Several generals were killed by Pei Yuanqing, and the Wagang thieves no longer sent people to call for battle, but often took advantage of the night to set up a pontoon bridge, constantly harassing the defenders of Luoyang, the soldiers were not tired of cheating, every time the enemy attacked, the imperial court would send a large army to the city wall, but in three days, the soldiers defending the city showed fatigue.

On the evening of the fourth day, the sky was overcast and dark clouds were thick, and Yun Wen was worried that the Wagang thieves would make a move, and lived directly in the arch under the city wall.

Just after the ugly hour, the harassment of the Wagang thieves came again, and the soldiers defending the city shot two rounds of arrows indiscriminately, and the city fell silent. Just when they thought that today would be as usual, several loud noises came from the south, waking up Yuan Wendu and the other generals who were resting.

"Report! Wagang thieves crossed the canal and are storming Jianchun Gate! ”

"Report! Wagang thieves are storming Yongtong Gate! ”

Yuan Wendu didn't have time to think about why the Wagang thieves suddenly appeared in Jianchun Gate and Yongtong Gate, he hurriedly went up to the city tower, looked at the fire burning in the south, and secretly said Fortunately, in order to guard against Wang Bodang, he did not transfer the defenders of several other city gates.

The torches on the city wall, illuminating the tile gang thieves under the city, also exposed their bodies to the light, the arrows of the tile gang thieves, constantly harvesting the lives of the defenders, the catapult threw a piece of boulder into the air, some fell on the city wall, making a huge sound, some crossed the city wall, smashed into the city, the soldiers who were hit by the boulder, the lucky ones were able to leave a life, and the unfortunate ones were smashed into pulp.

Of course, the defenders will not sit still, rockets are flying all over the sky, giant crossbows are like long dragons, and the smell of blood wafts outside the city, like purgatory on earth.

The goal of the Wagang thieves was determined, and the soldiers of other cities rushed to support in an orderly manner, and there was no gap in the defense of Jianchun Gate and Yongtong Gate, but the Wagang thieves had just attacked the city for half an hour, and their ladders and siege vehicles were still in the rear, and the real test for the defenders had not yet come.

"What the hell is the Tile Gang Thief trying to do? Even with Wang Bodang's tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible for them to capture Luoyang! On the way to Jianchun Gate, Yun Wendu frowned and said.

Taking advantage of the night to sneak attack and harass, this is a very normal strategy when attacking the city, and it is not uncommon to sneak attack the enemy camp in the middle of the night, but the army is attacking the city, which seems to be very reckless, and the Wagang thieves are attacking Luoyang City.

The walls of Luoyang City are all made of thick rammed earth, the stone throwing cart is difficult to shake a minute, there are still nearly 100,000 troops in the city, even if there are 20,000 people defending the imperial city, there are still 80,000 people who can participate in the war. In addition to the regular imperial army, there were many more civilians who would also assist in the defense.

The defenders did not dare to go out of the city, the effect of the moat became minimal, and obstacles such as thistles, horses, and antlers outside the city walls could only slow down the pace of the attack of the Wagang thieves and make them pay more with their lives.

At dawn, at the cost of 2,000 lives, the Wagang thieves finally cleared the way to the siege, and then quickly retreated, leaving people confused.

Just when the defenders thought they could breathe, the black pressure Wagang thieves appeared again in the distance, they took the shield soldiers in front, directly attacked the city, at this time the defenders found that there were many more roads on the moat, and the Wagang thieves actually took advantage of the chaos, digging the earth and filling the river!

Between the Jianchun Gate and the Yongdao Gate, there are tile gang thieves everywhere, climbing ladders and escalators leaning on the city wall, archers and catapults continue to shoot at the city tower, and siege vehicles have also been transported to the city.

The defenders on the city wall continued to throw rolling logs, falling stones, and wolf teeth to the city, reaping the lives of the thieves who climbed the city, and the hot oil and dung water that were burned poured down, accompanied by a miserable cry, the court repelled the first wave of the attack of the Wagang thieves.

The Wagang thieves still did not give the defenders time to breathe, and tens of thousands of troops flocked to the city gate like locusts in the distance.

And so on once, twice, three times

"How many thieves are there?" In order to save physical strength, the soldiers have been doing what they should do in silence except for occasional roars, but the Wagang thieves continued to attack the city, and finally someone couldn't help but curse, and then raised this question. And the question he asked bothered others as well.

"Could it be that Li Mi has the ability to sprinkle beans into soldiers?" Someone muttered, and then he was cut down by the captain next to him and thrown off the city wall, and no one could save him if he said something that disturbed the morale of the army at this time, even if he was only fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Soldiers, if you feel afraid, look back at the burned houses and think of the souls who died in vain." When the general took advantage of the slowing down of the Wagang bandits' offensive, he shouted: "Your relatives are in the city, are you willing to let them become ghosts or slaves?" ”

Although tired, the general's words aroused the morale of the defenders, they gritted their teeth, looked fiercely at the unknown batch of tile gang thieves, and silently wiped the weapons in their hands.

The blood inside the city stained the bricks and mud red, and the blood outside the city flowed into the moat, turning the turbid river into red, and it looked particularly dazzling in the sun.

"Didn't the spies say that there are only 100,000 Wagang thieves?" Yuan Wendu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously, "Could it be that we guessed wrong?" Wang Bodang and Li Mi joined forces and planned to storm these two city gates? ”

No one could answer his question, because the number of troops that had appeared so far exceeded 100,000, and judging from the clothing, there should be about 150,000.

In view of the tremendous pressure from Jianchun Gate and Yongdao Gate, the defenders of other gates rushed to the rescue one after another, and finally stabilized the situation.

"Report!" Yuan Wen sat down weakly, and before his ass was hot, a soldier half-knelt in front of him and announced: "There are about 50,000 Wagang thieves outside the Upper East Gate, they are storming the Upper East Gate, General Lin asks the adults to send troops to rescue!" ”

The Upper East Gate is close to the Jianchun Gate, and the Changxia Gate is close to the Yongdao Gate, and when the Wagang thieves attacked, the defenders of the Upper East Gate were the first to arrive, leaving only more than 3,000 people, facing an army of 50,000, which was indeed difficult to support for too long.

"Fifty thousand?" Yuan Wendu's cold sweat flowed down again, but he quickly calmed down as before, and ordered: "General Huangfu, you lead those 10,000 soldiers to the upper east gate, be sure to delay them first, Wang Bodang should have appeared, I will send someone over to help!" ”

"The last general commands!" Huangfu Wuyi received the order and went down to the city tower.

No matter how fierce the battle between Jianchunmen and Yongdaomen was, Yuan Wen did not use the 10,000 army. Because the more fierce Li Mi's attack, the more it can be proved that Wang Bodang has come, and Yuan Wendu would rather sacrifice some more people than risk involving all the soldiers here.

Luoyang lacks materials, in the face of the crazy siege of the Wagang thieves, the rolling wood and wolf tooth shoot have been exhausted, and the destroyed houses in the outer city have not yet been repaired, and they can barely be used to defend the city, but how long can they last?

"Master Li, the thief army that is attacking the upper east gate must be Wang Bodang, so how to explain the hundreds of thousands of thief army in front of you?" The wrinkles on Yuan Wendu's face deepened a lot in a few hours, and he squinted his reddened eyes and sighed faintly.

The generals who can fight are defending the city, and even Liang Xiao is aroused by blood, holding a ring-headed knife, following Luo Shixin's side, slashing and killing the thief army that may climb the city wall at any time, and there are only two entourages of Yuan Wendu, Li Xuanba, Fang Xuanling and Yuan Wendu under the city tower.

Li Xuanba had been silently watching the tragedy in the field, his brain was blank, and he was powerless to think about Yuan Wendu's question, so he could only shake his head and reply: "Xuanba can't figure it out either." ”

"The villain has a guess, I wonder if Lord Yuan and Gongzi are willing to hear it?" Fang Xuanling walked out from behind Li Xuanba and saluted Yuan Wendu and Li Xuanba.

Li Xuanba eased his nerves, glanced at Yuan Wendu, saw that Yuan Wendu nodded, and said, "Sir, please speak." ”

Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "The villain thinks that we have been tricked. ”