Time passed minute by minute, the noon sun shone on Qixia City, the soldiers of the righteous army sprayed flames in their eyes and fought with the Qing army, just one morning, the sandbags were piled up a lot, even though the rolling logs of the righteous army could be easily rolled from the head of the city to the foot of the moat, until the moat, but the Qing army still followed one after another. Eventually, the heroes of the rebel army began to jump off the city and fight hand-to-hand with the Qing army on the earthen ramparts, and then more heroes joined them.

With a shout, the Li brothers, Zhang Zhengang, Xu Yaomen, and Xu Haimen brothers had all rushed down the city, brandishing knives and guns, and struggling to drive the Qing soldiers down again and again. Wang Lun also ordered the people to prepare horse stakes and armor-piercing guns to be placed at the head of the city, ready to put these equipment on the earthen fortress at any time when the enemy cavalry attacked, and at this time, the earthen fortress was still a battlefield.

At this time, in the camp of the Qing army, the mood of the generals was also very nervous, Wang Yunsheng, the capital of Dengzhou, and Liu Guoyu, the general of Jimo, brought cavalry this time, both of them experienced the last defeat and fled, seeing that Qi Xia was at his fingertips, they were eager to try, and wanted to be ashamed, and Li Yongsheng and Fan Chengzong naturally didn't want the cooked duck to run into other people's plates.

Seeing that the generals were clamoring to ask for battle, Li Yongsheng said: "What are you anxious about? Now the fierce battle is raging on the earthen fortress, and the earthen fortress is still more than a meter high from the battlements, even if the war horse is on the earthen fortress, how can it cross the city, and it is not the same to dismount and fight? Wait for the two of us to launch a few more attacks, and then pile up the earthen ramparts one meter higher, and then the horses can directly step on the city wall. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Xu Wenxiu to answer, he pulled Fan Chengzong to continue to supervise the battle. The generals are also helpless about this, after all, the earth is piled up by the two of them, and they can't let the family finish their coolies, and they will pick up the bargain by themselves. There is no more suitable excuse, so naturally they have to wait, so everyone's hearts began to curse Li Yongsheng and Fan Chengzong, hoping that they would be unlucky, and then go up to pick up the foreign land again.

Li Yongsheng and Fan Chengzong were indeed very unlucky, the attack continued, but there was still no progress, the sandbags piled up for several days have caused more than 3,000 casualties in the team, and dozens of attacks on this day have killed and injured more than 2,000 people, but until sunset, there has not been a single soldier to board Qixia City. After returning to the camp to rest, and fighting again the next day, it was already the case, for three consecutive days, although the rebel army also suffered huge casualties, it became more and more courageous, and the two armies of Li Yongsheng and Fan Chengzong had suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.

The urging of the generals began to be urgent, and Li Yongsheng and Fan Chengzong also felt more and more pressure, but just like the two gamblers who lost, the more they lost, the more they wanted to turn over. So in the gossip of the generals, Fan Chengzong shouted: "Don't quarrel, Lao Tzu has been fighting with the bandits for ten days, and seeing that the bandits have been killed and injured more than half, at this time you want to change generals, you can't do it." ”

Xu Wenxiu said: "General Fan is a little restless, although you and General Li have killed and injured a lot of bandits, they also killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800, we are also worried that your two armies have suffered too many casualties and cannot explain to the elders of Benzhou." ”

Although Fan Chengzong also knew that his capital was getting less and less, he still stiffened his neck and said: "Don't worry about Lord Xu, Fan is here to add glory to the soldiers and civilians of Laizhou, although there are many casualties in the department, but you can't give up halfway." General Li and I will attack for another day tomorrow, and if we still can't take it, we will let the adults change generals. "Xu Wenxiu has already received Fan Chengzong's assurance, so naturally he can't say anything more." Okay, then it's a word. Fan Chengzong and Li Yongsheng said: "A word is a certainty. ”

So another day passed, and the dawn of this day was accompanied by a heavy fog, which was enough to make the rebels scratch their heads and make the Qing army rejoice, and on this day, there were crises everywhere. "Haha, General Fan, God help you and my brothers, although this fog makes people unable to see the way forward, it also makes the bandits at a loss, you and I should immediately launch a general attack on the bandits, and strive to take Qixia County before the fog clears."

Hearing Li Yongsheng's words, Fan Chengzong also thought so, he held the eight snake spears in his hand, and excitedly waved it in the air and said to Li Yongsheng: "General Li is reasonable, you and I will immediately reorganize the army, launch a general attack on the bandits, and strive to annihilate the bandits before noon." After that, both of them hurriedly completed their troops and quietly marched towards Qixia City, although it was a sneak attack, they wanted to finish the battle.

If you want to know that the frost is heavy, the remaining yin will be drowned.

It turned into a fog and jammed the day, and it was impossible to distinguish between people and oxen.

There was a big fog, which made people unable to distinguish between north and south, and could not see the road ahead, but in order to establish meritorious service, Li Yongsheng and Fan Chengzong approached Qixia City in such weather. The road is walking step by step, and I don't know when I will be able to reach it, in short, I just follow the countless footprints that have been taken on the ground in the past twenty days. It was quiet all around, and occasionally a few frightened birds chirped in the fog. Perhaps they also have a premonition that in this fog, there will be a lot of right and wrong.

Whether such a fog can fight a war, the two general soldiers don't know, what is under this fog, they also have to guess, why is the end of the dynasty unwilling to disperse, how do you know that there is no Chi You under it? "Brother, borrow, don't stand in my way, you're going the other way." Li Yongsheng spoke politely to a figure blocking the road in front of him, and the figure on the opposite side said, "Go the other way, won't you, which direction are you going?" ”

"Of course it's the east, Qixia County! Be quiet, and don't let the people in the city hear you. The figure also said, "Well, what you said makes sense, let's talk quietly, come here, I'll tell you." Li Yongsheng somehow leaned towards the figure curiously, and the figure also leaned over against Li Yongsheng's ear, but Li Yongsheng was in a hurry, so he was the first to ask: "Brother, what is the secret, hurry up, I'm in a hurry." ”

The figure replied in Li Yongsheng's ear: "Tell you, don't tell others, I'm Yu Qi." "Oh no, help! Oh, ah! Li Yongsheng was shouting, and he felt that there was a vicious wind rushing towards his voice, and he was busy saying that it was not good, so he lowered his head! Yu Qi had already knocked down his helmet with a knife, and a moment later, Li Yongsheng's head was gone.

But he's still neurotic, oh, ah! shouted indiscriminately, and felt that there was still danger, just after that knife, Yu Qi slashed again, Li Yongsheng's hair stood up, but Yu Qi's speed was too fast, Li Yongsheng hurriedly crawled back, and was slashed in the back by him. Li Yongsheng's armor was cut through again, and the Cold Moon Knife had already penetrated into the flesh.

Although Li Yongsheng was in pain, he knew better that if he didn't run at this time, the next knife would find him. So he rolled around on a donkey and got into the crowd, and when he looked back, sparks were splashing in the fog, and Yu Qi's third knife had fallen, and he didn't know what he had hit. If you hide any later, you'll be doomed.

(End of chapter)