"General, our army is fully prepared. The hour has come. General, please give the order to attack the city!"
Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and half an hour passed in a blink of an eye.
The following came to report that everything was ready. Li Dingguo nodded and immediately gave the order: "Okay! Let's start attacking the city!"
Use the fastest speed to capture Heyue City for me, and whoever gets there first will advance to three levels in a row! Reward a hundred taels of silver! "
"yes!"
It didn't take long for Li Dingguo's order to spread throughout the army.
"The general has an order! The entire army attacks the city! The first to reach the city will be promoted to three levels in a row! A reward of 100 taels of silver will be given!"
"The general has an order! The entire army attacks the city! The first to reach the city will be promoted to three levels in a row! A reward of 100 taels of silver will be given!"
"The general has an order! The entire army attacks the city! The first to reach the city will be promoted to three levels in a row! A reward of 100 taels of silver will be given!"
As soon as this generous reward came out, the morale of the entire army was immediately mobilized!
"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"
The soldiers of the Ping Japanese Army let out roars of morale and began to attack the city!
The entire army began to press forward!
In the city, as soon as the Ping Japanese Army made a move, someone immediately reported the matter to Zhao Ansheng, who had come to supervise the battle near the city wall.
Zhao Ansheng was immediately shocked!
"Why so fast!"
But then he realized that no matter how surprised he was, it was an indisputable fact that the Japanese army had begun to attack the city. He immediately ordered the Zhengbei Gate to start defensive preparations!
He didn't need to say anything here. When the defenders on the city realized that the Japanese and Japanese troops were approaching, they already clenched their weapons and got ready.
Pots of golden juice, rolling logs and hammering stones were all prepared on the city wall. Everyone nervously looked at the Ping Japanese army getting closer and closer, and their hands could not help but be covered with cold sweat.
At the main south gate, Song Deren and others also received the news that the Japanese army had begun to attack. Song Deren laughed and immediately ordered:
"Since the brothers from the Ping Japanese Army have already started fighting, we naturally can't fall behind others. I don't want to lose the bet!
Send an order to the entire army! Siege the city! "
"promise!"
…
The whole body moves with one touch.
The movement of the Ping Japanese Army was like a sleeping lion being awakened. The situation that had fallen into a brief, strange, calm and balanced situation due to the tacit understanding of the three parties was instantly broken, and all three parties started to move!
"Go! Go! Go!"
At the north gate of Heyue City, the catapults of the Ping Japanese Army had already begun to enter the battlefield. Stones as big as watermelons fell on the north gate wall like raindrops, smashing the entire north gate into a mess.
Under the city, the officers and soldiers of the Ping Japanese Army were pushing the ramming ladder truck and even Lu Gong's car as they desperately approached the city wall.
Taking advantage of the power of the catapult, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed directly to the city fifty steps down, and then they were discovered by the defenders on the top of the city and reacted.
Under the pressure of the Zhao family, the defenders at the top of the city began to defend the city against the falling rocks that would fall on their heads at any time.
Those who had bows and arrows would shoot arrows, and those who had no arrows would wait until the Taira-Japanese army approached and throw logs and rocks down!
This caused some trouble for the charging Japanese troops.
But when they thought about the reward for climbing first, they all suddenly became excited again, and rushed down to the city regardless of the things falling from the sky.
The soldiers pushing the crashed car took advantage of the cover of the crashed car and rushed all the way into the city gate.
Looking at the tall city gate, a dozen soldiers of the Japanese and Japanese armies who were turning and pushing the carts rubbed their hands together excitedly. The captain in the lead said loudly:
"Brothers, as long as we open this door, the reward for getting in first will belong to us! Work harder later!"
"Captain, don't worry! We've gone through so many city gates, we must not let others take away our first pass!"
"That's it! Let's do it!"
"Let's do it!"
Everyone's morale was high, and the captain no longer wasted any time, and gave an order for everyone to take their places.
"One, two, three! Hit!"
"One, two, three! Hit!"
"One, two, three! Crash!!!"
Everyone tried their best to push the car and hit it hard towards the city gate!
boom! boom! boom!
The huge and thick city gate creaked under the impact of the collision, which further stimulated the nerves of the people pushing the collision car. They all got excited and used more force to hit the city gate fiercely!
Crunch! Crunch!
The back and forth collisions made the city gate overwhelmed. The huge metal horn in front of the car was specially designed to break the door. It was knocked down one after another. Even if the city gate of Heyue City was big enough and thick enough, it couldn't hold it back for long!
After about a quarter of an hour of banging, a click was finally heard, and the entire city gate was shattered instantly.
Just when the people pushing the crash car thought they had boarded first and were preparing to celebrate, they were dumbfounded when they saw the scene behind the city gate.
It turns out that the back of the North City Gate has been blocked!
The Zhao family had known for a long time that they couldn't stop it by simply flashing the door, so they blocked the North City Gate with earth, rocks and various debris, leaving no gaps.
Now I opened the city gate and took a look, okay!
What a waste!
The blockage in the city gate cannot be cleared away in a short while, and there are not enough manpower for just a dozen of them.
Finally, looking at the blocked city gate, the collision soldiers could only leave in disappointment.
This first sign-in reward seems to be out of reach for them.
And just as they were desperately slamming into the city gate, the Ping Japanese army outside had already fought against the defenders.
With the help of chariots and wooden curtains, a large number of Japanese soldiers rushed to the city. Then it was the turn of ladder chariots and Lu Gong chariots to appear.
The long ladder truck fastened the ladder firmly to the wall, and the soldiers climbed up along the ladder desperately holding round shields above their heads.
The defenders began to pour defensive materials onto the ladder, desperately trying to cut off the ladder.
However, the front section of the ladder was made of fine iron, and the defenders could not stop hacking away at it. In the end, they could only fight hand-to-hand with the Taira-Japanese troops who rushed up the ladder.
While standing on Lu Gong's chariot to defeat the Japanese soldiers, they relied on their height advantage to continuously rain down arrows on the city wall, causing a lot of damage to the defenders on the city wall.
"General! I can't stand it anymore! My brothers can't hold it any longer!"
"Fart! You have to keep it even if you can't keep it! Is the Zhao family raising you for so many years just for you to reply that you can't keep it?
You guys hold on, I'll go ask the head of the family for help! Remember, the city must not be lost before I come back! "
"General! I can't hold it! I really can't hold it! Don't leave!"
"You must keep it!"
Zhao Ansheng was sitting on the North City Wall, constantly receiving messages for help from everywhere.
What’s anxious is that I’m anxious, but I don’t know what to do.
Now that he has no soldiers in his hands, where can he get reinforcements for them?
He didn't expect that the enemy was so strong. They were defending the city!
The opponent didn't have much more troops than they did, but the siege actually overwhelmed the defenders. What was going on!
"Master, please ask for reinforcements at the South City Gate. The seven thousand defenders are now less than two thousand. If we don't send people, we will lose it!"
"Master, please ask for help from the west gate! There are less than a thousand of them!"
"The head of the family, Beicheng, is reporting urgently. There are less than 800 people on the city wall! The opponent has climbed to the top of the city through the ladder. We are trying our best to stop it, but we can't stop it!"
"Hold! Hold! Hold on! There are no reinforcements. If we can't hold on, we will all die! Let them fight hard!"
Zhao An walked back and forth angrily, and the news he received made him furious.
Seeing that the situation was already so critical, the Fifth Patriarch still sat there calmly.
When Zhao Ansheng saw it, he hurriedly said as if grasping a life-saving straw: "Fifth Patriarch, please think of a way! The city is about to be broken! I can't hold on anymore!"
Looking up at the sun, the Fifth Patriarch finally put down the tea cup in his hand, sighed and asked, "Have the arrangements been made?"
Zhao Ansheng was stunned: "Fifth Patriarch, you..."
The fifth ancestor of the Zhao family glanced at him and continued: "Your son should have left the city, right?"
Zhao Ansheng lowered his head: "Fifth Patriarch, I..."
The Fifth Patriarch shook his head, smiled, and said slowly: "No need to feel guilty, it's just human nature.
Do you think we can really stop both the imperial court and the Japanese army? "
"Then you still..."
"Only in this way will the imperial court believe that our Zhao family has really been destroyed. Otherwise, even if our Zhao family escapes today, how long can they persist under the pursuit of the imperial court?
Only if the imperial court sees that my Zhao family has tried its best to destroy its foundation, will the imperial court let my Zhao family survive.
Do you think you were the only one who arranged for your heir to escape?
Do you believe that other rooms have also taken corresponding actions?
No one is a fool, everyone will leave a way out for themselves.
Everyone knows their own ending, but they all do it voluntarily to leave a way for their heirs to survive.
Now, it's time for us to die.
There is no need to take care of the city wall. Let everyone go back to Zhao Mansion. If we die, we will die in our own homes. "
Zhao Ansheng nodded silently and arranged the matter.
Soon, all the Zhao family members who were originally guarding the four city walls received the news, and tacitly stopped what they were doing and gathered together at the Zhao Mansion.
In Heyue City, there are more than 2,000 people from the Zhao family's main line and branch lines.
Nearly a thousand people were killed in the battle to defend the city, and only less than 700 people finally returned to the Zhao family.
A large group of people in Wuyangyang were ready to die and returned to the place where they grew up, quietly waiting for the final arrival.
When the Zhao family left, the defenders on the four walls who had been resisting difficulties quickly collapsed without a commander, and the North City Gate was the first to be breached.
After cleaning the city gates from inside and outside, the army quickly entered the city and headed straight for the Zhao family.
Shortly afterwards, the South Gate and West Gate were also breached, and the Japanese troops quickly gathered in the direction of the Zhao Mansion.
At this time, more than 700 Zhao family members gathered in the mansion.
However, Zhao Ansheng, the head of the Zhao family, and the Fifth Patriarch stood quietly at the door of the house, as if waiting for something.
Not long after, the vanguard of the Japanese army arrived at the gate of Zhao Mansion.
Li Dingguo soon received the news that the Zhao family was abnormal and stepped forward.
But Zhao Ansheng and the Fifth Ancestor seemed to have not seen him, and still stood quietly where they were.
Someone came forward and suggested: "General, should we..."
Li Dingguo shook his head and said softly as if he understood something: "No, just wait."
"What are you waiting for?"
"Waiting to support the Japanese army."
In less than two quarters of an hour, the Japanese army also arrived at the scene. Song Deren saw the strange scene at the scene and led his people forward.
When they saw the Japanese troops arriving, Zhao Ansheng and his two men, who had not made any movement just now, finally reacted.
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(End of chapter)
