Late at night, the temperature here in Mobei varies greatly between day and night.
You can still wear a short jacket to walk on the street during the day, but at night you have to wrap yourself in a thick cotton coat.
The Western Regions are rich in cotton, and cotton-padded clothes are not a rare thing in the Western Regions. Therefore, at night, the Sand Dune City was filled with soldiers wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes patrolling back and forth.
at this time!
Boom, boom, boom!
The thundering drums suddenly sounded, and the entire Dune City seemed to be suddenly awakened. Lights lit up in patches, and the whole city was quickly illuminated.
The soldiers immediately put down what they were doing the moment they heard the drums, put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and headed towards the city wall.
This is the sound of an approaching enemy.
And being able to come to this sand dune city, they naturally knew who they were about to face. This was clearly the Kushan army who wanted to attack the city under the cover of night!
The dark city suddenly lit up, not only allowing the people inside the city to see the road clearly, but also making the Kushan army outside the city, who were preparing for a sneak attack, look terribly dark.
Kushan Central Army.
"Da Chanyu, the attack on the city failed. Shebitu deployed a lot of troops at the top of the city, at least ten thousand people. Our people were discovered less than a hundred steps away from the city wall. Now the whole city is probably alarmed. We can only attack hard!"
A chief of ten thousand men said with regret on his face.
However, he did not see that Qiu Ye's face was very solemn, and he heard Qiu Ye ask: "Did you just say that there were more than ten thousand people guarding the city at night?"
The captain nodded and said:
"How many troops there are? With such a density of positions, there should be at least tens of thousands of people on this city wall, otherwise there would be loopholes.
But it is obvious that all our attacks on the city in three years have been discovered, and the opponent's manpower is absolutely sufficient, with more than 10,000 people! "
The captain assured him by slapping his chest loudly.
But Qiu's face turned even darker.
There are ten thousand people defending the city alone. How many other troops are there in total?
Isn't this Dune City just a small border town in Shebitu that is not very important? Why did Shebitu send so many people to garrison?
A sense of uneasiness kept lingering in his heart, making Qiu Ye's face even more gloomy.
The captain finally saw the strange look on his Chanyu's face, and asked cautiously: "Chanyu, what's wrong with you?
It's just a small town, it was washed away in one rush, it's not a big town. "
Qiu Ye nodded gloomily and said, "I hope so. The number of soldiers in this city is so wrong that this Chanyu always feels like a ray of light is on his back.
Send the order and ask them to take all the prisoners they have captured. Even if they have to sacrifice their lives, they must break this city as soon as possible. Let's enter Mobei, don't delay any longer! "
Seeing his Chanyu like this, the captain did not dare to neglect, nodded and informed him quickly.
Soon, large swaths of prisoners were led to the front of the formation, driving them closer to the city wall of Dune City.
At the top of the city, Li Sitang and others had already arrived. Looking at the huge black shadow that could be seen outside even under the cover of night, everyone frowned.
The Kushan army is coming!
Just when everyone was feeling heavy, they suddenly heard someone shout: "No! The wolves are attacking! They are approaching the city wall!"
The workers' attention immediately turned to the bottom of the city, and sure enough they saw a black wave approaching the city wall.
How can I bear this?
Li Sitang immediately ordered: "Archers, slingers, and slaves are ready! Don't let them get close!"
"promise!"
Li Sitang's orders were spread out one by one, and they were returned with promises one by one.
Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of bow strings being pulled, the turning of the city's catapults, and even the sound of the soldiers manipulating the Baniu Slave being strung up continuously as they made preparations.
Due to the darkness of the night, even though the Dune City was full of torches, the scene below the city could only be seen vaguely.
When the black wave reached within a hundred steps, Li Sitang suddenly shouted: "Catapult! Release!"
boom! boom! boom!
There was a sound of an ax chiseling into the wood. The tensioned catapult twist plate was cut off by an ax and the rope was cut. With the sound of breaking through the air, stones the size of millstones were thrown out one by one!
Under the night, falling into the black wave like a fashion, there was a cry of wailing in an instant!
The advancing movement of the black wave was also stunned!
There was a pause.
But then the black wave started moving again amid a burst of shouts and curses.
"Huh, stubborn!"
Li Sitang snorted coldly, and then issued a new order:
"When the enemy reaches seventy paces, fire a volley of bows, arrows, and oxen and slaves!
In addition, the catapult will not stop and attack with all its strength! "
"promise!"
There was another roaring sound like a tsunami, and everyone focused on the distance between the black wave and the city wall.
On the other hand, the catapults had begun to throw stones one after another, and stones were being thrown out and fell into the black wave, causing wailing and commotion, but it was quickly calmed down, and the wave continued to approach.
Finally, when the wave approached seventy steps, with a command, the buzzing sound of the bow string being loosened suddenly became endless.
The overwhelming arrows were thrown straight out and began to harvest the life of the wave in large areas.
And as soon as the thick eight-niu arrow is shot out, it can pierce through the black wave several times and create a candied haws!
The power is extremely terrifying!
The arrows were thrown again, and the prisoners captured by the Da Yueshi in the black wave could only watch in horror as their companions around them were harvested in pieces.
They want to escape, but behind them are Da Yueshi people holding scimitars and bows and arrows. Once someone has the idea of running, an arrow will be shot over at the next moment, leaving you cold.
To move forward is to die, and to retreat is also death. If you are lucky, you may survive if you move forward, but you will die if you retreat. Everyone knows how to choose.
But this is not the solution after all.
"Da Chanyu, the opponent's offensive is too fierce. It has only been less than half an hour. These slaves have been blocked fifty steps away, but more than 3,000 people have died. We have only captured three people this time. With tens of thousands of slaves, this can’t go on like this, Great Chanyu!”
A general reported to Qiu Ye, but Qiu Ye said with a cold face:
"You have to do it even if you don't! They're just slaves. It's better for them to die than for our warriors to die, right?
As long as they can use up all the opponent's defense supplies, it will be worth it even if they die!
Didn't you hear the order I just gave?
Even if we risk human lives, we must capture Dune City as soon as possible. We cannot be blocked here! "
The persuading general stopped talking and could only clasp his fists and quickly return to the front line.
More slaves were pulled to the front line to fill the gap. Regardless of casualties, the black wave finally broke through fifty steps below Dune City, allowing Li Sitang and others on Dune City to see their faces clearly!
"Lord Protector! Those are all people from the Western Region, and the Da Yuezhi people are hiding behind. Our attack just now was all in vain!"
After seeing these so-called "waves" clearly, everyone's hearts sank. They had just consumed so much defense materials, but only ended up beating a group of prisoners.
However, none of the opponent's main players were injured, which was unacceptable to them.
Li Sitang listened to the report of his men, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "It's not in vain. If we don't stop these prisoners, the Dayue clan will still break through the city. Send the order, don't hesitate to protect the capital." Hands! It’s best to kill these prisoners until they are afraid, and then counterattack the Da Yueshi!"
The general under his command shook his head and said: "Guardian, I just took a closer look. None of these prisoners have weapons in their hands. I'm afraid they won't be able to pose any threat to the Da Yuezhi if they resist the Da Yuezhi."
Li Sitang waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, just let them cause trouble to the Dayue clan!"
"promise!"
Soon, after seeing clearly that those attacking the city were not Da Yuezhi people but Da Yuezhi prisoners, the attack on Dune City not only did not weaken, but became more numerous and faster!
People are dying faster and faster in the waves!
The distance of fifty steps is like a chasm, causing all waves that cross this distance to be quickly wiped out!
It puts a lot of pressure on the spirit of the following wave!
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(End of chapter)
