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Chapter 536 Ask him to die (please vote)

Outside Bianzhou City, Fan Yang's army was already approaching the city. The phalanxes were lined up, and the chariots and horses all gave people a sense of high-spirited oppression.

There was no clear sky today, and Fan Yangjun's troops were neatly arrayed and could not be seen to the end, as if they were connected to the gray sky.

The person who leads the army is Duan Shiang.

In the previous message sent to Henan Province, King Fan Yang promised to give everyone half a month to consider. Now the half month period has not yet arrived, but only ten days later, Fan Yang's army has already approached the front of Bianzhou City after taking a short rest.

However, this makes no sense.

At this time, the army has arrived, and Bianzhou has no choice but to fight.

Hu Lin wore a scarlet cloak and personally boarded the Bianzhou city tower to direct the war.

Before giving the order to attack the city, Duan Shiang sent one man and one horse forward to try to persuade Hu Min to give up unnecessary stubborn resistance.

The man drove his horse close to the city of Bianzhou. Hu Lin looked down and quickly recognized him. This man was actually one of his soldiers who died in the battle, named Gong Guobi.

Previously, Fan Yang's army attacked Luoyang, and Hu Lin was ordered to allocate more than 10,000 troops from the Bianzhou garrison and ask his confidants to join the army and rush to support Luoyang.

In that battle, the former Bianzhou soldier died under Duan Shiang's sword. Most of the more than 10,000 Bianzhou defenders suffered casualties, and the rest were all made prisoners. Gong Guobi was among the prisoners.

But now it seems that he has obviously chosen to switch sides and join King Fan Yang.

At this time, the man saluted Hu Lin on his horse, with a complicated expression, but his voice was loud and authentic: "Sir, General Duan has come with 50,000 elite troops. He will not give up until Bianzhou is defeated today! Please put your own safety and that of Bianzhou into consideration For the sake of safety, order the city gates to be opened and welcome Fan Yang’s army into the city!”

"Gong Guobi, your father and mother are still in the city, but you, the turtle grandson, actually..." A general beside Hu Lin was furious. When he was about to continue greetings, he was interrupted by Hu Lin raising his hand.

Hu Lin's voice was cold and profound: "You and 50,000 rebels stand under the city of Bianzhou, but you ask me to put the safety of Bianzhou first. How ridiculous is this."

"Sir..." Gong Guobi looked embarrassed for a moment, but he still handed over his hand again and said loudly: "The general trend has been seen. I hope that you can follow the general trend! To avoid unnecessary casualties!"

"Are your father going to be out of breath?" The general suddenly drew his bow and nocked an arrow: "I came to your door to loot your food and property, and to destroy your children, wives, and mothers, but I told you You have to follow the general trend, otherwise you, a useless loser, will really have to kneel down and open the door for me!"

While the general was speaking, the arrow in his hand had already left the string.

Gong Guobi hurriedly swung his sword to fend it off, while he reined in his horse and retreated. Seeing that the opponent was about to shoot another arrow, Hu Lin did not stop him. He could only turn his horse's head and return to the front of Fan Yang's army in embarrassment.

"General Duan..." Gong Guobi came to Duan Shiang's side, lowered his head in shame and uneasiness, raised his hand and said: "My subordinates are incompetent and failed to persuade Hu Min and others."

Duan Shiang looked at the color of the vermilion cloak on the city tower from a distance: "The army has not changed its stance even though the army is pressing on the city. This Hu Lin can be considered a figure."

The praise and blame in these words was unclear. Seeing the war drums beating again above the Bianzhou City Tower, the opponent's morale began to boil with the sound of the drums. Duan Shiang raised his hand and gave the order.

Following Duan Shiang's order, the military formation behind him began to move out quickly and orderly.

The infantrymen held their shields in front. When the shields fell to the ground, they were closely followed by the crossbowmen. They hid behind the shields, knelt down, stabilized their bodies, and fired arrows from the gaps in the shields.

After that, horses pulled chariots rolling in, and the chariots were loaded with trebuchets and fully equipped bed crossbows.

After estimating the distance, all units quickly lined up, and after setting up formations at their respective positions, they immediately began a ferocious siege operation.

The crossbowmen, escorted by shield-bearing soldiers, fired their crossbows at the top of the city wall.

Huge boulders were thrown at the Bianzhou city tower, and some hit the top of the city tower, hitting the buildings on the city tower and the Bianzhou defenders. Some of them hit the Bianzhou city wall. After the collision, with an ear-splitting sound, the boulders burst into pieces, and clear pits were also made on the top of the city wall.

"Aim at their slingers and crossbowmen! Fire arrows! Quick!" the Bianzhou garrison general commanded loudly.

The Bianzhou crossbowmen in the archery tower fired arrows one after another at Fan Yang's army who were manipulating stones and giant crossbows.

The crossbowmen who were placed in the archery tower were all the best, and they shot arrows accurately. Some of Fan Yang's troops fell down one after another quickly, but others were replaced almost instantly.

Under the command of Hu Lin, the two trebuchets on the tower were also equipped and aimed at Fan Yangjun's chariot.

Fighting on the tower, the space is limited, and installing two trebuchets is the limit.

During the fierce battle between the two sides, some of the Bianzhou defenders fell down after being hit by arrows, or fell off the tower screaming. But those who were still alive did not retreat even an inch. Amidst the rain of blood and corpses sprayed by their companions, they used trebuchets to destroy five chariots of Fan Yang's army, two crossbows and three trebuchets.

Duan Shiang frowned slightly as he saw the almost life-threatening fighting style of the Bianzhou defenders, and their morale had never been dampened.

Seeing Duan Shiang looking at the pits on the city wall of Bianzhou, Gong Guobi explained: "... Bianzhou was hit by floods before and the bottom of the city wall was damaged. Hu Lin had people rebuild and strengthen the city wall. At that time, the city wall was often damaged. Sui Ning obtained a blueprint, and the city wall seemed to be stronger than usual..."

Duan Shiang said, "No wonder."

No wonder that even if they continued to throw stones at the same pit, there was no sign of the city wall being destroyed.

This place is a plain and lacks stone mountains, so he did not prepare many stones for this trip. In addition, many trebuchets were damaged. It seems that it is impossible to break the city by throwing stones today.

Duan Shiang quickly ordered adjustments to tactics.

Another chariot came rushing from behind. The difference this time was that these chariots were equipped with ladder frames for climbing.

Those Fan Yang soldiers holding shields began to rush forward quickly.

Under the attack of arrows from above, half of them fell on the way, but the remaining people still rushed forward, following the chariot, roaring and rushing forward.

Such a method of siege is destined to pave the way with human lives. These Fan Yang soldiers are not without fear, but they dare not retreat and can only grit their teeth and charge forward.

Some of them began to climb up the ladder frame, and some borrowed climbing ropes to quickly climb to the top of the tower. The Bianzhou defenders kept slashing and killing with knives, or stabbed with spears, and kept repeating the killing. Actions.

Before some Fan Yang soldiers were injured and fell, they would even use their last strength to drag down the Bianzhou defenders above them with the ruthlessness of dying together.

The battle was **** and tragic, but neither side dared to stop.

One of Fan Yang's soldiers successfully climbed up the city tower. Hu Min slashed him to death with his sword. When he looked up at the bottom of the city, he saw that the incoming Fan Yang's soldiers were increasing instead of decreasing, like a huge and dense ant colony.

There was almost no open space under the city wall, and it was filled with corpses of soldiers from both sides.

Due to the advantage of defending the city, most of the corpses at this moment belonged to Fan Yangjun.

This type of climbing and siege tactics is often called "ant attachment". As the name suggests, they cling to the city wall like ants, constantly climbing and gnawing.

In the end of this tactic, the siege team climbed up the tower no longer even on ladders, but on the piled corpses of their companions.

When the gap in the Bianzhou city wall was about to be opened, Hu Lin ordered the soldiers to throw the two trucks of kerosene transported down the tower together with the oil tanks.

One after another, the oil cans shattered, and as the fire oil flowed, the military commander on the tower ordered to shoot flying fire.

When the kerosene met the fire, it burned with a "boom". The fire quickly connected, almost using the corpses of the soldiers below as fuel, and quickly burned into a sea of ​​​​inferno.

Many Fan Yangjun who were on fire screamed and rolled on the ground, or ran to their companions for help. Being burned to death was far more terrifying than being hacked to death with a knife.

Hu Lin, whose eyes were already red with bloodshed, looked at this purgatory-like situation, listened to the groans of the wounded soldiers beside him, and heard the soldiers reporting that more than a thousand people had been killed, and his eyes trembled.

The fire was scorching hot, but Hu Lin's whole body was cold.

Although he was good at martial arts, he was not a general accustomed to fighting. The situation in front of him had a great impact on him.

At this moment, there was even a trace of uncertainty in Hu Lin's heart, and a voice in his heart asked him - is this really worth it?

After all, they are not invaders from an alien race, but they are all citizens of Dasheng. Is it really worth fighting to this point?

Seeing the fire getting bigger and bigger and thick smoke billowing up, Fan Yangjun could hardly continue to attack for a while.

Duan Shiang ordered the offensive to be suspended and the army to retreat temporarily, and sent someone forward to convey a message saying that he wanted to talk to Hu Min.

Soon, Duan Shiang, escorted by a group of elite soldiers, slowly drove his horse to the bottom of the city tower.

"Hu Cishi." Duan Shiang raised his head slightly, looked at Hu Lin above through the firelight, raised his hand and saluted, and said: "Duan is lucky enough to see the capabilities of the Bianzhou Army today -"

"However, Governor Hu must also be very aware of the truth of being outnumbered. I can retreat temporarily today, but when I attack again tomorrow, will Bianzhou still have the strength to resist?"

Although defending the city has an advantage, this advantage will always be exhausted, whether it is city walls, weapons, kerosene, or soldiers.

"Duan believed that Governor Hu had the courage to fight to the last man, but Governor Hu had never thought that if Bianzhou resisted like this, Fan Yang's army behind me would be aroused with anger. When they entered the city of Bianzhou... "When Duan Shiang said this, he paused for a moment, looked at Hu Lin through the firelight, and said: "This debt will probably fall on the people of Bianzhou."

Hu Lin, who had been silent all this time, finally changed his expression. He tightened his grip on the knife in his hand and said word by word: "Is General Duan using the people of Bianzhou to coerce me into waiting?"

How can we say that this coercion has not finally revealed its fangs?

Facing Duan Shiang's half-smiling eyes, a burst of sadness and anger burst out in Hu Lin's heart, which instantly dissipated all the wavering he had just felt.

Just now he asked himself, is it worth it?

But now he had the answer, it was worth it.

Some seemingly meaningless persistence, but the reason why we still have to keep it at all costs is because once some bottom lines are broken, the world and people's hearts will fall into a greater abyss.

"Don't worry, Governor Hu. I'm not trying to force you to open the city gate. I'm just giving you a reminder." Duan Shiang said, "Although I am a rough man, my actions are not unreasonable..."

As Duan Shiang spoke, he looked back behind him and said, "Duan just wants to make a deal with Governor Hu."

Hu Lin followed his gaze and saw hundreds of people being escorted forward. They all described themselves as embarrassed and messy, but Hu Lin and others still recognized them as their Bianzhou defenders at a glance!

These people were the captured soldiers of Bianzhou who had fallen into the hands of King Fan Yang before.

A military general on the tower asked: "Duan Shiang, what do you mean?"

"For such a person as Governor Hu, Duan really wants to ask for advice in person." Duan Shiang said: "These captured soldiers are Duan's sincerity in inviting Governor Hu to teach him."

"Besides this, I can make a promise to Governor Hu in public. If you and I fight today, if Governor Hu wins, I will immediately order the withdrawal of our troops and guarantee that I will never invade Bianzhou again within ten days—"

"I guarantee you'll be useless!" said the general beside Hu Lin: "What's the difference between your King Fan Yang's words and your farts!"

"No." Duan Shiang didn't see any anger and just said: "I, Duan, always mean what I say."

While Duan Shiang was speaking, his eyes were only looking at Hu Lin.

Even though everyone around Hu Min objected, Duan Shiang was sure that Hu Min would agree.

After half a day of fighting, he has figured out Hu Min's character. This kind of person has righteousness in his heart and will die for righteousness.

If Hu Min did not agree, the fate of these prisoners of war would be self-evident.

These prisoners of war alone were not enough to sway Hu Lin, but since the battle so far, Hu Lin must have had concerns about whether he could hold Bianzhou City. Therefore, Duan Shiang chose to push the prisoners out at this time in order to gain sway. A handful of Hu Lin.

Duan Shiang's consideration was to capture Bianzhou City as soon as possible at a smaller cost.

If Bianzhou defends the city like this, he may have to attack three times to capture it, and every casualty will be a price.

Moreover, Jiangdu Army and Chang Sui Ning have already mobilized troops. According to his rough calculation, Jiangdu Army is expected to arrive within ten days... Before that, he must get through Bianzhou in order to take control of Henan Road and expand his strategy as much as possible. Deterrence range, and avoid the possibility of being besieged in Luoyang when fighting Chang Suining.

Therefore, Duan Shiang did not want to delay here any longer, so the best strategy was to capture Bianzhou as soon as possible.

"Sir... are you Duan Shiang's opponent?" On the city tower, a military general persuaded in a low voice: "This must be Duan Shiang's trap!"

Even though Hu Min is not bad in skill, compared to Duan Shiang who has made it to this day with his military exploits, the gap between the two sides is self-evident.

How could Hu Lin not know this?

Duan Shiang wanted to kill him through this, and it wasn't even a subtle trap.

This so-called transaction is nothing more than asking him to exchange prisoners in the city, and using the situation that the countless Bianzhou people behind him and his Hu family members will face as a "reminder", he must carefully weigh his considerations.

Seeing that Hu Lin was silent, a military general knelt down on one knee with red eyes and clasped his fist heavily: "Sir! I am willing to defend Bianzhou with you until the last moment!"

Soon, several more people knelt down: "The general and others are also willing to stay with you until the last moment!"

However, a sound like a sigh escaped from Hu Lin's tightly closed lips and teeth.

He thought that he was destined not to be able to wait for Changjie Envoy.

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