After defending the city for so many days and waiting for reinforcements, the soldiers were exhausted both physically and mentally. Wang Yao took the lead and stood on the city wall. He said to the exhausted soldiers, "The enemy is attacking the city day and night. I know you have reached your limit. Soldiers, grit your teeth and hold on a little longer. Behind us are your families. For them, we cannot fall!"
The soldiers in the city shouted in unison: "We can't fall! We can't fall!" The sound was deafening.
From early morning, the Hu people began to intensify their offensive. This time, they did not use ladders to attack the city. Instead, they imitated the Han people and poured hot oil on their arrows. The arrows wrapped in flames were shot into the city, posing a great threat to the soldiers defending the city.
Dense arrows were shot at the city wall. Wang Yao immediately ordered the soldiers holding shields to step forward to resist. Even so, some soldiers were still hit by the burning arrows and fell to the ground wailing in pain.
The civilians below the city saw the soldiers burned by the flames and, regardless of their own safety, rushed up to the towers and immediately came to their rescue. They covered the wounds burned by the arrows with wet cloths and put out the burning fire with water. Then they carried the injured soldiers away for treatment, and soldiers immediately filled the vacant positions.
The Hu general looked at the Han army still holding on to the city wall and shouted angrily: "Shoot! We must take this city today!"
Burning arrows shot continuously towards the tower, but the soldiers held their ground without retreating. Their figures seemed majestic and tall in the oppressive atmosphere.
Atop the city wall, raining arrows, Wang Yao led his soldiers to hold their ground. His voice was hoarse but firm amidst the hail of arrows: "Soldiers, hold on! We have no way out!"
The soldiers brandished their weapons and tried their best to block every arrow. In the rain of arrows, the soldiers were covered with wounds and their armor was stained with bright red blood, but they still held their positions.
After a barrage of arrows, the Hu general ordered an all-out assault. Thick logs pounded against the city gates, each impact creating a dull rumble. The gates trembled, as if ready to collapse at any moment. Meanwhile, a steady stream of Hu soldiers climbed the city walls using ladders.
A strong bloody smell filled the air around the city walls. Looking at the enemy troops surging like a tide, the soldiers held their weapons with firm eyes and showed no intention of retreating.
After several days of continuous losses, the kerosene and bows and arrows in the city were basically used up. Even though the soldiers tried their best to resist with weapons in hand, the number of the Hu people was too large. After killing one group, another group of enemy troops rushed up!
The city gate was crumbling and the situation on the city wall was getting more and more dangerous. The soldiers fought with all their might, risking the city being broken. Every arrow they intercepted was a matter of life and death.
In this desperate situation, Wang Yao saw smoke and dust billowing ahead, and the sound of whistling horses galloping towards the city gate: "Reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming!"
These words seemed to inject blood into the soldiers' blood. They gathered their last strength and fought hard to resist the attack of the Hu people.
The soldiers' foreheads were covered in sweat, which mixed with blood and flowed down.
Their fingers gripped their weapons tightly, their bodies trembled, but their eyes burned with determination. They did it! They held on! Reinforcements are coming!
Xing Yun led 10,000 cavalrymen and galloped forward rapidly. The iron hooves of their war horses struck the enemy lines, and they quickly cleared a path and rushed towards the city gate.
The cavalry, brandishing their spears and sharp blades, charged towards the barbarians who were pounding the city gates, engaging the enemy with lightning speed.
Amidst the flashes of swords and sabers, the reinforcements rushed all the way to the city gate. Xing Yun brandished his spear, suppressing the enemies who tried to break in one by one.
The cavalry cooperated with each other tacitly. They used the iron cavalry under them to continuously attack the enemy formation, and used the sharp blades in their hands to kill the Hu people who were fleeing in panic.
They swept through the enemy camp like a storm, completely disrupting the Hu people's deployment.
The cavalry led by Xing Yun defeated the enemy step by step, and the Hu people's offensive was reversed one-sidedly.
The situation on the field reversed, and the morale of the Hu people began to waver. Faced with a large number of Han reinforcements, the Hu generals saw that the situation was hopeless and had to give up the siege and flee in defeat.
The soldiers defending the city cheered in triumph when they saw the fleeing enemy troops. The people below hugged each other excitedly and cried with joy. The city was held! Their homes were still there!
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