(On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I wish you all New Year's greetings.) I wish the Year of the Pig good luck and good luck for the pig. "Master Ma, have you succeeded in the castle tower?" Sun Dayong rushed to Ma Bin's side with a long knife dripping blood and asked.

"Then you need to ask? The turtle grandchildren are a rabble. Ma Bin laughed.

"Isn't your adult injured in this body?" Sun Dayong said.

"It's all the blood of the bandits, and it's irrelevant. We must open the gates at once and set a fire to inform the army to come. Ma Bin wiped the blood on his face and said.

Sun Dayong frowned and said, "My lord, setting a fire may not let the army know that the South City Gate has been occupied by us. After all, this is a temporary matter. I think it's better to send someone out of the city to inform you quickly. The appropriate bandits gave a warning, and more than a dozen bandits ran away, and I estimated that some bandits would arrive in a while. Without further ado, someone must be sent to inform the army at once. ”

Ma Bin thought for a while and nodded: "You're right, it's Brother Sun who is thoughtful." Put a big fire, King Huai, they may not know that the southern city has been broken, or it is appropriate to send people. In this way, Brother Sun will take a trip, and I will take someone to guard here. ”

Sun Dayong shook his head and said, "I can't go, I'm not a person in the army, what is it if I go?" King Huai won't believe me. Just send a brother from the forbidden army. It's better to get a horse, but unfortunately not. ”

Ma Bin patted his head and said, "Isn't it?" I think you're a brother to the Forbidden Army. Well, I will send people, but I will not go, we must defend this place to the death, and we must not lose the city gates. ”

Ma Bin ordered the city gate to be opened and the drawbridge lowered, and a forbidden soldier was ordered to go out of the city and rush to Xicheng to report the news. The rest of the people drove dozens of bandit captives to carry sandbags and horses, and built fortifications on both sides of the city gate, preparing to defend the city gate.

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Outside the western city, the siege battle was carried out extremely fiercely. Under the suicidal attacks of the cathars and the congregation, most of the thirty Skyscooters have been scrapped. The remaining dozen or so can only be used as arrow towers standing by the city wall, and they cannot put down the drawbridge to build a passage to the city. In this case, siege warfare is relegated to the traditional ladder siege method. And this method is the most tragic.

From the start of the siege to the beginning of the siege, the siege did not stop for nearly two hours. All 30,000 forbidden troops have been sent up, climbing the city wall in waves, and being beaten back in waves. The number of dead and wounded on both sides has skyrocketed, and the number of dead and wounded has already exceeded 10,000. Above and below the city walls, there were stumps and broken arms, and corpses scattered everywhere. Fires burned everywhere, and arrows flew everywhere.

At the beginning, the battlefield was still full of shouts and killings, and the sound of screams and moans was everywhere. But before long, there was no sound on the battlefield except for the humming of arrows, the clattering of swords, the heavy wheezing of soldiers, and the sound of hunting as the fire burned.

This is actually the most terrifying. Can you imagine the situation on the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, where the two sides are caught in hand-to-hand combat, but one by one they are silent and fighting like machines? The people on both sides gritted their teeth and only cared about fighting each other, and the blades only made a muffled sound when they entered the body, as if even screaming for injuries was a luxury. This is because everyone has been shocked and numb by the tragedy of the battlefield, and the tired body can no longer withstand any consumption, and even shouting takes a lot of energy. They don't know how many wounds they have on their bodies, and they don't know how many attacks they have suffered, so not only their brains are numb, but their senses are also numb. Sometimes when I look at the blade slashing at myself, it takes me a long time to realize that it is my body. The pain in the body has disappeared in the agony.

The war has come to a certain point

In fact, people are not afraid of death. Even they would rather die sooner because it was too tormenting and too painful. Therefore, to a certain extent, in fact, the gap in combat power has not played a big role in this offensive and defensive battle. Even the young and strong people who were forcibly brought in at the head of the city became terrible once they lost their fear and reverence for death. Stimulated by the tragic atmosphere of the battlefield, everyone became like beasts, not caring about their own life and death, not caring whether they should participate in this battle or not, they only had opponents in their eyes, as if only by defeating the opponent could the suffering and pain in front of them end. Therefore, when the war has reached this level, the gap in combat power between the top and bottom of the city is actually insignificant.

Moreover, when the Arc Carriage could not function and the war returned to the primitive siege methods, the defending side had a great advantage. Just like the siege of the city a few days ago, the officers and soldiers were aggressive, but in the end they still couldn't succeed. Now they are caught in this endless cycle again, and wave after wave of officers and soldiers are repulsed, wave after wave of officers and soldiers rush up, and then they are repulsed again. There is no rule and no hope at all, and all that remains is a numbing mechanical attack.

If there is any difference between the current siege and the siege of the previous days, it is only one point. It is the mood of Guo Xu, the king of Huai. The siege failed a few days ago, and although Guo Xu was annoyed, he didn't have no way out, so he didn't care too much. Because he knew that sooner or later the city would be broken, it was just a matter of time. But now, he has no way to retreat, Guo Xu has made up his mind, even if he fights to the death in the siege today, he must fight to the death, and he cannot retreat. In this retreat, he is facing being replaced, questioned by his father, his reputation will be ruined, and everything will be over.

Countless wounded soldiers were withdrawn, with broken arms and legs, covered in blood and breathing, but none of them who were still able to move were withdrawn. Most of these who have been removed will not have a long life. It was just out of humanity. Row by row, row by row, covered the ground behind the battlefield. The sight of thousands of wounded soldiers lying on the ground was chilling.

With the addition of the soldiers who have already been killed, the number of dead and wounded is already as high as 13,000. The number of people still besieging the city is only 16,000. More than half of them were lightly wounded, the siege was obviously lacking in stamina, the progress of the siege had lagged behind a lot, the soldiers were exhausted, and there was no hope of taking the city.

"Your Highness, withdraw your troops. If this continues, the whole army will be wiped out. Withdraw and rest, like a way to attack again, or ...... Ask the Imperial Court for help. A staff member suggested in a low voice.

To tell the truth, the advice of the staff at this time is the most sober and sensible advice, and it is the truth. It's a pity that at this moment, these words are tantamount to a kind of sarcasm to Guo Xu's ears. And the staff didn't know what Guo Xu received from Lu Zhongtian, as soon as he said this, Guo Xu's already iron-blue face became even darker.

"What did this king say before the war? Tonight, we will fight to the end, even if everyone is dead, we must capture Yingtianfu. If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent. This king has also embraced the heart of death. Have you not heard the king's command? Guo Xu turned his head and glared at the staff member and said coldly.

"No, no, no, I heard it, and I just heard it based on the ......situation in front of me," the staff member was terrified and hurriedly explained.

"Shut up, doesn't this king know the situation in front of him? This king doesn't have eyes? Are you blatantly ignoring the king's military orders and saying these words that shake the morale of the army? Although you have followed this king for many years, and you have done your best to give advice to this king, but at this moment you are talking like this

But it is openly contrary to this king. Someone came, dragged aside and chopped. Guo Xu shouted coldly.

"Huh? Your Highness, Your Highness, I was wrong, spare my life, spare my life. The staff member shouted in alarm.

"Chop!" Guo Xu repeated coldly.

The two guards dragged the staff away, and after a few moments the shouts and begs for mercy came to an abrupt end, and one of the guards came to his life with his bloody head. All the generals and staff members of the army looked at the head, and everyone was silent.

"Retirement? No way. This king said that today either the city will be captured, or everyone will die here together to die for the country, and whoever says such a thing again will be the end. Guo Xu shouted coldly. He reached out and took his spear from the guard next to him.

"Everyone, listen, the number of siegers is already insufficient, and this king said before that if this king needs to go into battle in person, this king will not be ambiguous. Now, all of you will follow this king to charge the siege. The order was given, and the whole army attacked, including the men and craftsmen who drove the car to transport grain, and everyone rushed with this king. Guo Xu raised his spear and shouted.

Everyone's faces turned pale, and they all thought in their hearts: King Huai must be crazy. This kid is really dying. He did say that if the 30,000 army was not enough to take the city, he would lead the last 8,000 men to the top. But everyone thought he was just talking. How could you be a prince and send him to death. But he did.

"Whole team, attack!" Guo Xu shouted loudly.

More than 1,000 Huai Wang's personal guards and 4,000 cavalry of the forbidden army shouted in unison, and thousands of old and weak soldiers and craftsmen in the rear who were engaged in camping, cooking, and driving cars also had to carry their blades and prepare in line. The prince was iron-hearted, the prince was going to die, and his own people had to follow him to die.

After the final team of more than 8,000 people was completed, Guo Xu got on the big dark horse, raised the golden gun in his hand high, and took a breath to order an attack. Suddenly, a flank horse galloped over and shouted: "General, general, slow, there is an urgent military situation." ”

Guo Xu frowned and shouted, "What's the matter?" ”

The man on the horse was the head of a cavalry in the flank defensive formation, he galloped over, rolled his saddle and dismounted and saluted: "General, a forbidden brother who followed Ma Bin into the city rushed back to report that Ma Bin had taken the gate of Nancheng, and asked the general to send cavalry into the city from Nancheng immediately." ”

"What?" Guo Xu almost jumped off his horse in shock. He almost forgot that the man named Ma Bin had led people into the city to make trouble.

"Ma Bin took the South City Gate? How can it be? Guo Xu shouted.

"It's true, the brother of the retribution is in front, and he is exhausted and collapsed from running all the way. He said that Ma Bin led them to kill more than 200 bandits who were guarding the city, and now they control the city gates. However, the bandits in the city were alarmed, and it was difficult to resist for too long, so they asked the general to send troops immediately. Otherwise, it may fall short. The cavalry shouted.

"What a Ma Bin, it's really famous. Hahaha, it's really heavenly. General Wu, you are here to supervise the siege of the city, and you can't relax for a moment, and all the cavalry will follow me to the south gate. Let's go. Guo Xu patted his horse and left.

"General, be careful, beware of fraud." Several generals shouted. They didn't believe in this, how could it be possible that the little people brought by Ma Bin could take down a city gate? It's unbelievable.

"Fraud? Do you think that in the current situation, the bandits still need to use such a trick? A bunch of idiots. Guo Xu dropped a curse and galloped out. Four thousand cavalry followed, galloping south.

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors