The next day, as Ji Qingchen expected, the Beirong army attacked the north gate and the east gate of Caozhou City in two ways, the north gate continued to be dominated by the soldiers of the blue flag, and the east gate was concentrated with 40,000 foot soldiers with white flags and cavalry with yellow flags and white flags, and the momentum was very huge. And Ji Qingchen, as he said last night, led Fang Wanqi, Meng Li, and Xu Dachun to appear on the city tower at the east gate in time, so as to stabilize the military spirit of the army defending the city.

Standing on the tower of the east gate, Ji Qingchen saw the 40,000 cavalry under the city changing to foot soldiers, and the Beirong soldiers who were preparing to attack the city, his expression was very solemn! He knew that Meng Buge was about to break the cauldron, and today's siege might be regardless of death. Fang Wanqi beside him had the same solemn expressions as Meng Li and Xu Dachun, and the three of them knew that today's battle was related to the life and death of Caozhou City.

"Woo-" The long horn sounded, and I saw the 40,000 troops of Beirong inlaid with white flags slowly moving towards the city of Caozhou, and when they were within the range of three hundred paces of bows and arrows, they stopped their advance and separated a passage, and Meng Buge led eight hundred white-clothed guards to appear in front of the formation.

"I didn't expect His Highness to be clever! General Zhilu Daoben will attack the east gate. Meng Buge was not surprised that Ji Qingchen appeared in the city tower at the east gate today, he felt that if Ji Qingchen didn't have such analytical skills, it would be in vain for him to value Ji Qingchen so much.

"Didn't you disappoint the general—" Ji Qingchen said calmly.

"How so?" Meng Buge smiled and said, "If His Highness doesn't appear at the East Gate today, how can he see the gift that General Ben gave to His Highness?" How can you let His Highness understand how Yanmen Pass was lost? ”

"I didn't expect the general to be so generous, which surprised the king!" Ji Qingchen chatted with Meng Buge, like two old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

"Let His Highness laugh, we are poor in Beirong, and General Ben can't just give His Highness a big show if he wants to be generous, so he can only perform it simply." Meng Buge said with a smile. But at this time, his eyes were already full of murderous intentions, and seeing that Ji Qingchen did not answer, he shouted to the deputy general beside him, "Escort them up!" ”

"Yes." The lieutenant general gave the order and urged the horse to leave.

After a while, I saw that there were 2,000 prisoners in the camp of the Beirong cavalry, and the 2,000 prisoners were all tied together with ropes and driven to the front of the Beirong cavalry. They were all in tatters, their faces were in heat, a group of people were all barefoot, and even many of their toes had been frozen, and many of them had blood on them.

When the defenders of Caozhou saw the tragic situation of the two thousand captives, they whispered at first, and then began to cry in a low voice, which was not loud enough to affect morale.

"Your Highness, this is our Northern Liao garrison, I didn't expect to be captured by Meng Buge." Xu Dachun explained to Ji Qingchen, "The soldiers defending the city will only be like this when they see the tragic situation of their companions. ”

"Fang Wanqi, order not to cry, whoever wants to cry will be cut by this king!" Ji Qingchen roared sharply. At the critical moment, how could he allow his side's morale to be low and chaos on his own?

"No!" Fang Wanqi received the order, and shouted loudly, "Don't cry, whoever wants to suffer no longer will be dealt with by military law immediately!" ”

After Fang Wanqi shouted like this, the soldiers guarding the city held back their crying, but their morale was still very low.

"Your Highness, your morale is very low! I've heard your garrison crying from so far away. Meng Buge laughed, "This—if we see a good show later, won't they have to disarm and surrender?" ”

Meng Buge was very arrogant and laughed very arrogantly, but Ji Qingchen did not refute, because the other party has the capital to be arrogant, and the other party has the strength to be arrogant.

"Kill—" Meng Buge laughed, and ordered coldly.

"Kill—" the lieutenant general ordered, continuing to give the big order.

"Kill—" the Beijon cavalry shouted.

In an instant, the knife fell, the knife flashed, and blood splashed. In an instant, only a few screams were heard from the city, and the heads of the two thousand captives were seen rolling to the ground like ripe watermelons. The blood gushing out of the captives soaked the soil of the place at once, and the pungent smell of blood wafted to the castle tower.

"These bastards—" Xu Dachun's eyes were red, and he was about to erupt in anger, gritting his teeth and saying, "Yanmen Pass was breached by them in this way." ”

"Meng Li will definitely slash this thief—" Meng Li thought with his fists clenched tightly. Fang Wanqi's face was also flushed, but because he was a city defense general, he did not lose his mind.

At this time, the defenders on the city tower were not calm, and the crying appeared again, but many soldiers began to crawl on the city wall and vomit when they saw this scene, and there was a brief confusion on the city tower. Meng Buge under the city seized this opportunity and immediately gave the order to attack, and the bullhorn remembered again, the 40,000 white flag army was divided into four groups, and the first group of more than 10,000 soldiers who were ready to attack the city heard the horn and frantically killed the east gate of Caozhou City.

"The archers are ready to release their arrows—" Fang Wanqi ordered with a decisive wave of his command.

However, under the influence of Meng Buge's bloody massacre of the prisoners just now, the soldiers defending the city heard Fang Wanqi's order, but their movements were slow, and they seemed to be still trapped in the grief just now.

"Li Changzheng, don't hurry up and enforce the military law!" Seeing this, Ji Qingchen issued an order to Li Changzheng.

"No!" Li Changzheng received the order, and with a loud roar, he led the 800 cavalry battalion to rush forward, and the defenders who were slow to move and did not obey the military order were slashed and killed.

Being slashed and killed by Li Changzheng and the 800 cavalry battalion, the defenders on the city tower immediately came back to their senses and began to shoot arrows at the Beirong soldiers who charged forward under the city according to Fang Wanqi's order. It's a pity that it's too late, hundreds of feather arrows whistled by, piercing the empty roar, and the long arrows pierced through the bodies of the Beirong soldiers, but they still couldn't stop them from rushing down the city.

The guards of the city were a little timid when they saw this scene.

Because only a "bang-" sound was heard, and the moment the long arrow pierced through the body of the Beirong soldier, blood gushed out, thinking that it was a withered rose in winter, red and desolate. Seeing that they also fell, they still rushed towards the city wall without fear, but the speed of the impact was even faster. At the same time, the 40,000 siege army with white flags was surrounded by hundreds of soldiers armed with long knives to supervise the battle, and as long as they found anyone who was slow to rush or cowardly, they would correct the law on the spot.

Therefore, no matter how intensively the defending army shot the Beirong soldiers under the city, they still ignored their own life and death and rushed to Caozhou City.

"Archer—prepare—" Fang Wanqi roared.

Thousands of feather arrows broke through the air, rushing to the Beirong soldiers within a hundred steps of Caozhou City, and they were shot dead in rows, and the Beirong soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground with arrows, but the companions behind them still rushed desperately towards Caozhou City.

Gradually, such a charge regardless of death, such a siege method regardless of death achieved obvious results, the bow and arrow advantage of the Caozhou defenders was cracked, and most of the Beirong soldiers rushed to the city of Caozhou, and had set up ladders on the city wall.

"Fire oil—" Fang Wanqi hurriedly waved the command flag and shouted loudly. The soldiers defending the city picked up the porcelain jar and threw it hard at the Beirong soldiers under the city.

The porcelain jar of "Bump-" shattered, and the fire oil drenched the Beirong soldiers, and at the same time, the jars were still smashed to the ground.

"Set fire—" Fang Wanqi continued to order. And he saw an arrow with fire shooting down on the city. Suddenly, the fire under the city was blazing, and the screams continued.

"Shoot the arrows—" Fang Wanqi continued to order the archers to shoot the siege soldiers who were not hit by the arrows.

The fire was raging, and there was a sea of fire under the city, which stopped the Beirong cavalry from charging at once! But when half an hour passed, the fire was extinguished, and another 10,000 Beirong soldiers with yellow flags who were ready rushed to Caozhou City.

Meng Buge, this is determined to take Caozhou City regardless of casualties!

Once again, the order to attack was launched, and another 10,000 troops were put into the Beijon side. Fang Wanqi still commanded the defense of the city, and constantly stopped the offensive of the Beirong soldiers under the city one by one.

But at this time, Ji Qingchen saw that the casualties on his side were very heavy, because his soldiers were shot by the Beirong cavalry under the city.

However, the siege of the city has reached this point, and it is a fierce battle.

No matter what the casualties are, both sides can only hold on, and they can only make a desperate bet!

"Meng Li—Mobilize 10,000 reserves to go up the city wall!" Ji Qingchen decisively gave an order, and was attacked by the Beirong soldiers like this, he felt that the 6,000 soldiers defending the city were almost unable to support it, and he had to transfer the reserves to the city wall as soon as possible in case of emergency.

"No!" Commanded.

There are screams on the city tower and under the city! What a shout!

Time passed minute by minute, and the offensive of the Beirong soldiers slowed down, but the momentum was still not weak, and they still continued to rush forward to kill!

"Fang Wanqi, you have to save arrows and oil!" Seeing that the consumption of bows and arrows and fire oil was too great, and thinking of the difficulty of defending the city in the future, Ji Qingchen could only give such an order, "This time, put the Beirong soldiers on the head of the city, and we will kill them again!" ”

"No-" Fang Wanqi wanted to speak and stopped, but he still obediently took the order.

"Let some of the Beirong barbarians go to the city, and let the soldiers get angry!" Hearing Ji Qingchen's order, Xu Dachun pulled out the saber on his waist and was about to prepare to slash, which had suffocated him in the past few days.

"The offensive of the Beirong soldiers is already weak, their morale is about to disperse, at this time, let some soldiers go to the city, we will annihilate them in one fell swoop, it will definitely hit their morale, as long as this step can be completed, today's siege should be over!" Ji Qingchen said lightly, this has to be put on Bai Xiangcheng or Long Xiangjun, he will not explain it like this.

"Nuo" Fang Wanqi and Meng Li were ordered to leave.

"Go and defend the city now!" Ji Qingchen said lightly, "The most tragic battle is about to begin!" ”

"Nuo" The two of them took the order, pulled out their swords like Xu Dachun, and rushed to the gap specially opened for the Beirong soldiers to let them rush to Caozhou.

Sure enough, in an instant, there were some about more than 300 Beirong soldiers who climbed the city, they deserved to be natural warriors, as long as they were given the opportunity, they climbed the city very quickly, and climbed to the top of the city in an instant, but as soon as they appeared at the head of the city, they saw a flash of white light, and the tearing screams of "ah-" sounded, and the five fingers they put on the battlements were cut off by the war knives of the Dayan defenders, and the body of Wei'an fell off the city wall again. Some of the fast Beirong soldiers climbed the city wall, but before they could stand firmly, their heads were cut off by the long knives of the defenders, blood gushed out, and the headless corpses fell off the city wall.

Tragic!

This is called the real tragedy!

Once again, the Beirong soldiers became the target of the Yan army's defenders on the city wall, allowing a long knife to cut his throat and cut off his head.

After another half an hour, the Beirong soldiers who rushed to the head of the city finally stood in formation, and at this time, there were constantly companions rushing up the city wall, and thousands of Beirong soldiers appeared in the northwest of the east gate tower, and began to fight with the defenders in close hand-to-hand combat.

Suddenly, the Beirong soldiers who rushed up were taken by surprise, and the northwest defenders of the city tower showed signs of rout, and people began to retreat.

Ji Qingchen, who was watching the battle on the city tower, saw this scene and before he could give an order, Li Changzheng led the 800 cavalry battalion to rush forward, and slashed with his sword, cutting down dozens of retreating defenders, "Whoever dares to retreat will be punished on the spot!" ”

The defenders of the city, who were suppressed by Li Changzheng's bloody methods, rushed forward desperately to kill, which restrained the counterattack of the Beirong soldiers who rushed to the head of the city, and made the Beirong soldiers who were crazy and generally charge forward instinctively slow down their pace and lingered, preventing their companions behind them from continuing to ascend the city.

In this way, the two sides fell into a stalemate!

"Kill-" At this time, Meng Li and Xu Dachun immediately led their personal guards to meet the Beirong soldiers at the head of the city. Both of them are veterans of a hundred battles, and the guards around them are also veterans of a hundred battles, and their number is not many but their combat power is amazing, and their joining makes the already small number of Beirong soldiers appear even more isolated and helpless on the city tower.

At the time of half a pillar of incense, the Beirong soldiers who had just rushed to the city were driven down the city tower by the Caozhou defenders. The corpses piled up in a hill under the castle.

In this way, Meng Buge remained unmoved and continued to launch an offensive. And Fang Wanqi and Meng Li on Ji Qingchen's side also concocted the same method, the two armies fought from the morning, to noon, and then from noon to afternoon, and then to the evening dusk, in the afterglow of the sunset, the corpses under Caozhou City changed from a small hill at the beginning to a big mountain now, there are Beirong soldiers, and the corpses of Caozhou defenders.

"Brother Eleven, don't attack! Our losses are too great, and more than 8,000 children have died! Haksu sighed and exhorted.

"General, collect your troops! The morale of the soldiers is defeated, and they can no longer take the city! At this time, the white flag of the capital Tong Wanqing also spoke. As soon as Hakesu and Wan Qing spoke, many generals couldn't stand it anymore, so they began to dissuade Meng Buge from withdrawing from the army. Because they really can't bear to look at it anymore, they can't bear to see the cavalry on their side as foot soldiers to send them to death, these sons are the elite who can gallop the world on horseback!

How can you die in a siege battle?

"Hey-" Meng Buge sighed, "I don't have the courage of Da Yan Ji Qingchen, dare to let my soldiers go to the city, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop, so that the morale of my army will be worn out little by little." Retreat—"

"Woo-woo-" The horn sounded again. Meng Buge was unwilling to lead the army to retreat, and the siege soldiers heard the trumpet and began to retreat like a tide!

Another siege has failed!

However, looking at the mountains of corpses piled up on and below the castle, the mood of the victorious side was also very heavy, because the casualties of the defending army were also heavy. This time, if it weren't for Li Changzheng and the 800 Xiao cavalry battalion stabbing their companions and forcing them to rush forward to kill, they would not have been able to defend themselves against the attack of the Beirong soldiers.

Seeing the army of Beirong and Tuyuhun receding like a tide, Ji Qingchen was silent, just glanced at Fang Wanqi, Meng Li, and Xu Dachun lightly, and left the city tower by himself.

Because, he knew how much his side had paid for this siege battle, and the number of defenders killed by Li Changzheng and the 800 cavalry battalion alone reached more than 600, which shows how terrifying the offensive of the Beirong soldiers was.

And he knows that this is just the beginning, more than ten days in the future, or even half a year. The soldiers of Beijon will still attack the city like this. When the time comes, in the case of the lack of arrows, stones and oil, etc., you may only have to fight for the number of people and willpower!

It's really a success!

Similarly, Fang Wanqi, Meng Li, and Xu Dachun on the upper floor of Caozhou City saw the mountains of corpses in front of them, and their faces did not have the joy after the victory, and the three of them were also silent. At the same time, they looked at Li Changzheng, who had a resolute face, and the expressionless Eight Hundred Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and their eyes showed a look of horror. Because the performance of the 800 soldiers who acted as gendarmes to supervise the city guard today was too crazy to describe them in terms of people, and it could not be more appropriate to call them wolves. Because it was the first time they had seen such a soldier who dared to knife his companion so neatly.