Chapter 4 Trade-offs (III)

From the moment Li Mi launched the first wave of attacks on Liyang City, Xu Zi realized that the enemy was moving wrong.

He could laugh at Li Mi's fame and reputation, or he could laugh at the poor equipment of the rebels, but he would never dare to despise the wisdom of those who advised the rebels. In fact, Xu Zi had an intuition in his heart that his mentor Old Master Yang was hidden in the military array opposite. The Liyang offensive and defensive battle in front of him was like a small exam between master and apprentice back then, and it was a test of the master's own studies. It's just that back then, in Ueya County, the lottery head for passing the exam was just a few words of praise, or a few painless palms. And today, one of the two must have to pay for his own life.

Xuzi didn't know if the master wanted to pass the big test, or if he couldn't pass it. He could only calm down and deal with it seriously. Some of the tactical experiences that Yang Fuzi inadvertently talked about back then, as well as all the similar combat examples in that notebook, were turned out from the depths of his heart by him, and he reviewed them in front of him with a little excitement. After turning over several classic battle examples, he keenly judged that the attack outside Xicheng might be a trap. With the end of the first wave of the enemy's offensive, this feeling grew stronger in his heart. With the current embarrassing situation of the rebels, Liyang City is involved in life and death for them, and they should fight desperately. But Li Mi's demeanor is too calm, so calm that people can't believe that they are real.

So after the first wave of the rebels' offensive ended, Xuzi quietly walked down the city and ran to the other side of Liyang City. He was not at ease, he needed to personally check the defenses of the other walls again, and as a result, at the gate of the eastern city, he happened to meet the swarming rebels.

The enemy's meticulous work and his own brothers were crowded together, and it was impossible to distinguish whether the people next to them were friends or foes. And the rebels who entered the city didn't care so much, and with a wave of their horizontal swords, they cut down everyone who stood in their way. The soldiers under the east gate cried and ran for their lives, and at that moment they were already desperate. But in the next moment, courage came back to them.

"Brothers, shut up the gates! The rebels entered the city, and everyone didn't have a good life! The soldiers of the Xiongwu Battalion, who were in a mess, heard someone shouting loudly behind them. Immediately afterward, they saw the banner of their master. The brethren of the pro-barracks were like a wall, firmly choking the official road at the city gate. In the center of them, their own generals were armed with horned bows, and each arrow would shoot an enemy to the ground.

"Li Zhi and Han Jian, lead people to block both sides of the street, there are people who run around and collide, and there is no forgiveness for killing!" After Li Xu stabilized the decline, he immediately issued a second order. The two brigades of pro-soldiers behind him quickly led the men to rush to both sides of the street, taking advantage of the chaos to block themselves and the enemy in the middle of the street.

The running recruits did not have the courage to ram the commander's personal guards and had to stop. The rebels behind them showed no mercy and raised their knives to cut them down. This kind of indiscriminate atrocity quickly aroused public outrage, and with the encouragement of those who cared for it, the recruits' desire to survive once again triumphed over fear.

"Brothers, turn around and kill back. They entered the city, and the whole city was slain! Several clever pro-soldiers shouted in the crowd.

"Brothers, the meritorious service of killing thieves is today!" Zhang Xiu, Zhou Daniu and others standing beside Li Xu shouted in unison. "General Li is here, we won't be defeated!"

"General Li, General Li is here!" The veteran of the Xiongwu battalion shouted, turned around and killed back. Under the banner of Xu, standing is Li Langjiang, who is younger than them, but has advanced and retreated with them several times. With him, the Xiongwu Battalion will not lose, and everyone's dream of being a feudal will not be shattered. Fame but take it right away, how many men are dreaming of becoming a big Sui Xiaoguo. But after enlisting in the army, countless seniors in the army told them that the Great Sui Dynasty paid attention to rank and family, and it was difficult for children from poor families to get ahead if they were not attached to others. When they were on the verge of despair over their lives, General Lee used himself as an example to tell them that they were all deceitful and false. As long as a man works hard, he will definitely have a chance to get out of the way. Because three years ago, General Li's situation was even worse than theirs, and his family background was even worse than theirs. And now, he is the tiger general of the Great Sui Dynasty, and he is a high-ranking official of the fifth grade who cannot be done by many children of wealthy families.

There is a master in the town, and the meticulous workers mixed in with the recruits will not be able to set off a bigger storm. Soon, they were either killed by the rebels themselves. Or because of the impulse of the main formation, the guards ruthlessly executed military law. After removing the carbuncle, the Xiongwu battalion regained its strength and blocked near the inner city gate, not giving an inch. The enemy and the enemy began to stalemate under the city gate, and the rebels were unable to expand their gains for a while, and the Xiongwu battalion was unable to retake the city gate for a while.

After a few breaths of stalemate, Li Xu discovered the chaos on the city wall. He immediately sent Zhang Xiu to ask for help from Yuwenshi. When the other side arrived with reinforcements, the Xiongwu battalion slowly gained the initiative on the battlefield. As a reserve, the combat effectiveness and equipment of the four regiments were much stronger than the mixed recruits, and the Yuwen Supervisor Army controlled the situation on the city wall in a very timely manner, and with the support of the defenders at the head of the city, the Great Sui official army gradually pushed the rebels out of the inner city gate.

"Brothers, push them out!" The veterans of the Xiongwu battalion shouted and launched a counterattack against the rebels in waves. The double pressure from in front of them and overhead forced the rebels to retreat, and in a matter of moments, half of the urn city changed hands. Seeing that the enemy was lacking in strength, the brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion became more and more vigorous, and they rushed forward, and they were about to approach the outer gate.

"Brother Big Niu, Brother Big Niu, I'll cut down another one!" Qian Xiaoliu's voice echoed in the urn city. He followed Zhou Daniu from Runan County to cast Xiaoguo, originally thinking of gaining fame and honoring his ancestors, but who would have expected that a few days after he went to Liaodong, he would be beaten into a bitter prisoner. After the Battle of Liaodong, he and Zhou Daniu were dug out of the prison by Zhang Xiu and regained the light of day, and became the personal guard of the main general.

"Beautiful, beautiful to death, you little lady raised!" Zhou Daniu muttered quietly, so jealous that his heart was sour. After inspiring everyone's fighting spirit, the main general Li Xu stopped the charge of the leading soldiers, and the position of the handsome banner moved accordingly from the front to the middle of the charging team. As the general's personal guard, Zhou Daniu naturally couldn't leave the main general alone, and went to grab the battle with ordinary soldiers like Qian Xiaoliu. But he couldn't bear the credit that was close at hand and slipped away like this, his eyes were so angry that he couldn't wait to bring Qian Xiaoliu back and change places with him.

Before joining the pro-guard regiment, the pro-soldier captain Zhang Xiu once said to him that General Lang likes to take the lead, so as a pro-guard, their training is much stricter than that of ordinary soldiers. At the same time, the chances of meritorious service are much higher than others. At present, most of the brigade rates of the Xiongwu Battalion are from the personal guards of the supervising army or the main general, which is the best proof of this statement. Zhou Daniu remembered that from the beginning of the battle at the city gate to the present, Qian Xiaoliu had shown off his results to him at least five times. The results of the decapitation of the fifth level will be reported, and after this battle, Qian Xiaoliu's position will never be lower than that of his big brother.

Suddenly, Zhou Daniu felt that his side's offensive was stagnant. Immediately afterward, he saw several groups of foot soldiers wrapped in iron sheets and with only two eyes showing their eyes rushing into the urn city against the flow of people. Those who stood in their way, whether they were rebels or the warriors, were knocked to the ground by them. Qian Xiaoliu, who had been rushing to the forefront, didn't have time to retreat, and was slashed by three huge ring-headed knives at the same time, and even the people with weapons were broken into several pieces.

"Little Liuzi!" Zhou Daniu felt like he had been pricked in his heart. Qian Xiaoliu is his companion who has played since he was a child, rampaged in the countryside together, fought together, and was beaten together. Seeing the other party die tragically in front of him, he really couldn't bear this kind of blow.

Lifting the shield and holding the knife, Zhou Daniu rushed forward desperately. Trampling on several corpses, the horizontal knife slashed out a golden light and slashed heavily on the shoulder of a rebel. I only heard a "cluck" in my ears, and the big horizontal knife, sharp enough to cut the horse's head off the horse's neck, only cut through the enemy's armor, and fell into the enemy's shoulder, unable to penetrate half an inch. It was too late, but it was too fast, and the wounded rebel soldier slashed the thick back ring knife in his hand and smashed Zhou Daniu's weapon into two pieces.

In terms of sharpness, the thick back ring head knife is far inferior to the large horizontal knife used in the Great Sui army. But in terms of weight and thickness, the ring head knife is at least three times higher than the large horizontal knife. The rebels who rushed into the urn city again were all big men, and the thick back ring sword weighing nearly twenty catties was wielding a whining blow in their hands. The brothers of the Xiongwu battalion killed each other, but either their weapons slashed each other's bodies, but failed to cause fatal wounds, or their weapons were smashed by the ring-headed knives, and instantly turned into iron-clad steel knives against the enemy with their bare hands.

The two ironclad rebels stepped in unison, one left and one right, and slashed at Zhou Da Niu with their ring-headed knives. Zhou Daniu held an iron shield in his hand, and used the skills he had cultivated in the pro-guard regiment to block and knock left. He was forced to retreat again and again, and suddenly, he tripped over the corpse on the ground, and staggered backwards.

"It's over, Xiaoliu's revenge can't be avenged!" Zhou Daniu thought sadly. He saw a steel knife slashing at him, and then felt a strong force in his neck, dragging him back quickly.

"Retreat with the brethren!" Zhou Daniu, who escaped death, heard Lord Lang say this. Raising his frightened eyes, he saw General Lee draw his black knife again and stand at the front of his own team.

A ring-headed knife slashed and was knocked into the air by General Li. Then, the bloodthirsty black knife sliced through the heavy iron armor and sliced the advancing enemy in half.

"After the spearmen broke off with me, the others retreated into the inner city!" Asahiko pulled out her sword from the corpse of the enemy and ordered loudly. Immediately after, he took a step back, dodging a blow from the side, and the black knife went up against the trend and found the neck of the incoming man.

The neck armor made of iron rings was cut by a black knife like tofu, and the enemy lieutenant in iron armor covered his throat and crouched to the ground with his eyes in disbelief. The two personal soldiers around him tried to avenge their captain, but they were slashed back by Li Xu one by one. Taking advantage of this rare respite, the brethren of the Xiongwu battalion adjusted their formation, enclosing their sword and shield hands in the center of the line, and spearmen lining up on the outermost side of the line.

"Don't fight, back off!" Li Xu ordered while resisting the attack of the rebels. The newly rushed group of heavy infantry was several times better than the Xiongwu Battalion in terms of both the sophistication of equipment and the training of its non-commissioned officers. Such an opponent is invincible, and the best option for the Xiongwu Battalion at this moment is to retract into the city, lower the iron fence separating the inner city from the urn city, and then use the rolling wood and stones on the city wall to settle the battle.

"Stick to them, stick to them!" After the ironclad foot soldiers, the general of the rebel army gave a loud order. The Sui army could not be allowed to retreat into the inner city, and only by sticking to this group of Sui troops would the Sui army on the city wall around the urn city throw a rat trap. Otherwise, once the enemy troops on the city walls let go of their hands and feet, the ironclad infantry will face annihilation. While these incomparably expensive classes have good defense, the weight of their armor severely limits their mobility.

"Don't panic, fight and retreat. Spearman, stab forward hard! Xuzi swung his knife and slashed down an enemy soldier who was chasing too far forward, and ordered loudly. A dozen spears gathered around him stabbed forward, piercing through the thick iron armor and delivering a fatal blow to the enemy. The rebels who rushed to the front fell screaming, but their robes did not hesitate to step over their brothers' bodies, sweeping their swords and slashing several spears at the same time.

The gates of the inner city were so narrow that the brethren of the Xiongwu camp could not all retreat back into the city for a while. Those who fell behind had to turn around to meet the enemy. The enemy troops who rushed forward were cut down and pierced, and the brothers of the Xiongwu battalion fell under the steel swords of the enemy troops. Both sides have the same faces, the same courage, and even fight for the same purpose. Pillars of blood splattered one after another, staining the blue-gray walls of the urn city red.

Yu Wenshi stood on the city wall, not knowing what he should do. If Xuzi was not in the urn city, he would not hesitate to order the soldiers to fall down the iron fence and isolate his own people in the urn city from the enemy army. Then they beat down from all sides with rolling logs and stones, and smashed all the people below into meat patties.

Tzu is not in charge of the army. This word of mercy not only refers to the enemy, but also includes the broken wrist of a strong man at the necessary moment. But now, he could not pass on the order to drop the iron gates. In fact, even if he had the courage to give the order to close the inner gates at this moment, the robes on the walls would not carry it out. Yu Wenshi knew that Xuzi was the backbone of this team, and it was precisely because these Xiaoguo beside him saw the personal experience of the main general that they stayed in the Xiongwu camp with hope to fight for their future and future. If he dared to order the abandonment of Xuzi today, no matter what the outcome of the Battle of Liyang was, most of Xiaoguo would no longer recognize him as a prisoner. Even, these guys who couldn't go for five days sought justice for Lord Lang by assassinating him, the prison army.

Yu Wenshi didn't understand what means Li Xu used to hold the hearts of the brothers in the Xiongwu Battalion. But he could hear the anxious shouts around the robe, and he could see that many soldiers whose weapons had been cut off were still standing beside Li Xu, advancing and retreating together with the main general. What an honor it is to have so many people whose name you can't even remember choose to live and die with you. In order for the generals to let the soldiers die to such an extent, what more can the husband ask for. In an instant, Yu Wenshi only felt that the blood in his body was already there, and he wanted to jump off the city and replace the young man who was admired by the soldiers with himself.

With such a group of brothers by his side, he is enough to dominate the world. Yu Wenshi sighed with emotion, and pointed to the side near the outer city gate with a horizontal knife. "Go there and throw the logs, cut off the enemy army, cut off the enemy army!" He heard that his voice had changed tone, and then he saw more than a hundred brothers on the city wall rushing to the top of the city gate, and raining down rolling logs, rocks, and even the bodies of the rebels.

The rebels in the urn city did not expect that Yuwen Shi and his hand would be there, and they were smashed on their backs, and the whole attack rhythm slowed down again. The brothers of the Xiongwu battalion in the urn city grasped the fighter plane and quickly retreated, and another group of stranded people successfully hid back in the city.

Han Shixuan quickly adjusted his deployment and ordered all the archers to approach the city wall, shooting feathered arrows into the enemy towers on the city gate in layers. The four thick wooden pillars that supported the enemy's arms were instantly covered with white feathers, and the feather arrows that were not blocked by the enemy tower pierced the sky, pierced through the armor, and shot dozens of Great Sui soldiers who were holding the rolling wood high into hedgehogs.

"Ahh The wounded brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion fell from above the city gate screaming, and together with the rolling logs in their hands, they completed the last attack on the enemy army. The ironclad rebels, supported by their own side, became more and more courageous, striding forward, cutting down their opponents and squeezing towards the inner city gate from several directions.

Most of the brothers of the Xiongwu battalion retreated into the city, and at the inner city gate, only Li Xu and more than 20 soldiers in charge of the broken back were left. With the main general as the core, they formed a small phalanx, fighting and walking. The enemy soldiers bit up like wolves, tearing off the outermost pieces of soldiers' flesh. The enemy army has already seen that Xuzi is the core of this group, and even the entire Liyang defenders. They knew that if they bit the two dozen or so people in front of them, the inner gate of Liyang City would never dare to close.

However, they were wrong.

"Close the gates!" Li Xu slashed his opponent and yelled at the Yuwen scholars on the city wall. He had already suffered several injuries on his body, but thanks to the strong armor given by Li Yuan, he did not lose his combat effectiveness. But this luck will not last long, the enemy army that rushes over is getting stronger and stronger, and he can't guarantee that he will be able to defeat the next opponent smoothly.

"What!" Yu Wenshi was shocked, his eyes round in disbelief.

"Can't be turned off, can't be turned off!" On the city walls, loyal soldiers protested loudly. Someone ran down the road to the wall, trying to give support to their manager. Others braved the rain of arrows to rush into the city, smashing down a large number of stones and rolling logs.

Fighting for their lives, the soldiers of the Xiongwu battalion in the city threw down the rolling logs and smashed over several rebels. The rebels' feathered arrows pierced their bodies at the same time. Constantly people rushed into the tower, lifting the rolling logs and stones. There were also ironclad foot soldiers pouring into the urn city, stepping on the plasma to push forward.

"Stick him, stick him! Don't let him go! The commander of the ironclad infantry rushed into the urn city with his personal guards, pointing at Li Xu with a steel fork and shouting. Several soldiers wanted to show themselves in front of their own commanders, and rushed forward desperately. However, their kung fu was really poor, and in less than three moves, they became the ghost of Xuzi's sword.

At the end of the new round of fighting, several more soldiers fell, and at the gate of the city, except for Li Xu, there were less than ten soldiers left. Everyone sneered and gathered around the main general, like a reef, blocking the waves of people rushing to the city gate.

"Get out of the way, I'll come!" The chief general of the ironclad rebels, squeezed away the soldiers around him, and rushed towards Xuzi. "Death to the dog officer!" He shouted loudly, his body was in the air, and the person walked with the fork, and he had already pounced in front of Li Xu in an instant.

"Bell, bell, bell!" Li Xu connected the opponent's three prongs stabbed from mid-air, took half a step back, and slashed at the enemy's waist with a knife.

"Ahh The soldiers on both sides let out a cry of surprise. These few blows were as fast as lightning, and before their exclamations were over, the rebel general surnamed Wu twisted his body in mid-air, and the iron fork went downward, blocking Xuzi's fatal knife, and then fell down. Straighten the fork and stab again.

"Bell!" Li Xu blocked the opponent's fatal blow again, and his arms were numb because of the huge force coming from the black knife.

"Bell!" General Wu strode back, looking at his opponent as brave as himself, his face full of surprise.

"It's you!" Both exclaimed at the same time. The next moment, he waved his weapon and fought in one place. "You're actually a dog officer!" General Wu scolded angrily, eager to poke Li Xu over. "You're a traitor?" Li Xu asked while blocking. The black knife poured out a cloud of black light, forcing General Wu back a few steps again.

"Close the gates!" Li Xu shouted again, grabbed the iron chain with half a nail with his left hand, and his legs were violently forced, and the whole person jumped into the air. His body drew a circle of death in mid-air with the pull of the chains, and it went over the rebels' visors and necks. The rebels' face and neck armor were made of iron rings, and their defenses were the weakest, and anyone who was struck by a black knife was shattered. The owner of the visor either covered his face or throat, and squatted on the ground screaming.

"Pull General Li and them up and close the city gates!" Yu Wenshi finally understood Li Xu's thoughts, and there was ecstasy in his command.

The enemy sergeants, who were as alert as him, also saw through Li Xu's plan and rushed forward again with a shout. was forced back one by one by the last few soldiers around Li Xu. After the enemy retreated, the surviving guards followed the example of the commander, grabbed the iron chains above their heads, stepped on the city wall, and quickly rose with the cooperation of their comrades in the city. While ascending, they did not forget to slash a few more times, so that the enemy could not approach smoothly.

The iron fence that served as the inner gate fell with a bang, cutting off the hatred inside and outside the walls. Li Xu and the last few guards quickly took off into the air and approached the battlements under the disbelief of the enemy.

"Prepare to roll the wood and stones!" Li Xu looked at Wu Heimin under his feet and shouted loudly. Hurry away, he prayed silently in his heart. If he doesn't leave, it's too late, he can't speak out, he can only hope that Wu Heimin will know how to judge the situation.

"Whew!" A jet-black steel fork flew in the air, brushed Asahiko's face, and shot into the blue-gray city wall.

"Ahh The soldiers of the Xiongwu battalion in the city were shocked into a cold sweat. When they saw the steel fork go away, they excitedly let out a wild shout, "General Li, General Li is safe!" ”

"General Li, General Li!" Up and down the city, there was thunderous cheering.

"Ahem!" Asahiko choked on the dust splashed by the steel fork and coughed loudly, and her body involuntarily paused in mid-air for a moment. Then, he pulled the iron chain with his arm violently, stepped on the fork handle with his toes, and the whole person jumped up five or six feet again, like a goshawk, and landed steadily on the head of Liyang City.

"Prepare to roll the wood and stones!" Xu Zi climbed to the top of the city and immediately pointed his black knife at the enemy, dragging out the voice command. In his concerned gaze, he saw Wu Heimin with an iron-armored foot soldier, retreating in a panic. From the moment Li Mi launched the first wave of attacks on Liyang City, Xu Zi realized that the enemy was moving wrong.

He could laugh at Li Mi's fame and reputation, or he could laugh at the poor equipment of the rebels, but he would never dare to despise the wisdom of those who advised the rebels. In fact, Xu Zi had an intuition in his heart that his mentor Old Master Yang was hidden in the military array opposite. The Liyang offensive and defensive battle in front of him was like a small exam between master and apprentice back then, and it was a test of the master's own studies. It's just that back then, in Ueya County, the lottery head for passing the exam was just a few words of praise, or a few painless palms. And today, one of the two must have to pay for his own life.

Xuzi didn't know if the master wanted to pass the big test, or if he couldn't pass it. He could only calm down and deal with it seriously. Some of the tactical experiences that Yang Fuzi inadvertently talked about back then, as well as all the similar combat examples in that notebook, were turned out from the depths of his heart by him, and he reviewed them in front of him with a little excitement. After turning over several classic battle examples, he keenly judged that the attack outside Xicheng might be a trap. With the end of the first wave of the enemy's offensive, this feeling grew stronger in his heart. With the current embarrassing situation of the rebels, Liyang City is involved in life and death for them, and they should fight desperately. But Li Mi's demeanor is too calm, so calm that people can't believe that they are real.

So after the first wave of the rebels' offensive ended, Xuzi quietly walked down the city and ran to the other side of Liyang City. He was not at ease, he needed to personally check the defenses of the other walls again, and as a result, at the gate of the eastern city, he happened to meet the swarming rebels.

The enemy's meticulous work and his own brothers were crowded together, and it was impossible to distinguish whether the people next to them were friends or foes. And the rebels who entered the city didn't care so much, and with a wave of their horizontal swords, they cut down everyone who stood in their way. The soldiers under the east gate cried and ran for their lives, and at that moment they were already desperate. But in the next moment, courage came back to them.

"Brothers, shut up the gates! The rebels entered the city, and everyone didn't have a good life! The soldiers of the Xiongwu Battalion, who were in a mess, heard someone shouting loudly behind them. Immediately afterward, they saw the banner of their master. The brethren of the pro-barracks were like a wall, firmly choking the official road at the city gate. In the center of them, their own generals were armed with horned bows, and each arrow would shoot an enemy to the ground.

"Li Zhi and Han Jian, lead people to block both sides of the street, there are people who run around and collide, and there is no forgiveness for killing!" After Li Xu stabilized the decline, he immediately issued a second order. The two brigades of pro-soldiers behind him quickly led the men to rush to both sides of the street, taking advantage of the chaos to block themselves and the enemy in the middle of the street.

The running recruits did not have the courage to ram the commander's personal guards and had to stop. The rebels behind them showed no mercy and raised their knives to cut them down. This kind of indiscriminate atrocity quickly aroused public outrage, and with the encouragement of those who cared for it, the recruits' desire to survive once again triumphed over fear.

"Brothers, turn around and kill back. They entered the city, and the whole city was slain! Several clever pro-soldiers shouted in the crowd.

"Brothers, the meritorious service of killing thieves is today!" Zhang Xiu, Zhou Daniu and others standing beside Li Xu shouted in unison. "General Li is here, we won't be defeated!"

"General Li, General Li is here!" The veteran of the Xiongwu battalion shouted, turned around and killed back. Under the banner of Xu, standing is Li Langjiang, who is younger than them, but has advanced and retreated with them several times. With him, the Xiongwu Battalion will not lose, and everyone's dream of being a feudal will not be shattered. Fame but take it right away, how many men are dreaming of becoming a big Sui Xiaoguo. But after enlisting in the army, countless seniors in the army told them that the Great Sui Dynasty paid attention to rank and family, and it was difficult for children from poor families to get ahead if they were not attached to others. When they were on the verge of despair over their lives, General Lee used himself as an example to tell them that they were all deceitful and false. As long as a man works hard, he will definitely have a chance to get out of the way. Because three years ago, General Li's situation was even worse than theirs, and his family background was even worse than theirs. And now, he is the tiger general of the Great Sui Dynasty, and he is a high-ranking official of the fifth grade who cannot be done by many children of wealthy families.

There is a master in the town, and the meticulous workers mixed in with the recruits will not be able to set off a bigger storm. Soon, they were either killed by the rebels themselves. Or because of the impulse of the main formation, the guards ruthlessly executed military law. After removing the carbuncle, the Xiongwu battalion regained its strength and blocked near the inner city gate, not giving an inch. The enemy and the enemy began to stalemate under the city gate, and the rebels were unable to expand their gains for a while, and the Xiongwu battalion was unable to retake the city gate for a while.

After a few breaths of stalemate, Li Xu discovered the chaos on the city wall. He immediately sent Zhang Xiu to ask for help from Yuwenshi. When the other side arrived with reinforcements, the Xiongwu battalion slowly gained the initiative on the battlefield. As a reserve, the combat effectiveness and equipment of the four regiments were much stronger than the mixed recruits, and the Yuwen Supervisor Army controlled the situation on the city wall in a very timely manner, and with the support of the defenders at the head of the city, the Great Sui official army gradually pushed the rebels out of the inner city gate.

"Brothers, push them out!" The veterans of the Xiongwu battalion shouted and launched a counterattack against the rebels in waves. The double pressure from in front of them and overhead forced the rebels to retreat, and in a matter of moments, half of the urn city changed hands. Seeing that the enemy was lacking in strength, the brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion became more and more vigorous, and they rushed forward, and they were about to approach the outer gate.

"Brother Big Niu, Brother Big Niu, I'll cut down another one!" Qian Xiaoliu's voice echoed in the urn city. He followed Zhou Daniu from Runan County to cast Xiaoguo, originally thinking of gaining fame and honoring his ancestors, but who would have expected that a few days after he went to Liaodong, he would be beaten into a bitter prisoner. After the Battle of Liaodong, he and Zhou Daniu were dug out of the prison by Zhang Xiu and regained the light of day, and became the personal guard of the main general.

"Beautiful, beautiful to death, you little lady raised!" Zhou Daniu muttered quietly, so jealous that his heart was sour. After inspiring everyone's fighting spirit, the main general Li Xu stopped the charge of the leading soldiers, and the position of the handsome banner moved accordingly from the front to the middle of the charging team. As the general's personal guard, Zhou Daniu naturally couldn't leave the main general alone, and went to grab the battle with ordinary soldiers like Qian Xiaoliu. But he couldn't bear the credit that was close at hand and slipped away like this, his eyes were so angry that he couldn't wait to bring Qian Xiaoliu back and change places with him.

Before joining the pro-guard regiment, the pro-soldier captain Zhang Xiu once said to him that General Lang likes to take the lead, so as a pro-guard, their training is much stricter than that of ordinary soldiers. At the same time, the chances of meritorious service are much higher than others. At present, most of the brigade rates of the Xiongwu Battalion are from the personal guards of the supervising army or the main general, which is the best proof of this statement. Zhou Daniu remembered that from the beginning of the battle at the city gate to the present, Qian Xiaoliu had shown off his results to him at least five times. The results of the decapitation of the fifth level will be reported, and after this battle, Qian Xiaoliu's position will never be lower than that of his big brother.

Suddenly, Zhou Daniu felt that his side's offensive was stagnant. Immediately afterward, he saw several groups of foot soldiers wrapped in iron sheets and with only two eyes showing their eyes rushing into the urn city against the flow of people. Those who stood in their way, whether they were rebels or the warriors, were knocked to the ground by them. Qian Xiaoliu, who had been rushing to the forefront, didn't have time to retreat, and was slashed by three huge ring-headed knives at the same time, and even the people with weapons were broken into several pieces.

"Little Liuzi!" Zhou Daniu felt like he had been pricked in his heart. Qian Xiaoliu is his companion who has played since he was a child, rampaged in the countryside together, fought together, and was beaten together. Seeing the other party die tragically in front of him, he really couldn't bear this kind of blow.

Lifting the shield and holding the knife, Zhou Daniu rushed forward desperately. Trampling on several corpses, the horizontal knife slashed out a golden light and slashed heavily on the shoulder of a rebel. I only heard a "cluck" in my ears, and the big horizontal knife, sharp enough to cut the horse's head off the horse's neck, only cut through the enemy's armor, and fell into the enemy's shoulder, unable to penetrate half an inch. It was too late, but it was too fast, and the wounded rebel soldier slashed the thick back ring knife in his hand and smashed Zhou Daniu's weapon into two pieces.

In terms of sharpness, the thick back ring head knife is far inferior to the large horizontal knife used in the Great Sui army. But in terms of weight and thickness, the ring head knife is at least three times higher than the large horizontal knife. The rebels who rushed into the urn city again were all big men, and the thick back ring sword weighing nearly twenty catties was wielding a whining blow in their hands. The brothers of the Xiongwu battalion killed each other, but either their weapons slashed each other's bodies, but failed to cause fatal wounds, or their weapons were smashed by the ring-headed knives, and instantly turned into iron-clad steel knives against the enemy with their bare hands.

The two ironclad rebels stepped in unison, one left and one right, and slashed at Zhou Da Niu with their ring-headed knives. Zhou Daniu held an iron shield in his hand, and used the skills he had cultivated in the pro-guard regiment to block and knock left. He was forced to retreat again and again, and suddenly, he tripped over the corpse on the ground, and staggered backwards.

"It's over, Xiaoliu's revenge can't be avenged!" Zhou Daniu thought sadly. He saw a steel knife slashing at him, and then felt a strong force in his neck, dragging him back quickly.

"Retreat with the brethren!" Zhou Daniu, who escaped death, heard Lord Lang say this. Raising his frightened eyes, he saw General Lee draw his black knife again and stand at the front of his own team.

A ring-headed knife slashed and was knocked into the air by General Li. Then, the bloodthirsty black knife sliced through the heavy iron armor and sliced the advancing enemy in half.

"After the spearmen broke off with me, the others retreated into the inner city!" Asahiko pulled out her sword from the corpse of the enemy and ordered loudly. Immediately after, he took a step back, dodging a blow from the side, and the black knife went up against the trend and found the neck of the incoming man.

The neck armor made of iron rings was cut by a black knife like tofu, and the enemy lieutenant in iron armor covered his throat and crouched to the ground with his eyes in disbelief. The two personal soldiers around him tried to avenge their captain, but they were slashed back by Li Xu one by one. Taking advantage of this rare respite, the brethren of the Xiongwu battalion adjusted their formation, enclosing their sword and shield hands in the center of the line, and spearmen lining up on the outermost side of the line.

"Don't fight, back off!" Li Xu ordered while resisting the attack of the rebels. The newly rushed group of heavy infantry was several times better than the Xiongwu Battalion in terms of both the sophistication of equipment and the training of its non-commissioned officers. Such an opponent is invincible, and the best option for the Xiongwu Battalion at this moment is to retract into the city, lower the iron fence separating the inner city from the urn city, and then use the rolling wood and stones on the city wall to settle the battle.

"Stick to them, stick to them!" After the ironclad foot soldiers, the general of the rebel army gave a loud order. The Sui army could not be allowed to retreat into the inner city, and only by sticking to this group of Sui troops would the Sui army on the city wall around the urn city throw a rat trap. Otherwise, once the enemy troops on the city walls let go of their hands and feet, the ironclad infantry will face annihilation. While these incomparably expensive classes have good defense, the weight of their armor severely limits their mobility.

"Don't panic, fight and retreat. Spearman, stab forward hard! Xuzi swung his knife and slashed down an enemy soldier who was chasing too far forward, and ordered loudly. A dozen spears gathered around him stabbed forward, piercing through the thick iron armor and delivering a fatal blow to the enemy. The rebels who rushed to the front fell screaming, but their robes did not hesitate to step over their brothers' bodies, sweeping their swords and slashing several spears at the same time.

The gates of the inner city were so narrow that the brethren of the Xiongwu camp could not all retreat back into the city for a while. Those who fell behind had to turn around to meet the enemy. The enemy troops who rushed forward were cut down and pierced, and the brothers of the Xiongwu battalion fell under the steel swords of the enemy troops. Both sides have the same faces, the same courage, and even fight for the same purpose. Pillars of blood splattered one after another, staining the blue-gray walls of the urn city red.

Yu Wenshi stood on the city wall, not knowing what he should do. If Xuzi was not in the urn city, he would not hesitate to order the soldiers to fall down the iron fence and isolate his own people in the urn city from the enemy army. Then they beat down from all sides with rolling logs and stones, and smashed all the people below into meat patties.

Tzu is not in charge of the army. This word of mercy not only refers to the enemy, but also includes the broken wrist of a strong man at the necessary moment. But now, he could not pass on the order to drop the iron gates. In fact, even if he had the courage to give the order to close the inner gates at this moment, the robes on the walls would not carry it out. Yu Wenshi knew that Xuzi was the backbone of this team, and it was precisely because these Xiaoguo beside him saw the personal experience of the main general that they stayed in the Xiongwu camp with hope to fight for their future and future. If he dared to order the abandonment of Xuzi today, no matter what the outcome of the Battle of Liyang was, most of Xiaoguo would no longer recognize him as a prisoner. Even, these guys who couldn't go for five days sought justice for Lord Lang by assassinating him, the prison army.

Yu Wenshi didn't understand what means Li Xu used to hold the hearts of the brothers in the Xiongwu Battalion. But he could hear the anxious shouts around the robe, and he could see that many soldiers whose weapons had been cut off were still standing beside Li Xu, advancing and retreating together with the main general. What an honor it is to have so many people whose name you can't even remember choose to live and die with you. In order for the generals to let the soldiers die to such an extent, what more can the husband ask for. In an instant, Yu Wenshi only felt that the blood in his body was already there, and he wanted to jump off the city and replace the young man who was admired by the soldiers with himself.

With such a group of brothers by his side, he is enough to dominate the world. Yu Wenshi sighed with emotion, and pointed to the side near the outer city gate with a horizontal knife. "Go there and throw the logs, cut off the enemy army, cut off the enemy army!" He heard that his voice had changed tone, and then he saw more than a hundred brothers on the city wall rushing to the top of the city gate, and raining down rolling logs, rocks, and even the bodies of the rebels.

The rebels in the urn city did not expect that Yuwen Shi and his hand would be there, and they were smashed on their backs, and the whole attack rhythm slowed down again. The brothers of the Xiongwu battalion in the urn city grasped the fighter plane and quickly retreated, and another group of stranded people successfully hid back in the city.

Han Shixuan quickly adjusted his deployment and ordered all the archers to approach the city wall, shooting feathered arrows into the enemy towers on the city gate in layers. The four thick wooden pillars that supported the enemy's arms were instantly covered with white feathers, and the feather arrows that were not blocked by the enemy tower pierced the sky, pierced through the armor, and shot dozens of Great Sui soldiers who were holding the rolling wood high into hedgehogs.

"Ahh The wounded brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion fell from above the city gate screaming, and together with the rolling logs in their hands, they completed the last attack on the enemy army. The ironclad rebels, supported by their own side, became more and more courageous, striding forward, cutting down their opponents and squeezing towards the inner city gate from several directions.

Most of the brothers of the Xiongwu battalion retreated into the city, and at the inner city gate, only Li Xu and more than 20 soldiers in charge of the broken back were left. With the main general as the core, they formed a small phalanx, fighting and walking. The enemy soldiers bit up like wolves, tearing off the outermost pieces of soldiers' flesh. The enemy army has already seen that Xuzi is the core of this group, and even the entire Liyang defenders. They knew that if they bit the two dozen or so people in front of them, the inner gate of Liyang City would never dare to close.

However, they were wrong.

"Close the gates!" Li Xu slashed his opponent and yelled at the Yuwen scholars on the city wall. He had already suffered several injuries on his body, but thanks to the strong armor given by Li Yuan, he did not lose his combat effectiveness. But this luck will not last long, the enemy army that rushes over is getting stronger and stronger, and he can't guarantee that he will be able to defeat the next opponent smoothly.

"What!" Yu Wenshi was shocked, his eyes round in disbelief.

"Can't be turned off, can't be turned off!" On the city walls, loyal soldiers protested loudly. Someone ran down the road to the wall, trying to give support to their manager. Others braved the rain of arrows to rush into the city, smashing down a large number of stones and rolling logs.

Fighting for their lives, the soldiers of the Xiongwu battalion in the city threw down the rolling logs and smashed over several rebels. The rebels' feathered arrows pierced their bodies at the same time. Constantly people rushed into the tower, lifting the rolling logs and stones. There were also ironclad foot soldiers pouring into the urn city, stepping on the plasma to push forward.

"Stick him, stick him! Don't let him go! The commander of the ironclad infantry rushed into the urn city with his personal guards, pointing at Li Xu with a steel fork and shouting. Several soldiers wanted to show themselves in front of their own commanders, and rushed forward desperately. However, their kung fu was really poor, and in less than three moves, they became the ghost of Xuzi's sword.

At the end of the new round of fighting, several more soldiers fell, and at the gate of the city, except for Li Xu, there were less than ten soldiers left. Everyone sneered and gathered around the main general, like a reef, blocking the waves of people rushing to the city gate.

"Get out of the way, I'll come!" The chief general of the ironclad rebels, squeezed away the soldiers around him, and rushed towards Xuzi. "Death to the dog officer!" He shouted loudly, his body was in the air, and the person walked with the fork, and he had already pounced in front of Li Xu in an instant.

"Bell, bell, bell!" Li Xu connected the opponent's three prongs stabbed from mid-air, took half a step back, and slashed at the enemy's waist with a knife.

"Ahh The soldiers on both sides let out a cry of surprise. These few blows were as fast as lightning, and before their exclamations were over, the rebel general surnamed Wu twisted his body in mid-air, and the iron fork went downward, blocking Xuzi's fatal knife, and then fell down. Straighten the fork and stab again.

"Bell!" Li Xu blocked the opponent's fatal blow again, and his arms were numb because of the huge force coming from the black knife.

"Bell!" General Wu strode back, looking at his opponent as brave as himself, his face full of surprise.

"It's you!" Both exclaimed at the same time. The next moment, he waved his weapon and fought in one place. "You're actually a dog officer!" General Wu scolded angrily, eager to poke Li Xu over. "You're a traitor?" Li Xu asked while blocking. The black knife poured out a cloud of black light, forcing General Wu back a few steps again.

"Close the gates!" Li Xu shouted again, grabbed the iron chain with half a nail with his left hand, and his legs were violently forced, and the whole person jumped into the air. His body drew a circle of death in mid-air with the pull of the chains, and it went over the rebels' visors and necks. The rebels' face and neck armor were made of iron rings, and their defenses were the weakest, and anyone who was struck by a black knife was shattered. The owner of the visor either covered his face or throat, and squatted on the ground screaming.

"Pull General Li and them up and close the city gates!" Yu Wenshi finally understood Li Xu's thoughts, and there was ecstasy in his command.

The enemy sergeants, who were as alert as him, also saw through Li Xu's plan and rushed forward again with a shout. was forced back one by one by the last few soldiers around Li Xu. After the enemy retreated, the surviving guards followed the example of the commander, grabbed the iron chains above their heads, stepped on the city wall, and quickly rose with the cooperation of their comrades in the city. While ascending, they did not forget to slash a few more times, so that the enemy could not approach smoothly.

The iron fence that served as the inner gate fell with a bang, cutting off the hatred inside and outside the walls. Li Xu and the last few guards quickly took off into the air and approached the battlements under the disbelief of the enemy.

"Prepare to roll the wood and stones!" Li Xu looked at Wu Heimin under his feet and shouted loudly. Hurry away, he prayed silently in his heart. If he doesn't leave, it's too late, he can't speak out, he can only hope that Wu Heimin will know how to judge the situation.

"Whew!" A jet-black steel fork flew in the air, brushed Asahiko's face, and shot into the blue-gray city wall.

"Ahh The soldiers of the Xiongwu battalion in the city were shocked into a cold sweat. When they saw the steel fork go away, they excitedly let out a wild shout, "General Li, General Li is safe!" ”

"General Li, General Li!" Up and down the city, there was thunderous cheering.

"Ahem!" Asahiko choked on the dust splashed by the steel fork and coughed loudly, and her body involuntarily paused in mid-air for a moment. Then, he pulled the iron chain with his arm violently, stepped on the fork handle with his toes, and the whole person jumped up five or six feet again, like a goshawk, and landed steadily on the head of Liyang City.

"Prepare to roll the wood and stones!" Xu Zi climbed to the top of the city and immediately pointed his black knife at the enemy, dragging out the voice command. In his concerned gaze, he saw Wu Heimin with an iron-armored foot soldier, retreating in a panic.

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