Li Wei and the group of warriors escorted Yan Yuanzong to the city wall with bruises and bruises.
The situation continued to change in a bad direction.
After launching a series of psychological offensives, Donghu gathered 200,000 troops to launch another attack.
Attack the outer defense line.
Under the cover of the infantry, more than a hundred assault vehicles gathered from all directions towards the defense line.
The commander of the assault vehicles It is about five feet wide.
It is made of wood and covered with thick cowhide.
It can accommodate hundreds of soldiers.
There are holes around it for soldiers to shoot.
Although it moves slowly, it has good defensive performance.
The cowhide on the outside is enough to block the shooting of feather arrows.
Bai Dio's face gradually became serious, and he ordered the soldiers outside the city to begin to retreat into the city in an orderly manner, and all the crossbowmen put on rockets and prepared.
The five remaining crossbows on the wall began to fire, and the giant arrow hit the ram car, only making a hole about a foot in diameter in the iron sheet in front of the ram car.
The Donghu soldiers cranked the winch, and a small catapult appeared above the charging vehicle.
Stones were ejected densely towards the city wall.
Manzhou's thick city gate slowly closed, and the rush car finally successfully reached the ice of the moat.
Baidial roared "Shoot the arrow" and the rockets shot at the ice surface at the same time.
The ice surface covered with kerosene ignited when it encountered fire, and the moat surrounding Manzhou formed a burning wall of fire.
The ram was huge in structure and moved slowly.
The flaming arrows shot at them like locusts.
The ram that entered the moat in an instant was ignited by the rockets.
More than 10,000 soldiers were trapped in the car and burned by the fire.
Donghu's army fell into a sea of fire, and under the pressure of rushing cars, they were overwhelmed and cracks finally appeared. plus flame The ice surface solidified again for a long time.
The Donghu soldiers who arrived at the city first began to attack the city with shouts.
The troops from the rear of Donghu crossed the ice and poured towards the city wall in a steady stream.
The soldiers risked their lives to push the wooden chariots and rushed past the already blocked city walls.
Filled moat.
The uneven ice surface tripped several cart pushers, and several people were pulled under the cart at the same time.
The giant wooden wheel rolled over their bodies, and they were immediately crushed until their flesh and blood were blurred, and their brains were overflowing.
The wood cart finally arrived about ten feet from the main city gate.
Bai Dial gave an order, and arrows rained down from the city wall, trying to prevent the main city gate from being raped.
The wooden cart was destroyed.
As soon as a row of soldiers on carts fell, another group of soldiers on carts came up to replace them.
Surrender one's life and forget one's own death.
The wooden chariot finally hit the main city gate hard, but the solid city gate only shook slightly and still stood intact.
The Donghu soldiers had no choice but to push away the cart in front, and another cart with wood from behind, crashed into the city gate, and repeatedly used the same method to attack.
The white dial waved the command flag, and the defenders threw down pieces of elm wood covered with spiked iron nails.
There are soldiers again The boiling oil was poured down from above, and the Donghu soldiers in front of the gate kept screaming and wailing.
The fire oil has just been poured here, and the crossbowmen immediately put the fire The arrow shot into the fire oil, and the fire in front of the city gate was so fierce that it was like purgatory on earth.
More than a thousand Donghu soldiers, their whole bodies ablaze with fire, were wailing and bumping around.
The five thousand strong men who defended the city used iron ropes to tie wooden nails weighing more than a hundred kilograms, and threw them from high places to assassinate the attacking Donghu soldiers. fall Then he used the winch to pull back the city wall, and then waited for an opportunity to lower it to kill the enemy, and the cycle started again.
It was used repeatedly to prevent the Donghu army's wooden chariot from crashing into the city gate.
Under the successive impacts of wooden carts, the city gate began to loosen.
Immediately, there were two thousand city guards who used logs that had been prepared to block the city gate.
The craftsmen took the time to nail the thick wooden boards to the city gate.
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At dusk, the wind began to rise, and the biting cold wind mixed with ice particles swept across the entire battlefield.
The Donghu people stopped their attack and retreated to the camp.
The whole day's struggle made the soldiers extremely exhausted.
After replacing the soldiers guarding the city wall, Jiao Zhenqi and others returned to the city to rest for a while.
Fifty large pots were set up in the center of Manzhou, and white porridge was cooked in them.
Each soldier could only get half a bowl.
Jiao Zhenqi and I squatted under a dead tree with our own portions and drank.
The porridge was thin and difficult to satisfy our hunger.
I sighed and whispered: "Manzhou can't support it for much longer."
Jiao Zhenqi nodded with deep sympathy: "The city soon ran out of ammunition and food, and after the fake Yan Yuanzong was exposed, the mood of the soldiers continued to decline."
Seeing Bai Dial walking towards our direction, Jiao Zhenqi quickly closed his mouth and stepped aside knowingly.
Baidial smiled at me and said, "Can you still tolerate it?"
I nodded, pointed to the big pot and said, "General Bai, why don't you eat some white porridge?"
Bai Dio shook his head and said: "I can't bear to watch the hundreds of thousands of brothers who have followed me through life and death in dire straits.
How can I still have that kind of state of mind?"
"There is not much food left in the city."
I reminded.
Bai Dio sighed: "What I am most worried about is the morale of the soldiers.
The incident of Yan Yuanzong has spread throughout the army, and many soldiers are close to despair."
I felt sad for a while, and suddenly felt a feeling of a hero's end from Bai Dial's body.
Bai Dio said: "The Donghu people's frequent attacks on the city prove that they are also worried that the war will continue to drag on and the losses will be unimaginable.
The coldest time in northern Xinjiang is coming.
As long as we can hold on for a few more days, the Donghu army will inevitably retreat."
"But now that the troops in the city are disorganized, General Bai should find a solution as soon as possible."
Bai Dio smiled helplessly: "In the face of death, everyone's true nature is exposed.
I never took this factor into consideration from the beginning, otherwise I would not have let this fake Yan Yuanzong reveal his identity."
He looked at me and said: "Yinkong, I didn't expect that we would be on the same stand in the end."
I noticed what he called me It has been changed from Ping Wang to Yin Kong.
I don’t know whether it is intentional or unintentional.
This title made me and him suddenly become much closer.
Bai Dio sighed: "If I hadn't been so passionate about rights, I wouldn't be where I am today.
What I'm most worried about now is my two daughters."
His words revealed his true feelings.
I whispered: "The Queen Mother's move is too cruel.
After this disaster, the Qin Dynasty will never be able to regain its former prosperity."
Bai Dio smiled disdainfully and said: "Xiang Jing is a woman after all.
In order to kill me, she did not hesitate to sacrifice her country and soldiers, and treated the fate of the Qin Dynasty as a child's play.
It seems that the fate of the Qin Dynasty has declined, and the country's demise is not far away."
"How does the general plan to get out of the current predicament?"
Bai Dio frowned and asked, "What would you do if you were in my position?"
He didn't seem to want to get it.
I answered in a low voice: "If we lead the army to evacuate Manzhou, I am afraid that the Queen Mother will be accused of treason before arriving in Yanzhou.
Not only will she not let If I enter the city, I will send troops to conquer it.
And there are Donghu troops chasing us behind us.
The two sides have already formed a tacit understanding.
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I am afraid that I will only die.
If I lead my army to surrender to Donghu, my great reputation will be ruined, and my family will definitely be killed.
The Queen Mother has already blocked all my escape routes, and all I can do is stay in this isolated city. " I remained silent for a long time and then said: "What if the city is destroyed?"
Bai Dio smiled calmly and said: "If I die on the battlefield, it will be the best ending for both the Queen Mother and me.
She will probably Give me a title and give me a glorious burial.
He let out a long sigh and said, "Do you believe it?
At this stage, what I'm thinking about is There is only one thing I can do, and that is to use up Donghu’s troops as much as I can to buy a moment of peace for the people of Qin.”
My heart was shocked, and I looked at Bai Dial, and met his sincere eyes.
Bai Dio said: "I was once blinded by power.
The power on the battlefield The blood slowly revived my nature.
I don't blame anyone for what I have ended up like today. " I nodded heavily, my heart filled with reverence.
Bai Dio said: "If you can escape this disaster, I will no longer stop you from dating Qier."
I felt sour inside and almost shed tears.
Bai Dio stared into my eyes and said: "Yan Yuanzong should not be underestimated.
On the surface, he is extremely greedy and looks like a villain at all times, but he has such a powerful heart in his heart.
The Queen Mother is no match for him."
I nodded.
Bai Dio sighed: "The one I feel most sorry for is Li Ji.
It was me who pushed her into the pit of fire."
At this time, the soldiers in the distance started to commotion again.
The two generals rushed to Bai Dial in a panic, panting: "General Bai Army, something bad happened.
Some soldiers from the infantry battalion rushed into the cavalry battalion and killed several horses.
The two parties clashed and more than ten soldiers were killed. " Bai Dio's face turned livid and he yelled angrily: "Damn it, do they still have military discipline in their eyes?
I'll arrest everyone suspected of killing horses."
The two generals looked troubled: "General, there are now more than a thousand soldiers involved in killing horses."
"What?"
Bai Dio's face showed inexplicable sadness, and the situation in the city was about to be on the verge of collapse.
I suggested: "Since this kind of thing has happened, it would be better for General Bai to go with the flow."
Bai Dio looked at me puzzled.
I whispered: "These soldiers obviously killed horses because they were extremely hungry.
In the situation in front of us, the horses It's not of much use, and besides the lack of fodder, these war horses will starve to death sooner or later.
The general might as well slaughter the war horses to let the soldiers eat, which can also temporarily relieve people's hearts. " Bai Di finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
The snow was getting heavier and heavier.
After the soldiers in the city issued the order to kill the horses, they became much calmer.
They lined up neatly in front of the cauldron to receive their own share of horse meat.
Jiao Zhenqi and I came to the city wall, only to see all the crossbowmen ready in formation.
Looking towards the Donghu camp, the enemy's army seemed to be taking action again.
Several loud arrows were shot into the night sky, and the enemy's offensive started again.
Bai Dio stood in the wind and snow and said loudly: "Brothers, I know you are already cold and hungry, and the court has abandoned us again.
I am as angry as you, but why do I insist on staying and fighting?"
Everyone's eyes are looking at the white sundial.
Bai Dio yelled: "Because I know that what I am protecting is not the emperor, but what I am protecting are my parents, brothers, wives and children in the rear.
If I keep this place for a moment, they can have a moment of peace.
I will use my life and blood to defend the peace of my loved ones."
The eyes of all the soldiers were flashing with tears of excitement.
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Regardless of whether Bai Dio's words were sincere or not, I admire his ability to inspire people from the bottom of my heart.
Li Weixiao walked up holding the fake Yan Yuanzong.
Bai Di looked at Yan Yuanzong angrily, with a cold light in his eyes.
Bai Dio sneered and said: "It's you, bastard, who caused my three hundred thousand brothers to fall into this dilemma.
Today I will use your blood to sacrifice the banner."
The fake Yan Yuanzong was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic and said: "General Bai, please spare my life.
My life is worthless.
How can it be worth it to you?"
Bai Dio drew out his long sword with a clanking sound and slashed at Yan Yuanzong's neck with all his strength.
The sword blade passed by and the head fell to the ground, rolling to my feet.
The brutal war began again with blood splattering everywhere.
Donghu's army gathered all its chariots and wooden chariots to attack the city gate.
The shortage of crossbows made the crossbowmen defending the city more lethal.
Sharp decrease.
What is even more unfortunate is that another 200,000 Donghu reinforcements from Anyang are on their way to Manzhou.
Rolling logs, pounding stones, and all available weapons were put to use.
The Shennu battalion controls the number of arrows fired, and only starts firing when the enemy's siege equipment reaches the city.
The city gate finally made the sound of wood exploding under the repeated impacts of the opponent's wooden carts.
The crossbowmen who had been ambushing behind the main city gate in advance fired at the gap in the gate, shooting back Donghu's vanguard troops who tried to rush into the city.
Just after suppressing the enemy's offensive, the east and west gates were also knocked open by the enemy's wooden carts.
The Donghu army poured into the city like a tide, and there were shouts of killing everywhere.
I retreated towards the inner city under the cover of Jiao Zhenqi.
The inner city is weak The city gate was even more unable to withstand the impact of wooden carts.
Before we could catch our breath, the inner city was captured again.
In the blink of an eye, they were heavily surrounded by Donghu soldiers, and there was a frightening and bloody sound behind them.
A large group of Donghu cavalry rushed from the rear and went straight into the inner city, killing them until there was no light from the sun and the moon.
It was like entering an uninhabited land, killing at will.
More than 10,000 crossbow soldiers had no choice but to let themselves be slaughtered after they finished shooting their arrows.
The Donghu cavalry killed them as they pleased, destroying everything they wanted.
Immediately, mountains of corpses were covered with corpses and rivers of blood flowed.
The Qin archers and crossbowmen were so frightened that they fled in all directions, trampling on each other and claiming countless innocent lives.
Some are running away As they ran, they were chopped into two pieces, and some had their hearts pierced by spears.
Most of the more than ten thousand crossbowmen were slaughtered in an instant.
The pikemen, who regrouped in panic, lined up and advanced towards the opponent's cavalry.
Jiao Zhenqi and I rode towards the rear city gate.
Seeing Li Wei's figure in the crowd, he shouted loudly: "The Iron Spear Camp and the Iron Sword Camp are broken and defend.
The Shennu Camp and the Iron Flag Camp rush north to kill and retreat.
Thirty teams on the left and right will lead away."
The main force of the enemy troops, and the rest of the troops follow me to hold down the formation and protect General Bai to fight his way out.
"Come on."
At the moment of life and death, Li Wei was still able to remain calm and promptly mobilized the personal guard regiments he mobilized to protect Bai Dio from breaking out of the siege.
The commander's personal guard retreated, and the soldiers who still persisted in fighting in the city immediately felt their morale collapse.
Many soldiers immediately dropped their heavy weapons and ran for the back door desperately.
Poor Qin's elite troops were suddenly transformed into defeated and humiliated generals fleeing in panic.
Everyone just tried to save their lives and tried their best to escape.
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Their previous heroic spirit was gone.
We escaped from the north gate under the cover of the White Dial Guards.
A scream came from beside me, and I turned around to look, only to see Li Wei flip over and fall from his horse.
An arrow shot through his armor, entered from the back of his heart, and came out through his chest.
Bai Dio had always had a deep relationship with him.
When he saw Li Wei dying in front of him, he let out a heart-rending roar.
He turned his horse's head and was about to charge back, but his entourage grabbed the reins of the horse to protect him and rushed around.
Retreat to the mountains and forests.
Although the mountain ahead is not high, it is covered with ice and snow all year round and covered with lush cedars, making it a temporary hiding place.
Just when they fled halfway up the mountain, they saw that the top of the mountain was dotted with torches.
However, reinforcements from the Donghu people from Anyang arrived in time and crossed the mountains to surround them.
There are less than 5,000 people in Baidial's bodyguard regiment.
The light of torches is everywhere on the snowy fields on the top of the mountain.
The number of enemies must be at least 50,000.
With a loud horn blast, the Donghu troops on the mountain fired dense arrows downwards.
The soldiers around him fell to the ground one after another, becoming the targets of the enemy.
My shoulder was hit by random arrows, and I fell off the horse in severe pain.
The black lion hissed loudly, changed direction, accelerated rapidly, and ran away without paying attention to me.
I cursed fiercely: "The beast has no feelings."
Remembering that the black lion was a gift from Yan Yuanzong, murderous intent suddenly arose in my heart.
If I see it again, I will definitely kill it with one knife.
Jiao Zhenqi also jumped off his horse and used his shield to cover my arrows.
I gritted my teeth and pulled out the arrow, and a piece of flesh came out from the tip.
The situation was critical and there was no time for me to dress my wounds.
The Donghu soldiers on the mountain shouted loudly and rushed down.
They ran with their crossbows in their hands without stopping.
While I was running away, I used my knife to block the arrows and ran towards the cedar forest as hard as I could.
Entering the dense forest is not conducive to arrow attacks, otherwise it would be difficult for me to survive the arrow rain.
There were shouts of killing all around, it was extremely tragic.
As soon as we approached the cedar forest, Donghu soldiers who had been ambushed in the forest rushed towards us.
Jiao Zhenqi and I looked at each other and both knew that it would be difficult to reach the sky if we wanted to escape unscathed tonight.
I looked at the enemies charging towards me with torches raised, and my blood boiled with passion.
I suddenly felt the desire to kill in my heart, and yelled: "Fight them, kill each one and earn the next one."
I rushed towards the enemies in front of me desperately, swinging my knife.
He slashed at a horse-riding general.
The Hu general threw away the torch in his hand in a panic, and raised his spear across the distance.
The long knife in my hand was extremely sharp, and I cut the spear into two pieces.
The blade hit the opponent's shoulder obliquely, and blood spattered.
The Hu general screamed and jumped off his horse.
Fall down.
Amidst the screams of the enemy, Jiao Zhenqi rushed into the enemy camp, his spear flying in his hand, and the gun was bleeding.
The Donghu soldiers around him wailed.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten people were killed by his gun.
The enemy was so powerful that the blood of their companions aroused their latent ferocity, and they surrounded them one after another.
In an instant, Jiao Zhenqi and I were surrounded by Hu troops.
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I was wounded in many places, and almost every sword strike could kill a Donghu soldier.
The enemies were still coming in endlessly, and suddenly there was the sound of Jin Ge breaking through the air behind me.
I didn't even have time to see with my eyes.
I put my left foot on the ground and spun around like lightning.
The long knife in my hand slashed diagonally, cutting off a sneak attack spear from the head.
Then the blade was flattened and embedded deeply into the opponent's throat. middle.
After continuous fighting, my strength has weakened a lot.
This knife did not cut off the enemy's head completely, but was embedded in his cervical spine.
I kicked his body away and then pulled out the long knife.
The blood from the enemy's throat splashed all over my face.
There was already a distance of more than ten feet between Jiao Zhenqi and me.
He tried desperately to get closer to me, but he was surrounded by ferocious enemies layer by layer.
A group of Hu soldiers emerged from the forest and forced me to retreat.
There were no more soldiers around me, and more than ten Hu soldiers holding spears trapped me.
At this time, the enemy had an overwhelming upper hand.
Although there were still sporadic fights around, they could no longer change the situation at hand.
I used the sharp knife in my hand to cut off several spears and cut a bloody path, but the Hu soldiers kept coming.
As soon as I escaped from this encirclement, I immediately fell into another encirclement.
Jiao Zhenqi and I The distance became farther and farther, until they could no longer see each other's figures.
The cold snowflakes and splashing hot blood together form a sad and beautiful scene, leaving only danger and death around.
The long knife in my hand was mechanically swung forward again and again, and there was only one voice echoing in my heart: "Either you die or I die."
Hundreds of Hu soldiers were attacking me like wolves and tigers.
There were countless wounds on my body that were bleeding, but my spirit had long been paralyzed and I couldn't feel any pain.
The long knife slashed back and forth, screams continued, and the corpses of the two enemies lay on the ground.
I immediately thrust the knife back, and a Hu soldier was stabbed through the chest and abdomen by me, killing him on the spot.
Several Hu soldiers pointed their spears at me at the same time.
My body had lost its strength and the long sword came out to meet me.
Under the shock of the opponent's strength, I could no longer hold it and flew out.
One of the barbarians stabbed my left shoulder blade with a spear, sending a sharp pain throughout my body.
My body dived forward, and I just escaped being pierced through my chest.
I rolled several times in succession, but still could not escape the enemy's encirclement.
More than ten spears pierced my body at the same time.
I closed my eyes and felt extremely despaired, knowing that I would never escape death this time.
At this moment, I thought of Yaoru and Caixue who were far away in Qindu.
I also thought of Yan Lin who left for a foreign country, Empress Jing who caused my death, and Concubine Zhen who was waiting for me in the Dakang Palace.
Everything in the past poured into my mind in an instant.
At this moment, miserable screams sounded from around me one after another.
Bai Di, covered in blood, came out of nowhere.
With a halberd in his hand, he killed the two Donghu soldiers who were besieging me like lightning, and rushed in through the gap.
"Mount" he yelled.
I regained my courage, grabbed an oncoming spear with my left hand, picked up the long knife from the snow with my right hand, and slashed it into the opponent's neck.
Blood splattered, and the opponent's head was chopped off by my full-strength sword.
I turned over and jumped behind the horse.
Bai Dio roared and swung his halberd to kill the Hu soldiers who were blocking the horse.
The horse neighed loudly and rushed towards the sparsely lit dense forest ahead.
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"There are crossbow arrows behind the saddle."
Bai Dial reminded me.
I took off the crossbow bolt from the saddle and fired continuously, killing several more barbarians.
Several stumbling ropes were suddenly pulled up in the dense forest.
The horse jumped up with its front hooves and crossed the first one, but was caught by the second one.
Baidial's body jumped up from the horse, and the painted halberd flashed an arc-shaped cold light in the air.
The two Donghu soldiers lurking behind the tree were killed immediately.
I also jumped off the horse in time, but before my body fell to the ground, an arrow shot into my right leg, causing severe pain under my foot, and I staggered and fell heavily on the snow.
A soldier raised his spear and stabbed my chest viciously.
I pulled the trigger in time, and all the arrows shot into his chest.
The soldier screamed and fell to the sky.
Countless barbarian soldiers emerged from the forest.
Before I could get up from the ground, someone had already held down my arms and tied them up tightly with my arms tied behind my back.
Bai Dio was surrounded by hundreds of Donghu soldiers, his halberd was dancing wildly, and the Hu soldiers fell down one by one in front of him.
Several soldiers of the Guards who were still fighting saw that their coach was in danger and rushed over to rescue him desperately. , before he could get close to the encirclement, he was shot dead by a barbarian crossbowman.
Six black-armored knights silently approached the encirclement.
The six drew their bows and fired arrows from six different angles.
The six feathered arrows whizzed towards the white dial.
They galloped along the encirclement on horseback.
The hands kept firing, and the arrows they shot took different paths, but the target was the same, and they all went straight to the vital point of the white dial.
Bai Dio used his halberd to push away several feather arrows, but at this moment, a large net suddenly fell down from above his head.
The big net suddenly tightened around Bai Dio's body.
The halberd could not be swung freely, and several feather arrows were shot into his chest. body.
Only then did I notice that the tail end of the arrow was tied with a slender rope.
The six people grabbed the tail end of the rope and pulled hard.
Bai Dial fell to the snow in severe pain.
He abandoned the halberd, pulled out his sword and roared, cut off the feathers and arrows, trying to cut through the net and stand up again. , drag with full force.
Bai Diohu roared, grabbed the gun with both arms, broke it forcefully, and threw the gun head outwards.
The two Hu soldiers were unable to avoid it and were killed on the spot.
Unable to escape, his limbs were stabbed in many places, and his whole body was completely stained red with blood.
A knight in black armor shouted: "Leave him alive" More than a hundred Donghu soldiers retreated, their bows and arrows raised in unison, and more than a hundred cold cluster tips pointed at the white sundial.
Bai Dio laughed loudly and struggled to stand up from the ground.
The two black-armored knights shot at the same time, and the feather arrows hit his legs respectively.
Bai Dio shook a little, but his strong will supported him and did not fall down.
The people of Donghu are fierce and strong, and they have always admired heroes and strong men.
Seeing Bai Dial's majesty, everyone felt reverence in their hearts, and their bows and arrows stopped firing.
Blood gurgled from Bai Dio's body onto the snow.
He looked around, knowing that the situation was over, and endless sadness flashed in his eyes.
Snowflakes fell silently on his body, and on his face, he seemed to hear the sound of his own life passing by.
A smile appeared on Bai Dio's lips, and he whispered: "I can finally go home."
He pulled out the feather arrows on his legs, turned his body to the south, and suddenly inserted two feather arrows into his chest.
His body stood upright, then slowly fell backwards Tears condensed in my eyes, and I could no longer see anything in my field of vision
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