The cold wind blew and swept on the face as if it had been cut by a knife. There were thin clouds in the sky, and the sun was blocked by the clouds, revealing a bleak white.

Di Qing looked at Song Jun who had retreated again, his face was so blue that he could almost drip water.

Yang Sui said: "Taiwei, Taiwei Han in the north has left Xingqing Mansion and led the army to Hezhou. I heard that Zhao Zi's department was going to gather all of them in Shengzhou, and even Juyan had to be handed over to Zhang Qi. It seems that the Khitan needs manpower there. ”

Di Qing nodded: "Of course I know." But if Lingzhou can't go down, we can only be dragged here. Even if the troops are divided to attack Hengshan, they still have to besiege Lingzhou. Our army of more than 200,000 is really troublesome to be dragged down by this city! ”

Zhang Yu on the side said sharply: "I don't believe this city is so difficult to fight!" Captain, send me a thousand soldiers and horses, and I'll take people to the city!" ”

Di Qing said: "This time is different from the past, with your identity, how can you lead troops to the city!" ”

Zhang Yudao: "What's the solution?" The artillery could not collapse the city wall, and could only attack the city from one side, and the party members dodged early. When I attacked the city with ants, they came back, and they couldn't break the walls. There is no way to climb the city and defend the city wall unless there is a fierce general! ”

Di Qing looked up at the pale sun in the sky, thought about it again and again, and finally nodded heavily: "Okay, this is also a way." You choose a thousand soldiers, wait until the artillery bombards you, and then climb the city walls. ”

Zhang Yu said: "There is no need for artillery bombardment. The cannonballs that hit the city wall were thrown down from the city wall by the party members just when the ants were attached to the city, and they became weapons to kill and injure our soldiers. Of the 1,000 men I brought with me, I chose a 100 tall men, each of whom wore iron armor, and followed me. When you hit this step in the field, you have to go head-to-head with the party members to see if it's my knife sharp, or their bones are harder! ”

Di Qing hesitated: "This makes it?" It's always bad to have a cannon that you don't use. ”

Zhang Yu said: "It's better not to use it at this time!" The party members have been fighting for so many days, and the supplies are less, so don't give them shells anymore! ”

Yang Sui said: "What Zhang Yu said makes sense. The artillery of the party has been knocked out, and there are not many utensils to defend the city, so the shells are just right for them to defend the city. It's better not to use artillery, just use iron armor to go to the city and see how the party members are. ”

Di Qing said: "Wearing iron armor, it is not easy for ants to enter the city. - That's it, it's been so long, don't worry too much. This will give you a thousand men, a hundred iron armor, and attack again. You only have to climb up to the top of the city, and hold a section of the wall, so that the soldiers behind you can go up, and the city will be broken. Remember not to kill or damage many enemies, just hold on to the open gap! ”

Zhang Yucha said yes. Turn around and leave, go and change the iron armor.

Di Qing instructed people to select a thousand particularly elite soldiers in the army, and one hundred tall men followed Zhang Yu and attacked the city in iron armor.

Watching the Song army retreat, the party members at the head of the city stood at the head of the city and insulted the Song army for fun. Lingzhou has been besieged for a few days, and they don't know what the party outside has become. As for what Song Jun said, which one is willing to believe it. These days, the Song army attacked the city day by day, and was repulsed again and again, and the morale of the party army was high. Everyone felt that after another one or two decades of fighting, the Song army would not be able to attack the city.

At this moment, I saw the Song army on the opposite side opening the formation, and there was a team of iron armor in front of me, which I had never seen before.

According to the custom, before the Song army attacked the city, they would use artillery to beat away the party soldiers on the city wall, and then the siege infantry stepped forward and attached to the city. This has become a standard procedure, and the party members are used to doing it. As soon as they saw the Song army arrayed, they began to retreat to the city walls on both sides in an orderly manner.

Waited until the city wall was out of the way, and waited for a while, only to see the Song army attacking the city approaching the city wall, waiting left and right but no cannon sounded.

It wasn't until the army led by Zhang Yu reached the bottom of the city wall that the party generals under his command suddenly came to their senses and said loudly: "No, this time the Song army will not fire artillery!" Come back quickly to prevent the Song army from ascending the city! ”

Zhang Yu was dressed in iron armor and walked in front first. He ordered the soldiers around him to put the ladder up to the top of the city, and said sharply: "The sky is falling, and this ladder must not fall!" If someone slacks off, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

After saying that, he climbed the ladder first and strode towards the city.

The party members at the head of the city shot with bows and arrows, but where could they shoot through the iron armor? Seeing that the bow and arrow were useless, the party members who came in a hurry used a wooden pole to fork the ladder and pushed it outward. The Song army in the lower part held on to the death, holding on to the party members at the head of the city. Some of them really couldn't hold on, and the ladder was pushed down by the party members, and Song Jun on the ladder fell to the ground with the ladder.

The defense of the city is condescending, and the main thing is to roll wood and stones. A stone, thrown from the top of the city and smashed on the besieging sergeant, could take a human life. Originally, before the Song army attacked the city, it would first use artillery to drive away the party army, and when the infantry landed in the city, the party army quickly returned, and the shells at the head of the city happened to be weapons. This time, the Song army did not fire the artillery, and the party soldiers were very unaccustomed to it for a while.

The soldiers below were given strict orders and held on to Zhang Yu's ladder. The party soldiers at the head of the city pushed the ladder away from the city several times, and were helped back by the Song army. Zhang Yu's blood surged, his hands were strong, and he strode straight towards the city. In a few breaths, they reached the top of the city, almost face to face with the party soldiers who were pushing away from the ladder.

With a loud shout, Zhang Yu pulled out the iron shovel on his back, and smashed his arm on the skull of the party soldier in front of him. With one less person, the Song army below had the upper hand and leaned the ladder against the city. Zhang Yu rose up with divine power, and waved the iron shovel left and right, and scattered the party soldiers at the head of the city in a few strokes. Grasping the head of the city with his left hand, he strode up to the top of the city with a strong foot.

When the party soldiers on one side saw that the Song army had ascended the city, they surrounded them with knives and guns, shouting loudly. Zhang Yu danced with an iron wedge, smashed the knife and gun that stabbed him, picked up a spear thrown by the party members at the head of the city, shook it violently, and pierced the spear of a party soldier who was forced over.

Zhang Yu was guarding the cloud ladder at the head of the city, and the soldiers behind him quickly climbed the city wall, surrounded Zhang Yu, and put on a small formation.

It was common to climb the city wall during the siege, and the party members did not panic. A group of soldiers attacked, and the party members behind began to fire arrows. But he didn't want these Song troops to wear iron armor and were not afraid of arrow wounds, but forced forward to fight with the party members.

Seeing that there were more and more Song troops in the city, the party generals realized that something was wrong. This time, the Song army wore iron armor, and he was not afraid of the bows and arrows of the party at all. And without the offensive arrows, the party members will have no powerful weapons, and can only fight with the Song army in the city.

One hundred ironclad Song troops surrounded a short distance on the city wall and forced the party members out. The follow-up Song army, desperate, quickly went up to the city from this gap, and the number became more and more. There were ironclad soldiers in front and the Song army in the back, slowly forcing the party members back.

Di Qing under the city saw it and roared. The stuffy breath in his chest these days seems to have been spit out in this roar, which makes the generals around him frightened. They don't know how much pressure Di Qing is under these days.

Pointing to the head of the city, Di Qing said sharply: "Order the follow-up soldiers and horses, from the place where Zhang Yu came out, go to the city!" There is a dare to be afraid of the former, chop! Those who dare to patrol and fail to enter, slash! Fill in the lives of the whole army today, and break through the city! ”

Yang Sui and the others on the side suddenly agreed, quickly dispatched soldiers, and immediately entered the city through the gap opened by Zhang Yu.

The Song army besieged Lingzhou City for more than a month, and when it won successive victories in other directions, it patrolled the city and was suppressed for a long time. For a time, the whole army roared with joy, and a large number of soldiers attacked forward.

Not long after he came down from the city, he was eating in the official hall. Halfway through the meal, he heard a great commotion in the city, and the neighing of horses.

Throwing away the rice, Wei Minglangbu called his own soldiers and said sharply: "What is the chaos in the city? Send someone to check it out immediately! Those who disturb the hearts of the people will be killed! ”

As soon as the soldiers went out, a soldier from the city came in, crossed his hands and said, "Captain, the Song army has landed in the city!" ”

Wei Ming Langbu was stunned for a moment, came to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "How did you get to the city?" My army has been guarding for so many days, how can something go wrong? ”

The soldier said: "The Song army suddenly sent a team of ironclad ants to the city today, and there was no artillery before the attack, which suddenly disrupted the deployment of the city. The soldiers at the head of the city were defenseless, allowing the Song army to gain a foothold. ”

Wei Minglangbu was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't speak. He has been in the army all his life, how can he not know what it means to stand at the head of the city during the siege? Only by standing firm, the soldiers and horses outside the city can continue to come in, and the city will inevitably be broken.

I defended the city for more than a month, and I thought that I could guard it until the Yellow River was frozen and the surrounding water rose. But I didn't expect that seeing that spring was coming, the city was breached. Except for the Hengshan area, all party items have been occupied by the Song army. If you lose Lingzhou, everything will be over.