Chapter 145

The Pingyuan Army retreated to the inner city wall, and the city defense equipment was abundant again, and the arrows were also replenished. When the barbarian soldiers wanted to rush to the inner city wall along the ladder, they were shot by the Pingyuan Army's sharp arrows. The ladder was narrow, and the arrows flew to hide. There was no way to hide. The charging barbarians were hit by arrows and fell off the ladder.

Seeing that the Pingyuan Army's arrow formation was powerful, the barbarian soldiers also began to fire back. Read the full text. They occupied the outer city wall, and the terrain was high, so they had an advantage in shooting. However, the Pingyuan army was on guard. When the barbarians started to fire arrows, the soldiers put up the door panels and other objects they had prepared in advance, and the barbarians gathered densely. The arrows missed a few people, but they were all nailed to the door.

The arrows carried by the barbarians were limited, and after shooting for a while, there were no arrows available. At this time, the Pingyuan army lowered the door panel, removed the arrows nailed to it one by one, and shot back at the barbarians with the barbarian arrows.

The commander-in-chief of the Besa Army thought that capturing the city wall would be tantamount to declaring victory for his side. Little did he expect that there was an inner city wall inside. The defenders occupied the inner city wall and resisted even more tenaciously.

At this time, the commander of the Besa Army was extremely angry and issued a military order that Hengcheng must be captured before nightfall at all costs, regardless of the number of casualties.

Under the order of Commander Besa, the entire barbarian army was dispatched. Even the heavy armored cavalry, which did not play much role in the siege, also went into battle.

Since the outer city wall had been occupied by barbarians, the city gate was wide open. Countless barbarians swarmed in from outside the city gate like ants, but just recently they were shot by arrows from the inner city wall. There were piles of corpses at the city gate. Luo, piled up like a mountain.

The addition of the heavy armored cavalry acted as human shields. They stood in front and were not afraid of arrows at all. With their cover, the barbarians successfully rushed to the inner city wall, crashing into the door and climbing the wall. , the battle once again entered a stalemate.

The ferocity of the barbarian attack could be said to be beyond the expectations of the defenders. Xiao Muqing had been fighting against the barbarians for many years and had never seen such crazy barbarian soldiers. The soldiers on the other side seemed to be crazy. He can also jump into the fire pit without hesitation, paving the way for the barbarians behind him.

When fighting against such barbarian soldiers, let alone the vast difference in numbers between one's own side and the opponent's, even if one's number is equal to that of the opponent's, one may not be able to gain an advantage.

Xiao Muqing stood on the city wall with a sword in hand, looking at the overwhelming enemy soldiers under the wall, frowning and silent.

As the barbarian soldiers advanced more and more, the barbarian soldiers gradually shot more and more arrows. Some were shot from bottom to top, and some were shot from top to bottom. The rain of arrows was dense, and from time to time, arrows fell from Xiao Muqing's body. Whistling past his side and above his head, the surrounding guards saw this and came forward to protect him. Qiu Zhen also walked quickly to his side and whispered: "General Xiao, the enemy's arrows are dense, please go down to the city wall to avoid it." !”

Xiao Muqing turned around and glanced at Qiu Zhen coldly, and said in a deep voice without expression: "The soldiers are bleeding and sweating in front of the battle, how can I retreat?! As long as I am here, the soldiers can fight to the death, if I am afraid If the enemy retreats, wouldn't it be suspected of shaking the morale of the army?" The implication is that Qiu Zhen's advice is to shake the morale of the army.

Qiu Zhen blushed at what he said. Without saying anything more, he took a few steps back and quickly descended the city wall with his guards.

In terms of foresight and foresight, Xiao Muqing is indeed inferior to Qiu Zhen, but when it comes to commanding the two armies on the battlefield, Qiu Zhen is far from having the general style of Xiao Muqing.

Xiao Muqing's stay on the city wall can indeed stabilize the morale of the army. Even the general can risk his own life and stay in front of the formation to command the overall situation. How can the soldiers below not fight to the death?

This is exactly what the saying goes: generals have the heart to die, and scholars have no desire to live.

The battle for the inner city wall of Hengcheng was much more bloody and arduous than that of the outer city wall. The attackers had received orders to die from the commander-in-chief and could only succeed but could not fail, while the defenders had no way to retreat and could only fight to the death. After a fight, the soldiers on both sides had no choice, and the battle naturally became more intense.

The outer city wall was ten meters tall and could not stop the barbarians, but the inner city wall was only six meters long, and the enemy still attacked from above and below, making it even more difficult to block.

Towards evening that day, the Pingyuan Army began to be unable to hold on any longer.

The battle has been fought so far, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Pingyuan Army. There is no one who is not wearing honor. The injured soldiers simply bandage their wounds and continue to fight. The condition of the barbarian army is not much better. The dead and wounded are no longer useful. To count the number of soldiers, we can only count them in terms of teams. If a team of soldiers goes up, they will be dead and wounded in the blink of an eye, and then another team will be added.

At this time, both sides had fought to the point of exhaustion and exhaustion.

However, the biggest advantage of the barbarian army over the plain army is that they have more people. Now they still have follow-up soldiers to fill the battle.

Just when the barbarian commander thought that he could break through the inner city wall of Hengcheng before nightfall, there was a sudden commotion behind the barbarian camp.

The commander of the barbarian army didn't know what happened. He was about to ask the attendants beside him to find out. At this time, a young soldier of the barbarian army galloped over on horseback. When he got close to the commander of the barbarian army, he did not dismount, but directly jumped from the horse. When he fell down, the guards around him stepped forward to support him.

The head coach of the Barbarian Army looked at the junior colonel and asked: "What happened to make you so panicked? (Mo, the following is omitted)"

"It means... Commander, no, there is an enemy sneak attack from behind our battalion!"

In Besa, all commanders above the army level are collectively called commanders. The identity of the commander who led the troops to Pingyuan County was not simple. He was the younger brother of King Besa, Knis von Poulos. von was the family name and could be omitted. He is the Duke of Besa, one person is inferior to ten thousand people. If he had not been disturbed by the harassment of the Plains Army, he would not have been able to lead the army in person.

Hearing that there was a sneak attack from the enemy behind the camp, Kenis was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. Why were there enemies behind him? Where did it come from? His first reaction was to withdraw his troops quickly. The camp is now empty and there are no troops available. If the enemy breaks through our camp and cooperates with the defenders of Hengcheng, our situation will be bad.

He asked urgently: "How many enemies are there?"

The junior high school student vomited, stretched out a finger, and stammered: "There is... there is someone!"

"What?" Kenis poked his head, wondering if he heard wrongly. Was there only one person on the other side?

"The enemy is one person!" the principal said with certainty.

Kenis could hear clearly this time, and his nose almost became angry. There was only one enemy? So what are you afraid of? His face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly: "Only one enemy came to scare you like this?"

"The people coming are very powerful, we can't resist..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kenis turned his head and said to the deputy captain of the guard beside him: "Take some people to capture the incoming enemy. Remember, you have to keep them alive. I will see for myself who has the courage to do so." Break into my camp alone!"

"Yes! Your Majesty the Duke!" the deputy guard captain agreed, jumped on his horse, and then waved his hand and took away more than a hundred mounted guards.

These guards are not ordinary barbarians, but Duke guards. The most elite among the barbarians. Only one person came from the other side. The deputy guard captain led more than a hundred guards to capture him. It was a sure thing, but What he didn't expect was that these people never came back and disappeared like stones after leaving.

The chaos in the barbarian camp did not subside. Instead, the sound of fighting moved from the end of the camp to the front. While Kenis was waiting for the news, a barbarian soldier covered in blood galloped towards him on horseback. When he got close to him, he dismounted in panic. , said sharply: "The guards sent by the Commander were all killed by the enemy!"

"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Kenis, who was sitting on a chair looking at the battlefield in Hengcheng, suddenly stood up, his eyes widened, and shouted loudly: "They were all killed?" This was something he thought was wrong. What is very unbelievable is that there is only one person on the other side. How could he kill the deputy captain and hundreds of guards he sent?

He paused for a moment and then asked: "Is there only one person on the other side?"

"Yes...yes, Commander!"

Only one person...how can he be so powerful? ! Kenis was also a little dumbfounded at this time.

He was still stunned when suddenly, a horse jumped out from the barbarian camp to the east of him.

Because the distance was too far, Kenis couldn't see clearly, but only one person on the other side saw it.

This man was holding a long weapon and riding a tall horse. Behind him, there were hundreds of barbarians chasing him.

They said they were chasing, but in fact they were just following. Those barbarian soldiers didn't dare to move forward at all. They just followed the knight and watched from a distance.

After rushing out of the barbarian camp, the knight paused for a moment and then rode towards the gate of Hengcheng.

His speed was not fast, but the pursuers behind him just didn't dare to get close.

The barbarian soldiers attacking the city seemed to have discovered that a Feng Ren, who was not one of their own soldiers, was approaching. The barbarian soldiers at the end of the formation immediately rushed towards the knight.

That group of barbarians, numbering in the hundreds, was so dark that they rushed towards the knight, as if they could drown him in the sea of ​​people in an instant.

Kenis, who was watching from a distance, raised the corners of his mouth and clenched his fists subconsciously.

But at this moment, the knight's weapon suddenly glowed with light, and then he aimed at the many barbarians who were charging towards him and picked it out from bottom to top.

Buzz!

Kenis was so far away from the battlefield, but he could vaguely hear the sound of spiritual energy breaking through the wind in his ears.

I saw countless spiritual waves flying out as the knight waved his weapon. The number of spiritual waves and the wide range of attack were overwhelming. Hundreds of barbarians were the first to be hit by the chaotic spiritual waves. There was no one visible on the field, only flying dust, mixed with streaks of blood, and the faint screams of the soldiers could be heard in the ears.

Soon, the spiritual wave passed by, the flying soil dispersed, and the dust settled. Looking at the field again, there was no intact barbarian soldier. These hundreds of people seemed to have fallen into a meat grinder. The armor was all broken, and the ground was covered with flesh, blood, and corpses. The blood dyed the ground red.

Seeing such a scene, the barbarian soldiers and generals who were watching were dumbfounded, the guards and the captain of the guard were dumbfounded, and even Kenis was dumbfounded.

I don't know how long it took, but he slowly squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Ling...Ling is chaotic? Extremely!"