Red Flame Temporary Camp.

The defeat did not weaken their morale, but only aroused the ferocity of the jackals, believing that the day the army arrived would be the time when the pass was broken, and that the city would be slaughtered to vent their hatred.

On the 10th, the famous general Huoyun of Chiyan led 15,000 elite divisions to arrive at Dongshan Pass and joined forces with the forward battalion. In this way, the small Dongshan Pass defenders and the enemy's strength reached 1:20, and Chiyan also did his best to attack Jixiang, hoping for the success of the first battle.

After learning of yesterday's battle, Huoyun did not reprimand the forward general, but ordered that after the army rested for a day, the forward officer would lead the troops to attack the city again, and if it was not down for three days, he would take his head to apologize. When Huoyun saw the ashes of the soldiers who died in battle returned by the auspicious man, his expression softened a little, in his opinion, this was the auspicious person showing weakness, in case the city was broken, in exchange for the forgiveness of the Red Flame people.

The auspicious defenders only have 1,000 people, and the frontal defense needs 100 people, and the defense can be changed for ten rounds, so the strength is still sufficient. According to the news reported by the Government Council, the reserve force has begun to be formed, and the first batch of 500 personnel has been fully established, and Han Zhigang of the Air Force and Liu Zhiyuan of the Political Department are in charge of training, and they can go to the front line at any time.

More than 500 war horses have been purchased from Hu Yue, Wang Yu applied for the formation of a cavalry team, and the Hu Yue slaves purchased last year served as instructors, and were given the status of auspicious leaders half a year in advance, and hired as cavalry instructors.

Wang Xuan agreed to the request of the military department and instructed the first batch of cavalry to select personnel from various units until they were fully established. He also asked the trade route from Jixiang to Huyue to be kept as smooth as possible, and to speed up the purchase of cattle, sheep and horses, Wang Xuan was worried that Wang would block this route in advance.

On the 11th day, the Red Flame General Huoyun led a group of generals to look at the Dongshan Pass in front of the battle, and saw that the city wall of the pass was tall, and the triangular wavy design of the city wall was very ingenious; and saw that there was a similar stone slab above the city head, and the arrows were difficult to break through the defense, and even the effect of the catapult was unknown, so he immediately frowned.

If he defends the city, only more than 1,000 people can ensure that the pass is not lost for a month. The geographical environment of the four walls can only attack one side of the city, and there is no fear of the number of enemies at all, and the 100-meter-wide road can only be attacked by more than 100 people at a time. The siege of the city is fought for human life, and it is really difficult to conquer and win if the people in the pass are exhausted.

"It's true that you didn't miss the first battle, but you were just a beat slower to react on the spot. Huoyun said to the vanguard officer.

When the vanguard officer heard this, he bowed and said: "General Xie is considerate, he has never seen such a fortification, nor has he ever seen such a scoundrel fight, and he has not had the mind to have it, and even lost. ”

No matter how the Red Flame people arranged their troops, Wang Xuan and the others still kept the fighting style, giving the enemy the greatest blow with the smallest casualties.

After the red flame three drums sounded, the first wave of siege troops marched to the Dongshan Pass, still like last time, when the sword and shield hand showed the head was stabbed down by the auspicious defenders, so after a few times, the red flame Ming Jin retreated, leaving a hundred corpses and slowly retreating.

Huoyun was shocked for no reason after witnessing this offensive and defensive battle, Chiyan's auspicious idea of going down in a battle is probably going to fail, this pass wants to be won, I don't know how many Chiyan Erlang's lives will be filled, is this battle worth it?

But it's a pity that he is only a soldier, and the task assigned to him by the Red Flame Lord is to take down the auspicious collar as soon as possible, and it is best to capture Wang Xuan's family alive. Huoyun was a qualified general, and as soon as the thought of the political level flashed, he began to prepare for a second siege.

This time, the Red Flame people invested a thousand people, five hundred sword and shield men, two hundred siege auxiliaries, and three hundred archers.

The sword and shield bearers used their shield armor to cover the auxiliaries and archers, and when they arrived at the city, the archers threw them through the gaps in the shields to the head of the city, so as to suppress the resistance of the defenders, disrupt the deployment of the city, and demoralize the defenders.

The sword and shield hand climbed the bamboo ladder as smoothly as the first two waves, and when they were about to step into the city, they were also stabbed down like the first two waves, and the arrows thrown at it seemed useless, and they could not suppress the mascot's sharp counterattack at all.

Outside the battlefield, Huoyun's brows furrowed even deeper, it was difficult for the bow and arrow to hit the gap at the head of the city at a distance, and the close-range projectile was not lethal, even if it hit the human body, it could not cause fatal injuries, so the archers were abolished in siege warfare.

After the second wave of attacks failed, Red Flame began the third attack in less than half an hour.

This time, the fire cloud changed tactics, and the sword and shield bearers carried torches, and when they climbed the ladder, they abandoned their shields, lit the torches, and when they reached the top of the city, they only threw the torches into the fortified passages, relying on the burning smoke to block the view. I saw that the torches lit below were passed to the top sergeant in turn, and the sergeant shrank his head and threw the torch with great force, and in a few moments the smoke was billowing from the city.

The defenders hiding in the rear did not panic, but the city of 100 people added 100 people, ensuring that the blind thorn wolf can block the enemy's space to dodge, and it doesn't matter whether you can see the enemy or not, you can't escape death anywhere under the cover of saturated attacks.

Sure enough, when the head of the city was covered in smoke, the Red Flames who were besieging the city jumped on the head of the city one after another, and they were never stabbed again. Seeing this Huoyun and the generals were overjoyed, the vanguard officer led everyone into the city easily, and before he could recover from the surprise, he was stabbed into the abdomen by a wolf, and at this time, the wails around him could be heard in his ears, and he seemed so clear and desperate.

Red Flame's sword and shield men marched forward to attack the city, and did not give up until the vanguard of 2,000 men had entered the rear. The Red Flames began to wave their troops towards the city gates, and when the vanguard army opened the city gates, they rushed in to completely destroy the defenders and share the fruits of victory.

A quarter of an hour passed, and the wailing of the city gradually weakened, and the Red Flame people thought that they had completely occupied the pass and the city was in control.

The time of a stick of incense passed, the city was gone, and there was no sound of fighting in the city, and everyone thought that the auspicious defenders were finished, and they complained that the credit for the harvest was missing.

An hour passed, and the city gate was still not opened, and the Red Flame people outside the city began to curse, which was too ugly, and they asked for the money looted in the city to be taken out of five components to everyone.

After two hours had passed, the Red Flame people outside the city began to feel uneasy, and by this time the smoke at the head of the city had long since cleared, but no one was moving.

The uneasiness in Huoyun's heart became more and more serious, the vanguard army would leave some manpower to defend the city when it entered the city, and it was impossible for him to disappear like this, and then he remembered to order someone to climb up to the top of the city to take a look.

With the expectation of the Red Flame Man, a small leader volunteered to climb the city, and what he saw was blood-red, and the pungent smell of blood made it difficult for him to breathe. He saw the auspicious defenders carrying stacked layers of corpses, they were all wearing red military uniforms of Red Flame, and he even saw the corpse of the pioneer officer lying on a stretcher, with at least five wounds in front of him, no blood flowing out of the penetrating wounds, and a face that was pale and panicked. The little leader came to his senses and was about to give a warning, when he was stabbed through the head by a shot from the vigilant auspicious defenders, fell from the head of the city nearly two feet high, and fell on the corpses all over the ground with a muffled sound.

Witnessing all this, Huoyun was frightened and scattered, which not only meant that the third siege failed again, but also meant that the two thousand elite sons and daughters had been broken and sunk into the sand, and the Red Flame army had gone to one-twelfth of it, and at this time he was not confident in whether he could break through the pass. In just two years, the mascot has been so terrifying, that young master is really a talent that has not been born for a hundred years as rumored by the outside world? Otherwise, how can all this be explained, Wang Yuke is still stationed on the lake embankment, and it is the young master lord who is now living in Dongshan Pass and is in charge of the overall situation, and he has just turned seventeen years old.

These thoughts were fleeting, and the soldier's impromptu decision led him to give the order to retreat. Although the Red Flame people in front of the city gate were puzzled, they still obeyed the military order and began to evacuate.

At this moment, a dense crowd of archers suddenly appeared on the top of the city, and a rain of arrows shot at the retreating Red Flames. This wave of arrows came quickly and violently, and it was condescending, close at hand, and the Red Flame people who lined up to retreat fell like stubble of wheat. Seeing this, Huoyun's eyes were about to split, and he was ashamed and angry, and he raised his head to the sky and spewed out a mouthful of blood mist, which fell straight on the back of the war horse.

The people hurriedly straightened it, and the guards pulled their horses and retreated to the north. The Red Flame people under the city finally retreated to a safe distance after three waves of arrow rain blows, everyone was embarrassed, some of the sergeants still had auspicious three-edged arrows stuck in their backs, and the blood was bubbling out along the blood trough, and after the nervousness of fleeing for their lives passed, the consciousness returned to the brain, and then they felt a hot pain in their backs, and found that they had been hit by an arrow.

Wang Xuan, who stood at the head of the city, secretly said that it was a pity, after learning that the enemy had gathered at the gate of the city and waiting to enter the city, he had a thought, the simple version of the explosive bag was being assembled, and he planned to use a catapult to throw the ignited gunpowder bag to the enemy general, and blow him upside down. If Wang Xuan learned that Huoyun was already vomiting blood in anger, he would definitely take out good wine and entertain the sergeants.

It is said that after Huoyun was taken back to the camp by the guards, he woke up leisurely, and forcibly ordered the whole army to rest for three days, do a good job of perimeter guard, and prevent the sneak attack of the mascot, and then fell asleep under the acupuncture of the military doctor.

At this time, Dongshan Pass was busy, and the two thousand corpses at the head of the city were almost piled up in the passage, and nearly a thousand corpses under the city also needed to be cremated. However, everyone did not complain, but everyone smiled, peeling off the armor and searching the body, what a harvest scene.

The anatomy teaching in the field hospital was carried out every day, and except for the two who were pierced in the chest, the other three survived miraculously and are recuperating in the fourth team.

This time, the mascot seriously injured three people, with nearly 100 minor injuries, all of which were arm muscle strain.

The three seriously injured were injured by the Red Flame who had been deceived to death while cleaning the city, but they did not hurt the vital point, and are currently cleaning their wounds in the second team and preparing for stitching.