Hao Feng has already seen the thousands of soldiers under Hong Shangrong, and they are indeed elite soldiers, which can be seen at a glance.

That kind of spirit is completely different from that of his own Longle County.

Even the strength of the people is several times stronger than the officers and soldiers of Longle County.

Although he is the magistrate of Longle County, he has nothing to do with the garrison, and the other party does not buy his face.

Therefore, he had to admire Lin Xiqi, at least Lin Xiqi was able to make Hong Shangrong, a hundred households, obedient.

Even if Hong Shangrong has so many people under him, he still obeys Lin Xiqi's orders.

This is Lin Xiqi's ability, he is not as good.

The Su family sisters and Qin Xiaoyin were also beside Lin Xiqi, originally Lin Xiqi didn't plan to let them come, but Qin Xiaoyin insisted on coming, and finally followed her.

"Your Excellency. Hong Shangrong found that Lin Xiqi came over in person, and he couldn't help but hurriedly ran over.

"How is it? What is the state of the soldiers?" asked Lin Xiqi.

"Scrappy. Hong Shangrong said loudly, "We have wanted to kill these Tartars for a long time, but unfortunately there was no opportunity in the past, and now that the opportunity is in front of us, how can we miss it?"

"Very well, this official is not worried about you, but he is a little worried about those people. Lin Xiqi said.

Defending the city mainly depends on Hong Shangrong and them, even if his strength is good, he is still a person.

If the Houyuan army really broke the city, he would not be able to expel them alone.

"Don't worry, if something happens, you can be the first to cut off the head of the lowly officer. Hong Shangrong said.

Lin Xiqi nodded, he believed in Hong Shangrong.

"It's coming. Lin Xiqi set his eyes on the Houyuan army and muttered.

"Kill the Tartars, protect the homeland, the Lord is mighty!" Hong Shangrong shouted loudly.

The surrounding soldiers shouted loudly.

Lin Xiqi smiled slightly, he didn't say much, it was not wrong to boost morale at this time.

Hao Feng also nodded secretly, this is a tiger and wolf army.

But how it is depends on the next performance.

"My lord, it seems that they are really prepared. The man beside the captain said.

They had already arrived in front of the county seat of Sandao County.

Seeing the flags fluttering on the wall of Sandao County and the crowds, he knew that the other party was ready to defend the city.

"What if you're prepared?" said Wan Caichang with a sneer, "These Han people are all soft-footed shrimp, and if we wait for the warriors to attack twice, they will be defeated." Give the order to go down, cut down trees, make ladders, and prepare for the siege. ”

"My lord, the number of defenders on the other side is unknown, and we don't have enough siege equipment, do you want to wait for the generals to come over?"

With a 'snap', the commander of the ten thousand horsemen slapped him in the face, and then pointed at him and shouted: "How can this be reasonable, how can my Houyuan warriors be greedy for life and fear death? No matter how many defenders there are on the other side, kill them." Little ones, gold, silver, treasures, and beauties are in front of you, it's up to you to take them. ”

"Break the city, break the city!"

"This is my hard-earned opportunity, if you shake the morale of the army again, be careful that I cut off your head. Wan Qichang lowered his voice.

This subordinate of his did not dare to say anything more.

He felt that he was also too cautious, and the officers and soldiers on the border of the Great Xia Dynasty were rotten.

These warriors can fight three, or even more, on their own.

Often, a few hundred people here can chase after the Great Xia Dynasty and fight thousands of people.

It seemed that something was going on on the walls, but he believed that as soon as his side began to attack the city, they would immediately show their stuff.

They still know the virtues of these officials in the Great Xia Dynasty.

"So slow?" Captain Wan Qi found that after half an hour, the ladder was not ready, and he couldn't help but scold angrily.

"My lord, the trees in a radius of dozens of miles have been burned, and we have to go farther away to cut them down. One of his subordinates said with a bitter face.

"Damn it, you have delayed me for so long, and when I enter the city, I will definitely have this man who gave the order to pieces. Wan Qichang gritted his teeth.

He is the striker, and the army behind will soon follow, no more than three hours.

In other words, he only has three hours at most to attack the city.

If you can't get it in three hours, then you will miss your chance.

If they take a city first, they will of course get a lot of benefits.

Even if most of them have to be turned in, they will still receive much more than others.

Everyone knows this.

"My lord, why don't you go and rest first, you can do it here. Hong Shangrong said.

"It's okay, I'm afraid they're going to attack the city. Lin Xiqi said.

He wanted to see the first wave of attacks of the Houyuan Tartars, and he also wanted to verify how well Hong Shangrong trained his soldiers.

After all, most people have not been baptized by fighting, and Lin Xiqi has to see it in person before he can feel at ease.

At this time, Wang Dong walked over.

"Are you done over there?" asked Lin Xiqi.

"It's done, after killing dozens of people, those people in the rivers and lakes will be honest, now let Tao Yan and them organize those people first, and three thousand people can join the ranks of defending the city at any time. Wang Dong said.

"So many? 3,000 people in the rivers and lakes. After hearing Wang Dong's words, Hao Feng was a little surprised.

"Lord Hao doesn't need to be surprised, there are a lot of people in the rivers and lakes who have poured in this time. Lin Xiqi said with a smile, "With this group of people, the certainty is greater, but we still have to let them see hope, if they find that our side is completely defeated, I am afraid they will disperse immediately." ”

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that this will never happen. Hong Shangrong hurriedly said.

As you all know, this first battle is very important.

"Up. With a wave of his hand, the man behind him rushed to the city wall with a ladder.

After an hour of preparation, he didn't care about the shortcomings of the ladder and ordered the siege of the city.

He believed that even if the ladder was insufficient, the momentum of his men would be able to make the people defending the city above lose their fighting spirit.

He had been fighting on the battlefield for decades, and he was too familiar with what the soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty were like.

"My lord, let's stand back. Su Qingmei whispered.

Even though she knew that Lin Xiqi was not likely to be in any danger here, she still persuaded her.

Lin Xiqi shook his head, and Hao Feng's face remained unchanged, just standing by the city wall, looking at the Tartar soldiers rushing below.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With Hong Shangrong's order, a rain of arrows shot out, and those Tartar soldiers fell to the ground one after another.

Most of the Tartars had no armor, just some fur and sweaters, which were not protected against bows and arrows.

However, these arrows rained down on the siege of the Tartars.

The ladder was erected, and the Tartars quickly climbed up, uttering strange cries from their mouths and bloodthirsty eyes.

With their swords in hand, the officers and soldiers defending the city beheaded the Tartar soldiers who climbed up to the entrance of the city.

Others stabbed the Tartars on the ladder with spears.

"Beware of Tartar bows and arrows. ”

The Tartar soldiers under the walls also began to suppress with arrows.

Many people were shot and fell to the ground.

The Tartars crisscrossed the desert steppes, and they were proficient in mounted archery, so their bows and arrows were still a threat to the defenders.

(End of chapter)