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Countless ladders were re-erected to the walls, and countless soldiers began to climb up the ladders like ants once again. Up and down the tower, huge crossbow arrows pierced the night sky with a whirring whistling sound, striking the wooden pillars and windows of the tower, and shattered wood chips and masonry flew everywhere. All the wooden parts of the castle tower were pierced and torn, and the sound was truly terrifying.

In the cave of the city gate below, the bed crossbow slammed against the city gate drawbridge, and the city gate was shattered. If it weren't for the fact that Wang Yuan ordered six new iron bolts to be added behind the city gate before the war, and piled up a large amount of sandbags, earth and stones to block the city gate, the city gate would have been opened at this moment. But although the gates were still tightly closed, the drawbridge above could not withstand the frantic fire of the rebels. What's worse is that the city defense of Yangzhou City has not been overhauled for many years, although the iron chain hanging the suspension bridge is thick, but it has long been rusted, and the rust of the wind and rain has made it no longer strong. Under the attack of the iron-tipped bolts of the bed crossbow, the fixed iron ring embedded in the wall at the base of the iron chain was already overwhelmed. Under the repeated blows of the crossbow, the chains were loosened, and the drawbridge fell like a huge net, and in the dust, the drawbridge formed a wide avenue between the city gate and the river bank. Under the cover of the iron shield, the four rushing carts quickly rushed into the hole in the city gate, and then the sound of rumbling against the city gate resounded in the night sky.

The city walls have long been in the midst of a bitter battle. The rebels increased their numbers of soldiers and horses, and climbed the city walls without fear of death, and the defenders at the head of the city once again fell into a dilemma of lack of manpower. After they had struggled for an hour, the figure of the rebels finally appeared in the smoke and dust on the southernmost part of the wall. Once again, the walls were breached.

More than a hundred besieging rebels poured in from the gap at the southern end of the wall, and as soon as they entered the city, they immediately attacked the defenders on the left. The defenders on the left had to be distracted and engage in hand-to-hand combat with them, so that the besieging rebels below could more easily break through the walls, creating a vicious circle.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the city was broken through in many places, and the rebels on the city wall had increased to four or five hundred men, and they formed a huge restraining force, so that the defenders on the city wall had to take the lead in dealing with them. As a result, the defenders of the city are even more passive, and the personnel are even more stretched.

The city gate and several sections of the city wall were breached at the same time, and the defenders fell into great passivity.

"Wang Xiangguo, the rebels are attacking the gate by breaking through the drawbridge, and the southern city wall has also been broken through, and the city is almost unable to hold it. Xiangguo, what should I do? Hurry up and get an idea. Zeng Guozhong, who was covered in blood, gasped and rushed to the city tower, anxiously reporting to Wang Yuan.

"Be careful." Wang Yuan shouted, stretched out his hand and grabbed Zeng Guozhong's body and pulled it. A crossbow arrow flew past Zeng Guozhong's ear, and the arm-thick iron crossbow slammed into the wooden pillar behind him, and the sawdust exploded and flew, and the momentum was breathtaking.

Zeng Guozhong was so frightened that his face turned white, if he was shot on his body, he would not be directly beaten into a bloody hole.

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "I know everything, General Zeng, you immediately go down to the city and lead the people in the city to block the city gate hole with mud and stone sandbags." Seal the gates before they are breached. I don't have any manpower for you, so you have to mobilize the people of the city. ”

Zeng Guozhong arched his hand and said: "Obey the order, but what about the enemy who attacks the city?" There are more and more, and it can't be held like this. ”

Wang Yuan smiled as he straightened his armor and said, "There are no mobile forces available, so I can only go into battle in person." Fortunately, there are dozens of nurses from Master Liu and the Cui family. Master Liu, I heard that you didn't do your best in the battle last night, and I regret it very much. Now's your chance. Let's have a match and see who kills the most enemies after this battle. ”

Liu Tan took out his long sword and said in a deep voice: "Xiangguo has a life, how dare you disrespect." This time the decay will not lose to you. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Then let's see." Before the words were finished, Wang Yuan had already rushed out of the city tower with his sword and rushed south along the city wall, and Liu Tan waved his sword and shouted: "Follow me." Dozens of highly skilled nurses of the Cui family followed closely and rushed down after Wang Yuan's back.

The southern wall had already been breached, and the swarming rebel soldiers swept the wall at the southern end of the city like a tidal wave. The defenders of the city had reluctantly retreated to the north, some of them struggling to stop the enemy forces besieging below, while others were desperately fending off the rebel soldiers who were charging along the walls. Seeing this scene, Wang Yuan's heart was awe-inspiring. Although he knew that the city wall was difficult to defend, he still underestimated the strength of the rebels, and the siege had only been going on for more than three hours, and this was already the case.

"Kill!" Wang Yuan raised his sword and shouted and rushed forward, any words are useless at this moment, only by desperately killing the enemy and driving these guys out of the city can the problem be solved.

The sword light flickered like a match, dazzling. Wang Yuan took the lead in the rebels, swinging his long sword, flesh and blood flying, and screaming again and again. The defenders who had been forced to retreat again and again saw Xiang Guo rushing into the enemy formation, and immediately rose up and shouted and followed closely. Liu Tan didn't say a word, and a long sword flew up and down like a poisonous dragon in his hand, invincible.

The rebels have more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but although the number of people is strong, it also depends on where they are. The width of Yangzhou City is not enough, and a large number of stones and wood are piled up to defend the city, in this case, no matter how many people there are, they can only be forced to form a long formation. The engagement surface that can really engage the enemy is only a few feet, and at most there are only more than ten people who can fight the opponent in hand-to-hand combat. This is why there is a husband who is in charge of the sentence that ten thousand people do not open it. The narrowness of the terrain made it impossible to exert the numerical advantage, so they were forced to engage their opponents in small groups. In such a situation, those who are strong in martial arts can use it to their advantage.

Although Wang Yuan is not a martial arts master, he is guided by Gongsun Lan after all, and he has rich experience in actual combat. Needless to say, as the leader of the Cui family's nursing home, he has protected Cui Daoyuan for decades, and he is already a master of martial arts. What he lacks is Wang Yuan's ruthlessness. But at this time, the two rushed into the enemy line side by side, but they complemented each other and cooperated seamlessly. These two slashed all the way like tigers entering a flock of sheep, and they actually slashed their opponents dozens in tea time, and the momentum of the rebels' charge was stubbornly resisted.

The defenders in the rear also followed the two of them and slashed the rebels who leaked in the rear after the two of them were killed, compressing the entire rebel formation to the south by dozens of steps.

But even so, the rebels continued to charge as they could not retreat. The steady stream of rebels in the rear successfully landed on the city, and there was no way to retreat from the dense flow of people, knowing that there were two demons in front of them to stop them for their lives, so they could only rush forward. Even if he dies under the other party's knife, there is nothing to be done.

In this way, Wang Yuan and Liu Tan seem to be relaxed, but in fact, the pressure is huge. The rebels are endless, and they don't know when they will end. After all, human strength is limited, and after these few days of hard work, who can maintain their strength for a long time in this high level of tension and fatigue.

After killing an unknown number of people, Wang Yuan's sword-wielding hand was already sore, and his body was also wounded by the dying rebel soldier. It's not critical, but the pain and fatigue make it a nightmare. At this moment, how Wang Yuan hoped that Gongsun Lan and Li Xin'er could be by their side, with Gongsun Lan's martial arts, the enemy army full of city walls had already collapsed by her. She is not like herself, she can only block the enemy army and slash and kill, she will fight her way all the way to the end and then kill back and forth, that kind of slaughter will make the rebel soldiers no longer have the courage to charge, and she can't do it anyway.

I don't know how long it took, after Wang Yuan swung his sword and slashed down a rebel soldier who rushed in front of him, he finally had to retreat and breathe, and Liu Tan also retreated to Wang Yuan's side with a pale face. Dozens of soldiers defending the city rushed forward to fend off the rebels in front of them, allowing the two to rest for a while.

"Xiangguo still kills more than the old ones. The old man bows to the wind. It seems that I am really old, and my hands and feet are numb and weak. Liu Tan gasped as if he had stolen a cow.

Wang Yuan also gasped like a bellows: "Does Master Liu still remember the number?" I don't have the strength to count anymore. I didn't expect to be so tired from killing, and I didn't have the strength anymore. ”

Liu Tan smiled bitterly: "The hands and feet of the first time I killed people were sore, and I didn't have the strength to kill myself." Are these people crazy? We've killed so many and we're going to rush forward. Together, you and I have slain a hundred and twenty-nine. You killed sixty-five people, but the old man only killed sixty-four. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "There is only one more, and we can't kill us with such a killing method." Let's rest for a moment and let the guards and soldiers rush to the slaughter. ”

The two of them gasped and looked at the chaotic battlefield ahead. Dozens of guards and soldiers were entangled with rebel soldiers, and the scene was chaotic with casualties on both sides. From time to time, people were cut to the ground, spurting bloody limbs and bodies and falling down the city. The blood on the top of the city flowed like a stream, and the ground was full of wet and slimy flesh.

Just as the two of them were gasping for breath and regaining their strength, they suddenly heard a commotion behind them. Wang Yuan turned his head to look, and his scalp suddenly went numb. However, several walls in the rear have also been breached. The rebels roared and rushed up to the city, splitting the defenders in an instant. The place where Wang Yuan was suddenly became a part of the severed separation. Both north and south were surrounded by rebel soldiers who had ascended the city. All of a sudden, the situation turned sour.

At the same time, the figures on the city wall farther away flickered and shouted to kill the sky, and it was obvious that the city wall had been broken through in many places. Wang Yuan's mood sank to the valley. It seems that Yangzhou is not guaranteed tonight. After all, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, Wang Yuan has limited resources at hand, limited manpower, and limited time, and he has also achieved the ultimate he can do.

The head of Yangzhou fell into a comprehensive passivity, and after dozens of breakthroughs were made, the rebels began to climb the city wall in a steady stream. The defenders could no longer defend the city, and they were divided into a dozen sections and attacked the rebels on the walls.

Fortunately, before the siege began, Wang Yuan ordered that all the upper city stairs in all parts of the city should be destroyed except for the three upper city stairs near the left side of the city tower. The purpose was to prevent the walls from being breached, so that the rebels could not enter the city directly through the stairs. Moreover, in order to make it impossible for the rebels to use ladders to enter the city, Wang Yuan ordered the people to shovel soil on the inside of the city wall when they took sand and loaded mud bags. A trench three or four feet deep was dug into the inner side of the wall. The purpose of this is to keep the inner wall three or four feet above the ground, so that the opponent's ladder cannot reach the bottom. In case the walls were breached, the rebels poured into the city and became uncontrollable.

Wang Yuan's doing this is not whimsical, if it is a prepared siege soldier and horse, it is fine, but the rebel siege and even the ladder for the siege are temporarily made of bamboo. Wang Yuan asked the people in the city, and the bamboo on the mountain west of the city was no more than two zhang high, which could be attacked from the outside, because the height of the city wall was only more than two zhang. This cannot be changed for the time being. However, Wang Yuan knew that although it was simple and practical to make a ladder made of bamboo, it was limited to the height of the bamboo, and it could not be lengthened with mortise and tenon like a ladder made of wood. The only way to do that is to tie up. However, it is extremely difficult for the bamboo to be tied and sturdy, and the rebels have limited time, so they will never bother to pick up the bamboo when it is long enough to climb the city. This little thought came in handy.

In fact, after the southern wall was occupied, the rebels had to use the ladder to go directly down the city, but unfortunately the ladder could not reach the ground after it was lowered. After barely lowering it, the ladder was more than a man high from the head of the city, which made them all dumbfounded. So they were forced to storm along the walls, intending to occupy the entire wall. Thus the gates of the city were opened, and through them they entered the city.

In the long-term leading battle, Wang Yuan has developed the advantages of using more brains and paying attention to details. This did play a role in today's battle. So far, at least, the rebels have stormed the walls, but they have not entered the city. Because the left side of the city tower is the place where Wang Yuan sent heavy troops to guard it, at this moment, the city walls on both sides of the city tower are still in the hands of the defenders. But Wang Yuan knew that this situation would not last long. After the rebels fully ascended the city walls, the walls on both sides of the city gate would sooner or later fall, and by that time the general trend would be gone.

However, what Wang Yuan should be worried about now is another serious problem. After the rebels fully attacked the city wall, the defenders at the head of the city had been divided and surrounded, and had to hold on to the death. The two sides of the city wall where he was located had also been blocked, and the enemy troops on both sides of the north and south began to storm and flank, and it seemed that he could not get out. At this moment, as far as the eye can see, there are rebel figures on the left and near, and everything has fallen into it. It was the first time that Wang Yuan had fallen into a desperate situation of chaos, and Wang Yuan seemed to have fallen into such a powerless situation for the first time.

"Isn't it? Am I really going to plant in this Yangzhou city today? Wang Yuan's mind flashed through this terrible thought that sent chills through his body.

"Wang Xiangguo, you take people to the city tower to rush and kill, and join the soldiers and horses of the city tower, and the old man will break the queen for you." Liu Tan shouted loudly.

Wang Yuan thought for a while, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, Master Liu should be more careful." ”

At this moment, there was no other way but to rush to the city tower, Wang Yuan turned around and raised his long sword and rushed towards the way he came. Behind him, hundreds of defenders also knew that the situation was critical, and they shouted and rushed after him.

Liu Tan stood in place, stretched out his hand to tuck the robe around his waist, spat and rubbed his hands, and said in a deep voice to the dozens of nurses around him: "You go to follow and protect Wang Xiangguo, and you will desperately let Wang Xiangguo get out of danger." ”

"Master Liu, what are you going to do?" The nurses shouted.

Liu Tan looked at the rebel soldiers rushing not far to the south and said coldly: "The old man hasn't taken these rabbit cubs in his eyes yet. Don't mind me, go quickly. ”

The guards had no choice but to give up their promises, and dozens of them turned around and rushed north. Liu Tan stood in the middle of the city wall with his sword in his chest, and shouted angrily at the swarming rebel soldiers, and ravaged up. The sword light flashed like a rainbow, and his body was as strong as a dragon, and he actually blocked the rushing rebels alone with the strength of one person.

Wang Yuan led people to the north to kill fiercely, because he knew that he had to break the situation of being divided by the rebels, so he rushed to kill extremely fiercely. Hundreds of people rushed behind Wang Yuan and beat fiercely, under the fierce rush and killing, a group of hundreds of rebels in the north was successfully dispersed, and hundreds of divided defenders in front and hundreds of people under Wang Yuan converged, and the number of defenders reached six or seven hundred. The confidence of the people doubled and continued to rush north. However, they were shocked to find that the city wall in front of them had been occupied by the rebels, and thousands of rebels blocked the front, blocking the way in dense.

At this time, Wang Yuan had no choice. Raise your sword and shout: "Kill! "Be the first to rush through.

The soldiers and horses of both sides rushed together on the narrow city wall, entangled in one place and engaged in a desperate fight.

Hand-to-hand combat in this narrow terrain is the most brutal, and the space for maneuvering is pitiful, so it is also extremely tragic. Often, as soon as you cut down someone, you will come out of nowhere and slash you down. Sometimes the two of them swung knives at each other, and while they hit each other, they were also slashed, so they both fell to the ground. Fierce hand-to-hand combat turned the small city into hell. Screams kept on and people falling off the walls. Some people were only injured and fell to the ground, but then they were trampled by the soldiers and horses on both sides and couldn't get up, until the tendons were broken and fractured.

The sky was dim and his vision was not clear, although Wang Yuan knew more about the art of technical attack than ordinary soldiers. But this kind of terrain and light made it difficult for Wang Yuan to dodge and avoid the sword in the unknown place. After rushing and killing dozens of steps, Wang Yuan was stabbed twice in the ribs, which hurt his heart. Seeing that Wang Yuan was injured, more than a dozen soldiers beside him rushed forward and slashed and killed, which covered Wang Yuan's retreat to a safe place in the rear.

Wang Yuan scolded angrily, ripped off his armor to inspect the wound, and found that two bloody wounds on his waist and ribs were bubbling blood. Fortunately, under the protection of the armor, the wound was not deep, but it was cut through the skin and flesh a little and did not hurt the inner abdomen, so I was relieved. Wang Yuan reached into his arms and touched a soft gauze scarf, so he tore it in half and tied it in a knot, wrapped it around his waist and bandaged the wound tightly.

"Xiangguo, Xiangguo." Someone shouted in his ear, and the sound was very terrible.

"What?" Wang Yuan raised his head and asked.

One of the nurses pointed to the back, his eyes were red, and shouted, "Master Liu...... Master Liu......"

Wang Yuan frowned and looked up, only to see that on the dim city wall dozens of steps behind, the broken willow pool was like a mad tiger, swinging his sword and slashing and killing. In the dim light, Wang Yuan saw it clearly, Liu Tan actually had a few steel knives inserted in his body, his steps were also vague and weak, and his body was shaky.

"Go and save him." Wang Yuan exclaimed.

But it was too late. The moment Wang Yuan's words came out, the long sword in Liu Tan's hand flew into the air for some reason. At the same time, several rebel soldiers' blades plunged into his chest and abdomen at the same time. I only heard Liu Tan's heart-rending roar, and the next moment, an amazing scene happened. But seeing Liu Tan roaring angrily, he stretched out his hands and grabbed the throat of one of the rebels, and let out a roar before death, dragging the two rebels to jump off the high city wall.

"Master Liu."

"Commander Liu."

Everyone shouted in mourning, but they could only watch as Liu Tan dragged two rebel soldiers down the city wall.

"Lao Tzu fought with you." Liu Tan's death dispatched the soldiers and nurses who witnessed it. They rushed forward like crazy, slashing and killing indiscriminately regardless of life and death. What they adopted turned out to be Liu Tan's way of fighting, once they were hit by the sword and knew that they would die, they would jump off the city wall with each other, and they would pull a cushion on their backs when they died. In the face of this life-changing style of fighting, the rebel soldiers were obviously shocked. They were in a hurry, and after hundreds of casualties on each side, they were killed by the defenders dozens of paces to the north. But in the end, this life-changing style of play could not solve the problem, the rebels had more soldiers and horses, but there were fewer and fewer soldiers around Wang Yuan. After the team of five or six hundred people rushed out of dozens of steps, there were less than two hundred people left behind Wang Yuan. The rebels also regained their strength and stabilized their retreating formation.

The rebel soldiers from the north and south slowly suppressed it. In front were the rebels of black pressing, and in the rear were also rebels of black pressing. They compressed Wang Yuan and the two hundred or so people around him into a small section of the city wall less than thirty paces. This group of fierce defenders had already aroused the minds of the rebel leading generals, and the rebel generals in the crowd also recognized Wang Yuan's figure. So under the command of the generals, the rebels slowly surrounded them.

Wang Yuan no longer knew how many people he had killed, and he had several wounds on his body. But the force of the individual is insignificant in such a situation. The disparity in strength made this battle for the defense of the city inevitably fail. Looking at the approaching rebels on both sides, Wang Yuan was in a gloomy mood, and his heart was not happy. I didn't expect this Yangzhou City to really become my burial place. Thinking that he had experienced so many hardships and tribulations, he had never lost confidence, but at this moment, Wang Yuan was really discouraged, and his heart was cold.

"Surrender, I know you are Wang Yuan. Prime Minister Yan of my family said that he could spare your life. He laid down his swords and surrendered, ordering the defenders of Yangzhou not to resist. Otherwise, you will be torn apart. Among the rebels in the north, a tall rebel general came out in line, arched his hand at Wang Yuan, and said with a smile.

Wang Yuan grinned and sneered, "Who are you?" What is your name. ”

The general said proudly: "I am Chang Wanshan, the right commander of the Great Yan Kingdom Yulin Guard. Wang Xiangguo is not ashamed to be defeated by my Chang Wanshan, and he is also a figure with a head and a face. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Chang Wanshan, the name is good, but it's a pity that you are going to die." ”

"What?" Chang Wanshan was stunned.

Wang Yuan's body burst up, breaking through the distance of two zhang like the wind, and the long sword in his hand broke through the air. Before the rebel soldiers could react, they saw Chang Wanshan's head flying into the air, and a cavity of blood spurted out of his headless neck.

After killing Chang Wanshan, Wang Yuan's body retreated rapidly, and retreated outside Zhang Xu before the rebels could react, but he fell on the city wall with a soft 'bang' under his feet. The hard blow just now had used up all his strength. This is a light body attack technique, called 'Yan Huixiang'. It is a move in the Gongsun Lan Sword Dance to rush forward and kill the enemy. Wang Yuan was not proficient in learning, because this trick was combined with a deep internal force to advance and retreat lightly. And at this moment, Wang Yuan used it like a ghost, of course, using his brute force and the last trace of strength. Therefore, after slashing the enemy general with a sword, he also fell to the ground due to lack of physical strength.