All the thieves raised their shields and ran forward, and the arrows on the top of the city were overwhelmingly shot, and the running thieves kept falling from the arrows.

But after all, the weapons of the defenders at the head of the city are the bows and arrows of the militia group, mainly bamboo arrows, which are still much worse than the arrows of the real Sui army, and the penetration is not strong, although the shield of the thief army is only an ordinary wooden plank, but it still effectively blocks the arrows that are shot intensively on the head of the city.

The Sui army's arrow array did not exert much power, and the first thousand people of the thief army rushed to the city, they rushed through the frozen moat, and more than 100 soldiers carried a thousands of pounds of crashing wood to the drawbridge.

'Boom! With a loud bang, the tip of the striking log hit the wooden raft of the drawbridge, knocking the drawbridge open a large hole, and hundreds of soldiers slashed at each other, and the wooden drawbridge was split and shattered.

At this time, ten thousand arrows were fired at the head of the city, rolling wood and stones were smashed down from the city, the arrows were like dense rain, the stones were like hail, and nearly a thousand thieves were shot by arrows at the first time to rush through the moat, and were hit by stones, the bones were broken and broken, and they wailed, and then the two thousand thieves also began to fight back, they worked in pairs, one raised a shield, one person shot, the arrows were overwhelmingly shot towards the city, and the dense arrows up and down formed a network of arrows.

At this time, An Shouxi ordered again: "Build a ladder to attack the city!" ”

Just the siege gate has little effect, and it must be attacked simultaneously to have a harvest.

With the ten city ladders successively set up the city wall, hundreds of thief soldiers swarmed up, at this time the thief army of 4,000 people have all been put into the battlefield, and although the number of defenders is large, the combat effectiveness is very weak, relying only on the advantage of the number of people and the thief army to carry out a bloody battle.

The thieves had already killed the red eyes, and the capture of Linzi City had filled their hearts, and with the last thousand men also engaged in the battle, they had exhausted all conceivable means regardless of death.

Under the drawbridge, dozens of thieves climbed onto the drawbridge by stepping on the piles of corpses of their comrades, and they struggled to chop down the iron wedges that pulled the moat, and the long chain flew off, and the moat collapsed.....

The fall of the moat turned the tide of battle sharply, and three hundred thief soldiers in bright light armor hugged the five-zhang long giant tree that crashed into the city. Under the dense protection of more than a thousand shields, it rushed to the city gate again and again, and at this time, the bows and arrows, stones, and rolling logs on the city could not shake this thousand-foot leather beetle.

"Boom!"

The gates were shaking. Linzi City was trembling, the city bricks and dirt fell, the thousand-legged iron beetle took a hundred steps back again, and in a roar like a beast, the giant tree carried the power of ten thousand catties. Once again, he rushed frantically towards the Linzi City Gate.

There was another earth-shattering muffled sound, the city wall was shaking violently, the defenders of the city were unstable on their feet, they fell down one after another, the city gate of Linzi was crumbling, the fall of Linzi City was inevitable, many defenders closed their eyes in despair, and the soldiers had dropped their weapons and fled to the city gate.

And at this moment, a low trumpet sound suddenly sounded in the distant woods, like a wind blowing through the treetops. Five hundred cavalry burst out of the woods, and they waited for the perfect moment to attack.

"Our reinforcements are coming!"

Wei Yunqi stood on the top of the city and was very excited, waving his arms desperately, and the soldiers on the city were thunderous and their morale was high.

The banner was swept in the wind, and the five hundred cavalry roared forward, the sand and gravel flying under the rolling horses' hooves, the dust covered the sky, and the swords shone in the sun, and the murderous spirit was soaring. Swept towards an army of thousands of thieves.

The darkness that enveloped Linzi County was driven away at this moment, the thief soldiers were wailing, and extreme fear enveloped them, and they gave up the siege. Flee to both sides.

The cavalry entered the team of 2,000 crossbowmen, and the violent horses knocked the thief soldiers into the air, and the thief soldiers broke down, shouting and scattering in all directions, and the main general An Shouxi could not escape, and was cut down by dozens of cavalrymen to the ground. The horses' hooves trampled him to death.

Wei Yunqi shouted: "Open the city gate and kill out!" ”

At the beginning of the city gate, tens of thousands of defenders killed out of the city gate, and pursued and killed the enemy troops who were scattered and fleeing, countless thieves were cornered, and they surrendered on their knees, and the five thousand thieves who attacked Beihai County were finally wiped out under the resolute counterattack of the soldiers and civilians of Beihai County.

At this time, the battle in Wucheng County also entered a white heat.

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The sunset in Wucheng County was like blood, and in the camp of the thief army, the fierce drums were still beating 'Bang! Boom! At the sound of the sound, 15,000 thieves rushed like a frenzy and came to Wucheng County, which was already the third siege of the thief army in three days.

On the first day of the tentative attack, the thief soldiers failed to break through the dense rain of arrows of the Sui army, and retreated with hundreds of dead and wounded.

In the second attack, the thief soldiers were beaten by the Sui army's trebuchet and broke their bones, killed and wounded 3,000 people, and were forced to withdraw their troops.

After two temptations, the thief army had already understood the Sui army's defensive routine, which was mainly based on trebuchets at a distance and with bows and arrows at a distance.

At this time, Zhang Jin said that he had received the news that the 1,000 defenders who were responsible for guarding Gaojibo had long been missing, and there were only less than 2,000 stones of grain stored in Gaojibo.

This news made Zhang Jincheng fall into despair, his army only had enough food to last for five days, and if Wucheng County could not be taken within five days, his army would also face collapse.

The crisis that happened to Yang Gongqing reappeared in Zhang Jincheng's body.

Zhang Jin said that his confidence was really insufficient, although he had 50,000 troops, and it seemed that he could concentrate his forces to completely conquer Wucheng County, but in fact he only had the combat strength of 20,000 troops, and the rest of the army was a rabble.

At this time, his spies came with news that the army he sent to Beihai County was not going well, and encountered stubborn resistance from the Sui army, unable to capture Yidu County, and had turned to Linzi County.

There are not many defenders in Linzi County, as long as Linzi County is taken, his army will be replenished with food, and the gates of Wucheng County will be open to him sooner or later.

It was the news of Beihai County that made Zhang Jincheng see a little hope, he stared at the high wall of Wucheng County, and coldly ordered: "At all costs, you must take Wucheng County within today." ”

Yang Ji understands Zhang Jincheng's thoughts very well, Zhang Jincheng just wants to use human naval warfare to consume the Sui army, and at the same time consume these soldiers to save military food, but this is too hurtful and will completely ruin Zhang Jincheng, these are living people!

Not to mention that it is impossible for ordinary people and the imperial court to forgive him, even the rest of the rebel rebels will draw a line with him, how far can he go if he does such a perverse act?

Yang Ji decided to persuade him one last time, he walked up to Zhang Jincheng and persuaded in a low voice: "King, it's better to retreat north!" To go to Hejian County for development, Qinghe County has no meaning. ”

Without waiting for him to finish, Zhang Jincheng slapped him in the face with a backhand, beating Yang Ji to the ground, Zhang Jincheng stared at him viciously, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will sacrifice your head to the flag!" ”

Yang Ji covered his hot face, he lowered his head, a trace of imperceptible resentment flashed in his eyes, and he slowly retreated.

Zhang Jincheng snorted heavily, drew his sword and ordered: "Attack!" ”

"Uhh

The sound of the drums of the drums was immediately beaten, and as the trumpets and drums responded, an aura of murder quickly spread across the land.

In the drumbeat of the rumbling attack, the fifteen-thousand-strong army of the thief army was divided into three phalanxes, and advanced to the front of Wucheng County together, the number of people was dense, and from a high place, the black thief army was densely packed, like an ant colony, and even the land outside Wucheng County was covered.

"Forward!" To the sound of the drums, the general of the thief army shouted,

"Fight in the city!"

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"Forward!"

Amid the thunderous shouts, Zhang Jin said that the army was advancing towards Wucheng County like a sea of mountains, and they had created a large number of siege weapons in three days, almost exhausting all their military supplies.

The first is the raft, that is, ten large trees trapped together, these large trees are cedar trees cut from nearby, straight and long.

Each tree grew four or five feet long, retaining its branches, and when they were tightly tied, they became a makeshift trestle bridge, allowing the thieves to cross the moat covered with spikes, and hundreds of thieves running on a raft that could also resist the bows and arrows of the Sui army and the crossbows of the bed.

The second is the leather shed, which is a defensive weapon against rolling wood and stones, the so-called leather shed is a kind of shelf made of rough wood, covered with several layers of leather, the leather is coated with thick grease, extremely slippery, and has a certain bevel.

When the boulder hits the leather, it is easy to be unloaded and slide away, although not every boulder can be defended, but at least forty percent of the boulder can be defended.

A leather shed is three zhang wide and five zhang long, and there are wooden wheels under it, which can be pushed slowly, while under a leather bucket hides three or four hundred thieves and soldiers.

To the sound of war drums, 15,000 thieves were mobilized, and rafts, leather buckets, ladders, and a mighty army of thieves converged into a spectacular black tide rushing towards the city. (To be continued.) )