The battle has lasted for two hours, and Yao Qigong's face is becoming more and more difficult to look at, he originally thought that the scene of the most elite forbidden army against a group of ant-like thieves not only did not appear, but instead raised his eyes, his eyes were full of all kinds of Liangshan bandits' defense tactics on the city tower,

They will attack the officers and soldiers under the city with dense bows and crossbows, and they have killed almost the entire Divine Arm Bow Team, and most of the black and white lacquer bow teams, and the forbidden infantry that has lost the cover of arrows has become the target of the archers in the city, and almost every minute and every second the officers and soldiers are hit by arrows and fall to the ground.

They would use long sticks with iron hooks to push the ladder outward, causing the officers and soldiers on the ladder to climb into the air and fall to the ground with screams.

They will use the catapult arranged in the city to accurately throw the boulder over the city wall and then smash it on the ground outside, under the city wall full of forbidden troops, almost every boulder falling from the sky can take the lives of several forbidden soldiers.

They would pour fire oil from the city walls, pour it on the officers and soldiers, and then just throw a torch down, and they could instantly turn several or even a dozen officers and soldiers into burning people.

Although the huge battering ram slammed into the city gate violently, it still couldn't break through the city gate under the premise that nearly a hundred soldiers had been sacrificed, even if it was burned with fire, the other party would not know how to use a large amount of water to pour out a large amount of water from the crack in the city gate to extinguish the fire.

Even some of the brave Forbidden soldiers who climbed the city walls with the help of ladders and the thick crossbow arrows nailed into the city walls would be quickly killed by the Liangshan bandits, and their corpses would be thrown off the walls as heavy objects, and whoever hit them would either be killed or injured.

Yao Qigong is really familiar with these methods of defending the city, but since the other party's guard is a rebel of the original court, it is not surprising that he understands these methods of defending the city, what really shocked Yao Qigong is the courage shown by the Liangshan bandits on the city wall, they have a clear division of labor, they are not afraid of life and death, and they do not flinch, and some thieves in order to be able to repel the forbidden officers and soldiers who have attacked the city wall, and even dare to hold the officers and soldiers to jump down from the city wall together, and die with the officers and soldiers!

And Yao Qigong also clearly saw that there were still many people wearing civilian clothes among the people who kept shuttling on the city wall, these people were carrying weapons for the thieves, transporting the wounded, and carrying big stones to desperately smash the officers and soldiers under the city.

Are these untouchables crazy? We are the kings of the imperial court, the righteous soldiers who have come to save them from the scourge of thieves, and they should help the officers and soldiers to open the city gates! Yao Qigong couldn't figure it out!

Gradually, Yao Qigong's handsome face was no longer able to find a trace of confidence, and was replaced by infinite anxiety, at this moment, the six thousand forbidden troops who attacked had killed and wounded nearly a thousand people, but the thieves on the city tower did not look like a rout at all, the casualties of the officers and soldiers continued to increase, and the air could smell a strong smell of blood, and this smell came more from the officers and soldiers.

Somehow, in the past, when discussing the military situation with other generals, the endless talk and scolding of Fang Xuan were gone, Yao Qigong only felt that his breathing was getting shorter and shorter, and his mind was blank for a while, he suddenly found that the real battlefield was very different from the sand table military exercise in the barracks, that is, the sand table military exercise can be repeated if it is wrong, and it doesn't matter if you lose, but the real battlefield is life and death, and there is no way out!

Several generals have come forward to ask for a stop to the siege, and if they continue to attack the city like this, not to mention whether they can break through the city, they can't afford to lose huge casualties.

But Yao Qigong still rejected them, he didn't believe that the 8,000 forbidden army he had worked so hard to train couldn't break through a small county town garrisoned by 2,000 thieves led by a small Zhizhai rebel general?!

If you have no results in your first battle after paying a great price, where can you put your face if this matter is to be spread?!

No, I can't lose this battle!

Yao Qigong gritted his teeth and gave an order, "Let the rear army of 1,000 people and the Chinese army of 1,000 people also go into battle, all of them will attack the West Gate!" ”

The generals were all shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly clenched their fists and hurriedly persuaded, "Don't, adults!" 1,000 people in the rear army will guard the grain and grass, and 1,000 people in the Chinese army will protect your safety, and you must not move! ”

Yao Qigong waved his hand desperately, "The thieves have all retreated to the city now, and it is absolutely fine to put the grain and grass in the rear." At this moment, the thieves have been fighting for two hours, and they are already exhausted, and at this time, they will definitely be able to attack the city in one fell swoop, and we can't give the thieves any respite! ”

After saying that, Yao Qigong waved his fist at the herald again and again, "What are you still doing in a daze?!" Don't go ahead and give the order! ”

The herald came to his senses and hurried out,

So after only a while, I saw a thousand people rushing out from behind Yao Qigong and the others, and the thousand people who had been guarding Yao Qigong all shouted and rushed to the nearest West City Gate like a tide.

Sure enough, after these two thousand people were put into the siege battle, with the sudden doubling of the number of people climbing the city wall, the offensive of the officers and soldiers was immediately doubled, and the thieves on the city tower also seemed to be in chaos, and in just a short time, five sergeants on the ladder successfully climbed to the top of the city wall and jumped into the battlements and started hand-to-hand combat with the thieves on the city wall, although they were quickly eliminated by the Liangshan thieves again, but it also made Yao Qigong's heart happy,

He finally breathed a sigh of relief,

Time, it's just a matter of time, the forbidden army is about to successfully occupy the city wall!

But he didn't know it...... In a dense forest a few miles away from here, a rider who turned over and dismounted in the air clasped his fist at a heroic armored officer on a horse and said, "Report to the brigade commander, the officers and soldiers have thrown all their forces into the siege of the city, and at this time, the troops guarding the grain and grass in their rear are less than 100 people!" ”

"Good!" The officer's face was overjoyed, and he immediately gave an order to the surroundings, "Action!" ”

In an instant, I saw that more than 300 soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army wearing black military uniforms all turned over and got on their horses, it turned out that there were more than 300 cavalry hidden in this dense forest?!

What's even more amazing is that the hooves of each war horse under their seat are wrapped in a thick cloth, and anyone who knows horses knows that this is an effective means to reduce the sound of horses' hooves!

The officer turned his horse to face the three hundred riders, and said in a deep and powerful voice, "Soldiers, the brothers who defended the city have fought so hard until now to win us such an opportunity, and the success or failure of this battle is here, although our mission is equally dangerous, and there will definitely be brothers who will not be able to return to the city alive, but I assure you that I, Hua Rong, will be the first to rush into the battlefield, and will also be the last to leave the battlefield!" ”

"Fight to the death!" Hua Rong raised his knife and roared,

"Fight to the death!" All three hundred knights drew their weapons and roared in unison.

"Whatever I want...... Rush! Hua Rong turned the horse's head, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the mount, which had already been unbearable, rushed out in an instant, and more than three hundred horsemen also rushed out, they rushed out of the dense forest, and rushed straight towards Yao Qigong's rear!

The sound of the cloth-wrapped horses' hooves on the ground was indeed much reduced, and they galloped for three miles, and soon arrived at the rear of this forbidden army, and sure enough, they saw that there were only a few dozen people scattered in the carts of grain and grass.

Hua Rong led everyone to rush over more quickly, and when they came to the grain and grass cart less than five hundred steps away, they were discovered by those officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers were taken aback, some immediately shouted and ran to the front to report the news, and some panicked and pulled out their weapons and just ran a few steps towards the Tiandao Army when they found that they were simply sent to death, and they also hurriedly turned around and began to run in the direction of Yanggu County.

They ran and ran, and finally ran to the front,

Yao Qigong was watching the battle when he suddenly heard a frightened shout from behind him, "It's a big deal!" Big things are wrong! Grain and grass have been robbed! ”

Yao Qigong heard it clearly, only to feel like being poured from head to toe by a touch of ice water, impossible! How is this possible!

He turned his horse's head and stopped in front of a man and said urgently, "What's going on?!" ”

The man hurriedly knelt down and replied in a panic, "From behind...... Suddenly a few hundred riders rushed in...... They came straight to the grain and grass......"

Before he could finish speaking, Yao Qigong looked up and saw a large cloud of black smoke rising from behind.

Ah! Yao Qigong yelled badly, and hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up...... Come with me to save the food and grass! ”

With that, he rushed to the rear with a hundred guards and a dozen generals.

In the distance, the Heavenly Dao Army on the city tower also saw the black smoke, and suddenly everyone shouted in unison,

"The grain and grass of the officers and soldiers are burned, and the grain and grass of the officers and soldiers are burned......!"

The officers and soldiers who were besieging the city were all taken aback when they heard this, and when they looked back, they saw thick smoke billowing in the distance behind, and the officers were no longer in place, and they were all running back in a panic.

All the officers and soldiers were dumbfounded, and the expression of horror instantly rose on everyone's face.......