Chapter 3: Night Raid

  "Shoot! Shoot! Don't let them climb up!" The angry roars echoed on the city wall, and arrows poured down like rain from the top of the wall. Those Huns who were climbing on the wall were shot with arrows, and they fell off the wall with mournful cries. Some unlucky ones even crashed into their companions below, causing several people to fall together! However, none of this could stop the Huns below from continuing to climb up! It was as if there was a temptation on the city wall that was worth risking their lives for!

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  On the city wall, Zhang Zheng was still doing the same support work as during the day, archer, that is a job that only old soldiers are qualified for, like Zhang Zheng who had just been caught and brought in as a new recruit, could only be assigned a long spear as his weapon. So before the enemy climbed up to the city wall, new recruits like Zhang Zheng could only do this kind of work.

  Originally, according to the rules, new recruits who had just been caught in the army were supposed to undergo at least half a month of training before going into battle. But no one expected that this Ling Stone City would suddenly become the target of the Hu people's attack. So many new recruits, although they did not directly participate in the battle, were also shot by the arrows flying over the city wall from time to time, taking their lives! Not only these new recruits, but even those veteran soldiers who had undergone training could not escape the disaster!

  Zhang was pacing back and forth on the city wall, although the cries of his companions could be heard from time to time, and many people even died in front of him, but it did not affect Zhang's mood! For Zhang, death had become a common occurrence! Holding two longbows and dozens of arrows in his hands, Zhang walked with agile steps, directly arriving at Cao Xing's side, throwing all the things in his hands to the ground at Cao Xing's feet!

  At this moment, Cao Xing also cursed and directly squatted down, leaning against the city wall, and threw away the longbow that had already been broken into two pieces in his hand. Cao Xing's arm strength was much stronger than ordinary people, so this ordinary wooden bow couldn't be used for a long time in Cao Xing's hands. That's why Zhang Zheng would send many longbows to Cao Xing. Cao Xing cursed and picked up another bow with his hand, glanced at the outside of the city, and cursed: "Damn it! It seems that these barbarians have made up their minds to attack this city tonight! In the past few days, I haven't seen them so desperate! Shit! Tonight's disaster is over!" After finishing speaking, Cao Xing suddenly stood up, held the bow with his left hand, and quickly shot arrows with his right hand. In a flash, he had shot five arrows, without caring whether they hit or not. He turned around and squatted down again.

  Zhang Zheng also slightly raised his head to glance outside the city, furrowed his brow and said: "That's right! It seems that the Hu people can't wait any longer! However, as long as we hold out until tonight, the Hu people will retreat!"

  Upon hearing Zhang Zheng's words, Cao Xing suddenly looked at Zhang Zheng with a very surprised gaze and said: "So you can talk! I thought you were mute! Ah! The one who just shouted to warn us was you, right? Your voice is exactly the same!"

  In response to Cao Xing's inquiry, Zhang Zheng only slightly furrowed his brow and didn't intend to answer. After dodging a short arrow, Zhang Zheng's mind was racing quickly. Judging from the current situation, it seemed that defending Ling Shi City would be very difficult! Zhang Zheng wouldn't stay here to die with the city, but leaving was also a problem! In recent days, Zhang Zheng had heard the old soldiers' conversations and knew that once the Hu people breached the city, they would implement the brutal Three Lights policy. They would take away all the young women in the city and kill all the remaining Han people, from the elderly to infants who were still crying for milk. They would show no mercy! It seemed that to survive, he had to escape Ling Shi City!

  With a determined look in his heart, Zhang Zheng's hands quickly picked up a steel knife from the ground and directly inserted it into his waist. To escape smoothly, without a good weapon, that would not work! Relying solely on the long spear issued to Zhang Zheng when he first enlisted, which was almost as good as a wooden stick, even if Zhang Zheng's skills were excellent, it would be almost like sending himself to death!

  Although Cao Xing saw Zhang Zheng's actions, he didn't think much of it and thought that Zhang Zheng just wanted to hold the steel knife for convenience in killing enemies later. Cao Xing took a deep breath, grabbed five arrows again, stood up, and quickly shot them at the short arrows coming from outside the city.

  At this moment, Zhang Zheng had already walked away quickly, carrying the long spear, dodging arrows on the city wall and searching for suitable weapons on the ground. As soon as he saw a better weapon, Zhang Zheng would put it on himself. In less than a moment, Zhang Zheng's waist was already equipped with four steel knives, and he carried a slightly better long gun on his back. At the same time, on both sides of his calves, he tied a dagger! Fortunately, Zhang Zheng had also been accustomed to carrying weapons on his body before. If it were an ordinary person, they might not even be able to move their feet!

  "The enemy is coming! Prepare for battle!" A loud shout rang out, and Zhang Zheng also raised his head to look in the direction of the sound. He saw a burly man with a steel knife in hand, swinging it from side to side as he shouted, then gripping the knife with both hands and chopping forward. A blood-curdling scream erupted as one of the Hu people who had climbed onto the city wall was beheaded by this single blow and fell off. This big man was someone Zhang Zheng had seen before - he was the squad leader of Zhang Zheng's unit, surnamed Hao, but Zhang Zheng didn't know his given name. Everyone just called him Old Man Hao!

  As soon as Hao Lao Da finished speaking, Zhang Zheng's eyebrows also furrowed, and he turned his head to look towards other parts of the city wall. Indeed, more and more barbarians were climbing over the wall, some of them letting out strange cries as they pounced on the archers, slashing at them wildly with their curved blades!

  "Here!" Zhang Zheng secretly shouted, immediately raising the long spear in his hand and charging forward against the Huns who were rushing up to the city gate! Although Zhang Zheng was not planning to stay here and fight the Huns to the death, this was not the best time to escape either. At least Zhang Zheng had to first block the Huns' offensive and create chaos on the city gate, before he could take advantage of the confusion to escape!

  The long spear shot out in a straight line, directly piercing the throat of a Huren who was already somewhat frenzied! At the same time, Zhang Zheng kicked out with one foot, sending the corpse of that Huren flying off the spear. With a reverse motion, he stabbed again, creating a bloody hole in the chest of another Huren on the other side! Just as Zhang Zheng had withdrawn his spear, he felt a shadow blocking the moonlight above his head. At the same time, a strange wailing cry echoed from above Zhang Zheng! Zhang Zheng turned around and countered with a swift stab, just in time to pierce a Huren who had climbed over the city wall and was jumping through the air, preparing to launch a sneak attack on him. Immediately after, Zhang Zheng kicked out again, sending that Huren tumbling down, its face still twisted in ferocity!

  This crude long spear can't withstand too much force, so Zhang Zheng can only use the thrusting method to attack! But even so, when dealing with these barbarians, Zhang Zheng is also extremely powerful, and in the blink of an eye, there are already five or six barbarians dead under Zhang Zheng's long spear! However, the other soldiers on the city wall are not as fierce as Zhang Zheng!

  Physically, those ordinary soldiers were no match for the Hu people. Moreover, among them, there were many new recruits who had not experienced bloody battles before. In the short-range combat with the Hu people, the soldiers on the city wall immediately fell into a disadvantage! The cries of despair echoed on the city wall, and soon, the female wall on the city wall was occupied by the Hu people! As a result, even the archers had to put down their bows and arrows and engage in close combat with the Hu people! Without the suppression of the bow and arrow on the city wall, more and more Hu people climbed up along the city wall!

  As for the changes on the city wall, Zhang Zheng was worried and his face became increasingly ugly. He didn't expect that these soldiers would be defeated so quickly, it seemed that they couldn't drag it out any longer! Zhang Zheng grasped his long spear and killed a Huren behind him, then turned around to prepare to escape from the city wall.

  Just as Zhang Zheng turned around, a shadow suddenly enveloped him again! Zhang Zheng looked up and saw a burly man with a height at least three times that of Zhang Zheng standing in front of him! Judging from his attire, he was undoubtedly a Hu person. He held an unusually large curved knife in his hand, and his round eyes glared at Zhang Zheng with a ferocious expression, revealing a sinister grin. With a coarse tone, he said in broken Chinese: "You little brat! Your skills aren't bad! Let Bali teach you a lesson!"

  The words had not been finished, this self-proclaimed Ba Li's barbarian big Han, raised the curved knife in his hand and directly chopped down towards Zhang Zheng's head! This knife was majestic and powerful, its power extraordinary! And Zhang Zheng also showed a glimmer of light in his eyes, his feet exerting force to jump backwards, dodging Ba Li's knife! The knife fell, landing right on the spot where Zhang Zheng had just been standing, the hard bluestone slab directly being chopped into powder by this one knife!

  Zhang Zheng took a deep breath, and it seemed that if he didn't kill the person in front of him, he wouldn't be able to escape. Having made up his mind, Zhang Zheng directly thrust out his long spear, aiming straight for Bali's throat! However, Bali was not as clumsy as he appeared on the surface. The curved knife in his hand suddenly flashed and arrived first, blocking the long spear. At the same time, his wrist turned, and the blade flipped over, following the long spear to slash towards Zhang Zheng's hands!

  Zhang Zheng naturally wouldn't be cut off by the opponent's double-handed sword, and instead of retreating, he advanced with his feet. He sank his arms down and dodged Bali's curved knife. The long spear then turned to stab towards Bali's chest! This stab was extremely fast, and Bali didn't even have time to react before being stabbed in the chest! However, on Bali's body, he was wearing a high-quality fur coat! The originally not very sharp long spear, when it hit the fur coat, had most of its power dissipated by the soft fur. The remaining force wasn't even enough to pierce through the first layer of skin on Bali's chest!

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