Xia Zikai had already put on his armor. He changed his expression when he heard this and quickly strode out of the tent.

However, he felt a little confused and could not tell what to do. When he thought about it, he thought that Yang Husheng was closer to Baiying Peak than him. Moreover, with his ability, if he was powerless to deal with the situation on Baiying Peak, it would be useless if he went there. It would be better to guard against the city wall.

Thinking of this, I became decisive when doing things.

Xia Zikai walked out of the tent, and there was already chaos outside. However, Xia Zikai managed the tenth guards and was very strict in the military. Without orders, no one dared to act rashly.

Xia Zikai ordered in a deep voice: "The first, second, third, fourth, and fourth, are stationed under the city wall. He sent an order, and these four thousand households will immediately go to the city wall to defend! In addition, the fifth to the nine thousand households, which are closest to the city wall, will be opened immediately, and gather teams under the city wall, and stand by at any time! He sent an order to all thousand households, and all gather! He moved to the west gate!"

He said a complete order, and a personal soldier came out to respond loudly. Finally, Xia Zi Kaisen said: "I order all defense troops to fight to the end. You must not take a step back! But those who violate the order will be killed without mercy! One person escapes, kill the entire small flag! Three people escape, kill a general flag! A small flagman escapes, kill a hundred households!"

Xia Zikai's personal soldiers of a hundred households were all Han soldiers. Even though they had no sympathy for the Jurchen slave soldiers, they were also shocked by Xia Zikai's words like prison. They felt a trembling heart and responded loudly.

After several personal soldiers who were sent to the command rushed towards the city wall, Xia Zikai thought for a moment and said again: "Wang Chongguang!"

A general wearing three-layer foam nails and cotton armor left the line and saluted with his hands: "The last one is here!"

Wang Chongguang was the time when Nurhaci and ** Jin captured the Suli River Guards and came to join the man who was the inner supporter. They were classmates and fellow villagers. They had a deep relationship, but Wang Chongguang could not get along with Xia Zikai with such great opportunity. First, he showed his face in front of Nurhaci and ** Jin, and took over the command of the Suli River Guards Han Army by taking advantage of the fact that he naturally took over the command of the Suli River Guards. Finally, he boldly asked Lian Zining for request, and finally got the high position of commander of the tenth guard.

After Xia Zikai became the commander, he took Wang Chongguang to his position as a hundred guards, and took over the authority of the hundred households with the official title of thousands of households. This is also unique in Wuyi's army.

Xia Zikai shook his teeth and said, "You bring your personal guards to the city wall to supervise the battle, but you are passive and lazy in the battle, and those who escape at the moment will be killed on the spot!"

Wang Chongguang shouted: "I will obey the order!"

He ordered the guards to leave for most of the time and was about to leave. He said with some concern: "Sir, I'm going with the guards, what should you do?"

Xia Zikai smiled happily: "Don't worry, even if I walk alone among these tens of thousands of Jurchen slave soldiers, they would not dare to touch a hair!"

After Wang Chongguang led his people away, Xia Zi drove onto the war horse and said to the remaining soldiers of less than ten: "Let's go, let's go to the army to inspect!"

He took such a few personal soldiers to leave and inspected the resident stations of the Thousand Houses near the city walls of the Tenth Guard. Sure enough, these Jurchen slave soldiers were both afraid and dependent on him. Seeing Xia Zikai's swaying and his expression was as usual, they were much more stable.

Xia Zi Kai saw that the effect was received, and waved his hand and led his people to the city wall again.

At this time, he could already hear the deafening shouts of killing from outside the city wall!

At this time, Ali Heman was already 10,000 invaders leading the vanguard troops and killed under the city wall.

Because of the lack of defense and the preparation time is indeed too short, it directly leads to the Wuyi Army without any fortifications within the distance of about two miles between the Manhe River and the city wall. In fact, the distance between the two miles can be made big. If used properly, it can cause great damage to the enemies below!

But unfortunately, everything is just if.

The Jurchen slave soldiers on the top of the city could only watch the enemies below approaching until the city wall after all.

The Qianhu, who was granted the city wall, smashed his fist hard on the battlement of the city wall, and his heart was full of regret.

It’s not that they don’t want to order snipers, but because these Jurchen slave soldiers don’t even have a bow or an arrow!

When the tenth guard was first formed, this guard was clearly positioned - cannon fodder! Even afterwards, Lian Zining made various measures, but only made them more loyal and combat-oriented cannon fodder. It was cannon fodder, not a long-range unit or anything else. It did not require much money or mental energy on cannon fodder, so a huge number of people had only one weapon - a waist knife. In order to prevent the Jurchen slave soldiers from causing trouble after having weapons such as crossbows, which are far more dangerous than swords, they were not equipped with bows and arrows, except for some Jurchen slave soldiers who have been confirmed to be loyal, such as Tutara, there were no bows and arrows among the Jurchen slave soldiers.

This directly led to the long-range power among the Jurchen slave soldiers, which could almost be said to be pale or even completely gone!

Although most of these Jurchen slave soldiers who were born in hunters were basically all good at shooting archers.

Facing the Jianzhou Jurchen army showing off their might, they had no tricks at all.

When Ali Heman saw this scene, he laughed even more. Seeing that the people on the top of the city did not even have bows and arrows, he was already full of contempt and disdain in his heart. He had long forgotten the warning that Nalan Jiancheng had before. He said to himself: "Mr. Wanhu is too careful. Just this little waste is not enough for me to kill, so why should I send out a large army?"

Aliheman is like an ancient tower Yinde, and is also from the Baishui Jueluo tribe. However, he and Guta Yinde have very different personalities. Guta Yinde is a big man with a rough and delicate look, but in fact he is very meticulous and a little scheming. Aliheman is purely a powerful general. In fact, most of the Jurchen generals are like this, and Aliheman also has the same characteristics of these powerful generals - rude, reckless, and eager to make contributions!

And at this moment, the desire to make contributions has the upper hand.

Originally, Nalan Jiancheng arranged for him to conduct it tentatively first, but Ali Heman decided to take all his troops on it!

He rode his horse and shouted: "Arrow!"

Dozens of loud soldiers had long been selected. When they heard Ali Heman's order, they all shouted in unison.

Under the scolding and orders of the officers, these herdsmen took out the bows on their backs. Their bows were all kinds, and most of them were made by themselves. However, these bows were strong enough, sufficiently handy, and had a high hit rate. Although most of them were large bows and heavy arrows, the Jurchens' bows and arrows were not high at a high range, only about fifty meters, but a distance of fifty meters was enough.

They all set their bows and arrows and shot towards the city wall.

The buzzing and vibrating sound of the bowstrings gathered into a group, like countless flies flying over, buzzing in the air.

What is the spectacular scene of tens of thousands of people shooting together?

The dense feather arrows covered the city head like dark clouds. Because the distance was too close, they were not shot, but shot directly. If you look down from the sky, you can see these feather arrows formed a black line with a width of hundreds of meters. They were nailed straight to the city head.

As early as the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers below were catching arrows, the Wuyi army officers on the city wall were already shouting: "Do not! Dodge!"

Some clever Jurchen slave soldiers hurriedly hid under the battlements of the city wall, or simply squatted behind someone else's body.

However, there were still many Jurchen slave soldiers who could not avoid it. They were now nailed into it by heavy arrows. The clothes on their bodies could not resist the sharp heavy arrow arrows. You should know that although the bows belonged to them, these heavy arrows were uniformly distributed by Nalan Jiancheng. The heavy arrows uniformly created by the Military Arts Manufacturing Bureau of the Jurchen Ministry of War were very powerful, and the arrows were also very sharp.

The arrow cluster pierced the Buyi and nailed it into the muscles, reaching more than two inches of depth. The entire arrow and a small piece of arrow body squeezed in. The puff sound of the arrow cluster entering the body and the screams of the Jurchen slave soldiers resounded through the city wall.

This round of arrow rain alone caused more than a hundred Jurchen slave soldiers to be injured and killed!

Alihe laughed wildly at the city wall and shouted: "Don't shoot directly, change to a projectile! Shoot! Shoot these rebels to death!"

Although he was reckless and rude, he was not brainless, but he was also skilled in archery and horses. He was very sensitive to the effect of direct shooting was not very good, because the upward shooting from bottom to top and the blocking of the battlements of the city wall made the selectivity of direct shooting very little.

There was another round of volleys, and many people dodged this time, but because the Jianzhou Jurchen army took the projectile this time, bypassing the city disc protection, the casualties of the Jurchen slave soldiers on the top of the city were even more severe.

And then another round!

After three rounds of volleys, the casualties of Jurchen slave soldiers on the top of the city reached more than a thousand!

Relying on the power of long-range archery alone, he caused heavy casualties to the Jurchen slave soldiers on the top of the city!

After all, the Jurchen slave soldiers are slave soldiers, not the formally trained Wuyi Army. Not only is there a huge gap in combat effectiveness, but also in terms of combat quality and morale, they are not at the same level. After suffering such a heavy blow, many Jurchen slave soldiers fled in a hurry.

At the beginning of the battle, deserters appeared.

Fortunately, Wang Chongguang and his personal soldiers arrived in time at this time.

He happened to run into the deserter head-on. Wang Chongguang gave the order, and the deserters were arrested and kneeled on the ground by their personal soldiers.

There was a silence on the city wall for a moment, and everyone's eyes were focused here.

Wang Chongguang shouted: "The commander has an order to resist firmly. We will never allow a step back! The city is in, and the city is destroyed and the people are killed! The adult has already ordered the city walls of four thousand households to resist. Brothers, those who bravely kill the enemy, those who have advanced their ranks, and those who escaped at the battle will end like this!"

He pointed his hand at the deserters, his face full of murderous intent: "Behead me!"

"cut!"

The personal soldiers roared together and raised the long-handled saber in their hands. The saber fell down and blood splattered. Dozens of people rolled onto the ground in a gurgling manner. Blood spurted out from the broken part of their necks and splashed far away.

The effect of this murder was immediately achieved, and everyone was shocked and felt awe-inspiring.

At the same time, the four Qianhu Houses stationed under the city wall, after receiving the order from Xia Zikai, also rushed up to the city wall along the horse road. The arrival of reinforcements also brought confidence to the Jurchen slave soldiers.

The situation has settled.

At this time, Ali Heman also changed his strategy.

Originally, there were no long-range weapons to bully the Jurchen slave soldiers on the city, so the Jianzhou Jurchen strategy was very successful. With the continuous splash of arrows, it could cause huge casualties. If this continues, the one that cannot be withstood first must be the Wuyi army! But when Ali Heman saw the 20,000 armored infantrymen who were constantly approaching behind him, his heart suddenly skipped a beat!

He was worried that his first achievements would be taken away by others!

Climbing to the top of the city is a great achievement! And at this moment, his contempt and disdain for the Wu Yi Army on the city prompted him to make a decision.

He said in his heart: "Anyway, Lord Wanhu doesn't treat these people as anything. As long as he can take down the city, it's worth it if he dies!"

He raised his hand high and shouted, "Get up the ladder and attack the city!"

Dozens of cloud ladders were erected from the crowd and placed on the city wall.

These ladders were made by the Jianzhou Jurchens this afternoon. They were very simple and made by cutting down large trees in the surrounding forests. Even the bark of the big tree was not peeled off. However, these ladders were strong and hard enough, and were firm enough to be firmly fixed on the city wall.

The Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers began to climb one after another, climbing towards the city like ants.

It was at this time that Xia Zikai, surrounded by his personal soldiers, came to the city wall.

Wang Chongguang quickly went up to report the situation. Xia Zi sighed happily, secretly glad that he was not too late.

He patted Wang Chongguang on the shoulder and said, "You are doing a good job! Continue to supervise the battle here! I'll go to the city tower for a walk!"

"Sir, no!" Wang Chongguang's face changed when he heard this and advised: "The target on the city tower is extremely obvious, so don't take risks easily!"

"Don't worry!" Xia Zikai smiled slightly: "Journeys army in Jianzhou just arrived and never thought that they would attack the city. They would never bring anything like a catapult. Otherwise, they would have used it long ago. The city tower will be safe and worry-free!"

After saying that, he took people to the city tower.

The city tower is not high, only two floors and three feet, but here is the commanding heights. With the dazzling firelight above and below the city, it is enough to clearly see the surrounding situation.

Seeing the dark army outside the city that was beyond the sight, Xia Zikai couldn't help but feel cold. He didn't know the strength of the Jianzhou Jurchen army before. Now he saw so many troops under the city, and then looked at the brightly lit Jianzhou Jurchen camp in the distance, and his number was probably up to another level.

But how to deal with it is the most important thing.

He saw that many Jurchen slave soldiers used swords to cut the junction of the ladder and the city wall, and cursed in his heart and said quickly: "Go and send orders, don't destroy the ladder, let the Tartars attack and fight them in close combat!"

"Yes, sir!"

The personal soldiers took the order and left.

After giving this order, a burst of unspeakable sadness suddenly surged in my heart.

The battle to defend the city in Wuyi's army can be reduced to the goal of having to put the opponent on the city wall to achieve close combat, right?

He was the commander of the One Guard and could access a lot of information that others could not reach. Although he joined the Wuyi Army late, the previous wars of the Wuyi Army had files, which recorded the situations of these battles in detail. Lian Zining copied all the files from the slashers and pen officials under his command, and asked them to read them from time to time to absorb some things from them.

Xia Zikai knew his own affairs, knew that he had no experience, joined the army late and had low prestige, so he looked very carefully. Whenever he read the first battle between Wu Yi's army and the first battle to defend the city, he was fascinated.
To be continued...