Chapter 230: Deciding the Battle of Northwest China II
When Wenjie saw the news coming from Tongtian City, although he had been mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but want to curse.
The front battlefield of Jiuyuan City is entangled by Xiliang cavalry and various armies. If they don't go to support, Jiuyuan City will probably be defeated.
Without Jiuyuan City, the remaining county towns will be exposed to the cavalry of the Xiliang army. This is nothing. The most important thing is that Jiuyuan City is the county seat of Jiuyuan County!
If the county seat was taken away by Xiliang City, what kind of face would they have? Moreover, if they take Jiuyuan City, they should march straight in and sweep through several counties behind them.
Jiuyuan County has the flat, warm climate of the Jiangnan area, but it does not have the dense water network like the Jiangnan area, which cannot effectively block the charge of the cavalry.
Then let the Xiliang cavalry charge, and the counties behind them couldn't stop the Xiliang cavalry at all.
Not every city has a city wall that is four to five feet high. For cities in the back that are in a safe zone, it is considered very good to have a city wall that is two or three feet high.
Jiuyuan City is very important, and Tongtian City is also very important, for no other reason than Tongtian City is connected to the imperial capital. If Tongtian City is captured by the Xiliang army, they will lose this waterway, and the Eighth Prince will not be able to reach the northwest.
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Wenjie made a prompt decision and chose to support Tongtian City. As long as they persisted until the Eighth Prince led the army to the north, they had not lost yet and they still had the strength to fight.
If they lose Tongtian City, what awaits them will be slowly being devoured by Xiliang.
He still can't believe the potential displayed by Xiliang City. He doesn't know why Xiliang soldiers can be so crazy!
Wenjie led several county troops directly south to kill Tongtian City. Tongtian City was important!
Jiuyuan City was supported by the two armies of Jiuyuan Prince's Mansion and Li Anlan, so he didn't believe that they couldn't defend it.
From the previous visit, it can be seen that the relationship between Jiuyuan Prince's Palace and the prefect is not good, but when it comes to major issues, Jiuyuan Prince's Palace still stands on the side of Jiuyuan County and does not turn to Xiliang because of the conflict between the two.
If you really want to defect to Xiliang, the last time was a very good opportunity, even better than this opportunity. At that time, if the prince led the royal guards to forcefully open the city gate and let the Xiliang cavalry come in, they would not be able to stop them.
So Wenjie is very confident about Jiuyuan Palace!
In Jiuyuan City, Luo Tiansheng completely lost contact with the enemy in the outside world. The scouts could not get out or get in. Jiuyuan City became an isolated city!
The Xiliang army only besieged but did not attack. They were surrounded by troops. Luo Tiansheng's mood became worse day by day. The army outside the city was building siege machinery. He had already seen a wooden frame that was higher than the city wall. It was okay.
move.
He could only hope that reinforcements would arrive soon. The morale in the city was decreasing little by little, and his reputation was also decreasing little by little.
Tongtian City
Xiliang occupied a point on the pier and marched into the inner city. Various siege machines outside the city smashed on the city wall. When the people on the city wall were suppressed and did not dare to come forward, Xiliang soldiers rolled out a large wooden cart and drove them to the inner city.
The wooden cart retreated into the moat, and another cart was pushed from the right. The two were raised on the moat, one after another in the river.
Finally, a pontoon bridge was built on the river. They needed to rush to the bottom of the city wall quickly. If they used the previous method, it could only be used to deal with the city moat ditch, but it was useless against this kind of river!
In order to prevent the pontoon from floating away, there are iron chains on both sides, and the iron chains are used to connect the two sides.
The actions of the Xiliang soldiers were clearly seen by the people on the city wall, but they had no choice. As long as they wanted to counterattack, various long-range suppression attacks were launched directly. A large number of huge stones had been piled up on the city wall. Some of the walls were covered with
Cracks also appeared.
If Xiliang City had enough patience and relied on these war machines outside to continuously attack, the walls of Tongtian City might be knocked down by them with energy stones.
In five days, there were more than a dozen pontoon bridges under the southern city wall. The people on the city wall wanted to destroy the pontoon bridges at night, but what awaited them was Xiliang Longjian.
The Ye family mobilized most of the troops from Dongcheng District and Beicheng District. Thousands of people died every day at the east dock. It was difficult for the Dongcheng defenders alone to stop the Xiliang army.
A large number of troops have accumulated in Nancheng District, which is the main battlefield. Judging from the black and heavy Xiliang army outside the city, the other side also knows that it is difficult to capture Tongtian City from the dock.
More than ten thousand troops gathered outside the city, putting great pressure on the defenders.
The commander-in-chief of Xiliang looked at the city wall that was smashed by war machines. The ladder had rushed to the edge of the moat. There was no place to place the ladder on the edge of the city wall, so it could only be climbed on the pontoon placed in the river!
"All-out attack!"
"Wu~" A desolate horn sound sounded from the Xiliang side, and the Xiliang army, which had been prepared for a long time, divided the city and rushed forward one by one.
Among them, those with shields and swords were at the front, followed by soldiers with spears.
The long-range attack troops should attack as fast as possible. Looking from above, you can see long black lines appearing on the battlefield. They are the Xiliang army charging!
Hearing the sound of the horn, I also remembered the sound of war drums on the side of the Tongtian City Defense. Braving the rain of arrows from Xiliang's long-range troops, the archers on the city wall began to fight back, or waited on the city wall for Xiliang soldiers to come.
The swordsman held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and strode forward on the ladder. The attacks of Xiliang's long-range troops also stopped, but the archer troops pressed forward, and they fired freely.
When they saw the enemies appearing with stones, they just shot past them. The defenders poured the hot oil and water down the ladders. The hot oil and water caused pain to the Xiliang soldiers, and the ladders became unslippery. Many people fell off the ladders.
When some soldiers saw the defenders sticking their heads out, they threw their long swords over and rushed forward with their shields, using the shields as weapons to hit the enemies in front of them.
The soldiers followed and the two sides fought fiercely on the city wall. The loser would die!
Li Xiang was transporting supplies under the city wall. I don't know which god helped them and unified the people on this side. More than 3,000 people came together, including a thousand Xiliang soldiers.
A thick layer of materials was piled up in the passage below the city gate, which meant that the city gate had been sealed shut.
The people in Tongtian City are afraid that someone inside will join forces with Xiliang outside the city. If the city gate is opened in the middle of the night and the Xiliang army comes in, can Tongtian City still be defended?
Li Xiang had previously wanted to open the city gate to let the army in, but seeing the tightly closed city gate, he had a new case in his mind.
If you can't get in from below, then come up from the city wall!
We can give full play to the role of the Zheng family in the city as a secret agent. Now we wait until night.
Prime Minister Li ordered the Xiliang army to attack day and night once launched.
The sound of war drums on the city wall continued as Xiliang's attack continued. Xiliang's catapults no longer attacked the city wall, but were brought over to burn fireballs and hit Tongtian City.
For a moment, the city was ablaze, and no matter where it was, it would send warmth wherever the trebuchet could hit it.
Zheng Zhilan and her junior sister Xiaoqing were hiding in the Sixings Warehouse. The fireballs falling from the sky did not pose a great threat to them. On the top of the warehouse, they could see fireballs scattered everywhere and shouts from time to time.
Civilians living in this area were running towards Beicheng District and Xicheng District. At this time, Nancheng District had become a place of war.
Xiao Qing no longer had any curiosity about war in her eyes. Before, she was still curious about what war was like.
Most of the heroes in history came from the era of chaos!
The sound of war drums during the day made her blood boil, and she had the urge to draw her sword and go out to fight the Xiliang army.
But when fireballs fell from the sky and civilians screamed helplessly and ran away in panic, she suddenly felt that war was not so good!
Zheng Zhilan touched her junior sister's head: "This is war. One general's achievements lead to thousands of bones being withered. The heroes and heroes you respect have countless blood stained in their hands to become the heroes in people's memory!"
A new chaotic world is coming, and our Lingjiu Palace will also be involved. If you are afraid, after the northwest is over, senior sister will take you back to Lingjiu Palace, and then you will become a palace-guarding disciple!"
Xiao Qing raised her eyes with tears in her eyes: "I don't want to be a palace guarding disciple, I just accidentally lost my eyesight!
Hey! Senior sister, Li Xiang and the others have moved!"
Li Xiang and his party had to obey orders to carry goods during the day, but still needed to return to the warehouse to rest at night.
Li Xiang took out his armor and weapons. The place they were in was only more than 300 meters away from the city wall. They went out to the main road. At this time, the main road was full of soldiers, but there were not many people on the small road.
The soldier put on a black armor, all of which were heavy armor. Only heavy armor can stand firm among thousands of troops.
"Lord!" The two brothers Cheng Jushu put on their armors and held giant axes. They exuded a murderous aura and became very tough. The makeup on Li Xiang's face was washed with wine, revealing staggered horrific scars.
On the battlefield, you need to have enough fear in the enemy, a huge body, and scars on the face to scare some recruits.
Zheng Zhilan and Xiao Qing came down from the roof. Xiao Qing, who had just gained courage, saw Li Xiang. The bright red armor was lifelike in the firelight. The armor exuded a terrifying light. The handle was stronger than two or three of her.
Long weapon.
Zheng Zhilan's eyes fell on the scars on Li Xiang's face. Even though they were scarred, it was still vaguely visible how deep the two wounds were.
Behind Xiang Li were well-armed Xiliang soldiers. Li Xiang held his halberd and clasped his fists: "Miss Zheng, thank you very much!
Set off!"
Li Xiang led the troops along the dark path behind. On the city gate tower, there was a bright fire. Ye Xunming, the younger brother of the head of the Ye family who has the highest cultivation level and is also a disciple of the Xuantian Sect, held a long sword and was fighting with the Xiliang swordsman.
After a fierce fight for more than ten breaths, he killed the Xiliang swordsman with his powerful inner breath.
He felt a little tired, but when he saw the Xiliang soldiers below who were still rushing up, he knew that he couldn't leave. He was the courage of the surrounding soldiers!
And there is a large reserve army behind them, he only needs to be on the city wall!
On the left stairway of the city wall building, stationed at the city wall at this time is the spy arranged by the Zheng family in the city, Ye Mingjie!
Ye Mingjie is a child of the Ye family, but because his parents died and his family property was robbed by his own clan, he was ostracized by the Ye family. Just when he wanted to commit suicide, the Zheng family found him and provided him with various supplies to help him
Work for the Zheng family.
Thirty years passed in the blink of an eye, and Ye Mingjie became a small steward of the Ye family, leading five hundred people. In the eyes of many people, he was already a big shot, but he had no loyalty to the Ye family at all.
His wife and children were all sent to a city not far from Tongtian City by him for various reasons. He did not like his wife and children and they had too much contact with the Ye family.
The soldiers under him are not members of the Ye family. Under his training, these people are more inclined to obey his orders.
When he received Zheng Zhilan's order, Ye Mingjie was very excited. It seemed that the hatred he had buried in his heart for many years could be avenged!
Total, total, total!
The left stairway he was guarding was connected to a small alley. Under the city wall, there were many soldiers coming down from the city wall. Few of them were awake. Everyone took the time to rest after eating.
Ye Mingjie led the patrol and looked towards the trail not far away. Soon, the sound of neat steps could be heard, and he could first see an extremely tall man.
Ye Mingjie immediately walked over with his men. When his soldiers saw Li Xiang, they immediately wanted to draw their swords and attack, and sounded a warning to the surrounding area. But when they saw the general walking over quickly, they thought of what the general said during the day, everything
From him!
Coming close to Prime Minister Li, Ye Mingjie felt a lot of pressure.
"Xiliang Li Xiang!" Li Xiang glanced at Ye Mingjie and said solemnly: "You should have already made a choice!"
Ye Mingjie knelt down on one knee without any hesitation and lowered his voice: "Tongtian City, Nancheng Guard, Ye Mingjie, is willing to follow the King of Xiliang!"
A group of people in the back heard about the King of Xiliang and instantly knew who the tall and mighty man in front of them was, King Li Xiang of Xiliang!
They all knelt down without making a sound.
Li Xiang glanced at the sleeping soldiers under the city wall, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Ju Rong, you take two hundred people and Ye Jieming to watch the stairs. You can take care of the sleeping people on your own. I will take people up to the city wall!"
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"Set off!"
Li Xiang walked out of the darkness and set off quickly with his black armored troops. Ye Jieming gave instructions to his soldiers to stay put.
Total, total, total!
The black armored troops came out of the darkness. The people awake around them were all from Ye Mingjie's group. Li Xiang had already walked to the city wall.
He could hear the sound of fighting coming from above. Soldiers on both sides were fighting desperately, and some huge stones were embedded in the wall.
At this time, a group of soldiers smelling of blood came down from the city wall. The leader saw Li Xiang coming up from below, and the soldiers behind him also stopped.
When did such a fierce person appear in Tongtian City...
The leader felt a pain in his chest. The Heavenly Halberd in Mr. Li's hand had already been shot, stabbing the leader in the chest. He rushed forward, and several people behind him fell down together.
Fang Tianji twitched from left to right, and Li Xiang strode forward. No one in front could block his halberd.
"Enemy attack!"
Some soldiers above came to their senses and shouted loudly!
They are fighting up there, but Xiliang soldiers have already reached the city?
Under the city wall, Ye Mingjie's 500 people and Cheng Jurong's 200 people formed a large formation. Those who were sleeping had no choice but to make them sleep forever!
