Most of the soldiers on the city wall were attracted by the quarrel between the militiamen and the generals below in the city. Many of them had already pointed their bows and arrows at the militiamen.
But soon they heard chaotic sounds outside the city, representing the sound of wheels of huge war machines. Under the light of fire and moonlight, they saw a large number of Xiliang troops approaching the city wall, and the opponent's speed was very fast.
嘡嘡嘡!
The piercing gong sounded, and the chaos in the camp had not yet been resolved. The militiamen and the garrison soldiers were still confronting each other.
The guard general heard the sound coming from above and said to Wang Liu: "Have you heard the sound of the gong outside? The Xiliang army is attacking the city wall. Now take your people to the city wall to defend the city. I can forgive you this time."
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If you continue to make trouble here, don’t blame me for being rude!"
"Are you rude? How can you be rude!" Wang Liu was not worried about the city wall. There were more than a thousand garrison soldiers on it, and the Xiliang army would not really launch a military attack at night.
The Xiliang army is just scaring them. They come here once or twice every night, and they are used to it!
We must capture West City today, otherwise when the city lord knows what is going on here and comes with elite troops, all his militiamen will be gathered together, and they will not be the opponent of the city lord!
Thinking of Wang Liu saying to the militiamen behind him: "Did you hear that? The general asked us to continue to die on the city wall. As long as we die, he will not care about us coming to ask for an explanation this time!"
Don’t we people have any freedom? You asked us to protect the city, and we came, bringing our own food and weapons, but now you want us to die.
That's right, if we die, everything we have left will belong to them. If we die, no one in the family can stop them from collecting food. Our children and wives will all starve to death because there is no food!"
"Do you agree with them doing this?" Wang Liu said loudly.
"I don't want to!"
"I don't want to!"
The militiamen behind were more excited than the last, and some had even drawn their weapons. As long as Wang Liu gave the order, they would dare to kill these people who usually stood on top of them and acted arrogantly.
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Don't underestimate the civilians of Liangzhou. The Liangzhou army is very famous, but that is also because the people of Liangzhou are fierce. As long as you recruit troops, you can quickly recruit a large number of troops with high combat effectiveness.
What they lack is the military formation and the cooperation between the arms. Once they are trained, they will quickly become a powerful elite division.
When the guard heard the soldiers' voices, he felt a little impatient and disgusted on his brows. The soldiers behind him were also ready. As soon as the guard's order was conveyed, they would thrust their weapons at the disgusting mud-legged people in front of them.
in the body.
Let them know that the gap between them and the regular troops is not just a little bit of weapons and equipment, but also the gap between the arms coordination and military formations between the two sides.
The soldiers on the city wall saw that the reinforcements had not come. Standing on the wall were not only the defenders but also the commander of the trapped camp. Gao Shun led a dozen soldiers to the city wall.
Holding a horizontal sword, he rushed into the defenders like a god and demon, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and the soldiers behind him followed.
Soon the Xiliang army appeared on the city wall. The soldiers on the city wall were rising up to resist. The sound of the gong never stopped, but the reinforcements below did not come.
There was almost a fight between the militiamen and the defenders.
boom!
The soldiers in the city gate tower had no choice. No matter how hard they beat the gongs, the defenders would not come.
They set fire to the city gate tower, and the dry house suddenly turned into a house of flames. The raging fire beat down the excited militiamen and the garrison soldiers who were about to go on a killing spree.
When they saw the flames on the city wall and heard the sounds of fighting coming from above, they knew without even thinking that the Xiliang army had really reached the city wall.
puff!
The defending general slashed Wang Liu's neck with a knife, intending to use blood to subdue the civilians. Wang Liu did not expect that the other party would be so decisive. He covered his neck with his hands and wanted to make a sound, but no sound came out.
Several of Wang Liu's commanders have quit, and Wang Liu is dead. After the Xiliang army retreats, they will become the group to settle accounts after the fall.
Since they can't survive in the Ma family, why don't they go to Xiliang!
Most of the targets of the Xiliang Army were wealthy families and aristocratic families, and they treated civilians much better than the Ma family.
Fight!
"Kill!" Wang Liu's desperadoes shouted and attacked the defenders. When the militiamen behind them saw that they really wanted to start a war, it was also a fight between their own people.
These people immediately ran back to their houses in the city. The city wall had been built up by the Xiliang army. If they went up at this time, they might be able to defeat the Xiliang army, but most of them would die.
Don't expect the defenders to help them. It will take more than half an hour for the defenders who are currently entangled by Wang Liu's men to escape from here. By that time, the Xiliang army has already occupied the city wall.
Rather than die in vain, they might as well go home now and take their families to hide in the cellar.
Thinking of these militiamen, they immediately returned to their camps, bringing food and some supplies sent by the garrison soldiers after today's battle, and they all had to take them home.
No one knows how long this battle will last, and they must prepare sufficient food to deal with it.
Gao Shun's soldiers from the sinking camp easily took down the city wall. He heard the sound of fighting not far away. Looking over the city wall, he could see chaos in the military camp.
He said why he was able to kill people on the city wall so easily. It turned out that there was something wrong with the people below.
"Instruct the troops behind to go up the city wall. The 1,000th captain led the troops and immediately captured the city corridor for me. The others and I went to the north to assist the friendly forces and capture the northern city!"
Among the four city walls, the most difficult to attack is the south gate, followed by the north gate, and finally the east and west gates.
That sound of arrows represents another attack from all four directions.
They were the main force in Xiliang's army, and the attacks between the other three city gates were just to provide cover for them. No one expected that the troops at Xicheng Gate would fight among themselves, allowing them to take advantage!
Gao Shun would not miss this opportunity and led his army to fight towards the North City Gate. There were many defenders along the way.
These soldiers retreated to both sides. They did not dare to stay at the Xicheng Gate any longer. They wanted to spread the news that Xiliang City was occupied by the Xiliang Army to the troops on both sides.
At the North City Gate, the Xiliang heavy infantry, which had caused a large number of casualties to the garrison during the day, once again rushed to the city wall. This time they had the idea: "If you don't succeed, you will succeed."
Only in this way can the defenders in the city think that the North City Gate is the lord of the Xiliang army, and let them send reinforcements to the North City Gate. For the sake of victory, a little loss is nothing.
The Xiliang soldiers only wanted to complete their lord's mission, even if they gave up their own lives.
This is the difference between the soldiers of the Xiliang headquarters and other troops, and it is also the terrifying thing about the Xiliang army!
After the Xiliang army launched a fierce attack at the North City Gate, they immediately sent people to the south to ask for reinforcements. At the South City Gate, Prime Minister Li had already rushed to the city wall. Countless defenders bravely used long weapons to attack them again and again. Li Xiang was forced into a corner.
Li Xiang waved the Fangtian Halberd, and each swing would interrupt many weapons. After the interruption, more weapons would stab at him. The Gang Qi on his body was not broken, and he was continuously besieged by the defenders.
These soldiers are not ordinary soldiers, but some of the most elite soldiers under Ma Teng. They have very high cultivation and are considered to be top-notch experts in the world.
Everyone gathered their true energy to besiege Prime Minister Li. Coupled with the power of the army, Ma Teng took out the jade seal of Daqian's national destiny. The Xiliang soldiers felt heavy on their bodies, as if something was pressing on them.
A giant bloody wolf in the sky once again collided with the giant golden dragon of Daqian. The two sides had collided once before on the northwest land, and that time the giant bloody wolf was severely suppressed.
This time, the bloody giant wolf was able to withstand the dragon's attack on its own. Ma Teng also felt that the suppression of the national destiny was of little use to the Xiliang army, and these Xiliang soldiers were not greatly affected.
He no longer has a trump card!
Prime Minister Li was blocked in one place, and elite troops were sent to resist Prime Minister Li. The ordinary soldiers on the city wall were retreated steadily after being killed by Xiliang's guards. Ma Teng waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him immediately came forward, taking advantage of the opportunity. After the Xiliang soldiers' strength exploded, and when they fell into a period of exhaustion, they regained the places they had lost.
The soldiers who came up from the ladders on the Xiliang side joined the team. The arrival of new troops gave the Xiliang army new strength and pushed back the defenders again.
Both sides turned the city wall into a flesh-and-blood mill. A large number of soldiers fell every moment, and corpses were everywhere on the city wall road. Both sides continued to send troops into the battlefield.
If the defenders retreat and let the Xiliang army attack the city, they will really be doomed. Everything will be occupied by the Xiliang army, and all of them, the defenders, will die.
Look at the soldiers who were captured by the Xiliang Army. They are now worse off than dead. Some of them were thrown into dark mines to mine.
As Ma Jiajun, many of them had gone to the mines to guard the miners, and they knew very well how tired and humble the miners were.
Every day, for one reason or another, miners go down to the mine and never come out again!
Fighting for survival, fighting for life, they did not worry about their families. Their families had already left with the large army before the war started.
Before the Xiliang army arrived and they learned that Heishui County was occupied by the Xiliang army, they arranged their families to move to the city behind because they knew very well that even if Zhangye County could be defended, their family would not be able to hold it very quickly. Safety.
Ma Tengwen smelled the blood and took another look at Li Xiang who was trapped by him. Li Xiang was trapped, but his elite divisions were also losing rapidly. It probably wouldn't take long before those soldiers would be killed by Li Xiang. Kill them all.
Before Prime Minister Li could kill all his elite men, he had to drive these Xiliang soldiers off the city wall.
"Order the reserve army to support us!"
Ma Teng pulled out his broadsword, led his guards into the battlefield, and fought with the Xiliang soldiers. The reserve forces around the city lord's palace received the order and immediately moved towards Nancheng District.
The city lords all issued orders for help, which meant that the battle at the south city gate had reached a fever pitch.
The Xiliang Army really knows how to choose time!
After receiving the order, the reserve army soldiers braved the cold and went to the battlefield. The night in Liangzhou was very cold. These soldiers came out of their warm beds, and everyone was very reluctant.
The reserve army of 8,000 people rushed south in a mighty manner. When the messenger from the north city gate came over, there were only 2,000 people left in the camp because there were no troops behind them to set off.
"General Ma, half of the city wall at the North City Gate has been occupied by the Xiliang Army. My general is asking for reinforcements. Without support, the North City Gate will be captured by the Xiliang Army!"
The ordering soldier shouted to a commander.
The captain was a little embarrassed: "We received an order from the city lord to go to Nancheng to provide support!"
Six thousand people have already gone ahead, and now there are more than 20,000 defenders at the South City Gate, which is enough to deal with the Xiliang army. General, please help us because of the close relationship between you and the general.
, if the city lord is blamed, everything will be borne by us, the defenders of the north city gate!"
This messenger is not an ordinary messenger, but the deputy general of the Beicheng garrison. He came here personally to get past the city lord and get reinforcement support as quickly as possible.
If the reinforcements don't arrive soon, all the soldiers on their walls will be wiped out.
"Then let's go north!" The commander had a very good personal relationship with the North City garrison, and there was also a deputy general who guaranteed that even if the city lord rebuked them, they would not be greatly affected.
Just when they were about to move out, a soldier with scars all over his body ran into the camp and walked up to the two generals: "General, there is internal strife at the west gate and the gate is lost!"
After saying that, the soldier fell to the ground, no longer breathing!
"The west city gate is lost!"
This news made the two generals feel that something was wrong. The four city gates represented the four city walls. If the west city was lost, the other side could open the gates and launch attacks from other directions!
"Commander!" the commander shouted, and the commander galloped to the side. The commander quickly said: "Immediately pass the news to the city lord that the West City is occupied by the Xiliang army.
The others followed and set up a defensive line at the front!"
The commander turned to the person asking for help: "Sorry, I can't go north with you. The other troops haven't gone far yet. The war horse you are riding on has caught up with them and asked them to mobilize some troops with you!"
The commander gave his horse to the man and led the troops towards Xicheng District.
