Li Mu was about to jump off the city wall. Dugu Jiu hugged him tightly and pushed him into the arms of the soldiers behind him. His figure moved slightly and the person had already flew out. In the air, he turned around and flashed an arrow, reached out to grab it, gritted his teeth, and threw it out. The arrow drew a afterimage and nailed it to the throat of the cavalry who killed Usman. Immediately, Dugu Jiu stepped on the head of an enemy who was crawling on the city wall and flew back to the wall.

Li Mu's willpower had reached its limit and he fainted with his eyes open.

The enemy roared gold and retreated like a tide. The battle outside the city was over, and it was hard to say who would win or lose. The losses of both the enemy and us were quite good. After careful calculation, the enemy suffered a great loss in the end. The explosive pack played their due role, causing at least thousands of casualties.

The yellow sand outside the city gradually dissipated. The breeze was coming, and the air was floating seemed to have a little bloody smell. Li Mu had woken up, and the corners of his eyes were covered with blood. Usman's death made him understand that the word "火火" was true...

"Su Lie, go and settle our army's casualties." Li Mu said tiredly.

Su Dingfang had already finished counting and said, "There are only more than 100 people led by General Wang and I, and twenty-five people were killed. The people in Zhangjiazhai were ordered to retreat as soon as they contacted the enemy. It is estimated that the casualties and injuries are not large, but Usman's side... I am afraid that the thousands of people he brought..."

Li Mu's lips trembled slightly. He took a deep breath and said, "How many soldiers who are left in our city guarding the city now?" "Including the local heroes, there are less than 5,000 left. Some of them are seriously injured..." Su Dingfang's expression was a little sad.

Li Mu smiled bitterly: "It will be more than half of the loss in one day... The army will have at least one day. In other words, when the army comes, we will be lucky and we will die!" Everyone was silent. How could we answer this?

...

Outside the city, the enemy's battle formation had not yet been withdrawn, but instead set up the formation again. After a battle just now, the enemy's momentum seemed to be stronger, and it was covered with the formations in the yellow sand, emitting a solemn aura that soared into the sky.

Li Mu seemed to have lost all his strength and slowly collapsed on the ground along the acreage bricks of the arrows. The enemy's retreat was not a retreat, but a rest, and they were about to attack the city again! In this lonely city without help, Li Mu could no longer see hope.

"Brother, cheer up. What should we do if you do this?" Li Siwen came again at some point. Li Mu looked at him and smiled bitterly, saying, "I'm thinking. What kind of way should I choose to die so that my image after death will appear taller and more majestic..."

Li Siwen covered his ears: "Why are you dying? Who said you will die? We won't die! Are there still thousands of brothers here?"

Li Mu shook his head, too lazy to explain.

"If the reinforcements unexpectedly arrive, the city will be broken today..." Li Mu murmured.

Li Mu pointed to the battle formation that was ready for battle outside the city without any effort, sighing: "The enemy is already crazy, and the next round of siege will definitely be indescribable, at any cost..."

"How can you see that you're crazy..." Li Siwen looked out of the city with dissatisfaction, and his eyes suddenly became straight.

Behind the strict battle formation, a large piece of open space was left. More than twenty places on the open space were filled with people. They squatted on the ground and fiddled with a pile of long scattered wood, as if building blocks. The wood gradually became taller and taller and finally formed.

Li Siwen's eyes were straightened, and the defenders on the city were also straightened, and a feeling of uneasiness and panic slowly filled the city.

"What are they building?"

Li Mu said weakly: "They are assembling the stone thrower. I really can't tell. The Turks can do it too much!"

Li Siwen gritted his teeth: "It must be Cui Wang. The Cui family has been passed down for thousands of years. It is not surprising that craftsmen who have mastered the art of mechanisms! Brother, what are you afraid of? If you throw a stone, you will not hit a few people!"

"Although this thing is called the 'stone thrower', it does not necessarily throw stones. Besides, there are no stones in this vast grassland?"

"Then what will they throw? They have no gunpowder!"

"There is no gunpowder, are they nothing else?" Li Mu's heart was already cold. He didn't dare to say it, because he was afraid that he would hit it.

An hour later, at dusk, the enemy's war drums sounded and began to attack the city again.

This time, no thousands of troops rushed over like a tide. The first one to show their might was indeed those stone throwers.

The long arm drew a half-arc in the air, and black objects at the top were thrown out, smashing towards the top of the city frantically.

Li Mu decisively ordered that all the defenders hid, and dozens of black earthen jars in the air smashed hard on the horse road on the city wall, and then fell to pieces.

Li Mu's expression became more and more bitter, and indeed, he was guessed.

Dozens of jars were all smashed to pieces at the top of the city. After the jars were broken, the liquid inside splashed out. The defenders felt something was wrong. Everyone smelled a strange smell. An elderly veteran with rich experience on the battlefield sniffed hard, then changed color and shouted: "It's turmeric oil! Dogs, they want to burn the city! It's really crazy!"

These tincture oils are Cui Wang's killer weapon to Amur. They had transported them long before the war began. They planned to use them when attacking Chang'an, but now Dingxiang cannot defeat them. What else is there to do about Chang'an? Amur is already crazy. No matter Cui Wang stops him, he must use them!

At this time, Amur's mouth curled up and a cruel arc appeared. He slowly rode out without saying a word. He slowly put a lit arrow on the bowstring and pulled it into a full moon. With a last soothing sound, the rocket shot up the city wall without bias.

The entire city wall on the west side has been soaked in tinted oil from the pottery pot. It will burn when it encounters fire. With a bang, the fire burns the city and the sun and the moon change color!

...

Desperate situation, the real desperation situation, everything is scorched earth and corpses in front of you, looking forward. There are still countless enemy troops outside the city, lined up three miles outside the city, quietly watching the city where the remaining fire has not yet been extinguished.

When the flames were rising, Li Mu decisively ordered the whole city to retreat. This scene made Li Mu a little dazed. This scene was also like this when he first came to this world.

The only exception is Li Siwen. When he retreated last time, he was in a coma. But this time, he was awake. He finally carried out Li Mu's order, fainted Li Chengqian and Li Tai, and led the people of Dingxiang to retreat.

The soldiers did not leave, and the young and strong stayed. They took off the armor of the dead soldiers, took their weapons, and stood silently on the city wall.

Li Mu didn't say anything, he respected the choices of these people.

It cannot retreat. Dingxiang is the gateway of the Tang Dynasty, and the city is strong. If you retreat, where can you retreat? Mayi? Mayi's city walls cannot withstand the enemy's iron hooves!

In the end, with all the young and strong people, a total of 10,000 people were left.

What they have to face is at least 80,000 enemy troops.

There is no gunpowder, no miracles, only a head-on battle.

Everyone understands that this is a disaster!

The fire burned all night, and when the flames burned, the battle did not stop. The enemy took advantage of the situation to attack the city, and the offensive was unprecedentedly fierce, and countless robes fought with the enemy to death and burn it to death. In the end, fewer and fewer people, and the combat power became weaker and weaker. Li Mu had to kill the enemy with his own weapons. In front of the two armies, who cares about who you are, two long blades were also scratched on his back.

Dugu Jiu relied on his martial arts and was not injured, but his physical strength was exhausted, his face was pale, his wrists drooped weakly, and he shivered involuntarily.

Wang Hu was even more injured because he was always on the front line of command. Whenever there was a critical moment at any mercenary, he was often the first to rush up and fight regardless of life or death. Now there was no good meat on his body, and countless sword wounds were covered with sword wounds from head to toe, and he was gasping heavily against the mercenary.

Sixty percent of the 10,000 defenders were dead, and the city was covered with corpses, including enemies and robes. Sadly, the living people no longer had the strength to lift the corpses down the city. Because they were too tired, they kept their strength to breathe and deal with the next wave of offensives.

It was so tragic that Li Mu recalled the battle last night. In order not to drag down the robe, the seriously injured people did not ask for help at all. They would use their last strength to pounce on an enemy, and the two of them fell down the city wall together and died together.

This desperate fighting style can keep Dingxiang under the fire and not fall. The enemy becomes more and more terrified and his morale becomes less and less. The defenders of the Tang Dynasty seem to have become more and more desperate. Who is not afraid of fighting with such a crazy man?

The city was dilapidated and outside the city was not decent, and the enemy threw too much tincture oil. Li Mu even suspected that there was so much tincture oil in the treasury of Chang'an City. All the time it was burned. After the fire was extinguished, there were only devastated and extremely desolate.

The enemy was scared to death and no matter how the chief general scolded him, he did not dare to attack. Seeing this, the enemy had to sing gold, threw down the corpses all over the ground, and retreated again.

Looking up, the dragon flag representing the Tang Dynasty in the middle of the city was still flying in the wind. Next to the dragon flag, Li Mu's cloud dragon flag was also standing up, but it was already ruined...

In fact, when the war reaches this point, there is no suspense in the end. No matter how fast the army is, it will take at least half a day to arrive. And the next attack by the enemy, the defenders on the city are no longer able to deal with it.

The next time the enemy beats the drum, death is when death comes.

Li Mu looked at Dongfang. At this moment, he missed your own wives very much.

Children, your father is not a good father after all. I can't wait until you become sensible and watch you get married and start a career...

Tears fell silently, and Li Mu raised his hand to wipe it off. It was already this time, and he was still crying.

"Do you regret staying in this city?" Li Mu's voice was very far away, as if he was passing through a layer of impenetrable mist, and I don't know who he was asking.

"No regrets!" Su Dingfang, who had been in a coma for a long time, suddenly opened his eyes and roared loudly. His will may have been blurred, but his tone was still firm!

Under the city wall, Cui Wang's shout came.

"Li Mu! If you can hear what I say, please give me a response! The master of the lord values ​​your ability very much. If you are willing to be loyal to the Cui family, the lord will not blame you in the past. When the country is established, I am willing to serve as the prime minister! Consider it, the lord promises that if you are willing to surrender, the grievances in the past will be eliminated! Your life is only once, the lord will pity your talents and do not mislead yourself!"

Li Mu was already very tired, and half of his body leaned weakly against the battlements of the city wall. Hearing this, he had no strength to curse back.
Chapter completed!