Hearing this, Nie Chen's eyes became profound and he said leisurely,
"Liu Hu wants to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. He won't stop you, but he wants to watch us fight the barbarians. He knows that we are well-equipped and have enough troops to resist the barbarians.
When we and the barbarians are almost exhausted, he will probably ask King Anton for help. Once they get reinforcements, he will wipe out us and the barbarians together.
What a good calculation. "
Da Zhuang also sighed and said nothing.
"Okay, give your army to Wang Hao and let him make arrangements. This time, the whole army must defend the city."
"good."
Da Zhuang was not greedy for military power at all and took Wang Hao directly to take over the army.
Wang Hao asked the original defenders to go up to the city wall first, and let the soldiers brought by Da Zhuang rest first and adapt to the conditions of the siege. They all came from afar, and they should recover their strength first and prepare to go up the city wall as a reserve army.
On the top of Beicheng, everyone looked into the distance.
After another hour, a dense army finally appeared on the northern skyline.
Looking from a distance, one could see a sea of people with no end in sight, and that huge sense of oppression weighed on everyone's hearts.
Ten miles away from the north city wall, the barbarian rear army began to set up camp, while the front army held ladders and other objects high and rushed towards the north city wall.
Neither side said a word. They both knew that this was an undying hatred, and they started fighting directly.
Nie Chen took Weng Qiuchan's hand and said,
"You should go back to the Yamen first. Fighting is a man's business. It's too dangerous for you to be here."
Weng Qiuchan shook off Nie Chen's hand, picked up his compound bow, and said,
"Auntie, I have been on the battlefield and in the hall, and I have grown up in a military camp since I was a child. How can I still be afraid of this?
Besides, in which war did I not kill more people than you? I can kill at least dozens of people by myself, but you haven't given me military merit yet.
You still want me to go back, you are dreaming! "
Nie Chen smiled, his daughter-in-law was really a woman, no wonder she was able to gain respect in the military.
It's impossible to let her go down, so we can only try our best to protect her.
Nie Chen knew that he was not good at defensive operations, so he handed over all command rights to Wang Hao.
Although it was the first time for Wang Hao to command so many people to defend the city and the first time to face such a large number of enemies, he did not panic at all and kept the team in order.
Soon the barbarian army rushed to a place two hundred steps away from the city wall.
Just like before, the barbarians attacked the city without any plan. They rushed over in a swarm, with a huge force, a sea of people, and full of momentum.
"Trebuchet, two hundred steps ahead, attack freely!"
Wang Hao shouted, and the trebuchet behind him immediately released dozens of boulders, drawing arcs in the sky and falling into the crowd of barbarians.
Although the barbarians fought without any rules, they were brave and fearless. Although stones were constantly being thrown at their heads, they did not even look at them. They would die if they were hit, and they would continue to charge if they were not hit, without any fear.
"Kill!!!"
The barbarians below roared angrily, holding swords and bows and arrows, and continued to attack the top of the city wall.
They braved the rain of arrows, set up ladders, and climbed up desperately.
"beat!"
Nie Chen roared, and with his crossbowmen and repeating crossbows, he fired at the barbarians on the ladder below.
The bows and arrows on the top of the city are constantly being thrown downwards, and the bows and arrows below are also attacking the defenders above.
Because there are too many enemy troops, there are at least 20,000 people under the city now, which also makes the enemy's firepower even more intense. The number of arrows is not much worse than on the top of the city, and they are thrown towards the city wall desperately.
Under an attack of this density, even if the accuracy is poor, it can still hit the defenders.
The defenders who poked their heads out from the top of the city were shot one after another.
Nie Chen yelled,
"Remember the location of the enemy's ladder. Don't poke your head. Just stretch out your hand and shoot the arrow!"
The barbarians were so brave that they overwhelmed the defenders at the top of the city and couldn't lift their heads. Just an hour later, someone climbed onto the city wall, brandishing a sword, and slashed at the defenders with ferocious screams.
Nie Chen pulled out his knife, hacked a barbarian to death, then lifted the body and smashed it towards the bottom of the city wall.
With just a click, a ladder was broken by him, and the man on top fell down, falling to his feet.
At this moment, an arrow suddenly shot up from below the city head, grazed Nie Chen's helmet and hit the city gate tower behind.
Nie Chen immediately turned back.
All the enemy troops who climbed to the top of the city were killed, and the fierce battle for the city wall continued.
A mile away, Qi Yanliu was sitting on a horse. Next to him were the leaders of hundreds of tribes. They were all tribes under the Qi Yan tribe.
After Qi Yanliu learned that Qi Yansong had been killed by Wu Yanzu of Qingshui County, he was immediately furious and wanted to send troops to attack the county.
But his subordinates dissuaded him, and Qi Yanliu calmed down and ordered each tribe to gather young men and build ladders. It took seven or eight days to gather an army of 100,000 and march to Qingshui County. side.
Qi Yanliu's eyes were full of anger, and he pointed at Nie Chen on the top of the city and said,
"Did you see that? The one in white armor is Wu Yanzu. He is the culprit who killed my second brother Qi Yansong and the massacre of the Huangyan tribe.
This time, after the city is broken, I will skin him alive and hang it at the entrance of my camp for vultures to gnaw on.
I want to massacre the city, I want to kill everyone in the county, and I want to make them pay with blood! "
"Understood, big boss, even a small Qingshui County dares to provoke our Qingyan tribe. We must make them pay the price and let everyone know how powerful we are!"
"Yes, otherwise others would think that our begging department is easy to bully, and we must pay with blood!"
The leaders were filled with indignation and drove their warriors forward to charge and fight.
On a hillside far away from the battlefield, there was also a group of people watching the battle.
It was Queding Tangwu, the leader of Queding, and beside him were his sons and daughters such as Queding Kasu, Queding Yanshuang, Queding Quyang, etc.
"Kasu, do you think the Qiyan tribe can capture this county this time?"
Queding Tangwu said with a leisurely smile.
Queding Kasu smiled and said,
"It's definitely possible. One hundred thousand people can't defeat a small county town guarded by thousands of people. Then Qi Yanliu can really find a stone to hit him to death.
And I also heard that in the south of the county, there is a 10,000-strong army of the county guard, and they have been attacking the city in the past few days.
Nie Chen was attacked from both sides and could not survive for long. This was his desperate situation. The only thing waiting for him was death. "
Queding Yanshuang also said,
"Yes, father, Nie Chen is now isolated and helpless. No one can save him. Unless we send troops to rescue him, he will definitely die."
Queding Tangwu smiled and said,
"Why should I save him? Let them fight with the Qiyan Department. No matter who wins or loses, we all have benefits."
