The mind was already full of a pulp lake, Gong Langzhi's fanning words finally defeated Tian Hongbin's last sanity, this young and vigorous governor had been determined to fight to the death since he seized power, and at this time he couldn't help but glance at the ruins of the collapsed city tower not far away, revealing a look of compassion, and the corners of his mouth wiped a trace of a sad smile: "If this battle is lost, I am afraid that it will not be Peng Shiyu who will enter Dongxi in the future, but the Tang army...... Cease! Cease! Decree of the Overseer! The whole army went out of the city and fought to the death with the Tang army! But Gong Du, the governor of Pontus wants you to stay in the city, and in the future, my Tian clan will have to take care of you-"

Gong Langzhi interrupted without hesitation: "Dudu! Both the Xia and Gong clans regard you as the commander-in-chief, and the boss uses his life, so how can he retreat as a general? If he dies in this battle, the eldest son will inherit the family business, and he will take care of the Tian clan for him, and please rest assured!

Governor, after making a vow to lead the warriors of the tribe to follow the governor to the death, let's do it vigorously! Even if you die, you are upright! The gods of Wuxi are above, and they will take care of my people of the five tribes! ”

Tian Hongbin had mixed feelings in his heart, throwing away all the previous deceit, and the resolute man in front of him with his head held high really brought him unprecedented courage and determination.

Looking at this blazing city, Tian Hongbin tightened his expression, raised his right hand slightly, beat his chest three times with a serious expression, spit out the turbidity in his chest and said: "Gong Du, I, Tian Hongbin, can know such a heroic man as you, and I have no regrets in dying!" Without further ado, let's reorganize the army immediately, and we will meet Li Yuan when we go out of the city! Bring all the big things to a close! ”

"Yes!" Gong Langzhi responded loudly, just wanted to move his pace, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the Wuping army formation under the city and made an unexpected move, it seemed that the opposite coach Li Yuan deliberately slapped Gong Langzhi in the face, those trebuchets that brought ruin to Xizhou City, did not move forward under the pull of the war horse, but only slightly reversed the direction, laboriously moving to the left and right, and soon a huge open space was vacated everywhere in the Wuping army array.

"Slow down! The Tang Army's boulder forests are probably exhausted! The trebuchet did not move forward! ”

Following Gong Langzhi's gaze, Tian Hongbin hurriedly turned his head to look at the city. But seeing that the trebuchet in front of the Wuping army had just been pulled to the sides, suddenly a large group of cavalry under black pressure began to gallop out of the military formation, but they did not form a formation but rushed straight to the city of Xizhou in a disorderly manner, and for a time the sound of hooves rumbled, causing the dust on the battlefield to soar into the sky, and even covering the formation of the cavalry.

Tian Hongbin showed a trace of doubt on his face, first subconsciously ordered all the barbarians to go to the city to defend it, and then narrowed his eyes and said, "What kind of trick is this Li Yuan going to use?" How can you still use cavalry to attack the city? Isn't this looking for death?! Crossbowmen prepare! ”

The words did not fall, but saw that the thousands of fierce cavalry of the Wuping Army only charged to more than 100 steps away, and suddenly divided into two teams, each turned a corner to the east and west, turned the horse's head and left, because this distance was too close to the city pass, the yellow sand raised in the sky was gently blown by the small wind, and it quickly hit the city, and most of the barbarians lurking next to the battlement could not react, almost subconsciously blinded, inexplicably panicked.

When the dust raised by the iron cavalry cleared a little, and Tian Hongbin and the barbarians at the head of the city finally recognized the situation under the city, they woke up from a big dream and shouted at the cunning of the Tang army when they lost their color.

On the opposite side, there was already a breathtaking drum beating, and the long sound of the horn accompanied by the neat and powerful shouts of the Tang army was close at a time. Two hundred steps away from Xizhou City, the armored infantry of the Wuping Army, which was as dense as an ant colony, had gathered in a dark array in an instant.

At the front of the formation, the four figures raised their swords high, and the tiger-headed armor and striking black robes on their chests represented their special status in this army.

Liu Jiangsheng, Chai Kewu, and Peng Shiyu and Zhu Kuangcong, who had just changed into the Tang generals' battle armor, the four generals each led the phalanx, and the decisive moment finally came.

Chai Kewu, who was appointed to be the main general of the siege, had a stern expression, pointed his long sword at the head of the city, and roared loudly: "The commander has an order, set foot in Xizhou!" ”

"Kill!"

Just as he was employing people, Li Yuan finally satisfied the desire of the reckless general Zhu Kuangcong to lead the troops to charge, only to see him dragging his long sword to take the lead, leading the dense Wuping army behind him to go straight to the city like crazy. More than 1,000 soldiers at the forefront carried long ladders with a height of several feet on their shoulders, and these long ladders were like a huge barrier to cover all the soldiers of the Wuping Army, and in less than a moment, the attacking force had entered the range of the bow and crossbow at the head of the city.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Tian Hongbin's eyes widened, and he shouted with the blade in his hand. At the sound of the order, thousands of barbarian crossbowmen immediately stretched out their arms and drew their bows to release arrows towards the city. The arrows on the head of the city, together with the blowing arrows hidden in the shadows, rushed towards the charging Wuping army formation like a storm.

These long ladders above the heads of the soldiers of the Wuping Army are not impregnable, and they can't stop the fierce arrow rain attacks at all, and there are constantly soldiers screaming and falling to the ground on the way to the charge. But even though some soldiers fell to the ground, today's Wuping army still maintained a charging formation as if they had left life and death behind, stepping on the corpses of their comrades one after another, and the eyes burned like flames, always biting the scarred city in front of them.

Soon the Wuping army arrived at the wide and deep ravine in front of the city of Xizhou, which is the classic work that Peng Shichou planned for this city in the past - the "moat" without water, but the Wuping army was obviously prepared, and the long ladder they carried was not only used to climb the city, and the soldiers of the Wuping army in the front row stopped at the side of the deep ditch and tried to put the long ladder down to build a bridge.

However, due to the fierce attack, once someone stopped in the charging formation of tens of thousands of infantry, the chaos caused by the formation was no joke, and soon many soldiers were squeezed and trampled to death by their comrades beside them, and because they were too close to the city, the long ladder had all been put down, and a large number of Wuping soldiers had completely revealed their figures, and at this moment they directly became the live targets of the condescending barbarian crossbowmen.

"Hugh Hugh!" Seeing such a great opportunity, the barbarians really did not want to let go, and immediately gave the Wuping army who were busy building a bridge to pass a baptism of arrows, and hundreds of soldiers of the Wuping army who finally passed the bridge did not have time to walk a few steps, they were pierced by the arrows and became hedgehogs, and died on the edge of the city wall only dozens of steps away.

Zhu Kuang, who had blocked several rounds of bow and arrow attacks, saw that the soldiers under his command had suffered heavy casualties, and his face was flushed with anger and anxiety, and at this time, there was a sound of bowstrings tightening overhead.

At the last moment, the besieging lord Chai Kewu decisively raised his arms and ordered, and the five thousand Wuping army archers had entered the shooting range at this time, bent their bows and arrows, pointed at the head of the city, and began to return the color.

"Buzz!" Like a swarm of flying locusts rushing towards the head of Xizhou City, the Tang-made bows and crossbows were much stronger in the end, and the thousands of arrows with whirling blades under the black pressure quickly rushed towards the barbarians at the head of the city.

It stands to reason that the lethality of this kind of upward shooting has never been high, but the barbarians still subconsciously shrank their heads, in the end most of their bodies were exposed, and no one was confident that they could catch the strong bows and crossbows of the Tang army. What's more, this distance is too close, the same way they attacked the Tang army just now, and the picture of thousands of arrows missing is equally terrifying.