The Shaanzhou offensive and defensive battle has been going on for nearly two months, and the casualties on both sides have reached this point.
The moment the city wall was blown down, the Jin people swarmed in, but for Li Yanxian and those under his command, the situation had reached this point.
How could he let the Jin succeed so easily?
"Street fighting, street fighting!"
Xie Sheng, an official under Li Yanxian's curtain, summoned all the people in the city together. He kept raising his arms and shouting.
"We have been guarding Shaanzhou City for nearly two months. The food and grass in the city have been exhausted, and there is almost no chance of survival. The general can withdraw, the army can withdraw, and we can evacuate back to the mountains and forests at any time.
But what will you do when we leave?
You managed to escape to Shaanzhou City, but your children have already gone to the battlefield.
The only thing we can do is ensure that you leave.
When the street fighting continued, you left Shaanzhou City and entered the mountains and forests, hiding as much as possible. "
After Xie Sheng finished speaking, an old man in the city finally couldn't help but stand up.
"We're leaving, what about you?"
"The Jin people will soon capture Shaanzhou, and then they will completely occupy the Yellow River and covet the land of Sichuan and Shu.
By then, all Guanzhong and Guanzhong will be lost, and even the southwest will no longer have Shaanzhou to contain it. By then, the entire southwest, northwest, and northwest of the Song Dynasty will be completely eroded.
It may even spread to the entire north of the Yellow River.
We can't leave, and we don't know when the reinforcements will arrive. The only thing we can do is to ensure that Shaanzhou will not fall into the hands of the Jin people before we are completely dead. "
After Xie Sheng finished speaking, he showed a cruel smile.
"Everyone, I'm sorry for not being able to keep you safe and guarantee your life.
We also asked your family members to go to the battlefield and die with us.
But...I'm sorry, please leave quickly! "
Xie Sheng bowed and bowed to the end. He was speechless. He was Li Yanxian's staff. To be honest, he didn't want to die.
But the war situation has reached this point. It's not like he can escape this disaster if he doesn't want to die. They have no choice.
Even if we go to Shaanzhou City in the end, we must make Shaanzhou City undefendable again, so that we can give the reinforcements in the rear a chance.
Xie Sheng arranged for his soldiers to deal with the escape of these people, while he rushed back to the front, continued to stand side by side with Li Yanxian and the others, and charged towards the Jin people.
Now that the city wall of Shaanzhou City has been lost, countless Jin men rushed in towards the gap, and then began to massacre towards the city.
However, Li Yanxian's general Lu Yuandeng personally led the crossbowmen to cover the area. Shao Yun and others in the rear cleared the surrounding streets again to ensure that there were no civilians.
After running out of arrows, Lu Yuandeng slammed the divine arm bow in his hand to the ground, turning the crossbow into a pile of rags.
I would rather die, this kind of thing cannot be left to the golden people.
Pulling out the simple sword from his waist, he fought and retreated in the face of the charging Jin. The soldiers and horses from the rear were also constantly gathering. The reinforcements from both sides began an extreme tug-of-war around the gap.
By the time the Jin people officially entered the city and occupied the gap, night had fallen.
Through such a gap, the golden man walked for a full day.
The fire was shining, and other city walls were also fighting for time. The battle in the gap continued. Just when Li Yanxian decided to fight to the end, the scout suddenly came to report again.
"The people are back again."
After saying these words, Li Yanxian's heart skipped a beat.
"Then the Jin man set up an ambush outside?"
"No..." The scout's face was a little tangled, "They came back on their own and said they wanted to live and die with Shaanzhou."
This sentence made everyone present feel at a loss. Li Yanxian's face showed surprise, and then anger.
"Absurd, ridiculous, who asked them to come back!" Li Yanxian was not moved. He just felt that these guys shouldn't be like this.
But Li Yanxian's roar was destined to be helpless, because the people had already returned.
"Women, go to the house and hit and smash it with rocks, pots and pans!"
"Men, copycats, rush forward and buy time for General Lee and his soldiers!"
It was the same old man who stood up to ask Xie Sheng. At this time, he seemed to be a general who commanded decisively, allowing the people who rushed back to join the battlefield.
Of course, he was not an expert hermit, nor was he a retired general. Miracles did not shine into the desperate situation of Shaanzhou City.
He is just a simple common man, he is just older, he has high prestige, he is just able to persuade the people to live and die with the city of Shaanzhou.
The young and the strong have already rushed to the battlefield. Now these common people are old, weak, sick and disabled. All they can do is to buy as much time as possible for Li Yanxian.
Facing the golden man's swords, guns and arrows, Li Yanxian was still a little unable to hold on, let alone those common people who picked up sticks, bricks and weapons from the ground and had no armor?
Thousands of dead and wounded appeared in front of Li Yanxian, causing him to keep yelling.
"Let you go, let's go!"
"Who asked you to come back!"
"This is not the place where you should appear, let's go!"
He kept stretching out his arms to grab one by one, trying to drag them away, but all he got was a bow and then a charge.
"General, we will fight to the death for our country. We are not heartless people. Please don't waste your time, general. Today in Shaanzhou City, you and I will fight to the end."
The old man came to Li Yanxian with his crude crutch. Looking at his anxious look, he did not listen to his persuasion.
"This Shaanzhou City is also connected in all directions, with roads crisscrossing it. Today we will defend each street and seize each house. If the city wall is broken, we will continue to kill in the city.
General, please don't waste time. Gather your troops and fight the golden man to the death! "
Hearing the old man's words, Li Yanxian fell silent. He gathered the people and gave them a way to survive, but he also took their family members and nephews from them to the battlefield.
It doesn’t matter who is worthy of whom, and who is sorry for whom.
But now they have become one.
"Old man... Then I'll leave it to the old man!" Li Yanxian didn't talk nonsense. He gave up the battlefield here. Then, under the delay of hundreds of thousands of people, he began to arrange defense lines layer by layer and began to give up. All the gates and walls.
Now that we have decided to fight in the streets, we should stick to it and turn to the streets completely.
All the generals under his command had been killed and wounded, and even he had been seriously injured.
But since the Jin wants to take away Shaanzhou City, be prepared to die with him.
"Li Yanxian, do you really want all the people in this city to be buried with you?
If you surrender now, you can still save the lives of this whole city, and you can save your glory and wealth! "
Nianhan still did not give up on recruiting Li Yanxian to surrender. At this point, Li Yanxian had proved his ability and was enough to become the head coach of the partial division.
Maybe you can sit on one side and ensure that the flank is not lost. This is a good idea.
It's a pity that his surrender was only a scolding.
Under the delay of hundreds of thousands of people, the battlefield seemed to be covered with all kinds of corpses, and there were corpses of different shapes and sizes everywhere.
The houses were also covered with the corpses of women. The women, whether they were half a century old women or ignorant young girls, used stones, bricks and tiles to throw them down with anything they could hold.
Then he was shot dead on the spot by the golden man's arrow.
The entire city of Shaanzhou has been completely enveloped in the strong smell of blood. The sticky smell makes people even want to gag.
When the people evacuated, there were already tens of thousands of casualties. In such a short period of time, tens of thousands of lives were buried in Shaanzhou City.
Lines of defense appeared in front of the golden man. Li Yanxian, who was panting slightly, held the unsheathed sword in his hand and looked at the golden man in front of him who was about to charge forward again.
"Nianhan, come on!"
With a hoarse voice and widened eyes, Li Yanxian issued their own challenge.
"You're really persistent, but what's the point?"
Nianhan couldn't help but sneered when he saw the scene in front of him, and then waved his hand, "The crossbowmen come forward and charge in formation!"
Orders were issued from Nianhan's mouth, arrows rushed towards the newly built position, and golden men rushed towards Li Yanxian and the others one after another.
The casualties continued. The fighting went from day to night, and from night to day. Lines of defense were broken by the Jin people, and lines of defense were regained by Li Yanxian desperately.
Everyone has forgotten the time now and how long they have been holding on.
The food had long been exhausted. Without rice and beans, they could not snatch the Jin's rations, so they set their sights on the Jin's body.
Day after day passed, a group of people struggled to survive and constantly fought for it. Shaanzhou City was still being eaten away by the Jin people.
Shao Yun was killed in the battle by thousands of arrows piercing his heart. Lu Yuandeng fought to the end with the Jin people and was hacked to death with random knives.
Song Yan emptied his quiver, and after breaking the city, he drew the simple sword from his waist and fought to the end. He was beheaded by the Jin general Ulu Saba on the spot. However, because of his delay, Shao Long successfully attacked in a sneak attack and cut him down with a single sword. The head of Ulu Saba.
He avenged his brother and the countless soldiers and people of Shaanzhou City who died in his hands.
Li Yanxian fought with the Jin people every day. The soldiers were not disarmed, but they still could not stop the enemy's attack. They were already dead and injured. Li Yanxian's left arm was chopped off but not broken, and his whole body was shot like a hedgehog.
The whole person is almost on his deathbed.
Looking at the Jin army that was still charging and killing, he just pulled the only living general beside him and said.
"If I see an official in the future, I will ask for a portrait of the official to be burned to me. I have never seen an official in my life. I kill the enemy with selfish motives. I really feel ashamed of the Song Dynasty."
Li Yanxian's younger brother Li Kui had died in the battle, and his son Li Yi was sent away by Li Yanxian at the last moment. Perhaps this was the point where he felt most sorry for his family and the Song Dynasty.
He didn't want to run away, so he charged in desperately again and looked at the army of golden men who were shouting that they wanted to capture him alive.
Li Yanxian let out one last sad laugh.
"I would rather be a ghost of the Song Dynasty than a thief of the Jin Kingdom, killing the enemy!"
