The battle on the city wall was still in full swing, and the city was also a busy scene at this time.
With the help of Yan Zhong, officials from Yongzhou Governor's Office and Jingzhao County Governor's Office are continuously sending civilians and material resources needed for various front lines - this is not an easy task, not only because of its
It requires physical exertion, and more importantly, if you want to deliver supplies to the front line, you will have to pay the price of your life.
Yes, for the vast majority of people, if they want to deliver supplies to the front line, they must pass the test of life - although the crossbowmen of the Tudou Corps cannot tilt their arrows to the top of the city, they can
Press forward step by step and extend your firepower to a considerable distance behind the city wall. There may be a blind spot behind the city wall that will not be threatened by arrows, but for those who want to get close to this "safe zone"
, the range that the crossbow can cover is still an area of narrow escape.
Being able to pass through that section of road without being injured is definitely not because of how good one's skills are. Instead, it looks more like a super lucky person or a son of the crystal wall who can throw dice all the way and get the maximum number of points. As for being seriously injured and not dying, at least
Throw a high enough number.
By the way, the dice that was thrown was not a six-sided die, or even a twenty-sided die, but a thirty-sided die!
It can be said that these logistics personnel are also working hard to ensure the supplies on the front line. Often, being able to deliver 30% of the supplies to the vast team is considered a good achievement. Even if it were not protected by the unique rules of this world,
Perhaps there will be more people who will not be able to rush to safety in time, and will have to fall down on the road full of blood forever because of their inability to move.
Of course, important combat readiness supplies have been stored in that safe zone, but the intensity of the hesitant battle was far greater than previously expected. The preparation of many supplies proved to be insufficient, and the gap in that part of the supplies meant that everything was needed
Just make it up.
Such a desperate situation only occurred at the beginning of the war due to lack of preparations on the front line. Firstly, for the subsequent battles, we were well prepared and had enough supplies in the blind spot area. Secondly, because the enemy's attack included nothing but archery.
There are no more major actions other than filling in the moat. Although the logistics allocation work is also very busy, it does not need to be so hard. It only needs to be supplemented during each attack interval.
From this, many alert people realized that there must be some problems on the front line. From the continuous shouts of killing, they probably guessed that the enemy army really started to attack the city this time. On the one hand, they were fully prepared.
With the enemy on one side and the weak defenders on the other, one can imagine how difficult this battle will be.
Some pessimistic people have even begun to imagine what kind of bloody storm will happen after the city is broken.
Of course, such pessimistic arguments did not have widespread influence in Chang'an City. First of all, the situation in the city did not reveal the true strength of the enemy. Although the enemy's bows and crossbows were strong, the siege could not be won by just shooting arrows.
, which is the most brutal war mode in a war that requires sufficient troop investment to truly defeat the defenders. Especially for Chang'an City, which has complete city defenses, if you want to invade the city without spending enough money, obviously even the earth puppets
Their heads won't believe it either.
Secondly, the publicity was good enough, so that everyone in the city knew that the Bingzhou Army, led by Li Shushi, was fighting the enemy forces surrounding Chang'an City. Although the enemy forces were so large, it was not easy to capture them all at once.
Easy. But at least there have been many partial victories, proving that the enemy is not invincible. Even though
Although the defenders of Chang'an City cannot compare with the main force of the Central Army of the Bingzhou Army, they have the advantage of city defense. They may have to pay a higher price, but they can still defeat the enemy in the end. If we include the fact that they had resisted the Qiang in the first place.
If the famous general Huangfu Song takes command of the rebellion, the victory will be even more convincing.
Because of this kind of confidence and the unwillingness to believe that the enemy army was really capable of breaking through the city and bloodying Chang'an, everyone naturally listened to the good news and turned a deaf ear to the less good news.
Anyway, so far, even though the city is being fought to the death, the life in the center of the city has not been greatly affected. The prices in Chang'an City have not experienced any huge fluctuations, which explains the problem.
Although this view is somewhat naive, such an atmosphere is indeed what Huangfusong and Zhu Jun hope to see.
"Hasn't there been any news from General Huangfu?"
"Not yet...but I don't think it's because the old general thinks the time has not come yet..."
"...Is it completely impossible to separate? Well, the general has such a temper. He has always been worried that the enemy is still prepared and is unwilling to make this decision. But we all know that the enemy is cunning and powerful. If we fall into a hard battle, what will happen to our army?"
It’s a big disadvantage!”
"So……"
"The situation is critical now. You can't hesitate any longer. Pass on my command. If General Huangfu asks about it after the war, just say it's my problem. Anyway, the old man is already half-broken and has lived for so long.
Contented, contented!"
"Mr. Yan..."
"Whenever you have time to talk nonsense, finish the work for me first!"
The young figure gradually disappeared outside the door. Yan Zhong blinked hard and could barely see the figure clearly going away.
Long hours of continuous work not only made him feel low on energy, but also put a huge burden on various organs of his body, such as his eyes, which were damaged by long hours of desk work, especially at night when he had to work under an oil lamp.
It becomes red and swollen, and even in the daytime when the light is suitable, things look blurry.
It's a pity that he couldn't stop at all. After all, even though Zhu Jun, the governor of Yongzhou, and Wang Ze, the prefect of Jingzhao County, had built a good enough internal affairs team, most of the officials were young people. Even though they were enthusiastic
, but didn’t have much experience, let alone suddenly faced this siege battle with a somewhat weird rhythm.
Most of their experienced fathers are not willing to show up easily because of the Li Guo Rebellion. Li Shushi's "farming" in the Guanzhong area in the past few years has also made some conservative older generations feel resentful. They may not
Preventing their children and grandchildren from becoming officials, after all, if they do not become officials, their family will only be eliminated, but from their own perspective, they are resistant to the Bingzhou Army.
Because of this, if it were not for experienced people like Yan Zhong and Wang Ze to be in charge, I am afraid that the situation in Chang'an City would have turned into a mess long ago, instead of maintaining a relatively calm situation like it is now.
However, Yan Zhong also believes that those outstanding young people will grow into outstanding talents after the baptism of this war, and they should be able to handle any grassroots position in the future.
For example, the young man who just left didn't seem to have anything noteworthy except for his handsome appearance. However, Yan Zhong knew very well that his identity was not ordinary, not just because he was the county magistrate of Chang'an. , especially because the other party is Li Shushi’s eldest brother-in-law, Dian Wei’s brother-in-law, and the third son of the Zhen family, Zhen Yao.
Although Zhen Yao was promoted as Xiaolian and became the county magistrate of the huge Chang'an, it was a very prominent official position in the Western Han Dynasty. Of course, it was also an extremely troublesome position, but in the eyes of an old Jianghu like Yan Zhong, This does not mean that Zhen Yao is really capable of doing this. In fact, if it were not for the fact that the young man had Zhu Jun and Wang Ze above his head, he would have made all kinds of troubles long ago. .
Just because of his status, neither Zhu Jun nor Wang Ze would blame him for this. They would just silently clean up the messed up things for him and then give him a few words of advice at the right time.
But at least this young man has all the shortcomings of young people, and at least he seems to be open-minded and eager to learn. Yan Zhong doesn't know what his previous performance was like. But at least during this period, Zhen Yao's efforts can be said to be obvious to all. , even gave Yan Zhong the urge to take him as his disciple and guide him carefully.
Of course this is just an impulse. After all, compared to Yan Zhong, the female doctor next to Li Shushi is more qualified than him to open a library and teach students. She may even dislike him as an old guy who is outdated and cannot keep up with the times. But even if he is In this way, Yan Zhong is also very attentive in guiding Li Shushi's uncle. I think with the influence of the Zhen family, even if his descendants of Yan Zhong are not very promising after this battle, they will at least be able to eat and drink without worries. .
Although it is always said that "children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, don't work for them." But how can parents really let it go?
Well, it is a luxury to have random thoughts while we are fighting.
Rubbing his eyes vigorously, he put on a small supply for himself, allowing his body to regain a little vitality. Yan Zhong once again devoted himself to work. He needed to speed up the production of various defensive equipment. Now It seems that we can no longer wait for the meticulous work of those craftsmen. Compared with things that can be used for decades, quantity, even if the quality is inferior, is the king of war!
Yan Zhong, who has enough war experience, understands this point better than many people.
Not to mention that those defensive equipment have proven to be the most effective weapons in this war against enemies with extremely strong defense capabilities.
In fact, without Yan Zhong's orders, the craftsmen and many volunteers had worked overtime for several days. Until their bodies could no longer hold on, they would sleep with their clothes on in a place where they would not disturb the workers. They worked like this crazily. Naturally, it was to support the Bingzhou Army in their heroic struggle, but more importantly, it was to protect one's home and family.
When there was not enough materials, the houses that could no longer be inhabited were demolished. When there was a shortage of manpower, Wang Ze and others were responsible for recruiting.
After all, it is obviously much safer for most people to just work hard than going to the front line to face the test of life and death. Wang Ze and Yan Zhong have enough volunteers when the number of troops is not stretched.
Unfortunately, most of them can only do some heavy work, and those parts that require craftsmanship can still only be completed by a small number of people. This is why the production of city defense machinery is still slow even when there are so many manpower.
In fact, everyone has been working very hard, but compared to the somewhat unfavorable battle situation at the front, Wang Ze and others at the rear still feel that the speed on their side is too slow.
The situation on the front line has really reached a very critical level.
The most obvious thing is that there are fewer and fewer personal guards around Huangfu Song, and more and more puppet soldiers.
The surrounding soldiers are rushing here desperately. They all intend to rescue their respected commander, even the low-level officers. After all, the old man has conquered the city in just a short time.
.His kindness, his kindness, and his sternness all make up his unique style, which is unforgettable.
It's just that this move can't change the situation in any way, or it could be said that this was what the commanders of the Doll Corps had expected. Therefore, the soldiers guarding the city not only failed to convert the commander they admired in their hearts from the Doll built
He was rescued from the human wall, but because he focused too much attention on Huangfu Song, more areas of the city were opened up, and soldiers from the Doppler Corps climbed up and turned them over, making the city belong to the living.
The area is getting smaller and smaller.
But the living have killed themselves to the point of selflessness. In the absence of effective command, the only thing they can do is either to rush bravely to the place in their mind and then be killed, or to just a few or a dozen people in the middle.
A small group was formed under the leadership of low-level officers, and under the protection of experienced veterans, they managed to resist the attack from the puppets.
The situation at the north gate is not much better either, but the siege of Zhu Jun by the local puppets is not as decisive as that of Huangfu Song. In other words, the strength invested by the local puppet troops in the north is still not as good as here at the east gate. Compared with Zhu Jun. The local puppet troops
The focus is obviously still on the coach Huangfu Song, which allows Zhu Jun to more or less find opportunities to pass on his orders. And it is this gap that does not seem to be a big gap, but it determines the North Gate
It's a completely different situation than the east gate.
Chaos and order, hell and... barely still a few levels away from hell.
Fortunately, reinforcements in the city seem to be arriving one after another. Perhaps the enemy's arrows are still terrifying and sharp, but experienced soldiers-even just a group of militiamen-can still rely on various "shields" to fight as hard as possible.
Reduce the trauma you may suffer. Leave more life to squander in what seems like a bottomless pit, ah no, it is the struggle for freedom.
Something seems wrong, but nothing seems to be wrong.
All in all, the current situation seems to be the same as today's general environment. Huangfusong is surrounded in the middle like the city of Chang'an, and is equally crumbling, while other foreign aids can't break through that layer of freedom no matter how hard they try.
The "wall" built by the puppets, and if there is no target trapped in the center, the puppet army will dive into the abyss.
The situation will fundamentally change.
However, perhaps to the surprise of many people, Huangfu Song fought hard for a long time. Although he looked exhausted and on the verge of collapse, there were only about ten personal guards left around him, and they were in the same condition as him.
But it was precisely these people who managed to kill twice their number of enemies in less than half an hour. However, they themselves only lost one person, and they still looked shaky.
appearance.
what is going on?
Just when Huangfu Song was hit by the bronze sword in the hands of two clay puppets again and was dying, a sky-blue light beam fell from the sky, covering Huangfu Song and the guards around him, and the original body of Huangfu Song
The ferocious wounds gradually healed in the azure light. Although recovery could not be achieved 100%, it undoubtedly inspired Huangfu Song a lot.
Yes, it was this support that came from nowhere that allowed Huangfu Song and his few remaining guards to sustain themselves until now.
"Transportation... I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it actually existed."
I don't know where a strange sound came from, like metal scraping glass. Although it was very unpleasant, it just answered the doubts of the puppets.
Just being able to answer it cannot stop the cyan light from continuing to assist Huangfu Song, because if it is really the legendary transportation strategy, it must be able to ignore the influence of distance and various obstacles within a considerable range, and directly attack the target.
It replenishes HP and restores a little physical strength. Although the farther the distance, the worse the effect, but as long as the distance is appropriate, it can not only effectively protect the caster, but also protect the safety of the target.
"What a difficult guy, but you are a rotten person cultivated by this decadent era. You are a coward who only uses some small favors to win people's hearts but is unwilling to fight for the future of most people. You should be buried with this decadent era.
"
That weird and extremely unpleasant voice sounded again, spreading an uneasy feeling among the crowd.
It’s not that the puppets can’t speak, but no matter who among them speaks, it seems to sound the same to humans - with unbearable noise, and each word seems not to be transmitted to some kind of person.
The meaning is just to torture the eardrums and brains of the living, making it difficult for the living to concentrate on distinguishing what they are saying.
In comparison, this is indeed the first time that the meaning I want to express is conveyed so clearly, although it is still so ugly.
However, even such a threat will probably only make the living uncomfortable for a short moment. After all, they have not collapsed under such great pressure before, and the terror carried by the mere voice is also
How many can there be?
However, just when the living people were dismissive of such threats, Huangfu Song suddenly stopped what he was doing.
Because I don't know when, the tip of a knife about an inch long appeared on his chest directly in front of him, and hot blood was flowing on the tip of the knife. Along with it, there was Huangfu Song's shocked face, and...
…
"Finally got rid of you, old guy!"
This is a voice full of spite but cheerfulness, and a face that once made Huangfu Song regretful every time he thought about it. (To be continued...)