Chapter 160: Taiyuan City is crumbling, and the Tiande Army is waiting for the opportunity

In the city of Taiyuan, above the head of the city.

Li Hengchuan led Zhuang Xiaowei, Li Chengde and several members of the department to inspect all the way along the city wall.

The wounded soldiers of the Southern Qi had been carried down from the city head for healing, and the walls were littered with bloodstains.

Several generals were directing their men to collect supplies and gather arrows that were still usable at the head of the city and distribute them to the archers.

After several battles, most of the trebuchets and ballistas at the head of the city were damaged by the Tiande army that attacked the city, and there were few remains.

On the edge of the city wall, the corpses of the Tiande people were placed in piles, mixed with some stones and wood. These are also defensive weapons that are used as projectiles.

On the stairs on both sides of the city gate, groups of heavily armed Southern Qi soldiers climbed the city walls on both sides one after another, which was already the only remaining strength in the city of Southern Qi.

Li Hengchuan looked at the city and frowned. Although the Tiande people have been repelled many times, but the soldiers and horses in Taiyuan City have also reached the end of the strong crossbow, the soldiers are exhausted, and the arrows are about to run out.

Seeing the Tiande army under the city densely packed with no end in sight, Li Hengchuan felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

In the entire southern border, the soldiers and horses of Zhou Qiuwu and Song Xiaozhi added up to about 350,000 in total, and now if the pass is broken today, the whole army is annihilated, and the 30,000 defenders of Taiyuan City have also been wiped out.

Even if these more than 50,000 people died in exchange for nearly 80,000 Tiande, Nanqi still suffered a big loss. Because after Taiyuan, the Southern Qi no longer had any danger to defend, and when entering Pingchuan, the Tiande army could gallop across the country, avoid the strong fortress of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and force the Southern Qi army to go out of the city to face the battle.

In this way, the cavalry advantage of the Tiande army can be fully brought into play, even if the Southern Qi has a world-famous arrow array, it is difficult to compete with the charging cavalry.

Moreover, Tiande is good at looting, feeding the war with war, the pressure of logistics and supply is relatively small, and the battlefield is in Southern Qi, so they can have no scruples. As the invaded party, the people of the whole country are under the threat of Tiande's iron hooves, and they are full of worries and jealousy, and they will inevitably fall into the quagmire of war.

"General!" a call pulled Li Hengchuan back from his contemplation.

Li Hengchuan turned his head to look, but it was Han Xueqing, the current commander of the Hengfeng Army.

Han Xueqing is no longer what he was before at this moment, covered in blood, his clothes and armor are torn, and it seems that he has also gone through a bloody fight.

At the most critical juncture, all the generals of Taiyuan City came to the battlefield in person and went into battle to fight, even Li Hengchuan was no exception. Fortunately, the Southern Qi army was able to turn defeat into victory and once again drive the Tiande army off the city.

"General Han, what's the matter with you?" asked Li Hengchuan.

Han Xueqing clenched his fists and frowned: "The last general just inspected the defense area of the Hengfeng army, and found that the arrows in the hands of the brothers are seriously insufficient, this is not good! The attack of the Tiande army will definitely be more fierce in the future, without the suppression of bows and arrows, it will be difficult for us to hold our own defense area! The last general asked the general to broadcast another batch of arrows to us!"

Li Hengchuan showed a wry smile: "General Han, it's not just you. Lord Tang, who was just Luo Song, also asked Ben General for arrows. But to tell you the truth, there are no arrows available in Taiyuan City now. ”

Han Xueqing said: "How is this possible? Originally, there were more than 10,000 archers in the Taiyuan garrison, and there were countless arrows in reserve, and it was only two days

How can you run out of arrows?"

Li Hengchuan sighed and said, "When Tianguan City was attacked by Tiande, General Hu Chao led the army to support and took away most of the arrows in the city's reserves. Who would have thought that we would hear the news of the fall of Tianguan City halfway, you also know that Tiande is cavalry, and it is impossible for us to retreat to Taiyuan, so we can only form a formation to meet the enemy, and the result is ......"

There is no need to say anything after that, Han Xueqing already knows. Taiyuan's 30,000-strong army was wiped out in the Qixiu Valley, and even the hussar general Hu Chao was killed on the battlefield, and the supplies of the army were naturally destroyed.

Han Xueqing stopped talking, and his face became much gloomy. Without arrows, the combat power of the defenders of the city will be greatly weakened, and with their current strength alone, it will be difficult to resist the next wave of Tiande's attack no matter how they calculate, Taiyuan is in danger, and Changfeng is in danger!

At this moment, a sentry on the corner tower shouted: "Tiande is going to attack the city again!"

The general present was shocked, and Li Hengchuan immediately approached the edge of the city wall and leaned over to look at each other.

I saw that in the Tiande army, the flags were unfurled, and a team of knights began to line up, and when they saw the military flags in the military array, Li Hengchuan frowned: "It's the Heavenly Wolf Department and the Wild Horse Department!"

Zhuang Xiaowei said: "Yelu Tailong, this is a bloody foundation! Even the soldiers and horses of the Heavenly Wolf Headquarters have been dispatched!"

Li Hengchuan turned around and said loudly: "Immediately order the whole army to be on alert, order all the defenders in the city to go to the city, and set up a reserve for the lightly wounded soldiers, and plug the gap there if there is a gap!"

"Yes!" the generals clenched their fists and hurried towards their respective defense zones.

During Han Xueqing's rapid journey, he suddenly bent down and picked up a fallen feather arrow from the ground, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The defense area of the Hengfeng Army was not far from the city gate, and Han Xueqing ran all the way, and it was a moment away.

His men had already begun to prepare after receiving the order, and the entire section of the city wall was filled with busy soldiers.

"General!" one of his subordinates stepped forward and asked with a fist clenched, "Have you ever gotten arrows?"

Han Xueqing stretched out his hand and handed him the feather arrow he had picked up, and shouted at the troops at the head of the city: "Prepare for battle immediately!

The general stared blankly at the arrow in his hand, and smiled more ugly than crying.

Knock knock~

A burst of shocking snare drums sounded, and the Tiande army began to move slowly.

Above the head of Taiyuan City, the sabers and guns of the Southern Qi Dynasty were unsheathed, and the arrows were wound, ready for battle.

However, in the next moment, a number of horns sounded in the Tiande Array, and Han Xueqing's expression changed, revealing a look of surprise.

"General, this seems to be Tiande's battle number!" said a subordinate general behind him.

Han Xueqing nodded and said, "Don't let your guard down! Beware of fraud!"

Not only Han Xueqing was puzzled, but Li Hengchuan and others also showed a look of surprise.

Although Tiande and Nanqi did not have military orders, as old opponents, they were still clear about each other's most basic snare drum orders, and this horn was indeed Tiande's order to stop the war.

"What's going on? No more siege?" Li Chengde was the first to ask.

Li Hengchuan said: "Be careful, don't fall for Tiande's suspicious tactics!"

But in the next moment, the movement of the Tiande army dispelled the doubts of the Southern Qi army, and the Tiande army, which had been lined up in formation, suddenly dispersed and returned to the headquarters, and the order to siege the city was indeed canceled.

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Xiaowei said, "Why did the Tiande people suddenly give up attacking the city?"

Li Hengchuan frowned and said, "I don't know." Xiaowei, the order goes down, the whole army should not relax its vigilance, and divide into three shifts to take turns

Guard, the rest of the people rest, to prevent the Tiande people from using the strategy of exhausting soldiers!"

"The last general will go!" Zhuang Xiaowei nodded and hugged his fists.

Li Hengchuan looked at it carefully for a while, and made sure that the Tiande army had really temporarily stopped the siege plan, so he relieved himself, he ordered Li Chengde a few times, and hurried down to the city.

There are still many military affairs in the city that need to be dealt with, and Li Hengchuan is just taking advantage of this gap to deal with it. When Tiande really attacks the city, it will be difficult to have the time and opportunity to deal with it.

The big tent of the Tiande Chinese army.

The two generals lifted the curtain and walked in.

"Your Majesty, why did you suddenly cancel the siege order?" asked the general on the left, his armor engraved with a wolf with a roaring moon.

"Yelu is innocent! Don't be rude!" shouted a burly man beside Yelu Tailong, this person is none other than Yelu Chaofeng, the leader of the Wolf Tooth Guard.

"It's okay!" Jerry Tyron smiled indifferently.

Yelu Wuxian is a famous tiger general of the Heavenly Wolf Department, with extraordinary bravery, once broke into the wolf's den alone, slaughtered a frightening nest of snow wolves on the grassland, and spread his reputation throughout the Heavenly Wolf Department.

In this siege battle, he was the general personally selected by Yelu Tailon, and he commanded the whole army with Hongteng Lake of the Wild Horse Department.

Yelu Tailong canceled the siege order, which made Yelu Wuxian very annoyed, so he came to question him with Hongteng Lake.

Although Yelu Tailong has unparalleled prestige in Tiande, he is very lenient to the cronies of the Heavenly Wolf Department, and Yelu Wuxian is deeply loved by Yelu Tailong, which is why he dares to come to question, like Hongteng who came with him, he does not dare to be so unreasonable.

Yelu Tailong glanced at Yelu Wuxie and said, "I naturally have my reason for suddenly canceling the order, as long as you wait with peace of mind, I will give you the next opportunity to attack the city!"

Yelu Wuxian wanted to say more, Yelu Tailong waved his hand and said, "Don't say it, you and Hongteng Rakke go back first and pacify your people! I will naturally have an order to convey to you later!"

Although Yelu Wuxian is arrogant, he is not the kind of reckless man who does not know how to advance or retreat, and he can only retreat when he hears the words.

As soon as he left, only Yelu Tailong and the Seven Beast Masters and Yelu Chaofeng who were not leaving an inch were left in the big tent.

"Your Majesty, you summoned us here, but what is the matter?" Eagle Lord Coco was the first to ask, "But it has something to do with this suspension of the siege?"

Yelu Tyrone nodded: "You are worthy of the Eagle Lord Coco, you really have eyes as sharp as eagles." ”

Ke Ke laughed: "Your Majesty praised it falsely!"

Yelu Tailong turned his head and looked at the people present in turn, his face was glowing, and his eyes were shining with excitement: "I just got the news from the hidden wolf, the people sent by the immortal master have arrived, and they will be able to reach here tomorrow." The intelligence said that there is a way for us to take Taiyuan City without much effort, so let's wait for a while!"

The bear lord Chaganbala said: "Why doesn't the immortal master take action himself? We have all seen the immortal master's means of reaching the sky in the palace, if the immortal master personally takes action, what other city in this world can we not conquer?"

Yelu Tailong shook his head: "The Immortal Master said that he was restricted by their Immortal Sect and could not directly interfere with the world. The envoy he sent this time had already taken a big risk, but it was enough!"

Yelu Tailong said: "In short, give the order first, let the army set up camp, rest for a while, and wait for my next order!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" everyone clasped their fists and left the tent.