The southern wall of Yinling City collapsed about 20 zhang of the opening, and when the 7th Division rushed up, it met Yuan Bing who was preparing to plug the gap, and the two sides were immediately involved in hand-to-hand combat.

Sun Guan took the lead, jumped up the earthen wall that collapsed to the rest of the half, carried a ring-headed broadsword, and ran into a group of Yuan soldiers armed with spears. Sun Guan shouted violently, rushed forward with an arrow step, and with a click, he cut off the head of one of the Yuan soldiers in charge, and the head rolled to the side, and the blood spurting out of the cavity splashed Sun Guan's face. Sun Guan wiped it with his hand, wiped it into a big bloody face, he screamed, but the knife in his hand was as fast as lightning, and he cut down two Yuan soldiers one after another.

The general soldiers were so brave that they personally went into battle to kill the enemy, and the soldiers of the Seventh Division were all deeply inspired, and followed closely behind Sun Guan and slashed and slaughtered.

In the face of such a fierce enemy, the Yuan soldiers who rushed up couldn't help but be frightened, and they were all afraid and retreated.

Seeing the Xuzhou army surging like a tide, Zhang Xun's eyes were so anxious that his eyes were almost red, if this gap could not be blocked, Yinling City would really be lost. Although he was very aware of the combat power of these Huainan soldiers, Zhang Xun had no way to retreat at this time, and life and death were tied to the front line. He drew his sword, slashed a flinching military marquis with a sword, and shouted: "All the armies obey the order, if anyone dares to take half a step back, they will be killed!" ”

Zhang Xun personally led the personal guards to press the formation in the back, commanding Yuan soldiers to plug the gap, and the personal soldiers were armed with knives and guns, strictly implementing Zhang Xun's orders, and those who retreated cowered. Kill them all.

After executing several people in a row, it was finally considered to stop the defeat of the Yuan army, and the Yuan army began to counterattack in the direction of the gap, and the entire narrow passage more than 20 zhang wide was crowded with soldiers on both sides, and they fought to the death, the ground was almost full of corpses, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

The battle of the gap was very fierce, and before a moment of sight, a thick layer of corpses had been laid over the entire gap. The warring soldiers had to fight on the corpses. The corpses pillowed each other, and I didn't know how many layers of corpses were picked up later.

Zhang Xun transferred almost half of the city's troops to the vicinity of the south gate, fought back with all his might, and vowed to defend the south gate to the death. The Xuzhou army that attacked the gap could not be retreated. Attempts to plug the gap with sandbags also failed to be implemented. But fortunately, there are a large number of Huainan soldiers. One was killed in front. You can top two of them in the back, so although the Xuzhou army is attacking fiercely, it has always been stuck near the gap. The inability to break through made Zhang Xun feel a little relieved. While intensifying the counter-offensive against the breach, he ordered people to pile sandbags in the streets and alleys near the southern city wall and build temporary fortifications in case of emergency.

Xuzhou army, because the infantry troops rushed up in large numbers, in order to avoid accidentally injuring their own soldiers, the catapult also stopped attacking, because the collapsed city wall is only more than 20 zhang wide, which is not conducive to the operation of the large army, so the ant attached to the siege of the city did not stop, Xuzhou soldiers continued to rush to the city wall along the ladder.

Now the focus of the battle has been concentrated on the gap in the south city wall, the defense of the Yuan army on the city wall is still a little lax, when the section of the city wall collapsed, hundreds of defenders did not have time to retreat, and were buried alive in the ruins, this scene saw the Yuan soldiers on the city frightened, the entire south city wall was hit by the catapult, it was already full of holes, there was a risk of collapse at any time, and now the defenders on the city were panicked and could not stand on their own. Under the cover of the archers, the sword and shield soldiers quickly climbed the city wall and fought with Yuan's army on the wall.

After the first line of defense was broken, the balance of victory seemed to be tilting towards the Xuzhou army, but Zhang Xun was unwilling to admit defeat, he had already dispatched nearly half of the army to the south gate, and broke through the Xuzhou army to start a street battle, but it seems that it could not stop the Xuzhou army's offensive, now the situation has become clear, the Xuzhou army's strong attack target was selected in the south city wall, and the use of catapults to collapse a section of the south city wall, can you hold the Yinling City in today's south wall of this battle, Now there is no point in dividing troops to guard the four gates, Zhang Xun quickly ordered that only 3,000 people be left at each of the eastern, northern, and western gates to defend the city, and the rest of the army was all transferred to the south gate, ready to fight to the death with the Xuzhou army.

Nearly eighty percent of the Huainan Army's troops continued to reinforce the south gate, although the lone Seventh Division broke through the Yinling City Wall Defense Line, but in the face of the Huainan soldiers who came like ants, the soldiers of the Seventh Division could only hold their hard-won results, and if they wanted to continue to advance into the Yinling City, this strength was indeed not enough.

Sun Guan has been rushing to the front line, slashing dozens of Yuan soldiers one after another, the ring head knife in his hand is already a curly blade, he is covered in blood, so tired that his arms are almost unable to lift up, several personal soldiers almost pulled Sun Guan down from the front line, Sun Guan leaned on the broken city wall mouth This can be regarded as a little breathless.

"General Sun, the enemy's reinforcements are coming, our army is already difficult to resist, and if we don't ask Zhang Dudu to send backups, I'm afraid our seventh division won't be able to hold on!" Deputy Chief Soldier Song Xian had also just withdrawn from the front line, panting and saying to Sun Guandao.

Sun Guan stared at his blood-red eyes and said, "Okay, immediately send someone to Zhang Dudu to ask for reinforcements!" But before the reinforcements arrive, death will also defend the position for me! ”

The herald rushed to the headquarters of the legion outside the city and reported the military situation to Zhang Liaoyu.

Zhang Liao looked calm and said: "Order General Sun to lead the Seventh Division to hold on for another half an hour, no matter what, he can't lose the southern city wall he just taken." The herald took the order.

Tai Shi Ci said: "Now Zhang Xun has concentrated all his forces in the area of the South Gate, the Seventh Division only has 10,000 people, if you want to meet the enemy three or four times the enemy, I am afraid it is difficult to support it alone, it is better to transfer the Eighth Division of the reserve to ensure today's results." ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "Now is not the time to invest in the Eighth Division, what I want is for Zhang Xun to concentrate all his main forces at the South Gate, although the Seventh Division is in a more difficult situation now, it should not be difficult to hold on for half an hour." ”

Tai Shi Ci's eyes lit up, and he said: "Didn't Du Du Mo want to attack the east and the west, and order the sixth division to attack the north gate?" ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "Yes, although the southern city wall has been broken by us, but in Zhang Xun's hands, there are still nearly 50,000 men and horses, if we fight to the death, even if our army takes Yinling, it will inevitably pay a heavy price, so a strong attack is not the best policy." In the past few days, he has continued to make tentative attacks, giving Zhang Xun the illusion that we are looking for the weakest link in Yinling City. And today, with all the effort to use catapults to collapse the south city wall, the purpose is not to break through from the south gate to attack the Yin Tomb, but to mobilize most of the defenders in the city to support the south gate, now the north gate is empty, the sixth division has long been ready, after taking the north gate, our army can attack the north and south of the Yuan army in the city, and the Yin Tomb will be broken! ”

Tai Shi Ci suddenly realized and said: "The soldiers are not tired of cheating, Zhang Dudu is really calculating!" When everyone thought that the main target of the Governor was chosen at the South Gate, the Governor shook a shot and took the empty gate of the North City, which can be described as a bloodless sword. ”

Zhang Liao said: "Zhang Xun's people, although the courage is insufficient, but they are good at defense, Yinling City is solid under its management, if it is attacked, the casualties of our army must be unbearable, so it is not feasible to attack one way." However, the defensive configuration of the four gates of Yinling is balanced, and there are not many loopholes to be found, I think about it, but I can only confuse Zhang Xun, so that he can believe that our army's attack on the south gate is not a feint, and then transfer all the main forces to the south gate, creating favorable conditions for our army to attack the north gate. Ziyi, you will personally lead the army to capture the North Gate. ”

The plan to attack Yinling was completely planned by Zhang Liao, and for the sake of secrecy, Zhang Liao and no one revealed it in advance, and the battle for more than 20 consecutive days was fruitless, and complaints arose within the Fourth Army Corps, and Zhang Liao almost completed the final deployment under pressure. Breaking through the south city wall and attracting Zhang Xun's main force to rush to the south gate to rescue, all the qiē were in Zhang Liao's careful calculation, and at this time the north city gate was already an empty gate, which was at his fingertips, but Zhang Liao gave this credit to Tai Shi Ci, how not to make Tai Shi Ci overjoyed.

Tai Shi Ci gladly accepted the order, and Pegasus rushed to the north gate.

Gao Lan's Sixth Infantry Division had already been secretly assembled outside the north gate, waiting for Zhang Liao's attack order. Tai Shi Ci rode the jade lion of the night, but after only half a moment, he had already rushed to the sixth division, and ordered Gao Ran to attack the north gate immediately.

At dawn today, the attack on the southern city wall began to be all catapults, and the bed crossbow battalion did not appear, but was assigned to the sixth division by Zhang Liao, at this time the sixth division sounded the drum of attack, and the first to be pushed to the front line was the one hundred bed ballista carts of the bed crossbow battalion, and a huge arrow swept towards the north gate like a locust, and the strong wind broke through the air, whistling and agitating, as if blowing the horn of attack. The soldiers of the Sixth Division were like tigers descending from the mountain, and their momentum was like a rainbow, and they launched an all-out attack on the north gate of Yinling City.

Dozens of nest cars of the equipment battalion were also assigned to the sixth division by Zhang Liao, the tall nest cars were a few higher than the city walls of Yinling, and ten archers could stand on each nest car, condescendingly, firing arrows at the head of Yinling City. The bed crossbows, nest carts, and archers under the city formed a dense rain of arrows, covering the head of the Yinling City without dead ends, covering the attacking troops.

Compared with the Xuzhou army attached to the black pressurized ants, the Yuan army guarding the north gate was much thinner, and it didn't take long to resist before the north gate fell. (To be continued......)