The catapults of the Anzhou army were thrown for a whole day in Xiangyang City, and when night fell, the Anzhou army began to implement the stone throwing in batches, and the defenders finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Yi, the commander of the march and the governor of Xiangzhou, took his own soldiers to run back and forth in the cities to preside over the defense, and he has not closed his eyes for two days and one night since the Anzhou army began to attack the city yesterday.

The catapult of the besieging army that exerted 'witchcraft' was indeed very powerful, and the city walls of Xiangyang City had just been defended for two days and were damaged to varying degrees, and the walls on the east, south, and west sides had already appeared more or less signs of collapse.

The defenders did their best to mobilize timber and masonry piled up near those walls, waiting for a gap in the walls to be urgently repaired, and soldiers gathered around them to prepare for a bloody battle when the enemy broke through.

Outside the city has been successfully piled up dirt mountains, began to pour soil into the moat to try to pile up a way to cross the river, Anzhou soldiers are full of manpower I am afraid that they will have to fight overnight, plus the non-stop catapult Xiangyang tomorrow's battle situation is not good.

This morning, the sailors who went south to burn the Hannan pontoon bridge suffered heavy losses, and after breaking two cross-river iron cables, they still could not break the third iron cable, and only a few ships escaped back.

Xiangyang City seems to be over, not the day after tomorrow is almost the same, fortunately, the Anzhou army does not have a naval army, and everyone can rely on the Xiangyang naval army warship to cross the Han River and flee to Fancheng in the north of the river.

It's just that it is impossible for all the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city to board the ship and flee for their lives, so the question arises: who will stay and die? It is impossible for the soldiers of the navy to leave their children behind and send others to flee for their lives, so the soldiers defending the city deserve to be the queen of the palace?

The situation is very delicate, everyone has a tacit understanding not to mention this topic, but in private, they are doing their best to pull the relationship and find a way to escape for themselves and their families, they are not confident that Xiangyang City can survive the day after tomorrow, so tomorrow is the most critical day!

Wang Yi knows the thoughts of the people in the city, but he can also pretend not to know, there is no other way than to pretend to send people to suppress private discussions, and even he doesn't believe that Xiangyang can hold on, how can he convince others?

Others can escape, but how can he escape by himself? First of all, the army was defeated and the whole army was annihilated, if one of the two charges of Xiangyang was lost, he could be killed, and he originally thought that he would defend Xiangyang and make meritorious contributions, but now it is delusional, and he can't keep his head even if he retreats from the battle.

He wants to be martyred, but others don't think so, there is a boat to cross the river, and when the time comes, he can save his life, and he has a cloud about the art of besieging the city: besieging Sanque and leaving a way to live, and the Han River in Xiangyang has now become an accomplice to the will of the defenders.

It's really a trick!

Thinking about Wang Yi and the soldiers around him taking a nap, suddenly countless fireballs were thrown outside the city, like a rain of fire that ignited Xiangyang City again, Wang Yi suddenly woke up and hurriedly urged the fire to be extinguished everywhere.

The sky-high fire reflected the surroundings, and also reflected the back of the defenders at the head of the city, and the Anzhou archers and crossbowmen waiting on the dirt hill on the west side of the city outside the city shot the soldiers exposed at the head of the city one by one with strong bows and crossbows by the firelight, and the defenders couldn't help but retract their heads and came down from the potholed city wall.

A new wave of stone rain fell and smashed the city wall with a bang, and the defenders who had just escaped the catastrophe were very happy, but they gave up their observation and failed to notice the changes in the Anzhou army under the city:

Dense soldiers in armor and sharp cats on the moat behind the earthen hill, many people on the side of the moat carry wooden boats to the river in turn, the wooden boat is about five meters long, one and a half meters wide, two iron rings are nailed to the front and rear, they are put down on the opposite bank of the bow of the ship, each one is fixed with a thick wooden stick through the iron ring, and the head and tail are firmly tied between the head and tail of the previous ship, and then the wooden planks are laid.

The Anzhou army is building a pontoon bridge to cross the river!

What kind of dirt hill to fill the moat is a trick, according to that kind of filling method, at least until the day after tomorrow to fill in the past, the reason for this is to paralyze the defenders, carelessly think that the Anzhou army will wait for the soil to cross the river before climbing the city to attack.

Therefore, the defenders will definitely not expect the other side to surprise and build a pontoon bridge to cross the river tonight.

Under the special arrangement of the Anzhou army, the damage to the west wall was relatively light, and the east and south walls had collapsed in many places.

One pontoon bridge was about to be built, and the other pontoon bridges were more than halfway through, when the defenders, who had taken shelter from the stone rain, began to walk towards the city, preparing to observe the enemy's situation. Suddenly, the Anzhou army positions outside the east and south of the city let out a tidal cheer:

"It's broken! It's broken! ”

The sound rose to the sky, and even the defenders in the west of the city could hear it clearly, their faces were pale, and they were at a loss, and they all couldn't help but look at the water village in the north of the city, and the generals who led the team couldn't help but smile and comforted, saying that the comrades over there would definitely be able to block the traitors.

It was late to be delayed on the city, and at this time there was a strange crashing sound on the city, and the defenders noticed that something was wrong and rushed to the city.

In a panic, they found that there were many ladders on the city, a soldier rushed up desperately to push the ladder away, he was hit by several arrows, endured severe pain, grabbed both ends of the ladder, and was about to exert force, the ladder suddenly climbed up, and an Anzhou soldier cut him down from the bottom up.

At the moment when he curled up and fell down the city wall, he saw many ladders outside the city wall, on which many Anzhou soldiers climbed like ants.

"Xiangyang is over." That was his last thought.

Fighting sounded in the west of the city, and the defenders tore their throats and shouted, "The enemy is attacking the city!" However, at this time, compared to the scenes in the east and south, it is no longer attracting attention.

Because the walls of these two places collapsed several gaps, the tide of Anzhou soldiers crossed the moat with the wooden boats they had built and poured towards the city wall, but the defenders desperately blocked the mouth but were shot by the long-waiting giant crossbows and suffered heavy casualties.

After landing on the shore, they did not rush to charge, but patiently guarded on both sides of the gap and waited for their comrades to cross the river one after another.

The defenders initially piled up common defensive equipment such as rolling stones and wooden stones at the head of the city, but they were all lost by the stone rain for two consecutive days, and now they can only organize a large number of soldiers to wait in the east and south of the city to prepare for the influx of Anzhou troops.

This is also what the Anzhou Army wants.

This night siege, it is true that there is a gap in the east and south of the city, and it is true that the troops are gathered to cross the river and prepare for a breakthrough, but they will wait for the west of the city to succeed before launching!

Seeing that the Anzhou army had swarmed across the river outside the gaps, they hid on both sides of the gaps but did not rush in, the defenders were a little confused, could it be that they were waiting for something?

It didn't take long for the time to come, and the west of the city shouted loudly, and then the water village in the north of the city also burst into flames!

They have broken the city from the west! They're setting fire to the water-walled boats!

This is the only thought of all the Xiangyang defenders at the moment, and then everyone thinks in unison: if you don't run, you can't run away!

"Destroy the city and burn the ship! Break the city and burn the ship! Outside the city, there were earth-shattering shouts, and the uniformity seemed to have been rehearsed a long time ago.

After a moment of silence, the defenders who had gaps in various places ran to the water village in the north of the city, where the battleships necessary for escape were parked, and the fools stayed here to block the mouth!

Behind them, a piercing shout sounded in Mianyang: "The chief manager has an order, and the head level will hang a penny one by one!" ”

Countless howls rang out, and the Anzhou soldiers who had endured outside the gap for a long time poured into the city from the gap, their white cloth belts tied around their shoulders were very obvious, and their eyes were red and they chased after the 'hanging money'.

"The manager has an order! Don't kill prisoners! Do not commit adultery, fornication, and plunder! "Three hundred trumpeters are shouting military discipline with paper trumpets on the edge of the moat outside the city, although the generals of the various departments have been ordered to not rob people and kill red eyes before the war, but Yu Wenwen still decided to remind this group of foot pickers.

Yuwen Fifteen and Fifth Brother Chen surrounded him with their own soldiers, this time they were strictly controlled by Yuwen Wen and could not rob people's heads, holding their stomachs and having nowhere to vent, they bared their teeth and pressed their sabers to find fault.

"Now the night is pleasant, and my husband has a good sentence." Yuwen Wen stood in front of him with his hands in his hands, shaking his head and saying.

Hearing this, Yuwen Fifteen looked up at the night sky, but saw that black clouds covered the moon, and it was dark everywhere, where did the night come from?

"The night is dark and the night kills, and the wind is high and the sky is on fire." Yuwen Wen snapped his fingers after reading: "Everyone follow, let's enter the city!" ”

"What are you going to do, and you can't rob people's heads" Yuwen fifteen muttered, signaling Fifth Brother Chen to follow with his own soldiers and three hundred trumpeters, Yuwen Wen saw that several of them were wilting and immediately puffed up:

"There must be soldiers who burn, kill and loot regardless of military discipline, and this is not the case for my father to personally enforce military discipline?"

Yuwen Fifteen and a cadre of people and the others had their eyes lit up, and the 'escort group' that followed Yuwen Wen had nothing to say, and the chief manager asked them to protect Gongzi from rushing into battle, which stopped the soldiers from violating military discipline.

A group of people were originally wearing armor and carrying weapons, but now they brought the white cloth to their arms and followed the army into the city, and in the night, the Anzhou soldiers held torches and poured from the gap in the city wall to Xiangyang City like dense fireflies.

The water village in the north of the city was in flames, and many warships were burning, and the Anzhou army, which had broken the city from the west of the city, rushed to the water village as soon as they entered the city, and they fired rockets to ignite the warships moored in the water village to hit the morale of the defenders.

The soldiers of Shuizhai were about to fight with them, but they heard shouts in the east and south of the city, and they could faintly hear the shouts mixed with "The city is broken!" "I know that it's not good, and I can't care about desperately fighting for warships to take my family across the river.

All parts of the city have been ignited by the firebombs that were thrown before, and the firelight is lit up to reflect the red night sky, and the voices of people everywhere are pouring towards the water village in the north of the city, and Wang Yi, who is in a mess, is surrounded by his own soldiers and comes to the dock, he looks back at the chaotic Xiangyang City, and his face is pale.

Just now, the Anzhou army broke through the city wall and burned the water village, and the whole army was in chaos, and he struggled to suppress it irretrievably, just like the longevity war that day, he watched the army collapse but he was powerless to return to the sky, and the scene that was once unbearable is now staged again.

Defeated, really defeated, I thought I could last for more than a month, but the Anzhou army officially attacked the city in only two days and broke into the city, what face do I have to go back!

Thinking of this, Wang Yi smiled bitterly and pulled out his saber and was about to commit suicide, but was quickly snatched down by the soldiers around him: "Why is Lord Lang so bothered!" Cross the river first and then make plans, if you die here, everything will be over! ”

The warships in the water village were in a mess, and those who were not on fire were rowed to the Han River outside, and the soldiers shouted that the commander was rowing over here and no one paid attention, and a boatman was passing by in a small boat, and the soldiers jumped over in a hurry, and drew a knife to force him to row to the shore.

"This is the commander Wang Zhijun, row across the river quickly!"

The boatman was very frightened by the knife, and immediately docked the boat, and the soldiers helped Wang Yi onto the boat, and the boatmen hurriedly paddled the water to make the boat leave the dock quickly, and the swaying fire on the shore reflected their faces.