National color raw owl

The night is dark, and it is spring at any time, but the wind and sand at night are still not small.

Hezhou City has already implemented a curfew. The city guards guard the city day and night, and the people in the city, as long as it is dark, have to close their doors and closed their houses. People are forbidden to come and go in the streets and alleys. This is also to prevent Tianshan from sending spies into the city to spy. In order to prevent spies from causing disturbances in the city.

The soldiers of Hezhou City all knew that Han Ying was the defender of the city, but not many people knew that it was Pei Ji who actually presided over the battle, and Huang Yutan was mainly in charge of the logistics in the city.

The soldiers strictly guarded the gates of Hezhou City, while Huang Yutan organized young and strong men in the city as a logistics team to deliver supplies to various places at all times. Long before the Tianshan Army sent troops, Hezhou City was fully prepared. The materials are stored in the city. In addition to the necessities such as food, water, weapons, etc., these materials also have a large amount of gravel and logs, which are used to prepare for defensive battles.

Although Han Ying cut off his ears to drive them out, he didn't feel much hope in his heart for the defense of Hezhou, but he would never show his thoughts on his face.

Chu Huan trusted him a lot, and handed over Hezhou to him. A soldier would die for his confidant. As a soldier, for Han Ying, knowing that the opponent was strong, he had to show his sword resolutely.

He knew very well that once the battle broke out, there would be countless casualties, and even those who are still alive today, when they arrive at the station, many people may never be seen again.

His greatest consolation came from Pei Ji. Although the enemy is weak and the enemy is strong, there are many dangers, but since Pei Ji led the army, he has arranged it in an orderly manner. Calm, that is a kind of extreme calmness and composure, and Pei Ji's emotions always make Han Ying feel a kind of hope.

The night was dark, and according to Pei Ji's instructions, before the battle, except for the generals and soldiers on duty, the other soldiers must ensure adequate rest. Everyone knew that if there was a real fight, there might be no time to rest.

Although Han Ying was the general who defended the city, he also followed Pei Ji's order to rest early.

In the quiet night, two figures walked lightly on the roof, like civet cats, silently. When they reached the top of Han Ying's room, one of them bent down on the roof, silently removed a tile, and looked down at the house from a high position. There was deathly silence, and Han Ying could be vaguely seen curled up in the bedding, with armor and weapons placed beside the bed, apparently in a deep sleep.

The two people on the roof looked at each other, nodded, and then walked lightly to the edge of the eaves, their figures flickered, and they hung upside down under the eaves like two bats.

One of them took out a thin, cicada-winged knife from his bosom, carefully inserted it into the window slit, opened the window bolt quietly, and then flashed into the room like two ghosts one after the other.

There is no light in the house, it is extremely dim, one person is guarding by the window, the other is walking lightly to the bedside, holding a gleaming dagger in his hand, seeing the raised bedding, he is the real murderer, even if he cannot see Even the body under the quilt can accurately judge the other party's vitals.

The shot was clean and neat, without the slightest sloppiness, and the dagger that cut iron like mud was inserted into the bedding.

When the dagger was inserted, the man immediately changed color, his figure was like a ghost, he quickly backed up, and said in a deep voice: "No, there is no one below!" When the dagger was inserted into the bedding, he could of course feel whether the dagger penetrated into the flesh.

The other person also changed color suddenly, and immediately said: "Withdraw!"

The two of them came out through the window, and before they could stand still, they heard the sound of "whoosh, whoosh" incessantly. Come footsteps.

The reaction of these two people is also very sensitive. They have already seen a group of soldiers swarming in from the gate of the courtyard. The two of them are light and tall. They thrust their weapons into the wall together and jumped up with their strength. Among them, two figures fell from midair almost at the same time, but they were both shot by random arrows.

One person was shot at the vital point by random arrows and died immediately, the other person was still struggling on the ground, trying to get up, but before he could get up, several soldiers with strong backs rushed forward and held him down.

In the light of the fire, Han Ying, dressed in casual clothes, walked quickly, stretched out his hand to pinch the assassin's jaw, and before he could speak, he saw that the assassin was already bleeding from all seven orifices, and was already dead.

Han Ying frowned, heard the sound of footsteps behind her, turned her head, and saw Pei Ji walking slowly over. When Pei Ji was walking before, he was obviously limping, but now he was walking at a slow speed, although he was still slightly limping. Turning, but compared to before, it is obviously much smoother.

Luo Duo gave Chu Huan a gift of snow lotus from Tianshan Mountain as a wedding gift, but Chu Huan gave it to Pei Ji, and Pei Ji prepared it together with other medicines. There are signs of spring on dead trees, and the leg disease has been greatly improved.

"Mr. Pei, you are really clever." Han Ying cupped his hands and said, "Zhu Lingyue is indeed insidious, and he really sent someone to assassinate him."

"He has the Anti-Crafting Hall in his hands. They are all a group of desperadoes, so they will make full use of them." Pei Ji stared at the two corpses.

Han Yingdao: "We guarded for a few nights, and we really guarded this assassin. If Mr. Pei hadn't prepared for it, I'm afraid that the general will die in the hands of these assassins."

"Although Zhu Lingyue has a strong army and a large number of people, he came with the potential to win, but it is naturally desirable to be able to reduce losses." Pei Ji said with a smile: "General Han is the lord of Hezhou City. From Zhu Lingyue's point of view, he assassinated General Han." , The morale of the army will be shaken, and the morale of the city will be shattered, which will be beneficial to him and not harmful to attacking the city...!"

"Mr. Pei, judging from this, I'm afraid Zhu Lingyue is already preparing to attack the city." Another voice came from behind, it was Huang Yutan, the magistrate of Hezhou, who came forward slowly, "Send envoys first, then assassins, use both soft and hard tactics." , this set of tricks didn’t work, so we can only storm Hezhou City…!”

Han Ying nodded and said: "What Master Huang said is very true, Mr. Pei, if the assassin does not bring back the news at dawn, Zhu Lingyue must know that the assassination failed, and I am afraid that the city will be attacked."

"Siege battles have always been taboo to last for a long time, Zhu Lingyue naturally understands this truth." Pei Ji deeply agreed with what the two said, "Since other methods are useless, of course the only way is to siege the city." Wei Yi pondered, before saying: "Han General, I know all the generals, since there are assassins who can come to assassinate the general, then these two people are probably not the only ones in the city, so please be careful and strengthen your defenses."

Han Yingdao: "At the end of the day, the order will be sent down to tell them to be careful."

"In addition, send people to strictly protect the granaries and water sources in the city. Zhu Lingyue is insidious and cunning, and will do everything possible. Beware of them looking for opportunities to burn down the granaries, and even more beware of them poisoning the water."

"Don't worry, sir, we'll make arrangements for this at the end." Han Ying cupped his hands, then sneered: "Zhu Lingyue wants to take down Hezhou City, thinking it will be easy. When he attacks the city, let's let him see, what? It's called indestructible, and if we don't reach the city, we will lose our soldiers and generals with just a few trenches."

The sun is rising, and it is another fine day.

The sound of horns from the west made the defenders of Hezhou City tense. The soldiers at the top of the city had already seen the land in the west, and teams of soldiers and horses in neat formations were slowly moving towards Hezhou City. It is densely covered, and there is a tendency to overwhelm the top of Mount Tai.

At this time, the soldiers at the top of the city finally saw the horror of the Tianshan Army.

Although the Tianshan Army has a large number of people, their formation is extremely neat. Even if they march forward, they advance and retreat smoothly and uniformly. The individual combat capabilities of the Tianshan Army may not be the most brave, but their discipline is undoubtedly extremely strict.

The Tianshan army is like ants, spreading all over the vast land in the west of Hezhou City. The speed is not fast, but the momentum is indeed amazing. The defenders at the top of the city already feel a sense of suffocation in the chest.

Spears are like forests, short knives are shining, and stars are dotted.

At the head of the city of Hezhou, the archers have already moved quickly to the battlements, with bows and arrows and crossbow strings stretched. Rows of archers are like hedgehogs, as if erecting hard thorns all over their bodies, waiting for the Tianshan Army to approach.

In addition to the archers, ballistas and catapults are also prepared on the top of the city. This kind of catapult is not comparable to the large catapults used to attack the city. The area of ​​​​the city is limited, and the size of the catapult is not large, but its range is just outside the city. In the outermost layer of trenches, when trenches were dug outside the city, this kind of catapult was used to test first, and the distance was measured before digging.

Standing in the center of the city, holding a saber, Han Ying said loudly, "Without my general's order, don't act rashly, wait for them to approach, don't rush, don't rush...!"

As the Tianshan army got closer, the soldiers at the top of the city were breathing more and more quickly, but the blood in their veins began to gradually burn.

The Tianshan Army had already entered the battle, but Han Ying did not see the Northwest Army at Fuguiling. He could even look to the northwest and see the banners still flying on Fuguiling from afar.

With the sound of horns and the rumble of drums, the Tianshan Army was getting closer and closer, and the defenders at the top of the city were also ready.

"General, they... they seem to have stopped." A general next to Han Ying said suddenly.

In fact, there is no need for the generals to say that Han Ying has already seen that the Tianshan Army was two or three hundred steps away from the outermost trench, and they stopped suddenly and did not continue to move forward.

The defenders at the top of the city looked at each other, wondering what the hell the Tianshan Army was going to do.

The soldiers soon saw that the Tianshan army formation suddenly opened left and right, and several cracks were opened. Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the Tianshan army gourd, and suddenly saw a large group of people slowly walking out from the cracks in the army formation. When people came, Han Ying saw the group of people, their faces changed slightly, and their brows were already locked, but he saw that the group of people who came out of the army did not have armor on their bodies, but coarse clothes, and even a lot of people The clothes are rotten, obviously a group of ordinary people.

The number of this group of people is quite large, and they appeared one after another from the Tianshan army formation. In a blink of an eye, there were as many as 2000 people. What is even more strange is that these people are holding various tools in their hands, such as shovels, shovels, and hoes. And the feet, if they were not in the battle formation, people would think they were going to work in the fields.

The defenders at the top of the city were stunned for a moment.

"General, could it be... are they going to use the people to attack the city together? Or threaten us with the lives of the people?" The people don't seem to be forced... What's going on?"——

ps: I am pitifully asking everyone for some red tickets.