Suicheng is a small city, since Zuoqu 500 people went out of the city here to help Captain Xu Yi, now there are only 1,000 soldiers in the city, the south gate is located in the direction of the enemy's attack, so most of the troops are concentrated here. On the other three sides, only more than 100 people remained.

Half an hour passed, and the five hundred people evaporated like droplets of water dripping into the desert. Although it was only a dozen miles away, the army was accompanied by spies and messengers on horseback, who could relay the battle situation at any time. But now, since half an hour ago, there has been no movement.

Suicheng County's heart jumped slightly, and he secretly felt a little bad. Immediately, two scouts were sent from among the defenders and headed south.

Ten miles away, on a messy battlefield, the government soldiers were cleaning the battlefield and collecting and surrendering the soldiers. 500 people against the more than 2,000 people who were secretly prepared, the result is naturally self-evident. With more than 300 people killed, the remaining 200 surrendered.

"General, the little one has already done what the general said, did the general promise to release the little brother?" Previously, in front of the county order, the messenger who lured out a song of people and horses said in a deep voice in front of Zhao Xun.

Zhao Xun looked at this young man who was about the same age as himself, and said with a smile: "Good job!" ”

The young man's face stiffened and he did not speak. After all, betraying one's own people is not an honorable thing, although it is to save the life of his own brother, but this is not a reason to get away with it. In his opinion, the change of the general of the government army on the other side has a deep sense of ridicule, at least, in his own opinion.

Zhao Xun is really this kid is good, after defeating and completely annihilating the 1,000 soldiers who went out of the city with the city, he chose such a person who can ride a horse among the captives, and he is still a small officer, even the rank of chief. But he had a younger brother who also lived in the army so that he could take care of each other, and he happened to be arrested together. After inquiry, Zhao Xun learned that the two brothers, Hu Zhicheng and Hu Zhiyi, had an excellent relationship. So, Zhao Xun used one to coerce the other to lure the enemy with the city.

Originally, Zhao Xun didn't plan to succeed, just a try. It's better to be able to cheat, but it can't, and it doesn't affect the overall situation, but when attacking, you need to make efforts and losses may be greater. Unexpectedly, this kid didn't change his face to get a song of people out of the nervous city.

It seems to be just a song of men and horses, but without this song of people and horses in the city, it will be much easier for another brother who is ambushed in the north of Suicheng. You know, Suicheng is a small city, but it is the gateway to the south of Linyi. Linyi, as the logistics center of the Tang Army, naturally needed to be guarded by a city around it that blocked the enemy. Therefore, although there are not many defenders, they are all regular troops, and the city is high. Of the previous 1,000 people, 500 were regular troops of the Tang Army, and 500 were conscripted new annexes.

Unlike other cities, although this place is the gateway and acropolis to the south of Linyi, it is important to say that it is important, but it is not important to say that it is not important. Especially after Liangzhou Mansion was under the control of the Tang Army, it was not a very important place. After all, the front, back, left and right are their own territory, and there is nothing to prevent. Therefore, there is no standing new annex here, which means that there is no need to worry about providing armor, salaries, food and grass for the new annex. However, there are also new annexes here that are not in the formation, which are trained in peacetime, but are not within the scope of the regular army. Therefore, the combat power of this new annex army is much weaker than that of other cities and counties.

A thousand men were taken, and there were still 1,500 men in the city, and likewise, 500 were new annexes, and 1,000 were Tang troops. After such a deception, there were 500 fewer people in the city, and the rest were only 500 Tang troops and 500 new annexed troops, which could no longer pose much threat to Zhao Xun. Of course, Zhao Xun didn't want his subordinates to suffer too much loss.

An hour later, in the evening, the red glow spread across the western sky. And above the city, the Tang army, who had been waiting for more than an hour, finally waited for the news. But the result was not very good, because the defenders of the city only saw the enemy troops, and did not see their own soldiers who were trapped by the enemy troops, nor did they see the captain of the city.

As the enemy army got closer and closer, the faces of the Tang troops in the city finally began to change color. A big flag is fluttering with the breeze, and the four big characters of "Yanzhou Mansion Army" are written on it. What made the Tang Army in the city even more frightened was that on the flagpole, there was still this head, and it was none other than Xu Yi, the captain of Suicheng!

"Lord Prefectural Order! They...... They've been captured......" said an officer, pointing to the rear of the army formation under the city, with a slight alarm.

Sui Cheng and County Ling raised his head in surprise and looked to the rear, and between three or four hundred soldiers wearing Tang Army armor were pressed together. Needless to say, they are the two groups of Tang soldiers who went out before.

Under it, Zhao Xun stood solemnly with a gun, and his expression was frosty. At Zhao Xun's signal, a soldier unloaded the horn from his back and put it into his mouth, puffing out his cheeks and blowing vigorously.

Suddenly, the heavy and long horn sound of the bull's horn had rushed into the sky.

The long sound of the horn woke up the Tang soldiers in the city from their stupor, only to find that the enemy had been killed in front of them.

"Kill ......" Zhao Xun raised his spear and roared.

"Kill ......"

"Kill ......"

More than 2,000 soldiers responded in groups, shouting and killing. In addition to deterring the enemy army, Zhao Xun's move also wanted to attract the attention of the enemy army, and more importantly, he also told the ambush army in the city and west of the city to prepare for action.

Although they had fought before, the soldiers had recovered after a short rest. Coupled with the defeat of the Tang army, the morale was greatly boosted, and the soldiers did not feel tired. At this moment, they were eager to fight into the city.

Zhao Xun slammed the spear, the horn horn stopped abruptly, and the original earth-shattering shouting of killing also became an echo. Suddenly, from the noise to the silence. The entire south gate of Suicheng was suddenly silent and the needles could be heard.

Looking back, the soldiers under his command all straightened their waists one by one, staring straight ahead with their blazing eyes. Zhao Xun nodded secretly in his heart, and it was not only the spirit displayed by these soldiers that made him feel happy. Those more than 1,000 new recruits have also officially integrated into it at this moment and become qualified elite soldiers.

"Brothers, we set out from Boping, turned to the rear of the enemy's army, took Siyang City without blood, and mobilized the Tang army of Zhuxian to go back and forth to the southwest. What does this mean? It shows that the Tang Army is not as terrible as we think, but so. We can go back and forth in a place surrounded by enemy troops. Today, let's take Suicheng and spend the night in this city! If you refuse to surrender, you will break the city and let you Tang soldiers leave no one! Zhao Xun shouted.

"Break the city, leave no one behind!"

"Break the city, leave no one behind!"

"Break the city, leave no one behind!"

After all, Suicheng County Commander is a civilian official, or selected from the large households in Suicheng who defected to the Tang Army, and he is very familiar with military affairs, and he is good at civilian, not leading the army.

Just when the county order was anxious and didn't know what to do, outside the south gate, the Tang army's military array suddenly sounded three earth-shattering shouts, which pierced the void like sharp arrows and clearly entered the ears of every Tang soldier on the city tower.

"Damn! Li Quchang, Wu Quchang, you are officers in the army, now, how should you deal with it? If this continues, morale will surely plummet. The county magistrate frowned and said.

Qu Chang, surnamed Li, said: "Don't worry, the county commander has no siege equipment, and it is not a simple matter to enter the city. Perhaps, at this moment, they are the ones who are trying to demoralize our army, rather than actually attacking the city. ”

The county commander's face was slightly better, and he said, "That's the best!" You can guard the city gate carefully, and you must not open the city gate without permission, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! ”

At the south gate of the county, the big banner with a human head is hunting and fluttering in the breeze, and under the banner, five hundred cavalry straddle the horse and cross the sword, standing solemnly in the wind. Further back, there were four phalanxes of 2,000 soldiers in Putrajaya. A large area of black pressure brought a lot of pressure to the defenders of the city. Especially those new annexes who have not been killed, but have only been trained, are more worried. The scorching killing machine burned like wildfire in the eyes of every government sergeant, and they were very excited at the moment, when did they have such a strong side when they fought with Tang? Can you force in front of the other party, but the other party is struggling to endure it?

"You and the other generals have been killed, quickly open the city gate and surrender, if you don't surrender, break the city, the Tang army will go up and down, and no one will be left! Brothers of the new annexed army, you are also the people of Liangzhou Mansion, or the army of Liangzhou Mansion, if you surrender, you will be exempted from the previous crimes! Guan Lin under the city roared again and began to persuade the Shen Sheng soldiers to surrender. The new annex army in the defense of the city, although there was no reaction, but in their hearts they were making small calculations.

"As a non-commissioned officer of the Tang Army, how can I surrender to the local government army? Thousands of people dare to act in the area under the jurisdiction of our army? The capture of Siyang City was just a conspiracy, and you really thought you took it with the spear in your hand? Our Tang army has tens of thousands of troops on its side, and it can crush you into ashes at any time. If you know how to be interested, you can leave early to save your life, otherwise, you will lose your life and regret it too late! The county magistrate of the city, after glancing around with cold eyes, responded with a loud sneer.

He knew that if the city was broken, or surrendered, there would be no good end for him. He assisted the Tang Army, cleared the government army in the territory, pacified the Tang army here, and dealt with a lot of dirty things. If the city is broken and the government army enters the city, they will definitely not end well.

Zhao Xun made a threat to attack the city under the city, but he never acted. And the defenders of the city also knew that the enemy army under the city seemed to be powerful, but it seemed that there was no intention of attacking the city. Despite this, the defenders of the city did not dare to relax in any way. No one can guarantee that the enemy forces below are taking advantage of their relaxation.

The standoff continued, and it was getting late. Although dozens of horsemen were sent north to report the situation, they were all killed one by one, which made the Tang army on the city wall shocked and angry.

In the middle of the twilight, Li Guochang slowly rushed to the west gate of Suicheng with 2,000 men and horses from the right battalion, only to see a few faintly burning torches inserted at the head of the city, and hundreds of soldiers in charge of the night vigil were pestled on the city tower like wooden stakes, looking at the dark void in front of them with blank eyes, and on the city wall, there were patrols back and forth.

It was dark, but torches had already been erected on the walls. Although the Tang soldiers still stuck to their posts, their minds had already flown to the south gate. After all, it wasn't a fake.

"Why hasn't there been any action in the city?" Li Guochang frowned slightly, the south gate has been deadlocked for a long time, and it is time for the west gate to act. But before the gates were opened, he could not storm it, and of course, he could not attack it.

West Gate, inside the city.

Forty or fifty black shadows slowly approached the city gate next to the city wall, and the person who led the team, Huo Ran was the captain Lu Yu. This time, he wanted to take the city, and because he didn't have time to prepare siege equipment, he wanted to break through from the inside, so Lu Yu was personally responsible for the echo in the city.

The team leader beside Lu Yu whispered: "My lord, I'm afraid that Captain Li and the others who are waiting outside the city will start to scold their mother!" ”

Lu Yu said with a smile: "When I see Captain Li, I will go and tell him this......

The captain's face stiffened with a smile, and he said, "Don't, I'm just talking about it, to relieve the tension......"

"Better be prepared, send a signal to the brethren outside the city, break the city! A small team stopped the Tang army coming down from the city wall, and the second team followed me straight to the city gate, opened the city gate, and welcomed the army into the city. Lu Yu looked at the Ximen who was close in front of him, and commanded in a deep voice.

"Whew......"

A dazzling light rose from the west gate, shot straight into the sky, and fell beyond the city gate.

Li Guochang, who was hiding hundreds of meters away, flashed sharply in his eyes, high-fived and said: "Damn, I finally reacted, I thought you were dead inside!" Come, blow the trumpet, brethren prepare! And what about the people of the cavalry? Get on the horse, and get ready to take the city gate with the captain of this school! The rest of the brothers, when the gates of the city are opened, go with me into the city. ”

A soldier beside Li Guochang immediately picked up the small bullhorn with a half-meter laugh that he carried with him, put it in his mouth and played it vigorously, and in an instant, the loud horn sound sounded around the West Gate.

"Brethren of the cavalry, mount!" Li Guochang snorted coldly. Although the sky is getting dark at this moment, you can still see the figures within a hundred meters, plus the one on the city wall

Li Guochang shouted loudly and took the lead in turning over his horse, and the other part of the two hundred cavalry team also turned over on his horse, slowly raising the steel knife in his hand, and the strong killing intent had already flowed out from their Yanzhou, all like wild wolves that smelled blood.

Almost as soon as the trumpet sounded under the city, the soldiers on the guard tower of the West Gate City found out.

"The sound of a trumpet? How did it end up here? The guards exclaimed.

"Don't stand stupidly, there are enemy troops outside the city, immediately blow the trumpet and ask for help to the south!" The leader of the guard at the west gate suddenly exclaimed. Although he didn't know why the enemy army was here, he knew that there must have been enemy troops outside the city.

Just as he was about to blow the trumpet to warn, he heard a burst of knocking of guards in the distance outside the city, and the guards of the city looked up in shock, only to see a black shadow coming towards the city gate.

"Cavalry? Not good, there are so many enemy troops here! Quick, stupid pig, blow the horn for help. After looking at the dark shadow in the distance, the team leader said with a shocked face.

At this moment, there were bursts of shouts of killing from under the city walls. The team on the city tower was taken aback, turned to the inner side of the city wall, climbed the female wall to look down, only to see that there was a group of forty or fifty strong men at the foot of the city wall who had rushed from the city with a single knife in their hands.

"Not good, there are ambushes in the city!" On the tower of the city, an officer yelled fiercely, "Go down quickly, keep the city gate open, and never let the enemy go more." ”

Of course, the officers knew the importance of the city gates, which were always the weak point of the city defense. But at this moment, there is nothing he can do, he can't lose it, but there is no one in his hands. In addition, everyone didn't expect that the other party would have other armies that would raid at the West Gate.

The soldier in charge of blowing the trumpet had already put the horn in his mouth and blew it vigorously, and for a while, the horn on the city tower and the horn under the city were intertwined. But the officer knew that this qiē was all in vain. If you want to say the siren/trumpet, the siren/trumpet sounded when the enemy troops outside the city are moving, should have been transmitted to the south gate a long time ago, but is it too late? It's too late!

If the attack came from outside the city, although these hundred soldiers could not hold the city, it was enough to hold out until the reinforcements arrived, and if the enemy wanted to break through the city wall several feet high, it would be impossible to guard against the four crossbows on the city wall. And with the small city of Suicheng, it won't take long to rescue from the south gate.

But if the attack came from within the city, it would not be the same at all. The city walls, which are used to resist external attacks, can play a great role. The city gate is a weak place. When the enemy army outside the city attacked the city, it was natural that they would break through the city gate and enlarge the army into the city, so they couldn't let all the troops climb into the city. But if it is used to resist internal attacks, but it is defenseless, then the city gate is lost, and the role of the city wall is lost.

To say that these more than 50 people have little impact on the city, compared to the tens of thousands of people in the city, this is really nothing. But at this time, he plays an unparalleled role.

Tang Jun didn't expect an accident at the West Gate, so after the city gate was closed, there were only more than ten people guarding the city gate. Although the Tang army resisted fiercely, their desperate defense did not buy much time for the defense of the city, and in less than a moment, the heavy city gate had creaked open.

"Kill!"

Li Guochang shouted, drew the long knife, and without waiting for the city gate to be completely opened, he rode his horse and rushed up and took the lead in entering the city. More than two hundred horsemen followed, and they had already swept into an unstoppable iron stream, crushing over with a sweeping momentum......

"It's over...... It's over with the city! Above the west gate, the officer guarding the city looked at the team of 2,000 people under the city and couldn't help but sigh. As long as these two thousand people entered the city, the city could not cope at all, not to mention that there were enemy troops outside the south gate who could not hold on to their own army.

"Put down your weapons, and if you continue to fight, it's just a matter of death!" The team leader saw that his subordinates had no intention of fighting again, so he ordered in a deep voice.

Above the south gate, they naturally knew about the mutation situation at the west gate. But because he couldn't figure out the actual situation of Ximen, he didn't dare to make a decision lightly. After all, the west gate could be attacked, but beyond the south gate, there were really 2,000 enemy troops eyeing it.

After the sound of the horn, the sound of their own emergency horn also followed, and the faces of the county commander and the soldiers on the city wall changed greatly. Such a situation shows that Simon is already extremely urgent.

"Wu Quchang, you immediately lead three teams of men and horses to the West Gate to rescue, and you must keep the enemy out of the door." The county magistrate ordered with a pale face.

Wu Quchang was not ambiguous and left as ordered.

"Scuffle, why is it that in our territory, the enemy army can come and go freely, and we are unaware? What do you do with a horse? Suicheng County Commander suddenly shouted angrily.

All the soldiers around them were silent, although they said this, they also had the same thoughts in their hearts as Suicheng County Order. Fuck, thousands of enemy troops are coming back from the front line, what are the front armies doing to eat. Of course, this can only be thought of in the heart, and cannot be said at will. Otherwise, a crime of confusing the morale of the army is indispensable.

"Don't worry, adults! The enemy army is here, perhaps...... Perhaps the place of the west gate is just a plan for the enemy's division of troops. Qu Chang, surnamed Li, who was beside the county commander, comforted dryly. But it is clear to everyone that this is impossible. If you can make the guards of the city send out three emergency signals in a row, it means that the situation is already in danger.