At dawn, on the top of the mountain in the distance, there was a strange-looking insect looking in the direction of the county seat of Tanggu County.

It is the insect that escaped by death, and the culprit who launched a locust plague that swept through the entire Moxi grassland and most of the Liangzhou territory a month ago. It is also the most direct factor that provoked this war between Meng Yuan and Great Xia.

Originally, it wanted to evolve by devouring a large number of locusts, but who knew that it was destroyed by Su Ziheng driving the Shenlong battleship, not only did it not evolve, but it was almost discovered by Su Ziheng and died on the spot.

Fortunately, it saw that the opportunity was not good and took the opportunity to escape with its life, but the destruction of months of planning also made it hate. In order to find a way to get revenge and come back, it stayed in Helan Mountain and did not go far.

After the outbreak of the war, the insect accidentally tasted the brain marrow of a war horse and a human who was killed in a battle, and found that the genes in his body had evolved rapidly. So it began to wander around the battlefield, taking advantage of the fact that people were not looking, secretly sucking the brains of those who had died in battle and horses.

After a period of devouring, its body underwent drastic changes again, not only did it not continue to grow larger, but became smaller and smaller, awakening a new ability - parasitism!

When it saw that Tanggu County had ignited a beacon fire again, it made a sound of "Jiji" and flapped its wings and flew in the direction of Tanggu County.

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Meng Ke rode on his jade lion in the night, looking at Tanggu County in front of him, and his thoughts surged. Ever since he learned that the Zhong family army had really begun to withdraw his troops, he couldn't hold back his excitement, and after planning for so long, he finally transferred Zhong Gang from Tanggu County, which filled his heart with a sense of accomplishment.

He pulled out the sword he was carrying, pointed it in the direction of Tanggu County, and said with high spirits: "The whole army is attacking!" ”

"Boom!"

Hundreds of war horses in front of the half-finished chain ladder, this is a wooden frame built with a height of more than two zhang, more than 20 zhang wide, with wooden planks paved on top, and the city wall is as high, on the other side this is a wooden ladder structure, can mobilize hundreds of soldiers at the same time to use it to climb the city wall.

If the Zhong army had not retreated, Munch would not have used this method to attack the city. Because this large chain of ladders is made entirely of wood, it can easily be burned by a fire.

Now that the Zhongjia army is missing to defend the city, the garrison strength in Tanggu County will inevitably be insufficient, and then it will not be able to take care of all the city walls.

Munch planned to send tens of thousands of troops to besiege the front to attract the attention of the defenders, and then send another group of soldiers to attack from behind, so that he could capture Tanggu County in one fell swoop.

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With the withdrawal of the Zhongjia army, the defenders of Tanggu County had a fluctuating situation, because the rest were the Liangzhou army and the township soldiers of Tanggu County. If it weren't for seeing Zhong Gang still standing at the head of the city and not retreating with the Zhong family's army, I'm afraid they would have been in an uproar.

In this era of war, morale is closely related to the generals who lead the troops, don't expect the generals to run away, those soldiers will fight until the last moment.

"Xiong Feibai, tell me to go down, and let the soldiers pay attention to saving their physical strength when they fight for a while. Once the Mengyuan army enters the city, it is ready to retreat at any time. ”

Xiong Feibai said respectfully: "Respect, general." ”

"Also, have all the people who lit the fire been arranged?" Zhong Gang asked coldly.

"Back to the general's words, it has been arranged, and a dead soldier has been arranged at every point in the city to be responsible for lighting the fire. As long as the Meng Yuan army enters the city, they will definitely have no return! ”

Zhong Gang nodded, "That's good, remember to write down their names, the Zhong family army will not treat any of the soldiers who sacrificed." Go ahead and be careful yourself. ”

"No!"

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"Catapult, ready to launch!"

"Bang!" There was a sound like shaking the mountains, and a huge stone smashed on the city wall, smashing the battlements out of a gap, and several Liangzhou troops who couldn't dodge next to them were smashed into flesh by the stones.

"Shoot the arrows! Don't let this bunch of shuffles come upon you! The general has an order, as long as you hold for an hour, you can retreat, and now more than half an hour has passed, no matter what, you must hold the rest of the time. ”

"Kill!"

Falling rocks and arrows come and go, the roar of fighting is endless, and from time to time someone falls, and more people are added from the side.

The wall, which had been burned by fire for the past few days, had been smashed several times by catapults, and had cracked a crack enough for two soldiers to rush in.

This location of the city wall has become the most fierce place for the Mengyuan army and the Liangzhou army to compete for, and it has become the place where the meat grinder is located on the battlefield, and the two sides have lost count of how many soldiers died here.

Xiong Feibai looked back at the direction where Zhong Gang was standing before, and there was no one at the moment. He knew that the general had quietly left the battlefield, and looking at the time, it was almost time to retreat.

If you don't leave, I'm afraid that all the 20,000 Liangzhou troops will be buried in Tanggu County. Because there is already a partial future return below, the east city wall has already been attacked by the Meng Yuan army, and it is not far from breaking the city.

"Mingjin, retreat!" Xiong Feibai calmly ordered.

Presumably, after more than half an hour of resistance, Meng Yuanjun will not be so cautious anymore, afraid that Zhongji will not dare to enter Tanggu County, right? As long as you dare to come in, huh!

Xiong Feibai sneered a few times, and a grim smile crossed the corner of his mouth.

As the Liangzhou army retreated while fighting, the Mengyuan army had gradually captured all the positions of the city walls, opened the two city gates, and countless Mengyuan soldiers swarmed in.

Seeing that his side had captured Tanggu County, Arslen was overjoyed and said: "Great Khan, our army has taken Tanggu County, please move the Great Khan." ”

Zuo Xiang Yelu Zijin stood up and hurriedly stopped: "Great Khan, don't!" Now that the commander of Kudu Da'er is leading the cowardly Xue army to pursue the Zhong family's army, the Great Khan does not have enough guards around him, so he must not take risks easily. ”

Meng Ke waved his hand, and said proudly: "Zuo Xiang doesn't need to worry too much, although Kudu Da'er is not around, but there are monks and soldiers of Master Sange to escort him, and the safety should be worry-free." I'll wait here to get through and see what is left in the city. ”

finally knocked down Tanggu County, how could Meng Ke not go in and show off. Wealth does not return to the hometown, just like a brocade night walk!

Yelu Zijin knew Sanger's origin, thinking that with his protection, and at this moment, there were only sporadic defenders in the city resisting, and Munch's safety should be guaranteed, so he nodded and agreed.

Entering the county office of Tanggu County, Meng Ke stood at the door, and the sun hanging high in the sky stretched his reflection very long, looking extraordinary.

Meng Ke couldn't help laughing out loud, this was the first big city in Liangzhou that he had personally built, and he felt a very strong sense of satisfaction in his heart at that moment.

But what he didn't know was that in a room not far behind him, a monk was looking at him with gloomy eyes. In the sky, a strange-looking bug flew by......

At this moment, in all corners of Tanggu County, someone quietly ignited the flammable materials that had already been placed in the city. A raging fire burned violently, plunging the entire Tanggu County into a sea of fire in an instant.