Up and down Yecheng, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and there was a smell of blood wafting in the air, mixed with the smell of burning, which came to the nose and made people sick.

As far as the eye can see, the entire city wall of Yecheng has become dilapidated, and the potholed city wall is inlaid with several boulders, inlaid with a few crossbow arrows, and inlaid with a few sharp spears. The original thick wall made of blue bricks broke apart, and even one or two openings appeared, and some debris was piled up, and a wall was barely built.

The red blood, the conspicuous blood that had dried up, was stained on the city wall, and there were several corpses on the battlements, women's walls, and aisles, some of them were of the rebel soldiers, and some of the officers and soldiers who rushed up.

Both above and outside the city, there were many armor soldiers cleaning the battlefield, collecting crossbow arrows, spears, spears, hard bows and other weapons, and at the same time carrying the corpses of their comrades out to burn or bury them to avoid the appearance of plague.

Of course, there are also some unlucky deceased, whose bodies were directly dumped in mass graves, and eventually either turned into a pile of white bones, or were eaten by passing jackals, tigers and leopards.

On the head of Yecheng, the blood-stained bright banner was waving in the wind, but it was no longer vigorous, no longer showing its teeth and claws, but like an old man in his last years, he was about to die.

"The enemy is attacking again!" With the shouting of a soldier on the watchtower, suddenly, the gongs representing the battle on all sides sounded, and the entire Yecheng was lit up.

Those rebel soldiers who were originally sitting on the ground, looking sluggish and numb, had to cheer up again, shrugged their heads, picked up their weapons, and probed their heads to the battlefield below.

I saw that on the horizon not far away, a large black torrent appeared.

The work of cleaning up the battlefield is not over yet, but the officers and soldiers obviously have no care to collect the corpses of their own soldiers. Standing on the head of the city, looking around, I saw that those officers and soldiers were lined up in an orderly manner, stepping on a uniform pace, and approaching the city wall with great momentum.

Li Nong, as always, gave orders in the position of the Chinese army, and after the formation was completed, he waved the sword in his hand again, pointed at the head of the city and said: "Siege the city!" ”

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

Following Li Nong's order, the foot soldiers grabbed their weapons one after another, spread their feet and rushed towards the walls of Yecheng.

The original huge moat had long been blocked by corpses, bows and arrows, stones, rolling logs, and other things, so these rushing foot soldiers could easily set up ladders and climb up to the top of the city.

Covering these charging foot soldiers was a rain of arrows, trebuchets and bed crossbows were fired at the same time, completely suppressing the fire of the rebels on the city, but most of the rebel soldiers who came forward were killed and wounded, and it was unbearable to see.

This is a very brutal offensive and defensive battle!

The officers and soldiers who climbed to the top of the city were not afraid of death, and plunged into the crowd, rushing left and right to kill, but finally ended up in a different place.

"Whoosh! ......" A flurry of arrows was fired, and the archers, who were condescendingly throwing arrows at the head of the city, fell to the ground, tilted their heads, and died no more.

After attacking Yecheng for about half an hour, suddenly, from the back of the official and military phalanx in the distance, a huge and earth-shaking iron cavalry force was killed.

At this time, the rebel general defending Zhengyangmen was Su Hai, and Su Hai couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that a group of soldiers and horses were rushing to kill the rear camp of the official army.

"Whose troops are this?"

"It seems that it should be from the direction of Handan." A subordinate general beside Su Hai smiled dumbly and said, "General, look at that banner, but it is under the banner of the Grand Governor (Liang Li)!" Do you think Handan has fallen? ”

"No way." Su Hai said categorically, "Handan City is high and deep, and there are 100,000 people, and rice and millet grains are piled up!" It's only been a month, and Handan has been lost? Is Shi Min really protected by a god, or is the enemy army so strong? ”

Regardless of whether Su Hai believed it or not, Liang Qian had already led the troops to drive straight in, breaking through several phalanxes of the official army.

In order to appear more realistic, the officers and soldiers all did it with real swords, and many people really thought that the other party was a rebel.

Liang Qian, whose clothes and armor were stained with blood, rode a tall horse and rushed to the city gate, and then held a ring-headed knife, pointed at Su Hai at the head of the city and said: "I am Liang Qian!" Please open the gates quickly! ”

Su Hai couldn't help but poke his head out, and when he saw that it was indeed Liang Qian, he changed color and said, "Governor Dadu, why did you come to Yecheng?" Could it be that Handan has already been lost? ”

"It's Su Hai! Suhai, hurry up and open the city gates! Shi Min was despicable, colluded with some soldiers in Handan City to start internal strife, and the inside and outside should be combined, Handan City has fallen! I'm now rushing to Yecheng with tens of thousands of defeated soldiers! Hurry up and open the gates! ”

"This ......" Seeing that Liang Qian was panicked, and he looked like he was covered in blood, it didn't seem to be a fake, but for the sake of prudence, Su Hai still sent someone to tell Shi Xuan.

Liang Li was impatient in his heart, and suddenly snorted: "Su Hai! What are you doing? Open the gates! The main force of the enemy army has already rushed over, and if this continues, do you want my troops to be wiped out outside Yecheng, right under the eyes of the king? Can you afford this crime?! ”

Hearing this, Su Hai said with an embarrassed face: "The Grand Governor, it's not that the last general is unwilling to open the city gate, but in an extraordinary period, you should use extraordinary means!" There may be some enemies mixed up in your people! Allow me to send to the king and let him decide!" ”

It's embarrassing at this moment.

Now, all the officials and soldiers who are fighting outside Yecheng are fighting with real swords and guns. Every moment, there will be many soldiers who shed blood and sacrifice, but this can't get Su Hai's trust.

"General, how is it now?" A subordinate general beside Liang Qian asked.

"Su Hai, who kills a thousand knives!" Liang Qian said angrily, "I promoted him back then, otherwise he would be able to have today?" No matter what, the order goes down, and the whole army will storm Yecheng! ”

"Kill!"

The plan to deceive the city was revealed, and Liang Qian had no choice but to order the whole army to attack.

After another day of offensive and defensive battles, the head of Yecheng changed hands several times, and was almost broken into the city, the officers and soldiers with an indomitable momentum, like a bamboo, and the rebels had a tragic street battle, hand-to-hand combat, but were all beaten back by the rebels who rushed over continuously.

Knowing that the plan to deceive the city ended in failure, Shi Min was not discouraged.

In fact, as early as last year, when he fled to Xiangguo, no, or rather, before the Shi Xuan Rebellion, Shi Min had already laid out the layout.