There were Tatars everywhere in the mountains and fields. They carried siege equipment and quickly approached.
Yuan Qing, who stood on the tower and looked out into the distance, looked solemn.
The Tatars are going to attack the city with all their strength. I don’t know how fierce and fierce the battle to defend the city will be today. No matter what, we must defend it. Yuan Qing quickly called several generals and ordered them one by one: "Those who were slightly injured, all Get back."
"Assemble all the elite troops and defend the city with all your strength!"
The generals accepted the order in a deep voice and quickly retreated to make arrangements.
At this moment, a handsome young man wearing silver soft armor appeared at the city gate. Behind him were two hundred personal guards of the emperor, as well as dozens of personal soldiers of Prince Zhao and others.
Three days ago, a hundred soldiers from Prince Zhao and others were sent to the city gate. At the end of the day, eight were dead and more than a dozen were wounded. Now there are only about seventy people left to fight.
This young man with a handsome face and a cold expression is none other than Shen You.
When Yuan Qing saw Shen You, he moved his brows and ordered Shen You to be "invited" to the tower. This tower was specially used to observe the enemy's situation, place military drums and wave flags. It was very spacious inside and could accommodate dozens of people. people.
Shen You raised his hands and saluted: "The last general, Shen You, has met General Yuan!"
Yuan Qing said in a deep voice: "Why is Commander Shen not with His Highness the Crown Prince and coming to the city gate?"
Shen You responded calmly: "Today, all the elite Tatar troops are sent out to attack the city with all their strength. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered the generals to come and help General Yuan defend the city."
Yuan Qing frowned: "There are enough soldiers in the frontier army to defend the city. There is no need for Commander Shen to put himself in danger. Commander Shen should go back!"
Shen You is the commander of the emperor's personal guard, and he comes to protect the prince on the emperor's order. If there is an accident and damage at the city gate, how will he, the general, explain to the emperor?
Of course, the fact that the prince was injured was enough for him to drink a pot.
Shen You raised his eyes and looked at Yuan Qing: "General Yuan's concerns are clear to me. However, today's battle is really important. General Mo is the commander of the emperor's personal guard. Having General Mo around can greatly inspire and appease the morale of the army. "
yes!
A group of the emperor's personal guards appeared at the city gate and defended the enemy together with all the border troops. This was a great encouragement to the morale of the border troops.
The fact that His Highness the Crown Prince was seriously injured caused the morale of the border troops to be low. Now that Shen You is here, this shortcoming can be made up for.
Yuan Qing weighed the options in his mind and finally made up his mind: "Forget it! Then Commander Shen will do the hard work."
Boom, boom, boom!
The sound of military drums reached my ears.
The Tatars began to attack the city.
Shen You had no time to speak anymore, so he bowed his hand to Yuan Qing, then quickly descended from the tower and went to the city gate.
Yuan Qing took a deep breath and ordered the drum officer to beat the drums and order all the border troops to meet the enemy.
The border troops guarding the city drew their bows and shot arrows one after another. Arrows flew down like a rain and flew down the city gate. Suddenly, there was a cry of misery. The Tatars who were hit by arrows fell down. More Tatars continued to push. The chariot moves forward.
Shen You also held a long bow in his hand. He was not in a hurry to shoot arrows. He stared closely at the Tatar behind a chariot. This Tatar was particularly tall and strong, and he shouted from time to time. A group of Tatars followed him. .It can be seen that this Tatar is the leader of the Tatars.
The opponent is wearing fine armor, with a helmet on his head, and is hiding behind a chariot. To kill him with one arrow, you can only shoot him in the face without armor.
It is not easy to hit an arrow from such a long distance.
Shen You silently calculated the distance, and when he reached about 200 steps, he drew his long bow. He calmed down and concentrated, all the sounds in his ears faded away, and he was as calm as ice and snow.
Whoosh!
The long arrow leaves the string!
Like a shooting star, it flies over in a blink of an eye.
The Tatar leader saw only a flash of cold light, and then his right eye suddenly suffered severe pain. He let out an earth-shattering scream and fell down. The Tatars pushing the chariot suddenly panicked.
The frontier soldiers guarding the city cheered together! Soon, arrows flew in unison, blocking the first wave of Tatar attack on the city.
Shen Jia grinned and gave Shen You a thumbs up: "Commander Shen's archery skills are as good as gods! Amazing!"
A smile flashed in Shen You's eyes: "Thankfully you still have time to flatter me! Don't be distracted!"
Shen Jia responded solemnly, quickly drew his bow and shot an arrow, and shot a Tatar off his horse.
There are many soldiers with excellent archery skills in the frontier army. However, they are far inferior to the emperor's personal guards who are excellent in archery. Under the leadership of Shen You, the emperor's personal guards quickly shot and killed the Tatars, which also greatly inspired them. Improved morale.
Yuan Qing saw this scene in front of his eyes and thought of the superstition written by his fourth brother Yuan Hai back then.
Jiang Xue, the adopted daughter who grew up in Yuan's family, turned out to be an ungrateful white-eyed wolf. She secretly used tricks to seduce King Yan. In anger, King Yan almost killed Jiang Xue with a sword. After that, he went to Yuan in person. Please forgive me.
At that time, Yuan Xiang was about to give birth, and there was no room for any shock or surprise. Therefore, King Yan endured it, and so did the Yuan family.
Later, Jiang Xue also became pregnant and gave birth to a son early. The Yuan family was not without suspicion. However, the King of Yan personally sent Eunuch Yang to take a blood test and confirmed that it was Shen Rong's posthumous son and not of King Yan's blood. .
Everyone in the world values heirs, and the blood of the Tian family is not allowed to be left outside. No matter how much King Yan hates Jiang Xue, he will not abandon his own son. Therefore, there is no more trouble in the Yuan family.
No one expected that Shen Rong's posthumous son Shen You would shine brightly more than ten years later and become a bodyguard in Prince Yan's palace. He also made numerous military exploits and saved Prince Yan again and again. The Battle of the Imperial Tomb two years ago even more This was a great achievement. After the emperor ascended the throne, Shen You naturally became the commander of the emperor's bodyguard.
Seeing is worth hearing a hundred times. Seeing Shen You show off his power today, Yuan Qing was filled with admiration in his heart.
Yuan Qing walked to the war drum: "Give me the drumstick! I will personally beat the war drum for the soldiers!"
This is also the custom of the border army. The war does not stop and the war drums do not stop. The general beating the war drums himself can boost the morale of the whole army.
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Soon, the Tatars launched a second wave of attacks and were defeated again.
Then the third wave, the fourth wave...
At the cost of thousands of lives, the Tatars rushed to the city gate and climbed up the wall with ladders. The border troops pushed the prepared boulders rolled with boiling oil down the city wall, causing heavy casualties to the Tatars again. Unknown how many Tatars fell down. , he fell to the point of losing his humanity. The screams of misery could not be heard without end.
However, the Tatars went crazy today and attacked fiercely without risking their lives. In the end, some of them climbed to the city gate.
Unfortunately, what awaits them are sharp swords and spears!
The handsome young man in soft armor was like a god of murder. With a flash of the long knife in his hand, there was a bloody light. The emperor's personal guards around him were also aroused, and they competed with each other in bravery.
The Tatars who climbed onto the city wall died tragically under the knife.
The officers and soldiers of the border army guarding the city were greatly boosted in morale, and they all shouted sternly: "Kill!"
