When the sky began to turn white, the rebels outside the city began to organize formations in the direction of Suzaku Gate, Hanguang Gate, Yanxing Gate and Jingyao Gate in Chang'an City, and practiced with great swagger. The arrogance is extremely arrogant, and the large siege equipment has also been assembled, so there is a plan to warm up first and try your hands.

The rebels outside the Suzaku Gate set up a formation, and out of the back of the queue came a majestic black-armored general named Zhang Shixun, who had no reputation in Chang'an, where the stars were like clouds, and his reputation was naturally not as loud as Li Ji's others. But in the Shanzhou army, this person is a well-known battlefield general, and he has not tasted defeat in many battles with Tibet. He was supposed to be famous, but he was deliberately hidden by Li Yuanjing, and the rewards were endless, gold and silver mansions, beautiful wives and concubines, as long as he could give them. It is to keep people, but it is hard to prevent promotion. I am afraid that the generals who have been trained with great difficulty will be found by the bigwigs of the Chang'an Military Department and taken away.

In the past few years, Li Yuanjing has worked hard to make the country prosperous, and it is not without results that he has worked hard. The barren Shanzhou has been run vigorously, and the population has increased greatly in the past ten years, and the people have become rich. It is also enveloped by a lot of martial arts warriors, it is said that even the staff and diners have 3,000 people, quite the style of Lu Gong back then, if it is not for the love of his own feathers, maybe he is now a famous king in the world.

Han Xiaofeng had nothing to do in the mansion, wandering around Chang'an, and unconsciously came to the ruins of the Houfu outside Jingyao Gate. The former wealthy families in the rivers and lakes could not withstand the toss of the imperial court, and they turned into a sea of fire overnight, and the dead were scattered, which was embarrassing. The last time I came, Hou Kun said what kind of flower garden to the old boss Hou Wantao, how long has it been in the blink of an eye, the flower garden and fish pond have been repaired, and people have indeed gone to heaven.

The ruins have been uncleaned, and the flowers and plants in the flower garden have long been burned clean by the fire, and there are still a few vigorous grass roots and tree stumps left, and the heads are burned black, and the roots can still see a little green, and maybe the spring breeze will blow again in the coming year.

It's not bad to catch a few koi fish and raise them when the flowers and plants are gone, Han Xiaofeng took a small stick and stirred it in the fish pond, not to mention that the fish didn't even see a single hair, could it be that even the fish in the water could be burned into carbon slag and turned into ashes in a fire? This Houfu is also a big family, it's really a small family, it's less than a meter deep to build a fish pond, it's really laughing to death, you're afraid you can only raise a few little goldfish. A once glorious Hou family now has this fish pond and a blackened rockery left.

Outside the four city gates, 10,000 troops were assembled, the atmosphere was solemn and slaughtering, and ten cowhide drums were slowly launched in front of the battle. Zhang Shixun sat on horseback, waved his big hand, ten strong men with strong physiques waved the drumsticks, and the drums thundered for a while, as if there was a thunder roar in the gloomy sky, and each time it struck on the hearts of the people in the city, which was breathtaking. First, there were drums in the south, and then in several other directions.

The army began to advance slowly, and the huge building cart with a height of ten zhang was slowly advancing under the full impetus of hundreds of soldiers. They were followed by foot men and crossbowmen carrying ladders, and finally dozens of tall catapults. Obviously, this time it was not an all-out siege, but a test of the combat strength of the defenders of Chang'an. Although Zhang Shixun's command is not brilliant, there is nothing wrong with it, and it is decent.

Han Xiaofeng, who was still wandering around the ruins, trying to find something valuable, heard the dense drums outside the city, and knew that the war had begun, so he wanted to go to the city tower to see what kind of war was fought in ancient times. It's not like in the TV series, there is a heads-up or something before the war. The identity of this underground party is really nothing to show off, no one knows you, and no one cares about you if you want to pretend to be a score. But as soon as he walked under the city tower, he was ruthlessly intercepted, and just as he was about to leave, he saw Qin Yu patrolling the camp.

Han Xiaofeng Fan Jin leaned in and said, "General Qin, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Qin Yu smiled and said, "I heard that this kid made a mistake and angered His Majesty, and he was stripped of his official position." There's going to be a war right now, why are you here here? ”

Han Xiaofeng said helplessly, "I am also a member of the Tang Dynasty, although I am not serving in the army now, but now that the country is in danger, I should make a modest contribution, although I still repay the emperor's favor even if I die." ”

Qin Yu smiled and said, "I, go up with me, now is the time to employ people, presumably Your Majesty will not blame, maybe you will be given the opportunity to redeem your merits, and it is unknown when you return to the army." ”

Han Xiaofeng said, "Thank you, General Qin." ”

Han Xiaofeng really admires his mind, if he were someone else, maybe he would have avoided it a long time ago, who would want to deal with you, a guilty person.

Han Xiaofeng, who stood on the city tower for the first time, saw not the scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting, but the countless rebels who were densely packed like ant colonies. The freedom and pride in his chest burst out, and he finally understood why the battlefield was the place where men should go.

I remember seeing a sentence in a book: "Men should take Wu hooks and scold Mengzhi and the Quartet." At that time, I always felt unremarkable, but now I am immersed in the scene and reminiscing about this sentence, only to feel how magnificent this sentence is, and the momentum is like a rainbow. ”

Qin Yu patrolled back and forth in the various corner towers, checking whether the heavy crossbows, shooting rods and other defensive equipment were in good condition, and whether the soldiers were performing their duties and in defensive positions. Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, Qin Yu's eyes were like lightning, and he shouted, "Release the arrow." ”

The rain of arrows above the tower slanted down like splashing water, shooting towards the infantry army below the city.

Zhang Shixun rode a black horse and paraded behind the team, not in a hurry to attack, still like a leisurely stroll. The foot soldiers in front hid behind the tall building cars and slowly approached the city wall, and some took out their shields and put them on their heads to protect themselves from being shot by the rain of arrows.

When the distance was thirty zhang, the crossbowmen behind him began to shoot at the defenders above the tower, so as to achieve the purpose of covering the foot soldiers to climb the city wall. The trebuchet at the back of the position also began to fill the boulders, and the boulders were polished into circles, each weighing nearly 100 catties.

The defenders on the tower began to suffer casualties, and from time to time people fell to the ground with arrows. Suddenly, a loud roar came, and I saw a huge stone smashing rapidly, slamming on the top of the city tower, and the thick battlement was directly smashed to pieces. The unlucky one was smashed and directly turned into a meat paste, and the flesh and blood were blurred and miserable. The broken and scattered stones splattered out like bombs, and many people were slightly injured, although there was no danger to life, but it would have some impact on the exertion of combat power, which showed how powerful this stone thrower was on the ancient battlefield.

The rebels under the city tower heard this whistling sound and began to shout and charge, and one after another cloud ladders rose from the ground and erected on top of the city tower, and the battle changed from the initial confrontation to brutal and bloody hand-to-hand combat.

Whenever a ladder reached the wall, the defenders would take out a long push rod to push the ladder up, and those who had just climbed the ladder saw that the distance was one step in front of them, but could not cross it, and could only fall down the wall with the ladder. Crossbowmen also continued to pour out on the building carts to attack the defenders on the city wall, and the infantry soldiers under the city tower saw such a good opportunity, so they naturally would not miss it, and climbed the ladder one by one more fearlessly.

Xue Wanche smiled and said, "The prince's Fulong army is really powerful, all of them have good combat power, and they are much stronger than my rabble." ”

Li Ke didn't think so, but he couldn't refute the face, so he had to echo and say, "That's nature, the prince is sharpening his knife with that Tubo every day." ”

Li Yuanjing said: "This Chang'an garrison is not bad, you haven't seen my 10,000 army, and you haven't seen a few people who can gain a firm foothold on the city tower." ”

Han Xiaofeng relied on his speed, slammed left and right, and killed dozens of rebels who climbed the city tower one after another. But even if you have a ghostly speed, you can't take care of too many places. There were several ladders near which the crossbowmen on the stairs were taken care of, and when he was shot in the chest, the wounded soldier saw that someone was rushing up, and he rushed out of the tower without thinking about holding the rebel, and fell down the tower together.

The battle lasted for about half an hour, and the sound of gold suddenly sounded in the rebel camp. Qin Yu came to Han Xiaofeng's side and said, "It seems that today's temptation is almost over." ”

Han Xiaofeng said with a smile: "This King Jing is really generous, he is the temptation of tens of thousands of people, and he really has a strong family background." ”

Qin Yu shook his head and said, "They are just fearless, you see those siege equipment, they have already been prepared in the surrounding towns, there must be many strongholds nearby, which can provide them with a steady stream of supplies." ”

Han Xiaofeng was surprised, "No, then wouldn't they be able to stalemate with us for a long time." ”

Qin Yu nodded and didn't continue, Han Xiaofeng felt that the situation was already a little more serious than he could imagine.

(End of chapter)