Volume 1 Chapter 103 Turning Point

Yang Wudi spoke weakly, but everyone could hear the firmness in his words.

His voice was not loud, but it contained the determination of the soldiers in the border town to defend the land and the border.

They would rather die in battle than surrender.

This is the determination of the soldiers.

When the second Khan of the Xiongnu and others heard what Yang Wudi said, they were slightly touched. If such a fierce general surrendered to them, the Xiongnu, the destruction of the Great Zhou was just around the corner.

Unfortunately, such fierce generals and loyal ministers were only available in the Central Plains Dynasty, and no one knew how they cultivated them.

For so many years, it has always been Yang Wudi who guarded Honghua City and blocked their cavalry's way south.

They respected and hated Yang Wudi. They

respected Yang Wudi's ability and loyalty.

They hated how many Xiongnu people Yang Wudi had slaughtered and how many times he had stopped here.

The second Khan of the Xiongnu narrowed his eyes and smiled cruelly: "Yang Wudi, since you don't know what's good for you, I will send you back to the west today!"

"Come on, prepare the whole army to attack the city!"

Boom boom boom!

The war horses trampled the ground, making a rumbling sound.

The siege finally began!

And this time, they came prepared.

During the siege of Honghua City, they also cut down many trees in the surrounding mountains and forests and made the simplest siege tools.

Although there were no large siege equipment like catapults, at least they could be made into wooden boards and used as floating bridges, which were directly built on the moat. As

soon as the 500,000 troops were dispatched, they immediately covered the moat on the north wall.

This made the moat useless for stopping the enemy.

The Hun army rushed to the bottom of the city wall, cut off the suspension bridge directly, and then brought very thick wood, which was held by dozens of people, and hit the city gate frantically.

Yang Wudi and his men were so hungry on the city wall that they didn't even have the strength to draw the bow.

Only a few people could work together to pour the defensive kerosene on the city wall and then set it on fire.

A large number of people were burned to death in an instant.

Even the floating bridge that the Huns had just built was burned down.

But the Hun army did not stop the rhythm of the attack. If the north gate did not work, they rushed directly to the west gate. If the west gate did not work, they rushed to the east gate.

In half a day, they attacked all three walls.

Yang Wudi and his men were basically exhausted.

When the last round of attack was over, the fire at the north gate also stopped, and the ground was scorched.

At this time, the real offensive of the Huns began. They once again transported a lot of wood and began to build a floating bridge in front of Yang Wudi.

This time, Yang Wudi and his men really had no strength. They were already very hungry, and they had fought so hard for several hours.

Many soldiers were even exhausted and couldn't get up.

Yang Wudi gritted his teeth, drew the sword from his waist, and roared: "Soldiers, prepare to die for your country!"

At this moment, the city wall gate was still being hit crazily. As long as the Huns rushed into the city, the soldiers of the Great Zhou would definitely be wiped out.

Some of them didn't even have the strength to hold a knife, so how could they fight against the Hun cavalry?

This is not like when Bai Qi let the Huns in.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The 10,000 generals under Yang Wudi drew their swords and roared their last battle.

Although they knew they would die, they could not let the Huns look down on them.

Moreover, they knew better than anyone what the situation would be like after the Huns broke into the city. The

10,000 generals led the soldiers who were still able to pick up weapons to gather at the city gate, ready for the last fight!

"I will live and die with you, my men, kill!"

Yang Wudi picked up the drumstick on the city wall and beat it again and again. Although he was exhausted and out of breath, and his eyes were black, he still beat it again and again.

Boom , boom, boom!

The powerful sound of the war drums beat wildly,

hitting the hearts of every soldier of the Great Zhou.

Everyone's eyes gradually became cold and bloodthirsty.

They knew that today was the day when the city was broken and the family was destroyed, and there was only one way to die waiting for them.

"Brothers, if we kill one, we will get back

our capital. If we kill two, we will win!" "The Xiongnu will definitely slaughter our parents, wives and children when they enter the city. Even if we die, we will take a bite of their flesh. "

Ten thousand generals gave the final pre-war encouragement.

Even if they died, they would die standing up, and they would never live on their knees.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Fight this group of Xiongnu."

The soldiers roared hysterically, holding their spears tightly, imagining the scene of stabbing the enemy to death with one spear.

But everyone knew that their end would be to die in battle under the city.

Some even felt that they could only swing a spear, and if this spear could not kill the enemy, then he would die.

The soldiers stared at the city gate, and at this moment the city gate creaked when it was hit, and the bolts on the city gate made a crisp breaking sound.

One bolt broke.

Two bolts broke.

All broke!

With a loud bang!

The solid gate of Honghua City was finally knocked open.

Kill!

The soldiers roared and formed a spear array.

At this moment, the ground rumbled, and after the gate was knocked open, all the Xiongnu infantrymen who had knocked the gate retreated, leaving the gate to the cavalrymen behind.

They also went to find their own horses, jumped on their horses and followed the cavalrymen to continue to rush into Honghua City.

"Kill!"

The Xiongnu cavalrymen rushed in frantically and had a close combat with the defenders of Honghua City.

Scimitars were waving, and horses were trampling.

The spearmen stabbed the Xiongnus fiercely with their spears, but they were knocked away by the horses and then trampled to death.

More people didn't even have the chance to swing their spears, and their necks were cut off by the Xiongnu cavalrymen who followed with scimitars.

"It's over, it's all over!"

"Heaven wants to destroy our Honghua City!"

"Heaven wants to destroy our Great Zhou!"

Ten thousand people roared in their hearts, picked up their swords and joined the bloody fight.

The blood instantly dyed the robes red.

But the cold pain could not extinguish the blood in their hearts.

The soldiers on the wall had no strength to come down, and could only look down from above. They saw their comrades falling in a pool of blood one by one,

and saw the Huns begin to slaughter their former brothers crazily.

They also wanted to fight, and wanted to pick up bows and arrows to shoot these enemies.

But when they picked up bows and arrows, they couldn't even draw a bow. They wanted to pick up spears and rush down the city, but they found that their legs were weak and they couldn't take

a step. But Yang Wudi was still hammering the war drum.

But his heart was dead.

Tears fell from his eyes. He saw the scene of corpses all over Honghua City. In a blink of an eye, at least seven or eight thousand people died under the iron hoofs of the Huns.

This is because the main force of the Huns has not entered the city.

As long as the Huns have 30,000 to 50,000 cavalry to kill on a large scale and successfully set up a formation, then soon hundreds of thousands of people in the city will be slaughtered.

"Why? Why?"

"Why do you do this to us! Why can the Huns cut off our logistics and food!"

Yang Wudi roared unwillingly.

At this time, an arrow feather shot directly through his arm. He was in so much pain that cold sweats ran down his body, and one arm drooped limply.

The sound of the war drum stopped abruptly.

But the next moment, Yang Wudi continued to hammer the war drum with his other hand.

"You are so tenacious!"

"Yang Wudi, you are worthy of being my lifelong enemy! At this time, do you still want to persist? Is it necessary?"

The second Khan of the Xiongnu put down his longbow, his eyes full of admiration for Yang Wudi. Why can't such a warrior be a general of the Xiongnu?

But what is the point of your persistence?

"Kill! Don't leave any alive!"

"After breaking the city, I allow you to loot for three days!"

The second Khan of the Xiongnu issued the final killing order.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The Xiongnu cavalry became even more crazy, scrambling to rush into the city, robbing gold and silver treasures, cattle, sheep and beautiful women.

At this moment, there were already cries and blood everywhere in Honghua City.

But Yang Wudi didn't persist to the end. He was too tired to do it. He staggered and collapsed on the ground, and his eyes began to blur.

"Is it really over?"

"Has Honghua City been broken like this?"

"Is the Great Zhou really going to perish in my hands?"

Yang Wudi just wanted to roar to the sky and vent his resentment and unwillingness,

but he had no way to change it.

At this moment.

Suddenly, a group of cavalry came from a distance and rushed towards the Huns frantically, shouting as they rushed:

"It's not good, it's not good, Khan, the Second Khan has wolfish ambitions. He sent people to plunder our grassland dragon court."

"He took away our wives and daughters, and took away poor Yanzhi!"

"The Second Khan obviously wants to destroy our tribe!"

It was not just one person shouting, but hundreds of people shouting. These people included not only the guards of the grassland dragon court, but also the nobles under the command of the Fifth Khan.

There were even a few respected priests among them.

Their shouting immediately changed the rhythm of the Huns' attack on Honghua City.

The Fifth Khan's face changed drastically, and the soldiers under the command of the Fifth Khan were instantly separated from the Second Khan's army.

They retreated from the battlefield frantically, spurred their horses and rushed to the Dragon Court Guard who reported the news.

The Fifth Khan grabbed the collar of the Dragon Court Guard and roared, "Are you seeing right?"

"Really, it's true!"

"My Lord Khan."

"The soldiers under the Second Khan's command took away our noble Yanzhi, our wives and daughters, and robbed our gold and silver treasures in front of us."

"And they also killed our Dragon Court Guards."

"The guard leaders were hacked to death by those people."

"These people took your Yanzhi to their base camp, and now they must be in danger."

As these people spoke, they began to hit his fists hard, and each of them had an inexplicable look of grief and anger on their faces.

What!?

The Fifth Khan suddenly felt like there was a grassland on his head.

His woman was taken away from home by the Second Khan.

And now he is still working for the Second Khan. No man can tolerate this.

"Damn it, it's too much!"

"Kill them, kill them!"

The Fifth Khan's eyes were red, and he waved his scimitar directly, pointing at the Second Khan's army.

The 100,000 soldiers under his command were even more furious.

The Second Khan actually sent troops to plunder their grassland dragon court and captured their wives and daughters.

This is intolerable!

Even ordinary soldiers felt that they could not swallow this breath. After all, who knows if they have taken more women back?

What about their own women?

Thinking of this, the soldiers turned their backs and attacked the Second Khan's army from behind.

This change immediately made Yang Wudi on the city widen his eyes.

How is this possible?

This is going to be an internal conflict.

"Okay, okay!"

Yang Wudi laughed.

Just now, the Xiongnu coalition forces were going to kill into Honghua City, and now the Fifth Khan's army is collectively killing the Second Khan.

The killing is so tragic.

This is a sneak attack!

Just one round of arrow rain, thousands of people died directly on the spot.

"What are you doing?"

The Second Khan was just attacked by an arrow, and the arrow went straight through his shoulder, and he was in pain.

"Why are you asking me?"

"You actually sent troops to rob my woman!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

"Kill them for me!"

The Fifth Khan saw the scene he least wanted to see in his life, just like catching an adulterer.

"Are you crazy? How could I send people to rob your grassland dragon court?"

"Don't you have a brain to think about it?"

The Second Khan ordered the army to resist while retreating, and tried hard to persuade the Fifth Khan.

But the Fifth Khan didn't listen to him at all, and led the army to continue to attack the Second Khan's army.

He and the Second Khan didn't get along well, and now this kind of thing happened, so he killed them first.

The Third Khan and the Fourth Khan were completely confused.

They couldn't fight or retreat now. They

were even more afraid of being involved in the war between the two Khans.

So they immediately commanded their troops to withdraw from the battlefield. Honghua City could be attacked at any time, but the most important thing now was to preserve their strength.

Prevent being innocently involved in a war that does not belong to them.

The two sons of the First Khan looked at each other and sneered.

This is the result they most hope to see. If the Second Khan and the Fifth Khan can fight to the death, they will have more grasslands in the future.

So they also withdrew from the war in Honghua City.

This change shocked everyone on the side of Da Zhou.

"Don't fight anymore?"

"Withdraw?"

The defenders in Honghua City stared at this scene in a daze, and their minds couldn't turn around at this moment.

What is going on?

Why is the enemy not attacking at this moment, but fighting itself!

"We are saved, saved!"

"This must be Bai Qi's work!"

Some people shouted frantically. They suddenly saw this scene when they were dying, just like a fish that was about to die of thirst and was suddenly put into a pond.

They were so excited that they wanted to cry.

"Close the city gate, close the city gate!"

The tens of thousands of generals were also very happy in their hearts, but this was not the time to celebrate at all. Let's close the city gate first.

What if the other side finished fighting, the internal strife ended, and they started to attack Honghua City again?

Let's close the city gate first, at least we can defend for a while longer.

There are still many corpses of Huns on the ground, and they have dry food on them. At that time, many soldiers found beef jerky from these people.

He put it directly into his mouth and chewed it frantically, then took the wine bag from the Huns and drank it hard.

Only then did he feel the strength of his whole body coming back.

These people immediately closed the city gate, and then found a spare bolt, making the city gate a weapon of defense again.

After eating a little beef jerky below, the 10,000 generals ran back to the city wall with a little dry food.

They looked at Yang Wuji one by one, full of admiration.

"Marshal, is this your strategy?"

"You are really a genius!"

"Although many people died this time, as long as the Huns continue to fight internally, the probability of defending Honghua City is still very high."

They all sincerely admired Yang Wudi.

Yang Wudi shook his head woodenly. This had little to do with him, and Bai Qi did not tell him his plan.

But this result is the best.

He let out a long breath and said, "This is all Bai Qi's doing!"

Is it Bai Qi?

Everyone was stunned.

Could this be Bai Qi's plan?

Yang Wudi looked down and said with bright eyes, "I don't know what method he used to cause internal strife among the Xiongnu, but it seems that we may win this battle!"

"Can we really win?"

Ten thousand generals were skeptical.

Don't look at the internal strife between the second and fifth Khans of the Xiongnu.

But there are still the third and fourth Khans, as well as the two sons of the first Khan of the Xiongnu.