"Clang!"
The drawbridge fell down, connecting the inside and outside.
Although there were soldiers stationed on the gate tower of the East City, it was too late when they noticed the situation and began to kill down the gate tower to stop them. The gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and there was a mighty army outside the city.
Li Xiaogong rushed over with the army.
Even though Li Xiaogong only had three thousand elites this time, these three thousand elites were all able to fight. They were all old soldiers who had followed Li Shimin to the north and south. They quickly rushed forward, and in a short time, they had already killed their way into the city.
As soon as Li Xiaogong entered the city, he shouted, "Who is Qu Wufeng?"
"This old man is!"
Qu Wufeng stood out and answered.
Seeing the Tang army enter the city, he was sure that as long as the Tang army began to enter the city, Liu Heita would not be able to defend Quzhou County.
Li Xiaogong ordered, "Lead the way, go straight to the South City."
"Yes!"
Qu Wufeng immediately answered.
He turned over and mounted his horse, leading Li Xiaogong to the South City with 3,000 private soldiers. Although Li Xiaogong was rushing to the South City, in fact, he left 300 soldiers to wipe out Liu Heita's soldiers in the East City.
Now on the gate tower of the East City, Liu Heita's soldiers did not resist at all when they saw the gate was broken, nor did they come down to fight. Instead, they saw that the situation was not right, and directly went to the South City along the wall of the gate tower.
The news that the East City was broken first reached the South City.
At the moment, the South City was still fighting.
Countless Tang soldiers were constantly attacking, trying to cross the moat and climb up the gate tower. However, Liu Heita's garrison was very powerful and not easy to deal with. The Tang army was attacking now, but they did not have many results for the time being.
Liu Heita was very confident in defending the city.
He did not think that it would be broken by Li Shimin.
Even if Li Shimin's army was tyrannical, it was not an easy thing to attack the strong Quzhou County.
"Report!"
Just as Liu Heita was commanding the soldiers to resist, not far away, there were soldiers who were fleeing in panic and running towards them. The soldier came to Liu Heita's side and shouted, "Your Majesty, something bad happened, the East City, the East City …"
Because he ran too fast, he could not catch his breath for a while, and he could not speak clearly.
Liu Heita's heart thumped.
How to defend the East City?
Liu Heita's hand suddenly pressed on the soldier's shoulder and asked, "Tell me, what happened in the East City?"
The soldier took a deep breath and said, "The East City has been breached."
"Impossible!"
Liu Heita gritted his teeth and said, "The East City also has a garrison. The war has just started not long ago, and the East City has suddenly fallen. This is absolutely impossible."
The soldier said, "Your Majesty, the eastern part of the city is really broken. There are more than 3,000 spies in the city. They opened the gate of the eastern part of the city and cut down the drawbridge, so that the Tang Army outside the city killed their way into the city. Right now, these troops are charging towards South City. "
Liu Heita's face twitched.
Defeated!
Defeated again!
Another city was lost!
Last time at Mingshui County, it was the Tang soldiers who quietly climbed up the city gate tower and then fought with the defending army, causing Mingshui County to fall.
This time, in Quzhou County, because of the moat, Liu Heita had also arranged for people to patrol in order to avoid the previous incident. He did not expect that this time, it was not a problem outside the city, but inside the city.
Someone actually colluded with the Tang Army and opened the city from inside the city.
Liu Heita was extremely angry, but even if he was angry, he could not solve the problem at present. Under the situation of the eastern part of the city being breached, the first thing Liu Heita had to do was to break out.
Otherwise, if he was blocked in the city, he would be completely finished.
Just when Liu Heita was angry, outside the city, Li Shimin had already received the news from Li Xiaogong's men. He knew that the eastern part of the city was breached, and the army had already charged towards South City.
Li Shimin immediately ordered the soldiers to shout loudly, saying that the eastern part of the city was breached, encouraging the soldiers under his command to bravely charge forward. Wave after wave of Tang soldiers continued to charge forward.
Their attacks were getting fiercer and fiercer.
Their fighting spirit was blazing like fire.
Even if there were countless Liu Heita's soldiers guarding the city gate tower, under the pressure of the Tang Army, the soldiers could not resist the attack and began to retreat.
"Retreat!"
Liu Heita was very helpless and gave the order to retreat.
However, this time, Liu Heita did not run along the city wall to break out of the city. He took the soldiers and went straight to the western part of the city. Near the western part of the city, there was a ferry, and there were boats on the river bank.
The river in the city was about three feet wide, and the river was especially turbulent. Once one sat on a boat, one could go north along the river in the western part of the city and quickly leave the northern part of the city.
This was the best way to leave.
As soon as Liu Heita arrived at Quzhou County, he arranged the escape route. Therefore, even if he was defeated, Liu Heita did not have any panic in his heart. The army began to retreat in the direction of the ferry in the western part of the city.
However, in order to stop the pursuers, Liu Heita also left a group of soldiers to block and delay the time.
Liu Heita quickly retreated. As soon as he arrived at the ferry, he quickly boarded the boats.
The densely packed boats carrying people quickly left.
When Li Shimin was attacking outside the city, he had been paying attention to the changes in the city. When Li Shimin received the news from Liu Heita and knew that Liu Heita did not break out of the city gate of Quzhou County, a bright smile appeared on his face.
It was true!
Everything was as Du Qi expected.
When Li Shimin broke into the county, the news quickly spread out and reached Li Jiancheng's tent not far away.
Li Jiancheng immediately became excited.
The opportunity had come!
Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuanji and Li Shentong and said, "Fourth Brother, Duke Huai 'an, now that the county has been broken, Liu Heita will definitely break out. Even if the Duke of Qin chases and intercepts him, Liu Heita's battle prowess is not weak. He will definitely kill his way out. You two immediately take your positions and guard the important passages. Get ready to strike. "
"Yes!"
Li Yuanji and Li Shentong immediately responded.
Both of them had expectant looks on their faces.
Because this battle was going to be a meritorious service.
Xue Wanche stood below. He cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness Crown Prince, what should this general do?"
Li Jiancheng said, "Xue Qing, your mission is the most important and also the most difficult. After Liu Heita was defeated and fled, the Turkic cavalry entrenched in Quzhou County will most likely come out to rescue him. Your mission is to lead the cavalry to support the surrounding area. Once the Turkic cavalry comes out, you must delay them. This Prince does not expect you to defeat the Turkic cavalry. I only hope that you can delay them. "
Xue Wanche cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness Crown Prince, please rest assured. This general guarantees to complete the mission."
Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "Go back to your work."
"Yes!"
Li Yuanji, Li Shentong, and Xue Wanche replied together.
The three of them went back to their work.
At this time, Li Jiancheng stood up with a bright smile on his face. He was looking forward to the victory of this battle.
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