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"Poof!" With a bang, the bodies of Hong Wu and the Tang army leader who were strung together with spears fell heavily into the ditch under the city, turning into two of the countless corpses of the Tang army.

At this moment, the drums of war in front of the Tang army stopped abruptly, and Li Shimin and Sheng Yanshi, who were paying attention to the battle, couldn't help but be stunned. They didn't expect that Hongwu, who was commanding the front, would be killed by the Zhou army so quickly.

There was a dead silence in the Tang army's camp, and everyone's faces showed a look of horror.

The morale of the Zhou army reached its peak, and they shouted to drive all the Tang soldiers who had no fighting spirit off the city wall.

When Song Jingang knocked down the last ladder, he waved the big knife in his hand vigorously towards the black-pressed Tang army crowd outside the city, and shouted loudly to the sky: "Our army will win!" Swear to avenge General Liu! I want the Tang Army to pay for the blood debt! ”

"Our army will win!"

Whether it was the original Liu army soldiers or the new recruits of the Zhou army, they were all infected by Song Jingang, and they responded together.

And Li Shimin no longer had a smile on his face at this time, and his face became more and more solemn.

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That night, Li Shimin held an operational meeting in the Tang Army camp and in his own tent.

As a result of the siege during the day, the Tang army not only lost a general, but also lost more than 20,000 elite soldiers, although the casualties of the Zhou army were not small, but Sheng Yanshi realized that if he blindly attacked like this, even if he could finally capture Xia County, then his troops would be killed and wounded.

In this way, even if he wins the war in the end and returns to Guanzhong, he is afraid that he will not have his share in the battle against Bashu.

"Your Royal Highness King Qin, you see...... Will you continue to attack like this tomorrow? Master Sheng Yan asked cautiously. He also knew that Li Shimin was not satisfied with the attack during the day.

"Of course keep attacking! If this is the end and we negotiate with the enemy, I am afraid that the officers and men of our Tang Army will be a little timid in the face of the Zhou army in the future! Li Shimin naturally refused to admit defeat.

He always believed that when he marched into Guanzhong, Li Yuan had promised him that because he had made great military achievements, he would be appointed after he ascended the throne in the future. But later, Li Yuan still established Li Jiancheng, which made him unconvinced. He wants to prove to his father one victory after another: he, Li Shimin, is a qualified Tang Dynasty and can lead the Tang Dynasty to unify the world.

Sheng Yanshi's face was a little embarrassed and said: "But the defense of the Zhou army is also very tight, and there is Yuming personally escorting the formation, if we continue to attack like yesterday, I am afraid that our army will suffer heavy casualties......"

Li Shimin took a deep breath, and said with blazing eyes: "This king has carefully observed during the day, the city defense of Xia County is not invulnerable, and in the southeast corner of the city wall, there are obvious traces of damage, which are obviously left by Song Jingang when he attacked the city last time. Although Zhou Jun made repairs, they were very hasty...... General Sheng could bombard this place with trebuchets tomorrow, and as long as the wall in the southeast corner collapsed, the Zhou army would lose the danger of the wall, and its determination to hold on would also collapse. If our army has the advantage of strength, we can easily attack the city and recover Xia County in one fell swoop! ”

"Oh? That's it! After Sheng Yanshi heard this, he immediately showed joy.

He stood up and said, "Okay! Then, according to the words of the King of Qin, he will mobilize all the trebuchets tomorrow and concentrate on bombarding the city wall in the southeast corner. ”

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In the Tang army camp, while Li Shimin was discussing the battle plan, Song Jingang and Yuming were also discussing countermeasures in Xia County.

Song Jingang said with a worried face at this time: "King Zhou, the Tang army failed to attack the city during the day, and it is bound to change the way of attack tomorrow, so that the weak point in the southeast corner of the city wall may not be able to escape the intensive bombardment of the Tang army's trebuchets, once the city wall collapses, the Tang army infantry will swarm in through the gap, and our army is bound to be difficult to resist." ”

Yu Ming listened, but he smiled slightly, he raised his hand and pointed to the moving fire outside the city and said: "What General Song said is that I am afraid that Li Shimin is already concentrating trebuchets on the southeast corner of my city wall. ”

"So fast?" Song Jingang was also taken aback, he looked in the direction of Yu Ming's finger, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he said in a condensed voice: "It seems that tomorrow's battle will be the final decisive battle, His Royal Highness King Zhou, are we going to start ......?"

"Hehe, this is actually God help me!" Yu Ming smiled slightly and said, "This king is worried about how to lose Xia County without a trace and let the Tang army enter the city." And the gap in the city wall in the southeast corner just gives us a reason to withdraw. In this way, even Li Shimin, who is as cunning as a fox, should be hooked! ”

"Good! Song will be able to take revenge tomorrow!" Song Jingang also said enthusiastically.

"Well, tonight you will lead your army down and start arranging the previous arrangements. Tomorrow's battle to defend the city will be handed over to Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin! Yu Ming admonished.

Song Jingang nodded, then called his lieutenant general and began to give orders, the lieutenant general nodded while listening, and then quickly disappeared into the night.

After a while, Yu Ming also returned to the city guard mansion in Xia County, and convened a meeting of the generals to arrange arrangements for tomorrow.

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Early the next morning, the genius Meng Mengliang, Sheng Yanshi, who was bent on making great achievements, commanded the Tang army to launch an attack.

The first to go into battle was the trebuchet that had made a great contribution yesterday.

Just listen to "Boom! Rumble! Rumble! The sound did not stop, and the boulders the size of a round table came one after another, smashing violently on the southeast corner of the Xia County city wall, which was already very weak, under the crazy blow of the Tang army's trebuchet, crumbling, and there was a possibility of collapse at any time.

More than 10,000 of the most elite Tang army hoplites had gathered outside the southeast corner of the Xia County city wall, and with the protection of shields, they were slowly approaching the weak part of the city wall. Because of yesterday's lesson, they were very well guarded, and it was difficult for the archers of the Zhou army to inflict ground damage on the Tang army's infantry. Only a few sporadic arrows, through the gaps in the shield, shot some unlucky ones.

In Xia County, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin had gathered 10,000 defender soldiers, and they formed a crescent-shaped array around the weak point of the city wall that was about to collapse. The glittering broadsword was unsheathed, the sharp spear was raised, the archers were bent and arrowed, and there was a tense and oppressive aura in the air.

With the continuous sound of impact, the city wall in the southeast corner has trembled slightly, and countless small cracks have covered the walls of the city wall, and like spider silk spreading in all directions, from time to time large pieces of broken masonry fall from the city wall, falling to the ground with a clatter.

Seeing that the city wall was about to collapse, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin's eyes showed a hint of excitement.

At this moment, more than 20 trebuchets of the Tang Army put a boulder the size of a round table into the big spoon of the trebuchet. Then he pulled the rope in his hand with all his might, pulled the trebuchet's throwing arm down hard, and then let go in unison.

At this time, the arm, which was more than two feet long, rebounded violently, and then slammed into the stake in the center, making a huge sound.

The boulder placed in the big spoon at the end of the swing arm roared out under the action of strong inertia, swept an arc in the air, and smashed down viciously towards the weak place in the southeast corner of the Xia County city wall.

With a loud bang, the boulder finally crashed through the already weak city wall.

Immediately, the sound of the "booming" wall collapse sounded, and the section of the city wall in the southeast corner collapsed, forming a large gap more than ten zhang wide. And the dozens of Zhou army recruits standing on the city tower didn't even have time to let out a scream, they tumbled down the falling gravel and mud, and were immediately buried alive in the mud and dust that straddled the collapse.

"Kill!"

Seeing this, Master Sheng Yanshi was overjoyed. He swung the long knife in his hand forward, and tens of thousands of Tang Army infantry shouted. Then, like a flood bursting its banks, it roared and rushed to the breach in the wall.

Although at this time, from the towers at both ends of the gap, a lot of sharp arrows were shot. But it was simply not enough to stop the surging Tang soldiers.

At the same time, a loud horn sounded in the Tang army camp, and a large number of Tang cavalry and infantry also began to move towards the gap, and Li Shimin decided to launch a general attack.

The Tang army swarmed up, and in an instant, they poured into the city of Xia County.

And Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin also picked up their weapons and pointed forward. The 10,000 defenders behind them also rushed forward frantically, rushing into the crowd of enemy soldiers like a tidal wave, deciding to fight the enemy to the death, their eyes filled with a resolute expression of death.

"Kill!"

Cheng Yanjin swung his axe vigorously, and the heads of the two leading Tang soldiers fell to the ground, and their bodies fell to the edge of the gap.

And Qin Qiong was not to be outdone, the spear stabbed obliquely, and pierced the throat of a Tang army leader, and then he picked up the corpse of the Tang army with the tip of the gun, threw it hard, and threw it into the crowd of the Tang army, knocking down seven or eight Tang soldiers at once, making the enemy's offensive stagnant.

However, there were too many Tang troops rushing in, and although the defenders put up stubborn resistance, they were gradually squeezed out of the way and widened the gap.

The soldiers of the Tang and Zhou armies finally collided fiercely, and the screams and shouts of the soldiers resounded throughout the city. They stabbed with spears or slashed with machetes, sharp arrows flew in the air, cold spears whistled and fell, and human life became like mustard at this moment.

It was noon, but the war was not over, although the Tang army rushed into the city, but could not fully control the city, and the soldiers of the two armies were tightly entangled in the streets and alleys of the city.

In the deafening sound of killing, the soldiers of the Tang army and the Zhou army, like wheat that had been cut, fell down one by one, but the soldiers who followed were still fearless to rush forward to kill, filling the gap left by the death of their comrades.

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