Chapter 314: Fierce Battle at the City Gate

Chapter 314: Fierce Battle at the City Gate

Although it is known as an important town in the north, Jincheng is not a strong city. Since Emperor Wu launched an offensive against the Xiongnu, Jincheng in the Great Wall has never been attacked by foreign enemies. It has been in disrepair and has lax defenses. Thousands.

On a night when everyone was taking no precautions, the Huns suddenly besieged the city without any warning in advance, as if it had emerged from the ground, or the Great Wall in the north had collapsed for no reason.

Whatever the reason, Jincheng officials and people fell into a panic.

The streets were full of people, some came out to inquire about the situation, some were calling for their wives and sons to hide, and some were so scared that they burst into tears.

Fan Chongshan led a thousand soldiers to line up on the street, facing the city gate, without horses. Their task was to defend the city gate to meet the northern army outside, not to charge into battle. He was very much to the people who were crying and shouting. Tired, specially sent a team of soldiers to gallop back and forth, to drive away those who approached, so as not to be disturbed later.

The shouting outside the city was getting louder and louder, even through the heavy city gate. Fan Cangshan was a stubborn temper, and no matter how many enemies there were outside, the louder the shouting, the more excited he was, standing at the front, He said softly to the long axe in his hand: "Brother, bro, I'll see you tonight, don't let me lose face, brother, I will repay later, rinse with the cleanest water, polish it with the hardest stone, use The cleanest rag to wipe, guaranteed to leave you as sharp as ever..."

The soldiers behind him held back their laughter, glanced at the weapons in their hands, and gave a few words in their hearts.

Someone above the gate tower shouted: "Your Majesty has a purpose! Open the gate! Prepare to respond!"

Fan hit the mountain and shouted: "Follow the order!"

The soldiers in the city gate cave began to move, and Fan Chongshan strode forward. He knew that as long as he opened a crack, an enemy might rush in.

"Do not open the city gate! Do not open it!" someone shouted.

Fan Zangshan turned to look and saw several people galloping on horseback in the middle of the two columns of soldiers. His brows could not help but wrinkle. The battle was imminent, and anyone rushing in the army was a serious crime.

The comer knows no sin and is not afraid of sin.

The fat king turned over and got off his horse. He hadn't run so hard for at least 20 years. He could hardly breathe, and shouted at the gate of the city, "No... no opening the door!"

The gatekeepers are all soldiers of the country, and they all stopped when they heard the order of the king.

After all, Fan Zangshan has been an official for many years, and he did not dare to make mistakes in the face of the princes, so he patiently said: "His Royal Highness, it is His Majesty's will to open the door."

"I'm going to see Your Majesty, I'll go here, and tell him not to open the door, there are too many Huns outside... Before I come back, don't open the door, whoever opens the door will be killed." King Dai shook his fat body and walked towards the city wall, stepping on it. On the steps, stop and take two breaths before continuing to walk.

Fan Zangshan watched anxiously. The shouting outside became louder and louder. When he looked up again, no one was leaning out from the tower, and the emperor obviously did not hear the voice below.

"Open the door!" Fan Zangshan shouted loudly.

The soldiers in the Chengmen Cave held torches and did not move.

The four entourages of the King Dai left behind, and then they waved their hands together, "Can't drive, can't drive, the King has an order..."

"The king's order is bigger than the imperial decree?" Fan Zangshan couldn't bear it any longer. He took two steps to the front of the follower's horse, raised his axe and chopped one of his followers off the horse.

Everyone was stunned, but no one made a sound.

Fan Zangshan shouted again: "Don't open the door yet?"

The remaining three entourage told their mother to give way in a hurry, and the soldiers in the doorway also turned around in a hurry, unlocked the lock and released the bolt, and slowly opened the city gate with force.

King Dai had just climbed half of the steps, turned around to look, sat down, and shouted angrily, "Damn! Your Majesty and the entire city will die at your hands!"

Fan Zangshan didn't care about that. Anyway, the emperor ordered him. He just wanted to rush out and have a good time, and hurry up and enter the door.

The latch of the city gate had just been taken away, and it was suddenly knocked open from the outside, and the soldiers inside the gate were knocked down.

A big man in heavy armor broke in on foot, shouting and raising his weapon high. It was also a long axe with a slightly different shape. The axe body was longer and the blade was slightly shorter and rougher. .

The two axe-wielding warriors were stunned for a moment, then got up at the same time and slashed at each other with their axes.

Fan Chongshan was only a little faster, splitting the enemy in half with the helmet and the head, and the opponent's long axe was almost chopping down on his shoulder. Fan Chongshan didn't care and spat on the ground.

Outside the city gate are all people, most of them are not like the Huns, but infantry of unknown origin. Fan Zangshan can't control that much, and the long axe in his hand is turning in circles and slashing, and wherever he goes, flesh and blood are flying.

The Daiguo soldier who was thrown to the ground by the city gate was stunned, sitting on the ground and never stood up.

The soldiers behind Fan Zangshan rushed up, spears like a forest, advancing step by step, but there were also many enemy soldiers outside, and they just used their bodies to form a wall.

The two sides fought bloody battles, not giving an inch.

Han Ruzi was waiting for news on the top of the city tower. The northern army outside the city had retreated beyond the city gate, less than a mile apart, with a bridge and an unknown number of enemy soldiers in the middle.

The Huns outside the city gave up shooting at the city gate and instead besieged the northern army. Han Ruzi looked out, and although it was very dark and neither side had any torches, he could still roughly see the ferocity of the battle. The army marched forward with difficulty in the siege of the enemy on all sides, and people and horses fell continuously.

He hoped that Fan Cangshan could open the passage sooner to meet the soldiers of the Northern Army.

"His Majesty……"

Suddenly there was a cry behind him, and Han Ruzi was startled, thinking that another city gate had been breached, and hurriedly turned around, "What's the matter?"

The fat king knelt on the ground, more like a meat ball, and cried, "Your Majesty, you can't open the door, General Fan will kill His Majesty..."

Han Ruzi was annoyed, and said solemnly: "There are thousands of soldiers outside the city, all of whom are elites from the Northern Army. If they don't open the door to respond, they will inevitably be trapped in the enemy's army and cannot survive. If they help, Jincheng may be able to hold for longer. Some."

"No way, Your Majesty, there are too many Xiongnu people, if you open the city gate...then you won't be able to close it..."

"Have you seen the Huns?"

"Not yet... It is said that..."

"come and see."

The emperor was standing beside the wall, but the king did not dare to step forward.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" The king screamed like killing a pig, but the guards didn't understand him at all, and forced him to the wall.

"Have you seen the Huns?" Han Ruzi asked.

King Dai knelt on the ground, holding the city wall with both hands, only showing above his eyes, swallowed, and replied in a trembling voice, "Look, I see."

"A lot?"

"many."

"Can Jincheng hold it?"

"I-I don't know."

"Jincheng has six city gates, and three sections of the city wall have gaps. A total of nine places need to be strictly guarded. There are less than 3,000 soldiers in the city. If there is no help from the 3,000 northern troops outside the city, Jincheng will not survive until dawn , you and I are both captured by aliens, it will be the biggest fiasco since the founding of the Great Chu."

Although the Dingding of Great Chu was weak at the beginning, no emperor ever fell into the hands of the Huns.

King Dai didn't dare to make a sound anymore, looking at the Huns cavalry whistling in the dark, his heart was broken, his legs were soft, and he really couldn't stand up.

There was a sudden roar from the bottom of the city, Fan Chongshan finally opened a bloody road, he had already rushed to the bridge, his axe opened and closed, and he was invincible.

"What an invincible general!" Cui Teng had been standing by the emperor's side, and at this time he sincerely praised, and even had an urge to go down and fight side by side with Fan Zangshan, but it was only an impulse, his feet were still in prison Standing in the same place, he comforted himself that it was more important to protect the emperor.

Dai Wang sat on the ground, gasping for breath, completely overwhelmed by the huge panic.

The northern army forward outside the city also saw Fan hit the mountain, and his morale was boosted, he accelerated, and finally met on the bridge.

Fan Zangshan was so excited that he almost chopped down the first soldier of the Northern Army who came. After recognizing the identity of the person who came, he retreated to the bridge and charged towards the flank to make the passage wider.

The Northern Army rode across the bridge and entered the city. Han Ruzi counted silently on the tower, and he couldn't help feeling a little cold. There were too few people entering the city, but more than a thousand people.

But he could no longer let the city gates open, and the Xiongnu cavalry outside the city followed, no matter how fierce Fan Zangshan was, he couldn't stop the arrows falling like rain.

The soldiers on the city wall were ordered to shoot randomly at the bridge over the moat, trying to block the Huns on the other side. Fan Chongshan cut down a few more enemies before turning around and returning to the city under the repeated urging of the soldiers.

The city gate slowly closed, and some enemy troops followed into the city, and immediately fell into a siege, failing to capture the city gate.

A message came from below, "The city gate is closed!"

Han Ruzi breathed a sigh of relief. The Huns who came to attack the city this time were not as much as he imagined, and they were not well prepared. They changed their plans in the middle and did not have a clear main attack direction, which gave Jincheng a chance to breathe.

"Dai Wang, you don't have to be afraid this time...Dai Wang, Dai Wang?" Cui Teng shouted several times, bent down and pushed a few times, and said to the emperor in a panic, "Dai Wang... is dead."

The king, who had been enjoying the wine and meat forest for decades, was actually scared to death by the Huns on the top of the gate of Jincheng.

Han Ruzi was also taken aback, stepped aside a few steps, and looked intently. The king's face turned blue, his lips parted, and he seemed to have stopped breathing for a while.

"Go and call the imperial physician." There were several imperial physicians in Han Ruzi's entourage. Although they were useless, they still had to take a look.

Cui Teng felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but he couldn't express it, so he could only ask: "Is this considered to be the death of the king?"

"Forget it." Han Ruzi sighed, he couldn't announce to the whole city's army and people that the king was scared to death.

Han Ruzi left the city gate and walked down the city. He met the general of the Northern Army. The general did not pay attention to etiquette and said eagerly: "Liaodong, the Huns came from Liaodong."

"Liaodong?"

"I don't know the specific situation. It was the Fuyu Kingdom that broke the checkpoint. After the Huns entered the border, they hurried around the city all the way, and they didn't have time to deliver the letter."

Han Ruzi was stunned. It turned out that what Meng E said was true, but he had already sent someone to send an edict to ask Liaodong to guard the Fuyu Kingdom. How could it be broken?

"How many Huns are there?"

The general couldn't answer, and turned to look down the city. Several soldiers pushed a prisoner, who was a Xiongnu.

Someone in the army could speak the Hun language and asked, and the Hun man stood proudly without kneeling, and answered a few words quickly.

"All the Huns, those who can enter the customs, have come in." Tong Yi looked at the emperor, his face pale, "There are more than 8,000 people in the front, and there are more behind. Da Chanyu will come in person soon."

(In today's update, I have to go out to deal with some things during the day. I may come back later. The QQ chat will be changed to next Sunday. Thank you for your support.)