"kill!!!"
Yang Zhong wore armor and angrily chopped down the soldiers in front of him.
Yang Zhong was over fifty, but his physique was still as strong as ever. He was so stunned that he knocked several soldiers in front of him off the city wall.
Many sections of the Lingwu City Wall have been turned into rubble and rubble. Fighting was going on everywhere. Almost all the outer walls were breached. The Qi people even stood on the outer wall and fired at the Zhou people.
The Zhou people got angry and sprinkled lamp oil and weeds between the two walls, and then shot with ignited arrows. A raging flame burned under the city, and the charging soldiers screamed and rolled in an attempt to extinguish the flames.
It's just that in today's season, this kind of flame cannot last long, and it is unrealistic to kill too many enemies.
The gap to the west is already huge.
The enemy's tunnel soldiers dug many gaps under the west city wall, causing a large section of the west city wall to collapse.
Yang Zhong also sent people to put smoke into the tunnel, placed iron thorns at the collapsed city wall to stop the horses, piled stones on wooden frames, and tamped them with water and mud.
The sunset is blood red.
Yang Zhong chopped again, staggered, and almost fell. The soldiers on the side hurriedly supported him.
The whistling sound of arrows came, and the arrows flew past Yang Zhong's ears. Yang Zhong and others hurriedly squatted down, and the soldiers who had no time to dodge fell to the ground with howls.
Yang Zhong's head fell to the ground, his hair disheveled.
The whole person looked like he had crawled out of purgatory. His face was covered in blood, one eye could not be opened completely, and the corners of his mouth were swollen. The whole person was almost unrecognizable.
He sat on the ground, gasping for air, struggling to get up, and looking around at the situation.
The Qi people were repulsed again.
But on the city wall, there were corpses everywhere.
Those were not just the bodies of soldiers, but also those of many civilians and civilians.
Yang Zhong breathed heavily, dropped the knife full of gaps, picked up the spear, and stood up with it.
There were only cries and moans coming from all around.
Yang Zhong looked around blankly, then looked into the distance again.
The enemy is searching for wounded soldiers and clearing the battlefield.
"Treat the wounded soldiers and strengthen the city wall."
Yang Zhong gave the order, and the soldiers helped him to a flat place and asked him to sit down. Someone wiped his face and treated his wounds.
Yang Zhong leaned against the wall at a loss, letting the military doctor treat his wounds.
His whole body seemed numb, and when the doctor fiddled with the wounds, he didn't even feel any pain at all.
The doctor carefully helped him clean his face. Looking at Yang Zhong's gray-haired appearance, the doctor burst into tears.
The generals have arrived.
Tian Hong and another young general sat next to Yang Zhong respectively.
Tian Hong wiped the blood stains on his face and said nothing. The young general lowered his head and sobbed slowly.
Yang Zhong suddenly laughed.
"Liu Taozi suffered a lot of casualties, right?"
Tian Hong whispered: "Quite a few, much more than us anyway."
"This little brat still values ​​me as much as ever. He would rather kill me than all the elite men under his command!"
"Are you afraid that I will get to this point?!"
"Hahaha~~"
Yang Zhong smiled and suddenly coughed violently.
Tian Hong said coldly: "It was the same when he just captured Yongfeng. The whole army attacked and wanted to leave the Duke behind."
"Cowardly rat!!"
"If I had 30,000 people under my command, how could I let him force me to this point?!"
Yang Zhong cursed subconsciously, and suddenly said: "However, this siege and pull is getting better and better. This kid is so brave, using me to train troops??"
Tian Hong's face was full of exhaustion, "My lord, if the reinforcements don't come, I will die with the general tomorrow."
"What? Can't bear it anymore?"
"I really can't bear it anymore. Originally, I thought today was the day I would die. Today is a fluke, but tomorrow I really can't bear it anymore."
"Reinforcements. Reinforcements."
Yang Zhong lowered his head and murmured a few words.
He suddenly laughed, "I thought that although Yu Wenhu was mediocre, he could still distinguish clearly on such important matters and would not be stupid."
"I didn't expect that he would actually abandon Lingwu."
"I overestimated him and underestimated Liu Taozi."
"I thought he would divide his troops to plunder Lianggan and disperse some of Lingzhou's troops to the west garrison town in advance. Even when he came to attack us, I felt that he wanted to trap me and then send people to attack Lianggan.
Gan, hahaha, I didn’t expect that it was really for me, I am more important than Liang Gan!”
"You are attacking Lingwu at all costs, you little brat, you brat."
Yang Zhong stopped talking, and the city wall became silent again.
The sounds of crying and moaning could be faintly heard from the surroundings.
Yang Zhong's expression slowly became determined, and he looked at the two people in front of him.
"I despised the enemy and that's why I ended up like this. If reinforcements don't arrive tomorrow, you can surrender the city."
"Cut off my head and offer it to Liu Taozi. Maybe I can save my life."
Tian Hong is a stern person, always with a straight face, and everything he says feels serious.
He shook his head and said, "My lord, I have changed monarchs several times in the past, but this time, I am not willing to change them again."
"If the city is lost, kill a few more thieves before you die."
Yang Zhong was about to speak.
"Dong, dong, dong, dong~~"
The sound of war drums could be heard faintly in the distance.
Everyone was shocked, and Yang Zhong struggled to get up. The young general hurriedly helped him up, and everyone looked into the distance.
"General!!"
"Reinforcements!! They are our reinforcements!!"
The young general almost cried at this moment.
In the dim sky, a large-scale army could be seen emerging in the distance. Although the distance was very far, these generals recognized them as their own family members at a glance.
They swept across the entire plain in a mighty manner, with knights on both sides and infantry in the middle. They adopted a standard offensive formation and slowly moved towards here to the orderly beat of drums.
The soldiers under the city wall also looked a little uneasy at the moment. They shouted, and the cavalry quickly rushed out of the camp and began to form formation.
The two generals were overjoyed at this moment, and even the soldiers who were lucky enough to survive roared loudly.
The next moment, the Zhou soldiers were seen quickly changing their formations. They sped up and charged towards the Qi camp.
Yang Zhong's eyes widened, he looked up at the sky, his lips trembled.
"How dare the four-province coalition attack the camp at night?!"
"Who is the commander in chief?!"
"Military order!! Tell them to stop! Stop!!"
Yang Zhong roared crazily.
Before the young man could react, Tian Hong reacted quickly and rushed towards the city.
At the same time, behind the charging army.
Hou Longen was riding a war horse, his eyes were splitting, and he was also asking angrily: "Who asked him to charge?! Who asked him to charge?! Retreat!! Stop!!"
But at this moment, the former army had begun to fight the enemy.
Hou Longen cursed extremely unpleasantly, his whole body trembled, and almost all the scouts were thrown away.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and the flags of the generals have lost their effect. The army, which was originally in neat formation, is now like a flock of sheep, running around. The generals can't find their own men, and they roar everywhere, shouting and killing.
Yang Zhong ordered people to light the torch, and he was staring outside the city.
The battle situation outside the city became increasingly blurry, until it was difficult to see clearly. The shouts of death could still be heard and the faint light of fire could be seen.
Yang Zhong's forehead was covered with veins, and his whole body started to tremble.
As long as tens of thousands of troops move outside the city, Liu Taozi will not dare to attack the city. At that time, he can only choose to fight with the reinforcements or retreat. What a great situation this is.
But now?
Tens of thousands of troops from different regions were fighting head-on with the defenders stationed in the camps under the dark sky.
"Did fucking Yu Wenhu personally lead his troops to support?!"
Yang Zhong could not imagine that anyone other than Yu Wenhu could possess such superb command skills.
But everything was in vain. With the current situation, it was impossible for Yang Zhong to leave the city to fight, and he didn't have the ability.
He could only pray that fewer people on his side would die and the entire team would not collapse.
Yang Zhong never closed his eyes the whole night.
The next day, the sky gradually started to get brighter.
Outside the Qi camp, there were corpses everywhere, almost all piled up into a hill. The corpses were distributed irregularly, and some even appeared under the city wall.
The soldiers under Liu Taozi were cleaning up the battlefield in an orderly manner, but his reinforcements were nowhere to be seen.
On the official road of Huizhou.
Hou Longen stood there, holding the horse in his hand. He was exhausted to the extreme. His eyes were red and bloodshot. In the distance, broken troops were returning here. The army was in chaos, and the generals and the army could no longer be distinguished.
Who is who, the chain of command completely collapsed.
Yu Wenzhi stood aside, somewhat unconvinced.
"General, why do you want to kill my soldiers?"
Hou Longen slowly turned his head and looked at Yu Wenzhi. He did not answer the other party's question, but the murderous intent was looming in his eyes.
"Gong Chongye, why do you want to send troops privately?"
"The Art of War goes like this: Wait for the near and wait for the far, wait for the idle to wait for the labor, wait for the hungry to wait. This is the rule of strength. The enemy has just finished attacking the city, which is when he is at his weakest. If he does not attack in time, wouldn't he miss a good opportunity?"
"Good opportunity?"
"Since there was a good opportunity, why didn't Chongye Gong fail to behead Liu Taozi?"
"It's too dark, I can't see."
Hou Longen clenched his fist several times and released it several times. He ignored Yu Wenzhi, left the place directly, and began to send people to gather the army.
Because Yu Wenzhi and Hou Longen were late for many days, he did not dare to wait any longer and wanted to appear outside the city wall as soon as possible. On the one hand, it would boost the morale of the defenders inside the city, and on the other hand, it would also force the enemy to stop attacking. This caused him to wait until nightfall.
When we got close to the battlefield, and then Yu Wenzhi suddenly launched a charge in front of the army, things turned into what they are now.
Hou Longen frowned at this moment.
The enemy's combat effectiveness was far stronger than he expected. Even without Yu Wenzhi, with the strength of his troops, it would be difficult to defeat Liu Taozi.
And now they have suffered another disastrous defeat. I don't know how many defeated troops they can gather, and Lingwu cannot afford to lose anything.
Hou Longen had no choice but to personally lead his soldiers and use light cavalry to go outside Lingwu City. Before they could rest properly, he harassed the enemy's army and prevented them from easily breaking through the city.
Unfortunately, the morale of the defenders in Lingwu City has completely collapsed.
Li Qinhu led the Qingqi to fight Hou Longen, while the other armies attacked the city again.
The ladder was put up on the city wall, and the gentle slopes everywhere made it possible to climb directly to the city wall.
Liu Taozi wore heavy armor and led the crowd to the city wall.
This time, fresh troops who had gathered strength and strength participated in the war, and the Zhou soldiers were quickly defeated. Even Yang Zhong was no longer able to withstand the increasing number of enemies in front of him. Under the protection of his own soldiers, he kept retreating.
The Zhou soldiers were driven off the city wall, and Yang Zhong and others continued fighting with the Qi people in the alley.
They gave up their long soldiers and fought with short soldiers, retreating all the way to the official position.
When the city wall fell completely, Hou Longen knew that the situation could not be changed, so he had to lead the cavalry to evacuate here.
Yang Zhong and others were completely besieged in the official office.
Yang Zhong was holding a knife and guarding the entrance of the official office. There were only about thirty people left around him.
Qi soldiers rushed in continuously from the door. Yang Zhong fought and retreated to the backyard. He refused to give up resistance until he retreated to the inner room.
The soldiers surrounded the inner room and aimed their crossbows at this place.
"Whoosh~~"
"Whoosh~~"
Crossbow arrows flew across the sky, and screams came from the inner room.
Potara rushed here in a hurry, kicked open the door, and led the soldiers in.
There were many corpses lying in the room. Yang Zhong was leaning against the wall and sitting on the ground with several arrows hanging on his body, breathing heavily.
The soldiers looked at him in fear and did not dare to step forward.
Just as Potara was about to give the order to capture, he heard many armored soldiers rushing towards him from behind. He turned around and saw Liu Taozi walking quickly through the armored men and walking towards here, while Potara stepped aside.
Entering the inner room, Liu Taozi looked at Yang Zhong who was directly opposite.
Yang Zhong also looked at Liu Taozi.
"The old general's defeat was all because of Yu Wenhu."
"If the old general is willing to surrender, we can kill Yu Wenhu together in the future."
Yang Zhong grinned and looked at Liu Taozi with disdain, "If you want to kill me, kill me. Why talk nonsense?"
Liu Taozi looked at him calmly, looked down, and kicked out a knife, which landed next to Yang Zhong.
"Your knife is broken."
"Use this."
Yang Zhong stretched out his hand tremblingly and picked up the knife in pain. He looked at Liu Taozi coldly.
"Don't think that if you kill me, you won't have any worries."
"There are so many famous generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty. As long as there is a wise master to command them, how can these people under your command compete with them?"
"If I can kill the general, I can naturally kill them too. The old general doesn't have to worry."
Liu Taozi replied immediately.
Yang Zhong paused, raised the knife in his hand, and said sadly: "It's not a waste of effort, it's not enough!"
"Shua~~"
The sword flashed and blood spurted.
Yang Zhong fell to the ground.
Podoluo stared at Yang Zhong angrily, gritting his teeth, "Brother, this old thief has killed many of my people, please allow me to cut off his head to show to all the soldiers, and to sacrifice the dead!"
Liu Chengcai hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother, Yang Zhong died for national affairs and should not be humiliated."
Before Liu Chengcai finished speaking, Liu Taozi threw the sword to Podoro. Podoro stepped forward with the sword and cut his head. Liu Chengcai was a little shocked. Liu Taozi said slowly: "He died for the sake of the country, and so did everyone under my command.
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Liu Chengcai was speechless and had no choice but to bow and retreat.
Lingwu had been reduced to rubble, and Liu Taozi's army was cleaning up the corpses and debris here, with no intention of moving forward.
Liu Taozi's army also suffered heavy casualties this time, and everyone who survived also needed a rest.
In the official office, Liu Taozi sat in the upper position, and soldiers were stationed at various entrances and exits.
A man wrapped his face in cloth and walked up to Liu Taozi with his head lowered. After everyone left, he quickly took off the cloth.
"Your Majesty, Zheng Daoqian, pays homage to your Majesty!"
Zheng Daoqian's face was full of guilt at this moment. He maintained his salute and explained: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have tried many times, but there is no way to open the city gate from the inside. It is difficult to deliver the message.
I could only do some tricks in logistics, but it was of little use. The reason why the army suffered so many casualties was all due to my inaction."
Liu Taozi shook her head and said, "Mr. Zheng, please stand up."
"This time, if Duke Zheng hadn't informed Yang Zhong of the news that Yang Zhong had transferred the Lingzhou army, we wouldn't have dared to send troops quickly, let alone the victory we have today."
"This is all because of Mr. Zheng."
Zheng Daoqian even said he didn't dare.
"Your Majesty, I have another idea"
Hou Longen could only retreat at this moment.
The army that had arrived had turned into what it was now because of an unfair night attack. Hou Longen was afraid that Liu Taozi would send troops to attack after he had rested, so he could only lead his troops back to Huizhou.
On the way to retreat, Hou Longen felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The Duke of Jin still looked down upon Liu Taozi too much. The people he gave him were not elites, and there were three local miscellaneous soldiers. It was simply impossible to use these people to repel Liu Taozi.
It would take at least 40,000 elites to drive Liu Taozi out.
Now that Lingwu is lost, Liu Taozi and others have also paid a lot of price. If the Duke of Jin can take away this silly son and send some elites over, there may be a chance to regain Lingwu.
After all, the current Lingwu has been beaten to pieces, and Liu Taozi and others can only remain as they are for a while.
Hou Longen thought as he walked, and sent several more scouts to inform him of the news here.
When he arrived at Huining City, the city gate was wide open, and knights rushed out and stood guard on both sides.
Hou Longen rode his war horse and walked towards the city gate with great swagger.
At this time, Hou Longen suddenly realized something was wrong, and he suddenly reined in his horse.
He looked at the knights on the left and right and asked coldly: "Where is your governor?"
"He didn't come to greet him?"
The knight did not speak. The next moment, a knight suddenly rushed out of the city gate.
The knight rode a tall war horse with a terrifying mask on his face. He held a horse spear and looked at Hou Longen majestically.
"Who are you?!"
"King Lanling Gao Changgong!!"
“I’ve been waiting for you here for a long time!!”
Chapter completed!