As Yan Shi expected, on the second day after Guo Yan's main army arrived at the city, the tragic siege battle began.

Guo Yan's 30,000 horses and horses are all in the city, and the attitude towards Anyi is even more inevitable, although all kinds of siege equipment have not been completely made and built, but Guo Yan, who is in full swing, is still full of confidence, and directly commanded the army under his command to launch an attack on Anyi City.

Early in the morning, the sound of the golden drum resounded in all corners of the military camp, a large number of horsemen poured out of the frenzy formed, such as the spears of the forest densely pointed to the sky, the iron armor on the armor of the armor made a sound, and the sound of tens of thousands of horses and horses shook the four fields, and the movement had already alarmed the idea of the guards at the head of Anyi City.

At the head of the city, the order flag of the defenders began to shake, and the sound of the golden watchman that stimulated the eardrums also sounded rapidly, the officials ran on the various sections of the city wall to give orders, and the crossbowmen entered the battlements early.

Yan Xing stood on the towering city gate, his eyes were all over the outskirts outside the city, he had already seen the various phalanxes of the enemy army outside the city gradually in place, and all kinds of siege equipment were also carefully pushed out of the camp, but the enemy troops outside the city did not rush to attack immediately, but divided a wide road in the middle of each phalanx.

It seems that the enemy army outside the city has other tricks before attacking the city!

Yan Xing, who was concerned about this, couldn't help frowning slightly, and when the soldiers were approaching the city, he felt extremely passive about every move of the enemy army outside the city.

Under Yan Xing's passive and anxious attention, the sound of drums and music sounded in the enemy's military formation outside the city, and a gloomy torrent slowly poured out of the divided avenue.

However, what attracted Yan Xing's attention was not the elite soldiers of Guo Yan's army, but a chariot slowly driving in front of the formation.

On the chariot, there was a royal man, and on the flagpole set up by the chariot, there was another person tied, and two horsemen rode horses to guard the left and right sides of the chariot, looking cautiously in the direction of the city.

Yan Xing's eyes narrowed slightly, and from the narrowed field of vision, he could clearly see the people on the chariot that was gradually approaching the city.

It's Zheng Duo!

Yan Xing chuckled in his heart, and the expression on his face instantly became complicated.

Anyi learned that in the previous battle of Xie County, the officials defending the city faced many fierce enemy troops, regardless of life and death, and fought until the city was broken and people died, which was very tragic.

Although the weak Xie County was unable to stop Guo Yan's army, at least it delayed the advance of Guo Yan's army for a time, so the civil and military forces who stayed in Anyi were all sorry when they read Zheng Duo, the order of Xie County.

It's just that I didn't expect that Zheng Duo didn't die in the hands of the enemy, and was captured by Guo Yan and escorted to the city of Anyi.

Due to the distance, Yan Xing couldn't carefully understand the demeanor on Zheng Duo's face and the condition of his body, but without thinking about it, just seeing Zheng Duo tied to the flagpole and dying, Yan Xing knew that after he was captured, he was probably tortured beyond imagination.

This also made Yan Xing hesitate in his heart!

What does the enemy want to tie Zheng Duo to the front? Could it be that Zheng Duo couldn't stand the torture and humiliation anymore and had to surrender to Guo Yan?

If it is really a trick used by the enemy to persuade the army to surrender and shake the morale of the army, then what should he do?

Was the order to be shot, or?

Yan Xing had already secretly clenched his fists subconsciously, and he secretly decided that if Zheng Duo opened his mouth later, he must not hesitate, and Iron Mask ruthlessly ordered him to be shot on the spot.

These days, Yan Xing, who patrols and strengthens the city defenses day and night, knows better than anyone that the main thing to defend the city is not the strong city wall, but the resolute heart!

If you are united, unless you fight to the last man, the resistance of a city will never stop. If the people's hearts are weakened, then needless to say, as long as one enemy army successfully stands on the head of the city, the guards on the head of the city will immediately collapse.

Yan Xing must not let anyone shake the hearts of those soldiers who were able to stabilize and were not very resolute again.

The chariots and chariots had reached the edge of the moat in full view of everyone.

Because Yan Xing did not give the order to shoot a strong crossbow for a long time, at this time, some soldiers at the head of the city quickly recognized that this was the captured Xie County Commander Zheng Duo, although the guards at the head of the city did not waver immediately, but the soldiers who recognized Zheng Duo, the expression on their faces quickly became as complicated as Yan Xing.

"Zheng Xianjun, the matter has come to this, I hope you don't want me to do it myself."

Yan Xing slowly took over the strong crossbow of the guards beside him, and said silently in his heart.

The heavy silence was broken by one of the knights of the guard.

He tore open his throat and looked at the city and cried out aloud:

"The second and third sons in the city, the king has arrived. If you don't quickly capture the culprit, go down to the city to surrender, if you resist again, when the city is broken, there will be no amnesty. The day before yesterday, the county had ordered Zheng Duo to stubbornly resist and be captured, and the coerced followers were all ruined and killed, Zheng Duo, you still don't have to make meritorious contributions, quickly persuade you to surrender! ”

The knight who shouted was obviously one of your officers in Guo Yan's army, and after shouting to the guards at the head of the city, he quickly beckoned the horsewhip in his hand to Zheng Duo on the chariot, urging him to speak quickly and persuade him to surrender.

The pain in the flesh caused by the horsewhip made Zheng Duo cry out weakly, and the pain he had suffered these days began to stimulate his nerves again at this time, causing his already blood-stained face to twist violently, and he could no longer see the original appearance.

"Dead slave, quick talk!"

The sound of the cursing knight exploded in his ears, and the crisp sound of the horsewhip whipping the air made Zheng Duo's body shudder slightly. But when he looked up at the walls of Anyi with difficulty, and saw the shadowy figures on the head of the city, and the cold light reflected by the armor, he couldn't help but laugh.

In the short time he was captured, it was as if he had a long nightmare.

In addition to the nightmare, reminiscing about the past has become the last consolation in Zheng Duo's heart.

He still remembers that when he and Yan Xing first entered Hedong, the gray-haired and staggering old man he met outside Jiangyi City cried to him about the harsh government and remnants of Fan Yong, the head of Jiangyi, and lamented, "The life of our small people is hard! ”。

He still remembered that he, Huang Po and others, followed Yan Xing to clean up the rule of officials, and then followed Yan Shi to create the Tuntian matter, followed the army to exterminate Bai Bo, pacified the rebellion of Wei Gu, Fan Xian and other surnames, accumulated merit and promotion, ruled a county, and became the coveted local governor of Luqian Shi.

There is also a time when he is too guarded in the spring, Yan Xing, who has always been in great armor and iron armor, sat in the middle of the car, and carefully told him to persuade the people to farm and abolish the political affairs of the obscene shrine.

Different from the muddy and hard work of the past, the life experience in the past few years has made him really feel the hope brought to everyone by a new force.

As the Confucian ancestors said, it is as small as self-cultivation and family, and as big as the hope of governing the country and leveling the world.

Therefore, Zheng Duo, who looked at the head of the city, smiled unexpectedly.

After struggling to spit out a mouthful of blood, he felt another force return to his body, and he screamed at the guards at the head of the city:

"Second and third sons, General Pingbei's cavalry army has returned from breaking the captivity, and has arrived in the north, and the thieves and slaves must be destroyed in an instant, don't believe the treacherous words, be sure to defend Anyi, and destroy the thieves under the city, Hedong Wansheng, Wansheng——"

Zheng Duo's words of encouragement to the guards in the city obviously surprised the knights and royals who came together, and the knight who realized that he had made a mistake angrily flicked his leather whip and beat Zheng Duo fiercely, ordering him to change his words.

But Zheng Duo, the scholar captive who couldn't stand the torture the most in the past, seemed to have turned into a fearless warrior at this moment, letting the leather whip add to his body, the flesh and blood were blurred, and he had to shout the words that had been brewing in his heart for a long time.

"Hedong Wansheng-"

"Arrow!"

When Yan Xing heard Zheng Duo's desperate and bloody words shouted at the end, his heart was agitated, and there was also an urge to pour out a torrent in his eyes, he saw Zheng Duo being whipped and suffering, and hurriedly waved his hand to order the soldiers to release arrows.

Suddenly, a number of crossbow arrows on the head of the city were fired in the direction of the chariot, and the two knights who had already been targeted were hit by a few arrows in an instant, and fell off their horses with a wail, and the emperor driving the chariot wanted to turn around, but he only had a piece of leather armor on his body, and he could not catch a few arrows, so he was shot and fell off the wheel.

However, the army of Guo Yan's army was also prepared, and when he saw his own sergeants fall off their horses, they immediately rushed out a group of cavalry riding horses and shields, and they galloped to the edge of the moat, pulling the horses, driving the chariots, and rescuing the casualties, covering the retreat.

Under the many arrows, this cavalry came and went, risking their lives to withdraw all the men and horses and chariots beyond the range of the crossbows at the head of the city.

There was a roar of gold from the top of the city, and the arrows immediately stopped.

Before the Chinese army's big battle, after Guo Yan saw the scene of the failure to persuade him to surrender, he lifted the reins, glanced at Li Ru beside him, his face was disapproving, and then he turned his eyes to look at the battlefield, snorted with disdain in his nose, and said with a sneer:

"Oh, it's okay if you don't surrender, Naigong is about to slaughter the city and destroy the army today. Ordered all the soldiers, after breaking the city, the goods and women were allowed to be taken, and for three days, the drum attacked! ”

With the issuance of Guo Yan's order, the drums of marching and attacking the city began to sound in the military formation. After the three drums, a large number of light soldiers carrying bags of earth and firewood on their shoulders rushed forward, and as the front team, they would fill the ravines and level the roads for the besieging army, so as to ensure the vertical and horizontal drive of the armor, iron cavalry, and siege equipment.

Behind them were rows of lightly armed archers carrying bamboo fences, and then to the back, all kinds of large rushing vehicles, ladder vehicles, wells and other siege equipment, and at the back, there were infantry soldiers who served as the main force of the siege, as well as the Xiliang iron cavalry covering the army formation.

Different from the previous battle against the Baibo Army and Hedong Haoqiang, most of these enemy soldiers outside the city are veterans of the battlefield who have seen battles, and some of them are the Xiliang Army that has been fighting for many years.

Seeing the black pressure outside the city against a moving military formation, invisibly, the guards at the head of the city were under heavy pressure, and they were almost out of breath.

Yan Xing's face on the tower of the city gate was like water, and there was no longer any distraction, he stared closely at the direction of the enemy's main attack outside the city, and the order jumped out of his mouth resolutely.

"Command all the soldiers, according to the city, fight to the death!"