Chapter 2310 Blood and exchange, planning and strategy


    Xizhi from Qiang smiled grimly. While parrying Mengshu''s saber with his shield, he stabbed his own saber between Mengshu''s waist and ribs. Although Xizhi from Qiang didn''t know what anatomy is, he Killing sheep and cattle, killing a lot, even knowing which parts are the most critical...


    it is good! Hit it!


    The Xizhi family from the Qiang Dynasty smiled, but felt that the hand felt a little weird!


    The tip of the sword does not provide a feeling of piercing through the cowhide, but it seems to be blocked by a stone and then slide to the side...


    Convex (艹盘艹)!


    Damn Han Chinese armor!


    However, Mengshu''s saber did not break away from the Qiang Xizhi''s shield, but slid down against the shield, and cut straight on the Qiang Xizhi''s thigh, and a bone-deep wound bloomed immediately. !


    The Qiang man, Xi Zhishi, was in extreme pain. He slapped Meng Shu away with a shield, and then staggered back.


    The two soldiers around Meng Shu saw an opportunity to take advantage of, and they were about to chase after them with their guns...


    "Don''t..." Meng Shu hurriedly wanted to stop him, but even though his armor was not broken by Xizhi from the Qiang just now, he was hit hard, and he couldn''t even speak under the aura of his breath. Needless to say, go to stop the soldiers.


    The Qiang man Xizhi howled like a wounded beast. He threw his shield and smashed it on one of the Han soldiers who were chasing him, and then grabbed the other with his free hand. The spearman moved to his arms, wiped his war knife on his neck, and then pushed the corpse of the Han soldier to the ground, roaring around...


    For a while, no one dared to move forward.


    Meng Shu gritted his teeth, stood up straight, and then pointed his knife at the Xizhi clan of the Qiang people, assuming a posture of inviting a fight.


    Xizhi from Qiang stared fiercely at Mengshu, his shoulders shook twice, as if he was going to pounce forward, but after seeing Mengshu''s motionless posture, he slowly shrank back the next moment. He went back, led his men, and exited the doorway...


    Xizhi''s thigh was seriously injured. He didn''t know Mengshu''s condition. Continuing to fight and hurting his leg would inevitably reduce his combat power, so he chose to retreat, and he also found out that his mother brought people to fight at the city gate. After a long time, there was no follow-up assistance from the Qiang soldiers who came up!


    Damn Beigong!


    Shi Zhi gritted his teeth, with blood on his shoulders, legs, and body, and then rushed to Bei Gong, "Bei Gong! I have broken through the city gate, why is there no backup to keep up! ? 』


    Bei Gong''s heart skipped a beat, and he was furious, "What? Break through the city gate? ! I do not know how? ! etc! Now that the city gate has been breached, why do they still withdraw? ! Just send someone to say it! You should block the Han people inside! Isn''t it a waste of all previous efforts to quit? ! 』


    『Hehe, it’s best to die directly in the city gate, that’s to fulfill your wish, Beigong! Yes or no? ! Xizhi sneered, pointing to the wound on his body, "I opened the city gate for you!" Can you blame me for not having backup? ! I still don''t understand your thoughts? Do you want us all to die and all the benefits go to you alone? ! 』


    『…』Bei Gong’s face immediately sank.


    "OK OK! Say a few words, look at the blood all over your body, go back and bandage it... go, go..." Someone hurried up to smooth things over, "Dear king, the most important thing now is not to care about this idiot, hurry up and organize another offensive , take the city as soon as possible...』


    "Humph! 』Bei Gong took a breath, nodded, and began to arrange.


    In the city, Meng Shu clutched his chest and abdomen. He felt that his ribs might be broken and it hurt a lot, but he couldn''t stop. Although the outer armor is exempt from slashing and piercing injuries, it cannot be exempt from force collisions.


    Although a small number of Qiang people were scared away, and then the Qiang troops on the city wall were repelled, the danger still existed, and the city was still not safe.


    Meng Shu still couldn''t sit down to take a breath and take a rest.


    Qiang people, this is crazy.


    If I realized that the Qiang people are so cruel earlier, I should have prepared more defensive materials...


    Fighting overnight is like a double-edged sword. Even if you cut your opponent, you may also cut yourself. Unless there are some special changes, most people will not choose this method.


    『Our reinforcements are almost here! Meng Shu endured the pain in his chest and abdomen, and said to the military lord beside him, "The Qiang people must have received some news, so they attacked the city overnight!" 』


    "real? ’There seemed to be a bit more hope in Junhou’s eyes, ‘Reinforcements are coming? 』


    Meng Shu nodded, then patted Junhou on the shoulder, "That''s right, otherwise that guy would go crazy and attack the city overnight?" Bring this word to more brothers! Reinforcements are coming! The Qiang people must be defeated! We can make it through! We will win! 』


    『Only! ’ The Marquis cupped his hands excitedly, and then went down to deliver a message to the soldiers.


    On the city wall, the cheering voices of Junhou and other soldiers gradually sounded, and the sounds of "reinforcement" and "must win" gradually sounded one after another...


    Meng Shu clutched his chest and abdomen, and seemed to relax a little.


    The people in the city spontaneously organized, and then helped to transport some equipment, and also helped to treat the wounded soldiers.


    A villager walked up to Meng Shu, cupped his hands and said, "General Meng, I heard that reinforcements are coming?" 』


    Meng Shu nodded and said, "That''s right, reinforcements are coming. Otherwise, these Qiang people would not be so urgent...』


    The village elder showed a smile, nodded and said, "That''s good, that''s good!" 』


    Meng Shu said: "I also ask the elders to urge the people to dismantle more bricks, stones and wood, and prepare some fire starters... I am worried that the next wave of Qiang attack will definitely face the city gate... The longer we delay, The more beneficial it is! 』


    The old man nodded again and again, then turned around and went down the city wall.


    Although Zhangye''s city has gates and turrets, the Western Qiang has been in turmoil for many years, and the Longyou area has not received much attention. Some defensive equipment can be improvised, and it is not until it is time to use that there are problems here. Not enough reserves...


    Meng Shu couldn''t help thinking, why didn''t Jia Xu remind him more clearly?


    Could it be...


    Meng Shu raised his eyes, looked at the Mengshi battle flag fluttering above the city, was silent for a while, then coughed a few times, felt the pain between his chest and abdomen was unbearable, the sweat rolled down his forehead, and hurriedly supported the wall , is considered to stand firm.


    Fortunately, the light was not clear at night, otherwise Meng Shu''s pale face would not be convincing even if he said reinforcements.


    『How many arrows are there? Are there any crossbows? Meng Shu propped up his body again, "Everyone...ahem...take them here, prepare to be here! 』


    At the gate of the city, Han soldiers took advantage of the time when the Qiang people were forming a team, stacked sandbags in the gate of the city, and moved some stone bricks to block the road, but Meng Shu knew that this was of no great use.


    Before the Qiang people did not swarm the city gate, it was because at night, everyone, including the leaders of the Qiang people, might not be able to clearly see the change of the situation, so only the part of the Qiang people who broke through the city gate rushed in crazily, while the rest of the Qiang people People also focused on climbing the city wall. During the battle of Mengshu, the Qiang people briefly suppressed the guards on the top of the city, occupied a section of the city wall, and caused huge noise and vibrations, which can prove this point.


    But this next wave...


    The Qiang people will definitely place the main attack direction here, and at the same time, if they put the main defensive force below the city, the city wall will be easily breached.


    Just when Meng Shu endured the pain and arranged the city defense as much as possible, Beigong outside the city laughed heartily, and he shouted excitedly to the messengers beside him: "Command! Before dawn! Take Zhangye! 』


    Many Qiang people in the rear were also mobilized. Many people heard that they had broken through the city gate last time, but they missed the opportunity to attack because they failed to connect with the follow-up troops. Excited, the great achievement is right in front of you, gold, silver, treasures, goods, women and children, except for the bluestone and waste wood at the city gate, which barbarians can''t eat, almost everything barbarians can eat.


    Under the guidance of the charging horn, the morale of these Qiang people was suddenly boosted, and the momentum of attack rose again. Many Qiang soldiers had heard the news that the city gate was once broken by the Xizhi clan, and they were all excited Unstoppable, they roared and waved the weapons in their hands anxiously, and when the order was issued, they rushed towards Zhangye City frantically like locusts pounced on the tender leaves one by one.


    Bei Gong stood closer this time, holding up the sword inlaid with gems, and kept shouting: "Go!" All rush up! For the Aries God, for us Qiang people, for our glory! kill! up! 』


    Then he stood firmly on his own heels, just kept waving and shouting.


    Beigong was not far away from the battlefield before, but night and day are different after all, Beigong is not a top-level warrior, and he habitually still stands in the daytime position, of course there is no way to find that Xi Zhishi has broken through The new changes in the city gate caused a great opportunity to be missed, so of course it was time to make up for it and move forward.


    More and more Qiang soldiers gathered around the city gate. Some archers shot towards the city wall and shot randomly near the gate tower, suppressing the soldiers of the Han people. , Corpses, bricks, and stones were moved away to make more room for more Qiang people to attack the city gate.


    Although it is said that Zhangye City has not received any good maintenance and maintenance since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the city gate, which is more than two feet high, fell from the top and was closed by three huge latches inside. Generally, a ladder is required to open the gate. Only then can the high latch be removed, so the Qiang people have no way to push open the broken city gate, they can only move away the sandbags and stones blocking the gate, and then rush in.


    The place where the city gate was opened by the collision is estimated to have been repeatedly impacted before, and it was already faintly damaged. As a result, it was burned by kerosene and the wreckage of the previous collision, and finally became a little fragile, and was finally hit by the collision. And break...


    "Step aside! Step aside! 』


    The Qiang soldiers roared, pushing the crash cart and coming again.


    The huge impact cone of the crashed car hit the hole in the city gate. The sandbags and stones that blocked the city gate barely lasted for two rounds, and then they were smashed apart, exposing the original hole...


    "kill! kill…"


    A small leader of the Qiang people had just raised his saber and issued an order when he was stabbed in the chest by an arrow shot from the entrance of the cave, and fell dead immediately.


    However, the Qiang people who were stimulated madly ignored the casualties at all, and surged towards the city gate crazily, like a group of red-bellied sawed salmon blubber carp that smelled of blood...


    The vicious Qiang people put enormous psychological pressure on the people near the city gate and streets. Many people couldn''t help but soften their hands and feet, and then screamed as if they saw a ghost, and subconsciously wanted to run away.


    In the haunted houses of later generations, most ordinary people are coaxed by cowhide before they go in. When they really enter the haunted house, under the background of darkness, lights and ghost screams, and then there is a herd effect or something, then It was chaos and chaos, and they fled.


    Meng Shu glanced back, didn''t say anything, and didn''t ask anyone to stop these people from fleeing. He just endured the more and more painful wounds in his chest and abdomen, raised his sword, and faced death.


    『We are Han soldiers! Behind is the Han people! 』


    『Today the only thing to do is to fight to the death, why not save your life! 』


    『Everyone, gown! Die today! Under the underworld, if you drink fine wine, you and I will be too drunk! 』


    『Wish to accompany the captain! With the total death! 』


    On the street, the white-haired old man also roared, awakening the remaining rationality of the surrounding people...


    『What are you running? ! Hu people are all around! Where can I go? ! ’The old and old voices sounded on the street, ‘You ran away, your mother, your wife, can your child run away? Where can I go? ! 』


    『Touch your crotch, if you still have eggs, follow me! 』


    In the Han Dynasty, village elders were generally held by those with higher prestige in the urban and rural areas, and most of the elders were relatively concerned about reputation, not purely for money and power. Therefore, when facing foreign enemies, These villagers will basically stand on the side of the Han people, not on the side of money.


    After being yelled at by the old man and stopped by a few young people around the old man, the fleeing people at the city gate gradually calmed down...


    『All follow the old man to kill the enemy! 』The old man raised the long sword in his hand and shouted. This long sword was not used to kill people, but as a status symbol, but now, the old man raised the long sword that had not been stained with blood, roared, and took the lead to kill towards the city gate.


    The people looked left and right, and after a while, some people started to collect all kinds of weapons on the ground or around them, even just wooden sticks, and followed the villager with hatred for the intruders.


    A Qiang headman had just hacked to death a Han guard. He raised his head with a laugh, thinking that victory was in sight, but saw another group of people approaching from the street, and his heart skipped a beat. Then he took a closer look, and couldn''t help cursing secretly, thinking it was reinforcements, but it turned out to be people...


    Meng Shu led the guards to block it. At this time, there is no need to worry about life and death. To die in battle is to die, and to capture a city is also to die. Everyone let go of their hands and feet, staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, completely ignoring the weapons that fell on their bodies, and all they wanted to do was to kill people. To kill these Qiang people in front of them, if they could kill one more, they would be one.


    A Han soldier had just slashed a Qiang, when the next opponent was ushered in. He was about to parry, but he was exhausted due to continuous fighting, and couldn''t keep up. He didn''t open all the spears, but was shot It was stuck on the abdomen, and the armor on his body had been damaged in many places during the battle, and the iron pieces had also collapsed a lot...


    And these collapsed parts also show that these positions are particularly vulnerable to attack...


    The spear pierced through the body, and the Han soldiers roared and slashed at the Qiang man''s neck...


    Then another Qiang rushed forward. The Han soldier held a piercing spear in one hand, stared at bloodshot eyes, gritted his teeth and staggered forward, but couldn''t stand still...


    The Qiang people grinned grinningly, and chopped off the heads of the Han soldiers...


    The Han soldiers did not resist at all, allowing the swords of the Qiang people to fall, and at the same time, their own swords pierced into the waist of the enemy amidst the roar...


    "made money…"


    『Brother! Gritting his teeth, another soldier rushed forward, swung his saber round and cut off the Qiang man''s head, then glanced at his brother lying on the ground, howled, and rushed forward.


    The people also rushed up and grabbed the weapons that the Han soldiers had left behind. These untrained ordinary people often pay the price of several people when they kill an enemy. But no one flinched. The relatives and neighbors in front fell into a pool of blood, and the people who followed behind roared frantically, and rushed forward one after another. They don''t know how to use weapons, so they hug with their hands, bite with their teeth, and use their flesh and blood to resist the enemy''s steel weapons.


    On the **** battlefield, there are only murderous spirits that shake the sky, and only soldiers who sacrifice their lives, without fear, cry, or flinch.


    The Han people at this time, even in a small frontier town like Zhangye, still have a heroic spirit!


    Meng Shu was pushed aside by the flow of people, he was coughing up blood.


    Probably the broken rib was pierced into the lungs, making it very difficult for him to breathe, every breath was extremely painful, and I don’t know how Meng Shu can still stand. Before, he was desperately protecting the people in the city, but now the people are replacing him in front of him.


    A ferocious little leader of the Qiang people slashed down with his saber and chopped it on the chest of an old man. Immediately, his saber was firmly held by the black and thin old man with a pair of dry wood-like hands.


    The leader of the Qiang people let out a loud roar, and drew his knife with all his strength. The old man''s two hands were grasping the blade, which was already dripping with blood. The old man didn''t say a word, but suddenly rushed forward, Ren Qiang leader''s knife penetrated his entire body!


    The leader of the Qiang people tried to push the old man''s body away with his hands and feet, but saw another Han citizen rushing up, screaming, and smashed his shoulder with a wooden stick, and then the wooden stick broke apart. And the Han man still didn''t retreat, but howled and clamped his neck like a street fight...


    The leader of the Qiang people pulled out the short blade in his boots and stabbed it at the waist of the Han citizen. At the same time, he raised his other hand and hit the face of a young man who rushed forward. fell to the ground in blood...


    The leader of the Qiang people just breathed a sigh of relief, but found that his leg was hugged by the young Han who had just fallen down. An old man''s body is hung around his waist, a middle-aged man''s arm is wrapped around his neck, and one leg is held in the arms of a young Han man on the ground, biting it down...


    『Aww…』


    The leader of the Qiang people was in great pain, and was about to punch the young Han who bit his leg to death, but saw a long spear coming from the side, and then he had no weapon in his hand to parry. Unable to hide, he could only watch helplessly as the spear pierced directly through his chest and abdomen from the side!


    Blood flowed down the spear shaft like water, and took away all the strength of the fierce Qiang leader. He stared, grinned and tilted his head, with an expression of disbelief, and fell down...


    The attack of the Qiang people near the city gate was suppressed for a while.


    Meng Shu looked at these common people, one common man after another pounced on them, one pair after another of brothers, father and son died under the sword of the Qiang people, and ordinary kind people fell to the ground one after another. On the ground, his tears flowed down uncontrollably...


    These people in Zhangye, these respectable and lovely ordinary people, they bear the most taxes and contribute the most strength. When the big man needs them most, these people stand up without hesitation, without complaint or complaint. Regretfully paid blood, sacrificed life...


    Jia Wenhe!


    All this blood and sacrifice is what you want?


    The deaths of these people are also your plans and strategies?


    (end of this chapter)