Seeing the soldiers of the Qi army and all kinds of siege equipment all over the mountains outside the city being assembled one after another, Xue Yang's face became extremely solemn, and the right hand holding the handle of the knife was also released and clenched, and so on many times. And the soldiers of the third battalion around him are also constantly pouring into the city wall from the city, moving the collected defensive equipment to the city tower, and many of the weapons that have been eliminated by the Tiance army have all been moved up, and even some Xue Yang doesn't know if they can be used. However, fortunately, Mianzhou was originally a logistics base, and all kinds of weapons were piled up, but they were not afraid of consumption.

"Report, Dashuai, the mountain battalion is coming from the direction of Chengdu." Just when Xue Yang was secretly planning how to fight this battle, the guards hurriedly arrived with Xu Ying. Xu Ying's arrival made Xue Yang overjoyed, and hurriedly grabbed Xu Ying's hand and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, you are too timely, I am worried that the troops are not enough to deal with Hu Jingzhang's 100,000 army besieging from all sides, and you came." ”

"I didn't know it was going to be like this." Xue Yang pulled Xu Ying and pointed to the Qi army outside the city, who was basically ready to start the siege, and suddenly said: "Brother Xu, you asked the brothers of the mountain battalion not to join the siege for the time being, and my third battalion will resist alone, how about we go and carry out a night attack on him tonight?" ”

"Whether the night attack will work or not depends on how they attack today? I think you might as well put less people on the city tower, causing our city defense to be in a precarious situation, so that they will attack us at night. How do you think you can play a pair of Hu? Xu Ying nodded, perfected Xue Yang's strategy, and said: "Otherwise, I will carry out a night attack I am worried that Hu Jingzhang will find out, this guy is not an idle person." ”

Xue Yang was about to reply, but there was a rumbling war drum from the city, and the faces of the two of them changed and they gasped when they hurriedly checked it carefully, "Brother Xu, this Hu Jingzhang is crazy, there are thirty or forty thousand people in this central array, what do you want to do with so many people in this first wave of attacks?" ”

"No matter what he wants to do, Mianzhou must not be lost anyway. I'll deploy the mountain battalion right away, and it's up to you here. Xu Ying was also taken aback, and hurriedly walked back with her own people.

"Catapults, fire oil bombs ready, protective soldiers erect tower shields, archers prepare." As soon as Xu Ying left, Xue Yang's face slowly calmed down, and he began to deploy against each other, "The ballista troops are ready to be projected." ”

Seeing the order, ten ballistae and dozens of bed crossbows were all ready, and as the Lingqi began to fire intensively, the huge crossbow arrows rose into the air and headed towards the opponent's military formation. At the same time, the catapults arranged on the walls of the city also threw flaming oil bombs, and the billowing smoke streaked through the sky and fell quickly.

Although these defensive equipment were powerful and the number of people killed and wounded was also large, they could not be of much use in the face of the sea of siege troops below, and the soldiers of the Qi army who were shot and put down were quickly overwhelmed by the team behind them like a wave. The tide slowly approached the walls with large equipment such as huge battering rams, arrow towers, and siege towers, and it got closer and closer as time passed.

"Let the ballista adjust the target for me to aim at the siege tower, the archers prepare, fire." Xue Yang's voice played a stabilizing role in this chaos. And the archers arranged in the city wall, the city wall of the urn city, and even the city of the urn, a total of three phalanxes, at this moment, all the curved bows and arrows were thrown into the air.

This diagonal archery method can make the arc of the arrow in the air become a parabola, so as to avoid the general shield protection and shoot the opponent. I saw that in an instant, the rain of arrows rose like dark clouds covering the sun, completely holding the forward of the Qi army.

"Knife and shield hand, protection." As soon as this dark cloud appeared, the generals below also let out a hoarse roar, and some of the battlefield veterans raised their shields without waiting for orders, and also pointed forward half-diagonally, but the recruits and those pikemen who were mixed in were quickly killed in a sudden situation. However, this can not be helped, before the hot weapons appear on the battlefield, both the offensive and defensive sides are helpless in this regard, and the siege troops will inevitably face a strong attack from the defending troops before touching the city walls, and even if they can counterattack, the cost is staggering.

Foot archers are usually able to maintain three volleys in this kind of crowd attack, and then they will not be able to perform this kind of uniform attack again. However, the archers on the walls were able to shoot continuously under the cover of shields and walls, effectively delaying the opponent's advance. And as the Qi army gradually approached the city wall, those siege weapons that were crowded forward also began to play a role, the huge battering ram smashed on the city gate and made a piercing sound, and the soldiers who braved the rain of arrows to climb the ladder also made the spearmen hidden behind the tower shield on Xue Yang's side go all out. And those soldiers of the Qi Army who stood in the city and countryside and constantly fired arrows at the city tower became the most troublesome group of people for the soldiers of the Tiance Army, and from time to time they would be put to the ground by the cold arrows that leaked in.

"Dashuai, why don't you use the explosives bag?" Xue Yang's lieutenant Du Jiang saw that the soldiers of the Qi army were getting closer and closer to the city wall, waved his spearman and stepped forward to defend before coming to Xue Yang's side and said.

"No, wouldn't using the explosives bag at this time reveal all our hole cards? And we don't have many explosives bags, so we need to use them sparingly. Beckon, brothers, to follow me, you and I are each responsible for an area, and we must block this wave of attacks for me. Xue Yang roared sharply: "We are the Tiance Army, and since the beginning of the army, we have followed the lord from south to north and are invincible. God bless the Tang Dynasty, and the Han army is mighty. ”

Xue Yang's words made the surrounding third battalion suddenly burst out with an indescribable momentum, and the towering military flag of the Tiance Army also sounded in the wind at this time, as if declaring the momentum and invincible courage of the Tiance Mansion to look down on the world.

The sudden burst of morale of the third battalion also made Hu Jingzhang, who was already watching the battle in the rear, frown, and thought for a while: "General Liu, immediately lead the people of the headquarters to immediately step forward to urge the forward brigade to motivate forward, even if you can't take the city defense of Mianzhou City, you must exhaust the opponent's troops." ”

Wen Tao stepped forward and said: "What the marshal said is that the other party has not increased its manpower much for two hours since the start of the war, and it must be because of the lack of troops. The last general guessed that the opponent must have hoarded a part of the reserves, and he had to find a way to consume this part of the manpower, otherwise the opponent would have something in his heart, and his morale would not be depressed. ”

"Don't worry, the last general will go here." Liu Zhijun hurriedly got on the horse with a fist in his fist. And his arrival also made the already fierce siege battle a little sharper. In this situation, Xue Yang's city defense also became precarious, in the face of such a situation, Xue Yang mobilized his own personal guards to go to the city to help defend the city, and at the same time ordered the logistics department to start preparing explosives packs, preparing to raid the opponent.

And just when the two sides were full of energy and wanted to give each other a slam blow in one fell swoop, Chengdu Mansion also ushered in the latest changes, Hu Xiaosi and a group of receivers finally arrived in Chengdu Mansion after a starry night. His arrival also made Li Jipeng completely relieved.

Hu Xiaosi looked at the tired general in front of him, and patted the other party's shoulder and said: "Jipeng, this time has been hard, it is difficult for you to make such a big sacrifice here in Chengdu." ”

"This is the last general's job." Li Jipeng smiled for the first time in half a month, and said with a smile: "When the commander comes, my heart can be put down." ”

"You arrange for someone to take the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to arrange the handover, let's go out for a walk, it just so happens that I have something to say to you." Hu Xiaosi asked Li Jipeng to arrange for his deputy and someone from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to hand over government affairs, and then walked out of the city with him and said with a smile: "How about living in Chengdu in the past few years, right?" Want to change places? ”

"What do you mean?" Li Jipeng didn't understand the meaning of Hu Xiaosi's words, and said a little hesitantly.

"I also consulted the lord before I came, and the lord said that if you have made great contributions this time, you can consider transferring Xuan Yingwei to join politics or join the army, and even the military academy can also arrange it. But what I mean is that if you want, I want you to be the head of the secret guard on the Gangnam side of Gangnam Province to prepare for the next step of our army out of Gangnam. After Hu Xiaosi said this, he continued: "Of course, these are suggestions, not orders, you can choose for yourself." After all, after Sichuan was included in the jurisdiction of the Tiance Mansion, many of the methods of Xuan Yingwei could not be used, and they needed to be handed over to the Patrol Department and the National Guard for implementation. We have always been a weapon to maintain the security of the empire, and we can only do it externally, not internally. ”

"Don't think about it, Jipeng obeyed the commander's order and went to Jiangnan. Now is a troubled time, it is the time for us to make contributions to the cause, Jipeng does not want to waste his time, wants to do something well, and do his best for the great cause of the Lord. Li Jipeng said without thinking.

"It's okay, it's worthy of being my Xuanyingwei, and he has a heroic spirit." Hu Xiaoxi said with a smile: "This time accompany me to deal with the affairs of Sichuan, go to work, some of the information and personnel of Jiangnan Province are currently handled by Biaozi in the Bianliang area, you pass by from Bianzhou at that time, let him hand it over to you, and the newly formed dragon group of Long San will also set off with you at that time to help you open up the situation." ”

"Okay, now that we're done with business, let's talk about the war in Mianzhou, right?" After Hu Xiaosi explained this, he asked about the war in Mianzhou.

"Before the commander came, General Xu Ying had already led the main force of the mountain battalion to help, and the last general had already sent a book to General Qian Ning to report the changes in Chengdu Mansion. In the past few days, all the staff have been deployed to carry out land reform in Chengdu, and they really don't have the energy to explore the dynamics, but there should be no problem at this time. Li Jipeng replied.

"In this way, after you and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are handed over, you will immediately dispatch capable forces to investigate the situation in Mianzhou, and summarize the situation on the front line in Bazhou and report it to the base camp. I guess Wang Jian should also know about the changes in Chengdu, you go and inform the person in charge of Dongchuan to quickly report Wang Jian's movements. Hu Xiaosi frowned and said after saying this: "How is Li Maozhen's situation at present?" ”

"Still not giving up, still fantasizing that Hu Jingzhang can fight Chengdu to save him." Li Jipeng smiled bitterly: "The last general originally wanted to use Li Maozhen to control the entire Xichuan, but it seems that there is little hope. ”

"Not necessarily, you go clean up, I'll come out for him later, I'll meet him. Anyway, they're old friends, and it's good to reminisce about the past. Hu Xiaosi's eyes rolled and he smiled.

With Hu Xiaosi's words, at this moment, the eyes of all the forces in Sichuan were focused on the vast mountainous area in the south of Xichuan. Hopefully be able to control there.

At this moment, Hu Jingzhang, who was on the front line in Mianzhou, saw that the war was gradually falling into a stalemate, and the expression on his face was constantly changing, carefully weighing the pros and cons.

"Marshal, General Liu will definitely be able to achieve the desired results when he goes to the front line, and Marshal doesn't have to worry." Wen Tao knew what Hu Jingzhang was thinking, and hurriedly said comfortingly. And the actual situation is indeed the case, after Liu Zhijun arrived at the front line to take over the command, the offensive momentum of the Qi army became fierce again, and there were constantly people breaking through the blockade of the Tiance army and climbing the city wall to begin to meet the Tiance army in short combat, it should be said that the Shence army in the hands of Li Maozhen has been reborn after two years of tempering in Sichuan, and after the baptism and elimination of war, it finally glows with an indescribable vitality and combat power.

And Xue Yang stood on the tower of the city and threw his personal guards into the battlefield and then competed with the Qi army, both sides were betting that the other would collapse before they could increase their troops. The difference is that Liu Zhijun has a strong army and is not afraid of sacrifice, but Xue Yang has no way to ignore more and more casualties, the third battalion is the earliest army of the Tiance Army, and it has always been the first-class main battalion, so it can't hurt its vitality here.

Du Jiang, the deputy general in the fierce battle, began to focus his eyes on Xue Yang's immobile figure in the center of the battlefield, seeing that the other party was reluctant to put in explosives bags to support the front line, his heart was also clouded, and his main general must be worried, so he was unwilling to come up with a killer weapon.

However, as more and more Qi troops burst onto the city wall, Xue Yang had no way to remain indifferent, and suddenly made a decision after carefully comparing the situation on the battlefield, and the war drum team behind him immediately changed the drum sound after getting the news, and a group of people and horses in the urn city quickly came to the location of the city tower under the cover of heavy guards, and it was also the main concentration of the Qi army under the city.

Seeing this scene, Du Jiang did not hesitate to let a group of scattered archers begin to concentrate, and at the same time led his own guards to start a desperate assault, killing all the Qi soldiers who broke through the pikemen's blockade and entered the city wall. The actions of these two people were also seen by Liu Zhijun under the city, and began to urge the follow-up soldiers to move forward without dying, and they must send the soldiers to the city tower as much as possible before the other party changes.

"Prepare the explosives pack, light me on fire." Xue Yang's voice brought tears to all the soldiers at this moment, and his own big killer weapon was finally on the battlefield, and this group of Ziqi troops was about to suffer. Those soldiers of the Tiance Army, who had already seen the power of the explosive pack, unconsciously began to retreat, and this scene was thought that the opponent was going to retreat, and suddenly rushed forward even more desperately.

The tower of Mianzhou City was suddenly thrown out dozens of light and fluttering spherical objects, which fell into the crowd along the city wall, this strange phenomenon made the Qi soldiers inexplicable, but Liu Zhijun in the back was stunned when he saw this scene.

The earth-shattering explosion sound of "boom boom boom" was accompanied by a huge fireball rising into the air outside the city of Mianzhou, which suddenly made this battlefield completely silent, and countless people and objects flew into the sky in the explosion, flying with the wind like falling leaves in the wind, scattering and drifting in all directions.