Under the heavy attack of the soldiers on the top of the city, the rebels who were siegeing the city in the south gate suffered heavy casualties. The more than 1,500 people Li Qian first brought to the south gate were already killed in the Jingou. A few were shot to death by the Tang soldiers on the Twelve Liancheng and Tongguan city when they climbed to the west edge of the Jingou. The rebel soldiers who were shot were hit by several arrows, and many of them actually fell more than a dozen arrows and became "heedgehogs".

Those who were seriously injured and not dead fell in the forbidden ditch and would not move. Those who were mildly injured would either find a place to hide, or would continue to climb westwards with a few uninjured soldiers and subsequent chargers to continue to attack. However, the efforts of these tenacious sergeants did not get the rewards they should have. Death was still waiting for them in front. Like their companions who died first, they added height to the pile of corpses in the forbidden ditch.

The dense arrows severely damaged the siege rebels, and a large number of rebels were shot or killed, but the generals such as Geshuhan and Wang Sili at the top of the Nanmen City did not have any joy. This was just the beginning, and the subsequent war would be even more tragic, and more tests would be behind.

Soon, the tragic situation of the corpses in the trench ditch was basically invisible. It was covered with the bodies of the rebels or the bodies of the injured. It was also terrible, but the situation was exactly the same as before. There were also continuous rebels who rushed down from the east side of the trench ditch, stepped on the bodies of their companions, charged westward, and used all means to climb the high trench wall. They seemed to not care about death at all.

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Yang Xi, who was standing on the east gate tower, was not only paying attention to the battle situation at the east gate, but also turned around from time to time to pay attention to the battle situation in the direction of the south gate. Of course, he found that the battle outside the south gate was much more intense than outside the east gate.

Although there is no barrier between the ban ditch outside the east gate, the terrain is relatively small and twisted and coiled. The rebels cannot develop a larger attack formation. The dense arrows on the top of the city are very lethal to the attacking rebels. Even if the rebels raise their shields to charge, it has no effect. There are always high-speed arrows that can cause damage to the rebels. No matter how tight the shields are covered, the injury of several soldiers will cause the shield array to leak.

There was an empty leak, and the killing effect of the arrows shot from the city was immediately expanded. The shield defense effect of the rebels under the city was further hit, and more and more soldiers were injured and killed by arrows. Moreover, if the rebels who rushed to the city wall wanted to build a cloud ladder to climb the city, they could not keep holding shields to cover the arrows. When the soldiers were building a cloud ladder and preparing to climb the city, they suffered even more casualties. The continuous impact did not allow many soldiers to rush under the city wall, and there were only a handful of ladders that could be built, and they were soon pushed down by the Tang army soldiers on the city.

It is impossible to climb the city with a light ladder. Several soldiers must be supported by them, otherwise they will be pushed down as soon as they are pushed. However, there are not many sergeants who can rush to the city, and even more ladders cannot be set up, let alone sergeants who are pressing against the clouds and escorting the ladders.

The rebels began to attack the east gate and continued to charge. At least five or six thousand soldiers had already charged towards the east gate, but in the end there were only a few hundred soldiers who could rush under the city wall. Others were either injured or died, or were injured and killed, blocking their way and unable to move forward.

While these hundreds of people were evading the arrows and rolling stones on the city, they also had to find a way to set up a ladder. However, the power of the hundreds of people was too thin. The arrows on the city were very dense, and there were many rolling stones on the city, which were not something they could resist. These hundreds of soldiers eventually became the corpses of Hengchen under the city of Tongguan of Sui, and were trampled by their subsequent charges. It was very difficult to set up a ladder to climb the city.

The rebel sergeants who were shot dead or injured by arrows have seriously hindered the attack of subsequent people and horses. After all, the road to the east gate is full of steps, and the casualties lying there in a row will definitely hinder the people who charge later. Cheng Wei, who commanded the battle, had to order the subsequent sergeants to clean up the dead and injured and prevent the charge road from blocking. However, there are too many rebels who were killed and injured, and it is impossible to clean up all at once. The Tang army's arrows on the top of the city are still shooting intensively. A large number of sergeants who charge later are still shot down, and there are still very few sergeants who can rush under the top of the city.

A large number of sergeants were shot dead and injured, blocking the way forward, causing the subsequent sergeants to fail to rush forward smoothly. After the attack in the east gate continued for a period of time, it gradually weakened. The rebel soldiers rushing outside the east gate continued to decrease. Of course, Yang Xi saw it. He was no longer worried that the east gate would be captured by the rebels soon!

Due to the obstacles of a large number of rebel soldiers, the subsequent charge of the rebels did not go smoothly, and the war in the east gate eased compared to the beginning. This was very unexpected to Yang Xi, and of course, it also surprised and anxious Cui Qianyou, who was observing the progress of the war on the distant hill.

Seeing that the attacking troops in the east gate were hit by a devastating blow, a large number of casualties blocked the road and could not speed up the attack. Cui Qianyou knew that if he wanted to capture Tongguan City today, he would not expect to break through from the east gate.

This made him feel very heavy and he had a faint pessimistic thought.

He knew that when his troops were completely superior to his side, the best way to attack was to launch a large-scale attack, bloom at multiple points, and concentrate a large number of soldiers on attack at each point, and use the advantages of their troops to give the greatest pressure to the defenders on the city. This would make the defenders on the city overwhelmed and suffer heavy casualties. Only then could more soldiers rush to the city, engage in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders, use the advantages of their troops to occupy the city, and eventually seize the city. But now, the attack surface cannot be spread out, and only the south gate can attack on a large scale, and the north gate cannot even arrange the attack force, and the situation in the east gate does not seem to be suitable for large-scale attacks.

Cui Qianyou sighed faintly and could only increase the attack force in the direction of the South Gate, regardless of the losses of the soldiers, and even completely fill the ban ditch with the corpse, so that more soldiers can have the opportunity to climb the city!

When Cui Qianyou thought of filling the forbidden ditch, he couldn't help but feel shocked.

Yes, if there is no ban ditch, more people can be concentrated in the south gate to attack the city. The siege soldiers can set up cloud ladders to climb the city without having to passively cross the ban ditch and climb the city. They can launch arrow counterattacks on the defenders in the city at the ban ditch location, instead of being passively beaten like now.

With a thought, he was already moved. After watching the attacks in the directions of the city, he quickly changed his mind and immediately issued a new order, exerting all his strength to attack the south gate. The attack at the east gate continued, but reduced the number of troops invested.

At the same time, a group of soldiers were ordered to attack the north gate of Tongguan to restrain the Tang army of these two gates.
Chapter completed!