In the afterglow of the setting sun, outside the south gate of Xizhou City, two hundred meters away, strange chariots lined up one after another, facing Xizhou City horizontally. No, it would be more accurate to say that the Strange Chariot was a combination of a flatbed carriage, a wooden tower, and a ladder, and at first glance, it looked like a strangely shaped wooden monster, three or four stories tall, a little higher than the city walls.

However, these bizarre chariots are small, with a chassis radius of only a few square meters. As a result, its ramp is extremely steep. If you are not careful, it is easy to slip and fall.

On the tower of the city gate, Zhizhou Yang Wei was watching this scene, his expression was solemn, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still asked: "Someone, has General Gao arrived?" Where is it now, the thieves are about to attack the city, why haven't they come yet? ”

Immediately, an adjutant general in the distance came over and replied respectfully: "Lord Qiqi, the general said that the anti-thieves want to break through the south gate with heavy troops, so he will go to the other three city gates to draw troops to supplement the city defense forces here." ”

Hearing this, Yang Wei's eyes flickered twice, and he didn't continue to ask, but pointed to the strange chariots in front of him and asked, "Have you seen those siege equipment in front?" Do you know their siege characteristics? ”

The lieutenant general hesitated for a moment, his face was full of puzzlement, and while shaking his head, he also replied: "Lord Qiqi, the last general has never seen this kind of siege equipment. However, judging from the observation and judgment of the last general, this kind of construction of small and tall towers on top of the chariot is more like an improvement on the basis of a ladder. The advantage is that it can be moved. Moreover, due to the wind-shielding planks directly ahead, our archers could not threaten the thieves on the chariot towers or the thieves on the steps behind the planks. ”

Although Yang Wei is a civil official, he is not a fool, listening to the adjutant general's narration, and then looking at the structure of the chariot tower, the wooden cart below only needs three or four people to push, and the tower-shaped structure in the middle is facing the other side of Xizhou City, and under the side view, there is exactly an inclined ladder, which is very similar to a cloud ladder. Unlike the ladder, not only is the base below and the platform at the top, but there is also a long wooden plank in front of the ladder that just covers the ladder and protects the climber from the bow and arrow.

In just an instant, Yang Wei suddenly realized the role of these strange chariots, how to attack the county seat?

It is not difficult to imagine that if these strange chariots in front of them moved at the same time and continued to advance towards Xizhou City, the thieves located on the tower platform would be able to occupy the commanding heights and use their bows and arrows to greet the officers and soldiers defending the city. The arrows and rolling wood stones on the city wall no longer have any attack power, and they have no effect on the anti-thieves of the strange chariot, let alone have any blocking effect.

There is no doubt that Yang Wei knows very well in his heart that the loss of Xizhou City is inevitable, and what he has done is just a final death struggle. However, even so, Yang Wei did not show the slightest cowardice, but his expression became more and more resolute and resolute.

A few dozen meters south of the strange chariot, Li Zicheng, Wu Ruyi, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong and others were also watching this scene.

Still Gao Yigong, looked at the strange chariot, showed curiosity and doubt, and asked puzzledly: "Brother-in-law, you have not taken action for the past two days, and you have not allowed the Li family army to attack Xizhou City, just to wait for these dozen strange chariots?" Chariots are not like chariots, and towers are not like towers. ”

"Not bad..."Li Zicheng nodded lightly, and after giving an affirmative answer, he further said: "In the past two days, the reason why I have stood still and waited for the leaders of those rebel armies is only one of the reasons. The most important reason is that we are still waiting to build these Wyvern chariots. ”

"Wyvern Chariot ......?"

Gao Yigong muttered to himself, and then looked at those ugly strange chariots suspiciously, more like the four dislikes. Although his heart was full of doubts as to why such an ugly chariot was named the Flying Dragon Chariot, Gao Yigong was the first to ask: "That... Brother-in-law, how do you use these dragon chariots? ”

However, Li Zicheng did not answer, but looked at the west, saw that the sky was getting dark, and the sky was red, and immediately ordered: "Action!" ”

Immediately, the war drums thundered, and more than a dozen Wyvern chariots at the forefront moved at the same time, getting closer and closer to the city wall.

Gradually, as the Li family's army got closer and closer, the officers and troops on the city wall became more and more restless and restless. This battle completely subverted their cognition, unlike the previous battles of attack and defense of the city.

The rebel army did not rush in a swarm, let alone a giant tree of more than ten meters slammed into the city gate, and there was no cloud ladder on the city wall, only the dozen or so strange chariots were slowly approaching, and the Li Jiajun followed closely, and the whole battlefield was full of weirdness.

There was no chaotic pace when charging, no screams and wails, and no sound of fighting, the whole battlefield was quiet and terrible, only the "crunch" and "crunch" sound of the strange chariots constantly exercising, stirring the restless hearts of the officers and soldiers defending the city.

Whoa...

With Yang Wei's order, the bows and arrows on the city wall were manually made, and dense arrows flew out, heading straight for the Li family's army. However, these arrows did not achieve anything, and they were all blocked by the plank of the Wyvern Chariot.

A part of the Li family army stopped, stopped outside the range of the bow and arrow, only the flying dragon chariot was still approaching, and the Li family army behind the flying dragon chariot was still advancing.

Finally, under the attack of the rain of arrows, more than a dozen Wyvern chariots also stopped, and they were still five or six meters away from the city wall.

Whoa...

The Li Jiajun began to counterattack, and the soldiers of the Li Jiajun who were on the platform of the tower of the Flying Dragon Chariot were in position, and began to bend their bows and shoot arrows, and the follow-up soldiers were still climbing up, almost filling the inclined ladder.

Gao Yigong looked at this scene with a look of surprise on his face, but it only lasted for a moment before he returned to normal, such a scene was not out of his thinking. After all, it was not surprising that the tower of the Wyvern Chariot was so high, a few feet above the city wall, that it could suppress the officers and soldiers of the official army.

However, Gao Yigong's expression only lasted for a while, and he was shocked again, his expression was very exaggerated, his mouth was wide open, his eyes were round, and the question about the Flying Dragon Chariot in his heart disappeared suddenly.

At this moment, Gao Yigong finally knew why the strange chariot was named the Wyvern chariot? Knowing how the Wyvern chariot attacked the city?

I saw that after a few minutes of intensive archery, within the range of the attack of more than a dozen Wyvern chariots, a blank space appeared on the city wall. Even if there are officers and soldiers, they are lying behind the city wall, and they don't dare to show their heads at all, let alone attack the Li family's army?

Gao Yigong's surprise was not inexplicably not here, but on the platform of the Flying Dragon Chariot Tower, at the top of each Wyvern Chariot in the middle, a wooden ladder about one meter wide and about seven or eight meters long appeared, inclined down, just connecting the Flying Dragon Chariot and the Xizhou City Wall.

At this moment, Gao Yigong was a little stunned, and some wooden ones pointed to the flying dragon chariots, and said sneeringly: "Brother-in-law, the reason why these chariots are named flying dragons is because the top can spit out wooden ladders?" ”

"Hehe..." Li Zicheng smiled and said loudly: "Yigong, keep looking, the reason why it is named the Flying Dragon Chariot is not just because it can spit out the wooden ladder." ”

As soon as Li Zicheng's words fell, he saw that the top of the flying dragon chariot had moved again, and the density of arrow rain on the platform became larger, located on the platform of several flying dragon chariots in the middle, there were soldiers of Li Jiajun who jumped out, lying on the wooden ladder, and slid down, and the crossbow arrow on the left arm was in a state of attack.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

One soldier of the Li family army landed smoothly, two landed smoothly, and more and more Li family troops came to fight on the city wall. The moment he landed, his left arm stretched out, and he drove the crossbow arrows to deal with the officers and soldiers hiding behind the city wall.

At the same time, the Wyvern chariots on the left and right sides moved, four to the east and four to the west, respectively, and the Li Jiajun on the platform was still bending his bow and shooting arrows, attacking the city defense army that could not be shot just now.

Since there were no people on the inclined ladders of the Wyvern chariots on both sides, they moved very quickly.

The Wyvern chariots in the middle were firmly anchored there like castles. On the platform, there were no more arrows, only soldiers sliding down the wooden ladder. The Li Jiajun who were in the rear all gathered behind these flying dragon chariots, climbed up, and came to the platform one after another, and followed the wooden ladder to the city wall.

The overall situation has been decided, and the Li Jiajun captured Xizhou City only in the morning and night.

Wolf smoke steamed, black smoke swirled, drifting into the sky.

At the city gate tower, Zhizhou Yang Wei was desperate, but it only lasted for a moment, and then his face was full of madness, holding a knife in his right hand, waving it in the air, and said loudly: "Chong~!" ”

Obviously, Yang Wei is ready to die for his country.

At the same time, where Li Zicheng was, Gao Yigong was excited, his body was trembling with excitement, and he couldn't help but say: "Brother-in-law, I know, the word flying dragon in the flying dragon chariot refers to those brothers!" ”

Li Zicheng turned his head, looked at Gao Yigong, nodded lightly, and smiled silently.

Squeak...!

With the muffled sound of the city gate stretching, the two city gates of the south gate of Xizhou City were opened.

Seeing this situation, Li Zicheng immediately shouted: "Pass the order, let Liu Fangliang act immediately, rush into Xizhou City, and quickly control it!" ”

Knock knock!

The war drums thundered and sounded rhythmically, and those Li Jiajun who had stopped suddenly ran up and rushed towards Xizhou City.

Not only that, the flying dragon chariot also stopped attacking, no soldiers climbed up again, all the Li family troops rushed to Xizhou City, and more cavalry appeared, galloped away, and after rushing into the city, there was no stop, divided into several parts, some rushed to other city gates, some killed to the county government, and some killed to the official warehouse......

The battle at the south gate of Xizhou City lasted less than half an hour, and it had already entered the end, and the sound of the battle was already very weak.

Seeing this situation, Li Zicheng came to the war horse next to him, turned over, his chest was filled with joy, and he couldn't help shouting: "All get on the horse and enter the city!" ”

At this moment, Gao Yigong, Dang Shousu, Liu Tichun and other young generals have long disappeared, and just now, when the city gate was opened, they all followed Liu Fangliang into the city.

Li Jiajun was like a torrent of steel, after entering the city, the slightest resistance was instantly drowned in this torrent, without even a ripple.

As the battle continued, the sound of fighting in Xizhou City became weaker and weaker, and the tension in the city became weaker and weaker.

"Master, have you seen it clearly? Those chaotic troops outside, are they Li Zicheng's Li Jiajun? ”

"Stinky bitch, shut up Lao Tzu! It's so messy, how can Lao Tzu see it clearly? Wait a minute, let me take a closer look, is it Li Jiajun? ”

......

"Shopkeeper, there has been gossip in the past two days, the thief who will attack the city is Li Jiajun? I don't know if it's true? ”

"Little Er, what are you talking nonsense? What chaos? Li Zicheng's Li Jiajun is a benevolent and righteous teacher, who is specially designed to be the master of our ordinary people, and specializes in killing those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and those who are rich and unkind! ”

"What the shopkeeper said is, look at my stinky mouth, I can't speak"

......

Gradually, although Xizhou City is still deserted, there is no one on the streets and alleys, but the windows of some houses began to open, and some people watched this scene so blatantly, although there was still some fear and apprehension between the eyebrows, but more reassured, there was no sense of disaster when the city was destroyed and people were killed.

In the county office, Li Zicheng sat firmly in the hall and listened to the reports of Tian Jianxiu and others.

"Boss Qiyu, the treasury, granary, city defense camp and other important places in the city have been controlled by our army. Those officers and soldiers in charge of guarding either resisted stubbornly and were all dealt with; Either they honestly accept the surrender and all of them are temporarily detained. ”

After Tian Jianxiu finished his report in an orderly manner, Liu Fangliang followed.

"Boss, the remaining three gates have been firmly controlled. Zhizhou Yang Wei died on the tower of the city gate at the south gate. As for the garrison Gao Yi, according to the official and military prisoners at the north gate, when the war began, Gao Yi secretly opened the north gate with dozens of guards and escaped. ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng's calm expression finally had a trace of waves, looked at Liu Fangliang, and said with some emotion: "Gao Yi ran away, as for the body of Zhizhou Yang Wei, you know what to do, right?" ”

"Yes, Boss! According to our rules, we will give corresponding courtesies and bury their bodies near the places where they died in battle. As for his family, they are protected, and Li Jiajun is not allowed to harass anyone. Otherwise, the violators will be severely punished and will not be spared! ”

When answering, Liu Fangliang said with admiration on his face extremely solemnly.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng did not stay on this issue, and looked at Wu Ruyi and the others, the meaning was obvious, it was time for them to report.

"Boss Qiqi, the various patrol teams have been arranged and start patrolling the streets and alleys, and no soldiers of the Li family army are allowed to harass the people in the city. If you encounter someone who is fishing in troubled waters, kill it directly! ”

......

When Li Zicheng's captains reported the results of the battle, far north of Xizhou City, on a hillside, a group of guerrillas gathered here, and the leader of them was Gao Yi, the garrison of Xizhou.

At this time, Gao Yi climbed the heights and looked, embarrassed, panting in the direction of Xizhou City. In particular, the wolf smoke rising from the four city gates made his face look dead and gray, and he said with emotion: "Xizhou City is over, everything is over!" Yang Wei is really a dead brain, knowing that he can't keep it, he still has to live and die with the city, which is really harmful to others and himself! ”

After saying these words, Gao Yi walked to the other side of the hillside, and at the same time said softly with a weak voice: "Let's go~!" Let's go, if Li Jiajun catches up and wants to leave, it will be too late. ”