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In the northwest plateau in summer, there are desert deserts, scorching heat, wind and sand invasion, and lush green grasslands.

Although the ancient city of Linqiang is the second largest city in Xiping County, it is not big compared with the city of the Central Plains, two hundred and forty meters from east to west, north and south are also about the same, close to the square, rammed earth is built, five zhang high, and the north and south open a door respectively.

Luo Zhaoyun led the troops to the city, and did not rush to attack, sent troops on the same day, stationed outside the two city gates, blocked the exit of the city gates, 10,000 cavalry ran around the city several times, the sound was majestic, and the sound of horses' hooves rolled like thunder, making the ground in the city tremble and resonate, and suddenly caused a certain psychological pressure on the defenders and people in the city.

Luo Zhaoyun is good at psychological warfare, and before the battle, he created a momentum of a large army to suppress the city and suppress the morale of the enemy army.

Hou Junji asked: "Young marshal, the last general plans to attack the city and train his troops, but he has not been in actual combat for a long time, I don't know if this batch of long-polished elites is useless?" ”

Luo Zhaoyun thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, after all, training in peacetime is different from actual combat training, I have never seen blood, I have not experienced several life and death battles, it is difficult to become a real elite division.

"Go, the two city gates will attack at the same time, but you don't have to fight to the death, just fight for an hour, and take turns to fight."

"The Admiral understands." Hou Junji clenched his fists and received the order, and then returned to the south gate outside the city, organized an army of 10,000, divided into two groups, and launched a siege battle.

At the north city gate, Luo Zhaoyun sent Zhou Zhongyin as a siege general to lead the troops to kill the city, intending to exercise.

The Luo family army and the Xiliang army fought fiercely, and the siege vehicles and ladders began to impact the city, and the elite soldiers climbed the ladders, but they were soon shot by random arrows, hit by rolling logs, and died on the ground.

In an instant, the bloody atmosphere began to permeate, and there were no immortals in the war, and only after the blood did they have the courage.

When the golden gong collected the troops, both sides were damaged, but fortunately they did not attack for a whole day, the Luo family army only killed and wounded more than 2,000 people, relying on weapons, crossbow machines, etc., but also harvested the lives of seven or eight hundred guards, at any time, the defending side of the city must occupy the advantage of cheap, and the casualties will be relatively less.

At night, Cheng Mingzhen led people close to the inner school field of the North City Gate.

There are garrisons here, at least a thousand people, and there are guards on duty on the towers and walls, and the guards are constantly patrolling the night according to the route.

Cheng Mingzhen led hundreds of people into Linqiang City in advance, plus the original stronghold in the city, adding up to 800 people, slowly approaching the city gate.

Suddenly, several houses in the city were on fire, and some people began to set fires everywhere to attract the attention of the guards at the gates.

"Do it!"

Cheng Mingzhen saw that the hour was almost up, and issued an action order, and hundreds of crossbow machines aimed at the guards and sentries in the school field in the dark, and there was a cold attack.

"Puff puff—"

Some unsuspecting guards of the Xiliang Army were attacked by crossbow arrows, piercing their throats, brains, chests, etc., and were killed directly, and some people were slightly injured, but they were just grazed, and in pain, they suddenly shouted: Someone sneak attacked!

"Enemy attack on the camp—"

"There are rebels in the city, and they are attacking—"

The military camp on the inner side of the north city gate suddenly became chaotic, and Cheng Mingzhen whistled, letting the dozens of cavalry waiting in the dark corner rush out first and charge the small camp with their mounts.

Then Cheng Mingzhen personally held the long soldiers in his hands and shouted: "Storm the city gate, open the city gate at all costs, and receive reinforcements outside the city." ”

There was no turning back from the bow, and once they moved, there was no way back, and they rushed to the city gate like moths to a fire, completely becoming a dead soldier who did not want to die.

"Kill—"

The soldiers met each other and fought fiercely, Cheng Mingzhen and the others fought hard and rushed to the school camp with several times their number.

On both sides of the entrance of the city gate, there are camps, there are private houses and houses, and there are many defenders in the residences, this is for the convenience of defending the city, taking away the ordinary people, leaving only the garrison, at this time, some dead soldiers with grease and firewood, blocked the door, directly ignited, and blocked the Xiliang army from rushing out of the barracks.

On the school field, the two sides fought, the head rolled, the stump flew sideways, and a burst of bloody gas burst out.

"Send a signal, storm the gates, quick!" Cheng Mingzhen looked anxious, he knew very well that these troops could only hold on for a moment, and they must open the city gate in the shortest possible time, otherwise, all of them would die here, because when they heard the sound of fighting, the soldiers from other barracks in the city would also come to reinforce one after another.

"Bang Bang!"

The sound of knives was loud, blood was splashing, and people were constantly being slashed to the ground, and their bodies were convulsed to death, but Cheng Mingzhen gritted his teeth and insisted, because when he saw the city gate, he was only less than thirty steps away.

With each step stained with blood, hundreds of people rushed after him, and finally approached the gate of the city, leaving less than a hundred.

At this time, the reinforcements from outside the city had arrived, and some soldiers were using the ladder to climb the city wall, fighting with the guards at the battlements of the city wall, and holding back a certain number of troops.

At the gate of the city, a lot of cavalry gathered, waiting for the gate to open, and then entering the city.

Guo Xiaoke and Zhou Zhongyin were waiting anxiously, and kept muttering: "Hurry! Hurry up! Quick—"

"Squeak!"

Suddenly, the sound of the stone gate opening sounded, and the soldiers of the Luo family army outside the city were in good spirits, and some infantry pushed directly outside, accelerating the speed of the city gate opening.

"The city gate is opened, rush me!" Guo Xiaoke shouted loudly, and the cavalry went first, whistling out, like a rolling torrent pouring into the embankment of the breach, which was overwhelming.

The city gate was broken, the cavalry suddenly surrendered, and the guards of the Xiliang army were completely dumbfounded, and they were unable to resist, so they immediately lost their armor and fled for their lives.

This night, the sound of fighting in Linqiang City continued, the sound of horses' hooves walked all over the streets and alleys, the screams were endless, and the people in the city closed their doors tightly, not daring to go out to find death

At dawn, the battle was completely over, the shouts of killing had been eliminated, and the north and south gates of Linqiang City were all controlled by the Luo family's army.

The sneak attack was successful, and that night in the city, more than 4,000 people of the Xiliang army were killed, seven or eight thousand people were captured, and thousands of people were left to break through from the south gate, and they were ambushed by Hou Junji, and there were many casualties, and the rest of the survivors fled to the defensive line of Tulou Mountain.