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The sudden appearance of reinforcements surprised the rebel sergeants who landed in the city one after another, and also made the Tang soldiers at the head of the city can't help but be surprised.

"Brothers, Marshal Yang has led an army to reinforce us!"

Wang Sili waved the war knife in his hand and shouted.

When the rebels strengthened their forces to attack the city, the morale of the men and horses under his command was shaken, and some of the sergeants were frightened and turned and fled, so that the rebels rushed to the city, which made Wang Sili furious and made him lose face. He will certainly not let those escaped sergeants flee in fear, as long as the situation on the city is eased, he will definitely impose heavy responsibility on the fleeing sergeants, strict military discipline, and set an example.

Yang Xi led the sergeants to reinforce Wang Sili to breathe a sigh of relief, but there was also a feeling of shame surging in his heart.

He believes that he has excellent military achievements, he has always looked up to the top, and looks down on people, Yang Xi, the youngest son of Yang Guozhong, came to Tongguan, he did not really serve Yang Xi, no matter what, he would not be willing to obey the command of such a young man without any qualifications, even if Yang Xi is not Yang Guozhong's son. He felt that he was better than anyone else, and even after Lingbao suffered a big defeat, this pride did not disappear.

But now, the sergeants under his command have deserters, and they have appeared under his repeated intimidation, so that there is a gap in the defense of the city, and the tired Yang Xi, the marshal of the Tongguan military affairs, personally led the army to reinforce. Thousands of soldiers were not well commanded, failed to hold the city, and asked Yang Xi to lead the army to help, Wang Sili felt that his face was lost all of a sudden, and he couldn't raise his head in front of Yang Xi.

He can only save a little face by leading the dead soldiers around him to fight desperately, annihilate all the defenders at the head of the city, and never let the rebels enter the city again. In a few moments, several rebel sergeants were slashed to death by him and kicked down the city in anger.

His courage and Yang Xi's timely appearance boosted morale, and after Wang Sili and some sergeants shouted loudly to kill, some sergeants who hesitated to escape immediately regained their courage and continued to fight. And some of the sergeants who fled because they threw down their weapons because of their timidity, when they saw reinforcements coming, stopped their way to escape, quietly shrank back, picked up the swords thrown on the ground, and joined the array of sergeants who killed the enemy again.

"Follow the general, kill!" Tian Liangqiu also brandished his sword and roared angrily.

He is a little similar to Wang Sili's thoughts, and he feels too embarrassed.

He can only take the lead like Wang Sili, regardless of his age and the fatigue of his body these days, wielding a war knife and desperately killing the enemy.

There was no sergeant escape in the section of the city guarded by Pang Zhong and Li Fu's troops, and no rebels rushed to the city, but Yang Xi's appearance also encouraged them to kill more and more ruthlessly.

The appearance of Yang Xi and the heroic performance of Wang Sili, Tian Liangqiu, Pang Zhong, Li Fude and other generals immediately had an effect, hundreds of rebels who took advantage of the chaos to stand at the head of the city were killed, and all the ladders that had been erected were also knocked down, and the crisis caused by the rebels' attacks taking advantage of the chaos was temporarily resolved. However, more than 100 Tang soldiers were killed in the battle with the rebels who rushed to the city.

When the rebel offensive collapsed, the follow-up siegers did not have time to enter the city quickly, and the first sergeants to flee were all stopped. In front of all the soldiers, more than a dozen deserters were beheaded, and their blood and good heads were used to pay tribute to the heroic soldiers who died in battle, and also to subdue the cowardly soldiers. Any general is so intimidating: if anyone escapes, he will not be spared.

The siege of the rebels did not stop for a moment because they were pounced, and the sergeants who swarmed from below continued to climb the city in large numbers, the overturned ladders were re-erected, the uninjured sergeants climbed the ladders one after another under the orders of their respective officers, and more rebel sergeants rushed through the embankment made of corpses on the forbidden ditch.

There are more and more corpses in the forbidden ditch, and the "corpse dam" is further heightened, and it is already completely at the same height as the east edge, and there is only one position or half a body height distance from the west bank. The corpses piled up on the west side of the forbidden ditch more and more, and many ladders were directly erected on the corpses, and the rebel sergeants stepped on the corpses of their companions, or the bamboo and wooden rafts covered with the corpses to ascend to the city.

Although the lethality of the arrows was greatly affected by the heavy rain, the arrows shot down from the city were still dense, and the Tang army sergeants on the twelve companies of the city were also shooting continuously, and a large number of rebel sergeants were killed or wounded by the arrows, and the wood and rolling stones on the city head were also continuously thrown down, and countless rebel sergeants fell under the city wall and never got up again.

The battle had been going on for almost an hour, and the rebel sergeants had been killed outside the South Gate at least four or five thousand, and the wounded were even worse, but the rebel offensive showed no signs of stopping, and it was getting more and more fierce.

Although because of Yang Xi's rescue of the army, as well as the heroic performance of Wang Sili, Tian Liangqiu, Pang Zhong, Li Fude and other generals, the morale of the sergeants was stimulated, and the sergeants were more courageous to kill the enemy, but in the face of the rebel sergeants who rushed over like a tide and continued to ascend the city, everyone felt the pressure, and every general who commanded the battle did not dare to have any hesitation and slackness, and all of them went into battle to kill the enemy in person.

Yang Xi would not personally go into battle to kill the enemy now, and his three hundred personal soldiers had not yet participated in the battle, but two hundred of the five hundred sergeants he brought were quickly replenished to the few city walls that had just appeared vacant.

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"Deputy marshal, the Tang Army is almost out of strength!" The deputy general Li Zhenyuan stood next to Cui Qianyou, pointed in the direction of the city with a horsewhip, and said happily: "This time we will definitely be able to attack the head of Tongguan City, this rain is really timely!"

"This rain is good, it makes the Tang Army suffer a big loss!" Although Cui Qianyou was a little dizzy from the rain, his interest was very high, and the irrepressible pride that had appeared in Lingbao a few days ago emerged again, "The Tang army will soon be overwhelmed, and our army will soon be able to rush to the head of the city and defeat the defenders in the city!" Pass on the commander's order, attack with all your strength, and don't give the Tang army any respite! As long as Tongguan City is captured, everyone will be rewarded!"

It should be the time for him to make great contributions, this is the emotion in Cui Qianyou's heart after giving a new order.

Following Cui Qianyou's order, the insane rebel sergeant let out an earth-shattering howl, and rushed towards the forbidden ditch that was almost a thoroughfare, ready to enter the city!