"Gather the generals and go to the South Gate!"

It didn't take long for all the generals to gather at the South City Gate, and Lin Yuan began to arrange tasks.

On the other side, after Zuo Zongtang returned to the camp, he informed Zhong Ziang of the news of the defeat, and Zhong Ziang was so angry that he wanted to kill him.

"Your Highness, the main task at present is to stabilize Lin Ziyi first."

Zeng Guofan is also quite tricky.

The ambush forest is far from successful, which is equivalent to the two sides tearing their faces, but fortunately, it has not been completely torn yet.

Lin Yuan took their supplies, and morality was on their side.

Zhong Ziang quickly ordered the army and assembled outside the south city gate.

Soon, under the southern city gate, 100,000 troops were gathered.

"Please Lin Ziyi come out and answer!" Zhong Ziang rode alone and came to the city, showing sincerity.

It didn't take long for Lin Yuan to appear on the city wall.

Lin Yuan looked down at Zhong Ziang below, and sneered: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you have a good plan and actually sent someone to ambush me outside the North City Gate?" ”

"Brother Lin is angry, this is all the people below who are ignorant, not what I meant." Zhong Ziang smiled.

"I don't know who you mean, but you Zhong Chu is too much, I don't dare to believe you anymore......"

As he spoke, he turned away from the wall.

"Brother Lin, slow down!" Zhong Ziang was immediately a little anxious when he saw this.

"In order to save the relationship between our two families, I will give you an explanation."

After speaking, Zhong Ziang hurried back to the camp, and after a while, Zuo Zongtang was tied up.

"Brother Lin, it's all this person's bad idea, I will tie this person up now and hand it over to you."

"Good!" Lin Yuan patted the wall, looking overjoyed.

"The lord is slow, this person is cheating!" Zhuge Liang reminded on the side.

"I know." Lin Yuan nodded, and then spoke: "Inform the crossbowmen to ambush in the urn city." ”

At this time, Zhong Xiangjun, who was on the other side, also intended to move.

Dozens of iron cannons were transported to the front line, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the south gate.

Lin Yuan ordered people to lower the drawbridge, open the city gate, and let the four soldiers go out of the city to escort Zuo Zongtang.

It's just that when these four soldiers just approached Zuo Zongtang, Zuo Zongtang, who was still tied up just now, was already fully unbuckled at this moment, and he slashed four people in a row with a big knife.

"Kill me!"

Zhong Ziang finally showed his fangs.

I saw dozens of iron cannons firing in unison, and the shells crossed the arc in mid-air, and they accurately blew up the iron cable of the suspension bridge.

Zhong Xiang's army in the rear, under the leadership of the general, began to rush into Gangneung City.

"Close the gates!"

Lin Yuan leaned on the wall with his hand and ordered the city gate to be closed as soon as possible.

However, the artillery under the command of Zeng Guofan did have some skills, and the cannonballs accurately landed on the city gate one by one, blowing up the wooden city gate to smithereens.

Zhong Xiang's army rushed into the city.

Lin Yuan waited until the rebels who entered the city, with about two or three battalions of troops, and directly ordered the soldiers to lower the iron gate.

Bang!

With a loud bang, an iron gate suddenly fell from inside the southern city wall, weighing dozens of tons, and even the earth trembled.

The rest of the Zhongxiang rebels were directly blocked outside the city.

"Not good! Hit the trick! ”

Zhong Ziang, who was outside the city, saw the iron gate falling, and shouted that it was not good, and slapped his thigh in anger.

Zeng Guofan was also sweating on his forehead, and urgently ordered the artillery to storm the iron gate.

It's just that the shells fell on the iron gates, but they didn't even leave a mark.

"Immediately organize people and storm the city walls!"

Zhong Ziang drew his sword and gave the order for a strong attack.

In the camp south of the city, three siege towers were immediately pushed out.

The height of the siege tower is the same as the height of the wall of Gangneung Fortress, and below it are eight wheels, which are pushed by people, and there are stairs and corridors for soldiers to climb, and at the top is a 20-meter-long straight bridge used to build the wall of Gangneung Fortress.

As long as the siege tower is built on the city wall, it can continuously transport troops to the city wall.

It's a siege weapon.

However, it also has an Achilles' heel, which is that even if it is too bulky, it will take a long time to set up.

Lin Yuan didn't have the time to get on the bar with a few siege towers.

He led Zhuge Liang and others to the city wall of the urn city.

At this time, the city of urns was surrounded by water, and the walls were full of crossbowmen.

Under the city, there are three battalions of Zhong Xiang's rebels, dozens of generals, and Zuo Zongtang.

Zuo Zongtang fought bravely and took the lead.

It's a pity that this time, he hit the muzzle of the gun.

"Zuo Zongtang, will you descend or not?" Lin Yuan suddenly fell in love with talent again.

Zuo Zongtang this person, in the management of the army quite accomplished, he led the Hunan army, dare to fight, is the main force to pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and this person later recovered Ili from the hands of Tsarist Russia.

However, this time is different from the past, Zuo Zongtang in the unparalleled world is a loyal supporter of Zhongxiang's rebels.

It was categorically impossible for him to surrender.

"Phew!"

Sure enough, hearing Lin Yuan's persuasion, Zuo Zongtang below directly scolded.

"Lin Yuan'er, Lao Tzu hates to eat your flesh, sleep on your skin......"

"Shoot the arrows!"

Before Zuo Zongtang's words were finished, Lin Yuan directly ordered a flurry of arrows.

Whoosh!

In an instant, the crossbows and crossbows were fired in unison, the bowstrings rattled, and tens of thousands of arrows rained down, and most of the rebels in the urn fell on the spot.

There was a rebel army with a shield and desperately resisting.

However, it was all in vain.

Dense with arrows, even iron shields can be easily torn apart.

After three rounds of arrow rain, very few people were able to stand up.

Zuo Zongtang was even shot into a sieve.

However, this man has always stood up straight, even if his chest is full of arrows, he still does not fall.

Blood stained the whole urn city red, and the blood flowed into a stream, seeped through the iron gates, and flowed into the moat, and half of the river was dyed red.

Zuo Zongtang's death made Lin Yuan feel a pity.

Such a character, it is a pity that it cannot be used by him.

"Go, cut off their heads, and hang them at the south gates." Lin Yuan ordered directly.

Immediately, a sergeant entered the urn city.

And it didn't take long for Zuo Zongtang and other leaders of the Zhongxiang rebel army to be hung above the south city gate.

A series of hundreds of heads, bloody.

Outside the city, Zhong Ziang saw the heads of Zuo Zongtang and others, and he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and fell off the horse.

The morale of Zhong Xiang's rebels immediately fell into the ice valley.

Zeng Guofan was sad and angry, so he had to order his soldiers to retreat slowly, and the siege of the city was put on hold for the time being.

Gangneung City and Zhong Xiang's barracks all fell silent.

This silence is three days.

Three days later, the follow-up troops of the Yuejia Army finally arrived one after another, with a total of 50,000 elites before and after, including Niu Gao's Tanma Battalion.

"Good boy, you're amazing!" The first time Niu Gao saw Lin Yuan, he laughed and patted Lin Yuan's shoulder.

Lin Yuan is a soldier he brought out, and he has the strongest relationship with him in the Yue family's army.

In addition to Niu Gao, there is also Zhang Xian, who has only met once.

Zhang Xian is also the deputy marshal of the Yue family's army.

"Young man, you have once again impressed me!" Zhang Xian did not hesitate to praise.

"Vice Marshal Zhang has won the award." Lin Yuan said modestly.

In addition to these two people, Lin Yuan also met Yang Zaixing.

Yang Zaixing was very thin, wearing a vermilion lacquered iron armor, holding an iron gun, with a cold expression, and refusing to be thousands of miles away.

Lin Yuan didn't talk to him, so he could only take a face-to-face look.