Volume 3 The Beginning of Sorrow Chapter 107 Reinforcements Arrive in the Decisive Death Realm
The sun was rising, and it was supposed to be a scene full of life, but the city of Suzhou was shrouded in a gloomy.
"General, when will the reinforcements come? We can't resist it!" Zhang Donghai, the general of the Anxian outpost, said Xu Ding'an. After seven days of hard fighting, he had more than 4,000 troops under his command, and there were less than 1,500 left at this time. And the more than 2,500 people who went less were all good brothers who he used to get along with day and night, and that was more than 2,500 living lives.
Xu Dingan frowned, bit his lip tightly, and said softly: "It's coming, these days will be here." However, the look on his face, don't say Zhang Donghai, even he himself doesn't believe it.
"General, will the reinforcements really come?" Zhang Donghai took two steps closer and asked again, seeing that Xu Dingan lowered his head and did not answer, knowing that the last glimmer of hope had been dashed, he muttered: "I have already guessed, how can there be any reinforcements!" The Shengjun outpost and the northern outpost are only thousands of miles away, if you have the heart to come to the rescue, no matter how slow the footsteps are, you should have arrived two or three days ago. Hehe, the rest of the sentinels know that this is the battle, and it's too late to hide, who is willing to come to our aid. Zhang Donghai was extremely sad and angry, angry and laughing, with a hideous face.
"Zhang Donghai! Zhang Hanzi! Listen to Lao Tzu!" Xu Ding'an pointed at him abruptly and scolded loudly, "The reinforcements are on their way, they must be almost there! What the hell do you say, you have to give Lao Tzu to resist these few days! Inside the city wall, there are more than 300,000 Suzhou people! There are also Jinzhou and Fuzhou behind us, and the people are millions! You and I are born in the army, and we have the responsibility to defend the land! Dying on the battlefield is a destination that you and I have no good place to go, what the are you afraid of!"
"Well said!" Zhang Donghai grinned and said, "Well said! I, Zhang Hanzi, can fight side by side with a hero like you Xu Ding'an, which is a blessing from eight lifetimes of cultivation! Hehe, the general is optimistic, look at how I, Zhang Hanzi, resist the enemy today!" At this time, Zhang Donghai was discouraged, and he already had the heart of death, and he only wanted to kill and injure more enemies before he died in battle today. I saw that after he said this, he didn't pay attention to Xu Ding'an, turned his head and walked quickly. After walking for more than ten zhang, he suddenly stopped and shouted: "General Xu, I, Zhang Hanzi, hope to follow you in the next life!
Xu Dingan's hands were already purple in their hands, and when he heard Zhang Donghai's words, he didn't answer, and watched him leave. There was no more Zhang Donghai in front of him, and Xu Ding'an said softly: "Hanzi, you and my brother will see you in the next life!"
The sun is high in the Xun position, and the time has come. At the beginning of the hour, it was the time when the Shatuo army led troops to attack Suzhou City every day.
Sure enough, there was a long "woo" sound outside the city, and it was the horn of the Shatuo army that blew it.
Xu Ding'an climbed the city wall, and when he saw the black pressure coming in the distance, a sense of ominousness rose in his heart, and he thought to himself, "The people of Shatuo can't bear it anymore, and the number of sieges this time has reached as many as eighty or ninety, which is twice as many as a few days ago! It seems that they want to take Suzhou in one fell swoop." ”
The five horns also sounded in the city, which was the voice of Xu Ding'an summoning the thousands of men and generals under the tent. But after half a cup of tea, people have gathered. The situation has come to this point, the two armies are about to meet, Xu Dingan can't think of any more strategies available, so he has to fight hard.
In the Chinese military tent, more than ten people stood silent, waiting for the commander's order. However, Xu Dingan did not assign any tasks to everyone, only red-eyed, and said heavily: "Brothers, kill the enemy and serve the country!"
In the past two days, the reinforcements have not yet arrived, and the generals have long known in their hearts that the 28,000 people at the Anham outpost are afraid that they will all die here. Since the will to die is already broken in the heart, then death is not so terrible. At this moment, I heard Xu Dingan only say this sentence, and everyone knew in their hearts that today was the day when everyone fought to the death. For a while, everyone was boiling, shouted loudly, and walked out of the Chinese military tent.
12,000 against 80,000, a battle that will be lost.
"Open the city gate!" Zhang Donghai led the bike to the front, shouting loudly, with obvious joy on his face. In the past, although he had no fear, he would never be able to see death as he did today, and his expression was always a little serious and nervous.
The gates were opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and almost all the troops of the Anham outpost went out to meet the enemy.
The city walls of Suzhou City are based on the system, only seven zhang high, and it is really difficult to resist the attack of strong enemies. If it weren't for the heavy rain for several days, the Shatuo army had been stationed on the high ground and did not dare to trade, with 28,000 people, where would they be able to hold it!
A few days ago, the road was still muddy, and the burden was not continued, and it was Chi Hedan who attacked the city in batches with only 80,000 forward battalions, and sent more than 40,000 troops each time. I thought that if the 40,000 Shatuo elite attacked an old city with 28,000 defenders, even if they were not completely sure, fifty or sixty percent would naturally still exist. Where would you have thought that this garrison was not at all like the defenders of Tianmen City and Yanzhou, it was very strong, with 40,000 against 20,000, its own side did not take advantage of it at all, but suffered a lot of losses. The defeat of two consecutive days made Chi Hedan very angry, and he mobilized more than 80,000 people today, and he came in a mighty way, and he was bound to take Suzhou City in one fell swoop.
80,000 against less than 20,000, a battle that must be won.
Five miles...
Four miles...
Three miles... ...
Two hundred zhang...
A hundred zhang...
"Kill!" Zhang Donghai shouted with his halberd, stood at the front, and rode towards the Shatuo army. "If you are already going to die, why should you be afraid of death?
Close to hand, I think of the incessant crashes, tearing, falling to the ground, cries, cursing...
The enemy is stubborn in front, either he dies or you die, and there is no mercy for half a year. Each person wants to kill the other by the most swift means.
Xu Dingan stood on the city wall, looking at the outpost generals who were gradually surrounded and encroached on in the distance, and his heart was full of hatred and pain. He looked at the sky, sighed heavily, and said to himself: "Xu Dingan remembers the teachings of his master, and is determined to kill the enemy on the border and defend the country and the people." Now defending the city of Suzhou, fighting eight times the enemy, the reinforcements have not come for a long time, and it is impossible to see things. The students have done their best, but they have not been able to turn things around. The enemy is so powerful that the students have nothing to do, so they will die today to martyr the country to make my will clear!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and shouted: "All the generals obey the order, follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!"
About 2,000 men in the army, baggage soldiers, scouts, auxiliaries, orderlies, wounded soldiers, all those who could afford to carry weapons, followed behind Xu Ding'an, abandoned the city and went out to kill.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
This will probably be the last voice of their lives, with everyone shouting with all their might, regardless of the loudness of the voice, regardless of the hoarseness of the voice.
Natural weakness is in most cases irreparable by effort. For example, a person with a broken foot, no matter how hard he runs, will never be able to outrun a person with a sound foot. Although the soldiers at the outpost had a strong fighting spirit, they were at a disadvantage in number, and by the beginning of noon, there were 14,000 men, and there were less than 8,000 left.
A burst of yellow sand rose in the distance, and there was a burst of "oh~oh~oh~".
"Reinforcements are coming!" I don't know who shouted this sentence first. The defenders, who were already dying, were like having eaten a soul rejuvenating potion, and they immediately became alive again.
"Kill, kill, kill......", shouts of killing rang out on the left and right sides of Shatuo's army.
"There is an ambush! I have been ambushed, retreat quickly!" Chi Hedan was really startled when he saw that two enemy forces had arrived, and hurriedly ordered the army to retreat.
Zhang Donghai chased after him with a halberd in his hand, and killed all the way until there was no longer a figure of the Shatuo army in front of him.
The dust fell, and the reinforcements appeared, and it was Mei Siyuan who led 3,500 horsemen to rush in two ways.