At that time, the south and west gates of Xiangyang City had been surrounded by rogues.

The more than 2,000 soldiers who garrisoned the yamen led by Li Zhifu, as well as the more than 300 fast catchers and heads of the government and county yamen patrol houses, were all guarded at the south gate, and the 20,000 soldiers led by the generals, of which 10,000 were guarding the south gate, and the other 10,000 were guarding the west gate.

In the city of Xiangyang Prefecture, there has been a commotion, the news of the siege of the city by the Liukou is spread everywhere like a wing, the scholars in the city, the wealthy businessmen and the common people, etc., have no confidence in the 20,000 soldiers led by the generals, these soldiers are doing misdeeds in the city, so that the people in the city are disgusted, and it is impossible for everyone to believe them, as for the Li Zhifu, everyone still believes it, but the number of soldiers guarding the yamen is too small, and it is impossible to resist the attack of the Liukou.

Zhang Xianzhong had a smile on his face, Liu Wenxiu defeated the Xiangyang Navy Division as quickly as possible, which made him very happy, he was originally going to continue to attack the North Gate and completely exterminate the Xiangyang Water Division, but this decision was stopped by Liu Wenxiu, Liu Wenxiu analyzed that the Xiangyang Navy Division was gathered in the north, and made it clear that he was thinking about escaping, since the Ming army was ready to escape, he didn't have to pay attention to it, and he didn't send troops to surround it, so that the Ming army could easily take Xiangyang Fucheng.

Zhang Xianzhong repeatedly said that he believed that Liu Wenxiu's analysis was illegal and accurate, and adopted Liu Wenxiu's suggestion and did not send sergeants to surround the north gate.

To be able to capture Xiangyang Mansion in the shortest possible time, this is Zhang Xianzhong's wish, originally thought that he would encounter great difficulties and pay a great price, but the performance of the Xiangyang Navy Master made Zhang Xianzhong feel it. The Ming army did not have the slightest fighting spirit, and all they thought of was fleeing for their lives, and in such a situation, it would not be particularly difficult to take Xiangyang Fucheng.

Zhang Xianzhong personally handed the commander's banner to Liu Wenxiu, and ordered Liu Wenxiu to lead 50,000 soldiers of the righteous army to attack. When Liu Wenxiu took over the handsome flag, Zhang Xianzhong made a request with a serious face and took Xiangyang Mansion City in one go.

At the end of the day, the rumbling drums sounded and the battle began.

The 50,000 soldiers led by Liu Wenxiu were divided into two parts, he led 30,000 of them to attack the west gate, and the other 20,000 were responsible for attacking the south gate. However, the attack on the south side was very noisy, but the focus of the attack was on the west gate.

This is a decision made by Liu Wenxiu, there are a lot of cities attacked, generally speaking, the south gate is a key place to guard, the main force of the Ming army should be concentrated in the south gate, as for other places, it is impossible to arrange so many sergeants to wait. However, the Rebels' operational deployment of focusing the attack on the West Gate could not be exposed, and it could not be known to the Ming army guarding the city. This kind of strategy has been adopted by Liu Wencai and has also been successful.

The assault on the south gate began.

Thousands of rebel sergeants rushed to the city wall, and their charge was not very fast, but it was so loud that the mouths of all of them let out angry roars. Let the Ming army guarding the city wall panic.

Just when the rebel army began to charge, the 30,000 rebel sergeants led by Liu Wenxiu had already arrived at the West Gate.

Governor Li looked at the rogues who were swarming over, and his heart was still a little trembling, there were too many rogues. And the momentum of the charge is very strong, look at the sergeants around him, the sergeants guarding the yamen and the head catchers in the patrol room, although there is a look of fear, but there is a suggestion in the eyes, but unfortunately the 10,000 soldiers led by the general look cringe, as if they were deterred by the momentum of the rogue, if it were not for the military order, I am afraid they would have turned around and fled.

Seeing that Liukou was still about fifty meters away from the city gate, Governor Li personally gave the order to attack.

A rain of arrows rushed towards the team of the rogue chargers, and the two Hongyi cannons at the south gate also began to roar.

The charging rogue, the team was in chaos in an instant.

In fact, the two Hongyi cannons on the city wall are mainly used to deal with the attacking warships, and the Hongyi cannons have a long range, and they are not too effective in dealing with the attacking rogues, but they can shock the rogues.

Looking at the rogue who began to panic, a smile appeared on Governor Li's face.

The generals beside him also looked a little calmer.

The 30,000 people led by Liu Wenxiu gathered outside the West Gate.

The sound of artillery at the south gate has been heard, the attack must be tragic, Liu Wenxiu did not plan to break through the south gate, he knew that it would pay a lot of casualties, but the attack on the west gate was different, from the perspective of the defensive position, the west gate was far inferior to the south side.

The order flag in Liu Wenxiu's hand waved, and the drum sounded.

10,000 soldiers of the Righteous Army, divided into two teams in front and rear, rushed towards the west gate, and their momentum was even more magnificent.

There was a dense rain of arrows on the city wall, and many rebel soldiers fell in the rain of arrows, but more people rushed in the direction of the city wall, and bows and arrows also roared towards the city wall.

Countless ladders were erected, and some of the rebel sergeants had already arrived at the West Gate and began to pound the gate with wood.

Hot water poured on the city wall, some of the rebel sergeants screamed and rolled down from the top of the ladder, some of the ladders were pushed down by the Ming army, and the sergeants who fell to the ground, few of them were able to continue to get up, but more of the ladders were unyieldingly erected.

Liu Wenxiu, who was expressionless, waved his temperament for the second time.

Another 10,000 rebel sergeants launched a charge, still two squares, the difference was that in the back one, most of the sergeants were heading towards the city gate, and they wanted to break the city gate.

The fierce battle unfolded at the West Gate, and its scale was not at all comparable to that of the South Gate.

Several sergeants ran to the south gate with a disgraced face, went up to the city wall, and went straight to the general's side, and said something loudly in the general's ear, and the general's face changed rapidly.

The general who walked in front of Governor Li hurriedly spoke.

"My lord, we have been fooled, the main direction of the Rogue attack is the West Gate, and now the West Gate is about to be broken by the Rogue Kou......"

Li Zhifu's eyes instantly turned blood-red, staring at the general.

"Isn't there 10,000 soldiers guarding the West Gate, how could the Liukou break through in such a short time."

"My lord, the rogues are too cunning, attacking the south gate is just their trick, the focus of their attack is on the west gate, the general didn't expect that the sergeant came to report just now, the rogue who attacked the west gate is at least 50,000 people, but there are only 10,000 guards, they can't hold out for too long......"

"Don't say it, immediately transfer 5,000 soldiers from the south gate, go over to guard the west gate, you personally go to command, if the west gate is lost, let the rogues enter the city, you and I don't want to live."

The general was stunned for a moment, and immediately expressed his position.

"Yes, I'll lead 5,000 sergeants over to reinforce me, but you must be careful."

Governor Li didn't think much about it, nodded, and at this moment he didn't have the expression of a general at all.

After the general led the sergeant down the city wall, he did not take a few steps, and immediately gave an order to the soldiers around him.

"Three thousand men were left at the west gate to guard it, and the rest of the men were all withdrawn to the north and immediately aboarded."

"General, what if Simon's sergeants can't be withdrawn?"

The general touched his chin and pondered for a moment.

"What you said is that the battle at the West Gate is very fierce, and I am afraid that I will not be able to withdraw at this time, so let's send someone to the West Gate to take a look, if the battle situation is not right, ignore it, and immediately evacuate in the direction of the North Gate."

After saying this, the general turned his horse's head and headed in the direction of the north gate, and the sergeants under his command also ran in the direction of the north gate.

The sergeants of the West Gate have been unable to resist the attack of the Liukou, part of the Liukou has been on the city wall, began to fight with the Ming army, the Ximen City Gate is also shaky, the huge impact sound, equivalent to the impact of the sergeant's heart, some of the sergeants to retreat, but at this time, they can not retreat, only to defend to the death, if they retreat, they will also encounter slaughter.

"Boom ......"

There was a loud noise, and the gates were finally smashed.

Seeing that the city gate was broken, Liu Wenxiu raised the handsome flag in his hand without hesitation, and rushed towards the direction of the city gate first, and the army behind him roared and followed the charge......

The news of the loss of the West Gate, as well as the evacuation of the sergeants led by the General of Staff from the North Gate, reached the South Gate at the same time.

Li Zhifu's face was pale, with tears in his eyes, although the south gate was still in his hands, but the city of Xiangyang Mansion had fallen, after the rogue rushed into the city, he would immediately surround the south gate, and when the time came, it would be impossible for him and all the soldiers to escape.

Li Zhifu looked at the sergeants on the city wall, and was about to speak, when the thousands of sergeants under the command of the general suddenly walked towards the bottom of the city wall, ignoring the rogues who were still attacking.

This is an escape, but Governor Li is powerless to stop it.

All that was left around him were the sergeants guarding the yamen, as well as the head catchers and fast catchers in the patrol room.

Governor Li looked at everyone and spoke with a miserable expression.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the city of Xiangyang has been lost, the responsibility lies with the official, the official is determined to serve the imperial court, and he has the courage to follow the official out of the south and fight with the Liukou, thinking of saving his life, leave now, the official will not blame ......"

The south suddenly opened, and nearly two thousand men rushed out, among whom there were more than a thousand cavalry.

The momentum of the charging Ming army was unusual, and they instantly fought with the charging rebel sergeants, among whom was a middle-aged man with a thin face and wearing an official mansion, who was still shouting loudly while charging.

The rebels were overwhelmed by the charge, and some of the sergeants unconsciously turned around and ran back.

"Don't retreat, follow me to kill the Ming army......"

An angry roar appeared, and the tower-like Zhang Xianzhong appeared, and the jujube red horse under his crotch began to neigh.

Zhang Xianzhong raised the spear in his hand and rushed towards the Ming army, and more rebel sergeants followed......

After more than an hour, the south and west gates were quiet.

Liu Wenxiu came to Zhang Xianzhong.

"Father-in-law, the Ming army who fled from the north gate is not chasing and killing."

"It's all some waste, don't chase and kill, follow me into the city, let the brothers enjoy ......" (to be continued......)