and was choked by Zhang Yuanyi's words, and he was speechless for a while, he had already seen Zhao Wu's power, and this person didn't think that relying on the current Zhang Yuan would be able to block the attack of the night army.

"Marshal Zhang, time is pressing, do you want to give an answer as soon as possible?" I don't know how the matter of talking to the enemy commander falls on me, Zhao Xu is very embarrassed to urge again, and I don't know if what I said is right.

Under the urging of Zhao Xu's impatient tone, Zhang Yuanyi's forehead was soon covered with fine beads of sweat. At this moment, Zhang Yuan was also in a dilemma, he didn't want to offend Qingyuan to join the army, and he didn't want Xilan Pass to be broken and implicate his family. It's just that the other party should be in a hurry, and he doesn't even have a chance to discuss with someone.

It was only at this moment that Zhang Yuanyi fully realized that he did not have the ability to be a commander. At the same time, those generals were also unsettled because of the influence of Zhang Yuanyi's words. Some people wanted to fight, some people wanted to surrender, and the soldiers in the city knew that their commander was not firm, and the little morale that they had barely maintained was destroyed, and some soldiers even had the idea of escaping.

For a while, the snow soldiers in the city were panicked and their morale was extremely low, obviously Zhang Yuan would not have thought that the two words he said would have such a big impact on his own soldiers.

"Lord Marshal, don't forget, our Qingyuan country is not a small border country like the Night Country, once the troops are sent here, even if your Zhang family surrenders to the Night Country now, Sun will still let your family be killed and injured at that time," at the critical moment, Qingyuan couldn't bear to join the army, and even openly threatened Zhang Yuanyi.

Zhang Yuan was already under huge psychological pressure, and at this moment, he couldn't be angry at what Qingyuan said when he joined the army, but he was just frightened again. In a hurry, Zhang Yuan also considered Qingyuan's words to join the army.

The Qingyuan Great Power is indeed a great power, with strong national strength, even if they combine the Snow Country and the Night Country, they are by no means the opponent of the Qingyuan Great Power. Thinking about it this way, Zhang Yuanyi's choice immediately became clear, it was best to follow Qingyuan's instructions to join the army.

Whether it is decisive or arbitrary, in short, Zhang Yuan also said to Qingyuan to join the army, "What the adults teach is a lesson", he immediately turned around and responded to Zhao Xu below: "Zhang is waiting for you in the city, if you have the ability, your night army has the ability to just come in." ”

"Hmph, toast and don't eat and drink," Zhang Yuanyi was talking to that person in the city just now, Zhao Xu was a little anxious, and now since the other party openly refused to surrender, Zhao Xu made a final conclusion about Zhang Yuanyi's decision in anger.

"Prepare to attack the city," at the same time, Zhao Wu gave an order on the chariot on the other side.

Immediately afterwards, the drummers on both sides beat two large drums, and the flags in the night army swayed, and soon from the corridor where the thousands of infantry and cavalry had deliberately moved aside, dozens of soldiers pushed the siege equipment forward. The siege equipment of the Night Army was a long iron cart with a log three feet in diameter fixed to it.

There were also metal chains around the log, and at this moment the log iron cart was being pushed forward by dozens of sturdy soldiers, the siege vehicle was so heavy that the surrounding night soldiers could feel the ground shaking under their feet as the siege vehicle moved. As a strong party, the movement on the ground only made them more excited.

On the other side, seeing that the night army gave the order to go out of battle so simply, Zhang Yuan on the city tower immediately turned around and ordered those generals to prepare for battle. Immediately afterward, there were also bursts of drums on the castle tower.

After the war drums of the Snow Army sounded, the Snow Country defenders on the city wall gradually calmed down, and one by one they pulled their bowstrings and prepared to attack. As soon as the generals behind them give the order, they will immediately release arrows at the night army under the city.

The archers on the city tower had an absolute geographical advantage, and Zhao Wu knew that only by hitting the city as quickly as possible could the threat of those archers be weakened. As for how to defend against the threat of those archers before breaking through the city gates, Zhao Wu had no good way but to make the soldiers more courageous.

Now Zhao Wu was not worried about how many soldiers were killed or injured during the breach of the city gate, but because the inside of the city gate might be blocked by something by the enemy. If the gates are not breached in a short period of time, there will be more casualties.

The number of ladders to climb the city brought by the night army is sufficient, as long as there is no problem with the stone bridge, Zhao Wu is confident that he will attack the city. It's just that the final result will not be known until after the two armies have fought.

The front wings of the siege engine spread diagonally backwards, protecting the lives of most of the cart soldiers. The soldiers in charge of the carts were all able-bodied men selected from the army, and it was no problem for dozens of people to work together to push the siege engines. As soon as the siege engines crossed the stone bridge, some of the generals ordered the rest of the soldiers to attack the city.

Then the foot soldiers carrying the ladder rushed forward desperately.

On the other side, the defenders of the Snow Country have a lot of troops, starting from the castle tower, and there are troops deployed on the entire city wall and extending on both sides of the battle line for 500 meters.

According to Zhao Wu's plan, the night army would continue to stretch the battle line until it was a thousand meters away, so as to weaken the snow army's defensive strength.

The snow army above the castle tower received the order, and they all released their arrows, and the poisonous arrows flew straight towards the night army, and soon fell on the night army who were running. The screams came and went, but fortunately, Zhao Wu had arranged in advance that the soldiers who carried the ladder only held shields, and the night soldiers running in front could use their shields to protect their bodies!

The night army passing from the bridge was still too dense, and the snow army concentrated its arrow power to attack, and the casualties of the night army continued to increase. The night army will also stretch the front, and there will be continuous casualties.

Not long after, ladders were erected on the high city walls. With Zhang Yuanyi's order on the city tower, the snow army on the city suddenly stopped attacking with bows and arrows, and instead threw stones at the city.

Stones carried by two or three men were thrown directly from the high city, one after the other. Black shadows fell from above, and when the night army under the city saw what was going on, they were shocked. In a panic, the soldiers under the stones raised their weapons one by one to block the stones.

I don't know if it's useful, those night soldiers are resisting with an uncertain mentality. It didn't make them worry for long, and a fifth-order martial cultivator in the crowd made a move, and a strong qi went straight to that side, and the stone directly turned into pieces.

"Chong," while helping ordinary soldiers resist external attacks, those high-level martial cultivators did not forget to shout to boost morale.

Seeing that the stones were not much of a threat to them, those ordinary soldiers reacted and rushed forward one by one more fiercely, and several people climbed up from the cloud ladder that had been built one after another.

There were more and more stones thrown down from the city, and those fifth-order martial cultivators were unable to help ordinary soldiers resist stone attacks in time because the crowd was getting more and more crowded. Some stones fell on ordinary soldiers.

With a "bang", they fell one after another.

"Ah......" The screams of the night army under the city wall continued one after another, but now they were all normal casualties, and it would not have much impact on the morale of the night army.

"Rush," the night army erupted in bursts of charges, and countless night troops stretched along the city gate to both sides, already a few hundred meters away.