Chapter 257 Life or Death Decision

The first battle they lost a few days ago, the scene of the Western Jue soldiers being surrounded by trenches and kerosene is still vivid in their minds. They still remember the screams of their former companions in the flames and fighting.

The soldiers suddenly panicked, and some were ready to climb out of the trench.

The deputy general rode forward, "Don't retreat! Hurry up and carry the car and keep moving forward. This is not in their range, no need-"

"Swish--"

A sound of breaking through the air sounded, and a sharp arrow pierced the ground. The trench burst into flames, and the soldiers in the trench were instantly burned into firemen.

Cheers rang out on the distant city wall.

Xiao Chuan put down his bow and arrow, touched his chest, "I'm scared to death."

Shen Yu patted his shoulder, "If you can hold it off for a while, it's a while."

The fire burned directly in the deputy general's face, and the horse was frightened and raised its front hooves high.

"Fuck! Fuck!" The deputy general controlled his horse and cursed, "Captain, it's a trap!"

Boda ordered, "Push the snow and put out the fire!"

The deputy general controlled his horse and returned to Boda's side, "Captain, they actually used the same trick."

"All is fair in war." Boda said, "I just didn't expect that there would be someone with such great arm strength in their army."

The snow was shoveled to cover the raging fire, which had no effect at first, but the ditch was not wide, and the fire was gradually suppressed.

The soldiers counted the casualties. There were dozens of burned soldiers, but it was just a drop in the bucket, but the front wheel of the siege hammer had been burned.

"They want to slow us down."

The Xijue's advance was indeed slowed down. The siege hammer was lifted by the soldiers and the soil was dug to fill the ditch, and the military craftsmen rushed to repair it.

The deputy general said, "Leader, they are waiting for reinforcements from the King of Beilin."

"The King of Beilin can't come." Boda said firmly, "Huyantuo will hold him back."

"But what if the King of Beilin gives up Beilin?"

Boda was silent for a while on this question, "Then Huyantuo can enter Dazhou from Beilin, and they will be attacked from both sides. No matter where the King of Beilin chooses to go, he must make a choice and must abandon one side."

The deputy general said, "I hope he will return to Beilin."

Boda thought so too.

If Xie Tingzhou chooses to return to Beilin, they will be the first to enter Dazhou, and then talk about the distribution with Beirong, and they will be in the upper hand.

It's not dawn yet, and this is time for the garrison to breathe, and it's also time for the Xijue people to rest.

After repairing the siege hammer, they will attack again.

Shen Yu looked back to the north, where is her second home, where her lover is.

The north will enter a truce period after the snow, but why did Boda wait until the truce period to launch an attack?

He couldn't be waiting for Xie Tingzhou, so what could it be?

Did Xie Tingzhou also encounter the same dilemma as her? Would he come? Or, could he come?

…

The doctor in the military tent was treating Bai Yu's wound.

This time, Bai Yu's wound was not serious. A feather was torn off one of his wings. The wound was relatively shallow. The military doctor said that the reason why he fell was because he broke through the siege in the fight with other falcons and flew for hundreds of miles without stopping.

It is the king of all eagles and has never lost in the battle with other falcons. This time, it should have been besieged by falcons.

There were other people in the tent, and Xie Tingzhou stared at Bai Yu intently.

He gave himself some time. After the military doctor's treatment was completed, he had to make a decision.

At this moment, Xie Tingzhou had to calm himself down and come up with the best and most favorable countermeasures for them.

After the military doctor examined the injury, it was not a big problem. He briefly explained it and left the military tent.

Xie Tingzhou stroked Bai Yu's feathers with his hand.

The King of Ten Thousand Eagles, even if injured, is no less powerful. His eagle eyes stared at the other people in the tent, as if he was waiting for an answer like them.

Xie Tingzhou stopped and stood up, saying something softly.

Xifeng and Han Jiwu hadn't reacted yet.

After sorting out that sentence, Han Jiwu was shocked, "Prince!"

Xie Tingzhou raised his hand to stop him from talking, and said lightly: "Organize the army."

Han Jiwu choked slightly, "But..."

Xie Tingzhou: "This is a military order!"

Xifeng heard a little fatigue from Xie Tingzhou's words. He choked for a while and lowered his head in Bai Yu's eyes.

"Do you think I'm too cold-blooded?" Xie Tingzhou looked at a certain place in the void.

Xifeng whispered: "The prince has his own difficulties, and the soldiers understand."

Xie Tingzhou waved his hand at him, lowered his head and buried his face in his palm.

No one could see his expression, but Bai Yu saw that his master bent his back and lowered his shoulders.

The day dawned, the wind and snow at Yanliang Pass did not stop, and the Qingyun Guards were already on the road.

The Western Jue people rested their equipment and launched an attack again. The infantry in front had entered the range.

Xiao Chuan raised his hand, "Shoot! Shoot!"

The archers on the parapets pulled their bowstrings to the full, and at Xiao Chuan's command, arrows rained down densely like rain.

The Western Jue infantry immediately retreated, and the shield soldiers in the rear were at the forefront. They only heard the sound of arrows hitting the shields, and the rain of arrows was stopped.

This couldn't go on. The consumption of arrows was too great, but the damage to the enemy was very small. The Western Jue people were still advancing despite the casualties.

A trench bridge was built on the trench, and the Western Jue soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city with shields, and Lu Gongche and the ladder were set up.

The first batch of Western Jue soldiers rushed up from the ladder.

"Get on the log! Quick! The Xijue people are coming up!"

The log was nailed with iron nails, and there were ropes and chains at both ends of the log. The Xijue soldiers stared at the city wall and were about to go up. A log with iron nails fell from the sky.

The log rolled down along the ladder, and the soldiers who were climbing on the ladder fell from the ladder.

"Fuck it." The deputy general heard the shouts of the soldiers in front, "They added iron nails to the log."

The garrison here was not happy.

"There are too many of them!"

"Fuck! The ones behind are coming up again."

"They cut the rope of the log, general!"

The Xijue soldiers were several times more powerful than them. When one group fell, another group took over.

Shen Yu ran on the city wall, and she chopped down a Xijue soldier who climbed up.

"Damn Xijue people, fuck your mother!" Xiao Chuan raised his knife and roared, and chopped off the head of the Xijue man who had just climbed up the city wall.

"Wolf Fang Claw!" Shen Yu shouted, "Use the Wolf Fang Claw!"

Boda looked at the chaos ahead. It was undoubtedly more difficult to attack a city than to defend it, but their military strength was too different, and the people of Da Zhou could not hold out for long.

Sacrifice was inevitable, but this sacrifice was slightly beyond his expectations.