The Nancheng siege army was commanded by Liu Zongmin. Li Guo, Hao Yaoqi, Gao Yigong and other most of the bandit leaders were under his command and were commanding various troops to attack the city bravely.
Seeing the troops climbing up the wall and fighting desperately, the officers and soldiers were in a desperate situation. Although they resisted tenaciously, there was nothing they could do for a while. The firepower and troop strength of both sides were equal. When they met on a narrow road, the brave would win. Now we have reached a critical juncture. If we can win the battle in one go, At the south gate, Taiyuan City is destroyed.
Just like Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, as the commander-in-chief of Nancheng, sat behind the formation and paid full attention to every move on the city. His generals had already crossed the moat and went to the headquarters in front of the formation to command the siege.
So when Chang Yu's thousands of troops suddenly came from Yichun Gate, Liu Zongmin didn't notice it at all. He didn't even notice the thieves attacking the city close at hand. Why did the officers and soldiers suddenly come to him? .
There are too many thieves!
Li Zicheng used the Yichun Gate in the east city and the South Gate in the south city as the main gates to attack the city. Therefore, under this section of the city, there were densely packed bandits roaring like chicken blood. They were not afraid of the huge rocks and rolling trees on the city and swarmed to attack the city...
Chang Yu led thousands of cavalry, marched from Yichun Gate around the city wall along the moat, and brandished their swords towards the west. The massacre continued. It was only when they were approaching the Xiaonan Gate that they attracted Liu Zongmin's attention.
Sure enough, it was clear to onlookers, but Li Guo and others in front of the formation didn't even notice.
"Whose person is that?" Liu Zongmin was shocked and yelled.
"Are they officers and soldiers?" A soldier beside him asked doubtfully.
"fart"
Liu Zongmin roared angrily: "Where did the officers and soldiers come from? They jumped down from the city. The heavy troops at the east gate are attacking the city. Could it be that these officers and soldiers flew over their heads..."
"General, general, the officers and soldiers came out from the east gate. King Chuang ordered to mobilize the mountain camp to support..." At this moment, Li Zicheng's messenger arrived.
What! Liu Zongmin turned pale. He was really an officer and soldier. Why did the officers and soldiers suddenly come out...
He couldn't figure it out, and there was no time for him to think about it.
There are 50,000 to 60,000 troops at the east gate, and Li Zicheng actually ordered the Zhenshan Camp to be mobilized to support him. This means that the situation is still critical, and there are already officers and men fighting here. It is possible that Zhang Nai on the other side of the east gate can no longer withstand it. .
Liu Zongmin suddenly felt his heart tightening. This was a particularly bad feeling.
"Quickly pass to Li Guo, resist the troops at Xiaonanmen, you... quickly go find Luo Hu..." Liu Zongmin actually started to panic.
Seeing the fierce fighting in the city, and when it was difficult to distinguish, suddenly the officers and soldiers rushed out of the city from the east gate. It was beyond everyone's expectation. Not to mention how shocked Liu Zongmin was at this time, one person was even more shocked. .
This is Zhou Yuji, the commander-in-chief of the officers and soldiers who is commanding the counterattack in the city.
At this time, Zhou Yuji organized a counterattack covering firepower for the rebels on the west side of the Xiaonan Gate. He saw a fierce battle at the top of the city in the direction of the Great South Gate. The rebels continued to board the city. The situation was precarious, but for a while there was no other good way to retreat the enemy, so he could only As Chang Yu said, counterattack the rebels' firepower from the flanks first, delay their assault on the city, and buy time for the officers and soldiers on the city to kill the rebels who have already boarded the city.
Moreover, he believed that Chang Yu was in charge of the Great South Gate. With the murderous and militant virtues, the bandit army would undoubtedly reach the sky if they wanted to capture the Great South Gate quickly. As long as the two of them cooperated tacitly, one resisted hard and the other side attacked. After a little time, the danger of the Great South Gate can be resolved.
After all, the bandit army has been attacking the city for more than an hour. After several waves, they are already exhausted. Although they still look fierce at this time, they are actually at the end of their strength. They are gritting their teeth and holding back their last breath. Once they cannot take the city head for a long time, their strength will be lost. has been eliminated, the troops must retreat.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers only need to grit their teeth and resist this last wave of violent storm to see victory.
The question is whether we can withstand this tsunami of bandits.
He really wanted to fight side by side with that kid and kill the bandit army. Seeing the fierce melee at the head of the South Gate in the distance, Zhou Yuji felt so proud and full of fighting spirit.
Suddenly, he felt something was wrong for no reason, but he couldn't find what was wrong for the moment...
The sound of killing!
Zhou Yuji suddenly realized that the rhythm of the killing sounds below the city was different from before. He was confused and walked quickly towards the city wall. He glanced up and suddenly had a look of astonishment on his face.
The sound of killing outside the city was loud. A group of men and horses came from the east and rushed left and right among the rebels. It was like entering an uninhabited country. Wherever they went, the rebels ran for their lives.
What the hell is going on? Seeing the chaos in the city, Zhou Yuji also didn't react. He even wondered if someone in the rebel army had betrayed him. Yes, it was possible that the original troops and generals had betrayed him.
But it’s impossible to think about it.
While he was doubting, the soldiers around him suddenly shouted and pointed to the east. Zhou Yuji looked up and was shocked again. There were a large number of rebels fleeing in the southeast, and a large number of pursuers could be vaguely seen in the darkness...
Who the hell can tell me what happened? Even Zhou Yuji, who was always as steady as a rock, put his head in his hands and looked confused, unable to calm down.
"Reinforcements must be reinforcements."
There is the way of personal soldiers.
Reinforcements? Where did the reinforcements come from? Those few thousand people at Yanmen Pass? impossible!
Reinforcements from Datong Mansion? Or which bodyguard the emperor of Beijing sent...
Zhou Yuji hit his head hard and couldn't understand.
"My lord, this is the factory supervisor." A messenger sent by Shisheng finally found Zhou Yuji!
Fuck! Zhou Yuji immediately felt dizzy, this dead eunuch...
Then Zhou Yuji lay on the wall, looking at the melee with anger on his face, trying to find the figure of the dead eunuch. However, there was chaos below, and the torches flickered on and off, and the sight was not good, so he could not find the dead eunuch at all. Guy.
How audacious! How audacious!
Zhou Yuji gritted his teeth angrily. Chang Yu's move was serious. This damn eunuch simply didn't take the lives of one hundred thousand people in Taiyuan seriously!
"The factory supervisor, together with the two generals Yang Zhenwei and He Chengxin, led four thousand cavalry to kill the rebels from Yinghui Gate. They attacked the rebel army outside Yichun Gate from the side. The rebel army was in chaos. The commander-in-chief opened the city and led his troops to kill the enemy. They were attacked from both sides. , the bandits fled..."
The messenger made a long story short, but Zhou Yuji was angry, angry, surprised and happy. He was angry that Chang Yu acted without permission, and angry that several generals waded into the muddy waters with him. Even Ying Shisheng participated. He was shocked. It was a dangerous move, but fortunately it worked. The Yichunmen bandit army fled!
"General, look at the thieves..." the soldiers shouted again.
Zhou Yuji frowned and saw that the city was already in chaos. Chang Yu's sharp blade had passed through the small south gate and headed straight for the big south gate. It caused panic wherever it went and actually stalled the rebel army's offensive.
What's more important is that behind this sharp blade, there is also a machete, a large army that suits the times!
Ying Shisheng really didn't expect that such a fierce bandit army during the attack on the city would suddenly be so vulnerable. Before his army could fully leave the city, the bandit army began to flee.
In fact, these thieves were already exhausted after an hour of fierce fighting, and when they saw the cavalry suddenly coming to kill them, they were shocked even more than Zhou Yuji. They couldn't understand what was going on, and they had no intention of fighting again until the time came. After Sheng's army rushed out of the city, there was only one word in his mind, escape!
The wind was high and the night was dark, and there were sounds of killing all around. These bandit troops had already lost their souls, so no matter how Zhang Nai tried to stabilize his position, he failed in the end. He didn't even wait for Luo Hu's Zhenshan Battalion to come to help, and they were completely defeated. Flee down.
Seeing the traitor army like this, Ying Shisheng detached a group of troops to hunt down Zhang Nai's deserters, and then personally led the main force to kill Nancheng following Chang Yu's sharp blade.
But before Chang Yu's sharp knife reached the south gate, his progress was blocked, because at this time not only Liu Zongmin behind the formation noticed him, but also Li Guo and other generals who were supervising the battle by the moat also noticed this. Mutations.
Of course, when they first found out, everyone was shocked, but after all, they were all veterans on the battlefield, so they responded as quickly as possible, which was to intercept this team.
If this cavalry is allowed to reach the gate of the South Gate, it will cause irreparable consequences to the rebel army, and the results of the night will be in vain!
Li Guo was one of the few brave and resourceful generals in the bandit army. He was as surprised as everyone else at first, but he quickly realized that this group of troops came from the east, which meant that the east gate... Then he looked east, and Confirm what is in your heart.
This is a risky move for the officers and soldiers, but it is very effective. The only person who dares to take such a risk is the dead eunuch. After all, with Zhou Yuji's stability, it is absolutely impossible for him to do such an unreasonable thing.
"Hao Yongzhong, go and intercept that force. Your old friend is here. Luo Hu is going to support him." Li Guo shouted and began to mobilize troops to surround Chang Yu.
