The war in North City was particularly fierce. Siege ladders were erected, and the Jin soldiers climbed up desperately. On top of their heads, wooden and stones were smashed like hail. Countless soldiers screamed and fell from the ladder.

Behind the siege ladder, the bow and arrow battle was also in full swing. There was basically no accurate sign in the dark night. The arrows flying above and below the city wove into a huge black net.

Li Yanqing was located in Nancheng at this time. Xu Ning handed over all the 6,000 soldiers from Nancheng to Li Yanqing's command, and he himself went to command the 5,000 soldiers from Dongcheng. This 1,000 soldiers were the foundation of Li Yanqing's counterattack, and the other 19,000 New Taipei Army and others could not control it. Especially the 15,000 people fighting fiercely with the Jin soldiers in the North City, it was even more difficult to guarantee that as much as they could come back.

Li Yanqing did not rush to the North City to participate in the battle. He did not have much effect on the city, even similar to Zhang Qing, Xu Ning and others.

What Li Yanqing is good at is not to participate in the war directly, but to prepare for war, command, and employ people, especially to employ people. He can use everyone's talents, boost morale, let soldiers fight fiercely, arrange the positions of generals, and let the generals give full play to their own advantages.

He arranged all these one by one, so naturally there were such powerful generals as Liu Ya, Wang Gui, Niu Gao, Cao Meng, and Yang Zaixing who directly led the army to fight.

The reason why Li Yanqing knew that the outer city would inevitably be broken was because the Song army had no preparations for the second battle to defend the city. He was squandering his combat readiness balance for the first time, without meticulous inspection of the catapult, without sufficient logistical support, the army did not even have any training during the armistice, and the army had no rules for combat. The soldiers fought fiercely with the Jin soldiers based on their instinct. How could this battle be won? I thought the Jin soldiers were so easy to defeat?

Whether Li Yanqing won the battle of Taiyuan or the first battle of defense of the capital, he was the result of a lot of effort and would never succeed by chance.

At this time, a shocking explosion came from the north city. A half-tall catapult flew high, followed by another explosion, and the two catapults were blown to pieces.

Li Yanqing felt a little nervous. This was a catapult that had failed, causing the thunder to explode directly on the city. He shook his head gently. This was something he expected. He was so careful in Taiyuan that he exploded one, not to mention that the army has not considered this issue at all, and it is certain that an implosion is inevitable.

Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Transfer my order and prepare to withdraw to the inner city!"

As soon as he finished speaking, violent explosions came from the west city. A strong black smoke rose into the air. Li Yanqing's face suddenly changed, "No!"

He saw that the place where the black smoke rose was Xinzheng Gate. This was the Jin soldiers who were bombing the city gate. Li Yanqing suddenly understood that attacking the Beicheng was just a cover. The Jin soldiers wanted to use the thunder they seized to explode the Xicheng. Who said that the Jin soldiers would not use strategy? This strategy was quite clever. He used the Jin soldiers' thinking inertia that had been attacking the Beicheng and accidentally exploded the Xicheng Gate.

Li Yanqing immediately made a decision and ordered: "Start the rocket and retreat to the inner city!"

Three rockets soared into the air, which was a signal of retreat. The six thousand Song troops on the top of the city quickly left the south city and retreated to the inner city.

At the same time, Xu Ning from Dongcheng also ordered the army to retreat. At this time, a series of explosions came from Xinzheng Gate, and the entire city wall of Xinzheng Gate was blown up and dust was flying.

Tens of thousands of people shouted to kill people outside the West City, and the 30,000 Jin soldiers lying outside rushed to Xinzheng Gate. Seeing that the situation was not good, the defenders of the West City rushed down the city and retreated to the inner city.

At this time, the North City was still in fierce battle. The Jin soldiers attacked the city several times, but were killed by the Song army. He Li stood under the city tower and waved his sword and roared violently. His hair was disheveled, his eyes were red. He Li was only fifty years old and was the top scholar. But at this moment, he was like a war-produced general, commanding the Song army to fight. In fact, this was his first contact with war, but his blood in his bones was also ignited by the war.

"Fight against the enemy, and eighteen years later, we will be a hero again!"

If a soldier hadn't held him tightly by the side, He Li would have rushed in and joined the battle group.

At this time, Zhang Qing rushed over. Shortly after the explosion in the West City, he also saw Li Yanqing's order to retreat and had no time left for them.

"Grandpa He, the outer city cannot be defended, please withdraw back to the inner city!"

"fart!"

He Li roared angrily: "With me here, the Jin soldiers don't want to kill them!"

The shouts of killing here were too fierce, and He Li didn't hear the explosion in Xicheng. At this moment, a series of explosions in Xicheng finally came, and all the soldiers in the North City were stunned.

"Retreat! Retreat the inner city!" Zhang Qing issued an order loudly.

He Li was stunned at first, then yelled angrily: "No retreat! No one is allowed to retreat!"

Unfortunately, no one of the soldiers would listen to his orders again. Li Yanqing's personal soldiers planted in the army played a role at this time. They shouted: "The outer city cannot be defended, quickly withdraw to the inner city!"

They then shouted: "Draw the fuse of the thunder and don't leave it to the golden man!"

The soldiers pulled out the fuse of the thunder that shook the sky above the city and retreated like a tide under the leadership of Li Yanqing's personal soldiers.

At this time, Zhang Qing was eager to organize the soldiers to retreat, so he ordered several soldiers: "Put He Xianggong back to the inner city, regardless of whether he wants it or not!"

After saying that, Zhang Qing ran towards the city. Several soldiers hurriedly wanted to help He Li, but he suddenly broke free. One soldier said anxiously: "The west city has fallen, and I can't defend it here. Please leave quickly!"

He Li smiled miserably, "How do I explain to the government when the outer city is lost? How do I explain to the people of Bianjing? I swear to coexist with the outer city, He Yan retreats!"

He suddenly sighed, "Forget it, let me, He Li, take responsibility for this sinful minister for all ages!"

He took two steps back suddenly, wiping his sword, and then slashed his throat. Several soldiers could not hold him back and were stunned. At this time, a soldier next to him shouted: "The Jin soldiers are killing the city!"

The retreat of the Song army gave the Jin soldiers a chance to siege the city. Dozens of Jin soldiers with siege ladders rushed to the top of the city. Seeing the critical situation, several soldiers had to hold He Li's body in tears and run down the city. Halfway through, He Li died of anger.

At this time, several fires lit up in the outer city. The Song soldiers ignited the houses to prevent the Jin soldiers from chasing them.

The Zhuque Gate to the south and the Cao Gate to the east were quickly closed. The retreating soldiers rushed to the city to start defending the inner city. The Zheng Gate to the east and the Cao Gate to the north were not closed. Some of the people of a large number of soldiers were desperately running towards the inner city.

The Cao Gate to the north was stationed by eight thousand troops. At this time, Wang Daoqi, the deputy commander in front of the hall, stood on the top of the city. He saw a new fire suddenly ignited near the outer city wall in the distance, and knew that the Jin soldiers had entered the outer city.

His face suddenly turned pale. Looking at the Song army soldiers who were rushing towards Caomen, he suddenly ordered: "Close the city gate!"

The city gate began to close, and the soldiers running shouted, but the soldiers on the city had no understanding and the city gate closed.

The soldiers who did not enter the city were so angry that they roared and screamed. At this time, Zhang Qing rode on a horse and ran over. He saw the city gate slowly closing, and he couldn't help but feel furious in his heart.

He rushed forward and shouted, "Who is guarding the city? Why don't you open the door for me quickly!"

Wang Daoqi didn't expect that Zhang Qing was still outside. He hesitated for a moment and immediately ordered: "No one is allowed to open the city gate again. Who dares to open the door without authorization and kill it!"

He turned around and went down the city and left. Zhang Qing yelled for a while, but the city gate was still not open. At this time, a soldier finally couldn't help saying, "It was Commander Wang who ordered that the door be not allowed to be opened. General Zhang should go elsewhere to enter the city!"

At this time, the sound of shouting in the distance was getting closer and closer. Zhang Qing had to suppress his anger in his heart and shouted, "Follow me!"

He led more than 3,000 remaining troops to run towards the East City Gate. At this time, all the soldiers outside the East City Gate had retreated into the city. The chief general Pan Yue had ordered the gate to be closed. Suddenly, a soldier shouted: "There are Song troops outside!"

Pan Yue looked out and saw thousands of Song troops running wildly from the north. The head of the general riding horse was Zhang Qing.

Pan Yue was shocked and shouted quickly: "Open the city gate quickly!"

The city gate that had just been closed opened again, and Zhang Qing led his soldiers into the city.
Chapter completed!