Chapter 789 Siege (4)
The flares continued to fall to the south, and the silver-armored army that could not see the end was focused on the direction of Qingzhou City. After a rough estimate of the number of that, the city gate guards would know that it would definitely not be less than 30,000! This is just the number of enemies within sight!
As the lighting range continued to move southward, some scattered silver shadows were illuminated, constantly gathering towards the army, with miles of continuous distances! If the focus was all, there would definitely be no less than 50,000 people.
After the war horses, there was a camel horse brigade without armor, responsible for express delivery of a small amount of supplies.
After chasing for a long distance, it was no problem to be able to reach this place. What was shocking was that the Camel Horse Brigade did not fall into the lane at all and followed closely!
The so-called "food and grass should be taken before the troops move! Just by looking at the camel and horse supply team of the Maha Army, you already know that the Maha army's combat capability is so strong that the imagination of the Yuanmilai people!
Twenty years ago, the Guwang Plain War. After Maha retreated, he learned from his pains and trained his troops hard, and his combat effectiveness was no longer comparable. Therefore, in just a few months, they took down the entire Guwang country. This time, in cooperation with the time of the sea-passing army, they deliberately slowed down!
"Hu——" He let out a long sigh, and the city tower guard murmured: "Is this the Maha army sweeping the world? It's indeed... a tiger and wolf army! Fortunately, we guarded the city, not on the plain! Otherwise..." He did not continue, and the word "annihilation of the entire army" was unlucky.
"General Guan Yue, who is able to break out of such an enemy and escape from Luoshui to Qingzhou, is indeed a bit capable!"
The Maha cavalry stood quietly for a moment, but there was no escape force from Guan Yue. The general who led the troops said something. After making a gesture, he rushed out from the side with more than a hundred cavalry teams, and chased them around the range of the crossbows!
The other large troops slowly retreated, stopped two miles away from Qingzhou City, and set up camp! In addition, the Maha people also divided up three squadrons of 5,000 people to camp outside the other three gates of Qingzhou City to prevent anyone from going out to ask for help!
There are always teams patrolling back and forth between camps, and there are no loopholes to take advantage of! The entire Qingzhou City was completely cut off from the outside world by Maha's men!
The remnants led by Guan Yue hurried outside the northern city gate, because the Maha army did not dare to attack rashly because it was within the coverage of the crossbows on the city tower.
The tense atmosphere lasted all night, and the soldiers of Qingzhou City were also wary of being vigilant all night.
The next morning, the people of Qingzhou City who had realized it suddenly appeared, and the Maha army was almost at hand. At this moment, people were in a panic, and the entire Qingzhou City became chaotic. Everyone ran around and told each other, and quickly went home to pack up, pack up, and prepare to escape!
The horror of the Maha army has long been deeply buried in the hearts of the Milai people!
What was more aware of than the people was the city lord and his subordinate officials. After the hangover, his head was still drowsy and painful. The first thing he said when he woke up was told that the Maha army was going to attack the city!
Many people thought they were not awake and had a nightmare! But reality is reality. When the city lord climbed up the city tower with dozens of officials, he looked out and saw the continuous camps, the majestic fire cloud war horses, and the silver-armored and cold-light Maha soldiers, which immediately scared them to the point of fighting and almost no way!
"This...what is going on? Why did the Maha army appear here?" the city lord asked in horror.
The city tower guard said: "Last evening, after sunset, the Maha army came!"
"I came yesterday evening? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" the city lord asked fiercely, as if the predicament in front of him was caused by the city tower guard's failure to report it in time!
"Yesterday, the alarm bell of the city tower was ringed! It was the most urgent matter! The city defense formation has been opened!" The city tower guard said quickly, "I saw you not coming yesterday, and I also sent someone to invite you three times, but your concubine said that you are resting and no one is allowed to disturb you!"
The city lord showed a fierce look in his eyes and said, "General, can you have a plan to retreat to the enemy?"
The city tower guard said: "Our Qingzhou city has sufficient food and grass, high walls, excellent weapons, and a large city protection formation. As long as we can defend the city, we can wait for the Maha army to use up supplies and the soldiers are exhausted and the horses are weak, we can take the opportunity to leave the city and wait for work!"
"Hmph! Raise troops for a thousand days, use troops for a while! As the garrison of Qingzhou City, you only think of being a turtle with your head at this critical moment? What's the use for you?" The city lord shouted.
The guard of the city tower looked ashamed and lowered his head and said, "I disappointed the city lord! But the Maha army had strong troops and strong horses. It had previously attacked Chenzhou and captured Luoshui City. It was the time when the morale was high. It was not enough to compete with it, and it was better to be taken away by wisdom!"
"What...what?" The city lord's face changed again and asked in surprise: "Chenzhou has fallen?"
The city tower guard looked at the other party solemnly, nodded, and said, "It has fallen! General Guan Yue of Luoshui City is just outside the northern city gate. He brought out the remnants of the breakout, with only five hundred cavalry left. I'm afraid this is the only combat power that Chenzhou survives!"
"This...how...how did the Maha people attack from the south?" The city lord's head was in chaos.
Everyone looked puzzled. The sea was south of Mile. God knew how the Maha army attacked from the south.
After a moment of silence, the city lord waved his hand powerlessly and said, "Send someone quickly and send someone to the capital to inform His Majesty!"
The city gate guard's face turned dark and said, "Master, I'm afraid the news can no longer be spread!"
"What does it mean that you can't spread it?"
"Sir, look!" The city guard pointed to a team of twenty soldiers who walked out of the Maha camp and said, "The blockade line of the Maha people is not airtight! Our people cannot break through at all!"
The city lord was tense and looked at the Maha people who were patrolling back and forth with a grievance. He wished he had the ability to go all the way to knock them into scum!
"Do any cost! Break through the siege and pass the news to Your Majesty!" The city lord cut off the railway.
"Sir, please think twice! Don't let the soldiers die meaninglessly!"
"It's meaningless?" The city lord glared at the other party and shouted: "As a soldier! As a general! Death in battle means death! Humph! As a general who defends the city, you actually weaken your morale without fighting. What crime should you be guilty of?"
"Sir! We are guarding the city, with the right time, the right place, and the harmonious people; when the enemy is rushing far away, the food and grass will definitely be limited, and it is difficult to have supplies. There is no time, the right place, and there is no harmony! As long as we stick to the city, the enemy will run out of food and grass and lose its foothold in a month!"
Chapter completed!