This series of assassinations and anti-targeting and pursuit have had a considerable impact on both sides fighting on the city wall.

Originally, when the rebels saw that their masters might kill the chief general of the official army, they were really looking forward to it and thought they were sure to win. But after a short moment, the situation reversed, but their masters were killed and fled in a panic, and finally fell directly into the city without knowing life and death.

This made their morale suddenly decline and their attacks weakened.

On the contrary, everyone was a little worried. When the assassin appeared, he was even worried that General Zhang would be killed. But then it turned into killing the enemy down the city, which made everyone feel relaxed and their morale increased sharply. When they turned around and fought with the rebels, they became more and more courageous and brave. They shouted angrily and rushed to the enemy formation.

With this increase and decrease, the battle situation at the city wall was completely reversed. The rebels, which could have suppressed the government army and moved forward step by step, began to retreat immediately. In the end, they were killed so much that they could not even stand on the city wall. Under the impact of Zhang Jing's sword opening the way, people kept running away in panic, and some even fell into the city.

The defeated elephant suddenly appeared. Seeing countless soldiers turning back and fleeing down the city like flocks driven by evil wolves, the Cai family members below couldn't believe their eyes: "How is this possible? Didn't there be any masters going up to kill their chief general? Why did they turn around and kill our people to retreat step by step?"

"Where is that master? Didn't he be killed by the government army, right..."

All kinds of uneasy statements spread among the crowd below, and Cai Dechang had no time to stop him. He could no longer send people to the city to support him, because the people around him all showed fear and panic, and they kept retreating.

And at this moment, a more terrifying scene happened behind you.

Far east, a horn sound suddenly erupted, followed by a faint sound of killing. Finally, a little more fire light came towards Fancheng from the farther direction of Xiangyang. Although the fire lights were a little far away, they came quickly when they looked carefully, obviously running along a thoroughfare without any obstacles.

"This is..." When I saw this unexpected scene, Cai Dechang and the others were obviously stunned for a moment, and then they suddenly realized, "It's the floating bridge, and the floating bridge over there has been opened by them again!"

"How is this possible..." This answer is more surprising and unacceptable than the failure on the South Gate in front of you, and the impact it brings to everyone is also stronger.

What does the loss of the floating bridge mean? It means that Fancheng they just captured is no longer an independent existence, which means that the elite officials in Xiangyang can come quickly and suppress the entire audience, which means that they can no longer deceive the officers and soldiers of Yiziying and other camp for their own use; it also means that their defeat is decided!

Cai Zhiyi's face turned pale. Until then, he finally reacted and muttered in a low voice: "We have been trapped. We have been trapped by Li Ling from the beginning... He asked someone to seize the South Gate to follow up on Fancheng, but in fact his real goal is not here, but on the floating bridge.

"And we... we ignored this layer at all, and we also drew the elite soldiers who should have been guarding the pontoon bridge to seize the South Gate, so that they could easily take down the pontoon bridge and open the passage between Xiangfan and the two cities... It's over, now it's over..." Anyway, he was completely desperate and couldn't think of any way to come.

Also desperate were the many Cai clans around them. As natives in Fancheng, they knew very well how important the floating bridge was. So they broke the floating bridge as soon as possible, but in the end, they still failed to defend this crucial life and death barrier.

At this time, in addition to the sound of trumpets, there were also dong dong drums that kept ringing from the east. Countless torches gathered into a stream, sweeping towards the entire Fancheng with a overwhelming momentum. Obviously, the government army was taking a desperate bet this time and sent out all its troops, and they actually wanted to completely capture Fancheng in one breath!

"What should I do?" Everyone had such a problem, and then they all looked at Cai Dechang. As the leader of the clan and as the decider and leader of this rebellion, at this point, he naturally had to make a decision.

Cai Dechang was also full of panic at this time and his body trembled constantly. Even he couldn't think of a countermeasure. He had been bewitched by some people before and thought of doing a big fuss. After all, in his opinion, the officials and soldiers here in Xiangfan were all native chickens and tiles. As long as he took action, he could successfully take down the entire Xiangfan.

But who would have thought that after the official named Li Ling appeared, everything would be different...

In his original design, due to the disaster last year, the entire Huguang would lose people and have an astonishing grain shortage. At this time, the Cai family would attack the local wealthy families such as the Fan family and Hu family. On the surface, they relied on buying a large amount of land to earn a lot of benefits, but in fact, they were to disrupt the entire Huguang and make the people more distrustful of the government. At that time, Huguang would become a pile of dry firewood. It would be enough to light a fire in Xiangfan to burn the entire Huguang into a prairie fire.

But as a result, the first plan was completely broken with the emergence of Li Ling. Not only was the grain price in Suizhou suppressed, but the grain price in other prefectures could not be raised because he kept taking out the grain. This made the lives of the people of Huguang a lot better, and naturally it was impossible for many people to respond to the rebellion.

Then something happened to the Luotian Sect.

The original agreement was that Fancheng would be taken down by their Cai family, while Xiangyang was under the control of the Luotian Sect, and then the two sides joined forces to easily grasp the warrior's city.

But just yesterday, Xiangyang suddenly changed, and there were many chaos before the agreed time was reached. This forced the Cai family to cooperate with Jue and launch a mutiny in Fancheng... Although all this was implemented too hastily, fortunately, Cai family had successfully arranged it and completed everything quickly.

But who would have thought that the official army in Xiangyang actually came earlier and took advantage of its unstable foothold to snatch the South Gate, which made Fan Cheng unable to fully control it. Then the current battle and the final floating bridge were taken away...

This feeling of frustration that was about to be accomplished but failed at the last moment was too hurtful. After standing there for a long time, Cai Dechang suddenly opened his mouth and couldn't say anything. Instead, he spit out an old blood first...

"Dad..." The sons were immediately panicked and quickly supported him, patted his back and stroked his chest, and the panic in their eyes became deeper. What should we do?

After a while, he got better. He ignored the blood on his chest and said tremblingly: "At this point, we have no way out, we can only rely on the Luotian Sect. I don't think that in Xiangyang they will be completely destroyed in just one day, and there must be someone hiding in the dark. Now Li Ling and the others have sent all their troops to Fancheng, and they have given them a chance."

"What about us? How should we do it?"

"Retreat first, withdraw from Fancheng, and then come back." Even though he said that, Cai Dechang still maintained a certain calmness and made the most secure decision. It is unrealistic to continue to fight head-on with the government army. Not to mention that the Yi camp is no longer usable for his own use, even if it can still be used, can those little troops really stop the government army?

"Where can you retreat? The south gate is not open at all..."

"Go to Ximen, the farther away from Xiangyang, the better!"

With Cai Dechang's final order, the Cai family's defeated generals moved quickly, and did not care about the situation on the city wall. They were as anxious as a family dog, heading straight to the east of the city.

The government troops on the city naturally saw all this. There were many soldiers who were willing to take the opportunity to pursue them in order to eliminate these rebellions in one fell swoop, but in the end they were stopped by Zhang Jing: "Our duty is to seize the south gate of Fancheng and then guard this place. Lord Li has his own arrangements for other matters, so we don't need to interfere with the matter! The entire army obeyed the orders, rested on the spot, and guarded the city tightly, and did not relax at all!"

If the rebels are taking retreat as a step forward, they may be able to counterattack if they catch up, so it is better to stay here first and wait for the next order. As Li Ling's deputy, Zhang Jing's judgment on this severity is quite clear.

...

The official army was so powerful that they went from the floating bridge to Fancheng, and even the rebels at the south gate of Fancheng could see clearly, and naturally, the city of Xiangyang was well known.

For many people in the city, they naturally hope that the government army could quickly quell the chaos, but they did not dare to leave the house after all. They could only pray to the gods and Buddhas in the sky at home, asking for blessings from the gods and Buddhas, and everything could be restored to its original state, and the government army could quell the rebellion as soon as possible.

However, some people didn't think so. When they observed in the dark that there were so many torches rolling towards Fancheng in the direction of the floating bridge, they suddenly became energetic: "This is really the true God of Sun and Moon to bless me with the immortality of the Holy Church. Then Li Ling was obviously too self-righteous and really regarded my Holy Church as nothing!

"Now, it is the best time for my Holy Sect to fight back, attack the government, rescue the elders and the others, and retake Xiangyang!"

The person who spoke was Zhao Chenghuang's confidant Pei Zhui. He looked excited at this moment, and his eyes were fixed on Thunder Lightning. "Lei Guardian, now the most noble person in this city is in your status. I hope you can stand up and lead us to win the defeat!"

"Please ask the Thunder Protector to take us to win in the defeat and take Xiangyang!" More than ten other people also asked loudly.

Thunder Tingguang, who had just escaped from the pursuit of the government army, was silent for a while. After a long eye contact with these sects, he finally made up his mind: "Okay, then you can follow me to kill into the government office, save people first, and then seize the city!"
Chapter completed!