Chapter 521: Storming the City

Yang Guo judged the situation and decided to accept Yang Jun's suggestion, and in the following days, launched a strong attack on Xiabiancheng, so that the war against the rebellion had already ended.

In order to dispel Yang Jun's doubts, Yang Guo reiterated various promises to Yang Jun and his son in front of Yang Shi and his subordinates, and said that no matter what happens, he will keep his promise and will never fail Yang Jun and his son.

After receiving Yang Guo's personal promise, Yang Shi was very satisfied, and said that their father and son would fully support Yang Guo to inherit the throne of Qiu Chi Gong and defend the west gate of Qiu Chi Kingdom forever.

The discussion between the two sides was carried out in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, and there was still some friction between Yang Shi and Yang Guo about the specific course of action and the siege tasks that the two sides should undertake, but after some bargaining, the two finally reached an agreement, and decided to start a strong attack on the city on the second day.

After discussing the specific details of the operation, Yang Shi got up to say goodbye and returned to the camp outside the West Gate.

After Yang Shi left, Yang Guo immediately convened the generals above the battalion lord of the whole army, and began to discuss the specific plan for attacking the city, and the generals expressed their opinions and put forward a variety of effective siege strategies, among them, Yang An was the most active, and he strongly requested to lead the troops to take the lead in order to break through the city as much as possible.

After analyzing the opinions of his subordinate generals, Yang Guo formulated a siege plan on the second day, in order to greatly deter the imperial forest army defending the city, Yang Guo decided to send the whole army, 5,000 troops divided into left, middle and right three roads, strong pounce on the north gate wall, all kinds of siege equipment are used, in order to increase the power of the siege.

After Yang Shi returned to the camp. Yang Jun was overjoyed when he heard Yang Guo's statement, which was completely expected by him, so that as long as the two armies worked together to attack the city with all their might, the city could be broken in the near future, and the battle against rebellion could end quickly.

In fact, in the past few days of the siege of the city, although. Neither side did their best to storm the walls. But in private, the preparation of various siege equipment has not relaxed for a moment, and after these seven days of preparation, Yang Jun and Yang Guo's camp are among them. They have stockpiled a large number of siege equipment. Once these siege machines were used in siege cities. It will definitely cause a great shock to the Imperial Forest Army defending the city.

After a night of preparation, early the next morning, the main army under the command of Yang Jun and Yang Guo. began to assemble, and made a mighty downward movement towards the city.

The actions of the rebel army were completely in the sight of the defenders of the city, but the Imperial Foresters, who were accustomed to the harassing siege of the other side, were very disdainful of the arrival of the rebel army, and they didn't even bother to report to their superiors, because, as experience told them, the rebel army would retreat after a moment's attack, and would not attack the city strongly at all.

Such carelessness will naturally have to pay a price, and the carelessness of the Imperial Forest Army will directly lead to a great increase in casualties.

When the two rebel armies gradually approached the city wall, the royal forest army defending the city seemed to have found something abnormal, this time the attack was different from the past, and there were many more siege equipment, which seemed to indicate a change in the siege strategy of the rebel army.

The soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly reported the abnormality of the rebel army to their superiors, and the general of the Imperial Forest Army, who was responsible for defending the north gate, stretched out his head from the battlement to look out, and sure enough, the formation of the rebel army had changed, which could not help but arouse his great attention.

"Soldiers, the rebels are coming, prepare to defend the city, quickly." The generals of the Imperial Guards shouted loudly, and the soldiers under their command were immediately ready for battle.

At this time, in a stone's throw outside the north gate, the 5,000 troops under the command of Yang Guo were all ready to attack the city, and they could launch an attack on the north gate wall of Xiafen City just by waiting for Yang Guo's order.

In order to inflict great damage on the Imperial Forest Army defending the city, the army under the command of Yang Guo was divided into three roads: left, center, and right, and attacked forward at the same time, with 1,000 soldiers and horses on the left and right wings, and 3,000 in the middle army, all kinds of heavy siege equipment, all deployed in the direction of the Chinese army.

The left and right flanks were commanded by two partial generals, while the 3,000 troops of the Chinese army were commanded by Yang An, and Yang Guo, as the commander of the three armies, sat in the rear, and then conveyed orders to attack and retreat.

"Father, the three armies have been prepared, and the time is almost up, and they can attack." Yang An looked sideways at Yang Guo and shouted for his life.

Yang Guo nodded and ordered: "The thunderbolt is ready to shoot, and the three soldiers and horses will then attack. ”

"Yes, father." Yang An responded and ordered: "The thunderbolt car will be launched immediately." ”

After receiving the order, the Chinese army's thunderbolt immediately launched and smashed the heavy boulders into the walls of the city.

"Knock knock......" large boulders bombarded the city wall, making a dull sound, making people feel the fierceness of the battle.

Some large rocks directly hit the guards of the city, killing or injuring the soldiers of the Imperial Foresters, and many cracks appeared in the thickened female wall.

The Imperial Forest Army was not well prepared, and under the thunderbolt attack of Yang Guo's army outside the city, it lost a lot of soldiers, and some of the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were hit by large stones because of the light enemy.

Seeing that the arrogance of the Imperial Forest Army defending the city had been suppressed, Yang Guo nodded with satisfaction, looked at Yang An, and ordered: "Order, the whole army will attack." ”

"Yes, father." Yang An responded and shouted loudly: "Beat the drum and march, kill the ......" and then led the main force of the Chinese army to launch a strong attack on the north gate of the city.

The huge drum sound ......of dozens of war drums inspired the besieging army to rush forward.

"Kill ......" 5,000 soldiers, led by their respective generals, roared and rushed to the city.

The general of the Imperial Forest Army who is responsible for guarding the north gate is Yang Songnu's confidant, he was originally just a small lieutenant of the Imperial Forest Army, but Yang Songnu trusted him very much, so he gave him such an important task of guarding the north gate, and he also tried his best to defend the city wall to repay Yang Songnu's kindness.

At the same time, he also participated in the attack on Yang Chu, for this reason, he and Yang Songnu are grasshoppers on a rope, once the city falls, he and Yang Songnu will inevitably die, Yang Guo will never let him go, therefore, he also died of the heart of leading the army to surrender, ready to defend the north gate of the city, in order to win a chance to survive.

"Soldiers, release the arrows, release the arrows quickly, and shoot this group of rebels to death." The generals of the Imperial Guards shouted loudly and ordered their soldiers to return fire fiercely at the rebel army besieging the city.

"Whoosh...... countless arrows shot from the battlements of the female wall to the rushing rebel army, causing a lot of damage to the rebel army besieging the city.

However, the rebel army was well prepared, and the soldiers in the front row were equipped with various types of shields, so that most of the arrows fired from the city walls were blocked by shields, and the attack of the 5,000 army was not affected in the slightest, and still advanced in order.

Soon, the Chinese soldiers and horses led by Yang An were the first to arrive at the city, looking at the city wall close at hand, Yang An frowned, and shouted: "Soldiers, set up a ladder, attack the city, and go up." ”

The ladder soldiers in the front row of "Ka ......", under the protection of the shield hand, leaned a large number of ladders against the city wall, and the soldiers below began to climb up the ladders.

Seeing that the rebel army outside the city had arrived under the city wall and erected many ladders, the general of the Imperial Forest Army defending the city was very nervous, and hurriedly ordered: "Soldiers, you must defend the city, lift stones, and smash me hard to kill this group of rebels." After saying that, he personally picked up a large piece of rolling wood and threw it down the position where there was a ladder.

When the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army heard the order, they each picked up the large stone next to them and threw it down the city.

For a time, the stones on the head of the city fell to the city like raindrops, causing great casualties to the rebellious army besieging the city, and the shields in the hands of many soldiers in the front row were smashed, and the soldiers who lost their shields were completely under the sharp arrows of the archers of the Imperial Forest Army at the head of the city, and the casualties increased instantly.

After seven consecutive days of exhaustion, the morale of the rebel army under Yang Guo's command had been greatly discharged, and after suffering such heavy casualties in an instant, many soldiers had the idea of retreating, and some even began to flee backwards.

"Don't retreat, the archers release their arrows and shoot at the city." Yang An gave a loud order and personally shot several soldiers who had escaped.

Under Yang An's strong orders, the rebel army stabilized its position and continued to attack the city walls.

After many hours of repeated fierce fighting, the rebel army outside the city and the royal forest army at the head of the city suffered heavy casualties, but the soldiers on both sides fought hard under the orders of their respective generals, and not many soldiers fled.

Seeing the army of Yang Guosuo, the attitude of attacking the city was extremely resolute, as if he would not give up until he took the city, the general of the Imperial Forest Army who was responsible for defending the north gate was completely frightened, and he hurriedly sent his henchmen to the Qiuchi Mansion in the city to truthfully report the fierce battle situation at the north gate to Yang Songnu.

The battle between the north gate and the west gate is in full swing, and Yang Songnu has already heard such a big movement, but as the lord of a country, he wants to sit in the Qiuchi Mansion in order to coordinate the situation in all aspects, so as to strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away.

In order to learn about the battle situation at the West Gate and the North Gate, Yang Songnu had already sent his own soldiers to check the situation.

"Lord, it's not good, the north gate is urgent, the rebel offensive is extremely fierce, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties!" Just when Yang Songnu was suppressing the impetuousness in his heart, the bad situation at the north gate came over.

Yang Songnu was shocked when he heard this, and he was speechless for a while, and the Liang Shiwang beside him was also pale in surprise.

"Lord, Ximen is in an emergency, the rebels are attacking in turn, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and General Li has asked for reinforcements." Urgent reports from the direction of the West Gate followed, which once again shocked Yang Songnu.

"Cousin, the north gate and the west gate are attacked at the same time, what should I do?" Liang Shiwang asked nervously.

Yang Songnu was stunned for a long time, frowned and said: "How can this be, why did Yang Jun and Yang Guo suddenly launch a strong attack at the same time, don't they think about it, once this duke is defeated, they will be mortal enemies!" (To be continued......)