The main force of the Liao army brought countless siege equipment and attacked outside Jizhou for three days without stopping. Empress Dowager Xiao seems to be determined to take this city down.

The defenders of Jizhou also held strong for three days. Every day, countless homes are destroyed in the fighting, hundreds of people die, and countless families lose their fathers. Everyone in Jizhou City was helping to defend the city, and the corpses on the street had already been piled up, and it was too late to bury them.

In the past three days, Chen Ao has only slept for two hours. His eyes were bloodshot, and his blood-stained armor never took off. Zhao Ling and Long Qingping, who were inseparable from him, were also embarrassed. Although Long Qingping was very angry with Chen Ao that day, she did not forget what she had said, and conscientiously protected Chen Ao, and even used her arm to block a stray arrow for him.

At noon on the fourth day, the offensive of the Liao army slowed down, and by dusk, the horn of withdrawal sounded in the Liao army's formation. The Song army at the head of the city looked nervously at the Liao army that was receding like a tide, and suddenly heard the sound of "dangchang", I don't know who had trembling hands, couldn't hold the blade in his hand, and threw the sword to the ground.

Then the sound of the blade falling to the ground came and went. The nerves that had been tense were relaxed by this rare peace. Chen Ao slowly retreated to the edge of a broken wall, and slowly sat down holding on to the wall.

This is the wall of the original city wall on the city tower, which was smashed by a large stone thrown by the Liao army, and only this section of the wall remains. Chen Ao rubbed his hands silently and rubbed off the blood clots on his hands. In the past three days, he has been accustomed to countless lives and deaths, and he has also personally cut down countless Liao troops who tried to climb the city wall. The only thing he remembers now is that he is still the commander of tens of thousands of troops, and he will continue to fight.

Tonight is a rare tranquility. I don't know what happened on the side of the Liao army camp, but I saw the flames in the distance, and the voices of people were boiling, as if they were celebrating victory. But although Jizhou City is now devastated, it has not yet been broken, what are they cheering for? Chen Ao couldn't help but think.

After taking a bath, filling the stomach, the person has the spirit again. Chen Ao gathered all his subordinate generals into his residence. The atmosphere was very heavy, and almost everyone knew that if the Liao army continued to attack like this, it would be a matter of time before the city was broken. The morale of the soldiers and civilians in Jizhou has been extremely low, and everyone is exhausted to the extreme.

The Liao army surrounded the east, west, and north sides, except for the south gate. But the vacated direction is the most powerful weapon to hit the psychology of the defenders of Jizhou. The Jizhou garrison was different from the forbidden army brought by Chen Ao. The families of the forbidden army were in the capital, and even further south. They knew that only by holding on to this place could they ensure the safety of their families.

However, the defenders of Jizhou are local tun troops, and the whole family is in the city. If they are all alone, Chen Ao believes that they are all men who have no hesitation. But when it comes to thinking about wives and children, everyone will be discouraged. Chen Ao knew that many people were already thinking in their hearts about how to protect the safety of their families. And a south gate without enemy fire has undoubtedly become their choice.

A few days ago, Chen Ao's suggestion was put forward again, and a consensus was quickly reached. If you can't take the initiative to attack and give the Liao army a surprise sneak attack, I'm afraid that in a few days, the city will be in chaos.

But is now a good time for a sneak attack? The Liao army has already gained a firm foothold, while its own side is sleepy. The Liao army had more than 100,000 people, and they could take turns to rest. But the defenders were always on standby and did not dare to slack off.

After a few not-so-heated arguments, everyone fell silent again. Chen Ao knew that there was no better way now, so he could only continue to send people to quietly go out from the south gate to ask for reinforcements. Fortunately, Zhao Heng had already set off with 150,000 forbidden troops, and according to the speed of the march, he would arrive in Lanzhou in two days. If you move quickly, reinforcements should arrive in two days.

After everyone dispersed, Chen Ao lay down on the bed and immediately fell into a deep sleep. I don't know how long he slept, and someone woke him up. Chen Ao was in a daze, and when he saw that it was not yet dawn outside, he was a little overwhelmed.

When he saw clearly that the person in front of him was Yao Zhou, he sobered up a little, turned over and asked, "General Yao, the Liao army is attacking the city again?"

Yao Zhou shook his head with a heavy face, and said, "The Liao army did not attack, but ...... Dingzhou was lost. ”

Chen Ao didn't react at once, Dingzhou, which Dingzhou? But in the blink of an eye, he understood, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Dingzhou City is broken? Haven't they been able to shrink all the time? The main force of the Liao army has arrived in Jizhou, how can Dingzhou be broken?"

Yao Zhou was a little indignant and said: "General, Peng Guangzu, the guard general of Dingzhou, has already come, he said it himself!"

"Let's go!" Chen Ao put on his clothes and strode out.

Peng Guangzu had already been taken to the courtyard. Several generals from Jizhou and Chen Ao's subordinates all came around, trying to figure out the matter. Chen Ao stood in the courtyard and couldn't help but wonder. It turned out that Peng Guangzu didn't come alone, there was also a family, and even the old housekeeper brought it over.

That night, Peng Guangzu self-righteously ordered the entire city to hunt down the Assassin Xuanning. Yirong Yikun took advantage of the panic of the defenders and opened the west gate. But they only had two people after all, and quickly repelled both of them. But the army that became Xiao Ting had received the message and began to intensify their attack on Ximen.

The two sides fought fiercely all night near the West Gate, and by dawn the next day, the West City was still captured by the Song army. But the gates had been burned down, and they had to be blocked with a few large stones. Peng Guangzu immediately realized that things were not good, and if this continued, Dingzhou would be broken sooner or later. When the time comes, his family will be burned with jade.

So Peng Guangzu quietly left the army, returned to the mansion, brought all the gold and silver, let his family sit in the carriage, and dressed up as ordinary people. That night, he quietly opened the south gate and slipped out. The defenders of Dingzhou did not know that Peng Guangzu had slipped away, and they were in a stalemate with the Liao army for two days. After all, the Liao army outside the city was not many in number, and just when the Song army realized this, they were shocked to find that the guard had not shown up for two days.

So everyone soon found out that the general's mansion was empty. As a result, the hearts of the army and the people were suddenly in turmoil, and everyone scattered in a hurry, fleeing for their lives, and no one was left to defend the city. Xiao Ting immediately led the army, with the cooperation of Yirong and Ku, to capture Dingzhou.

As for Peng Guangzu, with his family, under the escort of dozens of generals, he went all the way south and rushed to the vicinity of Jizhou. When he arrived here, he found that the main force of the Liao army had actually been killed outside Jizhou City. Peng Guangzu had no choice but to go over the mountains and mountains to the south of Jizhou. Only then did I find that there were no enemy troops outside the south gate. So Peng Guangzu led people into the south gate and came to ask the Jizhou defenders for help.

And when he entered the city, he learned that the imperial court had sent a large army. And now the one guarding Jizhou is the forward general Chen Ao. Peng Guangzu immediately realized that Xuan Ning had not lied to him that night. But now that it has come to this, how can he tell the truth?

So under Chen Ao's questioning, Peng Guangzu shook his tongue and made up a story that could be sung and cried. In the story, he killed the enemy bravely, but there were too many enemy troops and they were unstoppable, so he had no choice but to abandon the city. However, he was not afraid of death, but wanted to bring news to the Song army behind, so as not to be trapped by the Liao army again.

Chen Ao listened quietly and sneered. He could already see that Peng Guangzu was lying, if he was invincible, why did he bring out only a family of young and old, not even a single general? The reason why Chen Ao listened to his words patiently was just to see how shameless this person could be.