The noise, bustle and celebrations for days seemed to have drained all the energy of the officials, soldiers and people in the capital of Zhongshan. Xiyang was especially quiet tonight.
Yes, what else are there to worry about? The people of Zhongshan can finally have a good night’s sleep peacefully.
One hundred thousand heavenly soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty officially intervened in the war. This was not an act of changing vests like before, but it showed the direct attitude of the Tang Dynasty. What could make the people of Zhongshan more at ease than this?
One hundred thousand troops marched separately to the two battlefields in the east and north, and the panic and uneasiness completely disappeared from the hearts of countless people in Zhongshan Kingdom.
In the palace, a gray-haired old eunuch carried a lantern and ran towards Jingyang Tower in a hurry. His face was full of panic and fear, which made the palace guards he met along the way change their expressions in shock. What was the reason that made Eunuch Zhao even look like a man?
Looks like this? Is there something wrong with the king?
"Pa da..." Eunuch Zhao stepped on the threshold of Jingyang Tower. The little eunuch behind him quickly helped him, "Eunuch, please slow down..."
"Get out of the way of Sajia! Slow down, is this possible?"
Eunuchs in the palace were not allowed to practice martial arts, and Eunuch Zhao was already in his old age when he was over fifty. The force that shook off the little eunuch's arm was so strong that the little eunuch staggered.
"Ring the bell with the Sa family, ring the bell..." Eunuch Zhao felt miserable in his heart, cursing the heavenly soldiers for not having the spirit of the heavenly soldiers. It was just that the forty thousand army could not subdue 20% of the demons of his own. Instead, only 20% of the demons of his own number were defeated in half a day.
Surrendered.
At present, there are only 10,000 soldiers left in Xiyang City. If the Han army arrives, it will not be a mourning for the suzerain country, but a mourning for the king!
"Boom, boom, boom..."
In the quiet night, chaos first broke out in the palace. But within two-quarters of an hour, the panic spread from the palace to the entire city.
The Jingyang bell rang, and the entire Xiyang City could hear it clearly.
And it rings twenty-seven times in a row. This is only when something big happens, such as the king passing away and dying, the Jingyang Bell will ring twenty-seven times in a row.
The officials up and down the Xiyang City were extremely anxious, and the common people and soldiers were also trembling in their hearts. If the king died at this time, it would not be a good thing for the Zhongshan Kingdom!
The twenty-seven ringing of the Jingyang Bell, many residents of Xiyang City, only have the impression of national mourning. In their minds, the twenty-seven ringing of the Jingyang Bell is equated with the national mourning.
When Zuo Geying didn't know anything about it, many people in Xiyang City, even middle- and lower-level officials, had prepared white cloth and mourning clothes at home.
Zuo Geying's sons rushed to the palace in a hurry, and the prince was detained in the Northern Han Dynasty. If I suddenly lose my hair, good luck will come.
The three princes, nine ministers, six ministers, princes, nobles, and a large group of people all came over.
What they saw was a good Zuo Geying, which made many thoughtful ministers and nobles stunned for a moment and then quickly corrected their attitude and killed the little Jiujiu in their hearts.
"My lords, how can we resist the Han army coming from the west..."
The military report of the Battle of Jianyang was like a nuclear bomb, instantly detonating the entire palace, and then it would surely detonate the entire Xiyang Capital City, the entire Zhongshan Kingdom, the Northern Han Kingdom, and even the entire Beiyu and Northern Xinjiang...
The next day, the sun rose as usual.
There was an uproar and panic in Xiyang City, and under Ling'an City, the war continued.
A chrysanthemum cart was blocked at the gate of the south city. The frame of the cart was made of elm wood and rawhide, and its appearance was strong and resistant to burning. Staring at the falling stones, Zhou Bing kept taking out a handful of stones from the city gate hole.
Bags of earth, rocks and sandbags.
Time turned to Mao hour. The earth, stone and sandbags at the city gate were piled up into two hills on the left and right. The city gate cave was finally cleared, and a large number of Zhou troops invaded the city for the fourth time, numbering about 3,000 people.
The Zhou army that entered the city was divided into two. About a thousand swordsmen, infantry archers and a small number of swordsmen and axemen formed a small turtle formation, staring at the stone steps on the left and right sides of the city wall and the city gate tower. The other part of the main force moved quickly.
They headed towards the city to kill.
The Zhou army, which had been ravaged so miserably by the Fire Ox Formation, did not dare to delay any longer. They resolutely refused to give the Han army in the city time and space to adjust and organize the Fire Ox Formation.
The shield soldiers and sword players formed a tight shield wall and advanced towards the street.
"Lieutenant Zhang, if Yun Zheng survives this battle, I will personally recommend your contribution to the king." After resting for two days, Yun Zheng and Li Xian changed places. He went up to the tower, and Li Xian went to the city.
The county magistrate, county seat, chief executive, etc. of Ling'an County all followed Li Xian to make arrangements in the city, organizing people and supplies, while the county lieutenant followed Yun Zheng.
"Come here! Send the sword and ax hand to attack immediately, open the city gate for me and cut off the Zhou soldiers' retreat -" He did not give County Lieutenant Zhang a chance to speak modestly. When Zhang County Lieutenant was full of joy, Yun Zheng shouted
After speaking out and the military order was issued, Captain Zhang immediately put away his surprise. He knew that the fourth offensive and defensive battle was about to really begin.
The messenger continued to the tunnel entrance at the north corner of the city tower. Lieutenant Zhang was particularly familiar with it because it was the passage he organized manpower to dig out a few days ago. He dug a three-foot-wide and five-foot-long passage inside the clay-tamped city wall.
It is not an easy task to go up and down the steps, and the tail is connected to the hole for hiding soldiers on the top, but the opening is in the city gate hole.
In other words, the opening has not yet been opened. There are still two layers of city bricks at the city gate that have not been dug out.
In the cave of hiding soldiers, a strong man wrapped in two layers of iron armor, holding a pair of short axes, stood up after obeying the order. Behind him were fifty companions, all of them strong and sturdy. In their hands were either axes or iron.
Hammer, or thick-backed machete.
There are only fifty of them, but they are the absolute elite among the sergeants!
"Fight with me -" The strong man waved his hatchet and led his companions down the stone steps. The weak firelight illuminated the way forward. At the end, he opened an iron door in front of him, lifted a pair of hatchets, and pointed towards the door.
The wall was hit hard.
"Crash!" The cave wall, which was only separated by two layers of blue bricks, could not withstand the brute force of this big man. It collapsed immediately.
This secret exit was actually in the city gate, two steps inside. Yun Zheng's knife was directly at Zhou Jun's throat. If successful, it would block the connection between the inside and outside of the city.
The strong man kicked open the city bricks at the exit like a tank and jumped out. The two Zhou soldiers who had not recovered were still in a daze. No one could have imagined that such a scene would happen. How could anyone dare to sabotage the city gate?
?Aren’t they afraid that the city gates and buildings they dug will collapse? This is not how the caves for hiding soldiers were built!
But the big man didn't feel stupid at all. He swung both axes together and immediately knocked the two Zhou soldiers who didn't know how to dodge to the ground. He took a big step and swung his short ax, and three more Zhou soldiers who couldn't avoid it fell to the ground.
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The cave wall suddenly collapsed, and before any of the Zhou soldiers in the city gate could react, the big man jumped out with his double axe. The elite Han troops came out one after another behind him, quickly blocking the connection between the Zhou army and the outside.
After a short but fierce fight, the city gate cave was announced to have changed hands.
"Push, push it out as hard as you can!" Pushing away the corpses of Zhou soldiers, the big man took the lead and rushed to the chariot. When the other thirty people formed a defense line to block the counterattack of Zhou soldiers in the city, a group of Han warriors pushed
The chariot overturned at the gate of the city, and the wheels of the chariot were destroyed. A shout was heard from below and there was an immediate response from above.
Rolling logs and kerosene fell like raindrops, and the fire in the sky immediately ignited. As long as the inside of the city gate was blocked with earth, stone and sandbags, the Zhou army entering the city would be completely separated from the main force of the Zhou army outside the city.
On the top of the city, facing the Zhou army outside the city, which had never officially shown their faces, they were prepared for the twenty crossbows of the Zhou army's masters to attack the city like they were on the red granite hill. They turned around and shot arrows at them one after another.
The little turtle array in the city.
The straight-line distance is less than a hundred steps, and no matter how strong the shield is, it is vulnerable to the feathers and arrows as thick as an arm. Just like the roof has been lifted off by a hurricane, the turtle formation is useless in front of the feathers and arrows.
"Whoosh, whoosh--" The crossbow arrows continued to fall from the top of the city. This was a continuous crossbow.
The seizure of ordnance in the Battle of Dongjiang greatly improved the strength of the tens of thousands of Han troops in Quzhou. Quality does not depend on quantity, and the armaments of the Han army in Quzhou are no worse than Zhu Biao's white-robed army.
We need to know the quality of the Zhou army. There are many soldiers in Zhongshan. Even if the Zhou soldiers surrender, they will destroy it with two swords. Otherwise, in the first three-stone battle, the Han army can just pick up the rifle.
So soft.
Five hundred heavily armored infantrymen rushed down from the city wall.
Chen Shiju watched everything that happened with a livid face. "Intensify the siege, intensify the siege, and suppress the Han army! I don't want them to even have time to breathe -"
More than 3,000 soldiers and horses, as well as Zhou Chun, are in the city. If these people are lost again, the morale of the army will plummet. Therefore, there is no room for failure in this battle!
In the city, Zhou Chun heard the movement behind him, turned his head and saw the scene of the turtle formation being shattered. His face immediately froze. He cursed the leading captain as a waste and even lost his way out. What was going on in his head?
Zhou Chun felt a deep sense of crisis in his heart, and immediately pulled a military commander to guard the back with hundreds of soldiers. He led the troops and turned back to attack the city gate. However, with the help of the superior crossbows at the top of the city, the Han army defeated five hundred soldiers.
The visitors formed a semicircular formation and withstood the counterattack of the superior Zhou army quite easily. Moreover, the speed of filling the city gate hole with earth, stone and sandbags did not slow down at all!
"It's too late to use your strength now!" Yun Zheng saw the frenzied attack of the Zhou army from inside and outside from the tower, and let out a cold laugh. If the trapped fat man could still escape, he and Li Xian could
He burned all the military books passed down by his ancestors and used them as paper money.
"General, it can't be done. Brothers can't fight..." Sima Zhou Bingjun knelt down at Zhou Chun's feet.
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On the official road from Jianyang to Xiyang, Zhu Biao only had 5,000 infantry troops left, riding on 1,000 carriages, and continued to move towards his destination.
The flying pigeon message leading from Xiyang to Neiqiu County where Honghuagang is located has been delivered. The cavalry sent by Neiqiu County to the front line of Ling'an are galloping on the road... (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature
