Peony Overlord [Rebirth]

Before dawn, Liu Long, the deputy commander who was ordered to guard the south gate of Chifeng, put on his iron armor, opened the curtain of the camp tent and came out to rinse his mouth. , so I also dislike the Mu family and the Shi family the most. Although they don't have much knowledge, they are passionate, powerful, and loyal, and they are devoted to Xing Yanping. The reason for being at the south gate.

However, a few days ago, the barbarians made a surprise attack from the south. At that time, there were not many soldiers who came to make a surprise attack. It seemed that they just came to test whether the south could make a surprise attack. At that time, Liu Long only used half of the elite soldiers stationed to repel them all. No barbarians have ever come to the gate. The south gate is near the Chitian Liangma Road, and the east of Jiuyuan is surrounded by the Tongtian Tower. The raid from the south can only go around from the west. The risk of turning back the elite soldiers is a bad idea.

So Xing Lingjun sending Liu Long to guard Nanzhen is actually cutting off his military power to lead troops in the front line. Liu Long himself knew that he refused at first, but when Xing Yanping asked for an explanation, Xing Yanping also agreed with Xing Lingjun's approach In desperation and resentment, Liu Long had been guarding the south gate since the barbarians attacked, waiting for the spies to report what happened on the front line.

Liu Long spit out all the water that had been gurgling in his mouth for a long time onto the rocky ground under his feet, and he breathed out white gas. On a fine day, the stingy ones didn't even leave a star, like a black and heavy cauldron on their heads, very annoying.

The surrounding tents have been lit up one after another, and those who watched Shichen's night training should also come back.

"Have they come back yet?" Liu Long poured a bowl of wine to warm up his body, and the acrid liquor slid down his throat into his stomach. The torches outside the tent ignited some heat, but his face was still numb from the cold, and he tried to sniff his nose. .

The soldier beside him glanced at the dark and towering city wall not far away, and rubbed his hands together: "It seems that the time is coming soon, it's winter, and it's getting late today, in order to take a closer look, look at it." It's too late to come back."

After drinking a bowl of wine, Liu Long's whole body became warm. He stretched out his thumb to wipe the snot from his nose, and smashed his mouth: "His grandma stays in this damn place, and besides patrolling, she is exposed to the wind all day long. I can't even move around, I'm so fucking aggrieved!"

It’s not the first day he’s said these complaints. He wakes up in the morning and pays in the evening. He can say them a hundred or eighty times a day. The people around him are used to hearing them, and they know how to say something to please him: “The general values ​​important people. , that’s why the Lord is here to guard the city gate, isn’t it?”

"Bah!" Liu Long spat: "She values ​​me? She just doesn't want to use me."

It can be said that Liu Long's violent temper has eased a lot.

"Return to the deputy commander, the previous batch of inspectors are back." A soldier ran not far away and reported to Liu Long.

Liu Long nodded and waved his hand: "Let's prepare for the next wave."

"Yes." The man got the order and ran to inform without stopping.

The stones under his feet were rubbed loudly by his boots. Liu Long put the bowl on the original stone table. He didn't have much money here, so this was the only bowl. He brought it from the mansion, and he cherished it very much. There was still an arc in the sky. It was the time of war, and it was winter again. It was this time, and there was no sign that the sky was going to light up.

At this time, their food and grass in Jiuyuan can only be self-sufficient. Although Jiuyuan has a large land and abundant resources, it is full of wasteland without grass in winter. Sand is everywhere, which is why they want to attack the Central Plains.

This winter is more difficult than last year.

"It's not good!!! The barbarians kicked in!" A heart-piercing cry from the city wall not far away pierced through the long night, and suddenly a long arrow shot directly at the exposed necks of the soldiers around the camp. One, two, instantly turned into countless arrows. In the dark night, we couldn't see the rainy arrows clearly, so we couldn't dodge them. They fell from the towering city walls and killed the Xingying Army in Jiuyuan without any mistakes.

"What's going on! Why didn't the sentinel report it!" Liu Long was caught off guard by the sudden change, so he hid and shouted, and ran towards the city wall, but their camp was not close to the city wall, and they couldn't run two steps at all. Forced back by Arrow Rain.

The soldiers who ran back from near the city wall were wounded and shouted: "They crawled in along the ditch that drained from the corner of the wall and killed our men! Pretending to be the Xingying army who came back from inspection, they ran up the city wall and killed the sentries! Now we are preparing to open the city gate!"

"What?!" Liu Long broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the last few words.

His heart was beating fast. Since the beginning of the war, the barbarians had always set their attack targets on the north side, while the south side almost never thought about it, so there were not many soldiers on the south side, and this battle happened too strangely!From the very beginning, the barbarians focused on the south, where there were few soldiers and easy to attack, and attacking the north was just a cover!

"Quick! Order people to go to the north to ask for reinforcements!" Liu Long shouted loudly.

"Already gone!" the soldier shouted again.

Jiuyuan is wide, and the distance between the north and the south is thousands of miles. If you wait for the reinforcements to arrive like this, the gates of the city will have been trampled to death by the barbarians. It must be done faster!

Liu Long picked up the stone table beside him and blocked it in front of him. He said to the brothers beside him, "If you are not afraid of death, come up to the city wall with me! Those barbarians must not be allowed to open the city gate."

In order to provide support more quickly, beacon towers were set up on the north and south city walls. As long as they could climb up and light them up, it would be faster than spies going back and forth to notify them!

They had no choice but to rush forward against the rain of arrows, surrounded by corpses, screams one after another, the sharp crossbow arrows pierced through the leather armor and scale armor almost instantly, this is completely different from the last time the barbarians attacked the city !They shouldn't have these things!Ballistas and crossbows. Arrows are large siege weapons that are not common in Jiuyuan. Where did the barbarians wander around in the desert all day to get these things? !

Liu Long couldn't think about it at all, a coldness spread from his heels to the back of his head, the tent behind him was shot into tatters by crossbow arrows, more and more corpses were on the wasteland, the city gate hadn't been opened yet, Xing Xing on the city wall The Eagle Army is still fighting bravely, he must go up the city wall!This is the only way for Jiuyuan not to be breached!

"Flint—" Xing Yingjun, who was already in a mess, screamed as if seeing some huge monster.

The dense crossbows and arrows flying around him disappeared, and Liu Long's ears began to buzz hummingly. He couldn't hear or see clearly, and couldn't recognize what the soldiers beside him shouted. What he saw was the towering city wall that was close at hand.

boom---

Fiery flints fell from the sky, ruthlessly smashing all the dilapidated tents, and the soldiers who were still resisting scattered in a swarm. The huge flints ignited the tattered cloth strands around them, and the fire between the sky and the earth circled like a snake.

Catapult!

They were so well prepared!The target of these barbarians is really the Nancheng Gate!

What a slap in the face, he was so fucking caught off guard!

Liu Long could barely feel any intuition in his arms. His right ear was just shot by a crossbow. Fortunately, he dodged in time, but half of his ear was still torn open. Hot blood stained his neck and flowed into his neck. Armor, he walked down to the city wall step by step in disgrace, threw the stone table on the ground, didn't have time to care about his arms, and turned his head to look at the soldiers who came with him.

None left.

The crossbow and arrow attacks disappeared, replaced by unstoppable flints, they were thrown in intermittently from outside the city wall, and they wanted to devour all the south of Jiuyuan with their flaming flames!

He didn't dare to stay any longer, and climbed up the city wall with trembling legs. There were many soldiers fighting on the city wall. Some of them wore the armor of their Xing Ying army, but they chopped down the Xing Ying army. It was obvious that they crawled from the water channel during inspection Come in spies!

Liu Long drew his knife and slashed, cut off the winding ladder on the city wall, and was still climbing towards the city wall until the barbarian kicked and smashed to the ground together with the ladder, shaking out a pool of brains.

However, it is impossible to cut down at all. Looking around, there are ladders all over the towering city wall of the company commander!

Why haven't the reinforcements come yet!

Although the north and the south are far away, it is time to arrive as soon as possible, but against the dark sky at this moment, Liu Long overlooks Jiuyuan, and the flames of war are raging in the north, but under his eyes, the flames are spreading more and more open, Xing Yingjun's brave resistance It was just a drop in the bucket. He turned his head and looked outside the city. The huge catapult was loaded with flint, and the ballista was abandoned. It was obvious that they had run out of crossbow arrows, and the barbarians who came here were less than he imagined, maybe Their general thought that they didn't need so many soldiers to attack the south gate, but if the reinforcements arrived, their attack would fall short!What is it that makes them so confident that they must do it? !

There seemed to be a vague answer in Liu Long's mind, but he couldn't think about it at all. All his hopes were pinned on the reinforcements. He had to light the beacon tower. This was their only way out!

The beacon tower was not far away, and the pain in both arms from being unconscious just now to the current unbearable pain, Liu Long only took a knife to pass all the way, and forced a bloody path from the city wall.

bang—— bang——

The city wall seemed to be able to feel the shaking, Liu Long was shocked, and he looked back dreamily.

Siege engine? !

A thick log was hung by an iron chain on the huge vehicle body, and it was tied with hemp rope in front of the log. There were not many barbarians in front of the catapult, and all of them were concentrating their firepower to slam into the city gate!

be cheated!

They thought from the beginning to the end that these barbarians were going to go up the city wall to open the city gate, and all the Xing Ying troops rushed towards the city wall desperately, but who knew that they were just distracting the city gate from the outside when the resistance was weakest? !

"Quick! Block the city gate!" Liu Long yelled downwards, and immediately ran to the Beacon Tower after shouting, wanting to light it up, but he froze in place as soon as he arrived. !

They are doomed to lose this city defense battle!

"Report——" Liu Long turned around and went down the city wall, only to see that there was only one soldier coming on horseback in the distance. He seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and fell off the horse the moment he arrived, trying his best to face Liu at the last moment. The dragon shouted: "Reinforcements—when the reinforcements came, they were ambushed by the enemy in Drow! There were heavy casualties—"