The rebel siege team slowly moved towards Jianmen Pass. The front siege team composed of bandits stopped just a stone's throw away from the pass city wall.
Everyone in the team looked fearful and solemn, looking at the crossbows, spears, rolling logs and stones of the defending officers and soldiers on the city wall in front of them, as well as the boiling oil and the defensive weapons such as the wolf fang beater and the Yaksha hammer. Dare not move forward.
Dou Shengxing and other generals who were far behind the troops noticed the strange situation in front, ordered the soldiers to beat drums to cheer for the troops in front, and at the same time ordered the supervising team to press forward.
There is a fortified city in front and a supervisory team behind, making this siege force a dead end no matter whether it advances or retreats. A bandit leader named Cui Dacheng gritted his teeth and shouted: "If you die, you will die for tens of millions of years. If you retreat, you will die. If you move forward to attack the city, there may be a way to survive. Those who want to survive, charge with me! Charge!" "
After saying that, Cui Dacheng roared and rushed forward with a sword. Seeing this, the rest of the people either set up ladders or held bows and arrows, roaring and rushing forward...
After luckily escaping a hail of arrows, Cui Dacheng rushed to the city wall brandishing his sword and climbed up the ladder set up on the city wall. This city wall, which is nearly three feet high, is nothing compared to the walls of big cities such as Chengdu and Zizhou. But even though the city wall was only three feet high, Cui Dacheng managed to escape the bows and arrows and boiling oil fired from the top of the city before luckily climbing to the top of the city.
The moment he climbed up to the top of the city, Cui Dacheng was ecstatic. Although he was a bandit, he also understood that the "first to climb" would be rewarded heavily in terms of merit. He really got a good fortune, being the first one. Climb to the top of the city, and luckily there are not many defenders on this section of the city wall.
But when he jumped off the ladder and came to the top of the city, he found a young man standing not far away from him, holding a spear and looking at him coldly. The look in his eyes made his scalp numb and he swallowed. , gritted his teeth and roared, holding a knife to kill the young man.
The young man snorted coldly and raised the spear in his hand to welcome him. Cui Dacheng slashed down with his sword, but the young man sidestepped to avoid it. At the same time, he raised the spear in his hand. With a simple move, the tip of the spear pierced Cui Dacheng's abdomen, and blood surged out along with his intestines.
Cui Dacheng stared blankly at his slashed abdomen, seemingly forgetting the pain. He didn't expect that this young man's martial arts skills were so strong, and he could be killed with just one move. Just as he was dazed for a moment, the young man kicked him off the city wall without hesitation.
The moment his body fell at the top of the city, Cui Dacheng looked at the blue sky with gradually blurred eyes, "It's such a good weather," he suddenly thought in his heart.
He was originally a bandit in a nearby village. He gradually became a small leader because he dared to fight. After hearing that Li Shun led his army to conquer Chengdu, he wanted to take advantage of the situation and gain wealth, so he led hundreds of people in the village. , joined the rebel army in the northern expedition to Jianmen Pass, but he didn't expect that he would risk his life doing so. "Oh, it shouldn't have been like this!" He sighed in his heart.
Cui Dacheng's body fell heavily to the ground. The bright sky above his head was gradually obscured by a slowly enlarging stone. When the stone fell on his face and covered all the light, his life was frozen at this moment.
Yang Yunfan on the top of the city shook the blood stains on his spear and murmured: "On the battlefield, a spear is really better than a long sword!" The master once said: a sword has two edges, it can hurt others as well as yourself. Think before you draw your sword, it is suitable for walking in rivers and lakes. The spear has only one blade, which means it can advance without retreating. It requires an indomitable momentum to hold it, so it is more suitable for battlefield fighting.
Groups of rebels outside the city wall had just fallen, and another group of rebels swarmed behind them, like waves crashing against the rocks. Several parts of the Jianmenguan city wall are already dangerous, and it seems that they may be breached at any time in the next moment.
When Dou Shengxing saw this, he was furious. He ordered Yu Wu to lead more than 3,000 elite soldiers to attack the city, hoping to strike while the iron was hot and capture the city wall in one go. More than 3,000 elite soldiers of the rebel army acted upon hearing the order and rushed towards the city wall. Amidst the deafening roars, the inconspicuous city wall seemed to be shaking.
At this most critical moment, Yang Yunfan suddenly took out a flag from the inside of the city wall, waved it toward the north a few times, and then mobilized all the soldiers guarding the city to shout loudly: "The Forbidden Army has arrived! The Forbidden Army has arrived!" He shouted with joy on his face.
Looking at the actions of the officers and soldiers guarding the city, all the rebels who were attacking the city looked at each other blankly, and their siege actions also stalled. Dou Shengxing reacted quickly after being stunned for a moment, and ordered everyone that this was a treacherous plot by the enemy and not to hesitate and continue to attack the city.
Just when the cavalry was conveying orders to the troops in front, the people attacking the city saw the dusty sky on the north side of the Jianmenguan city wall, and there was a rumbling sound. From a distance, it sounded like a large group of cavalry galloping. Thinking back to what the officers and soldiers guarding the city shouted, the truth seems to be self-evident, the Imperial Guards have arrived.
At the thought of this, the rebel soldiers under the city became timid and had no intention of fighting anymore, so they retreated one after another. The supervising team behind the team could not stop them and also retreated one after another. The retreating army rushed towards the Chinese army camp like an ebbing tide.
Faced with such a situation again, Dou Shengxing was furious, but the defeat was complete and could not be undone in a short time. Under Li Taotao's persuasion, Dou Shengxing moved back under the protection of his own soldiers and retreated for more than ten miles. Then it stopped.
Seeing that there were no pursuers in the city, the retreating rebels regrouped amidst the scoldings of the generals of each team and moved closer to the Chinese army where Dou Shengxing was.
Obviously, just as Dou Shengxing said, this was a trick by the defending officers and soldiers, and the rebels fell into the trap. There was no forbidden army coming at all, everything was an illusion created by the enemy, and everyone was frightened by this illusion and retreated for more than ten miles. Thinking of this, everyone was filled with shame and anger, and they shouted loudly to kill all these treacherous officers and soldiers after breaking the city.
Morale has been depleted and it is no longer possible to continue the siege today. Dou Shengxing had no choice but to order to camp on the spot, rest for a day, and continue the siege tomorrow. He ordered that several soldiers who were leading the escape be beheaded and sent a warning to all the troops.
At the top of the city at Jianmen Pass, Shangguan was laughing loudly, looking at the rebels fleeing in embarrassment, and said: "The wise nephew really had a clever idea. He used a small number of soldiers to ride horses and pull branches back and forth to create a dusty sky full of thousands of horses. The scene really frightened these rebels,"
Shangguan Ji Yu on the side smiled and added: "Those soldiers beating the drums are the finishing touch. The sound of the drums is messy and rapid, like the vibration of horse hooves. Combined with the flying dust in the sky, how can people not believe it!"
Yang Yunfan just smiled lightly when he heard this, and then said solemnly: "The rebels under the city have only retreated slightly and have not collapsed. This shows that their organization is still there. After they regroup, they will definitely come to attack again tomorrow." City, when the time comes, we will have no choice but to fight hard.”
