Old Samor was carried into the backyard of the City Guard Mansion, and immediately woke up and smiled at Li Jiangyao and the others who were guarding the side.

"Daddy Samore, are you alright?" Looking at Samour, who was covered in blood and pale, Li Jiangyao couldn't help but be surprised: "Didn't you say that you just pretend?" How did it get so serious? ”

Ma Mu complained: "According to Lord Shen's instructions, I arranged for Lao Sa and them to go out of the city to perform bitter meat tricks. Originally, it was okay to pretend to be injured, but I didn't expect this old thing to insist on pretending to be real, and he had to let his subordinates slash his arms and thighs a few times, so that it was so scary. Samol, are you really dying?! ”

Samour smiled, "It's fine." It's just flesh wounds. My lord, as the saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of cheating. Those who have been in business for many years have a pair of thief eyes, and if they don't move to the real thing, I'm afraid they won't be able to scare them. ”

Li Jiangyao was slightly apologetic: "Daddy Samor, it's really hard for you." To deceive everyone like this, I really feel a little sorry in my heart. ”

"What are you talking about, my lord?" Samol struggled to sit up from the stretcher: "The tricks played by the Turkic ghosts, others can't understand, but they can't deceive me Samor." They are now selling it to the people in the city, just to sow discord so that they can conquer Metasequoia City. However, there are a lot of soft bones in this city, and I heard that they can save their lives and escape faster than rabbits. It's better for me to scare those bastards than to be slaves under the sword of the Turks and Gelhan. ”

With the help of Samor and them, Shen Lie came up with a counter-introvert plan, which immediately worked wonders.

The first few groups of business travelers who left the city had already left safely at this time. It is absolutely impossible for them to return to Metasequoia to expose Samar's bitter schemes. And those who remained in the city did not have the courage to go out of the city and try it for themselves.

Even some people with shrewd minds and keen eyes saw the strangeness in it, but they did not dare to question it easily, because they were afraid that Captain Li would be angry and order his subordinates to drive them all out of Metasequoia, and if what Samour said was true, it would be regretted.

Therefore, the main mood of the merchants and people in Metasequoia City at present is not suspicion, but anger.

That's often the case.

When there is no hope, people will be pessimistic, depressed, and lose their fighting spirit; And having hope, and then being shattered in an instant, will make people suddenly produce an inexplicable anger.

This anger, fueled by extreme disappointment, is often redoubled to the one who promised hope.

That's the way it is now. The anger of the whole city of Metasequoia fell on the heads of those Turks who "did not believe in their words" without suspense and reservation.

For the safety of the merchants, the large caravans traveling to and from the Western Xinjiang trade routes were often equipped with armed guards of a certain size, that is, private soldiers of the merchants. Now seeing that there is no hope of escaping, the big bosses can no longer suppress the anger in their hearts, and they have sent their guards to the city guard mansion to sign up for their lives, asking to join the city defense forces, and beat the untrustworthy turtle grandsons outside the city!

The logic behind this is simple and straightforward.

Now I believe the Turks, leaving Metasequoia is very likely to become the next Samol, but if you don't leave the city at this time, you will die when the city is broken.

In this case, it is better to go out, and if you want to survive, the only hope is to hold the city.

There are businessmen who are enthusiastic and enthusiastic as role models, and the people in the city have also begun to sign up enthusiastically.

Instead of waiting for death, it is better to fight hard.

Desperately trying to save your life. This is the biggest joke that war has played with mankind, and it is also the eternal truth.

Overnight, tens of thousands of people in Metasequoia City applied to join the army, and Li Jiangyao and the others were also stunned.

After Lin Feng and Du Jian's careful selection, the city guard mansion left nearly 4,000 qualified people, and the rest were all assigned to Ma Mu as people's husbands.

Among the 4,000 recruits, the caravan guards accounted for more than half, and they were either from the armies of various countries, or the disciples of the sects on the rivers and lakes, all of whom were veterans with extremely strong combat effectiveness. The remaining half of the people were also young men with strong physique. Although they are not from the army, the ghosts and deserts of Western Xinjiang have always been fierce, so everyone looks like they can fight twice.

Metasequoia's strength tripled overnight, from less than 2,000 men to nearly 6,000, and morale was high and morale was high.

If Lao Jianhua learned about his strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, it would have greatly increased Li Jiangyao's strength, and it was estimated that he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.

After three days of waiting, except for the nearly 2,000 people who escaped from Metasequoia on the afternoon of the first day, there was no more team to leave the city.

Lao Jianhua couldn't help but secretly wonder in his heart: Could it be that Li Jiangyao and they really dared to forcibly stop the people from fleeing for their lives? Such an unkind and unwise move will immediately arouse the anger of the people, and the internal instability of Metasequoia City will definitely be unstable.

However, looking at the head of Metasequoia City in the past few days, soldiers are coming and going, and people are full of voices, and they are preparing for war with all their might. What is even more strange is that the number of defenders has increased a lot with the naked eye.

Lao Jianhua gradually became worried.

After three days of delay, time did not allow the coalition forces to delay any further. According to the prior deployment, in the near future, Loulan and Shule will make big moves. At the same time, the secret forces hidden in the ghost desert of Western Xinjiang must also follow suit. As the vanguard force, they must cooperate with the attack on Chechi Wangcheng and contain the Zhenjiang army.

The occupation of the Chechi royal court was a key link in the war; And taking Metasequoia is an important fulcrum for entering the royal court.

If this place cannot be captured within three or five days, then the layout will be affected.

If this important city were left behind on the trade route connecting the east and west, it would be very dangerous to sweep away the armed forces of the Holy Tang in the western frontier.

Of course, the commander of the coalition forces, Duolun, was well aware of the severity, and he did not dare to delay any longer. After a three-day break, the Turkic Iron Pigeon Army and the Ghost League horse bandits once again launched an attack on Metasequoia City.

But who knows, it doesn't matter if you don't fight, you will be shocked when you hit it.

Metasequoia City's defense system is actually so strong that it is outrageous.

The weapons dealers in the city opened warehouses and bled out, and carried the best weapons and armor, strong bows and crossbows, sharp arrows, gunpowder and oil to the city in a desperate manner;

Not far behind, the food merchants sent piles of roasted naan, bacon, barrels of mare's milk and wine to the front;

The new recruits are as if they have been beaten with chicken blood, and everyone is not afraid of death. If it weren't for Lin Feng's desperate efforts to stop him, he would have jumped off the city directly and fought with the Turks and horse bandits.

The morale is like this, and the city is difficult to break.

The siege lasted for five days and five nights, and the allied soldiers and horses strictly implemented the wheel warfare method formulated by Lao Jianhua. They divided into battalions and detachments, taking turns to fight, constantly exerting great pressure on the east gate of Metasequoia.

However, this is not of much bird use.

The Metasequoia defenders were not only not dragged down by them, but they also became more and more energetic. The reason behind this is simple, they are also engaged in wheel warfare.

At this time, the strength of the city increased to 6,000, and under Li Jiangyao's arrangement, the soldiers were divided into three groups and took turns to defend the east city gate. Although they were far inferior to the besieging side in terms of the size of their forces, the Metasequoia defenders had a geographical advantage. They were condescending, at ease, and better protected and recuperated in the vicinity, with much less attrition than the Turks.

After several rounds of fierce fighting, it was the Iron Pigeon Army that was almost dragged down first.

Faced with such an unexpected situation, Duolun wanted to cry without tears, Lao Jianhua was puzzled, and the two brothers almost doubted their lives together.

It was at this time that Gelhan brought them good news - Zaire, who had been sent to Metasequoia City by him, was finally bubbling.

The last time the Ghost League attacked Metasequoia City, he planted a big heel, and the second leader of the Ghost League, Laihai, was also captured, Gelhan decided to withdraw his troops temporarily, and before leaving, he asked his henchman Zaire to secretly infiltrate the city with his men, while trying to rescue Laihai, while inquiring about the news.

This time, Metasequoia City was besieged by coalition forces, and Lin Feng immediately imposed martial law on the whole city, so Zaire has never been able to get in touch with Gelhan outside.

It wasn't until the caravan and the people fled for their lives from the city a few days ago that he finally had the opportunity to send someone to sneak out of the metasequoia and recontact the alliance leader Gelhan.

At the same time, Zaire also joined the defenders with his men, taking advantage of the convenience of standing guard at the South City Gate to secretly exchange news with the horse bandits.

When Duolun and Lao Jianhua learned of this, they immediately lifted their spirits.

The two discussed with Gelhan overnight, intending to let Zaireri join forces with the outside world, and take advantage of the opportunity to defend the city at night to secretly open the south gate so that the coalition forces could launch a surprise attack.

Although Gerhan had no objection to this, he was still a little flustered in his heart: what is this special...... It seems to be the same last time!

For this kind of siege routine without new ideas, Gelhan has a faint feeling that it is not very secure. The shadow in his heart that was supposed to be in the outside before, was so great that as soon as he heard what the inside and the outside should be together, and what was stealing the city gate, his heart couldn't help but ache faintly.

However, Gelhan accepted Doron's instructions and secretly informed Zaire that he was ready to carry out the plan.

In order to capture Metasequoia, and then threaten the Chechi Royal City, and regain his long-awaited throne in one fell swoop, the necessary luck should still be a little bit of luck. Life is like a casino, if you don't dare to fight, I'm afraid you won't even have a chance to win.

Unfortunately, however, history is often strikingly similar.

The very unsafe premonition in Gelhan's heart finally came true - the hapless Zaire met two deadly nemesis.

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On the night of the day when the coalition high command confirmed the plan for the sneak attack, Li Jiangyao and Shen Lie, after withdrawing from the battlefield at the East Gate, went around the other three city gates to inspect the defensive preparations in various places.

As soon as the two of them reached the south gate, they happened to run into Zaire's team leading the changing of the guard, hurrying past them.

Li Jiangyao and Shen Lie stopped almost at the same time, staring at Zaire's distant back very tacitly.

Li Jiangyao muttered, "This person seems to have a problem. ”

Shen Lie narrowed his eyes and nodded: "It's indeed a bit of a problem." ”

"It can't be a spy, right?" Li Jiang looked at Shen Lie from afar.

Shen Lie asked with interest, "How did you see it?" ”

Li Jiangyao shook his head: "I don't know." It's just a gut feeling, and the aura on that guy's body doesn't seem quite right. ”

Shen Lie felt a pang in his heart when he heard this: he is a great general, and he is talented. Many famous generals and masters often have a spiritual sense that ordinary people can't reach, and perhaps the same is true for the young man in front of him.

He smiled: "Brother, I don't rely on my feelings to do things. There are two reasons why he is suspicious. ”

"There are two reasons?" Li Jiangyao was surprised: "But why can't I even see one." ”

Shen Lie patiently introduced: "First, after that person saw us just now, he subconsciously dodged his gaze, and his pace became a little flustered. ”

Li Jiangyao teased when he heard this: "Brother, experience is a kind of intuition, okay." ”

Shen Lie didn't think it was upset, and continued with a smile: "What about the second...... I've seen his drawings before. ”

"Shadow graphics?" Li Jiangyao was slightly stunned: "Have you seen his portrait?" ”

Shen Lie bowed slightly: "It's a coincidence." The Reverse Scale Division has been secretly keeping an eye out for a traitor named Qi Ying in the dark stake in the western frontier. All the suspicious people who have had secret contact with him have been recorded in detail by my subordinates, and among them who have had a lot of contacts, they will also make special statues for investigation. That guy just now was one of them. ”

Hearing this, Li Jiangyao raised his thumb: "The Reverse Scale Division really lives up to its reputation, and your brother's ability to never forget is also remarkable." ”

Shen Lie shook his head with an exaggerated expression: "Brother, compared to your daytime attack on the camp, I really can't do this little trick." ”

After that, the two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.