Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

The reason why Guangchang County was not captured by the Xiongnu army this time was that there were insufficient engineering equipment and secondly, the attack should not have been conducted at one gate.

This time, Zhao Sheng was not well prepared, and his team did not have enough hot weapons. He relied entirely on cold weapons and comprehensive armor, which resulted in fewer casualties.

Most of the people were injured, and their injuries were caused by the damage to their armor.

"Sir, we can only continue to defend the city like this tomorrow, but I'm afraid they will attack two or three gates at the same time, which would be troublesome."

Zhao Long was calculating the enemy's plans in his mind. He found Zhao Sheng and told him his thoughts.

"Yes, this is also my first time fighting in such a battle. When we didn't have those bombs, guns and bullets, the combat force was obviously a bit chaotic."

Zhao Sheng used to be a mercenary, so the weapons he used were naturally different from those he uses now. Especially when facing an attack by tens of thousands of people, he was mentally prepared before, but when he saw so many enemies on the city wall today, he was still a little nervous.

"Well, no matter how the enemy attacks tomorrow, concentrate your bullets and grenades today and give them a head start. And your use of fire is also a good idea. Why didn't I think of that?"

Seeing Zhao Sheng's modesty, Zhao Long smiled and said, "I've fought in border battles before, so I've seen a lot and know a lot. I'll go down and prepare. We'll have a decapitation operation tomorrow."

Chen Da held the Mo Dao in his hand and continued to watch the conversation between the two without saying a word. Today he wanted to go into battle and kill the enemy several times, but was pulled back by Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng seemed to notice that Chen Da was unhappy. He stood in the room without saying a word, unlike usual when he would talk. So he asked, "Chen Da, are you unhappy because you were not allowed to kill the enemy today?"

Chen Da didn't say anything, his mouth was puffed with anger.

"Hey! Do you believe that you can reduce your food intake tomorrow?"

This was originally a joke, but who knew Chen Da took it seriously.

"I didn't kill any enemies anyway, so I can just reduce it."

Seeing Chen Da's words that could choke someone to death, Zhao Sheng laughed and said, "It's not that I don't want you to go, but look at the arrows flying everywhere during the day. Do you have armor? Don't let yourself become a hedgehog before you even hit anyone."

Chen Da's body was really too big, and the military camp didn't prepare any armor for him. He was just an attendant in Luancheng and didn't need to wear any.

"Okay, okay!" Zhao Sheng looked at Chen Da's stubborn expression and said with a smile, "I'll ask the county magistrate tomorrow if he has any suitable armor. I'll get you a pair so you can fight on the city wall."

When Chen Da saw that Zhao Sheng agreed that he could go up to the city wall to kill the Huns, a smile finally appeared on his face.

The next day, the Xiongnu army decided to split into two groups, one to attack the west gate and the other to attack the north gate. Because they were worried that a large army would come from Dingzhou that day, their strategy was to attack the north gate first and then quickly attack the west gate.

In order to achieve the desired effect, they hid the ladder under the city wall the night before, and not at the main location of the city gate, intentionally avoiding the attention of the soldiers guarding the city.

Zhao Sheng was also wondering whether the Huns would send several large armies, so he imagined and analyzed the possible attack positions of the enemy.

The location of the Huns' military camp was a little to the northwest, so Zhao Sheng sent more troops to the west gate just in case.

He didn't believe that the Huns would attack the South Gate again, so he placed a reserve force to prevent a surprise attack on the East Gate.

However, what he didn't know was that Cheng Jushu learned that the Huns had withdrawn, so he followed the road at the foot of the mountain towards the west gate of Guangchang County, a few miles away, and headed straight for Lan Guifang's camp.

The sun had just shone on the top of the city wall, and there was still white frost at the foot of the mountain. An army of 20,000 Huns attacked, and the leader was none other than Lan Guifang.

The drums sounded at the north gate, and the soldiers all climbed up the wall, but this time there were two more sets of powerful crossbows.

Last night they removed the powerful crossbows from the carriage and installed them on the city wall. Today they planned to kill the enemy leader in the first battle, but they never expected that the enemy leader today was actually Lan Guifang.

Twenty thousand people rushed forward, and Lan Guifang led another ten thousand to attack, keeping a distance of about five hundred steps between the front and the back. He had to wait until the first defensive shield formation was organized, and then he would go forward and have his men continue to shoot arrows at it.

In such a fight, the attacking side would use shield soldiers to face forward, followed by soldiers climbing the city walls, especially those escorting the ladders, all of whom would have shields in their hands.

Just when the charging people at the front were only a hundred steps away from the city wall, unexpectedly no arrows were shot at them. This abnormal phenomenon surprised the Hun army, but also accelerated their running speed.

Na Lan Guifang, who was five hundred steps behind, was also confused. Was there no one on the city wall? That shouldn't be the case.

While he was still thinking, he saw arrows from two powerful crossbows shot towards him from his left and right. The muscle memory from years of fighting on the battlefield prompted him to instinctively fall back so that the arrows would fly away.

It is normal for a powerful crossbow at a range of seven or eight hundred steps to be discovered at this time, but shooting from a high position is not as simple as shooting horizontally, and two arrows come at the same time.

An arrow hit the front of his saddle, and the arrowhead exploded and pierced into the horse's back. The saddle was shaken by the explosion, causing Lan Guifang to instinctively lose his balance.

The other arrow was stuck in his lower back. After the arrow exploded, the iron head went straight through the third lumbar vertebra of his body.

Lan Guifang fell off his horse, with a large bloody hole on his back. When he was helped up, he was basically limp and couldn't stand up no matter what.

The people in the formation carrying the ladders in front suddenly found a smoking cylinder on the ground, which exploded soon after.

The people on the city wall knew that these were grenades, which were found on Zhao Sheng's personal guards who did not participate in the battle the day before yesterday. The guards also had these weapons.

Don’t ask women what they want grenades for. In later generations, they are called “glory bullets.”

At the same time, rows of bullets were fired from the city wall, and the Hun soldiers who were preparing to attack the city fell down row by row in an instant.

Unfortunately, this time everyone only had one bullet to spare, and after they finished firing, they had to change weapons and fight. There were thousands of people, and each person had six bullets. The scene of the volley was terrifying.

Blue smoke suddenly rose above the top of Guangchang County, and gunshots rang out one after another, resounding through the sky.

Cheng Jushu, who had not yet reached the west gate, could hear it.

"Report, General Cheng, there are 30,000 Xiongnu soldiers attacking the city from the west gate!"

"What? Someone's attacking the west gate?" Cheng Jushu heard the scout's report, his eyes darkening. A split second later, he issued an order: "Archers, advance at full speed, cavalry to follow. Shoot and kill indiscriminately any enemy you encounter at the west gate."

Anyway, it's 30,000 troops against 30,000, and the brave one will win when they meet on a narrow road!

As soon as Cheng Jushu's order was given, the entire army headed towards the west gate.

The defenders at the west gate saw the shield-carrying infantry first charge with their shields on their backs, and then remove their shields to defend themselves when they got close.

Afterwards, you can see cavalry charging towards the city, but they do not attack the city. Instead, they just pass by and shoot a round of arrows before leaving.

The most surprising thing for the defenders was not why the cavalry acted like this, but that the attackers had no ladders to climb the city walls, and their position was somewhat awkward, being between the south gate and the west gate.

Guangchang County is an old county town. The city itself is not high and is a bit narrow. If the attack is not at the city gate, there is only a side door in the middle to enter the city.