When Harun was extremely anxious, the ground shook and a large number of footsteps came from the east direction of the city.
Harun turned around and saw a large number of food soldiers carrying weapons and heading this way under the leadership of a general.
Running over, he immediately walked over.
"Your Highness, Manrad led 3,000 people to reinforce on the order of General Thomas.
Please give the order, Your Highness."
When the general leading the team saw Harun approaching, he immediately stopped and raised his hand to signal the army behind him to stop advancing, and then saluted Harun. said.
Harlan smiled and said to Manrad: "Okay, General Manrad came in time.
If he had come a little later, the northern city wall might have been breached.
Now I order, General Manrad, you take your The men and horses immediately rushed forward and formed a military formation to block the gap.
We must hold it, otherwise once the gap is occupied by them, they will be condescending and can rush down on us continuously, and the city will be broken sooner or later."
Manrad turned his head and looked at the gap where the bloody battle was taking place.
There were piles of corpses.
There were weapons, corpses, broken limbs, and tattered flags everywhere.
At this time, arrows were still being fired at this direction from outside the city, and they were rushing towards the place.
On the way to the gap, arrows continued to rain down, but if you rush up, you will probably be defeated.
He was shot on the spot, and there were not many of the Dashi soldiers left in the gap to resist the attack of the Western Qin soldiers.
If the Dashi soldiers here wanted to go over for reinforcements, they would be constantly shot by the arrows of the Western Qin army.
Reinforcements There is no way to go up.
If this continues, it won't be long before the Western Qin soldiers completely capture the gap.
Manrad suggested to Harun: "Your Highness, judging from the current situation, we are afraid that we will not be able to defend the gap.
The only way to survive is to destroy this place so that the Western Qin soldiers cannot rush over."
Harlan frowned and asked, "What do you think?"
"Your Highness, immediately send someone to prepare a large amount of kerosene and bring it over.
Have them rush up to the gap and pour it on the corpse.
The more kerosene, the better.
The only way is to let it all burn and start a fire like other parts of the city wall.
The Western Qin Army will not be able to rush in."
Harlan's eyes lit up after hearing this.
For senior officials like him and Thomas, today and tonight are the most difficult to endure.
As long as tonight passes, there is a high chance of escaping and ascending to heaven.
He immediately ordered the guards around him: "Quickly bring two hundred people to bring the kerosene.
Get it quickly."
"Yes, Your Highness" Zhang Huchen, who was buried under the pile of corpses, was finally picked out from the countless corpses by Ge Shu Jingye's men.
He had been buried under the pile of corpses and almost suffocated to death.
His unconscious body was carried to Ge Shu Jingye's face.
Li still held the sword tightly and wouldn't let go.
Ge Shu Jingye immediately stepped forward and asked: "How is he?"
A captain held his fists and said: "General, Lieutenant Zhang just fainted after being buried under the pile of corpses, nothing serious."
"Wake him up" "Yes, general," the captain agreed, took a water bag from his waist, opened the stopper, and poured cold water on Zhang Huchen's face.
Zhang Huchen, who was in a coma, suddenly shuddered, stood up, and was about to kill with a sword. .
Ge Shu Jingye immediately shouted: "Captain Zhang, calm down, you are safe now" When Zhang Huchen saw that it was Ge Shu Jingye, he relaxed, slowly lowered the sword he was holding, and asked: "General, has the city been breached?"
Ge Shu Jingye shook his head and said: "Not yet, the cannibals resisted too resolutely, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties.
Now we have the upper hand in the battle for the gap.
The general is preparing to organize a group of people to go over for reinforcements.
We must do it today."
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Enter the city" Zhang Huchen immediately raised his sword and asked for a fight: "General, let me take the lead with my brothers from the death camp."
Geshu Jingye was silent, his face was quite uneasy, and he turned his head to look elsewhere.
The other generals and soldiers around him were silent, with their heads lowered, and no one spoke.
Zhang Huchen was stunned, looked around at the others, and asked: "What's wrong?
Is there something wrong?"
A general sighed: "Captain Zhang, all the more than 300 people in the death camp have been killed just now, and you are the only one left.
If General Geshu hadn't insisted on sending someone to retrieve your body, I'm afraid that You have been suffocated to death among the corpses."
Murderous intent burst out on Zhang Huchen's face.
He held the sword and turned to look in the direction of the gap.
He suddenly cursed: "Just die, okay?
It doesn't matter if they all die.
Anyway, none of our people have clean hands.
He is a sinful person.
If he dies, there will be less harm in this world."
After scolding, Zhang Huchen turned around and faced Ge Shu Jingye, clasping his fists and saying: "General, give me another 300 people, and I will definitely enter the city this time."
Ge Shu Jingye was about to agree when a school captain next to him shouted loudly: "Oh no, the big eater set a fire in the gap, and the brothers were all driven down by the fire."
Everyone immediately turned their heads to look.
The expressions of Ge Shu Jingye and others changed drastically.
As expected, they saw thick smoke billowing from the gap and flames shooting into the sky.
The Western Qin soldiers who had occupied most of the gap just now were forced to retreat outside the city by the fire.
The fires in other places on the city wall are still burning.
Although the fire has reduced a bit, it cannot be extinguished in a short time.
Even if the fire is extinguished, the bricks on the city wall will have burned red, and the temperature will rise in a short time.
Can't come down
The expression on Geshu Jingye's face changed.
He sighed for a long time and said to the generals: "This fire will not be extinguished in a short time.
I ordered them to withdraw temporarily and wait here.
I will go and apologize to His Majesty."
Ge Shu Jingye quickly rode to Zhao Ziliang's command platform.
Zhao Ziliang has been observing the siege situation of the east and north city walls through telescopes here.
Although the siege situation of the north city wall section is not ideal, the food army is also It's not just paper.
It's now the last desperate moment, and the big cannibal has also used all his strength.
Geshu Jingye's failure to take down the northern city wall today does not mean that he is incompetent.
Zhao Ziliang put down the telescope and said: "Harun Rashid and Thomas still have some ability, and they are not just people who live in vain.
Today's attack on the city failed to break the crime of non-war, you get up."
Ge Shu Jingye was stunned for a moment, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your grace."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Although the siege on the east city wall has made considerable progress, it still failed to break through the city wall defenses.
These large soldiers are also tenacious enough.
If we continue to fight today, we will only increase casualties.
Send an order to withdraw the troops."
Let’s camp and fight again tomorrow.”
"Yes, Your Majesty" That night, Harlan and Thomas saw that the battle during the day was too dangerous and they were afraid that they would not be able to hold on tomorrow, so they decided to break through the encirclement overnight.
Each person carried fifteen days of food and other things that would affect the marching speed and breakout.
No supplies will be brought.
In order to achieve a sudden goal, Thomas ordered everyone to make no noise or make any noise when evacuating from the east bank to the west bank of the Nile.
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Especially when crossing the bridge, no one was allowed to light a torch, and everything was in darkness. conduct.
Harlan and Thomas wanted to secretly gather all their troops in the city on the west bank of the Nile River, wait for the dead of night, and then suddenly rush out from the west gate, breaking out of the encirclement before the Western Qin army could react.
When it was almost late at night, Harlan, Thomas and other important officials came to the West City District.
Some soldiers and horses in the east part of the city had also quietly moved over.
Now half of the walls in the East City District were empty.
If the Western Qin Army At this time, a sudden attack on the city would definitely capture Xicheng District without any effort.
Harlan was walking around in a big house in the West City District, seeming a little restless.
He stopped and said to Thomas: "General, how many people have not been transferred from the East City District?
Forget it if they are all infantry.
I ordered them to defend Dongcheng District.
If they break out and retreat, someone must stay behind to stop the pursuers.
Those infantrymen are the best candidates."
Thomas and other officials couldn't help but feel chilled after hearing Harlan's words.
By this time, the infantry had been regarded as abandoned.
They couldn't help but wonder if one day they would also be regarded as abandoned.
Although Thomas felt uncomfortable, he also knew that at this time he could only use infantry to break off the rear and prevent the Western Qin cavalry from pursuing.
He said: "Breaking it off, there are still three thousand cavalry in Dongcheng District who have not crossed the river.
The bridge is not wide and not very wide."
Strong, but also without making too much noise, I'm afraid it still needs It will take some time for them all to cross the river.
It is still early.
Your Highness, please calm down and wait.
Don't be impatient.
I have already arranged for people to clean the stones in the west city gate.
When the stones in the city gate cave are cleared, the cavalry will be about the same.
All have been evacuated to Xicheng District.”
Harlan had no choice but to suppress the anxiety in his heart and sit down to wait slowly.
In the Western Qin Army Camp, Zhao Ziliang had just led the generals to the barracks for a round of inspections on security and defense affairs.
He returned to the Chinese Army tent and sat behind the table and took a sip of herbal tea.
Zhang Bi, the commander of the Tiger Tooth Army, suddenly walked in from outside the tent and clasped his fists to report: "Your Majesty, our sentry found that all the lights in the city were extinguished.
There was not even a lamp on the wall.
The whole city was pitch dark.
We have sent people to go there."
Let’s investigate the situation.
Just now, a scout came back and reported that he heard the movement of soldiers and horses in the city by the river, but it was too dark to see clearly, so he doesn’t know the specific situation yet.”
"Oh" Zhao Ziliang raised his brows, looked at the generals and officials and asked: "Generals and lords, remember that before, the cannibals would light lights on the city wall every night to prevent us from stealing the city at night, but today they are all out.
Not only the lights at the top of the city were extinguished, but all the lights in the city were also extinguished.
Why?”
The generals and officials all frowned.
This phenomenon was so strange.
At this time, Dugujun stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, could it be that the big cannibal is trying to escape?"
"Where are you running?"
Zhao Ziliang asked.
Dugujun was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Your Majesty, I think there is a high possibility that the cannibal will escape, because we have defeated the city wall during the day and created a large gap.
It is not certain that we will fight the cannibal again tomorrow.
They can withstand it, so they are likely to break through tonight.
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Yichen speculates that they are most likely to break out to the west, because Because the other three sides have fallen under our control, most of the food and materials have been confiscated by our army.
Even if they break through in other directions, they will not get supplies.
Sooner or later they will be encircled and trapped by us.
They can only risk their lives to break out to the west.
Only in the Sahara Desert can you have a chance of survival, because across the desert is the Mauritania area controlled by Harun."
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang stood up and immediately ordered: "Send fireworks immediately to send a signal to Bo Han and let him prepare.
In addition, Zhang Bi, send a Huya Army team to explore the city wall defense in Dongcheng District."
"Yes, Your Majesty":