Zhang Meng didn't expect that Long Xiangnan would choose to attack the city at night, and there were no favorable conditions for attacking the city in this dark environment. www.biquge.info But since the enemy army is going to attack the city now, he Zhang Meng has nothing to fear. The situation in the city has basically stabilized, and those remnants of the Eastern Tang Dynasty soldiers can't make any big waves.

"Command the four gates, strictly guard against it! General Wang, you lead 50,000 soldiers to strangle the enemy army in the whole city, and the matter of extinguishing the fire is also handed over to you!" Zhang Meng originally had to kill the enemy himself in order to vent his hatred, but at this time, he had to command the overall situation, so he could only hand over the matter of strangling the enemy to his subordinates.

"The last general obeys!" a burly general beside Zhang Meng led the order.

At this time, the earth-shattering drums were continuous, and countless torches were lit outside Mengling City. Long Xiangnan personally led the army to come, and this time it turned out to be a posture of launching a general attack.

"With these thousands of soldiers in the city to contain you, your dragon will launch a full-scale attack to the south. If you want to take Mengling City, you are too underestimate my Zhang Meng's methods!" Zhang Meng muttered to himself in his heart, but he considered all the possible mistakes.

Most of the soldiers who broke in from the Eastern Tang Army were cavalry, but there were only less than 8,000 of them, and it was obviously wishful thinking to rely on them to bring any losses to the 400,000 army. Even if the 400,000 army doesn't resist, 8,000 people can't be killed.

Now Zhang Meng sent 50,000 soldiers, six times the enemy's strength, enough to strangle these cavalry who could not charge in the city. The only problem is that they are highly mobile, and the chaos they create in the city is a good cover for them.

But at this time, the army was pressing, and Zhang Meng didn't have time to take care of this ringworm scabies. He walked quickly to the top of the north gate to get an unobstructed view of the situation outside. Under the cover of the night, the soldiers of the Eastern Tang Dynasty quietly approached Mengling City, but the sharp arrow rain of the Northern Chu army still ruthlessly harvested their lives.

Although the archers of the Eastern Tang Army moved their positions forward and exchanged fire with the enemy, hoping to suppress the enemy in terms of firepower and reduce the damage to the advancing friendly forces, the arrows thrown by the Northern Chu army occupying the high ground were obviously more lethal.

Unable to gain a slight advantage in the confrontation, the phalanx of archers decisively retreated. Infantry soldiers charge forward with their lives and consume the enemy's city defenses.

Siege chariots were pushed to the front, and they were able to withstand the fire of the archers. These chariots were also simple with four wheels, and were mounted on thick wooden planks, which were specially made and wrapped in thick cowhide so that arrows could not easily shoot through them.

From a distance, these chariots looked more like huge moving shields, and hundreds of soldiers hid under the chariots to push them forward. Dozens of such chariots appeared in front of the formation, and the archers of the Northern Chu Army naturally noticed these behemoths for the first time.

The archers took aim and rained down their arrows.

"Bang, bang, bang!" was heard, and it was the sound of an arrow hitting the leather and bouncing off.

The general who commanded the archers to shoot immediately made adjustments when he saw this phenomenon, and he commanded loudly: "All archers do not shoot chariots, and vigorously suppress those soldiers who have no chariot cover!"

After the archers did not make adjustments, the chariot rushed forward even more brazenly. However, just as they were about to approach the city, a new attack was launched on the walls.

"Pour out the oil!" under the command of a general, barrels of oil were poured around the chariot. The soldier hiding under the car could only shrink his body inward in panic, and was splashed with fire oil on his body.

The ignited rockets roared, and the flames were ignited again on the battlefield. The warriors who were hiding under the chariot suffered the pain of the fire, and at last they could not stand the heart-rending pain and rushed out with a cry.

The chariot is narrow and does not play an effective role in fire protection at all. The Northern Chu army also saw this clearly before making a corresponding attack, so that the Eastern Tang Army immediately lost dozens of chariots, and the soldiers were burned alive Thousands of people.

Battles are often brutal and merciless, and the soldiers under the chariots are still struggling in agony in the fire, and their roars resound through the battlefield. However, the offensive did not mean to stop, the Eastern Tang Army was still attacking fearlessly, and the Northern Chu Army was also organizing a defense.

At this time, the Eastern Tang soldiers in the city set fire to a large number of buildings, and they spontaneously fled without even deliberately driving away the people. Under the leadership of a general, the soldiers were divided into dozens of teams, and they scattered around to light fires.

After reducing the target, the Northern Chu army could not capture them quickly and effectively. After all, after taking off their armor and throwing away their weapons, there is no obvious difference between them and the people who fled in a hurry!

This time, the task of these cavalry was to create chaos, and seeing that the Eastern Tang army had no hope of breaking through Mengling City in a short time, they no longer killed the enemy, but concentrated on the task of creating chaos.

After all, with their 7,000 soldiers, they can't cause much damage to the Northern Chu army, and even as long as they encounter them head-on, they may be broken by a single blow.

After seeing the root of the matter, these Eastern Tang soldiers who threw away their weapons and armor scurried around. When they came, they traveled lightly, and most of them carried fire-causing things. At this time, it is even more handy to set fire, and the Mengling City will be burned to a mess.

How did he obviously not realize the true purpose of these Northern Chu troops, he had always thought that the soldiers who rushed into the city in the Eastern Tang Dynasty were to contain them, but now it seems that he was wrong.

The boundless fire spread in Mengling City, and the shops, houses, and buildings along the street were all set on fire. As the flames raged, more innocent people fled in a hurry, and some were even engulfed in flames and were unable to escape from the flames.

The Northern Chu generals who chased along the way were also furious at this time, and he followed the footsteps of the enemy along the way, but gradually found that there were traces of arson everywhere, as if countless people had set fire to the houses together.

However, the nearly 10,000 soldiers before disappeared, which made the chaos in Mengling City more and more out of control. General Wang had to send soldiers from his own hands to help the people put out the fire, after all, if the fire was allowed to spread, the entire Mengling City might become a sea of fire.

However, General Wang soon discovered that he could not put out the fire as fast as the enemy's fire. Before they could extinguish one fire, four or five of the rest were rekindled.

Seeing that nearly half of his soldiers had been divided, General Wang was also a big head. He really didn't know how to deal with this kind of lazy tactic, so much so that he couldn't even catch the enemy's 7,000 soldiers with his 50,000 troops.

General Wang ordered his soldiers to fight the enemy first and then put out the fire. Therefore, he gathered his men and divided them into five directions and began to search. Although this method successfully filled the speed of the Eastern Tang Army's ignition, it made the previous fire more and more ferocious.

In the absence of effective organization, the spontaneous firefighting of the chaotic people appeared to be fruitless. After several changes in tactics, General Zhang was able to capture only a few hundred Eastern Tang sergeants who set fire to fire. This forced him to ask Zhang Meng for reinforcements, and Zhang Meng was also surprised to find that there was a fire behind him.

If Mengling City is burned, even if they can hold on to Mengling City, they will lose the meaning of holding on. After realizing his mistake and the true intentions of the enemy, Zhang Meng hurriedly dispatched 50,000 troops to extinguish the fire.

An army of 200,000 defended the city, and an army of 100,000 extinguished the fire. These 7,000 Eastern Tang soldiers successfully dispelled the attention of the Northern Chu army and created a lot of chaos.

After Zhang Meng sent 50,000 soldiers to join again, the 100,000 army finally suppressed the momentum of the Eastern Tang soldiers to set fires, but now the monstrous fire has spread. Even if the Eastern Tang soldiers stopped setting fires, the fire would not be extinguished in a while.

At this time, the soldiers of the Eastern Tang Dynasty decisively gave up the plan to continue to ignite the fire, but quietly assassinated those small groups of firefighting troops. They hide in the shadows, often fleeing as soon as they strike a blow. They were very hidden in the clothes of the common people, but the Northern Chu army was clearly clothed, which brought great convenience to their movements.

At this time, the Eastern Tang Dynasty army attacking the city outside the city did not relax for a moment, they rushed to Mengling City without fear of death, and after all the city defense materials were consumed, the first cloud ladder successfully took the head of Mengling City. The soldiers scrambled to the top of the city, as if they had seen the hope of victory, because the monstrous sea of fire in the city was clearly visible to all!

"Could it be that Mengling City is really going to be lost?" The Northern Chu soldiers thought of it for no reason in their hearts, and their hearts were also shaken a little when they looked at the city behind them that was almost completely ignited.

Chu Zhenhai, the coach who was trapped on Yanming Mountain, obviously also saw the monstrous flames dozens of miles away, and the flames in the night sky were very dazzling, making him feel cold in his heart.

"The dragon has launched a general attack to the south!" Chu Zhenhai's first thought in his heart was to rush to the aid of Mengling City, and he didn't have time to think too much about anything, even if he had to break through to the tiger's den in Longtan in front of him.

If there is a mistake in Mengling City, he, the coach, will not be able to escape the blame.

"The three armies are ready, immediately attack the Eastern Tang Army, and swear to ensure that Mengling City is not lost!" Chu Zhenhai immediately ordered the generals, and all the soldiers and soldiers quickly set up and prepared for battle.

The warriors on both sides were in full swing, and the Eastern Tang sergeants had already occupied the head of the city and started hand-to-hand combat with the Northern Chu army. And the army of Chu Zhenhai in the distance also set off from Yanming Mountain and came to the aid of Mengling City!

In this battle of life and death, I don't know who will die! )