The Nameless of the Common Clans

The next day, the snow was still falling. Yuan Shang led his troops to attack again in the snow. Bao Geng looked unhappy. He stood on the city wall, trying to keep a normal look and command the soldiers to defend. The battle was very hard, and no one noticed that Bao Geng's hand holding the knife began to tremble.

Until Yuan Shang's army retreated, when the guard came to Bao Geng, Bao Geng forced a smile and asked people to continue to clean up the battlefield. When he turned around, he staggered and the guard hurried forward to support him.

"General, you..." The guard held Bao Geng's hand and felt a little hot. Looking at Bao Geng's expression, he was shocked and wanted to say something.

"Help me back!" Bao Geng said lightly.

"Yes!"

The guard stroked Bao Geng with a solemn expression and walked back. He returned to Bao Geng's barracks without saying a word. The guard looked at Bao Geng worriedly: "General, I will find a doctor."

"What's the use?" Bao Geng raised his eyelids: "Are there any herbs in the city?"

The medicine in the city had been used up long ago.

The guard shook his head.

"How can we cure the disease without medicine?" Bao Geng took a deep breath and said, "If the soldiers know, it will shake the morale of the army. Only you and I know about this matter. It must not be spread outside. Just boil some hot water for me."

"Yes!"

The garrison commander nodded and agreed, and helped Bao Geng to boil water.

"You have been in the border for a long time. Do you know when this heavy snow will end?" Bao Geng is more worried about when the snow will stop. If they continue to fight like this, they will be the first to collapse.

"The longest snowfall in the past lasted for half a month." The garrison commander brought Bao Geng a bowl of hot water, with a worried look on his face: "General, why don't you rest for a few days? Otherwise, the cold will worsen, I'm afraid..."

"Others can rest, but I can't. If I don't appear on the top of the city, morale will definitely be damaged." Shaking his head, Bao Geng said, "Don't worry, I can still hold on."

The garrison commander opened his mouth, finally nodded, and said nothing.

The war will not stop just because Bao Geng caught a cold. On the other side, in Yuan Shang's camp, the fire in the charcoal basin was burning vigorously. The heavy snow had an impact on the defenders, and naturally it also had an impact on the siege troops. Soldiers who caught a cold also appeared in the camp.

Yuan Shang looked at Feng Ji and frowned, "If it continues like this, how can we attack the city?"

Feng Ji smiled and said, "My lord, although this heavy snow is not good for our army, it is the opportunity for our army to break the city!"

"Why?" Yuan Shang asked puzzledly.

"The heavy snow blocked the mountains, and the enemy's food and grass supplies were insufficient. Moreover, most of the soldiers in the city are probably suffering from colds. The food and grass are not bad. I remember that Lulongzhai would store a lot of food and grass every year to prevent such a situation from happening, which is enough to survive the winter, but the medicinal materials are the key. In my opinion, Lulongzhai will be broken within three days!" Feng Ji smiled.

This is because of the reinforcements, otherwise Lulongzhai might have been broken now.

Yuan Shang nodded. The biggest advantage of their expedition this time was that they brought all their belongings with them, and the supplies and food would not be cut off because of the heavy snow.

The war... continued.

It was naturally very difficult for Yuan's soldiers to attack the city in the wind and snow, but it also became more and more difficult to defend the city. The ice on the city wall became thicker and thicker. By the fourth day of the war, it was nearly two feet thick. The water jars thrown by the enemy, the water poured from the pot here, and the melted blood water, now standing on the city wall, you can step on the parapet with just a lift of your foot. If you are not careful, you will fall directly. For the attackers, the water fights in the past two days have made the slope full of ice, and they must dig out soil every day to spread on it before they can move forward.

On the fifth day, the heavy snow finally stopped, but...

"Are these the only ones left?" Bao Geng frowned as he looked at the 300 soldiers who had gathered, and no one replaced them.

"General, there are more than 600 people in the wounded camp now." The guard smiled bitterly.

"Divide into three teams!" Bao Geng sighed.

"One hundred men defending the city..."

"The soldiers also need to rest." Bao Geng shook his head: "Although it is difficult, at least we can hold out for a few more days. Now that the heavy snow has stopped, our reinforcements will be here soon. If you hold out for one more day, we will have a better chance."

The snow fell more than a foot. Even if the snow stopped, it would seriously affect the march. Even if the army over there came to support immediately, it would take at least three to five days.

A hundred men defending the city naturally let the other side see the flaw. Feng Ji was delighted and said: "My lord, the enemy has few defenders left. We should attack the city with all our strength!"

"Okay!" Yuan Shang nodded and agreed. The catapults did not throw water jars anymore, but replaced them with stone bullets. The war became fierce. In just one hour, nearly half of the defenders on the top of the city had died, and many people had already started to flee. As a last resort, Bao Geng could only replace the troops in the city to continue defending. It was still too difficult for a hundred men to defend the city.

The fierce fighting continued until the evening. Bao Geng was hit by an arrow and slashed twice, but he still stood on the city wall. When it got dark and Yuan's army began to call off the troops, only a hundred of the three hundred guards were left. Several people wanted to surrender and run away, but Bao Geng killed several of them before he stabilized.

In the hazy night, Bao Geng dragged his tired body back to the city, but was stopped by the soldiers.

"Are you going to rebel?!" The guard was furious when he saw this and looked at the soldiers.

The soldiers did not speak, some of them shrank back, but more of them silently raised their swords and guns. Someone roared: "The city can't stand it! Why do you still want to defend it? We don't want to die!"

"How dare you!" Dozens of other soldiers rushed to Bao Geng, looking at these chaotic soldiers with cold eyes, and their swords and guns were drawn.

Bao Geng's face turned pale. He looked at the rebels and said, "In my whole life, I met my lord in the West Garden at the age of 18. I followed my lord in all the wars in the north and south. I have experienced no less than a hundred battles! The mutiny was the first. An encounter.”

Everyone said nothing, just looked at him quietly.

"Perhaps, Bao is incompetent and cannot lead you to victory." Bao Geng took a deep breath, and his voice suddenly became louder: "But I am a soldier. Soldiers have the dignity of soldiers, and military law is as good as mountains. As long as I am still here, this Lulong Village, It can't be broken. If you want to escape or surrender, if you can, please step over the corpse!"

Having spent his whole life as a soldier, Bao Geng had an air of iron and blood in him. At this moment, he took a step forward. Although he was only one person, his awe-inspiring momentum moved a group of soldiers.

The guard general choked his throat and suddenly roared: "You know, the general has been infected with the wind and cold four days ago. These days, he has been guarding the city with you and me with the wind and cold. Have you ever seen the general retreat?" Half a step! ? If you want to survive, with the dignity of the general, even if you escape that day, the lord will not blame you, but the general stayed to fight alongside you. You thought the general stayed What are you trying to protect by coming down here? Even if Lulong Village is destroyed, the general’s family will be fine if they go south. But what about you, who will be the most unlucky after Lulong Village is destroyed? The people of Liaoxi, the people of Yuyang, the general is fighting to the death, how can you protect your parents, wives and children? You, these courageous bandits, dare not resist the enemy, but dare to mutiny here!"

After the guard finished speaking, he turned to Bao Geng and saluted: "General, I have violated the general's military order. Please punish me!"

"That's all!" Bao Geng waved his hand and looked at the crowd and said: "Everyone is afraid of death, and so is I, the general. I have an old mother at home, a wife and children, and two sons. The eldest is only eight years old this year. If , change the battlefield, and fight until now, I will not surrender, I will lead everyone to break out, after all, even if I lose, It's just Yuan Jun's words, they won't massacre the people, there is no need to lose their lives here, but Lulong Village is different, really different. Behind Yuan Shang are tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of Wuwan people. Once Lulong Village is broken, The Wuwan people will definitely go south, and most of you are from the north, so you should know better than me."

Hearing this, all the soldiers lowered their heads silently. Bao Geng tightened his clothes, touched his wound, and said with a grin: "A certain person is the commander of the Guard Karasuma. What I have to do is to guard the border and not be called a fool." If someone harms my people, I can die, but the city cannot be destroyed! Therefore, for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people in Youzhou, please follow me... and die here!"

"General, take your orders!" the guard suddenly knelt down in front of Bao Geng and said loudly.

"I am willing to die with the general!"

Seeing the garrison soldiers kneeling down, Bao Geng couldn't help but waved his hands and said, "Let's go and rest."

Here!

One night, speechless.

Early the next morning, Yuan Jun set up a battle array outside the city. Looking at the low-looking city wall of Lulong Village from a distance, Feng Ji turned to Yuan Shang and said with a smile: "Today, we can break the city!"

Yuan Shang nodded and said nothing. The tenacity of Lulong Village was far beyond their imagination. According to previous thoughts, they should have been able to break through the city yesterday.

"Siege the city!"

As the trumpets and drums sounded, the reinforcements began to slowly advance towards the city wall, and the sound of fighting echoed throughout the valley again.

Originally, Yuan Shang and Feng Ji thought they could easily break the city, but the tenacity of the defenders far exceeded their imagination. Yesterday, there would be many retreats on the city, but today, the defenders are risking their lives. , even if he died in battle, he would still hold the enemy and run to the city.

After half a day of strong attack, the defenders on Lulong Village were getting fewer and fewer. Under the fierce attack of Yuan Jun, it seemed that they could be broken through at any time, but they always had such a resilience that they would not break through, even if there were not many people left.

"Kill~" He was stabbed several times, and the soldiers who refused to retreat frantically hugged the two people and rushed down the city wall. Yuan Jun was frightened by the crazy energy of the defenders and even began to retreat. The fighting on the wall was like It was like purgatory, and the defenders seemed to be no longer humans at this moment, but devils crawling out of hell, dragging the enemy troops to hell.

There are many factors that affect the outcome of a war, such as troop strength, armor, and the level of generals, but morale is also a very important part. Today's defenders feel that their morale is exploding, and the influx of reinforcements cannot be called upon. People are desperate, and as long as they don't die, they will madly attack all the enemies they can see.

The war actually lasted for a day. The defenders were not defeated, but the attacking army was defeated several times.

The golden sound finally sounded, and Yuan Jun retreated much faster than before.

Looking at Yuan Jun retreating like a tide, Bao Geng looked at the more than 30 remaining soldiers around him, and sat down on the ground feebly. He was too tired...