Qi Huaijing had heard from the elders in the village that thunder occasionally sounded when the weather was clear in summer, so when he heard the suspected thunder outside the city, he didn't realize what it meant.

In fact, this is not his fault. The last time the Western Wu people invaded the border on a large scale was fourteen years ago. They only attacked Tucheng, and the border military stronghold was not affected at that time. However, the expression of Dong Da, who was sitting next to him, changed drastically.

Standing up straight with both hands on the ground, he threw himself forward on the city wall and looked to the west.

Qi Huaijing followed him blankly, and then saw dense black spots appearing in his sight.

"That's the Xiwu Cavalry!"

Dong Da roared angrily, turned around and ran quickly to the bottom of the city tower, kicked over the sentry who was still enjoying the cool air, and cursed: "The people from Xiwu are coming, hurry up and notify Cao Hu!"

The man stared at Dong Da dumbfounded, then rolled and crawled down the city.

Dong Da went straight into the tower, jumped up the stairs in twos and twos, rushed to the attic and tried his best to ring the big warning bell.

The melodious bells echoed over Daokou Village, and the soldiers in the village reacted immediately. Cao Hu was not an outstanding young general in the Daliang Army, but he did not dare to be careless in basic training. He had done many similar trainings in the past.

After the bell rang, he and the guerrilla sentry officers quickly climbed onto the city tower, and the soldiers rushed to the city wall they were responsible for with their weapons in hand.

Dong Da came out of the city tower and ignored Cao Hu, who was hurriedly walking and looking ugly. He walked straight to Qi Huaijing and lowered his voice: "Be careful later."

Qi Huaijing swallowed nervously.

At this moment, the black spots in the west have revealed their true identities. First there were two teams of Xiwu Qingqi, each numbering about five hundred. In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the foot of Daokou Walled City like wind and clouds. They drew a semicircle from the left and right sides and circled to the army.

To the east of the city, there was no way for the soldiers of Daokou Village to rush out to deliver the message with these thousand Qingqi blocking their retreat.

Cao Hu's eyes were gloomy and he said angrily: "Bang the drum and light the beacon fire."

The soldiers took the order and left.

The second drum continued to sound, and the civilians in the village hurriedly moved out the defensive equipment from the warehouse and transported it to the city wall according to their respective areas, such as rolling logs, rocks, flying hooks and poles. Cao Hu's soldiers came to the village

In the center, there is a high tower built here, imitating the beacon tower in the beacon tower. During the day, there is smoke and fire at night, which can serve as a warning.

These military strongholds on the Lingzhou border are not only to restrict the cavalry of Xiwu, but also to prevent Xiwu's raids in a timely and effective manner. Although after capturing Hucheng, Daliang can also send out cavalry to the Gaoyang Plain to investigate Xiwu.

Wu people's movements, but from the actual effect, the Daliang Rangers are obviously weaker than the more elite and powerful Xiwu Rangers.

In this context, the role of military strongholds is beyond doubt.

When the wolf smoke rose into the sky, the Xiwu army also completed the siege of Daokou Village.

The siege began immediately.

Cao Hu hid behind the wall and carefully observed the enemies under the city. Judging from the formation, the total number of Xiwu cavalry was about three to four thousand, and the infantry was close to ten thousand. He did not carry large siege equipment, only about twenty or thirty.

Yunti. Cao Hu was relieved. He had not received any general orders or reminders from the Guping camp, so he was slightly unprepared for the sudden attack by the Xiwu people. However, in order to ensure the suddenness of the attack, the other party could not carry siege troops.

Equipment such as cars.

"Archers, prepare!" Cao Hu roared loudly.

The military equipment in Daokou Village is 1,500 infantry, 500 cavalry and 500 archers. This is the unified configuration of the 37 military villages on the border of Daliang. The main task of the infantry and archers is to defend the city, and the duty of the cavalry is to guard the opponent's side.

When launching a large-scale attack, they waited for the opportunity to harass the Xiwu people's baggage.

Five hundred long archers immediately unfurled their bows and set arrows, aiming at the Xiwu infantry approaching with shields under the city.

Dong Da pressed Qi Huaijing's shoulder with one hand and supported the city wall with the other. He frowned and said, "There is something wrong with the people of Xiwu."

Qi Huaijing asked in confusion: "Uncle Dong, is there any problem?"

Dong Da said solemnly: "They seem to be very confident, and they have not dispersed their troops to the east and south. There are city gates on those two sides, so logically they are their main attack direction. Even if they can climb the city wall from here, can they?

Can you still pass through the stockade and open the city gate?"

Qi Huaijing was not stupid, he was just not born to be on the battlefield. At this moment, he woke up after hearing Dong Da's words.

The city wall they are currently on is the west side, and there is no gate on this side of the city wall.

According to Dong Da, even if the Xiwu people could climb the city wall, would they have to go through the entire stockade to open the east gate? Although urns were built outside the city gates on both sides, it would be more difficult to attack by force, but this is not as good as

It is much easier to attack from the west.

"Do you want to remind Commander Cao?" Qi Huaijing asked nervously.

Dong Da shook his head and said: "It's useless."

Qi Huaijing didn't understand why it was useless, but he couldn't allow his random thoughts at this time, because the Xiwu people immediately launched an attack after slightly rearranging their formation.

The light cavalry presses the formation, and the arrows are like locusts.

Before Cao Hu's order came out, the sharp arrows flying from the city killed more than a dozen Daliang soldiers in an instant.

"Fire the arrow!" he yelled viciously.

The two sides fired at each other, but in just a moment, Daliang's archers were suppressed by the Qingqi under the city. The reason was that the Qingqi themselves were constantly moving, so it was difficult to shoot them, but Daliang's archers were confined to a small space.

On the city wall, even with the protection of wall stacks and shields, it was no match for the light cavalry below.

Sharp arrows kept flying over his head, Qi Huaijing hid behind the wall, holding his spear in both hands, his body trembling involuntarily.

It is difficult for people who have not actually set foot on the battlefield to truly feel the fear of walking on the edge of death.

Dong Da crouched down between the walls, ignoring the sharp arrows that kept whizzing in, and observed the movements of the Xiwu people extremely calmly.

The infantry of Xiwu marched forward in formation, with the shield bearers in front covering them, and the ladders behind them gradually approaching the city wall.

Daokou Village and most of the military fortresses did not have moats dug. For a military city with a circumference of only more than ten miles, neither moats nor trenches could prevent the enemy from ascending the city.

The Daliang archers have been completely suppressed by Xiwu Qingqi. Even if they occasionally shoot a few cold arrows, they will have little impact on the entire battle situation.

The Xiwu infantrymen approached the city wall as quickly as ants, and more than ten ladders rose from the ground and were successfully erected on the six-foot-high city wall.

Dong Da frowned as he watched the infantry climb up the ladder fearlessly, not afraid of the rolling logs and stones that were constantly thrown down. Even if they were smashed to the ground and smashed to pieces, the newcomers still kept moving forward.

He turned to look far to the right, where Cao Hu was giving orders to the soldiers around him, when one of them suddenly slowly touched his hand behind him.

"Cao Hu!"

Dong Da's beard and hair were all flaring. At this moment, he didn't care about the sharp arrows flying up from below, rushing towards him like an angry tiger.

It's too late.

The soldier took out an extremely sharp dagger from behind, and when everyone was caught off guard, he suddenly thrust the dagger into Cao Hu's throat.
Chapter completed!