Midnight just came, and it was the darkest hour. Yao Wuyi seemed to be unable to bear the insults of the other party, so he launched another onslaught. Before this time the scale is larger, it seems that it is going to be done in one battle.

At the same time, rumbling war drums sounded on the towers.

"Brothers cheer up, I'll kill a few more later, let's continue to drink on the Huangquan Road!"

"Okay!"

Yin Che secretly ran behind Ji Xiuyuan and said, "Xiuyuan, do you see if General Yao can do it this time, tens of thousands of people have died during the day."

Ji Xiuyuan sneered in his heart, this old guy must be worried that Yao Wuyi's casualties would be too large, and he would have to send troops to support.

"General Yao is not so easily provoked, and he should be sure of victory when he chooses to launch a general attack at this time."

"That's good, that's good", Yin Che showed a lewd smile, and secretly ordered his subordinates to be ready to rush into the city at any time to grab credit.

But to be honest, Ji Xiuyuan didn't know what Yao Wuyi would do next.

The fierce fighting continued, and the shouts of killing played a sad song in this dark night. How many people can return to the ancient war?

I don't know if it was an illusion or a little confused after drinking, the Stygian Water soldiers on the city tower found that Yao Wuyi's army seemed to be large this time, but it was far less fierce than during the day. I often set up a ladder, climbed a few steps, and quickly withdrew when I saw that the situation was not good.

He no longer uses a heavy crossbow to attack the city gate like he does during the day, but he keeps shooting arrows at the castle tower, but the effect is very mediocre. In this way, the fighting lasted about an hour, and the total loss of both sides was less than 5,000 men, and the casualties were greatly reduced compared with the daytime.

After another half an hour or so, the city seemed to be ready to withdraw. Just when everyone was puzzled, suddenly an earth-shattering noise shook the sky.

The soldiers on the tower only felt a tremble under their feet, as if something had collapsed, and then they saw the earth-shattering fire rushing towards the tower. After a while, soldiers came to report that the south gate had collapsed, and a huge gap had been blown open in the city wall.

Yang Li's face turned pale, and he lost his voice and said: "It's saltpeter! How can this be."

Han Ping looked at the sky-high firelight and the crowd rushing over with black pressure, and said tragically: "Prepare to fight to the death!"

The corners of Yao Wuyi's mouth finally showed a cold smile, and he glanced at Ji Xiuyuan: "What do you think I've been preparing for a few days, I have already asked people to dig a tunnel leading to the city gate, and buried a large amount of saltpeter, just wait for it to get dark before someone can sneak in."

Yin Che smiled all over his face, gave a thumbs up and praised: "General Yao is like a god, and this battle is enough to go down in history." Let's hurry into the city." Thinking that he was about to set foot in the richest city of the Underworld, Yin Che's eyes lit up and he was excited.

Ji Xiuyuan was taken aback, and thought of something: "Will the soldiers who entered the tunnel have time to withdraw?"

Yao Wuyi didn't think so: "This is their most glorious moment!"

Ji Xiuyuan looked at the colleague with a sinister face in front of him, and extreme discomfort swelled in his heart, but he still persuaded him: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Jinghua City, I see that the number of defenders on the city tower this time is much smaller than expected, and after entering the city, I hope that the general will act cautiously and kill less!"

Yao Wuyi didn't see the imaginary envy and jealousy on Ji Xiuyuan's face, and he was very unhappy in his heart, and he was about to pour cold water on him again at this moment. Snorted coldly: "I Yao has been on the battlefield for more than 20 years, but I don't need you to teach, remember that you are only a deputy general now!"

Just when the two were arguing, Chu Feiyan and his party, who were far away in the coke forest, also heard this loud noise and hurried over.

On the morning of June 22, the south gate of Jinghua City was captured, and Han Ping, the general who defended the city, and more than 20,000 soldiers of the underworld were all killed, and Yang Li, the old man of the military department, was nowhere to be found.

After the capture of the South Gate, Yao Wuyi immediately ordered the slaughter of the city and looted the property. However, digging three feet into the ground failed to find anything decent, Yin Che was so angry that his face turned green, and he didn't approve of the slaughter of the city, he also felt that this move could relieve his hatred, and Ji Xiuyuan's persuasion finally ended in failure.

The bodies of large numbers of soldiers and civilians who had not had time to flee were hung from ruined towers, hung from trees on the side of the street, and thrown into ditches. The blood soaked the entire street red, the smell of burning, the stench of corpses, and in just one day it seemed to be purgatory.

Filled with despair and wailing, the enemy has no mercy or sympathy, and the iron hooves ruthlessly trample on the once prosperous land and trample on the dignity of the living.

Due to the large number of troops, the roads in the city were relatively narrow. Instead, it caused congestion and inconvenience on the march, so Ji Xiuyuan led an army of about 150,000 people from outside the city to the east gate, and Yao Wuyi led the rest of the army directly north.

In the face of the upcoming tough battle, perhaps out of innate keen intuition, Yin Che only left 20,000 or 30,000 people to follow Yao Wuyi, and he took 80,000 people to follow Ji Xiu to the east gate. Meet at Long An Square outside the palace.

At this time, there were only about 10,000 defenders left at the south gate, which Yao Wuyi agreed to at Ji Xiuyuan's strong request.

According to his assumption, there was no need to consider a retreat, and even if the situation changed, there was Jing Shuai and 50,000 elites sitting in the base camp behind him, which was really a superfluous move.

But Ji Xiuyuan insisted again and again, and there were not many soldiers and horses needed, so he reluctantly agreed.

There were still 480,000 people in the two armies, and they rushed to the palace. According to the footsteps of both sides, they will all arrive in half a day at the latest. That's when the real decision will come in.

Jing Beifeng sat in the tent of the Chinese army, and after reading the good news just came, the corners of his mouth showed a long-lost smile. It seems that choosing Yao Wuyi is really right, Ji Xiuyuan is good at everything, but he is too conservative, and he is too close to Xuan Hua, which makes him dislike it very much.

The reason why he led an army of 50,000 to stay in the base camp was to deter Hezhou, Cangwu, Nanshan County and other places, and more importantly, to pay close attention to the situation in Yangcheng.

But now it seems that as long as Yao Wuyi can take the lead in breaking through the palace, even if Xie Yun can really break through Jing Wu's blockade and rush over, it will be useless. When the time comes, he will be able to claim the throne in the underworld, and he will not dare to disagree.

Thinking of the joy, he hurriedly asked someone to bring a sealed letter to Yao Wuyi. Let him make persistent efforts and do miracles again.

At this moment, a fat middle-aged man covered in flesh broke in, and when he saw Jing Beifeng, he immediately hugged his thigh, and said in horror: "Marshal, there are ghosts, there are ghosts!"

Jing Beifeng fixed his eyes and saw that this person was not Pang Deyi, and his heart suddenly became angry, and he kicked him away fiercely, and scolded angrily: "Shouldn't you be in Hezhou, why did you get here!"

Pang Deyi was kicked by him and dazed, and he was already greatly frightened, so he couldn't tell it clearly.

Turning over and over again, he could only burst out: ghosts, dead people, terrible and other words, Jing Beifeng didn't know why, so he ordered him to be locked up, and he was interrogated when he was sober, thus missing the perfect opportunity to gain insight into the truth of the matter.