Amidst the sound of the trumpet, the shield soldiers rushed forward. These shields were extremely thick. The shields were connected with the shields to form a copper wall and iron wall with almost no gaps.

When the defenders saw the copper and iron wall advancing, they were horrified.

When the rebels attacked the city before, they always charged forward brandishing weapons and rarely saw shields for protection. Because of this, the rebels at that time became targets for the archers at the top of the city.

The enemy troops attacking the city this time have sufficient shields and are well-trained. The shields cover their bodies, making it impossible to hold on even if they attack.

Qin Xiao was also shocked.

The Qian family used the Suzhou Camp as a cover and prepared sophisticated equipment. The soldiers not only had leather armor, but also built numerous shields. At this moment, the enemy troops were like giant beasts covered in thick armor, walking towards their prey bit by bit.

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Compared with the chaos of the previous rebel siege, the formation of the Suzhou Battalion was orderly, with generals waving flags to direct operations.

Hundreds of archers followed the shield and gradually approached the city. Qin Xiao vaguely saw someone holding a torch behind the shield. The sky had not yet darkened. At this time, he did not know what he wanted to do with the torch. He had not yet figured out what the enemy was doing.

The archers had already fired a barrage of arrows from between the shields at the top of the city.

"Rocket!"

Someone exclaimed.

Only then did Qin Xiao realize that the arrows shot from under the city had pitch pine tied to them. The arrows landed on the top of the city, sparking a sudden explosion.

The Suzhou camp had enough archers, and with this round of rocket fire, the defenders at the top of the city were already in chaos.

Although the archers at the top of the city counterattacked immediately, the number of archers was far less than that of the Suzhou battalion, and the enemy had thick shields as cover, so the threat to them was minimal. On the contrary, the opponent's rockets continued continuously, and countless rockets fell on them.

City head.

The city wall of Shuning County is not very high, and the opponent's rockets are enough to hit the top of the city. Although the force is reduced a lot when they hit the top of the city, there are still many soldiers among them.

There were hundreds of barrels of kerosene on the city wall, just waiting for the enemy troops to approach the city wall and pour oil on them to burn them. But at this moment, many rockets fell into the oil barrels, which immediately ignited the kerosene and caused a blazing fire.

"Be careful with the kerosene." Qin Xiao saw a pipe of kerosene on fire not far away and said in surprise: "Don't let the rocket fall in."

In order to pour oil on the city easily, the oil barrels had no lids, and rockets rained down. In just a moment, more than a dozen barrels of kerosene were burning.

The enemy's barrage of arrows was not intended to kill the defenders, but to disrupt the defenders' position. When the city was in panic, the enemy troops had accelerated their attack, and the shield soldiers were still covering their bows and arrows.

He fired arrows continuously towards the top of the city. Under the command of the order flag, the two thousand strong Queen Mother followers in the back row had already passed by on both sides and quickly approached the city wall with their ladders.

The defenders shot down sporadic arrows, but they were unable to stop the enemy from approaching.

The sound of military drums shook the surrounding areas, and the enemy troops obviously saw that the city was in chaos, and their morale was greatly boosted.

The enemy troops approached the city wall and followed. The defenders, under the command of Qin Xiao and Chen Xi, had recovered from their panic. A ladder was set up. The defenders immediately lifted rocks and threw them at the city wall. For a moment, large rocks flew, and those burning

The burning fire barrels were also thrown down from the top of the city.

It's just that among the enemy's archers, there are many elite soldiers with extremely good archery skills. When they saw the city defenders carrying oil barrels to pour oil on the city, the archers immediately shot directly at the defenders. After the defenders were hit by arrows, not only did they

They failed to pour the kerosene from the oil drums from the city top. Instead, they sprinkled it on the city top. The rockets fell on it and the fire was raging. In an instant, many defenders were burned by the fire.

"Everyone, listen, don't mess up." Qin Xiao mobilized his inner strength and his voice echoed through the city: "Our parents and sisters are behind us, we must not let them cross this city wall."

Yes, behind you is your own family. The life and death of your parents, wife, and children all depend on whether you can hold on to this city wall.

The Suzhou Battalion's offensive was different from the previous rebel siege. They attacked the city in a very rhythmic manner. They used rocket suppression to disrupt the defenders, and then took the opportunity to get close to the city wall and set up ladders. The Suzhou Battalion soldiers wearing armor had already

He rushed forward quickly, holding a small shield in one hand and a knife in the other.

There was already a raging fire under the city wall, but it was extremely dangerous to throw huge trees and heavy stones at the city wall. In the first few rounds, the enemy archers only fired at random at the top of the city, but now they were aiming at the guards who emerged from behind the battlements.

In a short time, dozens of people were killed or injured by the sharp arrows of the enemy archers.

The city was on fire, but the defenders did not wait to die.

In any case, there are their relatives in the city, and they are the hope of tens of thousands of people in the city.

While extinguishing the fire, the defenders risked their lives by throwing boulders at the city walls. Barrels of kerosene were still thrown at the city walls, and the city was ablaze with flames both above and below.

Qian Guiting rode on horseback and looked at the city from a distance. He was happy when he saw the fierce attack and defense between the two sides. His siege troops clearly had the upper hand.

He couldn't help but glance to the northwest. Yuan Changling on the side chuckled and said: "Don't worry, sir, he knows what to do."

When Qian Guiting saw that Yuan Changling also looked confident, he felt excited and looked towards the drummer. Two military drums were standing on the drum stand. The strong drummer was beating the drum desperately to boost morale. Qian Guiting turned over and dismounted.

, went over and grabbed the drumsticks from the drummer's hand and beat the drum himself.

Although there were many casualties among the enemy troops, many people climbed up the ladder to the top of the city.

The defenders at the top of the city were well prepared. As soon as the enemy troops emerged from outside the wall, several defenders immediately swarmed forward and greeted them with swords and spears.

The fighting was fierce and both sides sacrificed their lives.

At the Zuojun camp, the entire army was already ready.

Nearly ten thousand soldiers of the left army were ready with swords and guns in hand.

Wen Rengui was not looking at Xixia Mountain at this time, but was riding on horseback, facing the direction of Shuning City, followed by Yu Wen Chengchao and a group of subordinates. Except for Yu Wen Chengchao, everyone else had been following Wen Rengui for many years. Many of them

He even followed him all the way from Qingzhou and was loyal to Wen Rengui.

"Has the general thought about it?" Yuwen Chengchao looked at Wen Rengui and asked.

Wen Rengui turned his head and glanced at Yu Wen Chengchao, and said calmly: "You should know that if I make the wrong move, it will be too late to regret it, and the life and death of countless people will be at stake."

"Precisely because everyone's future is at stake, we must never look back." Yuwen Chengchao stared at Wen Rengui.

The night breeze was blowing, Wen Rengui put his hand on his waist and held the sword, and remained silent.

The soldiers of Suzhou Battalion are brave and good at fighting. Many of them have climbed over the wall and reached the top of the city. Although the defenders at the top of the city have a numerical advantage, most of them are ordinary people. How can they fight head-on with the well-trained elite soldiers?

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Fortunately, Dong Guangxiao invited many Jianghu comrades to come to help. Most of these people are unknown in the Jianghu, but they have some skills, and Dong Guangxiao has deployed most of the Jianghu comrades here in Beicheng. At this moment, this

The group of people became the main force of the fight, and they would not be at a disadvantage against the elite soldiers who climbed to the top of the city.

The elite soldiers who boarded the city were quickly eliminated, and the city was already littered with corpses.

There were sounds of fighting and screams. Qin Xiao took the lead, commanding the defenders to continue killing the enemy troops below the city with huge trees and rocks, and at the same time he met the elite soldiers who had climbed to the top of the city and chopped them down.

Qian Guiting's face already looked ugly.

He originally thought that with the elite strength of the Suzhou Battalion, the most difficult problem in siege was to get to the top of the city. As long as he could get to the top of the city, the siege would almost equal victory.

Before setting off from Suzhou City, Qian Guanghan made a plan to attack the city under his personal supervision.

The biggest advantage of the Suzhou Battalion is that it has a complete range of troops. Although there are only 3,000 troops, there are between 500 and 600 elite cavalry. Over the years, at least half of the officers and soldiers in the entire battalion can bend bows and shoot arrows, and they also have complete equipment.

When attacking a city, cavalry is of no use, but shield bearers and archers are indispensable.

The Qian family also learned from General You Shen the reason for the failure of the last siege, and learned that Shuning City had prepared a large amount of kerosene.

So the Qian family formulated a strategy. When the archers fired arrows in the first few rounds, they used arrows tied with pitch pine. After igniting the fire, the rockets landed on the top of the city. They could not be extinguished for a while. As long as there were rockets falling in the oil barrels, the city would be destroyed.

Head caught on fire.

The rockets caused a fire at the top of the city, and then used arrows to suppress the defenders at the top of the city. They took the opportunity to rush to the bottom of the city and climbed up the ladder to fight on the city.

The plan did go as expected. Qian Guiting saw many soldiers climbing over the battlements with his own eyes, and he was filled with joy.

He originally thought that the defenders of the city were just ordinary people brought from the city. The elite soldiers of the Suzhou Battalion could deal with those untrained people, one against five. It was no problem. As long as the elite soldiers boarded the city, the next step would be to defend the city.

A massacre by the army.

But the current situation was completely beyond his expectation.

The city's defenders not only withstood the offensive of elite soldiers, but even still had the strength to launch an attack on the rebels below the city.

He threw away the drumstick in his hand, his expression extremely ugly.

On the top of the city, Qin Xiao killed several people in a row, and even kicked a soldier who had just climbed onto the top of the city away. He fell from the top of the city alive and fell to his death. At this time, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps coming from behind him again.

, looked back and saw that Dong Guangxiao had already arrived with a large number of people.

"The rebels outside the south city have no ladders and cannot attack the city." Dong Guangxiao held a long sword in his hand. "I asked Gong Kui to guard there and bring people over to support." He saw a rebel sticking his head out from outside the battlements without saying a word.

, rushed forward, thrust out his sword, and the blade directly pierced the soldier's throat.

"After burning several of their ladders, they only have less than thirty left." Qin Xiao said loudly: "Mr. Dong, you lead someone to keep an eye on the ladders here. The ones on the right are handed over to Shaojian Chen's people. Come up.

Kill one, and I will guard the door to prevent them from taking the opportunity to knock on the door."

"Okay." Dong Guangxiao pulled out his long sword and shouted: "Brothers, don't mess around. Come and kill one by one. Keep an eye on the ladder and see how many of them come to die."

Qian Guiting saw his elite soldiers falling from the top of the city one after another, and heard the screams and clenches of his hands. At this moment, he suddenly felt the ground shaking slightly, and frowned, and soon heard someone shouting.
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