Zhao Xiang'er said: "You go and gather everyone together, I have something to say." The two agreed and ran down.
Soon after, three thousand Dali army soldiers gathered under the city gate. They all looked up at the woman standing on the city wall, with longing in their eyes. They longed for the big shot from Yanyun to save them. At this moment, they no longer prayed to the Buddha. After witnessing countless deaths and the brutality of the Indian army, they only had disgust and fear for the Buddha. At this moment, in their hearts, they only feel that Yan Yun is the only one who can save them!
Zhao Xiang'er looked down at the Dali soldiers under the city gate and saw that there was no fighting spirit in their eyes, and knew why. He raised his voice and said: "Brothers, you believe in Buddhism. Now the army from the Buddha's hometown is attacking, so you think the end has come and the Buddha is coming to punish you!" The soldiers all showed pain, obviously Zhao Xiang'er was right. Worry.
Zhao Xiang'er raised her voice and said: "There have never been gods and Buddhas, and our destiny is in our own hands! Our Ming Dynasty does not believe in ghosts and gods, and is not afraid of immortals and Buddhas. However, it has risen in the sixteen states of Yanyun and is invincible in the world. Those who believe in ghosts and gods are not With the blessing of ghosts and gods, each and every one of them has been eliminated by our Ming Dynasty! Now in front of you are only enemies who want to destroy your home and kill your relatives. There are no gods and Buddhas! Even if there are gods and Buddhas, so what, if they are my enemies, It is God who kills God, and it is Buddha who kills Buddha! Our Majesty the Ming Emperor once said, my destiny is up to me and not to God!"
Everyone couldn't help but get excited. Zhao Xiang'er's words ignited the will to resist deep in their hearts. That will to resist was not only against the enemy, but also against the gods and Buddhas!
Zhao Xiang'er said: "If you give up resistance, not only will your own lives be in danger, but your relatives will also face a very tragic end. The elderly and children will be killed and abandoned in the wilderness, while the wives and sisters will be insulted and abused by the enemy! Qingshui The scenes of the city will continue to be staged in Dali until the whole of Dali becomes a hell of mountains of corpses and seas of blood! Do you want to see such a scene?"
A low-ranking officer shouted angrily: "I don't want to!" Others reacted and shouted too. For a moment, the crowd was so angry that they completely forgot about their fear of the Buddha.
Zhao Xiang'er nodded happily, "Very good! After all, he is still a good man with blood!"
A soldier couldn't help but said worriedly: "If, if we become enemies with the Buddha's army, I'm afraid, I'm afraid we will go to Avici Hell after death!" The scene immediately became quiet, and everyone looked fearful and uneasy. It's no wonder that these people have believed in Buddhism since they were born. In their hearts, all Buddhist concepts are part of their outlook on life, and even more so, their life. It is obviously impossible for them to change this attitude in a short time.
Zhao Xiang'er said: "For the sake of our relatives, so what if we go to hell? Gods and Buddhas are so cruel and cruel, why should we obey them and let them slaughter our relatives! Since the gods and Buddhas have betrayed me, I will kill the gods and Buddhas with my own Power creates a world!"
Most of the sergeants had determination in their eyes, and they bowed one after another: "I am willing to obey your orders and fight the Tianzhu people to the end!" Zhao Xiang'er nodded and saw that some people still looked very scared, but that was all they could do at this moment. Zhao Xiang'er ordered several officers: "Divide all the soldiers and horses into five teams, four teams guard the four gates, and the last team lives in the city, waiting for orders to support in all directions at any time!" The officers agreed and ran down. Then the more than 3,000 soldiers were divided into five teams and went their separate ways.
Zhao Xiang'er asked an officer next to him: "Is there an armory in the city?"
The officer cupped his fists and said, "There is an armory in the city, right next to the government office." Zhao Xiang'er immediately asked the officer to lead the way to the armory. Opening the warehouse, I saw a mountain of various ordnance supplies in the armory, as well as a dozen large crossbows. Zhao Xiang'er immediately ordered the officers to summon manpower to carry crossbows, kerosene and other defensive materials to the city wall, and at the same time, all Huaxu killers under his command were put on armor.
A leader said to Zhao Xiang'er: "Leader, there are plenty of weapons and supplies here, why not arm all the people in the city."
Zhao Xiang'er shook his head and said: "I have spent so much effort but I still can't completely boost the morale of the Dali army, let alone the people. Moreover, the people have never received training. Once they fight, there will be chaos. I'm afraid that it will disturb us and the consequences will be disastrous." The leader felt that what the cabinet leader said was reasonable and couldn't help but nodded.
At the same time, the Tianzhu army outside the city was making a simple siege ladder. A Tianzhu general, surrounded by people, came to a small hill outside the city and looked at the city in front of him. General Tianzhu showed an expression of annoyance and said in Tianzhu language: "Our Tianzhu army came all the way, looking at the wind wherever it passed! I didn't expect the people here to want to resist us at all costs!"
A general next to him smiled and said: "It must be easy to conquer this city! Our Tianzhu army is invincible. It is the most powerful force except the gods! No one can compete with us. This city will definitely be wiped out in an instant. The people here You will definitely regret your stupidity!"
Others also said that they were all so arrogant that they didn't take the Dali people seriously. Their attitude was just like how humans treat chickens and ducks. In the minds of these Tianzhu people, killing Dali people is probably the same as killing chickens and ducks.
A general said: "The Dali people are not worth mentioning, but I heard that the Dali people have asked the Ming Dynasty for help. The Ming Dynasty recently unified Eastern China and is said to be very powerful. Maybe we will encounter them soon!"
A general laughed and said proudly: "I'm afraid that the people of Ming Dynasty won't dare to come if they hear that our Tianzhu army is coming!"
A general agreed: "That's right! Although the Dali people are not worth mentioning, the Ming people are not worth mentioning either! The Dali people are chickens and ducks, and the Ming people are nothing more than deer and sheep at best! It's best if they come, just so that The people of the Central Plains know the bravery of our Tianzhu people, let them tremble with fear!" Everyone laughed, talked one after another, and looked very excited. They were not afraid of the legendary Ming Army at all, but wished they could fight with the Ming Army. Fight a battle and use the corpses of the Ming army everywhere to demonstrate their martial arts!
An officer rode up the hill and reported to General Tianzhu: "Your Excellency, one hundred simple ladders have been prepared!"
General Tianzhu nodded with satisfaction and said to the generals around him: "I am here to watch you attack the city. Whoever breaks through the city first will get the first victory! I will propose to the generalissimo that we reward him with this city. Make a fief!" When everyone heard this, they were very excited, as if a jackal had seen its prey.
All the generals spoke eloquently and then ran down. Soon after, the unique drums of the Tianzhu people sounded loudly, and four Tianzhu armies were seen approaching the city from the east, west, north, and south directions at the same time.
A Huaxu leader on the city wall saw this posture and was surprised and asked: "Do they want to attack from all sides at the same time?" Zhao Xiang'er frowned and said: "They are an army from a distant and foreign land, and their fighting methods are naturally completely different from ours! Pass on the order, Prepare to fight!" The leader promised, and a killer who was ordered to serve as a temporary herald blew the horn.
The sound of the horn echoed over the city, and the atmosphere in the city immediately became tense. Many people were kneeling on the ground with fear and tears in their eyes. They were praying for forgiveness from gods and Buddhas! Some were chanting the Lotus Sutra, and some were chanting the Diamond Sutra. Suddenly, the buzzing sound of chanting filled the entire city, and the entire city turned into a large Buddhist hall.
Looking at such a scene, Zhao Xiang'er couldn't help but frown. She felt that it was really puzzling that these people would leave their destiny to the illusory gods and Buddhas. At the same time, she felt that such behavior was very stupid. You can only create your own destiny. If you succeed, you will be lucky, if you fail, you will be destined. Why be afraid of bad results!
Four Tianzhu armies were arrayed outside the surrounding city. I saw a Tianzhu man riding a horse and rushing to the city, reining in his horse and shouting in stiff Chinese: "People in the city, listen, our big Tianzhu is invincible, you can't beat us! Open it quickly City gate surrender!" His tone and demeanor were full of arrogance.
The city gate suddenly opened.
The people of Tianzhu were all overjoyed, thinking that the other party was afraid and Kaicheng was ready to surrender.
However, the Tianzhu people soon realized that they had thought wrong. Because only one man and one horse came out of the city. When the Tianzhu man saw this, he arrogantly cursed: "You are here to die!" Then he urged his war horse to greet him with a strange cry and a scimitar. Thousands of Tianzhu people shouted, and they were all excited, eager for the sight of their own general cutting the opponent down with a single sword. The Dali soldiers on the city wall looked pale and very frightened.
In the blink of an eye, the two horses crossed each other, and the general Zhu shouted and waved his scimitar. Almost at the same time, a man screamed, rolled backwards and fell off his horse.
The Tianzhu soldiers cheered in unison. But then he saw clearly that the enemy in black was still sitting safely on the horse, and the one who was cut over and fell off the horse turned out to be his own general! The soldiers of Tianzhu were all dumbfounded. They could not believe the scene in front of them and could not accept this situation. Our general was the bravest warrior besides the gods. How could he fail? ! The Dali soldiers were stunned when they saw such a scene, and then cheered. The heavy pressure that had been weighing on their hearts was relieved a lot after seeing the Tianzhu general beheaded by a single move. Although the fear in my heart has not gone away, I will no longer be afraid of the Tianzhu Army as if they were gods and Buddhas!
General Tianzhu, who was leading the army, came to his senses and couldn't help but became angry. He raised his scimitar and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Attack!" When the Tianzhu army came back to his senses, they were also extremely angry and rushed toward the city with shouts.
The Dali army couldn't help but become nervous when they saw the Tianzhu army coming. Zhao Xiang'er raised the horizontal sword and shouted: "Get ready!" The archer immediately bent his bow and nocked an arrow, ready to go.
Seeing the tide of enemy troops approaching quickly, they entered the range of bows and arrows. Zhao Xiang'er suddenly swung the horizontal sword forward and shouted: "Fire the arrow!" In an instant, the bow string vibrated, and a cloud of arrows rushed towards the enemy group like locusts. I saw countless ripples in the enemy wave! However, bows and arrows could not stop the enemy troops, and they continued to rush in crazily. In an instant, the enemy troops rushed under the city wall. Since Maple Leaf City only had a city wall and no moat, the enemy troops immediately began to attack the city wall. Aerial ladders were set up on the top of the city, and the Tianzhu soldiers swarmed along the wall towards the top of the city. On the top of the city, rolling stones tilted down like a waterfall, and flesh and blood flew everywhere amid the loud rumblings. The screams and rumblings were deafening.
Wave after wave of Tianzhu soldiers rushed to the top of the city, and the two sides immediately fell into a bloody fight. The Dali soldiers were originally afraid of the Tianzhu people. Under the fierce attack of the Tianzhu soldiers, everywhere was in crisis. The sound of killing on the top of the city was loud, blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and the Dali soldiers were about to be unable to resist.
At the critical moment, a warrior dressed in black suddenly rushed into the middle of the Tianzhu soldiers who were slaughtering the Dali soldiers. They were like tigers entering a flock of sheep. They were brave and unstoppable. Cold light flew up and down in their hands, killing the Tianzhu soldiers until their corpses were covered in blood. The Tianzhu soldiers were enjoying their killing spree when they suddenly encountered such a formidable opponent. They were startled, and then fierce anger surged into their hearts, and they charged forward with strange screams. However, the enemy in black was too brave, killing each other with every step, and was extremely ferocious. The Tianzhu soldiers who rushed forward were cut down to the ground by him. The flying blood reflected his eyes as cold as ice, making the Tianzhu soldiers shudder. .
General Tianzhu stood on the hill outside the city to watch the battle. He was very happy when he saw his own army attacking the city in one fell swoop and killing the defenders until they were on the verge of collapse. However, they soon saw a black-clothed warrior charging into the middle of their own soldiers, killing them so much that they retreated with blood and flesh. The huge advantage they had gained was instantly reversed. General Tianzhu was annoyed but also very shocked. He felt that the men in black who were killing his own soldiers crazily in the crowd were just like the Shura Yaksha in the Buddhist scriptures. After a while, we saw our own soldiers retreating from the top of the city.
General Tianzhu was very angry and ordered the army to continue attacking.
The unique war drums of Tianzhu sounded loudly again, and the Tianzhu army reorganized their formation and rushed towards the city again. However, the situation was the same as before. Although they were able to rush to the city and kill the ordinary defenders, they suffered heavy losses due to the ferocious counterattack of the men in black. They could not stand and retreated.
In this way, the two sides were in a tug-of-war. One moment, the Tianzhu army rushed to the top of the city, and the next, they were driven back. The battle continued until the morning of the next day, and the Tianzhu army still made no progress. At this time, there were mountains of corpses on the city wall, and the city wall had been stained mottled with blood.
General Tianzhu's eyes seemed to be bursting with fire. He was very angry that his own soldiers were unable to break the city. He was even more angry with those who were stubbornly resisting in the city. He believed that Dali was doomed, and it was simply unreasonable for these people to resist so desperately!
The drums of the attack sounded loudly again, and the panting Tianzhu soldiers heard the drums. Although they were a little scared, they still mustered up the courage, lined up in formation, and prepared to attack again.
A Tianzhu general raised his scimitar and shouted, and all the Tianzhu soldiers raised their scimitars and shouted, and their morale was immediately boosted. The Tianzhu soldiers kept roaring, like wild beasts roaring, and the huge sound echoed over the city, which was frightening.
Tianzhu's war drums suddenly sounded loudly with a rapid rhythm. Thousands of Tianzhu soldiers shouted loudly and surged towards the city wall, like a surging ocean tide, with great momentum.
In an instant, a hail of arrows fired from both sides covered the sky, and Tianzhu soldiers rushed towards the city along the ladder. Rolling stones and trees tilted down from the top of the city, flesh and blood flew everywhere under the city wall, and corpses rolled down among the crowds. However, this did not stop the Tianzhu people. The Tianzhu people rushed to the top of the city and killed the Dali soldiers after paying a huge price. There were not many Huaxu killers left under Zhao Xiang'er. Faced with the fierce attack of the Tianzhu people, they all immediately went into battle. Even Zhao Xiang'er, the leader of the pavilion, went to the bloody battle in person!
When the Tianzhu soldiers saw those terrifying men in black appearing again, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and then they mustered up the courage to roar and rush forward to fight. With blood flying, the Tianzhu soldiers were cut down to the ground one by one like wolves fighting fierce tigers. However, although the tigers were powerful, they could not withstand the continuous attacks of the wolves. Each of the Huaxu killers fell in a pool of blood in the bloody battle. among. The situation at the top of the city is getting more and more critical. Although Huaxu's killer is powerful, he cannot withstand the enemy's endless army. Dali's soldiers were shaken, and the entire defense line was crumbling.
Zhao Xiang'er chopped down a Tianzhu officer with a sword and saw the enemy troops pouring onto the city like a tide, while his own troops were retreating steadily. The Dali army had begun to collapse, and Hua Xu's killer was trapped in the enemy's siege. One by one died in a bloody battle, and no matter how brave the tiger was, there was no way it could deal with the endless hungry wolves! The situation is already extremely critical! A leader of Hua Xu who was covered in blood rushed to Zhao Xiang'er and said breathlessly: "Leader, we can't resist it anymore!"
Zhao Xiang'er turned her head and glanced at the city. She saw many people in the city, many of whom were Han Chinese living in Dali. They all knelt on the ground and prayed devoutly to Buddha for forgiveness. When Zhao Xiang'er saw such a scene, she immediately gave up her original idea of breaking out of the encirclement. She couldn't do it if she had to ignore these people and escape by herself.
Zhao Xiang'er turned back to the leader and said: "The matter has come to this, we can only live and die with the people here! The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty cannot abandon the people and escape alone!" An impulse surged in the leader's heart, and he roared in agreement. Then he turned around and rushed into the enemy army, fighting desperately. A horizontal knife flew up and down, raising a cloud of blood! Suddenly, several Tianzhu soldiers stabbed at him from different directions with their spears. He couldn't avoid it and was pierced by several spears. He groaned and used his last strength to hug a Tianzhu soldier and knocked him down the city wall. The Zhu soldiers screamed in terror that day and waved their arms and legs wildly!
The soldiers of the Dali Army collapsed, like a collapsed embankment that could no longer be saved; the Huaxu killers were still fighting. Although there were only a few scattered battles, they caused heavy losses to the Tianzhu people and affected the nerves of the Tianzhu people.
Zhao Xiang'er was surrounded by a dozen Tianzhu soldiers on a city wall, and the two sides temporarily stopped fighting. Zhao Xiang'er was covered in blood. She was originally charming and beautiful, but now she looked like a blood-stained female murderer. The Tianzhu soldiers were filled with awe, and for a moment no one dared to step forward.
The guy who looked like General Tianzhu muttered a few words. Zhao Xiang'er didn't understand, but she roughly guessed what the other party meant. The other party wanted her to surrender.
Zhao Xiang'er smiled coldly, took out a flying knife with her left hand and threw it towards the general. The general was shocked when he saw a flash of cold light and appeared in front of him! He wanted to avoid it, but it was too late. With a pop, it flew into the general's forehead. The general screamed and fell backwards!
All the Tianzhu soldiers were shocked when they suddenly saw such a scene, and then they became furious and howled and attacked with their swords. Zhao Xiang'er fought with a horizontal sword, and blood from both sides was flying in the sky. Each Tianzhu sergeant screamed and fell in a pool of blood. Zhao Xiang'er was also scarred and staggered back two steps and leaned against the pillar of the city gate tower. Zhao Xiang'er was panting, severe pain was felt everywhere in her body, and her whole body seemed to fall apart! Her vision became a little blurry, and Zhao Xiang'er knew that she was about to die! Thinking of what would happen after being captured by the enemy, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart. Looking at the horizontal knife in his hand, he couldn't help but make a decision in his heart!
Seeing the enemy approaching cautiously, Zhao Xiang'er immediately put the horizontal knife on his neck.
Woo...woo...woo...In the confusion of consciousness, I seemed to hear the sound of my own horn. Zhao Xiang'er was stunned, thinking that she heard wrongly, and couldn't help but turn her head and look outside the city. At this time, the horn sound came again, more clearly than before, and on the mist-shrouded hills in the distance, an army appeared, dusty, but actually sturdy, with a battle flag fluttering in the wind. , there are two big characters Da Ming floating vaguely on the battle flag! It's Ming Dynasty! ?
Zhao Xiang'er thought she had seen it wrong, so she quickly rubbed her eyes and looked again. This time I could see clearly that it was my own army, it was them, they finally arrived! Zhao Xiang'er was so excited that she didn't know how much strength she had. She shouted loudly, brandished her sword and charged into the middle of the enemy army. The enemy soldiers were killed and wounded, and the rest rolled and crawled away!
Woo..., after a long horn sound, the thousands of Yanyun war cavalry that had just arrived charged at the enemy's flank. For a moment, horses' hooves rumbled and smoke and dust swirled!
General Tianzhu was extremely panicked when he saw this scene, and hurriedly ordered all the armies to shrink and prepare to fight. All armies hurriedly stopped attacking the city and prepared to shrink their defenses. However, before there was time to complete the deployment, the Yanyun war cavalry crashed into the Tianzhu army at the east city gate like a hurricane. Tianzhu's army could not resist, and was instantly rushed into the depths by Yanyun's warriors. They were trampled by iron hoofs and slashed with swords and guns. Blood and flesh were everywhere on the scene. The screams and the rumble of iron hoofs were thrilling. The Tianzhu soldiers were like harvested wheat. They usually fall down in one piece! The soldiers of Tianzhu were so frightened that they screamed and ran backwards. The Tianzhu army collapsed!
The Ming Dynasty's war cavalry overwhelmed the Tianzhu army outside the east city gate in one fell swoop, and then drove them towards the Tianzhu army in the west. The Tianzhu army in the west had already formed its formation and was ready. Seeing the dust in front of them and the rumbling noises constantly coming from them, they couldn't help but feel very nervous.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
