Within an hour, more than 3,000 civilians had gathered in the city. They were shivering in the north wind, some were cursing loudly the defenders in the city, some were crying and begging, but nothing helped.
About two hours later, the sky was already bright, and a hazy black shadow appeared faintly under the western horizon. The black shadow came extremely fast, and did not make any defensive moves. On the vast snowy field, seven thousand war horses galloped rapidly. In the faint white mist, only a corner of the black silhouette could be seen. In the blink of an eye, they had already approached the city. The Yanbei Army on Beishuo City rushed to tell each other, and the news of the enemy's attack quickly spread throughout the army. Before the Xia army in the east made a move, the Daxia lurking army in the west had already shown its blade first. General Cheng Yuan, who was in charge of defending the west city, was worried. Fortunately, Xue Zhiyuan reported it in advance, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
The civilians roared in fear first, and ran towards the city gate in panic, but at this time, who would dare to open the city gate for them
There was a creaking sound on the city wall, which was the sound of heavy crossbow bolts being opened. Lieutenant General Cheng Yuan stood on the top of the city, wearing a big blue fur, holding a knife, looking contemptuously at the team ahead, and snorted coldly, However, a light cavalry team of 10,000 people dared to attack Beishuo City, it was simply fantastic.
Just listen to him casually ordering his subordinates: "Don't be soft-hearted, wipe them all out, the victory of the first battle of the Beishuo War must be firmly in the hands of our Beishuo local soldiers!"
His subordinate Sun He frowned suspiciously, and said rather embarrassedly: "But there are still many civilians under the city."
Cheng Yuan raised his brows lightly, and said coldly, "Is it a commoner? I didn't see it." Immediately, he left the city and went back to the barracks to rest.
The weather was unbearably cold, with such a small number of troops, it was impossible for him to stay here to guard.
Sun He immediately understood, turned around and told the middle-ranking generals behind him: "The civilians below are all disguised by the Xia army to confuse us with smoke bombs. The purpose is to force us not to shoot arrows. As long as we open the city gate, These people will immediately become the enemy army, kill us all, and burn Beishuo to the ground!"
Everyone immediately understood, and said one after another: "Xia Gou is so cunning, he is really deceiving people too much, if we don't kill them all, we will have no face in this world."
The city was noisy, and people were gnashing their teeth and roaring to the people below. However, at this moment, the entire cavalry suddenly stopped not far away, and the leader of the cavalry in black fur rushed forward, took off the hood, and revealed a beautiful and heroic face, the woman said loudly : "I am Chu Qiao, the military staff officer of the General Staff Department, and behind me is the Southwest Township Envoy of my army. The previous Xia army has been wiped out by us. Please open the city gate and let us in!"
Her voice was not loud, but everyone in the city could hear her clearly. As soon as the words fell, there were giggling laughter on the city wall. If General Xue hadn't informed in advance, they might have really been fooled by them. Staff Chu has already died for the country, and they still use her banner to cheat? Southwest town government envoy? What team is that? A traitor leader
Sun He didn't see Chu Qiao face to face, but only saw her back a few times from a distance. This place was too far away from the army below, and the white fog was heavy in the morning, making it even more difficult to recognize her true face. He was preconceived, and after receiving Cheng Yuan's private instruction, he became more courageous, sneered, and waved his hand lightly.
"Fight for freedom! Kill!"
A loud roar sounded immediately! In response to Chu Qiao, more than 300 crossbow arrows were fired at the same time. The arrows covered the sun like dark clouds, covered the sky and the sun, roaring, and fell from the sky like a storm!
"Protect the adults!"
The officers and soldiers of the Southwest Town Government's eyes were tearing apart, and they rushed forward with a loud cry. More than a dozen young soldiers stood in front of Chu Qiao and built a dense human wall for her.
After Chu Qiao's improvement, those crossbow arrows can be fired thirty-eight consecutively, with great strength and fast speed, they can be called the most powerful weapon for defending the city in the world. Thousands of arrows were fired, and the black rain of arrows shot through more than ten soldiers like a howling wind. In an instant, their bodies twisted strangely like hedgehogs, and flew upside down!
"Protect your lord!" He Xiao rushed forward holding a sword, and with one sword he slashed a arrow. Hundreds of soldiers rushed forward desperately to protect Chu Qiao. They were all light cavalry, without shields, without armor, and because they followed Chu Qiao, they didn't even set up a formation suitable for defense. Under the first round of dense arrow rain, they immediately turned their backs.
A young soldier hugged Chu Qiao regardless and rushed back. The arrow shot through his chest, and a large amount of blood stained Chu Qiao's face, but the soldier still refused to let go and rode his horse. Running wildly, he shouted loudly: "Protect your lord! Come closer to me!"
But soon, their war horses were shot into a hornet's nest and fell to the ground. Before he even had time to take a look, he rolled on the spot, got up, and ran back while still protecting Chu Qiao.
"There is an enemy attack! Protect your lord!" More and more people rushed forward, they were like black waves, one row of people died, and the other row rushed forward, without weakness, fear, or retreat . When they fled out of range, there were already densely packed soldiers lying behind them.
"Hahaha!" Yan Beijun's laughter sounded from the top of the city, the voice was so ear-piercing.
Chu Qiao fell heavily to the ground, and He Xiao pushed through the crowd and rushed in, shouting nervously, "My lord! Are you alright?"
The soldiers scattered. Just as He Xiao ran in, his eyes widened and he shouted loudly: "Bold! How dare you disrespect your lord!" As he spoke, he was about to rush forward.
"General He, stop talking." Chu Qiao weakly poked her head out from the arms of the young soldier who was holding her tightly, her tone was sad and low, her face was pale, tears welled in her eyes, but she resisted them not to fall. , "He is dead, he saved me."
Breaking away from the soldier's hand, Chu Qiao slowly stood up. At this time, there was a short cry from the crowd, and the soldier's back was like a hedgehog, with more than a dozen sharp arrows stuck in it, three or four of which were shot in the heart, and most of them were broken. It can be seen how many somersaults he fell during the run. His expression was ferocious and crazy, as if he was still running wildly at the moment before he died, or, even though he was dead, he was still running. No one knew what kind of power this was. Chu Qiao took off her fur and put it on the soldier, then knelt down, brushed the soldier's cheek lightly, and closed his eyes for him.
With a bang, the girl stood up abruptly, turned around and walked towards Beishuo City Gate.
"My lord!" the soldiers shouted in unison.
He Xiao was the first to stop her, and shouted loudly: "My lord! No!"
Chu Qiao's eyes were cold, and the flames of anger burned in her heart. Just for a moment, they killed more than one hundred people and injured more than three hundred. These people, who followed her thousands of miles away from Zhenhuang, came to Yanbei, became bandits because of her, and even almost went to war with Bian Tang. Now, they resolutely returned for her, and in Yanbei's precarious situation Take up the sword without hesitation, and defend the new Yanbei regime.
They used to be traitors, unforgivable traitors, unpardonable lackeys in the Great Xia, useless wretches who were reviled by thousands of people and despised by thousands of people! However, it was also they who were the first to raise the banner of resistance to Great Xia, and the first to follow Yan Xun against the blades of the entire Zhenhuang City. The "Zhenhuang Change" that shocked the world was born in their hands and swept the northwest The battles of dozens of provincial and county coalition forces were also started by them. Even after being abandoned, they still did not forget their responsibilities and inner loyalty. They have unparalleled trust and reliance on her, but at this moment, what she brings to them is a merciless massacre!
She pushed He Xiao away angrily, and walked forward stubbornly. Unexpectedly, He Xiao got up abruptly, walked forward a few steps, knelt down in front of her again, and shouted loudly: "My lord! It's hard to tell the enemy from us, and Beishuo City must have misunderstood our army. Going at this time, good or bad will happen." Test, absolutely impossible!"
With a swish, Chu Qiao pulled out her sword and said coldly, "Get out of the way!"
"My lord! Absolutely not!" As soon as the words fell, dozens of other soldiers also stepped forward and knelt down in unison.
Chu Qiao raised her eyebrows, persistently wanting to go forward. Suddenly, the entire army knelt down on the ground, and seven thousand voices shouted in unison: "My lord! Don't do it! If your lord wants to go over, please step on our corpses!"
Chu Qiao stood slumped on the spot, turned her head, looked at the young soldier who was dying, then slowly raised her head and closed her eyes. The flame of anger burned fiercely in her heart, she breathed slowly, as if she wanted to suppress everything, suppress, and suppress again.
"Prepare your horses and set up an impact formation!"
There was a sharp sound of whoosh, and the soldiers at the top of Beishuo City were shocked. Even heavy bows and crossbows could not reach such a long distance, but the opponents only relied on ordinary hand crossbows and arrows. The arrow pierced through one's own Chinese army banner, what an amazing physical strength!
He Xiao put down his bow and arrow, and there was a dead silence in the audience. Even the civilians who came to join the army fell silent in amazement.
Chu Qiao rode on the horse and stepped forward slowly, with the red cloud banner fluttering above her head. She stood a hundred steps away from the crossbow arrow, stared at him coldly, and said loudly: "I am Chu Qiao, the military staff officer of the General Staff Department, and I want to see your top general!"
Cheng Yuan had just come out of the rest room at this time, and Da Qiu's belt hadn't been fastened yet. The moment he heard Chu Qiao's voice, he was completely stunned. I saw the flag flying in the distance, the red cloud flag with a white background looked like a burning flame in the early morning mist, the soldiers were like iron, the military style was solemn, and the silent anger was suppressed like a mountain, overwhelming, just look At a glance, he knew that the army on the opposite side was far from being able to contend with his own mob. They have no advantage other than the large number of people.
"I am Chu Qiao, the military staff officer of the General Staff Department, and I want to see your top general!"
Chu Qiao's words were repeated again, Cheng Yuan's face turned pale, and Sun He, who was standing at the side, saw the officer's expression, a terrible coldness slowly emerged in his chest, and terrible thoughts devoured his mind. If it was true, thinking of the relationship between this woman and His Highness, his hand holding the knife was almost trembling.
"My lord, she... she won't be..."
"Idiot!" Cheng Yuan narrowed his eyes slowly, "You've made a big mistake."
"Prepare the horse, the whole army will go out with me to meet the enemy. If one enemy is released, we don't have to come back alive!" Cheng Yuan sneered and strode down the tower.
Sun He rushed forward impatiently, and hurriedly said: "My lord! Since it is true, then we..."