The fighting in the southern city of Luodu was loud, and the battle around the gap in the cracked city wall was the focus of everything in full swing.

Arrows that covered the sky and the sun flew down. There are also stones thrown down with a stone machine, all of which are the size of grinding discs, with a longer range and greater lethality. Although the southern army that waded across the river under the city used the block card to block the general arrows, the distance was too close, or if it touched the bow with special strength, the arrows would shoot through the block card, and naturally it could not block the flying stones and rolling logs falling from the head.

The soles of the feet are also filled into sections, uneven moats, and in some places the firewood and grass are filled thinly, and the people are too densely crowded, and the land cannot withstand so much pressure, it will make a gurgling and bubbling sound.

The soldiers surging under the city walls had to crowd and disperse as quickly as possible to relieve the pressure under their feet. Sometimes a large rock fell from the city, and it hit the filled ditch, and with a pop splashed a large area of mud, which knocked the soldiers who had no time to dodge and escape, and even the men and armor into the mud of the river, and the flesh and mud were inrecognizably mixed together.

But the rest of the soldiers and warriors braved the arrows and stones, and took advantage of this very short moment, and quickly crossed the obstacle, climbed the river bank, and swooped down on the root of the city, re-building them with their hands and shields, and erecting the slopes that shaded each other.

At this time, the bows and arrows that could only be shot in the gaps of the battlements were no longer a threat to them, and the falling flying stones and rolling logs, because of the sufficient slopes, would quickly roll down after falling on the shield wall, except for the slight spraining of the arms supporting the soldiers, and being replaced, there was no more threat.

However, at this time, the defenders also changed their strategy, and poured down from the city full of foul smell and filth, or greasy hot things, these spilled liquid was not something that the shield wall could resist, and soon entered the gap to let the shield array gather under the wall, and suddenly fell apart in the screams and wails, revealing the skin and flesh underneath.

And in the key area where the oil is being applied, the addition of a rocket or a torch is enough to cause the spread of secondary damage and continuous obstruction that causes the flames.

But there are so many southern soldiers who have come up with ants, so that they are already overwhelmed to take care of one or the other.

Even if these pioneers of the army choose the front, they only bring some light ladders. Immediately they leaned the ladder under the city wall, and some of the warriors, in the midst of the rain and hail, with a shield and a short knife, climbed up the ladder like a tightly knit machine. Even the rain of rocks and arrows that passed by, and the comrades who had fallen from time to time, could not shake their order and speed much.

However, when they climbed up the city wall and were about to leap into the city, they were met by lime bottles, or suddenly came out of their hiding places with hooks and hook scythes, and hooked them to kill them, or unexpectedly cut a hole in the wall, and poked out the forked wood to overturn the ladder and the people, causing the climbers to fall to the ground and die.

Other warriors, under the cover of a large row of multi-layered cowhide carried by more than a dozen people, rushed to the edge of the gap in the city wall one by one, and chiseled the bricks with hammers and shovels. Not afraid of how thick the bricks are, how strong the rammed earth is, as long as a hammer down and then a spade, there are always some masonry crumbs and clods of soil to burst out, as long as the effort is used deeply, it can still chisel out a small gap.

The goal of each warrior is to dig a small pit, pull out a piece of masonry, and then run away as fast as possible, allowing the warrior who comes up behind to take over. One by one, they dug holes and drew bricks, and finally they were able to widen the gaps that were blown up, allowing more soldiers to rush in.

It's like a tiny beetle that eats scavengers, tirelessly gnawing at a bleeding wound on the behemoth of Luodu.

On the one hand, it is desperate to attack, and on the other hand, it is to defend it without forgetting to die.

Sometimes the southern army dug into a deep pit, and with a shout, the masonry and stone on their heads fell down one after another, and just as the brigade was rushing to attack, the northern army on the edge of the gap jumped down in groups, and mixed together with slashing and barking, facing each other shoulder to shoulder, only fighting to the death and not retreating, and never letting them pass.

At this time, the golden juice and boiling oil boiling in the city had no time to pour down buckets and barrels, so they simply overturned and poured down the hot iron pot.

The rumbling cauldron smashed down really powerfully, like several huge rollers, crushing the bloody flesh in the crowd of people who were gathering gaps, and there was a scorched smell, forcing a considerable part of the southern army to retreat one after another.

At this time, the most courageous pioneer had already stepped from the shelf on the ladder to the battlement resting on the city wall, and the defenders of the Northern Dynasty at the head of the city were also undaunted to lean over the battlement to block it. The two of them were engaged in a life-and-death struggle on a shelf less than a foot wide dozens of feet above the ground.

There was almost no room to turn around and escape on the battlements and shelves, and as soon as the blades were handed over, one of them fell into the city, and sometimes two abandoned the blades, twisted into a ball with each other, and turned to the side slightly, and the two fell to their deaths together, which provoked the soldiers of the two armies above and below the city to shout in unison.

At this moment of the battle, the rushing cart and the nest cart and the pushing tower finally came up slowly and clumsily, and after the fierce attrition of the long battle, there was not much spare strength and means on the city near the gap to deal with these huge siege equipment.

I could only watch as these huge machines as magnificent as giant tortoises or geese approached little by little with small arrows and smoke trails, and then suddenly roared out from below countless armored soldiers, and at the top of the push tower near the city wall, it was suddenly lifted, and a large rain of fire was thrown from the gurgling crowd at the head of the city.

The walls on both sides of the gap were obliterated in the fire and explosions.

Although it was only the Liang army of the Southern Dynasty that opened a gap, for the northern army guarding the city wall of Luodu, it was tantamount to shaking and shaking the hearts of the people on the whole front.

As more and more southern soldiers rushed in through this gap, even the defenders on both sides of the city wall were in danger of being attacked from the back. However, because their commanders were injured or their whereabouts were unknown in the explosion of flames thrown at them, there was also corresponding confusion and conflict over the specific choice of continuing to hold on to help or shrinking to nearby friendly forces.

This is undoubtedly the worst situation and consequences for the defenders on the gap flank, which are under the strong offensive and pressure of the enemy; Even if Yang Keshi and others led troops to kill, it would be useless to save the crisis on this section of the city wall.

After mustering all their strength to charge and kill several times, they could only return under the attack of various firearms and uneven remnants that had been gradually moved into the city, leaving behind the corpses and wounded all over the ground, and hurriedly retreated towards the square area of the city.

As the sun sank and the darkness faded, the extraordinarily long days of summer finally came to an end in a certain unwilling mood on both the offensive and defensive sides.

And at the head of the imperial city on the north bank of Luoshui, the regent was also looking at the pillars of smoke rising above the city in the distance, and the square area that fell silent again in the hustle and bustle.

"Zhang Yuanjun of the Privy Council has crossed the ...... of the Central Tianjin Bridge"

"Yang Du is ready for night battle......

In the twilight and twilight,

And Li Chuwen, who was in the middle of the Heyang Bridge, also repelled the soldiers and horses killed from Beicheng again, and sat on the head of the city panting. The corpses lying on the bleak bridge deck and the large slices of blood washed away along the Yellow River all represent the tragedy and intensification of the battle.

Under some reckless attacks on the other side, even if he occupies the natural precedence and advantage, Li Chuwen, who has been in the thick city wall for a long time, also feels that he can't bear it.

He only felt that he had become a sandwich cake in a sense, and those Southern troops had not even expressed their stance for a long time, and they did not even see the soldiers who had symbolically sent a little reinforcement.

This couldn't help but make him feel more anxious and anxious in his heart, could it be that those southern Yankees were planning to use this to consume his strength, and wait for him to fight with the northern army on the other side of the strait, and then reap the benefits of the fishermen.

If that's the case, he can only put down his face and figure to be a bad horse who eats back grass for a while.

It's just that the current Luodu side also has no reply or reaction. It was as if he had been temporarily forgotten and ignored by both sides of the warring camp.

In this way, he can only hide these emotions and uneasiness deep in his heart, and continue to maintain an extremely optimistic attitude on the bright side, so as to take turns to encourage and inspire those soldiers who follow him to find another way to make a living, and continue to persevere here for a longer time.

At this time, a distant dust appeared in front of the gate of the South Gate of Heyang Bridge.