Chapter 968: Anyone with weapons will be killed without mercy. The Black Flag Army captured an area at the break of the city wall with great difficulty. With Yan Se's death in battle, the control of this area was gradually lost to the defenders who were not afraid of death. The army took it back. This aroused the bloody spirit of the Black Flag Army soldiers, and they attacked the city wall again with a fierce attack. In this small area, the two sides started a bloody battle with swords and fists. There were so many corpses that they almost filled the gap. Xiahou Baichuan looked at the struggle at the fracture with his clairvoyant eyes, his face solemn. He had to admit that this garrison was the toughest team he had ever seen in his many years of leading the army. People say what kind of general brings out what kind of soldiers. Looking at the bravery of these defenders, you can imagine the character of Yan Zeng, the defender of Liyin City. That is a person who refuses to admit defeat, a very tough person. The fact that Liyin City was already an isolated city did not make the defenders completely despair. Everyone from Fang Jie to Xiahou Baichuan underestimated the quality of this army. If it were someone else's team, they might have been unable to bear the psychological test and collapse in front of the Black Flag Army's fierce offensive. One thing that both Xiahou Baichuan and Yan Zeng knew very well was that they could not lose the first battle. If the defenders lose the first battle, then even surrender will not be taken seriously by Fang Jie. And Xiahou Baichuan understood better that if he lost the first battle, it would definitely be a blow to the Black Flag Army's current high fighting spirit. "Andrew!" Xiahou Baichuan shouted loudly: "Let the artillery battalion concentrate its firepower and cut off the enemy's reinforcements!" Andrew looked in the direction he pointed, and then nodded vigorously. He moved over with ten artillery pieces, but stopped bombarding because the Black Flag Army soldiers had already attacked. Hearing Xiahou Baichuan's cry, he immediately ordered the adjustment of the cannon's muzzle, no longer aiming at the break, but pouring the shells a hundred meters away from the break. In this way, with the power of the artillery, the enemy's reinforcements of soldiers unable to pass through the gap. Seeing that the artillery battalion had successfully separated the enemy, Xiahou Baichuan took off the red cloak from his back, took his long spear from the hands of his own soldiers, and urged his horse to rush out. Seeing that the general dared to delay as he rushed forward, his soldiers all urged their horses to follow him. Xiahou Baichuan took the lead and rushed directly to the break with more than 300 soldiers. The horse ran half way up the collapsed city wall in one breath. Then Xiahou Baichuan jumped off the horse, and when he exerted force on his feet, his body was like a cannonball. It flew up as well. At this time, the Black Flag Army soldiers who had stormed the city wall had been suppressed again. Those crazy defenders were no longer forcing the Black Flag Army back by fighting, but were rushing forward desperately, relying on their flesh and blood to force the soldiers back. The Black Flag Army squeezed down from the city wall. This crazy style of play makes people feel respect from the heart. ?? People have different heights. Sweeping three people's throats with one blow requires the sword to rise and fall while sweeping. This stable hand strength is enough to show how strong Xiahou's martial arts is. After the long spear swept across, Xiahou Baichuan took a big step forward. The spear thrust forward and pierced the heart of a soldier, and then he danced the long spear. The long spear hanging the corpse was like a large iron handle. Like a hammer, many people were knocked down. That long spear is like an angry dragon churning in the clouds, and no one can stop it wherever it goes. Xiahou rushed forward, while his soldiers protected his left and right sides. With these soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles and are well-trained, Xiahou Baichuan does not have to worry about the enemies on both sides of him. He just charges forward with his long spear, and the enemies on both sides will naturally be blocked by his soldiers. As they pushed forward, the crowd became denser and denser, and Xiahou's long spear gradually became unable to be used. "Change the knife!" As Xiahou Baichuan shouted, the soldier who was following him handed over the horse-cutting knife in his hand without any delay. After Xiahou Baichuan finished shouting, Chang Yan thrust forward, and penetrated the four defenders with one breath like a string of candied haws. He pushed forward with both arms, pushed the four people back several steps, and then let go. He threw his hand forward, jumped up and kicked the pole. With great force, the long spear penetrated the bodies of four people and then flew backwards, piercing at least three more people to death. Xiahou Baichuan reached out and took the sword that was passed from behind. He held the handle of the sword with both hands and swung it forward like a god of war. It was a daunting momentum. Xiahou Baichuan, who had experienced hundreds of battles, knew that in order to defeat a tenacious enemy, he must first defeat their will. The horse-zanting sword in Xiahou's hand is much longer and wider than the standard horizontal sword, and the back of the sword is thicker. When this sword is danced, it can cut down even a tree as thick as an arm's length. A moment later, a pile of dead bodies fell in front of Xia Hou, none of them intact.The whole body was split into two pieces. This kind of fighting consumes the most physical strength, so Xiahou controls his cultivation power accurately. If he relies on his cultivation to push the crowd away from the beginning, he will be exhausted before long. Opposite is a mountain of people, which cannot be cut through with an axe. With the addition of Xiahou Baichuan, the territory that the Black Flag Army can control on the city wall is getting larger and larger. The larger the area, the faster and faster the Black Flag Army soldiers ascending the city wall. "Archers!" Yan Zeng watched helplessly as he saw that the side of the fracture was about to lose its support. He immediately shouted: "Shoot over there!" The general who commanded the archers was stunned for a moment, but finally couldn't help it. Said: "General, we have many soldiers over there!" "Get away!" Yan Zeng kicked the general away and waved the flag himself: "Fire the arrows!" The duty of a soldier is to obey orders, although the archers know that Most of the people fighting over there were our own people, but no matter how reluctant they were in front of military orders, it was meaningless. They began to gather together, and then shot towards the fracture. The dense arrows seemed to form a huge fist, and when they hit it, dozens of people were knocked over. With more and more feathers and arrows, the fractures are almost cleaned up! Whether it was the defenders or the Black Flag Army soldiers, they fell in pieces under this indiscriminate attack. Facing the crazy defenders and crazy enemy generals, Xiahou Baichuan could only retreat. There was no one alive in front of him, and everyone was covered with arrows. The densely packed corpses were covered with a layer of white feathers, as if the city walls were suddenly covered with grass. "Move up the fine infantry camp!" As a last resort, Xiahou issued a military order. According to the standard equipment of the Black Flag Army, each army must have an elite infantry battalion. Most of these infantrymen are people who can practice. Although their qualifications are not good, their combat prowess is far beyond that of ordinary soldiers. Just like when Fang Jie met the 500 Jingbu camp under Li Yuanshan on his way from the northwest to Chang'an City, even the old cripple Master Luo, who had a ninth-grade cultivation level, did not dare to fall in. Facing five hundred people who can practice, even if their cultivation level is very low, a ninth-grade master is not sure of victory. That was before the war started. Now, with the development of the war, the number of practitioners has dropped sharply. In the past, every guard in the Sui Dynasty's soldiers was equipped with a fine infantry battalion, but now it is too difficult to gather so many soldiers who can practice. If Xiang Qingniu hadn¡¯t posted a hero post in the name of Tao Zun, calling on heroes to defect to Fang Jie, the Black Flag Army would not have been able to have a Jingbu battalion in every army at this time. Even so, it turned out that the fine infantry battalion standard of 500 men per guard for the Sui warriors was difficult to meet. Xiahou Baichuan only had one fine infantry battalion of 200 men. The dense arrows caused heavy losses to Xiahou Baichuan's barracks. You must know that these veterans are valuable assets in any team! Xu Gen, the captain of the Jingbu Battalion, had been waiting impatiently for a long time. When he heard someone coming to deliver the order, he immediately said hello and rushed forward with 200 Jingbu Battalion soldiers. These soldiers all come from the martial arts world and have undergone rigorous training. Although none of them are high in terms of personal cultivation, and the highest one is not higher than the fourth grade, the power they can exert when they work together is absolutely terrifying. The two hundred Jingbu battalion soldiers moved quickly and flexibly, climbing up the fracture as fast as an ape climbing a tree. "Shield array, move forward!" Xu Gen shouted loudly after climbing onto the city wall. The forty or so Jingbu battalion soldiers behind him immediately divided into three rows, with more than a dozen people in each row, all holding giant shields as high as one person in their hands. Three rows of shield formations filled the lower part of the city wall, and then the three rows of shield formations began to move forward neatly. Even the dense arrows could not break through the heavy shield. Those strong Jingbu battalion shields carried such a heavy shield forward without any hindrance. These people train together all day long, and everyone stands in a fixed position. Over time, their tacit understanding with their colleagues around them has reached an astonishing level. "General!" A guard ran over covered in blood, panting and said to Yan Zeng: "We can't hold it anymore. The new enemies who have come up are all extremely brave. Our archers have They have no choice. If they continue like this, it won't take long for the enemy to attack." "Where is my personal camp?" Yan Zeng shouted. "My subordinates are here!" The hundreds of soldiers standing beside him responded neatly. Everyone was ready to fight when they heard Yan Zeng shouting where the personal camp was. ¡°Kill all the enemies on the city wall!¡± ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ About three miles away from Liyin City, there is a huge umbrella cover on a high slope. Fang Jie stood under the umbrella cover, holding up his clairvoyant eyes to watch the battle. "What is the origin of this Yan Zeng?" Fang Jie asked. "My subordinates have inquired and found out that this Yan Zeng is from the Yan family in Dongjiang. Last time when my lord went to Dongjiang, he met a general named Yan Li, who is the cousin of the guard of Liyin City. This man has a gloomy and ruthless personality. , but he is never aggressive in doing things, he is very proficient in battle formations and tactics, and he is a difficult opponent." Chen Xiaoru searched for information about Yan Zeng in his mind in the shortest time, and then tried to describe the matter clearly in the shortest possible language. come out. "Yan Li died in battle on Penglai Island" Fang Jie sighed slightly: "Although there are no masters in the Jianghu in Eastern Xinjiang, there are really many generals in military affairs. There are many capable people under Mu Guangling. Why did Yan Zeng leave Dongjiang in the first place? Aren't the Yan family members working in the Mu mansion? " "My subordinates didn't find out However, Yan Zeng is not taken seriously in the family." Chen Xiaoru replied. "Only the four words "not panic in the face of danger" can be achieved. Fang Jie muttered to himself, and then pointed to the city wall: "Tell Xiahou Baichuan, don't waste your strength. Kill as many people as you can on the city wall." If you kill Yan Zeng, don't take him alive. Since the enemy is not afraid that Liyin has become an isolated city, there is no need to show mercy Tell Xiahou Baichuan that anyone with weapons in Liyin City will be killed without mercy."