It's time to get serious.
Amidst the sound of the horn, the officers and soldiers of the Black Cloud Army held their heads high and held their chests high, with only killing intent in their eyes.
The overall situation did not affect their fighting spirit at all, which also gave Li Yue some comfort. After all, relying on outsiders was not enough, he still had to rely on his subordinates.
"Perhaps the situation is not so bad. The news we received was probably deliberately released by Murong Jun!" Chang Wei thought more deeply.
"It's very possible!" Li Yue thought about it carefully.
Murong Ke captured Gao Kai alive, but did not conquer Changshan and Zhongshan counties.
Deng Heng's death does not mean that Le'an's army surrendered to the Yan State. Otherwise, the news sent back would be that Le'an surrendered and Murong Chui led an army of more than 100,000 people to the south...
Nanpi surrendered, but Jia's Fort should still be holding on.
"Then let Gaocheng become Yan Jun's nightmare!" Li Yue said, looking at Yan Jun who was getting closer and closer.
"Fight, fight, fight!"
The battle was imminent, and the soldiers of the Black Cloud Army on the city shouted wildly, as if they wanted to tear through the wind and snow in the sky.
Call——
The war horses of the Yan army under the city were frightened by the murderous aura soaring into the sky, and they stood up one after another, looking up to the sky and neighing.
But a row of infantrymen jumped out of the crowd and rushed towards Gaocheng carrying a long ladder.
Gaocheng's name contains the word "gao". In fact, the city wall is not high. As a county town, it is only two or three people high, and it is still made of rammed adobe.
During the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, Shi Le founded the country, and Hebei was raging with war, and many cities were destroyed.
However, just because the city is not high does not mean that the defense is not strong.
Especially in this windy and snowy weather.
One hundred and fifty steps apart, arrows from the city were like locusts, scurrying into the enemy's army. Although they did not cause much effective damage, they slowed down their attack.
As he got closer, stones and wood fell from the city, making it useless no matter how thick the armor was.
The young men in the city carried buckets of warm water and poured it on the Yan army. Within a moment, it condensed into ice, causing frostbite to many people.
However, the Yan army was bound to capture Gaocheng. Although there were many casualties, they did not give up and climbed the city against rocks, wood, and ice water.
A fierce fight ensued inside and outside the city.
Although the Yan army was brave, the Heiyun army was also brave and fearless of death. They stood down from a high position and stabbed downwards with their spears.
Corpses fell down the long ladder.
The hot blood soon turned into blood ice, clinging to the city wall.
There were flashes of swords and spears everywhere above and below the city, and countless people roared and shouted, heading towards the last moment of their lives without hesitation.
"Captain..." Chang Wei pointed to the west.
Tens of thousands of infantry gradually emerged from the wind and snow.
The thousands of people in Beicheng are just appetizers, and a bigger fierce battle is yet to come.
Murong Jun did not try to surround the three buildings, but directly attacked from all sides. The momentum was as if he was going to level the high city.
A more intense battle began immediately, with sounds of attacks and killings from all directions.
Li Yue inspected the four city walls with a knife in hand. Wherever he went, the morale was shaken. Occasionally, Yan troops climbed onto the city wall, but in the blink of an eye they were smashed into pulp by maces and axes.
The Black Cloud Army has already completed its transformation and can withstand this test.
Li Yue took a tour and became more and more confident.
Gradually, the Yan army, which was so powerful, began to weaken.
More than twenty black cloud generals were tied with a rope, lowered from the top of the city, and charged into the Yan army. Blood and flesh flew everywhere. With the support of the bows and crossbows on the city, they became more and more courageous as they fought, killing and wounding more than a hundred people.
The Yan army lost its momentum.
In this windy and snowy weather, every movement requires far more effort than usual. Heiyun will fight for a while and be pulled up to the city wall after exhaustion.
The Yan army attacked fiercely for more than an hour, but could not break the city, and finally retreated.
There was already a layer of corpses under the city, and it was soon covered with snow.
Silence returned to heaven and earth again, with only the howling wind and the occasional neighing of war horses coming from the other side.
The Yan army did not give up and continued to attack fiercely on the second and third days.
Li Yue divided the entire army into five groups. Four groups took turns day and night, and one group recuperated its strength as the final counterattack force.
Chang Wei joined forces with Gaocheng County Magistrate Tian Cheng to mobilize the young people in the city.
Men should fight, women should luck.
Everyone knew their fate after the city was broken. The Yan army suffered heavy casualties. It was inevitable that they would massacre the city to vent their anger, so everyone sacrificed their lives, even the elderly and children cooked soup in the city.
Several times the Yan army's brave generals attacked the city, but were still suppressed by the Heiyun army.
The battle became more and more intense, as if it would never end.
On the fifth day, the wind was warm and sunny.
Under the city, the Yan army pushed fifty or sixty catapults, and stones roared across the sky and hit the city wall.
The city towers, turrets, and battlements were destroyed one after another, and the casualties of the Black Cloud Army gradually increased.
Being crushed and beaten by the Yan army's catapults every day, morale inevitably became low.
Li Yue originally planned to attack the catapult, but after seeing the layers of antlers and soldiers under the catapult, he gradually gave up this idea.
The Yan army is impeccable, and the arrangement is designed to make the Heiyun army pay for it with their lives.
Gaocheng was surrounded by the Yan army, and it was difficult for the scouts to send the news back. They didn't know whether Ran Min had conquered Xiang State, let alone whether the Xiaoqi camp had blocked the Yan army's food route.
While I was thinking about it, suddenly a dark cloud floated on the northwest horizon.
Coming and going like the wind, sometimes far and sometimes near.
"Hei Yunlang?" Wei Shan roared.
Behind the black clouds, a group of cavalry gradually spread out on the distant horizon, numbering about a thousand people.
In the pale sky and earth, this black color is extremely conspicuous.
"It's reinforcements! It's our reinforcements!" The soldiers on the city were overjoyed.
The morale of those who were hit by the catapult was immediately boosted.
The most taboo thing about defending a city is whether there are reinforcements or not, which makes a huge difference.
While they were cheering, the black clouds poured down and passed over the Yan army's rear formation like wind. The Yan army was in chaos and fell like autumn grass.
Just when everyone thought they were about to attack the catapult, the cavalry suddenly turned around, swept across the battlefield from west to east, and then disappeared on the northeastern horizon.
The Yan army camp immediately sent four to five thousand cavalry to pursue them.
This sudden attack made the Yan army dare not use all their strength. The morale of the Heiyun army was greatly boosted and they repelled two enemy attacks in a row.
In the next few days, whenever the Yan army attacked the city, this group of cavalry would always appear behind the Yan army like a ghost.
Sometimes they swooped in, sometimes they just waited and watched. The Yan army's cavalry chased and killed them several times, but all failed, as if they could always escape the pursuit.
However, the number of this group of cavalry gathered more and more, and within a few days, they turned into a light cavalry of 3,000 people, posing an increasing threat to the Yan army.
Except for the daily routine stone throwing, the Yan army's siege basically stopped.
In the early morning of the ninth day, there was heavy fog.
The sky outside the city suddenly boiled, and there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the sound of horse hooves came one after another.
"Open the city!" At this moment, a voice called the city sounded from below.
Several cavalrymen emerged from the fog. The first general, covered in blood, was Gao Yun.
Just as Li Yue was about to give the order to open the city, Chang Wei whispered: "No, what if he surrenders to the Murong clan and comes to open the city gate in a false way? It will be a big deal!"
Li Yue was startled and could not rule out this possibility.
During the battle in Fuyang, Pang Yue was taken prisoner, which showed the enemy's unscrupulousness and cunning.
Gao Yun is Gao Kai's adopted son. After so many days, the news must have spread throughout Jizhou. Will he also surrender to the Murong family?
Blood is thicker than water, and the heart is always separated by the belly.
"Kaicheng, I have important military information to report to the Commander-in-Chief!" Gao Yun's voice sounded outside the city.
Li Yue looked into the distance. There was only a vast expanse of white between the sky and the earth. Hei Yunlang could not be seen, and Yan Jun could not be seen. Everything was confusing...
(End of chapter)
