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Chapter 246: Siege

Shangguan Xiu's reply made Jiang Lian and Di Qing feel at ease, and when the central army of the imperial court entered Zhenjun, it really did not launch an attack on Jiang Lian's rebels and Di Qing's rebels, but directly crossed Zhendong and marched towards the Zhenzhong area. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As the Central Army entered Zhenjun, Shangguan Xiu of course had to take advantage of this rare opportunity, even if he knew that the Central Army was not coming for the rebels, but as for being able to deter the rebels from all walks of life, they would not dare to easily aid Shi Kevin.

Soon after the Central Army entered Zhenjun, Shangguan Xiuqin led 100,000 Zhenxi troops from Jinchuan County to Zhangwu County, where Xijing was located.

At the same time, the first Guanglin sent troops to Nanling County to capture Shuangtai County, and Zhan Xiong led 20,000 Zhenxi troops to Beiqiu County to capture Tailai County.

The three-way army of the Zhenxi Army attacked the three counties of Zhenzhong at the same time, and the momentum was like a rainbow, and looking at its momentum, it was to take the Zhenzhong area in one breath and completely exterminate the Shi Kaiwen rebels.

The closest to Jinchuan County is Peicheng in Zhangwu County.

There is no city captain in Peicheng, only the city lord, named Ji Kai, who is under Shi Kewen's henchman, and there are more than 5,000 defenders in the city.

For a small city, five thousand defenders are already a lot, but in front of a hundred thousand troops, five thousand defenders are really not worth mentioning.

After the Zhenxi army arrived in Peicheng, Shangguan Xiu did not order to set up camp, and the 100,000 troops lined up in front of Peicheng City.

There is no need to fight, just looking at the terrifying momentum of the Zhenxi army, it has already frightened the rebels.

After a short time, a soldier in the camp of the Zhenxi army rode to Peicheng, and when he entered Peicheng a hundred paces, arrows flew down from the top of the city and nailed to the ground in front of the war horse.

The soldier tightened the reins of his horse and stopped it. He raised his eyes to look at the head of Peicheng, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "Listen to the rebels in the city, my Zhenxi army came to quell the rebellion on the order of the imperial court, and now disarm and surrender, sacrifice Peicheng, you still have a way to live, otherwise, my 100,000 army will set foot on Peicheng, and there will be no bones left!"

When he finished shouting, the silence on the city was silent, and there was not even a reply, and the soldier urged his horse forward, and continued to shout: "Going out of the city and surrendering is the only way out for you and others, and those who are stubborn can only die without a place to be buried......"

Before he finished speaking, suddenly, an arrow was shot down from the city like a meteor, and this arrow hit the red tassel of the soldier's helmet, and there was a click in the ear chakra, and the red tassel was shot away violently, and then someone at the head of the city shouted: "The eagle dog of the imperial court, if you have any ability, just use it, I Ji Kai and the soldiers under my command swear to live and die with Peicheng!"

The soldier of the Zhenxi Army touched the top of his helmet, and his teeth itched with anger, and without saying a word, he turned his horse's head and retreated to his own position.

Hearing that the rebels in Peicheng refused to surrender, Shangguan Xiu, who was sitting on the horse, looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, and then looked around at the surrounding generals, and said slowly: "Our army has been rushing for days, and we have not had a good rest, today's lunch, our soldiers and soldiers will eat in Peicheng City, and tonight, we will be stationed in Peicheng!"

When An Yifu heard this, he immediately nodded in response, and shouted to the heralds around him: "Go down, set up a stone thrower, and attack with all your might!"

With An Yifu's order, all the heralds rode their horses and galloped out, and while urging their horses to run forward, they shouted loudly: "The general ordered, set up a stone thrower, and attack the city with all his might!" The general ordered ......."

For a time, the voices of orders in the camp of the Zhenxi Army came and went. As the generals spoke, the drummers began to cheer on the drums, and the sound of the drums shook the eardrums.

At the front of the camp of the Zhenxi army, the soldiers pulled ropes and shouted in unison, and dozens of stone throwers were pushed out of the camp of the Zhenxi army, fixed in front of their own army, and then people began to turn the winch and load stones into the tray of the stone throwing machine.

When the stone thrower was all ready, the general in charge of the stone thrower held the flag high and waved it forward.

Seeing the commander's flag, the soldiers released the winch, and due to gravity, under the principle of leverage, the heavy side of the stone thrower drooped rapidly, and the tray containing the stones quickly bounced.

As the tray was raised, the stones inside flew out, bounced into the air, drew a parabola, and flew down in the direction of Peicheng.

Boom! The stones hit the city wall and the city head, and the loud noise was connected into one piece, and then look at the city at this time, the smoke on the city wall and the city head was everywhere, and the stone chips flew sideways.

This was only the first blow, and under the banner of the commander-in-chief, Sergeant Sadashi turned the winch again, lifted the heavy side, pulled down the side of the tray, and continued to load the stones.

Under the continuous blow of the catapult, the walls of Peicheng were scarred, and the screams and wails of the rebels were also continuous.

An Yifu felt that it was almost over, and said to the second group of heralds beside him: "Pass the order, the first, second, and third corps will attack, and the fourth and fifth corps will follow up!"

All the heralds agreed in unison, and urged their horses to gallop out.

This time, the war drums in the camp of the Zhenxi army began to beat in full, and the soldiers took off their military uniforms, shirtless, picked up the drumsticks with both hands, and beat the drum surface with all their might, and the drums were deafening.

At the same time, the five corps of the Zhenxi Army began to advance in unison, and as the people walked forward, they struck their shields with their spears and shouted in unison: "Wind, wind, wind—"

The shouts of tens of thousands of people soared into the sky, which not only boosted their own morale, but also deterred the enemy.

The blows of the trebuchet continued, covering the advance of their own infantry.

Liao Zheng, the commander of the First Corps, took the lead and rushed to the front of his own camp. To the left and right of the First Corps were the Second Corps headed by Cao Lei and the Third Corps headed by Yuan Mu.

When Liao Zheng led the army to advance, he could faintly hear Cao Lei's shouting an octave high: "The brothers of the Second Corps have heard clearly, in this battle, my Second Corps will take the lead in attacking the city, cut off the head of the enemy general, and let the other corps see clearly, who is the strongest corps of the Zhenxi Army!"

"Roar-" Under Cao Lei's encouragement, Chapter 246 of the Second Corps attacked the city

There was also the same shouting of the people.

Liao Zheng glanced to the left side, turned around and shouted: "We are the first corps of the Zhenxi Army, since we are ranked first, we must strive to be the first in everything, we must not fall behind others, and we must be worthy of the number on our heads! In my first corps, there are no people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, only warriors who bravely kill the enemy! Bravely go straight to the former, reward! Fear not the former, kill! Anyone who is timid and cowardly, get out of the first corps as soon as possible!"

"Kill, kill, kill!" the roars of the soldiers erupted in the camp of the First Corps.

Liao Zheng's First Corps and Cao Lei's Second Corps competed with each other in the advance, and the shouts in the camp were higher and higher, and the Third Corps on the other side certainly did not dare to show weakness, and the soldiers also shouted at their necks.

As the three corps approached Peicheng a hundred paces, the heads of Peicheng shot arrows sparsely.

The defenders of Peicheng were more than 5,000 people, but under the blow of the stone thrower, it was difficult to stand on the top of the city, and many rebel soldiers had run down the city to avoid the stones, and the number of rebels left on the city was not large. Under this kind of arrow array, there was little threat to the officers and men of the Zhenxi Army.

The people raised their shields high in the air, forming a shield array to resist the arrows that flew down from the city. When the besieging army approached Peicheng thirty paces, the trebuchet in the rear stopped attacking.

After all, the stone thrower is a primitive weapon, and its accuracy is very limited, and your own army is so close to the enemy city that if you use the stone thrower, you won't know whether it is the enemy or your own people.

As the catapults in the rear stopped attacking, the siege soldiers shouted one after another, and turned from advancing on foot to sprinting forward.

As far as the eye can see, the three corps of the main attack are pouring into Peicheng like a tide, and generally speaking, this distance of thirty paces is also the most dangerous distance, and the siege soldiers have to shoot arrows with all the strength of the enemy.

Really. After the catapult stopped, the rebels who had been hiding under the city walls rushed back to the city and launched concentrated arrow fire on the Zhenxi army outside the city.

But the arrow array of 5,000 people tried to block the onslaught of tens of thousands of people, it was too difficult, and soon, a large number of Zhenxi soldiers rushed to the city wall, and the archers lined up and launched a return fire on the enemy at the head of the city, and the charging soldiers set up ladders one after another and began to climb up frantically.

Arrows shuttled back and forth from the city to the city, and the screams were also continuous. From time to time, the soldiers of Zhenxi who climbed the ladder were hit by arrows and fell from mid-air, and the rebels at the head of the city were also shot from time to time by arrows from the city pierced their throats, heads, and corpses at the head of the city.

Liao Zheng held a knife in one hand and a cloud ladder in the other, climbing upward, and arrows were shot at his body from time to time, and the arrows hit the spirit armor with a clanging sound.

He didn't care about it, but climbed upwards with all his might, and when the rebels at the head of the city saw that they could not stop him with their arrows, two soldiers came together carrying a large barrel of fire oil, and when they reached directly above him, and were about to fall down, they heard two whistling sounds, and two spiritual arrows flew up from the city, and nailed them precisely to the throats of the two rebels. The arrow was so powerful that it pierced through the necks of the two of them, and the two rebels fell to the ground screaming, and the fire oil they were carrying also spilled on the city's head.

At this time, another rocket flew up from under the city, and just as it landed on the ground on the oil, it heard a whirl, and the oil burned, and several nearby rebels were affected by the oil, screaming and scattering in all directions.

Liao Zheng, who was on the ladder, could see clearly, he first sighed, turned his head to look down at the city, and saw two dark spirit cultivators with black spirit armor standing under the city, waving the spirit bow in his hand at him.

It is the brother of the Shadow Banner! With the Shadow Banner personnel sweeping under the city, Liao Zheng is more courageous and more confident. He took a deep breath, and took advantage of the gap in the spread of the enemy troops above him, and he used his hands and feet to rush up the ladder to the top of the city. The moment he landed on the top of the city, the spirit knife in his hand also swung out, and the golden spirit martial skill Ling Chi danced wildly, and more than a dozen rebels who rushed over on the side were affected by the spirit blade, and people screamed and fell backwards.

Liao Zheng held a knife and killed the rebel crowd on the other side, rushing into the enemy's army, he waved the spirit knife away, flying up and down, and the rebels on the city head were cut down by him.

The rebels' defense line on this side was disturbed by him, and the Zhenxi soldiers under the city took this opportunity to attack with all their might, and the soldiers rushed to the city one after another and fought with the rebels.

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