Qiu Ying stopped talking, and thought for a moment before saying: "There are a lot of Liang troops in the city, if you withdraw at this time, I'm afraid they will counterattack." ”

I thought for a while and said, "With General Xu Shao attacking in the west, they have no time to separate, don't worry." ”

When Qiu Ying heard this, he turned around and went downstairs, and with an order, the Tang army was the rear army and the front army, and they withdrew outside the city one after another.

I ordered the archers to lie in ambush on both sides of the tower, and when I saw a Liang army trying to sneak up from behind, I shot down with arrows.

Under the chaotic arrows, the Liang army retreated backwards, and the people who tried to climb the city tower again saw this situation, although they were unwilling, they had to hide for the time being.

In fact, standing on the upper floor of the North Gate City, my situation was not optimistic, and I was not allowed to rest for a while, someone ran to me and pointed downstairs and said: "Your Majesty, archers ......"

Before he finished speaking, in the chaos, a group of people rushed towards the north gate, in front of them were several columns of soldiers with iron shields, followed by archers, and there were people behind, but they couldn't see clearly.

When I saw this, my heart sank, and I knew that the reinforcements that arrived at this time should not be taken lightly, and I and the more than 100 personal soldiers left behind were besieged on the city tower.

Qiu Yingqi went and returned at this time, and returned to the city, Liang Jun saw that someone broke upstairs, so he fired arrows at him, I looked closely, only to see that he was very dexterous to avoid the arrows, all the way up the way, holding something in his hand.

When he climbed upstairs, the arrows were still shooting, but they couldn't hurt him.

Qiu Ying got up and came to me, bowed down to me on one knee, put his hands in front of me and said, "Please change your clothes!" ”

Only then did I realize that he had taken the armor I had taken off earlier. I looked at Liang Jun downstairs, smiled coldly, and said, "There is labor!" As he spoke, he changed into his armor.

Dressed in silver armor, it stood out in the night, and I stood on the tower, the cold had fallen, but I didn't feel cold.

I was about to walk forward, when Qiu Yingqi stopped in front of me and said, "Your Majesty, there are archers, dangerous!" ”

I said, "It's okay. As he spoke, he walked on, and a shield had already been erected in front of me.

I stood on the tower of the city and said to the Tang army waiting under the city: "All the soldiers listen to the order and be on strict guard to prevent the enemy from escaping!" ”

Everyone in the city responded in unison: "Yes! ”

Qiu Yingqi then whispered in my ear: "I just arrived outside the city, and I heard that General Xu withdrew one after another because he could not attack the city, in case the situation changes......

I turned around and pointed to the middle of the city, and said, "If General Xu doesn't retreat, how will these people have time to deal with us?" Wouldn't it be much easier for them to come here, and General Xu to attack again? ”

Hearing this, Qiu Ying nodded, and looked downstairs, and sure enough, the Liang army under the city gathered more and more.

I simply walked to the other side of the city wall and sneered: "Your lord is dead, Jiangling will soon be included in the Tang Dynasty, and tonight is the day the city will be broken!" ”

As I spoke, an archer had already pointed at me, and the soldiers on my side also bent their bows and arrows and fought back, after all, we were condescending, and for a moment, they could not infringe on us at all.

After a while, I heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from far and near, thought for a moment, laughed loudly, but looked at the rear of Liang Jun and said, "General Xu, I have been waiting for you here for a long time!" ”

Liang Jun listened to my words, although there was some commotion, but they were not disrupted, and at this moment, there was a sudden chaos behind them.

I said, "Rush down!" ”

The soldiers guarding the gate of the city joined forces with me and slaughtered the Liang army.

Under the close attack, the archer lost its effect, and I untied the soft sword at my waist, and a slightly cold sword shadow was particularly eye-catching in the faint night.

I rushed to the front, their iron shield was not withdrawn, seeing me rush forward, from the gap in the shield suddenly stabbed out a few spears, I had expected this, my wrist flipped, the blades of the spear were cut off, and then raised the sword to split, the shield was slashed by my soft sword, "hiccup", divided into two halves, the person with the shield did not have time to react, a thin blood mark on the face of the face, fell to the ground with the shield.

While carefully dodging the blades attacking me, I rose up and cut off the shields in front of me one after another, and laughed loudly: "Your equipment is so poor, do you still want to fight against the Tang Dynasty Prince?" ”

Those people did not know the strength of the blade in my hand, but only took my words seriously, thinking that they were really too poorly equipped, and when they saw that I was unstoppable, they were all frightened and retreated.

As the Son of Heaven is so desperate, the people behind me are naturally high-spirited.

In contrast, the Liang army was attacked from the front and back, and the momentum was incomparable.

Qiu Yingqi came to me while slashing and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Mo really has some ability, these Liang troops are not easy to deal with." ”

I nodded and said, "I have heard Mr. Wei say that Xiao Mo has a personal army commander with him, and he is the most elite division of the Liang State, and these people who defend the city have half of their toughness, and they will not be robbed upstairs by us." ”

As he spoke, Liang Jun had already scattered and fled.

From a distance, I saw a man sitting on a horse, commanding his soldiers to intercept and surround the scattered Liang army, calmly and calmly, although he could not see clearly in the night, but he knew that it must be Xu Shao.

Xu Shao joined forces with me, and I couldn't see Xu Zhiren, so I asked, "General Xu, where is Ling Lang?" ”

Xu Shao touched his beard and smiled slightly: "If the Liang army is defeated, the defeated army will definitely flee south, and Zhiren will chase after it." After saying that, he thought about it and said, "I wonder if the previous news is true?" ”

I didn't know what he was referring to, and I asked, "What's the news?" ”

Xu Shaodao: "When the siege began, someone came to report that Yuezhou had been broken by General Li Jing, and I didn't know ......."

I waved my hand and said, "General Li did wave his army to Yuezhou, but he didn't hear the story of breaking the city, it was just a pretense to disturb the morale of the army. After I finished speaking, I saw that the sky was slightly bright, thought about it and said, "But it may not be, General Li has a way to use his troops, and it must be a matter of days to break through Yuezhou." ”

Seeing that I was sure, Xu Shao bowed his head slightly, raised his eyes again, dismounted and came to me, and asked in a low voice, "I don't know what Your Majesty plans to do with the general?" ”

I said, "It still needs to be considered." ”

Xu Shao said: "I heard that Xiao Mo was killed by His Majesty, but is it true? ”

I shook my head and said, "I don't know that I killed you, but after all, it started because of me, and I can't escape the blame." Before he died, I did promise him not to embarrass the soldiers and civilians in the city, and to discuss it after dawn. ”

When Xu Shao heard this, he stopped asking.

After dawn, the city of Jingzhou was already in a mess, some people flew in their sleep, some people had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape, and many people who could not leave did not know where to hide.

Seeing this scene, I had to issue an edict first, everything was as usual, and the Tang army was not allowed to enter the city to harass. Those captives were temporarily detained, and it was naturally impossible to keep them in Jingzhou, so they were taken to Chang'an for further disposal.

(End of chapter)