Zhao Rong did not rush to answer Zhang Jun's words. Instead, he stared at Zhang Jun, and finally the corner of his mouth curled up and asked: "Master Zhang. Actually, there is nothing going on, but there is something I want to confirm to Master Liu. According to the previous agreement, as long as we can help you conquer Jiangling, the Huainan Road will belong to our Daqi, and Zhao Go will never point fingers at us again, is it true?"
"Uh!" Zhang Jun couldn't help but stared at Zhao Rong in a little astonishment, but soon he smiled and nodded to Zhao Rong, "Of course, General Zhao! We are allies! Could it be possible? Did you forget it?"
"Hehe." Hearing Zhang Jun's answer, Zhao Rong didn't say yes, but smiled faintly, and said: "This, I naturally did not forget. However, Master Zhang, I hope you have not forgotten either." After that, Zhao Rong didn't care about Zhang Jun, and left the big account straight away, leaving only Zhang Jun in the same place, with a gloomy expression on his face.
Soon, one night passed. By the early morning of the next day, Li Cheng could not wait to lead his troops to launch an attack towards Hanyang Military City. And Zhang Le and General Zhong, who had been prepared for a long time, were already standing on the head of the city. Seeing the large number of soldiers and horses rushing towards this side of the city, Zhang Le and General Zhong looked solemn, and General Zhong narrowed his eyes and nodded and said: "Sure enough. The enemy still has not dispatched the entire army, but just sent It’s just a part of it. It seems that there are contradictions among the enemies. Otherwise, it would never be the case."
Zhang Le took a deep breath, but his face didn't let up because of General Zhong's words. The enemy's strength was far beyond the defending army. Even if the enemies were not united enough, they still had an absolute advantage. As General Zhong said yesterday, with the current situation of the defending army, it is already the limit to be able to defend for three days.
But even so, Zhang Le's determination didn't waver at all, and immediately Zhang Le turned his head and shouted to General Zhong, "General Zhong, it's all up to you next. Tell me, what should I do?" Determination is useless. Zhang Le is not as good as General Zhong for fighting, so just as before, give all the command of the defenders to General Zhong.
General Zhong glanced at the enemy outside the city and shouted in a deep voice: "The soldiers are here to cover the water in vain, brothers. Give me all the rocks to the female wall and smash them hard!" While shouting, General Zhong held his hands. His spear pointed towards the outside of the city, and the defenders were already ready. Yesterday General Zhong asked the soldiers to move all the stones that could be collected in the city to the top of the city. Therefore, at the order of General Zhong, the soldiers immediately piled all the stones on the side of the female wall.
However, General Zhong did not rush to order the soldiers to throw stones, but stared at the outside of the city. At this moment, under the command of Li Cheng, the enemy had already begun to rush under the city wall. Many archers also began to put arrows toward the city to suppress.
Fortunately, General Zhong saw the opportunity early and ordered the soldiers to hide behind the female wall, but several soldiers were still shot by the drain. Even if General Zhong is angry in his heart, there is no other way. Now there is no arrow on the city, let alone a counterattack, even suppression can't be done.
After hiding at the root of the female wall for a while, General Zhong found that the flying arrows above his head had stopped. Needless to say, the enemy must have begun to climb the wall. General Zhong immediately stood up, turned his head, and shouted to the left and right: "Get up, hit with a stone, and smash it!" After finishing speaking, General Zhong picked up a huge boulder and moved directly down. Smashed.
Under the leadership of General Zhong, countless stones began to pour from the top of the city. These stones fell from the top of the city so that the soldiers climbing on the ladder could not resist. Suddenly, a series of screams sounded on the city wall, and the soldiers who finally climbed to the center were beaten to blood and fell directly from the ladder.
"Damn!" Seeing this situation, Li Cheng could almost guess that Wang Song must be laughing at himself at the back at this moment. Thinking of this, Li Cheng's heart burst into flames, and he simply held a big knife and pointed forward. Loudly shouted: "Archer! Archer! Shoot me. Shoot towards the head of the city! See who dares to throw rocks down."
"General. No." Hearing that Li Cheng gave this order, the lieutenant behind Li Cheng couldn't help being taken aback. He hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "General! The generals are all climbing on the wall now. If you release arrows at this time, , It must be our people who suffer the most."
Instead of persuading Li Cheng, the lieutenant's words made Li Cheng's anger even more intense. Li Cheng's eyes flashed with a red light, he glared at the lieutenant, and waved his broad knife. Cut directly at the lieutenant.
The poor lieutenant was loyal to Li Cheng, how could he have thought that Li Cheng would use a knife at himself? Li Cheng directly cut his head with a knife. Li Cheng danced the big sword, held it upside down in his hand, and said coldly, "I'm in charge of this. Who has any opinions?"
opinion? Anyone who has opinions will be chopped down. The other lieutenants looked at Li Cheng's red eyes, and no one dared to speak much, and followed Li Cheng's orders. Immediately afterwards, the arrow rain that had just stopped not long ago flew toward the city again.
This trick worked as expected. On the head of the city, many garrison soldiers were holding stones high and preparing to smash them down, but they were shot by arrows and fell off the female wall one by one. It's just that this move wounded the enemy a thousand and harmed himself 800. Many more soldiers who were climbing the city wall were shot in the back by arrows, making a scream, and falling off the ladder.
When this happened suddenly, the soldiers who were still climbing under the city wall were at a loss, and no one knew whether to continue attacking the city. However, Li Cheng behind them didn't give them time to think, shouting loudly: "Charge! Charge me! If anyone dares to retreat, kill without mercy! Charge!"
In this way, those soldiers have no other choice. If they step back, they will definitely be killed by Li Cheng, and if they continue to move forward, at least they still have a chance to survive. The soldiers gritted their teeth, holding the falling stone on the top of their heads, braving the arrows that flew out at any time behind them, and began to continue their attacks towards the city.
This ruthless move by Li Cheng happened to hit the lifeblood of the defender. Seeing more and more soldiers being shot by arrows, General Zhong couldn't help it. Even with a wave of the spear, he shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!" After finishing speaking, General Zhong pulled up beside him. Zhang Le, who was desperately throwing stones down, retreated back. Only by pulling away from the side of the female wall can he avoid the arrows' attacks. After all, the enemy's archers can't get too close, and the attack range is still very limited. Just in this way, it is tantamount to giving up the first line of defense of the city wall.
Seeing the defenders on the front of the city retreat, Li Cheng met outside the city, and he laughed immediately, pointing at the city head with the blood-stained knife in his hand, and said with a smile: "I'll say my method works Well! Hahahaha! What are you doing there in a daze? Charge me! Lao Tzu will be rewarded for whoever is the first to break through the city."
As soon as Li Cheng said this, the soldiers on the left and right were blushing. Although Li Cheng's performance made them a little bit chilling, they have to admit that Li Cheng is not stingy when he is in a good mood. Why did they follow Li Cheng to rebel and join the Qi State? Isn’t it just to get promoted and make money? Li Cheng's words "heavy rewards" were enough to make these soldiers fight hard.
On the top of the city, the defending soldiers who had stepped back ten steps, under the command of General Zhong, began to line up a long line, standing all over the city. Although the sound of killing from outside the city was getting closer and closer, there was only heavy breathing on the top of the city, and no one spoke. The whole city was filled with a solemn atmosphere.
General Zhong took a deep breath, the spear in his hand slowly raised to his chest, took a step forward, and stared at the front. Although General Zhong didn’t say a word, the soldiers on the left and right seemed to understand General Zhong’s intentions. They all pulled out their own weapons. Even the archers, because they had no arrows, they also pulled out. The dagger he was equipped with was in front of him. Everyone was waiting quietly, even Zhang Le, who was a civil servant, was no exception.
"Drink!" Finally, a head protruded from the female wall. At this moment, General Zhong's eyes opened and a cold light flashed. Then, I saw the silver light from General Zhong's hand. Shoot, directly pierce the head. The soldier who originally wanted to take the lead, was too late to make a scream, so he was shot in the head by General Zhong.
General Zhong’s shot only represented a signal. More and more enemies climbed up from outside the city wall. Without General Zhong’s command, the guards roared and slaughtered the enemies in front of them like wild beasts. Past. The most cruel hand-to-hand combat began at the head of Hanyang Military City. The screams of the enemy and us came and went, and almost every scream represented the loss of a life.
"Kill!" Zhang Le no longer looked like usual, his whole person seemed to be in madness, and he kept cutting towards the enemy in front. Soon, the saber in Zhang Le's hand was chopped so that there were many gaps. Finally, when he saw an enemy's helmet, he heard a clang, and the sabre immediately broke into two pieces.
The broken blade flew upside down, leaving a hole in Zhang Le's face. However, Zhang Le didn't care about this at all. He picked up a cat waist from the ground and didn't know whether it was the enemy or his own single-handed blow. With a backhand, he cut the enemy directly to the ground. Although Zhang Le is a literati, in order to adapt to this troubled world, he also learned martial arts, so although Zhang Le is not as powerful as those generals, he is not without the power to resist.
I have to say that Zhang Le's performance greatly motivated the morale of the defending army, and the defending army soldiers also frantically began to counterattack. When the knife is gone, pick up the weapon on the ground and mount it again. If you don't have a weapon, just use your fist to fight. If my fist is injured, I bite it with my teeth.
Never mind that these defenders are not the elites of the Zhao Family Army, but after their morale erupted, they showed strong combat effectiveness. Those enemies who rushed to the head of the city were suppressed by the defenders instead.
At this moment, the archers outside the city can no longer shoot arrows at the city’s head, because the ones leaning on the city’s head are their comrades-in-arms, and these soldiers who climbed the city’s head have all become the meat of the defenders. shield. Even Li Cheng did not continue to give orders indiscriminately at this moment, but was anxious looking at the war on the city.
"Flashing guns randomly." With General Zhong's roar, countless gun shadows suddenly appeared at the head of the city, and dozens of enemy troops were killed by guns in a blink of an eye. Today's General Zhong had to work hard, he used his stunts again and again, and in a blink of an eye he cleared a large area on the city. And relying on General Zhong's supernatural power, the enemy who had already attacked the head of the city was finally killed by the defending soldiers again.
"Damn! Bastard! Rice bucket! A bunch of waste!" Seeing the hard-to-achieve results, it was gone in a blink of an eye. Outside the city, Li Cheng gritted his teeth and brandished his sword again, shouting to the men on the left and right: "Chong! Charge me again! I don't believe it! See if they can stop us from attacking several times!"
"General Li Cheng, don't be impulsive." At this moment, a voice rang from behind Li Cheng. Li Cheng turned his head to see, but Zhao Rong was frowning when he arrived here from behind the army. He looked at himself sullenly.
Not to mention that Li Cheng is usually very arrogant, but Zhao Rong's methods are very sleek, so Li Cheng also regards Zhao Rong as his friend, and naturally he does not speak against Zhao Rong. After snorting, Li Cheng shouted: "General Zhao, wait a while. I will definitely be able to break the Hanyang Military City this time, and let Wang Song see my skills."
"Hold on." Zhao Rong called Li Cheng again, and shook his head to Li Cheng: "General Li Cheng, don't be impulsive. Look at the sky now, it has already begun to darken. If you continue to attack, your soldiers will be able to attack. The loss is too great. It's better to retreat for the time being and wait until tomorrow we come to attack this city." Zhao Rong pointed his finger at the sky above his head. It turned out that the day had passed before he knew it.
Seeing the sun slowly settling into the West Mountain, Li Cheng was full of unwillingness. He waved his fist vigorously and shouted: "No, as long as I have another chance to attack, I will definitely be able to break through Hanyang Military City. Believe me. I definitely can."
Looking at Li Cheng's appearance, Zhao Rong could guess it with his toes. It must be to fight Wang Song. In fact, Zhao Rong didn't bother to care about Li Cheng. But Zhao Rong can feel that this handsome is definitely using the three of them, so they must not lose too much force here, they must retain their strength in order to deal with future variables in the future.
So Zhao Rong continued to persuade: "General Li Cheng, you have killed and injured a lot of the defenders. Even if you let them go for the time being, it doesn't matter. Tomorrow we can continue to attack, and nothing will be delayed. Besides, you If too many soldiers and horses were lost to break through the Hanyang Military City, that might not be a good thing at that time."
Zhao Rong's pun made Li Cheng's body stunned. He immediately thumped his fist, and shouted with a sudden enlightenment on his face: "Yeah! Damn! Wouldn't it be cheaper for me to do this?" General Zhao Rong. You are right. Okay! We will withdraw now. Tomorrow Lao Tzu will take down the Hanyang Military City." After speaking, Li Cheng waved his hand to the lieutenant behind him, signalling Mingjin to retreat.
Seeing Li Cheng's self-righteous guess, Zhao Rong was speechless. Originally, Zhao Rong meant that Zhang Jun might take advantage of the fisherman's profit, but he did not expect Li Cheng to think of Wang Song. But Zhao Rong didn't dare to tell Li Cheng clearly, in case Zhang Jun planted a spy next to Li Cheng. In any case, Li Cheng is considered to have retired, Zhao Rong will temporarily give up, and later find an opportunity to explain to Li Cheng and Wang Song.
With the sound of the gold ringing, the army finally retreated slowly. On the head of the city, the defenders and soldiers who had been fighting for a day in bloody battle were all lying tired on the ground, panting heavily. General Zhong was no exception, except that he was able to barely stand still. After seeing the enemy outside the city retreat into the barracks, he sat down on the ground.
"I said, General Zhong. We finally repelled the enemy." Suddenly a voice came from behind General Zhong. General Zhong subconsciously turned his head to look, but he happened to see Zhang Le's appearance. At this moment, Zhang Le's face was covered with blood, and there was a trace of exhaustion and joy in his eyes.
General Zhong quickly moved aside and licked his chapped lips. He smiled and said to Zhang Le: "Yes! Master Zhang, it seems that Qi's army is not bad. What happened to your legs? Does it hurt?"
"It hurts?" Zhang Le smiled bitterly when he heard General Zhong's words, knocked on the injured leg with his hand, and smiled: "My leg, now I don't feel anything at all, I'm afraid it's even with a knife. Cut. I won't hurt anymore."
"Ah!" General Zhong was taken aback, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to take a look on Zhang Le's lap. It doesn't matter if he doesn't look at it. General Zhong suddenly gasped in shock at this look. I saw that Zhang Le's leg was bloody at the moment, and he didn't know how many knives he had hit. If he didn't get treatment quickly, I'm afraid this leg would be useless.
Just now Zhang Lehui said that, it must be that this leg is already painful and numb, so there is no response. After suffering so many knives, Zhang Le didn't know how painful it was when he was injured. General Zhong felt hurt just thinking about it. It's really a shame that Zhang Le, a scholar, can bear it.
Zhang Le's injury must not be delayed any longer. General Zhong immediately asked Zhang Le to be carried down, and at the same time he began to command the defending soldiers to tidy up the battlefield. Although General Zhong is mentally prepared to die in battle, it doesn't mean that he will sit and wait for death.
Outside the city, Zhao Rong and Li Cheng, who commanded the troops to retreat into the barracks, saw Zhang Jun walking out of the camp with a gloomy expression when they arrived at the entrance of the camp. Behind him, Wang Song followed Zhang Jun sarcastically, with a pair of eyes floating on Li Cheng's body, apparently mocking Li Cheng for boasting about going to Haikou yesterday, but he also failed to return today.
Zhang Jun walked directly in front of Zhao Rong and Li Cheng and asked in a deep voice, "Why withdraw the troops so early? Don't use time as an excuse. Although it is almost evening, it is definitely possible to start again before dark. Impact. Even if this impact cannot take down the city, it will at least consume a lot of the defender’s strength.” Zhang Jun seemed to have guessed that Zhao Rong and Li Cheng would use time as an excuse, so he directly refuted it from the beginning. For this reason.
However, Zhao Rong knew Zhang Jun would come to question for a long time, but he shrugged helplessly and said, "It's not impossible to launch another shock, but Master Liu should have seen it too. The defender at the head of the city is too brave. , The morale of the soldiers was suppressed by him. If you continue to attack, the loss will be too great, isn’t it? General Li Cheng?” As he said, Zhao Rong turned his head and looked towards Li Chengwang.
Li Cheng was suffocating at the moment, and as soon as he approached, he saw Wang Song's weird eyes, and Li Cheng's heart kept on fire, and he almost went crazy. At this time, Zhao Rong suddenly asked the last sentence, which made Li Cheng come back to his senses. Seeing Zhao Rong’s wink, Li Xiangming understood something and hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes! General Zhao Rong is right, General They are all old men who have followed me for many years. I can't let them go to death for nothing. It's better to wait until tomorrow to fight again. Anyway, it won't be long."