During this period, many people came to seek refuge with the prince, but no matter how many people there were, they could not stop the prince's territory from expanding.
Previously, the prince had only thirteen cities in his hands, but by the time Nan Jinzhao sent troops to attack Xiang'an City, the prince had fifteen cities in his hands.
Once you have a city, you naturally need people to build it and send troops to guard it.
Therefore, no matter how many people took refuge in the prince during this period, no matter how many soldiers and horses took refuge in the prince, the number of soldiers and horses guarding the city in each city would not exceed 20,000.
Among the thirteen cities, Xiang'an City is only medium to small, and it does not need so many people to guard it. There are only 8,000 people in the city and only 5,000 people guarding the city.
There are only 5,000 people in the city, but they have to face Nan Jinzhao's 150,000 troops. No matter how this battle is fought, the people in Xiang'an City will suffer.
After Nan Jinzhao's 150,000-strong army figured out the situation in Xiang'an City, they did not take this city with less than 20,000 people seriously.
The vanguard's 100,000-strong army was even more heroic, as if they were determined to conquer the city of Xiang'an.
The garrison of Xiang'an City had received the news as soon as possible. Knowing that Nan Jinzhao's army was attacking, he also immediately asked for help from nearby cities, but...
Before Nan Jinzhao sent out troops, there was no warning in advance. Although it was impossible for the army to move without leaving traces, Nan Jinzhao was a very sinister person. He did not let the fifteen armies go to Xiang'an City at the same time, but divided them into five teams, each with
The team of 30,000 horses marched towards the five cities near Xiang'an City.
The generals guarding the city could guess Nan Jinzhao's goal. It was probably a certain city, and he had no intention of attacking five cities at the same time, but...
They still dare not move.
First, they were not sure which city Nan Jinzhao was going to attack, and second, they were afraid that if they transferred their troops and horses, Nan Jinzhao would use their plan and let 30,000 soldiers and horses attack the city.
It can be said that Nan Jinzhao's move was very cunning, but he used it as a conspiracy.
Under such circumstances, even if they knew that Nan Jinzhao was going to attack Xiang'an City, they would not act rashly. At least they would not act recklessly until the 150,000 troops rushed to Xiang'an City.
Nan Jinzhao's move was extremely cruel, but they could only endure it. The people in the five cities felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy and were ready for war. Several surrounding cities also entered a state of full martial law.
Therefore, when the 150,000-strong army arrived at Xiang'an City, the people guarding Xiang'an City did not panic at all, but instead felt comfortable that the dust had finally settled.
They are not afraid of fighting. The world has been in chaos for three years, but their lives have never been separated from the flames of war. They have the courage to fight and the determination to fight to the death.
What they were afraid of was that there was no hope and that they would be hung in the middle by Nan Jinzhao, neither up nor down. Now...
When the dust settled, 150,000 troops gathered in Xiang'an City. Even if there were only 5,000 defenders in the city, they were not afraid of a battle.
However, before the battle, the city's garrison followed their rehearsal plan and first protected the elderly and children, and also arranged for women to do logistics, so that the soldiers could be free to fight with the army.
"The weapons are all sharpened!"
"The food is all ready!"
"I've already put on my battle clothes."
"Brothers... Behind us are our mothers and children, our brothers' parents. Even if we die on the city wall today, we must defend Xiang'an City. Do you hear this?" The defender was not afraid, but was surrounded by 150,000 troops.
It's impossible for him not to pay attention to it.
Since these 150,000 troops gathered in Xiang'an City one after another, the defense has never slept a wink. Every day, they were either patrolling the city walls or discussing defensive strategies with their subordinates.
Yes, defense...
In such a situation, they have no ability to take the initiative to attack. They have nothing to do but defend Xiang'an City.
It doesn’t need more, just three days is enough. As long as it is defended for three days, the prince will be able to bring troops from the main city. By then...
Not to mention that Nan Jinzhao only sent an army of 150,000 people, even if he sent an army of 300,000 people, they were not afraid of a battle.
How the prince trained his soldiers and horses, they, the soldiers trained by the prince, have the most say.
Facing Nan Jinzhao's group of stragglers, they were not afraid of one against a hundred, but they were not afraid of one against ten.
If Nan Jinzhao sends not 150,000 troops this time, but 50,000 troops, or if they have 20,000 troops, as long as they have 20,000 troops, they will not be afraid of a battle with Nan Jinzhao.
However, Nan Jinzhao sent 150,000 people, but they only had 5,000 troops. They really felt pressured.
The general sent by Nan Jinzhao knew the situation of the cities in the hands of the prince very well, and knew that they only had three days at most. If they could not attack Xiang'an City within three days, they would be doomed when reinforcements arrived.
Therefore, the general was not rude. Less than an hour after the 150,000 troops gathered, he ordered 30,000 vanguard troops to attack the city.
No surprise, these 30,000 people were the artillery fire thrown by Nan Jinzhao, specially used to test the prince's strength...
However, these 30,000 people didn't understand. They learned that Xiang'an City only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and they didn't pay attention to the soldiers in the city at all. When the general gave the order, these 30,000 people were just playing around, laughing loudly.
Laughing, rushing forward with the knife...
"Brothers, come up with me, break down the city gate, perform great feats, and sleep with women."
"There are women and food in Xiang'an city. As long as we destroy the city, it will all be ours. Brothers, come on!"
A strong man in the lead shouted a few words from the front, and the people around him started to howl: "Up! Up! Up!"
The general sitting at the rear didn't care. He looked at it coldly without blinking...
He wanted to see clearly how capable these people in King Yanbei's hands were.
Thirty thousand people swarmed up. Although Nan Jinzhao regarded these people as cannon fodder and pebbles to throw stones at, he did not treat them badly. There was no shortage of siege engines, catapults, wall ladders, and thatches...
The people in front controlled the catapults and kept throwing stones at the city wall, but none of the stones could hit the city wall. Most of them could only hit the wall, leaving a shallow mark on the wall.
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At this time, this group of people discovered that the city wall of Xiang'an City seemed to be higher than the normal city wall, so that the catapult could not hit it at all.
The catapults were useless. The people in front pushed the siege engines and rushed forward at the cost of lives. But as soon as they approached the city gate a hundred meters away, long huts as thick as arms were shot out from the middle of the city wall at such a speed.
Fast and powerful, far beyond ordinary people's imagination...
These long thatch are integrated with the city wall and are completely embedded in the city wall. If you don't look carefully, you can't even notice that there are so many long thatch hidden on this city wall.
"Swish, swish, swish..." The long thatch shot out from the middle of the city wall, just like piercing dumplings. As soon as it shot out, it skewered four or five people. And this was not what scared them the most. What made them feel most at ease was...