The trapping army was the elite of Wang Deng's subordinates, and its combat effectiveness was naturally not comparable to that of the ordinary Song army. The Mongol soldiers seized the river embankment and landed, originally in a tactically weak position, and the original strict tactics were to give full play to the brave spirit of the soldiers, relying on a breakthrough to break the Song army's formation, and then rush to the city.

But apparently this trick worked for some Song troops, but not for Wang Deng's elite division. They were like waves crashing on the reef, and they were instantly crushed by the solid Song army's formation. What is even more embarrassing is that the strict subordinates in the rear are still catching up, these attacks are blocked by the forward army can not advance, and the retreat is blocked by the companions who follow behind, and the groups are blocked on the dangerous embankment.

The Song army shouted in unison, and rushed forward with the same footsteps, forcing the Mongol army, which could not fight back, to retreat, and the vanguard troops who were crowded on the river embankment fell into the river one after another. Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable, the Mongol army scrambled to retreat from the pontoon bridge. Some even threw their swords, guns, bows and arrows into the water. The soldiers pushed and tore their comrades desperately and fled, completely ignoring the fact that any of their allies were trampled under their feet or squeezed into the moat, and Yan Shi's original hope of fighting for the first credit for the siege turned out to be an out-and-out defeat.

"How can you be undefeated in attacking the battle of a hasty army in a dangerous place?" Bai Yijie sighed in a low voice.

"All in all, let's do it here with the kung fu outside the city." Zheng Yunming shouted: "Let the trapped army come back to the city to help defend." The real tiger is coming! ”

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the cavalry on both wings in the distance escorting, and a large group of infantry in black clothes and black armor held high their flags and marched towards the west gate. Although the troops are not very strict, they are all clearly dressed and armored, and the power honed by years of conquest in their gestures makes people feel full of oppression.

Under the command of the lookout post, the catapult in the city kept throwing the cannon stone at the rolling enemy infantry, its projection was very accurate, from time to time there were huge boulders suddenly hit the Mongolian army column, the advancing soldiers smashed the flesh and blood on the spot, but the Mongolian infantry were not in chaos, the flag did not fall, and they were engrossed in moving forward, until they were dozens of steps away from the moat, crossed the fence, and could not stop.

A military general dressed as a thousand households shouted: "Enter like a tiger in the mountains, fight like a dragon in the sea!" Rush to the city and capture Zheng Yunming alive! ”

A thunderous shout sounded in the black military formation: "Capture Zheng Yunming alive!" ”

The general shouted, "Go to the city!" Pointing his sword at the head of the city, the black-clad army stepped on the pontoon bridge with a ladder on his shoulder.

Bai Yijie watched at the head of the city, and saw that behind a pontoon bridge in front of him was a general in very gorgeous armor, wearing a tiger head inlaid with gold pockets, wearing a hundred veins and feather armor, and holding a short iron spear in his hand. He asked aloud, "Who is the general who carries the short spear?" ”

Jiao Jin was the commander-in-chief of the Beiwei Army who was subordinate at the head of the city, he stepped forward and Tan glanced at it, and replied decisively: "Senator, this person is Zhang Rou!" ”

Bai Yijie nodded and asked, "Did you know this person's appearance in Caizhou?" ”

Jiao Jin replied simply: "Exactly!" "At the time of the Battle of Caizhou, he was only sixteen years old, and as a newly recruited soldier, he could only serve as the head of the army transporting grain and grass. At that time, I saw Zhang Rou standing side by side with Meng Heng in the distance, although her face was not clear, but her height and size, plus the short spear held by her own soldiers, she remembered it clearly.

Bai Yijie's heart moved, and he shouted: "This person is really a brave general who braves the arrows and stones, general, please lead the staff officers to quickly withdraw from the city!" "Far away when he lived in seclusion in Ningbi Cliff, he had heard of the reputation of this brave general. Zhang Rou used his troops on weekdays, and was accustomed to carrying dozens of personal soldiers as the vanguard, personally risking arrows and stones to rush to the front, relying on his peerless martial arts to fight a bloody way in the army of ten thousand, forming a little breakthrough in the battle line, and then causing the collapse of the enemy's entire army. It has the style of the flying general Lu Fengxian. This time, he led dozens of daredevils to the city in person along the front ladder, and the target was obvious, that is, Zheng Yunming, the deputy commander of Jing'e who was in command at the head of the city.

Zheng Yunming brushed his sleeves and shouted: "Fortunately, I died on the battlefield for the generals!" What's more, I have such strict protection, he Zhang Rou is a real tiger, and I have to pull out his teeth! The two military advisors will go down with the shogunate first, and then it will be the time of the generals, and you will not be able to exert your strength even if you are present. ”

With his casual order, the staff retreated from the city one after another. Their presence on the sidelines is based on the obligation of the staff not to leave the commander, but they do not need to enter the battlefield together at the moment of victory on the battlefield. If they really stay on the battlefield, it will make the Jing Chu army have to divide their troops to protect these scholars, and it will get in the way.

In the end, only Bai Yijie, Ma Guangzu and Xu Yuanjie were left without leaving. Zheng Yunming shouted: "The three of you also please leave quickly, Zhang Rou is brave, and the fighting army can't protect you." ”

Bai Yijie smiled and didn't speak. Ma Guangzu said calmly: "I am the master of the general's plan, how can I not advance and retreat together?" Even if the general asks me to go down, I can convince myself that the court will hold me accountable, please don't say anything in the way, as long as there is a general, there must be a staff officer. ”

Xu Yuanjie said on the side: "I am a senior, you are a junior, how can there be a reason for the old senior to leave the junior brother and hide by himself?" ”

"That's it!" Zheng Yunming waved his hand: "The three of them have found a hidden place, and the fight is extremely dangerous, but they don't have the energy to take care of you three scholars!" ”

He shook off his robe and shouted, "I've been staring at Zhang Rou!" The soldiers at the head of the city all turned their eyes to the city, looking at this long-known Mongolian general.

Zhang Rou had already rushed to the city with the ladder, poked the short spear in his hand to the ground, and the spear sank into the earth a few inches and was firmly inserted into the ground. Zhang Rou stretched out her hand and took a big black bow from her side, bent the bow and arrows, and fired several arrows in quick succession, and several sergeants on the city wall who were either armed with fork guns and ready to overturn the ladder, or were holding fire thistles and were about to throw them.

There was chaos in the city, and everyone knew that Zhang Rou was a sharpshooter, but unexpectedly, he was sharp in archery. It is necessary to know that it is much more difficult to shoot arrows from the city to the city than from the condescending ones, and the average archer can shoot an arrow at a considerable distance to the head of Xiangyang City, which is already considered to be a good wrist strength. Zhang Rou fired arrows at almost a vertical angle at the foot of the city wall, not only the arrows hit the city, but also the arrows were not missing, and his archery accuracy and strength were really incredible.

Zhang Rou was sure that the Song army would be alarmed by his archery skills, and with a shout, the Mongolian soldiers who rushed to the city moved together, and at the same time erected more than a dozen cloud ladders and set up the city. It was not the first time that the Jing Chu army had dealt with a weapon like a ladder, but the ladder siege under Zhang Rou's department was slightly different from the ordinary ladder siege. If anything, it's probably that the soldiers are more brave and able to fight. With this alone, Zhang Rou's subordinates immediately gained the upper hand over the Jing Chu army. They climbed the ladder with heavily armed warriors, each wearing double armor, and it was customary to siege the city in double armor. But apparently only elite troops can receive such treatment. In the Jing Chu army, there will be no more than 700 people who can besiege the city with double armor. Zhang Rou's subordinates are the only ones who have this treatment. Therefore, these people must be the elite of the elite, and their extraordinary martial arts, once they reach the city wall, they will immediately exert a terrifying power.

With flying blood and screams, the Jing Chu army at the head of the city was constantly cut down and pierced, and many people were killed and injured in an instant. At several sites where the Song army retreated backwards at the same time, this powerful oppressive force was unprecedented. It was only when the city's reserves hurried up to the city to fire hastily at the arrogant enemy that they were able to suppress the onslaught of these heavily armored samurai.

But the most dangerous situation of the Jing Chu army was not elsewhere, but in a cloud ladder closest to the west gate, after a few armor soldiers who had ascended first had taken up their positions. Zhang Rou waved the cold and shining iron spear in his hand and jumped up on the city wall of Xiangyang.

The Mongolian army in the distance saw the white Beidou flag behind him on the city wall, and they all knew that Zhang Rou had successfully landed on the city. Zhang Rou's troops all use the Beidou flag, where is the Beidou flag for more than ten years, the Mongolian army is bound to be invincible, invincible, and today it is so easy to climb the seemingly unattainable Xiangyang City, victory is just around the corner. More than 100,000 troops cheered in unison, and the voices of people were noisy, and they went straight into the nine heavens. Together, they waved their flags and shouted for the hundreds of soldiers of our army who were fighting at the head of the city.

The soldiers of the Song army near the head of the city gathered and stabbed with spears, hoping to suppress the fierce offensive of the Mongol army a little. Zhang Rou rushed forward, and used the short spear in his hand to hit the barrel of the spear guarding the city, covering left and right, and soon approached the distance between him and the spearman. With a flash of spear in his hand, one of the spearmen fell to the ground. As he took every step forward, there were inevitably soldiers of the Jing Chu army lying on the ground, and his subordinates followed suit. The soldiers of the Tulong Army began to show signs of collapse, and they were squeezed by Zhang Rou, who was like a fierce tiger, and began to retreat towards the horse road.

Unable to withstand Zhang Rou's ferocious attack, they retreated, completely exposing the left flank of the West City Gatehouse to the Mongol army. Lu Xunzhi, who was supervising the battle in the distance, mobilized troops to rush to reinforcements, but several places on the city wall had been occupied by Zhang Rou's subordinates, and his connection with the West City Gate Tower had been completely severed. And the reinforcements from the city could not arrive for a while.

Zheng Yunming's position was completely exposed to the strong attack of the Mongol army.