When Wei Gao's envoy rode a horse and ran through the river valley of Weishan and delivered a letter to Liangyuan, Duan Xiushi and Gao Yue's military attack on Liangyuan City had already begun.

In the deafening sound of the trumpet, Duan Xiushi personally stood on the high slope where the camp was located, waved the red flag - the soldiers of the tutors all went into battle, erected thirteen wooden pillars, buried them in the land, and set up a horizontal log on top, then set up a cannon tip, with a leather nest tied to the tip, and more than ten "cannon ropes" tied to the other end - each cannon rope was pulled by two young soldiers, and a hard mud ball was placed in the sheath.

Behind Duan Xiushi, Gao Yue beat the drum himself, and each drum was a signal of shooting together: all the soldiers under the thirteen cannons ran back together, suddenly pulled the cannon rope, and pulled the long cannon tip up, swaying the mud ball in the skin.

Then the mud ball flipped and roared towards the top of Lianghara Castle under the huge centrifugal force.

This kind of hard mud ball is simple to use. Jingchuan can be dug and made everywhere, but its power cannot be underestimated. After being shot a hundred steps away, their energy is no less than that of the polished Shiwan. It smashes the battle shed and gate tower on the Liangyuan City walls so that wood chips fly and crumbling. It hits the rammed earth walls. It is filled with smoke and dust, and the broken soil splashes. It is cut on the bodies of the soldiers guarding the city and tear their armor. If it hits the neck or face, it is a cruel scene of flesh and blood flying.

Tian Xijian hurriedly directed the Fan Yang army to take out the grain bags from the granaries, stuff them in fodder or wheat bran, and lay them on women's walls or wooden sheds to offset the damage caused by the siege stone thrower.

But this was useless. After several rounds of Niwan volleys, Duan Xiushi ordered that all simple single-pillar stone throwers began to shoot "thunderbolt cannons". For a moment, the flying cannons were like rain, and the fire was bursting on the top of Liangyuan City. The buildings were burning fiercely. Fan Yang's soldiers ran around the fireworks.

At the same time, Gao Yue also called the Fan Yang soldiers of Lingtai Jiuxian County to take turns to fight and carry out "political calls", saying, "We are all in Youzhou. After coming to Jingyuan, Gaotailang took us to camp the fields. Every household had other rice to eat and extra clothes to wear. Gaotailang was kind to us to take off our clothes and push food. Don't rebel with Tian Xijian, there would be no good ending!"

Zhu Li's slave Su Yu was also taken to the city. Hou Lan used a sharp blade to press his back. Su Yu was frightened and in order to save his life, he could only cry to the city side: "Tian Xijian is just for wealth. In fact, Zhu Taiwei is trapped in the hands of chaos behind his Majesty's carriage in Chang'an City, and he is unyielding and sacrificed his pride. If you want to inherit Zhu's loyalty and martyrdom, you should not follow the thief."

This political offensive was indeed extraordinary. For a moment, the defending city was in chaos and the soldiers' fighting spirit was quickly reduced.

Tian Xijian was so angry that he was furious that he personally held a sword on the horse's wall, killed two generals who were ineffective, and held bows and arrows to shoot Su Yu.

But before Tian Xijian had time to clean up his morale, an accident happened. Thunder suddenly broke out in the southwest corner of Liangyuan City. A wall of more than ten feet wide suddenly collapsed. More than ten Fan Yang soldiers stationed on it had no time to escape. They all fell down along with the walls and were buried by rocks and lumps!

It turns out that this is the "life gate" that Gao Yue deliberately left behind when he was building Liangyuan City.

When he applied for Yu Liangyuan to build a city, Zhu Li wanted to let his confidant Tian Xijian settle in. How could Gao Yue be willing to hand over Liangyuan? He ordered his confidant direct soldiers to dig out four crypts in the southwest corner of the city wall, and use short wooden pillars to support the wall above it. The crypt was hidden and buried under the city. Tian Xijian was unaware of it, and the entrance was outside the city, covered with sand, soil, and plants.

After the siege began, Gao Gu led fifty dead soldiers to sneak into the crypt, climbed to the short wooden pillar under the city wall, and raised a fire to burn them all. As soon as the wooden pillar collapsed, the entire section of the city wall collapsed.

Then Gao Gu wore double-layer heavy armor, and came out from the vertical hole with other dead soldiers. He held a long-handed sword and shouted, "The surrendered ones are not allowed to die." He rushed to the top of Liangyuan City along the collapsed city wall and killed several people in a row. Other Fan Yang soldiers were not possessed. They were even better at implementing the tactic of rushing and shooting in the wild. This kind of melee battle was not their best, so they knelt down in front of Gao Gu's blood-dropping blade to beg for his life.

Then Duan Xiushi firmly commanded all the people and rushed into the city.

Tian Xijian was tied up in all kinds of ways and was escorted to Duan Xiushi in front of the camp.

Duan Xiushi angrily scolded him and said, "How dare you resist the imperial court's Grand Marshal's Punishment envoy?"

"I only know that there is Taiwei Zhu, but I don't know that there is Taiwei Duan." Tian Xijian replied.

"The rats don't know how to die."

When Tian Xijian was beheaded, Gao Yue rode a horse into Liangyuan City, took out more than a thousand pieces of silk inside, and brought the four thousand pieces of silk originally brought from Baili City (exchanged for salt to Purun and Linyou Shence Army Town), and rewarded them to Tian Shi and the foreign soldiers. The cheers of the soldiers shook the earth, and all the Fan Yang soldiers who were surrendered in the city were pardoned. Duan Xiushi held the talisman and organized them into the army.

Next, we went north to advance into the original capital of Jingzhou and Anding City.

At this time, Wei Gao's envoy also arrived and reported to Duan Xiushi and Gao Yue about Fengxiang and Longzhou.

"Absolutely, Li Chulin killed Zhang Zhonglang and plotted against him." Gao Yue sighed, and then called Wei Tuotian, "You can go to Weiyang quickly and ask if Chengwu can hold on for half a month. If possible, I will settle Jingzhou and I will meet him and fight Li Chulin in a decisive battle. If I can't, I will divide three thousand soldiers to help him first."

Wei Tuotian took the order, spread his feet, rolled up waves of tobacco, and flew along the mountains and rivers like a flying trip. The messenger on Wei Gao was stunned.

Then Gao Yue asked Duan Xiushi for advice and said: "Taiwei, Yue's plan has been decided, and I am not waiting for it. Please enter Jingzhou City as soon as possible."

"Okay, start now."

As a result, several more riders were holding long poles and galloping from the east.

Among them, Huo Zhongtang, dressed in colorful clothes, must have come from Fengtiancheng.

Huo Zhongtang was sweating all over his face. After getting off the horse, he saluted Taiwei Duan and Gaotailang, and then said: "Li Huaiguang, Li Xilie, and Zhu Li, the three thieves gathered together and attacked Fengtian City."

Gao Yue and Duan Xiushi remained silent, but they already had a premonition of unknowns in their hearts.

Next, Huo Zhongtang continued: "The Holy Lord was worried that Fengtian City was in short supply, so he asked the Taiwei and Tailang to lead the troops back and quickly enter Fengtian City to rescue the emperor."

Gao Yue's fists were clenched secretly and his hair was raised. He wanted to hit someone on the spot.

Damn, I will naturally rest assured to you, Li Shi, and you will have peace of mind. You said it eight times to you, Li Shi! You clearly said it, okay, but in a blink of an eye, I fucked me and Taiwei Duan twice. First, I told me not to beat Liangyuan to save Fengxiang and Zhang Yi, but now I don’t even care about Fengxiang and ask us to go back to Fengtian to save you. Fengtian City has been built so strongly by my camp. At least there are four or five thousand people in the city now, and there are enough food. Hun Yu, Zhang Guangsheng, Gao Chongwen and other brave generals. When I left the city, I left the most caring Cai Fonu and Guo Xiaofeng to you. What are you afraid of?

At this time, Duan Xiushi spoke casually.
Chapter completed!