Ling Hu Chao had already drafted a handwritten letter, and he had to report the various performances and movements of the water master to Wu Yushu immediately. This letter was sealed and handed to the herald who was the most trusted herald of Linghu Chao, and just when the herald had just left Duzhou City, before the city gate could be completely closed, a firework exploded in the air at dusk, lighting up the originally dark night.

The guards at the head of the city hurriedly looked up at the sky, their hearts were extremely puzzled, before they could think clearly, the fireworks exploded in the air one after another, if it weren't for the wartime, such gorgeous fireworks would make people can't help but want to hug their sweethearts and feel the beauty of life together.

But this is the time of battle, where do so many beautiful fantasies come from, and those can only be fantasies. The quickest reactive guard had already set out to ring the alarm, and Fox Tide had seen the fireworks as well as he stood outside his room, his mind was more alert than the guards, it was the signal of the enemy's attack!

Do it! Xuan Shaoning's hands shook violently, and the people behind him immediately pulled out their flying claws from their waists and threw them towards the city, and then stepped on the city wall with both feet and began to climb. The guards at the head of the city didn't notice these sudden flying claws for a while, it was entirely because their attention was attracted by the fireworks, but once they turned their heads, they would find out, so for the soldiers of the Cold Sword Guard, it was really a race against time, involving a battle of life and death.

The guards did not realize in time that they still had to rely on the help of Linghu Chao, so he put on his armor and ordered the herald to blow the horn of battle, and he told the whole army to be ready for the enemy outside the city.

At the same time as the fireworks were released, the guards began to rush down the mountain from the top of the mountain, they made enough movement, this shout echoed in the mountain, relying on the night to see clearly, the guards of the Tang Dynasty thought that the enemy was numerous, and their faces became solemn.

This can't be blamed on the defenders of the Tang Dynasty, according to the deployment of Linghu Chao, the west city head is the most heavily defended, and the north side of the city near the mountain is just insufficient troops. Since the enemy came from the northern hills, the fox tide only had to immediately mobilize the troops from the west to garrison the northern city.

Ling Huchao has always been suspicious of the number of enemies, obviously the location of Duzhou City is so advantageous, and if they want to get close to the only road in the west, these enemies actually chose a difficult mountain road and were not discovered by the defenders of the other two cities along the way, this mind is really too cunning.

In order to boost morale, Ling Fox Chao himself took the lead in appearing in the northern city, and he wanted to personally supervise the battle, but he wanted to see what kind of enemy could do so quietly. The fox tide surged as quickly as possible to deploy the troops on the head of the city, and the crossbowmen were in position, waiting for the enemy to come up, and the fire at the head of the city was swaying, illuminating one side of the hill brightly, but all they could see was the shaking of the trees in the mountain, and for a while they couldn't see people's heads coming out.

Keep calm! Ling Hu Chao repeatedly warned himself that he was also a general with a lot of actual combat experience, he had seen all kinds of battles, with the city as a shield, and the enemy he faced was just coming from one direction, he was still confident. At this time, of course, you can't shoot at will, the enemy figure does not appear, and the attack at this time is a waste of crossbow arrows.

It took a long time for the fox tide to stare at the swaying trees, from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and finally the first wave of figures appeared at the foot of the mountain. Good guys, it's finally here, release the arrows!

The first wave of crossbow arrows burst out in the light of the fire, and the newly emerging enemies were fine, and as soon as they saw the crossbow arrows, they immediately ducked back into the woods like shrunken turtles. The first wave of attacks didn't even kill a single person!

Furious with the fox tide, he ordered the next wave to aim and shoot again. As soon as the order was given, the enemies began to rise again, and some of them came out of the woods to rush towards the city gate, and a second wave of crossbow bolts was fired, and these enemies turned around and ran towards the woods at the sound of whistling. The second round of attacks resulted in the shooting of a few people, really a few people, and it was really not many from the corpses lying on the ground.

But this time, Ling Hu Chao finally saw the identity of the other party, and it can be seen from the military uniforms of those enemies who were shot dead that these people are the army of the Liang Dynasty, oh, no, it is the army of the secession regime that is not recognized by the Liang Dynasty, so that Hu Chao can only define this army in this way.

Ling Hu Chao had already understood the identity of the enemy, and he also knew that these people were the so-called Jingyi Army led by the four princes of the Liang Dynasty, and they had never fought with them.

"Since it is the army that killed the Nine Kings of Xiliang and made the commander jealous, I must not take it lightly. Judging from their performance, it really fits the coach's evaluation of them, cunning! Ling Fox Chao stared at the foot of the mountain, and didn't even dare to blink his eyes at will, for fear that in the blink of an eye, the enemy would suddenly emerge on the top of the city.

"Don't stop striking, shoot as soon as they show their heads!"

Under the constant attack of crossbow arrows from the guards on the north side of the city, those Jingyi troops hiding in the woods have always been unable to step out of the woods, and every time they make an attempt to charge, the price they pay is to leave behind a few or a dozen corpses. Over time, there were more and more corpses under the city.

Ling Fox Chao gradually began to realize that something was wrong, and if these Jingyi troops planned to rely on this way to attack, they were simply looking for death. He ordered the fox tide to only wait for the rabbit, even if it could not completely retreat from the enemy, at least it could make it difficult for these enemies to get close to the city gate by half a step. Could this be the so-called treacherous Liang Chaojing Righteous Army?

Time was ticking, and Fox Chao seemed to have thought of something, and he immediately began to stand on a higher ground at the head of the city to the north, looking in the other direction of the city. For a long time, the rest of the city was as usual, could it be that I was too careful? Ling Fox Tide returned to the city to continue to supervise the battle, this time the Jingyi army below finally stopped blindly charging or hiding, they began to fight back!

Feathered arrows shot out of the woods and flew towards the city, and the guards immediately crouched down to avoid them. Taking advantage of this opportunity, some Jingyi troops began to charge towards the city gate. Linghu Chao ordered the crossbowmen to fight back, so the crossbow arrows and feather arrows from the top and bottom up gathered together, in addition to covering the ground with a dense blanket of crossbow arrows, it also added a feather arrow scenery to the head of Duzhou City.

The consequence of the mutual attack between the two sides for a period of time was that they suffered casualties, but fortunately, the Jingyi army still failed to reach the city gate smoothly. Ling Fox Chao began to become more and more confident in the battle, as long as he could defend this pass, Duzhou City would still be under his control. However, Ling Hu Chao still had an extra heart, and he ordered the army to patrol the city, making sure to ensure that there were no enemies in other parts of the city.

As soon as the military order came out, Ling Fox Chao suddenly felt a fire rushing out behind him, and he hurriedly turned around and saw that the city was blazing red, and the sky-high fire could be seen clearly even if he stood on the head of the city in the north.

Worst! That direction is...... It is the location of the military ration granary! Ling Hu Chao suddenly felt dizzy, he panted hard for a while to stabilize himself, and he was still tricked by Jing Yijun!

"Hold your ground! The others will come with me at once! ”

Ling Hu Chao ran towards the location of the granary in the city with the main force, and he had already made a preliminary judgment on the way: the previous fireworks must be a signal of action, and those enemies outside the city are just a trick, the purpose is to drag himself, there must have been a small group of enemies into the city. But how did these enemies get into the city?

Ling Fox Chao didn't plan to spend any more effort thinking at this time, the most important thing at the moment was to completely destroy those enemies who entered the city, at least for now, Duzhou City was still under his control.

"Your Excellency!"

A guard ran up with a flying claw and handed it to Ling Hu Chao, and then pointed towards the head of the inner city, where many flying claws were already left on the head of the city within Ling Hu Chao's line of sight. Now the puzzle is solved, and these people entered the inner city through flying claws!

"Clear all the city, both the inner and the outer!" Ling Fox Chao said angrily, and then continued to run towards the city. Ling Huchao should be confident, there are a total of 30,000 defenders in the west city, and there are 30,000 defenders in the opposite east city, in order to defend Haodu Zhou City, Wu Yushu also took great pains, and gave Ling Huchao 60,000 horses at one time.

Dongcheng had seen the signal of battle from Xicheng, and they were ready to fight. The so-called preparation is that the defenders of the eastern city plan to build a trestle bridge with the western city for the eastern army's army to enter the western city.

As soon as this proposal was put forward, Fox Chao was the first to object, and he ordered that no one should be allowed to release the trestle!