The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1210: Relief
Chapter 1210 Relief
The people in the city had to become citizens of the Great Zhou just to survive and have food to eat. He never thought that the people of Xiliang would really help the Great Zhou army to resist Xiliang.
In addition, the Xiliang army had traveled a long distance… and did not bring heavy siege weapons such as catapults, so the siege would inevitably be difficult.
So when the first wave of siege began, the Zhou army on the city wall fired bows and crossbows in an orderly manner.
Bai Qingyan looked at the Xiliang army that was fearlessly rushing towards Jiangzi City, and shouted loudly: “Liu Pinggao! Order the arrows of the bed crossbow to be wrapped with kerosene cans, and the arrows will be lit!”
“Yes!” Liu Pinggao took the order and ordered his soldiers to rush down the city wall to pass the message to the people.
Wei Zhong still wanted to protect Bai Qingyan behind him, but Bai Qingyan drew out a feather arrow, aimed at the distance, and shot… and every arrow hit its target.
At Liu Pinggao’s command, the people filled kerosene into earthenware jars under the city wall, and sent people with fast feet to deliver them up. The Great Zhou army had no worries that they would not be able to keep up with the weapons to stop the enemy.
The front end of the crossbow arrow was wrapped with a clay pot filled with kerosene. It pierced into the Xiliang army with flames, creating a sea of fire wherever it went.
Some kerosene cans collided in the air and scattered, contaminated by the fire from the crossbow arrows, and it was like a rain of fire from the sky, and the Xiliang army screamed in pain.
There was a hint of white in the distant sky, and it seemed that daybreak was about to begin. However, the attack of the Great Zhou was too fierce, and by now the soldiers from Xiliang who were near the walls of Gyantse City were all dead.
Bai Qingyan’s movements already seemed strenuous, and his head and body were covered in sweat.
General Cui watched from afar as the Great Zhou resisted the siege of the Western Liang Army and was so shocked that he tightly grasped the handrail of the chariot!
Could it be that the number of Great Zhou troops in the city was greater than he had guessed? !
Impossible! Before Bai Qingyan arrived, there were only a few soldiers in the city to defend the city. Bai Qingyan brought two thousand people with him, so the total number would definitely not exceed five thousand!
But the four walls were attacked at the same time. With such speed and method, it was impossible for only a thousand people to resist!
But now that the siege has begun, if we can’t even damage the surface of Gyantse City, it will definitely not be a good thing for Xiliang’s morale, so we can only fight to the end.
Originally, General Cui just wanted to feint an attack on Gyantse City to lure the commander of Yecheng Pass to bring troops to support him, so that he could set up an ambush and destroy the Great Zhou soldiers at Yecheng Pass!
But now, seeing the increasingly fierce attacks from the Gyantse city tower, General Cui changed his strategy in his mind. Anyway, their Xiliang reinforcements have already ambushed on the grain road and will soon seize the grain from the Great Zhou!
The morale of the Xiliang soldiers is high now, and they are obviously getting more and more courageous with a fearless attitude, determined to take down Gyantse City. If he calls back all the Xiliang soldiers at this moment, it may undermine their morale.
Before, he had been besieging the city without attacking just to wait for food. Now that the food was about to be obtained, he changed his strategy, captured Jiangzi City and captured the Emperor of Great Zhou alive, and then ambushed the Great Zhou army from Yechengguan that came to support. Even if the ambush failed… With the Emperor of Great Zhou in hand, would they be afraid that Yechengguan would not surrender?
General Cui Shanzhong calculated the time it would take for the spies at Yecheng Pass to return and for the Yecheng Pass garrison to lead troops to rush to the rescue, and shouted loudly: “Warriors of Xiliang, we have no way to retreat in this battle. The main force of the Great Zhou has already approached Yunjing. If Yunjing is lost, Xiliang will perish! Warriors! We must recapture our Xiliang Jiangzi City before noon today! Capture the Great Zhou emperor alive to save Xiliang Yunjing! Kill!”
When the Xiliang soldiers heard the shouts of old General Cui Shanzhong, they all knew that the outcome of this battle was a matter of Xiliang’s survival. Who would want to become a slave of a fallen country? They had no way to retreat. If they wanted to protect Xiliang… they had to fight to the death.
The Xiliang soldiers fought a desperate battle, all of them were determined to sacrifice their lives to protect their country, and they charged forward fearlessly.
The soldiers of the Great Zhou on the city wall knew that their emperor was here and that Gyantse City must not be lost!
The people in the city were even more afraid of Xiliang’s tradition of massacres. They were afraid that after the Xiliang army broke into the city, they would treat them as traitors of Xiliang and kill them as soon as possible, so they worked hard to transport all the supplies that could be used to defend against the enemy.
By the afternoon, the Western Liang army was showing signs of fatigue, and the Great Zhou army on the city wall was too tired to pull the bows and arrows.
Du Sanbao rushed to Bai Qingyan and clasped his fists, saying, “Your Majesty! We are running out of kerosene, and even the wine in the city that can start a fire is almost gone. I think the jars are all gone too! I just went to the armory to take a look. If Xiliang continues to attack at this rate, the arrows in the armory will probably run out by tomorrow morning!”
Du Sanbao is now regretting his decision to attack the camp in advance, which would have led to Xiliang attacking the city in advance…
If it had been according to His Majesty’s original plan, he should have waited until the message was delivered before starting the battle. Then, whether Xiliang sent troops to deal with the reinforcements from Yecheng Pass or to rob the food from Bailong City, it would have relieved the pressure on Gyantse City. However, his recklessness angered Xiliang, causing Xiliang to attack the city early!
Du Sanbao blamed himself a lot. It was all his fault!
Your Majesty is the commander of the Bai family army. Doesn’t he know that it is better to attack the camp at night before the Xiliang army attacks the city? I think it is because Your Majesty has been to the armory and granary to check… He has calculated it. He is afraid that a surprise attack will cause Xiliang to attack the city in advance and their Jiangzi city will not be able to hold on, but he was smart and rash.
Bai Qingyan was breathing heavily because the offensive force of the Great Zhou army had gradually weakened, so the Western Liang army had broken through their shooting range. In the distance, there were already Western Liang soldiers carrying ladders and placing them on the city wall.
It seems that Mr. Cui Shanzhong is no longer thinking about pretending to attack the city. After confirming that the food from Bailong City will be delivered today, he wants to get the food and take over Gyantse City before Yang Wuce, the defender of Yecheng Pass, brings reinforcements to Gyantse City, capture her, the emperor of the Great Zhou, alive, and then set an ambush to destroy the reinforcements of Yecheng Pass, and then take her hostage to attack Yecheng Pass.
“Your Majesty, Du Sanbao has already dug through the secret passage. Why don’t we let General Du take people to reopen the passage, and let the guards of the Bai family escort Your Majesty and leave first!” Wei Zhong stepped forward and said.
Du Sanbao nodded vigorously: “Your Majesty! You go out of the city first, don’t worry… Du Sanbao will defend Jiangzi City to the death! The city survives as long as the people are there. If the city is destroyed, the people will die!”
“It’s not time to take this step yet!” Bai Qingyan adjusted his breathing.
She knew that her presence now depended on the morale of the soldiers of the Great Zhou. If she really abandoned Jiangzi City and fled by herself, the morale of the Great Zhou army would be dispersed!
The battle has been going on all night and has just begun.
The Bai family army had been trapped in the city many times before, and her grandfather, father and uncle were able to lead the Bai family army with insufficient food and weapons to hold on. What reason did she have to retreat?
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