Chapter 104: All-out siege
The next day, Zhong Xu came to the city wall early in the morning and saw that the Cefu on the opposite side was already assembled. It looks like there's another fight.
After Xuan Dong learned about the situation of the waterway, he secretly made a plan, and his first step was to divert Zhong Xu's attention to the other three gates. The 120,000 sergeants of the Ce Mansion were assigned to the West Gate and the North Gate. Mo Buyu, Mo Liu, and Bai Zan stayed at the east gate, waiting for Xuan Dong's next order.
The soldiers of Cefu arrived at the west gate and the north gate respectively, forming a siege of the city, Zhong Xu saw that Xuan Dong intended to besiege the city, and he could only divide his troops to defend. In this way, the Xuanjia army was divided into four gates, and the troops were immediately overstretched. But Zhong Xu didn't worry too much, believing that relying on the strong city defense, even if the Cefu launched an attack on the four gates at the same time, with the current siege force of the Cefu, I believe he would still be able to hold on. Shu Zhenghe was very busy, most of his injuries were healed, and he was running between the four doors.
After the sergeants of Cefu at the west gate and the north gate were stationed, they did not attack, and they besieged but did not attack, which made the Xuanjia army stationed a little puzzled, and the two sides confronted each other like this.
The dirty clothes Daoren, Xiao Zhongtan, and Ling Hui came to the outside of Jianye City one step earlier than Zhang Jue's army. The dirty-clothed Taoist immediately went to find Xuan Dong and informed him that Zhang Jue had marched to Jianye, and there might be puppets secretly accompanying him. Xuan Dong was a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhang Jue to come so quickly this way, as for his purpose, it is still unknown. Several people judged that he should not rush to war with Cefu, if he started a war, it would undoubtedly benefit Zhong Xu, and when the military battalion came over, it would be even more difficult to recover Jianye. But Zhang Jue is a person from Jiuli, and he has worked hard to arrange and deploy all this, and there must be a bigger conspiracy, so he has to guard against it.
In the end, Xuan Dong decided to divide a team of sergeants and hand them over to the three of them, paying close attention to Zhang Jue's movements, and being ready to kill them at any time.
Mo Buyu and Mo Liu were quite happy to see the dirty clothes Taoist, and the dirty clothes Taoist saw that the two had become the leaders of the policy, and they were also extremely pleased, and at the same time introduced Xiao Zhongtan and Ling Hui, and learned that the two and Sun Lin Dongyun were really the same family, and several people gradually became acquainted.
Zhang Jue's army arrived, so the siege of the city also needed to be intensified, Xuan Dong ordered Mo Buyu, Mo Liu, and Bai Zan to prepare to sneak into the Dongmen waterway. After Mo Buyu listened to the order, he and the group of sergeants immediately prepared, and Xiao Zhongqin learned that he was going to infiltrate Jianye City, so he asked Ling Hui to go in with Mo Buyu. Although he was very reluctant, the master was very persistent, and Ling Hui could only bite the bullet and join Mo Buyu and Mo Liu's team.
The Dirty Cloth Dao people knew that this group of people was going to pass through the icy waterways, and gave them an idea to resist the biting water, which was spirits. After listening to the advice of the dirty clothes Taoist, the army prepared a lot of high-grade spirits, and everyone drank a bowl before preparing to go into the water.
Mo Buyu was preparing to enter the water, and Xuan Dong ordered the West Gate, North Gate, and East Gate to launch an offensive at the same time.
In order to confuse Zhong Xu, Xuan Dong personally went to the north gate to command, and Cefu launched a full-scale attack. After the battle began, the fighting between the two sides was extremely fierce.
At the north gate, Xuan Dong personally commanded, the heavy shield foot soldiers repeatedly attacked, and the sergeants jumped on the city wall several times through the ladder, but they were all repulsed, and Zhong Xu also tried his best to let the Xuanjia army shoot dense bows and crossbows to prevent the Ce Mansion from approaching. In this way, Xuan Dong changed his strategy, attacked for a while, retreated for a while, and constantly harassed and entangled Zhong Xu.
At the west gate, several generals commanded the sergeants to rush and kill, posing as the main attack, the siege equipment hit the city gate several times, Shu Zhenghe was responsible for guarding the west gate, he ordered the Xuanjia army to drop the oil barrel, and ignited a raging fire in front of the city gate to resist the attack of the palace. The fighting was temporarily halted by the fire, but the Sergeant Cefu did not retreat, and was ready to launch another offensive once the fire weakened somewhat.
At the east gate, Mo Buyu and the others were ready to finish, each of them drank a large bowl of spirits, and when the wine came up, they jumped into the waterway with great caution, the first batch of one hundred elites of the Cefu Mansion, led by Mo Buyu and Mo Liu, Ling Hui also accompanied the two, the goal was to sneak into the city, and then immediately establish a defense on the shore to meet the sergeants behind. The second batch of 300 elites of the Cefu was led by Bai Zan, and after they successfully landed on the shore, they followed, and after the two teams converged, they immediately launched an offensive against the defenders of the East Gate. The third batch of nearly 500 sergeants from the Strategy, after the first two teams went ashore, also immediately followed, supporting and cooperating with the two teams to break the enemy together. Cefu's offensive was launched only after Mo Buyu and the others went down the waters. The Dirty Daoist and Xiao Zhongqin were in the military formation, they were closely watching the siege situation, and at the same time, they were also worried about whether Mo Buyu, Mo Liu, and Ling Hui could sneak in smoothly.
As soon as the offensive of the Cefu at the east gate was launched, it was very rapid, and the sergeants and siege equipment stepped forward to attract the attention of the Xuanjia army on the city wall, and the commander of the Xuanjia army has been keeping an eye on the city, bows and crossbows, sasswood, and boulders have been attacking. The people of Cefu are also not afraid of death, they have not given in a single step, and they are moving forward steadily.
Mo Bu silent, Mo Liu, Ling Hui and the elite of the Hundred Ce Mansion after entering the water, although they all drank the spirits, but it was still cold and abnormal, everyone gritted their teeth and insisted, Ling Hui went into the water for the first time, he sacrificed the strength of Xuanshui to protect his body, and he did not fall for a while, and followed behind Mo Liu. A group of people dived for a while, and finally came to the city, Mo Buyu and Mo Liu were the first to surface, and saw that the Xuanjia army was attracted to the city wall at the moment, so they quickly swam to the shore, and then, Ling Hui and a group of elites of the strategy government also went ashore very quickly, and everyone took out their blades and guarded them around, waiting for the next team of sergeants to arrive.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Bai Zan and a few sergeants arrived first, and then three hundred men followed, waiting for all of them to go ashore. The Xuanjia army on the other side of the city gate also discovered the abnormality on this side of the waterway, and a team of Xuanjia troops immediately rushed over. Mo Buyu knew that the most important thing at the moment was to cooperate with the Cefu outside the city to break the door, so he sacrificed the seven-star sword, led everyone, and walked up quickly. These 400 people are all elite soldiers of the Cefu, and they quickly defeated the Xuanjia army that found them, and then rushed to the vicinity of the east city gate. Mo Buyu said to Bai Zan: "Let's rush quickly, you can find a way to bring people closer, destroy those giant trees, and let the outside break the door smoothly." Bai Zan nodded, and everyone rushed forward extremely quickly and started a fight with the Xuanjia army inside the city gate.
Mo Buyu sacrificed the seven-star sword around his body, and before he got close to the opponent, a burst of sword flew out, and seven or eight people fell to the Xuanjia army in the front row, Mo Liu and Ling Hui were on both sides, Mo Liu killed many sergeants with his double swords, and Ling Hui frequently slapped out the Xuanshui palm, and the Xuanjia army that approached was cold behind the palm, and it was difficult to get up for a while after falling to the ground. With the three of them as arrows, the strange soldiers of Cefu caught these Xuanjia troops in the East City Gate by surprise. The generals of the Xuanjia Army on the city wall were greatly surprised when they saw the soldiers of Cefu appearing at the gate of the city, and quickly divided a group of people down to besiege and kill.
Bai Zan and more than ten sergeants did not entangle with the Xuanjia army, they quickly approached the city gate, several Xuanjia soldiers knew their intentions, and came up to block, but Bai Zan's means were not weak, the knife was fast, after a burst of slashing, more than ten people had come to the city gate, Bai Zan did not hesitate, and several sergeants together, directly swung the knife to the giant tree. Mo Buyu saw that Bai Zan and the others were already destroying the giant tree, so he hurried up, and the soldiers of the Cefu gradually moved closer, protecting more than ten people in front of Bai Zan, resisting the Xuanjia army. Although the Xuanjia Army had the advantage in numbers, the city gate was still a little narrower after all, and Mo Buyu, Mo Liu, and Ling Hui led everyone to constantly resist the Xuanjia Army's charge. After holding on for a while, the three of them were covered with blood stains, and they didn't know if they were their own or the Xuanjia Army.
In front of the east gate, the generals of the Cefu and the people who commanded the siege of the city, Xiao Zhongqin and a few people saw that the offensive on the city wall was obviously weak, and then carefully observed, the Xuanjia army on the city wall was constantly withdrawing, and they were already a little flustered, and they immediately understood that they must have sneaked in and were fighting in the city. The general of the Cefu gave the order to make a surprise attack of the whole army, and at this time, the best opportunity to break the door, a large number of Cefu sergeants rushed to the city gate.
Bai Zan was struggling to break the giant tree, and there was not much left of the giant tree, but Mo Buyu, Mo Liu, Ling Hui and the elite sergeants of Cefu in front of him were also almost at the limit, and the Xuanjia army kept coming up, and nearly half of the sergeants had already lay down. At this time, behind the Xuanjia Army, there was a third team of 400 people from Cefu who rushed in, and the Xuanjia Army immediately divided its troops to stop it, and the side of the city gate was still fighting with all its might.
"Bang, bang." With two successive crashes of equipment, the siege equipment of the Cefu finally hit the city gate. Everyone in the city gate was shocked when they heard the sound, and Bai Zan struggled to cut off the last giant tree with a knife, and was about to split the door lock.
At this time, the general of the Xuanjia Army saw that the city gate was about to be broken, and he beckoned the soldiers to retreat, and immediately dropped several barrels of fire oil. The oil spread all at once, covering the entire vicinity of the city gates. The general was a little resolute, and his eyes were cold as he looked at the group of soldiers who had sneaked into the city, holding torches in his hands, ready to ignite the fire oil on the ground.
Ling Hui was very alert, he stepped forward quickly, his hands quickly slapped to the ground, and a powerful Xuanshui energy gushed out from the ground, tripping the Xuanjia army in front of him to the ground one by one. The torches also fell, a distance from the oil oil. Ling Hui flew over and slapped the commander with one palm, and at the same time, a wave of Xuanshui Qi swung towards the torch, extinguishing the fire in an instant.
Mo Buyu and Mo Liu were surprised by Ling Hui's swift reaction, but Ling Hui was a little embarrassed at the moment, and the Xuanjia army that had fallen to the ground rose up one after another and slashed at him. Mo Buyu and Mo Liu hurriedly went up and stopped him for him.
On the side of the city gate, Bai Zan and several sergeants cooperated to cut the door lock, and the siege equipment finally crashed open the east gate of Jianye City, and a group of soldiers from the Cefu poured in like a tide and repelled the Xuanjia army. Mo Buyu, Mo Liu, Ling Hui, Bai Zan, and a group of infiltrated sergeants retreated to the side and sat down on the ground. Finally broke the door, and they all breathed a long sigh of relief.