Today's third update, everything is speechless!—

In Hezhou City, the gates are closed, smoke and dust are everywhere outside the city, blending with the dust and ash that is already floating in the air, and the world is covered with gray.

What should come will come in the end. The troops led by Chu Huan finally arrived at Hezhou City one morning. Hezhou City is surrounded by a flat horse and there is no danger to guard. The entire Hezhou City is already an isolated city.

Although Hu Zongmao was full of confidence in the city defense, he was still a little nervous when he saw the officers and soldiers under the city. While nervous, he was full of excitement.

This is a great opportunity to become famous and make achievements.

Although Chu Huan's troops were less than 20,000, his morale was obviously good. The military formation was densely packed under the city in an orderly manner, with clear flags and shining armor. However, no matter whether the defenders at the top of the city or the officers and soldiers under the city, they would feel very comfortable. Once the battle formation was opened, blood splattered five steps, no one could guarantee whether he could survive after this battle.

Above the city, the soldiers guarding the city looked at the officers and soldiers outside the city, and were still a little nervous. In terms of strength, Chu Huan's men obviously had an absolute advantage.

Hu Zongmao's officers and soldiers of Xun camp were only 5,000, and there were four gates in Hezhou City, so the troops could not be completely concentrated in one gate. However, the main gate was obviously a key defense. Hu Zongmao did arrange heavy troops on the main gate. He still had some tricks on defending the city. Throughout history, there have been countless battles in siege. The reason why humans have made progress is that they are good at summarizing the mistakes made by their predecessors and correcting them. Many solid cities could have been as solid as gold, but they were eventually broken. The flaws in them were naturally summarized by future generations.

Hu Zongmao looked rough on the outside, but he was definitely not a reckless man who was ignorant and could only fight. On the contrary, he read a lot of books, and he studied military tactics very early, specializing in the art of defending the city.

From the moment he took down Hezhou City, he knew that Chu Huan's troops would come sooner or later, so from that moment on, he began to deploy defenses on Hezhou City. After all, he knew that it was really difficult for the five thousand defenders to defend Hezhou City. The troops were too tight, so he naturally had to increase their strength. So on the one hand, he sent troops to collect all the supplies that could be used within a radius of 100 miles of Hezhou City, while on the other hand, he recruited young and strong men to replenish their manpower.

These men were engaged in heavy construction and excavation work before Chu Huan's army arrived. When Chu Huan's army arrived, they were immediately organized into soldiers. They did not undergo any training and were completely used as cannon fodder. Some people could not even hold swords and guns, but were still forcibly pushed to the top of the city to guard the city.

However, Hu Zongmao felt that the most difficult defense should be the main gate, so the main soldiers were still equipped at the main gate. When Chu Huan's army appeared outside the main gate, Hu Zongmao immediately felt his wisdom.

There was silence on the top of the city, and the Chu army formation outside the city was also stern.

Hu Zongmao was covered in armor, followed by several deputy generals, putting his hands on the battlements, looking out of the city, hoping to find Chu Huan's trace from the other party's military formation.

It's just that the distance is not close, and the world is hazy. Although you can see the dense military formations under the city, it is really difficult to find Chu Huan's traces from the dense military formations.

"General, look..." A deputy general next to him raised his hand and pointed. Hu Zongmao followed his subordinates' fingers and saw a group of people galloping out from the army formation under the city, bringing rolling dust.

"Arrowman is ready!" The deputy general had already ordered in a deep voice.

A row of archers immediately stepped forward, bent their bows and arrows, aiming them at the city. Hu Zongmao raised his hand, "Not shooting arrows easily!"

The team of men arrived at the city, and more than a dozen cavalry had formed a semi-arc shape. The shield was lit and the shield was attached to the shield, forming an iron wall that could defend against bows and arrows.

Chu Huan was behind the iron wall at this time, with the thunder and fire qilin under his crotch sniffing. Chu Huan was wearing wolf armor, looking up at the head of the city, and recognized Hu Zongmao at a glance. He cast a conspicuous flag on the city, with the word "Hu" written on the flag. The flag fluttered in the wind. Under the flag, Hu Zongmao was wearing conspicuous armor, and anyone could recognize it at a glance.

"Is it General Hu?" Chu Huan looked at the city wall with a smile on his face, his voice was gentle, but he was full of energy. The city wall was silent, and the voice was heard from afar. "I heard that General Hu raised his troops to rebel, and I didn't believe it. I came to ask, don't know if General Hu really has the intention of being disobedient?"

Hu Zongmao sneered when he heard this: "Chu Huan, I have been waiting for you for a long time, and you really disappointed me."

"Oh?" Chu Huan still smiled and said, "But I don't know where this governor disappointed General Hu!"

Hu Zongmao shouted: "You have asked me to wait too long."

Chu Huan sighed and said, "I really want to see General Hu early. However, the wind and sand here are too strong and the soldiers are struggling to march. I can't bear it and slowed down. I'm only a few days late. General Hu should not blame him. By the way, General Hu is rumored that you are raising troops to rebel, but I think you General Hu should not be so stupid, so unless you hear it with your own ears, you will never believe those rumors." After a pause, stared at Hu Zongmao and asked, "Now that the Japanese governor came, General Hu did not open the door to greet him, but closed the city gate tightly, unsheathed the knife and tucked the bow, and a murderous aura. Why, did you really rebel?"

Hu Zongmao laughed loudly, then raised his hand and said coldly: "Chu Huan, don't be here. I am loyal to the court and have no intention of rebellion. Instead, you, Chu Huan, are lawless in Xiguan and do whatever you do. Even the blind man can see that you are ambitious and you are rebellious. I will naturally want to rebel against you, otherwise wouldn't you become a traitor like you?"

Chu Huan also smiled and said, "General Hu is indeed very clever. He can still speak so well with such a high-sounding sound. I really look at the soldiers on the front of the city." He glanced at the soldiers on the city and said with a smile, "If you hold a battalion of troops, you dare to rebel. Hu Zongmao, I admire your courage."

Hu Zongmao touched his beard and shouted: "Chu Huan, do you understand military tactics? Incompetent people, even if they hold thousands of troops, it will be useless. Even if they understand military tactics, they are weak, but they can still be invincible. If you lead a large army to attack, I have been waiting for a long time. If you have the ability, you will capture Hezhou City. I will be convinced and let you deal with it. But if you don't have this ability, I will advise you to go back to Shuoquan and wait for me to lead the army to take down your traitor's head."

"Actually, I am very strange. Where did you have the courage to raise troops to rebel?" Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Hu Zongmao, I will never kill everyone in my life and do things. I will give people the opportunity to reform. If you rebel, I will think you are confused for a moment. As long as you sincerely regret and surrender, I promise you that you will definitely leave your life..."

"Go to your mother, I regret it." Hu Zongmao shouted sternly: "This is what I will say to you, Chu Huan, if you go off the horse now and beg for surrender, I will not cut off your head."

"In this way, we can no longer talk." Chu Huan's eyes became cold and he said in a deep voice: "I have given you a chance, but you don't want it yourself. Don't say that I am ruthless when I look back."

Hu Zongmao pulled out his sword, pointed at Chu Huan under the city, and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense. If you have the ability, you will break through this city. I will wait for you to kill you here." Blade pressed down and said in a deep voice: "Shoot the arrow!"

For a moment, the arrows were like rain and shot towards Chu Huan. Chu Huan was prepared for it. The iron shield fitted and slowly retreated. Hu Zongmao watched Chu Huan retreat on the top of the city, smiled coldly, looked around, and shouted: "Brothers, the opportunity to make achievements has come. The traitor Chu Huan betrayed the court and intends to rebel. Now Japan will advance and retreat with you and swear to defend Hezhou City to the death. As long as you guard Hezhou City, I will guarantee your glory and wealth!" After saying that, he raised his sword and said loudly: "Swear to defend Hezhou City to the death!"

The deputy generals around him had already drawn their swords in their hands, held up their swords, and shouted in unison: "Swear to defend Hezhou City to the death and live and die with the general!"

Seeing this, the soldiers on the city wall could only raise their swords and shout in unison, and for a momentum, the sound of the city wall was still powerful.

A loud shout of morale had not stopped, and everyone heard the sound of rumbling war drums coming from the army formation under the city. The sound of war drums came from afar, low and solemn, as if hitting the hearts of everyone. The shouts of tsunami, which were originally like tsunami, disappeared in an instant. Soon, the silence of death on the top of the city was seen in the military formation, and two groups of infantry slowly emerged from the army formation. They were shield soldiers, holding solid shields in their hands, a long black line, and shields were attached to shields, forming a long iron wall.

"What is that?" Hu Zongmao saw the shield soldiers coming out and marched slowly, but the soldiers following behind were carrying something in their hands and frowned.

"It's a wooden board!" The deputy general beside him saw clearly.

Hu Zongmao was stunned, "Wooden board?" But he understood in an instant, and sneered: "It seems that they had known that we had dug a trap under the city, and that we were going to make a way."

When Hu Zongmao arranged the city defense, he not only strengthened and raised the city walls, but also built arrow towers on the top of the city walls, but also dug deep trenches outside the city walls. In the deep trenches, there were barbs buried, and covered with empty soil. At first glance, it was just some loose sand, but once it was accidentally stepped on, it would fall into the ditch, with barbs inside, and there was no possibility of survival.
Chapter completed!