When Zhang Ren hurried to the north gate, the battle was already in white heat.

The rumbling war drums were remembered outside the city, and tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers poured into the north gate and city wall of the city. Arrows rained down on the city wall, and Jingzhou soldiers continued to fall down with arrows. Maybe the fellow villagers and comrades-in-arms who were talking and laughing a moment ago became a cold corpse in an instant.

But no one had time to care about this now, and the sword and shield soldiers were all low and rushed forward, either carrying ladders or pushing carts. They were followed by crossbowmen, who wasted no time in throwing their shots at the walls to cover their comrades' advances. Although there were more and more corpses around him, he did not stop, and he could not stop.

Because the siege has always been like this, only forward forward and forward! Until you occupy the city walls, break down the gates and occupy the city position. If you hesitate or delay a little during this period, then you may be the next to fall! Of course, retreating is also a dead end, this is a military order, the rules of the army, and those who push cars without permission will be killed!

So their choice was to rush under the walls as quickly as possible and dodge the archers.

Although it is not safe under the city, at least they can avoid the rain of arrows overhead, and one by one the Jingzhou soldiers climb along the ladder to the city. Looking at the black and oppressive enemy troops outside the city, the defenders on the walls of the city began to loosen. At this most critical moment, the main general Zhang Ren came to the city tower!

"Rolling wood and stones are still along the ladder, will you kid still be there, look at the point......"

It was the general's voice, and the soldier who was struggling to throw the stone down turned his head and saw Zhang Ren's resolute face, and he was overjoyed, it was great to have General Zhang here!

"Spearman, let's push the ladder together, come on, come on......" Zhang Ren patted the soldier's shoulder with a slight smile and continued to shout to the side. Hearing Zhang Ren's order, the soldiers at the head of the city, under the leadership of their respective captains or captains, methodically fought back against the siege of the Jingzhou soldiers. Soon the besieging forces suffered a setback. Some of the soldiers who were about to climb the city wall were smashed under the city wall one after another.

"My lord, the soldiers who besieged the city and surrendered to the city, were driven back by the defenders." Yu Ban watched several ladders being pushed up, and knew that the siege was in difficulty, so he hurriedly reported to Liu Cong.

"Wen Ze is a critical period at this time, and the more fierce we fight here, the more we can attract Zhang Ren's soldiers and horses. The more likely it is that the attack on the West Gate will be effective, and the safer the Bunchang will be. We echoed Wen Chang and let Zhang Ren not care about each other, so that it would be possible to accelerate the capture of Yucheng. Pass the order and continue the onslaught! ”

"No!" Yu Ban also understood that according to the prior agreement, the sneak attack troops of the headquarters and Wei Yan were originally part of the priority, but they only disrupted the deployment in the city as much as possible and destroyed the defense of the city. Now that the smoke is billowing at the west gate of the city, Wei Yan must have succeeded, and the siege of the city must not be relaxed at this time, otherwise the safety of Wei Yan and others will be a problem in the city.

"Pass my command: push the catapult to the front of the battle to deter the enemy, and the sword and shield soldiers and archers must keep in harmony. The first non-commissioned officer to storm the city wall was promoted to the third rank and had a bounty of fifty. The first 100 people are promoted to one level! Siege the city gate, the first ten people who enter the city are promoted by two ranks, and the bounty is fifty. The top 100 will be rewarded! Whoever kills more than one enemy will be promoted to captain! Captain and above will be promoted by one level! "I saw the opportunity to break the city before, but now it has become a tug-of-war again, and Liu Cong also decided to try.

Regardless of whether or not he can capture the city today, he must maintain continuous pressure on the north gate, and only in this way can Wei Yan evacuate safely. The chaos created in the city will continue to ferment. Therefore, Liu Cong also didn't care about the serious shortage of siege equipment, and ordered the only two catapults that were rushed to be made to the front of the battle.

Yu Ban conveyed Liu Cong's order, and when the soldiers heard such a heavy reward, they completely forgot about the life and death of the city, and their morale was greatly boosted! One by one, the Jingzhou soldiers moved forward bravely, and they all made up their minds that even if they couldn't be the first to rush up, they would have to take a defender of the city to move down the city wall together, so that even if they killed one of the enemies, they would be the captain alive, and the family members of the dead could also receive pensions according to the treatment of the captain.

Soon the situation between the attacking sides was reversed, and the attackers had a certain advantage, and there were people who continued to gain a foothold on the mile-long city walls, and gradually expanded the results.

"Lord, our army has already attacked the city, and the last general will personally lead people to attack the city gate!"

"Well, stay safe!" For Yu Ban, Liu Cong is still very relieved, although he may be a little worse than Wei Yan and Zhang Ren in martial arts, but he has rich experience in battle, strong command ability, and a good view of the overall situation. He had already judged that the besieging side had an advantage, and at this time, having the main general personally lead the team to attack the city gate would definitely greatly increase the fighting spirit of the soldiers and also deter the enemy.

Of course, Liu Cong didn't miss such a good opportunity, if Zhang Ren was allowed to calmly dispatch and gain a firm foothold, he was afraid that those soldiers who rushed to the city wall would be pushed off the wall in less than a stick of incense. Immediately said to Liao Hua: "You take a thousand people to the northeast corner of the city to harass, if you can follow the mountain, it is better to touch the east city wall, if not, you must make the movement bigger and attract the enemy!" ”

At this time, Liu Cong didn't know what the situation was on Wei Yan's side, but with the experience of Wei Yan's successful ignition and chaos, if there was any movement outside the east gate, I believe Zhang Ren would not care. In this way, the defenders outside Zhang Ren did not dare to leave without permission. Of course, it is more important to demoralize the defenders. There is chaos in the city, the north gate is about to be lost, and there are enemy troops at the east gate? It's the countryside, what does it feel like for you to stand inside and guard the city?

After the order was completed, Liu Cong led Pang Tong and the magic circle to the front of the battle to supervise the battle. Under such heavy pressure, there is no need to worry about Zhang Ren going out of the city to attack again.

Zhang Ren is indeed a little anxious at the moment, and he doesn't know if Liu Xun can successfully repel Wei Yan, if there is nothing in the city, the defenders on this city wall will not be chaotic, and they can still hold on, as long as they wait until dark, they can immediately send people to Chengdu to ask for help, and mobilize officers and soldiers from nearby counties to support.

If Wei Yan is killed in the Taishou Mansion and loses all the food, grass and equipment, the morale of the whole army will definitely be shaken. Watching one after another Jingzhou attack the city wall, Zhang Ren commanded and gave an order: "Quickly order General Deng Xian to bring two thousand men and horses back to help!" ”

Originally, the defenders of Yucheng were only 10,000 fewer than Liu Cong's army, and they had a defensive advantage, plus they ambushed Wei Yan's forward troops and killed five or six thousand people. The advantage is even more obvious, but in the battle of Xidoumen, Zhang Ren suffered heavy losses, and only 1,000 people escaped safely back to Ruocheng in the end. Wei Yan attacked in the early hours of this morning, and thousands of people were killed and wounded. Plus a four-door dispersion. The defenders of the north gate were already less than 20,000.

A fire broke out in Xicheng, and all the officials and reserves in the city had been dispatched, and Zhang Ren also sent 2,000 elite soldiers to Liu Xun. Therefore, excluding the casualties of the enemy siege during this period, there are only 134,000 people left with combat effectiveness. If the city gate is really broken by the enemy, it will no longer be able to stop Liu Cong, so as a last resort, Zhang Ren decided to transfer Deng Xian back first. Deng Xian came back, and if Liu Xun was victorious, the three of them could deal with the siege soldiers together. If Liu Xun is unfavorable, Deng Xian can also stop Wei Yan in time, and Zhang Ren himself can defend the city with peace of mind.

Besides, Wei Yan, seeing that Zhang Ren hurriedly abandoned himself and left, he knew that the lord's side was attacking the city and defending the city was tight, otherwise Zhang Ren would not have given up the grain depot and not saved it. So he was not in a hurry to retreat, but divided a part of the soldiers to guard the city gate, so as not to be occupied by the enemy and not be able to get out when the time came. He took a thousand people to the west of the city to continue to look for a target.

At this time, the west of the city was already full of wolf smoke, but fortunately, there were few houses in this area, and most of the buildings were for military purposes. But the billowing smoke still frightened the people of the city. The enemy troops inside the city set fire everywhere, and the siege troops outside the city were also murderous, and some cowardly people had already gathered up their belongings and were ready to flee from the south gate.

"General, there is a troop in front, and it seems that there is a general leading it." Wei Yanzheng was worried that he had no goal, but in view of the small number of people, he was considering whether to go deep into the Taishou Mansion alone. A personal soldier Pegasus came to report.

"Well, how many people are there?"

"I guess there are two of them!"

"Huh? So much? It seems that the chaos we have created is not enough. Quick, quickly find a place to hide, let's find an alley, front and back, archers on both sides ambush, these people first! ”

After several defeats, Wei Yan matured a lot, and when he heard that the enemy army had 2,000 people. Although it was not Zhang Ren who came, Wei Yan was not stunned at all. But his purpose is to enter the city to cause chaos. There are few defenders in the west of the city, and it seems that Zhang Ren's whole mind is to block the north gate. This team of more than 2,000 people is estimated to be improvised, if they can be successfully repulsed, then wouldn't they do whatever they want in the city of Luocheng?

At that moment, Wei Yan led the crowd to an alley in front of the street where the grain depot was located before. The grain depot is burning at the moment, and there is no need to attract the enemy, presumably the enemy army will also come to put out the fire.

At this moment, Liu Xun was also very anxious, and was ordered by his father to come to help. Zhang Ren commissioned him to recruit new soldiers, but before he could act, the enemy army came in. Hearing Zhang Ren say that the enemy army had burned down a major granary, Liu Xun thought about stopping Wei Yan's actions as soon as possible, driving the enemy army out of the city, and restoring order in the city. Along the way, only a small number of wounded soldiers and panicked civilians ran eastward, and no enemy troops were seen.

Liu Xun led two soldiers to the burning grain depot, in his opinion, if the enemy army has retreated, then try their best to put out the fire, and as much food as they can grab.

"Quick, get around that street, and the rest of me will come with me! Look around there are wooden buckets and wells! “

Liu Xun led people directly into the alley where Wei Yan was ambushed, and was just about to scatter around to find a well, when Wei Yan gave an order, the west end was blocked, and in the rooms on both sides, countless archers came out of the bushes and shot wildly.

"Kill!" Wei Yan went from west to east and went straight to Liu Xun.