The main city of Xizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

When night falls, the torches are still bright in Xizhou City.

Liu Botao stood at the head of the city, his face covered with dust and somewhat tired.

His subordinate Daniel Zhang stepped forward and said, "General, I will defend the city at night, you go back and rest first."

Liu Botao smiled: "I'm not tired, I have a lot of time to rest at night." It's just that I still want to see more of the beautiful scenery outside the city of Xizhou.

On the pile of corpses outside the city gate, a group of hundreds of Xizhou soldiers were picking up the weapons left by their companions' living enemies, they had lost their grief, and they just repeated this action day after day.

Liu Botao endured for more than a month and finally saw the ending.

In today's daytime battle, although the Xinzhou Army also suffered heavy losses, the losses of the Xizhou Army were more deadly in comparison.

Tomorrow, even Liu Botao himself feels that he has no chance of winning, and he is afraid that he will not be able to defend this city gate.

Last night, Liu Botao also received a letter from Liu Shiqi, Liu Shiqi originally pointed him out the way to retreat, that is, to give up Xizhou, avoid the sharp edge of the Xinzhou army, and hold the Xishan Pass with the defenders of Kyoto, and cooperate with the Lu army to take Suzhou first, and then encircle Xizhou. The western state is large enough to drag down the NSW army.

Regarding this matter, Liu Botao has also made arrangements for a long time.

It's just that he hopes that he will defend this Xizhou City, after all, one more day of guarding, and the pressure on Kyoto will be reduced by one day.

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Early in the morning, there was still a miasma outside the city, and yesterday's battle, the soldiers on both sides recovered their spirits after a full night of rest.

When eating buns, Liu Botao inspected the entire city tower to ensure that the defense was foolproof.

During the mobilization before the war, Liu Botao said in a loud voice: "Brothers, we are also a miscellaneous army! Among them are our local warriors in Xizhou, and there are also brothers who came here with me from Lingnan. Our 40,000 men have been able to resist the Xinzhou tiger and wolf for so many days, and we are not inferior to all the armies in the world! General Ben also knows that the recent battle has become more and more difficult, and we have more and more dead and wounded brothers! But don't worry, we still have a way to retreat behind us! There are 80,000 troops in Kyoto, ready to support us at any time. We can hold the best, if we can't hold it, don't be strong!"

When Liu Botao said this, he actually smiled, and this smile infected everyone present.

They all felt that this general was different from ordinary people.

If the ordinary general gave a lecture before the war, he made the soldiers treat death as if they were at home, and fought a bloody battle with the enemy. And Liu Botao's every lecture is more about making these soldiers not die in vain, and what he often talks about is always the sentence that leaves the green mountains behind, and he is not afraid of running out of firewood.

However, Liu Botao always charged ahead, and that kind of lifeless style of play conquered whether it was the army in Lingnan or the local army in Xizhou, and they were very willing to follow Liu Botao to die.

Although Liu Botao is young, he really has the style of a general.

His way of being a general, one is to be a brother and sister to his subordinates, the second is to love the people like a son, and the third is to take the lead.

Five years earlier, Xiao Tiantu had suggested to Xiao Shifeng that if he was unable to do it in the future, he could recommend Liu Botao as the deputy general of the General's Mansion, and he would hand over the matter to General Liu Botao step by step. Obviously, even Xiao Tiantu intends to cultivate this Liu Botao.

Liu Botao continued: "This city has long been ruined and dilapidated, after the city is broken, we will fight and retreat, the direction is Xishan Pass, everyone must not forget!"

"Swear to defend Xizhou, swear to defend Kyoto!" The morale of the four subordinates was high, Liu Botao calmed down his emotions, and said with a smile: "General Ben doesn't want you to die, you all have to survive! Fighting is not going to die, fighting is a kind of tempering! After tempering, you are all iron bones, and you are all good sons of Your Majesty!"

As soon as Liu Botao's words fell, the horn of the Xinzhou Army marching came from afar.

Liu Botao turned around and nervously held the saber at his waist.

To be honest, he hadn't experienced the city break, and he really didn't know if he would be able to escape from the chaotic scene at that time.

He is a rational person, if the offensive of the Xinzhou army is as fierce as usual, then this city will really not be able to be saved.

The vanguard of the Xinzhou Army gradually appeared on the horizon, led by Liang Zuo's righteous son Liang Tianci.

These Xizhou troops all hated Liang Tianci to the core, because their general Liu Yi died under Liang Tianci's gun.

Liu Botao had also fought with Liang Tianci, and if it weren't for Daniel Zhang's sacrifice to save him, he might not have escaped this Liang Tianci's spear.

Fortunately, this Liang Tianci has courage and little strategy, and Liu Botao can last for so many days by designing military formations.

That Liang Tianci inherited the mantle of Liang Zuo, and his marksmanship was really amazing, compared to Li Lanyi, the leader of the Northwest Rebel Army back then.

He was self-righteous, but in fact, most of the cities in Xizhou fell, and the credit was not in him, but because Luo Datong suddenly died of illness, and his son was so happy that he rashly marched into the army, so he was defeated.

Pity that Liu Yi, who can also be regarded as an experienced veteran, can only succumb to the gun of Liang Tianci, a junior.

And that Guan Shanhu was originally ordered to defend the border between the southern part of Xizhou and Suzhou. Forced by the Xinzhou army on both sides, he had no choice but to leave the city with his pro-army and wander among the local mountains and wilderness, and there has been no news so far.

Liu Botao once satirized this Liang Tianci, saying that he only had half of Li Lanyi's martial arts, but he didn't have any Li Lanyi's strategy. Even if Liang Tianci had a hint of Li Lanyi's strategy, this Xizhou City should have been broken this month ago.

That Liang Tianci was angry, so he had always had murderous intentions towards Liu Botao.

When the march reached the place of a sword outside the city tower, Liang Tianci shouted loudly: "General Liu, I'm here again!"

"It's just in time! I miss you too!" Liu Botao's light-hearted joke caused the sergeants next to him to laugh out loud, and the originally solemn atmosphere was somewhat relieved.

That Liang Tianci didn't feel that Liu Botao was numb, and said to himself: "General Liu, I, Liang Tianci, cherish talents." Your Xizhou city is already like scrap copper and rotten iron, today I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand the attack of my cavalry, if our new army enters the city, no matter how strong it is, it will not be able to stop their killing. If General Liu is accidentally cut down, it will be a really unjust death!"

Liang Tianci relied on his own strong soldiers and horses, and wanted to suppress the morale of the soldiers defending the city with bad intentions.

Liu Botao knew that this was Liang Tianci's method of agitation, and he was not angry, but said happily: "General Liang, there are still a lot of bows and crossbows in my city, dare to ask which heroes are willing to die in front today?"

For Liang Tianci's tactics, Liu Botao is very familiar with them.

This Liang Tianci is ruthless, and he will not give up in order to achieve his goal, and he has sent many people to death.

In his eyes, the lives of these soldiers are like ants, and it is worth it to sacrifice for his fame, and it is the best deal.