The assault on the city began on the morning of the fifth day. The two Sui armies had become accustomed to each other's combat styles in the course of fighting side by side for more than a month, so they cooperated quite tacitly.

The first to strike were the small siege crossbows carried by the government soldiers. These murderous weapons, made of wood and cow tendons, weighed just over 200 pounds and could be carried by a pack horse. Yang Yichen did not have many cavalry under his command, but he had more than 4,000 pack horses used to transport various siege equipment. The soldiers removed the parts of the siege crossbow from their horses and reassembled them in the blink of an eye. With Yang Yichen's order, hundreds of crossbow arrows more than eight feet long immediately smashed a string of yellow smoke at the head of Wupu City.

"Ah--" "Ah--" With a terrible scream, the minions defending the city were carried by crossbows like paper harriers from behind the battlements, and sprinkled a little blood under the dawn sky. Since it had just rained recently, the sky was washed blue. And those red blood beads were reflected more clearly by the blue sky, almost dropping into the visibility.

The wilderness was quiet in the morning, and the morning breeze carried the screams down the city, mixed with a faint sigh. Immediately afterwards, there was a long and mournful horn, and the sound was like a song. The archers of the brigade stepped forward quickly, protected by the shieldmen of the brigade, and took advantage of the fact that the defenders were being overwhelmed by the crossbows and headless to enter the attacking position. In the next moment, the sound of the horn stopped abruptly, and the sound of the wind became the main theme on the battlefield. The sky darkened suddenly, and then suddenly brightened again, and tens of thousands of feathered arrows slid through tens of thousands of beautiful arcs, whistling up the city.

The defenders fought back, dodging the eagles falling from the sky while looking for an opportunity to shoot cold arrows from behind the battlements. But their resistance seemed so insignificant to the attackers. Very few Sui troops were shot by stray arrows, and occasionally one or two feathered arrows were successfully attacked, but they were also blocked by thick armor. Yang Yichen is known for cherishing his soldiers, so the elites under his command who serve as the main attackers usually wear heavy armor. And as his enemy, the treatment is not so wonderful. The old general has always paid attention to leaving no way to survive during the war, and no prisoners after the war.

The resistance of the rogues was very stubborn. Taking advantage of the gap between the Sui army's attacks, they constantly rushed up to the city along the horse road in the city, pushing away the corpses and filling the gaps left by the war dead. The gap was soon opened again by crossbows and feather arrows, and more minions rushed to pounce on it again, endlessly, and repeatedly.

The blood of the war dead soon filled the walls and slowly trickled down the cracks in the adobe. From a distance, the entire wall looked like it was bleeding. The blood was absorbed halfway through the dried adobe, and the color slowly darkened and turned black. Before the old blood could completely condense, the new plasma quickly flowed down again, adding another stroke of crimson to the thick black, hideous and dazzling.

The sound of the ballista's shooting was short and powerful, like a beat of a heavy hand on a drum. The tremor of the bowstring is crisp and weak, like the chirping of birds in spring, or the whispering of newlywed swallows. Amid the chirping of birds, whispers, and drums, the sun slowly rose, rose, and rose, shining the autumn light of all ways on everyone's black hair and yellow skin, whether they were officers or robbers at this moment, whether they were dead or alive at this moment.

Black hair and yellow skin, full of wrinkles, carved into the hardships and sorrows of life. This kind of face is very common in the land of Hebei, and it is difficult to escape from the city and the city. And today, the yellow faces in and below the city are trying to take each other's lives, as if they really have a blood feud with each other, as if they really don't share each other's sky.

"Beat the drums!" Seeing that the sun behind him was high enough, Yang Yichen ordered loudly. After consulting with Li Xu last night, he chose the east side of Wupu City as the first breakthrough, while Li Xu was responsible for leading the Boling army to surround the other three city walls, and seize another opportunity to break the city when the attention of the rogues was attracted to the east city wall.

For the besiegers, there is a selective attack that can concentrate all forces in one place. For the defenders, they had to deal with not only the threat from below, but also the sunlight that was shining into their eyes.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of drums thundered like thunder, shaking the thin walls of Wulang City. With the overwhelming sound of war drums, more than a dozen siege ladders equipped with wooden wheels were slowly rolled out from the Sui army's main formation. Under the protection of the shield bearers, more than 2,000 ragged people shouted trumpets and slowly moved the siege ladder closer to the city wall.

The defenders' attention was instantly drawn to the tall siege ladders, and the disparity between the enemy and the enemy was so great that if these behemoths were allowed to get close to the walls, the consequences would be unimaginable. Without Gao Shida's order, they immediately pointed their bows and arrows at the cart pusher. The sharp arrows tore through the single clothes, tore the muscles, and pierced the internal organs against the gaps in the bones, and the people who pushed the siege ladder fell one after another, Yang Yichen waved his big hand again, and more people rushed to the back of the siege ladder, taking the place of the dead in the battle, and pushing the wheels slowly forward with their shoulders and arms.

Seeing that the bow and arrow interception could not work, the minions at the head of the city sacrificed a new killing move, they braved the rain of arrows above their heads, and a group of more than a dozen people dragged the straw rope to pull the bed crossbow used to defend the city with their shoulders. The huge crossbow roared down from the top of the city, smashed the shield bearers escorting the siege car, smashed into the crowd, and pierced the people who could not evade one by one, and firmly nailed them to the ground.

"Ahh The wounded did not immediately lose their breath and struggled in vain on the shafts of arrows made of hardwood, screaming horribly. The surviving people stumbled for a moment, turned around and wanted to flee, but were pulled back with the back of their knives by the soldiers escorting the siege car.

"Beat the drums and urge the war!" Yang Yichen simply ignored Minzhuang's life and death, and sneered at the order. These siege carts were captured by him during the march, and it is difficult to say whether there were rogues hidden in them. Sacrifice some and sacrifice some, so that this generation will not collude with other robbers in the future. (NGZ buys out the work, please do not reprint)

"Boom, boom, boom!" The monotonous beat of the drums sounded again, like a storm crashing on the shore. Under the pressure of the steel knife, the people who were lucky enough not to be shot by the bed crossbow gathered in front of and behind the siege ladder crying, shouldering and holding hands, and continued to move towards the death zone, blood every step. The small siege crossbows under the city walls quickly adjusted their direction and concentrated their forces on the city walls to shoot at the position where the bed crossbows flew from them.

The difference between the usual training of the two sides was immediately apparent, and the bed crossbows on the city head were far higher than the siege crossbows used by the government soldiers in terms of range and power, but none of them could directly hit the siege ladder after a few rounds of firing. And the crossbowmen under Yang Yichen's command only used two rounds of shooting to turn several bed crossbows on the head of the city into mute. The panicked minions rushed to the crossbow of the bed, which had been turned into a hedgehog, and carried away the corpses of their companions. Pull out the crossbow arrows that pierced into the city wall, and restore the bed crossbow to its original shape as much as possible. But the last weapon they relied on to survive could no longer shoot crossbow arrows, and they were completely reduced to useless wooden shelves.

"It's over!" Gao Shida, who witnessed the bed crossbow being destroyed by the other party with random arrows, let out a desperate cry in his heart, and cold sweat dripped down his forehead. It wasn't until noon yesterday that he learned from a few soldiers who risked their lives to report that the soldiers and horses that had gone to Sui Chang to plunder had been defeated. According to the messenger, Wang Bo's life and death were unknown, and Liu Chunsheng was blocked by Yang Yichen by the Hutuo River and beheaded in front of the battle. Sun Xuanya saw that the situation was not good, and led the remnants to surrender. If he finally falls into the hands of Li Xu, there may be a chance to survive. If it was Yang Yichen who accepted his surrender at the beginning, the outcome could have been imagined.

After hearing the news that the entire army on the East Road was exhausted, Gao Shida should have withdrawn immediately. However, when he was under his command, the German side suggested that he and Liu Badao divide their troops to guard Wupu and Raoyang. "The two cities are close at hand, like the moon and the stars. When the enemy attacked Wupu, Raoyang sent troops to attack it; When the enemy attacked Raoyang, Wulu sent troops to attack it, so that it could not take care of each other. After a long time, the enemy army will be tired, and our army will take the opportunity to seize the road, and it will definitely not be able to pursue and kill. If we abandon the two cities without firing a single shot, the arrogance of the enemy army will rise, and the morale of our army will decline. Once he followed the Duke of the East Sea into the plains, how could the Duke protect himself? ”

Shi De's words sounded very reasonable, and Gao Shida, the Duke of the East China Sea, and Liu Badao, the Duke of the Plains, also felt that they fled without even hearing the sound of the enemy's horns and drums, which was really too prestigious. The two hesitated again and again, discussed repeatedly, and finally divided their troops in the evening. Unexpectedly, Liu Badao left Wupu, and was blocked by the galloping Boling Jingqi.

According to the reports of the brothers who escaped by chance, Liu Badao and the more than 20,000 brothers under his command failed to hold on for half an hour, and were completely defeated by the Boling elite cavalry. Liu Badao himself was blocked by Li Xu with an arrow and shot on the spot. More than half of the other minions were killed in the battle, and less than 3,000 fled the battlefield.

And the Boling elite cavalry that defeated Liu Badao only had 5,000 people, and it was a tired army that had been on the road for several days. Is the guy with such terrifying combat power still human, Gao Shida didn't dare to think about it. But what frightened him more than Liu Badao's death was another news that came through the mouth of the rout, and the Boling army no longer forgave the prisoners. All the minions who were captured outside the city of Suichang were killed. The captured minions that originally belonged to Liu Badao were not saved.

Fight and fight, surrender and be killed. A wave of anger swelled in the desperate Gao Shida's heart. "Get off the walls and let them come!" He wiped the cold sweat from his head and ordered loudly, as if he had seen through life and death in an instant.

"Big boss, the officers and soldiers will not let us go!" Several small leaders wiped the blood from their faces and shouted in grief. It was a matter of time before the city was lost, and they knew it from the time the siege of the city began last night. But it is also death, and it is much more pleasant to die in battle at the head of the city than to kneel on the ground and wait for someone to cut off your head, at least when you are alive.

"Let them go to the city wall, let's fight hard and be smarter!" Gao Shida smiled miserably and said loudly. "When they came up, they could no longer shoot arrows. Let's face to face with the knife, life and death depend on our ability! ”

"No!" The minions followed the example of the officers and soldiers and clenched their fists at Gao Shida, and then laughed.

"Go down, go down!" Gao Shida smiled with tears on his face, like a drunken madman. Desperate minions laughed behind him and left the walls, standing on the road waiting for the final moment.

They are not grass, unwilling to be trampled on and slaughtered. They live a humble life, but they can die as noble as meat eaters.

The shadow of the sun passed little by little, and everyone in the city and under the city was waiting anxiously. Suddenly, there was a loud bang at the head of the city, and the base of the siege ladder stopped five feet from the wall, and the top of the ladder with barbs slammed against the mud-brick wall.

"Kill!" Yang Yichen neatly pointed the long lance in his hand forward and ordered loudly.

"Kill them all, kill them all!" Dingyuan general Deng Youjian led more than 300 foot soldiers and quickly rushed to the bottom of a siege ladder. Several warriors slammed their short knives into their mouths and swarmed up on the crosswoods. The bases of these behemoths were carried by the army, but the arms and middle pedals of the ladder were made by cutting down the wild trees around the turnips last night, and they were very smooth. As a result, the speed of the climb was not very fast, and occasionally someone slipped down. Fortunately, the minions at the head of the city had lost the courage to resist and did not dare to poke their heads out to fight back.

"Kill, only kill, not capture!" After the guerrilla general Hou Qiao saw that Deng Youjian's troops were not hindered in any way, and he was not willing to give in, he struggled to climb up the other siege ladder. Several other siege engines were soon filled with soldiers, "Kill, kill, kill!" The Great Sui soldiers shouted and cheered, watching several of the most athletic warriors jump into the battlements.

Suddenly, the shouts of the crowd stopped. They saw a sudden flash of cold light on the walls. Two long-pole broadswords swept over and went straight to Deng Youjian's waist and abdomen. Seeing that the situation was not good, Deng You, the general of Dingyuan, shouted and jumped more than three feet high, and he was able to avoid the blade against the bottom of his boot, and another spear roared from mid-air, hitting him in the shoulder.

"Ahh Dingyuan General Deng Youjian let out a miserable scream and fell directly from mid-air to the head of the city. Under the ladder, several soldiers holding sackcloth pieces hurriedly rushed over to rescue. Deng Youjian's body was blocked by the sackcloth, and he fell away. He rolled halfway on the cloth, put his spear on his shoulder, and collapsed limply under the wall.

The other officers and soldiers who killed the head of the city also found out that they had been fooled and were shocked. Hundreds of minions suddenly appeared from the previously silent city walls, armed with long knives or wielding clubs, and smashed them all without a head. The soldiers who attacked the city were outnumbered and killed, while the archers who were responsible for covering below could not aim because of the mixture of enemy and enemy, and could not release a single arrow for a long time.

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