Xu Chu didn't care at all about Zhou Cang's temper. He smiled naively, scratched the back of his head, and said hey, "Fifty jars of wine! That's enough for me to drink for a long time! Haha! It's so good!"
Xu Chu's words deeply stimulated Zhou Cang on the side, and he was about to get angry. At this time, the soldiers on the side shouted to Xu Chu: "Brother Xu! Take your hammer away quickly! There is nothing we can do. Clean up the city!" Not far away, I saw several defenders holding Xu Chu's hammer, unable to move it even if they were dead or alive.
"Okay!" Xu Chu responded, and ran over with a huff. He lifted the big hammer with one hand and easily carried it. Zhou Cang couldn't help but gulped when he saw it. Shui Shui, he was also famous for his strength in the Yongzhi Army, but in front of Xu Chu, he could only feel ashamed. Seeing Xu Chu carrying the big hammer like nothing happened, Zhou Cang finally said Just grit your teeth, okay! I can bear it!
The city head of Langcheng is now in a mess. After these days of fighting, more than half of the female wall on the city head has collapsed. Zhou Cang simply asked the defenders to pile the enemy's corpses to the city head. In front, act as a parapet. Although this approach is somewhat inhumane, this is on the battlefield. As long as the final victory can be achieved, it doesn't matter what humanity or inhumanity is!
This was not the first time they had done this, so the defenders were very skillful in doing it. Of course, the two strong men Zhou Cang and Xu Chu were also indispensable. After everything was done, Zhou Cang took the photo. He clapped his hands, turned to a guard beside him and asked: "How is it? Have you calculated the losses of the defenders at the top of the city?"
The soldier nodded, but his expression was not very good, and replied: "Today we lost a total of seventeen brothers, and the original Langcheng garrison also lost thirty-eight people! Seven more were injured. We are seriously injured and cannot continue fighting! Now there are only 267 of us who can fight! Among them are 63 of our brothers!" The brothers mentioned by the soldiers refer to the brothers brought by Zhou Cang from Xiangyang. The combat effectiveness of the guards who came out was naturally much higher than that of the ordinary defenders. This can be seen by just looking at the loss ratio between the two.
The expressions of Zhou Cang and Xu Chu also became a little gloomy. After these days of fighting, there are still at least three to four thousand enemy troops outside the city. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before Langcheng is captured. Zhou Cang said solemnly He said to Xu Chu: "Old Xu! Do you think Zhou Shan and the others have really broken out? Otherwise, why haven't they brought reinforcements yet? Pengze is only one day away from here at most!"
Xu Chu shook his head, and the flesh on his face trembled, and he said in a muffled voice: "I don't know about this!" Xu Chu is the kind of rough man who only knows how to kill with his head down, but Zhou Cang's question is asking Wrong person.
"General Zhou! Please rest assured about this, General Zhou!" At this moment, a voice came from behind Zhou Cang. Zhou Cang and Xu Chu turned their heads and happened to see a man in his thirties or forties. Led by a 20-year-old middle-aged man, several people were slowly walking up to the top of the city and walking towards Zhou Cang. However, under their feet were everywhere the corpses of soldiers from both sides who died in the battle. This was obviously a The literati middle-aged man was always cautious when walking, for fear of encountering those blood stains.
Seeing the other party coming, Zhou Cang's face became more and more ugly. If nothing else, Zhou Cang would fall into this dangerous situation this time, all because of the man in front of him. But now everyone is in the same boat,
Zhou Cang didn't want to embarrass the other party and shouted coldly: "Mr. Pang! It's too dangerous here. Didn't I tell you not to come up?"
Regarding Zhou Cang's attitude, Mr. Pang didn't mind much. He finally walked up to Zhou Cang, bowed to Zhou Cang, and said with a faint smile: "General Zhou! I am also a little worried, so I came here to see him.
At first glance, it won’t be a drag on the general!”
"Humph! Won't you drag me down?" Zhou Cang snorted coldly and shouted without mercy: "If it weren't for you guys, how could we have encountered such a thing? We have already been dragged down by you.
!”
Mr. Pang's face showed a hint of embarrassment when Zhou Cang shouted angrily, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. Instead, another middle-aged man behind Mr. Pang pulled Mr. Pang's back hem, and then said to Zhou Cang
After bowing, he said: "Zhou, General Zhou! What happened this time was all because of villains. General, please don't blame Mr. Pang!"
Although this middle-aged man was walking with Mr. Pang, he was completely different from Mr. Pang. It was already late autumn, but this middle-aged man was still shirtless, showing off his strong muscles, but his figure
But he is not tall, not as tall as Mr. Pang. Listening to him speak, his words are unclear and he sounds very awkward!
Zhou Cang was too lazy to pay attention to these people, and simply waved his hand and said: "Okay! Okay! Now, it no longer matters who is at fault! These damn Shanyue are really difficult to deal with!
Lao Xu! Let the brothers build this female wall higher!"
When he heard Zhou Cang's words "Damn Shanyue", the cheeks of the middle-aged man who came out to apologize also twitched. Mr. Pang smiled bitterly and patted his shoulder, and then said to Zhou Cang: "General Zhou!
Just now you said you were worried that those asking for help did not break through the encirclement, but I think you don't need to worry so much! What the mountain people outside the city are looking for are a few of us, and we won't spend too much time caring about others.
Yes! A few days ago, we saw with our own eyes those brothers breaking out of the encirclement outside the city, and with the help of war horses, we thought there would be no problem in escaping! There is no news yet, maybe they were captured by someone else
What's the delay?"
Although he was disgusted with Mr. Pang, Zhou Cang thought about Mr. Pang's words carefully and had to admit that what Mr. Pang said was somewhat reasonable. He had received news a few days ago that the lord's army had defeated Peng Ze and said
Maybe the lord's army has already reached the hinterland of Jiangdong now, so Zhou Shan was unable to come back in time! However, if this is really possible, that would be terrible! This trip would take even longer,
Zhou Cang still doesn’t know if he can survive until that time!
Zhou Cang swung his sword angrily, and struck an enemy's corpse in front of him with one blow. He shouted angrily: "Damn it! If there were only a few of us, we would just rush out of the city at worst! But there is a man, and there are
The lady is here! If something happens to the lady, how can we tell the master about it?" Zhou Cang almost let it slip, but he quickly changed his words and replaced "princess" with "miss".
Mr. Pang and the middle-aged man also had wry smiles on their faces. Listening to Zhou Cang's words, if it weren't for that young lady, Zhou Cang, the rest of them, wouldn't have bothered with it. However, Pang Cang didn't care about Zhou Cang's idea.
The husband and the middle-aged man had nothing to say. This matter had nothing to do with Zhou Cang and the others. Even if Zhou Cang didn't care about their life or death, it was natural.
Zhou Cang's words were just words, and the reality would not change in any way because of his words. Under Zhou Cang's order, the female wall made of corpses was made a little taller, and Xu Chu even deliberately placed some
He stepped firmly with his feet. After seeing Xu Chu making a gesture to indicate that there was no problem, Zhou Cang nodded and shouted to the garrison soldiers on the top of the city: "Group of twenty people, one group every hour, take turns guarding the city."
Boss, don't be careless, be on guard against the other side's sneak attack! Lao Xu! You stay on guard for the rest of the night! I'll pick you up in the middle of the night!"
Xu Chu nodded and shouted in a low voice: "No problem! You go ahead!" After saying that, Xu Chu directly put the big hammer on his shoulder, named the first group of people and started to stand guard on the top of the city.
Zhou Cang's face relaxed a little for a moment, and without looking at Mr. Pang and others, he led the remaining soldiers down the city.
Mr. Pang and the middle-aged man looked at each other and smiled bitterly. At the same time, they turned to look at the enemy camp outside the city. The middle-aged man looked at the corpses left on the ground outside the city with a sad expression on his face.
The husband said: "Sir, was it wrong for me to do this? Maybe I should have stayed there that day and let them kill me! At least it wouldn't be like now, involving so many people sacrificing for us, whether they are mountain people or not.
They are still Han people, and their deaths are all because of me!"
Although Mr. Pang's face also showed unbearability, after listening to the middle-aged man's words, he shook his head firmly and said: "No! You did it right! Your life is more important than you think.
More! If you die, more people will die in the war in the future! Therefore, you must live! Even if all of us are dead by then, you must live!"
Mr. Pang's face was resolute, but the middle-aged man's eyes were still confused. Seeing the middle-aged man's appearance, Mr. Pang finally sighed, patted his shoulder and said, "Okay! You don't have to
You’ve thought too much, go down and take a rest! Let me think about it, I don’t know if there are any other ways I can try!”
The middle-aged man was very convinced by Mr. Pang's words. He finally nodded and walked down the city wall with a few people behind him, somewhat dejectedly. As for Mr. Pang, he still stayed there with his eyes tight.
He stared at the enemy camp outside the city, seeming to be thinking about something.
After Zhou Cang came down from the city, he did not return to the temporary residence in the city to rest immediately. Instead, he went directly to the military camp. There were many soldiers injured in the past few days in the military camp, and Zhou Cang was a little worried.
, so I couldn’t help but go and take a look.
Just after entering the military camp, I heard a nice voice coming from the military camp: "Please bear with me, I will be very gentle and I will bandage it for you soon!"