A few hundred men of the artillery battalion rushed into Dai Feng's troops as ordered to fill the combat strength.

Xu Liang looked at the rogue soldiers who could not see the end at a glance under the black pressure on three sides, and then looked back to see that Xing Zhongshan's troops on the city tower had captured the city tower, leaving two hundred archers standing behind the battlements and taking the time to release arrows at the thieves on the periphery.

Xu Liang slapped his horse into the city, and shouted as he ran: "Guard the camp, go up to the city tower!" Sima begged, bring the cannon up! ”

Turning into the city, jumping off the horse, Xu Liang left five hundred soldiers at the city gate, led five hundred soldiers to hurry up the stone steps to climb the city tower, and transferred all the archers to the battlements, and at a glance, he saw that the two hundred archers who had arrived earlier were struggling to aim at the thieves, worried about hurting Liang's own people.

Xu Liang shouted: "The archers listen to the order and release arrows into the rogue army on the periphery!" Shoot the arrows! ”

The archers listened to the order, stretched out their bows and arrows, only to hear a buzzing sound of the bowstring loosening, and the tower of Chongxin City was like a sudden rain of arrows, all of which fell into the rogue army besieging Dai Feng's department, and all of a sudden, the rogue people turned on their backs, and the rogue soldiers who were hit by the arrow fell down like a strong wind blowing down the rice fields. There was a short blank area in the siege of the thieves, and the subsequent thieves were frightened, and the momentum of the attack was paused.

Airplanes! Another rain of arrows fell from the tower, mercilessly reaping the lives of the thief soldiers.

The thieves began to cower.

At this moment, he only heard a loud roar from under the city, Xu Liang looked over, and saw that under the torch and moonlight, a stray arrow was in the middle of the shoulder of the Pingliang guerrilla general Dai Feng, and the arrow feathers were still hanging on his shoulders and shaking. At this time, Dai Feng's clothes and armor on his body could no longer be seen clearly, his eyes widened angrily, his right hand dragged a long knife, and his left hand tore off the arrow on his shoulder and threw it to the ground. yelled: "Ah!! "Rushing forward against the thieves in front of him, the long sword rotated like flying, as if entering a no-man's land. Lian slashed down a circle of rogue soldiers around him, forcing the rogue who rushed in front of him to retreat.

Liang Jun behind Dai Feng saw that the master was so brave. Morale was greatly boosted, and he was greatly encouraged, and followed closely behind Dai Feng, approaching the army of thieves, slashing and killing.

The tens of thousands of thieves around the Liang army were forced to retreat by Dai Feng with less than 2,000 Liang troops.

Seeing this, Liang Jun on the city tower shot another round of arrows.

Wang Zuogui, the leader of the thieves, suddenly bounced up from the Taishi's chair and shouted in disbelief: "I can't think of the officers and soldiers. There are such brave people! Then he shouted to the heralds beside him: "Command all the heralds, attack with all your might!" He looked at the calm and resolute figure on the upper floor of Chongxin City, and shouted: "Order the Heavenly Dragon Department to enter Chongxin City from the west gate, and form an encirclement of the Liang army from the city!" ”

When the herald left in a hurry, Wang Zuogui snorted coldly, and looked at the middle-aged general under Chongxin City from a distance, rushing left and right, as if entering a no-man's land, and the surrounding thieves cowered, and his face was cloudy.

Xu Liang stood on the city tower. For a while, he was also shocked by Dai Feng's brave momentum.

Sima Qiudao had already transported five general cannons and two carts of ammunition into Chongxin City, and was ordering the soldiers of the artillery battalion to carry the cannons to the city tower with great difficulty.

Xu Liang looked at the city of Chongxin again, and saw that there were fires not far from the city. I think Xing Zhongshan led people to fight fiercely with the thief defenders in the city.

The drums outside the city were loud, and several teams of thieves ordered the cavalry to run around the outskirts of the thieves and shout loudly: "The big leader has an order, and all the armies will attack with all their might!" The big boss has an order, attack with all your might! Those who kill the heads of the officers and soldiers will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver! ”

The thieves who had just been forced back by Dai Feng rushed over again and engaged the Liang army under the city.

Xu Liang hurriedly ordered the archers of the Liang army on the tower of the city to release arrows and suppress the thieves. Up and down the city, the sound of killing continued.

Suddenly, the sound of killing in the direction of the west gate of Chongxin suddenly appeared. There was a faint glow of fire. Xu Liangzheng was surprised, and a Liang soldier rushed up to the city tower. He reported: "Report to the general, the thieves entered the city from the west gate. Coming towards the north gate. ”

Xu Liang's heart jumped, and he asked urgently, "Where is General Xing now?" ”

The soldier said, "General Xing is leading people to stop the thieves at Ximen. ”

Xu Liang was about to speak, when he suddenly heard Sima Qiudao, who rushed to the city tower, exclaim: "My lord, General Dai is about to be unable to stop it!" ”

Xu Liang turned his head to look, and saw that the thieves on three sides had been densely squeezed towards Dai Feng's department, although Dai Feng's department would not be defeated immediately, but in the face of several times the enemy, as brave as Dai Feng, he couldn't rush, and the remaining Liang army of less than 2,000 was gradually retreating.

Xu Liang sighed secretly in his heart, and shouted to the Liang soldiers who reported to the station: "Order General Xing to retreat to the north gate and form a defensive phalanx under the city tower to block the thieves at the west gate!" ”

And he shouted, "Trumpeter, blow the assembly trumpet!" Archers, release the arrows! ”

Two short and one long horns whined, mixed with the drums of the thieves, looking weak and strong. The arrows of the Liang army on the city tower rained down, shooting over a group of thieves, and then, the arrows of the thief army also shot up the city tower, killing more than a dozen Liang soldiers.

Dai Feng heard the sound of the horn and looked back at the city tower. Seeing this, Xu Liang clenched his hands into a trumpet shape and shouted, "General Dai, retreat into the city!" ”

There were bursts of killing under the city, although Dai Feng didn't hear what Xu Liang said, but he heard the sound of the assembled horn, so he opened the spear that the thief stabbed in front of him, turned the horse's head, and shouted: "Enter the city!" ”

The soldiers of the Liang Army followed Dai Feng and fought and walked, slowly approaching the north gate of Chongxin.

The thieves chased after the city gates, and shot down a flood of arrows from the towers, leaving behind the soldiers who were screaming and retreating. He retreated until he was out of reach of the bow and arrow on the castle tower, and slowly stopped.

Xu Liang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Dai Feng enter the city smoothly, and when Dai Feng climbed to the city tower, Xu Liang held his two arms tightly and said sincerely: "General Dai, hard work!" It doesn't matter if you have an arrow wound, does it? ”

Dai Feng grinned, "A little injury is nothing." He looked at the thief army under the city that had stopped attacking, and said worriedly: "My lord, now it seems that outside the city must be the main force of thieves in Pingliang City. If they blindly attack, we will not be able to hold on. ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, for the sake of now, only by shrinking the troops and holding on until dawn can there be a glimmer of life." ”

Dai Feng asked suspiciously, "You mean ......?" ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly, looked at the direction of Zhenyuan County, and said faintly: "Before our soldiers sent Chongxin, I had ordered the cavalry battalion to rectify the soldiers and horses, if our army did not send back the news at dawn, General Wanwenshan would send troops to rescue!" Looking at the blood on Dai Feng's body, Xu Liang said warmly: "General Dai and the brothers who have retired have a good rest, and the matter of defending the city will be handed over to me." ”

Dai Feng nodded and retreated from the city tower. After a while, I saw Xing Zhongshan leading more than 2,000 Liang troops to rush over, set up defenses on the street leading to the north city gate, and kill the thieves who had caught up and entered the city from the west gate.

There was a brief lull between the attackers and the defenders.

Xu Liang looked at the dense army of thieves outside the city, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Originally, his side was here to attack Chongxin, and he didn't want to fight halfway, but as soon as he collapsed the north city gate, the main force of Pingliang's thieves arrived, and he also formed a siege of his thousands of men and horses. Xu Liang was originally the attacker, but now he has become the defender, using the walls of the north gate to resist the attack of the thieves.

The leader of the thieves, Wang Zuogui, was also very depressed! He prepared painstakingly, widely spread eyeliner, and saw that Pingliang and the prefect Liang Sangen did their best in the middle of the night to enter Zhang Chongxin, and the opportunity to rape the Liang army was in front of him.

The leader of the king was willing to seize the opportunity, and he was willing to pay the capital, and the time to rush outside Chongxin City was just right. When the rebel army arrived, Xu Liang's Liang army was shelling the North City Gate.

This can't help but make the leader of Wang ecstatic, if his own men and horses come a little later, let the Liang army completely capture Chongxin City, and defend the four city gates, then even if he Wang Zuogui's 100,000 troops arrive, don't think about raping and destroying the Liang army lightly.

However, the perseverance of the Liang army was beyond the expectations of the king leader, and the 40,000 righteous army surrounded the Liang army for almost an hour.

Fortunately, at present, there are three rebels outside the city, a group of heavenly dragons in the city, and a four-way rebel army, which still forms a siege of the Liang army!

The battle situation is still in the hands of my Wang Zuogui! The leader of the king snorted lightly, waved his right hand vigorously, the war drums sounded, and the second round of attack began. (To be continued)