. Seeing that the bet with Yang Yan passed day by day, Zhong Ziang had no choice but to send Zhong Zhen to lead 20,000 horses to capture Hengshan, if Hengshan was captured, it could solve part of the food problem and reduce the pressure on the army.

What Zhong Ziyu didn't expect was that Zhong Zhenxian was actually defeated by Yang Yan, is it really as Yang Yan said, can't he achieve a big thing? Thinking of this, Zhong Ziang shuddered, "No, absolutely not, this is just an accident, a little setback, nothing to do with this grate?" As long as the Hengshan Fortress is captured, all the problems can be solved. ”

So the next day, Zhong Ziyu decided to lead Chen Ziming, Zhao Cao, Li Jin, Lai Wenzheng and others to lead an army of 40,000 to attack Hengshan again, leaving Zhong Shi to confront the Song army, Xiao Tinglan, Zhong Xinyu and Zhong Xinhuan to continue to raise food in Yongzhou City. So five days later, Zhong Ziyu and Zhong Zhenxian joined forces and came to Hengshan again. Zhong Zibo dug his fingers and counted half the time that had passed since he and Yang Yan had broken through Hengshan's gamble for a month.

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In these five days, Yang Yanke did not waste it in vain, Hengshan only celebrated for one day, and then began to seize the time and start to prepare. The other four families of the Yu clan also recruited the disciple association near Hengshan, and the Huang family also had another group of disciples who fought Hengshan. Moreover, the sergeants who had fled earlier heard the news and returned with more than 300 people. The garrison numbered about 6,7800 men, and the number of archers increased to more than 1,500, and there were more than 500 horses.

Yang Yu immediately readjusted the personnel, organized the whole army into 16 teams of 400 people, and sent the main people of the five families of the Servant clan to lead them. For the north gate and the east gate, which are easier to defend, two teams were stationed each, and the west gate was assigned three teams to defend. As for the south gate, where the Manichaean army will attack, five teams are arranged, and the heads of the five families of the Servant clan are arranged here. One of the remaining four teams was an all-cavalry army, all of which served as reserves and were on standby at all times.

The equipment for defending the city was also very well prepared, blacksmiths and carpenters were also constantly making tools for defending the city, and the people in the fortress were also organized to serve as logistics. In just five days, Yokoyama's defensive ability has improved a lot. Yang Yan was confident that the regular army would attack Hengshan, which would be enough to support it for a while.

On this day, the detectives came to report that the Manichaean army had returned. Yang Yan immediately went to Nancheng with the people of the five families to watch. However, this time the Manichaean army had apparently learned their lesson, and had set up camp fifteen miles away from the city, so it was impossible to see clearly from the city.

The next day, Zhong Ziang led an army of 30,000 out of the camp and came to Hengshan. Yang Yan and the others had already made preparations, and they were on the tower of Nancheng City and saw a sigh below. Although there were more Manichaean troops this time than the last time, the native soldiers defending the city were not very afraid, and victory could indeed bring encouragement and confidence.

Zhong Ziyu looked at the small city in front of him, which was no more than three zhang high, and he did not sigh in his heart, such as Qinzhou, Hengzhou, Guizhou, and other big cities The Manichaean army has captured a lot, but it is because there is a big loss under this small Hengshan City, is it because there is one more Yang Yan in this Hengshan City than in other places? It seems that he has despised him a little. Thinking about this, Zhong Ziyu couldn't help but think of his bet with Yang Yan, and there was less than half a month to go, Zhong Ziang was confident that he would definitely be able to win this bet.

Zhong Ziyue waved his hand: "Attack." ”

More than 10,000 Manichaean native soldiers carried wooden ladders and attacked Hengshan, and another round of siege battles began.

Yang Yan could see clearly from the city, this time the Manichaean army did not rush to approach the city wall, and the native soldiers in the front row held shields and covered the soldiers in the back row carrying wooden ladders, advancing steadily and neatly. It seems that Zhong Ziang has learned a lot of lessons this time.

"Trebuchet, put."

With Yang Yan's order, "Whew, Whew, Whew" The four trebuchets began to take turns projecting stones. And the stones shot this time are not ordinary stones, each stone has been poured with tung oil, and when it is shot, it will be ignited. One fireball after another fell from the sky, smashing into the person, not dying, but also being burned off a layer of skin. Although it was not a honey gathering, and the blow to the Manichaean army was not great, the sound of screams and wails continued to sound.

"Shoot the arrows."

Yang Yan gave another order, and five hundred archers opened their bows and arrows together, and for a while the arrows rained down on the heads of the Manichaean army, but the Manichaean army was unmoved, and the soldiers with shields in their hands still covered the soldiers carrying wooden ladders, and still waited steadily to advance on the edge of the city wall, although the action was not fast, and there were still people who were hit by arrows through the gaps in the shields. But this time the number of casualties is much lower than the last time.

After leaving behind three or four hundred corpses, the Manichaean army finally reached the side of the wall, erected a wooden ladder and began to climb up. The wooden ladders have also been strengthened to make them stronger than before, so that they do not appear to be broken due to their lack of weight. And some of the soldiers under the city also guarded the city sword to prevent the Song army from suddenly coming out of the city gate.

Yang Yan nodded, Zhong Ziang is really not comparable to Zhong Zhenxian, he almost avoided the mistake made by Zhong Zhenxian last time he came to attack Hengshan Xian. However, these circumstances were also expected by Yang Yan, and it was impossible for the other party not to remember the letter for a long time and make the same mistake again. In the end, it was still a matter of hand-to-hand combat, and Yang Yan was still very confident in this, because the quality of soldiers could not be improved within a short elbow.

Moreover, in the past few days, Yang Yan ordered carpenters and blacksmiths to make a batch of spears that were four or five feet long. This spear would have been too long to get in the way of the battle, but when defending the city, the cloth was used to fit properly, and many of the Manichaean soldiers who had climbed the ladder were stabbed and fell down the wooden ladder when they approached the battlements.

However, a few people still grabbed their weapons, set up their spears, and approached the battlements, and a few even grabbed their spears and jumped up the city wall.

It turned out that Zhong Ziyu also understood that other things were easy to do, only the quality of the native soldiers, and their ability to siege the city was greatly improved in a short period of time. So Zhong Ziyu dispatched a group of Manichaean disciples with good light skills to join the siege battle, and sure enough, he received miraculous results, and finally stepped on the head of Hengshan Mountain.

As soon as the gap was opened, Manichaean soldiers began to climb the walls through the gap. However, Yang Yan had already arranged for this, he had already gathered more than fifty children with better martial arts among the five members of the Gu clan, led by Ling Xiang to be imprisoned on the city wall, just to prepare to deal with the Manichaean army that attacked the city wall.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw the Manichaean army attacking the city wall, Ling Xiang roared, drew his long sword and led the people to rush over, and fought with the Manichaean army that attacked the city.

This time, there are not many Manichaean soldiers who kicked up the city, but only one hundred and thirty or forty people, of which there are only a dozen official Manichaean disciples, although they can be regarded as good hands, but the number is still small, not to mention that there are also masters like Zhou Pingshan and Huang Zhengping on this side of the city, and there is still such a first-class master as Ling Xiang, so he is very afraid to wipe out all the low Manichaean soldiers who are stepping on the city wall.

Zhong Ziyu can also see clearly under the city, and it seems that it is an effective way to send the best players in the sect to participate in the siege of the city. However, although Manichaeism has cultivated a group of good players over the years, the number of people in this battlefield is still a minority. Zhong Ziang considered whether it would be worth it if the attack on Hengshan caused too much damage.

At this time, Chen Dong, the Houtu Banner, Li Jin, the Jumu Banner, Xu Wu, and Liao Yan, the Flood Banner, all came out and said: "Sect Master, the subordinates are willing to take the lead in attacking the city." ”

Chen Dong and Xu Wu also said: "Ask the master Huai Xu that his subordinates have a chance to make up for their mistakes last time." ”

Zhong Ziyu glanced at the four of them, these four people are the Five Elements Banner Envoy, they are also regarded as middle and upper-level leaders in the sect, and they are also considered masters in the rivers and lakes, and they are much stronger than ordinary masters in the general sect. Moreover, the current situation also forced the Manichaean army to capture Yokoyama in order to recover the impact of the last defeat.

Zhong Ziang was just about to give an order, but Chen Ziming and Zhong Zhenxian also stood up and said, "Sect Master, subordinates are also willing to take the lead in attacking the city." ”

Chen Ziming is Zhong Zhenxian's master, and has been planning for Zhong Zhenxian to inherit the position of the sect leader, the defeat in the last battle made Zhong Zhenxian's reputation in the sect plummet, if it is not recovered in time, I am afraid that in Zhong Zixian's mind, Zhong Zhenxian's position will lag behind Zhong Xinyu, so Chen Ziming saw Chen Yu and the other four people Jing Ling, and immediately looked at Zhong Zhenxian, and the two also went out to ask for orders.

Zhong Ziang nodded, although he was also a little worried about his son's safety, but he must not say the word "no" at this time, and Zhong Zhen took the lead, which was also a great low boost to the morale of the whole army. So he said: "Okay, then the six of you will take the lead, and sixty disciples of the sect will be transferred to attack the city with you, and you must capture Hengshan." ”

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