Xie Tong couldn't bear to tell her about the things outside the city, and directly shouted, "Someone! Pass my order, and the whole army will set off from the north gate!"

As soon as the words fell, Huo Zixin rushed to Xie Tong's side with an arrow step, and said, "Xie Tong, I don't care what medicine is being sold in your gourd! Now that the adults are in trouble, you must immediately send troops, counterattacks are trivial matters, the enemy will retreat sooner or later due to lack of food and grass, you can't sacrifice the lives of adults for your merits, I can see it, you are using him as a stepping stone! I will also play the big plan of attacking the east and west." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xie Tong said firmly, "Huo Zixin, I order you to immediately lead the army out of the city!"

Huo Zixin did not obey his order, but stood in front of him and said, "Xie Tong, are you crazy?

Xie Tong glanced at everyone, and said helplessly, "Okay! You lead the army to the rescue!"

Huo Zixin was overjoyed, hurriedly turned around, and said happily, "Come with me!"

Before the words fell, he only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he fainted.

Wang Wanru really saw that it was Xie Tong who took advantage of Huo Zixin's turn to suddenly make a move and knocked him unconscious. She said hoarsely, "Xie Tong, what are you doing, are you really so ruthless and unjust?"

Xie Tong didn't pay attention to him, but turned to Lao Lai and said, "Brother Lai, they will be handed over to you, let's go!"

In the face of Xie Tong's tough and domineering momentum and attitude, no one dared to make a sound, but all the resentful eyes were focused on Xie Tong.

The north gate was slowly opened, and Xie Tong rode a horse and walked in the front.

The army poured out of the nest and swarmed out from the north gate to kill the generals.

Since the enemy besieged the city, the defenders of Xiangyang fought out of the north gate for the first time.

Xie Tong had already ordered the reserve team to go to the forefront, responsible for carrying sandbags and planks to fill in the traps laid by the enemy.

The rebels had long been aware of the abnormality of the Tang army, and since they left the city, they have been waiting for it.

Xie Tong ordered, "Speed up and bury the traps and tunnels immediately", he knew that this was their only chance, and once he failed, Meng Kai would not give him a second chance.

The reserve team immediately sped up their movements, and in the blink of an eye they reached the trap money, threw the sandbags they had prepared in advance, and laid the planks.

Guarding the north gate was Datuk Venerable Meng Kai, who had previously discovered that the Tang army was attacking the east gate, so the governor had a strange situation, and at this moment, seeing Xie Tong leading the army to force out of the north gate, he immediately guessed the purpose of his voice to attack the east and west, in order to break through the siege, and hurriedly ordered the archers to wait.

Arrows rained down on the Tang army, and the reserve army, which was filling in the pits and laying the planks, fell by more than half when they landed.

Xie Tong had already prepared, and when he saw the enemy shooting arrows, he hurriedly sent people to step forward with shields to block the enemy's arrow rain.

But there were too many archers on the other side, and no matter how the shield men were guarded, there were always arrows passing through the gaps, and one by one the Tang troops fell in a pool of blood. However, the time of the two incense sticks passed, and the reserve army of the Tang army was almost half killed and wounded, but even half of the road was not paved, and Xie Tong, who saw it, was very anxious.

This is an extremely critical situation, and only by stepping over the trap can you have a chance to break out.

Xie Tong gritted his teeth and said, "Infantry brigade, give it to me, assist the reserve army!"

A group of centaurs rushed out again.

Before leaving, Xie Tong had ordered troops, and the breakthrough had a total of 30,000 horses, not including Wang Daoxun's 10,000 light cavalry.

The addition of the infantry brigade made the speed much faster, many of the tunnels had been filled in, and wooden planks had been erected.

Seeing this, Meng Kai knew that something was wrong, and gave another order, ordering the crossbowmen to forcibly shoot the Tang army.

Xie Tong was much relieved to see this speed, and suddenly there was a sound of breaking through the air, and a row of crossbow arrows slashed through the camps of the two armies, shooting straight into the Tang army with the top shield.

The power of the crossbow arrow was extremely strong, Xie Tong had already understood, only heard a few snaps, the crossbow arrow penetrated the shield, shooting the Tang army holding the shield directly, and the shield also became shattered under the strong impact.

This sudden change shocked the Tang army, and the soldiers in front of the shield began to retreat without orders, leaking other soldiers into the range of the enemy's archers, and in just a moment, the Tang army was in chaos.

Xie Tong was particularly anxious, why didn't he think of the enemy's bow and crossbow! This kind of weapon was extremely lethal, and even he was extremely difficult to deal with, let alone an ordinary soldier.

Seeing that the soldiers were constantly being shot and killed under this kind of bow and crossbow, and the Tang army was also constantly retreating, and filling in the tunnel had become a bubble, Xie Tong was anxious, he was busy looking at the position of the enemy crossbowmen, although it was far away, but it was still within the range of his archery, fortunately, there were not many enemy crossbowmen, thinking of this, he shouted, "Brother Lai, shoot the opponent's crossbowmen!"

Lao Lai understood and directly took out the giant bow.

Xie Tong immediately took out the moon-chasing bow, put on two bamboo arrows, aimed at the enemy from a distance, and with a release of his fingers, the bamboo arrows suddenly flew out, slashing through the open space in front of the two armies, carrying a gust of wind, and instantly reached the enemy's crossbowmen, who didn't even have room to react, and were killed directly.

At the same time, Lai's bamboo arrows also arrived, killing the two crossbowmen as well.

Several shots were fired in succession, and all the enemy crossbowmen were killed.

Tang Jun suddenly felt a great reduction in pressure, and Xie Tong shouted, "Give it to me, fill the trap for me."

Tang Jun pressed on again and frantically filled the tunnel.

Meng Kai shouted angrily, the crossbow arrow he was good at was suppressed, how could he not be angry, and he was busy with people to continue shooting arrows.

Xie Tong said, "Lai, you save your energy, just shoot the crossbowmen, don't let the enemy use the arrows!"

Lao Lai nodded, and continued to use his unparalleled archery skills to start a wonderful performance, and in a short time, all the enemy soldiers who tried to use arrows and crossbows were shot by him, and their corpses fell sideways next to the arrows.

Meng Kai was helpless, so he had to order the shield man to approach the arrow crossbow and retreat the arrow crossbow, thinking of a way.

The retreat of the arrows and crossbows gave the Tang army an extremely precious respite, and under Xie Tong's intense arrangement, the Tang army finally filled the trap and paved the wooden bridge.

Finally, when it was time for hand-to-hand combat, they could leave Xiangyang as long as they rushed through the enemy's camp.

Xie Tong put away the Moon-Chasing Bow, pulled out the Qingyu Sword, took a deep breath, and said, "Brothers, the enemy is about to be broken, kill me!"

"Kill, kill, kill!" The shouts of the Tang army resounded throughout the battlefield, and they immediately crossed the traps and tunnels like a tide and killed the enemy camp.

Meng Kai was not chaotic at all, in order to prevent the Tang army from breaking through to the north, he arranged heavy troops outside the north gate, there were 70,000 horses, and only then did he transfer 10,000, and there were 60,000 left, in the face of Xie Tong's 30,000 army, he was not afraid at all, this was a great opportunity to annihilate the enemy, he said happily, "Pass the order, the archers will shoot me, and when the Tang army approaches, the whole army will rush and kill, and the enemy must be killed!"

The Tang army rushed over, the first to face the enemy's rain of arrows, but no one flinched, many fell in a pool of blood, and the army rushed to the camp in one breath. Hand-to-hand combat ensued.

Xie Tong held a colorful sword, his body moved with the horse, and wherever the horse went, he left behind the corpses of the enemy, he did not spare his hand, and the sword in his hand flew over, almost all of them were fatal.

Lao Lai and Nightingale also broke into the enemy army, these three masters worked together to directly fight the defending enemy army, under the leadership and encouragement of Xie Tong and the three, the morale of the Tang army was greatly shaken, and the enemy army was overwhelmed in one fell swoop.

Meng Kai had never seen the Tang army so fierce, and he was like a desperate player, but he was better than the number of people, and he didn't have many scruples, so he immediately commanded the soldiers to block the direction of the Tang army's advance.

For a time, the two sides fought hand-to-hand, and countless soldiers fell.

The Tang army rushed extremely fiercely at the beginning, but after rushing three times in a row, for nearly an hour, the enemy army was not scattered and retreated, and its morale gradually declined, and it began to change from active to passive.

At this time, Meng Kai's superiority in strength began to be reflected, and he gradually stopped his decline and began to counterattack.

Xie Tong and the three of them fought for a while, although they killed several people, but the enemy's strength was too much, and there was a feeling of a steady stream of them.

Xie Tong looked up at the sky, the sky was dark at this moment, and the torches were lit in the camp at some point, illuminating the soldiers who were fighting fiercely on both sides, he sighed, where did this kid run to the martial arts pavilion, the fight here is so hot, it should be time for him to appear, and if he continues to fight like this, he will really be wiped out.

At this moment, a rocket suddenly lit up in the rear of the enemy army, and then there was a shout of killing in the sky, and the reinforcements he was expecting finally arrived.

Wu Zhiting, a new force, like a steel knife, slammed into the rear of the enemy's army, and immediately messed up Meng Kai's arrangement.

Meng Kai was already victorious, how could he not be angry when such a thing happened, he immediately sent a reserve army to meet him, but the army's heart was already chaotic, and he was directly pressed back by Wu Zhiting.

Both sides are approaching.

Xie Tong was overjoyed and shouted, "Brothers, our reinforcements are coming, rush me and kill them!"

The army broke through the defense line directly and converged with Wu Zhiting, and Meng Kai's army was directly pressed aside.

Xie Tong looked at the oncoming Wu Zhiting, and scolded with a smile, "Why did you come so late, it's late, Lao Tzu is going to the Hades Palace!"

Wu Zhiting smiled, "If that's not the case, how can you reflect your importance!"

Xie Tong had no intention of fighting with him, and said, "Without further ado, the whole army will immediately retreat north, Zhiting, you are in charge of the palace."

He paused and continued, "Pass my order, and the whole army will immediately move north and speed up. ”

The army marched north according to his orders, and kept passing by him.

When Wang Wanru's carriage passed by him, Wang Wanru lifted the curtain and said angrily, "Xie Tong, you are a despicable villain, you are a deserter, you let me out, I will save my father!"

Xie Tong didn't pay attention to her, but waved her hand, and Wang Wanru was immediately pulled into the carriage by Hong Shan.

Xie Tong then said to Lao Lai, "Big brother, you lead the army north, and I will break off with Wu Zhiting!"

Lao Lai knew that this was not the time to be hypocritical, so he hurriedly followed Xie Tong's instructions and started to set off.

Together with Wu Zhiting, Xie Tong led the mercenaries and began to attack the remnants of Meng Kai.

On the other hand, Wang Daoxun's side, seeing that the battle in the north of the city was hot, knowing that Xie Tong had broken through the city, he no longer had a sense of fear in his heart, but a faint excitement, and ordered the army to fight and fight more fiercely.

The battle lasted for two hours, and Lu Li's side had the upper hand, and when he was about to annihilate Wang Daoxun's army, the herald came to report, and Meng Kai asked him to send troops to support quickly.

Lu Li frowned, but he still sent a team of 20,000 soldiers and horses to help Meng Kai.

As soon as the 20,000 people left here, Wang Daoxun breathed a sigh of relief, and returned to Xiangyang surrounded by everyone, and the 10,000 horses when he left the city, after seven hours of hard fighting, were less than 2,000 people.

When everyone returned to Xiangyang, the city was now empty, the army no longer existed, and the people left behind were less than 30,000 after several months of siege.

The soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, and looked at Wang Daoxun with inquiring eyes.

Wang Daoxun was exhausted at the moment, he looked at the soldiers around him who had followed him for many years, and he burst into tears, and said, "You have all seen it! The old man will not hide it from you, they have all broken through from the north gate, if you want to withdraw, it will be too late, slow down, and the enemy army will enter Xiangyang!"

There was a commotion in the crowd, and most of them ran out at once.

However, some of the soldiers remained.

One of the veterans said, "My lord, let's go!"

Wang Daoxun shook his head and said bitterly, "Since the moment the old man fought back, he has already decided to live and die with Xiangyang! Death is death to go, death is death to stay, why can't you die more honorably! The old man doesn't want to be infamous as a deserter!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into tears, a person who was loyal to the court and fought all his life, but could not die well under the pouring of power, how could it not be sad.

Everyone said in unison, "We will live and die with adults."

Wang Daoxun smiled contentedly, "With your words, the old man is already content."

The veteran who had just spoken would continue, "My lord, life and death are fateful, why do you think that reputation is so important, let's go!"

Wang Daoxun waved his hand and said, "Let's go! I have made up my mind, those of you who left, wait to avenge the old man!" He looked at the people who were kneeling on the ground, and shouted, "Don't you go quickly, don't you let the old man die without turning a blind eye?"

Under his curse, the crowd wiped away with tears in their eyes.

After Lao Lai left, Xie Tong and Wu Zhiting ambushed outside the camp in the north of the city.

Not long after, Meng Kai brought reinforcements and pursued him violently.

Xie Tong saw that the enemy had entered the ambush, and hurriedly shouted, "Shoot me", he took the lead in shooting arrows with a bow, and five bamboo arrows burst out, crossing the night sky, and five screams suddenly sounded on the battlefield.

Lao Lai is not reckless, he is also a rare archer except Xie Tong, the two seem to be competing in archery, arrow after arrow, arrow after arrow, arrow fast like an arrow, like a meteor catching the moon, the enemy constantly screams.

Under the leadership of the two, the archers of the Tang army fired in unison, directly drowning the enemy army in a rain of arrows.

Meng Kai organized three attacks in a row before breaking through Xie Tong's rain of arrows and coming to the front of the two armies.

Xie Tong shouted, "Brothers, kill me and avenge the dead brothers!"

Immediately, he rushed forward in the lead.

On his encouragement, the mercenaries swept directly towards the rebels like a tide, and in an instant, Meng Kai's hastily organized army was defeated.

The morale of the rebels had long been gone, and they were defeated and retreated, and Meng Kai had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

Xie Tong accepted it when he saw it, and did not pursue, but led the army to pursue Lao Lai, and they finally rushed out of the dead city of Xiangyang.

After traveling thirty miles, he caught up with the army that was repairing.

Xie Tong turned over and dismounted, and Lao Lai came up to greet him, with a grim face.

Xie Tong said, "Big brother, what's wrong!"

Lao Lai smiled bitterly and said, "Wanru is forced to die, if she can't save her father, she is willing to die here!"

Xie Tong said, "I'll go see her!"

Lao Lai pondered for a moment and said, "Okay!

Xie Tong walked over quickly, only to see everyone surrounding Wang Wanru, she was holding the child, lying on the ground in pain, Hong Shan and others were dissuading her.

Seeing Xie Tong coming, everyone consciously let go of a circle.

Wang Wanru stopped crying and said, "Xie Tong, I beg you, after all, my father is kind to you, are you so kind to take revenge?

Xie Tong smiled bitterly and said, "Wanru, what kind of person am I, Xie Tong, I think you know very well, I am a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death! If I am greedy for life and afraid of death, what am I going to do when I go back to Xiangyang? ”

"Nonsense," Huo Zixin, who was tied up on the side, said angrily, "Uncle Yue, how could he do such a foolish thing, you must be bad from it!"

Xie Tong said, "If you don't believe it, you can ask them, the adults are bent on dying and don't want to leave Xiangyang, so they cooperate with me to trick you into leaving." Immediately, he explained the cause and effect of the incident, including the matter of Huang Chao using people as military food.

The crowd was silent.

Wang Wanru recalled what happened in the morning, her father was still holding Yan'er and kept playing, but he never let go, it turned out that this was something he knew early on, and it was also his plan.

However, Wang Wanru cried even more sadly.

Hong Shan knelt beside her and said, "Wanru, my lord, his idea is right, after the loss of Xiangyang, the world will be in chaos, all the charges will be blamed on the adult, he is duty-bound, rather than sit back and wait for the infamy, it is better to die in battle and live for generations, this is his mission, and it is also the best belonging!"

Xie Tong was a little excited in his heart, and Hong Shan fully understood what Wang Daoxun meant. She continued, "This is the result of the aristocratic ****, the monstrous power!"

At this moment, a sky-high fire suddenly erupted in the direction of Xiangyang City, and the firelight was like a big dragon, directly engulfing Xiangyang City.

Wang Daoxun sat alone in front of the mansion, watching Lu Li lead the men and horses to approach him step by step, holding a wine jar in his arms, drinking bowl by bowl.

Lu Li sneered, "General Wang, who was majestic and invincible in the past, still has such interest at this moment, admire and admire!"

Wang Daoxun laughed and said, "The old man has been fighting on the battlefield for half his life, and it is not until this moment that he has tasted the meaning of life. ”

Lu Li snorted coldly, "Keep it for yourself and enjoy it!" If you are imprisoned in the future, I am afraid that you will not have a chance to taste it, the stubborn old things, come on, take them down for me!"

Wang Daoxun stood up righteously, kicked the wine jar to pieces, and drank the last glass of wine at the same time, and said, "You don't need to do it, the old man will come by himself!"

He took out the torch from his bosom and threw it at the black oil gunpowder that had been hidden behind him, and suddenly, the explosion shook the sky.

Looking at the sea of fire all over the city, Xie Tong sighed with emotion, Wang Daoxun has been for the empire all his life, but he has ended up like this, and he doesn't even forget to die with the enemy, which is really admirable, maybe his real purpose is not to let his body become the enemy's rations!

Seeing the flames of Xiangyang City, Wang Wanru's eyes turned black and she fainted directly.

Lao Lai said, "Brother, where are we going next?"

This is a question worth pondering, it is definitely impossible to stay here, the Yellow Nest army is ten times their size, they are defenseless tonight, once the rectification is completed, they can be torn apart in an instant.

And Luoyang and Jinan are currently in charge of Sima Xiangru and Song Wenyuan, these people are friends and enemies with them, and they rashly go to defect, nearly 50,000 people and horses, not only will not be kept, but will arouse the doubts of the other party, I am afraid that the army of Huang Chao and Zhu Wen has not yet come, they have already killed each other.

Lao Lai saw Xie Tong's blank look and said, "Why don't we go to Tongguan!"

Tongguan guard Yuwen Yishuo is a well-known man, but a sensible person, and it can be said that it is a wise choice to defect to him.

Thinking of this, Xie Tong said firmly, "Okay, let's go to Tongguan and set off immediately!" (To be continued.) )