Volume 1: The Seven Stars of the Twilight of the World Chapter 298 The Battle of the Three Days (I)
The sky was dark, and Ma Zheng, who had been nervous all night, leaned back in his chair tiredly and wanted to squint for a while. He was worried that the beast army outside the city would launch a sneak attack at night, and at the same time, because he didn't want Geng Zhong's statement to be confirmed, he couldn't wait to start a war with the beast army at night.
Unexpectedly, as Geng Zhong quoted Xiang Bei as Geng Zhong said, the arrogant demon king would definitely command the beast army under his command, and in the visible vision of everyone, the hope of the human race would be completely crushed little by little.
"Attack! Attack!"
The sentinels on the city wall made a sharp call, and a round of miserable white round sun had not completely torn apart the dust and fog of winter, and the black beast army began to approach the city wall of Jinsha little by little, and the city wall reinforced overnight was still full of holes.
But on the city wall, there is a thick layer of ice. It was Geng Zhong who kept pouring water down from the city wall overnight, and at first Ma Zheng tried his best to stop it, fearing that such a wash would wash out more gaps in the city bricks and make it easier for the beast army to climb. However, Geng Zhong did not hesitate to turn his face with Ma Zheng this time, insisting on commanding his subordinates to continuously pour water from the walls at the most cunning and raiding city walls.
The two sides argued and almost started to do it, but in the end, it still alarmed Lu Jichuan, making this Jinsha captain helpless to uphold justice.
Lu Jichuan didn't want to lose the support of Geng Zhong and the exiles, not to mention that behind them, there were those mysterious cultivators, and in the end, he asked for a compromise and divided half of the city wall to meet the enemy, and the half that was given to Geng Zhong could be handed over to Ma Zheng in accordance with Geng Zhong's law-abiding, and Ma Zheng would arrange it. But let each one do his duty, and whoever is broken down will make atonement for his sins.
Geng Zhong arranged his subordinates and went back to sleep by himself, but Ma Zheng's subordinates were in charge of the main force of Jinsha, and they didn't dare to slack off at all, so they just worked hard all night and kept patrolling. Seeing that the sky was bright, I just wanted to take a break, but I was stimulated by the alarm on the city wall and jumped up.
Geng Zhong had already climbed the city wall before Ma Zheng, and was closing his eyes to carefully observe the black figures that slowly emerged from the dust and mist, those black shadows were just like the previous siege of the city, neither speeding nor stopping, maintaining an unhurried rhythm, but moving forward firmly.
This horse march was a little dumbfounded, the city wall on Geng Zhong's side had been covered with a thick layer of ice, these inclined ice layers, the hardness was not even inferior to the city bricks, plus it was as smooth as a mirror, and the wolf claws that the war cunning poked out could only leave helpless scratches on it.
Gradually, the war cunning began to shift the focus of their attack to Ma Zheng's side, causing the pressure on the city wall that Ma Zheng was responsible for guarding instantly doubled. Several times was attacked by the war cunning on the city, Ma Zheng led the men and horses prepared under the city, kept fighting the fire back and forth, and his body was also painted several times.
The situation on the city wall made Lu Jichuan unable to sit still any longer, and Ma Zheng's subordinates were still trying their best to prevent him from coming to the battle line in person and risking his life. Lu Jichuan, who was forced, couldn't help but unsheath his sword,
"You dogs, do you want me to watch my Jinsha fall? Jinsha is lost, can you still save my old bones!" Seeing that the Jinsha boss was angry, a group of guards couldn't contact Ma Zheng, who was ordered to stop him, and he lost his mind in an instant, Lu Jichuan personally led a battalion of men and horses to rush to the city wall to reinforce.
The men and horses brought by the coach were in time, and the anxious Ma Zheng was surrounded in the middle by several war cunnings that had broken through the city defense, seeing that the heavy armor on his body was torn apart little by little by the sharp wolf claws, and between the cracks in the armor, there were red blood stains everywhere.
"Volley!" Lu Jichuan saw that the situation was critical, and ordered to use random arrows to relieve Ma Zheng, but the archers around him were at a loss by the scorching battle situation in front of them.
"A bunch of waste!" Although Lu Jichuan does not often show off his skills in front of everyone, after all, he is also a veteran who has galloped on the battlefield for many years, snatched a hard bow from the archer next to him, and released it when the string is full, the hard bows of these border troops are already bloodthirsty, and with a buzzing string, the arrows cross an arc, and instantly break into the battle group of Zhan Qian and Ma Zheng.
Hiss ~ The arrow went empty, just leaving a scratch in the waist eye that had been cunning, everyone was stunned by this surprised arrow, and looked at Lu Jichuan who released the arrow, but the old handsome face was calm, and he couldn't see whether the position of this arrow was really outrageous or intentional.
"Are you going to watch Ma Zheng being torn to shreds!"
With Lu Jichuan's earth-shattering magic arrow, the other archers finally let go of their courage and shot at the close range of war cunning, even though these fierce beasts had rough skin and thick flesh, but they were inevitably hit by some vital points, and were gradually forced back by the rain of arrows.
"You guy!" Lu Jichuan originally wanted to scold Ma Zheng, but after thinking about it, in front of his many subordinates, if this arrogant subordinate couldn't get off the stage, he didn't know what trouble would happen to this subordinate.
Ma Zheng was already covered in dirty blood, and he couldn't tell which ones belonged to him and which ones belonged to the beast soldiers. Lu Jichuan arranged for his subordinates to ignore Ma Zheng's struggles and directly set up the city wall to return to heal.
"Geng Zhong, go and find Geng Zhong for me!"
Seeing that the pressure on the city defense was getting bigger and bigger, Lu Jichuan inspected and found that only Geng Zhong was guarding this section of the city wall was relatively stable, and he also saw the thick layer of ice that blocked the attack of the war cunning, nodded and asked Geng Zhong who rushed over, "You said that you can survive at least five days, why is the city on the verge of breaking now?" ”
Geng Zhong was a little at a loss when he was robbed by Lu Jichuan, everyone knew that it was just a conclusion conjectured by Xiang Bei in front of the station, on the battlefield, the situation was changing rapidly, why did this Jinsha City Lord bother to be angry with himself for this honest sentence?
"The last general swears to live and die with the Sands!"
This trick of changing the topic made Lu Jichuan very unhappy,
"You also give me this set? Great Xia is to support our Changsheng border army to defeat the enemy, not to let you think about sending you to death one by one! The Changsheng border army is dead, that is the duty, but what should you do if you let these innocent people like Jinsha, die with us, you let Jinsha also become a place where those wild beasts trample on wantonly, and you let Daxia behind us also accompany us to the end?"
Lu Jichuan's scolding made Geng Zhong unable to raise his head in shame, indeed, he originally just wanted to use this tongue quickly, not only to prevaricate the problems thrown by Lu Jichuan, but also to take the opportunity to mock Ma Zheng, but he didn't want Lu Jichuan not only to penetrate his careful thoughts, but also to point to Chen's pros and cons, reminding him that he was facing a life-and-death battle for the entire Great Xia, and no grievance could be more important than holding Jinsha.
"Lord Lu's lesson is that the last general, swear to live and die with Jinsha!"
The same words came out of Geng Zhong's mouth again, and this time, Lu Jichuan heard Geng Zhong's sincerity.
Lu Jichuan nodded, "Can you hold on? I don't want you to die, I want you to save Jinsha!"
Geng Zhong this time, carefully looked at this Jinsha captain who has never been dealt with, this old guy with half a hundred hair, originally thought that this old thing only had absolute control over the border army and Jinsha in his eyes, but he didn't expect that at this moment, his eyes showed his feelings for Jinsha, and he couldn't let people doubt it. He also understands that the success or failure of Jinsha is not only the gain or loss of a border city, but also the battle for the survival of the entire Great Xia and even Kyushu.
This is also the truth that Chang Polu repeatedly instilled in Geng Zhong.
Just when Geng Zhong was still understanding Lu Jichuan's thoughts, this Jinsha captain suddenly issued an order that surprised Geng Zhong,
"General Ma Zheng is seriously wounded, today's city defense, you temporarily take his place, and uniformly dispatch the Jinsha City Defense ......"
At this time, it was not only Geng Zhong, but also the thousands of military captains beside Lu Jichuan, their eyes widened. Geng Zhong used to be Chang Polu's follower, and Chang Polu had a constant quarrel with Captain Jinsha, although the two sides are no longer on the same page at the moment, but even if Ma Zheng is injured and leaves the battlefield, then the thousands of military captains he has supported also have enough room for Lu Jichuan to choose.
Seeing that Geng Zhong was still a little hesitant, Lu Jichuan couldn't wait, seeing that there were more and more cunning people climbing the city wall, "Geng Zhong, if you can't do it, let my old man personally supervise the battle!"
In the face of the current situation, it is still Lu Jichuan's firmness, Geng Zhong no longer has any other thoughts,
"Please rest assured, Lord Lu, I and my brothers are in the city!"
"Whether you're here or not, I want the city to be there!"
"Yes, Lord Lu, the city is here!"
"The city is here!"
"The city is here!"
......
The impassioned two words, along with Geng Zhong's shout, were actually transmitted to the mouths of the victorious soldiers around them, and more and more soldiers joined the camp of this slogan.
"The city is in!" "The city is in!" The sound gradually spread throughout the city wall, and the huge shout seemed to shake the city wall slightly, and even the war cunning slowed down their speed, wondering what this huge slogan would mean.
After Geng Zhong received the order, he didn't have more time to waste, but reorganized the remaining 40,000 defenders into four echelons, each echelon went into battle to defend for an hour, and the four echelons took turns to fight.
"Brothers, we have to face these beasts today, precisely so that our families, so that the homeland behind us will no longer be trampled by them. The Xiqiang Iron Harrier can't stop them, and the Nanjun Shield Spear Regiment can't stop them, today, I want them to see if our victorious border army in Great Xia can stop them!"
Hearing these words, everyone's blood boiled, and every soldier of the victorious army felt his responsibility. They had feared and despaired in the face of cunning, but now, they only longed, longed to be able to kill more orcs with their own hands.
With Geng Zhong's wheel warfare method, the physical disadvantages of the victorious soldiers were finally compensated for in a situation where they could replenish their physical strength.
Energetic groups of victorious warriors, with the fury of avenging their dead comrades, launched wave after wave of counter-charges against the beast soldiers who attacked the city.
Gradually, the corpses of the warriors on the city also increased, and the victorious defenders recovered a lot from their completely passive defeat.
This is equivalent to a narrow battlefield against the enemy, the combat power of the 40,000 defenders has been fully rolled out, but the battlefield is once again stained red with blood, and those blood seem to be living elves, breaking free from the master's body, and bending along the brick cracks of the city wall, staining both the cyan city bricks and the thick ice that Geng Zhong climbed to prepare for war.
This is the second day of the battle cunning attack on Jinsha, and the beast army has experienced the combat power of the Terran warriors. Until the sun set, on the battered city wall, Geng Zhong stood on the wall and looked at the sunset that was gradually falling in the west.
"The next day, Brother Xiangbei, Tianen Yuelai, our victorious warriors, have been resisting for two days with our flesh and blood. ”