"Woo~woo~"

The sky had just brightened, and the frost and dew on the treetops had not yet melted away, when a shrill horn sounded outside Wuguan Pass.

Immediately, the soldiers of Yan Army, densely packed like locusts, appeared in the sight of the defenders at the top of the city, a vast area of ​​darkness.

The flag of the Yan army was held high, with a majestic aura.

Not long after the Liang army suffered a defeat, Mu Yunduankang began to attack the city, not even giving the Liang army a chance to breathe during the New Year.

Although the temperature was low in winter, coupled with the high walls of Wuguan City, the offensive was not very smooth and thousands of corpses were left outside the city.

However, the morale of the Yan army, which had been attacking Wuguan for nearly half a month, was still high. The soldiers holding round shields marched in neat steps and approached Wuguan carrying a large number of crossbows and catapults.

Because Mu Yunduankang lightly promised in front of all the generals in the army that all the first batch of people to enter the city would be promoted to the third rank on the spot, and on the day the city was breached, the officers and soldiers of the three armies would be rewarded.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At the same time, war drums also sounded on the top of Wuguan City. The soldiers of Liang who had been waiting for a long time had already cocked their crossbows and were ready to go.

Chi Ji put on his iron armor and stood on top of the city, with a sneer on his lips: "Let's fight, let's see how many corpses can be piled under Wuguan City!"

Chi Jiguan led the deputy general of Liangzhou and the guard general of Wuguan. The battle of defending the city on the front line was fully under his command.

The Yan army formed a formation with infantry in front, with five hundred people in a square formation advancing layer by layer, supplemented by crossbowmen, shieldmen and sword and axemen. At the same time, it was ensured that there were three phalanxes attacking Wuguan.

The city walls launched an attack.

Interspersed between the infantry were two groups of thousands of cavalry, which were used not only to supervise the battle, but also to prevent the Liang army from suddenly coming out of the city.

Mu Yunduankang was cautious about the situation. He did not think that the Liang army could be defeated in a single battle, so he was fully prepared to be on guard.

"end!"

There was a burst of shouts from the army, and the catapult phalanx at the end suddenly stopped advancing.

There are dozens of catapults, and their attack range covers the entire Wuguan city wall. Their power cannot be underestimated.

"Be prepared!"

"Ouch!"

Huge rocks were placed in the basket of the catapult, and some of them were coated with kerosene. The slightest touch would ignite the fire.

"put!"

"Bang bang bang!"

These rocks dug out from the nearby mountains, mixed with the power of the sky, smashed into the city of Wuguan, causing dust to fly.

After a large number of craftsmen's transformation, the Yan army's siege posture was no less than that of the Central Plains soldiers. Coupled with the experience of many border invasions in the past, at this moment you can't tell that this is a nation derived from horseback.

If the Yan army even wanted to completely destroy the Zhou Dynasty, siege warfare was necessary, so Wuguan was the first hard bone they had to gnaw.

"put!"

Not to be outdone, the Wuguan City Wall was filled with arrows that shot out from the city wall and fell into the infantry phalanx below.

"Ahhhh~"

However, these infantrymen of the Yan army, who did not even have light armor, rushed towards the Wuguan city wall desperately, struggling to climb up with the help of siege engines and ladders. From time to time, some people fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, vomiting blood and died.

Most of the Yan troops who attacked the city were not men from the Yan Rong tribe, but came from the tribes they captured.

In the grassland, men who can ride strong horses and bend strong bows are the first-class warriors. Men like these who dismount and fight on foot are undoubtedly inferior.

Their lives are the least valuable in Mu Yunduankang's eyes. If they want to survive, they can only rely on God's blessing.

Tuo Tuo Bu Hua was the siege general and led the army to stand behind the catapult phalanx. He no longer cared about the battle situation at the top of Wuguan City, but casually chatted with his generals.

He once attacked the Wuguan City Wall and was blocked outside Shuofeng City for a whole year. He knew that these border cities in Beiliang could not be captured overnight.

Even though the Liang army suffered a defeat, Wuguan was still as stable as Mount Tai.

The fierce siege battle lasted for a whole day. From dawn to dusk, the Yan army retreated like a tide, leaving behind countless corpses of soldiers.

Chi Ji was in a watchtower. There was no wave on his face at all, and he was just giving instructions to his subordinates to defend the city.

This siege is destined to be protracted.

…

As night fell slowly, the north wall of Wuguan was brightly lit and full of patrols. From time to time, catapults would hurl flaming boulders out of the city to detect whether the Yan army was quietly advancing.

city ​​wall.

Compared to the bustle in the north, today's south city wall is extremely quiet. Even most of the patrolling soldiers have been withdrawn, leaving only a few hundred and ten people.

Chen Yue, Chu Yucheng, Zhuge Muddy and others all stood on the top of the south city wall, looking down by the light of the fire.

At the city gate, a large number of extremely burly cavalrymen were slowly entering the city. In this cold winter, these people were only wearing simple military uniforms and did not have a piece of iron armor on their bodies.

On one side of the cavalry was the carriage of the brigade, which was covered tightly with canvas. It was unknown what was inside.

Soon, two generals appeared beside Chenyue, cupping their fists and shouting:

"Xuanwu Army General Xiang Jian pays homage to the prince!"

"Wang Lingfu, deputy general of the Xuanwu Army, pays homage to the prince!"

"Come here, the two generals have worked hard all the way." Chen Yue smiled slightly.

Xiang Jian, who is a full head taller than Chen Yue, said in a deep voice: "The Xuanwu Army has five thousand men, three thousand auxiliary troops, and ten thousand horses. All of them are dispatched and are waiting for the prince's orders!"

After the defeat of the Red Flame Army, the Xuanwu Army, which was ordered to be transferred north to Wuguan, finally arrived. This Beiliang heavy cavalry, which had been working hard in the mountains of Liangzhou for more than a year, had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Although the Xuanwu Army has never participated in a major war, its sergeants are almost all the elites of each army. Even if you were a centurion before, you can only be a commander when you come to the Xuanwu Army to fight to your death, and you have to accept the personal inspections of Xiang Jian and Wang Lingfu one by one.

Assessment, only those who meet the standards can join the army.

These 10,000 war horses were also specially approved by Chenyue. The main battle horses were all first-class war horses produced by major horse farms in Beiliang. The auxiliary horses were inferior, and most of the time they were just used to carry supplies.

"I see that the two generals are in high spirits?" Chen Yue said with a joking smile.

The two generals smiled and scratched their heads: "Seeing the brothers from various states fighting on the battlefield, we have long been jealous."

"Two generals, the prince has been asking for people and supplies for more than a year. When the critical moment comes, don't let your guard down." Chu Yucheng laughed softly from the side.

Xiang Jian clasped his fists fiercely: "Please, Your Majesty, don't worry, Lord Chu, our Xuanwu Army will do nothing if it doesn't make a sound. Once it sounds, it will shock everyone! Let the barbarians run away when they hear the name of our Xuanwu Army!"

"Your Majesty, please give the order for us to fight!" Wang Lingfu also said in a deep voice, with high fighting spirit.

Chen Yue turned to look in the direction of the north city wall and said softly: "Don't worry, wait a moment, I will definitely give Mu Yunduankang a big gift!"
Chapter completed!