The remnant sun is like blood, and the sound of killing under the city of Youzhou is shaking the sky.

"Buzz!"

The sound of siege crossbows was endless, and the salvo of crossbow arrows shot at the city wall of Youzhou, and in a moment's effort, hundreds of "javelins" were embedded in the wall.

"Kill!"

Under the cover of siege bolts, the soldiers of the Northern Battalion rushed to the city of Youzhou, accompanied by all kinds of siege equipment.

Because the water source of the moat in Youzhou was cut off from the upstream by the vanguard of the Beidaying yesterday, the trench bridges were built without much effort, and in the trenches under the bridges, hundreds of Youzhou soldiers began to dig tunnels under the city under the shelter of the wooden planks above.

On the ground, siege vehicles and loading trucks wrapped in cowhide and horse leather were the first to open the way, followed by siege troops carrying ladders.

On the city of Youzhou, the dense arrows tilted from the city like a pouring rain, so that the vanguard army of the northern battalion could not raise its head.

After paying the price of hundreds more casualties, the ladders were finally erected, and the siege battle entered a white-hot stage.

The soldiers of the Northern Battalion either stepped on the ladder or climbed the wall of Youzhou with the help of crossbow arrows embedded in the wall.

Seeing the ladder on the head of the city, the soldiers who had no combat experience in the city subconsciously stretched out their hands and pushed forward, but immediately let out a cry of pain, their palms were suddenly dripping with blood, it turned out that the back of the top of these ladders were smeared with highly poisonous iron barbs, and these soldiers who tried to push the ladder down turned purple after a while, weak, and their ears were ringing and dizzy.

All over the city, inexperienced soldiers were poisoned and fainted.

"Don't push!"

"Fuel!"

"Fill the golden soup!"

"Stone it! Smash hard! ”

Some experienced veterans and Jiuqu soldiers in Youzhou roared when they saw this.

At this time, the development of the ladder has been quite perfect, the weight of a ladder is not at all a few people can be pushed down together, and the length of most of the ladder will never exceed the height of the city wall, generally to be a little lower than the battlement, even if there are occasionally some ladders that exceed the city wall, their top and back are generally accompanied by all kinds of barbs, biting the edge of the city, reducing the possibility of being overturned by the city defenders.

Gravel, wide wood, and hot oil were frantically thrown at the city by the defenders, causing the city to wail.

The stench of the boiling "golden soup" poured down from above, and many of the besieging soldiers were unable to dodge, being drenched on their skin, screaming, and some were actually stunned by the stench.

"Set fire!"

The torches ignited the oil and set the ladders and siege engines on fire, and the smoke billowed from under the city walls, and some places were already in a sea of fire.

But all this did not stop the offensive of the Northern Battalion, and soon, one after another ladders were erected at the head of the city.

"Support! We want to support! ”

The head of the soldier defending the city was hoarse, shouting, and holding a colorful flag to signal to the corner tower, and then a crossbow arrow came from outside the city and shot through his throat, as soon as the head of the soldier fell, the deputy next to him immediately took over the small flag in his hand and took over his command, but soon, the deputy also turned into a corpse.

A few hundred meters below the city, Shang Qingzhou rode a war horse and personally commanded: "Shoot!" Aim at the place where the flag is raised, and don't let a flag appear on the city walls! ”

"Herald!" Shang Qingzhou roared.

"Your Excellency!"

"Pass my order, and the rest of the siege troops will rush forward to cover the follow-up army to push the watchtower cart and build the arrow tower!"

On the corner tower of Youzhou City, Xue Mu has sent the heralds around him to understand the situation everywhere, he looked at the battlefield below worriedly, the other party is well versed in the way of siege, the crossbow arrows of the northern battalion are targeted to the defenders who play the flag, the flag is a means of communication between his side and the city wall, without the help of the flag, even if he is condescending, there is no way to accurately know the damage everywhere in the first time.

"Look, General!"

Xue Muwen heard the prestige, and on the position of the Beidaying in the distance, dozens of watchtower cars were driving in the direction of Youzhou City.

The watchtower car is used to climb high to observe, the reconnaissance vehicle that looks out for the enemy's situation, the center of the base of the car sets up a big lookout pole made of solid wood, up to four or five zhang, a square wooden house type watchtower is set up on the pole, due to the continuous reform and innovation of the later people, the skilled craftsmen of the Beidaying have expanded the size of the watchtower more than three times, so that the watchtower can not only be flush with part of the city wall at the top, there is also a platform that can accommodate about 30 people, and the effect of the arrow tower has been achieved while observing the enemy's movements.

"We must not let these watchtower cars get close, or the bow and arrow advantage of our city soldiers will be lost!" Xue Muxin said.

"Quickly line up the crossbows in the city and focus on the other party's building car!"

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The fierce offensive of the Beida camp did not stop until nightfall, looking at the corpses strewn under the city, even if Xue Mu had gone through the battlefield, he couldn't help but be moved at this time.

"Is Beidaying crazy? Such a siege at the cost of casualties. ”

In the blink of an eye, Xue Mu understood the intention of the Beida Battalion: "The Beida Camp is to kill people, they don't want us to fall into the hands of others, they are afraid!" They were afraid that we would confess the others. Xue Mu frowned: "In addition to Gao Bo, there are other people involved in this matter?" ”

The defense center arranged by Xue Mu and the others has been stationed on the Dongda Camp on the south side, but they never expected that it was the Beida Battalion that took the lead in launching the attack, and it came so suddenly, and the offensive was so rapid, so that Xue Mu had no chance to communicate with the Beida Battalion at all.

The soldiers of the Beida Battalion came menacing from the west, and most of the soldiers responsible for guarding the west side were Youzhou's own garrison army and some militia that had just been recruited, and there were very few experienced Jiuqu veterans, so as soon as the war started, the city fell into chaos, and the first wave of troops of the Beida Battalion attacked the city wall, and many of the tools prepared in advance to defend the city were not even used.

The two sides engaged in a fierce tug-of-war on the city, and as the number of deaths continued to soar, the defenders of the city on this side of Youzhou also broke out with potential, swords and swords, bloody city heads, and soldiers on both sides fought on the city road, rolling, and roaring. After all, the soldiers of the Beida Battalion have undergone formal training, and their combat quality is not something that these recruits and militia in Youzhou can compete with, and they are about to completely lose their hands when they see the city.

Fortunately, Meng Feng found that there was no sign of siege on the other three sides of Youzhou City, so he sent General Zhao Shen to support with a large number of reserve troops in time, and only then did he rely on the numerical advantage to repel the Beida Battalion, and the city wall returned to Youzhou's hands.

Xue Mu took people to patrol the city road, every few steps on the ground is a pool of blood, the battlements are also full of splashed blood, the appearance of the city wall is even more miserable, crossbow arrows are inserted everywhere, and there are even large-scale cracks in some places, Xue Mu knows that this is due to the previous rain has not dried, and the wall has been burned by the fire, making it fragile, Xue Mu smiled bitterly in his heart, he still wanted to hold on for three days before the war and then invite the prince, now it seems to be a joke.

The sound of clanging outside the city made Xue Mu's heart more and more nervous, Beidaying is rushing to repair the damaged watchtower car, do they still want to attack the city at night?

"General Xue."

General Zhao Shen walked over alone, and General Zhao Shen said: "If the northern camp attacks the city at night, can the general be sure to hold it?" ”

Xue Mu shook his head decisively, he stretched out his hand to stop General Zhao's words, and replied: "I understand what you mean, I will send someone to find the teacher, you go and invite the prince immediately, our plan is ahead." ”

"Okay." General Zhao knew that the situation was urgent, and the next wave of offensive in the Beida camp would come at any time, so he didn't say a word, and hurriedly left the city wall with a few people and rushed to the inner city.

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General Zhao and several personal soldiers galloped all the way in the city, due to the wartime ban issued by Youzhou, there was no one on the street at this moment, until the gate of the inner city, a team of people appeared in front of General Zhao, which stopped them from moving forward quickly.

"Yo, isn't this General Zhao, make way for General Zhao!"

Zhao Zhi'an pulled the reins with one hand, pointed to the people in front of him who were carrying things with their heads bowed and the carriage behind them, frowned and asked, "Mr. Three, what are you doing here?" ”

Song Cheng held a close-fitting copper stick, stood in front of everyone, and replied: "General, I heard that the war ahead is tight, so I specially sent people from my Song family to carry some materials to the city. ”

General Zhao became suspicious: "People from the Song family? When did so many people come to your Song family? ”

"Haha, I don't know, my Song family used to do the business of carriage and horse dealers, and there happened to be one of my Song family's industries in Youzhou City, most of these people are people from carriages and horses, by the way, General Zhao, the war outside the city is tight?"

General Zhao came back to his senses after Song Cheng's interruption, although he still felt a little strange about Song Cheng's actions in his heart, but after all, he still had a task in his body, and he had no time to estimate Song Cheng at the moment, he said lightly: "The war is okay, Mr. Three don't have to worry, but if Mr. Three really wants to help, it is best to ask for instructions from Mengzhou Mansion first, otherwise it will be difficult for you to cause unnecessary trouble when you act privately, let's go." ”

Watching Zhao Shen and the others leave, a familiar voice sounded beside Song Cheng: "Mr. Three, we ......"

Song Cheng didn't reply, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, it's business as usual." ”

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General Zhao led people all the way to the tent where the prince was being held, and what made him strange was that the ten guards who were originally guarding the prince outside the tent only saw two people at this time.

He walked closer with a gloomy face, and was about to speak out to ask, when the pupils in his eyes shrank, and in an instant he realized that something was wrong, he took a step back, picked up his saber and threw it, but the guard did not notice it at all, and fell straight down after being hit.

"Protect the General!" When the soldiers around General Zhao noticed the change, they were all taken aback, and they all drew out their long swords to block in front of General Zhao.

General Zhao suddenly looked up at the big tent, he realized that something was wrong, and angrily pushed aside everyone and rushed into the tent.

Zhao Shen swept his gaze, his expression became a little stunned, and then gradually sluggish.

The camp where Shen Ye was imprisoned was empty at this time, and even Shen Sisi, who was guarding next to Shen Ye, was nowhere to be seen.

When Youzhou City was at its most critical, Shen Ye was gone......