The Tang army began to stand still, waiting for the enemy to climb up through the siege equipment before coming out of the watchtower to attack. At this time, Kong Ming Lantern flying in the sky naturally did not dare to rashly drop bombs, for fear of accidentally injuring his own people.

The siege camp of the Yongjun army pushed a new siege ladder truck to the city wall, and the ladder was composed of two parts, one part of which was in the body, which could effectively block the attack of throwing stones on the head. Some of them could be folded and erected outside the car, and the soldiers only needed to stir the wheels to set up the ladder on the city wall.

The Tang army made many effective preparations in restraining these siege baggage, although they did not have a large number of gunpowder production workshops like the Yong army, and had a perfect gunpowder ratio. But they also searched for a lot of brimstone and grease, and they rolled the oil drums down the walls and splashed them on the siege ladders, and the black grease gave off a pungent smell. Immediately afterwards, torches were thrown from the city wall, and suddenly the siege ladder was ablaze, and the soldiers in the car who were lying on the car to attack the city became burning men, screaming and rolling around.

Li Siye stood on the lookout in the distance, watching the battle on the city wall, and couldn't help frowning, waved his hand: "Mingjin retreats!" ”

The sound of brass rang out, and the soldiers who were driven forward floated to the surface as if they were suffocating in the water, and they inhaled happily, they survived today, but what about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? This Xiangyang City is a ghost gate, and countless corpses are filled in for fear that they will not be able to take it down.

When night fell, the bonfire crackled in the camp of the Yongjun army, and Li Siye moved the bed in the open air, sat on it and asked the generals, "Do you have any good plans?" ”

Everyone was silent, the siege of the city was a dead knock, how could there be any good strategy.

He tugged at his beard and asked, "Where is the general of the Kong Ming Lantern Battalion?" ”

General Zhang Yao stepped forward and said, "The last general." ”

"Today, about 100 Kong Ming lanterns have been lifted into the sky, why are the enemy still able to unscrupulously throw stones and arrows on the city wall?"

Zhang Yao knelt on the ground and crossed his hands and said: "Lord Mingjian, the enemy army is hiding in the corridor and watchtower behind the city wall, they refuse to show their heads early, and only after our army climbs the siege ladder will they rush out to kill the enemy." At this time, we did not dare to throw the ammunition on our heads, for fear that the ammunition would fall on our own people.

Li Siye tugged at his beard and thought: "Whether it is an explosive bomb or a fierce fire thunder, I am afraid of accidental injury, since this is the case, then go and wrap the ammunition in a paper roll in the shape of a long strip and tie it to the arrows, and select sharpshooters in the army to board the Kong Ming lantern and shoot the enemy condescendingly, I want to see how they can resist." ”

On the morning of the second day, the Yongjun army began the second round of siege, the flying Kong Ming lanterns increased the batch and quantity, and the crossbowmen stood in the hanging basket and fired arrows below, but the lethality of the crossbow and longbow was really limited, even if the paper scroll on the arrow exploded, the damage range was only within one person.

The Tang army rushed out of the watchtowers and corridors, and began to throw wood and stones under the city walls, and then manipulated bed crossbows to shoot at the tide of enemies under the city. The damage of the archers in the Kongming lantern overhead is negligible to them, but once the enemy retreats, they will be relentlessly thrown by the Kongming lantern overhead.

The Yong army attacked the city for thirteen days in a row, with more than 10,000 dead soldiers, Xiangyang City still stood proudly like a giant, not only did the city not show signs of being breached, but the soldiers defending the city seemed to be getting braver and braver.

Guo Ziyi and Zhang Xun took the lead, personally patrolling the city wall every day, without a moment of slackness, and it became distant to conquer Xiangyang.

At the juncture of the torment of both sides, Li Siye felt that the time had come, and he thought that he should play the family card to persuade Guo and Zhang to surrender.

Zhang Xun's mother and the people in the camp had good food and drink, and now it was time to squeeze their oil and water, and he ordered his guards to bring Zhang's mother to the big tent.

After a while, the guards pushed an old woman who was bound by ropes into the big tent, and Li Siye was furious when he saw it: "Bastard, I asked you to invite Mrs. Zhang to come, and I didn't ask you to tie people up!" ”

Li Siye personally stepped forward to untie the old lady, and ordered someone to move her Hu bed, and said: "The old lady has raised a good son, and Zhang Xun's name is famous all over the world. ”

The woman snorted, but did not pay attention to Li Siye, and did not sit on the Hu bed brought by the soldiers.

Li Siye waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to retreat and sit back on the Hu bed. He waved his hand and ordered two more powerful staff members to come out, trying to brainwash and persuade the old lady: "It turns out that this is the wife of the famous Zhang Xun, alas, the son has a future, and the old mother is naturally happy, but Madam, what you are most worried about is his safety." Although the old lady is over the age of six, she should be able to see the situation clearly. The Tang Dynasty has exhausted its strength, leaving only a corner of Jiangdong to survive, and now our army has passed everywhere, destroying the withering and decaying, attacking the city and pulling out the village, and no one can stop the might. Zhang Xun helped Tang defend the city at this time, but he abandoned the light and turned to the dark, and fought against our army, and finally could only end up with a dead and annihilated clan. The old lady invited me here today to persuade your son in front of the two armies, persuade him to recognize the situation and surrender as soon as possible, and not lose the position of the prime minister, but also to ensure that the Zhang family is rich and noble for a hundred years, and the old lady has children and grandchildren to enjoy the joy of family, which is better than your white-haired people sending black-haired people miserable and miserable. ”

Zhang Xun's mother shot at him with cold eyes, and asked coldly: "You keep saying that the Tang Dynasty is exhausted, and you keep attacking Tang and helping the rebellion, but you don't ask you, King Yong, who is sitting on the main throne, whose country name is he using now?" Why didn't he stand on his own feet? What is he afraid of? ”

Li Siye's eyes widened, he couldn't imagine that a woman would be so sharp-tongued.

The staff suddenly became speechless, raised his hand and pointed at her, you you, you were speechless.

"The Tang Dynasty is not exhausted, the prosperous era is only a few decades ago, and you are all favored by the Tang Emperor, and you are not as good as me as a woman. Isn't this thief Li Siye the same as Cao Cao in the past, although he is named Tang Chen, he is actually a Tang thief, supports the pseudo-emperor, and rebels by the emperor's grace, and will become a sinner through the ages! My son has read articles on loyalty and righteousness since ancient times, and knows etiquette and shame, how can he sacrifice his life as a thief like you and leave behind infamy through the ages! ”

She turned around and flicked her sleeves in an extremely chic motion, which turned the faces of the two lobbyists into the color of pig liver.

Li Siye sat on the side and applauded leisurely, and the staff were stunned, he waved his hand angrily and said, "Get out of here." ”

He came to Zhang's mother with applause, and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being a mother who can teach a loyal minister and a righteous son, and even scolding people is so righteous and strict, it can be seen that the old lady loves beauty and fame more than life." It's a pity, it's a pity. ”

The old lady didn't say anything, but it didn't prevent Li Siye from taking care of herself and said: "It's a pity that your mother and son are so selfish, for the sake of their loyalty and reputation, they want to drag so many people to accompany the funeral?" ”

"You fart!" Mother Zhang scolded in annoyance.

Li Siye stretched out his hand to knock on the wooden pillar, the soldiers lifted the curtain of the big tent, and not far away kneeled in a row of Zhang clan relatives, crying with fear and wailing, and behind them stood the executioner, holding the horizontal knife of execution.

"Old lady, our army is about to besiege the city, and Xiangyang will soon become a dead city, how many days can the food in the city be eaten, half a year, a year or two years? It doesn't matter. Without food, what can Guo Linggong and your son do? People eat people, kill their concubines and cook meat for the people to eat? Let the people of the city cannibalize each other? “

"It's like letting your son be a so-called loyal minister right now, and watching the entire Zhang clan die tragically under the knife."

"Haha," Zhang's mother laughed sadly: "You butcher with a knife can accuse us of refusing to make fish and meat, the lives of the Zhang clan are in your hands, whether they live or die, it is all up to you King Yong's decision." Could it be that this world is so absurd that instead of blaming the perpetrators of the abusers who take people's lives, we should blame the good people who refuse to comply? ”

"That's right, that's the way it is, my label is evil, they take everything I do for granted, and even a little good deed can be remembered. Your son is a flawless loyal and filial son, and it is natural to do good deeds all his life, but if he does something a little out of line, he will be criticized. Is it important to be a loyal minister and filial son, or is the life of your whole clan important? Come, kill two people first to open Mrs. Zhang's eyes! ”

The executioner raised the blade in his hand, and the tragic wail of the Zhang clan sounded, and the woman was not hard enough after all, so she shook her head again and again: "Don't kill people, tomorrow the old man will go to the city wall to persuade him." ”