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The rain had lightened for a while, the sky was a little clearer, and the wind blew violently again, blowing the fog even more.

In the distance, the peaks of Huashan appear and disappear from time to time in the rapidly undulating fog, which is beautiful.

But no one was in the mood to enjoy the scenery at all, and everyone's attention was focused on the fiercely fought battlefield.

The fog was blown away by the wind, and the vision was clearer, and the Tang generals at the head of the city could once again see the rebel charge in and beyond the forbidden ditch. They were surprised to find that there were many sections of the forbidden ditch that had been turned into "thoroughfares", which were several bridges made of corpses, and the rebels spread some sacks or bamboo and wooden rafts on the "corpse bridge", and the sergeants could directly step on the bridges made of these corpses and rush across the forbidden ditch, and it did not take much effort to climb the western edge of the forbidden ditch.

A large number of rebels were carrying ladders through these "bridges" and rushing towards the western edge of the forbidden ditch.

It had been raining for about a quarter of an hour, and the rainwater collected from the various moats had flowed into the forbidden ditch, which had become a small stream, and the water in it was getting bigger and bigger, and many scattered corpses were washed down by the current, accumulating in some places where there were many corpses.

The places where these corpses were piled up were originally blocked by rocks or large trees, and when Geshuhan ordered the sergeants to pour oil and burn them, not many of the corpses were burned, and there was a thick layer.

A large number of rebel corpses were piled up in the back, and most of the forbidden ditch had been filled.

When the torrential rain began to take shape and the water flowed, the corpses in some of the narrower ditches were washed down by the current, and piled up in the places where the water was smooth and where there were protruding trees and rocks, and the corpses in these places were piled higher and higher, and when the current increased further, the stream was intercepted in large quantities.

The corpses in these places were piled up high, which could be used for trampling and climbing, and the rebel sergeants also charged to these places, and the arrows of the Tang army came one after another, and there were always some unlucky sergeants who were shot, or were wounded and failed to shoot away in time, and were shot again by the arrows, or trampled to death by their companions, causing the corpses to be further heightened. Although some of the water can flow out through the gaps between the corpses, a large amount of water is still intercepted, becoming large and small dammed lakes, and the water that overflows the height of the corpse pile flows down the lower gaps, and the corpses floating on the water flow down the water, and further accumulate on these wide "corpse bridges" that slowly form.

Gradually, more rebel sergeants rushed to the other side through these slowly heightened "bridges", and the number of fallen sergeants also increased, and the bridge was further heightened and widened.

Standing at the head of the city, I saw that the forbidden ditch has become a river intercepted by many bridges and dams, and it is cut into a section of "reservoir", because the corpses are piled up wide enough, and the pile is very dense, and the water flow in the forbidden ditch is slowly increasing, and the impact is not strong, it is difficult to wash away the "bridge body" where these corpses are piled up, and the corpses in several places have been piled up at about the same height as the east side of the forbidden ditch.

The western edge of the forbidden ditch is a cut higher than the eastern side, about one to two meters high, and the truncated water flow cannot flow through the gap between the corpses in time, and accumulates higher and higher, and finally overflows the eastern side of the forbidden ditch, spilling into the gentle area on the east side of the forbidden ditch where the rebels are gathering. However, the speed of the overflowing water was not urgent, and it did not even cause much trouble to the rebels on the eastern edge of the forbidden ditch, but only made their impact on the western edge of the forbidden ditch a little slower.

The higher and higher "corpse bridges" turned many sections of the Forbidden Ditch into a thoroughfare, and more and more rebel sergeants passed through these corpse walls, and they could climb the western edge of the Forbidden Ditch without much effort, accumulate under the walls, and start the ascent through the erected ladders.

The ladder was erected and pushed down by the Tang army on the city's head, arrows and rolling stones and trees flew more densely down the city, and countless rebel sergeants were killed by these weapons flying down from the city head when they rushed through the forbidden ditch and reached the bottom of the Tongguan city wall. But most of the sergeants were lucky enough to avoid dying, many were not even wounded, and new ladders were erected, and the toppled ladders were lifted up again and raised to the city walls.

The rain was light, the vision was a little clearer, Pang Zhong saw a ladder that had already been climbed by a sergeant on it and quickly approached, he immediately took a bow and led the arrow, and shot the arrow in his hand at a very fast speed, hitting the rebel sergeant who was about to jump over the wall, after the rebel sergeant screamed, one fell down and smashed on the companions who were attacking the city intensively under the city wall, and a series of people rolled down.

Seeing more and more ladders erected, and countless rebel sergeants climbing up with their hands and feet through the ladders, Pang Zhong was so anxious that he ordered the sergeants to kill the enemy desperately.

The rebels have been confronting the Tang army under Tongguan City for half a year, and the siege equipment they have prepared is very large, and even if many cloud ladders are destroyed, they can be effectively replenished.

The tactics of the rebels are to rush under the city walls desperately regardless of the cost of casualties, erect countless ladders and start to ascend the city, no matter how the defenders at the head of the city respond, no matter how they counterattack, and strive to get more soldiers to rush to the top of the city.

Their tactics began to work, as the physical strength of the Tang army sergeants on the city decreased, the number of arrows and rolling stones and logs was slowly decreasing, and more and more rebels had the opportunity to go up to the ladder and begin to climb the city, and a large number of sergeants were "lucky" to get to the top of the city.

"Kill! Kill all the rebels and never let them get to the top of the city!" After wielding a knife and slashing a rebel sergeant who had just emerged from the city, Pang Zhong saw another rebel sergeant coming out of the head in another place, and immediately shouted loudly for the sergeant to kill the enemy bravely.

Under Pang Zhong's exemplary role, those Tang army sergeants who abandoned their bows and arrows all brandished their swords and bravely killed the enemy, and with the mutual cooperation of the archers, the rebels who landed in the city in the direction they defended were soon cut down.

However, the city wall on the east side of the south gate commanded by Tian Liangqiu began to be in crisis, and a larger number of rebel sergeants appeared in this direction, and some sergeants jumped directly to the top of the city and fought with the Tang army defending the city.

The men and horses commanded by Tian Liangqiu were all defeated soldiers who fled back from Lingbao, and they did not participate in yesterday's ambush battle and the bloody battle of Hantong Pass. When the battle was going well, the morale of the soldiers was maintained, and there was no panic, just like the use of arrows in turn just now, which was organized in an orderly manner, and inflicted great casualties on the rebels.

But only a few days have passed since the Lingbao fiasco, and the shadow cannot be eliminated immediately, when the rebels poured into the city, the fear of being suppressed in their hearts immediately rose, as the rebels emerged more and more, some fearful sergeants hesitated and did not dare to come forward to fight, and a few timid ones actually threw down their swords and fled to the city with their heads in their hands.

Cowardice is contagious, and a person's cowardly flight is contagious at once, and the sergeants who have not cleared the shadow after the fiasco see their comrades fleeing, and then see more and more rebels climbing up from under the city, many people begin to retreat, and the sound of "clanging" weapons thrown into the place is heard one after another.

At this time, the number of rebels in the first year of ascending the city through the ladder increased, and the situation became critical!