"Attack!" Under three consecutive rounds of bow and arrow attacks, Zhang Shi ordered to face the attack: "Break the moat first!" ”

"Kill!"

"Up!"

"Rush!"

The wolf-like soldiers charged in front of the moat of the city gate.

The fifth battalion of the Jingping Army was the main battalion, which was damaged in the Battle of Hanoi, but because it stayed to rest and replenish enough troops, it avoided the attrition of the Kwantung Campaign, and it is the most powerful main force preserved by the Jingping Army today.

The moat precedes the city walls and is the first line of defense of the city walls.

Now that the attack of bows and arrows has suppressed the soldiers and horses on the city walls, it is the best time for them to rush through the moat.

"Build a pontoon!"

A full number of soldiers jumped into the moat, they were familiar with the water, and built a pontoon bridge in the middle of the river.

"Quick!"

"Swift!"

The wooden bridge and pontoon bridge were erected, and the soldiers rushed over quickly.

"Drawbridge, put the drawbridge down!"

Zhang Shi took the lead, waved the long sword in his hand, and directly cut the rope of the suspension bridge and let the suspension bridge be lowered.

"Rush over!"

The drawbridge was lowered, and the Jingping army rushed under the city wall like a flood of floodwater.

"Rush forward!"

Zhang Shi saw that the soldiers on the city wall were suppressed and couldn't raise their heads, so he was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered.

"Rush!"

"Take the city!"

"Break through the gates!"

The morale of the Jingping army increased greatly, and it covered it like a wave.

"Damn, the moat has been breached, fight back!"

Xu Chai is the long history of Shangyong County after all, although he was panicked, he reacted quickly, and he saw that he was quickly commanded.

"Smash the rocks!"

"Rolling logs, throwing them down!"

More than 1,000 government soldiers were arranged on the city, from the beginning of the hurry, gradually calmed down, after all, across the city wall, they had a great advantage, and the condescending battlefield also made them more at ease, and began to counterattack.

"Keep attacking!"

Zhang Shi shouted angrily.

But the Jingping army was still in front of the city wall.

Shangyong was a large city, with high walls, and properly arranged battlements became the best defensive battlefield, so that their long-range attacks were ineffective, and they could only stop under the city.

……

Evening.

The sunset is shining in the west, reflecting the red sky and the sunset.

"Mingjin retreats!"

Chen went to observe the battlefield for a long time, and had no choice but to give a military order.

He was in a hurry.

But he would never allow the 5th Battalion to make a vain sacrifice.

If you continue to fight like this, it will not help.

Moreover, the strong attack on the city wall, there is not enough siege equipment, it is simply in vain to send to death, four Jingping army soldiers, can not replace a defensive enemy army on the head of the city, which is equivalent to consuming the strength of the Jingping army, this is a war that outweighs the loss.

Bell !!!

Mingjin's voice rang out, echoing across the battlefield.

"Collect the troops!"

Zhang Shi's blood-red eyes looked at the city gate and gritted his teeth, but when he heard Mingjin's voice, he still ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

"The first, second, and third parts are encamped under the walls, and the rest of the tribes withdraw from the moat and camp on the other side of the moat."

"Yes!"

Zhang Shi arranged the matter of camping, and then regretted the suburban hills, thinking that Chen Zhi would return to his life.

When he arrived at the command barracks set up on the hill, it was already dark.

"Lord Captain, the last general is incompetent, and there are nearly more than 100 soldiers with casualties, but he has never been able to break through this city gate!" He walked into the makeshift barracks, knelt on his knees, and gave his hand to report.

"This has nothing to do with you, there is no siege equipment, you can break through the moat, I am already very satisfied, you go down to rest first, let the soldiers rest well, appease the mood of the soldiers, today's casualties are still relatively large, it will affect the soldiers' fighting heart, tomorrow we are a bloody battle, you must let the soldiers have a good attitude!"

Chen Zhi waved his hand and said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Zhang Shi nodded, stood up, and took half a step back.

At this time, Mo Bao next to him stepped forward and arched his hand: "At present, we have built more than fifty pairs of ladders, but the well is too difficult to build, there are only two, I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack it!" ”

"Can you build it overnight?" Chen Zhi asked.

He ran out of time.

Once they can't capture Shangyong City before the Hanzhong army returns, they will face a situation of attacking from both sides, which is really stealing chickens and losing a handful of rice, even if they can escape, they will be greatly injured.

"I'm afraid it's hard!"

Mo Bao shook his head and said: "The environment in the place where the materials are taken is relatively harsh, the most important thing is that the fourth battalion will assist in the attack tomorrow, if we can't rest well, our combat effectiveness will be limited!" ”

"Mo Bao, you put forward two soldiers from the fourth battalion to build a ladder overnight, and the well can't do it, so go all out to build the ladder, and as for the other soldiers, go to rest and save your strength!"

Chen Zhi said helplessly.

"Good!"

Mo Bao nodded, and now it can only be like this.

"Captain Chen, can you send me into the city without knowing it?" Su Xin looked at Shangyong's topographic map beside him, looked at it for a long time, flipped through a few more files, and suddenly spoke.

"Why?"

Chen Zhi frowned, although this Shangyong City was very strict, but if he wanted to send a person in, in the dark of night, he could do it, he just didn't understand why Su Xin did it.

"I forgot to tell you, in the past, the Su family in Hanzhong started from Shangyong, and our ancestral house was in Shangyong, but later the ancestors made meritorious contributions and were rewarded with knighthoods, so they were based in Nanzheng!"

Su Xin said: "But we have always had a close connection with the Shangyong, there are not many Shangyong clans, but there are many local squire families, I am sure to persuade a few to turn against each other, but we must go into the city in person, otherwise it will be difficult for them to believe." ”

"Are you sure, if it's too dangerous, then forget it, Shangyong City, we can still fight it!"

When Chen Zhi heard this, he was suddenly overjoyed, but he was a little worried, after all, he knew very well that Mu Jing was now looking for the descendants of the Su family, which was related to Mu Jing's strategy of governing Hanzhong in the future, and he couldn't let Su Xin take risks.

"Captain Chen rest assured, even if they can't convince them, with the reputation of our Su family, they won't start, our Su family was killed back then, and some of them were able to escape, these families helped a lot, and they secretly still supported us!"

Susin Road.

Chen Zhi thought about it again and again, it is very important for him to break through Shangyong, once he breaks through Shangyong, it is equivalent to opening the eastern gate of Hanzhong, and when their main force attacks Hanzhong, they will quickly gain a foothold, which is about the first hand in strategic deployment.

But Susin's safety was also important.

And now, he lacks siege equipment, and if he wants to break through Shangyong in a short period of time, the chance is less than three percent.

"Good!"

He still agreed: "I will personally escort you into the city, as for after entering the city, you can only rely on yourself, and also, you must promise me a condition, whether you succeed or not, you must take care of yourself, to tell you the truth, your life and death are related to whether the Su family can turn over in Hanzhong, so you can't die here no matter what!" ”

"Captain Chen, I've already died once!"

Su Xin's face was attached to a touch of vicissitudes, his eyes were gloomy, and his voice was resolute: "At the beginning, the Su family's mansion was attacked by those brutes, they burned and looted everywhere, I deserved to die, but one by one brothers with flesh and blood, let me escape with the blood of the family, I wanted to die with them, but I escaped, I told myself, even if I am a coward, I have to live, for the sake of the Su family, so I cherish this life that has been exchanged for the blood of many sons of the same clan, and I will not take risks if I am not sure." ”

"That's good!"

Chen Zhi saw Su Xin's steadiness, and he felt a lot more relieved.

At night, Chen Zhi personally led more than a dozen soldiers with the best martial arts and the most outstanding light skills in the Jingping army, climbed the city wall with ropes and iron hooks, and sent Su Xin into the city without alarming the defenders.

……

……

Following.

Early morning.

A round of the morning sun rises, the sun shines on the earth, and the light dispels the darkness.

Outside the city.

The Jingping army lined up.

The moat they had already breached connected the battlefields inside and outside the moat, and the overwhelming momentum rushed straight to the defenders above the city.

Knock knock knock!!

The sound of drums began to sound.

One after the other, louder than the last, surged together like a wave, and then swooped down on the walls.

"Did we call for help?"

Xu Chai stood on the city wall, his expression was very tired, last night and night, he didn't dare to sleep, always on guard, for fear that the soldiers and horses outside the city would attack at night.

He is a civil official, although he has also read several military books, but he is the first time to go to the battlefield in person, which makes him very nervous, and he doesn't know when Shangyong City will be lost.

"Report to the master, I have sent soldiers and horses who are familiar with the road to ask for help yesterday, except for the east city gate, there are no enemy troops in the rest of the city gates, so our soldiers for help went out smoothly!"

Xu Yong arched his hand and said: "The three roads are heading towards Nanzheng City, and the three roads are heading to the east, looking for our Shangyong's main force soldiers and horses, and at most a few days, there will be reinforcements to return." ”

"How many days?"

"At least three days!"

"Can we hold on for three days?"

Xu chased the bitter way.

"I can continue to mobilize the youth of the whole city to defend the city!" Xu Yong suggested in a low voice.

"No!"

Xu Chai shook his head: "This will make the whole city chaotic, maybe it will be chaotic and cause public anger, don't say three days, even if it is a day, you can't stand it!" ”

"But we only have less than 1,700 family soldiers, which is already the limit of the major families, can we keep the mediocrity?"

"Let's hope we can hold it!"

Xu Chai gritted his teeth, a touch of determination appeared in his eyes, and said: "Once you can't stand it, Xu Yong, you will immediately take the wealth and bloodline of the family, go out of the city from the West Gate, and leave Shangyong!" ”

"Yes!"

Xu Yong nodded with his hand.

……

Outside the city.

"Boys, we only have one day!"

Chen Zhi personally stood in front of the battle array, wearing battle armor, holding a spear, pointing at the city, and his voice was as loud as thunder: "Within one day, we must break through this city, otherwise we will face the annihilation of the whole army, for the sake of the military flag of the Jingping army, we can't retreat, kill!" ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The soldiers worked together, and the sound waves were the same, and the earth-shaking sound rushed to the top of the city.

"Charge!"

The first to attack was Zhang Shi, who led Sanqu and more than 1,000 soldiers and began to charge the city gate.

"Bow and arrow cover!"

Mo Bao ordered his soldiers to draw their bows and arrows.

Under the cover of bows and arrows, the first soldiers to attack had already entered the city three steps below.

"Set up a ladder!"

"Go up!"

"Hold the ladder!"

The soldiers erected ladders one after another.

"Ladder?"

"They actually have siege engines?"

The government soldiers on the head of Cheng were suddenly in chaos.

"Calm down!"

Xu Chai's face was pale, yesterday he saw the attack of the enemy army under the city, in fact, he was relieved, after all, there was no siege equipment, they could completely defend the city, but suddenly a ladder appeared, breaking his self-confidence, but he could only carry: "There are definitely not many ladders on them, go to tung oil!" ”

"Tung oil!"

"Fall down!"

"Burn them!"

There are a lot of things stored on the city wall, so that the soldiers who defend the city are confident.

The Great War is in full swing.

A morning passed.

At noon, the sun rises to its highest place, and it is also the time when the sun is at its hottest.

Chen Zhi stood under the city wall, his eyes were hunting, looking at the battlefield of the city wall, his fists were clenched, but he still resisted the desire to play in person, even if the casualties were huge, he controlled the army, and he must be stable: "Order, let the fifth battalion come back and rest for an hour!" ”

"No!"

A herald nodded, and went down to give the order.

The fifth battalion withdrew.

Zhang Shi was injured, his shoulder was lost and bruised, although it had been bandaged, but he lost a lot of blood, making his face a little pale, he reported to Chen Zhiyu: "Lord Captain, in one morning, we have damaged more than 20 cloud ladders, and now the remaining cloud ladders are less than sixty, but I feel that the defenders on the city have been somewhat loose, and they will definitely be able to break through in the afternoon, but if they want to attack strongly, all the troops will be pressed, and they will inevitably pay huge casualties!" ”

"We're going to prepare for the worst!"

Chen Zhi said: "An hour later, I personally led the army to attack, all the soldiers pressed, and the two well carts were also pressed. ”

"Lord Captain, if you don't wait, maybe Su Xin can convince the people in the city!"

Mo Bao whispered.

"Can't wait!"

Chen Zhi shook his head: "We can't pin our hopes on anyone in this battle, even if we pay greater casualties, it is necessary to win the mediocrity, this is related to the strategic deployment of our army stationed in Hanzhong, and there is no room for failure." ”

"I'm afraid that even if we take it, because the casualties are too great, we may not be able to defend the main force of the lord!"

Mo Bao Dao.

"Whether you can or not, it depends on luck!"

Chen Zhi said resolutely: "But you have to fight!" ”

"No!"

The generals resolutely carried out the military orders.

Many of the generals of the Jingping Army are students from the Wubeitang, and after fighting a war, the soldiers of the iron battalion and the flowing water, many soldiers fell on the battlefield, including the officers, which made the first batch of Wubeitang students gradually come out, and their military literacy also affected the officers and soldiers of the whole army.

So even if they knew that the attack would cost huge casualties, they would not hesitate to carry out the order.

An hour later, the final battle began.

"Kill!"

Chen Zhi personally went into battle.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The Jingping army began to charge.

"Can we hold it?"

At the head of the city, Xu Chai was exhausted, in order to hold the morning, he felt that all these years of energy had been exhausted, and he had encouraged the soldiers countless times to stabilize the soldiers, but the strong attack under the city made him see no hope.

I thought I could hold it for two or three days, but I didn't expect that it would be able to hold it the next day.

"Lord Changshi, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold this city!" The head of a county government next to him spoke.

"Sun Min, what did you say?"

Xu Chai frowned.

"I'm sorry, Lord Changshi, please open the city gates!" The entire county government director took out the long sword at his waist and quickly placed it on Xu Chai's neck.

"You?"

Xu Chai was cold, and there was an incredible light in his eyes.

"Why?"

Xu Chai gritted his teeth and asked, Sun Min's Sun family is one of the families of the same squire as the Xu family, why this is happening, he doesn't understand.

"Open the gates!" Sun Min ordered coldly: "Lord Changshi, although I control Cangcao, but I am a military general, don't force me, my sword can make your people get close to me and cut off your head!" ”

"Open the gates!"

Xu Chai did not have the scholarly spirit of a scholar, in the face of life and death, his life was critical, and he quickly ordered to call the city gate.

"Click!"

"Click!"

The gates were opened.

"The gates of Shangyong are open?"

Chen Zhizheng, who was outside the city, wanted to charge into battle, and when he saw this scene, he was suddenly overjoyed, and he took the lead: "Hahaha, it seems that Su Xin has succeeded, sons and daughters, charge with me, rush in, and quickly take Shangyong City!" ”

"Rush!"

Jingping's army entered Shangyong City like a wolf and a tiger.

A battle of Shangyong, which lasted less than two days, was over.