After Yao Shi'an killed Xiao Shixian, he immediately killed Kong Xian and Kong Xian, and Xiao's two personal guards immediately left the lobby and rushed to the city gate.
In his opinion, Kong Xian must die, and the city gate is the most important thing.
Before he arrived, he heard the loud sound of fighting coming from far away.
Yao Shian panicked when he heard this.
"Damn it, it's such a coincidence." He cursed, his mood getting worse.
But he quickly figured out that the rebellion against the Song Dynasty was like an arrow that had left the string and could not be taken back. Even if it failed, there would only be one way to go to darkness.
It would be nice to escape down the mountain with the Mongolian army.
Being capricious is more dangerous than rebelling against the Song Dynasty, and that is really the way to death.
Yao Shi'an probably had more than a thousand confidants who were willing to defect, so he sent 500 people to follow Zhang Wei at the North City Gate, and 300 people to guard Li Xia. At this time, he only had more than 200 people around him.
When we rushed to the inner city gate, we saw in the light of the fire that Wu Xin's army was seizing the gate, and it was at the most intense moment.
To put it bluntly, Li Xia is like the disaster star in his life. He must first thank his prime minister before ruining his plan tonight...
There was no time to think about this, so Yao Shian busily observed for a moment.
He had been in battle for a long time and quickly saw clearly the distribution of Li Xia's troops.
Li Xia has sent almost all his troops to the battlefield.
Two hundred people on Qixingyan were responsible for suppressing the enemy forces in Wengcheng with arrows, wood and rocks; two hundred people blocked the city head; and six hundred people were responsible for robbing the two stone staircases.
Excluding the 200 people brought by Nie Zhongyou to rescue Kong Xian and Xiao Shixian, there were only about a hundred people around Li Xia, who were standing on the stone steps in Yunding City, responsible for observing the battle situation, delivering military orders, and responding to some emergencies.
There is no reserve force, because the entire Yunding City garrison should have become their reserve force.
But Li Xia didn't expect that Yao Shi'an had rushed over before Nie Zhongyu arrived.
At this time, Yao Shi'an arrived and had no time to reorganize his array. He gave the order without hesitation and launched an offensive against Li Xia's Chinese army.
"Destroy them!"
There were no horns, just hoarse roars.
Pu Zezhi's 30,000 men, Niulin's 20,000 men, Yunding City's 7,000 defenders, plus the Lizhou and Song army's defenders in various places, there were 100,000 men who had not yet begun the decisive battle.
Before that, the key point in the battle was Yunding City. And the key to Yunding City was the small north gate.
Both sides only sent more than a thousand combat forces, crowded at the north city gate, and divided into small square formations.
A small battle in the war, a battle of three hundred people, at this moment became the key to the war.
But at this moment, Li Xia and Yao Shi'an had no time to think about whether their victory or defeat would affect the ownership of Yunding City, and thus the entire battle situation.
"Destroy them!"
"Kill the traitor!"
Li Xia was originally standing at the back of the team, but when he turned around, he faced Yao Shian's rebels.
But he was not afraid at all. With his sword in hand, he faced the rebels and attacked them.
The first time he led an army in battle was at Wuchidao. He took the lead and boosted morale because he could not command.
During the battle from beheading Wu Liang Hetai to entering Dali later, he had gradually learned to command and gradually began to take charge of the "Chinese Army".
But that didn't mean he lost his courage.
When needed, he always dared to take the lead, whether he was a county captain, county magistrate, or became the commander-in-chief of Shu, and he might even one day contribute to the founding of the country.
In these troubled times, military merit is the most important, how dare we slack off?
…
In the darkness, there were many defensive fortifications in Yunding City. The two sides only saw each other's flags clearly when they rushed closer. They were only about thirty steps apart.
Yao Shijun's rebels were still drawing their bows and arrows, but Li Xia had already led his men to kill them.
"puff."
Before the rebel in front of him could let go, Li Xia had already slashed his throat open with a sword.
He tried to practice some long weapons, such as learning the spear from Liu Jinsuo. He also learned more chopping moves.
Long weapons have natural advantages, and swords can concentrate more power when cutting at close range. Therefore, in the Song and Mongolia period, swords are rarely used on the battlefield, and swords are mostly used by generals to show their majesty.
But at critical moments, Li Xia still prefers to use the long sword.
Nimble footsteps, strong agility, calmness in battle, and iron will... This makes up for Li Xia's shortcomings in weapons.
He moved quickly and killed two more people in an instant.
At the same time, Li Xia received a knife on his body, but his body had excellent armor and stomach, and the knife did not break the skin.
The next moment, Wu Xin's army had entered the rebel lines.
As soon as Yao Shi'an arrived, the formation was already scattered before he could arrange it. However, Li Xia's people had formed their formation early and were ready to deal with emergencies at any time. The distance of more than thirty steps did not disturb them.
The front line was scattered.
"Puff puff……"
Wu Xinjun's spears thrust out, killing the rebels in an instant.
Although they were attacking more with less, the general's encouragement and the advantage of the array made Wu Xin's army decisively victorious almost as soon as they met...
Yao Shian opened his mouth.
He is a veteran and has far more experience on the battlefield than Li Xia.
What I originally thought was that Wu Xin's army was concentrating on the battlefield, and attacking its rear would surely cause chaos.
He did not expect that Li Xia was not at all confused and took the lead, allowing Wu Xin's army to rush in without a chance to panic.
This round of charge came so quickly that Yao Shi'an didn't even have time to use it.
Yao Shi'an knew that if he wanted to turn the tide at this time, there was the stupidest way, that is, he would also charge forward to boost morale.
But for a moment, he hesitated.
Isn't surrender just to save your life? If you still want to fight to the death, why surrender?
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise, and several rebels who were walking in the procession carrying large boxes were stabbed to the ground. The boxes smashed to the ground, and gold, silver, and copper coins were scattered on the ground with a "clatter" sound.
The soldiers on both sides nearby were stunned for a moment.
The coin shone in the light of the fire.
But no one robbed it, they just thought it was...ridiculous.
At this time, the sound of killing is loud, blood is flowing everywhere, but money is falling all over the floor?
Abrupt and inappropriate.
Everyone loves money, but only if they have the life to spend it...
"Guard the city, and everyone will be rewarded." Li Xia shouted.
"Kill!"
Blood was sprinkled on the coins, and the Song army continued to kill.
Yao Shian opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.
How should I put it? After the beating, if you want to reward the soldiers, can you still pick up the money and send it down the mountain?
The rebels were quickly defeated, scattered, and knelt down to surrender.
Seeing this situation, Yao Shi'an sighed, abandoned the knife in his hand, stood there, and murmured: "I did not rebel, I was coerced by my subordinates..."
"puff."
Li Xia strode forward and stabbed Yao Shian's throat with his sword.
This time, it can't be called a decisive killing. Yao Shian will only be more troublesome if he doesn't die tonight.
Li Xia didn't even take another look at Yao Shian's body, but shouted loudly: "Cut off his head and hang it up to show to the Mongolian army. Leave a team of people to gather the prisoners... Oh, and take the money too."
After saying that, he quickly turned around and walked towards the north gate.
"Yao Shi'an is dead! Yao Shi'an is dead!"
The shouts and shouts spread from Yunding City to the top of Wengcheng City.
Tuolindai was stunned for a moment, and quickly glanced at the battlefield again, knowing that if these defenders could not be defeated as soon as possible, the battle would be lost.
In just a moment of hesitation, trumpets sounded loudly in the city. The defenders who were still resting were already rushing towards this side.
"Exiute."
Tuolindai cursed loudly and ordered: "Withdraw."
The best opportunity has been lost. There are at least 6,000 prepared defenders in the city. Originally, the Mongolian army occupied the city gate and with Yao Shi'an as their guide, it was not difficult to defeat these defenders.
It's a pity that they just entered the city and didn't have time to set up the formation. Yao Shi'an failed to kill the general in the city...it was only one step too late.
It's just a step too late, but there's nothing we can do about it.
"withdraw!"
However, when the two sides are at war, is it easy to retreat?
As soon as I exported it, I already regretted leaving the forest belt.
For a moment, he forgot that the Mongolian cavalry was not sitting astride their horses, but that he was blocked on the inner city wall.
…
In Yunding City, the horn sound became louder and louder.
Regardless of his injuries, Kong Xian quickly summoned the defenders and rushed toward the North City.
The Song army's footsteps were rapid, and each step seemed to step heavily on the hearts of the Mongolian army and Zhang Wei's rebels.
The Mongolian army's retreat quickly turned into a rout.
Some people didn't know the terrain and didn't know where to get down to the city except the stone steps in the inner city. In the confusion, they jumped off the city and hit their comrades.
A Mongolian soldier did not hesitate to use his bent bow to chop down the rebels under Zhang Wei's command, and screams made the scene even more chaotic.
"Those who kill Mongolian Tatars will be spared their lives! Those who surrender with the heads of Mongolian Tatars will be spared their lives!"
Li Xia quickly ordered his soldiers to shout at the rebels in Wengcheng.
"Those who surrender with the heads of Mongols will avoid death!"
"Those who surrender with the heads of Mongols will avoid death..."
On Qixingyan, Lin Zi felt like he was going crazy.
"Quick! Fire up the cannon! Hit the urn city with me! Hit them to death!"
The two hundred Song soldiers were a little crazy.
Since the construction of Yunding City, the outer city wall has not been captured once, and so many panicked Mongolian troops have never gathered in Wengcheng City, allowing them to smash and kill them wantonly.
"Hahaha! Smash it quickly..."
"boom!"
The stone smashed into the urn again, splattering blood and flesh.
Tuolindai finally climbed down from the rope to the top of the city, feeling heartbroken. However, he did not escape immediately, but ordered someone to bring Zhang Wei down.
It's not that Zhang Wei's life is precious, but that Zhang Wei is familiar with the terrain of Yunding City, and it will be of great use to attack the city head-on next.
"You guys, protect this damn Song people from going out!"
Tuolingdai roared and raised his scimitar to kill the rebels who were fighting with the Meng soldiers in Wengcheng.
"Eh Xiute, even you cowards dare to resist?"
A group of brave Mongolian soldiers led Zhang Wei to rush out of the outer city wall, and killed several people in succession, finally calming down the Mongolian army in the barbican city.
The next moment, the Song army seized the inner city gate and rushed in from the inner city.
"Retreat!" Tuolin belt shouted.
Covered in blood, he looked majestic and showed no fear.
"boom!"
A piece of artillery stone crashed down, knocking the forest belt to the ground.
On Qixingyan, Song Bing grinned stupidly.
"Hey, this Meng Tatar must have shit in his head to protect the traitors from leaving even if he doesn't leave himself."
"Hahaha, won't we smash it out?"
"Haha, smash their motherfuckers!"
…
"Bang!"
A cannon stone splashed up and hit the row of stone characters engraved on the top of Wengcheng.
"Emperor Song Chunyou Jiyou, on the auspicious day of mid-autumn, the commander-in-chief Yao Shi'an rebuilt it."
Amidst the flying stone chips, a corner of the word "安" was missing...