In fact, Wang Zongshi’s thoughts, Cui Hu would not be able to see through it. It’s just that Wang Zongshi’s face is hard to say. In short, as long as Wang Zongshi gave up the absurd idea of actively attacking Gao’an, Cui Hu would be fine. Zong Shi said: "Commander. Now what we can do is to defend Nanxiong Prefecture. The most important thing is to break the retreat of Liu Jiajun of the Nan'an Army."
Without a battle, Wang Zongshi couldn't lift his spirits. Regarding what Cui Hu said, Wang Zongshi just waved his hand and left Cui Hu to do it. Cui Hu and others have worked under Wang Zongshi for so many years, Wang Zongshi still knows their abilities.
"Commander. Commander." Just when Cui Hu and the lieutenant were about to leave to carry out military affairs, suddenly a soldier screamed Wang Zongshi while staggering towards this side.
Seeing the appearance of this soldier, Wang Zongshi's trio frowned at the same time. Many of the defenders in Nanxiong Prefecture were soldiers and soldiers who had followed them for many years. This soldier, Wang Zongshi, also recognized all three of them. He was a soldier with a knife and a head, and he was usually a very stable person. How could he be so reckless today
The soldier rushed to the front of Wang Zongshi's trio, and immediately bowed down to Wang Zongshi, and shouted loudly: "Qi, commander. A large number of enemy troops were found outside the city."
"The enemy." The three Wang Zongshi exclaimed at the same time. Just now, Wang Zongshi was still angry because there was no enemy. Why did he suddenly jump out of the enemy out of thin air? The lieutenant who had the same thoughts as Wang Zongshi immediately showed an expression of excitement. He turned his head and smiled at Wang Zongshi: "Commander. Now it's good, there are enemies. Gao'an's servant is not dead or alive. Let's go out and kill now. He's going to be in trouble."
"Wait!" Cui Hu was as cautious as before, stopped the lieutenant, and turned to Wang Zongshi and said: "Commander. Don't go out of the city to meet the enemy easily. In the end, the general thought that Gao'an would definitely not dare to send troops to attack Nanxiong prefecture. There is fraud!"
Don't look at Wang Zongshi's yelling just now, it seems to be very impulsive, but when there really is a battle, Wang Zongshi calmed down, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said to Cui Hu and the lieutenant: "No hurry. Let's get to the city head first. Go up and take a look." After saying that, Wang Zongshi directly raised his leg and walked outside the house, while Cui Hu and the lieutenant also looked at each other and hurriedly followed.
The direction of finding the enemy was the North City Gate, and when Wang Zongshi rushed to the head of the North City, the enemy troops outside the city had already begun to line up. Wang Zongshi stared at the head of the city, and was also taken aback, because the enemy outside the city had tens of thousands of horses. Wang Zongshi's face also sank, and he asked Cui Hu behind him: "Cui Hu. Can you see the origin of the soldiers and horses outside the city?" Wang Zongshi would ask this, because at this moment outside the city. This soldier and horse did not show the flag, and they were wearing very ordinary armor and equipment. At first glance, it looked like an army of bandits and bandits that had been on the road. However, Wang Zongshi would not regard this soldier and horse as an army of thieves. Now that various places have become increasingly stable under the rule of Zhao Zhen and the princes, where there will be such a large army of thieves.
Cui Hu listened to Wang Zongshi’s question and stared at him. After watching for a long time, he couldn’t see the reason. The enemy troops outside the city were all ordinary soldiers, and there were no special people. Cui Hu couldn't see the strangeness. Helpless, Cui Hu could only answer to Wang Zongshi: "Commander. He is incompetent at the end, and he can't see which way he is."
Cui Hu's words caused Wang Zongshi's brows to frown, and at this moment, the deputy on the other side of Wang Zongshi suddenly called out, pointing to the outside of the city and shouting to Wang Zongshi: "Commander. Look. Someone has come out."
Wang Zongshi and Cui Hu immediately looked in the direction of the lieutenant’s fingers. Sure enough, they saw that the enemy’s army formed a channel from the middle position, and nearly a dozen warriors on horseback slowly walked out of the army. Came out and lined up in a row in front of the army. As soon as he saw this platoon of warriors, Wang Zongshi's eyes flashed suddenly, because he saw acquaintances among the crew.
"Zhao Guang? It turned out to be the army of Liu Jiajun." In the past few years, Wang Zongshi led the martial arts landscape army and often fought with Liu Jiajun navy forces. Zhao Guang was the commander in charge of Liu Jiajun navy forces. The two fought dozens of times. In addition, Zhao Guang's length is much more prominent than ordinary war generals, so Wang Zongshi recognized at a glance that the middle person in the row of generals was Zhao Guang.
"Liu Jiajun? Impossible!" Hearing Wang Zongshi's words, Cui Hu couldn't help but exclaimed, but he also recognized Zhao Guang. Looking at the row of generals, he also recognized Zhao Guang. Not only that, he I also recognized the Liu Jiajun generals such as Bai Xi and Chen Wu, so I had to believe that the army outside the city was really Liu Jiajun soldiers and horses. But even so, Cui Hu said incomprehensibly: "Why did Liu Jiajun's soldiers and horses appear here? And there are so many? They have so many soldiers and horses, how can they not guard Nan'an Military City? The army?"
Cui Hu's words also expressed the aspirations of Wang Zongshi and others. It was obviously incomprehensible that Liu Jiajun suddenly appeared outside Nanxiong Prefecture and there were so many people. But at this time, Zhao Guang, who was outside the city, shouted toward the city head: "Wang Zongshi, my army is here, you wait and surrender quickly? When will you wait?"
"Huh!" Hearing Zhao Guang's call, Wang Zongshi snorted coldly, and temporarily put his doubts behind him, and said with a cold face: "These people also want me, Wang Zongshi to surrender without a fight? Dreaming. Come. Ah. Fight the drums. Prepare to meet the enemy." Not to mention Wang Zongshi's loyalty to Zhao Zhen, and now Nanxiong Prefecture is strong and strong, it is impossible to surrender.
There were nearly 20,000 defenders in the city, and with the help of Cui Hu and deputy generals, Wang Zongshi was not afraid of Zhao Guang’s tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Following Wang Zongshi's order, the sound of war drums resounded from the top of the city, which resounded over the entire Nanxiong Prefecture City.
Outside the city, Zhao Guang was not surprised when he heard the drums of war. He seemed to have expected it to be like this. He turned his head and smiled at Liu Yi beside him: "Liu Yi, uh, lord. Wang Zongshi really refused. Surrender, now we can only forcefully attack Nanxiong Zhoucheng."
In the Nan'an Army, Liu Tong, who knew that he had no hope of surviving, had already returned the position of Liu Jiajun to Liu Yi. Now Liu Yi is the leader of the entire Liu Jiajun. Although Zhao Guang has a high prestige, he is in front of so many soldiers. In the face, Liu Yi must also be called an adult and lord. And Liu Yi nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhao Guang. Do everything as you say."
After getting Liu Yi's authorization, Zhao Guang nodded, and then shouted loudly: "General Bai Xi, you lead eight thousand soldiers and horses to the south of the city, pretending to attack the southern city gate. General Chen, you lead eight thousand soldiers and horses to the city. East, pretend to attack the east city gate. General Liu Song, you lead 20,000 troops to the west of the city and storm the west city gate. You must take the west gate today. Your lord, we are also here to launch an attack to attract the defenders of the city."
After Zhao Guang's arrangement, all the generals who were named have clasped their fists and promised, even Liu Yi's younger brother Liu Song was no exception. Zhao Guang's move was fictitious and besieged on three sides, and he felt that he would definitely be able to win Nanxiong City.
After the arrangement, Zhao Guang suddenly turned his head and said behind him: "Several generals, if the battle is deadlocked, I will ask a few others to help. I believe we have a few soldiers and horses as cover. Song Jun can’t recognize a few of them."
After Zhao Guang finished speaking, after a while, a proud voice resounded from the army formation behind Zhao Guang: "Please don't worry about this, Master Zhao, I will know it."
Hearing this, Zhao Guang's mouth twitched, revealing a mysterious smile, but he stopped saying more, turned his head and continued to command the battle. And at the moment when Zhao Guang just turned his head, he cast a very concealed look at the warlords who were about to leave. The warlords saw it, but did not speak, leading the soldiers as usual. set off.
"Split the troops to besiege the city?" Wang Zongshi frowned on the city's head, turned his head and shouted to Cui Hu and the lieutenant named Zhang: "Cui Hu, you take five thousand people to the South City Gate. Zhang Yuntian, you take five. Thousands of people go to the east gate. As for the west gate, um, let Lieutenant General Liu take five thousand people. "Now there are enough defenders in the city, but the problem is that there are not so many generals that can guard the four gates. Cui Hu and Huazhonglong were sent to the South City Gate and East City Gate, where there were more enemies, and one of the other lieutenants was ordered to the West City Gate. Of course, they brought more soldiers and horses.
Upon hearing Wang Zongshi's allocation, Cui Hu hesitated and said to Wang Zongshi: "Commander, you only have less than 5,000 people left on your side. Isn't it too dangerous? In the end, only 5,000 people will be enough. "Cui Hu mentioned that, Hua Zhonglong and the lieutenant named Liu Kaishan also proposed to reduce their own troops. After all, the enemies outside the North City Gate guarded by Wang Zongshi are the most.
However, Wang Zongshi said indifferently: "No need, these five thousand people are enough. I think there is neither Liu Tong nor Nangong Xiong among the generals outside the city. I don't care about the other generals. Go ahead!"
Wang Zongshi said so, and Cui Hu and others are not good at sticking to it anymore, they can only follow Wang Zongshi's instructions. However, Cui Hu and others secretly made up their minds to pay attention to Wang Zongshi's movements at all times. If Wang Zongshi's troops are out of service, they will immediately send people to assist Wang Zongshi.
After Cui Hu and others left with their soldiers and horses, the city also appeared to be much looser. Wang Zongshi immediately set up a line of defense at the city, ready to meet the enemy's attack. Outside the city, seeing the orderly changes on the top of the city, Zhao Guang couldn’t help nodding his head, his eyes showed approval, and he sighed: “Wang Zongshi is quite a general, no wonder Song Emperor Zhao Zhen would He entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. It is a pity that this person cannot be used by Liu Jiajun."
Liu Yi on the side also nodded in agreement and sighed: "The Song Army’s tent is full of talented people. It’s no wonder that the Song Army’s soldiers and horses have been invincible over the past few years, retreating from the north, defeating Qi, Nanping Zhao Gou and all the heroes. It is Wang Zongshi, Cui Hu and Zhang Kaishan under Wang Zongshi are also rare talents. I heard that Cui Hu was still a guard of Zhao Zhen at the beginning. Zhao Zhen’s account was under the four major army groups in the north and south, plus the imperial guards. Yun! I really can't figure out how Song Emperor Zhao Zhen could recognize so many talents with his eyes."
Hearing both Liu Yi and Zhao Guang admired the enemy general, the general behind Liu Yi, Wang Ziping, stopped doing it. He snorted, and said with a full face, "My lord and Mr. Zhao praised the adversary too much. That's it. Wang Zongshi is not three-headed and six-armed. What's so great. Your lord! Mr. Zhao! Let the final admiral go to the city and take the head of Wang Zongshi. By the way! There is also Cui Hu." The anger of hatred flashed in his eyes.
Zhao Guang was taken aback, and then remembered, that year, outside the city of Ji Qinshan, it was Wang Zongshi who led the soldiers and horses to surround Liu Tong’s retreat, and Wang Yuanhua, Wang Ziping’s father, died at Cui Hu’s. Under the knife. No wonder Wang Ziping's temper is a bit wrong!
Zhao Guang originally wanted to stop Wang Ziping, but after looking back, even if it was a feint, at least he had to send someone to attack. Anyway, he had to send someone to him. It would be better to let Wang Ziping do it. Immediately, Zhao Guang nodded and said: "Okay. Ziping, I will assign you eight thousand men and horses to attack the city, but remember that your task is just a feint attack, just drag Wang Zongshi's defenders. Don't be impulsive. Wait until the attack is broken. Once the city is over, Wang Zongshi and Cui Hu can both be handed over to you." In the end, Zhao Guang did not forget to tell Wang Ziping, lest he act impulsively and ruin his siege plan.
Wang Ziping didn't expect that Zhao Guang would actually agree to his request. He was very happy. Zhao Guang asked him to agree with his head. When even he fisted at Zhao Guang and Liu Yi next to him, he shouted: "My lord! Mr. Zhao! Don't worry, at the end. I will remember the words of the adults." After speaking, Wang Ziping hurriedly hurriedly placed his soldiers and horses and slew towards Nanxiong Prefecture City.
"Kill--!" With the sound of the war drums, the soldiers and horses of Liu Jiajun who were already in place on all sides of the city gate began to attack at the same time. Looking down from the sky, Liu Jiajun outside Nanxiong Prefecture was like a black tide, from the south. Pouring from all around Xiongzhou City. And the defenders on the front of the city didn't mean the slightest fear, and under the command of their respective generals, they carried out a defensive counterattack.
Among the defense equipment, the most indispensable, naturally bows and arrows. The Song Army has always valued the provision of war materials, and the bows and arrows reserved in Nanxiong Prefecture are absolutely sufficient. In the orders of the respective generals, countless arrows poured out of the city. Those arrows fell on the Liu Jiajun's army outside the city, and took the lives of many Liu Jiajun soldiers in a blink of an eye.
However, for the threat of arrows, those Liu Jiajun soldiers who were not shot by the arrows turned a blind eye, gritted their teeth and continued to rush forward. Soon, a ladder was erected on the city wall, and Liu Jiajun's generals were densely packed, climbing on the ladder like ants, and rushing towards the top of the city.
Obviously arrows alone can’t stop the enemy’s impact. On the city’s head, the shield soldiers and pikemen have also begun to help, throwing down the rocks that had been prepared for a long time on the city’s head with fire and thunder bombs. . The rocks mixed with fire and thunder ammunition fell and exploded with a roar, and the rubble flew across. With good luck, I managed to avoid the rocks mixed with fire and thunder ammunition. I was almost lucky. The rocks mixed with fire and thunder ammunition directly hit the key, blood flowed like a puff, and fell from the ladder with screams.
However, the screams and bloody smell of the companions further aroused the bloodiness of the surviving Liu's soldiers. They roared one by one, taking over the positions vacated by their comrades at a faster speed, and continued to climb upwards.
"Damn! These boys are really not afraid of death." The first Liu Jiajun soldier who climbed to the top of the city was killed with a single knife guarding the city. Loudly shouted to the soldiers on the left and right: "The swordsman guards the right. The spearmen guards the left. The archers continue to shoot and attack." Don't look at Zhang Yuntian's carelessness. He has been a general for such a long time.
Under the command of Zhang Yuntian, the guards and soldiers were immediately divided into three parts. Zhang Yuntian himself took a group of soldiers to guard in the middle. As long as the enemy climbed up to the city head, Zhang Yuntian and others had to deal with it.
Chen Wu, who was commanding operations outside the city, frowned, but soon he was relieved. His mission was just a feint, in order to delay the defenders. Seeing the large number of defenders on the front of the city, this proves that his mission is done well. Immediately, Chen Wu shouted to the herald behind him: "Order the soldiers to attack slowly. Don't go in dryly." Although Chen Wu has 8,000 troops in his hands, he wants to rely on these people compared to the defenders on the front of the city. It is obviously not realistic to break through the city gate. Although it is a bit distressing, it can only be spent with the lives of the soldiers. I hope that there will be a good news from the east side of the city.