Chapter 30: Intrigue and Trickery
When night fell, Jiuquan City was still brightly lit, and the soldiers at the head of the city were still patrolling the city diligently. Song Hao had just gone back to rest for a while under the repeated persuasion of generals at all levels and his subordinates. It is basically impossible to attack the city at night, although it is said that there is light at the head of the city, it seems to be a target, and it is dark under the city, which looks suitable for hiding, but after all, the siege is from the bottom to the top, and many difficulties can be imagined, so although the guard at the head of the city is still very strict, but the psychology is relaxed a lot.
Just when a group of soldiers was about to go down to the city, and another team of people came up to change the guard, the city suddenly suddenly war drums sounded in unison, the sound of bull horns resounded through the sky, the figures of the people under the city were building, the army formation was like a mountain, and the cry shook the sky.
Enemy attack! Apparently an enemy attack! The captain who patrolled the city shouted anxiously, and the soldiers who had just left the city hurriedly ran up to the city, picked up their weapons, and stood in position, and at the same time the alarm bell at the head of the city quickly rang, and a large number of soldiers and many of them had already rushed out of the alley before they had even put on their clothes, and hurriedly picked up the guys and went to the city.
However, just as the defender's saber was unsheathed, the arrows were wound, and the spirit was tensed, and the spirit was ready for a big battle, the flags below died down, and there was no sound.
Xie Batian, the newly promoted captain of the city patrol, couldn't believe his eyes! It's clear that the war horses are still neighing and the voices are boiling, but now? What about people now?
"Gather the torches and light up the city." Xie Batian said loudly.
But unexpectedly, when the soldiers gathered the torches according to the order, suddenly countless bows and arrows were fired at the torch pile, and more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground screaming, and the blood stained the originally clean stone road.
"Little! Little! "Among the dead people, there is Xie Batian's younger brother, who is only fifteen years old, and was pulled to the city by Xie Batian, originally wanting him to see the test of blood and fire, only in this way can he grow up quickly. The little man is extremely talented, his martial arts are extraordinary, and he has wanted to be a general since he was a child, but this time, three arrows were shot into his chest at once, and the little man was careless for a while, and his young life fell like this, and the general's dream became a dream forever.
"Dog thief! I'm going to kill you all! Xie Batian put down his brother's corpse, his eyes were torn, and he was about to go down the city wall with a knife.
"Xie Batian, you stop me!" At this time, Song Hao, who was dressed in small clothes, was hurrying to the city, and when he saw that Xie Batian was about to go downstairs with dozens of personal soldiers, he couldn't help but shout.
"My lord! The little is dead! He's dead! He's only 15 years old, sir! Xie Batian is a strong man, and when he talked about his younger brother, he still left tears after all.
The little man is usually well-behaved, and Song Hao likes it very much, but now he hasn't killed an enemy, but he lost his life like this, and Song Hao is also very sad.
He stepped forward, gently closed the eyes of the little man with both hands, sighed, and said, "Come on, carry down all the brothers who died in battle, so that they can be buried alive, and the official will personally sacrifice to them, and wait until the enemy army is repulsed, and then give them a thick burial!" ”
"Yes!" A team of Song Hao's personal soldiers carried the corpse down, Song Hao silently walked in front of Xie Batian, who was still choking, and said in a deep voice: "Batian, I know that the little man has a deep relationship with you, and after your parents died, you and the little man have been dependent on each other, but...... But fighting at night is not in my favor, and once the gates are opened, who knows what will happen? ”
When Xie Batian heard this, his expression became even more sad, but he still didn't say anything, but his hand was still shaking with his knife.
"Alas, Batian, you know, I also grew up watching the little bastard? Am I not distressed? However, this is clearly a pit, and I can't jump into it with the lives of more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Jiuquan City! Domineering, forbearance, especially difficult! ”
Seeing the emotion of what Song Hao said, his eyes were red, Xie Batian saw it, tears flowed down like beads of broken threads, and for a long time, he silently dropped the knife, caught up with the group of people carrying his brother's body, snatched his younger brother from them, and walked towards the city step by step.
He only said one sentence: "Little bastard, let's go home." ”
He didn't walk slowly, but in everyone's opinion, every step he took was so heavy, and his somewhat depressed back made everyone full of hatred for Lu Guang's army!
We are doing well, we didn't provoke you, we provided you with food, baggage, weapons and clothes, you didn't thank you, just go back to the army to attack us, for your ambitions, for your leaders, you killed our relatives, we will make you pay with blood!
Just when the crowd at the head of the city was excited, Duan Ye's soldiers had already happily returned to the camp. It turned out that he only brought 500 cavalry, 100 of whom carried bows and crossbows, and shot arrows wherever there was fire. As for the Qingqi, he only asked for 100 people from Lu Su, and the remaining 400 people were completely selected from the Jiuquan army. Duan Ye's meaning is that real soldiers can only be trained on the battlefield. First train these 400 people, and then use these people as the foundation to quickly drive the others, so that the Jiuquan army can become an army as quickly as possible!
At this time, on the battlefield, each is its own master, and of course Duan Ye will not think of the life of the little bazi and the pain of Xie Batian and the others. Life is so fragile in the face of war, all Duan Ye has to do is to save himself and the lives of the robes!
As for the camp tent, in fact, it is a small simple tent, which can be set up quickly, or it can be put away quickly, there are soldiers outside, some people are close to the ground to listen to the sound at any time, and others are resting, in fact, this is just to prevent it from happening, Duan Ye is sure that Song Hao will not dare to go out of the city at this time, so he is actually bold enough to take people to the city wall of Jiuquan City for a walk, and then quickly ride a fast horse to flash people, all the way down, unscathed.
At this time, Duan Ye and Hu Kai, Duan Ping sat on the ground, Hu Kai came today, only to see that the battle was fought like this, just a nonsense below, it made the towering and sturdy Jiuquan City chickens and dogs restless, and he was okay at all, for Hu Kai, who had been in the bag for so many years, but it was the first time!
"General, it's really exciting for us to be here today! Although our Jiuquan army came with 400 people this time, but the general, you should send us more work, the green cavalry is the people around the festival, always let them guard for us, we can't get by. ”
Duan Ye secretly praised Hu Kai for really coming to trouble, but he still had to take precautions, if Song Hao really rushed out desperately, although his 500 people were all cavalry, he might run back to how much he might run.
At that moment, the hourglass on the ground showed that the predetermined time had arrived! Duan Ye immediately said loudly: "Brothers! It's time! Drums are playing! ”