The dark night is like a black curtain falling from the sky, wrapping the earth tightly, but it is as bright as day on the battle array along the front line of the Chencang city wall, and countless torches have been lit on both sides of the attack and defense, and the dazzling firelight illuminates the faces of the siege soldiers of the Liangzhou coalition army with different expressions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The fighting was fiercest in the direction of the city gatehouse, with bloody corpses and broken remains of siege equipment everywhere, and stumps and broken arms constantly falling from the city in the rain of blood. A wave of brave Liangzhou Xuanfeng braved the sky and carried the ladder to the designated position, and then the dead soldiers with light armor and swords began to launch a new round of onslaught in the light of several burning rushing vehicles.

The city was already full of golden drums and the sound of killing. Although the Liangzhou soldiers who arrived at the city wall did not have the threat of arrow rain, they were also devastated by falling rocks and sassal trees, especially the boiling soup and gold juice that would be poured down from time to time in the city, which made every soldier close to the city wall tense their nerves.

The city wall on the left side of the city gate tower, which had just been almost breached, was now covered with corpses of various shapes, extending from the side of the city wall to the moat.

Yan Xing, who was standing in the middle of the military formation on horseback, looked at the fierce fighting on the city tower, and his ears were filled with the heart-rending wails of the soldiers before the temporary battle······

Yan Xing thought back to what happened not long ago, and the Liangzhou coalition army, which swept through Sanfu along the way, was finally hit by a head under the fortified city of Chen Cang. The 3,000 forwards of the coalition army originally prepared to raid the Chencang camp according to the information obtained by Yan Xing and others who infiltrated Sanfu, but they were all over the place overnight, and the defenders of the Chencang camp had already moved into the city in advance.

Unexpectedly, at the critical juncture when the men and horses pressed on the city wall, a Han cavalry of less than 1,000 people suddenly appeared from behind, and it was extremely fierce, and directly defeated the forward of the coalition army that was attacked by the enemy.

When the news of the defeat of the strikers was obtained, the kingdom that had already led the army to the area of Yongxian County was immediately promoted to gather generals. You must know that since he led the Liangzhou coalition army to set foot on the land of Sanfu, he has never suffered a defeat, but he didn't expect that in a small place like Chencang, the 3,000 men and horses of the vanguard actually suffered a defeat.

The location of Chencang City is extremely important, just stuck between Liangzhou, Sanfu, and Yizhou, and you can attack Hanzhong along the Chencang Road that Han Xin led the troops to walk in the south, and you can return to Longyou along the Huangshui in the north, and you can continue to attack Sanfu when you go west. In addition, there is Weishui passing through it in the south, relying on the river and terrain to build the city, although the city is not big, but the city defense is strong and the garrison is strict.

So the kingdom immediately ordered to send the eldest son Wang Fan's selection army to attack Chencang, and also transferred other battalions of elite men and horses to increase the number of soldiers and horses attacking Chencang to 10,000, which was actually weakening the strength of others in disguise and expanding the power of the Wang family in the coalition army. It's just that now it's wartime, and the kingdom has led everyone to win several battles, and the power to control the generals has begun to expand, plus Han Sui has always watched his nose and nose, and there is no objection, and this military order was quickly passed.

Wang Fan with 10,000 horses and horses like Chen Cangcheng pounced, and the next day of arrival launched the siege, but Chen Cangcheng defenders are few, the defense is quite orderly, Wang Fan attacked for a day, in addition to filling in a moat, did not make a greater breakthrough, unwilling to be frustrated in the first battle Wang Fan simply recruited a group of dead soldiers in the army, promised a heavy reward, and attacked Chen Cangcheng overnight.

At this time, the sword light flashed at the battlement, and the sound of killing shook the sky. The dead soldiers of the coalition who launched another round of onslaught and the defenders who seemed to have lost their momentum engaged in fierce fighting, and the resonance of the blades was endless, and the successive coalition soldiers began to occupy the advantageous position of the city in the shouts and battles······

The allied archers lined up in a horizontal formation under the city had now assembled under the command of the soldiers, and they also began to light the strips of cloth at the arrows, and shot rockets at the head of the city, using a dense rain of arrows to help the dead soldiers besieging the city win the final victory.

The direction of the city gate was the main direction of attack of the coalition army, but it was also hit the hardest by the enemy, and several groups of soldiers carrying battering rams of the coalition army were killed here. Suddenly, in the shouts of the enemy, the grease on the city tower and other fire-causing things poured down, smashed on the more than a dozen soldiers of the Liangzhou coalition army who had no time to dodge, and then the enemy threw down the torches from the city tower, and the torches ignited the fire, and the flames instantly engulfed the entire squad carrying the battering ram, and the soldiers who were affected by the fire let out a sharp scream.

In an instant, a mournful shout resounded throughout the battlefield. And this tragic scene made both sides creepy and at the same time inspired the last madness in their hearts, the red-eyed coalition dead soldiers had forgotten everything at this moment, and the desire to survive and the temptation of heavy rewards made them desperately rush to the city, and the Han army on the city let out a tragic roar to meet the coalition soldiers who attacked the city.

The allied archers who fought back against the towers continued to shoot rockets in the direction of the city's head, and the meteor-like rockets eventually set fire to a building at the city's head, and the flames of vengeance swayed like madmen, trapping the section of the city wall that enclosed the tower in a terrible purgatory.

Just when the soldiers of the coalition army thought that this Chen Cangcheng was within reach.

Suddenly, a golden drum sounded in the city!

Two teams of Han army armor soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding spears appeared in formation, rushing into the city from both sides of the horse road like ghosts, attacking the dead soldiers of the coalition army who attacked the city wall, they lined up and defended, such as the forest and marched, the light armor short soldiers, suitable for close combat The coalition soldiers were originally hard fighting, and then faced them with weak attack, and for a time they suffered heavy casualties, and were killed and retreated again and again by this surging new force, and the situation that was originally slightly advantageous and gradually expanded was reversed in an instant.

The situation on the city is getting more and more unfavorable, and the arrows and stones falling from the city have suddenly intensified, and the Liangzhou soldiers who have not yet attacked the city have suffered casualties for a long time, and their will has begun to collapse.

But as time went on, when the morale of the coalition army was at its lowest, all the besieging troops were constantly retreating, and no one wanted to face the burning fire and the killing of spears, and the pro-army team under Wang Fan's command could not withstand the retreating tide of so many people, but was also pushed back again and again.

At this time, there were earth-shattering killing sounds and shouts from the Han army defending the city, and they took advantage of the situation to pursue the Ouroboros, and swept away nearly all the enemies on the city at once.

At the same time, the horn of the retreating soldiers under the city sounded unwillingly, like the amnesty of the Liangzhou siege soldiers exhaled a long breath, and they all retreated from small steps to retreat backwards, and they all silently prayed in their hearts that God would not let them encounter such a terrifying enemy as the defenders of Chencang City again.

Wang Fan, who failed to attack one after another, was irritable in his heart, and his face was also tense, he looked coldly at the gray-faced and secretly happy coalition soldiers in the retreat, snorted his nose, and did not speak.

Yan Xing rode a horse and cautiously followed behind the deputy general Han Chang, who was favored, he naturally did not have to lead the team to attack the city, so he was originally a little lucky after seeing the scene of the dead soldiers who attacked the city being killed by those Han army armor soldiers, but in the end, his heart was also heavy.

Tonight's attack failed to defend, of course, there was a proper defense of the defenders of Chencang, but at the same time, it also exposed the coalition army's siege ability is a shortcoming, in addition to relying on bows and arrows and bloody ants, the coalition army has no way to start this fortified city, after tonight's battle, half of the selected elite is folded on the city wall, and the remaining half has been frightened, and can no longer be used to attack the fortified city for the time being. It seems that for the time being, with the declining Xuanfeng Army, it will be impossible to capture Chen Cangcheng in the short term.

Thinking of this, Yan Xing's eyes suddenly crossed the retreating crowd and flew towards the Han soldiers on the head of the city who were busy extinguishing the flames and clearing out the remnants of the enemy.

Where did this elite come from?

At the head of the city, Xu Rong, who was standing with his hands in his hands, let the steep night breeze blow his crimson robe, and he quietly looked at the retreating Liangzhou rebels, pondering and speechless. Chen Cang, who was standing on the side, became his deputy general at this moment, and after being busy commanding the manpower in the city, he returned to Xu Rong's side at this moment, and after watching quietly for a while, he suddenly sighed:

"Xu Sima, if there are a few hundred more elites like you just now under my command, you and I will join forces to go out of the city to chase and kill, I'm afraid that this time will be another big victory!"

"The rebels attacking tonight are probably the elite drawn from the rebels who came this time, but now they have lost more than half of them under the city, and the soldiers have declined, and the rebels have no ability to threaten Chen Cangcheng in a short time. Now that it is night, the enemy situation is unknown, we are invincible, and there is no need to risk sending troops to pursue and lose the lives of our subordinates in vain! ”

Xu Rong sensibly rejected General Chen Cang's suggestion to pursue, and General Chen Cang was also quite grateful to Xu Rong, the general who rushed over from Meiyang to help him, and nodded yes at the moment.

I just thought that now all parts of Huangxian, Qianyang, and Yongxian have fallen, and although Chen Cangcheng has repelled the two attacks of the rebels, it is already a lonely city, and it has cut off contact with the Han army in the Huaili battalion. General Chen Cangshou couldn't help but say worriedly:

"I don't know when the imperial army's army will arrive, if I can't come in time, I'll bear the brunt of it, and once the main force of the rebels is covered, I'm afraid—"

The latter words were not spoken by General Chen Cang, but Xu Rong could understand. He has passed the age of not being confused, and he has followed Dong Zhuorong for nearly ten years, and he is no longer the new recruit in the army who blindly relied on blood and bravery. He looked at the retreating Xiliang soldiers and horses, and a faint confident smile appeared on his face that had been weathered by the wind and frost of the battlefield and had a slight vicissitudes.

"Believe me, Chen Cang will definitely be able to hold it!"