From Jiangcheng, the scorched earth under the city is heavy, the smell of blood, it looks quite bad in the cold night, Liu Fa sat in the big tent, a little depressed in his heart, Jijiang is just a small city, but it is the only way to enter Beijing, he is invincible all the way, like the defenders of Jiangcheng, he is really the first time to see.

"There is no moon tonight, the sky is dark, marshal, we can try to attack Jiangcheng at night, it will definitely have a miraculous effect!"

Seeing Liu Fa sitting in the big tent, his brows furrowed very tightly, Qing Yunfei's heart moved, and he slowly walked to Liu Fa's side, and suggested to Liu Fa.

"Hmm, night raid on Jiangcheng?"

When Liu Fan heard Qing Yunfei's words, his heart also moved slightly, and he suddenly looked at An Dongye on the side, he blinked his eyes, as if he had the intention of asking.

"Ahem...... Marshal, what General Qing Yunfei said is true, you can give it a try, as long as there are brothers who can sneak in and open the city gate, maybe you can break this Jiangcheng! ”

An Dongye naturally understood what Liu Fa meant, he brushed his beard, pondered for a moment, and agreed with Qing Yunfei's opinion, and the generals in the big tent also nodded, quite approving.

"Okay, then, Ye Zhi, Ye Luo, I order the two of you to attack Jiangcheng at night, open the city gate, and leave the camp at the right time, there must be no mistake!"

Although Liu Fa still didn't know much in his heart, he still decided to give it a try, but for some reason, he always had an inexplicable sense of ominousness.

In the city of Jijiang, above the city tower, a general sat in the building, his brows were furrowed very tightly, the dim candlelight could not reflect his face, the only thing that could be seen was that his hand had not stopped, and he waved his pen vigorously, as if he was writing something.

"General, the brethren are ready!"

Just when he was swinging his pen, he suddenly didn't know where it was, a voice sounded, the general raised his head slightly, saw the figure under the bookcase, and then moved his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Got it, retreat!" ”

Under the city of Jijiang, the night raiders led by the two brothers Ye Zhi and Ye Luo quietly sneaked towards the city of Jijiang, surprisingly the other party's defense at night was very lax, not only was there no one on the watchtower, but even the guards at the head of the city were few.

Ye Wei frowned, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, seeing that he was about to reach the range of the arrows in Jijiang City, Ye Value suddenly stopped, he grabbed Ye Luo, and then said in a deep voice: "Something is wrong, you take the brothers to cover me, and I will lead a team of men and horses to kill it!" ”

"Good!"

Ye Luo didn't have much of anything, just nodded numbly, in fact, he also had an ominous premonition, a little strange, the city was sparse, and there were no defensive soldiers, which really made him feel a little uneasy.

As soon as his words fell, Ye Zhi had already rushed towards Jijiang City with his men and horses, but as soon as he ran to the gate of Jijiang City, he heard the war drums beating in front of him, shouting and killing, and before Ye Zhi and the others could react to what was going on, barrels of fire oil flew in the air. The oil was first loaded into barrels and launched by trebuchets, and when it flew into the air, it was all poured out, and there was no place to hide.

"Withdraw!"

Ye Wei's eyes turned red in an instant, he roared, and then strode outside, Ye Luo's face also changed, and with an order, countless arrows also shot towards the head of Jijiang City.

"I want to escape, it's too late!"

Thousands of torches were lit on the head of the city, which was extremely dazzling, and just when Ye Zhi was desperately rushing towards the Northern Expedition camp, a figure suddenly appeared on the city.

Hearing this voice, Ye Wei's heart moved, he unconsciously raised his head, and glanced at the city, it didn't matter, it almost scared him, the person standing at the head of the city was none other than Liang Qixiong, who was killed by Liu Fan's arrow today.

Ye Value's heart was as cold as falling into an ice cellar, this is a human or a ghost, why didn't he die?

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt a pain in his arm, and saw that an arrow had pierced his arm, and he hurried back, unable to think about whether the people in this city were human or ghost.

Liang Qixiong sneered, ordered the surrounding soldiers to release arrows, for a while, the arrows on the city rained down, and they fell into the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Seeing that Ye Zhi and his fellow brothers kept screaming, and the Great Xia Army on Jijiang City continued to shoot rounds of arrow rain, Ye Luo's eyes were also red, and he shouted, not just to cover for Ye Zhi, but to directly rush over.

However, the arrow array could not stop the crazy impact of the Northern Expeditionary Army, when the index entered the range of return fire, people ran and released arrows to the city, at this time there was no need to aim at all, the city was full of Great Xia troops, as long as the general direction was right, an arrow would not be shot hole.

The Northern Expeditionary Army's return fire also caused a riot in the Great Xia Army in Jiangcheng, but Liang Qixiong was prepared, he immediately asked people to lift out the door panels that had been prepared long ago, and drove them to the arrow stacks, which could not only block the Northern Expeditionary Army's return fire, but also collect the opponent's arrows and then fight back.

There were casualties on both sides, but the Great Xia army on the city wall had an innate advantage, and the condescending fierce shooting caused great casualties to the Northern Expeditionary Army under the city.

The soldiers of the Northern Expedition almost stepped on the corpses of their comrades all the way to push the city under the city of Jijiangcheng, while the soldiers set up the ladder, Ye Luoye had already turned over and dismounted, he held a knife in one hand, jumped in the air, jumped up more than two meters high, and then stretched out his palm, five fingers like a hook, a mouth like a wall on the city wall, his whole body hung on the wall.

With his broken drink, his arm was lifted hard, his body continued to go vertically, and he climbed about half a meter, and under a few jumps, Ye Luo had climbed to the end of the city wall, and he could go up to the head of the city in only a few vertical jumps.

No matter how strong the armor is, it can't stop a pot of fire oil from pouring down on his head, Ye Luo's heart was shocked, he didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly stepped forward, he dodged the fire oil, but the person also slipped down from the city wall, and then Ye Luo climbed several times in a row, but they were all stopped by the well-trained Great Xia army with fire oil.

Ye Luo's attack was blocked, and the rest of the Northern Expeditionary Army did not go well, and a large number of soldiers fell from arrows or were smashed by rolling logs and stones in the process of climbing the ladder, and the corpses under the city had fallen to a layer.

If the attack continues like this, I am afraid that not only will I not be able to attack the city, but the Northern Expeditionary Army that attacked at night will have to be explained here, Ye Luo and Ye Zhi glanced at each other, and then looked at Liang Qixiong on the head of the city, gritted their teeth, and finally gave the order to withdraw the army.

Liang Qixiong glanced at Ye Zhi and Ye Luo, looked up to the sky and laughed, and then extinguished the torch on the head of the city, and once again regained calm in Jiangcheng.

He is indeed Liang Qixiong, he is not a ghost, nor did he die under Liu Fa's arrows, he died under Liu Fa's arrows, but he was just a ghost for the dead, he already knew that Liu Fa's arrows were good, how could he easily go up to die, so although he was in the city, he didn't show up at all, and today Liu Fa attacked the city so hard, and it was also because the Great Xia Army in Jiangcheng knew that Liang Qixiong was not dead, so they did not lose their military heart, so they could also fight against Liu Fa's Northern Expeditionary Army for a while.

This Liang Qixiong, although he is not famous, but he also has two brushes, he has long guessed that Liu Fa did not capture Jijiangcheng during the day, and he can't say that there will be a night attack at night, so he was also prepared early and waited for the night attack of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Sure enough, as he expected, Liu Fajun finally came, and the arrows, rolling woods, and stones he prepared all came in handy, if it weren't for the two Ye Luo brothers who were also on guard, they wouldn't have hated Jiuquan, Rao was so, they were also extremely embarrassed, and they returned defeated.

After returning to the camp, Ye Yi and Ye Luo immediately explained the situation to Liu Fan, and when Liu Fan heard it, he was also shocked: "What, Liang Qixiong is not dead?" ”

He has absolute confidence in his arrow, if an arrow pierces his throat, he will not die, unless he is not a person, seeing Ye Luo and Ye Yi's embarrassment, although Liu Fa is angry in his heart, he just let the two of them retreat, this matter can not be blamed on them, if you want to complain, you can only blame yourself for being too careless.

"Everyone, is there any good way to break this Jiangcheng?"

After Liu Fa retired Ye Wei and the two, he couldn't sleep, he looked at the generals who were also red-eyed on the side, and the nest fire in his heart was a little heavier.

"Marshal, in my opinion, we might as well make a sneak attack, and this time we will definitely be able to break the enemy!"

The generals were silent, but Antonye stood up again, he knelt on the ground, his face was full of seriousness and seriousness, not like a joke, you know, the sneak attack has been defeated, the enemy must be on guard, and now if he sneaks up again, he will have to return with a disgraced defeat.

"What do you mean?"

Liu Fa heard Antonye's words, pondered for a moment, and seemed to understand Antonye's meaning, there was a hint of playfulness in his eyes, and then he inadvertently tapped his fingers, waiting for Antonye's next words.

As soon as An Dongye saw Liu Fa's appearance, he knew that Liu Fa had understood what he meant, he cleared his throat, and then said: "Fang is Liang Qixiong ready, but after our defeat, Liang Qixiong will definitely not think that we will come again, when we rushed to the city, they recuperated, and now they are already exhausted, if it is the first half hour of the night, there is a group of men and horses to kill it, hehe, what do you think?" ”

What he said was plain, but the generals were very excited to hear it, and they also understood, and then they all had to ask for orders to fight, Liu Fa looked at it, and his heart was a little more relaxed, he looked at the generals, only the two brothers Ye Luo were not among them, he pondered for a moment, and then raised his head: "Nangong is angry, this commander ordered you to lead the soldiers under your command, and kill the four watches to the city of Jijiang, this time...... Be sure to break the Jiangcheng! ”

He looked at Nangong to control his anger, there was some solemnity and hope in his eyes, but more of it was categorical, he didn't want to waste any more time, now that the northwest is using troops, the sooner he takes the imperial capital, the sooner he can kill Shaowu Hengyong, a henchman, and figure out some things he wants to know.

In the city of Jijiang, Liang Qixiong patrolled the city with the guards, seeing the generals carrying down the corpses of the soldiers under his command one by one, Liang Qixiong sighed gloomily, a little low, he wrote in the middle of the night, all of them were letters asking for help, but every time he put pen to paper, he did not have the slightest confidence, he knew that no one would come, no one would come to support Jijiangcheng, Jijiangcheng was just a small city, and if there was chaos today, most of the hinterland of the Central Plains was already the place of Liu Yuan, and there were a few people who were willing to be like themselves. I don't know whether to live or die to resist the Liuhua army.

"General!"

That general is called Zheng Ziyuan, and as soon as Zheng Ziyuan saw Liang Qixiong coming, he immediately knelt down on one knee and made a military salute. Liang Qixiong nodded at first, but immediately shook his head and said to Zheng Ziyuan: "General Zheng, don't be careless, be careful that the enemy has a second night attack!" ”

"Haha!"

Zheng Ziyuan looked up and smiled, feeling that Liang Qixiong was very good everywhere, but he was too cautious. A group of sneak attackers who had already died on the enemy's side, how could it be possible to organize a second group? Is it not enough to send one wave to death, and want to send a second wave to death?

He didn't think so, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, and said with a smile: "Although the general can rest assured, my department will definitely be ready for battle, and if the enemy doesn't come, it's just that, if he dares to come, I will let him come back!" ”

"Yes!" Hearing him say this, Liang Qixiong put his mind at ease, raised his head and said: "General Zheng, we have to work hard these days, wait for reinforcements from other counties to rush over, and cooperate with our internal and external forces, under the internal and external attacks, the army of Liu Fa and the traitors will be defeated!" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Ziyuan sighed secretly, Liang Qixiong had already written letters to the officials of the surrounding counties, asking them to rush over for reinforcements on the second day of the enemy's siege, but now it is almost the fourth day, and there is not even a shadow to be seen, I really don't know what the officials of the surrounding counties are doing?

He straightened his waist and said: "General, the officers and men of our army are united in hatred of the enemy, and the city defense of Jiangcheng is extremely strong, even if the people and horses of other counties do not come to reinforce it, we can withstand the army of Liu Fa and rebels with our own strength alone!" ”

Liang Qixiong is not as optimistic as him, the other side has not used large equipment in the siege of the city in the past few days, obviously the logistics baggage has not yet arrived, once the siege weapons of the Northern Expeditionary Army are replenished, their own defense will not be so easy. It's just that there is no need to say this, and it is useless to say it, he smiled bitterly and said: "General Zheng must not take it lightly, continue to strengthen the vigilance, I will go back to the front city first!" ”

"Yes! General, please go slowly! Zheng Ziyuan promised very well, but he didn't go to his heart at all, in his mind, since the enemy failed once, he saw clearly that there were precautions in the city, he would never dare to launch a second time, not to mention, this situation has been a lesson from the past, the last time the enemy came to sneak attack when he returned, he did not organize a second sneak attack.

In addition, for several days in a row, their soldiers are in a state of high mental tension, physically and mentally exhausted, they can stand it, and the soldiers below can't stand it, if they can't take advantage of the empty plane now, they don't know when they want to rest in the future.

After Liang Qixiong walked away, Zheng Ziyuan immediately called his subordinates and ordered them to divide 1,000 men, all of whom went to the city wall to defend the city, while the rest of the people seized the time to rest and replenish their strength to cope with the battle after dawn. His decision pleased the soldiers below, and the people could finally get a good night's sleep.

According to Zheng Ziyuan's meaning, a thousand Great Xia troops were arranged on the city wall, almost ten steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and from time to time there were teams of soldiers walking back and forth to patrol, and the defense could be described as extremely tight. Zheng Ziyuan personally inspected it, and after feeling that his arrangement was seamless, he went down the city wall with confidence and returned to his camp to rest.

Zheng Ziyuan and most of the Great Xia army went to sleep, leaving thousands of people to stand guard, not to mention whether the psychology of these soldiers was balanced, and the body alone couldn't stand it.

When people are highly nervous, they may not feel tired, but now that even Zheng Ziyuan has gone to sleep, it is undoubtedly said that there will be no more hostile situations tonight, and the tense nerves of the soldiers have eased, and fatigue and fatigue have swept in.

At the beginning, these more than 1,000 Great Xia soldiers could still stand, and in the second half of the night, almost all of them fell to the ground, only listening to the top of the city, the snoring rose and fell, endlessly, and occasionally a few napping soldiers woke up suddenly, opened their hazy sleepy eyes, poked their heads out of the city a few times, and then slowly lowered their heads, and their eyelids were also pulled down.

When he heard that many soldiers standing guard suddenly appeared on the head of the city, An Dongye had already looked up and smiled, asserting that the other party had no more ambushes, and the enemy was broken at this time.

Then he immediately told Liu Fa that he should not launch a second sneak attack immediately, but wait, and when the sky was about to dawn, it was also the most relaxed and tired time for the Great Xia army, and then launch a sneak attack, and he would definitely succeed in one blow.

Dawn is the best time for a sneak attack, Liu Fa naturally understands this truth, and when he heard An Dongye's opinion, he immediately adopted it, and the huge Northern Expedition military camp was silent, and the silence was terrible.