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After Yang Xi arranged all the defenses, he ignored Chen Xuanli and other generals who had just arrived, and went up to the city gate tower. Feeling that they had been treated coldly but unable to complain, Chen Xuanli and his generals hesitated for a while and followed Yang Xi up.

Climb the tower.

The war was approaching, and they did not dare to say or do anything disruptive at the critical moment. If they said or did anything against Yang Xi, Yang Xi, who held the "Shang Fang Sword", would behead them in public without being blamed by the emperor.

Huoba Quyen and Bian Lingcheng had already been beheaded by Yang Xi before, and they did not want to become the third high-ranking general to be beheaded in public.

Just when Chen Xuanli and other generals followed Yang Xi to the city gate tower, the rebels had already charged to the east edge of the forbidden ditch. Countless bamboos and wooden rafts came with the rebels' attack, even blocking their sight for a time, making it difficult to see clearly.

How many men and horses were charging behind the bamboo and wooden rows? Just when the sand and dust carried by the rebels rolled to the east edge of the Forbidden ditch, the generals commanding on the top of the city had already ordered the sergeants to start shooting in turns.

However, the poor shooting effect was beyond the surprise of the generals of the Tang Army, because when the arrow flew to the east edge of the Forbidden Valley, it was almost at the end of the crossbow, and most of its strength was lost. In the process of falling, several rebels worked together to lift the arrow.

The bamboo and wooden rows formed a very good "shield", and they were oversized shields. Many arrows were blocked by the bamboo and wooden rows, and the shooting effect was far less effective than when the rebels started to attack the city yesterday.

Yesterday when the rebels attacked the city, the shooting effect was almost like cutting straw. The rebel attack was very difficult, but today the situation has completely changed. Only a few rebels were shot to the ground, and a large number of rebels rushed to the edge of the forbidden ditch.

Unclear bamboo and wooden rafts were thrown into the forbidden ditch, which was quickly filled up. Only after the charging rebels threw down the bamboo and wooden rafts were a large number of them shot to death and wounded.

However, the sergeants holding bamboo and wooden platoons quickly rushed up again. When the rebels started to attack with bamboo and wooden platoons, the formation was not dense. Their original purpose was to fill up the forbidden trench to prepare for the subsequent intensive attack.

Charge paves the way.

Under normal circumstances, four to five sergeants charge with a bamboo raft or wooden raft. They rush to the forbidden ditch, throw the bamboo and wooden raft into the forbidden ditch, and then immediately retreat or rush down the forbidden ditch directly to prepare for the follow-up.

The soldiers from the Bamboo Platoon who were charging again got out of the way.

The effect of this attack method is quite obvious. A large number of bamboos and wooden rafts are thrown into the ditch, filling up the forbidden ditch, but the damage itself is not high.

This surprised Chen Xuanli and others. They did not expect that when the rebels began to attack the city, they would use bamboo and wooden rafts to pave the road and fill in the forbidden ditch.

The rebels filled the Forbidden ditch with large rows of bamboo and wood. Anyone can guess what they will do next. As long as the Forbidden ditch is filled, the war that follows will be very cruel. Tongguan City will become a bloody slaughterhouse. In the end,

No one can predict how the battle will turn out.

But at this time, Yang Xi was still standing calmly on the city gate tower. He was not afraid or nervous at all about the rebels' attack on the city. He looked confident, which surprised Chen Xuanli even more. Yang Xi, Yang Guozhong is such a talented person

When did my seventeen-year-old son become so calm and resolute, as if he was a general who had commanded countless battles? His generals Wang Sili and Pang Zhong actually obeyed him. You must know that not long ago, Wang Sili

He and Pang Zhong also suggested that Ge Shuhan rob and kill Yang Guozhong! Is it difficult to understand?

However, the fighting outside the city became more and more intense, causing Chen Xuanli and others to devote all their attention to the fighting outside the city.

More bamboo and wooden rafts were thrown into the forbidden ditch, and a long section of the forbidden ditch was soon gradually raised, and eventually it was almost level with the east edge.

During this process, although the Tang troops on the top of the city were taking turns to shoot, the impact of the arrows was not good. Not many rebel soldiers were shot to death. Thousands of pieces of bamboo and wooden rafts were thrown into the forbidden ditch. .

"The cruel bloody battle is about to begin!" This was Chen Xuanli's emotion after seeing the forbidden ditch slowly being filled up.

He also wanted to see what countermeasures Yang Xi would take after the rebels attacked the city on a large scale.

However, Yang Xi did not issue any new orders, and the number of arrows fired from the top of the city did not increase, nor did the interval between each round of shooting shorten.

Cui Qianyou, who commanded the siege, couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw how easily the Forbidden ditch was filled up.

But I also felt annoyed, why didn't I take this strategy during the siege yesterday?

If we had acted as we did today, we might have captured Tongguan, and the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers would not have been wasted.

After receiving a report from the sergeant that the nearly one-mile forbidden ditch had been basically filled, and the sergeant could directly cross the ditch to attack the city, Cui Qianyou immediately gave the order to attack the city with all his strength.

Following Cui Ganyou's order, nearly 20,000 sergeants who had already lined up in preparation, urged by war drums, let out earth-shattering howls and rushed towards the Forbidden ditch like a tide. The sergeants in the front row were still holding bamboo and wooden rafts. Later, the rows of bamboo and wood with a larger shielding range could withstand the arrows of the Tang army to a certain extent, preventing the charging sergeants in the front row from being knocked over by arrows from the top of the city.

The charging sergeants holding bamboo rafts rushed to the east edge of the Forbidden ditch, threw the bamboo rafts and wooden rafts they held to other bamboo rafts in the Forbidden ditch, filled in some uneven places, and then raised their shields. , crossing the cover and charging towards the city. The sergeant carrying the ladder behind accelerated the charge, hoping to bring the ladder back to the top of the city in one go.

Soon, the bamboo piled up in the forbidden ditch and the rafts were filled with rebel soldiers. At this time, the arrows fired by the Tang army on the city began to become denser. Tens of thousands of arrows were shot at the heads of the rebels in turn. One after another, the rebel soldiers fell down with arrows, and then became the bedding on the rafts of bamboo and wood.

The sergeant who was lucky enough to avoid being shot and charged continued to step on the corpse of his comrade.

After the first wave of 20,000 rebels charged intensively, the following rebel sergeants did not pause and followed the attack with even greater momentum.

When the rebels rushed into the forbidden ditch on a large scale and began to climb the west edge of the forbidden ditch, preparing to return the ladder to the Tongguan city wall, Yang Xi on the city gate tower issued a new order.

As Yang Xixin's order was issued, a steady stream of hay was being transported up from the city gate tower. With the combined efforts of the throwing machine and the sergeant, the hay was thrown very densely into the forbidden ditch below the city. The hot oil was also thrown out in large quantities by the throwing machine. After a certain amount of hay and hot oil were thrown out, countless rockets were fired at the hay that fell densely on the heads of the rebels in the forbidden trench.

As the rocket fell, the hay was immediately ignited.

The subsequent hay and hot oil continued to be thrown out, and soon a raging fire broke out in the forbidden ditch, and quickly ignited the bamboo and wooden rafts used by the rebels to pave the forbidden ditch, and the rebels who intensively charged into the forbidden ditch quickly ignited The military sergeant was caught in the sea of ​​​​fire in just a moment.

This situation stunned Chen Xuanli, who was watching the battle on the city gate tower, and other generals who had just arrived with reinforcements.

No one expected that the situation on the battlefield would change like this. The forbidden ditch that was flooded yesterday turned into a "fire ditch". The blazing fire was roasting the Tang Army sergeants on the city wall and devouring a large number of rebels.

The lives of military sergeants.

Just as the rebel sergeants on the east edge of the Forbidden Valley were in chaos due to the increasingly fierce fire, and the situation was on the verge of getting out of control, the suspension bridge in the direction of the south gate was quickly lowered, and the closed south gate of Tongguan was opened. Wang Sili led three thousand elite soldiers
Chapter completed!