There is a high platform built in the west of Yecheng City, six feet high. Standing here, you can clearly see the entire Heishan camp. In the past few days, the number of flags in the camp has been slowly decreasing. Every day, Commander Qu leads everyone back to the west. The prefect Li Cheng

A smile finally appeared on his tired face.

Let's just say that the Black Mountain bandits were composed of various tribes. How could they work together like this? No, within a few days, some of the tribesmen retreated due to the difficulty, and the catapults originally lined up in front of the city were gradually transported away.

Afraid of being deceived by the bandit army, Li Cheng sent another scout to secretly investigate. When he saw that the bandits had indeed returned to Taihang after leaving Yecheng, he was finally relieved.

In the past two days, Li Cheng had hardly rested. He had been standing on a high platform to observe. There were about 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses leaving. Excluding the more than 10,000 who died in the previous battle, there were only 30,000 people dying in the rebel camp. Previously,

A hundred thousand troops couldn't capture Yecheng, how could the few people left now make a huge difference?

Li Cheng yawned loudly, walked down the high platform while holding on to the railing, and asked Xu You, "Looking from afar, are the rebels really ready to retreat?"

Xu You twirled his goatee and said, "This is indeed the case. However, there are still several soldiers and horses outside the city. We still need to be careful, especially the city wall on the slope."

"It's natural!"

Li Cheng said to Chunyu Qiong again, "The soldiers have worked hard these days. I think some of them are left to stare at the slopes outside the city and the enemy camp, while the others are sent back to rest. I guess the remaining few should leave as well."

Yes, we have defended this city."

Chunyu Qiong nodded, finally letting go of the worries he had been feeling for the past few days. After he went to the top of the city to arrange for those who would stay behind, he returned to his military tent to rest.

That night, Li Cheng was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly woken up by a loud noise. He jumped out of bed as a reflex reflex. A soldier shouted hurriedly from outside, "Master Fu, something bad has happened. The bandits have begun to attack the city again."

Hearing that the rebels were attacking the city, Li Cheng calmed down. He put on his clothes and said, "Why panic? The rebels only have a few men and horses left, so what use are they? Aren't there soldiers on night watch at the top of the city? Where is General Chunyu?"

The soldier outside the door shouted, "The general has gone to organize people to resist the rebel army. He said it seems that the rebel soldiers who retreated have come back again."

Li Cheng paused with his boots on his hands, "How many people are here?"

"It was hard to see clearly at night, but from the sounds, I'm afraid there were quite a few. When I came to report, the city wall on the Tupo slope was already in close contact."

Li Cheng hurriedly put on his armor and came out. As soon as he left the door, he could hear shouts of killing from the top of the city. Soldiers brought horses for him. Li Cheng got on the horse and hurried towards the city wall.

There was no moon tonight, and the thieves attacking the city did not light torches. It was completely dark under the city. With the faint light of the fire on the top of the city, Li Cheng saw the city gate, and there were many shadows of people under the walls everywhere, and there were loud shouts of killing in his ears.

It kept going, and it was impossible to tell how many men and horses there were. My own soldiers were drawing their bows and shooting blindly at the bottom of the city. I don't know what the effect was.

There were torches burning at the top of the city, and one could clearly see the Black Mountain bandits coming up from the slope and fighting with the soldiers in front of the city wall. The attack was very fierce.

Li Cheng was shocked, "Did the Black Mountain bandits deliberately withdraw their troops so that we can relax our vigilance and come back for a sneak attack at night?"

Xu You had already arrived at the city tower first, and his face could not be seen clearly in the darkness. He could only hear him saying, "The retreat does not seem to be a lie, and our scouting horse also followed us to see. Those rebels did retreat. How could they do it in such a short period of time?"

Turn back within the time limit?"

"Then what if the sounds of fighting everywhere are so tragic?"

"This must be a deliberate attempt by the bandits to scare us and others." Xu You said coldly.

The advantage of a night attack is that without knowing the number of enemy troops or the situation of the battle, it can cause psychological panic to the generals and soldiers, thus achieving the purpose of weakening the enemy. If it is an attack on a large camp, it can even allow the opponent to directly blow up the camp.

Thinking of this, Xu You immediately said to Li Cheng, "The most important thing right now is to appease the morale of the army and order the soldiers guarding the city everywhere not to panic. The enemy troops are not large in number and cannot attack. Tell them to do what they usually do to defend the enemy now."

, if anyone makes a fool of himself and disrupts the morale of our army, he will be beheaded directly."

"Okay, okay!" Li Cheng calmed down and hurriedly sent people to deliver orders everywhere.

However, what Xu You didn't expect was that today's night attack by the Black Mountain bandits was not to create panic for the soldiers defending the city, but to attack the east and the west.

The attention of the soldiers in the city was all drawn to the west gate, but no one noticed that in the south of Qishui, black figures were holding on to the ladders floating on the water, and they were going down the river.

Qishui is a natural moat in the south of Ye City. The river surface is wide. It is impossible for the enemy to cross the river safely, let alone attack from here. The Black Mountain Army has been in Ye City for so many days and has never thought of attacking the city from the south.

, Chunyu Qiong also felt that the security here was very high, and the number of soldiers stationed on guard was far less than that of the other three walls.

The soldiers on duty at this moment listened to the sound of fighting coming from the west. They couldn't help but look back, always paying attention to the fighting there. They didn't realize that the black shadows were climbing up from the river, and through the darkness and the deafening shouts of killing, they didn't realize that the shadows were rising from the river.

Take cover and slowly approach the wall.

Five ladders were quietly put up on the city wall, three of them closest to the city gate were used to attract the attention of the enemy at the top of the city, and the other two were slightly farther away and were actually used to climb the city.

The three black figures near the city gate were holding hand axes, with swords tied around their waists, and climbed up the ladder. When they climbed to about ten feet away from the city head, they didn't care about accuracy and just threw the hand ax at the city head.

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"Bang-bang-bang-"

After three loud noises, the ax fell to the ground. However, it did not hit anyone, but it shocked several soldiers on duty nearby.

"There is a sneak attack by a thief! A sneak attack by a thief! This way——"

Several soldiers shouted, and nearby soldiers held torches and gathered around. As expected, three ladders were set up on the city wall at some point, and thieves were trying to climb up.

In a moment, he drew the bow and forked the ladder, and in a moment he overturned all the thieves who tried to sneak up the city wall.

The soldiers were breathing a sigh of relief when suddenly they felt a strong wind blowing behind their heads. As soon as they turned around, the heads of two soldiers were moved. The other soldiers were shocked and saw a section of the city wall not far behind.

At some point, several thieves climbed up. By the light of the fire, you could see many thieves on the city wall road rushing towards the city gate.

After a brutal fight, the south city gate was opened.

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As soon as the moth thieves in the south of the city climbed to the top of the city, someone came to the west to report them. The Black Mountain people who had gathered around the southwestern corner of the city wall to create momentum immediately rushed around the base of the wall and rushed to the south of the city.

Naturally, Li Cheng and Xu You had to take revenge. Chun Yuqiong immediately dispatched men to stop the attack, but it was still a little late. The city gate had been opened, and the dark crowd poured in like ants. The soldiers who came to stop the attack were quickly killed.

retreat.

Once the city gate was broken, the morale of the defenders, who had been panicked by the night attack, plummeted. Not only did a large number of thieves rush in from the south gate, but even the western slope was climbed by the Montenegrin army, and the west gate was also breached.

Seeing that the city gate was breached, Xu You hurriedly led a group of people to Yuan Shao's house.

Heishan rushed into the city from two sides. The screams and screams extended from the west and south into the city. Yecheng, which was originally in darkness, was suddenly illuminated by torches. The sleeping people were awakened. When they reacted, they didn't know what to do.

No matter where they fled, most of them just huddled at home and shivered.

A small number of soldiers were still trying to resist, but most of them were in a panic. The thieves didn't care whether you were resisting or fleeing. They would kill the officers and soldiers when they saw you after entering the city. When Chunyu Qiong saw that the situation was out of control, it was already too late to escape.
Chapter completed!