Volume 1 Chapter 103 Turning Point

Yang Wudi spoke weakly, but everyone could hear the firmness in his words.

His voice was not loud, but it contained the determination of the soldiers in the border town to defend the land and border.

I would rather die in battle than surrender.

This is the determination of the soldiers.

When the Second Khan of the Xiongnu and others heard what Yang Wudi said, they were slightly moved. If such a powerful general surrendered to them, the Xiongnu, the destruction of the Great Zhou would be imminent.

Unfortunately, only the Central Plains dynasty had such brave generals and loyal ministers, and no one knew how they trained them.

Over the years, it has been Yang Wudi who has been guarding Honghua City and blocking their cavalry from moving south.

They both respect and hate Yang Wudi.

What I respect is Yang Wudi's ability and loyalty.

What he hated was that Yang Wudi had slaughtered so many Huns and had stopped him so many times.

The second Xiongnu Khan narrowed his eyes and said with a cruel smile: "Yang Wudi, since you don't know what's good for you, I will send you to the west today!"

"Come on, prepare the entire army to attack the city!"

Boom boom boom!

The war horses stomped on the ground, making a rumbling sound.

The siege has finally begun!

This time, they came prepared.

During the siege of Honghua City, they also cut down many trees in the surrounding mountains and forests to make the simplest siege tools.

Although there were no large siege weapons like catapults, at least wooden boards could be made and used as floating bridges, directly built on the moat.

As soon as the 500,000-strong army was dispatched, they immediately filled the moat on the north wall.

This makes the moat useless in blocking the enemy.

The Hun army took advantage of the situation and rushed to the city wall in large numbers, directly cut off the suspension bridge, and then brought very thick wood, which was lifted by dozens of people, and madly hit the city gate.

Yang Wudi and his men on the city wall were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to draw their bows.

Only a few people worked together to pour defensive kerosene on the city wall and then set it on fire.

A large number of people were burned to death in an instant.

They even burned down the pontoon bridge that the Huns had just built.

But the Hun army did not stop their attack. If the north gate failed, they rushed directly to the west gate. If the west gate failed, they rushed to the east gate.

In half a day, they attacked all three sides of the city wall.

Yang Wudi and the others had basically exhausted all their strength.

When the last round of attack was over, the fire at the north gate also stopped, and the ground was scorched.

At this time, the Huns' real offensive began. They once again transported a lot of wood and began to build a pontoon bridge in front of Yang Wudi.

This time, Yang Wudi and the others were really exhausted. They were already very hungry, and they had been fighting at such a high intensity for several hours.

Many soldiers even fell to the ground due to exhaustion and couldn't even get up.

Yang Wudi gritted his teeth, drew the sword from his waist, and roared: "Soldiers, prepare to die for your country!"

At this moment, the city wall gate was still being rammed frantically. As long as the Huns rushed into the city, the soldiers of the Great Zhou would definitely be wiped out.

Some of them didn't even have the strength to hold a knife, so how could they fight against the Hun cavalry?

This is not like the time when Bai Qi let the Huns in.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The tens of thousands of generals under Yang Wudi drew their swords and let out a final roar.

Although we knew we would die, we could not let the Huns look down on us.

Moreover, they knew better than anyone what the situation would be like after the Huns broke into the city.

Ten thousand generals, along with all the soldiers who were still able to pick up weapons, gathered at the city gate, ready for a final fight!

"I will live and die with you, my men, kill!"

Yang Wudi picked up the drumstick on the city wall and struck the drum again and again. Although he was exhausted and out of breath and his vision was dizzy, he still struck the drum again and again.

Boom boom boom!

The powerful drums of war beat wildly.

It struck the heart of every soldier of the Great Zhou.

Everyone's eyes gradually became cold and bloodthirsty.

They knew that today would be the day the city would be destroyed and their families would be ruined, and that death was the only thing waiting for them.

"Brothers, if we kill one, we'll break even. If we kill two, we'll make a profit!"

"When the Huns enter the city, they will surely slaughter our parents, wives, and children. Even if we die, we will take a bite of their flesh."

Tens of thousands of generals were giving their final pre-war encouragement.

Even if they die, they would rather die standing up. They absolutely cannot live on their knees.

“Kill, kill, kill!”

"Let's fight this group of Huns."

The soldiers roared hysterically, holding their spears tightly, imagining that they could kill the enemy with one spear.

But everyone knew that their fate would be to die in battle outside the city.

Some people even think that they can only swing a spear, and if the spear fails to kill the enemy, then they will be the one to die.

The soldiers' eyes were fixed on the city gate, which was creaking at the moment and the bolt on the gate made a crisp breaking sound.

One is broken.

Two of them are broken.

All broken!

With a loud bang!

The sturdy gate of Honghua City was finally knocked open.

kill!

The soldiers roared and formed a spear formation.

At this moment, the ground rumbled and after the city gate was broken open, all the Hun infantrymen who had been knocking on the gate retreated, leaving the city gate to the cavalry at the rear.

They also went to find their own war horses, mounted them and followed the cavalry to continue charging into Honghua City.

"kill!"

The Hun cavalry rushed in frantically and engaged in close combat with the defenders of Honghua City.

Scimitars were brandishing and horses were stampeding.

The spearmen thrust their spears hard into the bodies of the Huns, but they were knocked away by their horses and then trampled to death.

More people didn't even have the chance to swing their spears before their necks were chopped off with scimitars by the Hun cavalry that followed them.

"It's over, it's all over!"

"God is going to destroy our Honghua City!"

"The heavens are going to destroy our Great Zhou!"

Tens of thousands of generals roared in their hearts, picked up their swords and joined the bloody battle.

The blood instantly dyed the robe red.

But the cold pain could not extinguish the passion in their hearts.

The soldiers on the city wall did not have the strength to come down and could only look down. They saw their comrades falling in a pool of blood one by one.

I saw the Huns began to slaughter their former brothers crazily.

They also wanted to fight and pick up bows and arrows to shoot these enemies.

But when they picked up the bows and arrows, they couldn't even pull the bow. They wanted to pick up the spears and rush down the city, but they found that their legs were too weak to take a step.

But Yang Wudi was still beating the war drum again and again.

But his heart was dead.

Tears rolled down his eyes as he saw the scene of corpses strewn all over the ground in Honghua City. In the blink of an eye, at least seven or eight thousand people died under the iron hooves of the Huns.

This was before the main force of the Huns had fully entered the city.

As long as the Huns had 30,000 to 50,000 cavalrymen for large-scale killing and successfully formed a battle formation, then the hundreds of thousands of people in the city would soon be massacred.

"Why? Why?"

"Why do you treat us like this! Why can the Huns cut off our food supply?"

Yang Wudi roared unwillingly.

At this moment, an arrow pierced his arm directly. He was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat and his arm drooped limply.

The sound of war drums stopped abruptly.

But the next moment, Yang Wudi continued to beat the war drum with his other hand.

“How tenacious!”

"Yang Wudi, you are worthy of being my lifelong enemy! At this point, do you still want to persist? Is it necessary?"

The second Hun Khan put down his longbow, his eyes full of admiration for Yang Wudi. Why wouldn't such a warrior be a great general of the Huns?

But what's the point of you persisting?

"Kill! Leave no one alive!"

"After you capture the city, I will allow you to loot for three days!"

The second Hun Khan issued the final kill order.

“Kill, kill, kill!”

The Hun cavalry became even more crazy, and they rushed into the city to steal gold, silver, treasures, cattle, sheep, and beautiful women.

At this moment, the city of Honghua was already filled with wailing and blood flowing like a river.

But Yang Wudi didn't hold on to the end. He was too tired. He staggered to the ground and his eyes began to blur.

"Is it really over?"

"Has Honghua City been breached like this?"

"Is the Great Zhou really going to perish in my hands?"

Yang Wudi just wanted to scream to the sky, to vent his hatred and unwillingness.

But he had no way to change it.

Right now.

Suddenly, a group of cavalry came from afar and rushed towards the Huns frantically, shouting as they rushed:

"It's bad, it's bad, Lord Khan. The Second Khan has evil intentions. He sent people to plunder our grassland dragon court."

"They took away our wife and daughter, and took away poor Yanzhi too!"

"The Second Khan obviously wants to destroy our tribe!"

It was not just one person shouting, but hundreds of people shouting. These people included not only the guards of the Grassland Dragon Court, but also the nobles under the command of the Fifth Khan.

There are even a few highly respected priests among them.

Their shout immediately changed the rhythm of the Huns' attack on Honghua City.

The Fifth Khan's face changed drastically, and the soldiers under the Fifth Khan's command were instantly separated from the Second Khan's army.

They retreated from the battlefield frantically, spurred their horses and rushed to the Dragon Court guards who had brought the news.

The Fifth Khan grabbed the Dragon Court guard by the collar and shouted, "Are you sure?"

"Really, it's true!"

"Lord Khan."

"The soldiers under the Second Khan's command took away our precious Rouge, our wives and daughters, and our gold and silver treasures right in front of us."

"And they also killed our Dragon Court guards."

"The guard leaders were hacked to death by those people."

"These people took your rouge to their base camp. Now they are definitely in danger."

As these people were talking, they began to hit him hard with their fists, each of them with an expression of inexplicable grief and anger on their faces.

What! ?

The Fifth Khan suddenly felt as if there was a grassland above his head.

His woman was taken away from home by the Second Khan.

And now he is still working for the Second Khan. No man can tolerate this.

"Damn it, this is too much!"

"Kill him, kill him!"

The Fifth Khan's eyes turned red, and he waved his scimitar directly, pointing it at the Second Khan's army.

The 100,000 soldiers under his command were even more furious.

The Second Khan actually sent troops to plunder their grassland dragon court and captured their wives and daughters.

This is intolerable!

Even ordinary soldiers found it hard to swallow this humiliation. After all, who knew whether they had managed to snatch more women back?

What about their own women?

Thinking of this, the soldiers turned against each other and attacked the Second Khan's army from behind.

This sudden change immediately made Yang Wudi on the city wall open his eyes wide.

How is this possible?

This is going to be an internal conflict.

“Okay, okay!”

Yang Wudi laughed.

Just now the Hun coalition forces were about to attack Honghua City, but now the Fifth Khan's army is collectively attacking the Second Khan.

The killing was so brutal.

This is a sneak attack!

Just one round of arrow rain killed thousands of people on the spot.

"What are you doing?"

The Second Khan was ambushed by an arrow just now. The arrow went straight through his shoulder and he was grimacing in pain.

"Why are you asking me?"

"You actually sent soldiers to rob my woman!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

"Kill them for me!"

The Fifth Khan saw, as if he had caught someone committing adultery, the scene he least wanted to see in his life.

"Are you crazy? How could I possibly send people to plunder your grassland dragon court?"

"Don't you have any brains to think about it?"

The Second Khan ordered his army to resist while retreating, and tried hard to persuade the Fifth Khan.

But the Fifth Khan didn't listen to him at all and led his army to continue attacking the Second Khan's army.

He and the Second Khan had never gotten along well, and now that this had happened, he decided to kill him first.

The third Khan and the fourth Khan were completely confused.

They are now in a dilemma, neither able to fight nor to retreat.

He was even more afraid of being involved in the war between the two Khans.

So they immediately ordered their troops to withdraw from the battlefield. Honghua City could be attacked at any time, but the most important thing now was to preserve their strength.

Prevent being innocently dragged into a war that does not belong to you.

The two sons of the First Khan looked at each other and sneered.

This is the result they most hope to see. If the Second Khan and the Fifth Khan can fight to the death, they will have more grasslands and pastures in the future.

So they also withdrew from the war in Honghua City.

This sudden change shocked everyone in the Great Zhou.

"Not fighting anymore?"

"Withdraw?"

The defenders in Honghua City stared at this scene in a daze, their brains were unable to understand at this moment.

What is going on?

Why isn't the enemy attacking at this moment, but instead attacking itself?

"We are saved, we are saved!"

"This must have been done by Bai Qi!"

Some people screamed wildly. They suddenly saw this scene when they were dying, just like a fish about to die of thirst being suddenly put into a pond.

They were so excited that they wanted to cry.

"Close the city gates, close the city gates!"

The tens of thousands of generals were also extremely happy, but now was not the time to celebrate, so they had to close the city gate first.

What if the other side has finished fighting, ended the internal strife, and started attacking Honghua City again?

Let’s close the city gate first, at least we can defend it for a while longer.

There were also many corpses of Huns on the ground, and they had dry food on them. Many soldiers found beef jerky from these people.

He put it directly into his mouth and chewed it madly, then took the wine bag from the Hun's body and took a big gulp.

Only then did I feel all the strength coming back to my body.

These people immediately closed the city gate and found a spare bolt, making the city gate a defensive weapon again.

After eating some beef jerky downstairs, the tens of thousands of generals ran back to the city wall with their limited dry food.

They all looked at Yang Wuji with eyes full of admiration.

"Marshal, is this your plan?"

"You are really smart!"

"Although many people died this time, as long as the Xiongnu continue to fight among themselves, the chances of holding Honghua City are still very high."

They all sincerely admired Yang Wudi.

Yang Wudi shook his head woodenly. This had little to do with him, and Bai Qi had not told him about his plan.

But this result is the best.

He let out a long breath and said, "This was all done by Bai Qi!"

Is it Bai Qi?

Everyone was stunned.

Is this Bai Qi’s strategy?

Yang Wudi looked down, his eyes bright as he said, "I don't know what method he used to cause internal strife among the Xiongnu, but it seems that we may win this battle!"

"Can we really win?"

Thousands of generals were skeptical.

Don't underestimate the internal conflict between the Second Khan and the Fifth Khan of the Xiongnu.

But there were also the Third Khan and the Fourth Khan, as well as the two sons of the First Khan of the Xiongnu.