The night's raid was a complete victory, which greatly boosted the morale of all the defenders of Xingqing Palace, except for Guo Rong, who ordered the raid.

When the others cheered, he handed over the Mo knife to the Mo knife soldier next to him, and after taking the more accustomed foot lance again, he re-ascended the palace wall of Xingqing Palace with a few guards who acted as heralds.

accompanied by his deputy who held on to Xingqing Palace, Zheng Yongnan left a new military captain named Sun Jianxin to himself.

According to Sun Jian's own words, he was born in the Sun family in Jiangdong and is a descendant of Sun Jian......

Regarding Sun Jian's statement, Guo Rong felt that it was more unreliable and unreliable, and who had the same name as his ancestor.

Although he is a little bit of a cannon in his mouth, Sun Jian's personality is quite gentle, his foundation is very solid, he is familiar with the infantry drill of the Tang Army, and he is on a par with Guo Rong in foot and lance.

Once the rebels began to attack the city on a large scale, Sun Jian would be responsible for the defense and deployment of the city on the east, north and west, so that Guo Rong could concentrate his main energy on the main direction of the south side.

Standing on the palace wall, looking at the fire in the square and the chaos after the war.

"Captain Guo, according to Yu Qian's report, the rebels did use the simple catapult estimated by the captain, Mo Lingjun and Yu Qian burned more than a dozen of them along the way, and it is conservatively estimated that at least hundreds of rebels have been killed, I think it is absolutely impossible for the rebels to launch an attack before dawn."

Guo Rong nodded, agreeing with Sun Jian's judgment, how could a LYB like Ju Wenzhen be impulsive.

However, Guo Rong's face was not half relaxed, but unusually harsh, he was not thinking about the present, but whether he could take the risk of sending cavalry to attack tonight to attract the attention of Ju Wenzhen.

If it can be caused, then after dawn tomorrow, Xingqing Palace will usher in the most severe test, under the stormy offensive, the defenders in the palace city do not know how many people will survive.

Guo Rong didn't want to take such a risk if it was possible, but since last night, thirty or forty thousand people had gathered in the square in front of him alone, and the number of rebels exceeded the initial expectations.

The increase in the number of rebels has brought immeasurable variables, attracting the rebels to Xingqing Palace, although it will put Xingqing Palace under great pressure, but the end of the rebels will come tomorrow night......

"I'm afraid the pressure after dawn will be very alarming, leaving two teams of Shenwu troops patrolling on each city wall, so that the new army, Mo Dao soldiers, and cavalry can hurry up and eat something......"

Speaking of the middle of Guo Rong paused, with the pressure after dawn, not squeezing the thousands of miles of Xingqing Palace to the limit is basically waiting for death, if you say this, the person who didn't want to adjust it may have to use it, and his heart is horizontal, Guo Rong continued.

"Also, organize the healthy women, eunuchs, palace maids, cooks, and grooms in the Xingqing Palace, except for His Majesty's concubines, all those who can breathe, and the ...... are strong."

"Captain, those are the inner palace people......"

"The inner palace is also a person, anyway, once the Xingqing Palace is lost, none of us can survive, with the situation of the rebels, the people of the inner palace are often worse than us, the strong help patrol the city, carry materials, the weak help transport food, supplies, brave enough armor, issued a blade ......"

"Captain, when is this, if Your Majesty is to blame......"

"Nothing out of place! Just do what Guo Rong says! ”

The sudden sound shocked Guo Rong, Sun Jian, and several heralds, and they saw the Emperor Li Yu appear in front of several people under the escort of Zhang Jiaxuan, who was heavily armed.

"If you don't obey, say that I said it, and my concubines should not be an exception, Guo Rong is right, once the city is broken, no one will be spared! Let Yan Qing organize them, and the women of Datang may not be inferior to men! ”

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, why did you come out?"

"I'm afraid that if I don't come out today, I won't be able to come out when it's dawn, do you dare to let me come out after dawn?"

"Eh......, tomorrow Your Majesty will still watch the battle in the main building, you can save at least four or five soldiers for the ministers in the main building, if you don't come out, Zhang Daochang can also help defend the city without any worries, not to mention anything else, just at least one stone and two strong bows behind Zhang Daochang's back, at least twenty rebels can be killed......"

Hearing the obvious disgust in Guo Rong's tone, Li Yu pointed at Guo Rong and couldn't cry or laugh.

"Good! Good! Good! I will definitely go back honestly before dawn, you and Sun Jian continue to decorate......"

After sending away such an episode as Emperor Taishang, arranging the captains and patrols on duty, and temporarily handing over the city defense to Sun Jian, Guo Rong held a lance in his hand and lay directly on the ground, and soon snoring sounded.

Although Guo Rong did not deliberately inspire people, objectively a coach who can sleep peacefully is always more reassuring than a nervous coach.

Guo Rong felt that he had just fallen asleep when he heard ......

"Guo Lang, wake up!"

This is an extremely familiar feeling for Guo Rong, who is woken up like this every time he and Shishiro take turns keeping vigil on the grassland.

"Shishiro, you let me sleep again!"

"Guo Lang, it's dawn, the rebels are ready to attack the city!"

Rebels?

These two words made Guo Rong react, this is not on the grassland, this is in Chang'an City, wearing dozens of catties of heavy armor and holding a lance, Guo Rong jumped up directly.

Looking around, Guo Rong was surprised to find Lu Shishi, who was wearing Mingguang armor, wearing a hood, a horizontal knife at his waist, and holding a bow and crossbow!

"Why did you get up?"

"Guo Lang, look down first, the rebels are about to attack the city!"

Three steps and two steps, Guo Rong jumped to the edge of the palace wall, he couldn't see the exact scene outside late at night, but now everything is clearly displayed in front of him, and when he sees the scene outside, Guo Rong's scalp begins to tingle.

Five real ladders stood quietly about 100 meters away from the palace wall, and next to the ladders, a thousand rebels in full armor were making final preparations before attacking the city.

After attacking the formation, the number of rebels in the square definitely exceeded 10,000, and the armor rate exceeded eighty percent, and there were also groups of rebels constantly moving from the direction of the east market outside the city.

In the center of the square, about a hundred meters away from the palace wall, there are two full rows of at least fifty simple catapults.

It is also clear how these catapults were built, as the rebels were using the timber and ropes they had brought in to build the open space next to them.

At the far end, there are people who keep carrying stones, wood, bricks, and other things that can be used as stones from the back of the road.

Moreover, it seems that the rebels are already starting to load these not very regular stones!

Guo Rong, who had suffered a big loss, did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately drank heavily.

"Everyone, look for concealment!"

The next moment, the drums beat loudly, and with a shout from the rebels, the catapults began to be thrown, and stones and timber began to fly towards the palace walls.