Invincible son

Chapter 990 991 [Either die or live]

Yunzhou, Xing'an Fucheng.

Xu Mo and the masters around him were the few people on the city wall who could remain calm. As he watched the barbarian soldiers rushing from the north, his eyes gradually became serious.

Judging from the number of these barbarians, there are probably more than 500 of these barbarians, and about 400 of them are equipped with mounts. I just don’t know whether they are horses domesticated in the wilderness, or they were plundered in the territory of Daliang these days. should be more likely.What shocked Xu Mo a little was that these barbarians were able to maintain a relatively complete formation during the attack.

The pawns are in the middle, and hundreds of cavalry are cruising on the two wings. Although the military appearance is not serious, it is already quite organized.

If it was in the western or southern borders, an army of less than 2000 people would probably be treated as a joke if they wanted to attack a city, but the situation in northern borders was completely different.Not to mention whether the thousands of soldiers and hundreds of guards temporarily recruited by the government can maintain their courage in the face of barbarians, the city walls of Xing'an City are not impregnable.

Daliang has no hard and fast regulations on the construction of cities in various places, but the height and strength of the city walls are mostly related to actual needs.Big cities with a long history like Kyoto, Chengjing, and Xingyang paid great attention when they were first built, and then continued to repair and strengthen them. The height of the outer city walls is more than three feet five feet.

For important military towns such as Puqi, Jiangling, Hanyang, and even Hucheng, the city walls are more than three feet high, and the materials are extremely strong, which is often a nightmare for the attacking party.In contrast, the cities in northern Xinjiang are extremely fragile. Although there have been rumors of barbarians for thousands of years, no one expected the day when barbarians would come to the city.

The outer city wall of Xing'an Fu City is less than two feet high, and lacks various city defense facilities. In the past nearly a hundred years, this city has only played an extremely simple protective role.

Such a height is not a natural barrier for the burly barbarians. They don't even need to build complete standard siege equipment, they can climb up the city wall with only two tree trunks tied together to make a crude ladder.

In fact, the savages did the same.

Since Lie Jiaomi is determined to attack Xing'an Fucheng, he will obviously not be unprepared. He has learned a lot through the help of a southerner in the past two years.

While the barbarians were rushing this way, of course the city walls would not remain unresponsive.It's a pity that there are no archers in the city. Dozens of temporarily organized Orion archers used their own longbows. The sparse rain of arrows was better than nothing, and did not effectively kill the approaching barbarians.

Panic continued to spread on the city wall. Most of the defenders were ordinary people with brute force in the city. Most of them had never even touched a weapon a month ago. The lofty ideal of the homeland is only because the government government gives a monthly salary of two taels of silver, and there will be quite generous pensions for wounded and killed in battle.

Facing the barbarians who were getting closer and closer at this moment, looking at their burly bodies and ferocious faces, many people couldn't help but start to tremble, their calves became weak and their bodies were weak.

At this time, a loud voice sounded on the city wall: "Everyone, don't panic, I will live and die with you! Inside the city are our wives, children, and children. If we run away at this time, and the barbarians invade the city, no one will survive." Come down!"

The soldiers and warriors turned their heads and saw that the prefect, who was always gentle and refined, raised his right hand high, holding an ordinary long sword in his hand.Although they were still terrified in their hearts, after Fang Xun's statement, at least there was no unbearable scene of collapse before a battle on the city wall.

Fang Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The barbarians came too fast and too fiercely. He just felt that he was not fully prepared, and his mind went blank at the moment of first meeting.

Looking back on the experiences and encounters of these years, he has always had a thought deep in his heart, and he has not even mentioned it to the two most trusted staff members.

That was when the news of the barbarians crossing the border came, he was keenly aware that the city of Xing'an Prefecture might become the target of the barbarians' attack.At first, his idea was to ask for help from Shu Yi, the commander of the Xuanhua Daying Camp. If he could get the support of two or three thousand defenders, he would be able to raise the money and food needed to defend the city with peace of mind.However, the strength of the Xuanhua camp was really limited, and there was Jiuliguan guarding the north of Fucheng, so Ge ​​Shuyi ignored Fang Xun.

When the matter developed to this stage, Fang Xun didn't know whether he was happy or worried. He immediately raised food and recruited soldiers on his own initiative, and strengthened the city defense as much as possible.In case the barbarians really come to attack the city, as long as they can defend the city and save the nearly 20 people in the city, this is a credit that no one can take away, and he will be able to return to the capital logically by then.

However, when he saw the madness of the barbarians with his own eyes, all the prepared plans and responses seemed to be frozen in an instant. If Li Zheng, the staff behind him, hadn't eagerly reminded him, he wouldn't even be able to say the words to stabilize the morale of the army.

Li Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the barbarians rushing outside the city, gritted his teeth and said: "Master Fu, the barbarians are powerful, and the defenders are all newcomers, I'm afraid they won't be able to defend the city. , why not take the initiative to abandon the city defenses and lure the barbarians into the city to start street fighting, maybe we can delay long enough until reinforcements arrive!"

Fang Xun felt that this suggestion made some sense, but before he could answer, Xu Mo, who was standing next to him, said in a low voice, "Absolutely not!"

Fang Xun and the others turned their heads to look, and Xu Mo said hurriedly: "Master Fu, the barbarians are cruel and arrogant, and their strength will multiply when they gain power. If they are allowed to drive straight in, the city will surely be devastated. The current plan is to encourage Fight to the death with the barbarians on the city wall, try your best to slow down their momentum."

Li Zheng frowned. He felt that his idea was very good, and it was quite the essence of "putting the dead to live later" in the art of war, but before he could refute, Fang Xun asked, "What's the name of this brother?"

Xu Mo cupped his hands and said, "My surname is Xu Mingmo, a native of Lvliuzhuang, Kyoto, and is currently in charge of Xiangyun."

Fang Xun was stunned, and said in disbelief, "Are you from Zhongshan Houfu?"

Xu Mo said seriously, "That's right."

Fang Xun suddenly sighed softly, and said to the left and right: "Today, all the city defense and response affairs are under the orders of Brother Xu."

Xu Mo was slightly surprised.

Fang Xun said again: "Brother Xu, has the Marquis of Zhongshan sent troops here?"

Xu Mo glanced at the expectant or nervous expressions around him, and couldn't help but reach out and pull out the steel knife, and nodded without changing his face, "I dare not hide it, we only need to hold on for three hours, and the reinforcements from Zangfengwei will arrive."

Fang Xun was overjoyed.

The crowd also cheered loudly, causing the soldiers on the periphery to be at a loss. Immediately afterwards, the names of Marquis Zhongshan and Zang Fengwei spread like the wind on the city wall, as if injecting a strong courage into everyone.

The barbarians couldn't hear clearly, even if they could understand, they wouldn't care.

After a moment of slowness, the barbarians approached the city wall like a tide without any fancy temptations. As more than a dozen crude ladders leaned towards the city wall, the siege battle broke out suddenly!
When the moment of death comes, whether you are angry, fearful or excited, all thoughts become irrelevant.

Hold the knife in your hand tightly and stab the enemy, or wait tremblingly for the opponent's weapon to hit you.

After the ladder climbed up the city wall, hundreds of vigorous barbarians climbed up the ladder and arrived at the top of the city almost in the blink of an eye.What greeted them was the stones that kept falling down, and the knives and guns protruding from behind the city wall.At first, the barbarian's face was full of flesh, and the muscles on his broad body were bulging. After he raised his hand to grab a stabbing spear, he twisted his waist and abdomen forcefully, and unexpectedly picked up the defender, and then laughed wildly. Throw it off the wall.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for others to be intimidated, the barbarian jumped up, holding a huge ax in his right hand, with a tall body and a ferocious face, just like a fierce beast in ancient legends.

"what!"

The barbarian grinned and roared at the defenders on the city wall, and everyone retreated with fear on their faces. When he was about to occupy this corner, several vigorous figures in the crowd rushed like shooting stars.

Xu Mo was still calm, but his lips were tightly pursed, and the steel knife was firmly held in both hands. When his two companions rushed towards the barbarian first, he took a few steps from the side.

The barbarian swung his huge ax to force back the attacks of the two masters, but suddenly felt a sharp pain.

He looked down, and saw that a long knife had been deeply inserted into his lower abdomen.

Before the barbarian could continue to struggle and fight back, Xu Mo grabbed the barbarian's ankle in a short body, and suddenly pulled himself up from the ground!

The barbarian crashed down the wall.

All this happened almost in a blink of an eye, and Bing Yong around him watched in a daze.

Xu Mo wiped the blood off his face and roared angrily, "If you don't want to die, pick up the knife and kill the enemy with me!"

(End of this chapter)