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The cold wind was bitter, but the barbarian army was already in full swing.

Tushi Khan rode on a high-spirited tall horse and walked slowly past the neatly lined cavalry.

Everything is ready, success or failure depends on this battle.

The barbarian army naturally knew that this was their last battle. Once they broke the city, they would return with a full load, but once they failed, they could only leave the corpses of their companions and return north in embarrassment.

Although the state of Qin was in turmoil and the world was in chaos, the barbarians still knew themselves.

The troop dispatch this time was improvised, a tribal alliance, and they dispatched troops hastily in order to obtain spoils while others were unprepared. They knew well that under such circumstances, they had no ability to participate in the internal disputes in the Central Plains.

It's okay to take advantage of the fire, but it's absolutely not allowed to compete with all the soldiers and horses in the Central Plains.

Moreover, what they covet are only the rich property of the Central Plains, and they have no interest in the land and cities of the Central Plains at all.

The purpose of sending troops to Hexi this time was to plunder and withdraw quickly. They never thought of occupying the territory of Hexi and losing troops and generals under the city of Wupingfu. This was a heavy loss, which of course was unacceptable to all tribes.

If it weren't for Tushi Khan's forcible restraint and the idea of ​​digging tunnels, most of the tribes would have withdrawn their troops and returned to the north. This is of course because they can no longer bear such a heavy loss. There is another reason , It is also because in their view, the Northwest Cavalry is galloping across the grassland, and their nest is struggling under the Northwest Cavalry's butcher's knife.

Tu Shi Khan turned his head and took a look at the gray Wuping Fucheng, and with a "choke", he drew out his sabers from his waist. The barbarian soldiers immediately drew out their sabers, raised their sabers to the sky, and shouted in unison, the sound shook the sky, The momentum is amazing.

When the cries died down, Tushi Khan pointed his blade at Wuping Prefecture and shouted loudly: "Warriors of the grassland, all the gold, silver, treasures and beautiful women you need are in that city. If you attack the city today, , countless treasures of gold and silver and beautiful women are all yours to enjoy, but if you cannot enter the city, not only will you insult the prestige of the warriors of the grassland, but you can only watch your clansmen die and wound without gaining anything..., this This is your last chance, whether to become a hero that will be praised and sung by your descendants, or to be a laughing stock for future generations, depends on whether your sabers are sharp today...!"

Manqi immediately raised his scimitar again and shouted in unison.

The angry shouts of the wild knights spread to the top of the city. At this time, the defenders were also waiting in full force. The defenders standing near the top of the city gate ignored the shouts of the wild knights, but turned their eyes away. On Dingwu in armor.

Dingwu's armor was obviously polished and cold, but the expression on his face was extremely solemn.

"Soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty, I know you have worked very hard." Ding Wu said slowly: "The barbarians are about to attack again. Someone asked me if I can still hold this city? I just told him that it doesn't matter whether I can hold the city or not." , I will persevere until the end. Outside the city walls are tigers, wolves and barbarians, and inside the city walls are hundreds of thousands of people from our Great Qin Dynasty, many of them are your brothers and sisters, parents and family members..., A dignified man of seven feet, with a bloody heart, is to defend the family and the country. I am here, and Qin is here. Parents, wives and children are in the city, and the home is in the city. This battle is the real defense of the family. I can tell you that this is the last battle of the barbarians. Once they fail, they can only retreat north in embarrassment. You all know in your heart that their last battle must be to go all out. Unwilling to fail and return, what you will face will be an unprecedented fierce battle."

The cold wind howled, but the soldiers were all silent.

"I also tell you the truth, a city wall is very difficult to resist the enemy, what can really resist them is your perseverance, fighting spirit, and your determination to die." Ding Wu said slowly: "If the city wall breaks It doesn't mean that the city has been breached, because there is still your flesh and blood city wall."

The soldiers have already clenched their fists. Apart from the guards, there are still many strong men recruited from the city. If it were the past, the most elite guards in the empire would not look at these strong men from the corner of their eyes, but During these days, we lived and died together, and resisted powerful enemies together. The guards and these ordinary strong men have formed a deep friendship. What Dingwu said, although it made the guards look stern, it also made these strong men who participated in the resistance Blood rolling.

"Everyone, I just hope that we can share wealth and honor with you in the future." Dingwu said with a smile in the softest voice, and then pulled out the Tianzi sword. Without further words, he turned and faced the outside of the city. The trumpet sounded again, and amidst the low sound of the horn, the catapult carts of the barbarian army had already thrown stones towards the city.

This is their way of attacking the city.

The defenders at the top of the city also reacted quickly, and immediately dispersed to stand ready. They had experience and knew that the barbarian army would only rush up after several consecutive rounds of catapult throwing stones. , The destructive power is still not small, the city wall will certainly suffer great damage, and these blind stones will hit the top of the city from time to time, if you are not careful, you will be hit by the stone.

At this time, the defenders tried their best to avoid being injured by the stones.

The boulder whizzed out, and Tu Shi's face once again showed a smug look. This was his last chance, and it was also the one with the strongest confidence in his life.

When the ground army began to attack, a large number of barbarians had already entered from the tunnel. Tu Shi was very confident that as long as thousands of elite soldiers entered the city from the tunnel and attacked the defenders from the inside, it would be difficult for the Qin army to take care of both inside and outside. The emperor of the country will soon become his own prisoner.

Being able to capture the emperor of the Central Plains is something that the barbarians have never thought about, but this kind of thing that was once whimsical is very likely to be realized by myself now. When I think that I may make the emperor of the Central Plains kneel at my feet , I was even able to cut off the head of the Central Plains Emperor with my own hands, and Tu Shi's hands trembled slightly because of excitement.

The boulders were like rain, and the city wall collapsed in many places after the impact of the boulders, and the northern city wall was already dilapidated.

In this attack, Tu Shi Khan did not divide his troops. In the previous attack, although he dispersed the defenders, it reduced the strength of the barbarian army. Hit the North City.

He also thought that once the city was broken, there might be people fleeing out of the city, but he was not worried about it. Human legs are not as fast as horse legs, and he has cavalry under his command, so he doesn't care if someone can escape in this winter snowy weather.

The continuous attacks by catapults have destroyed the north wall. Naturally, Tu Shi knew that it was impossible to really flatten the city wall only by relying on catapults, and just like last time, a large number of catapults had already When something went wrong, Tu Shi Khan didn't hesitate any longer, and with a gesture, the horn sounded again, and the barbarian soldiers who had been waiting for a long time rushed towards the city roaring like waves.

This was their last attack, and no one was willing to end in failure. The barbarians were all up and down, their eyes wide open, their mouths roaring, and they went all out.

The offensive did meet with great resistance at first.

Although the barbarian army was attacking for the last time, the defenders in the city also knew that this was a desperate attempt by the barbarian army, and they resisted fiercely.

Tushi Khan always thought that his catapults were amazingly powerful, but soon he saw that the defenders' catapults were also astonishingly lethal.

In the past several times of attacking the city, it was rare to see the defenders using catapults, but this time when the barbarian army charged, they threw a rain of stones from the top of the city. , people turned on their backs, and there were many casualties.

At this time, Du Shi had already discovered that the number of catapults at the top of the city was far beyond his imagination, and just now he ordered the catapults to hit a shower of stones, which not only destroyed the north wall of the city, but also suppressed the defenders for a while. Come on, this made him high-spirited, and the feng shui took turns, but now the opponent used the catapult to attack the charging barbarian.

Of course he already understood at this time that when he was making careful preparations outside the city, the inside of the city was also making careful preparations. Since he could make siege weapons, the defenders in the city would of course make catapults during the war. The catapult in your own hand is more durable than the catapult in the opponent's hand.

The barbarians also knew that although there were endless rocks falling from the top of the city, the catapults had a certain range. If they were too far away, they would not be able to reach them, and if they were too close, they would not be able to exert their power.

Because of this, although the stone catapults at the top of the city continued to throw stones, the barbarian soldiers rushed forward quickly. As long as the distance from the city wall was shortened, the damage suffered would be much lighter.

Tushi Khan was concentrating on observing the battle, but suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes, turned his head and saw a few cavalrymen galloping towards him.

Before they got close, the cavalrymen on their horses rolled off their horses and ran over in panic.

Seeing this scene, Tu Shi Khan felt an ominous premonition in his heart. He only saw the cavalrymen in disheveled clothes and looked in a state of distress. After looking carefully, he suddenly found that the clothes on the two soldiers had been Before he could speak, Laiqi cried bitterly: "Tush Khan, big things... big things are not good, it's all over...!"

At this time, the battle was in full swing, and the barbarians were attacking the city with all their might, but this man spoke ominous words, and Tu Shi Khan was annoyed. He raised his horsewhip and lashed at the man, but the man did not dare to dodge and was caught. Tu Shi Khan whipped his whip a few times, then Tu Shi Khan shouted angrily, "What happened? Why are you so panicked? What's going on with you?"

The man was crying, "Tush Khan, we...we are going to attack the Northwest Army...!"

Before he finished speaking, Tu Shi Khan's face darkened. There were many soldiers from various tribes in the barbarians. Naturally, Tu Shi Khan couldn't recognize all the soldiers. When these people first came, Tu Shi Khan didn't see that they were sent to attack When the barbarians of the Northwest Army heard what the other party said, Tu Shihan said sharply, "You... when did you come back? Where is Ibrahimovic? Did you take Chu Huan's head off?"

"Tush Khan, Ibrahimovic...Ibrahimovic has died in battle, we have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, almost...almost the whole army is wiped out, and only...only three 400 people came back with me People, many people are scattered, and they don't know where to go...!" The man's voice was trembling, but his face was full of horror, obviously he hadn't come out of the panic yet.

Tu Shi Khan was stunned for a moment, but suddenly showed a look of rage, and slapped the man with a whip again, and shouted sharply: "Nonsense, what are you talking about? Ibrahimovic was killed? The whole army was wiped out? Are you out of your mind? Kicked by a horse, what are you talking nonsense here?"

Of course he couldn't believe what he said.

The barbarian army dispatched tens of thousands of cavalry, and the cavalry of the Northwest Army had already gone to the grassland. Tens of thousands of cavalry raided the Northwest Army. Even if there were some casualties, Tushi Khan still felt that he was sure of defeating the Northwest Infantry. These days, He had been waiting for Ibrahimovic's triumphant return, and even planned to hold a grand celebration together with Ibrahimovic's triumphant return after taking Wuping Fucheng.

But the person who came said that tens of thousands of cavalry were wiped out, and Ibrahimovic had also been killed. From his point of view, this is almost impossible.

"Tushi Khan, the Northwest Army has been prepared for a long time." A person next to him looked up at Tushi Khan on horseback, "They set up many traps, and...and they left empty camps on purpose to lure us When we entered the camp, those southern barbarians were in ambush on the mountain. After we entered the camp, they...they lit the camp, and there was a big fire everywhere. All our men and horses were trapped in the fire, and there were countless casualties. ...!"

Tu Shi Khan's eyes widened, he just felt incredible, but after hearing the details of this person, although he still couldn't believe it, he already felt that something unexpected happened to those tens of thousands of cavalry.

Although there were no members of other tribes among the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, such an unimaginable loss still made Tushi Khan dizzy, his chest was tight, he couldn't breathe for a while, his eyes were blurred, his body was shaking, and he was about to jump from the horse when he saw it. When he fell on his back, the guards beside him immediately reached out to support him, and worriedly said: "Big fellow...!"

Tu Shi Khan closed his eyes, and it took him a long time to calm down, his whole body trembling slightly: "Tens of thousands of horses, just... all of them were burned to death by the fire?"

"The fire burned countless people to death, but many people still rushed out of the fire." The muscles on the man's face twitched, his eyes were full of horror, and he said with lingering fear: "We haven't waited for us to recover. , and countless cavalrymen suddenly rushed over...!"

"Wait!" Tushi Khan raised his hand and looked at the man in amazement: "Cavalry? Are you talking about cavalry?"

"The overwhelming Northwest cavalry came suddenly. They cut down anyone they saw and showed no mercy. We just rushed out of the fire. At first we saw a group of cavalry approaching and thought it was reinforcements arriving, but... When they got to the front, it became clear that they were all Northwest cavalry." The barbarian's voice began to tremble, "They waved their sabers, trying to force us back into the fire, and countless brothers either died in the fire or were killed. They hacked to death...!" Speaking of this, obviously thinking of the miserable scene at that time, the tall barbarian suddenly burst into tears, and there were still many cavalry behind Tushi Khan, who also heard It's not clear what the barbarian said to Tushi Khan, but seeing him burst into tears all of a sudden, they were all astonished.

Tu Shi Khan stared blankly, unable to believe it for a while, and then said sharply: "Didn't the northwest cavalry go to the grassland?"

"They didn't go to the grassland, they were all lying in ambush on Panlong Mountain." The barbarians cried and said, "We were fooled, they knew that we would kill us, and set up many traps there...! "

Tu Shi Khan suddenly shouted loudly: "Teguzhe! Teguzhe!"

Te Guzhe was not far behind Tushi Khan at this time, and had already seen a group of wild riders running to Tushi Khan in a panic, as if they were reporting something, and then he saw someone crying loudly, feeling more and more Things are weird.

He is also a shrewd person. Although he is separated by some distance, he doesn't know what is being said there, but he thinks in his heart that he knows that it will never be a good thing. Shi Khan yelled loudly, and hurriedly patted his horse forward to Detu Shi Khan, "Big man, Teguzhe is here, what orders does Da Khan have?"

"Te Guzhe, Ben Khan asks you, where is the Northwest Cavalry?" Tu Shihan stared at Te Guzhe with a livid face and eyes like knives.

Teguzhe was stared at by Tushi Khan like a knife, and shivered, but he still said: "Khan, the Northwest Cavalry...Didn't the Northwest Cavalry go to attack the grassland?"

"Fart, fart!" Tushi Khan cursed loudly, furious, and raised his whip to beat Teguzhe. Teguzhe didn't dare to dodge, so he came down with the whip and hit his face, his skin was bruised immediately, "You told me Khan, the main force of the Northwest Cavalry went north to attack the grassland, Ben Khan believed your words, so he sent Ibrahimovic to take advantage of the weakness of the Northwest Army to teach them a lesson, but...but why did the Northwest Cavalry appear in Panlong Mountain?"

"Khan, it's impossible." Te Guzhe was taken aback, but he still bite the bullet and said, "I didn't find any trace of cavalry in their barracks, and...and the meaning of what Chu Huan said was already It was revealed that their cavalry went to the steppe...!"

"You bastard." Tushi Khan scolded, "How many cavalry does Chu Huan have? If all their cavalry have gone to the grassland, why are there so many cavalry in Panlong Mountain?" Pointing to the side, he came forward to report The barbarian shouted and asked: "Tell me, how many northwest cavalry are lying in ambush on Panlong Mountain?"

The barbarian immediately said decisively: "There are their cavalry everywhere, there must be no fewer than ten thousand cavalry."

Teguzhe sneered and said: "You are talking nonsense, the cavalry from the Northwest have all gone to the grasslands, you...you don't know why you were defeated, that's why you are talking nonsense here."

The few barbarians who escaped from the death heard that Teguzhe was still sophistrying, and immediately shouted: "Teguzhe, it was you who lied about the military situation and deceived Tushi Khan, so that we fell into the enemy's trap. We all I saw with my own eyes the Northwest cavalry appear on Panlong Mountain. They blocked all the roads. No matter where we rushed, we could see them..., Tushi Khan, if you think we are lying , you can ask the other hundreds of people who have fled back, all of us have seen the northwest cavalry."

At this time, Te Guzhe felt his hands and feet were cold.

Of course he knew very well that although Tushi Khan trusted him very much, compared to the testimony of hundreds of soldiers, Tushi Khan would certainly not choose to believe in himself.

He was also extremely horrified at this time. In fact, the northwest cavalry went deep into the grassland, which was the news he brought back.

He had always felt that he had seen through everything and noticed Chu Huan's plot, and he also knew very well that Tushi Khan sent Ibrahimovic to lead tens of thousands of elite cavalry to raid the Northwest Army's camp precisely because he believed this information.

The Northwest Army without the Northwest Cavalry is like a tiger without teeth in the confrontation with the barbarians. Of course, it will not be an opponent of the barbarians. Tushi Khan sent Ibrahimovic to sneak attack just because he thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. , The basis of this military raid was because Tushi Khan was convinced that the northwest cavalry had gone to the grassland.

If the northwest cavalry did not go north, the soldiers and horses led by Ibrahimovic undoubtedly surrendered themselves. Teguzhe knew that he was inescapable in Ibrahimovic's defeat.

"You idiot." Thinking that the tens of thousands of fine riders turned out to be self-inflicted, and they were all buried on Teguzhe's fatal intelligence, Tu Shi Khan suddenly became murderous, "You are being played by Chu Huan, and you think you are so stupid!" Clever, it made me tens of thousands of prairie warriors die in a foreign land...!" With sharp eyes, he shouted sharply: "Damn you!" Swinging a knife, he slashed at Teguzhe, but Teguzhe Wan didn't expect the sudden attack. Khan actually shot him to kill him, but before he could react, the head flew up.

Tushi Khan hacked and killed Te Guzhe, naturally he became angry from embarrassment.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that although the information was brought back by Te Guzhe, he had to bear the main responsibility for easily dividing up his troops and making a surprise attack without completely confirming the authenticity of the information.

Chu Huan played tricks on Teguzhe, but the information Teguzhe brought back made everyone believe it was true. In fact, if Chu Huan used Teguzhe's mouth to tease all the barbarians for a while, of course Including his sudden attack, if he really wanted to find out the root cause of being teased this time, it was not because he wanted to stabilize the Northwest Army and sent a special bone soldier to go there. If he hadn't sent someone to contact Chu Huan, this would not have happened. disaster.

Killing the general before the formation surprised the barbarians. Most of them didn't know why Tu Shi Khan suddenly launched a thunderous rage and beheaded the cronies around him.

"Where is the Northwest Army now?" Tushi Khan slashed and killed Teguzhe, then turned to look at the barbarians, "Did they send troops to kill them?"

The barbarians looked at each other, shook their heads, and one of them bravely said: "We... we fought to the death, just... just to report to Tushi Khan, non-stop along the way, day and night... ..., whether the Northwest Army is chasing after us, we...we don't know!"

Tu Shi Khan turned his head and looked at Wuping Fucheng. The two sides were fighting fiercely at this time. He knew very well that at this critical moment, if the Northwest Army really sent troops to kill them, the consequences would be disastrous. The only way is to break through the city before the Northwest Army arrives, and when the Northwest Army arrives, there will be no more chances, and suddenly raise the saber and shout loudly: "Warriors, charge up to me, if you don't break the city, you will never retreat!" In anger, he acted wildly and pushed the reserve team behind him forward. He was very anxious, eager to take Wuping Fucheng as soon as possible.