With the wielding of Daxu, the first feather arrows fired in the Lower Tang Dynasty were feather arrows in the sky, which were different from the feather arrows of the Liang Dynasty, with longer arrows, denser tail feathers, and not the usual white feathers but gray-blue feathers, so that the feather arrows could fly farther in the air.

After the feather arrow was fired, the special army immediately pushed the stone thrower with a pedestal width of one person and a swing arm height of more than three zhang to the front of the army, and the soldiers placed the huge and hard cannon stone above the swing head, and as the soldier at the front pressed the handle, the swing arm that was seriously backward immediately bounced up on the spot with a loud breath, and when the swing arm reached the highest point, the cannon stone in the swing head was thrown out, the weight of the cannon stone plus the swing of the swing arm, the cannon stone hit the city wall and the jade was basically burned, and the cannon stone was shattered to the ground. And the city wall was smashed into a hole.

The soldiers of Anzhou Mansion hid under the female wall to avoid the attack of feather arrows, and every time the cannon stone hit the city wall, it caused a shock of the city wall. Under the command of Quan Guanji, the government soldiers also tried to fight back, but due to the insufficient number of ordnance and the tight defense of the Tang Army, several counterattacks failed to achieve obvious results.

With a bang, a cannon stone slammed into the female wall on one side, and the female wall broke and collapsed in an instant, and several government soldiers guarding the vicinity immediately died under the rubble. Although Shen Yongnian had said the strategy before, the government soldiers only needed to hold the south gate, but now the opponent's such a sharp offensive really made Quan Guanji anxious.

Just when Quan Guanji was about to endure it anymore, the east and west gates suddenly opened, and Zuo Wuwei and Zuo Rank Guard suddenly killed from both sides of Anzhou City, and for a while, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the Liang army rushed towards the Lower Tang Army not far away. Wu Yuhou seemed to have expected it, and retreated into the army without hurrying, only to see the corner flags change for a while, and the left and right sides of the Tang Army immediately divided into two cavalry teams aimed at the direction of the left guard and the left rank guard respectively, and the attack in the middle of the army did not stop at all, and the cannon stones and feather arrows were still suppressed so that the city head guards could not raise their heads.

Zuo Wuwei is Lu Wenxuan, Zuo Wei is He Yunke, both of them are battle-hardened generals, they each started a bloody and fierce battle after contact with the enemy, the cavalry of the two sides has the same advantage, and the fight is inseparable for a while. Quan Guanji at the head of the city heard the shouts of killing, secretly looked up and saw the fierce battle outside the city, took a breath, and just relaxed a little, a feather arrow grazed his forehead and shot into the wooden pillar behind him, leaving a small wound on his forehead.

Although the Lower Tang Army was attacked on both sides, the offensive against Anzhou City was more violent, and while the feather arrows gradually decreased, the artillery stones became frequent and dense, and in just one hour, the city walls of Anzhou City had been smashed into potholes. Taking advantage of the slight reduction of the feather arrows, Quan Guanji took the lead in standing up, roaring angrily so that the soldiers of the government began to fight back, shooting the feather arrows of the Liang Dynasty into the military formation of the Lower Tang Dynasty. As soon as the horn flag moved, the shield array was immediately set up in the Tang army, and most of the power of the feather arrows was removed, but the soldiers who were responsible for throwing stones still suffered some casualties.

Quan Guanji wiped away the blood left by the wound with his hands, he clearly saw the smoke and dust in the southeast direction, and from the deafening sound of horses' hooves, he could judge that the number of people who came must not be a few, but because of the distance, he couldn't tell whether they were friends or foes for the time being. Quan Guanji's eyes were fixed on the troops, and his hands scraped against the stone of the city wall.

"It's King Yu's Xuanjia Army, the sky bless Anzhou!" Maybe Cang Tianzhen heard Quan Guanji's prayers, and when the army got closer and closer, the banner waving in the wind finally saw clearly, it was the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Liang Dynasty! The one who came was none other than the Xuanjia army of King Yu that Quan Guanji was thinking about!

Wu Yushu also found the enemy, and he also judged that the enemy was quite numerous by the sound of horses' hooves, and the only pair of eyes he showed blinked, no one could see his face, he only waved his hand to the horn flag-bearers on both sides, and immediately the attack of the Tang army stopped, and the two cavalry originally sent no longer fought with the Chiwei army, turned the horse's head and began to retreat. At this moment, the head of Anzhou City also sounded gold, and the soldiers of the two guards watched the Tang Army leave a cloud of smoke and dust behind.

The devastated south gate opened the city gate, and Quan Guanji personally went out of the city to greet King Yu, and the original 60,000 Chiwei troops plus 60,000 Xuanjia troops made Anzhou City, which was not too big, immediately become crowded. Quan Guanji withdrew all the people to the north gate for unified settlement, and all the government soldiers who originally guarded the south gate were replaced to maintain order in the city, and the guards at the south gate were handed over to the Jinjia guard Geng Yan.

Anzhou Thorn History Mansion, King Yu with Geng Yan, Ou Luyang, Peng Anze; Shen Yongnian with He Yunke and Lu Wenxuan; Coupled with the whole crown base, the most senior personnel of the Anzhou defense battle were all present.

King Yu dispensed with all false courtesy, and began to analyze in the face of the sand table that had just been built up in a hurry: "Anzhou City is plain on three sides, and it is very vulnerable to attack, but there is Taoshui in the north, and the defensive pressure is less. I have already ambushed a total of 40,000 troops of the Rusty Guards and the Cold Sword Guards in Panlongji, and I plan to take the Tang by surprise, although I did not participate in the whole battle, but judging from the withdrawal of the troops from the Lower Tang Dynasty, they are also holding the purpose of testing this time, and the real all-out siege is still in the future. General Shen, do you know the situation of the other party's commander? ”

"Back to the general, the other party's main general is Wu Yu, who has the title of 'demon general', he has not been on the battlefield for many years, and it has been rumored that he is old, after all, it was Yang Jie and Yang Lao General who fought with him before, and now it has been more than ten years, I didn't expect to see him again today. This man is cunning, often by surprise, and has not tasted defeat since he went into battle! ”

"Never defeated?" Quan Guanji's eyes widened and his mouth widened, "Could it be that his first defeat will be in Anzhou?" ”

"There has never been a winning general, he likes to use trickery, and we don't play cards with common sense!" King Yu said: "Now he does not have an advantage, Anzhou City is still firmly in our hands, the ambush soldiers of Panlongji have been properly placed, plus the god killing cavalry of Jinchang City, our men and horses are more than 200,000, and the front from Jinchang City to Anzhou City is our attack range." ”

"But Jinchang City has been besieged by the Lower Tang Army for many days, and the Divine Killing Cavalry has also divided a part of its forces to defend Liyang Cang, according to the news from the scouts, Liyang Cang has been captured by the Lower Tang Dynasty, and all the Divine Killing Cavalry guarding Liyang Cang fought until the last moment, until all of them were sacrificed!" Shen Yongnian said that this was not without heartache, "In order to prevent us from communicating with Jinchangcheng, they sent the Tuobrong general Fan Yu to besiege it, and our strategy cannot be transmitted to the ears of the Tai Guizong!" ”

"That's why we're going to take a wait-and-see strategy!" King Yu explained the plan to several people in detail: "The lone army of the Lower Tang Dynasty has gone deeper, and now although the grain and grass have been supplied, our dynasty will definitely send a large army to recapture Jiangzhou and Hanzhou, so Wu Yuhou understands very well that he must quickly take the city of Anzhou, so that it can become a strategic logistics supply for the war with the Great Liang, so that he will definitely need to organize a large army to attack the city again, and then we will be responsible for dragging the army of the Lower Tang Dynasty, and the ambush soldiers who were originally ambushed in Panlongji will immediately cross the hill to launch a surprise attack on the Lower Tang army besieging Jinchang City, Even if he couldn't receive the news before, could he still not understand what to do at that time? After cutting off the retreat of the Lower Tang Army, we combined forces on both sides and surrounded it in turn. ”

"Good plan!" Quan Guanji was the first to be excited, "Xia Guan really admires His Royal Highness King Yu, so if you don't come, not only Anzhou will be protected, but you can also take advantage of the situation to recapture Jiangzhou and Hanzhou!" ”

The rest of the generals smiled and nodded, and no one could deny that this was the most feasible and most likely strategy to defeat the Tang Army at present.

"From now on, everyone will do their duty! The dispatch in Anzhou City is fully handed over to the whole lord, and the dispatch of the army is all under the general! Shen Yongnian took the lead in expressing his position, after all, Emperor Liang's edict made it clear that King Yu would be the general of the expedition.

"In this way, let all the soldiers fill their stomachs first, but I am afraid that the enemy will attack again tonight or tomorrow morning!"

The next day, the horn at the head of the city sounded again, and the Tang Qi soldiers led by Wu Yushu came to the city again, without any superfluous movements, and the feather arrows and cannon stones began to greet the city wall again. With the garrison of the Red Tail Army and the Xuanjia Army, the defenders of the city counterattacked the enemy with the same fierce offensive, and the Xuanjia Army distributed throughout the city began to shoot arrows in an orderly manner.

The corner flag of the Lower Tang Army changed, and two openings were split on both sides of the shield array, and two daring armies rushed out from it, not caring about the feather arrows at the head of the city, and rushed towards the Anzhou City Gate with the bumper on their shoulders, and those who were shot dead in the middle immediately had new ones replaced. At the same time, two cavalry regiments of the left and right armies took the initiative to attack and came towards the west and east gates of Anju.

"Good fellow, send it yourself!" Shen Yongnian looked towards the head of the city, saw the dragon flag dancing, immediately instigated the war horse, and roared angrily: "Rush out of the city and destroy the enemy army!" "Zuo Rank Guard and Zuo Wuwei went out of the city to meet the enemy through the open gates on both sides, as they did yesterday. The battle lasted for two hours, from the beginning of the battle to the beginning of the battle, and the two armies pinned each other down, and the struggle was inextricably linked.

When the sun rises in the east, a beam of fireworks blooms warmly in the sky above Anzhou City, and the color of purple and red can be seen even from hundreds of miles away. When Wu Yu saw this fireworks, he was keenly aware that this was a signal, but he didn't know what the signal was, he only knew that the thousands of miles of land from Jinchang City to Anzhou City were basically under his control.