This is also the reason why they changed from raiding other military towns to concentrating their forces and storming the capital.

Taking the capital to protect the city, whether it is strategic or practical, is not comparable to other military towns.

To conquer other military towns, you can get at most one strategic point, but once the Ganzhou army is assembled, if their backup is not in place in time, they will eventually become a turtle in an urn.

But it is different to conquer the capital moat, in addition to being able to deal a heavy blow to the Daliang court, with the city defense, population, and even the food used in the capital, even if there is no backup, it is enough for them to last for a long time.

And because of the loss of the capital city, the Ganzhou soldiers will definitely mobilize a large number of troops to besiege it, so that the pressure on their alliance leader will be greatly reduced.

At the same time, it can also allow the Darong army to support Mengzhou, no longer underestimate them, and if you don't know, you will send more troops to support.

Therefore, this time all the assembly is basically not leaving a little way back for themselves, all of them are exposed, and this battle can only be won and not defeated for the Hui evil army.

Under the orders of countless generals, the 40,000 Hui evil army stormed the capital from all directions, regardless of the cost, regardless of casualties, with only one purpose, to take the capital as quickly as possible.

In this kind of fierce attack that is not afraid of death, the elite veterans who are as strong as 5,000 people, after scattering their troops, are somewhat unable to parry, and many evil troops have stepped on the city tower through the ladder.

At present, it seems that the defense of the city tower is still in the hands of the old pawns in Ganzhou, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the passage of time, if no changes are made and there are no reinforcements, the loss of the city tower will be sooner or later.

In a battle circle in the city tower, Zhao Shen took the lead, holding a saber, and slashed at the evil soldiers who rushed up, and solved the group of soldiers in front of him.

Zhao Shen was covered in blood, and looked at the cloud ladder with a fierce light, more and more evil soldiers, and a bold plan that had been brewing in his heart for a long time came to mind.

After slashing one of the evil soldiers in front of him to the ground, he shouted at the herald behind him.

"The biography will order, open the city gates, and give these little cubs a great look!"

The herald nodded, quickly departed from the dangerous battlefield, and waved the battle flag to the cavalry army in the city that was ready to standby.

When the Ganzhou cavalry received the order, they each drew their sabers, shouted, and galloped their horses under their feet and went straight to the city gate.

The closed city gate slowly opened, and the Hui evil army, which was attacking outside, looked at the gradually opening city gate, and was stunned at first, with a strong joy on his face.

In their opinion, the so-called elite of Ganzhou is nothing more than that, under their absolutely overwhelming forces, they are as strong as the old pawns of Ganzhou, and they only lasted less than two quarters of an hour before opening the city and surrendering.

The Hui evil army that attacked outside the city longed in their minds that after entering the city, they could loot and enjoy a while.

But what appeared in front of them was not the old Ganzhou soldier who had already put down his weapons, but the heavy cavalry with a strong killing intent, holding a saber and rushing towards them at high speed.

The Hui evil soldier led by the evil soldier opened his mouth wide, and before he could react, he slashed with his saber, his head flew high, and the blood soared.

And then there's the second, the third...

These evil soldiers who besieged the city were like pieces of tofu and rotten vegetables at this time, ruthlessly harvesting their lives under the waving sabers.

They couldn't have imagined that these Ganzhou veterans were not ordinarily bold, and they dared to launch a counterattack in such a situation where the troops were scarce.

Admiration is admiration, but the evil soldiers who attacked the city quickly came to their senses, holding halberds, and wanted to kill these counterattacking cavalry.

But they underestimate the heavy cavalry that has launched an attack posture, it can be said that in the era of hot weapons has not yet been formed on a large scale, in the era of cold weapons, heavy cavalry is the absolute king.

Especially when the speed has soared and is uncontrollable, any obstruction is just a bunch of rotten vegetables in front of them.

Without any accidents, a counterattack charge, the siege of the evil soldiers, the loss of up to eighty percent at once, and the remaining remnants were shot by the archers who came one after another.

The hoplite cavalry who launched a counterattack had no intention of stopping, and continued to charge towards the overwhelming Hui evil soldiers in front of them.

At this time, the hoplite cavalry was like a killing god, and everywhere they passed, there must have been blood, countless heads flying high, and blood spurting.

Under the repeated back-and-forth impacts, the Hui evil soldiers who were attacking the city head-on suffered great losses, and there was a faint sense of being suppressed and scattered.

Zhao Shen, who was standing on the city tower, had a solemn face, and was not carried away by the scene in front of him, so he quickly ordered the heavy cavalry who went out of the city to meet the battle, and returned to the city in time while the other party could not be encircled.

The hoplites were ordered to turn around and rush towards the capital.

Under this kind of strong kneading, the Hui evil soldiers who were attacking the city head-on were surprisingly not in pursuit.

Although they are not afraid of death, under the ravages just now, looking at the bloody corpses of broken arms in front of them, these evil soldiers who are not afraid of death finally have fear in their hearts.

The strength of the hoplites is really terrifying, just like the scythe of death, wherever they pass, they must be killed and wounded, and they have nothing to do.

Watching the heavy cavalry return to the city, Zhao Shen's heart was somewhat relieved, this heavy cavalry was his hole card.

It's a pity that the number of people is not large, only 2,000 people, but as long as there are 10,000 people, Zhao Shen will definitely lead the army out of the city, and he will definitely annihilate these little cubs who don't know the height of the sky.

However, the heavy cavalry is too expensive, even in the two northwestern states, there are only 8,000 people, which is already the limit that the Great Liang Imperial Court can maintain.

This counterattack out of the city was really a last resort, relieving the pressure on the frontal battlefield and catching him off guard, but in the same way, the two thousand heavy cavalry were also damaged.

Returning at least one or two thousand casualties on the other side on the scale of 100 people is a big victory in the eyes of others, but in Zhao Shen's heart, it is quite distressing.

These heavy cavalry, each of them is elite, and the loss of one makes Zhao Shen feel distressed, there is no way, the current battle situation, he can't help but hide it, and when the reinforcements are in the future, he can only do everything possible to delay time as much as possible.

The frontal battlefield was caught off guard, and the offensive was not as fierce as just now, and the evil soldiers who climbed the city tower were killed by other veterans at the first time.

The frontal battlefield was temporarily relieved, but this respite did not last long, and as the hoplites returned to the city, their men came to report.

"Report to your lordship, the other three directions of the city have basically been breached, and the defenders in the city have withdrawn to the inner city in accordance with your lord's orders."

"My lord, we're almost leaving."

Zhao Shen nodded and gave the order to retreat.

Defending the outer city was not Zhao Shen's plan at first, after all, the available troops in his hands were too small, and with the militia in the city, there were barely 10,000 people, and it was really a good idea to disperse the troops to defend.

His ultimate goal was to slow down the siege of the Hui Evil Army as much as possible, and buy time for the two adults on the border and the Seven Towns to come to help.

Calculating the time, the outer city has been delayed for half an hour, and it is almost to the limit, and then the whole army shrinks and enters the ten inner cities.

Little by little, the defensive street battles were fought, and the next was the most tragic battle, in a word, if the Hui evil army wanted to take a step forward, they had to pay bloody casualties.

Looking at the outside of the city tower, the evil soldiers who gradually came back to their senses and began to gather, Zhao Shen also went towards the inner city under the protection of his subordinates.

On the way, a guard, who didn't look very old, asked nervously.

"Big... My lord, you said that this time, we can wait for reinforcements to arrive, can we win? ”

Zhao Shen had a smile on his face, patted the young guard's shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Don't worry, we will win this battle, and we will definitely let the little cubs of the Western Regions know that invading the capital is the stupidest decision they have made."

Hearing this, the young guard nodded solemnly, and then got on his horse to protect Zhao Shen and leave.

To be honest, Zhao Shen was a little bottomless about this battle, but this time he met Su Qi'an.

Although there was only a short-term relationship, he decided that with Su Qi'an, the turmoil in the two northwestern states would definitely be able to be successfully pacified.

As for him? Life and death are no longer so important, as long as he can return the peace of Ganzhou, even if he dies in battle today, he has no regrets.

The old soldiers of Ganzhou began to retreat into the inner city, and the evil soldiers occupied the outer city, which was also very smooth.

There was no joy on the faces of the evil soldiers, and in the battle outside the city, their losses were huge, at least six or seven thousand people, on the other hand, the old soldiers in Ganzhou were only injured in the skin.

If you want to say that there is no hatred in your heart, it is impossible, the battle losses in the outer city are so large, and the next thing to say is to completely eliminate these so-called elites.

There was not much time left for them, and after knowing this, the Hui evil soldiers who rushed into the inner city did not disperse their attacks, concentrate their forces, and start to storm from one city to another as before.

With absolute strength, forcing these shrinking Ganzhou veterans to go to war, as they gradually approached, the battle in the inner city began to start, which was destined to be a tragic battle...

At the same time, the border Xujiaji.

In the grass pavilion, Saktu, Su Qi'an, and Wang Zhenshan, just like before, sat on both sides, without any change on their faces, the only thing that changed was the sand table in front of them.

On the sand table, the strength of the enemy and our side and the direction of attack have changed from the unilateral attack just now to the current situation is clear.

The armies of both sides started around the attack on the capital to protect the city, and obviously, Su Qi'an and Saktu conducted a sand table deduction.

It's just that this deduction is currently at an impasse, and it depends on who lasts to the end.

Saktu was not surprised by this result, but had a slight mockery on his face.

"This is the back hand arranged by the Su Overseer? Using the capital city as bait to lure the snake out of the hole is indeed a wonderful trick, but does the Su Overseer really want to rely on the old soldiers who stayed in the seven military towns and the militia of each military fort to relieve the siege of the capital and the city? ”

"I return to the evil army, the strength cannot be compared with the old soldiers in Ganzhou, but it is indeed absolutely crushing in terms of troops, even if the old soldiers in the city are strong, in front of the army of 40,000, can they hold up to the so-called reinforcement rescue?"

"The Su Overseers can't help but look down on the army under the leader of this alliance too much."