"Heavenly Venerate of Salvation from Misery, please bless us. I hope our family can survive this war!”
"Rulai, bless me! I still have my wife and children. I don't want to die! I still have my parents to take care of.”
"Bodhisattva, bless us! Please protect me! Wuwuwu ~ I don't want to die!"
In Youzhou City, tens of thousands of residents were hiding in their houses while shivering. They were weak, frightened and crying from time to time. They were praying for the protection of deities, buddhas and immortals in the sky.
Even though they knew that this would be of little use, they could do nothing at this moment. They were just a group of peasants who knew how to farm or run a small business, unable to resist the savage Turks.
On the city wall, the soldier who had left earlier came to Lieutenant Zhang and Lieutenant Zhou with a solemn expression and said,"Reporting to the two lieutenants, there are still 1910 brothers who can still fight.。。I, I can't even get up."
Commandant Zhang and Commandant Zhou took a deep breath.
"Only us brothers?" Field Officer Zhou asked in a deep voice. Were there any young men, private soldiers, or male servants?”
"The private soldiers and male servants have long fled with the landowners. As for the young men and new soldiers who were lucky enough to survive last time, they were all fooled away by the fleeing officials.”The soldier replied angrily.
"Dammit, as a local official of the Great Tang, it's one thing for him to run away in fear of death, but he actually dared to take away the remaining young men and recruits! If we can survive this time, I'll definitely bring people to skin these guys alive!”Commandant Zhang's face was ashen. He wanted nothing more than to bring his brothers back to catch up with those damned fleeing officials and kill them one by one.
"Then should we send people to the city to mobilize the young men to help defend the city?" asked Commandant Zhou. Lieutenant Zhang?"
"It's useless." Commandant Zhang shook his head and said angrily,""Although I look down on those cowardly officials, without them stopping us, how would we soldiers know this? We don't even know how many sons each family has. If we drag their only son here, we'll be scolded to death.”
"Forget it. Even if we only have 1,900 brothers, we can still hold on. This old man doesn't believe that these Turks are made of steel and aren't afraid of death or pain. They've already failed so many times and still dare to attack!”
"Alright then." Commandant Zhou also felt that it was impossible for him to send people to organize the young and strong. He sighed and said to the soldiers beside him,"Immediately let our brothers check the remaining equipment and move all the city defense materials up. Victory will be decided in one move!”
"Defend it! The Turks would be utterly defeated, and there would be no more enemies for at least ten days. It failed…Then let's sleep here together!"
"I, Zhou Ren! He was a man of the Great Tang! Even if I die, I'll still be the soul of the Great Tang!"
"Well said!" Commandant Zhang patted his shoulder excitedly and shouted,""I'm the same. I'm a man of the Great Tang in life, and I'm the soul of the Great Tang in death!”
"I am a member of the Great Tang! Death is the soul of the Great Tang!"
"Long live the Great Tang!"
"I am a member of the Great Tang! Death is the soul of the Great Tang!"
"Long live the Great Tang!"
As the surrounding soldiers shouted one after another, the nearly 2,000 Tang soldiers shouted with the momentum of tens of thousands of people.
This majestic presence caused the Turks outside the city to become slightly restless.
"General, I don't know what happened to the Tang, but their low morale has suddenly risen. Should we still attack the city as scheduled?”a middle-ranking Turkic general asked.
Ashina Bi Han's expression was a little ugly and hesitant.
By right, with the enemy's morale suddenly soaring, they should be avoiding the enemy's attack. But although the Tang reinforcements were being held back by their own men, it was hard to guarantee that there would not be reinforcements from other places. If reinforcements arrived, they would lose the battle.
At that time, they would lose a large number of men and gain nothing. They would definitely be severely punished by the Khagan when they returned.
"No, continue to attack according to the plan! The Tang are bluffing!" Ashina Bihan gritted his teeth and replied after weighing the pros and cons.
"Alright then, I'll go inform them now.”
Soon, nearly 2,000 Tang soldiers on the city wall of Youzhou City were ready to defend the city, while the Turks were ready to attack the city. Hundreds of siege weapons, more than ten siege towers, and three siege vehicles were pushed to the front line. Tens of thousands of Turks were ready to go.
In front of the formation head, Ashina Bihan raised his scimitar and shouted while pointing at Youzhou City,""Warriors! Do you want beauties and wealth?"
"Yes!" The Turkic soldiers raised their weapons and greedily replied in unison.
"Then let's kill them! Kill! As long as you enter Youzhou City, you will find everything you want! Whether it's beauty or wealth, you can get it! I, Ashina Bihan, promise you that as long as you conquer Youzhou City, I will not seal my saber for 3 days. You can do whatever you want in the entire city! Who could get rich? Who could be happy? Let's see if you can take it down! Tell me, can you?"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The Turks shouted with bloodshot eyes. At this moment, their greedy minds were filled with thoughts of how they would burn, kill, and pillage Youzhou City after they took it!
Looking at the morale that he had boosted, Ashina Bihan waved his scimitar in satisfaction."Attack!"
"Kill!"
Following Ashina Bihan's orders, teams of soldiers began to move forward. They carried siege ladders, pushed the siege towers, and pushed the siege chariots closer and closer.
Ashina Bihan's loud shout had long been heard by those people on the city wall, including those commoners near the city wall.
"Motherf * cker, these Turks really are nothing. They actually want to slaughter the city after taking it, they're simply animals!”Field Officer Zhang cursed angrily.
Commandant Zhou was relatively calmer, but he also said coldly,""Commandant Zhang, you're flattering these Turks. How can they be worthy of being associated with beasts? You're clearly worse than a beast!"
"Motherf * cker, you've read two books, so you speak differently.”Commandant Zhang expressed his admiration and then asked,""Now that they've entered the shooting range, should we shoot?”
Commandant Zhou shook his head and replied," No, we don't have many archers and arrows left. Let's put some of them in before we shoot. We'll try to maximize the use of the arrows."”
"Alright, I'll listen to you, kid." Officer Zhang nodded.
Soon, the Turks were within fifty paces of them. At this moment, Commandant Zhou suddenly shouted,"Archers, listen up! Shoot those people holding the ladder!”
"Understood!"
Suddenly, five hundred archers stood up, nocked their bows, and fired at the Turks carrying the siege ladders.
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