Yesterday, the Hexi Army lost more than 2,000 soldiers in the First World War, but it failed to shake Guo Xi's defense in the slightest, among which the former Tang Army Yan Army officers killed more than 60 people in the brigade captain alone, and their bravery stemmed from Bai Xiaode's intimidating military orders. Not long after the defeat and retreat of the Hexi army, all the officers of the siege camp knelt in front of Bai Xiaode's big tent with ropes and asked for military law.

Bai Xiaode walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back and a majestic face, looking down at these officers who knelt on the ground to plead guilty, some of them raised their heads with a calm face, while others were afraid to meet his gaze, and quickly lowered their heads and remained silent.

He raised his head and said smugly: "I am a reasonable and well-behaved person, and the three thousand Anyuan army led by Guo Xi is indeed a difficult bone to gnaw, and you have indeed tried your best." Military law is nothing more than human affection, although I did not take the city today, but I forgive you first, even if it is for the sake of the face of more than 2,000 soldiers who sacrificed last night. If you can't conquer Xieyu Pass tomorrow, I'll ask you about your heads. ”

The officers thanked them again and again, saying that they would definitely be able to capture Xieyu Pass tomorrow.

After a whole day of running around and fighting fiercely on the city wall for more than an hour, everyone was tired. But they did not dare to rest, these hours of the night were the guarantee of their lives, and they must step up to repair the collapsed weak points on the city wall, so that tomorrow there is hope to continue to hold on for a day.

The soldiers took turns to eat and rest, half of them worked before and after half of the night, and the other half worked for the first half of the night and slept for the second half of the night.

Guo Xi was scarred, but his eyes were unusually clear, and the blood in his whole body was also boiling, and he seemed to be tireless and didn't know the pain.

He patrolled the walls all night, helping the rotating soldiers to carry supplies, personally urging them to hurry up until dawn when he could rest for a while, and lay down on the battlements and snore.

The Hexi Army did not give them time to rest, and organized men to launch an attack as soon as dawn. Due to the large number of troops under Bai Xiaode, there were more than 15,000 people in the siege camp alone. The people who participated in the siege yesterday are no longer needed today, and they are resting in their tents. Bai Xiaode sent another 5,000 men to storm the city. The only disadvantage to the Hexi army was that the Xieyu Pass was built on a post road between the mountains, forests and lakes, and their superiority in strength could not be developed, so they could only fight hard with the Tang army.

Under the command of Bai Xiaode, they used the Fuyuan crossbow to suppress the casualties first, and the Tang soldiers squatted behind the wall to avoid the arrows, and the casualties caused were really limited.

But this was only a prelude to the attack, and Bai Xiaode personally beat the drum, and the dull drum shook the earth and rumbled. Ladder trucks were pushed towards the city walls, and some of the soldiers rushed towards the city gates with siege cones.

The hope in Guo Xi's heart fell to a low again, and it turned out that the Hexi Army was not idle at night, cutting down trees and making a lot of siege equipment. Xieyuguan has been in disrepair for a long time, and the equipment for defending the city is incomplete. Not only did there be no stone thrower, there was no fire oil and stone grease, and even the sassaga that could be used many times for chain traction was not complete, and he was worried that it would not be dark to defend with the well-prepared Hexi army.

The soldiers slammed into the gates with siege engines, the doors creaking. But Guo Xi is not worried about the city gate being knocked open, yesterday he had ordered someone to ram the entire city gate hole with a plate building, and there was no difference between the Hexi army hitting the city gate and hitting the wall.

But those ladder trucks are quite powerful, because the city wall of Xieyuguan is only three zhang high, and the ladder car made by the Hexi army is also three zhang high, and the shape is like a wooden tower. The ladder zigzags upwards from the wooden tower, and finally climbs to the top of the tower to charge directly up the city wall.

After the ladder cart reached the city wall, rows of jumpers climbed to the top of the tower through the ladder cart and rushed towards the female wall. The Tang army could only resist with spears, but the Hexi army also had pikemen and bows and crossbows behind the ladder, and the two sides fought between dozens of ladder cars and wall battlements, blood flowed down from the wall battlements, and the bloody breath lingered on the city.

The three thousand An Yuan troops died one after another, and the rest were scarred, holding on to their open muscles and mechanically wielding swords and guns to fight, but they were no longer able to resist, and they just tried to prolong the time of defending the city as much as possible, buying time for his Guo clan and the 17,000 people under his father's command to escape.

The Hexi army finally attacked the city wall, but Guo Xi still refused to retreat, and under the hard persuasion of his own soldiers, he reluctantly brought the horses. But he had bled profusely from the previous battle, his mind was dizzy, and he could barely hold on to the reins of his horse and wander out of the city aimlessly.

Bai Xiaode personally climbed the city wall, and he saw Guo Xi who had just left the city on a war horse at a glance, squinted coldly and untied the corner bow from his back, grabbed the back of the bow with his left hand and pulled it away with his right hand, aiming at Guo Xi's back and shooting over.

General Guo Xi was hit by an arrow in his heart, and fell off the horse's back with a cry of pain, Bai Xiaode pointed to him not far away and shouted: "Who can capture Guo Xi alive, I will promote him to two levels, the captain can be a strong general, and Zhonglang can be a four-rank general!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the Hexi army rushed to chase after him, and Guo Xi's personal soldiers hurriedly helped him onto his horse, rode on the horse, and fought and retreated. As soon as they came out of the city gates, they were surrounded by the Hexi Legion, and only a few Tang troops fled.

Guo Xi's only dozen remaining personal soldiers surrounded him in the center, these people are Guo's subordinates, they have practiced martial arts since childhood, and they have very good small battle formations, and they are surrounded by hundreds of Hexi legions, and they are getting more and more courageous, breaking through in one direction, and even pressing the opponent to retreat again and again.

Bai Xiaode shouted in a low voice, and hurriedly ordered loudly on the city tower: "Send more people to surround me to death, and you must not let Guo Xi go." ”

The Hexi Army transferred two teams of crossbowmen to fire cold arrows in the gap between the siege of the jumping soldiers' shields and spears, consuming the lives of the Guo family's own soldiers one after another.

The last time he killed Guo Yingyi in Xiayang County, Li Siye regretted it, and if Guo Ziyi's son Guo Xi could be captured alive this time, it would be a great achievement for him. So Bai Xiaode shouted at the top of his throat: "Don't hurt General Guo's life, don't kill the rest of your personality." ”

Guo Xi was protected in the center by his own soldiers, and the spear in his hand could still be wielded, but with each shot, the blood scab that had just formed would burst, causing the blood in his body to flow sharply, and he was dizzy and difficult to stand. But seeing Guo's own soldiers slaughtered, how could he bear to watch them die with him. He can't kill himself, he still has a beautiful wife at home, and a toddler son, he can't do this death himself.

He shouted with all his strength: "Please General Bai agree to my request, I can abandon my armor and surrender." ”

Bai Xiaode always paid attention to every move in the encirclement, and immediately waved the flag to order the troops to stop attacking when he heard the shout, and asked with a smile: "If General Guo still has any requirements, I will definitely do what Bai Xiaode can do." ”

He lowered his bloodshot eyes and looked at these soldiers around him, they all abandoned their families and children and came out with him, for the sake of their love for following him for many years, even if he couldn't save himself, he had to save their lives.

"These of my troops, can General Bai let them go, and I will be your prisoner alone."

"Never! Saburo! The soldiers knelt on the ground around him, and admonished with tears in their eyes: "San Lang, we swear allegiance to the Guo family and San Lang in this life." If Saburo is willing to fight to the death, we are willing to die together. If Saburo wants to surrender, we are willing to follow you. ”

Guo Xi shook his head and said in a low voice: "After I surrender, I will refuse to obey the Li thief, and I will definitely be imprisoned and die in the thief camp in the future." You don't have to die with me. I know the rules of the army, the Lord will fall, and the guards deserve to die. But I have a letter from home here, and I need you to bring it back for me, and when my father sees it, he will surely know my intentions, and leave you to continue to listen to it. ”

"No, Saburo! How can we do such a thing as turning our backs on our masters? ”

Guo Xi became irritable, threw the blood book in his arms to the captain of the pro-soldier and scolded: "Take this letter, get out of me!" Grandpa who brought it to me! ”

After they fell silent, the Hexi army, which surrounded the outer three layers and the inner three layers, gave a way for these pro-soldiers, and they turned around and kowtowed to Guo Xi again, supporting each other and slowly leaving.