Li Qian walked several times to the gap in the defense line, swung his long knife through half a circle, and forced the invading enemy back.

The two Liang soldiers looked at each other and wanted to join forces to attack Li Qian. Unexpectedly, only one of them rushed forward. Li Qian responded with attack and slashed out with his long sword. Taking advantage of the long weapon, he slashed the man's neck with his sword.

Before he died, the man looked at his teammates in disbelief. If the two of them attacked together, this would be a perfect opportunity for him to kill. However, his companions stood still, motionless.

That Liang Jun fell to the ground at the sound, and even to his death he didn't understand why his teammates didn't move.

My teammates felt miserable because they were hit by an arrow in the knee.

It's still moving.

Li Qian gave the troops on the side an affirmative look, stepped forward again, and chopped down the Liang Jun. Without any pause, Li Qian returned to his original position. Although someone came up to make up for it, the battle was over and he fell down again. , as the casualties above the city head increased, the defense force became increasingly stretched.

"I don't know what happened to Wei Chang." Li Qian was worried. Although Xu Qian was also a bit rude, he was a scribe after all, not as rough as him.

Because there were fewer people throwing rolling stones and wood, Liang Jun climbed up faster, and more and more Liang Jun landed on the top of the city. From the initial situation where they were guarding the parapet and had the upper hand, to when they all Jumping off the female wall has become a battle with Li Qian for the top of the city.

Seeing that the situation is not right, if we continue like this, we will lose the city head and then the city gate due to being outnumbered.

"Take out all the kerosene and burn their ladders!" Li Qian reluctantly ordered.

So he led a group of troops to fight up and recapture the female wall. His men immediately started pouring kerosene down the ladder and lit it with fire. The sound of howling ghosts and howling wolves and billowing black smoke were immediately heard from the city.

The pressure on the city head suddenly dropped. Under the fierce fighting of Li Qian's soldiers, more than ten ladders were burned down, and the city head was defended.

At this time, Li Qian was not only covered in blood, the enemy's, but also his own. His face was also covered in smoky black, and he was in a miserable state. His original arrow wounds had not healed, and today there were a few more wounds. He originally fought with gritted teeth, but it was nothing. It feels like, but once it stops, it hurts so much that it makes you gasp even if you move.

However, Li Qian didn't have any time to rest, because Liang Jun under the city carried ladders and launched another attack.

Yin Kui already knows the weaknesses of Li Qian and his troops, which is that their strength is uneven, their numbers are limited, and there are only a few county soldiers. They have defended the city for two rounds before. Today, they adopted the four-gate siege tactic. , the soldiers rushed to the top of the city, indicating that Li Qian was at the end of his battle. At this time, Yin Kui naturally would not give him a chance to breathe.

When Li Qian saw the army coming to kill him, he felt helpless in his heart.

"Brothers! You have followed Li through life and death, surrendered yourself to the King of Bohai, and been ordered to guard Shanyang. I completely rely on you. However, the enemy is so powerful that it may be difficult to do good today. However, I want to live and die with Shanyang!" Li Qian shouted loudly.

"Master, you are as kind as a mountain to me, and I am willing to follow you to the death!"

"Yes, without the head of the family, we would have been exposed to the wilderness long ago. Even if we live with us today, so what!"

"Gan! The master of the house gave me land, and I just married my mother-in-law last month. If Shanyang is gone, everything I have will be gone!"

When Li Qian heard this, he corrected him: "Wrong! Your land was given to you by the King of Bohai. It was originally the Yuan family's land! The Yuan family wants to take it back, are you willing?"

"I don't want to! I don't want to!" the musicians shouted loudly.

Li Qian planned to use this to boost his morale and face the final battle. Without the kerosene, he no longer knew how to defend. The only way was to block the city and fight in blood. He didn't know what happened to the other three gates. Presumably at the critical moment, they will also throw out the last trump card of kerosene. No matter which one, victory or defeat depends on today!

"Since you don't want to, what should you do?" Li Qian guided.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The morale at the top of the city was ignited. The fighting spirit of Li's tribe was high, no less than at the beginning. Li Qian was sincerely pleased. It seemed good to die fighting side by side with so many loyal servants...

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Zhang Liao chewed a few mouthfuls of dried meat, drank a mouthful of water that was refreshing to the heart, then put away his food and drink, and looked to the northwest.

The galloping for days is not only very tiring, but the war horses are also exhausted. You must know that normal marches are carried out without armor. But at this moment, the war horses are not only fully armed and armored, but also carrying cavalry who are also fully armed. If it is ordinary, The horse has long been exhausted.

Even excellent war horses with strong bodies and long endurance are reaching their limit, and more and more horses are falling behind.

Zhang Liao did not dare to entrust his troops. Changyi was only a few miles away, but he had to slow down to replenish the strength and endurance of his soldiers and horses.

If not, even if they arrived at Changyi a few quarters of an hour earlier, how effective would the cavalry, whose combat effectiveness was severely reduced, be if they joined the battlefield?

Maintaining cavalry combat effectiveness is a prerequisite for participating in the war.

"Yan Xing, when we arrive in Changyi later, you and I will divide our forces to attack. I will go from east to north, you from west to north, and we will meet at the north gate!"

"Got the order!"

As Zhang Liao spoke, he took a few more bites of the hard dried meat, chewed it and swallowed it with difficulty. The meat was so chewy that it couldn't be chewed thoroughly, let alone delicious.

"Let's go!" Zhang Liao ordered again, speeding up slightly.

After taking a shortcut for half an hour, Zhang Liao returned to the official road again. Taking advantage of the high terrain, Changyi could be seen from here. From a distance, several wolf smoke rose into the sky from Changyi, and dots of soldiers and horses were moving under the city. , Climb, obviously, Changyi is being attacked!

Zhang Liao breathed a sigh of relief. The enemy was still attacking, which meant that the city had not yet been breached. As long as the enemy's offensive was repelled, it would be considered secure.

"Yan Xing! Have you seen the enemy camp?"

Yan Xing replied: "General, I'm not blind."

"You lead your army into the camp, kill them, don't stay, and then go to the west of the city to kill. I will go straight to the city, then turn to the east of the city, and you and I will meet at the north gate!"

Yan Xing nodded and said: "Yes!"

Zhang Liao stroked the war horse and said softly: "It's been a hard journey. After this battle, I will personally brush your hair and drive it!"

The war horse spurted out several blasts of hot air and responded to Zhang Liao's death. Then it galloped forward, followed by a group of cavalrymen who also started running. The horseshoes trampled on the hard official road, making a loud "ta-da" sound.

Outside the south gate was Yin Kui's camp. There were not many men in the camp. Yin Kui's entire army attacked and was divided into two siege forces, the south gate and the east gate. Zhang Liao went straight to the south gate, while Yan Xing took a detour. Camp.

If the camp is robbed, the news will spread to the enemy, which will undoubtedly panic and frustrate them. If some of the food tents are burned and the city is not taken, there will be no need to fight. Hunger and cold will soon defeat them. .

Yu Yan was Li Qian's most capable general, and his skills with sticks were excellent. Li Qian led his men to the east gate, and he took over the command of the south gate.

Today, all the stones, wood, and kerosene and arrows at the south gate of the city have been exhausted. Now, we have to rely on flesh and blood to support the city. The casualties of the brothers have been very heavy, and the enemy has firmly occupied half of the city.

City head.

Yu Yan had to close the battle line and instead guard the exit of the lower city wall. As long as he guarded the exit, the city head would not be lost.

He swung a wooden stick to fight off a Liang Jun soldier. On the other end of the wooden stick was a circle of iron hoops, hitting the head hard and knocking the person unconscious.

Taking advantage of the break in the attack, Yu Yan suddenly glanced outside and saw a troop of soldiers and horses galloping towards him in the distance.

Reinforcements? Yu Yan's heart suddenly tightened, as if the ashes of extinguished hope were rekindled again, so he shouted: "Brothers, kill, our reinforcements are coming!"

Yu Yan's shout made both sides of the battle look outside the city. Sure enough, a cavalry group was approaching quickly.

"Reinforcements are really coming!" Li Buqu shouted.

At this time, Liang Jun on the top of the city hesitated. If reinforcements from Changyi really came, they would immediately become the most embarrassing situation, with no way forward or way out.

In fact, Yu Yan was particularly unsure because he could not confirm whether it was his own reinforcements or the enemy's reinforcements, and coming from the south, there was a high probability that they were the enemy's reinforcements.

But he had no choice. There was no retreat behind him. If he could seize the information that confused the enemy, he blurted it out. Unexpectedly, the response was quite good. Not only did his brothers believe it, but the enemy army seemed to believe it too, and their attention was attracted.

Attraction outside the city.

Yu Yan seized the opportunity, changed his passive defense, and instead led Li's tribe to take the initiative to fight out. As if they had a chance to win, the battle line was miraculously pushed out.

Compared with the suspicion of Liang Jun on the top of the city, at this moment Liang Jun below the city really suffered a fatal blow.

Originally, they adopted a siege strategy. Firstly, they were lightly equipped and easy to climb, and secondly, the large formation was arranged in siege echelons, leaving no defensive position at all.

Zhang Liao led his army into the formation and swept the iron barrage. He did not kill many people, but saw that the enemy's formation was in chaos. It was obvious that his arrival had a huge psychological impact on the enemy. Zhang Liao judged that he should

It was because Liang Jun could not attack for a long time that his morale was low.

Zhang Liao instinctively planned to capture the thief and capture the king, but suddenly found that there was no commander's flag in the formation. Zhang Liao also judged that the general must attack at other gates. There was no leader here, so Zhang Liao's sudden change immediately made him

into chaos.

"We need to defeat the enemy here as soon as possible." Zhang Liao thought, so he ordered: "Crane Wing Formation!"

With an order, the cone-shaped formation that was originally like a sharp sword inserted into the enemy's formation suddenly spread to both wings, further opening up the offensive. The enemy's fighting spirit was not high, and there was almost no effective counterattack in the face of the armored cavalry. Zhang Liao changed the formation in order to attack the enemy as soon as possible.

The enemy formation was penetrated and retreated to break the siege at the top of the city.

He didn't have time to think about anything more and needed to rush to the east gate as soon as possible.

Yu Yan was overjoyed when he saw the cavalry rushing into the enemy army and killing all sides. He didn't expect that it was the reinforcements from Changyi. Moreover, the cavalry attack was so fierce that entering the enemy's formation felt like entering an uninhabited land. I thought that only King Bohai's cavalry could do this.

power.

Yu Yan's heart moved and he shouted again: "The King of Bohai has arrived, the King of Bohai has arrived! Why don't you surrender quickly!"

When Liang Jun at the head of the city heard that he was the King of Bohai, and witnessed the rapid defeat of the city, and was hit by Yu Yan's stick, the first few people who bore the brunt were the first to abandon their weapons and kneel down to ask for surrender. Some took the lead, and the others followed suit.

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On the top of the city, the Liang army was clearly outnumbered, but they surrendered to the few remaining Li tribesmen.

One of the soldiers asked: "Brother Yu, are we holding on?"

Yu Yan looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and then headed towards the bottom of the city. At this moment, many Liang troops were already retreating south like a tide, but the cavalry actually turned around and headed towards the east gate without stopping.

"Yes, we are holding on! Lock them up!"

Yu Yan said firmly and turned his eyes towards the east of the city.

I hope the head of the family can keep it too!

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East Gate City Head.

Li Qian stood with difficulty, with an arrow stuck in his chest and abdomen. There was also a knife wound on the back of his hand. The wound was so deep that the bone could be seen, and his arm was almost cut off. Blood from the wound seeped out from time to time. , but a trickle.

His son Li Zheng was supporting him on the side, while Li's tribe formed a circle and did not bother to defend the city, but placed Li Qian to defend it.

Li Qian glanced at the steps of the city tower behind him, gritted his teeth and said, "If I die, you will continue to stay here until the last moment!"
To be continued...