Cui Jun led 30,000 or 40,000 troops, including 5,000 cavalry, and it took a day to rush and quickly arrived outside Qingliu City.

There was no obstacle along the way, and it was relatively calm, which made Cui Jun believe that Du Fuwei's army in Jianghuai was not ready to face the battle at all.

"General Cui, the siege equipment has been prepared, when will the siege besiege the city?"

"The sooner the better, the soldiers are fast, when the general was a partial general under the command of the saint, he had the honor to learn some siege skills, surrounded on three sides, the net was open, and the key breakthrough was made, this Qingliu City is in the northwest of Jiangdu, fifty miles away from Huaishui in the north, take it, enter Jiangdu County from Huaishui, there is a springboard, this city is very important."

The surrounding generals, captains, etc., heard that Cui Jun always had the shadow of His Majesty in his mouth, and he had followed His Majesty to fight in the south and the north, they were all a little envious, so they did not doubt his command.

After all, Luo Zhaoyun joined the army as a young man, from a small soldier in the scout battalion, fought all the way to the world, won a hundred battles, became a legend, and the generals who followed His Majesty must also have strong talents.

But who would have thought that this Cui Jun belongs to the brave and resourceful type, and it is okay to be a fierce general who leads the troops into battle, and let him command the army, lead the overall situation, and make some decisions, which shows that the overall situation and vision are not enough, and he is not suitable for decision-makers.

In addition, this time, Du Fuwei and Jianghuai's military strength were too underestimated, forming an arrogant army, and it was a big plan to go deep alone.

"Someone is coming, order the Iron Crossbow Divine Machine Battalion to be two hundred steps outside the city, and form a crossbow formation to cover the siege of the army!" Cui Jun took the lead in issuing the drink order.

"Order!" A herald rode out, and in a short time the three thousand sergeants of the crossbow battalion marched out of the city with crossbows on their feet, and walked out of more than a mile and formed a phalanx two hundred paces from the city.

In small groups of three, two people sit on the ground and are responsible for using the soles of their feet to prop up the boards on both sides of the crossbow machine, and the other archer is also half-sitting on the ground, controlling the direction and trigger.

"Ready, shoot!" A lieutenant swung his sword forward, and a thousand arrows were fired at the gate.

At the same time, 10,000 elite soldiers with ladders and others attacked the city gate.

The 5,000 cavalry lined up in an orderly manner, waiting for Qingliu City to immediately kill the soldiers and horses as soon as they left the city, and use the cavalry to break the enemy's army.

At the head of Qingliu City, the general of the defending army, Ximen Junyi, had already received the scout information and was ready to defend the city.

This Ximen Junyi is one of the tiger generals under Du Fuwei, alongside Kan Leng, Wang Xiongdan, etc., loyal, and excellent martial arts, courage and knowledge.

His wife Wang Shulan, who is also a martial arts practitioner, is very brave, in the Jianghuai army, leading a women's army, nicknamed the Iron Lady, people in the Jianghuai area, comparing this Wang Shulan with Li Tang's Li Xiuning, although the beauty and talent are not enough of the latter, but the woman's courage and courage are enough to make people admire.

"Husband, Dahua's army has attacked the city, but it is only a vanguard army." Wang Shulan is dressed in armor and is dressed in a relatively stocky manner, not like a skinny beauty, with an ordinary appearance, but after wearing a military uniform, she is a little more heroic.

Ximen Junyi is tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a beard on his chin, he looks more powerful, his eyes look ahead, and he said: "This vanguard army has made a big plan to go deep alone, and the grain and grass are only carried for five days, and they are delusional that they can take my Qingliu City in two or three days, hum, but they didn't expect that General Manager Du had already laid heavy troops here, but he didn't make a public announcement, just to let the army of Dahua soldiers underestimate the enemy, and they were so quick to fall into the plan." ”

Wang Shulan nodded, looked at the Dahua army below moving and advancing, and said, "The enemy army has begun to attack the city." ”

The corners of Ximen Junyi's mouth overflowed and sneered: "Let them attack the city, and when the sharp qi weakens and becomes a tired soldier, we will start to counterattack." We have already received the news from General Wang Xiongdan, let us delay it for two days, and the army led by him will be copied in the back, and we will completely annihilate this Dahua army! ”

"Woohoo!"

At this time, the Dahua soldiers under the city had already rushed into the city wall within a hundred paces, and several rows of archers of the defenders at the head of the city took turns to release arrows. Suddenly, thousands of arrows shot down densely towards the soldiers and horses below, and the sky was covered with a dense rain of arrows, filling the sky, and the air was full of black pressure.

"Kill..."

The shouts of killing under the city shook the sky, and the war drums resounded through the sky.

The two armourers had not yet clashed in close quarters, but within a hundred paces of the city, corpses were strewn all over the ground, and they were shot by arrows and fell in pools of blood.

The corpse of the deceased was ruthlessly trampled like a rag, and the flesh and blood were blurred, such scenes could be seen everywhere, and people in the charging phalanx were constantly shot down, becoming a dead body trampled on.

But after a few rounds of arrow rain, the vanguard army commanded by Cui Jun was already close to the city, completely exchanging the blood of the soldiers for the distance of the siege, at this moment, the casualties had exceeded a thousand, under the cover of the crossbow machine, close to the city wall.

"Set up a ladder!"

"Climb the city!" The lieutenants of each battalion were shouting, and they were responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses of their own battalion.

Ladders, chariots, catapults, and towers were quickly arranged under the city, and the attack on Qingliu City began.

For a moment, these Dahua armor soldiers rushed up like a tide, and the soldiers who rushed to the front were like waves hitting the rocks, and they rose violently in a roar, and then fell down heavily, breaking their heads and breaking their limbs, but the back waves continued to climb up without hesitation.

In the distance, the arrows of the two sides were raining down, still suppressing each other, harvesting the lives of the other party's soldiers.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Tens of thousands of people roared in unison, shaking the heavens and the earth.

Ximen Junyi and Wang Shulan at the head of the city frowned when they saw the momentum of the Dahua soldiers attacking the city, because this kind of courage was not possessed by the Jianghuai army.

Ximen Junyi said with some emotion: "No wonder the Dahua army can defeat many heroic warlords in the north, even Li Yuan, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Li Rail, and Li Mi have failed. ”

Wang Shulan analyzed: "It's a pity, this time the non-human sent, this Xu Shiji's use of troops is nothing more than this, sending the vanguard army to attack Qingliu City, but the main force behind has not been continued for a long time, such a use of troops, it is really unbelievable, that Emperor Dahua would use this kind of character to attack the land of Jianghuai, and he really underestimated my Jianghuai hero." ”

Ximen Junyi was suspicious: "I'm afraid it may not be what Xu Shiji meant, otherwise, the use of soldiers would never make such a big mistake." ”

Wang Shulan shook her head, with a sense of relief at the corner of her mouth: "Hmph, no matter whether he Xu Shiji really knows how to lead troops, or if he has committed a big taboo, since he has this opportunity this time, he will annihilate this vanguard elite first, which will be of great help to the morale of my Jianghuai army. ”