With Duan Yu's order, 10,000 county troops and 1,000 strong men flocked to the stone grease clay pots, fork poles, pry bars and other city guards placed on the inner side of the city wall.

I saw that under the leadership of Duan Yu, these 11,000 people held clay pots, carried wood, stones and other objects through the stone steps and rushed to the city, and the Tang army who retreated in batches staggered, came to the battlements, and smashed the things in their hands to the soldiers on the ladder outside the city, and someone next to them soon dropped the torches.

At the moment, the stone grease clay pot can be said to be the most feared thing for the army outside the city, because as long as it is drenched and stained with fire, at first it is only a fire that burns to a local location, and it will soon spread to the whole body, and when the fire is extinguished, the burned people are basically almost dead.

The most miserable thing is the ghost soldier who is drenched in oil all over his body, once he is caught in the fire, he can't extinguish it at all, and can only be burned alive and burned into a charred corpse in front of everyone.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Bang!"

When the soldiers found that a jar of stone grease had been smashed on the top of the city, they were afraid of the siege.

As soon as they were hit by the clay pots, these soldiers would immediately jump off the ladder to avoid being ignited by the torches dropped from the city.

But the problem is that these ghost soldiers can run with long legs, but the ladder set up outside the city cannot be easily moved. In just a few minutes, more than two dozen flying ladders were on fire, and despite the desperate efforts of the nearby soldiers to extinguish the fire, they were unable to save most of them.

Looking at those crackling and burning flying ladders, Zhang Lang, the general of the Youjun Army, frowned deeply.

After a moment-long battle, he finally realized how difficult the group of soldiers with their heads and armor on the wall of Zhuolu County were.

Glancing at the corpses of his own soldiers all over the place, Zhang Lang hesitated for a moment, and finally sent a herald to ask for help from the general Han Xu.

At the same time, in the Far Hidden Army's main formation, the commander of the Youjun Army, Tai Lieutenant Han Xuan, also witnessed the fierce resistance of Zhuolu County, and set his eyes on the north and south of Zhuolu County, looking back and forth.

Suddenly, he ordered in a deep voice, "Niu Ba, I order you to lead 50,000 foot soldiers to attack the northern city wall of Zhuolu County!"

A general named Niu Ba rode out of the ranks, clenched his fists and replied, "Yes!"

On the gate tower of the East City Gate of Zhuolu County, a scout ran quickly, his mouth kept talking, and he hurriedly shouted to Meng Song: "Report! Tens of thousands of enemy troops are circling the northern wall!"

Thanks to the Tang Army's perfect scout system, Meng Song was able to receive news from several other directions in Zhuolu County in time, so as not to notice the movements of the Youjun army outside the city in the first place.

However, it turned out that Meng Song's decision was correct, and he was cautious, and immediately received the movement of the other half of the Youjun army in the distance outside the city.

Seeing this, Meng Song did not hesitate to order: "Pass my order and order the second division to defend the northern city wall!"

"Whoa!!"

The sergeant in charge of the herald took the order and left.

Liang Du, the commander of Zhuolu County next to him, saw that the Youjun outside the city really went out to attack the city wall on the other side as Meng Song had judged before, and said with sincere admiration and a little luck: "Fortunately, Marshal Meng did not move the second and third divisions, so that they could rest their spirits, otherwise, the northern city wall would be dangerous."

Meng Song smiled and said, "Liang County's order is serious. In fact, it wasn't that I expected the enemy's move, but the staff officers of the marching staff department felt that it was impossible for the remaining ghost army outside the city to watch the battle on this side of the eastern city wall so anxious."

Hearing this, Liang Du nodded and said, "The staff department in the Tang Army is powerful, and the old man has heard of it. Sure enough, the name is well deserved, and the commander of the Meng army is even more courageous, even in the dangerous situation of Fang Cai, he can still be as immobile as a mountain and calm and composed......

Speaking of this, he laughed at himself and said, "If I had been an old man, I am afraid that I would have thrown all my troops into the eastern city wall. In this way, when the Youjun army outside the city attacks the northern city wall, Zhuolu County will no longer have the strength to resist."

It is undeniable that Liang Du's words are indeed very pertinent, just like Meng Song himself said, he can guess the actions of the Youjun army in advance, which is the credit of the marching staff department. With the concerted efforts, they all thought that the other half of the Youjun army outside the city would not stand still, early

The backup plan was provided to Meng Song early.

What is really worthy of praise is that Meng Song, when he realized this, would rather take the risk of letting the reserve troops of the first division and the county army and the strong men replace the Tang soldiers of the first division at the head of the city one by one, and replace them to defend the city wall, and continue to resist the infantry and crossbowmen of the Youjun army outside the city, rather than mobilize the second and third divisions.

Facts have proved that Meng Song's persistence and adventure are indeed necessary.

Not long after, the herald sent by Meng Song came to the city and found Zhu Heng, who was resting. As soon as this guy saw that there was no fighting on the northern wall he was guarding, he ran to the eastern wall to participate in the battle. He had just come down from the eastern city wall and rested for a few minutes.

I saw the herald hurriedly say to Zhu Heng: "Master Zhu, the Youjun army outside the city has sent tens of thousands of foot soldiers to bypass the northern suburbs and try to attack the northern city wall, and the military commander orders you to immediately command the second division to hold on to the northern city wall."

"What?!"

Knowing that the Youjun was preparing to attack the city on both sides, Zhu Heng's eyes widened and he said loudly, "Boys! It's time for military merit! Let's go!"

As Zhu Heng's words fell, more than 100 of his own soldiers got up one after another, picked up their weapons and ran towards the northern city wall behind their own military commander.

Zhu Heng had just led his own soldiers to the north city wall, when the exclamation of the Tang army came from afar: "The Youjun is coming! Prepare for defense!"

Zhu Heng pulled out the ring head knife, held the shield, and shouted, "Kill!"

Under the leadership of Zhu Heng, the Tang soldiers of the second division blocked the north city wall, so that those Youjun who tried to attack could not advance an inch.

The same scene also happened on the side of the east city wall, and Zhang Lang, the general of the Youjun army who was in charge of attacking the east city wall, frowned again when he saw this scene.

A moment ago, he had received an order from the Tai Lieutenant Han Xu, who said that he had sent Niu Ba to lead 50,000 foot soldiers to attack the northern city wall of Zhuolu County, disperse the forces of the defenders of Zhuolu County, and ask him to take this opportunity to take down the city wall in front of him in one go.

After learning of this, Zhang Lang was in high spirits, immediately boosted his morale, and ordered his soldiers to storm the city wall again.

But...... Little success.

His men were tired.

After nearly half an hour of fierce fighting, the soldiers under his command were already exhausted.

Under these circumstances, Zhang Lang still ordered his soldiers to attack and not retreat, just because he firmly believed that the other side - the Tang army on the city wall, which was wrapped in a handful of heads, and was more tired than the soldiers under his command.

After all, there were originally 100,000 soldiers under his command, and the strength was ten times that of the opposite side, so during the siege, he could take turns attacking with the advantage of troops, but the Tang army on the city wall could see that the number was not large, and it was never changed.