The Child Emperor

Iron Broken City has been in disrepair for a long time, and the visible loopholes have been repaired. There are still some hidden deep, which cannot be detected in advance. This is the case with the North City Gate.

The Xiongnu cavalry shot several rounds of arrows on the city, and sent more than a hundred infantry soldiers, covered with long shields, to smash the gate with a siege mallet.

A team of Chu troops temporarily supported the gate with a few logs, but this was only an expedient measure. After discovering that the north gate was easy to attack, the Huns immediately sent more infantry to support, and more and more cavalry under the wall. Approaching little by little, the bows and arrows were already able to hit the city wall, and the Chu army was suppressed, and it was difficult to launch an attack on the enemy outside the door.

Compared with the big city in Guannei, Broken Iron City was a bit shorter. Its initial function was to gather food and grass, and it was seriously inadequate when faced with a large army attacking the city.

The war was not just a rain of arrows. The soldiers of the Buqu Battalion arrived just in time, but the swords and guns in their hands were useless. They immediately dismounted, and under the arrangement of several generals, moved earth and stones to block the north gate.

The Chu army showed excellent quality. Thousands of people continued to transport earth and rocks without any disorder, and they were as orderly as ants. A dozen generals and officials stood in the middle, coordinating the team. Throwing the earth and stone down, the footsteps kept retreating from the left side.

But the speed of blocking the door was still a little slow. When King Donghai led Xungui's camp to arrive, there was a big hole in the door, and you could see the grim look of the mallet.

A small school came and asked Donghai King and Xungui's children to leave. The city gate is so big, and there is no need for more people for the time being. They stood on the street and made a mistake.

Donghai King and the others did not intend to stay, and immediately turned their direction to go to Xicheng, where the battle was the most fierce. They were politely stopped not long after they walked out. Except for Donghai King, no one else could go to the city casually.

Iron Broken City is not big, and the number of nearly 30,000 defenders is not small. Only 30% of the soldiers are defending the city wall. Most of the people are busy under the wall. The road must be unobstructed. Add trouble.

The King of the East Sea climbed the wall alone, and kept giving way to the soldiers up and down along the way. At this time, even if the emperor came in person, don't expect to be respected.

More than a dozen blood-drenched soldiers were carried down, and the screams continued. The King of the East Sea did not dare to go up any more. No one paid attention to him anyway. He hurriedly turned around and followed the soldiers who carried the dead and wounded. Run back to the General's Mansion.

More than 100 noble children were waiting outside the gate, and they were even more nervous when there was no combat mission.

"Follow me." The King of the East Sea shouted, and ran to the South City Gate non-stop, all the noble children mounted their horses and followed.

The South Gate was relatively quiet, but the soldiers guarding here did not dare to be careless at all. They were waiting under the wall. The King of the East Sea received due courtesy here. When he led several noble children to the city, the soldiers gave them way.

The King of Donghai ran up to the city tower and looked westward, feeling a chill in his heart. He could not see the height of the mound from here, but the Huns had already approached the city wall and were shooting at the Chu army.

King Donghai didn't find Chai Yue, and even if he saw it, his confidence wouldn't increase much.

Iron Broken City didn't last until it was dark, and the King of the East Sea came to his own conclusion. Looking south, the mountains stood tall, and he was indifferent to the little battles in the world. How could there be any shadow of reinforcements?

The King of the East Sea dragged over a noble child, "Take someone to Shenxiongguan for help, go here!"

"Yes..." Xun Gui's children responded in a panic, and stumbled down with several companions.

"Open the city gate." The King of the East Sea said to the guard of Nancheng who was following him.

"Open the city gate? General Chai..."

"I am the King of the East Sea. No matter what general, you must obey my orders, open the door, and let the messenger go out. Without reinforcements, we will all die here!"

The guard hesitated for a moment, and ordered the south gate to be opened.

A team instead of a few "messengers" rushed out of Iron Broken City. I heard that there was a chance to escape, but none of the more than 100 noble children were left behind. They didn't call their entourage, and they didn't bring dry food. They just rode away like this. , Some people even threw their swords and helmets, just to reduce the weight.

"Close the city gate." The King of the East Sea ordered, standing on the tower, not looking anywhere, just staring at the group of Xungui's children who were running farther and farther, there were many people he knew, they could be called friends , but the people who ran didn't look back, and the people watching didn't care. The King of the East Sea just wanted to know if the Huns would stop this group of people.

"You shouldn't trust others." Donghai King whispered to himself, regretting not fleeing earlier.

There were a large number of Huns in the wilderness in the southwest, and they were very far away. After a while, the King of the East Sea saw a group of Huns cavalry heading for the official road.

The King of the East Sea had a heart, for a while he was worried that Xungui's children would not be able to escape, and for a while he regretted that he did not escape with him, maybe he wasted his only chance.

Facts have proved that the Huns' estimation of the distance is much more accurate than that of the King of the East Sea and the group of noble children. More than 100 people ran out within five or six miles and met the Huns.

The Xiongnu cavalry did not stop on the road, but kept pace with the runners, separated by thirty or fifty paces, and then calmly turned sideways to draw their bows and shoot arrows. Not as fast as an arrow.

The fugitives and pursuers drove down a slope, out of sight of the tower.

The King of the East Sea was stunned, and the defender of Nancheng, who was standing on the side, was also stunned. The more than 100 noble children were all from aristocratic families, and the death of their followers would cause a lot of trouble. At this time, they were like wild grass. The Huns were all harvested, and the King of the East Sea was much more ruthless than General Zhenbei.

The Xungui children did not appear again, but the Huns cavalry returned to the slope and drove towards Shattered Iron City along the official road.

This is also the habit of the Huns. After killing the enemy, they will show off and demonstrate.

Donghai King's face was pale, and he didn't even have to pretend to be calm. He hurried downstairs, mounted his horse, and ran around the city alone. Reassuring.

"I want to be the emperor, I won't die here." The King of the East Sea repeated this sentence, as if negotiating with an invisible god.

After running for an unknown amount of time, a group of cavalry galloped towards him. Chao Hua was the leader. He was covered in dust, but he had a spear in his hand again.

"The North Gate has fallen?" The King of the East Sea was taken aback.

"It's blocked." Chao Hua said loudly, although exhausted, he was full of energy, "We want to support Nanmen."

"South Gate..." The East Sea King then remembered that a group of Xiongnu cavalry was heading for the South Gate. It should have arrived at this time. It seems that Chai Yue or a certain general has learned the news and is dispatching troops, "You guys No crossbow, no..."

A trilogy soldier came to the East Sea King on horseback, forced his mount to change direction, and ran towards the south gate, "Don't just watch the fun, let's go together!"

The King of the East Sea recognized this person. This is the reckless man named Donkey Xiao and Ma Da. Others may just be joking, but he may really force the East Sea King to go to the battlefield.

"I'm not going..." Donghai King shouted, wanting to turn the horse's head, but more cavalry followed, no matter how hard he tried, the horse could only follow the group.

The training of the troupe soldiers was indeed a bit poor. Before they left the city, the formation was already chaotic.

"Those big iron blocks hit really hard." Ma Da was so excited that he went into the river alone and caught a big fish, and scolded, "Why don't you go up earlier?

"Idiot, of course you have to wait for the Huns to gather before you can use it." Someone replied, Ma Da was not angry, hehe laughed.

It turned out that the North Gate was also prepared.

"How is Xicheng? Has the watering started?" The King of the East Sea asked loudly, but no one answered.

"Make way, I'm going to Xicheng..." Donghai King shouted, but no one obeyed his orders. This group of soldiers who had just put down the soil and stones rushed to another battlefield impatiently, as if there were good things waiting for them to snatch. similar.

King Donghai went out of the city gate involuntarily, and every time he tightened the reins, someone "kindly" patted the horse behind him, making him even suspect that this was a plan to kill with a knife arranged by Han Ruzi in advance.

The battle outside the city had already begun. One group of Chu troops went out of the city and used strong crossbows to push back the Hun cavalry who came to demonstrate. Another group of Chu troops with spears and shields set up temporary roadblocks in the west of the city to prevent the Huns from the west of the city from entering.

The Buqu Battalion merged with the Chu army cavalry who had left the city before, and galloped south along the official road.

The King of the East Sea was overjoyed, thinking that this was to escort him to escape from Iron Broken City.

He glanced back, the city gate was closed again, and then looked westward, the sun was halfway down, and he could not see where the Huns army was, but he knew that there must be a group of Huns cavalry quickly approaching the official road, and they wanted to stop them. .

"Hurry up!" The East Sea King shouted loudly, but the Chu army only moved forward at the established speed, not slow, but not fast either.

The sound of horns and howls like wolves could be heard in the distance. The Huns had really come, and the numbers were so great that the entire wilderness of Luxi seemed to be occupied by them.

The soldiers of the Buqu battalion were not good at riding and archery, and they were protecting the flanks of the accompanying Chu troops. They could not use the crossbow immediately. They also used bows and arrows to shoot against the Huns.

The King of the East Sea was lying on the back of his horse, blindly following the person in front of him, death was so close, not like the Huns from the west, but hanging above his head, only a few feet away from him, no matter how much he ran Can't get rid of it.

The soldiers in the front and rear suddenly roared, and the speed increased significantly.

The King of the East Sea raised his head in surprise, and found that the Chu army on the flank had entered the wilderness, fighting with the Huns in a melee, while the tribesmen were charging.

On a small highland in front, a large number of Xiongnu sword and shield soldiers were building a temporary defense line. Not long after they arrived, the horses stopped nearby, and they only had time to erect their long shields.

The troupe soldiers rushed over from both sides of the shield formation, raised their spears high, and stabbed them from above.

The King of the East Sea had no weapons in his hands, so he could only follow the crowd to the high ground and then descend down the slope.

At the top, he finally understood the purpose of the trip.

In the mountain pass in the south, a Chu army is rushing out, and this small highland next to the official road has suddenly become a must-see. If you occupy this place, you can easily control the entire official road.