Chapter 569: A plan to earn Nanzheng (Part 2)

Li Huan looked forward to his two defenders from Xingdao and Gucheng since noon. He also knew that the army could not come back so soon, but he was very worried that these two troops would encounter an accident. Judging from the information sent by his scouts, there was no movement in the Anxi Army camp and was still resting, which made him feel a little relieved. He was afraid that the Anxi Army would know that there were two armies, Gucheng County and Xingdao County. The Anxi Army sent troops to intercept them. Judging from the current situation, the Anxi Army was traveling to Luo Baodao and took Baocheng County so quickly. He should not know the situation of the garrison in Xingdao County and Gucheng County.

Li Huan kept comforting himself. Even so, his heart was still heavy, and there was always a kind of uneasy palpitations twitching in his heart. At dusk, he received information sent by the Gucheng County army with a pigeon letter. Su Yu, deputy general of the Gucheng County garrison, led some troops twenty miles away, and there was no abnormality along the way, which made Li Huan breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, a scout came from a distance and rushed to the city and shouted loudly: "Master!"

"What happened?"

"After receiving the news ahead, the main force of the Anxi Army has been dispatched, with about 20,000 cavalrymen, and are moving quickly towards this side, less than twenty miles."

"ah!"

Li Huan exclaimed, did the main force of the Anxi Army arrive so soon? Needless to say, they must have heard of the army withdrawn from the east and rushed to intercept it.

"Quick! Come back soon."

Li Huan prayed in a low voice, but he was anxious. Why didn’t the Gucheng County army come back yet?

"Marson, look! They seem to be here." A soldier shouted in the distance.

Li Huan looked into the night and saw a group of figures appearing several miles east, about three or four miles apart.

"Tell me the order, light the torch and prepare to open the city!"

When the army returned from Gucheng County was still three miles away, the Nanzheng defenders began to prepare. The city wall was filled with torches, and thousands of soldiers rushed to the top of the city. Li Huan also stood above the city gate, frowned and looked into the distance. He faintly saw the team clearly, with only about three or four thousand people. He had some doubts in his heart. Aren’t there five thousand guards in Gucheng County? Where are there more than a thousand people?

Soon, the army of Gucheng County approached the city and stopped a hundred steps away. There were only more than 200 war horses in the army, and the rest were infantry. Their team was messy and looked very tired. Li Huan sighed slightly. This was his army. They could see their gap in the details. If it were the Anxi Army, the team would not be scattered for several days and nights, but these gaps in details made them far from the enemy of the Anxi Army.

In the dark night, dozens of cavalry rushed forward, with the deputy general Su Yu in charge. He raised his head and shouted loudly: "Master Li, last general Su Yu!"

"Where is your General Li?" Li Huan asked lying on the top of the city.

"General Li is transporting food from behind, so I will come back first."

No wonder more than a thousand people were missing. It turned out that they had gone to transport grain. Li Huan cursed softly, "When is it now? I still care about grain!"

He waved his hand and said, "Let them into the city!"

The suspension bridge rumbled down, the city gate opened wide, Su Yu turned his horse and turned around and said, "Line in the city!"

The soldiers cheered up and stood in three rows. This was the rule of the Anxi Army. The army must become three groups when entering the city, which has formed a natural habit. Although Zhao Chongjie took into account many details, such as the intentional dispersion of the army, etc., it was still difficult for him to cover everything. He accidentally revealed a little of the Anxi Army's style when the army lined up to enter the city.

But this little change in style made Li Huan frown. His army always lined up in two lines when entering the city, but he didn't see them lined up in three lines. However, although he felt a little resentful, he did not realize the authenticity of this army, so he had to feel a little abnormal.

A group of soldiers approached the city gate, stepped onto the suspension bridge and walked into the city cave. Li Chongjie disguised himself as a captain and rode his horse in the middle of the team. When he walked onto the suspension bridge, he couldn't help but look up. It happened that Li Huan was also looking at him. The two of them looked at him. Li Huan was stunned. Why are there such a mighty officer in his army? He had never seen him before. Moreover, his horse was extremely majestic. It was not a mountain horse in Shu at all. What's going on?

At this time, doubts finally arose in his heart. When he looked at the soldiers again, his doubts became even stronger. Many of his army were natives in Hanzhong, either Shu people. They were generally not tall and a little thin. However, the soldiers in front of him were generally tall, and some of them even had a bit of Hu people. Li Huan began to feel something was wrong. At this moment, his eyes fell on the Modao heavy armored infantry who was about to approach the city gate. Although they could not see their faces clearly in the dark, what were the two feet long weapons on their hands? There was never such a weapon in his army.

Li Huan's back was covered in cold sweat. He suddenly understood and immediately shouted: "Hurry! Close the city gate quickly and pull up the suspension bridge!"

All the soldiers were stunned and did not react for a moment. Li Huan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He grabbed the collar of the captain of Guanchengmen and shouted: "Damn, are you blind? They are Anxi Army, close the door quickly!"

There was a sudden chaos on the top of the city, and the soldiers shouted: "Close the door quickly, it's the Anxi Army!"

Li Chongjie, who had just crossed the suspension bridge, knew that he had been seen through by the enemy. He also shouted: "Brothers, rush into the city!"

The Anxi Army did not line up anymore. They roared and rushed into the city. At this time, the suspension bridge began to squeak, and immediately rushed to more than a dozen Mo Dao soldiers, swung their swords and slashed the iron chains. The flames were everywhere. Two "crack!" The left and right iron chains were cut off one after another. The suspension bridge that had risen three feet high fell down again.

At this time, half of the 3,800 Anxi soldiers had already rushed into the city, but Nanzheng City was divided into inner city and outer city. They only rushed into the outer city gate. There was an inner moat between the inner and outer cities. There was a stone bridge on the river connecting the inner and outer city. The stone bridge was about a hundred steps long and four feet wide. Only by rushing through the stone bridge and breaking open the inner city gate can one truly enter Nanzheng.

The terrain was very unfavorable to the Anxi Army. The Hanzhong Army had discovered that they were the Anxi Army. Nearly 20,000 defenders were coming from all directions. At this time, Li Huan had calmed down from the initial panic. He immediately organized soldiers to fight back. There were more than 4,000 soldiers on the outer city wall. They all set their bows and arrows, and dense rain of arrows shot towards the Anxi Army outside the city. The Anxi Army soldiers raised their shields to greet them and began to fight to the city. At the end were a thousand Modao heavy armored infantry. They were wearing heavy armor and were not afraid of arrows. The arrows of the Hanzhong Army did not have much effect on them.

There were more than 2,000 Hanzhong soldiers inside the outer city gate and on the stone bridge. Before they could withdraw back to the inner city, the inner city gate was already closed. These more than 2,000 soldiers became the first batch of enemies of the Anxi army's fierce battle. The shouts of killing were shocking the sky. The outer city cave and the stone bridge were densely covered with soldiers from both sides. In the narrow space, the two sides started a bloody battle.

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On the road ten miles away, Li Siye was leading 20,000 cavalry to Nanzheng. Teams of neat cavalry were lined up on the official road. They had no concealment, and they knew that they could not escape the spies of the Hanzhong army. They simply let go of murderous aura. The sound of huge horse hooves hit the uneven ground. The torches were like long dragons, and the Anxi cavalry were densely packed with spears and saddles, heading towards Nanzheng City. Their march was not fast. Before they received news from Zhao Chongjie, Li Siye would not launch an attack with all his might.

According to Li Siye's original plan, he was preparing to use the power of gunpowder and the Modao Army to attack Nanzheng City. If he wanted to take down the city with a strong and tight defense within three days, he could only use the Zhentian Thunder to break the city. However, the retreat of the two defenders in Gucheng County and Xingdao County gave him a god-given opportunity. After he could wipe out one of the troops, he pretended to retreat to deceive Nanzheng City.

From the news he just received, Zhao Chongjie had completed the first half and solved the withdrawal of Gucheng County. Now they are close to Nanzheng City. Although Li Siye has experienced many battles, he is still a little nervous at this moment. He knows that there must be a gap in the hundreds of secrets, and they cannot do everything. Among them, the appearance and temperament of the Anxi Army are completely different from that of the Hanzhong Army. As the commander, will Li Huan not see this?

I'm afraid a bloody battle for the city will be inevitable. Just as I thought of this, a bright arc in the south sky rose slowly and suddenly exploded in mid-air. This was a signal that Anxi had launched an attack. Li Siye immediately ordered: "The whole army accelerates and advances to Nanzheng at full speed!"

Twenty thousand cavalry suddenly accelerated, and the chaotic sound of horse hooves swept towards the official road in the south like a storm.

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The battle to attack Nanzheng had reached a white-hot level. The corpses piled up on the 100-step stone bridge, with blood flowing into a river. Nearly two thousand people had no time to withdraw. The Hanzhong army was basically slaughtered, leaving only hundreds of people leaning on the inner city gate to support the Anxi army's attacks one after another. They cursed in despair, constantly smashing the city gates, trying to open a crack so that they could retreat into the city, but the city gates did not move at all, and inside were closed tightly. They had to fight to the death, and even the way to surrender. Both sides either died or I lived, and no one would consider prisoners of war at this time.

However, the dense rain of arrows in the Hanzhong army slowed down their pressure. The inner and outer city walls were filled with Hanzhong army, with more than 10,000 people. They shot arrows from both sides, and the arrows were like locusts. The overwhelming arrows were densely covered with wind and rain. At this time, the Anxi army was also seriously injured, with more than a thousand casualties. Even the main general Zhao Chongjie's war horse was shot to death. He leaned against the bridge pier, and more than a dozen personal soldiers guarded him with shields and commanded the battle in the rain of arrows.

Zhao Chongjie was worried. Now the Anxi army was very passive. He was sandwiched between the inner and outer cities, as if he was ambushed. The rain of arrows shot from the enemy forward and back made it difficult for the soldiers of the Anxi army to take care of the front and back, and could only defend with shields back to back. However, in this way, they could not launch an attack. A large number of troops were suppressed in the outer city cave ten feet long and five feet wide. Nearly two thousand people were crowded in a short section of the city cave. Arrows as dense as hail rushed into the city cave. Fifty Anxi soldiers held giant shields in their hands and formed a shield wall at the entrance of the city cave to effectively resist the incoming of arrows. Despite this, the city cave was still too dangerous. If the Hanzhong army attacked the city cave with fire, his army would be seriously injured.

Now they can only hold on until reinforcements come, but Zhao Chongjie is unwilling to go that step, which is a shame for him. What is the difference between this and not conquering Nanzheng City?

Zhao Chongjie's only hope is the Mo Dao Army. They are not afraid of arrows and use them to capture the outer city. There is a narrow path next to the outer city gate, about thirty steps long and straight to the city wall. At most, three people can only walk side by side. This is the right way for the soldiers guarding the city to go up and down the city wall, but at this moment it is the key way for the Anxi army to capture Nanzheng City.

At this time, the corridor was filled with more than a hundred Anxi Mo Dao Army. On one side was the city wall, and on the other side were facing overwhelming arrows. Mo Dao Army was not afraid of arrows. But relative to that, their armor was strong, and it was indeed difficult to penetrate by chance. However, if it was dozens of arrows, hundreds of arrows were shot, even the most solid armor would be penetrated. In order to cover the Mo Dao Army, there were dozens of ordinary soldiers on the edge. They did not have weapons in their hands, and each of them held two shields to densely defend against the arrows shot from the inner city.

At this time, this corridor had become the focus of competition between the two sides. Hundreds of crossbowmen of the Anxi Army, under the cover of shields, shot at the Hanzhong Army above the corridor. Although they were not many, their archery skills were extremely accurate. They basically suppressed the Hanzhong Army above the corridor, making it difficult for them to attack the Modao Army in the corridor with huge rocks and rolling wood, effectively protecting the Modao Army's siege.

In order to protect the outer city wall, the Hanzhong army also invested nearly a thousand people, forming a dense defensive flesh wall to fight with the Modao Army. The battle between the two sides of the battle for the road to the upper city has become fierce. Modao soldiers are unstoppable. When the long Modao sword swings, blood will splash everywhere. The enemy soldiers are cut in half or chopped off their heads. However, a group of killed will surge up one after another, and the dead bodies are stacked up three feet high, seriously hindering the road to the upper city. The Modao Hand behind them continues to use long handles to lift the dead bodies down the city wall and fall into the inner moat. However, the Modao soldiers are also seriously injured. In the nearly half an hour of battle, nearly a hundred people have been killed, and many of them have fallen into the river and drowned.

At this time, the general of the Modao Soldier Lin Haixiong had already rushed to the front. He was nicknamed "Modao Killing God". He was one of the seven most sharp killing knives in the Anxi Modao Army. He was ten feet tall, extremely burly, with a strong and long arm. A Modao, two feet long, was like a butcher knife in his hand.

The sword flashed, and the human heads were rolling, flesh and blood were flying, and the limbs were separated. The screams resounded throughout the night sky. He roared and rushed to the top of the city. With a wave of the sword, four Hanzhong soldiers were cut into eight pieces in half. With a backhand, three heads flew up, and blood was sprayed out of the neck.

Lin Haixiong's ferocious spirit frightened the dozens of Hanzhong soldiers surrounding him. They had never seen such a cruel god of killing. They were all so scared that their legs trembled. Lin Haixiong roared wildly, swung his sword to rush towards dozens of soldiers. After several slashes, more than a dozen people had different bodies and heads. The Hanzhong soldiers shouted in fear, turned around and fled.

Lin Haixiong laughed to the sky. He waved his hand and shouted in a thunderous voice: "Brothers, go up to the city!"

Modao soldiers rushed to the top of the city, and a road to victory was finally opened. As more and more Modao soldiers and other Anxi soldiers rushed to the outer city, the battle situation began to reverse. Thousands of Hanzhong troops on the outer city could not resist the attack of the Anxi army and retreated back to the inner city from the passage on the city wall.

At this time, a loud trumpet sound came from the night sky in the distance. An ocean formed by torches appeared outside Nanzheng City. The 20,000 main forces of the Anxi Army finally arrived. The scale of victory was tilting towards the Anxi Army. The outer city had been occupied by the Anxi Army. Their morale was greatly boosted and they killed the defenders on the inner city to retreat step by step. Especially nearly a thousand Modao soldiers, they lined up and waved their swords to form an invincible formation, approaching the inner city tower step by step. No one could reach their advance. All resisters would be chopped into pieces of flesh, and all resisters would be stepped on by them. They were the god of war and the number one army in the world.

The inner city gate finally slowly opened. The Anxi cavalry held up swords and torches, and a torrent of firelight rushed into Nanzheng City in a turbulent manner.
Chapter completed!