Not only did the rebels not fully prepare for the siege, but the official army did not fully prepare for the defense of the city.

Although Zhang Jing led his troops to come, he was unable to bring too many weapons to defend the city during the race. Even half of the items such as bows and arrows came from the storage of the south gate of Fancheng, and the remaining ones were even rarer.

At present, the continuous attacks from both internal and external enemy troops, especially the offensive of the Yi-Campaign outside the city, forced the official army to shoot arrows and beat the enemy, which was naturally extremely costly. At this moment, the defense weapons on the top of the city were almost over.

After hearing this report, Zhang Jing's heart shrank and said for a while: "Then don't stop, stop me, block the enemy in the city first!" Compared with the rebels outside, the threat inside the city is even greater. After all, the city wall is only guarding against the outside but not the inside. "Concentrate all bows, arrows, stones and woods against the rebels in the city."

"Where is outside the city?" a subordinate asked uneasily.

"Qin Chuan, you lead troops to stop the rebels in the inner city, and I will deal with it outside! Are you sure to block them until dark?" Zhang Jing did not respond, but turned to look at his deputy general and said anxiously.

Qin Chuan was a simple and low-key officer. He didn't panic when he heard this. He just looked at the weapons around him and said, "I will do my best. As long as I don't die, they will not be able to go to the city!"

"Okay!" Zhang Jing patted the other person's shoulder, "I'll leave it to you here! Lord Li gave us the task until it's dark. Even if we die, we will die after it's dark!" After saying that, he had already strode forward, hurried all the way to the front of the outer city.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of Yi's camp gathered again and rushed over with shouts. They also noticed that the rain of arrows on the city had become sparse, and they were more courageous, and they rushed even harder. In a blink of an eye, they had arrived in front of the moat. Under the cover of waves of arrows, someone had already begun to build a floating bridge across the river.

After all, Xiangfan is not the front line of the Great Vietnam border. There are not only towns and villages outside the city, but also large forests. Chen Da is also aware of the army. After several setbacks, he naturally ordered people to cut down trees, demolish some houses and get materials, intending to build a floating bridge, and successfully pass through the moat.

The sudden decrease in the arrows and flying stones on the city wall gave them the opportunity to arrange them calmly. In just a short meal, two simple floating bridges had already crossed the river, enough to allow the troops behind to pass quickly.

And just as they became more and more excited and shouted to cross the river, a loud shout came from the top of the city above: "Listen, brothers from Yizhang under the city, do you know what you are doing? You are helping people rebel!

"Now there are Luotian Sect traitors in the city, together with other rebels, who have seized the city. Our official army has only taken the South Gate and waited for Xiangyang troops to help. Now you are not thinking of sending troops to quell the rebellion, but you are not afraid of being destined to be rebellious. At that time, not only will you die, but you will also implicate the elders in your family?"

The person who called this was Zhang Jing. Seeing that the enemy was getting away from the city was getting fewer and fewer ways, all he could do was to persuade the soldiers outside the city with words. Because as Lord Li judged, even if some of these Xiangfan garrisons would be eroded and bought by thieves, most of them were still kept in the dark. As long as they were doubtful about this and kept silent, they could buy time for the overall situation.

Of course, it would be even better if he could turn against Yi's camp through some words. But this is obviously unrealistic, and he could only do his best to do it, success or failure depends on God's will.

His words really had a certain effect. The soldiers and generals who had already rushed through the floating bridge to the city were paused when they heard this. They looked around and didn't know how to deal with it.

However, there were officers of all levels behind them, and many of them had been bribed long ago and were determined to follow Cai's rebellion. When they heard the shouting on the top of the city and saw the soldiers hesitating, they immediately shouted angrily: "Don't listen to the rebels in the city's evil words! It is a rebellion that they are trying to capture Fancheng. Brothers will kill the city and rob the merits are what we should do!"

As they said that, these people led the way up and set up the simplest ladder, and then quickly climbed to the top of the city. Under their agitation, the ordinary soldiers immediately threw their doubts aside, shouted again, followed closely, and climbed upwards.

In a blink of an eye, more than ten cloud ladders were mounted on the top of the city, and hundreds of people attacked upwards.

Seeing this, Zhang Jing could only order people to continue shouting downwards, persuading those blinded robes not to die without dying. While he had already taken the knife in his hand, he led a team of personal guards to start running back and forth on the top of the city to block and kill the soldiers and generals of Yizi camp who climbed up the city.

At this time, it was related to the life and death of thousands of his brothers, and the overall situation of Xiangfan, Zhang Jing did not care about the accidental injury of the innocent. He tried his best to see the sword. As long as he dared to rise up on the top of the city and saw him, he would have no chance of survival.

As a general in the imperial guards, Zhang Jing has extraordinary martial arts. A big sword danced in his hand like nothing, rushing back and forth without breathing. This knife was fast and fierce. As long as it touched, it would be either a different body or a broken belly or a scream and fell into the city.

The hundreds of soldiers and horses under his subordinates also inspired the fighting spirit under the fierce killing method of the general. There was no cowardice or hesitation in his eyes. They guarded the city head and killed people when they saw them. They stood firm and did not retreat.

The first wave of offensive under the city gradually became a little unsupported in the face of their strong defense. In the end, even the officers were killed or injured, and they became afraid and retreated unconsciously.

When Chen Da saw this scene behind, his face turned red with anger and shouted angrily: "What are you cooking? Just a few hundred defenders can stop my army from entering the city? Come on, attack me again. Before dark, I must enter the south gate!"

When the subordinates saw the general angry, they felt relieved. They quickly agreed and organized troops to continue the attack. Fortunately, there was no crossbow on the city wall now, and the troops were small. They believed that as long as they kept attacking, they could always kill the enemy and reveal their flaws.

However, the subsequent battle situation was obviously beyond their expectations. Although the defenders at the city were suffering a lot of casualties in the face of repeated offensives, their defense line was still standing there steadily without revealing even a trace of flaws.

However, the soldiers and generals of Yi Battalion retreated after suffering losses and were forced to rush forward again. After watching the robes fall down, they began to feel timid. When they launched the fourth attack, their momentum dropped drastically. After crossing the river, they were even slower and only half of the city wall was raised. Under a threat above, they retreated in shame.

Chen Da was so angry that he gritted his teeth when he saw this, but before he could attack, a subordinate suggested: "General, in my opinion, we might as well turn to other city gates and enter Fancheng, so we don't have to attack the South Gate to death. Obviously, the rebels concentrated all the elites at this city gate to block our turn of attacks. If we go somewhere else, we might be able to break the city easily."

"What about that time? We have been attacking for two hours, and it will soon be dark..." Chen Da said angrily.

"General, we may not be able to fight at night."

"Yes, General, if we continue to attack like this, our damage will be too great. I am afraid that the brothers below will be dissatisfied."

"Please think twice, General..."

Except for those subordinates who had been bribed and knew that there was no way out, all the other officers agreed to change the city gate to attack. These people looked at Chen Da with no other choice.

Chen Da took a deep breath, and it was not until this time that he felt the helplessness of riding a tiger. He thought he could easily lead these many people to participate in this chaos, so that he could gain more say; but now these chips have become a burden to tie his hands and feet, making him unable to act according to the established policy.

And at this moment, a whimpering horn sounded from a distance, and as the flags fluttered, an army of about two thousand people appeared from the direction of Xiangyang, as if it was coming to fight here.

Although there were not many soldiers on the way, the pressure on Chen Da was quite high. It was not that he was afraid that the Yi camp under his command would not be able to resist it. The key was that if the other party also shouted that the people in Fancheng were rebellious, the morale of the army might be really going to be in chaos.

Chen Da, who was already determined to continue urging the team to attack the South Gate, finally changed his words: "Go to Ximen! Those who came there are probably also rebels. Don't contact them. Let's go to Ximen now!"

His decision naturally won the approval of all the generals under his command. The troops who were still under the city retreated decisively, and then the army gathered and quickly rushed towards Ximen.

However, what they didn't know was that not only did the defenders at the city gate breathe a sigh of relief, but even the seemingly fierce soldiers from Xiangyang were overjoyed. They were just bluffing and dared not face the battle with the soldiers and horses of Yi's camp.

It was not until he watched the enemy go away and was standing tall on the city wall just now that Zhang Jing, who was full of momentum, staggered and almost fell down. Fortunately, the soldiers around him took action in time, so he did not make a fool of himself.

After two hours of continuous rushing, even if he was as strong as him, he had already lost his strength. It was because of a strong aura that he had to survive until now. If the enemy attacked for another round, he really didn't know if he could repel another round of attack.

Fortunately, the offensive here was finally repelled, and the South Gate was saved. Moreover, it was getting darker and it was only a while before it was dark. From this point of view, although the price was not small this time, he and his men still completed the errands assigned by Lord Li.

Moreover, listening to the movement, it seemed that even the battle inside the city wall had ended. Could it be that under the blocking of Qin Chuan's troops, the rebels finally failed to attack for a long time and gave up seizing the South Gate?
Chapter completed!