"Push up the arrow tower! Don't stop the catapult! The siege car is ready, and you must conquer Yangzhou City today!"

Zhao Kuangyin personally took charge of the central army and the order was quickly passed down. The huge arrow tower was driven by the soldiers and rushed towards the city wall. The imperial guards braved the rain of arrows and stole the corpses of their companions regardless of life and death!

Such tragic scenes are already common for the imperial guards, and war is so cruel.

More than an hour later, Yangzhou City was still firm. Although the catapults in the city were continuously projecting gunpowder bombardment, they still could not defeat the huge number of catapults outside the city and could only be suppressed. And as time continued, the gunpowder was used up, and they could only start to project some bricks, stones, etc.

"Your Majesty! Will you let the soldiers rest for a moment..." Wang Shenqi looked at the brothers under his command and suffered heavy casualties, especially the howlings of the soldiers who were stuck in gold juice (boiled feces). In just one hour, thousands of brothers were killed and injured, and most of them were under his command. It was fake to say that they didn't feel heartbroken.

In this chaotic era, military power is the foundation. Then he looked at the crazy meaning on the face of the emperor beside him and couldn't help but whisper to suggest.

"It's a big rest. It's just when the big Yangzhou City is already shaking. You are not allowed to rest and continue to conquer."

Zhao Kuangyin widened his eyes and yelled directly, his black face turned red.

So many imperial guards were killed and injured, which directly weakened the strength of the central government. Not only Wang Shenqi, he really felt sorry for him, but there was no way. Yangzhou City must be broken in a short time, otherwise the prestige established by destroying Li Yun would be greatly weakened.

Looking at the roaring emperor, his eyes were covered with blood, Wang Shenqi felt very frightened, and knew that if he continued to persuade him, it would not only be of no help, but also a great disaster!

At a blink of an eye, Li Chuyun next to him was extremely calm, as if the one who died or injured was not his subordinates. Such scheming was quite enviable, and he was still a little impatient.

So, while the emperor was not resting, he quickly sent an order to withdraw his brother-in-law's siege sequence. He originally wanted to make a contribution, but who knew that this was a death sentence!

It was not just him, but Li Chuyun, who was standing by, had already done it. He removed his confidants and lined up all those he disliked. In order to show his selflessness, he even offered to climb the city tower first, promoted to the third level, and rewarded hundreds of cents.

The simple long ladder seen in the film and television is simply an insult to the IQ. The soldiers guarding the city can just take a bigger guy and turn it down. Climbing the city wall is no different from seeking death. Moreover, the soldiers climb up with both hands and feet. Not only is the speed slow, but the risk factor is also very high. After all, it is impossible for the siege soldiers to hold weapons weighing more than ten pounds in their mouths, right?

The basic operation of siege is to use a ladder, that is, a small car with wheels below, and then lift the ladder, presenting a slope with an inclined hook in front of it, grabbing the city wall tightly. This is not a climb, but a soldier with weapons to walk directly onto the city wall. Well-trained soldiers can even run quickly, or even a few people run side by side.

It is more particular, there are guardrails on both sides.

Therefore, under the cover of the Song army's catapult, the Huainan army on the city wall could not raise their heads, so they prepared conditions for the ladder.

The cross ladders were placed on the top of the city, and the unafraid of death-fighting imperial guards kept running upwards, and the advantage of quantity was drawn out.

"No! Get a lot of turbulence! Burn the ladder!" The officer on the city wall immediately issued an order when he saw this scene.

"Transfer the rolling wood and kill this group of bastards!"

Obviously, although the Huainan Army is of a better quality than the Imperial Guard, it is also rich in experience. After all, Li Chongjin is also a general with a few Imperial Guards, and has brought out many people from the Imperial Guards.

We went back and forth, extremely tragic, and the intensity of the war exceeded that of the previous few months.

In the middle of the military camp, Zhao Kuangyin was still sitting on the platform, closing his eyes to rest. It seemed that the tragic scenes not far away had nothing to do with him, or in other words, he was used to this kind of scene. As long as his flag did not fall, the attack of the imperial guards would never stop.

"Report! Three catapults have been damaged and cannot be used!"

"Use all the inventory, don't be stingy!" Zhao Kuangyin said with a black face without saying a word and directly ordered.

Li Chongjin has faced such a strong pressure, especially Zhao Kuangyin's banner, which is particularly conspicuous outside the city. Whenever he looks at it, he feels his ears hurt.

"How many people do we have?" Li Chongjin squinted his eyes, looked at the burning city walls and the crowded imperial guards, and couldn't help but ask.

"Report to the envoy, after several months of hard work, our Huainan army has more than 20,000 people left. The food and grass are quite good. It can be used for more than three months. It is just that the use of weapons today has consumed more than half a month of supply. In addition, the Lingnan ships on the Yangtze River were blocked by catapults, and they cannot advance or retreat. If this continues, it will not last for five days!"

Hearing his subordinates' reports, Li Chongjin was extremely heavy. He thought he could last until at least September, but now it seems that it is difficult.

"Let Mr. Chen come here!" Li Chongjin's heart moved.

"promise--"

"Sir, most of the weapons in the city, especially gunpowder, have been consumed. If the fleet still does not come, Yangzhou City will surely fall in three days!"

Seeing that Chen Yang, the special envoy representing Lingnan, came, Li Chongjin said in a deep voice, with a serious face and a very dangerous expression on his face.

"It's actually like this!" Chen Yang's face was not good-looking. He wandered for a few steps and said helplessly: "The river east of Yangzhou has been locked by the Song army. Several of our ships have also been sunk, causing heavy losses! Support may be unsustainable!"

"Yangzhou City is already in short supply. If the people had not been migrated out intermittently for several months, they would have been captured long ago. Now, hey..." Li Chongjin sighed deeply. He felt that the city was already shaking and in danger.

Moreover, the water surface of the Yangtze River was blocked again, and the originally expected escape plan was invalidated. His desire for life was already extremely strong.

"Don't bother, the Tang Dynasty has taken over the land of Chu, and the Song army blocked the east. Unexpectedly, we still have the Dongting Navy. Since Yangzhou City is dangerous, it is feasible for us to withdraw from the west!"

"Is that true?" Li Chongjin said in surprise, "Hurry, send the message to Hunan as soon as possible!"

"I'm calm and restless. We have a flying pigeon to pass on the letter. We can reach Hunan in less than a day!" Chen Yang comforted him, then chatted for a few words, and directly borrowed the channel of the Sound Shooting Department to transmit the information to Hunan.

So several flying pigeons passed through Shengzhou (Nanjing), Chizhou, Jiangzhou, Yuezhou, and then came to Langzhou and sent it to Li Jia.

"These tens of thousands of Huainan soldiers who fought bloody battles must be rescued!" Li Jia made a decision.
Chapter completed!