The city gate was broken, which was expected for Liu Xun, but he didn't expect that the battle at the city gate would last for so long, and the surrounding Hu soldiers surged one after another, but they were never able to break through - what happened there? Is it time for Pei to transfer his most elite parts over to block the door?

So the order was given: "Cavalry assault." ”

In view of the siege of the city before noon, he ordered hundreds of earthen bales to be prepared, which were originally intended to contain grain, and wheat grain was temporarily poured out and stuffed with earth, to be filled. However, before the earth bag was ready, the subordinates reported that four wooden ladders had been tied together, enough to bear the weight of the siege vertebrae and forty warriors. After testing, it seemed to be really strong, so I naturally left the soil bag.

At this time, he was forced to renegotiate in advance, and Liu Xun ordered his soldiers to go forward with the soil and fill in the section of the moat in front of the city gate. Arrows were shot down on the city, and some soldiers who were burdened with soil fell from time to time, but Liu Xun decided that the victory or defeat was in one move, and this final charge did not have to worry about casualties, so he specially ordered his cronies to supervise and drive away with swords and spears, and finally filled half of the moat.

For the cavalry, this was enough, so they gathered fifty elite horsemen, galloped on horseback, leaped over the trenches, and rushed straight to the city gates.

At this time, inside the city gate, the crossbowmen led by Wen Lang had just stepped on the crossbow for the second time, when they suddenly heard the rhythm of the enemy's drums in the distance, and then the ground began to shake again—just like the siege vertebrae had just slammed into the city gate. Immediately, a small soldier ran down from the city, holding a banner in his hand, and shouted from afar: "Cavalry! Hu Qi is coming! ”

Zhen Sui was still fighting in front of him, and he didn't notice this situation at all. Although Wen Lang saw the little soldier waving the flag, the battlefield was too noisy to hear what he was calling out......

The Hu soldiers who were blocking in front of the city gate heard the change in the rhythm of the drums in their camp, but they all knew the bottom and dodged left and right, but there were still many people who retreated one step slower, and were rammed and trampled by their own cavalry, broken bones and tendons, and bled on the battlefield.

As soon as Hu Bing let go left and right like this, Zhen Sui's vision instantly widened, and it was not necessary for the city to send someone over to say hello, he had already seen Hu Cai surging in. Even if he was as brave as Zhen Sui, he couldn't help but be startled - no matter how strong he was, he didn't dare to collide head-on with the galloping horse, not to mention that it was not just one or two horsemen rushing on the opposite side - he hurriedly beckoned his subordinates and retreated.

Hu Qi came quickly, and he had rushed to the front in an instant, Zhen Sui knew that two legs would definitely not be able to outrun four legs, so he hurriedly shouted: "Get out of the way!" "Roll on the spot and avoid the side of the doorway. The brave and healthy men of the "fire robbery camp" he brought with him were inevitably trampled by the Hu cavalry - all of them were swords and shields in hand, and they fought hand-to-hand, so that no one could hold a spear and resist the horse, and if the number of spears was insufficient, and if they did not form a formation, they would not be able to stop the galloping cavalry at all.

Fortunately, behind these soldiers, there are more than 100 crossbowmen brought by Wen Lang, who have already been wound for the second time and have not yet had time to launch. So under Wen Lang's order, he immediately went to the direction of the city gate and fired a chaotic arrow - the situation was urgent, and he didn't care about accidentally injuring his comrades - only to hear the sound of "aggressive", the first Hu Cai had just entered the door, and he was hit by more than ten arrows, and even the people and horses immediately overturned on their sides and fell to the ground, and the rest of the crossbow arrows were all nailed to the city gate hole......

Almost in the blink of an eye, the situation on the battlefield was reversed in an instant. The key is that Liu Xun was too anxious, and without waiting to understand the battle situation on the front line, he immediately sent people to fill the trenches, and then the cavalry charged, and at this time the city gate was not easy to defend, and the two sides were throwing in the competition. Therefore, Hu Cai covered up, Hu Qi scattered, the external force was slack, the city gate was immediately "suddenly" closed, and the Hu Cai who was charging in front of him was shot down before entering the hole, and the second horse was firmly sandwiched between the two gates.

This is really something that both the offensive and defensive sides did not expect - for Liu Xun, he thought that as soon as the cavalry rushed, those weak soldiers in Xuzhou would inevitably panic and disperse, and the city gate was at their fingertips, but there was almost no enemy who was willing to leave.

Hearing the caught-footed Hu cavalry, even the men and horses screamed miserably, even in the noisy battlefield, such a terrible neighing could not help but make people's hearts palpitate. Zhen Sui reacted the fastest, just rolled over, stood up against the side wall, and immediately took a vertical leap when he saw this, rushed forward, held the knife in both hands, pressed against the city gate, and slashed down at the head of the Hu horseman.

He originally intended to split this Hu cavalry into four sections with a single sword, so that the gate could not be closed? Of course, this is just a delusion, no matter how strong he is, the blade slashed into the back of Hu Bing's neck, broke the flesh and bones, and slashed to the chest in one breath...... Instead, he poured the dirty blood on Zhen Sui's head and face, and he almost couldn't even open his eyes.

The captain of the squad who commanded the top gate had some insight, and he ordered his subordinates to let go slightly, and he immediately took the reins of his horse and introduced the war horse carrying the dead corpse into the city. Then there was a sound of "Jiao...... The door still couldn't be closed—there was a siege vertebrae in between.

The forty Hu warriors who led the siege vertebrae had been killed by Zhen Sui and others with arrows and swords, and the rest had all thrown down their ropes, abandoned the giant trees, and each drew their personal blades to fight. The giant tree was thus abandoned to the ground, and the corpses of Hu Bing were piled up on it, and the tip of the city poked into the city gate about two feet away.

Seeing this, Zhen Sui stretched out his hand and grabbed a piece of rope that was exposed to the ambushed corpse, and wanted to drag the siege vertebrae into the city. This huge wood must be carried by forty warriors, and if it is towed, it will naturally not be used so much, but it will be at least five or six people, and now it is covered with dead bodies...... Unexpectedly, Zhen shouted angrily, turned around and exerted his strength, the giant tree shook, and the corpses on it slipped off one after another, and he was pulled and moved by him alone!

Of course, Zhen Sui also took a small advantage, at this moment, the blood in front of the city gate was like a pond, deep above the surface of the feet, it was really slippery......

The Hu soldiers outside the city reacted at this time, but they couldn't help but be shocked by the enemy's divine power, and the first thing they thought of was not to push the city gate, nor to stab Zhen Sui through the crack in the door, but to find a rope to bind the siege vertebrae, and to "tug-of-war" with Zhen Sui...... One or two people were just fine, and as soon as there were too many people, Zhen immediately couldn't hold his breath, his steps were vain, and he staggered back. But he immediately waved his hand to prevent his comrades from coming up to help, and then just let go......

With a "whew" of the siege vertebrae, he slid out of the city gate with the stump and broken arm that was still adhered to it, and the city gate was immediately closed—as for how many Hu soldiers the giant tree crushed and crushed, no one in the city knew.

Immediately, including Wen Lang and the crossbowmen led by him, everyone carried the civil engineering together, and firmly resisted the inside of the city gate - although the Hu soldiers threw the siege vertebrae, but at the moment the front-line command was chaotic, and I believe that it would be difficult to gather enough warriors in a short period of time to carry the spine and hit the door again.

Zhen Sui leaned against the wall, panting heavily, squeezing out the last bit of strength, and said to Wen Lang with a smile: "I have also laughed and laughed at Lu and that guy, this person is so good, how can he get out of his strength?" Grandma's, it turned out not to be an excuse......"

Wen Langxin said, this is a godsend, can I beat this guy up?

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In this thrilling battle in front of the city gate, Hu Bing lost no less than 100 people, and he fell off the chain with a kick at the gate, even Liu Xun couldn't help but be depressed, let alone his soldiers? He was forced to collect his troops and return to the fort to reorganize his army for another battle.

After carefully inquiring about the situation on the battlefield, Liu Xun couldn't help but be shocked: "I heard that Uncle Liang Su tried his best to raise the door and force the sun with the soldiers of the princes. I don't want Pei Gai to come under the command of the ancients! He immediately ordered the whole army, saying that once Chenggao was breached, Pei should be killed, and if he saw that warrior, he should try his best to be - "If I get it, it will be better than the three male soldiers...... Five thousand! ”

As for the city, Zhen Sui was supported by his subordinates to see Pei Gai, Pei Gai glared angrily: "Fanatic, I know that you must take the opportunity to fight in front of the city gate, so Wen Lang led the crossbowmen to help, how can you not obey your orders and seal the door in a hurry?!" "You've shown off enough, but do you know how many people we've lost in this battle?!

Of the more than 40 sturdy men who Zhen took to guard the city gate, nearly half of them were dead or disabled, and almost all of the rest were injured, as for the Xuzhou auxiliaries who guarded the city gate, they lost as many as 30 - Gao Le has been guarding the city wall for most of the day, and he has not died so many people!

Zhen Sui also quibbled, saying: "Governor, the so-called 'Ci is not in charge of the army', there will be casualties in the battle......

Pei Gai said hatefully: "As long as I hold Chenggao and show the enemy to be weak, I don't want more soldiers to die in this battle......"

Zhen Sui still refused to admit his mistake, but said: "Dudu, this battle is very useless. Since ancient times, how can a strong army be able to show weakness to a strong city? He said this casually, and then looked around at the generals: "Yes, no, right?" I don't study, and you will not wait for me to tell me - if I can keep it for one or two days, can I still keep it for seven or eight days without being seen by the enemy generals? How stupid must that man be...... If Liu Cang's main force does not move, and these 3,000 people are stopped from attacking, will we always huddle behind the city wall and be beaten with our heads in our hands? The plan between the governor and the ancestor envoy is actually easy for him, but too difficult for me! ”

Is it that easy to pretend? Sometimes, it's very difficult to pretend to be cowardly—unless the other person is really a fool.

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help frowning. After pondering for a long time, he finally turned his head sideways and said to Tao Kan: "I deeply regret not following Tao Jun's words that day......"

He originally thought that I had more than 10,000 male soldiers, and there was still a "strong wind battalion" on Chenggao Pass that could come to help at any time, even if Liu Cang's main force arrived, it was unlikely to fail, but it was just a few more days of pretending to be a weak army, what was the difficulty? However, I didn't expect to summarize the lessons of city defense yesterday, and listen to what Lu Yan said, which is really thrilling...... The key is that the main focus of the war in these years is morale, but morale is the most difficult to disguise!

In the past two days, he has also heard a lot of rumors in the army from the side. The auxiliaries who landed in the city and defended it were all saying, since there are strong soldiers inside, why does the governor want us to wait to defend the city? Is it to train us, or not to take our lives as our lives? The soldiers who were in ambush in the city said, "If we are allowed to wait for the horse, we will be defeated immediately, so why don't we use the governor?" But the auxiliaries suffered no casualties......

Military deployments that are too complicated are naturally impossible to convey to every soldier, and most of them are illiterate or semi-literate, and even if you say it, they may not understand it - you really can't engage in any kind of democracy like the strong army of the republic in later generations. Therefore, he had to declare that this was the front of the Hu soldiers, and there must be a main force behind, and the governor was to wait for his main force to come up, and then mobilize the regular troops to fight with one of them.

This is indeed a reason, but the question is what if Liu Cang's main force is delayed? The doubts in the army will increase day by day, and it will inevitably greatly affect morale at that time......

Therefore, the strategic deployment of the day was set, and Tao Kan suggested that only three or four thousand auxiliary troops should be left in Chenggao, and the main force should be withdrawn to Chenggao Pass first-so that it could be pretended. However, Pei Gai was reluctant to those auxiliaries, for fear that if one was not careful, Chenggao City would be broken, even if he could quickly recapture the city, the garrison auxiliaries would inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Now it seems that he is too naïve to think about it, as the so-called "reluctant to have children, can't trap wolves", the more forward-looking and backward-looking, the more the fighter will be delayed.

Today, even if there is no Zhen Sui's good killing at the city gate, Liu Xun has been attacking for two days in a row, won't he be suspicious? No matter how stupid the other party is, how many days can this situation last?

It's really not easy to pretend!