Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 456: Jia Xu is shot by an arrow, Ma Chao's test
For such a long time, Ma Chao had not used the elite troops in the army to attack the city, but only used slaves to consume their resources. Who would have thought that he would do this unexpectedly today!
Obviously he wanted to catch them off guard!
City defense is not an easy task. Once a gap is opened, it will be difficult to fill it. This is the reason why a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole.

"Don't mess up the formation!!"

Gao Lan roared, and swept the iron spear in his hand, directly knocking the four rebels away!
But just this momentary delay allowed another dozen rebel soldiers to attack the city wall!

These people do not seek to kill the enemy.

They simply used the weapons in their hands to force the Han soldiers to retreat so that the friendly troops behind them could continue to pour onto the city walls!

After days of fighting, the Han soldiers on the city wall were too tired. Although they tried their best to wield their weapons, their performance was still not as good as usual.

Even a brave general like Gao Lan felt extremely exhausted after several days of fighting, let alone ordinary soldiers?
More importantly, this is about defending the city wall, not fighting on the battlefield. Gao Lan cannot display his fierce martial arts, and he also has to take care of various parts of the city wall.

This is not something that can be solved by individual bravery.

It depends on the overall coordination!
The elite rebels had been preparing for this attack for a long time. Compared to their abundant energy, the Han soldiers looked much more tired.

It is not difficult to guess what the hand-to-hand combat between the two would be like. Even if there was a gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides, it would be difficult to make up for the gap. What's more, the rebel soldiers who first attacked the city wall did not take the offensive at first, but instead took a defensive stance.

They tried to establish a 'point' on the city wall so that subsequent rebels could continue to pour in and form a new front with them.

But only a moment later, when the number of rebels on the city wall was about dozens, they immediately switched to defensive attack, further forcing the Han army on the city wall and occupying more areas.

This is the usual siege tactic!

The Qiang people did not know this. It was obvious that these rebels had been taught and trained by Ma Chao and knew how to attack the city.

The only way to break it is to prevent the other party from establishing this "point". There cannot be any negligence, otherwise it will be like a flood bursting the dam!

Many exhausted Han soldiers were killed by the enemy.

But what is incredible is that every Han soldier, knowing that they were about to face death, chose to die together with the enemy without hesitation!
“I’m fucking you! Go to hell, ahhhhhhhhh——!”

After a Han soldier was pierced through the chest and abdomen by two spears, his eyes turned red, he spit out blood and rushed towards the enemy with a roar!

Then he hugged two rebel soldiers and fell to the foot of the city with them!

This was not an isolated case. More Han soldiers, knowing that they would die, chose to use all their strength to control an enemy soldier.

Then let the friendly forces pierce the enemy's body along with him, or fall off the city wall with the enemy in their arms, exchanging their lives!
Extremely tragic!
The heroism of their comrades greatly inspired the other soldiers on the city wall, making them even more fearless and courageous!

“Get on top!!”

Gao Lan roared and led a dozen Han soldiers to rush towards the area occupied by the rebels!

I saw that every move he made was extremely powerful.

It even made a sharp sound of breaking wind!
All the enemy soldiers who were touched by his iron spear died on the spot, no one survived!
It’s like the devil from heaven descending to earth!
Gao Lan's bravery had already attracted the attention of several rebel crossbowmen who had already climbed onto the city wall. Seeing this, they immediately fired several crossbow arrows at him!

But Gao Lan had been keeping an eye on the crossbowmen while fighting. When he saw the crossbow arrows coming, he was about to dodge immediately, but at this moment he suddenly noticed a petite figure out of the corner of his eye.

Under a wall.

A little girl was curled up there, her face full of tears and fear that was hard to hide.

It was the little girl who distributed food!

"Why hasn't she left the city walls yet?!"

Gao Lan's face changed, but he didn't have time to think. After gritting his teeth, he stood in front of the little girl without hesitation!
The little girl only felt that there was a tall figure in front of her.

She looked up subconsciously.

He saw a burly general covered in blood and with a menacing look in his eyes standing in front of him.

It was the general whom she disliked for being ugly.

"Walk!!"

Gao Lan gritted his teeth and spat out a word, then turned around with his gun in hand and continued to fight a bloody battle with the enemy!

The little girl saw three arrows sticking out of his back!

"General!!"

The other Han soldiers around were horrified.

Gao Lan raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. Instead of falling down, his eyes became more ferocious, and his expression became more hideous and terrifying.

He stared at the enemy troops climbing up the city wall in the distance, and then roared:
“Kill him!!”

All the soldiers' eyes were red, and they burst out with boundless fighting spirit and strength, following Gao Lan and charging at the enemy! !

Until death!

……

The battle did not end until the evening. Faced with the fierce attack of the enemy outside the city, the defenders used ten rounds of powerful crossbows to shoot and kill all the rebels who climbed onto the city wall, and only then did they save the situation.

Gao Lan made great contributions in this battle to defend the city.

If it weren't for his bravery in fighting, the western wall, which was under the most pressure, would have been captured by the rebels. However, he also paid a heavy price for this, as he was hit by three crossbow arrows in the back.

He continued to fight bravely despite his injuries and only accepted treatment from a medical officer after completely repelling the enemy.

After the medical officer saw Gao Lan’s injuries.

I couldn't help but my eyelids twitched.

Because Gao Lan had been fighting with injuries, the violent movements had torn the wounds, so he looked a little scary.

"Is it serious? Will this injury affect the next battle?"

Gao Lan looked at the medical officer and asked with raised eyebrows.

What he cared about was not the severity of his injuries, but whether it would affect his ability to continue fighting.

The medical officer was very impressed when he heard this.

"Don't worry, General. Fortunately, we have armor to block the crossbow arrows. They didn't penetrate deep into our bodies or hit our vital parts."

"I will pull out the crossbow arrows and apply some wound medicine later, so as not to affect you from continuing to fight."

The medical officer replied sternly.

He didn't say anything about asking Gao Lan to have a good rest. Now that the war was ahead, every soldier was fighting hard.

There was no way a brave general like Gao Lan would be willing to stay in the city to recuperate, so he could only do his best to alleviate Gao Lan's pain and injuries.

Thanks to the Han army's strong armor, the three crossbow arrows did not penetrate too deeply and did not injure the lungs. Only the arrowheads penetrated.

"Good work."

Gao Lan nodded when he heard this and let the medical officer start treating his wounds.

But at this moment, a petite figure suddenly stood in front of him, and he subconsciously looked up.

The person standing in front of him was none other than the little girl he had rescued before.

The little girl looked at Gao Lan, with worry and guilt in her eyes. After hesitating for a long time, she timidly said, "Are you okay?"

She clearly saw in broad daylight that Gao Lan was hit by three enemy arrows in order to save her.

I didn't have time to say thank you at that time.

So after the war, she went to the city wall to distribute food to the soldiers, and also to look for Gao Lan.

Thank you to this general who looks a little fierce but is actually very kind.

Gao Lan knew what she was talking about, so he waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "It's just a minor injury, it's nothing." "Go back as soon as you finish distributing the food, don't stay here any longer, and be more careful next time."

Gao Lan was really not used to dealing with children, so after the medical officer finished applying the medicine to him, he got up and left.

"and many more!"

But the little girl called out to him, then quickly took out a water bag and a portion of food from her small basket and put them in Gao Lan's hand.

"Thank you……"

The little girl hugged Gao Lan with a blushing face, then turned and ran away, her pigtails bouncing up and down in the glow of the setting sun.

Very beautiful.

Gao Lan stood there in a daze. He looked in the direction where the little girl left. On the long city wall, citizens of the city were distributing food to the soldiers.

There is a look called "hope" on everyone's face, full of vitality.

He looked down at the dry food in his hand, said nothing, and just silently took a big bite to replenish his strength.

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But at this moment, Gao Lan suddenly saw Yuan Xi walking past him, his steps were hurried, without any of his usual calmness, and there was a deep look of worry on his face.

Didn't even notice his presence.

"What happened?"

Gao Lan reached out and grabbed Yuan Xi, then asked.

Yuan Xi rarely shows such an expression.

Yuan Xi stopped and saw that it was Gao Lan. He couldn't help but sigh and said in a deep voice: "Something happened to the Minister of the Central Secretariat!"

"what?"

Gao Lan's face suddenly changed when he heard this.

The Minister of the Secretariat was Jia Xu.

Something happened to Jia Xu?
Yuan Xi said with a heavy expression: "Today's attack on the city came unexpectedly, and the Secretary-General retreated a little slowly, and was accidentally hit by an arrow from the enemy... Are you injured too?"

He noticed the bandaged wound on Gao Lan's body.

Gao Lan shook his head and said, "I'm fine. How's the Zhongshu Ling's injury? Is he okay?"

Jia Xu is now the backbone of Chang'an City.

If something went wrong with Jia Xu, the already precarious city of Chang'an would be even more dangerous.

"It's unclear right now. I'm just about to go visit."

Yuan Xi said that he had just learned the news and was preparing to visit Jia Xu's house to see how Jia Xu was doing.

"I will go with you."

Gao Lan did not hesitate. He ate the pancake in his hand in a few bites, then hurriedly left the city wall with Yuan Xi and headed for Jia Xu's mansion.

……

Outside Chang'an City, Ma Chao's military camp.

"boom--"

Ma Chao slammed his fist on the table and angrily cursed: "We lost 3,000 elite soldiers and failed to capture even one wall!"

"What do your people do for a living?"

In preparation for today's battle, he had spent the previous ten days as preparation, hoping to take advantage of the Han army's paralysis to capture Chang'an City in one fell swoop.

But the result disappointed him greatly. Not only did he fail to capture Chang'an, but he also lost many of his own elite troops.

Although those who died were all warriors from various tribes and there were not many elite soldiers under his command, he still felt very angry.

Seeing the furious Ma Chao, all the tribes fell silent, not daring to speak.

Ma Chao became even angrier when he saw this and shouted, "Are you all dumb? You all know the consequences if Chang'an is not conquered!"

"Which tribe will send troops to attack the city tomorrow? Speak up!"

The leader of the Shaohe tribe hesitated after hearing this, and then said, "General Tian, ​​Chang'an is too difficult to capture. It is not as weak as you said before."

"We have been attacking for almost half a month, but we still haven't been able to break into the city. This shows that the defenders in the city are far more than we imagined."

"Even if we send out more elite troops to attack the city, we may not be able to capture it. Why don't we withdraw our troops?"

After a long period of unsuccessful siege, the leaders of various tribes began to waver in their idea of ​​conquering Chang'an, because if Chang'an was really short of troops, how could it have held out for so long?
It should have been conquered by them long ago just like Xiaoguan.

Their attacks were repelled time and time again, and it would have been impossible to succeed if they had not had sufficient manpower.

"Withdraw? What are you talking about?"

Ma Chao kicked over the table in front of him, drew the sword from his waist, and stabbed the leader of the Shaohe tribe across the neck, his eyes full of murderous intent.

"We've fought such a big battle this time, and so many people have died, and you're talking about withdrawing? Do you think war is a joke?"

"If we withdraw now, how will we make up for the food and fodder we lost over such a long period of time, as well as the casualties? How are you going to survive this winter?"

"Have you ever thought about how the imperial court will retaliate after this incident?"

He was really amused by the words of this idiot.

This attack is a desperate gamble. If it fails, we will die. Withdrawal is impossible. Fighting to the death is the only option!

The leader of the Shao He tribe felt the chill of the sharp blade on his neck and turned pale with fright. Seeing this, the leaders of other tribes hurried forward to persuade Ma Chao to calm down.

"General Tian, ​​actually what Chief Shao He said makes sense. If there are still many defenders in Chang'an City, we won't be able to capture it even if we storm it."

"We have been attacking Chang'an for so long. The Han army on the front line must have received the news and are rushing back. We are no match for the elite Han army."

"By then I'm afraid I won't be able to leave even if I want to."

The leader of the Zhong Qiang tribe persuaded them that although retreating now would result in huge losses, it was better than being surrounded and wiped out by the Han army.

Facing the words of the Zhong Qiang leader, Ma Chao's face was gloomy.

It took a long time before he retracted the blade.

Then he ordered: "Send a message to the garrison in Chang'an, telling them that if they are willing to hand over the queen and give them a large amount of money and food, I will withdraw my troops!"

The leader of Zhong Qiang and other tribes were overjoyed when they heard this.

Ma Chao was finally persuaded!

However, when Ma Chao saw their expressions, he sneered and said, "Don't be happy yet. I am not planning to withdraw my troops. I am just testing Chang'an's strength."

"If they flatly refuse, it means that there are still enough defenders in Chang'an City, so we can withdraw."

"But if they agree to the conditions, it means that Chang'an is already at the end of its strength. Continuing the siege will definitely lead to victory!"

His biggest question at the moment is that he doesn't know the situation in Chang'an City.

This is the easiest way to test it out.

If anyone in Chang'an City showed the slightest sign of cowardice, he would choose to continue the attack without hesitation!

(End of this chapter)