Li Dingguo is not there, and the deputy general Feng Shuangli is the main general here. The main general of this dead group of dragons was leaderless, Lin Yi was quick and urgent, and with hundreds of elites under his command, he quickly killed Feng Shuangli's guards.

There were dead and wounded at the city gate, blood flowed like a river, and the city gate could no longer be closed, and Lin Yi's army quickly occupied this city gate hole.

The city gate in the middle of the night is so tossed, at this time the patrol at the head of the city will be alarmed, I heard that the officers and soldiers have come in, the frightened soul does not possess the body, even the gong and whistle, even shouting and shouting, how far it came out in the middle of the night.

Soon there were many thieves gathered at the head of the city, and the torches were like swimming dragons, and they shouted and screamed, and they became a pot of porridge.

When the soldiers at the head of the city saw that the city gate could not be closed, one of the thieves shouted: "Drop the gate quickly, and the city gate will be stuck...... Shoot them with arrows! ”

The leader of the thieves in the city gave frequent orders, and he was ready to be the commander-in-chief here, but as soon as he finished shouting this sentence, an arrow flew from under the city, hitting this person in the chest, and the leader of the thieves fell to the city with a loud shout.

But at this time, the jack gate had already fallen, and with a bang, the city gate was locked.

Xiangyang City is high and deep, Li Dingguo with 30,000 troops is very tightly defended, and there are four city gates in the east, west, north and south, each of which has four barriers.

The first is the wide and deep moat, which can only be crossed by people and horses if the drawbridge over the city is lowered. The second is that there are auxiliary cities on both sides of the city gate, the so-called auxiliary city, that is, on the left and right sides of the city gate, two parts of the city wall protruding are auxiliary cities.

The area of the auxiliary city is not large, usually an auxiliary city can accommodate hundreds of soldiers, when the city gate is attacked, the soldiers of the auxiliary city on both sides can attack the enemy at the city gate without leaving a dead end. The third is that there is a jack gate at the city gate, if it is stuck, people outside cannot enter at all. The fourth is the big iron gate in the city, which is latched and locked after it is closed.

Any of these four barriers worked, and if people outside wanted to attack it, it was simply more than ascending to the sky. Because the city wall of Xiangyang City is more than three zhang, the thickness of the city wall is nearly ten meters, and it is suitable for bricks and stones. If the garrison generals are stationed above, defending with bows and arrows and artillery, such a city defense can be described as impregnable.

Now the three barriers of this city gate are no longer effective for Lin Yi and them.

But the jack gate fell, Lin Yi and the hundreds of them were locked up in the city, it was impossible for the people outside to come in, and the thieves also planned to come to an urn to catch turtles, close the door and beat the dogs, and keep the city, because there were still 30,000 thieves guarding the city, and the troops were quite sufficient.

Now Lin Yi's hundreds of men and horses are stuck in the city. The thieves at the head of the city condescended to shoot arrows at Lin Yi and them.

But at this time, they were caught off guard and had no time to mobilize more archers, and the bows and arrows were relatively sporadic and could not form a rain of arrows with thousands of arrows.

Lin Yi waved the big knife in his hand and dialed the carved arrow, and now he can use the 120-pound Qinglong Yanyue broadsword freely, and the wheel is more handy than the previous big knife of more than 70 catties.

The broadsword danced like a fly, and the arc of the knife light struck the arrows flying towards him one after another. Where the swords and horses passed, they left dead and wounded in one place.

Facing the stray arrows, Lin Yi rushed to the head of the city, and with one sword, the corpses of the four archers were divided into two, and two archers were planted outside the city. The rest of them scattered one after another, and the men and horses behind Lin Yi also rushed up.

The hundreds of people brought by Lin Yi were all selected from his guards and standard battalions, they were experienced in a hundred battles, experienced, all of them were one to ten, and their combat effectiveness was super strong, plus the thieves were caught off guard, the main general died again, the army's morale was scattered, the temporarily transferred troops were also insufficient, the army's morale was scattered, and they fell into a state of no command, and they ran everywhere.

At this time, Hao Shaoqi with people and horses, from the other end also rushed up, Hao Shaoqi rushed to the forefront, the big flagpole in his hand, a flagpole can fly four or five, and then a flagpole pokes through, can penetrate two or three, like wearing a sugar gourd, in the blink of an eye, the thieves here are eliminated.

There was not much time, the official army completely occupied the city gate, Lin Yi ordered people to twist the jack gate, and then set a bunch of fire at the head of the city.

At this time, Lin Yi's camp had already been prepared, and Zu Keyong was ready to go with more than 20,000 horses.

After Lin Yi's hundreds of people went out, he left one battalion of troops to hold the company battalion, to be precise, two battalions of men and horses, because including Xiaoying and Zhezhe, their 300 female battalion soldiers, this time Lin Yi did not let them participate in this combat operation, but just let them stay and guard Lin Yi's camp and the camp tent of the women's battalion.

Although Xiaoying and Zhezhe pouted, they had to obey military orders.

Then Zu Keyong quietly left the camp with more than 20,000 men and horses.

Of course, they did not dare to use fire, and in addition, the four hooves of the war horses were wrapped in cloth, and the pigs were all brought with pegs in their mouths, and each person had a leaf in his mouth, so as not to make a noise.

The 20,000 horses took advantage of the night to slowly move forward, and at a distance of four or five miles from the city, they did not dare to go forward, for fear of being discovered by the spies in the city.

Under the cover of night, they hid and waited for the fire in the city to start, which was the signal they had set in advance.

Looking at it now, the flames in the distance are soaring, and I know that Lin Yi and they have succeeded in defrauding the city.

"Rush!" Zu Keyong shouted, and rushed out with a big axe. 20,000 horses lit countless torches, and the horse team was in front, and the foot soldiers were behind, rushing towards Xiangyang City like a tide.

At a distance of four or five miles, the war horse galloped and arrived at the city in the blink of an eye. Countless men and horses crowded through the moat, pouring into the city gates like a flood of bursting banks.

After entering the city, these soldiers will be under the command of Lin Yi, Zu Keyong and others, and the soldiers will be divided into several routes, some along the horse roads in the city, quickly rushing to the remaining city gates, and some along the streets of the city, attacking the thieves' barracks.

At this time, most of the thieves and soldiers in the city were still asleep, and only a few were awakened, but they were running around like headless flies, and some of them lost their heads in a daze.

Soon all the officers and soldiers occupied the four city gates, and the barracks of the thieves were all surrounded by the officers and soldiers, except for some who were beheaded, a small number of clever ones fled like rats, fled to all corners of the city, hid and did not dare to come out, and the remaining large part of the thieves all disarmed and surrendered.

At dawn, Xiangyang City became the world of the Ming Dynasty again.

The 30,000 thieves in the city were solved in this way, more than 23,000 thieves became prisoners, and four or five thousand wounded were killed and wounded at the four city gates, with Lin Yi defrauding the east gate of the city as the most, and the whereabouts of the rest are unknown, but it can be asserted that the thieves in the city, except for the five hundred people brought out by Li Dingguo in advance, no one escaped alive in this battle, and the remaining two remaining thieves should have disappeared in the city.

This battle was fought so beautifully that it took less than two hours to occupy Xiangyang City.

At dawn, Lin Yi ordered to clean up the battlefield, set an example for the people, and told them that they were still in the Ming world, so that they could live and work in peace and contentment, don't panic, as long as they weren't thieves, they would be fine.

Of course, the people in the city are a little uncomfortable, in just a few months, first the Ming Dynasty, then Zhang Xianzhong's thieves, and now it has changed to the world of the Ming Dynasty, which is really faster than spreading pancakes, but if you don't adapt to it, you have to adapt.

The timid hid at home and did not dare to come out, for fear that disaster would fall from the sky. The bold ones also hid in their hiding places, whispering about the night's great changes in the city.

It wasn't until two days later that the city was completely stabilized, and these officers and soldiers did not commit any offense against the common people, they had never seen such a well-disciplined army, and the common people in the city dared to go to the streets one after another to prove their existence.

After Lin Yi completely occupied Xiangyang City, he immediately ordered the city defense to be repaired, and at the same time ordered some of the captives to pull off their coats, and ordered the thousands of soldiers under his command to put on the clothes of thieves and guard the four gates.

In addition, the military flag of the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to fly high above the city, and the banner of the damaged thieves was restored to restore the original appearance of Xiangyang City as much as possible.

At the same time, the four doors were closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without an order. The people in the city didn't dare to go in and out casually, and they all hid far away, I am afraid that they will not be able to call at this time.

At the same time, Lin Yi kept the 30,000 horses outside the city unchanged, and let the 3,000 people who were guarding the camp still be stationed in the barracks outside the city, in order to hide people's eyes.

Zhang Hua was quick in thinking, knowing that this battle was not over, and their adults were still planning, so he said with great interest: "My lord, do you want Li Dingguo to come back?"

"Count you brat smart." Lin Yi smiled, "This Grand Commander has to wait for him to send the cannon back!" ”