The guards watched the dark army outside the city at the top of the city and ordered drums to prepare for war. The opponent was coming in a turbulent manner, as if he was bypassing Puyang and not attacking, and directly set out from Lihu to attack the slime platform.

Although some of our troops have just gone to reinforce Puyang in the northeast direction, and the city has a little thin force, it should not be a problem to defend for a few days. When reinforcements arrive, the enemy will inevitably retreat when the difficulties are encountered.

On Baimajin, thirty miles away from the north of Slide Taipei, the army guarding the pontoon bridge had burned the pontoon bridge. The enemy cavalry could not use the pontoon bridge to quickly cross the river to storm Yecheng. The opponent failed to hit the pontoon and did not break the pontoon platform in a short period of time, so retreating was inevitable.

The generals thought so, but they did not dare to take it lightly. Since the news of Caozhou's defeat came, the Huatai defenders who were guarding the important places in Baimajin have prepared defense. Although time hastily, all measures have been effective.

Today, the enemy who wanted to attack the sash platform failed to succeed, and the enemy who attacked Baimajin failed to occupy the floating bridge. The opponent is now at the city, and he wants to attack the city but does not bring any siege equipment, so he can only make it on the spot.

This will take several days, so the sash defensives still have at least one day to prepare for the war.

The Huatai guards the key to the Yellow River, Baimajin, and is a must-pass place for the Northern Army to march south and the Southern Army to march north when fighting between the north and the south. Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, it has been one of the "Four Towns of Henan" and is an important town for the offensive and defense sides to compete for. For the defenders, they cannot be easily handed over to others.

But it is not easy to defend the skating platform, because the skating platform is surrounded by a flat horse, and there are no mountain monuments beside the city. The attacking party can calmly surround the skating platform and attack the city from four directions at the same time.

Although the enemy's troops outside the city did not reach the level of ten times the Guardian's troops, the number of troops on the other side was very obvious. The Guardian of Guardian sent the people in the city to the top of the city to help defend the city. If there was any disobedience, they would be punished as a matter of collusion with the enemy.

It is afternoon now, and when every household is preparing for "night meal", the people are called to the city to prepare for war by the government army. Seeing the dark outside the city, the enemy's stomachs begin to gulp again, everyone can't help but feel worried.

The elderly, weak, women and children at home were still waiting for themselves to go back, but they were hungry and did not see the officials and soldiers distribute dry food. Many people held crooked spears and whispered in the corners, discussing how to survive tonight.

The enemy should not attack the city tonight, after all, there is no ladder, which requires time to help the people guarding the city to figure this out, so what I care about is whether they will be hungry and frozen tonight.

The north wind blew, leaking in from the worn-out clothes, bringing a hint of chill. It is a little cold now, and it will definitely be even colder in the middle of the night. People can hide at home to keep warm at night, and walls can shelter the wind. Now on the top of the city, I am afraid that I can only bare the bullet and endure it.

The government army will definitely not care if they get sick from the cold. Today's evening food is not enough, and tomorrow's morning food is not enough, then they will be so hungry that they can't fight. Many people complain about this, but they dare not talk loudly, so they can only gather with a few acquaintances and whisper.

The patrol soldiers passed by from time to time, and whenever they went, the whispers disappeared. When the soldiers left, the sound came back.

When people are in panic, everyone is complaining, complaining that the times are not peaceful, they are fighting every year, and there are more and more labor and military service, and the taxes are getting heavier. As a strong labor force and pillar of the family, if you are not careful, you will lose your life. If you die, your family will be over.

However, the common people complained that these were useless and could only sway with the wind like grass. No matter what the situation turned out, they still had to live their hard life.

The sun gradually sets in the west. Seeing that the government troops had no intention of distributing dry food, the hearts of the people gradually sink. It seems that they will pass by hungry tonight. Many people shrank under the female wall to save their energy and stopped moving.

The enemy troops outside the city seemed to have no movement, and the city gradually became quiet. Apart from the occasional shouting, no one whispered anymore, so as not to say too much, and they would get hungry faster.

Somehow, the walls on the north side of the city were turbulent. Someone pointed to the sky in the north and shouted in surprise: "Look at everyone! What is that!"

Many people stood up and looked in the direction they pointed, first with a confused look on their faces, then their eyes gradually widened, and finally turned into a stunned look: "What is that!"

More and more people looked to the sky in the north, and then they were stunned and looked terrified.

Several miles away from the northern suburbs of Huatai City, huge heads rose from the ground to the sky, as if they had eyes, mouths, and fires flashed below the head, and many long beards at the bottom were dancing in the wind, just like carp and catfish whiskers, but these long beards looked a bit cunning.

The north wind blew, and these huge heads floated in the air and slowly approached the sliding platform. More and more people in the city saw this incredible scene and saw the expression of the head clearly.

The big eyes were bigger than the city gate, and the bloody mouth were big, like fangs of sharp swords. The heads floating in the air all looked ferocious, like evil ghosts, staring at the ordinary people on the city with malicious intentions.

With a "bang", a timid person could not hold the weapon in his hand and accidentally fell to the ground. Whether it was the people or soldiers on the city, they looked at the evil ghosts getting closer and closer, and they were afraid either.

Even the generals forgot to command their subordinates to fight because they were also scared by the evil ghosts that suddenly appeared.

Below each huge head, there was a long rope connected to the horses on the ground, and these horses were in a group, which seemed to be pulling the floating heads towards the sliding platform.

No, it was the pawn of the evil ghost who led the evil ghost to eat people towards the sliding platform!

More and more people have this idea in their minds. Some people are already trembling with fear, while more people are pale and can't even speak.

Among the crowd, several young men exchanged glances with each other, and then pretended to be frightened and shouted: "The Demon! It's the Demon that the Demon has appeared!"

"The demon is going to eat us all! There is not even a bone left!"

"Everyone, run away! Don't let the demon catch it! After swallowing it, you will never even have the chance to be reincarnated!!"

As soon as this said, the crowd instantly boiled. The people and soldiers who woke up from their dreams ran towards the stairs, trying to leave the city, so as not to be seen and devoured by the flying "demons".

At least the rational generals were about to stop the escape, but a sharp whistle came from the air.

The whistling that cannot be made by human power must be the howling of the demon before killing people. The city wall suddenly lost control, and no one was willing to stay on it and wait for death, rushing to the steps, and many people were squeezed down the city wall, or were squeezed down and trampled on.

The city was in chaos, and there was movement outside the city. Many teams carried long poles and rushed towards the sliding city wall. Walking in front was a soldier wearing a skeleton mask and heavy armor, holding a sharp knife, and holding the front end of the long pole.

The long pole is made up of several spears and horse lances, with a length of more than five meters. The back end of the long pole is held by five or six soldiers, and together with the comrades in front, they hold the long pole one in front and one behind and approach the city wall.

When he rushed to the base of the city wall, the soldier in front shouted loudly, then jumped hard, still holding the front end of the long pole, stepping up the wall with his feet, and the comrade behind exerted force at the same time, and while walking forward, he picked up the front end of the long pole upward.

Everyone worked together to successfully "support" the front comrades onto the city wall, and a large number of "sustaining poles" teams put many first-level dead soldiers onto the top of the Huatai city.

In the chaos of the city, most people were busy running for their lives. Seeing these skeleton men who suddenly "run up" they only thought they were little ghosts sent by the demons to catch living people. A few bold ones rushed up swinging their swords but were chopped over. Others were so scared that they were urinating, and some even jumped off the city wall to escape.

The shouts resounded throughout the sky, and the originally heavily guarded defenders of Huatai collapsed instantly. After a while, the north gate slowly opened, and the ready-made cavalry roared into the city.
Chapter completed!