Boom Boom Boom –

The sudden explosion interrupted Guan Xiao's thinking, and also woke up everyone present.

Lin Manliu, including everyone, all looked at the position of the city head, and a puff of black smoke rose from the front of the city tower, and some sparks could be seen scattering in all directions.

This familiar sound echoed in everyone's ears and could not fade away for a long time.

The siege equipment outside the city should be the same as the one used by the army of the Northern Yan King before, and it should be used to garrison the imperial city vehicles in the Dragon Road?!

After the Western Coalition Army entered the Gyeonggi territory, there were more than 20 battles in the six cities and surrounding areas along the way, all of which were won in consecutive battles and never defeated.

Moreover, those Gyeonggi soldiers and horses who were surrendered and surrendered along the way were even more vulnerable under the hooves of the coalition forces, and there was no possibility of resistance at all.

It seems that it is also because of the "continuous victories" in these days that everyone looks down on the soldiers stationed in Gyeonggi and ignores the defensive deployments set up in various places in Gyeonggi.

But as the center of the Yanyang Dynasty, how could Gyeonggi be attacked at will?

Guan Xiao hurriedly raised his hand and signaled backwards, letting the Hebei Jiashi who followed him go to the city together, and after Li Yanhe glanced at him, he also immediately walked backwards, ready to dispatch the southern cavalry under his command to cooperate with the battle.

When Zheng Kuan passed by Lin Manliu's side, he seemed to be talking to himself.

"The national thieves are coming to the city, and the men of our generation will definitely ask for it!"

Lin Manliu listened to these inexplicable words, and just wanted to stop the young man who was not much different from his age.

Zheng Kuan quickened his pace, and while holding the saber at his waist with his right hand, he strode towards the stone steps of the city wall.

Lin Manliu connected Zheng Kuan's words in the tent, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart, he exhaled slowly and stared at the young man's back.

Yue Hanzhi, who was beside her, asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lin Manliu shook his head and responded loudly: "It should be that I think too much, it's okay... Let's go into the castle tower with us! ”

Seeing that the concerns of the person he liked became more and more serious, Yue Hanzhi had to sigh with relief.

"Although all the soldiers and horses of the coalition army have not entered Shangzhou City, there are Hebei Jiashi led by General Guan in the west, and the southern cavalry under General Li in the south, and there is not the king of Northern Yan in the north who personally led the troops to garrison, and it is not difficult to stop the dark night cavalry outside the city..."

As Yue Hanzhi spoke, his hands were raised together and applied to Lin Manliu's cheeks.

Without waiting for the young man in front of her to react, she rubbed it.

Yue Hanzhi continued to speak: "Those who think about this and that all day long may age faster than me!" I don't want to stay with an old man! ”

The jokes that your sweetheart says casually can always hit the heart directly.

And it's a heart-to-heart blow, and the effect is outstanding...

Lin Manliu no longer had a sad look on his face, and a smile reappeared on his face.

"Let's go up together!"

"Hmm!"

After Lin Manliu entered the city tower, he didn't need to look out of the window at all, the soldiers in the building had already shouted loudly, and reported the troops and equipment outside the city clearly.

"Report! Wang Xiao personally called for a battle outside the city, and there should be 6,000 soldiers and horses behind him, half cavalry and half infantry! ”

"Report! Among Wang Xiao's army, there are no less than thirty catapults, and there seem to be eight bull ballistas in the rear of the army! ”

The military intelligence report of the two of them has already made everyone in the building gasp.

Guan Xiao's face also became solemn, and he looked in the direction of the outside of the city with his hands behind his back.

"Always pay attention to the movements of Wang Xiao's main force, and if you enter the firing range, first use feather arrows to slow down the pace of the enemy!"

The herald's guard shouted an order, and then ran to the outside of the wall.

Guan Xiao, who successfully gave the order, began to murmur in his mouth.

"Eight Ox Ballista... Eight oxen ballista..."

His repeated words were naturally heard clearly by those around him.

Zhou Biao was the first to speak: "Later, after Wang Xiao Lao'er approaches with his troops, do you want me to lead people to rush from the south city gate and destroy those eight-ox ballistas?" ”

Zheng Kuan raised his hands high to signal, as if he wanted to answer, indicating that he could replace Zhou Biao and personally lead the armor to destroy.

As a result, he couldn't speak, and two fierce lights looked at him in unison.

Zheng Kuan could only hang his head and mutter: "Zhou Biao will go to Zhou Biao..."

Zhou Biao laughed loudly, raised his hand and smashed it on Zheng Kuan's shoulder.

"That's right! There was no big or small before, but in the future, if you are so obedient, Lao Tzu can also be more comfortable! ”

Guan Xiao also laughed, and he looked at Zhou Biao.

"Later, you will lead 800 people, all of whom must be your own brothers, and go to meet General Li!"

Zhou Biao didn't hold his fists, but slapped his hands on his round belly.

"Order! Those eight-bull ballistas, they must not be able to shoot! ”

Guan Xiao thought about it for a while, and spoke again.

"Bring Xu Dashi with you, as well as the brothers under him..."

A flash of surprise flashed across Zhou Biao's face, but it quickly disappeared.

"Got it! Got it! ”

Zhou Biao took the special armor from the hands of his personal guards and hung it on his body.

When he turned around, he just glanced at Guan Xiao and Zheng Kuan, and then strode towards the exit of the city tower.

When passing by Lin Manliu and Yue Hanzhi's side, Zhou Biao suddenly stopped and looked at the two of them.

Zhou Biao asked: "Did you both hear the previous question?" ”

Lin Manliu looked at the fat man in front of him, who was as strong as a mountain of meat, and nodded silently.

Zhou Biao squeezed out an ugly smile on his face, like a child in the countryside.

"Lin Shaoxia is very smart, he must know the intention of General Guan's arrangement, my rough brain is not very good, can you tell me about it, why do you have to let me bring Xu Dashi's cowardly stuff..."

Lin Manliu fell silent and did not immediately respond to Zhou Biao.

Zhou Biao seemed to be unable to wait for an answer, so he simply put the head armor clamped under his armpit on his head, ready to continue to walk forward.

Yue Hanzhi replied loudly for Lin Manliu: "They are all their own brothers, and they will go and return together." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Biao's pace of moving forward did not stop, but went faster.

On the battlefield, among the soldiers, there is no one who will not die, but no one must die.

......

After a stick of incense, as Guan Xiao expected, the soldiers and horses led by Wang Xiao began to move forward.

The Hebei soldiers stationed at the head of the city saw that the enemy army was getting closer and closer to them, and some people with excellent archery skills could already pull their bows and vibrate the strings to shoot the opponent's men and horses.

When Wang Xiao and the soldiers and horses behind him entered the range of the arrows, the commander who commanded the arrow attack immediately roared.

"Arrows!"

Whoosh – whoosh –

A rain of arrows poured down from above the city in an instant, and the target was directly aimed at the army led by Wang Xiao.

In the face of the attacking feather arrows, Wang Xiao did not have the slightest emotion on his face, and he waved the war knife in his hand to stop all the feather arrows in front of him.

The same was true of the Dark Night Rider behind him, waving his long soldier and blocking a large number of feathered arrows.

Wang Xiao shouted violently: "The catapult is also advancing together, smash it for me!" ”

The three soldiers in charge of the order, under the protection of the other night riders, waved the big silk in the middle of the three.

Symbolizing the night ride, the Da Xuan dances in the wind and sand, like a black cloud wantonly eroding the sky.

Dozens of catapults, located in the rear, immediately pushed forward after seeing the instructions of the main forces ahead.

During this period, the soldiers in charge of the catapults also began to load the vehicles on their side with blaststones and fuel oil.

When the loading was completed, the soldiers holding the swords and axes slashed down, and the fiery blast stone flew forward, passed over the heads of Wang Xiao and the others, and smashed into the wall of Shangzhou City.

In this way, dozens of fire meteors flew into the air, and finally smashed on the city wall, causing the mountains to shake and breathe.

Destroy the city!

This is the name of these catapults among the Imperial City vehicles.

As the name suggests, whether it is on the Dragon Road, defending against foreign enemies in the Northland, or placed on the flat land of the Central Plains, it is an extremely terrifying killing force.

Under the bombardment of "destroying the city", even Xiongcheng such as Xijing and Dongdu cannot be perfectly resisted, let alone Shangzhou City at this moment?

Inside the city tower, Guan Xiao's face became a little grim, and from time to time sand and stones slipped from the top of his head, and he didn't have the idea of brushing it off.

It was indeed necessary to fight outside the city...

If Wang Xiao and his people continue to approach, the "destruction of the city" behind him will only get closer and closer, and the threat to the city wall will only be greater.

And in the rear of the enemy army, there is also the eight-ox ballista known as "one arrow breaks ten thousand armor, and the immortals are invincible".

If you succeed in getting those eight-oxen ballistas out of formation, it will be a luxury to fight outside the city at that time.

Just as he was hesitating, a man suddenly rushed into the tower.

Lin Manliu, who was standing at the edge of the entrance, was the first to recognize the identity of the comer, who was the commander surnamed Sun who had previously blocked them from returning to the coalition garrison.

As soon as this person entered the city tower, he had already raised his hand and pointed at Guan Xiao.

"General Guan Xiao, why don't you send troops to defend against the enemy, aren't you afraid of the dark night riders under Wang Xiao?"

Guan Xiao didn't answer immediately, but just raised his hand and waved, letting the Hebei armor soldiers who were blocking around the leader surnamed Sun disperse.

The commander surnamed Sun watched the unsightly guy in front of him leave, and the whole person behaved even stronger.

He asked again: "Guan Xiao! Sun is ordered to come to supervise the battle at this moment, and the prince asks you to quickly send troops to meet the enemy, and you must not delay the fighter! ”

Guan Xiao turned his head to look at the commander surnamed Sun, and a faint cold light appeared in his eyes.

"Lord Wang... Guan Xiao dared to ask, which prince is it? The enemy army has as many as 20,000 soldiers and horses this time, and the garrison on the west side is mainly composed of soldiers under the command of Guan Mou, so don't you want me to go out of the city and die? ”

The commander surnamed Sun sneered, and said loudly: "Xijing is right in front of you!" We still have five cities connected to the rear, and there are more than 100,000 troops in the town, so why not be afraid of a war! Why be afraid of death! ”

Guan Xiao clenched his fists and was about to speak.

The commander surnamed Sun, like a pot that can't be opened, laughed and scolded again.

"Guan Xiao! Don't forget... Your Royal Highness King Wu, now the corpse is still being exposed outside Xijing City! If you go late, I'm afraid you won't even count as jerky! ”

Guan Xiao said coldly: "Fighting outside the city, who does it mean?" ”

The commander surnamed Sun looked at Guan Xiao's expression that almost wanted to kill, and the smile on his face became more and more crazy.

"Guan Xiao, don't you think... It's what our prince meant! The order for you to send troops to meet the enemy this time was said by His Royal Highness the King of Chu himself! ”

Zheng Kuan watched the verbal exchange between the two and clenched the saber on his waist again.

His palm rested on the hilt of the knife back and forth, as if he was struggling with something, as if he were making an extremely difficult decision.

When it came to the conversation about important military matters, Lin Manliu and Yue Hanzhi couldn't get involved, so they could only watch Guan Xiao confront the commander surnamed Sun.

Suddenly, he saw a man quietly leaving the tower, and judging by the man's steps of progress, it seemed that he was walking in the direction of the city gate.

Lin Manliu was shocked, and hurriedly turned his head and shouted to Guan Xiao.

"General Guan, let someone stop Zheng Kuan!"

The boy's shout made Guan Xiao lose his mind for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses again.

He hurriedly looked to his side and found that Zheng Kuan, who had been standing beside him, was gone.

Lin Manliu's voice reminded that the words of the commander surnamed Sun were persecuted, and Zheng Kuan disappeared without a trace, and Guan Xiao immediately had an answer in his heart.

He ignored the clamor of the commander surnamed Sun, and immediately shouted to the herald beside him.

"Immediately order the gates of the city to be guarded, and no one can go out of the city to meet the enemy!" Hurry—"

The eagerness in his words could be heard by anyone.

The herald didn't care about replying, and quickly ran to the outside of the city tower, hoping that the heavens would not fulfill people's wishes, and at the same time as the herald rushed all the way and shouted, the fire meteor that flew up from the rear of Wang Xiao's army smashed towards the west wall again.

The sound of flint crackling, the shaking of the earth, and the screams of the soldiers resounded over the city, and these sounds engulfed the cry of the heralds.

By the time the herald had finished giving the order, the west gate was already half open.

A young man walked out with a knife and a bow, and behind him walked out hundreds of Hebei soldiers who were not afraid of fighting to the death.

While raising the saber in his hand, the young man looked at the castle tower behind him.

His eyes were a little red, as if he had just cried, but now he was smiling heartily.

"Guan Xiao, listen to me! These brothers behind me are my father's pawns! That's my Zheng Kuan's own soldier! ”

"You're fucking unhappy, since you don't give me people, then I'll take my own people out of the city to kill the enemy!"

"Everyone, listen up! From before to now... I am the biggest official among the Hebei soldiers! It's all Zheng Dadu! ”

"You Heishui City Keeper, only deserve to give me Zheng Kuan's shoes!"

Listening to the shouts outside the city gate, Guan Xiao rushed to the city, he looked at the hundred-person armor who had already walked away, and looked at the young man at the front.

At this moment, he wants to lead his troops out of the city to arrest the little bastard who disobeyed the military order, he wants to count all the old soldiers who are coaxing with him, and he wants to make the people who are fighting outside the city and resisting the enemy army become himself...

But it's too late!

Outside Shangzhou City, a hundred armor soldiers against a thousand horsemen!

Zheng Kuan stabbed his saber into the ground, holding the bow in one hand and vibrating the string in the other, he stared at Wang Xiao three hundred steps away.

"I can't kill you at the south gate of the Eastern Capital, I will kill you today!"

Wang Xiao listened to the roar in front of him, and his face showed a mocking look that he had not seen for a long time.

He is going to be ashamed today, as long as he succeeds in capturing Shangzhou City in front of him, those voices in the dark night riding will be completely suppressed by him!