Just when the city lord Ajalud was worried, the army led by Cheng Chuliang had arrived 150 miles to the north.
After going deep into the north of the Arab Empire, Cheng Chuliang realized that it might not be so bad. There are mountains everywhere here, and our army can move slowly. But this also has its advantages. At least we don’t need to be on the edge of the desert. This is also a change of terrain for us. If we continue to stay in the desert, I am afraid everyone will collapse.
With Li Xiang's order, Cheng Chuliang dared to go deeper. Now their target is this city. Although the city is not very big, for Cheng Chuliang and his men, it is a restorative city. Once we have practiced well in this city, big cities will be no problem in the future.
We have been running around everywhere during this period, with nothing but desert and Gobi. The brothers haven't fought for several months, and it is impossible to carry out adaptive training in such a place. If we carry out training, it will easily expose our position.
Although they want to fight against the Arab Empire's army, you cannot expose your position. We can only fight according to our own script. If we are surrounded by others, we will be in a desperate situation. Even if Cheng Chuliang and his men are confident in themselves, they dare not do that.
"Notify the team to continue moving forward. We will set up camp thirty miles away from the city. Also, tell the brothers to be careful. The number of refugees nearby will increase. They have been in the mountains before, but now they are about to leave. Don't expose yourself. After we take the city, the brothers will rest for three days."
Cheng Chuliang did not say it explicitly, but he had to give his brothers some good advice. Take what Cheng Chuliang said just now, that is, allowing the brothers to rob for three days. Although robbery is a very bad thing, it is definitely the best catalyst for boosting morale, especially on the territory of other countries. No matter how you toss around, it will not have any impact on our country in the end.
Cheers immediately erupted from the subordinates. Many of them had been holding back for half a year. They came here to fight, but ended up being tortured by the desert wind and sand for such a long time. If they were not given a chance to have some fun, these people would probably not be able to hold on any longer.
Some people are born for war. If you let them stay away from the battlefield, these people probably don't know how to survive. Cheng Chuliang has such a group of people under his command. They are determined to make achievements and now they have finally found an opportunity. These people have also sharpened their steel knives. Tomorrow is our chance to make achievements.
That night, the city lord finally gave the order with great resentment, because standing inside the city wall, he could already hear the sound of people tearing down the wall outside. Countless refugees used their own hands to break off the soil on the wall piece by piece and then transported it to a distant place.
It is hard to say whether these people's actions are right or wrong. If we look at it from a national perspective, there are still powerful enemies in the north. By destroying the walls of a city like this, you are clearly helping the enemy.
According to the laws of the Arab Empire, these people would definitely be beheaded in public, but then again, they didn't even have the chance to eat a full meal. Many of them hadn't eaten or drunk anything for several days. If they didn't tear down the city wall, they probably wouldn't even have the strength to do so. By that time, there would probably be nothing they could do except lie down and wait to die.
In desperation, the city lord tried to persuade them several times, but the people outside the city didn't even care. Instead, they seized the shortest time and tried to destroy the city wall as much as possible. If they were lucky, once the city wall collapsed, these people outside the city could rush in.
The people inside don't care about our lives, so why should we care about theirs? In the face of life and death, no one should talk about being noble. The most important thing to do at this stage is to find food to fill our stomachs. As for other so-called spiritual things, don't mention them in front of hungry people. We don't believe them.
As the noise outside grew louder and louder, the city lord had no choice but to order the archers to shoot. Hundreds of archers on the city wall immediately drew their bows and arrows and began shooting at the crowd below.
Then screams were heard, and some people found a few stones and wanted to use them to throw them onto the city wall. Although the city wall was built entirely of adobe, it was more than ten meters high. It was basically impossible to throw the stones up there with just your own strength.
"Don't run, no one. After tonight, we will all be out of strength. Even if we die here tonight, we must use our bodies to build a road. Apart from this city, we can't go anywhere else. If you run now, you won't have a chance tomorrow. Even if we die, we must pave a road for our families."
When the arrows from the city wall shot down, many people were ready to flee in all directions, but a faint voice was heard, and those who were fleeing stopped at the same time. What he said was very correct. Even if we die now, there is still hope for our families, but if we run away, the things we did before will be meaningless, and the people who died here just now will also have no meaning.
"Shoot those rioters, shoot the person who just spoke."
A young general on the city wall also heard it, and immediately shot more than a dozen arrows. No one knew how many people died there, but the sound of hitting the city wall was heard again. They were standing on top of the city wall and suddenly felt a little unsafe under their feet. In the past, when they shot arrows, many people would flee in all directions. After all, they were just a group of refugees and had no so-called fighting will at all.
But now the situation seems to be different. These guys did not run away because of the bows and arrows. They stayed in the original place and did their work honestly. Even if someone fell down around them, at most they would just scream. The rest of the people still used their bloody hands to cling to the city wall.
Just like what the man just said, if you run now, wouldn't your blood be shed in vain? The dead piled up under the city wall, and soon they would be as high as the wall. This is also a way to climb the wall...
