At night, the stars are densely covered, and there is peace outside the city.
But inside the city, a battle had already taken place, and the shouts of killing even reached outside the city.
In the continuous high-pressure environment, some people in the city had their defenses broken, so they thought of surrender.
There were many people who had this idea. They gathered together and planned to practice their skills and fight their way out of the city.
It's a pity that these people were in disarray. Before the planning was completed, the news leaked out and reached Li Jinzhong's ears.
Someone in the city wanted to surrender, which was tantamount to Li Jinzhong's life, so he immediately sent an order to suppress them.
The suppression was cruel, and I would rather kill the wrong Li Jinzhong than let him go.
What he didn't expect was that people who wanted to surrender had contacted thousands of troops.
If they hadn't discovered it in time and gathered these soldiers scattered around, they wouldn't have been able to suppress it for a while.
Even so, the battle in the city lasted for an hour before everything was finally settled.
"A total of 1,200 people are stationed, and the other 75 people are captured alive and await your disposal!"
Li Jinzhong walked in front with a gloomy face. It was obvious that he was not in a good mood at the moment.
"Go down and tell me that no one is allowed to enter or leave at will in the streets and alleys of the city tonight. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed immediately!"
"yes!"
After the man left, Li Jinzhong came to a courtyard where he was guarding the people captured alive tonight.
As soon as he entered the gate, a Qianhu came to greet him, so Li Jinzhong asked: "Where is he?"
Qianhu replied: "I'll report it to you, sir, and put it in the inner room!"
"Take me to him!"
"yes!"
After taking only two steps forward, Li Jinzhong stopped again and said, "I'll go by myself... take someone to deal with the other people who are still alive!"
"Kill them all?" Qianhu was a little surprised.
Those who were eligible to be captured alive were all "high-level officials" in the military, and many of them were friends of these thousands of families.
Now Li Jinzhong wants to kill all these people, which will naturally shock this thousand households.
Seeing these thousands of households asking questions, Li Jinzhong asked sternly: "If you don't kill them, how can you convince the people? How can you stabilize the morale of the army?"
"I made a humble statement..."
Before he could explain, Li Jinzhong angrily shouted: "Go on an errand!"
"yes!"
Seeing this Qianhu leave, Li Jinzhong turned around and walked straight into the inner courtyard.
After a few breaths, he entered a room where a person was tied to a pillar. It was Wang Baozhen, the envoy of Shannan.
The two looked at each other speechlessly for a long time, and Li Jinzhong said: "Old Wang, our friendship has gone through ups and downs over the years..."
"I really didn't expect that you would betray me!"
Wang Baozhen looked gloomy and said: "In order to find a way to survive, there is nothing I can do!"
"Looking for a way out? Do you think Zhao Yanxun will let you go if you surrender now?" Li Jinzhong sneered.
Wang Baozhen immediately replied: "If you stay in the city, you will die. If you rush out, you will at least have hope of living!"
"You...are you sure that we can't defend the city?" Li Jinzhong tried to regain his composure.
Wang Baozhen replied: "You know better than me whether you can keep it or not!"
If the argument continued, Li Jinzhong knew that he could not convince the other party, so he asked again: "I heard that you want to kill me and take credit for my head?"
Wang Baozhen replied: "No, I just wanted to escape, but they didn't listen to me, so the whole thing failed!"
Li Jinzhong asked again: "So you are saying that other people are making independent decisions and want to kill me?"
"Is this important? Stop asking and just kill me!"
"Before I came here, I wanted to kill you, but now I have changed my mind!"
After saying this, Li Jinzhong walked straight out of the house, turned his back to Wang Baozhen and continued: "I want you to live, let's see how I can defend Rongcheng!"
After saying this, Li Jinzhong walked out of the room, leaving Wang Baozhen alone in the room.
It is now the third watch, and many people in the city have not rested because of this matter. Li Jinzhong must calm down the situation as soon as possible.
It took another half an hour before everything was finally arranged, and everyone who needed to rest took a rest. Li Jinzhong immediately went home to catch up on his sleep.
Two hours passed quickly. When Li Jinzhong fell into a deep sleep, he was woken up by his family.
"Sir, Commander Hu came over and said that the Yong army outside the city is about to attack!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jinzhong, who was still sleepy, jumped up from the bed.
"Why didn't they report it earlier?" Li Jinzhong yelled.
Under the service of his servants, Li Jinzhong hurriedly put on his armor and hurried to the city wall.
When he came to the city wall, he saw that on the plain ahead, nearly ten thousand Yong Army infantry were lined up neatly, with eight siege vehicles standing in the middle.
"We are really going to attack the city!"
After saying this, Li Jinzhong ordered to the left and right: "Although there are ten thousand people stationed on the southern city wall, there are still not enough people..."
"Deploy another 10,000 people from the other three walls!"
The main force of Yong's army is all in the south. There is no need to put too many troops on the other walls. It is the right choice to transfer them to defend the south city.
"Also, tell the remaining defenders of other city walls to be ready to reinforce Nancheng at any time!"
They mobilized 20,000 people, but they were still afraid that they would not be able to defend the city wall. This made many generals feel that Li Jinzhong was too cautious.
Although they also admitted that the Yong army was indeed very strong, after all, they occupies a favorable location and had a huge military advantage, so they should not be so afraid of the enemy.
Although they complained in their hearts, these generals held it in. After all, defending the city and waiting for reinforcements was the most important thing.
Everyone went to deliver the order, while Li Jinzhong stayed on the tower and paid close attention to the movements of Yong's army.
And two miles away, there was someone doing the same thing as him.
On the hillside, hundreds of households looked at the troops mobilizing in front and couldn't help but said: "Sir, Yong Jun and these people actually let us go. We are really lucky!"
They originally thought they would be pushed to the front and used as human shields to attack the city, but they were released early in the morning.
"Not to mention, Yong's army is really interesting, and they rewarded each person with three days of food!"
While this man from a hundred households was chattering incessantly, Yang Hongwen on the side remained silent and stared straight ahead.
Seeing that Yang Hongwen didn't answer, Baihu was puzzled and said: "Sir, we have finally regained our freedom. We should return south earlier. Why do we have to stay here?"
This time, Yang Hongwen did not remain silent and explained: "It won't take more than an hour and a half to take this opportunity to see how powerful the Yong army is in attacking the city!"
Unexpectedly, these hundreds of households disapproved and said: "No matter how powerful it is, it will be difficult to win after three to five days. We can't wait forever!"
Yang Hongwen replied: "Just wait for one day and we will leave in the afternoon!"
"Sir, I feel humbled by my position..."
Before the hundred households could finish their words, Yang Hongwen scolded: "Shut up... the attack has begun!"
That's right, the soldiers of the Yong Army were fully prepared at this moment, and they began to move forward with the beating of war drums.
There were more than fifty people standing inside each siege vehicle, and they worked together to push the vehicle forward.
These people will soon send the siege engines to the bottom of the city wall, and then go up to the high platform via the internal stairs, becoming the first batch of people to climb up.
Behind the siege vehicle, there were more soldiers, holding up shields to protect themselves. They said that the second group of people who climbed up the city wall
Further back, there were soldiers carrying ladders. They were the largest in number and were the last to attack the city wall.
On the city wall, the hearts of the soldiers guarding the city were racing, and the atmosphere of panic was spreading.
Looking at the Yong Army soldiers approaching, although Li Jinzhong felt panic in his heart, he also felt a sense of relief.
Pulling out his saber, Li Jinzhong said in a deep voice: "This moment has finally come!"
