The bonfire was burning loudly, bringing some warmth to the deep winter.
The weather is gradually warming up, but at night it is still very cold.
It was midnight after Cao Su's team took charge of duty.
Several people were breathing in the air-conditioning and observing the enemy's movements among the walls.
"Damn it, it's too cold today."
Team leader Zhao Xi stamped his feet there and chatted with several soldiers in the team.
"We were so unlucky that we were placed in the queue at the end of the night."
"The Wanping sect probably wouldn't steal the city at night. It's so cold that I can't even use my hands and feet."
Cao Su also looked into the distance of the night.
He had three breakthroughs in energy and blood, and his eyesight was better than ordinary people, but he couldn't really see what the enemy camp looked like in the dark.
Night raids are indeed extremely difficult.
But this world is different. On top of Qi and Blood warriors, there are also Strength realm warriors.
It can no longer be viewed with common sense.
He did not dare to be careless at all. Defending the city meant safeguarding his own life.
Just watch quietly...
A few hours later.
Its daybreak.
The Wanping Army changed the time of today's siege to early morning.
Different from yesterday's tentative siege, today's siege was a direct attack on three sides, leaving only the north without siege.
Among the rebels on the wall, a Qi-blood warrior appeared for the first time.
And there were dozens of Qi-blood warriors as soon as they arrived.
On the section of the city wall guarded by Cao Su, when the Qi-blood warrior rushed up, the archer couldn't avoid it and was cut into two pieces by him with his sword.
The blood of the archers was sprinkled on the walls.
Cao Su dropped his wooden shield and struck with his sword.
"Get out of the way!"
Seeing Cao Su's tender face, the Qi-blood warrior roared and slashed vertically with his long sword.
On the battlefield, when encountering each other on a narrow road, the brave one wins.
When facing an enemy, momentum is very important.
Cao Su didn't expect this man to be so brave, so he failed in the first step.
Fortunately, he was quick and able to dodge sideways.
The sharp long knife struck from in front of him, and the icy cold air almost rushed to his face.
Although this person is a Qi-blood warrior, he has more than enough courage.
But the flexibility is slightly insufficient.
The second move after the long sword slashes down is a very easy-to-predict move that sweeps through thousands of troops.
Cao Su's whole body changed.
Instead of retreating, he advanced directly and directly entered the area around this person.
The man didn't expect Cao Su to be so fierce, and his expression changed.
Not even trying to hide, he gritted his teeth and rushed forward.
In close combat, Cao Suning punched out.
The iron fist was fierce and the timing of the punch was just right so that he could not avoid it.
He didn't even have time to raise his hands to block.
He adopts a life-threatening fighting style, regardless of the middle goal, and directly strikes with the knife in his hand.
As long as he withstands one punch, he can split Cao Su into two pieces.
boom!
The iron fist hit his breastplate, and Cao Su struck with all his strength.
The terrifying power directly destroyed his breastplate and knocked his entire body away.
The man was flying in the air, his sternum was broken, and a cloud of blood mist exploded.
After a scream, he lost his breath.
It fell freely in the air and fell under the city.
After twitching twice.
Then there was no more movement.
The soldiers on the city wall were stunned.
This Qi-blood warrior is extremely ferocious and will kill anyone he sees.
As a result, when he met Cao Su, he was knocked off the city wall with one punch by Cao Su without even using a single move.
"Lord Cao is mighty!"
On the battlefield, this kind of behavior greatly boosts morale.
Zhao Xi was the first to yell out, his face turned red.
"Lord Cao is mighty!"
Other soldiers also shouted.
This section of the city wall greatly increased morale.
Everyone worked together to drive the Wanping army off the city wall again.
At this time, after several hours of fierce fighting, the enemy's camp heard the sound of gold ringing again.
The remaining Qi-blood warriors on the city wall retreated.
The Pingcheng Prefecture troops cheered in unison.
Celebrate repelling the enemy attack again.
This is the second day.
Wan Ping's army didn't seem to be in a hurry to capture Pingcheng in one fell swoop.
Normally, the probability of a successful siege is not very high.
Siege battles lasting several months were the norm.
Pingcheng is not a big city, but it has strong walls, thick walls, sufficient supplies, and can withstand long-term consumption.
On this day, the Wanping Army lost more than a dozen Qi-blood warriors and more than 400 ordinary soldiers.
After Qi-blood warriors attacked the city, the casualty rate of ordinary soldiers dropped significantly.
On the Pingcheng side, dozens of government soldiers died.
On this day, the death rate of the government troops was much higher than the day before.
The death toll ratio between the two sides was approximately one to ten.
Those who attacked the city suffered even worse deaths.
However, the base of the Wanping Army is very large and can be easily consumed.
If the government army loses dozens of soldiers every day, more than half of them will be killed in a month.
Once the casualties exceed half, the morale of the army will drop significantly.
Collapse may be just around the corner.
So Wei Tao and others felt the pressure.
There are experts in Wanping's army.
The siege army formations were organized and the siege strategy was appropriate.
……….
……….
"Who killed the Qi-blood warrior?"
After we got off the city wall, the disciples in the martial arts hall were all talking about it.
Today, two inner disciples died in the martial arts hall, but at the same time, there were also several inner disciples who performed well.
Wang Meng personally informed his disciple Xu Wang that he had killed a Qi-blood warrior.
In addition, another disciple of Tang killed the Qi and Blood Warrior.
"Cao Su?"
Probably everyone is confused because this name is so unknown that they have almost never heard of it.
The presence is very low.
Usually in this case, two mentalities will form.
One is that Cao Su may be really strong and relatively low-key.
The second is that Cao Su was very lucky and happened to kill the Qi-blood warrior.
There are more people in the latter category, and they can even trigger jealousy, suspicion and other negative emotions, but they don't know Cao Su and can't show it to him face to face.
Luck is also possible.
After all, most of the Qi-blood warriors on the wall today are not very strong.
It just so happened that I met a Qi-blood warrior who was in poor condition and had some weak strength. It was very reasonable.
Later, they heard that the Qi-blood warrior fell to death under the city, and they confirmed their suspicion.
Then I began to hope that I would encounter such good things in the future.
……….
After Cao Su walked down the city wall, Zhou Qing came over to call him.
"Cao Su, you did a good job."
"Follow me, General Liu wants to see you."
After the first battle was successful, the generals of the new army wanted to receive him.
Cao Su nodded and followed Zhou Qing.
Liu Chuang was in the main tower. In addition to Liu Chuang, there were also Wei Tao, Wang Meng, Wei Kai, Xu Wang and others in the tower.
"Hahahaha, good boy, I really saw you right!"
As soon as he entered the door, Wang Meng burst into laughter and looked at Cao Su with a look of satisfaction.
Wang Meng turned to Wei Tao and said: "City Lord Wei, this is our inner disciple, and he can also stand alone on the battlefield!"
Wei Tao is on a high seat, wearing black armor and a red turban on his head.
He looked at Cao Su, and Cao Su looked at Wei Tao.
Cao Su randomly lowered his gaze to show respect.
Wei Tao is the lord of Pingcheng and has the power of life and death in Pingcheng. There is no harm in showing some respect to the lord.
"It is not easy for the new army to perform like this."
Wei Tao's calm voice came.
Only then did Cao Su know that except for him and Xu Wang, all the Qi and Blood warriors killed that day were killed by soldiers from the Laofu Army.
Both the old and the new have made meritorious deeds, but the new army is new after all, and its ability to make meritorious deeds is even more impressive.
"You are young and deserve a big reward."
After Wei Tao finished speaking, he paused.
Cao Su and Xu Wang looked at each other and knew that at this time, according to the rules, they should say thank you.
So the two of them bowed their hands and saluted.
"Thank you City Lord Wei."
Wei Tao nodded to show encouragement.
"You go down, General Wei will take you to receive the reward."
He said no more.
We are busy with military affairs, so to meet him and say these two words is already a huge honor.
Wei Kai then retreated with Cao Su and Xu Wang.
Wei Kai was originally also a lieutenant general in the army, with the rank of captain, the same rank as Wang Meng.
"There is too much pressure to defend the city, and the new army is urgently needed to play its role."
"You two performed well today, giving Pingcheng more hope."
Wei Kai then walked and talked with the two of them.
Xu Wang smiled and said: "Master Wei, I heard that the camp in the north of the city is training new troops again?"
Wei Kai said: "There is no way around this. If you want to defend Pingcheng, you must recruit more people."
"In the past, the imperial court had regulations on military preparations, and the government's military establishment was too small. However, due to the current wartime situation, the imperial court has ordered military preparations, which will be expanded to more than 5,000 troops in the short term."
Wei Kai revealed some information.
Of course, this information is not important. Cao Su has heard about it before.
When the new army comes, those who have been on the battlefield will become the old army.
A few people chatted and soon arrived at the barracks.
The logistics manager will give them rewards without any deductions.
"A set of Fujun Xuanjia, fifty taels of silver."
Xuanjia is the most common armor for the generals of the imperial army, but the new army was newly established, and the blacksmiths in the city worked overtime to build Xuanjia and there was no time to supply the new army.
Cao Su was very capable, but his armor was also incomplete.
This time I was awarded a complete set of black armor, and my personal protection was significantly improved.
"This Xuanjia, all the masters will definitely have a set of it in the future, but it's not possible now."
"So after the city lord discussed with the military general, he simply used it as a reward and rewarded it to those who performed meritorious service first."
Wei Kai explained.
After Cao Su changed his armor, his whole look changed.
He was already 1.8 meters tall and had a relatively strong build.
Wearing a green robe and black armor, and a long sword at the waist.
Standing upright in the wind, with the corners of his clothes hanging, looking majestic.