After a while, Ma Gai, the guard of the west city wall, and Wang Qing, the guard of the east city wall, hurried to the south city gatehouse, and saw Sun Xiu and Chen Mo who were talking about something at the lookout in front of the south city gatehouse.

Wang Qing had a rebellious personality, and when he saw Sun Xiu and Chen Mo, he asked without scruples: "What's the matter?" Summoned me here suddenly? ”

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "General Sun has already entered to see the big leader, and the big leader said that he will explain when the two of you come......"

"So what are you waiting for?" Wang Qing frowned and strode into the city gate tower, followed by the other three.

At this time, in the city gate tower, Zhao Yu was standing at a table, and behind him stood Jingnu and Niu Heng.

Seeing Sun Xiu, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Ma Gai coming together, Zhao Yu beckoned and motioned for the four of them to stand at the table.

"What is it that is in a hurry to summon us? Lao Tzu is very busy on the side of the east city wall......"

After seeing Zhao Yu, Wang Qing said unhappily.

It's no wonder that he is unhappy, after all, the east city wall where he is located, although it is not as thrilling as the south city wall, but the rebels' offensive is still fierce, and at this juncture, he was suddenly ordered by Zhao Yu to summon him here, Wang Qing will naturally feel unhappy.

However, when he saw the blood stains on Zhao Yu, Jingnu, and Niu Heng, he was stunned for a moment.

As soon as you look at the appearance of the three people, you can know that these two have also personally killed the enemy.

『…… Is the situation so serious?'

Wang Qing frowned and stopped talking.

And beside him, Ma Gai was also full of surprise.

In contrast, Sun Xiu and Chen Mo were not surprised, because they had gotten the news earlier.

It is no exaggeration to say that the black tiger thieves on the southern city wall can hold on to this moment, and the big leader of the black tiger thieves personally went into battle, which really boosted the morale of many people, and even Sun Xiu and Chen Mo felt very happy after knowing about it at that time.

Ignoring Wang Qing's complaints, Zhao Yu propped his hands on the two corners of the table, looked at the four people in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I have no choice but to summon the four of them to come because I have something important to tell you." …… The current situation is very urgent, the east and west sides of the city wall are fine, but on the south side of the city wall, the brothers involved in the defense of the city are seriously exhausted, and many of the brothers of the brigade wolf are exhausted, and even the weapons are unstable. …… Although the six ladder carts outside the city have been destroyed, but in fact the rebels' purpose has been achieved, with the help of ladder trucks, with the help of crowd tactics, they have successfully exhausted our elites, and now those who are holding on to the south city wall are almost all new soldiers who have not been transferred from the militia for a long time, while the rebels outside the city are still fierce, the horizontal and vertical sides of the city wall are too long, if they continue to defend to the death, before dusk today, the city wall is likely to fall......"

“……”

Sun Xiu and Chen Mo were silent.

After all, they are both on the side of the south city wall, so they naturally know the situation of the south city wall best, which is the same as what Zhao Yu said.

Chen Mo clenched his fists and asked, "The big leader summoned me to wait here, I think I already have a countermeasure?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Since the southern city wall is destined to be undefended, then abandon it and retreat to the city......

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Sun Xiu's eyes widen in shock, and he asked in disbelief, "Leader Zhou has to surrender to the rebels?" ”

"Wait until I'm done." Zhao Yu pressed his hand to signal Sun Xiu to be calm, and then explained: "I said that I would give up the southern city wall, it didn't mean that I wanted to surrender to the rebels, but I decided to fight with the rebels in the streets......"

"What's the difference between that and surrendering to the rebels?"

Sun Xiu immediately became angry.

It is no wonder, after all, there is no concept of 'street fighting' in the world, and the vast majority of sieges end at the moment when the besieging side breaks through the city wall, and then the defenders flee, die in battle, and the besieging side slaughters the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Probably because Sun Xiu's exploits in these days are obvious to all, even if he questioned Zhao Yu angrily at the moment, the rest of the people did not scold.

After exhaling viciously, Sun Xiu looked at Zhao Yu with incomprehensible eyes, clenched his fists and said: "Leader Zhou, or the last general had a misunderstanding with you before, but since then, the last general has quite admired Leader Zhou, but today, the last general does not dare to agree." …… As soon as the wall is broken, we are all prisoners of the rebel ranks, how can we resume the war? If the leader of Zhou can't bear the excessive casualties of the Black Tigers, Sun begs to send my Nanyang army to defend the city! ”

Yes, there are still hundreds of Nanyang soldiers under Sun Xiu's command, but the injuries and morale are not optimistic.

Looking at Sun Xiu, who was a little ambitious, Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "I won't agree, General Sun and General Sun fell down the few remaining Nanyang pawns, Zhou is not an outsider, and he will not allow you to make fearless sacrifices......"

“……”

Zhao Yu's answer made Sun Xiu's heart warm, but he still couldn't accept the former's decision.

At this moment, I saw Chen Mo patting Sun Xiu's shoulder and persuading: "General Sun, don't be in a hurry, it's better to listen to the leader explain the 'street fighting' ...... first."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu explained: "The so-called street fighting, as the name suggests, is to take advantage of the complex terrain of the streets and alleys in the city to fight against the rebels. As I have just said, the southern wall is too wide in both directions and directions, and the east and west ends add up to more than two miles, so a thousand guards must be deployed on the city wall at all times in order to barely block the offensive of the rebels, and the opposite side of these guards is often several times or more than ten times the enemy army. …… If one of the sections is captured by the rebels, the entire wall will be in jeopardy. Moreover, at present, as the rebels continue to attack the city, our guards are exhausted, and there are almost no energetic soldiers to send to the city wall, so the fall of the southern wall is doomed. …… For the sake of the long term, at this time we should push into the city and fight the rebels in the streets and alleys, where the streets and alleys are a few zhang wide and less than a foot narrow, and we only need to deploy a small number of troops to block the main roads everywhere, so that even if the rebels break through the city walls, they will not be able to advance an inch. ”

After a pause, he explained: "When I saw the ladder trucks in the rebel ranks today, I felt that most of the southern city walls could not be defended, so I have ordered Chen Cai to lead the Brotherhood militia to set up earthen walls on the streets and alleys of the city, and set up a wall every ten zhang......

Hearing Zhao Yu's story, Sun Xiu, Chen Mo, Ma Gai, and Wang Qing looked at each other. Ivy

Rao is Sun Xiu still can't understand Zhao Yu's decision at the moment, but he can't deny that the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him has a really long-term vision.

"Can you win?"

After a moment of silence, Wang Qing asked, "I never understand your tactics, I only care about one thing, can I win?" ”

And this is also what Chen Mo, Sun Xiu, and Ma Gai care about the most, so after Wang Qing asked, the three of them looked at Zhao Yu in unison.

"Yes!"

Zhao Yu nodded and said solemnly: "The time and place are favorable, and the people are all on our side, why can't we win?" ”

Why didn't the four before meeting believe it, he explained: "It's the seventh day of October now, the weather is already rapidly turning cold, as long as it takes more than ten days, it will start to snow, compared to us, in fact, the rebels are more anxious, if they can't completely capture my Kunyang before the heavy snow falls at the end of the month, they will be in trouble, this is the time of day; The streets and alleys in the city are intricate, there are streets and alleys, and there are high-rise bungalows, the rebels know nothing about this, but our soldiers are familiar with the city, they can block the rebels' advance on the streets, they can shoot the rebels with crossbows from the windows in high-rise buildings, and even sneak attack the rebels' garrisons after the dark, our army retreats into the city, not because we have lost the city defense, but because the rebels have lost the camp defense, they will not be able to stop our all-pervasive sneak attack, this is the geographical advantage; As for the people, I have asked Liu Gong to personally come forward to boost the morale of the people in the city, and persuade them to assist us and others in fighting together to defend Kunyang...... The right time, place and people are on our side, why can't we win?! ”

“……”

Sun Xiu, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Ma Gai listened thoughtfully.

After a long time, Chen Mo nodded and said, "Maybe it's the only way right now." ”

Following him, Wang Qing and Ma Gai also agreed, because as Zhao Yu said, today's southern city wall is destined to be unpreservable, even if they continue to send people to defend it, it will only delay the time when the city wall is breached.

Only Sun Xiu was still hesitating.

It's no wonder, after all, he is a general of the Nanyang Army and has some battlefield experience, but he has never heard of any 'street fighting'.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu Zhengse said: "General Sun, please give Zhou your trust and help Zhou." ”

“……”

Sun Xiu took a deep look at the mask on Zhao Yu's face, which was still stained with a few traces of blood, and Zhou Hu's words and deeds flashed in his mind, as if he was confirming this matter through Zhou Hu's conduct.

After a long time, he sighed and said with a wry smile: "If General Wang learns that I am retreating from the battle, it will probably be regarded as a shame......

"No!"

Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "This is not a retreat from the battle, but a retreat as an advance, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack...... If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost; Save people and lose land, and everyone and land will be gained! As a general, we don't judge success or failure by the gains or losses of one city or one place, as long as the rebels are defeated, we will be the final winner! ”

“……”

Sun Xiu, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Ma Gai all looked at Zhao Yu in surprise.

Half an hour later, with Zhao Yu's order, the black tiger thieves on the south city wall completely abandoned the city wall, some retreated to the city from the stairs on the inner side of the city wall, and some withdrew from the city wall passage to the west city wall and the east city wall.

The southern city wall of Kunyang was finally broken by the rebels!

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

The rebel soldiers, who had been fighting for several hours, raised their arms and cheered at the moment of the capture of the southern wall, and in their opinion, this protracted battle was finally coming to an end.

After learning the announcement ahead, Changsha Yishi Qu Shuai Guan Shuo was also excited, and immediately took Jiangxia Yishi Chen Miao to Kunyang, and after his command cleaned up the blockage in the Nancheng Gate Cave, the two righteous teachers and Qu Shuai finally entered the city.

At this time, a soldier came to report the situation, which made the two stunned: "Report! …… The Kunyang guards set up earthen walls in the streets and alleys of the city, relying on the earthen walls to block the advance of our army......"

"What?"

Guan Shuo was stunned, and immediately climbed the South City Gate Tower with Chen Miao, looking at the city from a high position.

At this time, the two found that in the streets and alleys of the city within their line of sight, there was an earthen wall every ten zhang, and countless Kunyang guards were hiding behind the earthen wall, waiting for them.

On the nearby high-rise buildings and houses, there are countless crossbowmen standing or squatting.

Frowning slightly, Chen Miao turned his head to look at Guan Shuo, who was stunned, and said, "It seems that our side has not won yet, but it is only that Zhou Hu...... A different battlefield. ”

“……”

Guan Shuo didn't say a word, clenched his fist and slammed the wall in front of him.

At the same time, on the pillar mountain on the west side of Kunyang, several men dressed as refugees saw countless rebels outside Kunyang cheering and pouring into the city, silently glancing at each other.

After a long time, one of them sighed.

"Go back and tell the county magistrate, Kunyang...... Finished. ”