On the northern border of the Celestial Star Empire, at the junction with the Divine Dragon Empire, an offensive and defensive battle is underway. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is just a small border city of the Celestial Star Empire, it is more said to be a city, it is more like a relatively large town, with less than 10,000 inhabitants and hundreds of garrisons.

But it was such a small city, and the defenders of the Hundreds of Heavenly Star Empires were facing a siege of enemy forces dozens of times larger than themselves at this time.

The battle had begun in the evening of the previous day, when it was the most tiring and relaxing time of the day, and both soldiers and civilians were lazily enjoying the last rays of the sun at this moment.

And when the sun sets on the other side of the mountain, the nightmare of the city also falls with the night.

Several cold arrows fired in the darkness ruthlessly deprived a group of young patrol soldiers of their lives, and the soldiers' painful howls before dying broke the quiet night sky of the town and the enemy's strategy of sneak attack.

When the sneak attack fails, all that remains is a very direct face-to-face, hard-fought battle to the death.

The awakened soldiers hurriedly climbed the city wall, and used the cover of the city wall to fight to the death with the enemy troops who climbed up. Siege ladders climbed the walls, and countless enemies climbed up the ladders. A whistling sound in the distance made the soldier's nervous inner battle as trebuchets slammed huge fireballs and the roar of death through the night sky and smashed them onto the not-so-high city walls, smashing into the soldiers' relatively fragile bodies. The splashes of flames emit a high temperature that can swallow people, like a blooming flower of death, blooming beautifully. Through the flickering firelight, you can clearly see the cold blade and the bloodthirsty eyes on the opposite side.

The night passed slowly in this darkness, fear, fighting, and death. Under the cover of the walls and night, the defenders finally repelled the enemy's attack for the night. After the enemy retreated, the general stationed in the city stood on the wall full of dead corpses, panting roughly, casually throwing aside the sword that was already half cut in his hand, and shouted with all his strength in a hoarse voice, ordering the surviving soldiers to carry the wounded off the wall and pile the dead aside.

At this time, it was not yet dawn, and the enemy would attack at some point, and there was no time to distinguish and bury the corpses. Whether it is the corpses of one's own people or the corpses of enemies, they can only be hastily piled together like this, and we will talk about it later.

If, there is later.

The county magistrate of the small city has also come to the city wall, mobilizing the people to carry the wounded together and strengthen the city wall. Although the enemy has retreated, this does not mean the end of the battle, but the beginning of an even more tragic battle.

When the first rays of sunlight shone on the small city again, the general and the prefectural commander were shocked by the sight in front of them at the same time, and their scalps tingled and gasped.

There should be no less than a thousand enemy troops participating in the siege, but because of the suddenness of the incident and the cover of night, the Celestial Star did not know how many enemies were attacking. And as the sun rises, the answer to this question is finally cleared.

In front of the city wall, which was already filled with the smell of gunsmoke, a large area of black pressure was densely packed with enemy troops, not to mention 10,000 people.

For the defenders of the Celestial Star Empire, who had only numbered a few hundred and had already suffered many casualties all night, this was simply a hopeless battle. Depending on the strength of the enemy forces in front of you, if you attack during the day, you will be able to capture the castle before evening.

The black armor of the enemy sparkles in the first rays of the morning sun. Wisps of cooking smoke rose from the enemy barracks.

The enemy is burying the pot and cooking.

It takes an army of 10,000 people to bury the pot and cook for half an hour at most. After eating and drinking, all that was done was to attack the city with all its might.

The next wave of attacks will be launched in an hour at the latest.

"General Li, the enemy army is strong, you hurry up and ask General Cheng for help. The county commander looked at the black enemy army below, and said in a trembling voice.

General Li said expressionlessly: "I sent out the letter for help in the middle of the night, and sent five people to rush out from different directions. If General Cheng receives a distress letter, he should be here by now. ”

The county commander hurriedly stood up and looked into the distance, but unfortunately he only saw a small bird taking off in the morning light, and there was no other figure.

"Then why haven't there been any reinforcements yet?"

"Maybe the people I sent were stopped by the enemy. General Li said with a wry smile.

"Then send someone again. ”

General Li shook his head: "Since the enemy can stop me from asking for help in five ways, no matter how many people there are, it will not help. Not to mention that there is another possibility. ”

After hearing this, the prefectural order's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "Could it be ......?"

General Li nodded: "I'm afraid that General Cheng's side is too busy to take care of himself and can't send reinforcements." ”

The county commander lost his soul and leaned softly against the dark city wall on one side: "Then we are not a dead end." ”

General Li took a new sword: "I'm afraid so. ”

Inserting the sword into the sheath casually, General Li turned his head to look at the county order, and suddenly smiled: "Lord Jin, you and I have been fighting for nearly ten years, but did you ever think that there would be such a thing today." ”

The county commander suddenly jumped up, pointed at General Li and scolded: "Li Gong, it's time now, how can you still have the heart to say such cool things." ”

General Li laughed and said: "What is this, the soldiers eat the imperial food, get the military salary, and wait for the day when they serve the country and the horse leather shroud, why is the husband afraid of life and death." It's just that in the end, I will die with you, Lord Jin, it's really a trick. ”

The county magistrate scolded: "Li Gong, don't turn around and scold people." You Li Gong are not afraid of death, is my Jindeshui a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? The sages taught the gentleman to sacrifice his life for righteousness, and Jin died for the righteousness of the country, and died without regrets. ”

"I can't imagine that Lord Jin, who usually only writes to impeach me and disturbs the people, and who is full of sourness, can also say such righteous words. General Lee grinned.

The county commander snorted angrily: "Li Gong, you set up troops to disturb the people, and stirred up the entire Yuncheng." As the commander of Yuncheng County, it is within my duty to write a letter of impeachment, but unfortunately, the above has been ignoring this, allowing you to get away with it, and you have been in the fish and meat township for nearly ten years. ”

General Li clapped his hands and laughed: "Okay, the words are conspired, and the words are not forgiving, this is Lord Jin, one mouth is enough to kill people." ”

The county commander laughed and stood with his hands in his hands, expressing deep disdain for General Lee's actions.

After General Li finished laughing, he pulled out the long sword in his sheath with a "clang", which startled the county commander, worried that this person would suddenly burst out and kill people to vent his anger.

But General Li pointed the long sword in his hand at the enemy army under the city: "Lord Jin, Li Gong has no regrets in this life to be able to work with adults in this life." Li Gong is a rough man, and he has offended many people in the past. If Li Gong can survive this battle, he should personally go to General Cheng to ask for guilt. ”

The county commander was taken aback by Li Gong's actions, and looked Li Gong up and down with a strange face as if he didn't know the person in front of him.

In the end, when Li Gong was uncomfortable, the county commander suddenly tidied up his clothes and bowed deeply to Li Gong: "General Li, I have always been suffering from protecting the territory and the people, and Jin thanked you." ”

After speaking, without waiting for General Li to speak, the county commander walked down the city wall: "I will immediately mobilize the people in the city to defend the city together, I hope to hold on for a while longer, if I can wait for reinforcements, it will be a great luck." Even if we can't wait for reinforcements, we must let the enemy know that if we dare to offend the Celestial Star Empire, we will pay the price we deserve. I, the people of the Celestial Star Empire, would rather be broken than broken. ”

Halfway through the county order, he suddenly stopped: "What the general said just now, Jin didn't dare to agree." How can I only work with the general for ten years, and I can kill the enemy side by side with the general, live and die together, and it is a happy thing in life. Hahahaha......"

The prefectural commander laughed and slowly walked down the city wall.

The laughter of the county order did not stop, and a rough laugh came from the city wall: "Okay, good, it's really a happy thing in life." ”

Soon, the sound of war drums resumed.

What happened in this small city was just a microcosm of the dire situation facing the Celestial Star Empire at the moment.