One thousand soldiers were all Yang Yuanqing's personal guards, well-trained. They were proficient in movements and in just a moment. Five hundred heavy arrows pointed at the top of the city. A general of Ying Yanglang shouted, "Shoot!"

There was only a cracking sound, five hundred iron arrows broke out from the strings and roared towards the city. Some arrows shot into battlements, sparks splashed everywhere, and gravel flew around, and some arrows shot into the group of soldiers on the city. The soldiers on the city were caught off guard and were pierced by iron arrows, and screamed and shot out. Then the second round of arrows roared again, and dozens of people were shot down. The powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army made the Wagang army tremble and frightened. The defenders were so scared that they squatted down and did not dare to show their heads again.

The moat bridge burned for half an hour, and the moat bridge that had been burned to carbon could no longer bear its own weight and broke with a bang. Part of it was hung on the city wall by iron chains, while the other part hit the ice heavily, breaking into five or six pieces.

"Heavy crossbow covers, beat drums to attack the city!" Yang Yuanqing issued an order for a formal attack.

The giant drum suddenly rang, "dong-dong-dong!" The deafening drum sounded throughout Zhonglizhou, and even Heyang City ten miles away could be clearly heard.

Wang Renze, who was about to arrive on the other side of the Yellow River, suddenly turned around and looked nervously in the direction of Zhonglizhou. At this time, hundreds of patrol cavalry rushed from all sides, surrounding Wang Renze dozens of people, and hundreds of crossbows pointed at them.

"Who is it?" the chief lieutenant shouted sternly.

Wang Renze raised his hand and shouted in the cold wind, "We are the envoys sent by King Zheng of the Eastern Capital, please see His Highness the King of Chu!"

"Drop off your horse and put down your weapons!"

Wang Renze turned over and dismounted his horse, threw the knife bow on the ground, and all his followers put down their weapons. Dozens of Sui soldiers stepped forward to pick up the weapons, searched them again, and turned around to report, "Captain, they have no weapons!"

"Take them into the city!"

Hundreds of soldiers escorted Wang Renze and his party to Heyang County.

In front of Heyang Pass, amid the loud drums, the attacking ram was launched. This was a attacking ram made of a thousand-year-old giant wood. The hammer head was filled with pig iron, the body of the hammer had handles, weighing thousands of kilograms, and was lifted by 120 soldiers. Sixty people stood on both sides, and two hundred people raised shields to cover it.

The huge siege ram was like a black centipede, walking slowly towards the city gate along the pine tree road. Behind them, one thousand five hundred cavalry were already lined up and waiting for the city gate to break open and then rushed into the city. At this time, the heavy crossbow of the Sui army had suppressed the enemy. Rounds of iron soldiers were shooting at the top of the city, and the sound of jingling came one after another, and gravel splashed on the battlements.

Sun Fu, the chief general of the Wagang Army, was anxious. He saw the siege ram slowly approaching the city gate through the cracks of the battlements, but his soldiers were so pressed by the powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army that he could not raise his head. He shouted anxiously: "Prepare to roll the wood and stone!"

Hundreds of soldiers hugged their waists and piled up three-foot-long rolling wood and dozens of kilograms of stones on the top of the city. They did not dare to look up and could only throw the rolling wood and stones down the city by throwing them.

Most of the suspension bridges were cracked into five or six pieces and lying on the ice. The fire had been extinguished, but the sparks were still dotted on the suspension bridge that was burned into carbon. The dark red flames disappeared and extinguished. Dozens of Sui soldiers rushed up and swung their axes and slashed them hard, completely smashing the suspension bridge.

At this moment, the rolling wooden stones on the top of the city fell like raindrops, and dozens of Sui soldiers were caught off guard. They were hit by stones and wood, and they fell to the ground screaming.

The captain who commanded the city to crash was furious and roared, "Crash the wood!"

One hundred and twenty soldiers accelerated suddenly, carrying the attacking ram and hitting the city gate. ‘Boom!’ A earth-shaking loud noise, tens of thousands of jin hit the city gate. The city gate shook violently, and sand and stones on the city top fell down. Many soldiers on the city top fell in pain and curled up. The huge impact force when they hit the city almost broke their hearts.

A desperate feeling spread in the castle, and many soldiers realized that the castle would not be able to defend it. Without heavy weapons to defend the city, the city gate would be broken sooner or later. Moreover, Yang Yuanqing personally led the army to attack the city, and the morale of the army began to collapse. Many soldiers took advantage of the night to cover it and quietly ran towards the south city, overturning the city from the south city wall to escape.

There were only a few hundred people on the wall of Sun Fujian. He was so anxious that he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Bump down with stones!"

Dozens of soldiers around him were carrying stones and smashing them down desperately. At this time, another round of five hundred soldiers shot arrows, and more than twenty soldiers were shot to the ground. Sun Fu was also shot into his left shoulder by an arrow. The huge arrow force overturned him to the ground, and the tip of the arrow came out from his back. The heart-wrenching pain almost fainted.

In the roar of unison, the siege rifle hit the city gate again, and the city gate could not hold on again and was knocked open. More than a hundred Sui troops followed the siege rifle and rushed into the city.

When Yang Yuanqing saw that the city gate had opened, he waved his sword and ordered sternly: "Kill in, and no one of the defenders in the city will be left behind. Kill them all!"

One thousand five hundred cavalry suddenly ran away, their horses galloping, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky, and waved their swords to kill them towards the city.

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At the third update, Yang Yuanqing led his army back to Heyang County. Zhonglizhou and Heyang Pass had been taken over by a thousand Sui army, and more than 400 warships anchored in Zhonglizhou were seized, and all 1,500 warships on the south bank of the Yellow River were burned.

"Maintain!"

As soon as Yang Yuanqing entered the county town, a lieutenant rushed forward to report, "Report to the Chief Manager, Wang Shichong's envoy has arrived. It is his nephew Wang Renze, who is waiting for the Chief Manager to receive him."

It was already three o'clock now, and Yang Yuanqing was a little tired. He was about to say goodbye tomorrow, but after a second thought, he nodded, "Take him to see me!"

Yang Yuanqing was temporarily stationed in the county government office. He returned to the official room. There was a brazier in the room. The room was as warm as spring. Pei Qingsong stepped forward to take off Yang Yuanqing's cloak. Yang Yuanqing rubbed his cold hands and asked, "Is there any news in Taiyuan?"

Pei Qingsong smiled and said, "There is no news in Taiyuan, but news came from Chang'an that Pei Ji was removed from the position of Minister of Personnel and sent to Bashu as a pacifier. Sheng Yanshi was also transferred to Beijing, and He Chang took over the position of Pujin Pass."

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, "This old Li is very good at being a peacemaker! Each side beats fifty boards."

Yang Yuanqing sat down, reached out to bake the baking on the charcoal basin, looked at Pei Qingsong again and said, "Tell me what you think."

Pei Qingsong lowered his head and thought, "I think that on one side is just an ordinary general in the army, and on the other side is the first prime minister of the dynasty. It seems unbalanced. If a general under Li Shimin was demoted, it might be a 50-pillar attack, but when Pei Ji was demoted, it should not be the same thing."

Yang Yuanqing nodded in praise. Pei Qingsong had no political experience, but he could think of this step, which shows that he had extraordinary talent.

"You're right. This should be the prince's counterattack. They seized Pei Ji's handle. However, Lao Li was more sophisticated and put the two things together, which looked like they were fighting fifty boards each. However, Li Yuan did not appoint Xie Fang Shu as the head general of Pujin Pass, but instead transferred He Chang, who was guarding Guangtong Cang, and there should be articles here."

"Master, what articles will be here?"

Yang Yuanqing sneered, "I don't know this, but Li Yuan actually appointed He Chang, who killed my division, as the commander of Pujin Pass. Is he provoking me?"

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Chapter completed!