sinking into sand

Autumn is cool and refreshing, but at this time of the year there are frequent wars in the world, so we have to live up to the autumn colors of the mountains.

The Pingbei Guard came prepared. The south gate where Lin Si was stationed received the strongest attack from the very beginning. This is the southern gate of Daocheng, and it is also the largest gate. If this is broken, the Pingbei Guard will drive straight in , Daocheng is at stake.

Fortunately, in the past month, Daocheng has been prepared properly. The defenders kept throwing stones from the edge of the city wall, and there were arrows from time to time.The people in the city squeezed a lot of oil during the month of autumn harvest, and now it was boiling, pouring ladles from the edge of the city wall.

Strong oil and boulders, these things really suppressed Pingbeiwei's attack at the beginning. People continued to die at the base of the city wall, but no one could enter Daocheng at all.

In the afternoon, Pingbeiwei stopped attacking by force. Lin Si climbed up the city wall and saw Pingbeiwei changing formation not far away, and a group of people with bows and crossbows moved to the front.

Lin Si's pupils shrank sharply, and immediately asked everyone to cover.In just a few breaths of effort, a round of arrow rain will arrive.Pingbeiwei is indeed an army built by Yu Wangling with money, but they still use iron arrows.These bows and crossbows had a very long range, almost penetrating through all the houses near the south gate. For a while, many defenders were killed and injured, and the offensive of boulders and boiling oil stopped for a while.

Just as he was panting for breath, Ping Beiwei's formation changed again. Someone took out a battering log from the rear and began to attack the south gate of Daocheng.

"Hold on!!!" Lin Si yelled at the south gate, and before going into battle, he and the defenders stood against the big stone used to guard the gate.

Ye Wanwan learned about the situation of the battle in the city from Guan Lana, so she made a decisive decision and dispatched part of the main force to the south gate for reinforcements, and immediately resumed the offensive of throwing stones and boiling oil, and the two sides were at a stalemate again.

In the evening, after testing the capabilities of the Daocheng defenders, Pingbeiwei changed their attack strategy again. This time, they started using gunpowder.

This was obviously a way to come up with a good understanding of Daocheng's situation. Pingbeiwei divided into two teams and ran along the walls of Daocheng, throwing explosives every [-] meters.

Ye Wanwan and his party escaped by blowing up the city wall that day, and now they are repeating the same trick. Although they have made preparations to reinforce the city wall, there are no guarantees that there will be omissions, and they can only rely on fate.

The sky did not follow people's wishes, and when night fell, the city wall that had been blasted at the north gate collapsed again. Ping Beiwei heard the news, and the large army quickly moved to the north gate.

Ye Wanwan dispatched troops around the city to return to aid, her voice became hoarse from the roar.Guan Lan, Yu Sha and others rushed there with the wooden fence Si En had prepared in advance and the crossbow made by Lark.

Larry Lark is really the busiest person during this time. She not only has to assist in the treatment of injuries, but also uses her strange medicines to help make all kinds of messy props.

One of them is the wooden arrow that Yu Sha is holding now.

Wooden arrows, arrowheads coated with a cloud of powder that burst with rapid friction, producing noxious fumes.

Yu Sha rode a horse and arrived at the collapsed city wall before the Pingbei army arrived. He took an arrow and bent his bow, and the arrow shot straight at the throat of the cavalry entering the city with lightning speed.The cavalry fell from the horse, and in an instant, another arrow was shot, but it was aimed at the horse. The arrow exploded at the touch, and a blood mist rose up. The people who arrived one after another came into contact with the blood mist one after another. They all fell.

In the time Yu Sha gained, Guan Lan had already arrived with the wooden fence.Blocking the collapsed city wall with a wooden fence, and stabbing it out with a long spear, it can withstand the attack of the army.Seeing this, Ye Wanwan ordered people to fill up the entrance of the cave with large stones used to defend the city.It is absolutely impossible to let people break through, and then let people come for reinforcements on the other side.

The two armies fought until late at night, until the city wall collapsed and was completely blocked.Only then did Ping Beiwei realize that there was no hope of attacking the city today, and finally retreated.

Everyone was exhausted, and noticed that after Ping Beiwei retreated, Yu Sha could barely sit on the horse, his body shook, and he almost fell off.

Seeing this, Guan Lan got off the horse, and hugged him off the horse again, intending to tease him, saying, "I said earlier that your footing was unstable."

Yu Sha was so tired that she could only twitch the corners of her mouth slightly as a reply.

This is only the first battle, and it is already extremely difficult.

In the middle of the night, Si En counted the casualties in the city and the cost of defense equipment. After finishing the list, he remained silent for a long time. When he saw Yu Sha, the first thing he said was, how long will it take for Guo Hengzhi to go north to ask for help?

Yu Sha remained silent, because he really didn't know the answer.

Amidst the gloomy clouds, on the second day, it seemed as if God saw them too badly. Pingbeiwei's attack was far less intense than the first time. It seemed that it was just a small group of temptations, and it did not have the large-scale attack that surrounded the city on the first day.

Yu Sha smelled something from this strategy, and immediately went to see Si En.

"You said Xiang Feibai was leading the troops?"

When Si En heard Yu Sha's guess, he couldn't believe it, "Didn't he follow Yu Wangling all the time? I look like a clerk, how can I lead soldiers?"

"Yu Wangling is very suspicious of employing people. He would rather cultivate his own cronies than trust other generals who can fight." Yu Sha explained, "If he is the one who came to fight Daocheng, I probably know what he is thinking now."

Sean was curious: "What idea?"

"Consumption." Yu Sha answered succinctly.

"Xiang Feibai, it doesn't matter how much he aids and abuses. This person's heart is not bad, and he always leaves room for things. He organized such a large-scale attack yesterday because he thought he could attack quickly. Now there is strong resistance in the city. He will consume until Daocheng is powerless to resist, and then launch a large-scale attack."

Si En's eyes moved slightly: "So you mean..."

Yu Sha said, "We can play him a trick."

After that, for five or six days in a row, the Pingbei Army only attacked tentatively. Of course, he would also pick the time, often in the middle of the night, when people were most sleepy.But sometimes you prepare for him to attack at night, and he doesn't come again.

After being tricked like this for five or six days, the people in the city were also full of anger.Just waiting for one day to clean him up.

On the seventh day, Xiang Feibai led Ping Beiwei to attack the North Gate.

There was no wind or rain on this day, and the weather was clear, so it was natural to be able to see the situation on the city wall more clearly.After a morning of harassment, Ping Beiwei was delighted to find that the defense in Daocheng seemed to be less violent today.

The news was quickly spread to the camp behind Ping Beiwei.Xiang Feibai pondered for a moment, estimating the possible grain and armament storage in Xiadaocheng.Immediately ordered to launch a general offensive this afternoon.

They came to the city with the siege logs. First, there was a round of arrows. After confirming that the movement at the city gate had subsided, Xiang Feibai asked the infantry to carry the siege logs and go straight to the city gate.

Another violent attack came when they came under the city gate, and there was also a rain of arrows at the beginning.The lethality was extremely high, and a lot of people were killed or injured immediately.

Xiang Feibai knew that he had been tricked, and when he took a closer look, the bows and arrows used by those people were actually the ones he shot into the city when he attacked the city a few days ago.The quality of these iron arrows is so good that they can still be used after being cleaned by the Daocheng defenders.

This move was undoubtedly disgusting to him, Xiang Feibai became anxious for a while, and then concluded from these reused bows and arrows that there were not many defenses in the city.Immediately ordered to continue the onslaught.

The people of Pingbeiwei are not like the defenders of Daocheng. They have their homeland behind them, and there is no way to retreat.The natural selection of habits in the era of the vagrant army doomed them to be just a bunch of profit-seeking people.

Siege, win, and search the city, of course it is good.But if it is obvious that they are going to die, few people are willing to go.

Pingbeiwei's remaining prestige was still somewhat effective. At the beginning, some people still came forward to attack fiercely, but this time, within a short while, those boulders and boiling oil arrived as promised, which caught Pingbeiwei by surprise.

Only then did Xiang Feibai understand that the series of events today were all for him.It was too late to repent at this time, he made a mistake before the battle, the morale of the soldiers below dissipated, and they were no longer willing to attack.He lingered outside Daocheng until the afternoon before calling for gold to withdraw.

The movement outside the city is naturally clear inside the city.Si En finally showed his first smiling face in days, and felt that Ping Beiwei's internal laxity might solve the crisis in Daocheng.

"It's still early." Yu Sha was very pessimistic about it, "Think about Mu Yao."

Mentioning this, the smile on Sean's face dimmed.

Mu Yao, how did Mu Yao firmly control the refugee army and command Huizhou.

Blood, human life, and those who retreated will be cut.

In a few days, the Pingbei Guard stationed outside Daocheng beheaded many people.

On the second day, Pingbeiwei once again launched an extremely violent attack, which was the worst since the Battle of Daocheng.Tanmei; meat group _23; bell.Pomegranate 9"239=Pomegranate

Many talented people in the city died, and the man named Wang Zhongan also died.Leng Jue was seriously injured and could no longer lead the army, and everyone else was injured.

After counting the casualties again on the night, Si En asked the question again, when will the reinforcements come?

Yu Sha still had no answer.

Everyone has been exhausted from defending so far.All the soldiers who led the army hadn't taken off their armor these days. Even Guan Lan, a physical monster, was caught by Yu Sha one night and his hands were trembling uncontrollably.

They have a city and some equipment, which are nothing compared to their opponents.Being able to persist until now is already relying on the belief that there is no way to retreat.

Their only hope is Zhai Su or Guan Jingyue.But Zhai Su guarded the gate of Fengcheng, how could Guan Jingyue go south without passing Zhai Su.

So it's Zhai Su.

At this moment, Fengcheng.

Zhai Su looked at Guo Hengzhi and spoke with a cold and firm voice.

"I will not send troops."