The soldiers guarding the city stood close to the city wall, with the bows and arrows in their hands fully drawn, aiming at the Hu army in the distance. Just waiting for them to enter the shooting range, and giving an order, the arrows would rain down on the invaders. Zhang Yuqing is still standing on the city wall, with a dagger on his waist.
Meng Zeliang asked her to stand below. The Hu people also had archers. It would be bad if Zhang Yuqing was hurt.
Zhang Yuqing shook his head, "I'm standing here."
Meng Zeliang wanted to say something else, but Zhang Yuqing raised his hand to stop him, held up the dagger in his hand, and said: "I, Zhang Yuqing, entrust my life to you soldiers. If the city is with me, if the city is broken, I will kill myself with this knife!"
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She would never let herself fall into the midst of the Hu people, be humiliated and abused by the Hu people, or become a hostage for the Hu people to threaten and humiliate Lu Wei.
The hunting wind carried Zhang Yuqing's words to the ears of every soldier. Everyone said nothing, but their eyes had changed.
What they want to protect is not just the city, but the people in the city, and Mrs. Dusi who is willing to protect the city with her life.
The barbarians sounded the clarion call to attack.
The long horn sound seemed to come from the other side of the clouds, full of terror and trembling, making people tremble with fear.
The stones thrown by the Thunderbolt Chariot were covered with burning grease, and they hit the city wall heavily with a whistling sound. Some even fell into the city. The entire city wall was shaking, the gravel and mortar fell, and the earth was shaking.<
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The stones that fell on the thatched roof ignited the roof, and Liu Quan hurriedly led the people to put out the fire.
Meng Zeliang gave an order from the city gate, "Fire the arrow!"
Arrows hit the barbarians like raindrops, and the barbarians at the front instantly fell to the ground in large pieces.
Although Zhong He is the youngest, he is the most stable and accurate among this group of archers. He steadily takes arrows from behind, nocks the bow, and shoots arrows. With every shot, a galloping cavalryman will fall to the ground. p>
Zhang Yuqing walked to Zhong He and pointed to a chariot surrounded by soldiers among the Hu people.
"Did you see that car?" Zhang Yuqing said, "Can you shoot it?"
There are several figures vaguely visible in the middle of the chariot. They are definitely the commanders of this battle, but I don’t know which level they are.
Zhong He nocked an arrow, drew the bow, took a quick aim, and said calmly: "Try it!" As soon as he finished speaking, the white feather arrow left the string.
They were too far away to see clearly what was going on, but the chariot quickly put up a curtain. It was obvious that the arrow just now caused damage to them and shocked them.
Zhong He said regretfully: "I'm still too boring."
His bow is a special small bow. It is not as powerful as the black iron bow used by adults, and the killing distance is not far enough.
"Take your time." Zhang Yuqing comforted him, "You are already fine!"
The barbarian cavalrymen rushed over quickly with shields on their heads. Soon the archers could no longer fire arrows at the same speed, and some people had already rushed very close to the city gate.
Meng Zeliang had already led a group of elite cavalry to fight out from another city gate, waiting for work. He rushed over and chopped down the hundreds of barbarians who were running at the front.
The Hu people never expected that the Daxia people, who had always been cowardly and only knew how to defend the city, would give them a head-on attack at this time. By the time they reacted, they were already littered with corpses.
Meng Zeliang, however, was not willing to fight, so he blew the whistle to withdraw his troops, quickly ran back to the city, and closed the city gate.
The first wave of barbarians attacking the city was repelled in this way. The trumpets were blown to withdraw the troops, and they retreated ten miles away.
Everyone on the city wall cheered.
Zhang Yuqing's heart calmed down a little, and he made great efforts, then failed again, and finally failed three times. If the Hu people can be defeated one after another, no matter how many they have, they will not be able to capture the city!
However, the Hu people only rested for half an hour before launching a second wave of fierce attacks, charging forward as if they were desperate for their lives.
When the barbarians rushed to the city, the soldiers began to smash stones and bricks at the city walls like raindrops. At the same time, they poured hot oil and gold juice down. The barbarians who tried to climb the wall with ladders were seriously injured.
The wooden logs transported by the barbarians outside the city also arrived and began to hit the city gate violently.
The city gate is trembling, and the entire city wall is trembling.
The common people spontaneously rushed to the city gate, took down the beams of their houses and pushed them against the city gate, and together with the soldiers, blocked the door with their flesh and blood.
Doctors in the medical center consciously joined the ranks of military doctors, and women also set up a logistics team under Wang Chunniang's organization to cook and boil water.
The Hu people were unable to attack for a long time and suffered heavy casualties. Even those who were lucky enough to climb up the city wall were killed one by one by the soldiers guarding the city, and their bodies were thrown back under the city wall.
However, after the Hu people suffered such heavy losses, they did not call for gold and withdraw their troops again as Zhang Yuqing thought. Instead, more people stepped on the corpses of their compatriots and climbed up the city wall, and then were beaten down with stones and hot oil.
There are new people coming up.
The military commander of the Hu people seemed to be angry. He kept blowing the horn of attack and killed anyone who dared to retreat. However, until dusk, the city gate could not be conquered.
After an afternoon of fierce fighting, the Hu soldiers were exhausted and looked at the Baochuan city wall with great excitement.
Last autumn, the Hu people's god of war, Duo Muyi, suffered a setback here. He was beaten to pieces by the newly appointed young general Lu Wei. Unexpectedly, less than half a year later, the equipment and combat power of the Baochuan defenders had reached a higher level.
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Especially the arrows. In previous years, the Baochuan defenders used to count the arrows and shoot them. But this year, it seems like arrows are free of charge. There is also the armor worn by the Baochuan defenders. In previous years, they didn’t even have bamboo armor.
After several suits, this year even the most ordinary soldiers have put on strong and tough iron armor that cannot be cut through by swords or penetrated by arrows.
And those soldiers, who had been fighting fiercely all afternoon, still had the strength to stand on the city wall and cheer them to retreat!
Aren't those Daxia people extremely weak? When did they become so powerful?
The leader of the Hu army was no less shocked than the ordinary soldiers. In addition to shock, there was more fear.
If the Baochuan Army is so powerful, how can the Hu people come in and plunder? If they are given more time to continue to grow, then everyone in the Daxia army will be like the Baochuan Army, and the Hu people will only be able to huddle on the grassland forever.
Don’t even dream of setting foot in the prosperous places of the Central Plains.
After the fear, the Hu officers unanimously made up their minds to capture Baochuan City no matter what the cost!
This is a battle that stakes the future fate of the two countries!
Taking advantage of the temporary retreat of the Hu people, Wang Chunniang and her women carried burdens and delivered steaming meals to the soldiers guarding the city.
The sunset dyed the earth blood red, and under the city wall lay the corpses of countless barbarians.
Zhang Yuqing divided the soldiers into two squads, with one squad keeping watch for half the night and the other for the rest of the night, resting alternately to recharge their batteries.
"When will your Excellency come back?" Wang Chunniang asked worriedly.
Zhang Yuqing covered her face with her hands and sighed deeply, "I don't know."
Although scouts have been sent to Liangzhou to report the news, it is not known whether Shen Shoushan is willing to let Lu Wei come back, or when Lu Wei will come back.
Baochuan City's supplies are limited, and it is impossible to fight a long-term war of attrition.
"If Mr. Lu doesn't come back..." Wang Chunniang said in fear.
Zhang Yuqing stood up and watched the sun sinking into the horizon, "He will definitely come back."
Zhang Yuqing doesn't know whether Lu Wei loves her or not, and she doesn't want to think about it at the moment, but she believes that Lu Wei is essentially a responsible and kind person, and he will not abandon this city.
The barbarians drove here for a long time, and they were tired from attacking the city. Their energy was exhausted, but they were peaceful at night.
The defenders and people of Baochuan also took this opportunity to recharge their batteries and rest.
Today, the barbarians brought more powerful siege equipment. The wooden rams were wrapped with sharp iron spikes. Each impact left a deep wound on the wooden city gate. After a few more hard impacts, the city gate actually collapsed.
A hole was knocked out, and the soldiers guarding the door could see the ferocious barbarians on the other side through the hole.
A long knife stretched out from the hole and stabbed the soldier who was about to use a wooden board to block the gap.
The soldier screamed, blood gushed out from the wound, and he fell to the ground. He was quickly carried down by other soldiers and handed over to the team responsible for medical treatment.
The remaining people rushed over one after another and blocked the hole.
The situation on the city wall was not optimistic either. The fighting continued from morning to noon, and the corpses of barbarians were piled high under the wall.
From time to time, someone stepped on the corpses of their compatriots and climbed to the top of the city wall. The soldiers guarding the city tried their best to kill them. If they were injured and could no longer participate in the battle, many people chose to pounce on them and throw them down while holding the barbarians who were trying to climb up.
Even if they go down the city wall, they will not let the barbarians step into the city.
However, the fighting continued from morning to afternoon, and more and more barbarians climbed onto the city wall and raised their swords.
Du Jingyi pulled Zhang Yuqing and ran under the city wall, "Madam, let's go quickly!"
When the barbarians saw the woman on the wall, they all ran towards Zhang Yuqing, their eyes shining with determination and their mouths gibbering in nonsense.
The Hu man closest to Zhang Yuqing was hit by a flying arrow. The arrow went straight into the back of his head and he fell straight to the ground.
Zhong He squatted on the city wall, his still childish face still calm and solemn, drawing arrows, nocking bows, and shooting arrows.
However, when he shot down a few barbarians and went to get arrows from the quiver behind his back, he was shocked to find that the quiver was empty. The quiver behind the Daxia soldier who fell to the ground and died next to him was also empty.
The tallest and strongest man among the Hu people had already caught up with Zhang Yuqing.
This man was particularly brave. He had a forehead protector tied on his head and a broadsword like a crescent moon. He chopped down all the soldiers who came close to him. He smiled ferociously and raised his broadsword at Zhang Yuqing.
Wang Chunniang and others screamed and ran towards Zhang Yuqing desperately.
Zhang Yuqing pushed Du Jingyi away without hesitation, took out the dagger from his waist, and raised the knife to his neck.
She is really going to die here today.
She is not afraid of death, but this fate makes her feel really sorry.
If there is an afterlife...
A stream of hot water sprayed onto her face.
She opened her eyes, and the big knife hanging above her head fell.
The head of the barbarian was cut off from behind, and his heavy body fell to the ground, revealing Lu Wei's cold face behind him.
