After listening to Chen Sangliang's answer brought back by Wang Gui, Li Jiancheng basically had no expression on his face and remained silent for a long time. Sun Hua showed joy, and said happily: "Okay! The general really has a clever plan. It seems that Chen Yingliang's little thief has already believed that we can't last for a few days, and will not launch another strong attack."
Li Xiuning did not dare to jump to conclusions lightly, and repeatedly questioned the details of the meeting between Wang Gui and Chen Sangliang, until no flaws were discovered, Li Xiuning nodded lightly, and said: "Father's ingenious plan should have succeeded, otherwise, the little thief Chen Yingliang would not The construction of fortifications in the north of Yongfeng Cang City has not stopped."
"Father's clever plan has succeeded?" Li Jiancheng questioned, shaking his head and said: "I'm afraid not necessarily, Brother Yingliang is extremely smart and skillful in using troops. It's hard to say whether he will follow the plan. We can't take it lightly."
"You can't take it lightly." Li Xiuning nodded and suggested: "Brother, as in the previous three days, we will distribute drinking water in a fixed amount, and guard against death day and night. In another five or six days, we will double the distribution of drinking water to the soldiers and announce our The real water storage situation will boost the morale of the army and welcome the official army's attack."
Li Jiancheng accepted Li Xiuning's suggestion, and ordered: "The three of you take turns leading the army to guard the city defense, changing every four hours, closely monitoring the movement down the mountain, and reporting to me immediately if there is anything unusual."
Li Xiuning, Wang Changxie, and Sun Hua promised to follow Li Jiancheng's request to continue guarding the weak city defenses in turn, and at the same time continue to closely monitor the movements of the Sui camp at the foot of the mountain. Not only did the Sui army camp show no signs of preparing to attack, they also dispatched auxiliary troops to dig trenches and build earth barriers to reinforce the camp defenses. The decision-makers of the rebel army were even more secretly happy to erect trees and build villages on the banks of the Wei River, but they still did not dare to relax too much.
It was getting dark, and the Sui army's main camp was as peaceful and peaceful as ever, but a much larger number of bonfires were ignited on the interception position in the north, and the auxiliary troops continued to build fortifications overnight. Regarding this situation, Li Jiancheng's arrangement was to strengthen the monitoring of the Sui army's movement in the north. At the same time, he did not dare to take the Sui army's camp in the south lightly. He still arranged a large number of guard posts to monitor at all times. Li Jiancheng personally got up twice at night to inspect the city. , Didn't go back to rest at ease until it was confirmed that there was no change in the Sui army.
The decision-makers of the rebel army headed by Li Jian did not relax at all, but the war was fought by soldiers after all. When there were generals watching and patrolling, the rebel soldiers were indeed loyal to their duties and did not show any slack. , The night gradually deepened, and the rebel soldiers gradually relaxed. Especially after the fourth watch, because there was no movement in the Sui army camp, because the senior rebel generals had finished their inspections, and because of normal physiological needs, the thirsty and sleepy rebel soldiers began to doze off one after another. The young soldier leaned directly on the arrow stack and fell asleep.
At this time, Liu Heita's troops of the Sui Army, who had already started to rest early in the afternoon, began to move. Fifty selected experts came forward with flying claw ropes, led by Liu Heita's younger brother Liu Shishan, and took advantage of the night to advance. Touching towards the south gate of Yongfengcang City, behind is the 3,000 Sui troops led by Liu Heitai himself, carrying four trench bridge vehicles, fifty flying ladders and a large number of shovels and sacrums, followed silently , in order to avoid unexpected noises, not only did every soldier of the Sui Army hold small stones in their mouths, but they also lifted up the four trench bridge carts directly and marched forward—fortunately, the trench bridge carts were not too heavy, and the Sui soldiers were manned again. It's not too slow to lift the car forward in turn.
The hastily built Yongfeng Cangcheng did not have time to build the Jue Cave to illuminate the movement below the city. The night of the 30th lunar month was also a moonless night. This greatly facilitated the sneak approach of the Sui army. The vanguard led by Liu Shishan touched the cang On the edge of the ditch in the city, the drowsy rebel soldiers still hadn't noticed the arrival of the Sui army. Liu Shishan was secretly happy, and while sending a safety signal to the rear, he led the forward to slip down the ditch, climbed to the opposite side of the ditch with flying claws, and gently He crawled over the antlers lightly, and quietly lurked in the dark place under the city.
At this time, the rear army led by Liu Heitai had already touched the edge of the trench of the guard camp. Liu Heitai waved his hand to send out a signal. Taking advantage of the last darkness before dawn, the soldiers of the Sui army immediately stepped forward quietly carrying the trench bridge car. The tall soldiers slipped down the ditch first, held the bridge under the ditch, and crossed the ditch, and built a temporary bridge on the ditch. Immediately, the swords and axes stepped forward, ambush by the edge of the antlers and hacked. Inform Liu Shishan and order Liu Shishan to go to the city.
The ropes with iron hooks at the front were thrown onto the city wall one after another. As soon as they were firmly hooked, the Sui soldiers immediately climbed up. It was only at this time that the shouts of rebel soldiers finally came from the city, "There is movement below the city!"
Before the words were finished, the first Sui army warrior rushed up the city wall with a horizontal knife and a rope. As soon as his feet landed, he immediately swung his knife and chopped down two rebels who were still dozing off. The soldiers, and then several Sui warriors rushed up the city wall one after another. They also raised their knives and chopped down several Sui soldiers who were napping or rubbing their eyes and yawning.
At the same time, the swordsmen and axemen of the Sui army also accelerated their movements, vigorously chopping off the antlers and repelling horses under the city of the thief army, racing against time to open a way for the rear army.
Dangdangdangdangdangdang, the sound of the warning gong finally sounded on Yongfeng warehouse city, and the rebel soldiers shouted hysterically, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The officers and soldiers are coming to attack us!"
A little later, fifty Sui soldiers, including Liu Shishan, had already gone to the city. While killing the unprepared rebel soldiers, they moved closer to each other and established a city wall position. Immediately afterwards, the Sui soldiers finally chopped off the antlers in front of a trench bridge car, and then cleared the road to continue cutting between the antlers next to it. The soldiers behind the Sui army immediately strode across the trench with a flying ladder and took it to the city. Immediately climbed upwards, and those soldiers carrying spade Xian ぞ Kou Naihuan even climbed directly upwards, using the time when the rebel brigade had not had time to fully counterattack, which was a hundred times more precious than gold, desperately throwing troops on the city wall to compete for positions on the city wall space.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The officers and soldiers are attacking!" The panicked shouts became louder and louder, and the upper and lower walls of Yongfengcang City gradually began to be crowded with people who were monitoring the Sui army's camp at the north gate. Wang Changxie, the general of the rebel army who was on duty at night, also rushed over with his troops. After the initial period of panic, the rebel general who was guarding the south gate immediately organized the army to launch a counterattack, trying to kill the soldiers of the Sui army who had already stolen the city wall. Drove down town.
The rebel soldiers who relaxed before dawn were still a little slow to react. When they launched a counterattack in groups, Liu Heita's army had already climbed the city wall on more than a dozen flying ladders, and more than two hundred Sui warriors Successfully boarded the city wall, protected the position space, and covered the follow-up companions to climb the city safely. At the same time, the swordsmen of the Sui army had also chopped off the antlers in front of the four trench bridge vehicles to reject the horses, and more soldiers of the Sui army were able to rush to the bottom of the city, climb up with the help of climbing weapons, and charge up the city with roars.
Seeing that the sneak attack was going well, Liu Heikai was overjoyed, and immediately sent out a firework signal with his own hands. The fireworks refined by Yuan Tiangang flew into the air and exploded, blooming beautiful huge flowers. The Ma Sanbao Department of the Sui Army was gathering in the Sui Army camp Immediately strode out, carrying more siege weapons and rushed towards Yongfeng Cangcheng. The soldiers of the Sui army who were guarding the fence line in the north also launched an attack immediately. Under the leadership of the chief general Niu Jinda, they rushed under the city wall and threw bows and arrows towards the city, feigning an attack to contain the rebel forces and sharing the pressure on the main battlefield of the south gate.
When the sky turned white, Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning, brothers and sisters who hurriedly put on their clothes, finally rushed to the wall of the warehouse. What made them look ashen was that not only three or four hundred soldiers of the Sui Army had successfully rushed to the wall, but more Sui soldiers Soldiers are still climbing up in an endless stream, grabbing more space for the position, and some soldiers have already dug the city wall directly below the city—the newly rammed city wall is not strong enough, and it is definitely possible to be dug through! It may even be dug out!
"Go! Go!!" Li Jiancheng, who had always been prudent, was rarely hysterical, and roared, "Go! Kill all the officers and soldiers! Take back the city wall!"
The counterattack of the rebels had already begun. Wang Changxie took the lead in a desperate fight with the soldiers of the Sui army. The reinforcements brought by Li Jiancheng's brothers and sisters also immediately entered the battle. While throwing arrows and smashing stones desperately, preventing the Sui army from continuing to go to the city, at least some of the speed of the Sui army's ascent to the city was delayed. At the same time, the follow-up reinforcements of the Sui army were still on the way up the mountain. Although the rebels were in a critical situation, there was still hope to beat the Sui army away. .
Seeing this scene, Li Xiuning breathed a sigh of relief, and then remembered to curse the enemy, "You little thief Chen Yingliang! Shameless! He said to let us live, but secretly launched a sneak attack, saying one thing and doing another, and on the surface he and his brother You have deep brotherhood, and you are actually more ruthless than anyone else! How can there be such a despicable, vicious and shameless villain in this world?"
"Shut up, what's the use of saying this now?" Li Jiancheng scolded his sister with a straight face, and then shouted: "Tell the whole army, our drinking water can last for at least 20 days, and our main force has already taken Daxing City , come back to rescue us within five days! Hold on to the Yongfeng warehouse! Keep our main force!"
After arranging for his own soldiers to spread these mixed messages of true and false to stabilize the morale of the army, Li Jiancheng immediately arranged for his men to light a beacon in the city and send out an alarm signal to the outside world. Rush back to the hiding place where the horses are hidden, beat the horse and rush to Pujin Pass to ask Dou Cong for help, and ask Dou Cong to immediately send troops south to rescue Yongfeng warehouse according to the prior agreement-don't underestimate Li Jiancheng, Liu who can't be defeated by Li Ertu The black door was pushed down by him!
At this time, relying on their superiority in strength, the rebel army had successfully suppressed the Sui army's charge momentum, failed to allow the Sui army to continue to attack the city in large numbers and expand their position space, and also caused a lot of casualties to the Sui army, but only ten feet wide The position of the city wall still restricted the deployment of the rebel forces. They could only compete with the Sui army inch by inch for the position space. The progress would not be fast anyway. The soldiers of the Sui army could still continue to climb the city under the cover of their companions on the city. To replenish combat forces, at the same time, the soldiers of the Sui Army under the city continued to dig the wall, and some soldiers of the Sui Army had already dug holes in the walls where people could hide.
Time is more precious to both sides than gold. If the Sui army on the city can persist until the main brigade comes to help, then Yongfeng warehouse is very likely to be taken. There is also hope to block the attack of the Sui army by virtue of the condescending advantage, and keep the lifeblood of the Guanzhong battlefield, Yongfeng warehouse. Both sides are well aware of this truth, and neither side is willing to make the slightest concession. The fight on the city wall is far from intense, and can only be described by a human meat grinder full of flesh and blood.
Under the rising sun, hundreds of Sui army soldiers struggled against the tide of rebel soldiers who kept pouring in from left to right, face to face, stabbed with knives, axes, and guns, and dark red blood flowers kept coming into contact. The ground splashed, and the soldiers on both sides kept screaming and lying down and falling down. Those who died together died everywhere, and it was not uncommon to see those who hugged and rolled down the city wall. A sugar cube covered in ants. Not far from the south, there were reinforcements from the Sui army charging like thunder.
If things go on like this, the tenacious soldiers of the Sui Army who can be supplemented with troops are likely to hold their position and persist until the main force comes to help. But at this critical moment, Li Xiuning made a suggestion to Li Jiancheng, "Brother , Cover the city wall battlefield with strong bows and crossbows, and beat down the officers and soldiers!"
Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment, but Li Xiuning saw what his brother was thinking, and shouted, "Why are you still standing there? When the main force of the officers and soldiers rushes up, it will be too late for us to do this!"
After hesitating for a while, Li Jiancheng finally gritted his teeth and accepted his sister's suggestion, and ordered the troops in the city to concentrate their bows and crossbows to cover the battlefield where the soldiers of the Sui army ascended the city. After the order was conveyed, the density of bows and arrows suddenly increased, but even though the rebel soldiers aimed their arrows at the target as much as possible, many rebel soldiers and Sui army soldiers were shot together, screaming and bleeding, and fell to the ground one after another. . The generals of the Sui army scolded the rebels for being shameless, but the rebel generals kept shouting, "Go up! Go up! Go up! The officers and soldiers have said long ago that we will all be buried alive after breaking through the city! Anyway, we are dead, and there is still a chance to fight to the end. Live!"
On the rebel side, there were also brave generals who knew that they might be accidentally injured by their own bows and arrows. Rebel generals such as Wang Changxie and Ashina Danai still took the lead and led the soldiers to charge endlessly. Summoned up the courage to take risks and charge, desperately fought bloody battles with the soldiers of the Sui army, and gradually regained the space of the city wall. The number of soldiers of the Sui army was small, and the number of soldiers covered by feathered arrows increased rapidly. They were constantly retreated by the soldiers of the rebel army, and the control space was greatly reduced. come less and less.
During the fierce battle, Liu Shishan was shot and wounded by the arrows. Although Liu Shishan was still fighting hard with his wounds, he still could not stop the rebels from advancing step by step. After Ma Sanbao's army arrived on the battlefield, although they quickly built many trench bridges and threw them into the flying ladder While attacking the city, they were still smashed down by rebel soldiers with sheep's head stones, and many flying ladders were knocked over, causing quite a lot of casualties.
It was hopeful to regain the position of the city wall, Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning brothers and sisters began to look happy, and they shot more arrows regardless of accidental injuries. However, at this moment, the soldiers of the Sui Army under the city gradually burst into cheers, and the cheers became louder and louder. Brothers and sisters Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning took a closer look in shock, only to find that the Sui army was not bright in the east and the west was bright. The soldiers of the Sui army who had previously excavated the city wall had already dug several deep pits on the newly rammed fragile wall. The deep pit is still expanding, and there are more soldiers of the Sui army picking up shovels to dig the city wall. The rebels' feathered arrows shot from left and right on the city wall, but they can't turn the bow and arrow anyway, and shoot into the wall pit to injure the Sui army. army soldier.
There was no other choice. In order to prevent these damned officers and soldiers from digging through or even collapsing the rammed-earth city wall, Li Jiancheng could only send Sun Hua to lead his troops out of the city and kill them here to prevent the soldiers of the Sui army from digging the city. To the appetite of the generals of the Sui Army, seeing the rebels leaving the city, Liu Heikai, who was worried about his brothers fighting hard on the wall, suddenly had a punching bag, and personally led troops to stop them. The fierce fighting in the space forced the rebels to continue shamelessly to the end, covering the battlefield with bows and arrows, sheep's head stones and gray bottles. The soldiers of the Sui army and their own soldiers killed everything together. The trench bridge car got on the trench on the other side of the city gate, crossed the moat and rushed to Sun Huajun's back, while trying to take the opportunity to seize the city gate.
At this time, after paying a heavy price, the rebel soldiers finally succeeded in driving all the soldiers of the Sui army who had already ascended the city from the city wall, forcing Liu Shishan to escape from the city wall with injuries, and successfully regained the position on the city wall. The main force of the Sui army has already left the camp and is striding towards this side. At the same time, the generals of the Sui army have dug a wall pit more than ten feet long under the city. The deepest part is close to five feet, almost digging through the city wall. Half of the time, small cracks appeared in the newly rammed walls.
"Brother, if this continues, our city walls will definitely be dug down!" Li Xiuning issued a warning, and then said: "The only way out now is to send an army out of the city to fight, attack the flanks of the officers and troops, take the opportunity to regain the position under the city, and protect the city wall! "
If the city wall is dug down, it will be defeated. Li Jiancheng is very clear about this point. The left and right are dead, and a dead horse can only be used as a living horse doctor. Turn around and attack the flanks of the officers and soldiers, be careful."
Li Xiuning took orders loudly, and led her women's army, which is famous in history, to attack from the west gate, rounding back to attack the flanks of the Ma Sanbao army, Li Jiancheng ordered Ashina Danai to withdraw the city wall and gather at the south gate, waiting for Li Xiuning's army Contain Ma Sanbao, and immediately go out of the city to snatch the position under the city.
As soon as Li Xiuning's army left the city from the west gate, Ma Sanbao had already received a flying report from the Sui army's scouts, and guessed the rebel's plan. Ma Sanbao ordered Zhang Di and Li Yi to lead 3,000 troops to stay here, ready to meet Liu Hei On the other hand, he himself led 2,000 troops to attack Li Xiuning's army. A battle between master and servant also took place outside the Yongfeng warehouse, the largest granary in Guanzhong.
"Slave who betrays the lord! You have the face to see me!" This was Li Xiuning's scolding at Ma Sanbao in the battle.
"Treasonous maidservant! Heartless, wicked woman! Today is the day for your death!" This was Ma Sanbao's reply to Li Xiuning.
During the scolding, the 2,000 Sui army led by Ma Sanbao had already fought with the rebels. Originally, Li Xiuning had more than 6,000 troops under his command, among them there were many famous generals such as Qiu Xinggong and Xiang Shanzhi. On top of the Three Treasures Army, but not long after the fierce battle started, another Sui army came from behind the rebel army. It turned out that Niu Jinda's army, who was feinting to attack at the north gate, lacked siege weapons and could not pose a threat to the rebel army. After leaving the warehouse, he simply led his troops to fight in the field, but it happened that Ma Sanbao was in a hurry, and the situation on the battlefield was quickly brought back to balance.
The scale of the melee gradually expanded. Li Xiuning had just entangled Ma Sanbao, and Li Jiancheng immediately ordered the suspension bridge to be lowered, so that Ashina Danai led the army to attack. Zhang Di and Li Yi, Chen Sangliang's old department in Qiao County, were worried about Liu Hei. Unable to support it, he immediately led his army to catch it, and fought fiercely with the rebels led by Ashina Danai on the suspension bridge. The sky was shaking, and the battle was like hemp.
Relying on the tenacious fighting of Liu Heita, Ma Sanbao, and Niu Jinda's armies, and the precious time won with blood and lives, Chen Sangliang finally led the main force of the Sui army to the Yongfengcang battlefield. The soldiers of the Sui army who were digging hard, and seeing the soldiers of the rebel army who were forced to go out to fight in the field, Chen Sangliang first nodded with great satisfaction. But when he saw the corpses of Sui army soldiers scattered all over the city wall and in the moat, the walls stained dark red by the blood of the Sui army soldiers, and the arrow stacks dripping with blood, Chen Sangliang cried again. face, muttered: "That's why I hate siege battles the most, the casualties are too great!"