This night, Nianhua slept well. But in the early hours of the next morning, before dawn, the enemy suddenly began to attack the city.

The enemy split into two routes, one to attack the north gate, and the other sent a 100-strong assault team to attack the city from the eastern cliff. Because the information of the Manchu army before the arrival showed that Ye Tao only deployed heavy troops at the west gate of Yongren Pass, and neglected to guard against the cliff in the east and the north gate.

The battle began at the northeast gate. However, as soon as the enemy began to attack the city, it was met with stubborn resistance from the defenders. Rolling stones and logs rolled down from the city, and arrows rained down, suppressing the enemy's onslaught.

Ye Tao sent two more detachments of 500 people to ambush on the left and right sides of the north gate. At this time, he suddenly rushed out, smashed into the enemy formation, and caught the opponent by surprise.

The enemy was suddenly beaten and completely disorganized.

The commander of the enemy army stood on the hillside on a tall horse, watched the battle between the two armies, and knew that he had fallen into a big trap. But now, he has been unable to ride a tiger and cannot retreat.

If he ordered to retreat, the defenders of the city would have taken the opportunity to kill him, and in this case, he would have been a complete defeat. And the vanguard of 3,000 men may be wiped out.

Zieg pulled out the big knife at his waist and shouted: "All the soldiers obey the order, don't mess up, kill me!" Raising the big knife, he rushed down the hill on his horse, taking the lead and killing into the formation.

As a result, the morale of the enemy army was greatly boosted, and they not only stabilized their positions, but also launched a counterattack.

To say that the Manchu army is really unambiguous, in such a situation, it can still maintain such a neat formation, without losing its armor and fleeing in a hurry. One by one, they did not retreat but advanced, rushing forward like hungry wolves and tigers, fighting with the defenders of the city.

And these soldiers defending the city are also experienced in a hundred battles, with one as a ten, and their morale is even higher in order to protect their families and defend the country.

In addition, they had the advantage of the terrain and made full preparations in advance, and they had the upper hand at the beginning, gradually dividing and surrounding the Manchu soldiers, preparing to give them a division and annihilate them.

Ziggy is also well aware of the current situation, and he only hopes that the strange army arranged in the east can enter the city as soon as possible, and come to meet the outside and break the defenders.

But his wonder army may not be what he wants1

His strange army is a carefully selected team of 100 people, all of whom are agile and have outstanding combat capabilities.

The squad lay in ambush outside the cliff, waiting for the siege signal from the north gate. When the north gate began to attack the city, the sound of killing shook the sky, attracting the attention of the defenders, and the team began to move.

They first shot their steel claws into the wall with their crossbows, built rope ladders, and then grabbed the ropes one by one and climbed up.

But Ye Tao had already ambushed the elite soldiers here, waiting for the enemy's commandos to take the bait.

The enemy's small detachments, one by one, were cleaned up, and the people below did not know it, and one after another climbed up to the head of the city, and became the souls of the guards of the city.

In this way, in less than a meal, a hundred-man squad was wiped out. Zigri's plan to cooperate with the outside world also came to naught.

Ziggy led the 3,000 vanguard army to fight at the north gate, with countless casualties, but he never waited for the movement of the team. Knowing that there was no hope, he decisively ordered a retreat.

But even if they retreat, the enemy does not run around like a swarm, but has its fixed formation, crosses each other to cover each other, and retreats while fighting.

It is no wonder that the Manchu army was able to break through all the passes of the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and it was like a bamboo, occupying most of the country.

Ziggy withdrew thirty miles with the remaining remnants of less than a thousand men in one go, and returned to the place where he had been encamped. And Ye Tao commanded the army to clean up the battlefield and do a good job in the aftermath amid the cheers of the soldiers defending the city.

Nianhua saw all this in his eyes, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

But at the same time, there is another person who is full of frustration and gloomy. This person is Lin Huai. After his failed assassination of Ye Tao, he was trapped in the city by the defenders.

Lin Huai saw the defeat of the Manchu army at this time, and he couldn't help but be full of disappointment. Taking advantage of the chaos, he crossed the city, snatched a war horse, and galloped away.

The defenders of the city kept chasing after him, and the arrows flew like locusts. But the Manchu war horse was very tall, and it was as fast as a fly. In the blink of an eye, he ran as far as a bow and arrow could reach.

Lin Huai left Yongren Pass, rode forward, and ran out of more than ten miles in one go. At this time, the sky is already bright, and the morning sun is very comfortable on the body.

Since Lin Huai learned the evil skill with Daoist Aoki, the evil qi invaded his body, and the whole person became more and more cold. And the sun is the most masculine thing in the world, which can well offset the yin energy on his body, of course, it feels very comfortable.

At this time, the horse was also tired, so Lin Huai stopped urging and let the horse move forward slowly while eating the grass, and he also took the time to enjoy the warmth of the sun. One person and one horse, but it seems very leisurely.

After walking for most of the morning, Lin Huai rode to a small town in front of him, jumped off his horse, and led the horse into the town.

He saw a small noodle shop on the side of the street that was very lively, and the smell of beef noodles wafted from time to time. Unable to resist the temptation of this aroma, Lin Huai tied the horse to the big tree outside the store, and then walked in.

But as soon as he walked into the store, he heard a person inside scolding loudly: "I said shop, how did you do it, we have been waiting for so long, why haven't this noodles been made yet, do you still want to do business?"

Xiao Er in the store hurriedly apologized: "Guest officer, I'm really sorry, you also saw that there are too many customers in this store." Your noodles have been cooked for you, and they will be ready soon, so please wait a while. ”

At this time, another shopkeeper walked past them with two bowls of noodles, and was stopped by the scolding man, who said viciously: "Why don't you give us these two bowls of noodles, where do you want to send them?"

The little second explained: "Guest officer, these two bowls of noodles belong to the two guests over there, and they are one step ahead of you, so I can't help it." ”

The man suddenly launched a ruthless attack, kicked the shopkeeper to the ground, and scolded viciously: "You dare to look down on Uncle Ben, believe it or not, I have done something to your shop." ”

The shopkeeper next to him saw that the man was going crazy and making trouble, so he opened his mouth and said, "Why are you beating someone?"

(End of chapter)