At dawn on the second day, a gust of wind blew the cold air through. Liu Mo finally saw how many Zhou Dynasty troops there were outside the city.

Outside the Banyan City, a fortification lined with sharpened wooden stakes was erected, defended by pikemen and archers. Behind the defensive line, the camp stretched into the distance, the smoke of the cooking like a slender finger.

Rising from hundreds of campfires, heavily armed men sat under the trees sharpening their weapons and sharpening spears. The Sanchen sun and moon flags of the Zhou Dynasty fluttered in the wind, and the flagpole was deeply embedded in the muddy ground.

According to a rough calculation, the Zhou Dynasty army as far as the eye could see was at least 10,000 people.

But Liu Mo knew that this was not all the enemy troops.

This is only the vanguard force, and the siege weapons are only siege ladders and grappling hooks.

Large siege weapons such as catapults, rushing carts, nest carts, and ladders have not yet appeared. The real test is yet to come!

At about the end of the day, the enemy sent a force and raised the white flag.

Liu Mo knew that this was not a surrender, but a temporary truce so that both sides could clean up the bodies of their respective soldiers.

The soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty led by him brought a sentence to Liu Mo, and Yang Yizhi brought praise: "Brother Liu Xian, I underestimated you for my brother!" ”

He didn't embarrass the other party, but asked the visitor to bring back a sentence: "Brother Yang, each other, each other!" ”

The soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty who carried the corpses were tightly wrapped all over their bodies, and only their eyes were exposed on their faces. Both sides had people who specialized in dealing with the aftermath of the deceased, and the Zhou dynasty considered it unlucky to see the face of the dead.

After seeing the other party carry away the corpses of the last truckload of soldiers, Liu Mo turned around and wanted to attend the funeral of his own soldiers who died in battle.

The grave has been dug up, Huo Cheng has counted the casualties, and made a list and handed it to Liu Mo.

When I opened it, I saw a familiar name written on the first line.

Dong Xusheng, with three knife wounds on his body, was shot in the right eye by a stray arrow, and he was not dead!

Li Guangrun, die in battle!

Qian Jean, die in battle!

Hu Yongchen, seriously injured, lost his left arm, and an ear!

Zhou Zhushan, killed in battle/whereabouts unknown!

"What does it mean to be unaccounted for?" After Liu Mo saw Zhou Zhushan's name, he immediately asked.

"Lord Hui, this person's 'corpse' is blurred with flesh and blood, and he can't recognize his face anymore." Huo Cheng replied, "But the height and clothes are extremely similar, and the small one can't be sure if it's him." ”

"This stupid lack is not so capable of finding someone to top the bag under my nose!" Liu Mo thought to himself, "Let's count him dead!" ”

The other two fools sacrificed their lives for the country, and the grievances and grievances between you and me will be written off.

And Dong Xusheng, Hu Yongchen... Liu Mo grinned.

"My lord, do you want to..."Huo Cheng made a motion to wipe his neck.

Made up? And then said that it was a serious injury and died? It's brutal!

These two guys are a bit hateful, but it doesn't seem necessary to die.

Although I don't know how the two of them survived, since their fate is so big, forget it, forget it!

"Heal as much as you can!" Liu Mo commanded softly.

Maybe you'll be able to use it in the next battle, hahaha!

Looking at the rest, fifty-seven Great Xia soldiers were lost in one night's battle.

Eleven of them were light cavalry brought by Zhu Min, and the other forty-six were temporarily recruited soldiers who had already been sent to Rongcheng.

"Each of the fallen soldiers will be given a pension of thirty taels, and the silver will be paid by me." Liu Mo announced, "If the family is in Rongcheng, they must go to their homes to comfort them." ”

Huo Cheng was ordered to retreat.

Then, Liu Mo asked Gong Xiaorou to go back first.

After that, he gave a eulogy to Zhu Min, and after burying the fallen Daxia soldiers, he also returned to his temporary residence to rest.

As soon as he got home and his body was relaxed, he was exhausted from a night of fierce fighting, but even so, he had difficulty sleeping.

As long as you close your eyes, the terrifying faces of the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty will appear in front of you, lingering!

When he finally fell asleep, he was woken up by a killing cry.

"Isn't it a truce with the white flag? How did it start again. ”

Scolding is scolding, war is war, there is no reason to talk about it.

Yang Yizhi's tactics are not only to place spies, but also to cooperate with the outside and create chaos.

The endless "suicide" attacks are another of his poisonous schemes.

Grab the steel sword "Oath", go straight to the city wall, and join the battle...

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After that, the days and nights were endless.

Liu Mo can't remember the last time he fell asleep. When you close your eyes, you dream of fighting; When you open your eyes, you're fighting.

Even when resting away from the city walls, he could hear the incessant "thump" of iron axes cutting wood, and even more noisily when resting in the greenhouse on top of the walls.

Yang Yizhi also asked sledgehammers and long saws to join the work. Once, he was exhausted and about to fall asleep, when suddenly there was a loud noise in the forest, and a large tree fell with a bang, rolling up dust and leaves.

He knew that this was one of Yang Yizhi's schemes, creating a loud noise could not only disturb the sleep of the Great Xia defenders. At the same time, you can also get wood to burn, craft siege equipment, fortifications, and more.

When Zhao Da came to look for him, Liu Mo had already woken up, lying on the floor under the city wall in annoyance, covered with a blanket sent by Lin Shiqi. "Uncle," Zhao Da said, shaking his shoulder, "It's dawn." He pulled Liu Mo and helped him up.

The other Great Xia defenders also woke up one after another, pushing each other in the narrow space, putting on armor and taking weapons. No one spoke. They were all too tired to talk.

These days, very few people even leave the city walls. Climbing up and down is too time-consuming.

"I dreamed that the Six Princes were coming," Zhao Da said happily, "The Great Xia Court received an eight-hundred-mile rush from my uncle, and the Six Princes came with a large army." I dreamed of the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Battle Banner of the Great Xia Dynasty. ”

Liu Mo forced himself to smile, "That must be very pleasant, Zhao Da." He deliberately ignored the wound in the tiger's mouth, which was caused by holding the sword for a long time.

Walk to the city walls and greet the sun for a new day.

Looking at it, not far away, the archers of the Zhou Dynasty had pushed the bunker and quietly advanced.

"The miscellaneous pieces of the Zhou Dynasty are here to die again!" Zhao Da will announce it happily in the mornings of the next few days.

It's a good thing that he can say that, Liu Mo thought to himself, someone has to joke.

Just yesterday, a "breakfast arrow" hit the thigh of a small flag officer in Daxia. Until now, if anyone was willing to venture out of the city, his body could be seen lying at the foot of the city walls.

That's right, let the corpses pile up outside the walls.

You are cheap, and you can't complain that I don't talk about martial virtues. said that if you have to regret it halfway, then don't even think about collecting the corpse in the future.

The Great Xia defenders on and within the city walls would be buried, and the Zhou Dynasty soldiers, Liu Mo, would cut off their heads and hang them on the city walls as an example. The corpses were pushed down the city wall, no matter how high they were!

"It seems to be a new trick!" Zhao Da spoke again.

Liu Mo cautiously looked through the cracks in the city wall, and the bunker was a sloping plank with wheels, wide enough to shelter five Zhou Dynasty soldiers. Enemy archers push it closer, then kneel behind it and release their arrows through the gap.

"It's a fun tactic!" Liu Mo couldn't help grinning, "You soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty are all gourd four babies, not afraid of fire?" ”