The city gate opened, and Li Congke led a thousand dead soldiers out of the city first, and Li Siyuan led other soldiers to follow him.

When walking out of the city gate, Li Siyuan finally looked back at the tall city gate, at this time, after more than half a year of siege, the city tower has long been destroyed by Wu Jun's Suzhou cannon and bed crossbow, etc., only the top of the "Jin" word flag, still fluttering in the cold wind.

Li Siyuan turned his head and sighed softly to the guards around him: "I will follow the two generations of Jin kings to fight in all directions, and it has been nearly forty years now, and I have been extremely rich, so I have no regrets for a long time." It's just that I didn't expect that this small town in Yunzhou may become the last place where Ben will bury his bones. ”

With a sigh, he led his men to continue forward, taking advantage of the cover of night to rush towards the Wu army camp.

When gradually approaching the enemy camp, Li Congke's subordinates, who were at the forefront, subconsciously accelerated the speed of the march.

At this time, the camp of the Wu army, in the days of besieging the city for most of the year, has long been built extremely strong.

The walls of the camp were eight feet high and one foot thick, and were made of blocks of adobe. Three more trenches were dug in the wall, each three feet deep and five feet wide, to prevent the enemy infantry from approaching as much as possible; In the place near the wall, the horse-repelling stakes were laid to prevent the cavalry from raiding.

With such a strong defense, it would be impossible for the Jin army to break through under normal circumstances, and even if it weren't for the urgency of the situation now, which had reached a desperate situation, Li Siyuan would not even have the idea of attacking the Wu army's camp.

The only thing he could expect at this time was that the Wu army was slack, and the Jin army took the opportunity to break through.

And his expectation seemed to have really come true, and it didn't take long for Li Congke to spread the news that they had paved the way on the trench with long planks, passed through the two trenches smoothly, and approached the wall.

However, at this moment, Wu Jun finally discovered the abnormality, and an alert soldier suddenly raised his bow and crossbow from the wall of the wall and fired an arrow into the night.

"Ahh A scream rang out.

At this moment, the actions of the Jin army were completely exposed, and the war drums immediately sounded in the camp of the Wu army.

"Enemy breakout! Enemy forces break through! ”

Li Congke didn't expect to be able to break into the enemy camp completely unknowingly, but seeing that the action had been exposed, he immediately shouted: "Soldiers, kill me with me!" ”

"Kill!" The ranks, which had just been silent, immediately erupted into a loud shouting of killing, and countless Jin soldiers with spears, swords and shields in their hands jumped out of the darkness and rushed towards the Wu army camp with long ladders.

The Wu army seemed to be really defenseless, and was a little flustered in the face of the Jin army's surprise attack, and the defenders on the wall scattered and fled, and soon the Jin army seized the wall and broke into the camp.

The breakout operation went so smoothly that Li Congke was a little incredulous for a while.

He didn't know if it was his own luck or if the enemy had deliberately let them in so that they could be surrounded and destroyed.

But at this time, there was obviously not enough time for him to think about these problems, and there was no turning back from the bow, even if there was danger ahead, he had to rush forward.

Li Siyuan's thoughts in the rear were the same, even if he felt that something was wrong, he could only rush forward at this time.

The road ahead is vast, everything is unknown, he can only take one step at a time, and what the final outcome will be, maybe only God will know.

……

In the camp of the Wu army, with the sound of fierce sirens, the soldiers quickly woke up and quickly waited for the enemy under the organization of the officers.

These soldiers had been ordered before, and perhaps the enemy army would break through tonight, so they remained on guard even when they were asleep, and the armor on their bodies was not taken off, and their swords, guns, shields, etc. were also placed in a position to take advantage of them, so they could quickly prepare for battle at this time.

In the camp of the Chinese army, after Yang Wu heard the sound of killing, he immediately got up and walked outside the camp tent.

At this time, Liu Xin and other generals just arrived, and after meeting Yang Wu, they hurriedly said: "King, the enemy army has really broken through!" ”

Yang Wu nodded: "Very good, it seems that General Liu's strategy has succeeded." How is the arrangement of our army? Did anything go wrong? ”

"Rest assured, the direction of the enemy's breakthrough is to the east, where our army's defense is the strictest, so everything is expected."

A smile finally appeared on Yang Wu's face.

To the northwest of Yunzhou is Jishui, where the Wu army and the navy block the river, and it is too difficult for the Jin army, which is mainly northerners, to break through from there.

In addition to the northwest direction, only the east is more suitable for the Jin army to break through, because it is close to the mountainous area, as long as it can break through the Wu army's defense line and enter the mountainous area, then the Jin army has the hope of escaping.

Therefore, at the beginning, the Wu army focused its defense on the east, only waiting for the Jin army to take the initiative to attack.

Although everything is expected at present, Yang Wu still reminded: "You can't relax your vigilance in other directions, and you must not let Li Siyuan slip away!" ”

"Yes, please rest assured, the morale of the soldiers is high, and they are all shouting to capture Li Siyuan alive."

"Capture Li Siyuan alive?" Yang Wu suddenly laughed, it would be great if he could really capture Li Siyuan, after all, not to mention that this person in history later became the emperor, even if Li Siyuan at this time, it was a rare general in the Jin army.

With the passage of time, there are fewer and fewer veterans in the Jin army, and only Li Siyuan and Li Cunshen are left with fame, Li Cunxun heard that he is old and sick, and his health is not good, and he may not live long.

Of course, even if you can't capture Li Siyuan alive, as long as you can kill him, it's not bad.

After sending the generals away, Yang Wu climbed the watchtower and looked towards the battlefield to the east.

It's a pity that the battlefield is dark at this time, and you can't see anything at all, you can only hear the earth-shattering shouts and killings coming constantly.

Yang Wu had no choice but to calm down, return to the camp, and slowly wait for the final result.

In the dark night, compared to Yang Wu's calmness, Li Siyuan's anxious heart was about to jump out at this time.

When Li Congke led a large army to break into the Wu army camp, he also led the follow-up army to kill him; However, just after the army had completely entered the camp, an enemy infantry of five or six thousand men suddenly surrounded from both flanks, completely blocking the passage for the Jin army to retreat into the city.

At the same time, in the enemy camp, which had just seemed chaotic, a large number of torches were suddenly lit, and countless Wu troops were arrayed, with spear infantry in front and crossbowmen in the rear; There was even a large number of Wu cavalry waiting not far away.

Snare! They have fallen into the trap of the enemy!

It was obvious that the enemy had anticipated the Jin army's breakthrough, and even the direction of their breakthrough had been calculated, otherwise the enemy army would never have been so well prepared, and the reaction would not have been so fast, cutting off their rear route as soon as the Jin army entered the camp.

But in any case, at this time, the army was ambushed, and Li Siyuan also knew that tonight was more than lucky.

Immediately return the same way, take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, break through and return to the city?

No, that's a fool's doing.

Not to mention that since the enemy army has sent troops to break through, they will never let them easily break through the defense line and return to the city, even if they can really return to the city, what can they do? After tonight's defeat, the soldiers will inevitably suffer heavy losses and low morale, how long can they continue to resist stubbornly?

So at this time, all Li Siyuan could do was to lead the soldiers to continue to rush forward.

However, the Wu army had already prepared, they were in a tight formation, their morale was high, and the spears in front of them were like a forest of spears to resist the defensive line, and the crossbowmen behind were shooting arrows at the opponent like rain.

Feeling the continuous rain of arrows in the sky, and listening to the constant sound of breaking the sky, the Jin soldiers were somewhat afraid.

Li Siyuan saw it and shouted: "Kill it!" The enemy forces are not many, as long as we stand shoulder to shoulder, we will be able to break through their defenses and fight our way out! ”

Li Congke also said loudly to his subordinates: "If you kill it, you can still live, stay here, but just wait for death." Kill! ”

When the soldiers of the Jin army heard this, they immediately shouted: "Kill!" ”

Under the instigation of Li Siyuan's father and son, the Jin army fought bravely and launched a fierce attack on the front of the Wu army, and the battle between the two sides was extremely fierce for a while.

The soldiers of the Jin army were originally selected elite soldiers, and at this time they were desperate, and their combat power was really not to be underestimated, and the front of the Wu army was shocked to pieces, and it was almost about to be broken through, and a large number of soldiers fell in front of the two armies.

It can be said that the Jin army is completely filling with human lives at this time, regardless of casualties, they only hope to fight a bloody way.

……

Time passed, and soon it was getting brighter.

After several hours of bloody battles, they finally broke through the two lines of defense of the Wu army one after another, and at this time they were fighting a bloody battle with the outermost defense line of the Wu army.

Of course, to make such great progress, it all depends on the Jin army's fierce attack at any cost, and the soldiers who are still following Li Siyuan's father and son at this time have been reduced from more than 4,000 at the beginning to less than 1,000 now.

The rest of the soldiers either fell in a bloody battle or were separated from the main force in the darkness of the night.

At this time, the rest of the Jin army, from Li Siyuan himself to ordinary soldiers, were almost exhausted, and the only thing that supported them to continue fighting was that not far ahead, the vast mountains were already in sight, and it seemed that the hope of life was not far away.

"If we can break through the enemy's last line of defense, we can escape into the mountains, and when we get there, we can hide, and then look for an opportunity to cross the river and return north!" That's the only thing they have on their minds at this point.

As for how to evade the pursuers of the Wu army after escaping into the mountains, how to hide, how to approach the Yellow River, and how to finally cross the Yellow River, they did not have time to think about all these questions for the time being, and they did not want to think about them.

The only thing left in their minds is to kill, kill through the enemy lines, and rush out of the enemy encirclement!

Finally, perhaps the enemy was frightened away by their bravery, and after another half an hour, the enemy retreated of their own accord.

Many Jin soldiers were immediately overjoyed, shouting "run" in their mouths, and fled to the mountains one after another.

However, at this moment, there was a faint vibration on the ground, and it became more and more violent, and soon, the roaring sound of horses' hooves continued to reach the ears of the Jin soldiers.

"The cavalry is coming!" Li Siyuan's heart was full of despair.

Although the Jin army had a lot of cavalry, there were not many cavalry in the army used to raid Yunzhou, and after a night of bloody fighting, the only cavalry was also lost.

The cavalry that was attacking now was clearly on the enemy's side.

As a veteran general of the Jin army, although he had not yet seen the size of the enemy army, Li Siyuan had already judged from the shaking of the ground that the number of enemy cavalry was at least 3,000 people, and at this time, the remnants of the army under his command, which had long been exhausted, had less than 800 troops!

With 800 tired soldiers against 3,000 elite cavalry, such an end can be imagined.

But even though he was desperate in his heart, Li Siyuan was still shouting loudly: "Form a formation to resist the enemy!" Fight the enemy! ”

It's a pity that the soldiers saw that the "way of life" was ahead at this time, where were they willing to stay and fight against the cavalry, not to mention that with their current situation, even if they stayed, it was impossible to block the impact of the enemy cavalry.

So the soldiers were running desperately forward, and none of them stayed to resist.

As long as you can escape into the mountains, there is still a way to live!

Even Li Congke knew at this time that staying was waiting for death, and the only way to escape was to desperately escape, and maybe there was still hope to escape.

Seeing that Li Siyuan was still yelling with all his might, he hurriedly stepped forward to support him and persuaded him loudly: "Father, don't stop, run away, stay and wait for death!" ”

Li Siyuan's father and son originally had war horses, but after a fierce fight all night, their war horses were also killed, and they were all fighting on foot at this time.

Just as the two of them were about to flee for their lives, the cavalry of the Wu army had already arrived, and the Jin soldiers who had long been exhausted could not outrun the galloping war horses with their legs alone.

Soon, the remaining Jin army was crushed under the charge of the cavalry, and the war horses rushed to kill everywhere, leaving only a piece of corpses.

Despair, fear, wailing......

The road to life is obviously not far away, but it seems so far away; In the end, not a single soldier was able to escape into the mountains, and all of them fell under the hooves of the horses.

In fact, even if these soldiers could escape into the mountains, they should not try to escape there, because there was already an infantry army of 3,000 men waiting there.

This is a real net of heaven and earth, and there is no way to survive for the Jin army.

From the moment the Jin army chose to break through, their fate was already doomed; In other words, after Li Cunmiao's army was defeated, their lone army was doomed.

And in this battlefield full of corpses, there was one corpse that looked different from the others, because the others fell to the ground, and this person was the only one who was still standing, although he was dead.

The man was dressed in black armor, the helmet on his head had long since fallen off, and his gray hair was spread out to cover his face.

His body was full of wounds, six or seven that were exposed to the outside, and even more hidden; His whole body was supported by the blood-stained sword in his hand, so that he could not stand; An arrow pierced his neck at close range, which was why he was deadly.

And this person is the Jin army general, the historical Later Tang Mingzong Li Siyuan, and the other body not far from him is his adopted son, the late Tang Emperor Li Congke in history.