Looking at the tragic siege battle, Cui Jianzhang was extremely shocked.

For a long time, he looked down on the combat power of the Song army, not to mention compared with the Mongolian soldiers, even the private soldiers in the north were stronger than the vast majority of the Song army.

But the bravery and tenacity shown by both the offensive and defensive sides in front of him far exceeded his expectations.

Especially the scene of Minzhuang's death with the enemy just now, which fell in his eyes, and the impact on his heart was too violent.

He couldn't help but sigh, "Originally, I thought that it was just a county town, the city wall was low, the fortifications were incomplete, there was not even a trench and a sheep and horse wall, and there were less than a thousand soldiers in battle.

Liu Xiuren frowned, and said suspiciously, "The people in the south of the Yangtze River have always been weak, and they are also very cunning, in the past, if the government was conscripted, these Diao people were very strong and gave you two points at most, but today they don't even want their lives, it's really strange."

"Is it because of King Yan?" Cui Jianzhang guessed, looking up at the city, "It seems that this Yan Wang is quite clever in governing the army and controlling the people, and if he wants to break the city today, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Liu Xiuli kept staring at the battlefield and didn't turn his head, but said, "Hehe, I don't know why the people are brave, but the strength of the defenders is definitely not because of King Yan."

"Oh? Please also ask Brother Xiuli for advice." Cui Jianzhang will really admire Liu Xiuli.

He originally thought that Liu Xiuli's thousands of soldiers were just embroidered pillows, which looked decent, and they must have been very stretched when they really fought, but he didn't expect that today he was very brave and good at fighting, and he was extremely resilient, even if most of the casualties were lost, he still persevered, and he swore not to give up if he didn't go to the city.

In the troubled times, only those who are strong can become real bosses, if nothing else, Liu Xiuli, who can train a strong army, will definitely be able to achieve a great career in the future.

Liu Xiuli didn't answer directly, but just reminded, "Brother Jianzhang, do you remember Jiang Huai?"

Cui Jianzhang was stunned, "Jiang Huai? …… Thinking of it, his 2,000 people had obviously fallen into the encirclement, but they fought to the death until the whole army was annihilated, and Wang Dechen's troops suffered more than 2,000 casualties. …… Fenghua Army!?"

"That's right, most of our subordinates were from the Fenghua army back then, since the Fenghua army appeared in Wujiang City, the commander of the city defense is likely to be Chen Xiaokun, otherwise how could King Yan, a teenage baby, be so sophisticated."

"Is that him? Wasn't Jiang Huai's right-hand man back then just you and him? Then I have the ability to do it, so are we going to return in vain today?"

"What qualifications does he have to compare with me, I haven't paid attention to that ability, hehe, it's better to be really him, just settle the old accounts together! You see, it's about to be boarded."

When Cui Jianzhang heard this, he immediately looked at the city wall, and sure enough, he saw that several city heads had been broken through, and there were three or five rebels fighting with the defenders in each place, guarding the entrance to the city, and the rebels under the city frantically gathered to those ladders and climbed up desperately, and more and more rebels appeared at the head of the city.

"Haha, congratulations Brother Xiuli, the road to the feudal lord is unfolding under your feet."

Cui Jianzhang was overjoyed and brought the crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty back to the north, such a great achievement, not only can offset the guilt of Lin'an Xizuo being swept away, but maybe he can also be personally rewarded by the Great Khan, and his life is about to reach its peak.

Liu Xiuren was also overjoyed, but he maintained the reserve of a scholar, just nodding and smiling, but there was a burning gaze in his eyes.

Liu Xiuli didn't have so many scruples, he supported his waist with one hand, looked up to the sky and laughed, "Hahahaha...... As the saying goes, although my Liu family has lost hundreds of millions of family fortunes this time, it will become a prince and a noble, a big family!"

"Brother Xiuli can see through, if there is no power in today's world, no matter how much money there is, it is just a floating cloud, and it is just a matter of keeping money for others, and now the great Mongolian country is still the rising sun, and it is the time for people of insight to make meritorious contributions, and the Liu Jiaxian brothers are all talented people, and they have been promoted to the throne with great merit, and the title of marquis is just the beginning, and the king is just around the corner!"

Cui Jianzhang was full of beautiful words and enthusiastically touted.

"Thanks to Brother Jianzhang's guidance, hahaha......

Liu

Xiu Li's wanton laughter resounded in all directions, as if to hide the sound of fighting on the battlefield.

But he obviously laughed too early, and there was a sudden change in the head of Wujiang City, and suddenly hundreds of people shouted to kill, and the defenders' counterattack became fierce in an instant.

The laughter stopped abruptly, but Liu Xiuli still stretched his neck and looked at the city stupidly.

And Liu Xiuren and Cui Jianzhang were also stupid, as if they had finally opened the door of the treasure house after a lot of hard work, and they had already seen the golden light, but suddenly a huge broken dragon stone fell, isolating them from the treasure house. Fun Cabinet

With the addition of a new force, the rebels were quickly suppressed, and after a fierce fight, all the rebels who landed in the city were reduced to corpses, thrown off the city walls, and those ladders were knocked down one by one, and all efforts were zeroed.

"Tell the crossbowman, shoot me hard!" Liu Xiuli was furious, "Chen Xiaokun, who entered the dog, is really endurable, and he has hidden a killer weapon that has not been used until now."

Cui Jianzhang's face was full of frustration, "It should have been mobilized from other directions, looking at this, at least two or three hundred people...... Now the situation is very bad, the remaining troops, and after fighting for nearly an hour, I am afraid that there is not much strength left, how can I still attack it?"

There are not many rebels under the city, even if you count the minor injuries, it is estimated that there are only six or seven hundred, and there are still five or six hundred crossbowmen, but they cannot be easily sent to the city, otherwise they will lose the suppression of the city, and the city will be completely passively beaten, and it will be even more difficult to go up.

"No, Lao Tzu still has soldiers, give orders, leave more than a dozen people in the west of the city to watch, and all the others will be transferred to me!"

Liu Xiuli is like a gambler who has lost red-eyed, and plans to bet all his net worth.

"Brother Xiuli, even if they are all transferred, there are only more than 500 people, I'm afraid it won't help."

Cui Jianzhang is right, the ant annex to attack the city is a strategy, it is completely piled up with human lives, and more than 2,000 lives have not been attacked, what can change if it is increased by five or six hundred now?

Liu Xiuli Sen smiled, "Chen Xiaokun has a killer weapon, isn't there Lao Tzu, my more than two hundred iron guards are not only used to protect and supervise the war."

"They? How can you climb a city with such a heavy armor?"

Cui Jianzhang looked at the iron guards with a full set of foot armor around him, and was puzzled, although this kind of armor is extremely defensive, it is inconvenient to wear it on the body, I am afraid that after they climb up to the city, they will not have much strength to wield the blade.

"I've got a plan!" Liu Xiuli is full of confidence.

Soon, Cui Jianzhang knew what Liu Xiuli's clever plan was.

The 500 or so soldiers first went to the lake, removed a lot of timber, and then went to push the carts and artillery carts that had lost their function down the city.

At this time, the remnants of the rebels under the city were still trying to climb the city, and the ballista and crossbowmen continued to suppress the city, so that the movement of these people was not hindered too much.

"Brother Xiuli is really talented, as long as he can build a slope, the iron guard does not need to climb the city with ants, and rushes directly from the ramp to the city wall, and the city head can't be blocked at all, hahaha, it's really a clever plan!"

The reason why Cui Jianzhang didn't think of it before was not that no one had used this method, but that in a serious siege war, this stupid method was not practical enough.

Generally, the more important city walls are at least four or five zhang high, and the amount of work to build a slope is too huge and slow, and the people who defend the city will never be stupid to let you build.

But at the moment, there are such conditions, the number of defenders is too small, and it is impossible to deal with the rebels who climb the city.

Therefore, the more than 500 soldiers smoothly pushed all the platoon artillery carts under the wall and got busy like a swarm of worker ants.

Chen Xiaokun naturally sensed the rebels' intentions, and immediately concentrated all the resources that could be used to attack the beam bridge with three bed crossbows, trying to destroy the rebels' construction.

However, it immediately attracted the concentrated fire of the rebel ballistas and crossbowmen, although they killed and wounded one or two hundred worker ants, they also paid more than 30 casualties, and only three bed crossbows were all scrapped.

"Heh, this Liu Xiuli is really something......

Bloody again

Zhao Mengqi looked at the ramp that was slowly taking shape, and his expression was a little solemn.

At the moment of crisis just now, although he did not use the Banzhi Guard, Zhao Mengqi himself pounced and cut down two big knives.

"Your Highness, it's better to ...... Let Ban Zhi escort you through the siege." Chen Xiaokun weighed it for a while, but still spoke to persuade.

Zhao Mengqi looked up at the sky, the sun was a little dazzling, and he felt a little remorse in his heart, knowing that he was a little too big.

The only goal of the Liu family's attack on Wujiang City was themselves, and if they chose to escape, they might not have to die so many people.

And although it is very risky to escape, there is still a good chance, if you take advantage of the time to kill and retreat last night, take Zhao Yun and them, and escape along the Wu Songjiang River by boat, it is possible to retreat with your whole body.

The bias was too big, thinking of taking this opportunity to solve the rebels, and then overestimated himself and underestimated the army under Liu Xiuli, which not only put himself in a predicament, but also brought ruin to Wujiang County.

But if you flee now, it is even more unwise, not to mention whether you can break through the siege, but to say that once you escape, the morale of the defenders will inevitably collapse, even if Liu Xiuli pursues him with all his might, but these red-eyed rebels under him are very likely to continue to attack the city.

Instead of fighting chickens and eggs, it is better to go to the dark and stay to fight to the death.

"Don't talk about the breakout, although our Great Song Dynasty has a lot of officials who have escaped, there will definitely be no Yan King who escaped!"

Zhao Mengqi's words are categorical, although there have been several Yan kings in the Great Song Dynasty, and there are indeed no escapers, but there is a Yan king Zhao Yu, who was sent to the Jin Kingdom as a prisoner by his brother Emperor Daojun, this matter ......

Outside the city, the rebels braved sporadic crossbow arrows and worked diligently.

They dismantled the platoon and artillery trucks, used wooden frames as beams, wooden plaques as bridges, excavated earth and stones to fill and reinforce, and even used the corpses of the robes, and a slope gradually took shape and extended towards the city.

Two hundred hoplites were ready to go, and the city of Wujiang was in danger.