Updated: 2013-09-28

"These righteous armies are not simple! General Shentu, we can't be righteous! Seeing the situation of the Jieyi Army, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but say in a deep voice to Shen Tulie, who was constantly commanding the soldiers to counterattack.

Although Shen Tulie was a little arrogant, he also looked down on the 'chaotic' army like the Jieyi Army at first. However, at this moment, he has already understood that it is definitely not easy for the righteous army to take almost the land of the two provinces and defeat the garrison of the two provinces. Moreover, the Jieyi army outside the city is no longer an ordinary 'chaotic' army, but a soldier who has really been on the battlefield.

"Lord Zhou rest assured, this time the general will definitely let the Jieyi army return in vain. While they are unusual, this is our territory. They want to take this place with less than 10,000 people, don't even think about it. Shen Tulie said coldly.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but nodded, what Shen Tulie said was also reasonable. In the siege battle, if there are no special circumstances, the difference in strength is not big, and the ability of the soldiers is not much different, it is almost impossible to break the city.

"However, since Zhao Jun came to raid, how could it be simple? Isn't that what they're trying to do? Or is there something else they can help with? Zhou Yuan couldn't help frowning secretly. However, no matter what he thought, he didn't think of Zhao Jun's purpose this time.

Forget it, let's respond to all changes with the same! After 'figuring' Zhao Jun's purpose, Zhou Yuan could only think of it like this.

Shen Tulie didn't have time to think about 'chaos', and he didn't have time to think about the abnormality and purpose of the Jieyi Army, seeing the Jieyi Army slowly approaching, he immediately shouted: "This is the territory of my Qi country, and it is the place guarded by this general, you wait for these 'chaos' army, and you also want to break the city?" Archer, release the arrows ......"

"Instigation, instigation......" With the sound of Shen Tu Lie soaring into the sky, the sound of breaking the air sounded, and rows of scattered "chaotic" arrows "shot" down from the city tower.

Under the city tower, many righteous soldiers couldn't help but panic when they saw arrows raining down.

"Giant shield soldiers, vertical shields! No one is allowed to retreat, and anyone who dares to disobey military orders will be killed! The officer of the Jieyi Army also sneered and ordered. The reason why these soldiers were allowed to 'force' close to the city wall was also because Gu Shan wanted to train his men. With the expansion of the Jieyi Army, the strength of the army is there, and the armor and equipment are also available, but it does not mean that these soldiers can simply attack some small cities and chase after the local garrison of the Qi army to defeat the army.

"Boom ......"

With the order of the officer of the Jieyi Army, the huge shield soldier at the forefront of the heavy shield in his hand to the ground slammed, and suddenly made a deafening loud sound, in an instant, a solid shield has been connected together, forming a solid wall, pouring down the arrows 'shooting', in the muffled sound, the big shield has been 'inserted' full of feather arrows, hiding behind the big shield is very few losses.

"Shoot the arrow...... "On the tower of the city, Shen Tulie shouted more than once, and the thousand archers in the city kept releasing arrows, and bursts of arrows rained down like dark clouds....... Even though they were guarded by giant shields, as time went on, the soldiers of the Jieyi Army began to suffer casualties. Even in some places, there were cases where the righteous soldiers were defeated and the judges of the reserve army were killed.

In the rear phalanx of the Jieyi army, looking at the situation in his own army, Gu Shan's expression was indifferent, and he seemed to be a little dissatisfied with these soldiers. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Order, archer...... Sortie! ”

The herald on Gu Shan's side immediately waved the command flag in his hand twice, passing Gu Shan's military order to the officer in front.

"Archers~~ Forward!"

In an instant, the officers' loud trumpets resounded through the formation, and the archers of the Jieyi Army, who had been waiting for them for a long time, quickly ran forward and lined up behind the infantry in front. In an instant, the longbow was in hand, the arrow was on the string, and as soon as the officer gave the order, these battle-hardened and indifferent killers would not hesitate to show their sharpest fangs and mercilessly slaughter all enemies who dared to resist. These archers are all veterans of the Jieyi army, far from being comparable to the two thousand foot soldiers in front.

The officers of the archer army raised their swords leisurely above the top, and under the scorching gaze of the two thousand archers, they slashed twice coldly, and a long and mournful howl sounded instantly, "Let go...... Arrow ......"

In an instant, two thousand archers, stretching their bows, stretching their strings, pointing arrows into the air, tearing their hands, the whole set of actions was done in one go. In an instant, thousands of sharp arrows broke through the air, and a piercing scream roared in the air, swept through the sky, and flew to the head of the Dongcheng City of Wu County in an instant, and then poured down like icy killing raindrops.

"Sword and shield soldiers, defense!" On the city wall, seeing that there were more archers of the Jieyi army than his own, and the arrows were sharper, he immediately ordered urgently.

……

The battle lasted from morning to evening, and the slight pause in the middle was only for mealtime. However, the Jieyi army did not directly enter the foot of the city wall, let alone directly climb the ladder to the city.

"Damn, this section of the rebels is training with us! Damn it! Looking at the behavior of the Jieyi Army, even Zhou Yuan, who is not familiar with military affairs, also saw the problem.

"General, there is no need for us to go on like this, let them get closer and fight back with all our might. In this way, it can also make the losses of the Jieyi army even greater. Ichijo suggested.

"Ben knows that the rebels are using us to train their troops, but we can't ignore it. Because we are now in a situation of encirclement, although the main force of the Jieyi army is in the east, their cavalry is active in the surrounding area, so that we have no idea about the surrounding situation. Therefore, it is the most important thing to garrison this city now and keep Wu County. Shen Tulie said worriedly, "The most important thing is that we still don't know what the rebel army wants to do?" Is it just a simple military training? ”

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "Could it be because the Jieyi Army wants to cover up their behavior of digging tunnels in this way?" If we suddenly dig tunnels in the middle of the siege, it is not an easy thing for us to solve at first sight. ”

Shen Tu Lie said in a deep voice: "This will also be thought of, in order to prevent a situation here. There were 5,000 men and horses in the city, and 1,000 soldiers were set up in the southern city, and the north 'gate' and the west 'gate' were not easy to receive a surprise attack from the Zhao army, so 500 soldiers were stationed, and the rest were in the east. In addition, each 'gate' has more than 1,000 young men stationed there. It can be said that the strength of Dongcheng is still not weak, even if the Jieyi army outside the city opens up the tunnel, we are not afraid. ”

"Besides, we are always keeping an eye on the situation of the rebels digging tunnels in this section. It was not easy for them to take advantage of this opportunity to dig tunnels. ”

"Seriously, Ben really wants them to just train their troops, so that the city will be safe and sound. As long as we wait for our army to come back to help, what can the righteous army outside the city count as? Shen Tulie frowned.

Although Shen Tulie did not take the Jieyi Army in his eyes at the beginning, but seeing that the Jieyi Army continued to train through the siege and gradually improve the combat ability of the sailors, Shen Tulie also began to be a little cautious.

However, now Shen Tulie feels that the Jieyi army outside the city must not be as simple as digging a trench, if they really want to reduce casualties by digging a trench, it is a good way, however, no matter how long the Jieyi army digs a trench, and finally the army attacks the city, it will always have to climb the city wall.

So, what exactly does the commander of the righteous army want to do? The brows of Shen Tulie and the generals of the Zhuqi army couldn't help frowning tightly.

Unconsciously, it was night again, and the eastern city of Wu County was still attacked by the Jieyi army and defended by the Qi army. However, the attack of the Jieyi Army was also to let the soldiers feel the situation of the siege battle on the front line, and they did not really go all out to carry out the project.

And at this moment, in Nancheng, these changes are also quietly taking place. Nancheng was garrisoned by former soldiers and former young and strong people, and without opinion, the defenders of Nancheng began to make some adjustments.

"Captain He, Captain Li, Lord Lin asked the two of you to go and listen to the order!" The two lieutenants in charge of the guard of the southern city received new military orders.

"Captain Lin asked us to listen to the order? Could it be that there is some accident in Dongcheng? Although the two of them are both captains, their positions are lower than Lin Zhan's, so they naturally dare not disobey, and of course, they have no other ideas.

"My lord, I don't know what ...... is"

Arriving at the city 'gate' building, before the two lieutenants could speak, the two found that a cold and flickering sword was on their necks, and they couldn't help but stop talking.

"My lord, what are you?"

"Wu County was besieged by the Jieyi army, and it was difficult for the defenders in the city to hold on. The captain of this school has decided to surrender to the rebel army, what do you two think? Lin Zhan said lightly, Sen Ran's gaze looked directly at the two.

"Lin Zhan, you dare to ......"

......Before one of them could finish speaking, he was beheaded by the soldiers behind him. And the other lieutenant hadn't spoken, and he had followed in the footsteps of the previous man.

"Li Xi, how is the arrangement?" Lin Zhan glanced coldly at the corpse on the ground and asked lightly.

"Lord Hui, everything has been arranged, and those officers who did not go with us have now been disposed of. Six hundred soldiers were arranged under the 'gate' of the city and at the 'gate' of the city where the slings were stirred. Li Xi replied in a deep voice.

Suddenly, outside the southern city, a rocket appeared in the night sky. The soldiers on the disaster relief wall who were at a loss were surprised, and the soldiers around them came out one after another to 'force' them to retreat to one side. And in some places, fighting broke out. However, these soldiers are wary of those who have helped the white cloth on their arms to get rid of or submit.

"Open the gates!" Lin Zhan took a breath and ordered in a deep voice.

Outside the city, watching the city 'gate' slowly open, Ji Tong, who was waiting outside the city 'gate', immediately understood that the inside of the city should have begun to respond.

"Rush!" Ji Tong shouted excitedly. In the darkness of the night, squatting in the distance, the righteous soldiers who had been waiting for a long time immediately jumped up and rushed towards the city gate.

Some of the defenders on the city wall immediately sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly raised their bows and arrows to fight back, but their bows and arrows only 'shot' down a few of the righteous soldiers, and they themselves were cut down by their own soldiers. They don't understand why their own people would kill them until they die.

Although there are 800 years of forest battles, there are still more than 1,000 defenders around the city 'gate' and above the city walls to be the enemy. The soldiers who rushed to the front immediately rushed into the city and began to clear the defenders on the city wall along the wall.

Ji Tong, who has always been in command, also excitedly led the team to become the vanguard of this battle at this moment, taking the lead in rushing to the city wall and raising the butcher knife towards the defenders. The defenders who had just come to their senses and those young men who still 'wanted' to resist soon became the ghosts of their swords.

There were more than 5,000 people in the Jieyi army who entered from the southern city, and as soon as they entered the city, they immediately divided their troops into three roads and rushed towards the three city 'gates'. Among them, there is the east 'gate' as the main.

The Jieyi army that entered from the south 'gate' hardly encountered any enemies along the way, because the defenders did not know that the Jieyi army had entered the city, and they would not have thought that the Jieyi army would break through the south 'gate'. Of course, the defenders of Dongcheng and the main generals in the city did not expect that in the camp of the Jieyi Army outside the east city, there were only 3,000 soldiers under the city who were attacking the city, and the camp was completely empty after night.

"Report ...... General Qiyu, my lord, Nancheng has been lost, and the defenders of Nancheng Lin Zhan surrendered to the Jieyi Army and let the Jieyi Army enter the city. Now, thousands of rebel armies have occupied the southern city and killed them. ”

Above the eastern city, Shen Tulie and Zhou Yuan, who were directing the defenders to counterattack, heard the news that they didn't believe at all. But as the rout continued to flee from the south and some of the city's patrol guards reported it, Shen Tulie and Zhou Yuan believed it.

"Hateful! What a Lin Zhan, dare to be like this? This person should be killed, killed! Shen Tulie immediately scolded bitterly.

"I didn't think about it, we were all tricked by the Jieyi Army, it's not that the Jieyi Army has no intention of attacking the city, it's not that they are simply training, but they have other plans." Zhou Yuan was bitter for a while, he first lost Songjiang Mansion, and now he can't keep Wu County. For a moment, Zhou Yuan felt lonely.

"General, what should I do now? As soon as the southern city is broken, we will be attacked here. Someone said urgently.

"What else? General, let's withdraw, at the very least, we have to protect ourselves, so that we can have a chance of revenge, so that the general can know the situation here. This Wu County is lost, and the general's food, grass, materials, and armor and equipment needed on the front line will be restricted. If the Jieyi army here kills from behind the general's back, it will be ......," the deputy general said to Shen Tulie urgently.

Shen Tulie, who was still 'wanting' to fight to the death, suddenly came to his senses, yes, Wu County was lost, and he was responsible, but if he let his eldest brother do everything in the army, it would be an unacceptable thing.

"Order, gather the men and horses at once, and we will go out from the north 'gate' and join the general." Shen Tu Lie fixed his mind and ordered angrily. To say that he does not hate the Jieyi Army and Lin Zhan, it is naturally impossible. But at this moment, he could only flee in panic.

However, as soon as Shentu Lie withdrew, the situation above the eastern city was discovered by Gu Shan. Gu Shan naturally would not sit idly by and ignore this good opportunity. Immediately ordered the whole army to attack, and began to attack the city in earnest. However, the Qi soldiers left behind in Dongcheng only had sporadic resistance, and most of the defenders, because of the loss of their main general, and the news that the Jieyi Army had entered the city spread, did not know what to do, so they chose to flee one after another.

Although the Jieyi army surrounded Tongcheng, in fact, in addition to the east city and the south city, there were not many troops near the 'gates' of the west and north cities, only dozens of cavalry and archers intercepted the enemy's messengers here, of course, they could not stop a large number of enemies from breaking through, so Shen Tu Lie and Zhou Yuan and more than 2,000 Qi soldiers and soldiers fled in the direction of Shen Tuxiong in the north.

Of course, although there were not enough troops to intercept it, the Jieyi army still sent soldiers to pursue. Two thousand soldiers fled with Shen Tu Lie and Zhou Yuan, and when they fled thirty miles away from Wu County, there were less than 500 people still following Shen Tu Lie.

In addition to the pursuit of the Zhao army, the panic of the Qi soldiers was also related to the darkness. Because of the rapid pursuit of the Jieyi soldiers, half of the 2,000 soldiers were captured, and the rest of the hundreds also took advantage of the night 'to 'know what direction to flee'.

"General, the four 'gates' of Wu County have been taken down by us!" A soldier hurriedly reported to Gu Shanyu, who had just entered from the east 'gate'.

Gu Shan laughed and said loudly: "Order the army to enter the city, let all the departments act immediately, and clear the enemy in the city as soon as possible!" In addition, the city treasury was blocked to prevent the people in the city from causing chaos. ”

At this time, the defenders in the city were already defeated, the four 'gates' were taken by the Jieyi army, and the main roads in the city were also occupied by the Jieyi army. The red torches have lit up the whole city red. With the entry of the Jieyi army, the young people in the city were also monitored by the Jieyi army and settled in the barracks.

What made Gu Shan satisfied was that in the treasury of the city, there were actually hoarded tens of thousands of stone of grain and enough armor and equipment to equip more than 10,000 troops. These grains and armor were originally used by the 20,000 troops under Shen Tuxiong. After all, this is the frontier of the Qi army's blockade of the westward advance of the Jieyi army.

In addition, there were originally soldiers here who were deliberately guarded and responsible for all actions in case of emergencies. And when Shentulie evacuated, he also gave orders to the soldiers here to burn the grain. However, because the southern city was broken too quickly and the Shentu column was withdrawn too quickly, when the soldiers who ordered the order arrived here, the Jieyi army had already occupied this place, so that the soldiers here did not have time to burn it.

Of course, the most important thing is that because of Lin Zhan's surrender, the Jieyi army controlled this place very quickly, which caught the defenders here off guard. Especially after the Lin Zhan Department under the banner of the Qi Army appeared here, it had already taken control of this place under the lightning speed. Therefore, these materials and food originally prepared for the Qi army have now become the materials of the Jieyi army.

Seeing these materials, even Gu Shan was overjoyed. He didn't expect so much to gain in the city. This is much more beneficial to the next actions of the Jieyi army. In Gu Shan's prediction, after capturing this place, it was also necessary to transport supplies from the rear. But now it seems that there is no longer such a need.