Chai Rong not only boosted morale but also attracted firepower. More than half of the arrows on the city were aimed at him, followed by Xu Xian.

Zhao Kuangyin stood on the top floor of Lu's car and had a clear view, and ordered: "Just shoot some of the Tang troops who are using crossbows, the others are not much of a threat to Your Majesty!"

He yelled at the top of his lungs at the people pushing and pulling under Mr. Lu's car: "Faster! Faster!"

There were thousands of civilians and soldiers pushing and pulling under Mr. Lu's car, and their faces were all red from holding back. Mr. Lu's car went faster and faster until there was a violent tremor, as if it was stuck somewhere and could no longer move. The little boy on the car

The suspension bridge was completely lowered, and it was still three feet short of the city wall.

"What bad luck!" Zhao Kuangyin yelled, "Brothers, come after me!"

He stepped on the trembling small suspension bridge, and suddenly jumped towards the city head. He held a shield in his left hand to protect his body, and held a gun in his right hand to sweep. The strength of his hand was extremely strong, and there was a crisp crackling sound, and a row of people rushed towards him.

All the spear heads he stabbed were swept away, and even flew out of his hands.

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin's feet landed on the ground, he threw away the shield in his hand and swept left and right with guns in both hands, forcibly opening up an open space for the robe behind him.

The Zhou soldiers on Lu Gong's car followed closely behind, and one by one they jumped onto the city wall and fought with the Tang army on the top of the city. In an instant, a space was opened for those who came after them to settle down.

Looking at the other Lu Gong car, it was luckier than Zhao Kuangyin. The small suspension bridge on the car was successfully built on the top of the city. The soldiers of Zhou swooped down with guns and shields. The Tang army, which had been fighting on the top of the city for half a day, had no idea what to do.

He resisted, but was immediately rushed to pieces.

Seeing that Tang Jun on both sides stopped almost at the same time, Chai Rong stood up excitedly and shouted, "Okay!"

Xu Xian on the side hurriedly pushed him down, and several more arrows were shot. Another arrow pierced the shield and directly nailed Xu Xian's chest. Xu Xian reluctantly pulled out the arrow, and there was still some trace of the three-sided arrow on it.

of blood.

He begged Chai Rong with a grimace: "My shield has been shot into sieves. Your Majesty, it is better to stay calm."

It was rare that Chai Rong felt a little embarrassed, "I was also happy for a moment, my previous efforts were finally not in vain!"

Under normal circumstances, when a large number of soldiers from the siege side have climbed onto the city walls and stood firm, most of the defenders will lose their will to fight and drop their weapons and surrender.

However, the Tang army did not surrender and was still fighting tooth and nail. Soldiers kept coming from the city walls on both sides and the horse road leading to the city, and thunderous roars were heard from below the city.

I saw a big red flag rushing up to the top of the city. The flag was fluttering in the wind. I saw a big "Liu" written on it. The silver-armored veteran under the flag was none other than Liu Renzhan.

Chai Rong heard the movement on the top of the city and asked, "But has Liu Renzhan climbed up the city wall?"

Xu Xian looked at the city wall from the gap, "There is indeed a big flag with the word 'Liu' on the top of the city. Didn't Liu Renzhan always have it on the city wall before?"

"Yeah!" Chai Rong nodded when he heard this, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.

Xu Xian understood what Chai Rong was worried about. The Tang army in the city was already so brave when Liu Renzhan was not on the wall, so what if he came to add fuel to the fire?

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Renzhan climbed onto the city wall, he raised the black cloud sword and charged at the Zhou army. Before Liu Renzhan could make contact with the Zhou army, the soldiers behind him had already rushed in front of him and started fighting with the Zhou army.

The Tang army, which was already exhausted, fought back like crazy.

The Zhou army, which had clearly had the advantage just now, was immediately at a disadvantage, and was forced to retreat by the swarming Tang army.

Chai Rong looked at everything on the top of the city from the gap in the shield, suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "Carry my chariot and go forward fifty steps!"

After hearing this, the old mutou immediately advised: "Your Majesty, don't come within a hundred steps, otherwise even ordinary bows and arrows will be able to shoot you!"

Chai Rong's face was as dark as water and he said: "Just do as you are told!"

Everyone had no choice but to carry Chai Rong forward fifty steps. As soon as he landed, Chai Rong suddenly stood up and pushed aside the shield around him, drew out the long sword from his waist, and shouted towards the top of the city: "Emperor Zhou.

here!"

As a firefighter in his previous life, Xu Xian had seen many people seeking death, but it was rare to see someone as willful and seeking death as Chai Rong. After the meteorite summoning technique, Chai Rong had a new skill - arrows.

Arrow Summoning Technique, only this time it was shot at himself.

Before Chai Rong finished shouting, Old Mutou no longer cared about his dignity. He stretched out his hand and pushed Chai Rong onto the chair. Xu Xian folded the shield several times, waiting for them to prepare.

At the end of the day, the arrows from the top of the city swept over like a violent storm.

Xu Xian braced himself and held on to the big shield, while screams kept ringing around him, but Xu Xian didn't bother to take a look at which of his subordinates had been shot to death again.

Chai Rong moved fifty steps forward, which had limited effect on boosting the morale of the Zhou army, but it definitely attracted the firepower of the Tang army. Crossbows, powerful crossbows, and ordinary bows and arrows all came towards him. Many Tang soldiers even raised their weapons.

He threw the spear in his direction.

Hearing the intensive explosions coming from the shield, Xu Xian's nerves almost collapsed. He subconsciously glanced at Chai Rong beside him, only to see that he was as steady as a mountain, with a hint of a successful smirk on his lips.

Liu Renzhan saw that the Tang soldiers' attention was attracted by Chai Rong below the city, and he shouted anxiously: "Ignore the emperor of Zhou, don't fall into his tricks, brothers Paoze, just guard the city wall! Chongjian immediately set fire to it!"

"

I saw Liu Chongjian and a group of people coming immediately. Everyone was holding a wooden handle more than a foot long. One end of the wooden handle was wrapped in oil cloth and became a knot. At first glance, it looked like a mallet. Tang Jun lit it with fire.

After removing the fuel cloth, he picked up the wooden handle and threw it towards Lu Gong's car, which was just around the corner.

When the "hammer" fell on Mr. Lu's car, there was a crisp sound. It turned out that there was a porcelain bottle wrapped in the oilcloth. The porcelain bottle was full of kerosene, and it would ignite when it flowed out.

The dense fireballs were like rain falling, hitting Zhou Jun's goose chariots, ladders, Lu Gong chariots, and even the heads and feet of Zhou's soldiers. In an instant, the city wall was covered in a sea of ​​​​fire, and the wooden siege equipment ignited huge fires, as if in the sky.

Another wall of fire was added outside the brick wall. Each of the firemen let out heart-piercing screams and fell from the city wall. They fell to the ground and were still struggling. The tragic scene was like a hell on earth.

Chai Rong looked at everything on the city wall. He clenched his hands and dug his nails into his flesh. He was bleeding from pinching. He gritted his teeth and said: "What a Liu Renzhan! He has a plan and has been waiting for me to reach out. He

Just bite it in one bite!"

He had never seen Chai Rong so angry before, but Xu Xian had no intention of caring about his boss's mood. He carefully searched for the backup boss through the gaps between the shields.

However, the flames on the city wall were soaring into the sky and the black smoke was billowing. Where could one see the clear person? Just now, it was obvious that Zhao Kuangyin had climbed up the city wall. The situation at this moment was probably the ninth one. Xu Xian secretly murmured in his heart, "It's not my butterfly wings."

He must have been slapped to death, he will be in big trouble now!"

Zhao Kuangyin was indeed in big trouble. Although he had already occupied the top of the city, the Tang army refused to surrender and instead came up with a group of new troops, setting fire to the city with all their might.

When he saw that something was wrong, he was about to retreat to Lu's bus. When he turned around, he found that the small suspension bridge on Lu's bus had been swallowed up by fire. The bus was also blazing with flames. The Zhou soldiers above were scrambling to escape, even at the risk of falling from the bus.

Jump out of the car.

Now he had no way out, but Liu Renzhan personally led his men to kill him. It was only because he was too tough that Liu Renzhan couldn't even think of not paying attention to him. At this moment, he was really at a dead end.

He looked around and then at the two or three hundred people left around him, and shouted loudly: "Follow me if you want to live!"

I saw him turn around and fight towards the other side of the city wall. In a desperate situation and with an official taking the lead in fighting, this group of Zhou soldiers tried their best.

But when they rushed from the north wall to the west wall, there were less than twenty people left in total. Zhao Kuangyin pointed to the deep moat under the city and shouted: "Brothers, jump first, I will block it for you!"

A person next to him said worriedly: "We are still wearing armor at such a height, I'm afraid we won't be able to float up!"

"It's a death anyway, just take a gamble!" Zhao Kuangyin directly picked up the man next to him and threw it into the moat.

Seeing this, the others had no choice but to jump down, causing a cloud of snow-white water in the moat. Then the mud surged, but no one appeared. A hand scratched the edge of the moat, and then sank again.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw that Liu Renzhan had arrived, he threw the spear in his hand at Liu Renzhan, then turned around and jumped down from the crenel.

Liu Renzhan rushed to the wall and looked at the splash in the water and said: "He is a tough guy! Let's go back to Beicheng."

The moment he turned around, an arm stretched out from the moat, and the barrier knife in his hand was firmly inserted into the bank until it was submerged into the hilt. Then he saw a man jumping out of the water, and in his hand

There is another person caught inside!

Liu Renzhan turned to look at the two panting people kneeling on the ground by the moat, and said coldly: "What a good man, this man can't even bring a bow and arrow!"

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Chai Rong retreated, with a look of defeat on his face that he had never seen before. He worked hard and spent countless manpower, material resources and time to take down Shouzhou City in one go today, but he was unable to do so.

After paying nearly 10,000 casualties, the goal was still not achieved, and everyone would inevitably be discouraged.

He got down from the chariot. Perhaps he staggered a little because he had been sitting for a long time. He turned around and said to the important officers behind him: "It's a good idea to gather the wounded soldiers and try our best to treat them. We took out all the food and wine to express our condolences to the three armies."

Knowing that Chai Rong was not happy, all the officials agreed one after another. Of course, some unsighted people came up to give him trouble. Li Dai separated from everyone and came to Chai Rong's side and said: "Your Majesty suffered a great defeat today. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Now the morale of the army is unstable. Your Majesty must be careful."

Teacher, please return to the court as soon as possible."

Chai Rong turned around and glanced at Dai Li, "If I don't retreat, so what?"

"Well, it doesn't matter that Your Majesty doesn't retreat, but now that it's the farming season, Your Majesty should let those civilians go home..."

Chai Rong ignored him and went straight to the commander's tent. Li Dai wanted to chase him again, but Xu Xian stretched out his hand to stop him, "You didn't even wink at all, and you want to be beaten, so get away quickly."

Old Mutou came out of the commander's tent and said to Xu Xian: "His Majesty asked you to take people to find Zhao Kuangyin and bring them back alive or dead."

"Don't tell me, otherwise I won't be able to explain it when I get home!"

Xu Xian immediately took hundreds of people to the battlefield to search under the city. Zhao Kuangyin was tall and strong, and it would not be troublesome to find a corpse. He would wait until dark before leading people to steal it back. But if the body was mutilated or burned,

Xu Xian was so confused that there was nothing he could do.

As soon as he returned to the battlefield, he saw that Zhao Hongyin was running around with snot and tears. When he saw the corpse, he turned it over and took a look. His desolate and helpless look was still as free and easy as before.

Xu Xian stepped forward and advised: "Leave this to me, father-in-law. Why don't you go look for him in the injury camp?"

Zhao Hongyin nodded with eyes red, "Then leave this place to Zhixian!"

Xiaozi suddenly ran over and said: "Yuhou, don't look for Master Zhao, Zhao Yuhou is back!"

The two were overjoyed and hurriedly followed Xiaozi back to the camp. Xiaozi pointed at Xu Xian's tent and said, "Marquis Zhao Yu is inside!"

Xu Xian and Zhao Hongyin rushed to the tent and saw Yin Simiao kneeling on the ground. There was a person lying motionless on the long table in front of him. His head and face were covered with mud, his legs were naked and bloodless, and one of his thighs was covered with blood.

The arrow penetrated him, and he could tell he had lost too much blood.

Zhao Hongyin stepped forward, shook the injured body and cried: "Yuan Long, wake up, my father is here to see you!"
To be continued...