However, Lieutenant General Li Li Jiguang and military advisor Hu Feng had already climbed onto the city wall and looked into the distance.
Hu Feng said: "It seems that there is a tough battle to be fought today."
There were constant rumors in the army. He speculated that this was Chongnan's trick, and he wanted to take advantage of the wavering morale of the Huangsha Pass army to attack and seize the city. Sure enough, this guess was confirmed by the two generals Mu. But the Chongnan army came so quickly, which was beyond Hu Feng's expectation.
Lieutenant General Li Jiguang remained silent after hearing Hu Feng's words. He stared closely at the fire below.
The light of the fire soon reached the bottom of the city. The leading general of the other side took a torch from the cavalry and illuminated the curly beard on his face. He was a very rugged man.
General Chongnan's beard raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Huangkou boy, if you don't open the city gate and let grandpa in, grandpa will catch your general drinking tonight!"
The soldiers behind him laughed loudly when they heard this, and they were very arrogant.
Hu Feng, who was standing on the city wall, twitched her eyebrows and turned her head to look at the "yellow-mouthed child" in the other person's mouth.
Li Jiguang was staring at the men and horses behind him, as if estimating the number of people, and didn't even listen to General Chongnan's scolding.
After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "The sky is too dark, but the number of soldiers and horses is at least twice that of our soldiers defending the city."
Hu Feng was shocked when he heard this. The 100,000 "Mu family troops" at Huangsha Pass faced the enemy's 200,000 troops from Chongnan. Is there any chance of winning?
The bearded man below the city saw that he had been scolding him for so long, but there was no reaction from above at all. He couldn't help but hold up the torch and said angrily: "Brothers, follow me to seize the city!"
"kill!"
The continuous shouting of tens of thousands of people was extremely terrifying.
The Chongnan people always like to attack at night.
First, the dark night not only made the defenders feel fear and pressure, but also concealed the movements and numbers of the army.
Secondly, the low visibility at night greatly weakened the accuracy of the defenders' archery.
Hu Feng watched them carry the logs and attack the city gate. There was a loud banging sound, and his throat rose. "I always feel that Chongnan's attack this time is different from the past! There is something fishy about it!"
As he finished speaking, the ladder that had been hidden in the darkness had been erected and placed on the city wall.
"Fire the arrow!"
Li Jiguang did not hesitate. With a command, the archer shot the arrow with a rope attached to its tail onto the ladder.
These ropes were soaked in kerosene. When an arrow was struck on one side, someone immediately lit the rope on fire on the other side. The Chongnan soldiers who climbed up the ladders screamed in fright and fell off the ladders. Several ladders were completely burned because the arrows were shot at good positions.
General Chongnan Qiubeard looked at the raging flames burning on the ladder and sneered: "Huangkou boy, where did you learn new tricks? Humph, after the first few waves of arrow rain have passed, there must be a gap in the offensive from above. When our people come up again, as long as someone enters the city, it will be easy to break the city."
Hu Feng stood on the city wall and looked down, saying, "The bearded man below is not panicked at all."
Li Jiguang looked at the situation below and said: "They can't climb the city wall for a while, but there are many more people than us. The other party is consuming us..."
While the two were talking, Mu Qing and Mu Rencheng and his son climbed onto the city wall.
Li Jiguang calmed down his expression and saluted, "General."
Mu Rencheng nodded and glanced at the soldiers beside the city wall, "You actually used oil rope?"
Hu Feng said: "Chongnan's attack this time is different from the past. It was a forceful attack from the beginning. I don't know what the intention was."
Mu Rencheng thought this time was the same as before, just for show, so he smiled nonchalantly, "Some small tricks..."
However, before he could finish his words, the archers below lit their arrows, and one by one they shot off the bowstring. The burning arrows flew into the high wall, and immediately shot down the defenders in the city. Mu Rencheng was unable to dodge, and was set on fire. clothes.
"General!"
The surroundings fell into chaos for a moment. Mu Rencheng quickly lay down on the ground and rolled around to extinguish the sparks on his body. After that, Yi Gulu stood up and shouted: "What's going on!"
"General, there are enemy troops coming up the ladder again!"
Mu Rencheng looked back at his father. Mu Qing was also shocked. He felt something was wrong. The father and son looked at each other, and Mu Qing immediately ordered, "Bring the kerosene!"
The enemy troops climbing up the ladders below took this opportunity to become increasingly dense, and some were already approaching the city wall!
Li Jiguang squinted at Mu Qing and his son, and dragged Hu Feng back.
The defender held two fire oil cans and smashed them down where the ladder stood!
The torches thrown from the city wall immediately ignited most of the ladders, and a long line of enemy soldiers screamed and fell from the ladders into flames.
Seeing this, the enemy soldiers retreated repeatedly, and General Qiu-beard shouted angrily: "Archers, keep firing arrows! Fire arrows!"
Mu Rencheng had been cheating for many years and was dumbfounded when faced with such a situation. He didn't understand how Chongnan could suddenly attack.
Mu Qing does have many years of experience in fighting enemies, but unfortunately he has not used it for more than ten years and has long been rusty.
The father and son hurriedly directed the soldiers to fight against the enemy.
Li Jiguang watched coldly from the side, thinking in his mind that sooner or later his bows and arrows would be used up, and the kerosene was not a long-term solution. The kerosene spilled on the city wall quickly burned up. But the opponent's rocket clusters flew towards them, and the ladder was set up again. After doing this for two or three times, they could no longer hinder the opponent.
Seeing that they no longer smashed the fire oil cans, General Chongnan laughed loudly: "As the saying goes, Guizhou donkeys are poor at their skills! Humph, now I will let you donkeys know how powerful they are!"
In addition to people constantly climbing up the ladders, people below were also constantly attacking the city gate, making "boom boom boom" sounds that shook the sky and the earth. Some soldiers blocking the front had their arms cracked.
The rocket clusters here are shooting like rain, as if they are free of charge!
Li Jiguang squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the enemy army. The big man with a beard was sitting in front of the army, directing the soldiers to attack the city. The guards around him were protecting him.
He said to Mu Rencheng: "General, something is wrong with the opponent's situation. Such continuous attacks seem to have another agenda. I will take people to take a look around."
Mu Rencheng thought for a moment and nodded.
The flags were swaying, and the long wind was blowing back and forth with the smell of blood hovering over the battlefield. Several figures suddenly appeared outside the city, covering their bodies along the uneven terrain, and sneaked towards the bottom of the city. Judging by the strength of their skills, it was obvious that they were all masters. They quietly touched the base of the city wall far away, and with a flick of their flying claws, they climbed up the city wall after a few ups and downs.
The group of people landed as lightly as cats, flipping their hands, and a sharp dagger appeared in their hands.
The leader waved his hand gently, and the people in black dispersed, quietly touching the guards everywhere.
Just when they were about to succeed, someone grabbed their necks from behind, and with a slight wave, their throats were cut like tofu, and they fell to the ground lifeless.
"They really have other agendas."
