Liu Hongcheng, who was on the city gate tower, saw the scene of Xia Xia's army bravely rushing up the city gate tower. He was extremely shocked, and his angular face was full of disbelief. In Liu Hongcheng's plan, it was impossible for him to defeat Du Qi with 30,000 elites, but it was more than enough to defend the city. However, the battle had not been going on for long, and the soldiers of the Great Xia Country had already charged up the city gate tower.
Xia Xia's generals were too fierce.
So strong!
Although Liu Hongcheng was shocked, he did not dare to waste time. He ordered the soldiers to surround Zuo Xianfeng and kill him. Because of Zuo Xianfeng, several of Xia Xia's soldiers had already climbed up the city gate tower. If these people were not suppressed, more and more people would climb up the city gate tower. At that time, the city would collapse and the whole city would fall. This must be stopped.
Liu Hongcheng ordered again, "Surround him. Surround him and kill him."
The soldiers under his command moved forward one by one.
They kept rushing forward, trying to kill Zuo Xianfeng. However, even if Zuo Xianfeng was injured, he ignored the wounds on his body. The more injured he was, the more stimulated he was. He was even more brave and kept hacking with his saber.
In Zuo Xianfeng's hands, there were only the simplest hacking moves left. Every move was focused on killing the enemy. The Tang soldiers who approached him were killed one after another. More and more soldiers gathered around Zuo Xianfeng, and the fighting strength he broke out was stronger and stronger. He killed countless people.
This scene made Liu Hongcheng's face change slightly. He could not let the city gate tower be torn open. Once the hole continued to spread, it would inevitably lead to the fall of the county. Therefore, Liu Hongcheng once again sent soldiers to surround and kill Zuo Xianfeng.
Du Qi saw the scene of fighting on the city gate tower through the telescope. Especially when he saw that Liu Hongcheng's defense had been torn open by Zuo Xianfeng, and his soldiers were continuously climbing up the city gate tower. Du Qi showed a smile on his face.
This battle was in the bag!
"Your Majesty, I request to fight."
At this moment, Xue Rengui stood up again. His eyes were sharp, and he said urgently, "Your Majesty, the defense on the city gate tower has been torn open by Zuo Xianfeng. Now is the best time to attack. I request to fight and tear open the defense of Zhangye County. "
"Approved!"
Du Qi answered directly.
Xue Rengui handed over the command and directly mobilized a portion of the soldiers. They quickly rushed forward and rushed towards the left vanguard. What they needed to do now was to quickly attack along this opening.
This group of soldiers charged to the bottom of the city gate tower and quickly climbed up. When Xue Rengui leaped onto the city gate tower and met up with Zuo Xianfeng, the two of them quickly attacked. For a moment, their attacks were even more powerful, and no one could withstand them. With the passage of time, Liu Hongcheng's defensive line was quickly torn apart, and more and more Tang soldiers were defeated.
A large section of the city gate tower of Zhangye County had already been seized by Xia Xia's soldiers.
When Xue Rengui climbed up the city gate tower, he held a saber and sprinted. After all, it was not convenient to carry a great spear. Even so, the saber in his hand swung down ferociously without any signs of unfamiliarity. As the saber flashed, Xue Rengui directly opened up a bloody path along the way.
After opening up this bloody path, Xue Rengui did not directly rush to Liu Hongcheng. Instead, he led his soldiers to the path leading into the city from the city gate tower and shouted, "Go down and open the city gate. Kill!"
With Xue Rengui's shout, the soldiers' attacks became more ferocious.
The soldiers' morale was even higher.
Under the continuous attacks of Xue Rengui and Zuo Xianfeng, the Tang army was defeated again and again. In a short time, they even lost the path. One by one, Xia Xia's soldiers went down the city gate tower and directly opened the city gate.
Seeing this scene, Liu Hongcheng's expression was cold and there was a helpless look in his eyes.
Defeated!
The city gate tower was seized, and the path on the city gate tower was also conquered. Even though he was still organizing his soldiers to resist and even wanted to counterattack and take back the control of the city gate tower, under the current premise, Liu Hongcheng's soldiers could not organize a strong counterattack and could only continue to be defeated.
There was a trace of panic in Guo Zhao's eyes. He said, "Commander in chief, we can't hold on anymore. Our army is already on the verge of collapse. We can't hold on any longer. "
"Why don't we pretend to surrender first?"
Guo Zhao suggested.
Liu Hongcheng clenched his fists. He had just started the battle with Du Qi's army. Moreover, Du Qi's weapons did not blow up the city gate, but directly attacked the city gate tower. Even his soldiers could not resist, which was a big blow to him.
Liu Hongcheng shook his head and said, "We can't surrender now. We will definitely be detained and have no chance to arrange anything."
"Withdraw!"
Liu Hongcheng knew the current situation. Once the city gate was broken, Xia Xia's army would enter the city. At that time, it would be more difficult to defend the city and even to withdraw. Therefore, he gave the order to withdraw.
After the order was given, Liu Hongcheng took Guo Zhao to withdraw first and went straight to the east gate to break out of the siege. Du Qi was outside the city. Through his binoculars, he also saw the situation of the battle on the city gate tower. Seeing Liu Hongcheng leading the army to withdraw, the corners of his mouth hooked up in a sneer. It would not be so easy for Liu Hongcheng to break out of the siege and leave.
If Li Shimin's Black Armor Elite Cavalry were here, it would not be so easy for Du Qi to send the cavalry to pursue. But now that there were no elite troops like Li Shimin's Black Armor Elite Cavalry, Du Qi would naturally take Liu Hongcheng down. Moreover, he had already arranged everything and was waiting for Liu Hongcheng to fall into the trap.
Liu Hongcheng ran all the way. When the group retreated to the east gate tower, they directly went down the road from the east gate tower, opened the city gate, and ran out.
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
Liu Hongcheng rode on his horse and shouted the order.
With Xia Xia's army at the rear, it was best to withdraw first. Once the time to withdraw was delayed, it would not be easy for him to withdraw again if they were entangled with Xia Xia's army.
Liu Hongcheng and his men quickly broke out of the city. However, in a hurry, there were only three to five thousand people who broke out of the city with Liu Hongcheng. The rest of the soldiers were still running behind and did not escape for the time being. Liu Hongcheng did not care so much. What he was thinking now was to withdraw.
He should withdraw from Zhang Ye first and then think about other things.
When Liu Hongcheng withdrew, he rushed forward along the official road. Just as he was leading the army to withdraw and run forward, he suddenly saw the mighty sound of horse hooves coming from afar on the official road ahead.
The sound of horse hooves was rapid and mighty.
The sound of horse hooves gathered together and formed a rumbling sound that even made the ground tremble.
Liu Hongcheng looked up ahead.
He saw a black line on the official road ahead.
"Oh no, it's Xia Xia's cavalry."
Liu Hongcheng's expression changed drastically. His eyes also became incomparably anxious. Because the road ahead had been blocked. If they wanted to withdraw, they would definitely be blocked by Xia Xia's cavalry.
Liu Hongcheng turned his eyes and wanted to break out from the side. However, he shifted his gaze to the left and right sides of the official road ahead, only to see that the vast road ahead was full of Xia Xia's cavalry. The formation of Xia Xia's cavalry completely spread out and formed a fan shape, blocking Liu Hongcheng's way of retreat.
Guo Zhao had never seen such a big scene, nor had he experienced a battle. He retreated with Liu Hongcheng and was even more flustered. He asked, "Commander-in-chief, what should we do? It's not easy to withdraw now! Why don't we just surrender? "
Liu Hongcheng gritted his teeth and said, "What are you panicking for? We only have one way now, which is to force our way through. As long as we do that, we can withdraw to Chang 'an. "
"Break out, kill our way out!"
Liu Hongcheng ordered loudly.
The personal guards around him were all extremely brave. They covered Liu Hongcheng and quickly rushed forward.
In a short time, they closed the distance with the cavalry.
The two sides were less than a hundred steps away.
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