Amid the rumbling drums of war, the Sui army launched its first attack, and 3,000 elite soldiers under the leadership of the tooth general You Junda attacked Jiaoxi City in a big way.

The Sui army drum beat like thunder, shouting to kill and shake the sky, the first wave of more than 1,000 Sui soldiers carried 20 heavy ladders, like a tide to the city wall, Jiaoxi City after several times of construction, the city wall is steep, the city, the thief Zheng Ting led 5,000 elites to fight with the Sui army.

The arrows rained down on the rushing Sui army, but the heavy ladder was a natural shield, and the Sui soldiers ran against the ladder, and the dense arrows jingled on the ladder and did not play a role.

After a short time, the Sui soldiers rushed under the city wall and erected ladders one after another, but the thief army was quite well prepared to defend the city, and the city was full of a large number of weapons to defend the city.

For a time, boulders, rolling logs and clay pots filled with quicklime smashed towards the besieging Sui army like hail, the besieging Sui army climbed the city with difficulty with a shield, many soldiers had nowhere to dodge, and were smashed by wood and stones, and arrows on both sides were shot like a torrential rain, and the Sui soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and they fell from the ladder screaming.

One group of soldiers was killed and wounded, and the other team quickly attacked.

Zhang Xutuo looked intently at the defense of the thief army, although he knew that Jiaoxi City was not easy to attack, but he still didn't expect the defense of the thief army to be so sharp.

"Dashuai, the brothers have suffered heavy casualties, do you want them to withdraw?" Several generals couldn't help but plead.

"Nope! Give me a drum to urge the war, whoever dares to come down will be killed! ”

The drums of the Sui army's attack struck again, rumbling and shocking, You Junda saw that Zhang Xutuo refused to let them retreat, and he had no choice but to shout: "Rush up, rush to Jiaoxi City!" ”

He waved a three-strand fork and personally charged forward, under the strict defense of the thief army, the Sui soldiers attacked the city again, and the rolling wood and stones on the city were smashed down intensively again. There were wails and screams from the city.

At this moment, Zhang Xutuo gave the order to withdraw the troops.

'When! While! While! The sound of gold sounded, and the Sui army was defeated and retreated.

The first tentative attack by the Sui army ended at a heavy cost of more than 400 dead and wounded. Despite the heavy casualties, Zhang Xutuo had also found a way to siege the city.

He knew that the elite of the thief army was about 10,000 people, and 5,000 people had already appeared in the eastern city, but Meng Rang did not appear on the city wall, and the other 5,000 elite soldiers were likely to protect Meng Rang in the city.

Since all the thieves are concentrated in the East City. Then the southern and northern cities are necessarily weak points.

"General You Junda can lead the army to continue to attack Dongcheng, only a feint, not a real fight, General Fei Qingnu can pretend to be a momentum and cooperate with General You to attract the enemy's elite soldiers."

Zhang Xutuo turned around and said to Luo Shixin:

"General Luo, you can lead five hundred heavy armor sword troops to attack Beicheng, give me the head of Jiaoxi City within an hour, and one moment later, I will kill you and sacrifice the flag!"

"Obey the order!"

Luo Shixin turned around and urged his horse to run towards the northern city.

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Zhang Xutuo had an elite army of heavily armored sword soldiers, numbering about five hundred. Last year, the imperial court ordnance supervisor created 500 sets of heavy armor, with 500 sharp horse swords, because Zhang Xutuo suppressed the bandits, Yang Guang gave these 500 sets of heavy armor and horse swords to Zhang Xutuo, thus establishing 500 heavy armor sword soldiers.

The horse chopping knife is the predecessor of the later Mo knife, invented in the Northern Wei Dynasty, also known as the slap knife, which is a sharp weapon that appears in the Central Plains army and the Hu cavalry all the year round.

The horse chopping knife has been widely used in the Sui army, and more than ten years ago, Yang Su defeated the Turkic army in the steppe. Two thousand of them were a miraculous achievement.

The chopping knife is about one zhang and two feet long, weighs 30 catties, and the blade is made of special ash wood, which is repeatedly soaked in oilcloth. Light and sturdy, the blade is five feet long, and the shape is like a three-pointed two-edged knife, which can be slashed on both sides and can also be stabbed.

During the battle, the swords were lined up in a wall formation. Like a wall to advance, with the collective strength and cavalry to fight, the former enemy cavalry is powder, is the sharpest weapon against the cavalry.

The heavy armor is also specially made, made of stainless steel into three layers of thin shell, covered with solid armor, the biggest feature is not afraid of arrows and war horses and weapons impact, the weakness is that it is relatively heavy, can only fight positional warfare.

Heavy armor with a 30-pound horse chopping knife is extremely demanding for soldiers, who must be more than six feet three tall and have infinite strength.

It was this special physical requirement coupled with the difficulty of heavy armor and the horse chopping knife itself, that the heavy armor sword soldiers of the entire Great Sui were only 3,000 people, mainly distributed in the ranks of Yuwenshu, Wang Shichong and Zhang Xutuo.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

As the huge majesty of the Sui army broke through the drums again, the six thousand Sui troops began to quickly assemble under the east city, and marched towards the east city step by step.

Three thousand crossbowmen, under the leadership of Fei Qingnu, took the lead in shooting arrows at the head of the city, and the dense arrows shot at the head of the city, so that the thieves could not raise their heads.

And outside the northern city, five hundred heavily armored sword soldiers went into battle, they were lined up in five rows, all burly and majestic, with swords in their hands cold and sharp, step by step towards Jiaoxi City, their pace was slow, but every step was so thrilling and shocking, as if their arrival was unstoppable.

"One hundred steps..... Fifty steps. ”

The arrows of the thief army roared, clanging and shooting on the heavy armor of the heavy armor of the sword soldiers, and they bent and fell to the ground, and the thief army in the city had a strange movement, the terrifying army of the Sui army they had never seen before, all the thief army was panicked, there would be such a strong army in the world.

Luo Shixin did not ride a horse, he walked at the front of the group, and he did not wear heavy armor, but he was also tall, wearing black armor, holding a huge steel shield in his left hand and his large iron spear in his right hand, majestic and majestic, like a god.

In the distance, Zhang Xuan looked at this strong army, and his heart was also secretly shocked, he heard a little from Pei Xingyan's mouth, saying that the Flying Eagle Army has a strong army, he didn't pay attention to it at first, but now that he has seen it with his own eyes, he knows what kind of team it is.

Zhang Xuan has an indescribable envy in his heart, if this army belongs to himself, how good would it be?

"General!"

A cavalryman galloped over, reined in his horse and said to Zhang Xuan: "The marshal, please cooperate with Captain Luo in time to attack the city!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I see!" ”

Zhang Xuan turned around and shouted: "The whole army is ready to attack the city!" ”

All the soldiers were eager to try, and the cavalry was also in front of the city gate, waiting for the moment when the city gate was opened.......

'Boom! There was a loud bang, and three huge rows of ladders were set up on the wall.

The heavy armor sword soldiers began to climb the wall, the thief army woke up like a dream, and the rolling wood and stones fell like rain, and Luo Bingxin rushed to the front, using the steel shield in his hand to hit the boulder log smashed on the back.

The 500 heavily armored sword soldiers in the back lined up step by step to enter the city, but under the dense boulders and rolling logs, some people still unfortunately fell into the city.

A knife soldier split a piece of rolling log, only to be smashed by a heavy stone on the heavy armor, and although it was not enough to kill him on the spot, the force of the impact caused him to tumble down, and the saber flew high and hovered in the air, the cold light shining like a flying ice flower.

After all, the heavily armored soldiers of the Sui army were a minority, and the soldiers of the Sui army lined up, facing the raindrops of rolling wood and stones, and attacked upward step by step.

I don't know when, Zheng Ting, the main general of the city, also rushed to the north city, he has realized that the east city is just a false attack, but the real siege is in the north city.

"Stop them from going up to the city and smash them with slings!"

Zheng Ting roared hoarsely, he was already sweating profusely, desperately thinking of a way, shooting with arrows, smashing with stones, burning with fire, all the methods he could think of were used, but in front of this Sui army that was not afraid of arrows and heavy blows, all the means were to no avail.

His gaze suddenly stopped on the huge wooden ladder, the ladder rod thicker than a leg, the ladder!

Zheng Ting stood stunned for a long time, and suddenly, like crazy, rushed forward, raised his knife and slashed desperately at the ladder, this may be their only chance.

The rest of the thieves woke up like a dream, and rushed up with their knives together, slashing the wooden ladder with their knives, and the ladder began to shake violently, and several Sui soldiers on the side stood unsteadily and fell off the ladder one after another.

At this moment, a thunderclap-like roar sounded in the air, and a tall black shadow swept towards it like a violent wind, which was Luo Shixin rushing up.

He stabbed with an iron spear, the cold light was dotted, and suddenly the blood mist was filled, and the five thieves were pierced through the chest by the iron spear, Luo Shixin stood on top of the city, the iron spear flew up and down, and in a moment dozens of thief soldiers were stabbed to the ground.

Zheng Ting's eyes were red, he shouted, raised his axe and rushed forward, only two steps away, he suddenly froze, and the iron spear pierced through his forehead and peeked out from the back of his head.

"Self-defeating bastard!"

Luo Shixin smiled coldly, threw the big gun and threw Zheng Ting's body into the city, he turned around and shouted: "Put up the battle flag, the city has been captured by me!" ”

The banner was erected, and five hundred heavily armored swordsmen rushed into the city, wielding their swords into the enemy army, killing hundreds of people in an instant, and as Zhang Xuan's army rushed to the city, the 40,000 thief army collapsed in an instant......

"Your Majesty, hurry up, if you don't leave, it's too late!"

More than a dozen pro-soldiers desperately urged Meng Rang, at this time Meng Rang was desperate, he had no other choice but to escape, the Sui army let go of the west gate and did not encircle, itself was giving him a chance to escape.

He stood in front of the West City Gate and waited for five thousand elite soldiers to come and converge, he was going to flee to Langya County, if he didn't have a little confidence in his hands, how could Sun Xuanya ignore him?

But the 5,000 troops never showed up with them, which made him anxious, and the shouts of killing in the city shook the sky, and the Sui army had already entered the city, making the city a chaotic place.

At this moment, a cavalryman galloped forward and shouted: "Your Majesty, the gate of the barracks has been blocked by enemy cavalry, and all the brethren have surrendered!" ”

Meng Rang was stunned, and after a while, he sighed, "Let's open the city and go!" ”

The west gate of the city slowly opened, and dozens of cavalry escorted the thief handsome Meng Rang to rush out of the city, fleeing in panic in the direction of Langya County in the west.

On a small hill in the distance, Zhang Xutuo looked at Meng Rang who fled in a hurry, and couldn't help but smile faintly, Meng Rang fled to Langya County, and a conflict with Wang Bo would inevitably break out, maybe Sun Xuanya's army would face splitting.

"Pass my order, the army enters the city, evacuate and clean up the thief army!" (To be continued.) )