Duan Zhengzhong is the leader of a bandit in Zhao County and was also a captain of the government soldiers. He was tall and savage, and he used to be a 50-pound mace and was very skilled in martial arts. ∈◆,

He led a thousand tribes to surrender to Zhang Jin a few months ago, and was named General Tiger Ben by Zhang Jin and commanded five thousand soldiers.

This time when attacking Wucheng County, Duan Zhengzhong led 5,000 soldiers to attack the western section of the southern city. When he found that the end was not strictly guarded, he personally led more than a hundred soldiers to attack the city.

After a moment, more than a dozen soldiers of the thief army appeared at the westernmost city headed by Duan Zhengzhong. The leader Duan Zhengzhong was extremely fierce. He smashed the heads of the two soldiers to pieces with a stick.

The soldiers next to them were all prisoners of war who had just joined the Sui army. They knew Duan Zhengzhong, and were frightened by his hideous face and cruel methods. They threw down their spear and fled. There was a gap on the city wall.

Duan Zhengzhong seized the opportunity in just a moment and jumped onto the top of the city. He held the shield in his left hand and slashed with his right hand. In an instant, three more Sui soldiers were killed. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Sui army captain who was commanding this section was urgently asked to report to Yuchi Gong, and he led more than a hundred soldiers to kill him.

When Duan Zhengzhong saw the Sui soldiers rushing up, he yelled, jumped off the battlements and fought with the Sui army.

At this time, more than a dozen other thief soldiers rushed to the top of the city through the gap. These thief soldiers were all wearing chain mail, tall and powerful, with fierce appearance, and extremely strong combat power. The city walls were suddenly in chaos.

It was also a coincidence that Zhang Xuan happened to lead a hundred subordinates from the west city. He suddenly heard screams and screams in front of him, and a Sui army soldier shouted: "The thief has climbed the city."

Zhang Xuan rode on his horse and looked forward. In the night, he saw the thief army emerging on the west-most city like an ant colony. Hundreds of Sui soldiers were killed and fleeing in scattered areas. Only dozens of Sui soldiers were fighting with the other party. He was shocked and angry and shouted: "Care with me!"

He urged the horse to fight, waved his long halberd, and led more than a hundred Sui troops to rush up. At this time, the bandit army had already climbed nearly two hundred people from the westernmost gap, and a large number of bandit army were continuously climbing the city from here.

But the soldiers of the thief army also made a mistake. After they entered the city, they did not immediately support the other battlements of the thief army. Instead, they focused on destroying the catapult.

More than a dozen catapults were deployed here. After the thief army had enough of the pain of being smashed by huge rocks during the attack, they climbed up to the city and rushed towards the dozen catapults, chopped with knives and smashed them with stones. They pushed them down hard for a moment, and the ten catapults fell down continuously and fell down the city. The soldiers of the thief cheered.

Of course, being able to destroy the catapult is very beneficial to the subsequent attack. There is nothing wrong with the thief soldiers' approach. But everything has priority. At this critical moment, destroying the catapult is nothing to do to lose the root of the original and seek the final result.

At this time, Zhang Xuan led a hundred soldiers to kill him. They cut and shot arrows, and caught more than 200 thieves off guard.

Zhang Xuan's long halberd swung, like lightning flashing, instantly piercing the chests of three thieves soldiers. Seeing that Zhang Xuan was powerful, the thief general Duan Zhengzhong shouted, and rushed down from the side battlements towards Zhang Xuan. The mace in his hand stirred up a gust of wind and smashed it to Zhang Xuan's head.

But Zhang Xuan sneered and waved the Ziyang Double Wheel Halberd to strike back. With a loud bang, the mace was shaken away, Duan Zhengzhong's arms were split, and he screamed. He turned around and wanted to escape, but Zhang Xuan's counter-punched, and the tip of the halberd pierced from the back shoulder, penetrated from the shoulder hole, and pierced his body.

Duan Zhengzhong let out a miserable hiss, and his huge body was lifted up high. Zhang Xuan threw his long halberd, "Get back!"

Duan Zhengzhong was thrown out of the city and fell into the moat with a long scream, "Boom!". Three pickets pierced his body and nailed him to death in the moat.

The death of the leader of the bandit army made the Sui army highly motivated. They fought bravely to kill the enemy and defeated the bandit army soldiers step by step. The Sui army quickly blocked the path of the bandit army expanding to both sides and blocked them in the corner of the west of the city.

At this time, Yuchi Gong, who received the news, led 500 soldiers to kill. The Sui army made a concerted effort and killed more than 300 bandit troops who had already climbed to the city, and the remaining soldiers fled to the city...

The siege battle has been going on for more than two hours, and Wucheng is still standing tall. Under the fierce counterattack of the Sui army, the fighting spirit of the bandits gradually began to collapse and morale gradually declined.

It was dusk at this time, but the siege was still continuing. Zhang Jinsheng stood on a slope, looking at the fierce siege of the army two miles away with expressionless face. No one knew what he was thinking? No one dared to come forward to persuade him.

At this time, General Wei Yong quickly ran to the mound and bowed to report: "King, it's going to be late, can you fight again tomorrow?"

Zhang Jinsheng glanced at him and did not answer his request. He asked his left and right again: "Has the first soldier to climb to the top of the city been found?"

His subordinates hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the first person to climb the city is General Duan, but he has been killed, and the second person to climb the city is also brought."

"Bring him up!"

After a moment, a team was brought up by Zhang Jin's personal guard. He quickly knelt down and saluted, "See the King!"

"What's your name? Which battalion?"

"Report to the king, Bei Zhi is the chief of the 7th battalion, named Wang Zhi!"

Zhang Jincheng nodded and ordered his left and right to say, "Reward him a thousand taels of gold!"

Everyone was shocked. The team named Wang Zhi was even more excited and kowtowed and cried: "I thank the king for his reward!"

Some people brought one thousand taels of gold to Wang Zhi. Zhang Jin said that he ordered someone to take him down. He immediately ordered to the left and right: "I inform the entire army that Wang Zhi, the Seventh Battalion, was the first to climb to the city and had received a reward of 1,000 taels. From now on, another person who climbed to the city would be rewarded 3,000 taels, and the first person who entered the city would be rewarded 10,000 taels."

The guards ran towards the battlefield, and Zhang Jinsheng said coldly to the general Wei Yong again: "There is no saying of siege during the day and night. When will the Wucheng be captured and when will the war end!"

"Abide by the orders!" Wei Yong was helpless and had to bow and hurried away.

Zhang Jinsheng immediately ordered: "The Third Army is also involved in the attack!"

"Dong!Dong!Dong!"

There was a loud drum sound in the bandit army camp, and 10,000 people from the Third Army also entered the siege. At this point, except for the 20,000 elite troops of the Imperial Army that Zhang Jin said was directly under, the other 30,000 troops were all involved in the siege.

At the same time, news that Zhao Zhi received a bounty of 1,000 taels spread throughout the army, and the morale of the thief army gradually increased, and he fought desperately to attack the city. The reward of 3,000 taels of gold encouraged everyone to make a fortune.

The war became increasingly cruel, and all the Sui soldiers were involved in the battle, including the commander Zhang Xuan, who also led more than 500 people to fight the bandit army in the western section of the south city.

The captain of the catapult threw out the pole, and huge rocks rose into the air, roaring across the night sky, smashing towards the dense crowd.

Arrows were like rain, and the city was intertwined, and the rolling wood and stones were smashed like hail, and siege ladders were overturned. Countless soldiers screamed and fell into the dry moat. The moat covered with spikes piled up corpses and blood flowed into a river.

Flesh and flesh are flying everywhere, screams are resounding across the battlefield. This is a meat grinder-like war. Both sides have suffered heavy casualties, but the war continues to fight fiercely, and more and more soldiers are heading for death.

As the sky gradually became bright, the bell for the retreat of the bandits army finally rang, and thousands of bandit soldiers retreated in a hurry. The battle of siege after a day and a night finally ended with the defeat of the bandits army. Cheers of victory in the battle sounded on the top of the city.

In this battle, the bandits suffered extremely heavy losses, with more than 20,000 people killed and injured, and the Sui army also suffered 2,000 casualties. The city was stained with blood and red, and the city was covered with endless corpses lying under the city, and the city was covered with weapons that were then damaged by the Sui soldiers.

Every soldier was exhausted and fell asleep in the blood.

Zhang Xuan was covered in blood, and the flesh and blood of enemy soldiers were still stuck to his back and legs. He had no intention of cleaning up, and endured his fatigue and inspected the soldiers' condition on the city.

At this time, he saw Luo Shixin, and saw him sitting on a pile of spears, with his left shoulder and arms naked, and a soldier was applying medicine to him.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xuan asked quickly.

Luo Shixin curled his lips, "I was not lucky and I was hit by two arrows."

The soldier who applied medicine to him whispered: "The general is lucky. If this arrow is a little bit more tilted, it will hurt the tendons and veins."

"In this way, God still favors me quite well, oh! Be gentler, boy!"

Seeing that Luo Shixin was in a good mood again, Zhang Xuan patted his shoulder and walked towards the other side. Dozens of catapults were placed on the other side. The fortification soldiers were busy repairing the damaged catapults.
Chapter completed!