With heavy losses, the Don army finally broke out of the enemy's encirclement, broke away from the woods, and the infantry could no longer catch up. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Tang soldiers fled into the distance in panic, Xie Tong did not leave immediately, but glanced back coldly before slowly leaving.

The enemy did not pursue them, nor could they catch up. What's more, tonight the Tang army has already suffered heavy losses.

The Tang army had just experienced a victory, and then it was beaten back to its original form, lost its soul, and the initial joy and excitement had been swept away.

They fled in fear.

Xie Tong walked at the back of the team, and suddenly, his spiritual sense appeared again, and a murderous aura rushed from the jungle behind him, Xie Tong was startled in his heart, this killing machine was so strong, could it be that the other party wanted to kill him.

A strong fluctuation of true qi suddenly appeared in the woods behind him, Xie Tong hurriedly looked back, only to see a black shadow rushing out of the woods like lightning, and swept in front of Xie Tong in the blink of an eye.

The black shadow Mu Ran slapped a palm and took it straight in front of Xie Tong.

The strength of the palm is something that Xie Tong has never seen in his life, even if Mo Zeyang is here, he has to sigh to himself.

Xie Tong wanted to dodge, but he found that the other party's palm strength was not only strong, but also gave him a feeling of being in a shadow, as if no matter how much he dodged, he couldn't avoid this palm power.

He simply lifted the true qi of his whole body, gathered it on his palms, and greeted it fiercely.

Listening to the bang, the true qi of the two sides touched, and the whole earth trembled violently, quite a feeling of being turned upside down.

Xie Tong only felt a strong force coming from his palm, as if the power of the entire heaven and earth was bombarding him, and he felt that the blood veins in his body were tumbling violently, as if they were about to burst out from the blood vessels, and his body retreated uncontrollably.

Xie Tong didn't dare to forcibly stop his body, if this was the case, he would inevitably suffer serious internal injuries, the other party's true qi was extremely strong, he drew more than ten zhang in a row, and his retreat slowed down.

The other party was not damaged in the slightest, he was so powerful, his body was like a shadow, he was entangled with Xie Tong, and he hit again.

Xie Tong didn't dare to take it hard at this time, he immediately used the whirlwind footwork technique, his body moved five feet horizontally, and then he hit two shadowless fingers one after another, and hurriedly clicked the opponent's shoulder, hoping to relieve the opponent's endless pressure.

This move was beyond the opponent's expectations, and the opponent turned his palms horizontally, dissolving all the fingers of the shadowless fingers, and his body came to an abrupt end.

Xie Tong hurriedly took a deep breath, and after only two moves, he felt very difficult.

The opponent stopped and stood there straight, the cloak on his body shook gently with the breeze, and under the reflection of the moonlight, Zhu Wen's angular face appeared in Xie Tong's eyes, he hadn't seen him for two years, he became more severe, and his body faintly revealed a momentum that hinted at the world and overlooked all beings.

Xie Tong was taken aback, this kind of momentum appeared on his body, it was an extremely unusual thing, all kinds of signs showed that his skills were now greatly improved, and Xie Tong was still not his opponent.

Seeing that Zhu Wen didn't speak, Xie Tong took the lead and said, "I haven't seen you for two years, the eldest brother's kung fu is better than before, and the younger brother admires it very much!"

Zhu Wen snorted coldly, "Xie Tong, you really disappointed me, I haven't seen you for two years, it's just this level, it's really a waste of the peerless miracle of Huangtian Dafa!"

Xie Tong didn't expect Zhu Wen to say this, he smiled bitterly and said, "The junior brother's qualifications are dull, it's really embarrassing, of course, Brother Zhu is a natural martial arts wizard, and the younger brother is naturally willing to bow down." ”

Zhu Wen said unhappily, "I'll spare you for the time being, the next time we meet, I won't show mercy to my subordinates, so you can do it yourself!"

With that, he turned sharply and flew across the plain until he was submerged in the woods.

Xie Tong was cold all over his body, and at this moment he found that his back was already soaked, even in the face of Mo Zeyang, he did not have this sense of oppression.

Seeing Zhu Wen leaving, Xie Tong began to turn around and chase after the large army, and he slowly chewed Zhu Wen's words.

Zhu Wen and Huang Chao together, led the army to make a comeback, the strength is even stronger than before, aiming to sweep the Central Plains and change the dynasty, with such a strong force and determination, can the Tang Empire, which seems to be strong but is actually weak, be able to resist it? Xie Tong didn't even dare to think about it, he just wanted to rush back to Xiangyang immediately and report the situation in front of him to Wang Daoxun.

After dawn, Xie Tong and the others finally returned to Xiangyang, and the soldiers were exhausted.

Wang Daoxun actually went out of the city to greet them in person, which regained some confidence among the many soldiers who had suffered defeats.

Seeing everyone's dejected looks, Wang Daoxun said worriedly, "Xie Tong, how is the situation!"

Xie Tong hurriedly told Wang Daoxun the ins and outs of the night attack.

Wang Daoxun said excitedly, "That's enough, if you want to build a pontoon bridge, it's difficult to do it without three or five days of effort, your hand is extremely beautiful, Huangchao will be delayed for at least seven or eight days, these seven or eight days are enough for the Tang Empire to gain enough time, dispatch troops and horses, rescue Xiangyang, although the loss of troops, but you have a great achievement." ”

Xie Tong said embarrassedly, "Please punish the adult."

Wang Daoxun said impatiently, "Punish a fart, how can there be immortals in the march and war, these brothers should be regarded as sacrificing their lives for the empire!"

Wang Daoxun pulled Xie Tong to walk into the city, and said as he walked, "The old man has sent people to expedite eight hundred miles, asked the imperial court for support, and gathered soldiers from nearby states and counties to defend Xiangyang, ha, this time the old man is going to fight to the death with Huang Chao."

Xie Tong listened, his heart was full of uneasiness, Wang Daoxun seemed to want to live and die with Xiangyang, this is not good news, the army of the imperial court, the main force is distributed in Luoyang, Chang'an, Shandong and Jiangnan.

Chang'an's troops had to defend the Beijing division and guard against the Hu people in the northwest direction, and it was impossible to help, and the troops in the eastern part of the river were too far away, and it was difficult to save the fire from afar. I can only look forward to the reinforcements of Song Wenyuan and Sima Xiangru, but can these two people send troops to rescue? Xie Tong couldn't deny it.

Xie Tong continued, "My lord, how many troops are there in the nearby states and counties?"

The two had already walked into the living room, Wang Daoxun sat on a chair, and said, "There are not many people who can be called, and the total is definitely not more than 20,000 people." ”

Xie Tong pondered for a moment, and said, "My lord, please forgive me for being blunt, the people and horses on the opposite side are more than 400,000, with the current strength of the adults, let alone in Xiangyang, even Chang'an Luoyang may not be able to resist, and if you continue to defend it, the whole army will definitely be destroyed." ”

Wang Daoxun slapped the table suddenly, and said unhappily, "Xie Tong, are you afraid? As a soldier of the Tang Empire, you didn't flinch these two words, you simply disappointed the old man!"

This is the second time today that someone said these two words to Xie Tong, Xie Tong explained, "My lord, I am not greedy for life and afraid of death, I just think that the enemy is menacing, we should save our troops, slowly retreat, and block the enemy, if I can hold it, I don't want to attack the enemy under Xiangyang City." ”

Wang Daoxun said, "You only look at the surface and don't look at the connotation, although the Huangchao army has a large number of people, but most of them are rabble, vulnerable to a single attack, as long as we wait to hold on for more than a month, when the reinforcements of my empire arrive, we will definitely be able to sweep away the enemy army, and wipe out the rebels." ”

Xie Tong said, "My lord, what if there are no reinforcements? Isn't it a loss in vain? Sima Xiangru and Song Wenyuan are people, I'm afraid my lord knows better than below." ”

Wang Daoxun said angrily, "The imperial court will not give up Xiangyang, Xiangyang is the throat of the river, since ancient times, the soldiers must fight for the place, if it is lost, the enemy army can directly approach Luoyang, and the situation will be much more severe than now." ”

Xie Tong still had to argue, Wang Daoxun said coldly, "Don't be there, the old man has decided to live and die with Xiangyang, Xie Tong, if you are afraid of death, hurry up and leave with your family and friends, the old man will not stay!"

With that, he left the hall angrily and walked away.

Xie Tong looked at Wang Daoxun's departing back, his heart was full of sourness, he was too stubborn, so stubborn that he couldn't listen to anyone's opinion.

Two days later, Lao Lai's grain team had arrived in Xiangyang one after another, which could be regarded as injecting a heart booster into Xiangyang before the war.

Folk rumors were spreading, and the news of the arrival of the Huang Chao army had spread far and wide, but what puzzled Xie Tong was that there was no news of any enemy.

Maybe it was Huang Chao who suffered a big loss last time, and this time he changed to a steady and steady fight to ensure that what happened last time would not happen.

And the troops of the surrounding states and counties have also marched into Xiangyang one after another, and the large camp outside the city has also been hastily built, more than ten five-zhang high arrow towers, which can completely overlook the surroundings, can resist the fierce charge of the enemy infantry, and the effect is wonderful.

However, Lao Lai has not returned, he returned with the last grain team.

After another three days, a large number of enemy troops appeared in the southeast direction of Xiangyang, like a black cloud pressing down on the formation, densely pressing towards Xiangyang, almost covering the sky and the sun.

Xie Tong and Wang Daoxun stood at the head of the city together, the two of them were anxious at this moment, Lao Lai didn't know where he was, why he hadn't come back yet, seeing that the enemy was about to attack the city, he was likely to not even be able to enter the city, and even the grain and grass might have been robbed by the enemy.

The size of the enemy is very huge, and the entire southeast direction is black, but this is only a part of the enemy army, and more troops are still gathering in the distance, ready to be prepared.

Lao Lai immediately ordered martial law, including the large battalion outside the city, all of them were ready to respond to the enemy's onslaught at any time.

After the enemy arrived, he did not rush to attack the city, but set up a formation, and suddenly drove out of the crowd, Xie Tong looked fixedly, the person who came was Datuk Venerable Meng Kai, he did not change much, he still had that treacherous smile on his face, he rode to a distance of three hundred steps south of Xiangyang City, Fang stopped, and shouted" Wang Daoxun, Xie Tong, my king Huang Chao led a million elite soldiers, all the way from Guangzhou, everywhere he went, he fled from the wind, or met each other in the middle of the road, joined our army, and other rabble, even blocked my way, and did not surrender immediately, surrender to save you from death, otherwise, the old man will definitely slaughter the city to vent his anger. ”

He said this loudly, with the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city, there is indeed a strong deterrent, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Xie Tong's scalp is numb, and many soldiers are frightened and their legs are weak.

Wang Daoxun took a long breath and shouted, "Don't be a rebel, you are a rebellious thief, against the way of heaven, everyone will be punished when they see it, and they dare to speak wildly here, come! The old man has been waiting for a long time, and no one in my Tang Army is afraid of death, if you have the ability, you will set foot on my Xiangyang City!"

Meng Kai laughed and said, "It's not enough to hit the stone with an egg, Wang Daoxun, where are you arrogant, Xie Tong, others are old and confused, are you also obsessed? If you abandon your weapons and surrender, the King of Heaven can give you a big reward!"

Xie Tong laughed, and his voice spread throughout the entire Xiangyang City, and he shouted, "Lord Wang, is it the Huangchao who was beaten by me like a lost dog and fled all the way to Guangzhou? lest they flee to Canton and take refuge with those foreigners."

A roaring cry immediately broke out in the Tang army, Xie Tong was also very excited, he mocked Huang Chao so much, the purpose was to revive the morale of the Tang army, and make them clearly realize that Huang Chao was not invincible, from this point of view, the result was very satisfactory.

In the face of Xie Tong's cynicism, Meng Kai was simply angry, and he said angrily, "Xie Tong, don't be complacent, the old man will make you pay a painful price later." ”

I saw Meng Kai driving his horse back to the Chinese army, and with a wave of his hand, two infantry camps were dispatched from the southeast and southeast directions of the enemy at the same time, and with the help of drums, they rushed over shouting and killing.

The enemy carried siege ladders, arrows and crossbows and broke the city slowly towards Xiangyang City.

Everyone in the Tang army was extremely nervous, they all clenched their weapons and waited for orders.

Wang Daoxun leaned down at the head of the city, his eyes constantly wandering in the enemy camp, and after a while, he suddenly said, "Send a signal to the promise, order them to attack the enemy on the left flank with all their might, and all the crossbowmen will obey the order and cooperate with the soldiers in the battalion to sweep away all the enemies on the enemy's left flank." ”

The signalman immediately waved a small flag and gave orders to the promise.

Seeing the enemy soldiers approaching the city, Wang Daoxun shouted, "Soldiers, fight me!"

A rain of arrows roared from the city walls, falling on the heads of the enemy on the left flank, and a large number of them fell on the ground, and the wails were incessant.

In particular, the arrow towers built in the camp have a condescending advantage, and almost every arrow is fired, someone must fall.

Many enemies began to retreat.

The enemy commander began to shout, brandished whips, and forced the enemy to attack.

The scene was already chaotic.

However, the right flank was not disturbed, and the enemy reached the city wall as if they were walking on the ground, began to erect ladders, and slammed the gates with the help of the ram.

Wang Daoxun issued an order again, and the people on the city wall shot freely and shot the enemy troops under the city.

However, the enemy was already on guard, and they raised their round shields to block the rain of arrows overhead, and the enemy troops on the left flank suddenly lost their pressure and rushed under the city wall as well.

Xie Tong no longer watched from the sidelines, but joined the camp of the defending army, he took out his love bow, drew the bow and shot arrows, and specially provoked the enemy who wielded the battering ram.

With every arrow he fired, he could find almost no gaps in the enemy's space, and after a stick of incense, a large number of enemy corpses had gathered in front of the city gate.

The enemy's offensive continued unabated, and many enemies who were not afraid of death kept having to climb up from the ladder, and the city wall was suddenly chaotic. (To be continued.) )