Late at night the next day, Li Yan took his own men and horses, began to march towards Tongguan, less than three watches, came to the pass, Li Yan looked at the Ming army on the pass from a distance, and found that the Tongguan guards were not idle, people came and went on the city, the torches and braziers were as bright as day, the light was several miles, as long as their men and horses rushed forward, they must have been discovered, and then ushered in the rain of arrows that rushed to the sky.

Seeing that it was the third watch, he couldn't wait any longer, Li Yan passed the order and attacked.

For a time, torches were lit outside the city of Tongguan, at first one, two, then more and more, into thousands, and then there was a cry that shook the sky, and hundreds of peasant troops stepped across the river and began to attack.

The defenders of the city have been prepared, the guards are very calm, he is sitting on the danger, there are enough crossbow arrows, thousands of people want to break through the pass, it is really a fool's dream. So he commanded the Ming army and shot arrows at the attacking civilian army.

Rows of civilian soldiers were shot down under the city, while many more rushed to the edge of the city wall with ladders on their shoulders and began to climb the city.

Archers in the distance kept firing rockets at the city.

The Ming army at the head of the city began to have casualties, many soldiers were shot by arrows and were killed at the head of the city, and some arrows with fire hit the enemy tower and corner, so the wooden tower began to burn.

The defender commanded the soldiers to resist and extinguish the fire, and then transferred a group of reserve troops under the city to the city.

At this time, the people's army who climbed the city began to approach the city's head, dozens of ladders, the people's army climbed up like ants, everyone was holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, blocking the arrows shot by the Ming army above, climbing upwards, and already climbing up to the city.

The Ming army no longer shoots arrows, at this time the distance is too close, the crossbow arrows have lost their effect, they draw their single knives in unison, hold up their spears, lean out, and start hand-to-hand combat with the civilian army on the ladder.

From time to time, a few civilian soldiers jumped into the city, but they were surrounded by more Ming troops, slashed with guns and bayonets, and slashed at the head of the city. The casualties of the Ming army also increased, and many Ming troops were pulled by the civilian army, pulled down the city, and broke their bones and tendons.

The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and the Ming army could not force the civilian army back, and the civilian army could not attack the city.

Li Yan looked a little anxious below, as soon as his kung fu was long, the casualties of his men would inevitably be heavy, and at this time, the crossbow arrows in the army were about to be shot, and the red lady said on the side: "The siege is not going well, it is better to withdraw first." Li Yan replied categorically: "We can't withdraw, the harder we fight, the more the Ming army can't pay attention to what is behind us, and the three armies are ordered, and those who dare to take a step back will be beheaded immediately." ”

After saying that, he personally came to the city and beat drums to cheer.

The army listened to the order and knew that retreating was death, so they had to work hard to move forward and kill more ruthlessly, and the Ming army at the head of the city was also an elite soldier, fighting desperately, and it was not defeated for a while.

The defenders will continue to transfer troops to the city, and there are not many reserves under the city.

Seeing that her people were suffering more and more casualties, the red lady couldn't help but get angry, she looked left and right, and found that there was a high slope on the bank of the river, and there was a tree growing on the slope, although it was not very high, but by virtue of the topography of the high slope, it was still a few zhang higher than the flat land, so she snatched a bow from the hands of the soldiers, grabbed three arrows, and called Xiaoqingdao: "Come with me......"

The two girls ran up the high slope, climbed the tree one after the other, and the red lady said: "See, which is the leading general?" ”

Xiaoqing stood on the branch and looked at it, and pointed at it for the last time: "The one wearing the iron helmet is." ”

The red lady looked around, and sure enough, she found a person, wearing an iron helmet, wearing iron armor, dancing a long knife, and a red tassel on the helmet, who was a general. She snapped the strings and pulled the bow away.

Ordinary girls will never be able to pull this hard bow, but the red lady has followed the troupe since she was a child, practicing flying knives, climbing ropes, and the strength in her hands is greater than that of ordinary men.

At this time, the general was waving a long knife in his hand, shouting, and the black light flashed in front of him, knowing that there was a cold arrow, he hurriedly turned to one side, trying to dodge the side, but a little later, the arrow originally shot him in the throat, and he flashed it, and hit the shoulder socket.

The tip of the arrow pierced through the iron armor and was nailed into the flesh a full two inches deep, and the general screamed and was shot to the ground. His own soldiers hurried to the rescue.

The red lady once again took the arrow, and a personal soldier fell in response. The last arrow, she shot at the big banner at the head of the city, and this arrow just broke the rope, and the big flag suddenly fell.

When the Ming army saw it, their morale was immediately depressed. The people's army, on the other hand, shouted loudly and became even more courageous.

The guard who was hit by the arrow was already red-eyed, and shouted: "Pour oil, light fire, burn these thieves, burn them......"

So a pot of fire oil was carried up from under the city, and it was poured up the ladder, and many of the people standing on the ladder were splashed all over their heads.

After pouring oil, the Ming soldiers held torches in their hands and threw them on the ladder.

Dozens of fire dragons immediately appeared on the side of the city wall, and these ladders were all burned, along with the civilian army above, and burned into a ball.

The screams rang out, and many of the civilians were on fire, falling from the ladders, rolling and wailing under the city, and the people under the city wanted to save them, but they couldn't extinguish the fire on their bodies, so they had to watch them burn to death.

In a short time, all the ladders were burned.

And the fire oil in the city has also run out, using this method to defend the city is the ultimate weapon, if it weren't for the guard being injured and angry to the crown, he wouldn't want to use fire oil.

The ladder of the people's army under the city was burned, and it was impossible to attack the city for a while, and the Ming army was also exhausted one by one and collapsed at the head of the city.

At this moment, there was a shout of killing behind Tongguan.

The guard looked back, only to see that the camp behind had caught fire, under the light of the fire, a team of men and horses rushed in, slashing and killing, the reserve army under the city was already insufficient, and all paid attention to the city, how could I think that there would be someone behind the sneak attack.

The people who came were naturally the Qin army, and Ziyi led a thousand Qin troops, with Li Kang as the vanguard, and the generals came in. In fact, they have already come to the vicinity of Guancheng, when Li Yan and they began to attack the city, Li Kang wanted to attack, but was stopped by Ziyi: "We can't attack it now, we have to wait until the city is defeated and both are injured, we will attack again, otherwise if we attack now, it will be a melee, and the Ming army is likely to deal with us with all our might, if we can't take the Guancheng, the people outside the city will never be able to enter." ”

Li Dang held his temper and waited.

It wasn't until the killing sound at the head of the city gradually became much quieter that Ziyi knew that the attack of the civilian army outside the city had begun to weaken, and the Ming army should be the most lax at this time, so he ordered a fierce attack.

Li Dang was the first to fly on his horse and rushed towards the Ming army camp.

The Qin army lit torches, the archers began to shoot arrows, the infantry broke through the gate, and then the cavalry rushed in.

There were nearly three thousand defenders in Tongguan in total, most of them were on the city at this time, and there were seven or eight hundred people under the city, and when the Qin army began to rush and kill, these people were caught off guard and were divided by a thousand Qin troops.

While the Qin army was fighting, they set fire to the camp tent, and for a while, inside and outside the city, the flames soared into the sky.

Li Yan heard the shouts of killing in the city and knew that the Qin army had begun to attack, so he ordered to use the ten ladders left in advance to attack the city again.

He must not allow the garrison at the head of the city to go down to the city for reinforcements.

Hearing the shouts of killing in the city, the people's army outside the city was also in high spirits, and once again rushed up with a ladder.

The guard has already guessed that behind him must be the thieves of Huayin City who came to sneak attack, Huayin does not have many troops, so he should not be afraid, but at the moment, he is attacking from both sides, which is very dangerous. For the civilian army outside the city, he left more than 500 people, together with the light and serious wounded, to stay at the head of the city, desperately resist, and then took more than 500 people who were not injured to meet the Qin army.

For the deployment of the city head, Li Yan could see clearly that there were only a few officers and soldiers left in the city head, so he ordered that this attack must be overcome.

The peasant army set up the ladder and climbed up.