Chapter 140

More than 10,000 people are boundless, 200,000 Besa army can be described as a sea of people, after arriving at Hengcheng, the barbarians set up camp, just the camp surrounded Hengcheng, wrapped up water.

On the city wall, although Qiu Zhen, Xiao Muqing and others had already been mentally prepared, they couldn't help but feel a chill when they saw so many enemy troops.

The Plains Army had never seen so many enemies, from the generals to the soldiers below, all of whom raised their hearts to their throats.

The barbarians moved very quickly, and the rear was still encamped, and the army in front was ready to attack the city.

I saw countless barbarian soldiers pouring out of the camp of the barbarians, lined up in front of Hengcheng, and when they looked up, there was a large area of black oppression, not to mention 50,000 people. With the beating of war drums, a barbarian general rode out of the crowd and shouted loudly in front of the main gate of Hengcheng.

This side of the main gate must be the direction of the enemy's main attack, not only Qiu Zhen, Xiao Muqing and others are here, but also the first and second corps, 30,000 soldiers guard. The other three corps were divided into three sides: east, south, and west of Hengcheng.

When the barbarian general called for battle, and no one else could speak, a commander under Zhang Zhou stepped forward and said to Xiao Muqing: "Lord Xiao, I am willing to fight!"

Xiao Muqing was originally a staff officer with a low position, but now he has been promoted by Tang Yin to the chief general of Hengcheng, which is naturally not what it used to be.

He looked at the commander who was asking for battle, and then at the barbarian general outside the city, waved his hand, and said, "Don't rush to battle, let's see the movement of the barbarians first!"

"This ......," the commander glanced at Xiao Muqing strangely. If you don't go out to meet the enemy, won't it become a cowardice, destroy your own prestige, and increase the enemy's morale. However, Xiao Muqing was the main general, he did not agree to fight, and the commander did not have the courage to go out privately.

Xiao Muqing had already made up his mind, that is, to delay, until the arrival of his own reinforcements, until Tang Yin returned, and until the barbarians couldn't stand it and gave up the siege.

Seeing that there was no one to fight on the side of Hengcheng, the barbarian general shouted more happily in front of the city, but unfortunately few people on the city wall could hear the barbarians, and naturally they didn't know what he was shouting.

After scolding for a while, the wind army still ignored it, and the barbarian general also felt bored, so he turned his horse's head and returned to his team.

He had not been back for long, and the war drums of the barbarians were beating more intensively, and at the same time there was a long sound of trumpets.

Immediately afterwards, 50,000 barbarian soldiers set off in unison and pressed towards the main gate of Hengcheng.

The other party was preparing to attack the city, Xiao Muqing turned his head sideways and said, "The barbarians' siege has begun, let the soldiers prepare to release arrows!" The heralds passed down his words one by one, and Feng Junmen on the city wall drew arrows one after another and set up bowstrings.

When the barbarians entered the range of Hengcheng, the barbarian general who led the team shouted, and with his shout, the barbarians who had been walking slowly raised their heads to the sky and howled, holding their weapons high, and ran up like wild horses, and began to charge.

The barbarians were sturdy and fast, and from below, the black-pressed barbarians rushed like a tide, and in an instant, they were less than a hundred meters away from the walls of Hengcheng.

Xiao Muqing took a deep breath, raised his hand, waved forward suddenly, and shouted, "Release the arrow!"

30,000 defenders, all in unison shot out of the eagle feathers, the arrows that rose in the air covered the sky, the dense arrow rain fell on the head, the camp of the barbarians suddenly screamed, and the barbarians were shot to the ground.

There was no one to support their comrades, and no one to pay attention to the wounded, and the more people who fell, the faster the brute charge would only be stimulated, and many of the wounded fell to the ground before they could get up, and they were knocked over by the brute behind and trampled under their feet.

The ferocity of the barbarians cannot be stopped with arrows, Xiao Muqing has already realized this, seeing that the barbarian soldiers and horses are about to rush to the bottom of the city wall, instead of being nervous, his face shows a sneer.

At the moment when the brute rushed to the base of the wall, the ground in front of the city wall suddenly sunken, and the brute soldier on the side did not even understand what was going on, so he fell into it, and this pit was dug around the city wall, two meters wide and four meters deep, like a small moat, but there was no water in it, but it was full of sharp, sharp and sharp iron rods.

The barbarians fell in, and were immediately pierced by the iron drill, only in an instant, there were more than a hundred corpses of the barbarians in the narrow pit, and the barbarians behind saw it really, but they couldn't stop their footsteps, the reunion of the barbarians behind them was too strong, and they were almost forced into the pit, and for a while, the screams under the city wall were connected.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the barbarian camp, Xiao Muqing raised his hand again and shouted, "Dao Fire Oil!"

The oil poured down from the city, but the barbarians in the pit suffered, some people died, but there were more people who were not dead, struggling to climb out of the pit, the oil was poured down, and the barbarians who were not dead were rolled on the ground with a terrible cry.

The battlefield is either you die or I die, Xiao Muqing didn't have the leisure to sympathize with the enemy, and after pouring the oil on it, he immediately ordered the arrows to be released.

The barbarian camp was confused, and they couldn't resist the indiscriminate shooting of arrows at the head of the city, and there was a moat to block it, and the ladder couldn't be erected, so the barbarians could only retreat hastily.

The barbarians were defeated, and the wind army of the city wall shot their arrows harder, and pieces of arrows pursued from behind the barbarians, and countless arrows fell to the ground among the barbarians.

The barbarian soldiers did not attack the city for a long time, but the dead and wounded barbarians exceeded more than 3,000 people.

In the first wave of attacks by the retreating barbarians, the wind troops breathed a sigh of relief, and they all showed joy on their faces, but Xiao Muqing couldn't come down easily, the moat had been exposed, and he could feel that the next round of attacks by the barbarians would be sharper and more difficult to defend.

The second round of attacks by the brutes did not start immediately, and it was clear that they were adjusting their tactics.

On this day, the spirit of the wind army remained extremely nervous, but surprisingly, until dark, the barbarians did not attack the city again, as if after being repulsed once, the morale of the barbarians was dampened, and they did not dare to attack easily.

The night was not suitable for the siege, and it was also extremely unfavorable to the besieging side, and the mood of the wind army was all relaxed, and many recruits sat around chatting and laughing, and discussing the barbarian army was nothing more than that, and they were so frightened that they only ate the defeat sentence once, and they did not dare to attack again.

When Xiao Muqing was inspecting the city wall, he heard the discussion of the wind army, and his heart couldn't help but move, the secret path barbarian army would not go against its path and attack the city at night? The night is not conducive to the besieging side, and the barbarians know it, and the barbarians naturally know it, will they take advantage of their lax defense and suddenly attack.

Thinking of this, Xiao Muqing frowned, rolled his eyes, quickened his pace, and returned to the Arrow Tower to discuss with Qiu Zhen.

The battlefield is a place of wits and courage, and the difference of the main general's thoughts is enough to change the fate of both sides.

In the middle of the night, the head of Hengcheng City was quiet, and occasionally a few patrol soldiers could be seen walking by.

From the third watch to the third watch, more than 20 figures quietly appeared in the camp of the barbarians.

These men were extremely fast, and then under the cover of the night, like wandering ghosts, they quietly approached the foot of the city wall.

Hidden in the moat dog, it shows that after listening quietly for a while, it feels that the wind army patrolling the city has passed, and two of them quickly took out the rope, and then picked up the iron claws on the face, and threw them violently, the iron claws flew out, and the two iron claws hooked the arrow stacks of the city wall together, and the two people pulled hard, confirming that the hook was strong enough, and then grabbed the rope and quickly climbed towards the city wall.

These more than 20 people are all outstanding spirit warriors, with quick and dexterous movements, and with the help of ropes, all of them climb the city wall.

Hiding in the shadow of the battlements, they raised their eyes and looked around, the wind army was very lax in its defense at night, the patrolling guards did not hide, and even fewer guards stood guard, even if Arino was leaning against the wall and snoozing with his head bowed.

The twenty or so spirit warriors looked at each other, and then, lowly, they brought the rope and tied it to the other end of the city wall, and slowly slid down the wall along the rope.

They moved very smoothly and infiltrated the city with little to no disturbance. He did not continue to sneak into the city, but walked cautiously towards the city gate with his waist bent and his body against the root of the city wall.

In the offensive and defensive battle, the city gate is the most important, and there are also heavy troops to defend it, but it is late at night, and the soldiers of the wind army have already gone to rest and sleep, leaving only two guards to stand guard here at the city gate.

After a day of intense preparations, the two guards also seemed tired, and they sat on the ground, their heads drooping, motionless, as if they were asleep.

Seeing this, these spirit warriors glanced at each other, and then the two of them rushed out, and quickly approached the two guards, and with the flash of the sword, the necks of the two soldiers were slashed, blood spurted, and the people fell down softly, and they didn't even have time to scream.

Simply and neatly solved the two wind soldiers guarding the gate, more than 20 people immediately rushed to the city gate, and worked together to move the huge door latch down, and then, open the city gate, a spirit warrior flashed outside the city gate, took out the fire twist from his arms, blew it, and reported to the barbarian camp with a faint firelight.

As soon as the spirit warriors of their own side signaled success, the gate of the barbarian camp immediately opened, and a team of cavalry ran out of it. This group of cavalry numbered 5,000 men, and the knights and the horses below were covered in thick armor, which was the most powerful and famous class of troops in the city-state of Besa, the heavily armored cavalry.

These cavalry had already made corresponding preparations, wrapping the horses' hooves around their faces, so that the horses did not make a noise as much as possible during the advance, for fear of causing a vibration on the ground, and the heavily armored cavalry did not charge, slowed down, and slowly approached the city gate.

In the camp of the barbarian army, all the barbarian soldiers have been unsheathed and arrowed, just waiting for the cavalry to enter the city, taking advantage of the chaos of the defenders, besieging on all sides, and taking Hengcheng in one fell swoop.

The heavy armored cavalry has extremely strong combat effectiveness, although there are more than 5,000 people after that, but the slaughter into the city is enough to turn Hengcheng upside down, and then 200,000 barbarian troops will besiege it from all sides, and they will join forces inside and outside, and Hengcheng will naturally not be able to resist.

The commander of the barbarian army was very calculating, but he underestimated the mind of the commander of the wind army.