With the approach of the Nanban siege troops, the military formation in the Nanban began to beat drums and cheer, and the shaman priest made a final prayer and blessing to the army soldiers, only to see the barbarian military command flag waving, and the barbarian warrior shouted unintelligible slogans in his mouth, waving shields, pushing the siege ladder, and rushed to the tall city wall of Qucheng like a tide.

In the first battle of the siege, the southern barbarian soldiers held shields to cover tens of thousands of auxiliaries to fill the moat of Qucheng, and the defenders of Qucheng also began to suppress the siege operations under the city with crossbowmen on the crossbowmen, and the Jin army's arrows shot down countless Nanban auxiliaries like flying locusts, and the former tribe was not to be outdone, and sent crossbowmen to throw arrows at the city to suppress the firepower of the Jin army.

Mu Sheng carefully nested behind the battlements of the city wall, he only felt a shock to the city wall, and the cannon stones shot by the enemy's stone throwers smashed directly on the road of the rammed earth city wall, and the broken stones smashed the surrounding city defenders to a piece, and suddenly wailed everywhere.

The soldiers in the front row of the barbarians erected a shield wall, and the southern barbarian soldiers in the back kept transporting sand and soil from the rear to fill the moat, and more than a dozen wooden arrow towers of the southern barbarians were full of crossbowmen and shooting at the Jin army on the city wall.

The height of the arrow tower is similar to the city wall of Qucheng, the arrow tower is equipped with six wheels under the arrow tower, and the Nanban soldiers push the arrow tower forward with great effort, which is equivalent to a moving wooden fortress, which offsets the geographical advantage of the defenders to a certain extent, and the defenders are also killed and wounded countless times under the attack of the Nanban arrow tower, and the defenders can only carefully hide behind the battlements and use rockets to attack the siege towers, trying to burn these arrow towers.

Mu Sheng honestly hid behind the battlements, not daring to make a slight appearance, just now a sergeant next to him was shot through the head by an arrow from a barbarian soldier, he wiped the blood splashed on his face, and at this moment he really felt the cruelty of war in this era.

Mu Sheng thought about what he had experienced before, at best, it was just a group fight, even if he had a high-level cultivator Heavenly Master-level cultivation now, he was just a super soldier in front of this thousands of troops, once he was encircled, his fists would be invincible with four hands, and when his spiritual power was exhausted, he would be dead or alive.

An hour later, the barbarians finally filled the moat with the arrows and huge casualties of the Jin army flying like locusts at the head of the city.

The Southern Barbarian army blew the horn of attack, pushing dozens of ladder siege vehicles slowly approaching the city wall, and all the defenders could do was to keep shooting the soldiers who pushed the carts below to slow down the speed of the Southern Barbarian attack.

Finally, the siege ladders of the Southern Barbarian Army were set up on the city wall one after another, and the bloodiest and most cruel hand-to-hand combat at the head of the city began, although the opponent's Southern Barbarian soldiers were generally not tall, and looked like a small thin monkey from a distance, but they were also extremely brave, each of them had mysterious patterns painted on their faces, wearing heavy armor, and holding long knives in their mouths, jumped on the city wall, their eyes were red and they were dancing with weapons and rushed up to fight with the defenders.

Seeing this, Mu Sheng also rushed forward with his shield and long sword, cutting down one barbarian warrior after another who jumped onto the city......

Mu Sheng's side, Hua Zilan also tied her hair and wore a military uniform, holding dual swords to slash and kill the Southern Barbarian warriors who attacked the city, although her IQ was only six years old, but her fighting instinct was still extremely strong, and she was also a heavenly master-level monk, not to mention her combat power.

Mu Sheng saw Hua Zilan's amazing combat power, and nodded secretly in his heart, he finally didn't bother in vain, he had already completed the brainwashing of Hua Zilan, and now she is only six years old, her IQ is really too easy to control, and she almost obeys his orders.

This battle was fought from morning to afternoon, the head of the city, the corpses under the city were all over the field, the Nanban attacked Qucheng so strongly, the casualties were not small in a day, and the Nanban was finally driven off the city wall by the Jin army.

In this battle, Fu Bao divided the defenders into two teams, 3,000 people defended the city, 3,000 people rested, took turns to defend the city, and mobilized the people of the whole city to participate in the defense of the city, the people helped carry the corpses, threw stones to the city, built the city wall, etc., in general, the defenders were still very advantageous.

In the era when there were no firearms, it was extremely difficult to attack the city, the attacker's casualties were generally more than several times that of the defender, and the longer the defender defended, the more casualties the attacker would be, and the attacker's wisest choice was to besiege the city, and wait for the defenders in the city to run out of food and grass to break the city naturally.

Mu Sheng saw the barbarians collect their troops and leave, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, he relied on himself to be a monk, and he never went down the city wall to rest in turn, until now he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and his legs were weak, and he finally sat down on the ground road and no longer had any strength.

Hua Zilan was holding dual swords, she saw that her master had fallen, so she hurriedly stepped forward and squatted beside Mu Sheng, and asked with concern, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

Mu Sheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just too tired, just slow down." ”

Mu Sheng saw that Hua Zilan, the female devil, was still very energetic, and he didn't see a trace of fatigue, he secretly sighed in his heart, it was really cost-effective to transform this woman into his senior bodyguard.

In the county guard's mansion, Fu Bao stood in front of the sand table with a sad face and preached to the generals: "In the first battle, we suffered more than 500 casualties, the army of the former clan came too fast, our preparation is still not enough, the biggest problem is that the grain and grass in the city can only support for a month, and the enemy army has 80,000 people, even if the reinforcements from Zhuo County arrive here, I am afraid it will be difficult to break the siege!" ”

Feng Qi walked to the sand table and pointed to a few locations and preached to the generals: "Now the scouts have reconnoitred a few places that may be the enemy's stacking and transporting grain and grass, and now that the enemy is outnumbered, we need someone to lead the death squad to burn the enemy's grain and grass, who of you is willing to go?" ”

Feng Qi said, the needle drop in the hall could be heard, Feng Qi stared at several long histories and generals under his command and bowed their heads silently, everyone knew that this task was basically a life of death, and there was a high probability that they would not be able to come back.

Mu Sheng stared at the several places marked on the sand table and fell into deep thought, the current situation is urgent, the enemy has obviously been planning for a long time, from the combat method to the pre-battle preparation is very sufficient, this time he has to gamble, he doesn't want to be trapped here all the time.

Mu Sheng simply stood up and took the initiative to ask for his life: "Lord Fu, Lord Feng, I am willing to go." ”

Encouraged by Mu Sheng, Yao Ji also stepped forward and took the initiative to ask for help.

The county lieutenant Feng Qi saw that the two of them said a few good words in a row.

Fu Bao also stepped forward and patted Mu Sheng's shoulder and said, "Very good, it is worthy of the people brought out by Lao Guo, with the courage of our Jin people, I will give you five hundred sergeants, Liu Zhang is the main general, Yao Ji is the deputy general, if you can succeed, this official will show you the first credit for this battle." ”

"No!" The two gave a military salute to Fu Bao.

In the evening, the Qucheng campus was brightly lit, and Mu Sheng and Yao Ji stood side by side in front of the stage, followed by the five hundred people who dared to die.

Fu Bao and Feng Qi stood in front of the soldiers and made a final mobilization speech to boost morale.

The county guard Fu Leopard held the wine bowl and spoke excitedly, his eyes were sincere: "Ladies and gentlemen, this battle Fu can not accompany everyone to charge into battle, it is a pity, the old man has the heavy responsibility of guarding the land and the people, guarding this side of the water and soil, and there are fathers, brothers and sisters in this city, the Nanban has always been cruel and murderous, if the enemy breaks the city, my father and elder in your family will probably become slaves of the Nanban......"

"Fu also knows that this battle is dangerous, but someone has to do it, Fu Mou would like to thank the soldiers on behalf of the people of the city, this battle is guaranteed by the official, those who die in the war will be rewarded with 500 gold, and the disabled will be rewarded with 100 gold, the old man will personally ask for merit and knighthood for the warriors, and the old man will drink this wine first for the brave soldiers."

After that, Fu Bao drank it all and threw the wine bowl on the ground.

The county lieutenant Feng Qi also took a sip of the bowl of wine, and yelled at the soldiers in front of him: "You robes, have you all heard the promise of the county guard?" The eldest husband is alive, when he reports to the country, under An Lishu, sons, the opportunity to make meritorious service has come, you are all soldiers trained by my Feng Qi, no one is a bad seed, since he is a soldier, he should be shrouded in horse leather, and die in battle, this battle is very important, the fathers and brothers are behind you, who is afraid of death can stand up and go home to serve the old mother at home now, I Feng will never be embarrassed. ”

The sergeants also drank this bowl of wine, and their morale was like a rainbow, and they roared in unison, "Defend the family and defend the country... Defend the country..."

The crowd shouted trumpets, and the sound was heard.

Mu Sheng and Yao Ji were also infected by the atmosphere, and they were excited to hear it, and after the two drank the Zhuangxing wine, they rushed to the south of the city with five hundred soldiers, preparing to go out of the city.

Halfway through, Guo Huan rode his horse to the two of them and greeted them, he looked at Mu Sheng and Yao Ji, the two confidants, and said for a while, "You must take care, you must come back alive." ”

After Mu Sheng and Yao Ji greeted him, they led the team to rush to the south of the city.

Five hundred warriors, dressed in black clothes and black armor, quietly left the city, bypassed the enemy barracks, and sneaked all the way to ten miles outside the city.

Yao Ji suddenly patted Mu Sheng's shoulder and asked an inexplicable word: "Brother Liu?" Is it Lintan? ”

Mu Sheng nodded silently: "It seems that Brother Yao and I have thought of one place, otherwise I wouldn't dare to ask for an order to do this nine-life business, but I am not 100% sure whether the last two words of the letter left by Fei Chong are really what they mean, I can only take one step at a time." ”

Yao Ji frowned, and said in a deep voice, "I boldly speculate, this Fei Chong has been with Fu Bao for so many years, Fu Bao can be said to be confident about him on weekdays, Fei Chong should have known that the Nanban would organize this military operation, so he left a buckle for Master Fu, if Fu Bao can repel the invasion of tens of thousands of people in the city with less than 8,000 troops in the city, this can be regarded as a miracle, enough to offset the merits, and it will not end up in ruin." ”

Mu Sheng asked Yao Jidao: "Fei Chong, didn't he buy his own people?" Behind this Nanban invasion should be inseparable from the strong support of the Fuxing Association, even if Fei Chong and Fu Bao have personal feelings in it, but I really can't figure out that for this private feeling, he Fei Chong will abolish the public because of his private feelings? ”

Yao Jidao said, "Brother Liu, you may not know, in fact, this revival association is not monolithic, the relics of the seven countries have their own calculations, and the people of all parties actually want to restore their own country the most, as for whether other countries can restore the society, they will also have internal disagreements and disagreements. ”

"Sometimes they will even use the hands of the imperial court to eradicate or crack down on dissidents, which is why the revival will always be in this half-dead state, the internal hills, using each other, tearing each other down, and relying on each other, and because of this, Brother Guo was extremely disappointed and quit the revival society, and turned to the East Palace, then again, the current situation of the revival will not also be what the court wants to see?"

Mu Sheng was speechless for a while after hearing this, this revival meeting, before it was completed, he first pinched up his own people, no wonder there was once a great man who said a famous saying, there is no party outside the party, imperial thought, there is no faction in the party, there are thousands of strange, the summary is too in place, this is in case of success, and the internal must not be pinched more ruthlessly?

It was dawn, and more than 500 people sneaked all the way to a wooded area a hundred miles away and hid, and had to clean up the traces of their passage along the way, and the sergeants were tired enough.

Mu Sheng ordered the officers and men of the whole army to rest for a day, and they did not dare to cook on the fire, so they could only eat the dry food they brought to restore their strength, and they could only wait until the evening to act in the current situation.

In the evening, the scouts that Mu Sheng secretly scattered also returned, and according to the scouts' reports, several places where grain and grass were hoarded were heavily guarded, and there were Nanban's grain transport teams running back and forth, so they could only reconnoiter from a distance and then withdrew.

Mu Sheng looked at several suspicious locations on the map and said to Yao Ji, "It seems that the other party is still very old, and has made several fake granaries, so that we can't tell where the real grain and grass are placed, Brother Yao, for the sake of safety, you and I will each lead dozens of good hands to secretly explore the truth and determine the next step." ”

Yao Ji also nodded in agreement, after all, the two of them didn't fight well, and they still had a handle in hand to carry out sneak attack investigation.

That night, the two of them went to two granaries in the dark with the elite scout team.

In one of them, Mu Sheng watched the patrol post on the opposite side patrol back and forth from a distance, and after a patrol team passed, he sneaked to the bottom of the guard post with people.

Mu Sheng listened attentively for a long time, jumped up with a breath, and climbed up to the watchtower in a few breaths, killing the dozing guard.

He changed into the enemy's uniform, mixed into the grain and grass stack to spy on the secret, and when he really saw the granary, he called out good guy! This is tight on the outside and loose on the inside, looking at the bright lights and the shadows inside, in fact, it is more than a dozen Southern Barbarian soldiers lazily patrolling back and forth, and the grain trucks stacked in the middle are also empty, fake, Mu Sheng is sure in his heart, it seems that what Fei Chong said is true.

Mu Sheng sneaked back to the station after reconnaissance, and the situation on Yao Ji's side was similar, it was also a fake camp.

Yao Ji said to Mu Sheng, "It seems that this fee is still a little conscience, this time the southern barbarians invaded, the place where the grain and grass are transferred is Linzhang, we have few soldiers, the former clan will definitely not guess that we will risk going out of the city to burn their grain and grass, should we go to Lintan now?" ”

Mu Sheng waved his hand and said, "No, not now, let's go again in the middle of the night, when people are the most sleepy, now we still have three hours to rest, first hurry up and rest, when the time comes, we will kill him and burn him." ”

Mu Sheng set the time to go at four o'clock in the morning, at this time, whether it was patrolling or rotating soldiers, people were the most sleepy, the most tired, and the slowest to react, and at this time there was the least resistance to a sneak attack.