Ten miles to the northeast of An Bian City, Li Tianlong stood in the commander's tent. It was a cold day. No one would feel good after spending an entire night in the wilderness. 8 >
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Li Tagu was not in a good mood either. In order to take down An Bian City, he first sent soldiers to dig up the ancestral graves of the Tang people to lure the main force of the Hengye Army out. Then, he sent out his most experienced spies to infiltrate An Bian City and wait for an opportunity to take over the east gate.
However, two days had passed. His spies had not completed their mission. Now, they had lost contact with them. This made Li Tagu wonder if his spies had been wiped out by the Tang Army in the city.
Li Tianlong was filled with anger. His cheeks trembled. He clasped his fist and said, "Commander, it's useless to count on these spies. Let me lead the army to attack An Bian City from the front."
Li Tagu thought about it and nodded, "Li Tianlong, immediately lead five thousand soldiers to attack An Bian City. I will lead the rest of the soldiers to reinforce An Bian City."
"Yes, Commander."
Li Tianlong was overjoyed. He turned around with a face full of confidence.
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In the northwest corner of An Bian City, the refugees were resting after eating their fill. There were spies hidden among them. At the same time, there were also brothers from the White Wolf Bandits.
Ang Lee took out twenty brothers from the White Wolf Bandits and disguised them as refugees. He mixed them into the crowd. This way, he could better monitor the crowd and find the hidden spies.
"Big Brother, there are more than ten thousand elite soldiers in the army. Why haven't they attacked the city yet? What are they waiting for?"
Li Kunxiong asked curiously.
Ang Lee smiled gently, "An Bian City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the enemy forces attack, they will suffer great losses. Therefore, they want to use the spies to create chaos in the city. Or, they can take advantage of the chaos to attack the east gate. This way, they can take over the city with the least losses."
"Hmph, the enemy's plan is smart. However, it's difficult for the spies to do anything. The enemy's plan will not succeed."
Ang Lee looked towards the northeast and said softly, "The enemy's plan will not succeed. However, they will not give up An Bian City so easily. Perhaps, they will attack the city soon. _ ba _
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"Dong dong dong!"
As soon as Ang Lee's voice fell, the sound of war drums rang out from the south gate.
"Big Brother, the Japanese army is about to attack the city."
Kun Xiong, Fei Yu, and the others all tensed up and immediately stood up.
Ang Lee waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down. He then said calmly, "Guo Ziyi is guarding the south gate, so you don't have to worry too much. The traitor spies here are the biggest problem. I think they will be very excited when they hear the drums. They won't hold back for long."
Li Fei Shouyu nodded lightly: "I'm fine, should we lure the snake out of its hole again?"
Ang Lee and Li Feishou Yu glanced at each other, smiled, and nodded tacitly.
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Outside the south gate of Anbian City.
Li Tianlong personally led five thousand elite cavalrymen to a position less than five hundred steps away from the city wall. They all jumped off their horses and got into an attack formation.
The fierce-looking Li Tianlong looked at the city wall in front of him and revealed a cold smile. In his opinion, he had five thousand troops under his command, while the other side only had a few hundred soldiers defending the city. The disparity in strength was too great. It was only a matter of time before Anbian City was breached.
On the city wall, Guo Ziyi angrily looked towards the outside of the city. His eyes were filled with determination and confidence. He did not have the slightest fear towards the enemy in front of him. A real man would die on the battlefield. Fortunately, he would do his best to protect Anbian City.
"Wu wu wu"
As Li Tianlong swung his arm down, the horn for the enemy to attack sounded.
"Kill!"
Five thousand soldiers, accompanied by siege chariots, ladders and other simple siege weapons, roared as they charged towards An Bian City.
These simple siege weapons were prepared in a hurry over the past two days. The enemy did not have skilled craftsmen, so they could not make large siege weapons. Furthermore, the terrain here was slanted. Heavy siege weapons could not be pushed to the city wall.
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The enemy soldiers followed the slanted slope and attacked the south gate of Anbian City. This kind of feint attack consumed a lot of the soldiers' stamina.
On the other hand, the Hengye soldiers who were defending on the city walls were waiting patiently for the enemy to arrive. They easily aimed their crossbows at the incoming soldiers.
Guo Ziyi, who was guarding the south gate, did not care about his own safety. He stood at the center of the watchtower and stared at the attacking enemy soldiers. His expression became colder and colder.
The enemy soldiers were getting closer and closer. Soon, they were within range of the crossbows. Guo Ziyi waved his hand: "Fire!"
"Sou sou sou"
A rain of arrows shot down, turning the enemy soldiers at the front into porcupines.
However, the enemy soldiers used their advantage in numbers to ignore this small loss. They continued to charge down the city wall and soon, they were close to the city wall.
After setting up ladders, a large number of soldiers raised their shields and charged up the city wall. The enemy soldiers around the ladders were a black mass.
"Rolling logs, stones, smash them down!"
Guo Ziyi did not pity the attacking soldiers. He gave the order without mercy.
Wood and stones fell from the sky like rain, smashing and injuring many of the soldiers below the city walls. However, it was still unable to stop the soldiers from continuing their attack.
The enemy soldiers climbed up the ladders and fought with the Hengye soldiers on the other side of the wall. The enemy soldiers below the city drew their bows and shot at the city wall to protect the attacking soldiers.
Looking at the ferocious attacking soldiers, Guo Ziyi's face was solemn. He ordered his soldiers to fight with all their might. If anyone retreated, they would be executed immediately.
The battle outside the south gate was extremely intense. In the northwest corner of the city, many refugees heard the sounds of fighting coming from the south. They all became nervous. They had entered the city to seek refuge. If the city was breached by the enemy, they would still be in trouble.
In order to take good care of these refugees, Zhang Qiqiu specially gathered enough rations from the city and piled them up in a courtyard in the northwest corner of the city, under the noses of the refugees. In this way, these refugees naturally felt at ease.
Zhang Qiqiu took 50 soldiers from the Hengye soldiers and 100 strong civilians to guard the rations. This was to prevent spies from destroying them.
"Ta ta ta"
A horse galloped over and entered the courtyard where the provisions were stored under the eyes of the fleeing commoners.
"The south gate is in danger, the south gate is in danger. Everyone pick up your weapons and follow me to reinforce the south gate."
The cavalry yelled at the top of their lungs, ordering the 50 Hengye soldiers and 100 Min Zhuang soldiers who were in charge of guarding the rations to immediately reinforce the south gate.
"Then what about the rations?"
The cavalry was furious, "Bastard, if An Bian City is breached, the rations will belong to the enemy. The general has ordered you all to reinforce the south gate. Quickly."
When everyone heard the order, they could only pick up their weapons and follow behind the cavalry as they rushed towards the south gate.
The south gate's emergency made the refugees very nervous. They were all praying in their hearts that the Hengye soldiers could defend An Bian City and let them avoid this calamity.
Of course, when the spies among the fleeing commoners heard the news of the emergency at the southern gate, they were all overjoyed. This kind of excitement was extremely difficult to conceal. Their complacent expressions were quickly seen by the brothers of the White Wolf Bandits. From this, they roughly determined that they were spies.
The news of the emergency at the south gate quickly spread to the northwest corner of the city. This made everyone nervous and restless. Taking advantage of everyone's nervousness and relaxed vigilance, the Japanese spies quietly crept toward the courtyard full of rations.
In groups of three to five, they snuck into the courtyard where the rations were stored from different directions and gathered in the center of the courtyard.
"The rations are here. As long as we burn them all, the people will panic. At that time, the city will be in chaos and the battle at the south gate will be much smoother."
"That's right. This time, we did not complete our mission smoothly and even lost a dozen warriors. If we do not make up for our mistakes, the leader will not let us off."
The two spies whispered to each other.
The leader of the spies nodded, "Immediately take action. Burn all the rations."
"Yes, understood."
The spies received the order and got ready to take action.
However, they did not expect that Ang Lee had already set up an ambush in the seemingly unguarded courtyard. At this moment, more than 20 bows and arrows were aimed at them.
Ang Lee and Li Fei Shouyu looked at each other and ordered, "Release the arrows."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh"
More than 20 arrows whistled through the air toward the spies. More than 10 of them were shot on the spot, causing half of the spies to die.
Ang Lee, Kun Xiong, and Fei Yu immediately ran out of the hidden house and threw their short spears at the spies.
"Ugh!"
A few spies could not dodge in time and their bodies were pierced.
Seeing their comrades fall one by one, the remaining spies were shocked. They had already fallen for Ang Lee's trick last time and lost more than 10 warriors. Now, they fell for the same trick again.
They had fallen twice in the same position. The depression in the hearts of the spies was imaginable. Moreover, Li An's strategy was not brilliant. The mistake was that the task given to them by Li Tagu was too urgent. They had to complete the difficult task in a short period of time. When they were anxious, it was easy to make mistakes.
Ang Lee smiled faintly and looked at the remaining spies. He said coldly, "It's just the few of you. Surrender."
The leader of the spies smiled bitterly, "Do you think all my men are here?"
"Oh, you still have accomplices. Looks like you still have a backup plan. However, with the lesson from last time, how can we not be prepared?"
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