Yu Jue was almost a little carried away, and immediately bowed his hand and said deeply: "Thank you Lord Shi for your support, if he is really fortunate to be promoted in the future, he will naturally treat Master Shi as a great benefactor, how can he forget!"

When the two stood on the city wall and talked about promotion and wealth, the charge of the rebels under the city wall did not stop.

After the first 1,000 or so people crossed the moat, less than 300 remained, and all of them were wounded, and even if they rushed under the wall, they could not climb up, and they could not form a threat. I only heard the rumbling of drums in the array of the rebels, and more than a thousand soldiers poured out and rushed towards the moat. It seems that today's rebels are planning to attack the city continuously, and no longer rush after pulling out like a few days ago.

Since it took some time to reload after the artillery and torches were fired, and only bows and arrows could be fired in the city, the second round of the rebels who rushed in was less attacked than the first one, and most of them crossed the moat to the city wall, put the ladder on the wall, and climbed up one after another.

However, Yu Jue had already prepared, and placed dozens of large vats on the city wall, all of which were filled with boiling black oil. The officers and soldiers scooped up the black oil with a huge spoon and poured it down the ladder, and the soldiers of the righteous army who climbed up the ladder were scalded to the flesh, and the officers and soldiers in the city threw down a torch, and the whole ladder immediately burned!

In the terrible scream, the rebels who climbed on the ladder all turned into burning men in an instant, and where could they still climb, they all fell straight down and fell under the city wall.

After a while, more than 20 ladders of the city wall were on fire, and although the rebels who had crossed the moat, they all died on the wall, and not one of them could climb to the top of the wall.

Seeing that there were not many of the 2,000 people left, the drums in the rebel army continued to beat, and the 1,000-man team in the third round rushed out again.

But at this time, the Hongyi artillery, giant crossbows and other long-range ordnance in the city had been loaded, and for a while, the roar shook the sky, bursts of green smoke flew, and half of the righteous soldiers who rushed to the middle were killed and wounded!

However, the remaining rebels did not retreat, and as long as the drums in the formation did not stop, they continued to charge forward until they fell.

On the hillside a few miles away, Li Zicheng's two eyes were already bloodshot and turned red, staring at the battlefield outside the gate of Huaiqing City.

In today's three rounds of assault, the rebels have suffered more than 2,000 casualties, almost as many as the total number of people lost in the previous three days. Although on the battlefield, the death and wounding of soldiers are inevitable, but such tragic attrition, even a hard-hearted general cannot remain indifferent.

During the Three Kingdoms, Huang Gai used a bitter trick to deceive Cao Cao's trust by just laying down a board, but now this strategy has to cost the lives of thousands of righteous soldiers, just to make Yu Jue lose his vigilance so as to lure him out of the city, this price is really too great!

"Okay?" Li Zicheng's voice trembled a little, "Can you start it now?"

Hua Bushi frowned, looked at the rebel soldiers who were attacking the city in the distance, raised his eyes to look at the direction of the sun in the sky, and said, "We still have to wait for a quarter of an hour, and then we can storm the city wall." ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the Fourth ** City began.

On the upper floor of the city gate, Shi Dongchang looked at the soldiers of the rebel army who were poorly equipped under the wall, but were like a swarm of ants, and were not afraid of death, carrying a ladder and rushing towards the city wall frantically, and he couldn't help but feel a little scared in his heart. After all, he was only a civilian official, and he had never experienced war, so how could he have seen such a scene?

"General Yu, these bandits are so ...... It's so ferocious, it can't be lost, right?" he couldn't help but ask.

Yu Jue hahadaxiao, said: "Lord Shi doesn't need to worry, the last general has already said that no matter how many of them come, they will only be sent to death! If Lord Shi doesn't want to see this bloody scene, he might as well go back to the palace to rest, with Yu Jue guarding here, the city will be foolproof!"

As a military general, Yu Jue's courage was of course much stronger than Shi Dongchang's, and he had clearly seen that the other party's fierce attack at such a high cost was just a battle of trapped beasts. And even at this time, they can't really pose a threat to the city wall, which shows even more that the combat strength of these rebels is weak, and it is really not worth mentioning.

Sure enough, before the fourth round of the rebel army's charge reached the city wall, it was beaten to pieces by the long-range weapons on the city. Shi Dongchang blushed a little and said: "This mansion is still watching the battle in the city! Doesn't it mean that the reinforcements from Kaifeng Mansion will arrive today, and this mansion will stay here and wait for the reinforcements to come." ”

Yu Jue glanced at the sky and said: "Yesterday, I received a news from the flying pigeon, and Lord Fan sent Zhang Yingchang, the envoy of the town, to bring 20,000 horses from Kaifeng Mansion, and they will arrive at the end of the day today, and it is less than a quarter of an hour away." ”

Shi Dongchang said happily: "Okay! As soon as Zhang Zhenfu's army arrives, we will attack inside and outside, and we will definitely be able to defeat this group of thieves!"

Before he finished speaking, suddenly several rumbling cannons rang out from a distance, and Shi Dongchang and Yu Jue invariably widened their eyes and looked over.

But I saw smoke and dust billowing from the rear of the camp of the rebel army, and I don't know how many men and horses came, and the formation outside the city was also in a commotion. The sound of gongs sounded, and the rebels who had rushed over to attack the city retreated, threw down the ladder and turned their heads to retreat.

Reinforcements must have arrived!

Shi Dongchang was still a little ignorant, but Yu Jue was already convinced. In the past few days, the rebels have never used artillery in the siege of the city, which shows that this group of mud-legged people did not have such large firearms at all, and the sound of cannons from outside the city must have been released by the officials and soldiers. That puff of smoke and dust was obviously raised by the arrival of the cavalry, and the only cavalry unit of the righteous army was defeated by Yu Jue's envoy as early as the first day of coming to Huaiqing, and there was still cavalry arriving at this time, and there was no one else except the officers and soldiers.

The current time is exactly the day before yesterday. Although it is not clear from the city, there are many signs that Zhang Yingchang must have rushed to the back of the company camp outside the city with 20,000 horses, and it is likely that he has engaged the rebels in the camp.

"Yes...... Is it the reinforcements that have arrived?" Shi Dongchang had just reacted at this time and asked.

Yu Jue said: "Yes, Zhang Zhenfu has led the army to arrive, and wants to attack the company camp outside the city, now the main force of the thieves is under the city wall, the camp must be empty, and it will not be long before it will be breached, and then this group of thieves will collapse on the whole line!"

Shi Dongchang was overjoyed, stroked his palm, and said: "Great! In this way, as long as we stay in the city now, this group of thieves will soon be finished!"

Yu Jue did not expect to be bad, in fact, the company camp had not yet been breached, and the brigade of rebels arrayed outside the city had turned from commotion to chaos. The handsome Gao Yingxiang in the crowd was very conspicuous in a red robe, and now he was already holding a knife in his hand and was opening his mouth to shout. Although I couldn't hear what he was shouting from too far away, I thought it must be to reprimand the soldiers not to be confused, to maintain a good formation, and so on.

Seeing this scene, a thought instantly drilled into Yu Jue's head: now that the army is leading out of the city, he will definitely be able to defeat the righteous army and capture Gao Yingxiang alive!

Guarding the city wall is foolproof, since it is the safest way at the moment, as a general, Yu Jue is very clear about this section.

However, looking at the situation in front of him, the defeat of the rebel army is a foregone conclusion, and Zhang Yingchang will soon capture the company camp and will inevitably attack the rebel army's military formation. And the already chaotic formation of the rebel army will definitely not be able to resist the impact of the cavalry of the official brigade, and it will collapse immediately. In this way, the credit for the defeat of the thief will be taken away by Zhang Yingchang, and Yu Jue also has merit in defending the city, but it is much smaller than Zhang Yingchang.

What Shi Dongchang said just now is still vivid, if he only makes such a small contribution, Yu Jue wants to be appreciated by Governor Fan Jingwen and promoted to become rich, it is wishful thinking. He is also very clear about this truth.

Gao Yingxiang, the commander of the 36th Battalion, was right in front of him, and this was the bandit leader who had been arrested by the imperial court with a reward of 100,000 taels of silver! As long as the leader rushed out of the city, he could be captured immediately, and the first merit of the great thief will also be in hand. This temptation is really irresistible to Yu Jue!

He immediately slapped the hilt of the knife on his waist with his palm and shouted: "Someone is coming, pass on my orders! Five thousand soldiers and horses of the three battalions on the left, center, and right are lining up inside the city wall, ready to follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!"

There were a total of 8,000 garrisons in Huaiqing City, and 5,000 men and horses were already the majority of them. Shi Dongchang was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "General Yu, now that the thieves under the city have not been defeated, and the battle situation behind the company camp is not very clear, is it too reckless to lead troops out like this?"

Yu Jue said: "Master Shi doesn't know the art of war, he doesn't know the way to unify the army to fight, now the formation of the thieves under the city is chaotic, it is the best time to assault, the last general will lead the men and horses to rush out of the city, and he will be able to win a big victory like a bamboo! This kind of fighter plane is fleeting, but it must not be delayed!"

He said this in his mouth, but what he was thinking in his heart was that whoever stopped me from going out of the city now would be my enemy! The opportunity to capture Gao Yingxiang and make the first contribution was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it was fleeting, if Zhang Yingchang's men and horses broke through the company camp and killed him, then it would be too late, and this could not be delayed!

Shi Dongchang said: "But...... This ......"

Although he doesn't know how to command the troops, and he doesn't know what Yu Jue said, he can also see that this Yu general soldier went out at this time, in fact, he was sincere in his meritorious service, and he was not very safe.

Yu Jue couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "Master Shi doesn't need to worry, just stay in the city and wait for the last general to return victorious!"

Although Shi Dongchang is one level older than Yu Jue's official rank, Yu Jue, as the chief soldier, according to the Ming Dynasty official system, all the soldiers and horses in Huaiqing Mansion are dispatched by him, and Shi Dongchang has no right to interfere. Seeing that Yu Jue went down the city tower and was about to lead the troops out of the city, the prefect knew that something was wrong, but there was no way.

After a while, Yu Jue gathered 5,000 elite soldiers, and sent the general order to open the east gate, lower the drawbridge, and rush out of the city in one horse.