Chapter 305

Chai Yuanjian, who went down the city wall, tore a piece of cloth from the hem of his cloak, simply bandaged the knife wound on his left arm, and sat down at any place at the root of the city wall. From yesterday to now, the badminton army outside the city would launch an offensive every more than an hour. He didn't even close his eyes. At this time, his energy and physical strength had reached their limit.

Just as Chai Yuanjian wanted to close his eyes and have a rest, the sound of horse's hooves came from far to near. When Chai opened his eyes, he saw a horse galloping up to five meters in front of him. Without waiting for the horse to be stable, the man on the horse jumped off the horse. Maybe it was because of some lack of physical strength. After landing, the man staggered for two steps, and then he thought of coming in this direction, At this time, Chai Yuan Jian looked at his face. After seeing it clearly, he was surprised and stood up, because it was Xie Daoxian, the commander of Heyan city.

"Brother Xie, why are you here? Is there something wrong with the East, West and south walls?" Without waiting for Xie Daoxian to enter, Chai Yuanjian took a few steps forward and asked anxiously. Because of the troops under his command, he led his troops to the north wall, while Xie Daoxian was in charge of the other three walls. Now the big soldiers outside the city have retreated, but Xie Daoxian's presence here still makes Chai Yuanjian have a bad Association.

"Not yet, but soon." Xie Daoxian wiped the bloody sweat, then rubbed it on his cape behind him. He waved his hand and asked, "how are you doing here?"

"See for yourself." Chai Yuan Jian casually pointed around, and his face showed a bitter smile of anger and helplessness.

One day and one night's fighting has reduced his military strength by 60%, of which 40% were killed and 20% were seriously injured. Now almost all the surviving soldiers are injured. Although the badminton army has retreated temporarily, he knows that the next attack will come soon. In order to save his strength, he didn't even know how deep the body of paoze was.

At this time, there were layers of corpses under the north city wall, and the houses near the city wall were also destroyed by the catapult outside the city. Looking up, there were gravel ruins, blood rivers of corpses, and broken spears and bows everywhere. From time to time, there were moans of pain and depression around the city wall, and the scenes were like the last natural disasters, which made people unable to bear the attention.

"Ah ~" Xie Daoxian looked around, sighed and closed his eyes in pain.

"Brother Xie, what are you doing here?" In one day, the badminton army launched more than ten attacks. At this time, Chai Yuanjian was numb to the terrible situation in the battlefield. He knew that Xie Daoxian must have something important to discuss when he came here, but he didn't have the heart to guess Xie Daoxian's intention and asked directly.

"Brother Chai, can you divide 5000 troops here?" Xie Daoxian didn't answer the riddle either. Instead, he looked at Chai Yuanjian's face as he spoke. Seeing his face slightly changed, he quickly changed his words and said, "five thousand can't do it, three thousand can do it, even two thousand can. South gate and west gate can't hold on any longer. We must have additional troops."

"Why are the forces of the West and the south so tight?" Chai Yuanjian was surprised when he heard that there were 80000 troops under his command, and there were more than 20000 auxiliary soldiers recruited temporarily. He didn't expect that his troops would be tight so soon. It can be seen how fierce the war situation in the West and south gate was.

"Alas, the Fengxiang army is just crazy. Gu Jieyun launched 15 attacks on the two walls in the southwest one day and one night, and didn't give me any time to adjust. Now my troops have been reduced by more than half, and my morale is in danger of collapse. I want to borrow 5000 troops from brother Chai, and then ask my brothers to withdraw and repair a little bit." Xie Daoxian finished with a look of hope at Chai Yuanjian.

The northern wall where Chai Yuanjian was stationed was faced with the Yulin army. The Yulin army had been rushing all the way since it crossed the Huangyan river. Its combat power was not at its peak. However, the Fengxiang army in the west gate was different from that in the south gate. The Fengxiang army had been gathering its strength all the time. Xie Daoxian was shocked by the combat power that broke out during the siege one day and one night, I'm afraid he can't keep it now. This is why he immediately came to Chai Yuanjian on his own when the Fengxiang army's offensive was suspended.

Under normal circumstances, those who lose 30% of their troops and can still maintain their morale can be called a strong army, while those who lose 50% of their troops and can still maintain their morale can be called elite. To tell you the truth, until now, Xie Daoxian knows that his soldiers have done their best, but at this time, he has already realized that his morale is gradually declining. If there is no more troops to replenish him, he will be able to win the war, Even the God of war could not recover the decline.

"Brother Xie, more than 40% of my brothers have been killed in the war, and 20% of them are seriously injured. The rest of them are all injured, so we can't dispatch our troops." Chai Yuanjian smiles bitterly when he hears the speech. Although he can imagine that the Fengxiang army's offensive is stronger than that of the badminton army from afar, at this time, his soldiers are almost at the limit. He still wants to borrow troops from Xie Daoxian. How can he have any troops for him.

Xie Daoxian's face twitches when he hears the speech, and he has nothing to do with Chai Yuanjian. They are not new soldiers on the battlefield, but they have never seen such a fierce attack day and night. The so-called killing one thousand enemies will damage eight hundred. They have the strength of the city wall, and the losses of Fengxiang and Yulin troops outside the city are no less than them. But Gu Jieyun and Wei Jiu did not seem to be injured at all, and the offensive still shows no sign of stopping.

Both of them know that they and Da Qian's army outside the city are gambling. Da Qian wants to win Heyan city in one go, and they also want to spend the time when the momentum outside the city is declining. If they let go of this spirit first, it will be the time of defeat. However, the combined strength of the badminton army and Fengxiang army outside the city is nearly 300000, which is more than twice that of them. If we continue to consume them, it is likely that they will be the first to fail.

"Brother Chai, do you always insist on Beicheng?" After a while, Chai Yuanjian, who was staring at Xie Daoxian's eyes, asked.

When Chai Yuanjian heard the speech, there was a flash of anger in his eyes. He could no longer suppress his originally agitated and depressed mood. He said coldly, "what do you mean, brother Xie? Although Chai Yuanjian is not talented, he is not a man who stoops to the knees to betray his country. As long as Chai Yuanjian is alive, the north gate of Yanhe will never fall into Daqian's hands."

"Brother Chai, don't get me wrong. I don't doubt what you mean." Seeing Chai Yuanjian's bloodshot eyes, Xie Daoxian quickly said, "before I caught a few of the powerful people on the wall who wanted to communicate with the outside of the city, so I asked."

"What happened to those people." Chai Yuan Jian smell speech a little convergence heart anger, frown asked.

"I've sent my brother Quan to lead the army in the past, and those families must no longer exist." Xie Daoxian made no secret of his intention to kill people. He knew all kinds of thoughts of the city's rich people for a long time, but they didn't show them. Xie Daoxian had no reason to move them. Now that they want to have a secret communication with the outside of the city, he can't keep them any more.

"The wind is strong and the grass is firm. Brother Xie is right. At this time of crisis, they don't want to serve the country. Instead, they want to take advantage of the city and take refuge in Da Qian. If they kill them, they will kill them. " Chai Yuanjian nodded. If it was in the past, he might have worried about some influence. However, in one day, more than ten thousand robes in the north city where he was stationed turned into cold corpses, and he didn't have the heart to talk to those people again. If it happened in the North City wall, he might have gone too far than Xie Daoxian.

"Brother Chai, I want to go back to the south city to stay in town, and the north city will be handed over to brother Xian." Xie Daoxian took a look at the sky. Now it's still a while before dark. He doesn't know whether the Fengxiang army outside the city will launch a new offensive. Since Chai Yuanjian can't dispatch troops here, he doesn't have to stay here for a long time.

"Brother Xie, don't worry. Yuanjian will never do anything to insult our ancestors because our Chai family has been favored by Wang." Chai Yuanjian solemnly said that he had lost Guangji water stronghold before and had no face to return to the capital. If Heyan city was destroyed, he would not want to live in the world

"Take care, brother Chai." Xie Daoxian stretched out his right hand.

"Take care, brother Xie." Chai Yuanjian held out his right hand and held Xie Daoxian tightly, then separated. Chai Yuanjian walked toward the city wall, while Xie Daoxian turned over and galloped toward the south of the city. Only after they took a few steps, they looked back at each other. They both knew that this might be the last time they saw each other in their lives.

"General, general Xie is coming at this time. What happened?" Pan Juchuan, with blood all over his body, is resting against the women's wall of the battlements. Seeing that Chai Yuanjian is on the wall again, he can't help asking. He just saw the two people talking, but because of the distance, he doesn't know what they said.

"Fengxiang's army is on the offensive. The situation in Xicheng and Nancheng is a bit worse than ours, and there are signs of instability among the powerful families in the city. General Xie came to ask us if there are any surplus troops here." For his wife and brother, who had been with him all the time, Chai Yuanjian did not hide anything and told the truth directly.

"Fengxiang's troops have been stationed outside the city for more than a month. Naturally, they are more aggressive than the badminton troops." Pan Juchuan turned his lips and wanted to sit up straight. But he didn't want to do so, which affected his injury. He inhaled the air and bared his teeth. "As for the city's powerful families, I've said for a long time that they should hand over their private soldiers. However, both your brother-in-law and general Xie have worries. Now the country is in danger. How can there be so many reasons, Kill those who disagree. "

"It's not as easy as you think." Chai Yuanjian laughs bitterly and shakes his head. "It seems that we Tianxing are superior to the royal family, and the three Qing families are in charge of the imperial court. But in this place, they are controlled by the powerful families. They have been operating here for a long time, and they can be said to have deep roots. If they act rashly, it will only stir up great changes. At that time, the only thing that can benefit is Daqian. Let alone elder brother Xie and I, even if Qiu Shuai is here, he can only temporarily talk to them."

"Ai ~" pan Juchuan sighed. At this time, he realized the superiority of the law of State Administration of Daqian. Even those Guogong families who were granted the imperial certificate of calligraphy and iron in Daqian could not be like the local emperors like the star families. At that time, the Chai family, one of the three chief ministers, and their pan family opposed the reform. However, their parents never thought that the bitter fruits planted more than 20 years ago would be tasted by their descendants today.

Looking at Pan Juchuan's young face and his broken armor covered with blood, Chai Yuanjian looked left and right, and whispered, "Juchuan, you are still young. If you have a chance, you can find a way to escape here. Then you can go to southwest shuize to hide for a while, and then you can find a chance to escape."

"What about you, brother-in-law?" Pan Juchuan's face changed as soon as he heard the words. He looked at Chai Yuanjian and asked.

Chai Yuanjian went to the battlements, looked at the number of Yu Linjun who had begun to move again, and said, "I had lost the riverbank water stronghold before. If brother Qiu and brother Chen hadn't died, I would have died long ago. Now I just want to do my part for Tianxing as a guilty man. I'm the legitimate son of the Chai family. No matter how hard I do, I won't let me go, I want to stay here. It's the greatest blessing for me to be able to serve my country and die in the battlefield. "

"If my brother-in-law doesn't leave, how can I leave? How can I explain to my sister then. Besides, I'm also general Tianxing. How can I live in danger? " Pan Juchuan said with a calm face, in the face of life and death, some people will be afraid and cowardly, some people will muddle along, but some people will bravely face up to it. Pan Juchuan is obviously the latter. Compared with his death in the battlefield, he is more afraid to face his sister's sad tears, to face the changed country, to face the uneasy and suffering life in the later half of his life.

"Are you really not going?" It was the first time that Chai Yuanjian saw his wife and younger brother's heroic side, so he asked again.

"Ha ha, brother-in-law, although I don't have a weapon on weekdays, I'm not afraid of death. It's my duty to base the bones on the battlefield and to bathe the general in blood. I'm general Tianxing." Having said that, pan Juchuan took out a gold and jade bottom, pearl inlaid Luan Feng Chai from his arms, carefully wiped the blood on it with his cape behind him, then looked at it for a long time and said, "sister a has long wanted a Luan Feng Chai from Nanhai County, but it's a pity that she can't hand it to her and look at the smile on his face."

Chai Yuanjian also looks at the Phoenix Chai. He has never heard of it from his wife. It must be because the Chai family is fighting fiercely for the position of the future head of the family. His eldest son is the thorn in the eyes of his younger brothers. In order not to give himself any trouble, his wife didn't say it.

Thinking of his wife in Wangdu, Chai Yuanjian's face shows a trace of tenderness, and then his eyes are full of fighting spirit. As long as Heyan city can persist for one more day, Wangdu will be safe for one more day. For the sake of his family, his wife and children, even if he dies, he will never let Da Qian break the city.

At the same time, the commander Gu Jieyun, the eldest princess Yu Tianxiang, the commander Su Leyi and the general Nie Pingjing, who have just come back from the west of Heyan City, are standing on the same high ground, overlooking the Heyan city.

"Marshal Gu, we have lost 30000 brothers. Now our soldiers are tired. If we attack the city again, we will surely suffer heavy casualties. Can we take a rest and attack the city again?" Nie Pingjing looks at Gu Jieyun discontentedly and says that he is the former army general. At this time, the former army is the one who makes the most effort to attack the city, so the loss of his soldiers is also the biggest. Looking at the living robes falling under the city of Heyan, Nie Pingjing is bleeding in his heart. He really doesn't want to attack any more.

"It's hard for us, especially for Xie Daoxian and Chai Yuanjian in the city. This is the time to compete for endurance. Whoever can hold on to the end is the winner." Gu Jieyun glanced at Nie Pingjing, and his tone was also dissatisfied. "General Nie, you are from Yanyang Academy. You should know the reason why you are not in charge of the army. You should also know the importance of Heyan city to the whole Tianxing war situation. This time is not the time to spare the lives of soldiers. If you don't want to fight, my commander can withdraw you now and transfer the right army to replace you."

"The end will not mean that." Gu Jieyun said calmly, but the content of his words made Nie Pingjing tremble. As one of the few generals of the young generation of Da Qian, Nie Pingjing was absolutely not a man who was afraid of war and death, but the injury of his soldiers made him a little frightened.

Gu Jieyun took a look at Nie Pingjing, waved his hand and said, "take a rest for half an hour. After half an hour, continue to attack the city. This time, I will give you the Chinese Army's Yueshan camp."

Among the young generals in Fengxiang army, except for her niece Gu Qingcheng, Nie Pingjing is her favorite. She knows that every general Daqian has to face the current situation, and she comes here in the same way. At that time, during the northern Xinjiang war, she looked at the robes that had just said they were smiling and turned into cold corpses. She didn't know how many times she cried behind her back. However, as she experienced more and more such things, she gradually became numb and used to it. The war was never a child's home. There was no immortal. The so-called "one will accomplish ten thousand bones wither", that is absolutely not to say casually.

And he let Nie Pingjing lead the siege, is to forge this good steel into a sword, so as to cultivate a famous general for the future Fengxiang army, this is her last battle, she naturally hope to leave something. And now is the time to sharpen Nie Pingjing's edge, how can she give up halfway. And Nie Pingjing's command before the battle is not improper. If she is changed, maybe more people will die at this time, which also shows that Nie Pingjing has potential worth cultivating.

"I will obey you." Although Nie Pingjing didn't fully understand Gu Jieyun's thoughts, he could also feel some of them. Seeing Gu Jieyun's sending more troops to him, he didn't ask that he must attack the city wall and quickly promised.

"Marshal, Tianxiang, please fight." Yu Tianxiang, who has been staring at the head of Heyan City, suddenly says.