Finding that Ma Kangan had fled, the Yinzhou Yamen was in chaos for a while, but thanks to Xu Tianming's efforts to appease everyone, it was able to calm down temporarily. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Xu Zhutou, what should I do now? Ma Kangan must have learned some urgent military situation, so he left in such a hurry. If the plan is right, the Turkic army is expected to be in the city soon. A catcher said to Xu Tianming worriedly.

"I've also heard the news that Anchang City was destroyed a few days ago, and it seems that General Night was killed in battle. Hey, it seems that the catastrophe in Yinzhou can't be avoided. Immediately you will open the gates of the city, and all the people from outside the city will be admitted into the city. Now it's too late for them to flee south, and they can only hope to rely on the defense of Yinzhou City until our reinforcements arrive. Xu Tianming made a quick decision. commanded.

The long-awaited gates opened, and thousands of refugees outside Yinzhou rejoiced, pouring into the city to seek refuge. For a time, the streets and alleys of Yinzhou City were crowded with people.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Tianming opened the warehouse and distributed the food and clothing stored in it to the people one by one. The refugees who received the things were all grateful, and kowtowed desperately to the catchers.

Seeing this scene, Xu Tianming felt sad for a while, hey, I don't know how many days there are in this peaceful day.

At this time, a soldier hurriedly ran over and whispered a few words to Xu Tianming, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly rushed to the city tower with a few people.

Xu Tianming stood in the city tower and stared, looking at the north, only to see the dust flying on the distant horizon, and he couldn't see the edge left and right.

It's coming, it's finally coming.

"The order went down, and when all the people outside the city had entered the city, the city gates were closed immediately, and then a few stout deadbolts were made to lock the city gates firmly. In addition, all the archers immediately came to the city wall and stood by, bringing enough feathered arrows. ”

But after half a day, what made Xu Tianming angry was that only a dozen or so archers came to the city wall.

"What about the others?" Xu Tianming said angrily.

"Report to Xu Zhutou, as soon as they heard that there was going to be a war, they were... All.... ”

"What's wrong?" Xu Tianming glared angrily.

"They all went home and packed up their things and prepared to escape. The soldier sighed.

"What?" Xu Tianming was furious, picked up his saber and rushed down the city tower.

At the south gate of Yinzhou, a group of people rushed to the south gate with packages on their backs, and when they saw the soldiers guarding the door, they shouted to open the door.

But at this time, all the soldiers guarding the city gate in the city have been replaced by fast catchers, and these fast catches are carefully selected by Xu Tianming, and they are all strictly abiding by military orders and never being sloppy.

Catch quickly stopped at the door and said: "Xu Zhutou has an order, the city gate is closed, and no one is allowed to leave." ”

"Damn, hurry up and open the door, if you don't open it, I'll kill you. As he spoke, one of them took out a large knife that was shining brightly.

"It's so imposing. At this moment, a person slowly walked from a distance and sneered.

Hearing this voice, the momentum of this group of people decreased.

One of them stepped forward and said, "Xu Tianming, you don't have the right to decide our life and death, hurry up and order the door to open, we have to leave." ”

Xu Tianming walked in front of everyone and said coldly: "Yes, I don't have the right to ask you to die." I won't stop you if you want to leave, but before you go, I want you to touch your chest and ask yourself, how did the people treat you during this time in Yinzhou? How are you living here?"

Xu Tianming glanced at the crowd, including some wives and children who dragged their families with them, and asked calmly: "May I ask everyone, is Yinzhou your hometown? Are there any of your relatives here? Are there any of your elderly parents and elders on the graves outside the city?"

There was silence in the crowd, and some people had begun to lower their heads and make out the expressions on his face.

"Xiao Li, open the city gate, if anyone wants to leave, don't stop it. After finishing speaking, Xu Tianming left without looking back.

With a creak, the gates opened, and a cold wind poured in from outside the city.

The crowd did not move, and several children shrunk their necks and took their father's hand to keep warm.

After a while, several people walked out of the crowd and went back in the direction of each other.

Gradually, more and more people went back, and finally there was no one left in front of the city gate.

On the city tower, when the soldiers saw Xu Tianming coming back, no one dared to come forward to inquire about the situation, and only whispered in private about the fate of the group of deserters.

"Don't guess, I didn't tell them anything. Because I believe that we Yinzhou people are all good men with iron bones!" Looking at the soldiers' actions, Xu Tianming said loudly and firmly.

A moment later, a crowd of men poured into the walls, each with bows and arrows, standing at his own post, staring intently into the distance.

There was no fear on their faces, only the blood that was full of blood.

Xu Tianming nodded with satisfaction, his right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the knife, and quietly waited for the dust in the distance to slowly approach.

"Report to the Great Khan, ahead is Yinzhou City. "In the Turkic army, someone reported to the Great Khan of Termu.

Yinzhou, Yinzhou, I haven't been able to win you back then, and today I will definitely be able to make up for my regrets.

"The whole army gave the order, advanced at great speed, and took Yinzhou in one go. The Great Khan waved the battle flag in his hand and pointed at his target: the iron bucket city.

"Report to Xu Zhutou, the Turkic army showed no signs of slowing down, but seemed to have accelerated its march just now. ”

Upstairs in Yinzhou City, Xu Tianming's brows furrowed even tighter after listening to the spies' report.

Although he had never read the book of war, he also knew that the other party definitely wanted to take advantage of the momentum of breaking Anchang and take Yinzhou in one go. They must also know that without Ye Guyu's troops, Yinzhou City is now empty, and this battle should be fast rather than slow.

However, we must delay, until reinforcements arrive.

Drag, this is Xu Tianming's idea.

The Turkic army, with cavalry as the vanguard, was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was about to come to the foot of Yinzhou City.

Calculating the timing, Xu Tianming gave an order, and the trebuchet troops took the lead in attacking.

Yinzhou played the most important role in the last frontier war, so there are many large machines left in the city from the previous war, and trebuchets are one of them.

The huge stone mixed with the strong wind pressed heavily against the Turkic troops, and in an instant, there was an extremely fast blood-red clearing in the originally dense crowd.

The soldiers under the boulder were crushed into meatloaf even men and horses.

But the charge of the Turkic cavalry did not slow down.

The biggest disadvantage of trebuchets is that they are very slow to reload, while the Turkic cavalry is extremely fast, and after a while, they attack at a close range, making the trebuchet useless after a few times of power.

"Archer ready, one, two, three, shoot!"

Hearing the order, the archers shot out in unison, and rows of feathered arrows quickly broke through the air and shot at the Turkic crowd.

But the number of Turkic soldiers is too much, relying on these hundreds of archers on the city wall of Yinzhou, it is like a mantis arm as a car, and it can't hurt many opponents at all.

Just as the cavalry was about to reach the foot of the wall, the front row of Turkic soldiers took their longbows from their backs, aimed them at the archers on the wall, and fired quickly.

The Turks were skilled in horsemanship and archery, each cavalry was an archer, each was an archer, and this time when they reached the range of the arrows, the arrows were not missing, and the sound of swishing was constantly heard, followed by the wails of the soldiers on the city walls.

"Xu Zhutou, the opponent's offensive is too fierce, if it goes on like this, when the opponent's siege troops arrive, the city gate will be broken. Even more dangerous is that in a few moments, our last remaining resistance will be shot by their archers. Hurry up and think of a way" A soldier on the side picked up a shield and blocked Xu Tianming's body, and asked eagerly.

Xu Tianming gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order all soldiers to withdraw from the city wall and prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"