"The other party wants to break the city!" Li Zhengzhi had an alarm bell ringing in his heart, this formation was not just as simple as harassment, there were too many people!

Seeing that countless soldiers had rushed into the outer city and were climbing towards the head of the inner city, Li Zheng looked at the high cliff of Luoyanguan in puzzlement, where the snow had not melted and there was no footstep on the smooth snow.

"Where did it come from?" Li Zhengzhi was puzzled, just this stunned kung fu The other party had already killed the head of the inner city and slashed at him with a knife.

Li Zhengzhi came back to his senses and hurriedly dodged, turned around and kicked the man off the head of the inner city.

"Everyone defend the inner city!" Li Zhengzhi ordered people to stand at the head of the inner city with heavy shields, and repelled those enemy troops who tried to climb the top of the city under the rain of arrows.

However, the heavy shield could not stop the arrows at all, and the surface of each heavy shield was shot like a hedgehog full of arrows, and casualties continued to appear.

Li Zhengzhi saw that he took one last look at the horizon, and seeing that it was still pitch black, he could only grit his teeth helplessly and ordered: "Open the city gate!

The gate of the inner city made of gold and iron slowly opened, and a dull creak came from the heavy door panel, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the inner city along the gap in the inner city gate with a shield in one hand and a crossbow in the other, and a long line in the city charged towards the Chu soldiers who entered the outer city.

This was followed by a group of infantry armed with machetes, who followed closely behind the cavalry, harvesting the fish that had slipped through the net left by the cavalry charge.

At the beginning, the situation was very good, and the arrows of the Chu State did not dare to harm their own people and continued to suppress the head of the inner city, but as the Chu army pulled out the tripping rope, the cavalry continued to attrition.

Once the cavalry fell off their horses, they were surrounded by several people, and the infantry following the rear had no time to rescue.

"The cavalry huddle in a group, don't get too far away from the infantry. Li Zhengzhi ordered while trying to find a way to recapture the city.

It's a pity that the Chu army seems to have been prepared, and countless stumbling ropes have been set up on the main roads that can be used for cavalry charges in the outer city of Yanqian City, and some small roads have also been set up with ambushes, seeing that the cavalry released has lost a thousand people, Li Zhengzhi is also red-eyed and constantly sends people out of the inner city to recapture the outer city from the Chu army.

"Do you want Yanqian City?" Li Zhengzhi's eyes were red: "Let's see if your equipment is better or if I command it better." ”

Later, as the battlefield for the outer city became more and more intense, Li Zhengzhi sent almost all the cavalry defending the city, and constantly patrolled the streets to harvest the lives of the soldiers of the Chu State.

"My lord, it is estimated that our army has killed nearly 10,000 Chu troops, and the losses have reached 6,000 people. An officer knelt beside Li Zhengzhi and reported.

"Tell the cavalry to come back, otherwise the Chu army in the outer city will suffer too many casualties, and this arrow will not fall on the head of the inner city." Li Zhengzhi looked at the dense arrows falling like rain in the sky, if this fell on these precious cavalry in the outer city, it would be unimaginable.

After Li Zhengzhi gave the order, half of the cavalry of the original 20,000 or so remaining about 14,000 returned to the inner city, and the remaining half were constantly patrolling the streets with crossbows.

"My lord!" When Li Zhengzhi was satisfied with the results of the battle, the commander hurriedly ran to Li Zhengzhi's side, and hurriedly fell in front of Li Zhengzhi.

"What's so urgent?" Li Zhengzhi frowned.

"Many soldiers said they smelled gunpowder in the streets, and I was afraid that something would happen, so I hurried to report it to the commander. The commander gasped.

"The smell of gunpowder?" Li Zhengzhi looked at the dark street suspiciously, and the next moment his eyes widened and he told the commander to quickly send an order for the soldiers to return to the inner city.

Not long after the commander went down, Li Zhengzhi saw a sudden fire in the dim and narrow street, and with the roar of the explosion and the scorching smell of corpses, the entire outer city suddenly lit up.

Bang!

The deafening roar of explosions was endless, and every street in the outer city ushered in the flames of explosions, and the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty who were still wandering in the streets at this time were almost completely wiped out!

"This ......" Li Zhengzhi stared straight at this purgatory-like scene, the skyrocketing fire illuminated his blood-red eyes, and all this in front of him was unbelievable.

"It turned out to be a suicide attack. Li Zhengzhi muttered to himself, such a series of explosions The Chu army will definitely not have time to evacuate, and there will be no shortage of soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty and Chu State who are buried in the fire.

"Li Fengxian, you will be punished for using troops like this!" Li Zheng shouted uprightly to the sky.

Li Fengxian, who was outside Yanqian City, sneezed, and Jiang Deng showed a worried look on the side.

"It doesn't matter. Li Fengxian listened to this series of explosions and asked Jiang Deng: "Estimate how many soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty can be killed by this explosion." ”

"The initial estimate was 5,000 people, but at the last moment, Li Zhengzhi seemed to react and urgently recalled some of them, otherwise the 20,000 cavalry would have been wiped out. Jiang Deng said with some pity.

"It's enough to exchange 1,000 people for their 5,000 cavalry and the horses under the seat, and it is estimated that Li Zhengzheng jumped to his feet. Li Fengxian said with a laugh.

"What do we do next?" Jiang Deng asked.

"The next step is to withdraw the troops. Li Feng first calculated the time, and the people who dragged Li Zhengzhi's reinforcements may have been wiped out, and there was no way for his side to take Yanqian City for the time being, so he could only give up.

"Shall we withdraw now?" Jiang Deng looked at Li Fengxian in confusion: "Our form is obviously very good, why do we have to evacuate so easily? The next time the other party is alert, I am afraid that there will be no such a chance." ”

"You're right. Li Fengxian smiled and nodded: "But can we really take Yanqian City?"

"We have seven-shot crossbows and armor-piercing arrows, and the opposing cavalry can't charge at all in this city, so of course we can take this Yanqian City. Jiang Deng said eagerly.

Li Fengxian shook his head: "We lack decisive strength, and the decision to give up Yanqian City was a miscalculation for me. ”

Seeing that Jiang Deng was still puzzled, Li Fengxian could only explain to Jiang Deng slowly while ordering: "In addition to the 20,000 cavalry, do you know how many other soldiers there are in this city?"

"Eighty thousand infantry. "But we have 40,000 archers and 40,000 infantry......

"Take 10,000 steps back, we have relied on our excellent equipment, with our seven-shot crossbows and armor-piercing arrows to defeat Yanqian City, and when Lin Zheng and reinforcements arrive, can we still hold this Yanqian City. Li Fengxian asked with a smile.

Jiang Deng was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, he hugged his fists and bowed to Li Fengxian: "My subordinates understand." ”

"Jiang Deng, you are still young, you still need to go through another two years of training, and when you understand the trade-off, you will be able to take charge of the army. Li Fengxian patted Jiang Deng on the shoulder, and led the army back to Luoyan Pass from the secret passage.

Li Zhengzhi saw that the arrows shot at the head of the city were gradually scarce, and it was not until the last arrow fell that he lost his soul and ordered people to sweep the battlefield and look for the wounded.

Not long after, Lin Zheng arrived with a large army, and when he came to Yanqian City, he only saw the scorched earth-like battlefield and the soulless Li Zhengzhi.

"Commander Li, what's going on? I was stopped on the way and delayed a little bit, and I couldn't get reinforcements to you in time. Lin Zheng frowned and listened to the commander report the casualties, and explained his own situation while asking about Li Zhengzhi's battle.

"Chu army ......" Li Zhengzhi opened his mouth in a hoarse voice, and the terrifying explosion still left a deep shadow in Li Zhengzhi's heart: "The Chu army attacked Yanqian City at night, and when it reacted, the enemy army had already occupied the head of the outer city, and I commanded the army to abandon the outer city and retreat to the inner city, and start a battle with the Chu army on the streets of the outer city. ”

Lin Zheng listened to Lian Lian and nodded, Li Zhengzhi had no problem with all his commands, and even Lin Zheng had to applaud Li Zhengzhi's reaction to the forest farm, which not only resolved the opponent's arrow rain, but also turned the disadvantage of losing the outer city into an advantage to encircle and suppress the Chu army.

"But I didn't expect that this was a suicide attack by the Chu army, the soldiers of the Chu State entered the outer city with gunpowder, placed explosives in the houses on the streets of the outer city, and detonated the explosives when our soldiers patrolled the outer city, more than 6,000 strange soldiers, all of whom were swept into the blast, and now I don't know how many people are still alive. Li Zhengzhi's eyes were red, and his heart was full of self-blame.

"Suicide attack, so the soldiers of the Chu State did not retreat in time, so they paralyzed you?" Lin Zheng guessed after listening to Li Zhengzhi's explanation and thinking about the suicide attack.

"Exactly, at that time, I was afraid that all the Chu troops would be killed out of the outer city, and the archers on the other side would rain arrows on the outer city, so I called half of the cavalry back, and when I heard the news from their mouths, I immediately ordered the soldiers to withdraw, but it was still much slower, only about a thousand cavalry returned to the inner city, and the rest were all caught in the explosion. ”

"Do you know who commanded the other party?" Lin Zheng asked Li Zhengzhi.

"I know, it must be Li Fengxian, the commander of Luoyan Pass, this person is known for his ruthless use of soldiers, and he completely ignores the life and death of his subordinates, but he also relies on this, Li Fengxian won the victory. Li Zhengzhi secretly hated himself for hearing the name of this person, but he still underestimated this person's ruthlessness, so he blamed himself.

"Commander of Luoyan Pass. Lin Zheng frowned: "Do you have any confidence that you can beat him next time you face him?"

"Yes. Li Zhengzhi said: "I will definitely not lose the next time I face him." ”

Lin Zheng nodded: "I will leave soldiers to fill your vacancy, and I hope you can defeat Li Fengxian next time." ”

Lin Zheng stood up and was about to leave.

"My lord, you won't punish me?" Seeing this, Li Zhengzhi hurriedly stopped Lin Zheng, who was about to leave.

"The other party sent an army of 100,000 to break the city, and now that the city of Yanqian has not been broken, you have no merit. Lin Zheng shook his head: "I still need to send someone to Yunzhou to recruit troops to replenish manpower, you can solve the matter here yourself." ”

Lin Zheng said that, he left 10,000 cavalry, and then led the army back to Ruicheng, and sent someone to ask Shen Yueting to come back from Jinfu City and go to Yunzhou City to recruit troops.

"Once raw and twice ripe. Lin Zheng patted Shen Yueting on the shoulder: "This time we only need to recruit more than 10,000 people, which is much less than last time, you must not recruit too much, we will not have the money to pay military salaries if we recruit more." ”

"Don't worry, sir. Shen Yueting smiled and went to Yunzhou.