Wang Chuanfang's breathing was very rapid.
Because he was tired of running.
And the whole line of defense of the wall was faintly unable to hold on. After all, Wang Chuanfang only had three thousand people, while the Tang army had more than twenty-five thousand people. If it weren't for the walls and the bombardment of grenades and mortars, it would have been impossible to stop them under normal circumstances. Wang Chuanfang had been able to stop them for more than four hours, which was already quite impressive.
More and more generals shouted that they could not hold on.
Wang Chuanfang kept encouraging his soldiers and running to find the loopholes and fill in the gaps.
They were stalling for time.
Time went by little by little. In the blink of an eye, another hour had passed. At this time, outside the East City, there were already corpses and countless Tang soldiers.
Wang Chuanfang's men were also killed and injured.
Only a thousand people were left.
Fortunately, the Tang army had suffered more losses. Now there were only a few thousand people left, and the total number of soldiers was less than ten thousand. Because of the wall, the soldiers of the Tang army were trapped inside the wall. But even so, countless Tang soldiers rushed over, causing great pressure on Wang Chuanfang's side. They were about to collapse again and could not hold on to this line of defense.
"Old Wang, we can't hold on."
"General Wang, we can't hold on anymore."
…
One by one, the generals kept shouting.
Their voices were almost hysterical, especially after the continuous fighting, their voices were already hoarse.
Wang Chuanfang heard the shouts of the soldiers.
But he did not answer. Instead, he looked at the messenger beside him and shouted, "In the South City, did Liu Yixin ask for help?"
The messenger said, "He has asked for help. General Wang sent five thousand soldiers to help. Now the South City has blocked the attack of the Tang army. Because the Tang army in the West City and the North City are less, the two sides have blocked the Tang army from breaking out. "
"Hahaha …"
After hearing that, Wang Chuanfang immediately wiped the blood on his face and shouted, "It's worth it. It's worth it. This time, we have defeated Liu Yixin. He has been bragging that he is better than our army. But this time, he has lost. Pass down the order. Everyone, go all out and don't stop. Kill, kill the enemy with all your strength. Now, we won't stop them anymore. We just need to kill them. "
The messenger hesitated for a moment and said, "But General Xiao's order is clearly for us to block the Tang army and not let them leave."
A murderous aura was emitted from Wang Chuanfang's rough face as he snapped, "Enough with the nonsense, pass down the order!"
"Yes!"
The messenger immediately gave the order.
A moment later, the sound of a horn rang out from the camp.
The sound of the horn was urgent and impassioned.
When all of Xia Xia's soldiers heard this, they no longer focused on delaying or obstructing the enemy. Instead, they focused on killing them. If you want to come out, then you can come out as you please. Even if you manage to escape, it won't affect you. The main thing is to keep killing the enemy.
Wang Chuanfang also raised his saber and charged forward.
He knew that Xiao Yuanqi could dispatch as many as 18,000 men. Now, he only dispatched 5,000 men to block the Tang soldiers who wanted to break out of the city. Then, Xiao Yuanqi still had more than 13,000 men. With this force, even if the Tang army in the East City wanted to break out, Xiao Yuanqi would be able to hold everything.
Wang Chuanfang's sudden change also surprised the Tang army who were trying their best to break out.
Especially on the tower of the East City, Li Ji, Zhangsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Wei Shuyu and the others were there. Because of the previous battles, they had been blocked and couldn't break out, so they didn't break out. Now that the situation had changed, everyone sensed an opportunity.
Zhangsun Wuji said, "General Manager Li, it's time to break out. If we don't break out now, I'm afraid this opportunity will be gone. "
Li Ji said, "I'm just worried that the other side will suddenly let out a gap and blindly charge instead of stopping us from breaking out. I'm afraid it's a trap. That's why I didn't give the order to break out. "
Zhangsun Wuji said, "But right now, we have no choice but to break out. If we don't break out, we can only be trapped in the city. Especially our forces, we've obviously lost a lot. If we don't break out, we'll all die in the city. "
Wei Zheng echoed, "Even if we know there's an ambush outside, we can only break out. And after we break out, our forces won't be blocked anymore. Without the obstruction of the city walls, the grenades of Xia Xia's soldiers will be useless. By then, it'll just be a close-range fight between both sides. "
Li Ji nodded and said, "Right now, we don't know how many soldiers are outside the city. So, we have to break out first, then gather the forces of the various city gates and try to defeat Xia Xia's army outside the city. As long as we win, we can act according to the original plan. If this plan fails, we can only go to Changbai Slope and prepare to meet up with His Majesty. Everything will depend on the situation when we break out. "
Zhangsun Wuji said, "General Manager Li is right, I agree with your arrangement."
The rest of the civil officials and military generals all agreed.
All of them agreed with Li Ji's decision.
Li Ji didn't hesitate anymore and quickly gave the order. Following his order, the army moved quickly. Because this time, the army still had Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and the other fierce generals, under the full force of breaking out, the momentum of the army rushing out was like a hot knife through butter. In a short time, they had already reached the area where the city walls were.
The group of people quickly broke out of the encirclement.
Even if Wang Chuanfang arranged people to stop them, under the fierce attack, Wang Chuanfang's military strength was not enough. In a short time, Wang Chuanfang's military strength was broken.
Even if Wang Chuanfang's side attacked fiercely, they were still constantly retreating.
One by one, the generals shouted that they couldn't hold on.
Wang Chuanfang shouted to resist and kill the enemy.
Fight with all his strength.
Even if they died here, they couldn't give up their position and let the Tang army leave.
Under such an attack, Wang Chuanfang's remaining military strength also erupted with tyrannical fighting strength, causing the army led by Li Ji and the others to suffer again and again, unable to break out of the encirclement.
After fighting for a while, Wang Chuanfang didn't have many soldiers left.
Their faces were full of expressions of facing death.
Their expressions were resolute.
"Kill!"
Wang Chuanfang shouted.
From the beginning to the end, he didn't give the order to retreat. A general on the battlefield had to gallop on the battlefield and kill the enemy on the battlefield. So now, Wang Chuanfang was also unwilling to withdraw his troops.
Wang Chuanfang was like this, and so were the soldiers under his command.
One by one, they fought to the death.
Even if they had fewer troops, they were still fighting with all their strength.
And everyone knew that Xiao Yuanqi had an army behind them, but they didn't retreat from the beginning to the end. Because Xiao Yuanqi was the main general, and Xiao Yuanqi had his own considerations. They couldn't pin their hopes on Xiao Yuanqi, so they had to rely on themselves to kill the enemy.
The number of people on Wang Chuanfang's side was getting smaller and smaller, less than a hundred.
But they were still fighting.
This scene caused Li Ji to exclaim in admiration, and he admired the fighting spirit of Wang Chuanfang and the others even more.
Xia Xia's army deserved its reputation.
Xia Xia's army was too strong.
It should be noted that there were only about 3,000 soldiers outside the East City. However, with just three thousand men, they were able to hold back his twenty-five thousand soldiers. Furthermore, Li Ji only had around five thousand men under his command.
Such a ratio of casualties on both sides was shocking. Even if Li Ji's soldiers were weak because of long-term malnutrition, and even if Xia Xia's army had enough weapons, it was shocking that Li Xia's army, with less than 3,000 soldiers, suffered nearly 20,000 casualties under Li Ji's command.
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