At the third watch, the snow became heavier and heavier. Yu Moyuan stood at the head of the city, motionless, thoughtful.

"Big brother, do you have something on your mind?" Luan Yimian asked.

Yu Moyuan told Luan Yimian about borrowing grain, and Luan Yimian laughed when he heard it.

"Third brother, what are you laughing at?"

"Big brother, you dare to agree to marry Zhongsun Xuewei without even knowing what she looks like, little brother really admires her."

Luan Yimian laughed as he spoke.

"Don't laugh, in order to borrow food, I can only promise him." Yu Mo said from afar.

Luan Yimian put away his smile and asked, "If Zhongsun Xuewei is extremely ugly, will you still marry her?" ”

"I have promised Zhongsun Yunxu that no matter what Zhongsun Xuewei looks like, I will marry her." Yu Mo returned far away.

At this time, Bian Xianyi came over and said, "Childe, listen, there is movement over there in the Ling army camp. ”

"Wake up the soldiers, the Ling army is about to attack the city again!" Yu Mo said from afar.

The Ling army rushed over like a tide, and in this cold winter and snowy night, they quickly rushed to the foot of the city wall, erected hundreds of ladders, and competed to climb the ladders and kill the city. Countless rolling logs and stones fell, and many of the Ling soldiers were smashed to the foot of the city wall as soon as they were halfway up. Some of the soldiers of the Ling army were about to attack the city, but they were directly stabbed down by the defenders with their spears.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted, "Childe, there are Ling troops in the city, and they are coming to the east gate." ”

"Don't panic, soldiers! General Bian, you just have to defend the city and resist the attack of the Ling army outside the city. I will lead the troops to kill the Ling army in the city, the second brother and the third brother, follow me! Yu Moyuan said loudly.

On the inside of the east city gate, the three brothers of Yu Moyuan led the army and the soldiers of the Ling army in the city to start a fierce battle. In only a quarter of an hour, the soldiers of the Ling army could not resist and retreated back, and Yu Moyuan led the army to chase after him.

At the same time, You Zhisheng was leading an army to attack the Assassin's Mansion. The Ruizhou soldiers guarding the gate of the mansion saw Ling Jun coming and hurriedly closed the door of the mansion.

Zhang Shiwu quickly ran to the backyard and said to Yu Shengwei: "Envoy, the Ling army is attacking the mansion gate!" ”

"The gates are broken?" Yu Shengwei asked.

"It's not lost, this Ling army soldier is estimated to have dug a tunnel into the city." Zhang Shiwu replied.

Yu Shengwei asked the ladies and maidservants in the palace to hide in the underground secret room, and said to them: "Stay here, don't go out!" ”

Ling Jun crashed open the door of the mansion and entered the mansion, Zhang Shiwu held a long knife in his hand and led his own soldiers to meet him, the two sides scuffled, and the sound of killing shook the sky. You Zhisheng saw Zhang Shiwu and shot him, and the two fought in the chaos for thirty or forty rounds, and they were both injured.

A lieutenant of Ling Jun broke into the backyard with more than 100 people, and saw that there was no one in the backyard. Suddenly, the roofs of the houses in the backyard were full of crossbowmen, and for a while arrows rained down, and the captain and more than a hundred soldiers were shot.

You Zhisheng saw that the Ruizhou army was constantly coming to the Assassin Mansion for reinforcements, and knew that he could not win, so he could only order a retreat. He ran to the entrance of the tunnel with the defeated soldiers, got into the tunnel, and fled out of the city.

Zhang Shiwu led the soldiers to chase after the tunnel entrance, and urgently ordered the soldiers to fill the tunnel with soil and seal the tunnel entrance. Most of the soldiers of the Ling army who did not have time to leave the city were killed in battle, and a small number were captured alive.

The soldiers of the Ling Army who were captured alive were all brought to the door of the Assassin's Mansion, and there were nearly three hundred of them.

"Do you descend or not?" Yu Shengwei asked sharply.

"I can't wait!" A Ling soldier replied in a loud voice.

Immediately afterwards, the other soldiers of the Ling Army also shouted, and they were unwilling to surrender.

Chang Zhangye said to Zhang Shiwu: "Commander Zhang, what are you waiting for, take them all down and behead them!" ”

Zhang Shiwu was about to lead someone to do it, but Yu Shengwei stopped him and said, "Shiwu, take them all to the prison first, and then deal with them when Ling Ji retreats." ”

"Envoy, these soldiers can't stay! You can't have mercy on them. Chang Zhangye said.

Yu Shengwei paused and said, "Don't drive often, don't say it anymore, I have my own arrangements." Shi Wu, put them in prison now. ”

"No!"

On the tower of the east gate of Ruizhou City, Bian Xianyi saw that the soldiers of the Ling army who were attacking the city had retreated, he breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the head of the city. After a while, the three brothers of Yu Moyuan led the troops to the city tower.

"Childe, how is the situation in the city?" Bian Xianyi asked.

Yu Moyuan smiled: "There is nothing in the city." ”

You Zhisheng only returned to the camp with a few dozen soldiers, and as soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, he knelt down and said: "General, the last general is incompetent!" If you don't kill Yu Shengwei, please punish the general! ”

"General You, how many people did you bring back?" Ling asked.

"The last general will only bring back a few dozen people."

When Ling heard this, he slapped his right hand on the table and said, "Five thousand elites!" That's it. ”

"Yu Shengwei's personal soldiers are very fierce! They were in danger and desperately resisted, and we couldn't get it, so we had to retreat. You Zhisheng said.

Seeing that You Zhisheng was injured, Ling Ji stepped forward to help him up, and said, "You are injured, go and let the military doctor treat your injuries for you." ”

You Zhisheng saw that Ling Ji did not punish himself, and said gratefully: "General, the last general's injury is not a big problem, the next time he attacks the city, the last general is willing to rush to the front, and if he does not capture Ruizhou City, the last general will never return to the camp!" ”

"Good! Shame and courage! Ling Ju nodded, "You go down and rest first." ”

"The last will be retired."

The heavy snow fell intermittently for four or five days before finally stopping. On the morning of this day, a soldier rode a fast horse into the camp of the Ling army, he rode his horse to the outside of the big tent of the Chinese army, turned over and dismounted, ran into the tent, took out a letter from his arms, knelt down and said: "General, the general has an urgent letter to deliver." ”

Ling Ju took the letter, read it again, and directly tore the letter to shreds. He said to the soldier who delivered the letter: "You go back and tell the general of the chariot cavalry, and say that I will lead the army back to Yinghui City as soon as possible." ”

The soldier who delivered the letter left the big tent, and Situ Zhan asked, "General, what is written in the letter?" Did Zan Zhou assassin Cen Liangzhi rebel? ”

"Yes, I really didn't expect Cen Liangzhi to be so ambitious! Let him make a state assassin history, he is still not satisfied, what a hate! Ling said.

"General, let's withdraw our troops quickly." Situ Zhan said.

"The army cannot be withdrawn, and I will attack the city again. In this way, you go and give an order, so that General Zuo Yu Xi will bring 30,000 soldiers and horses back to Yinghui City first. ”

"General, why don't we all withdraw."

"Mr. Situ, we have lost tens of thousands of soldiers, should we withdraw our troops like this? I'm not reconciled! Go and give the order. ”

At noon, Ling Ju summoned the generals to the big tent of the Chinese army and ordered the soldiers to serve wine and meat.

"Generals, you can eat as much meat as you like, and you can only drink one bowl of wine. In an hour, we will attack the city again, this is the last time, and if we can't do it again, we will have to withdraw our troops. Ling said.

You Zhisheng knelt down and clenched his fists and said, "General, the last general asks to lead troops to attack the city!" ”

"The last general is willing to go with him!" General Fenwei Tao Shan said.

"Good! If the two generals can break through the city, I will show the Son of Heaven and ask for credit for the two! ”

"Thank you, General!" The second general You Tao said in unison.

Yu Mo saw the soldiers of the Ling army pushing the catapult outside the camp from the far distance at the head of the city, and he knew that the Ling army was about to attack the city again.

"Second brother, you take a thousand long sword soldiers to guard the urn city." Yu Mo said from afar.

Huangfu Sui listened and took the order.

Ling Ju personally beat the drums of war, and the soldiers of the Ling army began to attack the city again under the cover of trebuchets. You Zhisheng took off his armor and went into battle shirtless, holding a shield in his left hand and a gun in his right hand, and led his troops to rush towards the city wall. In a few moments, they rushed to the foot of the city wall and set up a ladder.

You Zhisheng climbed the ladder with his shield, and when he was about to reach the top of the city, one of the defenders of the city stabbed him with a spear, You Zhisheng blocked it with his shield, and stabbed the defender with a gun in his right hand, and stabbed the defender to death with one shot. He threw away his shield, leaped into the city, and jumped onto the city.

You Zhisheng stabbed to death forty or fifty Ruizhou soldiers one after another at the head of the city, and he shouted loudly, so frightened that the Ruizhou soldiers did not dare to approach him. Seeing this, Bian Xianyi swung his mountain axe and slashed at You Zhisheng, and the two generals fought together.

Luan Yimian killed more than a dozen Ling soldiers who attacked the city with two swords in his hand, and when he saw that Bian Xianyi couldn't resist You Zhisheng, he swung his sword forward to help. You Zhisheng was one against two, and there was no fear on his face. During the fight, Luan Yimian found a flaw, flew and kicked You Zhisheng to the foot of the city wall, You Zhisheng fell on the corpse, fainted, and was carried away by his soldiers.

Tao Shanling led the troops to break open the gate of the urn city and led the troops to rush into the urn city.

"Brothers, the thieves have come in, kill me!" Huangfu Sui shouted loudly.

Instead of putting on a position, both sides fought together. Tao Shanling held two guns, fighting hard, he saw Huangfu Sui, with the gun in his right hand to Huangfu Sui, Huangfu Sui with a long knife to stab at his own gun, swinging the knife to kill Tao Shanling.

In less than two quarters of an hour, the soldiers of the Ling army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and Huang Fusui's long sword soldiers were also lost in half.

Yu Moyuan repelled the Ling army that attacked the city, and then led his troops to kill the urn city, Tao Shan couldn't resist it, so he could only withdraw from the urn city. Luan Yimian ordered the crossbowmen to shoot at the retreating Ling army, and hundreds of Ling soldiers were shot and killed.

Looking at the soldiers of the Ling army who had returned to the camp, Ling was very disappointed. He said to Situ Zhan: "Mr. Situ, go and tell the generals that I will pull out the camp and withdraw the army tonight, and I will personally lead 5,000 iron cavalry to break off." ”

"No!" Situ Zhan sighed and gave the order.

On the second watch, Huangfu Sui saw that Ling Jun had withdrawn, and said to Yu Moyuan: "Big brother, Ling Ji has withdrawn, let's chase him over and kill him for a while!" ”

"Ling Zhi withdraws his troops, and it will inevitably be broken off with elite soldiers, and our Ruizhou army will catch up, it will be difficult to win, and it is useless to chase it, so it is better not to chase." Yu Mo said from afar.

Yu Shengwei was very happy when he learned that Ling Ju had withdrawn from the army, and he asked Pu Mu: "Old man, why did Ling Ju suddenly withdraw his troops?" ”

Pu Mu replied: "According to the old man, eighty percent of it was Cen Liangzhi who was the assassin of Zhanzhou who raised troops to attack Yinghui City, and Ling Ji had to rush back to reinforce it, otherwise, he would never withdraw his troops." ”