Five days later, Yunzhou, Shaheguan.

Outside the city were corpses all over the ground, both barbarians and soldiers.

Some of the corpses were rotting and stinking, and crows and vultures circled in the sky, occasionally making oozing chirps.

In the distance is the barbarian camp, and at this time the smoke rises from the barbarian camp, and the barbarians are burying the pot for cooking, intending to continue the attack after they have eaten and drunk enough.

Zhu Chong, the king of Pingnan, stood on the city wall with a pale face, with many bandages wrapped around his body, and it seemed that he was not lightly injured, and next to him was Zhu Chi, the prince of the world, who was covered in blood.

Since Zhu Chong was injured, it was Zhu Chi who was directing the battle.

Zhu Chi has experienced several battles with the barbarians, killing countless enemies, and the blood on his body is all barbarians.

Zhu Chong looked at the bleak scene outside the pass, sighed, and asked, "How is the battle going?" ”

"Back to my father, this is the twenty-seventh attack of the barbarians, our side has killed more than 1,600 people, wounded more than 2,300 people, and now there are less than 50,000 soldiers in the city, and most of them are wounded."

"The rolling wood and stones in the city have run out, and the barbarian attacks are becoming more and more fierce, as if they are crazy, they don't care about casualties at all, and many barbarian soldiers have already put on iron armor, if there are two more waves, we may not be able to hold it." Zhu Chi said truthfully, his face full of grief.

Since the fall of Peacock Mountain, the barbarians have carried out endless mining of iron ore, making weapons and armor in large quantities.

Although they were all rushed out and the quality was not very good, it also greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the barbarians.

"Alas, it's all to blame on this king, if it weren't for this king's underestimation of the enemy, if he fell for the tricks of Alina's little girl, he wouldn't have lost his troops, my 200,000 Yunzhou army is now very little, it's this king who is sorry for them!"

Zhu Chong's eyes were red, his face was full of self-blame, and he hammered his chest with grief and indignation.

Originally, if the 200,000 Yunzhou army held the city, it would be more than enough to deal with the 400,000 barbarian army.

But when the barbarian army officially attacked the city, the defenders in Shahe Pass were less than 100,000.

It turned out that at that time, the barbarians suddenly launched a sneak attack, captured Peacock Mountain, and killed all the defenders of Peacock Mountain, hanging their heads on the mountain gate.

After Zhu Chong learned of this, he also quickly led the 150,000 Yunzhou troops gathered from all over Yunzhou to rush to Shaheguan to support.

When Zhu Chong had just arrived at Shahe Pass, he heard from the soldiers who had escaped from Peacock Mountain that the barbarians had held a celebration banquet on Peacock Mountain, and they were all drunk like mud, and the wine jars alone were piled up into a hill.

Zhu Chong thought that this was a rare opportunity, maybe he could annihilate the barbarians in one fell swoop, and immediately led the 150,000 Yunzhou army to attack Peacock Mountain.

But when the 150,000 Yunzhou troops attacked Peacock Mountain, they found that the barbarian defenders in Peacock Mountain were less than 10,000, and all of them were elite soldiers and strong generals, and there was no sign of drunkenness at all.

These 10,000 barbarians were stubbornly defending the cottage, and the Yunzhou army couldn't attack it for a long time, so Zhu Chong realized that he had been tricked.

But just as Zhu Chong was about to retreat, he found that he had already been surrounded by the barbarian army.

In the case of no retreat, Zhu Chong had no choice but to break through with a large army, but he suffered heavy casualties, and few Yunzhou troops escaped from the army, and even Zhu Chong was seriously injured.

If it weren't for Zhu Chi taking the remaining 50,000 soldiers in Shahe Pass out of the city to respond, I'm afraid Zhu Chong wouldn't be able to come back.

When Zhu Chong returned to Shahe Pass, he learned that the soldier who ran back from Peacock Mountain was not a big cadre at all, but a spy of the barbarians.

Not only did the spies take advantage of the chaos to escape, but they also tried to set fire to the grain and grass before leaving.

Fortunately, even if Zhu Chi found out, he was able to save the grain and grass in Shahe Pass.

In the next few days, Zhu Chongdu continued to collect the remnants of the defeated generals who were scattered, but of the 150,000 army, less than 50,000 escaped in total!

In addition, Zhu Chong was seriously injured, and the morale in Shahe Pass was extremely low for a while, and the soldiers had almost no fighting spirit.

Under such circumstances, it was not easy for Zhu Chi to successfully resist the twenty-seven attacks of the barbarians.

"Father, when will the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive? If they don't come again, our Yunzhou army will die! Zhu said with red eyes.

These 200,000 Yunzhou troops are all the family of King Pingnan, if they are all lost, King Pingnan's status in the court will plummet, and I am afraid that even the fief will be recovered.

Zhu Chong naturally understood what Zhu Chi meant, patted Zhu Chi's shoulder and said: "Son, you have worked hard during this time, if you insist on persevering, the reinforcements should arrive soon, Yunzhou is a line of defense for Daqian, even if my Yunzhou army is finished, I can't let the barbarians step into Shahe Pass!" ”

After listening to Zhu Chong's words, Zhu Chi felt a lot more at ease and nodded firmly.

Although Zhu Chong comforted Zhu Chi on his lips, he knew very well in his heart that even if there were reinforcements, it would be impossible to arrive in such a short time.

It is very likely that the emperor has given up Yunzhou, and at this time he may be arranging a second line of defense outside Yunzhou.

But Zhu Chong didn't blame the emperor, if he wanted to blame, he could only blame him for falling into the tricks of the barbarians and causing the defeat, and he didn't give the court any time to react at all.

Soon, the barbarians once again raised 100,000 troops and launched an attack on Shahe Pass.

However, this time Zhu Chong personally went into battle, and the morale of the Yunzhou army improved a lot, and once again blocked the barbarian army that had already attacked the city wall.

But this time the barbarian offensive was also very fierce, and the casualties of the Yunzhou army were not small, and the Yunzhou army, which was originally less than 50,000, lost tens of thousands of people.

The rest were basically wounded, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

Looking at the corpses piled up on the city wall, Zhu Chi's face was gloomy, he knew that the next barbarian was likely to launch a general attack.

Although the casualties of the barbarians also reached 100,000, their number was still several times that of the Yunzhou army.

Moreover, they are various tribes who take turns to fight and can get enough rest, but the Yunzhou army has been fighting continuously and has long been exhausted.

If the whole barbarian army attacked, the Yunzhou army would not be able to resist, and by that time, not only would the Shahe Pass not be able to hold it, but the entire Yunzhou would fall.

"You can't cower in the city like this anymore, if you continue like this, you will only die a slow death!"

At this moment, a crazy idea emerged from Zhu Chi's mind.

He looked at the adjutant general on the side and said, "General Li, immediately select three hundred brothers with good skills, and go out of the city with me after dark." ”

"Shizi, there are barbarians outside the city, it is very dangerous, why do you want to go out of the city?" The adjutant general asked suspiciously.

"You don't have to worry about this, you just need to prepare manpower for me, and you must not tell my father about this matter, otherwise this son will never spare you." Zhu Chi said solemnly.

"Subordinates obey."

The adjutant nodded, and did not ask any more, during this period of time, King Pingnan was injured, and it was the prince Zhu Chi who led his brothers to resist the barbarians, and Zhu Chi's prestige in the army was no less than that of King Pingnan.

Since it was Zhu Chi's order, he naturally had to obey it.

Zhu Chi waved his hand and asked the deputy general to go down to arrange it first, and then looked in the direction of the barbarian camp, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes.