Xiang County, Youzhou.
Xiang County was a small city located on the outskirts of Youzhou.
The main city of Youzhou had already been breached by the Turkic army.
A middle-aged man in an official's robe stood on the city gate tower and looked down at the city. Suddenly, a soldier ran over, panting, and reported with a terrified expression.
"Magistrate, the Turks have sent fifty thousand men to attack the city!”
County Magistrate Yu's expression turned solemn, and he immediately began to feel extremely anxious.
But in front of his subordinates, he couldn't show this.
He was the backbone of this county. If he panicked, the soldiers and civilians of the county would panic!
Then, County Magistrate Yu said in a deep voice,"
"Quickly go and invite Hu Xiaowei over!"
A moment later.
Hu Xiaowei, who was clad in armor and armed with weapons, rushed to the city tower.
He cupped his hands and bowed to County Magistrate Yu."
"County Magistrate, why are you looking for me?"
County Magistrate Yu's expression was very ugly.
"How many soldiers are there in total?”
Xiaowei Hu thought for a moment and said,"
"Less than four thousand. The original 10,000 people were all sent to support the main city, leaving only 3,000 people to guard the county.”
County Magistrate Yu's face was so gloomy that water could drip from it.
"The Turks sent fifty thousand soldiers to attack the city.”
Xiaowei Hu froze instantly!
Fifty thousand people, what kind of concept was that?
It was more than ten times the number of their army!
"What should we do?"
Xiaowei Hu muttered to himself in panic.
County Magistrate Yu was a scholar, but he was also a man from Guanzhong. He had perfectly inherited the fine tradition of the old Qin people, men, women, old and young, who could fight with swords.
He said in a deep voice,"
"Send all soldiers to defend the city gates and walls! Their wives and children were all in the city. They had to fight to the death!”
Xiaowei Hu didn't know what to say.
They had a tacit understanding of how long these three thousand people could hold the city.
In short, it was impossible to defend the city. It only depended on how long they could hold on!
"The main city of Youzhou was conquered in just a day.”
"How long can our Xiang County last?"
The county magistrate's official robe fluttered in the north wind, and his sighs and murmurs disappeared in the wind.
......
"Report! More than three thousand soldiers had fought bloody battles on the city walls, and almost all of them had been killed!”
A soldier covered the wound on his arm and ran into the watchtower.
The county magistrate sat alone on the throne.
"Forget it, forget it."
County Magistrate Yu sighed and turned around to pick up his long knife.
"Tell the soldiers who are still able to move to order the people in the city, regardless of gender, old or young, to follow me up the city wall and guard Xiang County!”
He walked up to the city wall and shouted at the people below,"
"You should also know that after Youzhou City fell, the Turks are currently burning, killing, and looting the city for fun!”
"If they enter the city, our Xiang County will end up as the next main city of Youzhou!”
"I'm the same as you. My wife and children are all in the city!”
"That's why I picked up my saber, just to protect our loved ones! Do you dare to come up to the city wall and fight alongside me?!”
In truth, the young men in the city had already joined the army to resist the Turkic cavalry. The people in the city now were mostly the old, weak, women, and children!
However, Youzhou had been invaded by barbarians all year round, and everyone, old and young, had picked up their sabers.
"I'm willing to follow the county magistrate and kill the Turks!"
"I'm willing to follow the county magistrate and kill the Turks!"
"Kill the Turks!"
After a short silence, all the people walked out of their houses. The voices of response came one after another, gradually forming a crowd.
Some of them picked up their own kitchen knives, some of them held hoes, and most of them picked up the spears and sabers of the dead soldiers.
The Han people would rather die in battle than surrender to the barbarians!
......
The Turkic army of fifty thousand saw more and more soldiers being hacked to death on the walls of Xiang County, replaced by the elderly, women, and children.
Morale instantly soared!
"Hahaha, the Tang army has been killed.”
"There are still some yellow-haired children, hahahahaha!”
"Do they think they are the warriors of our Turks? They aren't even as tall as my horse and they dare to go into battle!”
The Turks looked at this rabble and laughed wantonly.
Seeing this, the young and old on the city wall tightened their grip on their weapons.
From the moment they left their homes, they had already set their hearts on death, determined to fight to the death with these Turks!
"Live and die with Xiang County!"
A young girl raised the saber in her hand and laboriously jabbed the Turkic who was climbing the city gate tower down as she shouted.
Instantly, the sound waves surged like a tide!
The Turkic army of fifty thousand grinned hideously as they raised their sabers and prepared to swing them at the old and weak.
They had already begun to think about how to celebrate tonight!
At this moment!
Cries of alarm rang out from the Xiang County citizens and Turkic soldiers.
A commander's flag with the words 'Li Yi' on it suddenly rose from the flanks of the Turkic army.
Li Yi?
Which Li Yi?
"There's hope! General Li is back!"
"Xiang County is saved!"
After seeing the words on the flag, the old and weak people on the city wall spread the good news word of mouth and cried tears of joy!
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