Beautiful step by step

Chapter 145

As the most important town in the Northwest, Liangzhou City has high walls and deep trenches, and cavalry has no advantage in fighting here.Although there are insufficient troops in the city, it is still difficult for the Oirats to attack for a while.

Everyone in the city breathed a sigh of relief, but before the breath could be fully exhaled, the Wala people had a new move.Seeing that the attack could not come down, they began to set fire to the village around the city.Official roads that cut off food supplies, and even water sources were also cut off.The Oirat cavalry, who have always paid attention to quick battles, will besiege the city uncharacteristically.

From the last day of late October, until the last ten days of November, Liangzhou City became an isolated city in the northwest.

On the first day of mid-November, the scouts sent to Liangzhou finally sent back news: The city of Youzhou, which had been impregnated for decades, was also attacked by the Oirats.Although it was only a small group of Oirat forces, they sneaked out of the secret passages of Youzhou City without anyone noticing, and took advantage of the dead of night to kill everyone in Youzhou by surprise.

In desperation, Master Yuan mobilized the Northwest Army of Jianxing Palace to fight with all their strength.But the secret way has been leaked, and it is very difficult to guard against it, and the whole Youzhou is now too busy to take care of itself.

To make matters worse.

As soon as the news came back, Yan Heng immediately ordered people to block the news.However, how could the Wala people miss this good opportunity? Among them, those who are proficient in Chinese, holding a big horn rolled up in a cardboard shell, roared loudly into the city:

"Youzhou has been occupied by us, surrender without killing."

The people of Liangzhou City, who had been besieged for more than ten days and almost ran out of ammunition and food, waited for a long time to save the soldiers, and they heard such sad news, and their hearts were cold for a while.

"Surrender, my rice jar is empty."

"That's right, open the city gate quickly. My eighty-year-old mother has been ill for a long time. If the city gate is not open, there is no medicine to be found."

For a while, the calls for surrender in the city became louder and louder. Some people rushed directly to the bottom of the city wall and shouted at the exhausted defenders.

"surrender?"

Yan Heng smacked these two words, and the disapproval on his face almost turned into substance.

Wei Wei looked at her distressedly as she drank the porridge with almost no rice grains in it.Although everyone in Liangzhou had worked hard these past ten days, Yan Heng had the hardest work.He can't sleep more than two hours a day, urging everyone to strengthen the city defense almost non-stop.Not only was he physically tired, but after only two hours of rest, he also kept talking in his sleep, sometimes calling her name to tell her to run away, but most of the rest was about the war afterwards.

After exhausting his efforts, in less than half a month, he was already thin and out of shape.Even if he was wearing armor, it couldn't hide his thinness.

"They should just talk about it. Who doesn't know that the Wala people don't have a gentleman's agreement at all. They are saying it nicely now. When the city gate is really opened, the city of Liangzhou will definitely be devastated."

From the very beginning, Wei Wei knew very well that the only thing waiting for them was to fight to the end, and there was absolutely no other way.

"It's a pity that many of them can't figure out what Ah Mao understands."

Hey……

With a long sigh, Wei Wei asked, "With the current situation in Liangzhou City, how long can it last?"

Yan Heng raised his neck, and drank the bowl of porridge that was so thin that it only had water in one gulp: "It's just today and tomorrow, and it won't last until tomorrow morning."

The most important thing to defend a city is people's hearts. Now that people's hearts are scattered, no matter how strong the city is, it will become vulnerable.This is the end?Yan Heng looked at Wei Wei beside him sadly.

"Tonight, I will send someone to take you out of the city and take a shortcut to the capital."

Wei Wei's complexion changed, but he stopped him when he was about to speak.

"Ah, listen to me first, I don't have no plans. Ayun is still in the capital, and you have to take care of him after you pass. As for yourself...it's already at this time, and I will tell you the truth. After receiving the secret decree on the night of getting married, I wrote the letter of reconciliation and leaving. Before leaving the capital, I put the letter in Chen Bo'an's place. When the time comes, you and him will come over. If there is any accident with me, you... just... look for it again Marry a good man."

He almost choked out the last few words between his teeth, and turned his head away from Ah Mao's face.But the more he wanted to forget, there was always a carving knife in his heart that kept chiseling, as if to engrave her face deeply in his heart.

I'm so sorry.

He raised his head to hold back the tears in his eyes, took a deep breath, held the hat on his waist and walked towards the city wall without looking back.

"Yan Heng, you are an irresponsible bastard."

A crying voice came from behind, and his body shook almost unable to bear the weight of the armor. He thought about standing on the city wall like a deserter.The ladders outside the city have been set up, and they rushed over after looting all the way. After the autumn harvest, Liangzhou fattened up the Oirat soldiers.Wave after wave of sieges were launched, and the Northwest Army stationed on the city wall has been depleted. Even the soldiers who were lucky enough not to be injured, after ten days of strong support, are now at the end of their strength.

"catapult."

In the past few days, he has not been idle. While strengthening the fortifications, he demolished some houses in Liangzhou City.The demolished bricks and stones are piled up on the city wall, waiting for the final battle.

But now is the time, holding the treasured sword that Ah Mao's father used back then, shuttled among the stone-throwing soldiers, and fought with those Wala people who had worked so hard to climb up the ladder.

The horn sounded, and the heads were harvested like cutting watermelons. The blood was sprayed on the face, on the armor, and penetrated into every strand of hair. Yan Heng on the city wall in the setting sun was like Shura crawling out of hell.The whole body almost turned into a real fearless murderous aura, which stopped the Oirats' offensive for a while.

"Fire arrows."

The only batch of arrows remaining in Liangzhou City was shot out, and the rain of arrows smashed the Oala people who were besieging the city.Encouraged by Yan Heng, the Wala people called for gold to withdraw their troops.The first wave of offensive completely disintegrated, and this was their biggest victory in more than ten days. The defenders covered their wounds, dancing and laughing like children who had received a long-awaited gift from an adult.

But it didn't take long for them to be happy, and the heavy reality was in front of their eyes.All the arrows have been released, and there are not many bricks and tiles that have been accumulated for more than ten days.The Oirats are still elite, what will they use to block the next wave of offensive?
Yan Heng's reaction to this was very simple and rude, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, so we should fill our stomach first.

He ordered people to take out all the stored grain in Liangzhou and cook pots of thick and fragrant rice porridge.There are also pancakes, this time they are also refined grain buns, not miscellaneous grains with weeds added a few days ago.Even in the end, he opened the official warehouse and moved out all the good wine in stock.

Standing on the top of the city wall, Yan Heng, who was covered in blood and could no longer recognize his face, was holding a large bowl and filled it to the brim.

"For more than ten days, I have worked with you to defend the city with me. Despite the hardships and hardships, no one took a step back. You are all real men, this is it!"

Raising his thumb, Yan Heng drank the whole bowl of wine in one gulp.

He poured a bowl full, and his face was heavy: "This cup, I respect the spirits of the soldiers of the Liangzhou Guards who died heroically in the bloody battles with the Wala people over the years. Without you, this city would have been melted many years ago. scorched earth."

Throwing the whole bowl of wine towards the sky, Yan Heng filled the third bowl.

"The stability of Liangzhou City over the years has been jointly created by all the people on this land. Those soldiers who have died, retired, or are now in the army come from thousands of families, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation of us soldiers are made up of The common people provide. Without you, Liangzhou City would not be where it is today."

Arching the big sea bowl upwards, his face was full of pain:

"Now that the Oirats are approaching the city, you should have heard of the villages and towns that were looted by them before. Even if you haven't experienced it, you should have heard of it. This time the Oirats are out in full force, and the plan is definitely not small. But as long as we persist, we will win the battle." After this battle, there will be no need to be threatened by foreign enemies in the future. I would like to offer a toast to everyone, and today I swear to live and die with Liangzhou City."

After he finished speaking, he raised his neck and drank it in one gulp. When the moonlight illuminated the bottom of the bowl, a familiar female voice came from behind.

"I, too, swear to live and die with Liangzhou City."

Wei Wei, who was supposed to be sent out of the city by the guards on the city wall, came here on a moon. She was dressed in a horseback riding outfit, which made her look heroic.

As soon as his mind tightened, Yan Heng almost forgot that he was in front of people, and rushed up to shake her shoulder: "Why are you here?"

Wei Wei pointed to the bun on her head. After the filigree phoenix wood hairpin was used to welcome Sheng Jia, Yan Heng made her a snow lotus hairpin.Changing new hairpins from time to time really made her both helpless and happy, no matter what her mood was, she always kept it with her.But now that hairpin is gone.

"This time the drug is not bad."

Whispering, Wei Wei winked mischievously at him, then picked up the big bowl he used and walked to the city wall.

"Wala people are fierce by nature, so I don't need to say more about this. Fellow folks and elders, Liangzhou City is our home, our houses and fields are here, and our children are here too. If you miss here, where else can you go? ? Even if it’s not for yourself, everyone should be brave when looking at the children behind them.”

After her words fell, the boy scouts who suddenly appeared behind them, after more than ten days of emergency training, their military fists have reached a certain level.Now they uniformly wear state school uniforms and appear in the crowd with knives, guns and sticks.

A mother-in-law recognized her child, and immediately rushed out to snatch the sky.

"Why are you here, hurry home and hide."

Facing his mother's persuasion, the child who was the monitor of the state school looked helpless.

"Mom, where else can we hide? Ma'am is right, Liangzhou is our home, I'm already this old, I want to protect my sister."

Yes, there is also a daughter. The woman hurriedly searched the crowd and said anxiously, "Where is your sister?"

"My sister is protected by my wife, she is safe now, mother, don't worry." He said while persuading the people next to him: "Since we have spare power, we will stand up and drive the Wala people back. Only in this way can we have a better life in the future." Pass."

A similar dialogue was staged below. A group of children of all ages had this ambition, and the shock to the adults can be imagined.The young and strong of each family went back to pick up kitchen knives, and when the women and children saw the thin Mrs. Yan on the city wall, they also got courage.

At midnight, when the moon rose to the highest point, the city gate that had been guarded for more than ten days was finally knocked open under the continuous offensive of the Oirats. When the cavalry rushed in like flowing water, they saw a group of civilians with kitchen knives mixed among the officers and soldiers. , looking at them with fierce expressions on their faces.

(End of this chapter)