Chapter 15: The Breaking of the City
Sanyang County, Chenglou.
"My lord, the thief army in the west of the city suddenly launched a fierce attack, and the people of the Pei family couldn't stop it, so they sent someone over to ask for help!" The county magistrate hurriedly came to Shi Guan's side and hugged Shi Guan's fist.
"Send someone." Shi Guan seemed to have expected this, and said first.
"Yes!" The general catcher agreed, turned around and ran away.
Shi Guan turned his head to look at Li Xinian on the side and said with a smile: "Mr. Xinian, you really expected it." ”
Li Xinian waved his hand: "The thief army lacks equipment, and it is useless for ants to attack the city, choosing a weak place to storm is indeed an opportunity to break the city, and it is also a lack of elite in the city, otherwise there is no need to be so troublesome." ”
If Sanyang County has two or three thousand troops with little training, there is no need to be afraid of the other party's attack.
It's a pity that only the county officials and city guards who are guarding the city are a little bit eye-catching, and the total number of people is less than a thousand, and the rest of the domestic servants and guards of the wealthy merchants are also guarding the city, and they are placed outside the city, which is not much stronger than those rabble outside.
"Sir, will the thieves take this opportunity to attack here?" Shi Guan asked.
"I don't know, be prepared." Li Xinian shook his head and said: "That Guo Chang is a disciple of Zhang Yuqing, known as the commander, and the commander of the entire Yunzhou thieves. ”
"But a thief Kole, that is Zhang Yuqing, may be a superb cultivator, but if you say that this ability to lead troops to fight may not be powerful." Shi Guan shook his head and smiled.
As he was talking, the drums from below suddenly intensified, and when he stood on the top of the city and looked down, he could see a group of soldiers and horses standing out in the crowd.
Different from the scrawny thieves I see on weekdays, these people are all sturdy and have a fierce aura, which makes people feel bad at first glance.
Shi Guan's smile froze on his face.
"The county doesn't have to be like this, isn't this what we expected? Most of Guo Chang's elites are here, and he just took this opportunity to annihilate his elite here! Li Xinian smiled, and smiled a little heartily.
"Sir, I'm afraid our troops are a little insufficient!" Shi Guan's face was ugly.
"The righteousness in my chest has recovered a little, which is enough to severely damage its elite, and the rest will depend on the county honor." Li Xinian slowly got up and said.
"But the green qi of the city has not yet begun to gather, and Mr. is injured, so he forcibly exerts it at this time, how can this body stand it?" Shi Guan exclaimed.
"It is still possible to drive this piece of city defense, and it can save the people from a military disaster, so why not give it up?" Li Xinian took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Ten thousand arrows!" ”
With his actions, a stream of green qi overflowed from the top of his head, quickly falling, and submerged into the city wall at his feet.
Under the battlements of the women's wall, square holes suddenly opened, and clusters of cold arrows poked out of the holes.
"Volley!" Li Xinian trembled and came to the female wall, looking down at the surging Unified Sect elites, his chapped lips slowly opened and closed, and the old voice spread in the city.
"Woo Woo Woo ~ "
As the old voice sounded, the arrows in the small square holes rained down on the rushing elite.
The rebels don't have any decent protective equipment, not to mention the armor and wooden shields are only Lingxing equipment, in the face of this sudden rain of arrows, even these strong elites can only wail and fall to the ground in the rain of arrows like lambs to the slaughter.
A large number of rebels were frightened by this scene, and the morale of the front line began to collapse, and those elites who rushed up suffered the heaviest losses, and they turned around and fled as soon as possible.
"Want to go?" Li Xinian left a line of blood stains on the corner of his mouth, and waved his hand and shouted: "Pierce the heart!" ”
"Whoosh~"
There were rows of holes in the walls, and cold arrows tore through the air with a scream of death, heading for the Unified Cult members who had fled for their lives.
Under the city walls, the Homolites fell like wheat in pieces under the rain of arrows.
Wails and screams resounded through the heavens and the earth.
The elite sent by Guo Chang collapsed almost instantly, with heavy casualties, Guo Chang looked at this scene, his eyes were split, but there was nothing he could do.
Li Xinian seemed to be old in an instant, and his body was even more shaky, and Shi Guan hurriedly supported him.
"Sir, go and rest!"
"The county respecter should not take care of the old man, then Guo Chang is the commander of the thief army, as long as he cuts off his handsome flag, the thief army will collapse by itself, and the county zun should take advantage of the victory to pursue at this time!" Li Xinian waved his hand and said to Shi Guan.
"Good!" Shi Guan nodded, his eyes flashing with irrepressible joy.
If you can defeat the commander of the thief army in this battle, it will definitely be a great achievement for yourself, and it is very likely that you will go one step further before you say goodbye!
"Pass on my military orders......"
was about to give orders, but saw a head catcher rushing from the east city wall in a panic, and said with a pale face: "My lord, the big thing is not good, the Dongcheng thief army suddenly killed an elite, those people are fierce and abnormal, the head of the Zhang family can't stop it, and now the thief army has attacked the city wall, the head of the Zhang family is leading the people to retreat to the city at this time, and the east gate is lost!" ”
"What!?" Shi Guan only felt that his brain exploded, his mind was blank, and he didn't know how to react for a while.
"Poof~"
Li Xinian suddenly spit out a mouthful of black blood, his eyes were blank, and the whole person directly stopped.
"Sir!?" Shi Guan finally came back to his senses, hurriedly helped Li Xinian, and said anxiously: "What should I do at this time?" ”
"What a Guo Chang, I didn't expect to be so ruthless, using his elite life to paralyze me, but the old man miscalculated!" Li Xinian said bitterly.
"Is there a remedy?" Shi Guan slandered in his heart, it's time for this, don't admire others, hurry up and think about what to do next.
"There are many thieves, and once the city gate is broken, it is difficult to remedy, and at this time, it is time to try to break through!" Li Xinian said bitterly.
Breakthrough?
Shi Guan looked at the dense thief army outside the city, not to mention any rabble, anyone who sees so many thief troops may not be able to resist, let alone break through.
At least not here.
"This is the opportunity!" Li Xinian raised his hand with difficulty and pointed to the city, and gasped: "The thief army has just been defeated, and the morale has collapsed, and the news of the destruction of the city should not have reached here. ”
Shi Guan's eyes lit up, this was indeed an opportunity, and he nodded immediately: "Okay, just follow Mr.'s words." ”
Then he shouted to the people around him: "I have heard it, the chance to survive is in front of you, if you want to live, immediately take your weapons and go out of the city with me." ”
"My lord, what about my family?" A headcatcher said urgently.
"It's important to save your life!" Shi Guan said in a deep voice: "If you go back at this time, not only will you not be able to save your family, but you will also lose your life." ”
"I don't care, my mother is still at home, how can I not care?" The head catcher's face changed, and he didn't talk nonsense, turned around and left.
"Don't worry about him, the rest, break through with me!" Shi Guan looked at the back of the headcatcher, his face was a little ugly, and then he looked at the rest of the people and shouted.
In the face of life and death, not everyone will care about their families, Shi Guan is right, if you go back now, most of the family will be reunited underground, it is better to keep a useful body for the future.
When the next group of people escorted Li Xinian to hurriedly go down to the city, they directly opened the city gate and went to kill Guo Changshuaiqi......