In Chang'an City, the Lieutenant's Mansion of the Division.

Zhong Xuan paced back and forth in the lobby, he was a little uneasy in the past two days, since Chen Cang was attacked by Zhang Lu's army in Hanzhong, the defender sent people to ask for help, he had to send 10,000 horses to go, it has been several days, but there has been no news back.

In the past few days, the Flame Army has also come to take advantage of the fire to rob, fortunately, the walls of Chang'an City are tall and thick, and the army withdrew after more than ten days of siege, but this incident made him feel unusual, the Flame Army dispatched 20,000 horses, and withdrew without getting anything?

But the fact is that the Flame Army has really withdrawn, and the camp more than ten miles to the southeast is empty.

"Someone!" Zhong Xuan, who was worried about the battle in Chencang, was still relieved and decided to send someone to check.

A man came in from outside, "What does the governor command?"

Zhong Xuan instructed: "Send someone to Chencang to find out how the war is going, and tell someone to go back quickly!" ”

"No!"

Not long after the comer went out, a sergeant ran in panting and reported: "Governor Qiyu, the Flame Army has returned!" ”

Zhong Xuan was shocked, "What? Where did the enemy army go? ”

"The spies have found that they have arrived ten miles outside the city!"

Zhong Xuan's heart was shocked, and he said that these people really didn't get the benefit and wouldn't leave, so he immediately ordered: "Pass my military order, immediately close the four gates, and order the people to follow me to the city wall to resist the enemy!" ”

"No!"

Soon the bell rang in the city, and the defenders who were in the barracks in the city rushed to the castle tower with their weapons to defend against the enemy.

Outside the city, Qin Feng led the army to Chang'an City again, and the soldiers walked neatly, and the ground kept shaking.

Such military might made the defenders' hearts start to go up and down again, and they all wondered, if the Flame Army attacked the city, how long would they be able to resist?

"Boom" outside the city, the Flame Army stopped advancing.

Qin Feng sat on horseback and beckoned to a small colonel next to him, "I'm waiting for the long way to come, and the general is not willing to kill more, go and persuade Zhong Xuan to surrender, if he is willing to raise the city and surrender, our army will not harm a single cent in the city!" After surrendering, the sergeants in the city who are willing to continue to stay and serve me will stay, and those who are unwilling to stay can receive the coil and return to their hometowns on their own! ”

"No!"

After the colonel agreed, he galloped to the city wall and raised his head and shouted, "Where is Zhong Xuan?" My general has something to say, come out and answer! ”

Zhong Miao held his hand against the wall and stretched out his head, "Zhong Miao is here!" ”

Xiao Xiao immediately relayed Qin Feng's words.

These words made many defenders and soldiers excited, surrendered and continued to do if they were willing to do it, and those who were unwilling to do it could also receive coils and return to their hometowns, which is a dream for many people!

But Zhong Xuan sternly refused: "You told Qin Wuyi that if he is still a minister and a courtier, he should lead the army to leave quickly, if he continues to be stubborn and unrighteous will be attacked by the imperial army!" ”

The little colonel returned with a horse and relayed Zhong Xuan's words as they were.

Qin Feng smiled after hearing this, and said, "Since Zhong Xuan is stubborn, there is nothing to say!" Pass my orders, prepare to attack the city, and let the stone machine give them some awesome looks! ”

"No!"

The siege camp sergeants pushed the trebuchets with carts, and hundreds of mule carts lined up in a long row.

After nearly half an hour of assembly, the trebuchets were finally assembled.

"Knock knock" a drum sounded.

More than twenty trebuchets projected boulders.

Some of these boulders fell inside the city and smashed a big hole in the house, some fell outside the city, and some smashed on the city wall, the city wall shook, and the defenders felt the ground shake one by one.

After three rounds of calibration, the preparation of the trebuchet outside the city was improved a lot, and large stones were smashed on the city wall, debris flew around, killing and injuring many people, and many defenders were smashed to the ground.

The defenders had never been subjected to such an attack, and the faint of heart had long since been paralyzed by fright, while others hid under the battlements and curled up with their heads huddled and shivering.

Zhong Xuan was also shocked by the Flame Army actually dispatched so many trebuchets to attack the city, you must know that Chang'an City is the former national capital, the city wall is tall and solid, there have been countless battles here over the years, but there has never been a large-scale siege on any side, because this city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, everyone knows that forcibly attacking the city is a thankless act, so no one has stormed it, but today the Flame Army broke this convention.

Half an hour had passed, and the stones had basically been fired, and the trebuchets had stopped working, but the city walls had been ravaged, and the defenders on the walls felt as if they had experienced an apocalypse.

Qin Feng observed the situation on the city wall and asked, "Have the more than 1,000 county soldiers who were recruited come over?" ”

"Lord, more than 1,000 county soldiers from several counties in Lantian, Shangluo and Shang County are here!" A lieutenant said with his fists clenched.

Qin Feng nodded, "Distribute weapons to them, let them attack the city, and tell them that whoever is the first to attack the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold and promoted to three ranks!" ”

"No!"

Very open, a thousand county soldiers were organized, each of them was given a shield and a knife, and the lieutenant conveyed orders and a heavy reward scheme to these people.

It's a pity that these county soldiers are all old oilers, between life and heavy reward, they would rather not come to fight, but they can't come if they don't come, they were forcibly escorted over, and after they arrived here, they also understood that they were cannon fodder.

Under the watchful eye of the surrounding Flame Army, these county soldiers had to rush towards the city wall with shields and swords.

The rabble is indeed a rabble, from the posture of the charge, it can be seen that these people usually have no training at all, and they are all greedy for life and afraid of death, not only use shields to cover themselves tightly, but also run slowly, they bend their waists, block their heads and torsos with shields, and the movements of running are extremely funny.

Qin Feng, who was watching from behind, couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene: "Not to mention that these people have done a very strict job of protecting themselves!" ”

Jia Xu said: "Attacking the city with these county soldiers will definitely make the defenders slack!" ”

The performance of these county soldiers really emboldened the originally frightened defenders, and the defenders were easily repelled by two consecutive waves of attacks, and the county soldiers were beaten back, but they did not lose a few people.

The third wave of the offensive began, and this time it was different, and the attacking county soldiers were mixed with quite a few Flame Army soldiers.

It wasn't until the third wave of attackers rushed under the walls and began to climb the siege that the defenders began to realize that something was wrong.

Because of their negligence, some of the Flame Army soldiers who mixed in easily climbed the city wall, and then the defenders panicked, and Zhong Xuan also felt bad, and immediately organized troops to besiege these Flame Army who climbed the city wall.