Yang Zhiying took the order and left in a hurry.

At the same time, Li Tongyuan led his troops to stop 500 meters outside the city in the drizzle.

At the rear of the team, catapults were stuck in the mud field, and dozens of people pushed one in total, and a total of ten were prepared.

I have to say that this Li Tongyuan is a little reckless, but the resources that can be used are indeed not stingy at all.

Ten catapults, if they set up a formation outside the city, in order to know the city defense of Linxian County, they may not be able to stop it.

You know, catapults can shoot up to two hundred meters at a distance, which is much more powerful than a bow and arrow.

Unless there are enough strong crossbows on the side of Zhilin County, otherwise, when Li Tongyuan sets up the catapult, the city defense may be directly destroyed.

It's just a pity that the catapult tossed in the back for half a day, and even half of the distance could not pass, and dozens of people trapped in the mud field had to toss for half a day.

When they pulled the catapult over, Li Tongyuan and those foot soldiers were afraid that they would have no patience to wait.

"Your Excellency, give the order, take advantage of the rebel catapults before they arrive, and I am willing to lead the sword and axe men out of the city to kill the enemy with Captain Yang!" Liu Tong was not entrusted with a heavy task this time, and he could only stare dryly when he stood at the head of the city.

He really didn't want to miss such a great opportunity.

"Don't worry, wait for them to transport the catapult for a distance, this is a resource given away for free, don't do it in vain." Chen Ziqian had a smile on his face.

They were waiting for their work, while the rebels were stuck in the mud and drenched in the rain.

After a long time, the rebels will definitely be discouraged, and when the time comes, won't it be like a tiger to kill?

Li Tongyuan obviously didn't realize these problems, and at the moment he was sitting on a jujube red BMW, carrying a big axe, and was looking at Chengguan with interest.

The strength of the enemy and the information of the generals are obviously not hidden from the other side's scouts.

In Li Tongyuan's view, a small county town where a teenager sits is not to be feared at all.

Of course, he still has the most basic common sense, and he should also guard against it.

For example, at a position of 500 meters away from the city pass, the defenders obviously did not have any long-range weapons that could hit here, so they could wait for a while with peace of mind.

Li Tongyuan was not in a hurry at all, the men and horses were already ready, and when the catapult arrived, he first fired a cannon with the catapult, and then personally led 10,000 horses to cover it up.

With this broken city defense, can it still stop his tens of thousands of brave and warlike soldiers?

Li Tongyuan calculated it well, but he never thought that he would wait for more than half an hour.

Not to mention his impatience, even the mounts under his crotch were already restless and restless, and the other foot soldiers who were stuck in the mud were even more miserable, and even greeted his ancestors for several generations.

What kind of fight is this kind of, it's even more tiring than farming at home.

Occasionally, I can stop to rest my feet, but there is no place to rest.

The partial general who had been waiting had already sensed the seriousness of the problem, and immediately found Li Tongyuan and said: "General, we can't wait any longer, we don't have an advantage in this battle, and now we have missed the opportunity, it's better to withdraw the army for the time being, continue to delay, I'm afraid the army's heart will be ruined in a flash!" ”

"Withdrawal? General Ben has been in this array for most of the hour, and the defenders don't even dare to let out a fart, so you want General Ben to withdraw now? The brain makes the pig arch or not? Li Tongyuan was irritable in his heart, and scolded: "What about the catapult, procrastinating, such a good opportunity to make contributions has been delayed by those wastes, damn it, hurry up and urge Lao Tzu!" ”

"Don't rush the general, the camp is four or five miles away from the city, and even if the catapults can arrive smoothly, those soldiers are almost exhausted."

"This ......" When Li Tongyuan heard this, it seemed that the same was the case, so he thought about it: "The catapult is useless, so don't wait for them." ”

"No, general, without the help of catapults, once our army enters the hundred-step area, the defenders will inevitably shoot with bows and crossbows, and then our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and the gains outweigh the losses!"

"What are you afraid of, immediately beat the drum and give orders to the whole army, and prepare to attack." Li Tongyuan said with a violent face: "As long as you can capture this Zhilin County, what is the loss of some people!" ”

"This ......"

"Don't go yet!" Li Tongyuan glared, and his fierce face was full of murderous aura.

The partial general couldn't resist Li Tongyuan, so he had to obediently turn around and convey the military order.

Soon, as the drums of war sounded, the originally sluggish morale was reinvigorated.

Li Tongyuan rode a dragon horse to scan the three armies in front of the formation, raised the axe in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, the marshal is still waiting to join us on the county side, kill the general, take Zhilin County, and rush me!" ”

"Kill!" As soon as the impatient foot soldiers heard the battle begin, they immediately burst into a burst of shouts that resounded through the sky.

At the city gate, Chen Ziqian and all the leaders were waiting patiently, seeing that the enemy army dared to charge at this point, they really admired this Li Tongyuan in their hearts.

"I'm too embarrassed to do it when I'm going to die like this." Chen Ziqian's face bloomed with a smile, and with a wave of his hand, the crossbowmen who had already been waiting at the city gate immediately bent their bows and arrows.

When the rebels rushed to a distance of eighty paces outside the city, Fan Zhong immediately shouted: "Shoot the arrows!" ”

Whoosh ......

One by one, the arrows rushed out of the air, mixed in the misty drizzle, and the word arrow rain was really vividly embodied.

Puff puff......

A series of sounds of flesh and blood being pierced echoed under the city gates, and the screams came one after another, and in less than five minutes, a third of the foot soldiers who rushed up outside the city fell by one.

"Don't retreat, don't retreat, press me all up!" Li Tongyuan sat in the Chinese army, holding a plate axe and yelling, seeing that it was ineffective, he even slapped the horse's ass and rushed out: "Everyone rush me!" ”

Li Tongyuan showed a posture of taking the lead, and a thousand cavalry behind him also entered the battle, such momentum really contained the momentum of defeat and retreat.

But the price was equally tragic, a round of charge only advanced about 100 meters, and most of the tens of thousands of horses were wiped out.

And just when Li Tongyuan led the remnants to arrive at the foot of Chengguan, Yang County Lieutenant personally led 1,500 sword and axe men to rush out from the east gate.

"Destroy the rebels, defend my homeland, and kill!" County Lieutenant Yang ignited the morale of the whole army with one sentence.

These lands outside the city have been reclaimed by everyone in the past few days, and their own land is now trampled under the feet of a group of rebels, who can not be angry?

"Killing ......" everyone is lightly armed, as if they have beaten chicken blood, stepping on the mud field is as easy as walking on the ground, and it didn't take long for the two to fight together.

Chen Ziqian looked down at the city gate, looking at the gray mud field stained red with blood, the strong visual impact, he really got goosebumps when he saw it.

The enemy and us were fighting in the mud fields, and although the rebels were superior in numbers, they were not enough to cut down in the mud compared to this group of peasant soldiers.

After just a few dozen minutes, the morale of the enemy troops dropped to freezing point, and many people even threw away their weapons and turned around in order to flee for their lives.

But the defenders did not intend to let them go, and chased them all the way with knives, chasing them for two or three miles, until rows of bows and crossbows from the enemy's camp came in, and the county lieutenant Yang ordered the withdrawal of troops.

At the city gate, Chen Ziqian, who had been paying attention to the battle situation, was excited, and pointed to the enemy camp in front of him and said: "Night attack, kill it tonight, and drive all these rebels out of Zhilin County!" ”