My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 626 Sparks burst, flashing the night sky

News came frequently from the front.

Based on Su Chen's analysis of the situation at the three gates of Harabitos, the defenders' will to resist can be said to have dropped to the lowest point.

It's just a matter of time.

"No matter how Sakprut responds next, the army's morale is gone. The escape route at the north gate is the final straw that breaks the camel's back."

It was dark at night. Su Chen sat on a tiger-skin chair, his elbows on his knees and his chin propped up as he looked at the city wall in the distance.

Smoke was rising from the altar behind him. In the scene that others could not see, there were figures standing around Su Chen. Many emperors were Su Chen's strongest think tanks.

Although we let Han Xin do what he wants, we actually deduced and discussed every move of the other party.

"We should force the barbarians in the city and completely break their morale."

Li Shimin clenched his palms and punched the air hard. He saw the plan of being surrounded by enemies on all sides being completed step by step under their deduction. When it came to the end, who didn't want to see what the final result would be.

"Let's wait for Marquis Huaiyin to give the order. I have entrusted all the power to him." Su Chen did not listen to the emperor this time.

He just sat there, thinking about some things, and then asked Wu Zixun to summon Pei Min, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Division, through a secret signal.

Once on a military expedition, Pei Min would hide himself in the dark, becoming Su Chen's second line of defense, and hear the unpleasant bird calls made by Wu Zixun.

Pei Min walked out from the nearby shadows holding an ancient sword. He was wearing the same black robe embroidered with peonies as always, and the white coat on the outside fluttered slightly in the night wind.

Soon, he came to the ancestral coffin carriage, held his sword and bowed: "Pei Min greets Your Majesty."

"Commander Pei, I have something I need you to do."

"Please give your Majesty's orders."

Su Chen nodded, got up from the chair, refused Wu Zixun's help, walked straight down from the carriage, and stood beside Pei Min.

"During the previous siege, there was a man among the barbarians who could use thunder and lightning. Before he used thunder, he was quite similar to Zhang Jue, the national master of Great Xia. I suspect that they brought the national master with them, so I imprisoned him in the military camp in the city. When we attack the city at dawn, you take a few good fighters with you and sneak into the city during the chaos to rescue the national master!"

Pei Min raised his hand and arched forward: "Yes!"

"The city will be in chaos, Commander Pei, please take care of yourself." Su Chen patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you find the Imperial Master and discover that he is injured, you should first settle him down and then report to me."

Having said this, Pei Min bowed again and turned to leave.

"Commander Pei!" Su Chen called him over. Pei Min stopped and turned around: "Your Majesty, is there anything else you want me to do?"

"No... I just want to remind Commander Pei to be careful."

Hearing this, Pei Min was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled, saluted with his sword, then turned around and strode away. On the way, masters from the Embroidered Uniform Division kept gathering around him.

After selecting a few people, the rest retreated into the shadows with regret and continued to stay beside the emperor as secret guards.

Soon, the sky gradually brightened in the east.

The sky was covered with clouds, and as the morning light rose above the clouds, the sound of war drums began to beat "boom! boom!"

The sun shone through the gaps in the clouds, and the temperature rose and became hot. The Qingzhou army that blocked the south gate of Harabitos led the Satsuma vassal army to assemble. The siege equipment was slowly pushed to the side of the army formation amid the shouts of the civilians, awaiting the next order.

The wind blew across the field.

Han Xin, wearing double-breasted armor and a red cloak, stood on the chariot, his red helmet tassel fluttering slightly in the wind. He looked at the outline of the city wall in front of him, his face expressionless and his eyes filled with unknown emotions.

"Tell me, has the barbarian emperor on the other side figured out my plan of 'Besieged on All Sides'? If he doesn't understand... otherwise this strategy will lose some of its fun."

Han Xin held down the sword head with one hand, and suddenly spoke to the personal guards around him. None of the personal guards spoke in response, but kept their weapons pressed and looked towards the city wall.

"I hope that the barbarian emperor can understand. Of course, if he doesn't understand, there are still capable people around him who should be able to see it clearly."

Han Xin said again softly.

As he spoke, he slowly grasped the hilt of the sword with his hand that was on the sword head, and slowly pulled out the Han sword.

"Send the order, attack the city!"

……

Satsuma Imperial Palace.

The harassment and psychological warfare carried out by the Seres army for several days made the entire Sakpruit army feel anxious.

At this point, everyone, including Sakpruit, already knew about the conspiracy of the Seris people, but so what? There was no way to crack it.

Unless the soldiers' mouths are blocked or all the Seres outside the city are killed.

Now the soldiers in the city no longer have much will to fight, and no one in Sakpruit has much hope for the outcome of this war.

I even came up with the absurd idea of ​​just living one day at a time.

In the royal palace, the wise knight Gawain listened to the discussion of the crowd. He no longer participated in it. He had offered suggestions several times before, but they were all rejected one by one by Sackpruit. At this moment, his mentality was more inclined to watch the show.

"God, please protect our army and help us win this war."

Although he did not participate, Gawain still hoped that his team could win. However, his expression and eyes were filled with worry.

Inside the royal palace, four legion commanders and several knights gathered in the palace, arguing about whether to withdraw or continue to defend the city.

"Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer." The commander of the Fifth Centaur Legion looked at the silent Emperor Sakprut sitting on the throne, and advised him anxiously: "Yesterday, the people of Seris sang the famous ballad of Ophiro to arouse the soldiers' feelings of missing their families. They no longer have the will to continue fighting."

The other three legion commanders also spoke up: "...If we don't leave now, there will be no chance to evacuate here."

"Do you think that if you go out from the north door, you can return to the warm Ophelia? Back to our country?"

Sakprut finally raised his eyes and looked at the four legion commanders opposite him: "The Seris people deliberately left that place open so that you can't make up your mind to fight them."

He clenched his fists and stared fiercely at these useless legion commanders.

"And you actually wanted to go out through that door and fell into the trap that the Seris people dug for you!"

Just as Sakpruit's words came out, the faint sound of war drums came from outside.

Everyone in the palace felt the atmosphere freeze in an instant. The sound of drums coming from afar was the war drums of the Seres. It was not the first time they had heard it. It was the signal for battle.

"The war has started?!"

All thoughts and ideas came to a possibility almost at the same time. At the same time, the nerves of the Sakpruit soldiers on the city wall were stretched to the extreme. Some of them had been suppressing their emotions for a long time, and when the drum sounded, they shouted "Ah--" in fear.

Figures were running on the city wall, officers were shouting, and in everyone's field of vision was the spreading black line and countless siege engines being pushed forward.

dong dong——

dong dong dong-

The sound of war drums beat rhythmically throughout the world, and Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, with a solemn and majestic appearance, slowly raised the Han sword.

Under the black flag with a white dragon in the center army, Su Chen, wearing armor with mountain patterns, also raised the Sword of King Xia, and slashed down together with the raised Han sword in the distance in the sun.

Su Chen and Han Xin spoke almost at the same time. "——Attack."

The order was given, and the cavalry carrying the flags ran madly.

The order to attack the city was conveyed as quickly as possible. After a moment, the horns of war sounded in various military formations. The terrifying rumbling sounds of countless footsteps drowned out all the sounds in the fields and on the city walls. The earth was shaking.

The Qingzhou army took the lead in launching an attack south of Harabitos.

"Camp first!"

Le Jin put on a mask, carried an iron spear on his back, held a ring-handled sword in his hand, and ran into the crowd. He raised the blade high and shouted: "Whoever reaches the city first will be made a marquis!"

A rain of arrows covered the city in an instant.

The crowd of people were running, and the infantrymen responsible for defense all raised their shields and held them above their heads. Arrows hit the shields with a crackle, then bounced off, and some passed through the gaps and landed on people's feet or shoulders, bringing out a few cries of pain.

After the rain of arrows was over, the archers of the Qingzhou army who were running here also shot arrows at the top of the city wall among the crowd.

"Prepare!"

The sunlight shone on the mottled blood-stained city wall, spreading and diffusing. Following Le Jin's shout, the two camps of Qingzhou soldiers at the foot of the wall all threw down their shields. The soldiers holding the ladders pulled open the retracted ladders, and several people worked together to push the ladders to the top of the city.

One end of the iron hook was directly hooked onto the buttress.

The soldiers climbed up with swords in hand, like ants swarming up the city wall, madly rushing up. The Sakpruit soldiers on the top of the city wall no longer had the will to fight.

After the rain of arrows, the archers just shot randomly downwards, and the rest of the soldiers holding spears, shields and swords even had a sparse formation.

"kill!"

When the shouts of fighting began to sound from the top of the city wall, it meant that some Qingzhou soldiers had already climbed up the parapet. As the first one to climb up, he roared excitedly and swung the blade in his hand to chop on the shield.

In an instant, he was stabbed in the abdomen by a spear and pushed off the city wall by two Sakprut soldiers. With a scream of "Ah!", he turned into a straight line and fell from the side of the ladder to the foot of the wall.

The moment the Qingzhou soldier landed on the ground, more of his companions on the extended city wall threw themselves onto shields and spears, covered in blood and madly hacking at the nearby barbarian soldiers.

Arrows flew back and forth on the city walls, and rolling logs and rocks were lifted up by the Sakpruit soldiers and thrown down from the city walls like raindrops.

However, they were unable to stop the Qingzhou soldiers from climbing onto the city walls from different locations. The fierce shouting and sounds of fighting, mixed with the brilliant skylight, instantly raised the intensity of the siege to its highest point.

At almost the same time, numerous figures were climbing up the western wall of Harabitos like ants. Above them, there were dense arrows, covering the top of the city wall like a block of ants.

The wounded Sakpruit soldiers running shouted, “Hide!”

A rain of arrows arrived in an instant, crackling around, some pierced into the flesh and blood, causing corpses to fall, while more were nailed onto shields and city walls.

Ma Chao's Flying Qiang cavalry held bows and ran five meters outside the city wall, drawing their bows. Arrows would suddenly fly onto the top of the city wall from time to time, suppressing the archers on the city wall.

The Xiliang army below was extremely brave and had already stood on the top of the city wall. They formed into several small teams and were advancing forward madly.

Guo Si hacked wildly, and his armor was covered in blood.

"Xiliang boys, seize the city wall and kill!"

"kill!"

Dozens of Xiliang soldiers standing on the city wall are full of vigor and momentum!
To the east, the sound of fighting spread to the top of the city. A group of 5,000 Mongolian cavalrymen acted as infantry, climbing ladders and frantically attacking the city walls.

Outside the city wall that stretched for more than ten miles, densely packed Mongols like ants were frantically climbing up the ladders to the top of the city wall, and there were more upright ladders approaching from behind.

Arrows and ignited rockets were fired back and forth. Thick battering rams were pushed down by the soldiers defending the city. Several climbing figures screamed and fell to the ground from mid-air, their bodies unrecognizable.

However, the Mongolian light cavalry's offensive was like a tide, launching a fierce attack on the entire section of the east gate city wall, with Julu Lie among them, and they were the main force of the attack.

The degree of its madness was enough to terrify the Sakpruit soldiers guarding the city.

……

Han Xin kept looking at the gathering battle situation, while also observing the strength of the counterattack of the Sakprut army on the city wall.

"Just a little more... Let's add more fuel to the fire!" He raised his hand, "Pass my order, whoever kills the general will be promoted to general, whoever captures the city wall will be made a marquis!"

The siege on three sides is still going on.

On the south wall, Dian Wei finally got the chance to climb up the wall. Carrying two halberds on his back and with his huge body, he climbed up the ladder directly and reached the edge of the parapet in just a few breaths.

A spear was stabbing down from above, and he reached out and grabbed it, pulling his arm outward, throwing the Sakpruit soldier out. The moment he fell off the city wall, his big palm grasped the edge of the parapet, and a short "huh" came from his throat.

He exerted force with his feet, and with a snap, he broke a section of the wooden ladder. He then leaped onto the parapet. A shield was pushed towards him, and Dian Wei raised his hand and punched it.

The soldier holding the shield had no time to react before he was pushed backwards to the ground by the huge force. The iron shield covered with knife marks was dented instantly. The soldier smashed into the crowd like a cannonball, and there were sounds of bones breaking and flesh bursting.

"Ahhh!" Dian Wei pulled out the double halberds behind him and shouted excitedly like a bloodthirsty demon.

There were Sakpruit soldiers charging at him from all around, and Dian Wei charged forward directly. The halberd in his right hand chopped off the stabbing spears with a "bang". His huge body knocked the opponents away directly, and he crashed into the forest of spears rushing in front of him.

The double halberds were waving wildly, leaving pieces of flesh and blood in the crowd. Blood, broken flesh, and shrill screams were scattered as the spears swirled forward.

At this moment, the nerves of the surrounding Sakpruit soldiers finally broke down. They screamed hysterically and rushed towards the stairs of the inner city like crazy.

When there were people blocking the way, some soldiers swung their swords and slashed directly at them.

The sudden changes were actually expected by Daxia. The Qingzhou soldiers standing on the city wall did not try to intercept these barbarians who were fleeing.

Instead, they launched more deliberate and ferocious attacks, spreading the chaos further on the city walls.

The hacking Sakpruit soldiers ran around the city wall in disorder, brandishing their knives at their nearest companions. The officers lined up their men, but were also stabbed by someone unknown.

For a moment, the Oufeilu language spread on the city wall.

"We can't defend against the attack of the Seris people. Let's leave here and escape through the north gate!"

"Don't die here!"

All kinds of sounds rang out in the chaos, first from this side, and then from more sections of the wall. The terrified shouts of the Sakpruit soldiers spread like a howling camp on the top of the city.

Then, an avalanche of people rushed down from the top of the city.

These Sakpruit soldiers, who had long been unable to bear it, desperately squeezed down the city wall and spread the attack around the city in disorder and chaos. The Sakpruit Legion soldiers from the east and west were also heading towards the north gate at this time.

More than 40,000 people, together with the Satsuma people who were forcibly conscripted from the city, formed a huge wave!

……

After receiving the news, Sakpruit opened his mouth tremblingly and uttered with difficulty: "How did you do this?"

"Your Majesty, let's go!"

Lancelot rushed into the palace and shouted at the figure on the throne.

(End of this chapter)