And when the war broke out, the officials in this city, who were nominally county guards and were actually government officials, finally found a suitable reason to escape, so except for a few three or five households in this Zhangshan County, it can basically be said to be an empty city.

If there were really heavy troops from the Northern Zhou or Western Liang, Li Xinchen certainly did not have the courage to lead the army to fight for Zhangshan County, after all, in addition to carrying a lot of arrows, their partial division did not have any other bulky siege equipment, so what could they use to attack the heavily guarded city.

"Shoot the arrows!" The roar of the Northern Zhou generals was heard from the street in front, and the whistling arrows swooped down on them, and several Nanchen soldiers fell screaming, while more soldiers hid behind the surrounding walls. The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the Northern Zhou cavalry of the brigade roared and ran through the streets.

"It's coming!" Xiao Shilian let out a low snort, "Tripping horses!" ”

The tripwires that had been prepared a long time ago were pulled straight suddenly, and the two cavalrymen in front were directly knocked to the ground, perhaps they didn't expect that these cunning "Daoyi" would still have time to arrange the tripwires.

The Northern Zhou cavalry behind reached out in panic and grabbed the reins of the horse, but unfortunately the narrow streets and the speed that had been added made it impossible for them to be as calm as they were in the wilderness.

There were constantly cavalry of the Northern Zhou Dynasty trampling on their horses, and the streets that were not spacious were completely blocked for a while, and the cavalry generals behind shouted loudly, but it was too late, only the cavalry behind had time to turn their horses.

"Shoot the arrows!" This time, it was the turn of the Southern Chen generals to give the order, and the Nan Chen crossbowmen in the surrounding alleys jumped out one after another, and the Northern Zhou cavalry blocking the streets was tantamount to their live targets.

"Brothers, follow me!" Xiao Shilian raised his shield and jumped straight out of the hiding place. These cavalrymen who fell to the ground or could not advance or retreat were just turtles in the urn, and those Northern Zhou crossbowmen who had just released their arrows were the real threat.

The footsteps were hurried, and the Northern Zhou infantry soldiers who caught up behind the cavalry obviously also discovered these Nanchen soldiers who rushed out, although they didn't know where these Nanchen soldiers came from, but they also knew very well that those bright knives and guns were all for their lives.

Just next to this, on a more spacious main road, a group of Northern Zhou cavalry roared and rushed towards the Southern Chen army in front.

"Array, crossbowmen, put!" Li Xinchen narrowed his eyes and ordered in a deep voice. Although this street is to let three or four cavalrymen walk side by side, Li Xinchen will not be stupid enough to let the foot soldiers directly face the cavalry, which is no different from sending them to death.

One after another, the big shield fell heavily to the ground, and the crossbowmen raised the crossbows in their hands at the same time, and the arrows roared out, like dense raindrops, falling in the cavalry of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. There are even a few good ones who climb directly into the surrounding trees and even rooftops, condescending to shoot arrows at the enemy.

These soldiers don't need Li Xinchen's orders, and they all know in their hearts that they have rushed into the city of Zhangshan County, and now it can be said that there is really no way to retreat, and the galloping Northern Zhou cavalry may cut them off at any time, and then send them into a situation of no return, so all they can do now is to follow Li Xinchen closely and do their best to send their blades into the enemy's chest.

"Rush over!" Li Xinchen let out a low roar, Ziyun shook a spear, and crashed straight into the two Northern Zhou cavalrymen who staggered up, the gun hit the waists of the two of them heavily, and the two soldiers who had just fallen off the horse snorted and fell to the ground again.

Li Xinchen didn't care about the two of them at all, Ziyun spear stepped forward to block the saber slashed by a Northern Zhou soldier behind him, and Li Ping followed closely with a few soldiers and killed the two people who fell to the ground cleanly. The Nan Chen soldiers of the brigade followed Li Xinchen closely, and red flags fluttered in the wind and spread along the streets.

Through the gap between the houses, Li Xinchen also clearly saw the street next door, Xiao Shilian also raised his hand to beckon the soldiers to attack, but obviously he was very dissatisfied with the progress of himself and Li Xinchen, so he reached out and grabbed a flag, and rushed to the front with it.

Li Xinchen smiled and looked up at the front of the street, where a group of Northern Zhou infantry soldiers were coming down from the city gate in a hurry and blocking the street to line up.

"Brothers, follow so-and-so, kill the barbarians!" Li Xinchen smiled heartily, and the spear in his hand was stained with blood.

On the two main streets in the city, the red flag symbolizing Nanchen is moving forward quickly, and you are fighting for me, like a rolling and never-ending torrent.

Under the city gate in front, a Northern Zhou general was waving his arms anxiously, but when he saw the Nan Chen soldiers pouring out from the two streets at the same time, his hand moved, and his face turned slightly pale.

Without waiting for him to open his mouth with difficulty, the next moment Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian, as the spearheads of the two teams, took the lead in crashing into the queue hastily arranged by the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the two of them rushed here, and then Li Ping took the lead and hugged Li Xinchen, and at the same time, the guards who were guarding Xiao Shilian also hurriedly stopped him.

"Boss, it's okay to lead the charge, the swords and guns in front are not long-eyed, if you have three long and two short, your subordinates can't afford it even if they die!" Li Ping yelled and said, grabbing Li Xinchen.

"You kid thinks about three long and two short all day long!" Li Xinchen's eyes were also red, at this time there was blood on his face and armor, and he didn't know whose it was, and the strong smell of blood stimulated and urged Li Xinchen's nerves all the time.

Li Pingke didn't care what Li Xinchen said next, and together with the other two soldiers, he desperately dragged Li Xinchen behind the wall on the side.

At this time, the soldiers of Nan Chen in the back also crashed into the battlefield, and the soldiers of Bei Zhou and Nan Chen under the entire city gate fought together, regardless of each other.

Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and patted Li Ping, the sound of fighting and the smell of blood made him a little trance: "Count you as a kid, Lao Tzu promised you not to go up, but you take these people to Lao Tzu to go up, if you can't take down the city gate, you can come and see it!" ”

"Yes!" Li Ping roared, "Go, follow me!" ”

Those Nan Chen soldiers raised their swords at the same time and followed Li Ping closely.

"Kill!" Li Ping raised the saber in his hand suddenly, the sword light flickered, and blood flew.

It's just one word, but it's enough to represent his strong killing intent at this time. And the surrounding Nan Chen soldiers who were gritting their teeth and rushing forward also squeezed out a word from between their teeth.

"Kill—"

Melodious turnaround, resonant!

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"Five thousand soldiers?" Pei Zilie looked at Xiao Maha in surprise, the total number of the main army of the entire Nanchen is seventy or eighty thousand, plus the armies of Fan Yi and Lu Guangda is one hundred thousand, and the Xiliang army in the entire Jiangling City plus the young and strong people who have been requisitioned must also have fifty or sixty thousand.

This also means that the Nanchen army besieging the city is only twice as large as the defenders in the city, not even less.

The art of war is cloudy: ten are encircled, five are attacked, and multiple is divided. If you want to capture a city quickly, let alone five times the number of troops, three or four times is always necessary.