As the capital of Liangzhejiang Road and the first important town in the south of the Yangtze River, Hangzhou City not only has high walls and large gates, but also its geographical location is extremely dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

From the Grand Canal in the north, the Qiantang River in the south, and the Hangzhou Bay in the east, the criss-crossing waters make the entire Hangzhou city almost only the west gate to allow large siege equipment such as wells and cars to play a role.

The first day of the attack of the rebel army was carried out around the west city wall, and Fang La, Shi Bao, Si Xingfang and other martial arts, brave and resourceful generals gathered under the west city wall and led all the troops to launch a fierce attack on the west city wall.

Of course, the rebels also attacked the north and south walls at the same time, but the intensity and frequency of the attack were far less than those in the west. Because it was a harbor to the east, the rebels only besieged it but did not attack it.

Chen Jian and Gu An, who were defending the city, were not idle people, they anticipated the actions of the rebel army in advance, and placed the main force of the official army on the west city wall.

The lack of weapons and armor has always been the biggest problem for the rebels. Under the fierce fire of the arrows of the officers and soldiers, each wave of attacking sergeants would suffer great casualties before they could get close to the city wall, and even be directly shot into a crush.

But the advantage of the righteous army was that there were many people, and Fang La also knew that it was impossible to break through Hangzhou City in one fell swoop, so most of the people who attacked the city on the first day were the "new army" that joined later, and the real elite never appeared from beginning to end.

During the siege on the first day, although the rebels climbed the city wall many times, they were all killed and retreated by the officers and soldiers due to lack of stamina. At first, the officers and soldiers were quite afraid of the mighty rebels, but after this day of fighting, the fear of the officers and soldiers gradually turned into contempt. Chen Jian and Gu An, who were originally nervous, also relaxed.

If you don't look at the weapons and arrows scattered under the city, and only look at the corpses of the rebels, the entire battlefield is like a massacre of the people by the officials and soldiers. The losses of officers and troops can be almost ignored.

By the next day, before the end of the day, the rebels again launched a fierce attack from the west, and only a small number of troops were invested in the north and south as yesterday.

As if it reappeared yesterday, the rebels still rushed to the city wall again and again with their fearless strength, and then they were calmly killed and retreated again and again by the officers and soldiers.

When the battle lasted until noon, Chen Jian on the city wall scanned the entire battlefield and said to Gu An next to him: "I think the thief army has reached this level. In the past two days, there have been at least 5,000 dead and wounded, and I believe that it will not be long before their morale will collapse and they will retreat on their own. ”

Gu An frowned and said, "I always feel that something is wrong. According to the previous information, Fang La's subordinates should have an elite pro-army, why didn't they show up for a long time? ”

"Don't worry about it," Chen Jian pointed to a man riding a tall horse in the distance below the city: "Isn't that Fang La?" He's all here, where can his few pro-troops be? ”

Gu An followed his fingers, and saw that Fang La was also looking at them, and he was inexplicably nervous in his heart: "I still feel that something is wrong." No, I'll have to look at the other walls. ”

Chen Jian waved his hand: "Go, go, go." With me here, Fang La can't come up. ”

As soon as Gu An turned around, he saw a herald running over in a hurry, and he took a few breaths and said, "Report!" Lord Chen, dozens of big ships appeared on the Qiantang River in the south, with the banner of Fang La! Captain Zhang, who was guarding the southern city wall, didn't know how to decide, so he specially ordered me to report it. ”

The two of them changed their faces suddenly, and Gu An was about to speak, but he saw another herald running over and said, "Report!" Lord Chen! Dozens of large ships suddenly appeared on Hangzhou Bay, all under the banner of Fang La, and Captain Li was frightened and ordered his subordinates to come to ask for help. ”

Seeing Gu An's frowning and silent, Chen Jian said in a deep voice: "These two ways must be Fang La's killing moves, I'm afraid that the two places are one true and one false, if we divide our troops to defend it, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist it." ”

After pondering for a long time, Gu An asserted: "Don't worry about Hangzhou Bay, their main attack should be the southern city wall, and I will immediately bring the soldiers over." ”

Chen Jian thought about it, and also felt that it was unlikely that the rebel army would attack from Hangzhou Bay, so he nodded: "Okay, it seems that I underestimated the thief army before, you must be careful when you go over there, if you feel wrong, ask me for help as soon as possible, I will rush over immediately." ”

Gu An gave him a slight look, and then walked quickly towards the city.

Like the rebel army, the officers and soldiers are also uneven, and the gap between each other's combat strength is also very obvious, and the quality of some of the Xiang troops from other counties is almost the same as that of ordinary people, and there are many of them who have committed crimes and have been assassinated.

The relatively elite in the city was the defenders in the west of the city at this time, with about 3,000 people. Knowing that the southern city wall was very likely to be attacked by the main force of the thief army, Gu An immediately transferred more than 1,500 people and rushed to the south of the city.

The attack on the southern city wall was the righteous army led by Lu Shisang and Fang Jie, who had experienced the large and small battle formations from Taizhou to Hangzhou, and could also be called elite.

The Qiantang River is the natural moat of the southern city wall, but the warships of the rebel army "turned the danger into a disaster", using the warships to block the arrows, and then taking a ladder to attack after approaching the city wall.

When Gu An rushed to the south city wall with reinforcements, the rebels had already attacked the city wall, which frightened him. Fortunately, the number of rebels who climbed the city wall was not large, and as soon as the reinforcements arrived, they were killed and retreated.

Subsequently, at the urging of Lu Shisang and Fang Jie, the attack of the rebels became more courageous, and many soldiers sacrificed their lives to pull the officers and soldiers into the river.

Although the casualties of the official army gradually increased, Gu Anzhong was a little more stable, and the strength of the thief army in front of him was enough to prove that they were the elite of the rebel army, indicating that he guessed correctly, the rebel army was mainly attacking the south of the city.

What Gu An didn't know was that the south of the city was indeed the direction of the main attack of the rebel army, but so was the west of the city, and even the west was the place where the fierce generals gathered. However, Gu An and the others did not know much about the rebels, and the intelligence was limited to a few people, including Fang La, Wang Yin, and Shi Bao.

In the west of the city, not long after Gu An left, a group of people walked behind Fang La with various weapons.

This group of people is the mainstay of the entire Fangla Group, namely Shi Bao, Li Tianyan, Si Xingfang, Pang Wanchun, Guo Shiguang, Gao Keli, Qian Zhenpeng, Zheng Biao, Bao Daoyi and others, all of whom are first-class masters.

"See the Holy Father!" All the generals bowed to Fang La.

Fang La rode a purple-haired horse, looked at the city wall in front of him, did not look back, slowly pulled out the sword at his waist, raised it high, and heard a loud shout: "Kill!" Then he took the lead and rushed towards the city wall.

The congregation immediately followed, following closely behind.

In the siege camp, the real elite of the Fangla army, the army composed of the Manichaeans, also launched a charge with swords and shields at this time.

At this time, the ordinary rebel army was still attacking, but the indomitable momentum of Fang La and the generals, and the uniform pace of the Manichaean people, were seen by Chen Jian at a glance, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly ordered the crossbowmen: "Quick! Leave those soldiers alone, concentrate your fire on those generals! ”

Even a martial artist who entered the hall could only hold his head and run away in the face of ten thousand arrows. Except for Fang La, Shi Bao and the others were all stopped by the arrows that came from them, dodging left and right, waving weapons to resist.

"General Chen, there are not enough arrows, you can't shoot them anymore." Suddenly there was a shout from among the archers.

When Chen Jian heard this, he asked angrily: "Why is it not enough, aren't there still many in the morning?" ”

"I consumed some before, but Master Gu took a lot more, and now there is not much left."

Chen Jian's face sank, and he shouted: "The crossbowmen stop first, keep the arrows to shoot the thieves behind, and the axe hands come forward, and when these generals come up, surround and kill them as soon as possible." ”

Chen Jianzheng gave an order, but saw a dark red figure leaping up from under the city wall, and swept back the soldiers by the wall with a sword.

Looking at Fang La, who was surrounded by red light, Chen Jian still felt a chill even as a martial artist who entered the room, and shouted as he retreated: "He is Fang La, the thief leader!" Above! Those who kill Fang Lap can be immortal! Feng Hou Bai will not be a problem! ”

Fang La turned his head to look at him suddenly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a grim smile.

The sword and axe hands also had a light in their eyes at this time, and began to kill Fang La.

Fang La's martial arts are like a realm of refinement, like a killing god on this city wall, every sword swinged, it will bring up a narrow red light, and the soldiers who touch it will suddenly break their weapons, and the heavy ones will be split in half on the spot.

The officers and soldiers looked at the tragic situation of their comrades' flesh and blood, and gradually became timid, and involuntarily began to retreat.

"Don't be afraid of him! He's alone right now! When his true qi is exhausted, he will die! Chen Jian roared behind him.

It seemed that his roar had an effect, and the officers and soldiers began to surround it again, but they were instantly forced to retreat one after another by Fang La's sword qi.

At this time, Shi Bao, Li Tianyan and others climbed up from the ladder one after another, even if their strength was not as shocking as Fang La, it was an insurmountable mountain in front of the officials and soldiers.

Pang Wanchun, who was carrying a big bow on his back, saw Chen Jian for the first time after he climbed the city wall, and immediately bent his bow and shot an arrow.

Chen Jian couldn't react, he was shot through his left shoulder by an arrow, the pain was heartbreaking, and he was about to turn around and run away, but he was smashed on his back by Shi Bao's flying hammer, rolled to the ground, and couldn't get up for a while.

At this time, Li Tianyan, Si Xingfang and others had already killed the officials and soldiers in the city like a flock of sheep. The formations of the nearby officers and soldiers were torn apart. The generals occupied the outer edge of the wall, making it impossible for the officers and crossbowmen to advance.

Soon, the Manichaeans also began to climb the ladder. Without the suppression of the crossbowmen, the Manichaeans quickly climbed the city wall and coordinated with the generals to fight the officers and soldiers.

When Chen Jian was helped up by his own soldiers and slowly came to his senses, the city wall was already crowded with Manichaeans, and the officers and soldiers were being killed and retreated.

Looking at everything, Chen Jiandeng's eyes darkened and he fainted completely.

After Chen Jian fainted, the deputy generals around him were anxious, and when they saw the Manichaeans pouring onto the city wall like a flood, they began to organize a retreat, trying to rush to the southern city.

As the saying goes, the defeat of the army is like a mountain, and many officers and soldiers saw that the general situation had gone, so they directly began to flee, ignoring the orders of the generals, so that the generals were exposed to the attacks of Fang La and others.

Fang La and the others pursued and killed various officials all the way, while the Manichaeans poured down the city wall to open the city gates, and the enlarged army entered.

In the south of the city, Gu An had already realized that something was wrong before he learned that the west gate was breached, although the offensive of the rebel army in the south of the city was fierce, and the officers and soldiers also suffered a lot of casualties, but he still felt that the strength was not enough, and the rebel army should not stop there.

And when he learned that the West City Gate was broken in less than half an hour and Chen Jian was captured alive, he immediately understood something.