Outside Hezhou City, it was a dead night. Even the most ferocious carrion bird seemed to have a premonition and did not cry at night.
Outside the city gate, within a radius of less than two miles, there were all rotting corpses and damaged armor. There was no one to clean up, and the siege of the city was far from over.
On the top of the city, the last three to four thousand defenders were ready in strict formation according to Chen Xian's order. If this last round of siege cannot be defended, the Beidi army will march straight in once Hezhou is broken.
Perhaps because he had been waiting for a long time, Chen Xian's face showed a trace of anxiety.
"Little strategist, the Di people really want to attack at night? How come there is no movement now?"
"It should be correct. This is Tuoba Hu's last chance. Otherwise, once the reinforcements arrive, it will be more difficult to attack Hezhou City." Dongfang Jing raised his head. Even now, the disaster left by the epidemic still makes him My frail body occasionally feels cold and uncomfortable.
With only a remnant army, they risked their lives to hold off Beidi's elite army of 200,000 until now. No matter which dynasty it is placed in, it is something to be proud of.
"Little strategist, general, there is the sound of horse hooves!" At this time, a captain on the top of the city suddenly spoke angrily.
Horse hooves thundered outside the city, and there seemed to be an earthquake under the dark sky.
The entire Hezhou is crumbling.
"Defend the city!" Chen Xian's eyes flashed, and without any hesitation, he immediately issued the order to defend the city.
As expected, not long after, the Beidi people's vast range of horses waited until they were close to the city gate, then fired waves of flying arrows towards the top of the city.
Under the darkness of night, the accuracy is not very good. But even now, the scene of the rain of arrows is still thrilling.
"There are not many arrows! Every arrow kills a Digou for me!"
After hard work until now, the entire Hezhou city defense equipment is about to be exhausted.
The more than a thousand people who stayed in the city and went to the national disaster also roared and shouted slogans, and quickly transported the boiling water to the top of the city.
In the streets behind the city gate, countless stone houses were demolished. Without the boulders, they used hemp shirts to wrap the rubble together, stuffed it into the bullet bag, and shot it into the sky.
Woohoo.
Accompanied by the siege horns and trombones, both sides came and went, throwing stones and flying arrows at each other intensively.
The guard supported Dongfang Jing and walked to the city wall. After coughing twice, Dongfang Jing looked up and looked down silently under the protection of the iron shield.
As he expected, the great epidemic slowly passed, and although some strength was restored, these Di people were obviously still a little weak and no longer as vicious as before.
"Little strategist, the Di people are here!"
"I know."
With only these three to four thousand men, the defense would definitely be insufficient. Dongfang Jing had already expected this.
"Hold the Di people!" The defenders who were attached to the city wall began to draw their swords and shout angrily, and poured boiling water and boiling water into the city gate to attack.
Like crushing ants, the screams of Di people could be heard from time to time under the dark sky. But among them, there were also many Di people who had already built city ladders, and using the cover of throwing stones and flying arrows, they came up first with knives in their mouths.
The spearmen guarding the city thrust their ten-foot-long wooden spears down one after another. Not long after, the Di people who had ascended first fell into darkness.
"General Chen, add more torches to the entire city."
"Don't worry, little strategist, I have already prepared!"
Dongfang Jing nodded. In today's formation, there are not enough defenders, not even reserve battalions. All he has to do is defend with all his strength. The addition of torches made it impossible for the Di people to distinguish the strength of the defenders within a short period of time.
Following Chen Xian's order, not long after, torches suddenly lit up across the city.
"For the soldiers who died in battle, please lift yourself up and stick to the city wall!"
Amidst the whistling of stones and flying arrows, the last group of defenders burst out with a morale that was ready to die. They followed Dongfang Jing's command and carried out a difficult defense.
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"Kamiluko, something is wrong."
Even though it was still a bit far away, Tuoba Hu could clearly see that the defense at the top of Hezhou City at this time did not look like it had collapsed.
Shenluzi also frowned, "Great Khan, you and I both know that Hezhou must have insufficient defenders. I guess it's the cripple's plan again."
"The reinforcements from the King of Yuzhou are about to arrive. If we can't defeat Hezhou in these two days, I'm afraid the war will be even more difficult."
"Of course I know!"
Tuoba Hu was a little unhappy. From beginning to end, he gave him enough face. It's a pity that now, 200,000 troops have been marching in person, but without any results.
In addition to the 20,000 defenders who were ambushed outside Hezhou before.
But the real purpose of the personal expedition was to conquer Hezhou and take control of the Central Plains.
"Did the Great Khan notice that within this hour, there were many torches on the city wall of Hezhou for no reason? I think this may be the lame man's trick."
"You said you were wallowing in the wall before, but is it okay now?"
Shenluzi hesitated for a moment, "The torches are blinding the eyes, and the garrison forces on the east wall and the west wall can no longer be distinguished. If you follow my suggestion, the Great Khan will have no choice but to continue the attack at any cost."
"What kind of strategy is this?" Tuoba Hu sneered. By now, he was already a little impatient. This expedition to the south was proposed by the Rouran people, and the sacred deer and eagles were driven together to conquer the Central Plains.
I thought I had a good layout, but I didn't know that when I entered Hezhou, I was stuck here. The Great Khan of the Grassland went on a personal expedition, but if he failed to achieve any results, he was afraid that he would be ridiculed when he returned to the royal court.
Moreover, his legitimate son Tuoba Zhu died in the hands of Xu Mu, the king of Western Shu. He also thought that after entering the Central Plains this time, he would be able to avenge his great revenge.
"damn it."
Tuoba Hu thought about it for a while, and his expression became ferocious. Under the current situation, just as Shenluzi said, the only choice is to get ahead of the reinforcements from the Central Plains and conquer Hezhou regardless of the battle losses.
"Pass my military order to push all the siege equipment from the rear to the front! If we break the city tonight, whoever ascends first will be made the capital and will be rewarded with a hundred American slaves and a thousand cattle and sheep!"
After the heavy reward was passed down, countless Di people, like mad dogs, seemed to have regained more strength, and rushed towards the city gate with a roar.
woo woo woo woo.
The deafening horn horns, fighting and horse hooves, against the dark night, seemed to be close to the ears.
No one retreated.
Facing Beidi's madness, the Hezhou defenders roared to the sky, using their lives and blood to make the final resistance.
Under the city ravine, the corpses of Beidi soldiers who died in battle were scattered all over the field, layer by layer. The severed limbs and battle-damaged armor were even more shocking when viewed from the top of the city.
With only an unyielding will, under the command of Dongfang Jing and Chen Xian, even if it is on the verge of collapse, even if there is no way out, Hezhou has not fallen, like a boat in the storm, holding on with hard bones.
"If I die together with you brothers, then I will take you with you on the road to hell. Don't think about it in this life. In the next life, you will join the army and guard Hezhou again!"
"Roar!"
Among the defenders, there were mostly young faces. At this moment, everyone followed Chen Xian's shouts, holding a knife in one hand and shouting wildly with the other.
