Suddenly, the rapid sound of horns and war drums came, waking Zhou An from his sleep.
"It's so noisy, what are you doing outside?"
Zhou An got up from the bed dissatisfied and opened his sleepy eyes. After staring for a moment, his eyes suddenly widened.
He had never officially joined the army, so he was not familiar with the meaning of drums and horns. After he woke up, he suddenly remembered that his teacher once said that the horns sounded to gather troops, and the drums sounded to march.
The barbarians are coming!
Thinking of this, Zhou An immediately stood up, grabbed the clothes and put them on. At this time, he found that he was holding a clean new clothes in his hand.
The white armor and robes hanging next to them were also washed clean.
"Brother is also interested..."
Zhou An muttered and put on his clothes and armor.
He thought that Zhou Ping did all this, but in fact, Weng Qiuchan arranged for the maids to do it.
Weng Qiuchan has always done a very good and careful job in arranging the posthumous affairs of generals and officials.
After arriving outside, Zhou Anfei got on his horse, carried Fang Tian's painted halberd, and rushed out of the county government office on horseback, heading towards the North City Gate.
After arriving at the North City Gate, Zhou An shouted,
"Open the city gate, I want to go out and kill the enemy!"
The soldiers guarding the city gate had seen Zhou An yesterday and knew that this brave general was unworthy of all men. He immediately said,
"General Zhou, to open the city gate, you need an order from Commander Wang or his wife. Mr. Zhou said that if you come, go to the city wall to find him immediately."
"so troublesome."
Zhou An dismounted, handed the horse to the soldiers to tie it up, and climbed up the city wall himself.
When he came to the city wall, he saw Zhou Ping, Wang Hao and Weng Qiuchan all here, and shouted,
"Brother, ask the people below to open the city gate. I want to go out and kill the enemy!"
Zhou Ping glared at him and said,
"Go out anyway. There are enemy troops outside. You can kill them even if you stay on the wall!"
"What's the point of staying on the city wall and killing enemies? It's better to go out and fight. Hurry up and ask someone to open the city gate. I want to get out!"
"Come here and take a good look at what's outside. There are thirty thousand enemy cavalry in the distance, all arrayed out. If you think you can charge among the infantry, that's because others can't catch up with you.
But there are 30,000 cavalry outside. The barbarians have grown up on horses since they were young. Their riding skills are better than yours. 30,000 horses can kill you even if they can’t beat you. You must not go out! "
"I... Oops!"
Zhou An was so angry that he couldn't do anything, but he had no choice but to take Fang Tian's painted halberd and sit on the battlement behind him, sulking alone.
Today's siege was a replica of the previous two days. The barbarian army's attack was still fierce and overwhelming, but the intensity of the attack was obviously not as good as yesterday. Both the speed and morale of the soldiers had dropped a lot.
This is indeed the case. If the siege cannot be won on the first day, it will become a battle of consumption of supplies, morale, and troops to see who can't hold on first.
A cruel and extremely boring offensive and defensive battle was going on like this. Not to mention the fatigue of the soldiers, even Zhou An felt extremely bored.
At noon, the siege speed of the army outside the city was obviously slower. Many soldiers were lingering under the city, reluctant to climb the ladder. It seemed that it was not the ladder to victory, but the door to heaven. .
Although they can fall into the arms of the Barbarian God after entering the Immortal Heaven, it is obvious that they don't want to go yet and are still nostalgic for the cruel human world.
Seeing that the offensive below was no longer fierce, Zhou An immediately said,
"Brother, now that the offensive outside is not fierce, I will go out and charge for a while. We also have cavalry in the city. If I lead them to charge, I can directly defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"
Zhou Ping shook his head and said,
"Don't ask me, I'm not the commander. It's Wang Hao who leads the army and directs the battle."
"Hey, Wang Hao, give me a cavalry team and let me go out and repel the enemy."
Hearing this, Wang Hao shook his head and said with a smile,
"General Zhou, there are only a thousand cavalry in our army now, and although the infantry outside the city is tired, there are still 30,000 cavalry waiting to work and recharge their batteries.
General Zhou, you have to know that not everyone is Zhou An, and the lives of soldiers are also lives. "
"You are just greedy for life and afraid of death, cowards!"
Zhou An angrily sat on the battlement and said,
"If I had known that coming back this time would be so difficult and that I would be so offended in every possible way, I wouldn't have come back!"
Everyone smiled bitterly when they heard this, and none of them knew how to answer the question.
At this moment, a loud shouting of murder suddenly came from the east.
Everyone looked around immediately when they saw this, and even Zhou An stood up and looked curiously.
On the eastern horizon, flags were fluttering, and dense black figures appeared. The army with black flags and black armor could not see the end. They all roared and charged towards the enemy's left flank.
These countless troops were shouting and killing loudly, impacting the enemy in a mighty manner. They arranged in dense formations and charged forward crazily.
The soldiers held long spears and brandished machetes, hacking to death one enemy after another, then stepping on the enemy's corpses and continuing to move forward.
"It's my lord who's back! He's back so early!"
"It's the lord, it's indeed the lord who's back!"
"I saw the big flag with the word Nie, that's our army!"
The soldiers on the city wall cheered and shouted happily.
When the barbarian soldiers who were attacking the city saw the densely packed enemy troops, they were all frightened and fled in panic.
But Wang Hao frowned and said,
"Look, the south half is the Fengjun Flag and the Nie Flag. How come the north side is the Ning Flag?"
"Ning Wushuang came back with the lord to fight the barbarians?"
Zhou Ping also murmured.
"It must be Ning Wushuang who surrendered to us."
Weng Qiuchan put away her bow and arrows and said proudly with a smile.
"I don't know. I didn't hear that Ning Wushuang surrendered to us."
Wang Hao shook his head.
"No, that's not right!"
Weng Qiuchan was an expert archer with excellent eyesight. He immediately pointed to the north and said,
"Ning Wushuang's army is still fighting the banner of King Anton, and he has not surrendered to us!"
Yes, if he surrendered, how could he still fly the banner of King Anton!
Suddenly, Weng Qiuchan's face turned pale and she said,
"No, Ning Wushuang did not surrender, but joined us in fighting the barbarians. Has Nie Chen forgotten what my father learned from his mistakes?"
Hearing this, everyone's hearts were lifted.
At the beginning, Weng Huan, the head of Qingfeng Village, was killed by Liu Hu when he was fighting barbarians.
There is no telling today, Nie Chen will make the same mistake again!
The barbarian army was attacked on the flank by nearly 300,000 troops. The camp was in chaos. Some people turned their heads to meet the enemy, while others fled back in a hurry. The entire battlefield was in chaos.
But the armies of Nie Chen and Ning Wushuang were not in chaos, and were still advancing steadily, destroying all enemies who dared to rush over!
