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A person's life is long, but the moments that really change his destiny are very short.
It's so short, it's as short as jumping from the bottom of the city to the top of the city.
But many people can’t earn this opportunity, nor can they earn this life.
Being the first to ascend is the pinnacle of a warrior's military exploits, and countless people flock to it, but how many of them survive to receive the reward?
So Chang Xi knew very well that this moment was the most important moment in his life.
Stepping on the ladder, Chang Xi tried to adjust his heartbeat.
He was born as a mountain chief, and he never believed in fate, only himself. But at this moment, he believed it.
He roared in his heart:
"If I, Chang Xi, am destined to be extraordinary in this life, then let my luck flourish at this moment. I, Chang Xi, cannot die here!"
A powerful heart beats in the chest, bursting out with huge energy.
When there were still three steps away from the city head, Chang Xi jumped up.
When Chang Xi jumped onto the top of the city, he slashed at him.
At this time, Chang Xi was exhausted and had no way to hide. The armor on his face resisted the blow and shattered.
The fragments of the iron mask left a deep blood mark on Chang Xi's face.
Chang Xi didn't care, he jumped and moved around like an evil ghost, taking a life with every move.
If it were other Dangs, they might have guarded the gap in the city, but Chang Xi was different. He rushed forward like a wild boar.
What a warrior.
Behind him, his men rushed forward wearing iron armor.
Like Chang Xi, these people relied on their strong armor to only kill but not defend, and expanded the defense circle wider and wider.
At this time, looking down from a high altitude, Taishan troops had already ascended the city walls on three sides of Xuantu. Below, various generals and team generals led their subordinates to the city.
Every time someone came to the top of the city, the brothers in Paoze below would shout:
"Power!"
As a result, the prestige of the three gates continued, and more and more soldiers climbed up the city.
But Chang Xi couldn't see this scene at all, and could only instinctively feel that the pressure on the front was getting smaller.
"Whoosh"
An iron arrow suddenly passed through the gap in the crowd and pierced Chang Xi's open face directly.
Chang Xi was shot directly to the ground by this arrow.
At this time, Su Shen Shenshou, who had just succeeded in the sneak attack, laughed loudly and jabbered again.
But then, amid the panic of the solemn savages, the Han warrior who had been shot to the ground actually got up.
The arrow stuck directly into the man's cheek, piercing the flesh, but it failed to kill him.
Chang Xi, whose face was covered in blood, let out a shrill scream. Coupled with this face, it was extremely terrifying.
Sure enough, the Su Shen savage opposite expressed the simplest fear in jittery language:
"He is an evil spirit!"
Afterwards, the sharpshooter's companions abandoned him and dispersed.
Sushen and Fuyu are a group of people who are good at shooting, and every marksman is the pride of the tribe.
So this marksman did not run away, but instead used the most commonly used bone arrow.
Just now, in order to ensure a fatal blow, he used an iron arrow issued by the Han people, but he also lost his accuracy.
Originally he shot the Han man in the eye, but unexpectedly he hit the cheek. This was an insult to a marksman.
So he decided to use the person opposite him to wash his hands!
As the horn bow was drawn, the commonly used bone arrows had already locked onto the Han people on the opposite side. The sharpshooter smiled contemptuously and let go.
The arrow pierced the Han's eyes like lightning!
No, it was pierced into the iron arm armor of the Han people.
At this time, Chang Xi protected his cheek with his iron hand, and the bone arrow was directly smashed into pieces.
Chang Xi smiled ferociously, then twisted around and swung the giant ax in his hand.
This huge inertia directly cut off Su Shen Shenshe's abdominal cavity, and blood spurted out under the pressure inside the body.
Chang Xi, who had been showered, was now an evil spirit.
He pulled out the flags on this section of the city wall and replaced them with a flag with the word "Chang"!
After doing this, Chang Xi felt a little dizzy, but he vaguely heard shouts from the city.
Gradually, the shouting became louder and louder, and finally he heard it clearly:
"Chang Xi is in the battle, his merits are the first!"
"Chang Xi is in the battle, his merits are the first!"
"Chang Xi is in the battle, his merits are the first!"
The sound became louder and louder. Chang Xi tried his best to grab the flag, glanced at the blue sky, and then fell to the ground.
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Beside the east gate, Cavalry Colonel Le Jin led his troops to cruise outside the city.
Le Jin, who was not tall in stature, sat astride the war horse and looked high-spirited. From time to time, he knocked down stray arrows fired from the city wall, and then led the cavalry troops to evacuate outside the shooting range.
After withdrawing, Le Jin said to Zhao Jian who was waiting here:
"Captain Zhao, the enemy's fighting will at the east gate is not high, and the arrows are weak and weak. But the army under the city is different. It looks like a strong force."
The Han army that Le Jin saw was the army of Xigeima coming down from the upper reaches of Xiaoliao River.
Xigeima is unknown to people today, but it will be the location of Fushun in the future.
An important reason for setting up this place is to trade with the Sushen tribe in the Changbai Mountains in the northeast. The Sushen people often went to the mountains to collect ginseng, pine nuts, etc., and then went to Xigaima to trade with the Han army.
Geographically, Xigaima was the eastern gateway of Xuantu County, which protected it from the invasion of Goguryeo.
There are such variables in the situation in the Northeast.
The most prosperous and suzerainty ones are the four northern counties in Liaodong. The vast area thousands of miles north of Xigeima and all the way to Heilongjiang belongs to the Fuyu people.
These people do not have a unified organizational structure, only chieftains. There is also a clear distinction between the various ministries, including Mingma, Akadama, Diao Xiang, and Meizhu. There are kings, noble people, and servants. Whenever they encounter an enemy, they fight among themselves, and all the subordinates carry grain and food for them.
At the same time, these tribes are generally pro-Han. Tributes have been paid to the Han Dynasty since the time of Emperor Wu, and they have continued to do so in this dynasty.
Even during the period of Emperor An, when the powerful Goguryeo in the northeast besieged Xuantu County, King Buyu sent troops to rescue it.
It can be said that the Buyeo forces are important allies of the Han family in the Northeast.
In the Changbai Mountains in the northeast of Xigeima, all the way to the coastal area, belongs to another force, Sushen.
These people are very similar to Fuyu, but they don't understand each other and they don't agree with each other. The system in this area is very backward. It is probably in the primitive tribal period. There are no kings and chiefs, but there are lords.
In their residence, these people are mainly cave dwellers, living among mountains and forests.
Because they have no structure, these Sushen people often become mercenaries for many forces, and the reason why they can do this is because they are very good at shooting.
These Sushen people use bows that are four feet long and heavy arrows with eight-inch arrow clusters. Every time they shoot, they hit the target, and they also love poison.
Therefore, powerful people such as Fuyu and the Han family love to recruit them.
In addition to the above two forces, the most special existence in the Northeast is Goguryeo. What's special is that such a weak force actually has the ambition to annex the Han family's Liaodong.
What’s even crazier is that the development of the current situation really has such signs. For example, the seat of Sigaima has been moving westward in recent years because it could not withstand the offensive of the Goguryeo people.
The ancestors of Goguryeo belonged to the Baiqi clan in the pre-Qin period. They had been active between the two rivers in Liaodong. Their general scope was in the central area of the Changbai Mountains, and its geographical features were high mountains and valleys.
In the pre-Qin Dynasty, Goguryeo was called Gaoyi, which means mountain dwelling. It is also true that this ethnic group has mastered the city-building skills of erecting stones to seal and accumulating stones to build cities very early.
Its current capital, Heshenggu City, is a typical mountain city.
They built mountain cities along the important river valleys from Liaodong to the Changbai Mountains. When there was a war, they gave up farming outside and then took refuge in mountain cities.
It was also this method of refuge that allowed the Goguryeo people to avoid several Han invasions, and it has been until now that the Han people have become fully defensive in the Liaodong region.
In the development to the present, the Goguryeo people first unified the five tribes in the country, upgrading the system from the original tribal alliance to the monarchy period.
At the same time, in terms of territory, the Goguryeo people have never forgotten the Liaodong territory of the Han people and have been actively expanding westward. Up to now, they have covered an area of 2,000 miles, with Huanren, Ji'an, and Tonghua areas as the center, occupying the Xinbin area in the west, and reaching Xinbin in the north. The Hunfa River Basin and the upper reaches of the Second Songhua River are connected with Fuyu, extending to Yanbian in the east and Qingchuan River in the south, and are adjacent to Lelang County.
It can be said that the ambitions of the Goguryeo people are becoming more and more undisguised.
Sigeima was established under the supervision of such complex Northeastern forces, and it was built as an important border town from the beginning.
It also made full use of its geographical advantages to attract Sushen heroes and warriors from the valley to join the army.
This is the case with the Sigaima camp under the east city wall. There are thousands of people in the camp, half of whom are warriors and archers from Sushen and Fuyu.
As a warrior who has been fighting all year round, Le Jin can naturally see the ferocity of these people at a glance.
So as soon as Le Jin came back, he reminded Zhao Jian, who was waiting for a foot battle.
Zhao Jian is an old soldier and has no illusions about the unexpectedness of war. Not to mention Le Jin specifically reminding him, even if he doesn't remind him, Zhao Jian is as stable as an old dog.
He first watched the enemy's position on the drum cart for a while, and then decisively sent a signal to the catapults at the rear, instructing them to attack the enemy under the opposite city.
The catapult battalion general who got the semaphore decisively pushed out all four catapults in his hand. After loading the stone bombs, he started the first round of volley.
To everyone's surprise, when the boulders hit the city wall, this section of the city wall collapsed.
Less than half of the Han army officers and soldiers of Xigeima camp who were originally deployed here were directly buried. As for the remaining Sushen people who saw such inhuman power, they knelt on the ground directly, thinking that it was the anger of the gods.
These ethnic groups who are still in the period of primitive ignorance already have the concept of God for all things. They understand that this is the angry thunder giant.
As a result, the morale of the Sigeima camp completely collapsed.
Although Zhao Jian and Le Jin on the opposite side were surprised, they naturally would not miss this opportunity.
Especially Le Jin, he directly led the cavalry troops to charge forward. They had to step on the collapsed earth and rocks and pour them directly into the city.
The Han army in the city woke up quickly. They endured the bloody situation and insisted on building the city wall, but it didn't help at all.
When Le Jin chopped down a Han soldier with a single blow and leapt onto the earth and rocks, the outcome was already determined.
Five hundred elite horsemen carried unparalleled impact and followed the collapsed earth and rocks directly to the city wall.
These cavalry knights were condescending and galloped wildly, killing the soldiers on the city wall wantonly.
In this way, the defense line at the east gate of Xuantu City suddenly collapsed.
(End of chapter)