Invincible son

Chapter 1185 1186 [A little bit of grandeur] (end)
The Longbow Camp, the fourth day of defense.

The West Wu North Route Army encircled the Three Ques and One, and assembled superior forces to besiege the west, north, and south sides, leaving only the east side alone.

This time, the Western Wu court made sufficient preparations. The reason why the Northern Route Army was not marching fast was that on the one hand, it wanted to clear the vast plain to the west of the Beishao River, so as to prevent the same mistakes that happened two years ago when Pei Yue hid his troops in the wild.On the other hand, the Northern Route Army carried a large number of siege equipment and sufficient supplies, and its determination to win the battle on the northern front was undoubtedly revealed.

The new commander of the Longbow Camp is Heyangbo Huo Siqi, who was originally the commander of Bi Chengwei of the Jinshui Camp, and was later transferred to be the deputy commander of the Longbow Camp.After the former coach Nan'an Hou Suwu was promoted to the coach of the Beijing Army's West Camp, Huo Siqi took over as a matter of course.

This person is an out-and-out direct descendant of the Western Army. He started as a small soldier in the Dingxi Camp more than [-] years ago, and went to various camps of the Western Army. The rise is fast.There are not many military generals like him who have gone from a humble boy to a commander-in-chief level. The former one who is more famous should be Changxing Hou Qujiang, but the latter has had his family ransacked and exterminated because he followed Wang Pingzhang for treason.

In the past four days, the Wu army's offensive has been ups and downs. The first day and today's offensive were extremely fierce, and they almost broke through the northern defense line of Longbow Army City.Huo Siqi could only use the longbow veterans as a backup force to repel the imposing Western Wu infantry.

The sun is thinning on the western mountains, and the sunset is like fire.

The afterglow sprinkled the earth, and the early spring wind still carried a bit of chill.

Huo Siqi walked up the western city wall with a group of personal guards. The first thing he saw was the tragic scene of corpses lying all over the field below, and the Wu army camp stretching like a forest in the distance.

When the soldiers guarding the city saw the commander appearing, they stood up and saluted one after another.

Huo Siqi said solemnly: "The order is passed on, the soldiers should take the time to rest, and don't have to go to war because of this commander."

Several personal soldiers led away, and soon the former tranquility was restored on the city wall.

Huo Siqi said again: "Let the civilian husband take back the remains of our army's fallen soldiers, identify their identities, cremate them, and keep the bones properly."

A clerk quickly bowed his head and said, "Yes, Commander."

Huo Siqi's heart is still a little heavy, although Pei Yue defied all opinions at the end of last year to swap the Lingzhou left guard with the Yangqu guard who had a large number of recruits, filling the Longbow camp with old soldiers who had been streamlined from the Western Army's front camp However, the Western Wu North Route Army still made the defenders pay a considerable price by virtue of the siege equipment and the strong suppression of cavalry archers.

If it was the Longbow Army two years ago, Huo Siqi had full confidence to take the initiative to attack and attack the West Wu North Route Army halfway across the Beishao River, but now he has to stand by and wait for reinforcements because there are no cavalry in the battalion.

Most of the soldiers on the city wall are very young, and some even have immature faces.

Although Xie Lin did not expect the existence of the left guard in Lingzhou, the actual situation of the Longbow Army was almost the same as his inference.There are about [-] longbow veterans in the army now. This is Huo Siqi's guarantee at the bottom of the box. At critical moments, he can keep the defense line from being breached by the Wu army.There are also more than [-] left guards in Lingzhou, about [-]% of them are veterans of the Western Army, and the rest are recruits recruited locally in Lingzhou in the past two years.

Lingzhou Zuowei must be stronger than Yangquwei, which is why Pei Yue issued the transfer order in advance, but in the final analysis, this army is composed of infantry who retreated when the Western Army was streamlined two years ago.In other words, in the Fourth Battalion and Hucheng of the Western Army in its heyday two years ago, the strongest elites remained in each department, while the next-best were transferred to the Southern Army, and the next-best were transferred to the Lingzhou Xiang Army.

The Lingzhou Left Guard was able to defeat the vanguard of the Western Wu North Route Army, which had already given Huo Siqi a pleasant surprise.

Excluding the more than 7000 people, the remaining [-] people in the Longbow Army are all recruits who have not experienced the baptism of war.

Thinking of the responsibilities he needs to undertake, it is difficult for Huo Siqi to relax.

Even though the thoughts in his heart were surging, he still maintained a calm face, looking at the several young soldiers standing in front of him, and asked one of them: "What's your name?"

The young man replied loudly: "Back to the commander, the villain's name is Xu Shiji!"

"how old are you?"

"The villain is 19 years old this year."

"A native of Lingzhou?"

"Yes, the villain is from Mohuai County, Tianshui Prefecture, Lingzhou."

This is a young face full of stains, only the eyes are bright and energetic, revealing a firm look.

Huo Siqi couldn't help nodding his head slightly, and asked again: "The people of Xiwu are so fierce now, are you afraid?"

Xu Shiji shook his head and said loudly: "Back to the commander, the villain is not afraid!"

An older low-ranking general next to him apologized and said with a smile: "Marshal Qi, although he looks young, he fought very bravely. He has killed fifteen Wu soldiers in the past few days."

Huo Siqi glanced at the man's burly body and the breastplate on the armor, and asked with a smile, "Are you his sentinel?"

Qian Huai raised his chest and said: "Commander Hui, my humble name is Qian Huai, and he is the seventh sentry officer of the third capital of the Lingzhou Left Guard Front Army!"

Seeing that Huo Siqi seemed very gentle, he boldly continued: "Xu Shiji's father is also a veteran of the Western Army, and his elder brother is now serving as a guerrilla in the Tibetan Front Guard of the Northern Camp of the Beijing Army. Commander, the seventh post can protect this line of defense." It is stable, Xu Shiji has contributed a lot!"

Xu Shiji's young face showed a bit of shyness.

Huo Siqi smiled, raised his hand and patted Xu Shiji's shoulder, and said to Qian Huai: "It's good that you have such a bearing as a sentry officer. After defeating the Wu army, this commander will definitely ask for credit for you in person."

Qian Huai couldn't help touching his forehead, the smile on his face was as bright as a flower.

After Huo Siqi left with a group of relatives, Xu Shiji said in a low voice: "Brother Qian, without your help and reminder these days, I would definitely not be able to cut off the heads of those Wu Jun. Now you are in front of the commander-in-chief. Help me speak, I really feel sorry..."

Qian Huai cut off his words, and smiled nonchalantly: "Stinky boy, do you think that Zang Fengwei is so easy to advance? After this battle, there are many people with better military exploits than you. If the commander-in-chief can help you say In a word, your elder brother has more confidence in front of the Duke, doesn't he? As for me, I have long since lost the desire to be promoted and get rich. Now that I am nearly 30 years old, I am still a sentry officer, and I have no more than a hundred people under my command. What else can I expect? "

He stretched out his hand to rub the back of Xu Shiji's head, and said with a smile, "When you become successful in the future, just don't forget me as an old brother."

Xu Shiji said seriously: "My little brother is definitely not that kind of person!"

Qian Huai was well aware of his character, so he didn't say much, just turned around and looked at the sky to the west, with a little melancholy in his eyes.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and a new day comes again.

What followed were the infantry of Western Wu marching in array, as well as countless siege equipment.

Catapults, trebuchets, flying bridges, ladders, nest carts, hitchhikers, hook carts, to name a few.

The garrison is ready to fight, and there are also complete types of crash cars, fork poles, flying hooks, yaksha rings, stones, and rolling logs.

The war broke out again. This time, even ordinary soldiers like Xu Shiji could feel that the Western Wu army's attack on the western defense line of the Longbow Army City was extremely fierce. Compared with the first day and yesterday's offensive, today's intensity seemed to rise in a straight line. In half an hour, the entire defense line was in a precarious state.

In just a few days, Xu Shiji has been tempered from a recruit who would be at a loss in battle to a brave warrior who is not afraid of life and death. Stab the opponent off the wall once.

But there are too many enemies.

The strength in the body was passing away quickly, the hands holding the gun trembled faintly, sharp pains came from the tiger's mouth continuously, the lungs seemed to be being roasted by fire, and breathing gradually became more and more difficult.

On the city wall, death has become a story that happens every moment.

Xu Shiji raised his left arm to wipe the blood on his face, stepped forward and stabbed a Wu Jun in the chest, and then rushed forward with all his strength.

"die!"

He forced himself to let out a low growl, but at this moment his legs suddenly lost strength, and he staggered and fell on the dead Wu Jun, and the two of them fell towards the city wall together.

Directly in front of him were several Wu Jun who had jumped onto the city wall, the steel knives in their hands glowing with a cold light.

I'm going to die... It's a pity I can't kill two more...

"Fuck your mother, Xiwu bastard!"

A roar erupted behind him, and then there was a strong wind. Xu Shiji looked up at the moment he fell, and saw Qian Huaiheng, who had many wounds on his body and was bleeding, jumped up with a spear!

His burly body was like a mountain, smashing towards those Wu Jun who had raised their steel knives.

At this moment, the opponent's eyes showed panic and fear. Even though the steel knives in their hands had pierced Qian Huai's body from different directions, they couldn't stop the opponent's desperate blow.

The spear in Qian Huai's hand was like an iron chain across the river, knocking all the Wu soldiers down.

It fell like a mountain and fell to the ground.

Xu Shiji didn't know that his face was covered with tears. After pushing away the corpse of Wu Jun, he struggled to get up and rushed to the city wall. Qian Huai fell to the ground on his back, as if he was still looking at him with kind eyes like those before.

Xu Shiji let out a stern roar, then raised his hand and wiped his face fiercely.

He knew that he didn't have time to cry bitterly, because there were still many Wu troops attacking his comrades not far away.

He rushed up with a gun.

"kill!"

(End of this chapter)