At noon on August 18, Cao Hua and many soldiers looked at the endless bandit camp in silence.

Dozens of temporary ladders are parked in places that cannot be shot outside for two miles, and are still increasing one after another.

Everyone knew that today was Fang La's most fierce attack. There were not many defenders in the city. They were determined to kill the thief and were unable to turn the world back.

Xie Yijun went to the city to recruit soldiers, but the effect was better than nothing. The gates of the gentry were closed, while the civilians were lying on the ground half-dead, and few people were willing to come to the Shura battlefield on the city wall.

It was at this time that a horse ran out of Fang La's army in the direction of Xicheng, strolling in the garden, and walked under the city wall with Fang La's headscarf.

The defenders on the city thought they were coming to envoys and called the chief officer to check them out. Fang La's army also thought they were sent out. Fang La in the tent saw them from afar and called Fang Qifo to ask who was sent to him.

As a result, after riding alone for a distance, he rode his horse and took out the Song Dynasty flag from his arms and waved it. It was the flag of the Kang Prince's Mansion.

When the Black Feather Guard saw it, he reacted and hurriedly used a powerful crossbow to cover it and put down the rope. Fang La's army in the distance also discovered it, and for a moment, the arrows sped out like springs.

Song Yang, the commander of the Hujie Army, waved a large gun in his hand like the wind, galloped in the rain of arrows, and rushed to the city wall with his own life, and was pulled up by the Black Feather Guard.

After hearing the news, Cao Hua ran to the front and looked at Song Yang who was black and hunched in hunchbacked clothes, for no reason:

"General Song, how did you run in?"

As the princess' nephew, Song Yang is definitely good at commanding the Hu Jie army, but his courage is still shocking.

Song Yang stood on the city wall, wiped the sweat from his face, and took off a large package from behind:

"Fang La's men have crept into many bandits in the world. I reported my name and went in. I arrived yesterday and only had the chance to come here today."

Fang La's troops are increasing at any time, and the management is naturally loose. Many people in the martial arts world, including a group of people, would join the rebel army by signing a name with a headscarf. They all brought their own weapons, and it was indeed easy to get involved in the water.

Cao Hua suddenly realized, took the big package, opened it and looked at it. It contained a full of hundreds of taels of official tickets, which were estimated to weigh dozens of kilograms.

Song Yang looked at the sparsely-seen city wall defenders with a little awe in his eyes:

"The prince cannot send troops, so he can only use a lot of money to recruit the people to defend the city. I heard the news on the way that Wang Shuai has accelerated his marching and the troops can arrive the day after tomorrow."

Hearing that reinforcements had arrived soon, Tong Shu was overjoyed when she heard this, she turned around and shouted loudly to the waiting guards:

"Did you hear that, since the reinforcements can arrive the day after tomorrow, you can guard for another two days, and for another two days!"

The civil servants such as Ye Juzhong were overjoyed, as if they had seen the dawn of victory. Many desperate defenders finally got a little bit of energy and held the swords and guns in their hands tightly. However, in the past two days, everyone knew that it was not easy to endure, and Fang La's army would inevitably be hysterical.

After Cao Hua received the military pay from King Kang, he had no time to greet Song Yang, so he found Ye Juzhong and his staff and sent someone to the city to release a message:

‘Anyone who climbs the city to help defend will be rewarded with fifty silver, and one enemy will be killed with hundreds of taels of silver’

As long as you climb up the city wall, you can directly receive fifty taels of silver, regardless of whether you kill or not, whether you are a man, woman, old or young.

Muzhou has been guarding for three days, which has already made the people feel a little trust. I also heard that reinforcements came the day after tomorrow, and there was money to get on the city wall, which attracted a lot of people.

There were originally 8,000 troops in Muzhou City, so there were naturally a lot of weapons reserves. Ye Juzhong sent people to open an armory and took out all the new and old armor bows and arrows. As long as those who could draw the bow were equipped with a bow and a pot of arrows, they would give them swords and guns. If they could not be pulled, they would be able to pour water on people. Just pour boiling oil down.

Everyone has herds. The more people run to the city, the more people run to the city. With the 500,000 taels of silver notes sent by King Kang, he dragged three thousand militias to the city and defended the city with the new soldiers, and led three or five people to defend the city by one.

That night, Fang La's army took advantage of the night to attack the city. More than 20,000 bandits were coming in a mighty manner. They were greeted by a crossbow formation that few Song Dynasty could take out. They shot thousands of feather arrows in a wave, and they didn't need to be accurate at all. They could shoot out of the city wall.

After the defenders solved the collision of the ladder, they resumed their tragic forced climb to the city.

However, this time, the simple work of throwing the wooden and rock-beating stones was handed over to recruit soldiers. The well-trained imperial guards let go of their hands and feet, just killing and sieging the people who climbed up.

To talk about the morale of both sides, Fang La's army was only a group of villagers who had just joined the army and had never even fought. There were people on the city who were afraid of war, and there were also many of them in Fang La's army.

With the heavy reward, Cao Hua's side was more stable. At least many people went for money, while Fang La's army relied on passion and incitement, and the rest were forcibly brought in.

As the defender of the city, Cao Hua already has the advantage of being a good place, and his armor rate is much higher than that of a group of miscellaneous soldiers on the other side. After the force reached 5 to 1, it was easier than the first day.

The shouts of killing outside Muzhou City were shocking the sky, and long ladders were pushed from time to time. People fell from the city wall with screams and screamed shrillly.

In the tent of the rebel army commander, Fang La looked at the Muzhou city in the distance with sweat and said angrily:

"How could so many defenders suddenly appear?"

Fang Qifo and many of his ministers all had a depressed expression. The remaining defenders in Muzhou City and the imperial guards in Xikeng were a wave of people. They thought that the officers and soldiers of Muzhou would collapse without fighting, so they seized the time to kill Muzhou.

Since ancient times, siege has been a bad strategy. If both sides have the same morale, it will cost at least ten times the force to pay a huge price to capture it. There are many examples of thousands of people defending ten thousand people. The best way is to siege the city and wait for the other party to run out of ammunition and food, but Fang La obviously can't afford to wait and can only attack the city.

It would be better if Cao Hua had not abandoned the city, he could fight with his absolute military advantage, but now thousands of people suddenly appeared on the other side. Even if they could only pour oil on, the rebels climbing onto the city wall could not withstand it. In just a few days, they could not consume Muzhou's supplies. The original good situation turned into a dead end.

Fang Fei was silent for a long time: "You can only attack hard. If reinforcements cannot be captured before they arrive, immediately change the route to attack Shezhou and join Lu Xinger's men."

This proposal is obviously a bit unrealistic. Even Muzhou, which has empty troops, has not been defeated. What can I do if I run to Shezhou with strong troops and strong horses?

Fang Qifo's face was solemn, and he looked at the map on the table. After a long time:

"I have a plan that should be feasible in the face of wealth and honor."

Many Fang La court officials turned their heads and looked at Fang Qifu...

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(There is no detailed description about attacking and defending the city. In ancient times, the city wall was not a wall, but a defense system with a mobile depth. There should be shooting towers on the horse surface of the city wall, strong crossbows and bed crossbows, high platforms inside the city wall, stone throwing machines and large bed crossbows, and under the city walls there are sheep and horse walls, moats, horse-repellent piles and other facilities. There should be a urn on the inside and outside the city gate. A more particular city will have small temporary fortresses set up on the periphery. If the city is close to the river, a river corridor should be set up and a fortress next to the river to protect the ferry.
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