"call out!"

The thick and long arrows from the god's arm bow roared out with firelight, and in the middle of the city was a "attack Haodongzi", a huge hook was set on the ladder, and the young and strong people who had changed one after another shouted

The chanters worked together to try to push down the huge ladder.

However, the huge gap in numbers cannot be made up by courage.

In addition to attacking Haodongzi and Yunlai, Li Chaojun also prepared a large number of bags filled with sand and soil. They would pile some of them on each time they attacked the city. After repeated dozens of sieges, in addition to a large number of corpses, there were also a large number of bags piled under the city.

Slowly it piled up into a slope.

There were only 2,800 troops in the entire Yongzhou City. Even if Su Yan and Tang Zizheng recruited the young men of Yongzhou City, only 8,000 people could go to the city to assist in the defense. After Li Chao's army successively

After several consecutive attacks on the city, the regular Xiang army had already been completely wiped out, with only less than 4,000 young men left.

"I didn't expect that some of the thieves would know the methods of Nangtubo City. Now it seems that the city wall cannot be defended."

Su Yan shot out the last long arrow from the Divine Arm Bow and said in a deep voice: "Get ready to fight with them in the city. If there are no reinforcements before sunset, I'm afraid the reinforcements won't be able to wait."

Are there any more reinforcements?

Qinzhou and Lianzhou were defeated in one attack. When the Li Dynasty's rebel troops surrounded Yongzhou, the entire Song Dynasty still didn't know what happened. Even if the news was spread, from Yongzhou to Bianjing, and then from Bianjing to Yongzhou

Prefecture, it will take seven or eight days at the fastest, plus the time for army mobilization, I am afraid that by the time reinforcements arrive, the entire Yongzhou city will have been reduced to dust.

Tang Zizheng was naturally aware of this. Hearing this, he just wrapped the long knife tightly in his hand with a piece of cloth. After humming, he asked, "Do you want me to give you a knife now?"

Su Yan glared at Tang Zizheng and said, "No need! I will tell you in advance when needed."

…

"The Song army can no longer hold on."

Li Changjie stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The city is about to be destroyed, so I would like to ask His Highness to reward Xu Baixiang. If he hadn't offered him a way to sacrifice the land and thin the city, I'm afraid this Yongzhou city wouldn't be so easy to attack."

"It's just a few rewards, the Taiwei can arrange them as he sees fit, and the lonely king will follow them all."

Prince Hong Zhen also smiled and said: "If there are more traitors like Xu Baixiang in the Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry about the failure of great things!"

After finishing speaking, Prince Hong Zhen simply stood up and said: "That's all, if we continue to delay like this, I'm afraid the gates of Yongzhou City will be opened. Why don't the Taiwei go into the city with the lonely king, so that he can teach those Song Dynasties

Have you ever seen the magnificence of a Taiwei?"

Li Changjie stroked his beard and hummed, bowed and said: "Your Highness, please."

When the two of them came out of the tent together, Li Changjie said to Xu Baixiang who was standing outside the tent: "How about you go into the city with His Highness and this Lieutenant. If Su Mian is captured, you can persuade him to surrender. How about it?"

Xu Baixiang was immediately overjoyed and immediately bowed down and said, "I thank you, Your Highness, for your grace! Thank you, Lieutenant, for your grace!"

Hong Zhen nodded, hummed and said: "The Song Dynasty court is weak and incompetent and cannot see Mr. Xu's talent, but the lonely king can see it, and so can the father. After the city is broken, Mr. Xu will be

How about this new magistrate of Yongzhou?"

Xu Baixiang simply prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowed and said: "How can a little man be so virtuous? Thanks to Your Highness for not giving up, I am willing to lead the horse and hold the stirrup for His Highness!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Baixiang simply stood up, trotted to the groom's side, took the horse's rein from the groom's hand, led the horse to the front and back of Hong Zhen, and then bowed and said: "Your Highness, please mount the horse."

Hong Zhen gave a faint hum, got on the horse, took the reins from Xu Baixiang's hand, lightly tapped the horse's belly with his legs, and shouted: "Enter the city!"

…

"It's a huge shame this time."

Tang Zi, who was half lying in Su Yan's arms, was trembling non-stop. He vomited out a mouthful of bruised blood before he said angrily: "I also said that I would give you a ride if I had to, but now it seems that I want you to give me a ride first anyway.

It’s done.”

Su Yan grabbed Tang Zizheng's right arm, which had lost its hand, and whispered: "Brother, wait for me, don't leave too hastily, let's go to Huangquan Road together."

But Tang Zizheng frowned and said, "I won't wait for you. I've scolded you a lot these past two days. If you still hit me when I'm a ghost, I'll be in big trouble."

After finishing speaking, sweat was pouring from Tang Zizheng's forehead, and Tang Zizheng whispered again: "Hurry up, give me a good time, don't let me fall into the hands of monkeys, I can't afford to lose that person."

Su Yan nodded, and after letting go of Tang Zizheng's right arm, he suddenly picked up the hand-relieving knife next to him and stabbed Tang Zizheng's heart fiercely.

"Thank...thank you."

Tang Zizheng spat out a mouthful of blood, tilted his head to the left, and completely lost his voice. Su Yan picked up Tang Zizheng's body with his backhand, walked into his yard, and turned a deaf ear to the cries of death outside the yard.

Su Yan's mother, wife and children were all standing in the yard. Seeing Su Yan carrying Tang Zizheng's body into the yard, Su's mother asked, "But we can't hold on anymore?"

Su Yan nodded, put down Tang Zizheng's body, straightened his clothes, knelt down to Su's mother, and worshiped: "My child is incompetent. He has the emperor's mandate, but he can't defend Yongzhou City, and he can't protect Yongzhou."

common people.”

Su's mother said: "Then why are you back? Since you know that you have the emperor's mandate, you should go to the battlefield and hide at home. Do you want to escape with your life? If so, just run away for your life.

Walk."

Su Mian kowtowed to Mother Su again and said with tears: "My child is unfilial, so I'm here...I'm here to send my mother, my wife, and the children on the road together to avoid falling into the hands of thieves."

But Mother Su laughed, paused the crutch in her hand, and said, "Okay! Okay!"

The so-called loyalty includes great loyalty and small loyalty, and filial piety also includes great filial piety and small filial piety. As a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, my son should be an official, a court official, and loyal to the country of the Great Song Dynasty. This is great loyalty! Today I, the Su family, are together

On the day of death in Yongzhou, you send me off with your own hands. My mother will say that you are a great filial piety!

If you succumb to being a thief, you will be considered unfilial even if you live in this world! Now that my son wants to be loyal to the Song Dynasty, there is no reason for me to stop you as a mother. This front yard and back yard are already full of people.

After you send the old man on his way, you will light all the firewood to prevent the bones from falling into the hands of thieves."

"yes."

Su Yan kowtowed again, and when he stood up again, tears were streaming down his face.

Mother, wife, son, daughter-in-law, and grandson who was still learning to speak, Su Yan personally sent the whole family of thirty-seven people on their way. By the time the last person was killed, the sadness on Su Yan's face was gone.

After taking the torch and throwing it at the firewood filled with oil, Su Yan suddenly shouted loudly: "Even if I die, I will never die at the hands of thieves!"
Chapter completed!