Hou Junji seized the opportunity and immediately launched an offensive, the horn sounded, the desolation was majestic, the iron cavalry charged, and the phalanx of armor soldiers pressed up like a mountain.

The Tang army, which had been scattered, was suddenly defeated and had no ability to fight back, because many soldiers were fleeing, and the lieutenants and centurions were intercepting, and internal strife broke out, forming a mutiny.

When the Dahua army pressed, the Tang army defected more and more, or abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and there was chaos outside the city.

Li Xiuning shouted: "Hurry up, open the city gate, and let the two generals Li Daoxuan and Zhang Gongjin enter the city." ”

Murong Luohu shook his head and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, this is not good, now there is chaos, once the city gate is opened, it will inevitably cause chaos at the city gate, and the Dahua army will take the opportunity to kill the city, and everyone will be finished." ”

Liu Hongji said: "Send someone down and tell Li Guogong to immediately withdraw to the southeast gate, open a small gate there, and introduce him into the city. ”

At this time, the Tang army was eager to flee for life, once the city gate was opened, it would inevitably cause chaos, and the city gate would be difficult to close.

If you don't open the city gate, most of the 10,000 defenders outside the city are about to surrender to Dahua, Li Xiuning looked anxious and wanted to cry, 10,000 Tang soldiers became prisoners like this, and it was too cowardly, and it was too big a blow to the morale of the defenders in the city.

"It turns out that they are not disguised by the Dahua army, and they should have opened the city gates last night and let them in." Li Xiuning complained.

Murong Luohu and Liu Hongji both looked a little embarrassed, but one of them was a commander, and the other was a strategist and a long history, how could they easily admit their mistakes.

"It's better to believe that there is something than not to believe it, and the situation at that time is still safe, otherwise, relying on luck, will make a big mistake." Murong Rahu argued.

Liu Hongji also analyzed: "In this group of troops, there may not be no Dahua people, look at those who escaped from the battle, most of them are disguised people, which has broken the morale of the army outside the city, otherwise, they will not even be afraid of death, they are still moths to the fire, and they want to leave the team, which has led more people to be deserters." ”

"Makes sense!" Murong Luohu nodded in agreement, and the two sang and harmonized, finding each other's steps, and refused to bear the charge.

"Kill!"

The Dahua army approached, but all those who resisted were killed, most of them disarmed and surrendered, and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, and soon approached the city.

"Shoot the arrows!" Murong Lag ordered the arrows to be released and shot at the Dahua army that entered the land of one arrow, and the phalanx of archers of the Dahua army also fought back, and ten thousand arrows flew together, and for a while, it was like a dark cloud shrouded in torrential rain.

The Tang army outside the city was like a frightened bird, about five or six thousand people all lost their weapons, fled to the camp of the Dahua army, were organized, pulled to the phalanx and then arranged, and then took away the prisoners, so as not to let them get in the way, after all, it was five or six thousand prisoners, and they were not well placed and prone to problems.

Hou Junji personally commanded the army and tried to attack the city, but the main city of Qishan became very tricky after being repaired and reinforced, and it was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The siege machine was pushed up, the ladder was built, and then the city wall was climbed and killed.

The Tang army in the city was stubbornly resisting, shooting arrows downward, and throwing rolling logs, large stones, hot oil, boiling water, etc., to resist the Dahua army's climb to the city.

The two sides unravel a real siege battle, and the head-to-head confrontation is extremely fierce.

The Tang army under the city was surrounded and annihilated, and the captured alive was captured, and there were very few Tang soldiers under the city.

"Tell the general that Li Daoxuan, the chief general of the Tang Army, has taken advantage of the chaos to withdraw, passed through the southeast gate, and entered the city."

Hou Junji's face was slightly gloomy, and he snorted: "This Duke of the Tang Dynasty, the royal family, left the soldiers and escaped by himself." ”

"Report to General Qiyu ——,, the forward captured a Tang Army general, who seems to be named Zhang Gongjin, who was wounded and tied up, and is being escorted over." A scout proclaimed.

"Very good, escort the generals of the Tang Army to the rear camp, and I will interrogate them personally." Hou Junji chuckled, he finally captured the Tang army generals alive, and the credit was even greater, and he could also take the opportunity to inquire about the defense situation in the city and prepare for the capture of the city.

The siege battle of the main city of Qishan lasted for half a day, the stalemate, the war drums continued to roar, the battle shook the sky, the Dahua army had super morale, high-quality weapons and equipment, but the Tang army had a geographical advantage, forming a glue burning war, and even the Tang army had the upper hand in a slight battle

In the end, Hou Junji saw that he could not conquer the city, and did not want to increase the casualties, so he ordered Jin Ming to withdraw his troops and wait for the next day to fight again.

The Dahua army retreated like a tidal wave, leaving behind dead bodies on both sides, and the smell of blood drifted in the wind.

Murong Luohu, Liu Hongji, Duan Zhixuan, Pan Ren, Dai Yuanxiang and other generals were all relieved to see the retreat of the Dahua army, and they were currently suppressed by the morale of the other party, and they had no confidence in how long they could hold out.

Liu Hongji said: "Although Dahua has retreated, our pressure is even greater, the urn city is lost so quickly, we don't know the reason at all, will this kind of thing happen in the main city?" ”

Murong Luohu sighed: "Whether there are Dahua spies and plotting against the generals of the Tang Army, it is unknown whether they should cooperate with each other inside and outside, and there is no conclusion, and the spies in the city will not be ruled out, and this tactic will also be adopted." ”

Pan Ren said: "But the defender generals in the city have already been investigated, and there is no suspicious identity, unless, they are secretly rebelled." ”

Murong Luohu said: "It seems that the defense can only be strengthened, especially in the city gate area, and it is necessary to strengthen shift changes and patrols, and light up bonfires and lanterns, leaving no dead ends, so that someone can detect a sneak attack as soon as possible." ”

Li Xiuning was silent and did not say a word, she was extremely disappointed in her heart, and it seemed that she could no longer see any hope of winning.

With such a strong city, you don't even know how the enemy can break through the city, and how can you defend it?

Overnight, the urn city was broken, 20,000 Tang Dynasty soldiers, more than half of them were killed in battle, half of them were captured, she could only stand at the head of the city and watch the Dahua army do whatever they wanted, but could not rescue, could not kill the enemy, this sense of grievance, made the arrogant Princess Pingyang difficult to accept, so angry that she was dizzy and almost vomited blood.

"Could it be that this Luo Cheng is my Li Tang's old enemy, and he can't destroy me Li Tang?" Li Xiuning had a deep worry in his heart.