At the moment when the horn sounded, the two of them split up and led the soldiers to rush to the city wall of Jingzhou. Arrows rained down, but they were not afraid at all, but rushed even more violently.

The right-wing troops led by Jing Beihan were like a sharp sword, breaking through the enemy's line. He raised the halberd in his hand and rushed forward, and with every step he took, an enemy soldier fell at his feet.

And Zuo Xingyan was like a storm, leading the left flank troops to break through the enemy's defensive line. The long sword in her hand danced a series of sword shadows, and in the sword shadows, the enemy army fell, opening a bloody path all the way.

In an instant, the climbing ladder was pushed against the city wall, and some soldiers quickly went up to the city. At the same time, the troops commanded by Zuo Xingyan and Jing Beihan also began to attack the city gate and the city walls on both sides, making it impossible for the defenders to concentrate their forces.

On the city walls, Sun Feng's vanguard engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the defenders. The spears in their hands, combined with the anti-arrow shields, formed a formation that could be attacked and defended, and quickly suppressed the defenders on the city wall.

At the same time, the two teams commanded by Zuo Xingyan and Jing Beihan had broken the city gate and the defensive lines on both sides, and the soldiers under their command began to enter the city to clear the remaining defenders.

The team led by Sun Feng rushed to the city first, and Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan led their teams to attack from both sides. The battle was fierce and short, and Jingzhou's defensive line quickly collapsed under their attack.

Sun Feng planted his banner at the head of the city, announcing that they had occupied Jingzhou. This was the first step in their attack on Kyoto and the beginning of their base camp.

Zuo Xingyan looked at the flag planted by Sun Feng, his eyes flashed with determination and passion, he knew that this war had just begun.

After the city gate was broken, Jing Beihan stood on the broken door with resolute eyes. He raised his sword and shouted, "Soldiers, enter the city!" But remember, our opponents are enemy forces, not these innocent citizens! I, Jing Beihan, swear here, if I violate this order, I will be severely punished! ”

The soldiers waved their weapons and replied in a loud voice: "Yes!" Their faith was ignited by Jing Beihan's voice, like a flame burning in the prairie fire, warm and blazing.

Zuo Xingyan walked out of the crowd, walked towards Jing Beihan, and looked up at his figure. At that moment, her heart swelled with incomparable admiration and love. She took his hand and turned to the soldiers, saying, "We are fighting for the people, not for their destruction." Jing Beihan's order is my order, and you must obey it! ”

The soldiers' response was like a tidal wave. At this moment, their hearts were filled with the courage to fight, and at the same time, they were also moved by the ideas of Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan.

The guards of Jingzhou, on the other hand, felt extremely pressured by the soldiers' firm answers. They panicked in their hearts, and some even began to waver. In the face of Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan's resolute attitude, their resistance became so weak. Soon, their commander ordered surrender, and he also understood that they could no longer fight.

Zuo Xingyan stood on the city tower, holding the banner of "Qingjun Side", and below was a boiling crowd.

She cleared her throat and said loudly, "We are not standing here for one person, not for one family. We stand here for this country, for all our people. ”

Jing Beihan, who was on the side, continued, his voice deep and powerful: "The corruption of the imperial court has brought too much pain to our people. The world has been in turmoil for a long time, and it is time to give the people a stable environment, a world where they can breathe freely. ”

He paused, then raised his right hand and said loudly, "This is our struggle, this is our responsibility." Today, I am here to declare that we want to clear the monarchy, overthrow that corrupt regime, and let the people live a truly happy life! ”

The crowd below was jubilant, and they shouted: "Qingjun side, Qingjun side!" The sound converged into a majestic force that shook the entire city.

The morale of the rebel army was like a rainbow.

They set out from Jingzhou, advanced northward, and successively broke through Luling, Jianchang and other cities.

The initial resistance was indeed fierce, the gates were strong, and the defenders were stubborn. The troops led by Zuo Xingyan and Jing Beihan repeatedly fell into trouble.

Under the city of Luling, they met with resolute resistance.

The city was strong, and the defenders were extremely stubborn, leaving the rebels in a difficult situation.

The ruler of the Luling city defense system who had studied the defense tactics in depth and built the entire city into a huge fortification.

The arrow towers and stone forts on the city walls put the besieging rebels under constant rain of arrows and boulders.

"It seems that we can't attack the city wall directly," Zuo Xingyan said to Jing Beihan on the first night of the attack, "We need to find other ways." ”

Jing Beihan frowned and thought, he knew that Zuo Xingyan was right, only by finding a new strategy could they break through Luling. He suddenly remembered a strategy he had seen in military books.

"We can try digging tunnels." Jing Beihan proposed.

A glint flashed in Zuo Xingyan's eyes after hearing this, and she nodded, "This is a good idea." We can dig tunnels into the city and then destroy the defenses from the inside. ”

In the days that followed, they kept a close eye on the movements of the defenders, while sending soldiers to begin digging tunnels.

After a night of painstaking digging, the tunnels were finally completed, and the rebel soldiers rushed into the city from the inside of the tunnels, disrupting the defenders' defenses, and the city finally fell under their attack.

Then there was Jianchang, whose resistance was fiercer than that of Luling, but also, under their successive attacks, finally surrendered.

After Jianchang was broken by the rebel army, Taishou Li Yuan felt that his life was in danger.

He was well aware that he was in great danger as the ruler of the city after the arrival of the new regime.

He thought about it and felt that the only solution was to give his daughter to the new ruler, Jing Beihan, in exchange for a chance to survive.

Li Yuan walked into his daughter Li Zhixuan's room and said heavily, "Zhixuan, I need your help with something. ”

Zhixuan looked at her father and asked confusedly, "Father, what's the matter?" ”

Li Yuan swallowed his saliva and said distressedly: "I need you to find that person named Jing Beihan and propose to him." ”

Li Zhixuan was stunned and stunned. "Father, what are you talking about?"

Li Yuan explained: "We have no choice, I just want to protect you and the family, that Jing Beihan is now in power, we can only make concessions." ”

Li Zhixuan was silent, she understood her father's hardship. And Li Yuan also arranged for someone to send her to Jing Beihan's camp.

When she saw Jing Beihan, Li Zhixuan hung her head and was full of fear.