The night was as dark as ink, and the crescent moon had long been obscured by thick clouds, making the night sky dull and the ground in darkness.

Dingyuan City, is an important city in Zhongli County, previously occupied by Xu Shiji's army, when Du Fuwei led the Jiangsu army to attack over, Xu Shiji expected to be defeated, leaving 10,000 people to defend the break, with most of the main force retreated to Zhongli City.

But before leaving, he left behind many dead soldiers, disguised as beggars, households, merchants, domestic servants, sick people, etc., scattered throughout the city, and even some hid in cellars and empty houses.

After all, the Jiangnan army was a plate of scattered sand, and after taking over the city, they did not search carefully, and they were bent on taking advantage of the victory to pursue Xu Shiji's main army, and Xu Shiji sent people to burn the household registration accounts, etc., so that the people in the city did not have a household register for a while, and it was difficult to make a specific investigation.

At this time, in the middle of the night, black shadows were gathering, holding Mo knives in their hands, with short crossbows, converging at the east gate and the north gate, preparing to attack the city gate and meet the men and horses outside.

The news has been sent to the city, and it is determined that tonight, the inside and the outside should be combined to take Dingyuan City.

This is a rear base of the allied army in the front line of the Yangtze River, once the city is conquered, the control of grain and grass is equivalent to cutting off the grain route of the allied forces on the front.

At that point, Du Fuwei would have to retreat south with the Allies and give up the siege of Zhongli City.

Otherwise, when there is not enough food and grass in the army, the front-line army will be defeated, and it will become a fat sheep to be slaughtered.

Luo Zhaoyun used a plan, one ring after another, after attacking Shanyang Cang at night, destroying the Jianghuai Water Division, and encircling Qingliu City, the next goal was to quickly attack Dingyuan City.

When Du Fuwei and the others received the news, they had not fully attached importance to the importance of Dingyuan City, thinking that the Dahua army was still far away, Luo Zhaoyun had already sent cavalry not far from Dingyuan City and began to seize the city.

The speed of the soldiers and the surprise victory have always been Luo Zhaoyun's motto in the use of soldiers!

"It's time to act!" A lieutenant made a gesture and led hundreds of people to bend down and smear and quickly approached the city gate.

At the gates of the city, there are bonfires for heating and lighting.

There were also torches on the head of the city, so that the light was still shining around the city gate.

"Woohoo!"

Approaching the bright spot, Dahua's dead man immediately fired a short crossbow arrow that hit the guard.

"Puff-"

A series of blood splashed out, and many Jianghuai army guards were directly shot.

"Up, it's a quick fix!"

These black-clothed dead soldiers rushed forward, they were all tigers and wolves, and there was no problem with their combat effectiveness.

"There are fine works!" When the guards at the head of the city saw this, they immediately shouted, and even beat the gong, waking up the dozing soldiers around.

The battle has entered into an intense situation, and there is no shortcut, only life and death.

These black-clothed dead soldiers are all unsung heroes, desperate for themselves, completely out of the way, and their task is to break the door as soon as possible.

The same scene was also staged at the entrance of the North Gate, and an attack was launched.

The sound of fighting began, alarming the guards in the city, and they began to assemble on a large scale towards the two city gates.

"With explosives!"

The commander saw the dead men rushing towards the city gate, and was blocked, and it was difficult to succeed in a short time, and there were at least two or three hundred people in the cave of the city gate, armed with spears, and the place was narrow, and it was difficult to kill them for a while.

At this time, it is best to fry it with black powder.

ignited the explosive package and threw it into the city gate hole, with a bang, the guards inside were directly blown apart, and the stumps flew around, which was very tragic.

Dozens of black-clothed dead soldiers rushed in, cut down when they saw people, and without resistance, they quickly came into contact with the city gate and removed the beam and stone bolt from the inside.

After the city gate was opened, an arrow signal was released, and thousands of troops came to meet each other!

"The city is broken, kill it." Outside the east gate of Dingyuan, Duan Zhixuan and Lai Heng rushed in with cavalry.

The situation got out of control in an instant, and Dingyuan City was in danger.

The iron cavalry broke into Dingyuan City like a torrent, and then followed the streets, charging the patrols who rushed in.

In the darkness of the night, the cavalry charged, invincible, and the soldiers on foot could not resist at all, and were quickly scattered.

The east gate and the north gate fell one after another, and the streets were also occupied, half of the Jianghuai army in the city came out to resist, and the other half fled from the south gate and the west gate.

Kan Ling was in charge of defending the city, and when he learned that the city gate was lost, he was shocked, the importance of this city, he still knew, it was a rear base of the army in front, and the grain, grass, weapons, and military salaries transported from Jiangdu County and Liyang County had to stay here for a while, and then turn around.

"Someone, immediately follow General Ben out to resist and drive the enemy out!"

"Will ...... General, we don't know how many enemy troops have come, and listening to the sound, both gates have fallen, and the sound of horses' hooves rushing towards the general's palace. ”

"The city can't be lost, kill me back!" Kan Ling took the big knife from the guards, turned on his horse, put on his armor, and led people out of the palace.

At this time, he saw a group of soldiers and horses coming from a distance, and Kan Ling led people to meet them.

The leader of the group was a captain, armed with a horse lance, and Kan Ling fought on horseback, and after twenty rounds, he was defeated by Kan Ling and was slashed by the latter.

"Dahua soldiers are just like that, aren't they cut down by General Ben, call me back!" Kan Ling shouted, boosted his morale, and killed towards the east city gate.

As soon as he rushed through the two streets, another group of cavalry arrived, this time Duan Zhixuan personally led the troops, and after seeing the enemy general of the other side, he charged forward with a spear in hand.

This section of Zhixuan is also a fierce general, in the past in Li Tang as a general, after returning to Luo Zhaoyun, there are not a few opportunities for meritorious service, long held back his strength, this time just after the city was broken, he led the troops to storm the mansion, to capture and kill the general here.

"Thief, take your life!" Kan Ling struck with a broadsword.

Duan Zhixuan sneered and responded with a spear in his hand.

Both of them are fierce generals, and they were inseparable for a while, and after thirty or forty combinations, they did not distinguish the winner or loser.

But the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Jianghuai army, there are fighting sounds all around, the torches are getting brighter and brighter, and the sound of cavalry is getting louder and louder, obviously the Dahua cavalry is gathering and rushing.

Kan Ling became more and more anxious, and the soldiers nearby were also shocked, their fighting spirit had decreased, and their eyes were looking around, as if they were ready to flee at any time.

"Thirty-six strategies, go is the best policy!" After Kan Ling calculated like this in his heart, he slashed three times in a row, forced the opponent back, and then turned around and shouted for the soldiers to retreat.

Duan Zhixuan pursued, stabbed with a spear, and stabbed the opponent's left arm when Kan Ling's back to him was too late to defend.

Kan Ling screamed in pain, but he didn't have to worry about his life, gritted his teeth and withdrew, not daring to stay any longer.

After an hour of street fighting, the battle was nearing the end, Kan Ling was wounded and broke out of the encirclement, retreated from the west gate, brought out thousands of men and horses, and the rest of the 10,000 people were killed and wounded in the city, Dingyuan City changed hands again, and after it was closed again, it belonged to the city of Dahua, a strategic place.