When it got dark, the camp was lit with lights and smoky fires, and the soldiers sat around the smoky fires after dinner and chatted to avoid mosquito bites.

Su Ji came out of the camp tent and shouted: "Herald! ”

The herald immediately ran over and straightened up and replied loudly: "Yes!" ”

"Blow the trumpet, order the whole army to assemble in full armor, and let the logistics baggage team prepare the torches!"

"No!"

The heralds promised to run to the nearby camp at once, and the heralds ordered the trumpeters to quickly blow the rallying horn.

The trumpeters who received the order quickly blew the horns, "Woo-woo-woo-"

The soldiers who were gathering around the smoke pile to chat heard the sound of the assembly horn, and their faces changed greatly, and they instinctively got up and ran to the open space to assemble.

The speed of this assembly was very extraordinary, Su Ji did not give the soldiers too much time to discuss, and when the army was assembled, he immediately ordered to go forward to attack the city, and the men and horses of the siege camp arrived later.

Zhao Junsheng was still having dinner at this time, and when he heard the loud horn sound and a large number of chaotic footsteps coming from the camp of the Xiecong Army, he immediately stopped his chopsticks and asked, "What's the matter?" Come on, go out and see! ”

One of the royal guards folded his fists in agreement and turned to leave.

The great eunuch Kang Yide walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, it seems to be the sound of a horn coming from the camp of the Xiecong Army, what the hell is this Su Ji doing?" Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to order General Yang to be on guard? ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "What are you talking about? Could it be that he, Su Ji, can still openly rebel and kill the king? ”

Kang Yide hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the old slave didn't mean that, the old slave just felt that it was always right to be careful!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "It's okay, you don't need to suggest and remind you about this, Yang Lie will understand what to do!" ”

Of course, Yang Lie also heard the sound of the horn assembly, he was puzzled at this time, while sending someone to inquire about the news, he ordered the 10,000 cavalry in the battalion to assemble and stand by, and deal with emergencies at any time, his 10,000 cavalry is shouldering the mission of protecting the emperor's safety, and he can't have the slightest difference, and he has to deal with any wind and grass!

Not only Yang Lie was here, but Li Bao's thousand dragon guards were also quickly assembled under his orders.

It didn't take long for the people who had been sent out to inquire about the news to return and bring back the Xiecong army under the command of Su Ji out of the camp and went to the direction of Chengdu City, which was to attack the city overnight, Yang Lie and Li Bao breathed a sigh of relief, ordered the army to be disbanded, and rushed to the direction of the shuai tent.

Zhao Junsheng was listening to the report of the imperial guards at this time, and the ministers and generals rushed to see them outside the tent, and he heard the report announcing that they were entering the tent.

"Your Majesty, Su Ji suddenly made an emergency assembly of troops to attack the city at night, and he didn't say a word in advance, causing the ministers to think that he was going to gather troops and horses to prepare to do something bad, and the ministers thought that the wind could not rise, even if he wanted to attack the city at night, he should have made it clear to His Majesty in advance to get permission, this is a surprise attack, he is acting without authorization!"

As a civilian-born military general, Su Ji has always been highly valued and reused by Zhao Junsheng, which also made many people in the DPRK and the army jealous, and established many political enemies for no reason.

Yang Lie, Niu Dali, Pei Mingyuan and others who were born in the same period of martial arts are also reused, these generals are not the founding fathers of the country, but over the years, they have been very active on the battlefield, and there are many opportunities to go out to fight, but those founding generals and generals from military families have few opportunities, everyone understands that the emperor is deliberately suppressing, so that they can check and balance each other, everyone knows this, but there is no way, and there is no dissatisfaction, because the emperor is understandable to do this.

However, these civilian-born generals were not less attacked by some ministers and generals of the DPRK and China.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Where is Su Ji now?" ”

One of the imperial guards stood up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, General Su has already led his troops to attack the city, and he should arrive at the city at this time!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, these ministers' complaints were not wrong, Su Ji's behavior was indeed suspected of acting without authorization, and after some weighing, he said: "Let him finish this battle first and then deal with it!" ”

At this time, Su Ji had already led his troops to lead the city of Chengdu, but the whole operation did not make a sound, and the army slowly approached the city wall to set up a military formation.

Su Ji immediately sent a guard post to guard the surroundings, and the men and horses of the siege camp prepared the siege equipment they needed, this time he did not choose to attack the east city wall, but chose the south city gate that had never been attacked.

All along, the cadres attacked the east city gate, only attacked the north gate once, the west gate and the south gate have not been attacked, therefore, most of the defenders are concentrated in the east city gate and the city wall, the other three gates of the defenders are relatively few, especially the south city gate that has not been blocked to the way out, the number of defenders here is the smallest, generally only two hundred people, in the case of the emergency situation at the east city gate, there are even only one hundred people stationed here.

"If tonight's sneak attack can break through the south city gate, there is no need to dig the tunnel outside the east city gate!" Su Ji looked at the south city gate in the distance and said.

The adjutant general clasped his fists and said: "General, although this place has not been attacked, but it is also a high city with thick walls, you see that the defenders have lit a fire outside the city wall, if our soldiers get close, they will soon be discovered!" ”

Su Ji said: "Chen Xian is not easy to deal with, these days he has been guarding every drop, if we want to break the city, let's get their surprise, no matter what, how do you know if it doesn't work if you don't try, but don't worry, Ben General didn't put his hope on this sneak attack, our purpose is to let Chen Xian take care of one thing and lose the other, even if it is not successful, we can also disrupt Chen Xian's deployment through this matter and distract his attention!" ”

The adjutant general clenched his fists and said: "Okay, please give the general an order, the last general will bring troops to attack the city!" ”

Su Ji nodded and waved his hand: "Let the siege echelon first carry the siege ladder and quietly approach the city wall, and then the other soldiers will follow closely, and when they reach the vicinity of the fire, they will run quickly and rush to the bottom of the city wall as fast as possible to set up the siege ladder, and the follow-up soldiers will quickly climb the ladder to attack, and the long-range support of the archers will definitely follow in time!" ”

"Understood!" The adjutant agreed, "Brothers, follow me!" ”

The team quietly approached the city wall, and when they reached the fire, the figures of the soldiers were exposed, and the lieutenant immediately drew his sword and pointed forward: "Rush-"

The soldiers rushed forward with their legs on the ladder, and a large number of footsteps were heard by the sentries on the city wall, and when they looked down, they were immediately frightened and frightened, and quickly sounded the alarm bell: "Dangdang dang······

"Enemy attack, enemy attack—" The terrible roar spread through the south gate tower and the city walls on the left and right.

All the defenders leaning against the women's wall were startled, and a hundred defender soldiers got up one after another to look at the city, only to see that the dense co-conservators had rushed to the bottom of the city, and there were already co-conservators on the ladder that had been erected and were struggling to climb quickly.

The guard general Xiang Yang pulled out his sword and shouted: "Defend - the archer releases the arrow!" Herald, go and report to the general and ask for backup! ”

"No!"

There are too many co-operative troops who sneak attack, and the guard general Xiang Yang has to send people to support, he is worried that if there are no reinforcements, he is afraid that he will not be able to defend for long, and the enemy will have an attitude of sneak attack, this place has never been attacked, and many soldiers are still the first time!

"Whoosh ······" The archers of the defenders kept shooting arrows down, and one by one the soldiers of the Auxiliary Army who were climbing the ladder were shot down, and some continued to climb up with their shields on their heads.

If the archers missed, the spearmen and shield men had to take their place, and they had to shoot arrows at the enemy troops below the walls, and everyone had no time to spare, and everyone had to have their own position.

At this time, Chen Xianzheng was leading fifty people to inspect the west city wall, and had already walked to the left half of the west city wall, when he suddenly heard the alarm bell outside the south gate, his face changed greatly, there were only two hundred people there, and they had never been attacked, and most of the defenders were recruits!

He immediately shouted: "Come on, quickly go to the east gate to transfer three hundred veterans to reinforce the south gate, and the others quickly rush to the south gate with me for reinforcements, hurry up!" ”

When Chen Xian arrived at the south gate with more than 50 people, the defenders were almost unable to resist, most of the defenders who were recruits had never experienced this kind of battle, after the sneak attack began, the recruits were afraid, and some even fled, if it wasn't for the guard general Xiang Yang who killed several recruits on the spot, I was afraid that the recruits in the defenders would have to collapse.

A section of the city wall had already been captured by the Liaison Army, and the number was being contested, and these men were personally led by Su Ji's lieutenant general, and they advanced together in the direction of the tower, and the defenders were killed and retreated along the way.

As the occupied walls became longer and longer, the number of people climbing the walls of the co-contenders also increased, and the momentum became louder and stronger, and the morale became higher and higher.

Chen Xian really came in time, he immediately led fifty people into battle, and rushed to the front with a sword.

He immediately led people to directly confront the deputy general of the cadre army, and the two started a fierce battle, he knew very well that at this time, the defenders were out of absolute disadvantage, and the only way to drive these auxiliary troops off the city wall was to kill the deputy general who personally led the team.

"Dangdang!" The two weapons intersected and made a piercing crashing sound, the deputy general of the cadre army was shocked to the point that his arm was numb, and he took two steps back with a face, Chen Xian also took a step back, and the two rushed towards each other with a loud roar again.

Chen Xian swung his sword to block the opponent's split sword, raised his leg and kicked the opponent's chest and kicked the deputy general of the cadre army into the soldier behind him, and before the other party got up, he immediately bullied himself and stabbed it with a sword, and the deputy general of the cadre army couldn't dodge, and the sword hit the throat.

As soon as the deputy general of the cadre army died, the other assistant troops lost their backbone and command, and their morale dropped greatly, Chen Xian immediately shouted: "The enemy general is dead, the soldiers will kill me, kill them all!" ”

"Kill!" Under the leadership of Chen Xian, the defenders fought with all their might, and the co-congregants were defeated and retreated again and again, and finally succeeded in recapturing the occupied city wall.

Su Ji sighed when he saw it under the city, it was really bad luck, seeing that he was about to occupy the city tower, thinking that this Chen Xian would come so quickly, and if he continued to fight, it would only increase casualties, so he had to order the troops to be withdrawn.