Just after running out of the shadow of the west city wall, Yuwen Shiji saw a war horse rushing towards him in a hurry. The person on the horse was Zhang Xiu. When he saw Yuwen Shiji, he didn't even bother to salute.
, lying on the saddle and shouting breathlessly: "Yu, Mr. Yuwen, general, please hurry up and bring people to reinforce the city. To the east of the city, the enemy army, the enemy army, kill, are about to come in!"
"Ah!" Yuwen Shiji was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse. "Where is General Li?" He pointed at Zhang Xiu with his riding crop and asked loudly, "Where is General Li? He also said
What?"
"Li, General Li has already gone with his soldiers to block the city gate. Let me ask for help. Hurry, hurry. If you are too late, it will be too late!" Zhang Xiu wiped his sweat and shouted, turning around.
Horse head.
Violent shouts of killing came again from outside the west city, and the enemy troops began their third storm. Yu Wenshi didn't even bother to look back, and followed Zhang Xiuma and rushed straight to the center of the city. There were more than a thousand people gathered near the county government office.
Brother Mingxiong Wuying. That was the last property he and Li Xu left behind. Except for Li Xu, who was unable to come back to mobilize troops in person, only he, the supervisor, had the authority to dispatch this wave of troops.
"Why am I so stupid? I didn't even notice such an obvious plan to attack the east and west!" Yu Wenshiji thought regretfully as he ran wildly on his horse. Yesterday, when the defense task was assigned, Li Anyuan took the initiative to volunteer and won the most difficult task.
Defense work in the west city. Among the core generals, Chang Shi Zhao Ziming, who had the worst actual combat ability, was assigned to the east city by Yu Wenshiji and Li Xu. Everyone thought that Li Mi was anxious to seize food and would never look far away from the near and attack the east of the city instead of the west.
.Who would have expected that the traitor Li Mi is best at conspiracy. This afternoon, he struck "west" and "east" with his hands. Not only did he successfully attract the attention of the defenders in the city, but he also happened to hit the weak point of Liyang City's defense.
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Yu Wenshiji knew that he had underestimated Li Mi too much. Since this person could instigate Yang Xuangan to rebel, he must have more strength than he showed in the afternoon. And if Xu Zi hadn't reacted quickly, Li Yangcheng might have fallen into the enemy's hands by now.
In a panic, Yu Wenshiji planned to mobilize troops from the north and south gates. Just as he gave this order to his generals, Zhang Xiuran, who was running in front, turned around and shouted: "Li, General Li orders you
Only bring reserve troops and horses. Do not withdraw troops from other city walls!"
"I know, hurry up and protect General Li!" Yuwen Shiji replied in a very impatient tone. Zhang Xiu used the word "command" in his words, which made him feel very harsh. Regardless of the military regulations of the Sui Dynasty or his current official position, as a chief general,
Li Xu is not qualified to issue orders to Yu Wenshi and the supervisor. But right now, he can't care about these false gifts. Defending the city is more important. Once the east city gate is breached by the enemy, everyone will face defeat. The general and supervisor will fall into the hands of Li Mi.
There is no escape.
Li Xu's judgment is reasonable. There are masters of soldiers among the rebels. If the troops and horses appearing outside the east city are also feints, the enemy's focus is near the south gate or north gate, and the troops and horses that have been withdrawn will never be seen again.
The troops could not be sent back. Thinking of this, Yu Wenshiji frowned, withdrew his order to mobilize troops from the north and south gates, and rushed straight to the county government office. Fortunately, at this moment, the people in the city were strictly ordered by Li Xu to stay at home, otherwise he would really
It was difficult to run so fast on the long street. The war horses were still hundreds of paces away from the yamen gate, when they saw more than a thousand brothers from the Xiongwu Camp as a reserve team already lined up on the long street.
"The team has been assembled, please give the order to the supervisor!" Qin Gang, who joined the army in Mingfa, saw Yu Wenshiji's figure, stepped forward to greet him, and reported loudly.
"Brothers, follow me!" Yuwenshi pointed to the east of the city and shouted at the robes. "Reinforce General Li!"
"Reinforce General Li!" More than a thousand brothers shouted in unison, took steps, and ran towards the east gate after Yu Wenshiji's horse.
From Liaodong to Liyang, the heroic general Li Xu has become the backbone of the group. He is fair and kind, and takes the lead in every battle. Even if Yu Wenshi does not arrive in time, the brothers still have to risk being punished by military discipline to rescue Lang.
General, General Lang is not willing to leave a single person behind on the battlefield, so naturally everyone cannot abandon him at a critical moment.
Compared with the half-real battle outside the West City, the shouts coming from near the East City Gate were particularly murderous. The closer we got to the city gate, the stronger the shouts became, accompanied by the noisy sound of weapons clashing and the sound of arrows piercing the air.
, which made people's scalp numb. When Yu Wenshiji finally led his people to the city gate, he could already see the enemy's armor through the heavy human walls.
The rebels didn't know what method they used, but they actually broke through the two gates of Wengcheng and the main city in an instant. At present, a large number of rebels were pouring in from the city gate, and Xiong Wulang General Li Xuzheng led him
Hundreds of soldiers blocked the streets near the city gate in three directions. (Note 2)
To Yu Wenshiji's relief, the boy Leng, who usually liked to rush ahead alone, finally looked like a general this time. He did not pick up the sword to fight with people in person, but sat sensibly at a distance from the city gate.
He took command at about sixty paces. But when arranging troops and horses, Leng Xiaozi did not forget to kill the enemy. He was seen holding a step bow and standing with an arrow. Standing next to him was Zhou Daniu, a member of the personal army, holding an
A half-pot of feathered arrows is ready to hand over to the general at any moment.
"Ah!" A rebel general screamed miserably, and was shot down by a cold arrow from Li Xu. The enemy's offensive stalled for a moment, and the officers and soldiers defending the city immediately rushed forward, cutting down several people who were distracted by the general's tragic death.
The rebel soldiers pushed the defense line forward four or five steps. Soon, a new rebel flag was erected under the city gate. The rebel soldiers who had restored their morale shouted and once again moved the officials guarding the city.
The army was forced back from near the city gate.
The equipment and combat effectiveness of this group of rebels are completely different from those of the feint attackers outside the West City. Each of them wields the same Great Sui Hengdao in their right hand, and the large sword known for its thickness and solidity is carried in their left hand.
Sui Budun's helmet is an iron helmet made during the Kaihuang period, and even the leather armor is made of Sui military armor thickened with multiple layers of cowhide. Once the weapon advantage was lost, the garrison was formed by a mixture of veterans from Xiongwu Camp and soldiers surrendered from Liyang City.
The army could no longer block the opponent's attack. Although the number of them crowded at the gate of the main city was three times that of the opponent, they were forced to retreat one after another by the rebels. If it were not for Li Xu, the commander-in-chief, who was personally supervising the battle with his men behind him.
, I am afraid that the inner gate of Liyang City has already fallen into the hands of the rebels.
Although he was always annoyed by Li Xu's stupidity and rustic behavior. Seeing that the other party was safe, Yu Wenshiji was still energetic. Seeing that his own defense line was tight, he quickly quickened his pace and rushed to Li Xu's vicinity.
, shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't panic, reinforcements are coming!"
"Brothers, don't panic, the reinforcements are right behind you!" Yuwenshi and more than a thousand veterans behind him shouted in unison. The space near the city gate was too narrow, and everyone could not rush forward to help for a while. Therefore,
He could only express support for his own army. Hearing the shouts from behind, the officers and soldiers who were fighting the enemy were immediately boosted in morale. They worked together and pushed the enemy towards the city gate again.
"Bring five hundred people to the city quickly, the city is in danger!" At this time, Li Xu also saw Yuwen Shiji and shouted an order.
"Okay, be careful!" Yu Wenshiji agreed, called the veterans of the two regiments, and walked straight to the city along the horse road. He didn't bother to worry about who should command whom between himself and Li Xu.
Chief Shi Zhao Ziming fell on the horse path connected to the city wall, surrounded by a group of soldiers. He did not know whether he was alive or dead. Most of the veterans wearing the uniforms of the Sui Xiong Military Camp were squeezed out and stood helpless on the horse path.
.Recruits who lost their courage kept running down from the city, and were blocked by the veterans on the horse road. "Why are we not allowed to go down to the city!" The desperate recruits cried and squeezed forward desperately. The strong force blocking the road.
The veterans of the battalion were not polite and answered their questions directly with their swords.
"Stop!" Yuwen Shiji shouted. He led his generals and quickly squeezed to the junction of the horse path and the city wall. "What's going on?" he asked loudly. Before the soldiers around him could answer, a group of new soldiers were already crying and shouting to them.
He squeezed over.
"Master Supervisor, aren't you going to let bygones be bygones?" The leading recruit was crying and accusing. "You don't mean what you say. You're killing someone with a borrowed knife!"
"What?" Yu Wenshiji was stunned when he was asked, and then he realized that there were no enemy troops or ladders on the city wall as he expected. There were only countless recruits from the Xiongwu Camp in civilian uniforms holding kitchen knives and wooden sticks. "
"Ping", "Ping", "Ping" slashed at each other. No one cared who their opponent was, as if they would have no way out if they didn't chop down everyone around them.
"Stop it all!" Yu Wenshiji summoned up all his strength and shouted at the top of the city. Blow up the camp. This is the most unfortunate thing that can happen to recruits when they are about to go to war. But today, all bad luck has been caught up with the Xiongwu camp. Before he could
Taking further action, several recruits who crowded around him suddenly raised their kitchen knives at the same time.
"Looking for death!" The general of the Yuwen family drew his sword and chopped off the new soldier who tried to murder the supervisor. "The supervisor is here to kill us. Let's fight with them!" Someone immediately shouted loudly on the city wall. Close to the horse road
, the recruits who witnessed the murder of Yu Wenshiji's family general gave up fighting with their companions and rushed over with red eyes.
"Brothers, don't be fooled. There are those who provoke others!" Yu Wenshiji loudly defended himself. At a critical moment of life and death, who is willing to listen to his explanation? More and more recruits gave up on their opponents and rushed toward them with bloody kitchen knives.
Horse trail.
What a tactic to alienate! Yu Wenshiji immediately understood why the enemy had successively breached the gates of Wengcheng and the main city in such a short period of time. Li Mi used the Xiongwu Camp to recruit a large number of new soldiers, and officers at all levels were dissatisfied with the soldiers.
Familiar loopholes were used to insert a large number of spies. In other words, these spies were originally hidden in the Liyang garrison. After Yuan Wuben surrendered, they had to surrender. But when they saw Li Mi and Han Shihe leading the army, they immediately took advantage of the opportunity.
Betrayal.
"Anyone who approaches the horse road will be killed!" Yu Wenshiji ordered loudly. At this time, he had no choice. He would rather kill thousands of people by mistake than rush to the city gate with a single person. The guards around him raised their swords to meet him.
, and fought with the rebel soldiers who rushed down from the city. The rebel soldiers without weapons were naturally no match for the veterans of the Xiongwu Camp. In an instant, dozens of them were hacked to death, and the remaining ones let out a wailing cry, and then
The chaos retreated towards the center of the city wall.
"Instruct the guards on other walls to kill anyone who is restless!" Yu Wenshiji did not hesitate to convey the massacre order to the entire army. "If there are guards lurking on the other walls, I don't know if Li Anyuan and the others can shock them."
We can survive the scene." Listening to the miserable cries close at hand, he thought painfully. "Zhao Changshi must have given the same order just now!" Yu Wenshiji suddenly realized why when he came up just now, he found that all the veterans were blocked.
On the horse road. This is already the best solution. Although Chief Shi Zhao Ziming failed to guard the city head and city gate, he had found an emergency solution in the shortest time.
"Ziming, please don't die!" Yuwen Shiji begged silently in his heart. Resisting the regret in his heart, he raised his head and saw that the soldiers on the city wall were hacking each other again. Countless people died in confusion under the swords of their companions.
Countless people cut down the robes around them in despair, and then were chopped into pieces by others. Some people were tortured and crazy by the despair in their hearts, and jumped directly off the city wall. Some people dropped their weapons and squatted at the entrance of the battlements. But this kind of
The act of begging for mercy did not bring them more safety. Paoze, who was furious, rushed over and hacked him to death without any explanation.
"Kill!" "Kill him!" "Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" The shouts of killing under the city wall were getting louder and louder. It was unclear whether they came from the enemy or themselves. Yu Wenshiji was extremely anxious.
His eyes were on fire as he patrolled the top of the city. The east city gate was divided into two parts: the inner and outer gates. Between the two gates was an urn city with a radius of ten feet. If the situation on the city wall was not as chaotic as it is now, standing on the city wall
The Sui army at the head could have stood down from a high position and attacked the enemy troops who rushed into the barbican city from all sides. But now, he could only stand on the horse road and watch helplessly as his brothers killed each other. (To be continued)
