At the head of Tianlangguan City, the wall has long been in dilapidated condition. The catapults of Yan Rong have made large and small gaps, and there are still many arrows inserted between the cracks of the bricks. The corpses of soldiers are lying everywhere.

Among the Tianlang defenders, there were also many Yan Rong siege soldiers. Many wounded soldiers with bandages on their bodies were limping and cleaning the battlefield, looking for survivors. Smoke was everywhere, and the firelight reflected on everyone's faces.

Very sad.

Xiao Zhengye was holding on to the city wall with one hand, and the armor on his body had already been stained red with blood. Looking at the Yan Rong army retreating outside the city, Xiao Zhengye finally breathed a sigh of relief and held on for another day. His eyes slowly moved down, only to find that Xiao Zhengye

Zhengye's left arm has disappeared, and the blood is constantly flowing downwards, splashing on the ground in a "tick-tock-tock" manner.

Xiao Zhengye finally couldn't bear it anymore, his vision went dark and he fainted.

Compared with Wuguan, the battle to defend the city at Tianlang Pass was equally tragic and tragic. Although the defenders at Tianlang Pass numbered fifty or sixty thousand, the Tianlang City was wider and had more points to defend, and all four gates needed to be defended.

The guarding was very stressful. Yanrong also had more than 100,000 people, several times the number. Especially the siege equipment was more numerous than Mu Yunsheng's, so the attack was more violent.

From the first day of the war, the two sides were locked in a bloody battle, going back and forth on the top of the city. Yan Rong broke in many times, but was blocked by Xiao Zhengye and others desperately. The situation was precarious.

On the third day of the battle, Niu Hai, the deputy general of Zuoweiwei guarding the south gate, was the first to die in battle. On the seventh day of the battle, Han Jinlong, the commander of the Youzhou Cavalry, died in battle. On the twelfth day of the battle, Liangzhou general Xiao Zhengye was killed in battle.

He lost his left arm and was lucky enough to save his life. The number of soldiers guarding the city was reduced by half, with only less than 20,000 people left.

In the meeting hall of Tianlang Pass, Zhao Zhongtian frowned. Two of the four generals originally assigned to defend the city had been killed. One, Xiao Zhengye, was lying unconscious on the hospital bed. There was only Wang Rusong sitting next to him.

I remembered the oath that the generals made when they first laid siege to the city: When the city is broken, we will die! Now the guards are dying one after another, Tianlang Pass is also in danger, but the reinforcements from the court have not arrived. Zhao Zhongtian is actually afraid, if he does this again

If he kept defending, he would be the next one to die in battle. If Nangong Yu hadn't learned from his experience of escaping in battle, he would have thought of running away.

Wang Rusong tilted his body and said: "General Zhao, the situation in Langguan today is critical. Except for the city gate I am guarding, the other three gates are now supported by several captains. By then, even the captains will die in battle.

If the enemy is dead, we can only have the commanders of thousands and centurions to push forward. Why haven’t the reinforcements from the imperial court arrived yet? How long has it been? Is it possible that we all really have to die here?"

Zhao Zhongtian was also quite helpless: "General, don't worry, today I sent out another group of soldiers asking for reinforcements. Calculating the distance from the capital to here, plus the time to gather troops and horses, reinforcements should be coming soon. General, you must not give up, now

The burden of defending the city rests on the shoulders of you and me, and the safety of Youzhou depends on us." As the commander-in-chief, Zhao Zhongtian could only speak words of comfort even if he was afraid at this time.

Hearing this Wang Rusong could only nodded.

"How is General Xiao's injury?" Zhao Zhongtian paused and asked.

"Oh, my life was saved, but it's a pity that I lost my left hand. I'm afraid I won't be able to ride on the battlefield anymore. Liangzhou has lost another strong man!" When he mentioned Xiao Zhengye, Wang Rusong sighed again.

Xiao Zhengye is actually the highest-ranking military general in Tianlang Pass except Zhao Zhongtian. In the final analysis, Wang Rusong is just the commander of the Youzhou Cavalry, and Xiao Zhengye is a serious Liangzhou general.

The title of Lieutenant General Bei means that the two are actually of the same rank. With such high-ranking generals already seriously injured, one can imagine how tragic the battle at Tianlang Pass was.

Inside the Yan Rong tent, Tuoba Hong was not in a good mood. He did not expect that the tens of thousands of cavalry he had let go would cause such heavy losses to him today. After more than ten days of fighting, four of the Yan Rong army had been killed.

There were more than 10,000 people, and the remaining 60,000 were still several times larger than the defenders of Tianlang Pass, but the losses were already unbearable.

A middle-aged captain beside him stood up and said: "General, today Langguan is in danger. As long as we give the final blow, we will definitely be able to break the city. By then, the entire Youzhou will also fall into the hands of our Yanrong army.

Under the hooves of horses!"

"Huh! That's easy to say. It doesn't hurt to stand and talk. You can just stand behind the military formation and watch all day long. Go up and attack the city yourself." Another stubble-faced captain said coldly: "This

For more than ten days, thousands of corpses were left behind on any given day, and they were attacked and beaten out again. Many of the soldiers in the front were unwilling to attack again without being whipped with whips. Could it be possible that the supervising team really killed all the soldiers?

They are at the end of their game, are we any better than them?"

The captain of ten thousand men earlier turned red and shouted angrily: "Why, are you afraid of death?"

The stubble-faced captain of ten thousand men spat fiercely on the ground and said, "What a fart! Are you afraid of death? Of the 10,000 elite men I brought from the grassland, today there are only more than 2,000 left."

Many of the numbered men are injured. I am not afraid of death, but I feel sorry for these grassland men!"

Looking at the noisy soldiers in the tent, even the usually majestic Tuoba Hong was too lazy to speak up and stop. As the commander-in-chief, what he needs to do is to get out of the predicament in front of him as soon as possible instead of trying to stop everyone.

quarrel.

In fact, he now regrets letting go of the Liang You Cavalry, but who knows how the battle will develop if those infantry troops come back? That heavy armor battalion left a deep psychological shadow on the Yan Rong cavalry.

Now those 6,000 pieces of heavy armor have been transported back to the grassland by Tuoba Hong.

What's more, at this time, Tuoba Hong still held the letter for help sent by Mu Yunsheng in his hand. Tuoba Hong smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that the situation in Wuguan was exactly the same as his own. The brutality of the war far exceeded that of Yanrong's senior officials.

It was expected, but where are the soldiers dispatched to reinforce now? "Alas!" Thinking of this, Tuoba Hong also sighed deeply and lowered his head in thought.

After a while, Tuoba Hong stood up, looked at the chaotic tent and shouted loudly: "Okay! Stop arguing, I will go back to the grassland tomorrow in person, go to the king's tent to explain the details in person, and ask for some reinforcements.

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"General, what will happen to Wolf Pass that day?" a general asked cautiously.

Tuoba Hong said: "Stop the siege, Tuotuo Buhua, you will be in charge of the army while I am away. The camp will retreat ten miles. It stands to reason that the reinforcements from the Great Zhou Dynasty should be arriving soon. Remember, be careful of sneak attacks. As for the Sixth Prince

Please tell him the actual situation here. We cannot send reinforcements for the time being. Please wait patiently for my news. Anyone who dares to act rashly without permission will be killed without mercy!"
Chapter completed!