Can I get to the other side?

For such a long time, Ma Chao has not used his elite troops to attack the city, but only used slaves to consume them. Who would have thought that today he would come unexpectedly!

Obviously trying to catch them off guard!

City defense is not an easy task. Once a gap is opened, it is difficult to close it. This is the reason why a thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest.

"Don't mess up the formation!!"

Gao Lan roared angrily and swept the iron gun in his hand, sending the four rebels flying out!

But just in this moment of delay, more than a dozen rebel soldiers attacked the city wall!

These people do not seek to kill the enemy.

They just used the weapons in their hands to force the Han soldiers to retreat so that the friendly troops behind could continuously pour onto the city wall!

After days of fighting, the Han soldiers on the city wall were too tired. Although they tried their best to wield their weapons, they were still not as good as usual.

Even a strong general like Gao Lan felt very tired after several days of fighting, let alone ordinary soldiers?

What's more important is that this is defending the city wall, not fighting on the battlefield. Gao Lan's brave force cannot be used, and he has to take care of every part of the city wall.

This is not something that can be solved by individual bravery.

But it depends on the overall coordination!

The elite rebels had been preparing for this attack for a long time. Compared with their abundant energy, the soldiers seemed much tired.

It is not difficult to guess what a hand-to-hand battle between the two would look like. Even if there is a gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides, it would be difficult to bridge the gap. What's more, the rebels who were the first to attack the city wall did not take an offensive at first, but instead took a defensive stance.

They tried to establish a "point" on the city wall so that subsequent rebels could continuously come up and form a new front with them.

But just a moment later, when there were about dozens of rebels waiting on the wall, they immediately turned to guard and attack, further forcing the Han army on the wall and occupying more areas.

This is exactly the usual means of siege!

The Qiang people didn't know this. Obviously, these rebels had been trained by Ma Chao and knew how to attack the city.

The only way to crack it is to prevent the other party from establishing this "point". There can be no negligence, otherwise the flood will burst!

Many tired Han soldiers were killed by the enemy.

But what is incredible is that when every Han soldier knew that he was about to face death, he did not hesitate to choose to die with the other party!

"I'll fuck you! Go to hell!"

After a Han soldier was pierced through the chest and abdomen by two spears, his eyes were red, he vomited blood and rushed towards the opponent with a roar!

Then he hugged the other two rebel soldiers and fell to the city with them!

This is not an isolated case, and many more Han soldiers chose to use all their strength to control an enemy soldier even though they knew they would die.

Then let the friendly forces stab the enemy through the body with him, or hold the enemy and fall off the city wall, exchanging lives for lives!

Extremely tragic!

The heroism of his comrades greatly stimulated the other soldiers on the city wall, making them even more brave and fearless of death!

"Top it up!!"

Gao Lan roared angrily and rushed directly to the area occupied by the rebels with a dozen Han soldiers!

I saw that every move he made was extremely powerful.

It even brought out the sharp sound of breaking wind!

All enemy soldiers touched by his iron spear died on the spot, and no one survived!

It's like a demon from heaven descending to earth!

Gao Lan's bravery had already attracted the attention of several rebel crossbowmen who had climbed onto the city wall. Upon seeing this, they immediately fired several crossbow arrows at him!

But Gao Lan kept paying attention to the crossbowmen while fighting. When he saw the crossbow arrows coming, he immediately wanted to dodge, but then he suddenly noticed a petite figure out of the corner of his eye.

Under a wall.

A little girl was curled up there, her face covered with tears and unconcealable fear.

It was the little girl who handed out the food!

"Why hasn't she left the city wall yet?!"

Gao Lan's expression changed, but he had no time to think. After gritting his teeth, he stood up in front of the little girl without hesitation!

The little girl only felt that there was a tall figure in front of her.

She looked up subconsciously.

He saw a burly general covered in blood and with menacing eyes standing in front of him.

It was the general whom she disliked for being unattractive.

"Walk!!"

Gao Lan gritted his teeth and uttered one word, then turned around with his gun and continued to fight the enemy in a bloody battle!

And the little girl saw three arrows sticking out of his back!

"General!!"

The other soldiers around were shocked.

I saw Gao Lan raising his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. Not only did he not fall down, his eyes became more fierce, and his face became more ferocious and terrifying.

He stared at the enemy soldiers climbing up the city wall in the distance, and then roared:

"Kill me——!!"

All the soldiers' eyes were red, and they burst out with endless fighting spirit and strength, and followed Gao Lan to kill the enemy boldly! !

Until death!

…

The battle did not end until the evening. Facing the fierce enemy attack outside the city, the defenders used ten consecutive rounds of powerful crossbows to kill all the rebels who climbed onto the city wall, and then the situation was restored.

Gao Lan made great contributions in this battle to defend the city.

If it hadn't been for his bravery in battle, the west wall, which was under the greatest pressure, might have been captured by the rebels. However, he paid a heavy price for this and was hit by three crossbow arrows in the back.

He continued to fight bravely despite his injuries, and did not receive treatment from medical officers until the enemy troops were completely defeated.

After the medical officer saw Gao Lan's injuries.

I couldn't help but my eyelids twitched.

Because Gao Lan has been fighting with injuries, the violent movements have torn the wounds, so it looks a bit scary.

"Is it serious? Will this injury affect the next battle?"

Gao Lan looked at the medical officer and asked with raised eyebrows.

What he cares about is not the severity of his injury, but whether it will affect his ability to continue fighting.

The medical officer felt great admiration when he heard this.

"Don't worry, general. Fortunately, there was armor to resist. The crossbow arrows didn't go deep and didn't hit key parts."

"I will pull out the crossbow arrow later and apply some gold sore medicine, so as not to affect the general's continued fighting."

The medical officer replied seriously.

He didn't say anything nonsense about asking Gao Lan to take a good rest. Now that the war was ahead, every soldier was working hard.

It seems that a strong general like Gao Lan would not be willing to stay in the city to recuperate, so he could only do his best to alleviate Gao Lan's pain and injuries.

Thanks to the strong armor of the Han army, the three crossbow arrows did not penetrate too deeply and did not hurt the lungs. The arrows just disappeared.

"Good work."

Gao Lan nodded when he heard this and allowed the medical officer to start treating his wounds.

But at this moment, a petite figure suddenly stood in front of him, and he subconsciously looked up.

The person standing in front of him was none other than the little girl he had rescued before.

The little girl looked at Gao Lan, with worry and guilt in her eyes. After struggling for a long time, she timidly said: "Are you okay..."

During the day, she clearly saw Gao Lan being hit by three enemy arrows in order to save her.

I didn't have time to say thank you at that time.

So after the war, she came to the city wall to distribute food to the soldiers, and also to look for Gao Lan.

Thank you to this general who looks a bit fierce but is actually very kind.

Hearing this, Gao Lan knew what she was talking about, so he waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's just a small injury, it's nothing."

"Go back as soon as you finish distributing the food. Don't stay here anymore. Be more careful next time."

Gao Lan was really not used to dealing with children. After the medical officer gave him the medicine, he got up and left.

"etc!"

But the little girl stopped him, then quickly took out a water bag and a piece of food from her little basket and placed them in Gao Lan's hand.

"Thank you……"

The little girl blushed and hugged Gao Lan, then turned and ran away, her braid bouncing up and down in the light of the setting sun.

Extraordinarily beautiful.

Gao Lan froze on the spot. He looked in the direction where the little girl was leaving. On the long city wall, a famous citizen was distributing food to the soldiers.

Everyone's face has a look called "hope" and is full of life.

He lowered his head and glanced at the dry food in his hand. He didn't say anything, but silently took a big bite to replenish his strength.

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But at this moment, Gao Lan suddenly saw Yuan Xi walking past him, with hurried steps and no trace of his usual calmness, and a deep look of worry on his face.

Didn't even notice his presence.

"What happened?"

Gao Lan reached out to hold Yuan Xi and asked.

Yuan Xi rarely showed such a look.

Yuan Xi stopped and saw Gao Lan. He couldn't help but sigh and said in a deep voice: "Something happened to Zhongshu Ling!"

"What?"

Gao Lan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.

Zhongshu Ling is Jia Xu.

Something happened to Jia Xu?

Yuan Xi said with a serious expression: "Today's attack on the city came unexpectedly. Zhongshu ordered the retreat a little slower, and accidentally hit the enemy's hidden arrow... Are you also injured?"

He noticed the bandaged wounds on Gao Lan's body.

Gao Lan shook his head and said, "I'm not in the way. How is Zhong Shuling's injury? Is he okay?"

Jia Xu is now the backbone of Chang'an City.

If something goes wrong with Jia Xu, Chang'an City, which is already in danger, may become even more dangerous.

"It's not clear right now, I'm getting ready to visit."

Yuan Xi said that he had just learned the news and was about to visit Jia Xu's house to see how he was doing.

"I'll go with you."

Gao Lan did not hesitate, ate the cooking cake in his hand in two or two bites, and then hurriedly left the city wall with Yuan Xi and headed for Jia Xu's mansion.

…

Outside Chang'an City, Ma Chao's military camp.

"Bang--"

Ma Chao slammed his fist on the table and cursed angrily: "We lost three thousand elites, and we didn't even capture a single city wall!"

"What do you people do for food?"

For today's battle, he used the previous ten days as preparation, hoping to take advantage of the paralysis of the Han army to attack Chang'an City in one go.

But the result was a huge disappointment for him. Not only did he fail to capture Chang'an, he also lost a lot of his own elite troops.

Although the dead were all warriors from various tribes, and there were not many elites under his command who participated in the war, he still felt very angry.

Seeing the furious Ma Chao, all the tribes were as quiet as ice. They didn't dare to speak and kept silent one by one.

Ma Chao became even angrier when he saw this, and cursed: "Are you all dumb? You all know the consequences if Chang'an City is not conquered!"

"Which tribe will send troops to attack the city tomorrow? Speak up!"

The leader of the Shaohe tribe hesitated again and again after hearing this, and said: "General Tian, ​​Chang'an is too difficult to conquer. It is not as empty as you said before."

"We have been attacking for almost half a month, but we still cannot break the city. This shows that the defenders in the city are far more than we imagined."

"Even if we send out more elite troops to attack the city, we may not be able to capture it. Otherwise, we should withdraw our troops."

The long-term attack made the leaders of each tribe waver in their idea of ​​conquering Chang'an, because if Chang'an was really empty of troops, how could it have lasted so long?

It should have been conquered by them like Xiaoguan.

Their attacks were repelled again and again, and it would have been difficult to do it if they were not full of troops.

"Withdraw? What are you talking about?"

Ma Chao kicked over the table in front of him, drew out the sword from his waist, and went up to the leader of the Shaohe tribe and directly crossed his neck, his eyes full of murderous intent.

"This time, such a big battle was wasted, so many people died, and you said to withdraw? Do you think fighting is a joke!"

"If we withdraw now, how can we make up for the food and grass lost for such a long time, and the casualties! How will you survive this winter!"

"Have you ever thought about how the court will retaliate after this incident!"

He was really laughed at by the words of this idiot.

This attack was a desperate gamble, and failure would mean death. Withdrawal was impossible, and fighting to the death was the only choice!

The leader of the Shaohe tribe felt the coldness of the sharp blade on his neck, and was frightened to a pale face. Seeing this, the leaders of other tribes hurried forward to persuade Ma Chao to calm down.

"General Tian, ​​actually what Chief Shao He said makes sense. If there are still many defenders in Chang'an City, we can't take it down even if we attack it."

"We have been attacking Chang'an for so long, the Han army on the front must have received the news and are rushing back. We are no match for the elite Han army."

"By then, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave even if we want to."

Chief Zhong Qiang persuaded that although the loss of retreating now is huge, it is better than being surrounded by the Han army and being annihilated.

Facing the words of Chief Zhong Qiang, Ma Chao's face was gloomy.

It took a long time before he retracted the sharp blade.

He then ordered: "Send a message to the defenders in Chang'an City, telling them that as long as they are willing to hand over the queen and give a lot of money and food, I will withdraw my troops!"

Chief Zhong Qiang and the leaders of various tribes were overjoyed when they heard this.

Ma Chao was finally persuaded!

However, when Ma Chao saw their expressions, he sneered and said, "Don't be happy yet. I'm not planning to withdraw my troops, but to test the strength of Chang'an."

"If they flatly refuse, it means that the garrison in Chang'an is still sufficient, so we can withdraw our troops."

"But if they agree to the conditions, it means that Chang'an is already at the end of its strength, and continuing to attack the city will definitely win!"

The biggest question he has at the moment is that he doesn't know the situation in Chang'an.

This is the easiest way to test it out.

If anyone in Chang'an shows any sign of weakness, he will choose to continue the attack without hesitation!