There are not many people of 3,000, and it is just a temptation.

By the time the ten siege engines reached the moat, they were within range of the defenders' crossbows. The crossbowmen in the rebel army on the outer wall of Yangzhou City, under the command of the commander, were full of bows and arrows. In a matter of moments, a rain of locust-like arrows poured down on the besieging forces.

The shield-bearers on either side stepped forward, their giant shields held high. The dense sound of "bells" continued to sound, most of the arrow rain was blocked by the giant shield, and after a few unlucky soldiers were hit by arrows, the robes beside them were still buried forward.

When the continuous rain of arrows disappeared and the crossbowmen on the city wall rotated, the shield soldiers immediately squatted, and the archers hiding behind the giant shield stood up, and they were not allowed to deliberately aim, and the dense defenders on the city wall were the best targets.

In the face of the rain of arrows, the defenders only need to squat, and the high female wall is the best barrier.

Under several rounds of arrow showdowns, the defenders had the advantage of a high position, killing and wounding many soldiers besieging the city, but their own losses were not large.

When the siege vehicles marched to the edge of the moat, more than a dozen big men pushed out the flying bridges that had been prepared for a long time. The flybridge is simple to make, two long logs are nailed to the top of the plank, for easy handling, and two wooden wheels can be installed below. There is a cloud in "Liutao": "There is a gate for crossing the ditch and flying bridge, which is one foot wide and five feet wide, and more than two feet long." ”

The rebels dug the moat wide enough, and the ordinary flying bridge could not reach, so the siege was convenient to transform it into a folding bridge, and the same flying bridge was removed from the wooden wheels and connected to the original flying bridge with a wheel, and when it marched to the moat, pull the rope, and the folded flying bridge would stand up, and after falling, it would be built on the opposite bank of the moat.

After the flying bridge was erected, the shield soldiers were still in front, the archers were second, and ten rushing carts stepped on the flying bridge under the impetus of the soldiers.

When the defenders rained down on arrows, the team slowed down slightly, and when their archers counterattacked, the team picked up the pace. Slowly, slowly, quickly, the siege force did not take long to cross the moat.

On the gate tower of the main city wall of Yangzhou City, Li Yi led a group of strategists behind him to silently look at the scene under the city wall in the distance.

"Wang Zhonghei, of course, is worthy of his name!" Looking at the strict and orderly siege troops under the city, Li Yi sighed with emotion.

"Military division, the city wall of Yangzhou is already tall, and the city gate is also made of a century-old hardwood, and it is covered with iron plates, even the outer wall is unusually wide and thick, Wang Zhongsi wants to rely on a few rushing cars to break into the door, it is simply wishful thinking!"

Li Yi ignored him, but continued to stare at the siege troops under the city wall that had crossed the moat, and said in a deep voice: "Wang Zhonghe, this is the idea of attacking the two watchtowers outside the city!"

Sure enough, as soon as Li Yi finished speaking, the ten siege vehicles under the city divided into two teams and rushed straight towards the watchtowers on both sides. The shield men and archers remained in their original positions during the deflection and march, continuing to suppress the archers on the city walls to buy time for the infantry.

Wang Zhongsi's choice of the main place of attack is the west gate of Yangzhou City, originally the north gate is the closest, but there is a large area of water outside the north gate, which is not conducive to the infantry lineup. Not far from the west gate is the mountain, which is lined with grass and trees, which is convenient for the siege troops to build siege equipment. Although the rebels had cut down many tall trees before, how could the vast mountains be cut down all at once?

For this reason, both the offensive and defensive sides have a tacit understanding to deploy the main forces to the West Gate. Outside the west gate was originally a gathering area, where merchants from the east gathered, and a small market gradually emerged according to Yangzhou City, with chaotic buildings. Originally, it shouldn't be like this outside the city gate, but Yangzhou has been peaceful for a hundred years, and the merchants are gathered and rich all over the world, and the government is not easy to strictly manage what the businessmen want to do on the side of the city wall. What's more, in these seemingly messy shops, I don't know how many big families in the city have their properties, and where does the government manage them?

Li Yi naturally did not have these scruples after taking Yangzhou, and after learning that Wang Zhongji had sent troops, he sent people to destroy all the buildings outside the West Gate. In situ, the fortifications were intensified, and an outer wall and two watchtowers rose from the ground.

But because it is newly built, the rice milk between the masonry has not dried up, how can Wang Zhonghe, as a famous general in a hundred battles, not notice it?

Three thousand men and ten rushing carts were both a test and an opportunity to tear down these newly built fortifications. The outer walls are as wide as one zhang, but the watchtowers are at most a foot thick, and they naturally become the target of the siege party's attack.

Ten rushing cars braved the rain of arrows in the sky, and marched towards the two watchtowers with difficulty. There are also defenders on the watchtower, the main general will see the rushing car attacking, it is also a big urgency, the watchtower is newly built, I am afraid that I can't stand the impact of several rounds of rushing car. To this end, the master anxiously ordered the archers to shoot with all their might.

In this way, the besieging troops were faced with a double rain of arrows from the front and the flanks at the same time, and even with the support of shield men and archers, they still suffered heavy losses.

When the infantry on the cart saw this, they had to shout in unison and exert all their strength. The rushing car accelerated suddenly, and the last few zhang distance was finally crossed with difficulty under the combined force of the infantry.

The dull loud sound of "knock knock ......" continued to sound, the bumping column made of thick logs continued to hit the outer wall of the watchtower, the slurry that had not yet dried up could not exert the best viscosity, under the impact of the thick bumping column, shallow depressions had begun to appear, and the cracks between the masonry were getting bigger and bigger.

The guard on the watchtower ordered the guards to step up the attack, and rang the bronze bell in the watchtower to report to the city.

Li Yi in the city gate tower saw it, and his brows furrowed deeply.

"Strategist, let me go! As soon as the sledgehammer comes out, keep and smash these broken cars!" Qin Gang has not seen blood for many days, and he has already been itching, and when he saw that the watchtower was in a hurry, he hurriedly asked for battle.

Li Yi glanced at him and nodded slowly: "You take two thousand men and horses out of the city and scatter them, just defeat them, don't pursue!"

"Okay!" After Qin Gang got the order, he was overjoyed! Turned around and went down the city gate tower, and after a shout, Qin Gang, who was neatly dressed, rode an unusually tall war horse, led the two thousand infantry of the headquarters, opened the city gate, and rushed out with a roar.

The outer wall and the main wall are separated by a mile, and in the middle is the urn city with ravines, and Qin Gang runs along the only wide avenue from the main gate to the gate of the outer wall.

Before anyone arrived, the voice came first: "Bah!

The gatekeeper of the outer wall had received the vital power of the main wall, and had already sent men to wait at the gate. Seeing Qin Gang rushing towards him, several sturdy soldiers desperately turned the roulette, and the huge outer wall gate slowly opened.

Qin Gang took the lead and rushed out, followed by two thousand men and horses.

"You take fifteen hundred people over there, and the others will rush at Lao Tzu for his mother!" Qin Gang turned his head and ordered to the lieutenant general beside him as soon as he went out.

The deputy general is also a brother who has cooperated for many years, and after the order, he greeted him, and the two thousand men and horses were divided into two teams and rushed to the two watchtowers respectively!

Before Qin Gang arrived, a loud shout came, and several nearby soldiers immediately had eardrums hurt!

In the middle of the roar, a huge black shadow flew in, and before the soldiers could turn their heads and see what was coming, they were smashed by the huge hammer thrown by Qin Gang, and the red and white filth suddenly splashed the faces of the nearby soldiers.

"Ahhh......h

After the infantry behind the rushing body was emptied, Qin Gang stepped forward and shouted, and the hammer he had just picked up in his hand was thrown out again.

"Bang!" There was a loud bang, and the rushing car that was close to Qin Gang shattered, crashing into the pillar and falling, and the sawdust flew in a row, and the burst of wood shot out again, wounding the nearby infantry again.

Qin Gang didn't stop after destroying the rushing car, and drove forward and ran towards the next rushing car!

The infantry that followed quickly inserted along the opening that Qin Gang had broken, and in an instant they were joined by the besieging troops, and under the handover of short troops, it was difficult to distinguish each other for a while. And a moment later, a loud bang came again, and another rushing car was destroyed by Qin Gang!

On the other side, Deputy General Qin Gang, who had the advantage of numbers, also achieved remarkable results, destroying a rushing car almost at the same time.

Ten miles away in Wang Zhongsi's camp, on a well more than three zhang high, Wang Zhongsi looked at the scene under the city of Yangzhou, and said with a faint smile: "I don't want the rebels to have such a warrior!"

As soon as these words came out, several people behind Wang Zhongsi showed unhappiness.

"Great commander, the last general is willing to lead the troops into battle, and he will definitely be able to capture this fang alive!" a man who was nine feet tall and had rough limbs asked for battle.

Wang Zhongsi turned his head to look at him, nodded with a smile, and said, "It's okay, then you can go!

"No!" The rough general turned to go down, and after a while, the camp gate was wide open, and the rough general was dressed in bright light armor, holding a huge horse lance, riding a high-headed horse, leading three thousand cavalry, roaring towards the outer city of Yangzhou!

The sound of horses' hooves was deafening, and the earth seemed to tremble!

The cavalry was swift and arrived in front of the moat in a matter of moments, and the crossbowmen on the outer wall hurriedly put down the siege of the infantry under the watchtower, and instead rained down the cavalry that was pouring in like a tide.

The 3,000 cavalry were the elite brought by Wang Zhongsi from the northwest, and their cavalry and archery were first-class, even compared to the steppe peoples.

I saw that the three thousand cavalry did not run towards the ten flying bridges on the moat, but approached the moat from the direction slightly to the north, and when Kankan approached the river bank, they suddenly pulled their horses to the right and ran towards the south in unison!

However, at the moment when the soldiers turned the corner, the knights on the horses stood up one after another, and their hands were already full of bows and arrows.

The sound of "whoosh" continued to sound, and 3,000 arrows rained down on the outer wall!

In the first month of the thirteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan came to the court, tasted the secret music, and Yunlu Mountain had the opposite. Xuanzong didn't listen. In November of the fourteenth year, Lushan rebelled and called the soldiers. In December, Ding Wei fell into Tokyo. Xin Chou, the crown prince supervised the country, and still sent the army of the pro-general to discuss. Shi Lushan was named after Yang Guozhong, and the soldiers and civilians cut their teeth at the Yang family.