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Many sections of the forbidden ditch have become "open paths", which are several bridges made of corpses. The rebels lay some sacks or bamboo and wooden rafts on the "corpse bridge". Sergeants can directly step on the bridge made of these corpses and rush through the forbidden ditch without much effort. A large number of rebels are carrying ladders through these "bridges" and quickly rushed towards the west edge of the forbidden ditch.

After a while of heavy rain, the water flow began to form, and the bodies in some narrower channels were washed down by the water flow, and piled up where the water flow was gentle, with trees and rocks protruding. The bodies in these places piled up higher and higher, and when the water flow further increased, the stream water was intercepted in large quantities.

Although the water flow can flow out through the gaps between the corpses, a large amount of water is still intercepted, becoming a large or small dam lake. The water that has overflowed the height of the corpses flows down the lower gaps, and the corpses floating on the water flow down the water, further piled up on these slowly formed wide "corpse bridges", and the bodies of the sergeants who were shot further accumulate. The road gradually emerged, and more rebel soldiers rushed to the opposite shore through these slowly raised "bridges", and the number of fallen sergeants further increased, and the bridge body was further raised and widened.

Standing on the top of the city, I saw that the ban ditch had become a river intercepted by many bridges and dams, and was intercepted into "reservoirs" in sections. Because the corpses were piled wide enough and were piled up very densely, the water flow in the ban ditch was gradually increasing, and the impact was not strong, so it was difficult to rinse away the "bridge bodies" accumulated by these corpses. In several places, the corpses were piled up at about the same height as the east side of the ban ditch.

The western edge of the Jingou is a height of one to two meters, about one to two meters. The cut-off water flow cannot flow through the gaps between the bodies in time, and accumulates higher and higher. Finally, it spreads across the eastern side of the Jingou and spreads to the gentle area on the eastern side of the Jingou where the rebels gathered. The velocity of the flooded water flow is not fast, and it does not even cause much trouble to the rebels on the eastern edge of the Jingou. It just makes them slower the impact on the western edge of the Jingou.

The "corpse bridge" that piled up higher and higher has turned many sections of the forbidden ditches into a road. There are more and more rebel soldiers passing through these corpse walls. They can climb up the west edge of the forbidden ditches without much effort, accumulate under the city wall, and start climbing the city through the ladders set up.

The ladder was raised and was pushed down by the Tang army on the top of the city. Arrows and rolling stones flew down the city more densely. Countless rebel soldiers rushed through the forbidden ditch and arrived under the Tongguan city wall, and were killed by the weapons flying down from the city wall. But most of the sergeants were lucky enough to avoid death, and many people were not even injured. The new ladder was raised again, and the pushed ladder was raised again and then mounted on the city wall.

Seeing more and more ladders set up, countless rebel soldiers climbed up quickly through the ladders, Pang Zhong was anxious and kept calling the soldiers to fight to kill the enemy.

"Kill! Kill all the rebels and never let them climb to the top of the city!" After slashing the sword and slashing a rebel soldier who had just emerged from the top of the city, Pang Zhong saw another rebel soldier emerging from another place, and immediately shouted loudly to order the soldiers to bravely kill the enemy.

Under the demonstration effect of Pang Zhong's physical practice, the Tang army soldiers who abandoned their bows and arrows all waved their swords to kill the enemy bravely. With the cooperation with the archers, the rebels who climbed the city in this direction they defended were soon cut down.

However, the city wall on the east side of the south gate commanded by Tian Liangqiu began to be in crisis. A large number of rebel soldiers emerged in this direction. Some soldiers jumped directly to the top of the city and fought with the Tang army guarding the city. The people commanded by Tian Liangqiu were all defeated soldiers who escaped from Lingbao, and they had never participated in yesterday's ambush and bloody battles in Hantongguan City. When the war was going smoothly, the morale of the soldiers was still good and there was no panic. Just like using the successive arrows to shoot, the organization was quite orderly and the rebels suffered great damage.

But the Lingbao was defeated for a few days, and the shadow could not be eliminated immediately. When the rebels surged to the city, the little fear that they were suppressed immediately arose. As the rebels emerged more and more, some terrified soldiers hesitated not to come forward to fight. A few timid actually threw down their swords and ran into the city with their heads in their arms.

Cowardice can be contagious. The soldiers who had not disappeared after the defeat saw their companions running away, and then saw more and more rebels climbing up from the city. Many people began to retreat, and the sound of throwing weapons in the "bang" place was heard one after another.

"Ah!" A shrill scream came from the stairs of the lower city.

A sergeant who was the first to escape was killed by Tian Liangqiu, who was standing on the side of the city to command the battle.

Tian Liangqiu, who cut off the deserter's head, held his bloody head in his hand, and roared at the soldiers on the city: "If there is any cowardly fighting, the fugitive will be killed without mercy!"

The sergeant who was the first to escape was killed in public, and the hesitant soldiers were frightened. Seeing the soldiers around Tian Liangqiu who were preparing to implement battlefield discipline, the people who wanted to escape immediately stopped. Several people who threw down their weapons and wanted to escape were quietly picked up the weapons again, and at the order of the chief officer, they joined the camp of killing the enemy again.

Similar situations also appeared in the formation of men and horses commanded by Wang Sili. Some timid soldiers saw more and more rebels under the city and felt fearful. Although there were orders and stops from the chief officer, they were still scared to throw away their weapons and want to escape. After several soldiers who escaped first were killed, the floating morale of the army temporarily stabilized.

Ge Shuhan, who was commanding the overall situation of the war on the south gate on the city gate, saw all this, and he was also anxious.

He had a reserve team of 500 people around him, but he knew that it was not the time to put these 500 brave and warlike soldiers into emergency rescue.

Geshuhan looked up anxiously at the sky, hoping that the thunderstorm would stop earlier.

The wind and rain stopped, and the bows and arrows in the hands of the 12-in-one soldiers on the city can exert their maximum power, and the situation will be improved.

However, the rain seemed to show no sign of stopping. After a while, it started to get bigger again, even bigger than before. The fog blown by the strong wind spread further, and soon the situation in the forbidden ditch was invisible, but the rebels' offensive became more and more fierce.

"Tell Marshal Yang about the situation in the direction of the south gate and inquire about the situation in the direction of the east gate!" Although Ge Shuhan was sighing in his heart.

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Yang Xi was shocked after receiving Geshuhan's report and immediately made a new decision!

Because the attack section in the east gate is small, there are cliffs on both sides, the impact of wind and rain is smaller than that in the south gate, and the lethality of arrows does not decrease much. The rebels, whose roads are blocked by corpses and wounded, do not have much chance to strengthen the offensive. Yang Xi is not worried about a crisis in the east gate, but he could not have imagined that a critical situation would occur so soon in the south gate.

Yang Xi knew that he had to reinforce the South Gate immediately, so he immediately called Li Chengguang and Gao Shi to his side.

"General Li, General Gao, and you two are left to you. The South Gate is in danger. I led a group of troops to reinforce the South Gate!" Yang Xi patted Li Chengguang and Gao Shi on the shoulders and said with emotion: "The natural danger of the money gorge is no longer there, and the South Gate is very easy to be captured by the rebels. I can only lead my generals and the reserve team to reinforce!"

"Yes, Marshal! As long as the last general is here, he will never step on the rebels and step onto the city head!" Li Chengguang and Gao Shi answered almost in unison.
Chapter completed!