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Seeing that the Zhou army hung up the anti-battle card and did not launch an attack, the Tang army couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although Wang Junlang also proposed, he took advantage of the night to go out of the city and rob the camp to deal a major blow to the Zhou army. But this suggestion was vetoed by Li Jiancheng, who knew very well that letting his own soldiers fight a field battle with the Zhou army was completely hitting a stone with an egg. will suppress the morale that has just been raised.

However, Li Jiancheng also knew very well that he couldn't just wait in the city. After all, Hebei is the territory of the Zhou army, and Yuming can calmly organize county soldiers and strong men from all over the country to come to support, and then he will greatly surpass his own army in terms of troops.

In this way, not to mention conquering Beiping, it is difficult to even hold Hejian County. So he had to think of a way to defeat the Zhou army in front of him as soon as possible, otherwise the situation would be dangerous.

Li Jiancheng immediately convened a combat meeting to discuss how to repel the Zhou army. But most of the people's suggestions are unreliable. Some suggested to him that Li Yuan should send reinforcements; Some suggested that he attack Beiping first; It was also suggested that he send someone to inform Li Shimin, who was on the front line in Xiangyang, to let him go north to attack Luoyang, so as to force the Zhou army to withdraw its troops.

Li Jiancheng knew that although there were still some soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, they were used by Li Yuan to protect Guanzhong and Chang'an, and it was impossible to send them to support him. And if he still wants to ask Li Yuan for help, wouldn't it be a disguised demonstration of his incompetence to his father?

As for attacking Beiping first, it is even more impossible. Not to mention that the city of Beiping is strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, and there are more than 50,000 Zhou troops in the city to defend the city, even if the Tang army attacks with all its strength now, it may not be able to capture it. Li Jiancheng knew that as soon as his army left Hejian County, Yuming would immediately launch a fierce attack. At that time, it is likely that Beiping was not captured, and Hejian County was lost, resulting in the loss of one or the other.

And it is nonsense to send people to Li Shimin and ask him to attack Luoyang. Let's not talk about whether Li Shimin will listen to his opinion. Even if he really listened, he was afraid that he would never be able to raise his head in front of Li Shimin in the future. In the Tang Army and the Tang Dynasty, he lost face. The dignified East Palace, who is not effective in fighting and needs the assistance of King Qin, then what face does he have when the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty?

Just when Li Jiancheng was worried, Liu Jing finally spoke: "Your Highness, the minister has a way to defeat the Zhou army." ”

"Oh? Lord Liu, come quickly! When Li Jiancheng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Liu Jing smiled slightly at this time: "Yesterday, when Xia Guan was patrolling the city, he met a big family surnamed Pei who seemed to have some abnormal behavior in his own house. The subordinate led his troops to check, only to find that they were dredging a tunnel. At this time, the family surnamed Pei confessed: he was a side branch of the Pei family who was eliminated by Yuming two years ago, and hated him to the core. He told his subordinates that he was afraid of being killed by Yuming. So the family secretly dug a tunnel into a wooded area twenty miles away......

"Lord Liu, do you want to say that we should send troops out of the city from the tunnel, and then attack the Zhou army camp from the rear?" Li Jiancheng frowned.

"It's not that simple!" Liu Jing sighed lightly: "The Zhou army camp has always been well guarded, even if it is a sneak attack and robbery camp at night, it is very difficult to get it, let alone during the day!" This is what we mean......"

After that, he told his plan one by one.

The generals of the Tang Army were dumbfounded when they heard it. If you really follow Liu Jing's method, it is not impossible to defeat Zhou Jun, and it is even possible to kill or capture Yuming alive. But in doing so, the risk is really big, in case there is a mistake, I am afraid that Tang Jun will steal chickens and rice.

"Your Highness, if Lord Liu's plan really succeeds, it's okay to say, but if it fails, then Hejian County will be lost......" Wang Junkuo and Hou Junji glanced at each other, and then said together.

Li Jiancheng took a deep breath at this time, and then stood up and said, "How can you not take risks when you march to fight?" This time, it's a lonely gamble! Pass the order: Act according to Lord Liu's plan! ”

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In the early morning of the fourth day, as the morning mist dissipated, the Zhou army launched another attack. This time, they've rebuilt the ladders, siege crashes, and well railings, and they're bound to win.

Under the order of Wei Chi Jingde, several pounds of stone bullets were smashed towards the city wall of Hejian County like raindrops, and their density far exceeded that of the previous days. It seems that it should be this rest time, and the Zhou army has prepared more abundant stones, and then all of them are poured out today.

The Tang army on the city wall was suddenly smashed to the ground, with many casualties. The Tang soldiers who were still alive also began to panic, where was the Zhou army fighting, it was simply a massacre. However, their own trebuchets have a short range and cannot hit others.

Moreover, people's trebuchets are not only powerful, but also a bombardment, not only the Tang army on the city wall and the city tower were hit by the Zhou army's stones, but even the inner side of the city wall also fell a lot of stone bullets, will be assembled under the city wall, ready to go to the city head to support the Tang army reserves smashed brains, legs broken tendons.

Although Wang Junlang shouted loudly and loudly, calming down his soldiers and sticking to their posts on the city wall, how many soldiers could listen to it now?

All the Tang soldiers fled from the towers, dodging the stone bullets of the Zhou army.

After Wei Chi Jingde commanded trebuchets to bombard the city walls for an hour, the Zhou army began a formal attack.

Guo Yi personally led several siege vehicles to take the lead and crashed into the not very strong city gate of Hejian County.

"Quick! Hurry up to the castle tower and release the rocket! Don't let the enemy break through the gates! Wang Junlang shouted.

A large number of Tang soldiers poured into the city, and then fired rockets at the siege crash car. But the Zhou army was prepared, and covered the siege car with a layer of cowhide, and bounced most of the rockets away. Even if some rockets bypassed the cowhide and hit the siege car, they were quickly extinguished by the Zhou soldiers.

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

Under the violent impact of the siege car, the gate of Hejian County was finally slammed open with a "boom" after about half an hour of impact.

Now, the city gate of Hejian County has been smashed open, and it has appeared in front of Zhou Jun like a piece of rich fat.

"Brothers! The enemy's gates have been slammed open! Everyone! Seeing that the city gate had been knocked open, Wei Chi Jingde was also overjoyed, and immediately rushed towards the city gate with Guo Yi.

"Kill!" At the same time, 50,000 soldiers of the Zhou army let out an earth-shattering roar, surging towards Mandalay like a raging tide.

Look at the imposing and unstoppable troops of your own army. Several generals of the Zhou army also smiled, and the enemy's city gate had been opened. Our army is now higher than the Tang army in terms of strength, equipment, and morale. Victory should be at hand!

However, what they didn't expect was that the morale of the Tang army did not collapse unexpectedly.

The opening of the gate of Hejian County does not mean that the city has fallen into the hands of the Zhou soldiers.

At this time, the Tang soldiers in the city, as well as the young and middle-aged civilians who could still take up arms, all seemed to be crazy, and red eyes poured out from all parts of the city, fighting with the Zhou army who rushed into the city, and started a fierce street battle.

Although the Zhou army had a long range and a fast rate of fire, it was difficult for the Zhou army to play a role in street fighting. In the face of the swarming enemy, they can only raise their spears and stab, or slash with a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, and become a mess with the enemy.

Half an hour after entering the city, the vast majority of the Zhou army was thrown into battle and penetrated deep into the city of Hejian County. Fierce fighting and fighting were going on everywhere in the city, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

At this time, the inside and outside of the city were covered with dust, screams and shouts were endless, and where the swords collided, sparks were everywhere, and when the weapons entered the flesh, blood was dripping.

The Zhou army is a tiger descending from the mountain, and the morale is high, and the Tang army is a trapped beast, and the mourning soldiers will win. Both armies fought with all their might and paid heavy casualties.

As the street fighting deepened, there were more and more corpses in the streets and alleys of the city, and the densest places were completely piled up, one by one, and there was no place to intervene. Many of the wounded soldiers of the two armies were still wailing in pain and rolling on the ground......

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Yu Ming, as the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the commander of the whole army, naturally couldn't charge in person like before. The responsibility of the attack was entrusted to Wei Chi Jingde, Guo Yi and Song Jingangren. They took the lead, desperately rushing back and forth in the city, like a tiger descending from the mountain, flying back and forth in the Tang army, unstoppable, everywhere they passed, all clothed.

Under the leadership of this brave general, the soldiers of the Zhou army had high morale and marched forward bravely, pouring into the city in groups, everyone fought bravely to be the first, wanting to completely annihilate the enemy army and win this battle!

However, the Tang Army, which guarded the county town of Hejian, was also an elite division trained by Li Jiancheng. Moreover, he also deliberately declared to the soldiers and civilians of Hejian County that Yuming had issued an order to slaughter the city after it was broken, leaving no one alive. In this way, the common hatred of the family name of Hejian was aroused.

Hejian County was originally Dou Jiande's territory, and many surnames in the city received his favors. Most of those big families have Shandong Shi backgrounds, and the Pei family, the Cui family, and the Wang family all have side branches in the city. Therefore, the people of this city do not support Yuming like other counties in Hebei, on the contrary, there is a lot of hostility and fear. In this way, it will be easier for them to listen to Li Jiancheng's lies. It is believed that after Yuming breaks the city, he will massacre the Shandong scholars as he did in Beiping City before.

As a result, when the gate of Hejian County was broken and the defense of the city was at the most critical moment, the people in the city were called up by the Tang army to participate in the defense of the city.

Thinking that the city might be slaughtered, even the unarmed old man burst out of his greatest combat strength, rushed out of his house with kitchen knives and iron rods, and participated in the street fighting.

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