"......Boom", the dust on the roof of the military tent fell, and everyone was full of faces, the hills not far away were filled with smoke, the figures on the fort of the red-coated cannon loomed, the shirtless artillerymen were sweating profusely, and they tended to retreat in the smoke of gunpowder, and the army under the city of Liaoyang trampled on the conflict, and tens of thousands of people shouted hoarsely, and the smoke and dust covered the sun far and near, and even the howling wind could not disperse.

The field of vision was blurred, Lin Feng nervously held a monocular, trying his best to search on the vague city wall, and under the cover of powerful artillery fire, a red and mixed flow of people rushed to the gap in the city wall, but unexpectedly, the other party had already arranged a number of shotgun artillery, and bows and arrows, bird guns, and guns were fired fiercely on the commanding heights everywhere, and the Han army left more than 100 corpses and had to retreat. At this moment, the shadow at the gap was getting heavier, and Lin Feng knew that it was the defenders who were carrying bricks and stones to fill the city wall, so he was disappointed in his heart and put down the binoculars.

The siege battle has started since yesterday afternoon, the army has been attacking in turn, not sleeping, has been fighting for nearly ten hours in a row, Mu Tianyan in the army to transfer grass-roots officers, try their best to search for manpower, temporarily organized more than 20,000 people of the "militia", organized into 40 infantry battalions, assigned to the command of Yubayashi Zhonglang General Rick, and in addition to these militia who fought together, the regular army that is really the backbone of the elite has only two infantry brigades and a reinforced artillery brigade; So in the end, the total number of troops involved in the siege reached about 28,000.

Under the command of General Rick, the infantry assault was first launched at the east gate, and then spread to the north gate, the south gate, and finally extended to the west gate.

It's a pity that the enemy general Cai Yurong saw through this plan, although before this, his outstanding performance in the artillery battle has won the respect of the Han generals, but the generals of the Han army, including Lin Feng, still seem to have insufficient understanding of his command ability, and no one thought that before the siege war was launched, he had already understood the weakness of his own city defense, and before the battle began, he laid a trap for the Han army.

Last night, the Han army did its best to attack the four gates, the infantry charged wave after wave, the artillery unit went all out, almost all the cannons were pushed up, and the sound of shouting and killing shook for dozens of miles, and the tragic battle situation even made Lin Feng once thought that this was not a feint, but a real all-out attack, and such a large investment still did not affect Cai Yurong's judgment. By the early hours of the morning, the real elite main force of the Han army had finished resting, concentrated artillery continuous bombardment, and blasted a hole in the city wall, and then the whole army stormed, after paying a huge price to break through the city wall, but suddenly found that the entire residential buildings on the side of the west wall had been demolished cleanly, Cai Yurong had already arranged heavy troops in the open space and various commanding heights, and then the artillery bullets were scattered like splashing water, and the vanguard of the Han army was heavily damaged, and then countless huge fireballs tied with pine branches and leaves, Mixed with the coffin filled with gunpowder made of "10,000 enemies", suddenly the fire broke out, a pot of fire oil poured down from both sides of the gap, the scorching flame soared several feet, instantly cut off the connection of the Han army's offensive echelon, and fought until dawn, in addition to repelling the desperate attack of the Han army, but also annihilated the first battalion of the Han army to break into the city.

In view of such heavy losses, Lin Feng, who was heartbroken, immediately ordered General Rick to mix the elite troops with the militia, and let the regular army play the role of the overseer, try to tap the war potential of the militia, and drive them to take turns attacking the city.

The tragic siege battle has been fought for a whole day, at this moment Liaoyang outside the city has been a mess, near the moat in the open space is full of potholes, stumps and broken arms can be seen everywhere, under the continuous attack of the red-coated cannon for more than ten hours, the original rock-solid Liaoyang city wall is crumbling, in addition to the west gate, the city wall of the south gate and the north gate has also collapsed in two small gaps, around these gaps, from the departure of the Han army to the moat, the soft black soil has been dyed dark red, the green bricks are slanted, and the soil is torn apart, The corpses at the gap in the city wall were piled up layer by layer, and they actually formed a slope at the base of the wall, and I don't know when the attackers and defenders were fighting desperately on this "battlefield" of corpses and bones, until each other became a part of this battlefield.

Smelling the air full of blood, Lin Feng's throat twitched, a hoarse cough, he turned his head, coughed dryly and spit out a mouthful of filthy and thick phlegm, from yesterday to now, he has only squinted for less than an hour, at this moment his eyes are deeply sunken and his face is scorched, his dull eyes are full of bloodshots, since the morning, he has been standing on this small hillside for five full hours, and when the elite of the Han army failed to attack the city, he has never eaten a grain of rice or drank a sip of water.

The drum beat sounded again, Rick who was not far away shouted and cursed, the heralds stood out on their horses, rushed all the way from the small slope, and gave orders loudly in their mouths, and the two battalions of militia in the front were barely lined up in formation, and under the urging of a small group of musketeers, they jumped out of the ditch and rushed towards Liaoyang City in a messy formation.

"Boom...... Boom ......" A series of loud noises, the red-clothed cannon that had been silent for a moment roared again, and the huge cannonball made a terrible sound in the air, and slammed its head into the pile of corpses next to the city wall, bursting out of the sky full of blood rain, and the broken human torso flew all over the sky, smearing another layer of dye on the already red city wall.

The charging militia rushed faster and faster, and after a short time had rushed to the bank of the moat, several crisp bangs sounded, and the defenders' black pressed heads poked out of the city wall together, and suddenly the arrows and stones rained down, together with boiling water and boiling oil, the siege army suffered heavy casualties, and the forward fell a piece, under the scolding of the officer, the archers rushed out of the queue in a mess and rushed forward, facing the sky full of arrows and stones desperately back-firing back, and the Han army musketeers behind were mixed in, methodical and serial volleys. After several days of artillery battles to defend the city, the gunpowder of the defenders of Liaoyang was obviously too huge, and they would never use their guns and artillery lightly until the time of crisis.

Stepping on the pile of corpses, the militiamen stepped across the dry moat with difficulty, rushed to the pile of corpses with wooden shields, the two streams of people slammed into a ball, flesh and blood splashed, the two armies shouted a fierce battle, for a time in this narrow space in the swords and guns like a forest, horizontal stabbing and stabbing, the battle to this moment, the Qing army has been insufficient strength, and now the Qing army uniforms that are fighting with the Han army militia are complicated, many people even hold hoes, iron forks, obviously from the city temporarily requisitioned strong men.

The two armies were chaotic, the flesh and blood flew in the gap, nearly a thousand people gathered together, gritted their teeth and cursed loudly, knives and guns rose and fell, people's heads rolled wildly, the soldiers were covered in blood, and the enemy and I could only be distinguished by the braid at the back of the head.

At this moment, both the attacking and defending sides stopped their artillery bows and arrows, inside and outside the city, tens of thousands of people breathed and held their breath, looking at this battlefield comparable to Shura Hell, and for a while, the battlefield where the army gathered was surprisingly silent, except for the shouting and fighting in the center of the battlefield, there was no other sound.

"Knock...... Knock ......", after a long fight, a gong suddenly sounded behind the Qing army, and the Qing army that was fighting showed a relieved look, and suddenly fell down violently, and the eyes were cheerful, and the siege army was shocked to see, I don't know when the inner side of the city wall was densely covered with small cannons, spears, shotgunners and archers, "boom......" A loud bang, the forefront of the Han army militia was actually bombarded and flew, floating into the air like a kite, falling heavily in the moat, the flesh and blood were blurred and the limbs were incomplete, in an instant, the arrows on the head of the city, boiling water, The boiling oil fell again, and the soldiers were bombarded to the ground one by one like cutting leeks.

The morale of the Han army was extremely low, and the Qing army, which was able to fall in place, except for those who were accidentally wounded and killed, took the opportunity to stand up together, but surprisingly did not step forward to slash and kill, but retreated to the left and right of the city wall together. Just when the Han army brigade was chaotic, retreating and hugging, suddenly there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves, hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the inner city, and they couldn't help but accelerate, under the cover of artillery, bows and arrows, they hit the Han army flow with a fierce head, the war horse neighed, the iron hooves flew, and they stepped on the pile of corpses, the cavalry was very brave, the long knife in their hands was like snow, and they couldn't stop slashing and slashing, and the Han army militia was defeated when they landed.

The defeated soldiers who fled shouted loudly as if they were crazy, ignoring the loud curses of the Han musketeers in the rear, and rushed towards their own camp in the face of the volley of muskets of the overseers, and the formation of the Han musketeers who tried to stop them was suddenly swept away, and they were involuntarily swept away by the militia.

Lin Feng was furious, threw the monocular on the ground with hatred, gritted his teeth and said, "Cai Yurong...... Damn it!!! Suddenly turned around and shouted, "Li Ergou ...... Li Ergou - the order to go down......" Before the words fell, he suddenly saw several horsemen galloping from the rear, and he actually ignored the obstruction of the Chinese guards, and faced the Chinese army's big tent without slowing down, and rushed straight towards Lin Feng's Daxu.

Mu Tianyan at the foot of the mountain was furious and shouted and cursed, "Who is it?!" - Don't you know military law?! ”

"Urgent...... The knight at the head of the military ...... was dressed in the uniform of a second lieutenant of the Han army, and the skin on his face was cracked with several bloody mouths at the moment, and he didn't know how long he had been galloping in the cold wind, at this moment he opened his mouth wide, his throat couldn't stop squirming, and his voice was extremely hoarse.

Pulling the reins violently, the war horse man stood up, screaming loudly, the second lieutenant didn't care that he was in mid-air, so he threw off the horse and jumped down, but unexpectedly his legs were weak after landing on the ground, and he involuntarily fell to the ground, and the war horse behind him rushed a few steps, and suddenly there was a miserable neigh, and one staggered and fell to the ground diagonally, his hooves twitched, and the corners of his mouth drooled, obviously he had lost his strength and died.

Mu Tianyan was shocked in his heart, and he didn't dare to ask him why he rushed into the camp of King Han, and with a backhand move, a personal soldier hurriedly stepped forward, took out a gourd and poured a few mouthfuls of water into the second lieutenant.

Lin Feng saw it clearly, hurriedly walked down the mountain, and blurted out, "What's the matter?!" ”

The second lieutenant was paralyzed in the arms of his own soldiers, his face was pale and dying, and suddenly he caught a glimpse of Lin Feng, and he didn't know where to give birth to a strength, he suddenly broke free from his own soldiers, barely turned over and bowed down, and hissed, "Wang Zhongxiao, the second lieutenant of the Second Brigade of the Sixth Army, is under the order of the brigade commander Zhao Yingkui Zhao, and his face is an urgent military situation!" ”

"Excuse me! ——" Lin Feng was moved in his heart, stretched out his hand to help him up, supported his shoulders, and praised him sincerely, "What a Wang Zhongxiao, really loyal and filial!" ”

"My lord! ......" Wang Zhongxiao looked anxious, and said astringently, "Your Highness Qiqi, a few days ago, our army rode from Kuzhelimu in Eastern Mongolia and found the main force of the Eight Banners!" ……”

"What?!" Lin Feng was shocked, why was it so fast? The vast grassland between Yaksa and Shenyang, and there are also high mountains blocking it, and the road is extremely rugged, how can the main force of the Eight Banners return to help so quickly? He pinched Wang Zhongxiao's arm and asked urgently, "How many enemy troops are there?" Which one will be the Lord?! ”

“…… The Eighth Banner Army has about 15,000 or 6,000 people, all of whom are cavalry, the main general is the Heilongjiang general Sabusu, and the deputy general is the Red Banner Mongolian capital Pengchun......" Wang Zhongxiao hoarsely said in a hoarse tone, swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva, and couldn't speak for a while.

"Don't worry, don't worry, speak slowly!" Lin Feng stretched out his hand to take the water hyacinth and handed it to Wang Zhongxiao, left and right, so he smiled easily, "It's good, this king commanded an army of 100,000 this time, just to wipe out the Eight Banners in one fell swoop, hehe, he won't come to me, the widow will go north to find him!" This time, it's okay, and we don't have to run again! ”

Wang Zhongxiao drank a few sips of water, wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth, and said with a wry smile when he heard the words, "Lord, the humble duty is not finished yet...... he looked at Lin Feng, lowered his head, and said cautiously, "...... His Royal Highness, in addition to Sabusu's Eight Banners Army, there are ...... There are also more than 25,000 Korqin iron cavalry, and now the Mongolian army is on the left and the Eight Banners Army is on the right, echoing each other, and the combined army of more than 40,000 people is marching south......"

"What do you say?!" Lin Feng was really startled, and he couldn't care about covering it up anymore, so he grabbed Wang Zhongxiao's placket with his free hand, and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense, Horqin has always been calm, and the military commander has long been closely monitored, and there was no news at all before, how could he suddenly join the war?!" ”

Seeing that Lin Feng was angry, Wang Zhongxiao was not afraid, let him twist his clothes, and said in a deep voice, "Don't dare to deceive the lord - the Eight Banners Army and the Mongolian Army are cavalry, extremely fast, the day before yesterday, our second brigade fought a battle with them in Kulun, and killed more than 200 brothers, and now Lord Zhao is marching eastward, to join General Ma of the garrison Zhangwu, I am afraid that the lord will not know the news, and specially sent a lowly post day and night to report the military situation!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao's calmness infected Lin Feng, he gradually calmed down, slowly loosened Wang Zhongxiao's clothes, gently smoothed the folds on his chest for him, muttered for a long time, and suddenly patted him on the shoulder, "Good job!" This king will give you a credit here, if you are loyal and filial piety, you will not be busy going back first, and serve in my guard," Lin Feng smiled, "Loyal and filial piety saddle horse fatigue, go down and rest first!" ”

When Wang Zhongxiao went away with the support of his own soldiers, Lin Feng suddenly turned his head and said, "Heming, according to your opinion, is this matter true or false?!" ”

Mu Tianyan was slightly stunned, and after staying for a while before he came to his senses, he raised his head and carefully observed Lin Feng's face, and said tentatively, "Could it be ...... Could it be that the lord means that Wang Zhongxiao is a spy of the Qing army?! ”

"Yes, this Cai Yurong has both wisdom and bravery, which is really extraordinary," Lin Feng felt heavy in his heart and said with a wry smile, "Right now, we have been attacking for several days and nights in a row, although our army has suffered heavy casualties, but the Qing army should also suffer a lot of losses, right?" If you withdraw from the siege at this time, won't your previous efforts be wasted?! ”

Mu Tianyan smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "The lord doesn't know, this Wang Zhongxiao is a student of the humble position," Seeing Lin Feng's surprise, he arched his hand and said, "The lord has forgotten that the humble post originally served in the military department of Mazhuang Martial Arts and taught Qi Jiguang's "Minutes of Military Training", this Wang Zhongxiao had listened to the lecture under the humble seat, in addition, the appropriate talent and humble post had also been carefully observed, Wang Zhongxiao's clothing and military rank and shoulder tag were not wrong, not to mention ......" He stretched out his foot and kicked the dead war horse on the ground, "Not to mention that there is also the brand of the Sixth Army behind this war horse, The saddle stirrup has the emblem of 'Hu Ji Tiexing', which should not be wrong! ”

Lin Feng was silent, pondered for a moment, and suddenly let out a long sigh, and said with a wry smile, "Horqin participated in the battle, and now the battle situation will be out of control......" sighed for a long time, he barely lifted his spirits, and said to Mu Tianyan, "Heming, no matter what happens in the future, we must take this Liaoyang - this matter is not suitable to be delayed again - pass on my general's order, the Chinese army immediately lined up, ordered the cavalry to dismount, artillery to go out, all participate in the siege of the city, whether the city is broken or not, it will be in one move!" He glanced at Mu Tianyan, suddenly sank his face, and said coldly, "This matter is left to you and Rick to handle - remember, this king doesn't care what means you use, and he doesn't care what tricks you use, as long as the widow is Liaoyang City, if you can't take it again, then you can do it yourself!" ”

Mu Tianyan turned around, and after a short time, the drums of the Chinese army, which had been silent all day, rang out in unison, and the summoning trumpet was blown to the ninth round, and the guards who had rested all day had already lined up in formation, and along this undulating hills, they formed a phalanx, the army was neat and full of spirit, seeing the King of Han reading, everyone was condensed and breathed without squinting, and they did not dare to move a little with their guns.

Lin Feng nodded, tilted his head slightly, and waved his hand fiercely to Mu Tianyan who was standing on the side with an expressionless face, the herald shouted the order, the cowhide snare drum rumbled, hundreds of long knives waved together, pointing obliquely at the sky, dazzling under the illumination of the setting sun, suddenly the drum beat stopped, the long knife slashed down, like ice cubes, blood sprayed wildly, the headless corpse fell softly, and hundreds of human heads rolled straight down the hillside like a ball, dragging out a red blood belt in front of the neat military formation.

Mu Tianyan's face was pale, his teeth were gritted, and he strode to the front of the ready-to-go military formation, and reprimanded loudly, "Soldiers, if there are those who are afraid of the enemy to avoid battle, retreat, and flee from the battle, these people are their examples!" ......" He raised his left hand, pointed to the hundreds of bloody corpses, turned his head and slowly inspected, and saw that the soldiers were silent one by one, and they all lowered their eyes and did not dare to make eye contact with him, and his tone was a little slower, "You are all good sons of my Han, the so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days, used for a while, the imperial court is generously paid, and the military families are favored, what is wanted is for the soldiers to repay the king's grace today-" He suddenly raised his voice and shouted wildly, "Gentlemen, the king of Han has an order, the first person who breaks the city will be promoted to two ranks, recorded the first class, given a hundred acres of land, and five slaves, After the city is broken, the three armies will be rewarded, and the children of the golden silk in Liaoyang City will be taken by themselves! ……”

In fact, since Lin Fengtian's rectification, discipline has been particularly important in the Han army, the propaganda team has repeatedly ordered and repeated, and the gendarmerie department has been monitoring day and night, and a small number of senior officers may be able to secretly do misdeeds, but the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level are trembling and dare not be presumptuous, and at this moment, listening to Mu Tianyan's blatant announcement that they can set up arson and rob, the officers and soldiers can hardly believe it. After a long commotion, thousands of soldiers exchanged glances with each other, and suddenly there was thunder and cheering, "Long live King Han!" ……”

"The same goes for you!" Mu Tianyan smiled slightly, turned to the militia behind the Han army, and said, "You follow my Han to fight, you have worked hard, and you can take what you need after the city is broken!" He waved his hand, "The city of Liaoyang is full of thieves, plotting to kill my Han soldiers, the crime is extremely heinous, my Han army is hereby pointed out, how can I not be punished lightly?!" ……”

The militiamen formed a hasty army, and they knew nothing about military law, and when they heard Mu Daren's instigation in public, they were in an uproar, and they turned into a mess, and immediately drowned Mu Tianyan's voice in a huge wave of sound. Most of these migrants who were requisitioned by the Han army gathered with clans and fellow villagers as a link, and since last night they have been fighting to the death with the defenders of Liaoyang, and the brothers and nephews of the same army have suffered heavy casualties...... Slaughter the city, slaughter the city...... Slaughter, slaughter—"

The horns were continuous, and the cowhide drums sounded like thunder. Under the order, dozens of red-coated cannons roared in unison, the Han musketeers stepped on the drums, like a military parade, and the left and right iron horses were like clouds, slowly advancing together, and the artillerymen actually pulled all the artillery below 1,000 catties out of the gun position, dragged to the nearest part of the city wall, and exposed to the artillery fire of the defenders, regardless of life and death.

Rick's face was pale, regardless of the desperate obstruction of the guards on the left and right, desperately holding the horse's belly, he rushed to the front of the military column, and suddenly pulled out his long sword fiercely, and shouted neighingly, "Siege the city!! - Charge! Charge!! Charge!!! ”

The crowd suddenly accelerated, and the dust flew and the sun was obscured, including Lin Feng's pro-army guards, together with all the people in the camp, and tens of thousands of people holding all kinds of knives, guns, iron hooks, and wooden sticks, closely followed behind the neatly armed Han army and militia, and converged into a turbulent wave, which swept towards Liaoyang City frantically.

At that time, the sunset was slanting, and the sunset was like blood.