In the middle of the night, in the city of Shunin, the two gates in the northwest were crowded with panicked soldiers and horses full of horses, they were all about to rush out of the city to try to break through the subordinates and belongings of the various generals, the soldiers around them looked at them coldly, and clenched the swords and guns in their hands.

A veteran on the city wall said disdainfully to the people next to him: "A group of stupid people who want money and don't want to die, drag those cars to the traitors' mouths, hum, I don't think a single one can escape!" ”

Another veteran sighed: "Hey, it doesn't matter if they go to die, it's a pity that those elite soldiers who took away, if they stay in the hands of General Liu, this city can hold out for a few more days, maybe they can survive until the reinforcements come back." ”

As soon as the reinforcements were mentioned on the city wall, there was a lot of scolding, and naturally Yongning's reinforcements were included, and after a while, a tun chief was alarmed, and a person who came over and slapped down a person shook all the sounds, and after looking around, he shouted in a low voice: "What kind of identity is General Liu, he personally sits in the Jedi and fights to the death without retreating, it is already benevolent and righteous, who dares to say bad things about General Liu in black and white, and the military law will not be merciful!" ”

The veteran who was slapped just now defended aggrievedly: "Tun Chang misunderstood, I don't dare to say with a clear conscience that General Liu is not, General Liu pulled my second brother back from the ghost gate the day before yesterday, General Liu is now throwing down Qu and forbearing, I will never dare to complain for half a sentence, we are just wondering that the reinforcements from the two counties have arrived, why can't we fight the traitors for a long time?" ”

"Hey, the traitors have a good position, and the non-reinforcements don't do their best." The tun commander couldn't see the reinforcements' thoughts in his heart, but in order not to hit the low morale again, he had to find an excuse to comfort everyone.

"Don't worry, General Liu is in the city, and the reinforcements will definitely go all out to save him, and he can't bear to lose it! Can you say that a thief is dead here? Why don't you hurry up and rest and recharge your batteries for the traitors to attack? ”

The tun chief quickly diverted the topic, stared at each other, and everyone hurriedly returned to their respective positions, leaned on the city wall, closed their eyes, and pretended to be asleep.

The city gate opened, and the iron chain hanging from the suspension bridge made a crisp sound, and as soon as the suspension bridge landed, the soldiers and horses who had been waiting impatiently in the city gate quickly rushed out.

Most of the soldiers on the city wall just opened their eyes slightly and glanced at them, and then turned over and fell asleep, these people went out, at least the traitors were busy tonight, and they couldn't care about tossing the defenders in the city anymore, and they could finally sleep peacefully tonight.

Who knew that before half an hour passed, there was a rumbling sound of a large group of people and horses moving rapidly in the distance, and the soldiers on the city wall quickly woke up from their sleep, shouting to take their places, and after a while, countless fire dragons swam over.

"Quick, go and report to General Liu!"

The soldiers on the city wall shouted and beckoned to their comrades in the cave under the city wall, watching nervously at the movement on the other side, but they could see nothing but the approaching firelight.

The night is an excellent help for the besieging side, the defenders' rolling wood and boiling water arrows are reduced to the lowest point of destruction, and it is extremely difficult to climb the city wall through the most rudimentary bamboo ladder during the day, even those who barely climb the city wall are scarred and alone, but tonight, the rebels occupied three walls with little resistance, and then poured into the city in a steady stream.

The flight of the generals in the city still had a huge impact on the defenders, many soldiers secretly dropped their weapons and took off their uniforms and fled, and those who were still holding on found that there were fewer and fewer comrades around them when they were in battle, and their will would inevitably be shaken, and their combat effectiveness would be further weakened.

In this way, the gates of the city, which had been under siege by rebels several times their size for more than 20 days, were unwillingly opened from the inside, and the doorshaft made a piercing sound, like a final rebuke to the brutal invaders.

The rebels swarmed in, and there were bursts of exclamation and screams from the city......

Liu Qi received urgent reports one after another, and Gao Hong went to the nearest south gate to investigate the enemy's situation, who expected that the rebels would go all out as soon as they came up, and they were killed by surprise in a hurry, and they were attacked by the rebels in one go, so they had to retreat temporarily in embarrassment to collect the rout, and they were about to counterattack but learned that the city gates in the other two directions were also breached.

At this time, everyone was shocked, seeing the countless torches spreading rapidly from the city wall to the city, Liu Qi understood that Qu Ren had indeed been breached, and he didn't have time to figure out what was going on, so he summoned the remnants to immediately retreat to Gao Hong's camp and join Liu Hong, who had ordered the generals, to temporarily build simple fortifications for local defense.

Gao Hong formed several phalanxes of the remaining three or four thousand people, guarding this last line of defense, and soon, engaged the rebels who broke into the city, and the earth-shattering shouts of both sides attracted more rebels to gather over, the rebel generals were not all confused, the common people had nothing to rob, those high-walled compounds only had a lot of gold and silver and beautiful women, and the barracks had the most scarce food now!

The rebel soldiers had so many torches in their hands that the camp was as bright as day, and the leaders restrained the chaotic rebels in a phalanx and rushed towards the defenders.

Less than 4,000 defenders leaned side by side with weapons in their hands, gradually regaining their courage to face the fierce rebels with a desperate roar of death, and even slaughtered the corpses of the rebels and fled.

Although the defenders fought to the death, unfortunately the number was too small, and the rebels brought in a small number of archers, and the uncovered defenders continued to fall, and the formation began to waver.

When the rebels' arrows ran out, the rebels attacked again, but they still did not break through the defenders' formation, due to too many casualties, the rebel leaders had to temporarily stop the attack, shouting to persuade them to surrender, the camp was too small, Liu Qi and Gao Hong were directly exposed to the rebels' sight, and their gorgeous robes were in the morale of the defenders while also clearly telling the rebels that there were valuable trophies here.

Where would Gao Hong be fooled, while claiming to consider it, he took this opportunity to let the defenders rest for a while.

The leader of the rebels also saw that the defenders had no intention of surrendering, and shouted angrily to send people to bring in more men.

After a while, there was a loud shout of killing in the direction of the south gate, and then there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves and heavy footsteps, and even the ground trembled a little, and Liu Qi, who was asleep, was awakened, climbed the wall to look at the situation outside, and came to Gao Hong and Liu Hong with a long sigh.

"I'm afraid I can't resist it this time, Brother Zhenxiang, Mr. Ji Xiu, it's me who has caused you ......"

Liu Qi was extremely remorseful, not mentioning others, it was not his continuous wrong judgment, at least Gao Hong and Liu Hong could escape.

Liu Hongyi waved his hand to interrupt Liu Qi's words, and said with an indifferent smile: "The lord is benevolent and sacrificing himself for the people, Hong can follow the lord to eliminate thieves for the country, although he is still honored!" ”

Returning the sword to the sheath, Liu Hong was dressed neatly, and said to Liu Qi: "Hao's head is between the pen and ink, and it is rotten on the sickbed. Hong has spent thirty-three years, not as good as just two months of friendship with you! Although I die today, I have no regrets! ”

Gao Hong also said with relief: "Mr. Ji Xiu is right, I am fortunate to meet the virtuous brother, this life is enough!" ”

Liu Qi felt a warm current fill his body, and he held the hands of the two tightly with tears in his eyes, unable to speak for a long time.

Judging from the constant voices coming from all directions in the city in the dark, although the defenders were scattered, there were still a considerable number of defenders who spontaneously gathered together and resisted stubbornly, while most of the rebels were busy grabbing food, property, and women, robbing around like a swarm of headless flies, which was even more chaotic than the defenders who had lost their command.

A group of men and horses at the south gate who had been moving very much just now may have found a more valuable target, and gradually moved away towards the east of the city, and the rebel leader on the opposite side could not wait for the friendly army to come to help him scold for a long time, while regrouping his men and horses to prepare for another attack.

When the last moment came, Liu Qi's sore and trembling arms could barely lift the heavy shock, and he unwillingly climbed onto a grain cart and shouted to encourage the soldiers around him: "Brothers, you are all good!" Today, we are all going to die, but death is lighter than a feather and heavier than Mount Tai! How magnificent it is for you to die to defend your fellow villagers! You, you will leave your name in history and die as you deserve! ”

A rebel leader on the opposite side shouted angrily: "Don't listen to his rumors to confuse the crowd, quick, shoot him!" ”

Gao Hong quickly stepped forward and waved his sword to block a few arrows, and smiled contemptuously at the rebels, and the rebel leader had no choice but to order his subordinates to speed up the formation.

Several soldiers in the phalanx shouted loudly: "General, can we really leave our names in the history books?" ”

Liu Qi raised his hand and pointed to the soldiers he knew and all the phalanxes one by one and shouted: "Huang Fei, Jiang Jie, Li Yu, Wang Heiniu, Hu Mancang...... You, you, and you, history may not be able to record the names of all of you, but your names will be remembered by the land, by the people of the Buddha, and in a hundred years, even a thousand years, their descendants will relish your feats today! ”

Liu Qi concentrated all his strength and roared: "I, Liu Qi, feel extremely honored to be able to fight side by side with a hot-blooded man like you!" ”

"Follow the general to the death! Swear to follow the general! ……”

The fighting spirit of every soldier in the phalanx was rekindled, and Gao Hong took the opportunity to wave his sword and shout at the rebels: "Kill! ”

"Kill!"

Thousands of people roared in unison, and the rebels on the opposite side were so frightened that they couldn't help but retreat.

The rebels never imagined that the dying and struggling defenders would dare to take the initiative to attack and burst out with such a strong combat force, and the formation that was killed was suddenly chaotic.

Unfortunately, the number of defenders was too small, and the rebels regrouped in a panic and resisted the defenders' attack after a short time, but the defenders were broken through behind and immediately fell into a situation of being flanked from front to back.

Both sides were red-eyed, their ears were filled with roars, and neither of them noticed the hoofs of a pair of approaching horsemen, until the defenders were forced to retreat and converge, and the two sides resumed their confrontation again, and they were alarmed that a large group of men and horses was approaching from the east.

The rebel leader shouted excitedly, but what he was waiting for was not the long-awaited friendly army, but the sharp iron arrows unique to countless short crossbows, after the unique sound of the iron arrows breaking through the sky, the rebels were shot down in a large area, and then a group of cavalry rushed out of the darkness, they hung the short crossbows aside and replaced them with ring-headed knives or spears, while shouting: "Where is Liu Qi, the general of the Dangkou?" Where is Liu Qi, the general of Dangkou? …………”