Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 477 Offense and Defense
Night falls.

The torch illuminated the entire Qucheng. Zhao Mingyi stood on the top of the city with a torch. He could only vaguely see the increase in the number of enemy troops through the light of the fire.

Lin Yi stood aside and squinted: "It seems that these guys are planning to attack the city at night. Master Zhao, where did these guys come from? It doesn't look like the armies of the other three countries."

Zhao Mingyi pondered: "I don't know, it's just that their appearance doesn't look like people from the Four Kingdoms."

"If it came from the south, and it took such a long time before there was any news that Baiyan City had been massacred, then the remaining surrounding towns may have also been poisoned, perhaps coming from the desert."

"Desert? You can't, right?"

Lin Yi was extremely surprised: "How could there be enemy troops coming from that deserted desert?"

"The world is so big, how many existences we don't know about, it's impossible to explain this kind of thing."

Zhao Mingyi's eyes turned cold: "But no matter who they are, they dare to invade our Dajing. Even if it means death, we have to bite off a piece of their flesh! How about the defense equipment in the city?"

Mentioning this, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a little worried: "There are no professional defense equipment in Qucheng, so we can only get some stones and wood from local materials. In addition, the brothers don't have many arrows on them, only five each."

Zhao Mingyi thought for a moment after hearing the words, and then shined the torch in his hand forward so that he could see more clearly.

"The enemy does not have a siege ladder. I am afraid that the last thing they want to do is to break open the gate of Qucheng. Lin Yi, lead your brothers to block the gate of the city and never let the enemy attack in."

"Baiyan City was massacred. If they attack, Qucheng may also end up being massacred!"

Lin Yi nodded, and then quickly organized 200 people to block the door together.

In fact, just as Zhao Mingyi guessed, Helianwei and the others did not have complete siege equipment.

A thick crossbar was carried up by the enemy, trying to gather everyone's strength to knock open the city gate.

Seeing this, Zhao Mingyi's eyes turned cold: "Smash it with me!"

The soldiers on the top of the city raised large rocks collected from the city and threw them at the people below.

Suddenly there were bursts of screams from below. Throwing a piece of tofu from the city wall more than ten meters high can hurt someone, let alone a stone weighing more than ten or twenty kilograms.

The Jin soldiers below were immediately smashed to the head and bleeding.

Chamuha, who was sent by Helianwei to attack the city, immediately sent troops to attack. Each of these soldiers held a shield in their hands.

This is also the credit of Xiao Feiyu. He not only taught these prairie cavalry how to deal with infantry, but also taught them how to attack cities!
They formed a group of three and raised their shields together to cover the team that was hitting the city gate. They let out painful screams every time they hit the city gate.

Lin Yi from behind the city saw this and immediately said: "Everyone block it, we must not let these guys knock the city gate open!"

"Yes!"

Everyone roared and rushed forward to block the city gate.

The collision for more than ten minutes failed to open the city gate. Zhao Mingyi's command at the top of the city caused great trouble to the Jin soldiers.

Many corpses appeared under the city wall.

Sensing the casualties, Chamuha aimed his bow and arrow at the city head and tried it, but in the end he did not loosen the string.

It was too dark to effectively shoot the defenders on the city with arrows.

He had no choice but to give up and re-strategize: "Inform the people in the back city direction to start attacking the city, making it difficult for them to look at the beginning and the end!"

"As ordered!"

Zhao Mingyi could tell from the moment they divided their forces that the other party wanted to besiege Qucheng, so naturally he would not let the back city be lost.

He also deployed 500 people in the back city, and he quickly received a message from the defenders. "Master Zhao! The enemy is attacking the city from the back city! It's too dark to see how many people there are."

"Hold the city gate and never let any enemy enter the city!"

Zhao Mingyi said quickly: "In addition, the people are informed to evacuate to safe areas. They are not allowed to approach the front and rear city gates without orders!"

"As ordered!"

The two sides continued to attack and defend. When Chamuha received the news that the offensive in the back city was blocked, he immediately understood.

The defenders in the city had already considered that he would attack from both front and back, and immediately couldn't help but sigh,
"He is really a difficult guy, but how long can you and your people hold on?"

Thinking of this, a sneer appeared at the corner of Chamuha's mouth: "Give me the order, the siege troops will rotate every two quarters of an hour."

Compared with Zhao Mingyi, who only had 2000 men at his disposal, Helianwei gave him a full 8000 men for this siege.

Two quarters of an hour, that is, a rotation every half hour, allows the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom to get sufficient rest time.

However, the defenders of Qucheng could not do this. They could not relax for a minute, and the number of enemy troops far exceeded them.

Relying on the convenience of the city wall, they can still hold on. Once the city is breached, the consequences are unpredictable!

A full half of the night passed, and the roar of the siege never stopped for a moment, although no actual progress was made.

But Zhao Mingyi could already feel the fatigue of the soldiers guarding the city on his side. Their spirits had to be kept highly tense, which put a huge amount of pressure on their hearts for a long time.

But the enemy's momentum was very strong, and every attack was very fierce, and they even almost broke open the city gate a few times.

With his eyes closed and listening to the constant roar of enemy troops ringing in his ears, Zhao Mingyi opened his eyes and said, "Call Lin Yi."

Lin Yi hurriedly came from the city: "Master Zhao."

"The number of enemy troops is far greater than ours. They are constantly changing their manpower and want to wear down our soldiers one by one. You go and gather the young and strong laborers of the people in the city and ask them for help."

"understand!"

Soon a large number of people from the city arrived under the leadership of Lin Yi.

Zhao Mingyi walked down the city, looked at the excited people, clasped his fists and bowed: "Fellow fellows, the enemy army is strong, please help me! Please help me!"

"What are you talking about, sir! These damn beasts actually massacred other towns! Stop them at any cost!"

"That's right! There are a lot of them, so let's see who has more!"

"My wife and children are all in the city! We must not let them come in!"

"Yes! We must not let them come in!"

The common people began to take turns with the soldiers. Seeing the high emotions of everyone, Zhao Mingyi felt a little comforted.

The united efforts of the army and the people may be able to hold on until reinforcements arrive.

He climbed to the top of the city again, looked at the Jin soldiers below, and began to find paper and pen to record the characteristics of the Jin soldiers in detail.

Chamuha was also stunned because he did not expect that the resistance of the Jingguo people was so tenacious. For a whole night, he was stunned that he did not break open any of the two city gates.

The sky was slightly bright, and he could already see the figures on the city wall clearly. He gathered his team again and began to throw arrows at the city wall.

A rain of arrows roared from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, many soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground with blood flowing all over the city!
(End of this chapter)