Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Lin Tie looked back and shook his head: "No, it was very quiet after returning to the camp, as if something happened."

Li Chong's army has been attacking fiercely in the past two days, and the vanguard troops have penetrated into the city wall. Logically speaking, they should take down the city gate in one go.

As a result, the army was withdrawn at the critical moment, without even cleaning up the corpses on the battlefield.

Years of battlefield experience told him that something must be going on here.

"Yes, I also find it strange. I can take the city by force in just one day, so why did Li Chong give up suddenly?"

Fan Xin stood up from the ground on his knees and looked at the enemy camp not far away. There was a faint noise coming from the campfire.

"Your Majesty, our brothers have been attacking for two days and two nights, resulting in heavy casualties. If we continue like this, we will kill them all without waiting until we cross the Yellow River!"

"Yes, General Yimo thinks that we might as well bypass Wushui County and go straight to Puzhou from Xiaolingdu. There is no need to waste our troops on Wushui County."

Li Chong sat on the handsome chair and stared at the two generals under his command gloomily.

"Is this the reason why you two ordered the troops to withdraw without authorization and return to camp to rest?"

Li Chong never dreamed that just when he was about to break the city, Wu Xizhi and Meng Qingbang, two losers, would give the order to retreat.

As a result, the huge sacrifices he made over the past two days were in vain.

If these two men had not each commanded an army of troops, he would have executed them long ago.

Realizing that King Langya was angry, Wu Xizhi and Meng Qingbang became a little weaker.

"My lord, our brothers really can't hold on anymore. If we continue to attack, we will only suffer heavy losses. It's better to let them rest for a few days and then attack the city again."

"How many days of rest?" Li Chong sneered, looked at the two of them and said coldly.

"I would like you to rest for a few days, but the question is whether the court agrees!"

"Do you know that hundreds of thousands of troops are marching towards Bozhou at this moment?"

"If we are stuck here again, Fan Xin can chop off our heads without the court taking action!"

"You losers actually want to rest for a few days, instead of quickly mobilizing your troops to prepare for war, we will continue to attack the city tomorrow morning!" At the end of the sentence, Li Chong's face became ferocious.

This time he was really angry. After finally breaking through the city, he was actually ruined by a few losers. You can imagine the hatred in his heart.

After all, Li Chong was the prince. Although Wu Xizhi and Meng Qingbang were dissatisfied, they could only endure it and retreat.

Arriving at a secluded place in the camp, Wu Xizhi stopped and said coldly.

"Lao Meng, I'm afraid Li Chong won't be able to enter Luoyang.

Meng Qingbang was startled and quickly looked around. When he found that no one was paying attention, he whispered: "You don't want your life. If Li Chong hears it, I won't kill you."

"What are you afraid of? This is the fact. An army of nearly 10,000 people can't even defeat a small Wushui County. How can we attack the larger Puzhou?"

"Didn't you hear what Li Chong said? The hundreds of thousands of troops coming from the imperial court to conquer are already on the way."

Hearing these words, Meng Qingbang shivered with fright and said with a horrified expression.

"Then what do you think we should do? Should we continue to attack Wushui County?"

Wu Xizhi took a deep breath: "You can't fight. When we defected to Li Chong, we came from the power of the dragon."

"He is about to be defeated and captured. Of course we can't hang him from a tree."

"In this way, when we attack the city tomorrow, let Li Chong's troops rush in front. When his troops are almost exhausted, we will immediately capture this guy and hand him over to Fan Xin! Submit a certificate of surrender to the court."

Meng Qingbang chuckled, stretched out his finger in approval.

"Brother Wu is still a genius. He found a way to get promoted and make a fortune so quickly. But why did he hand Li Chong over to a mere seventh-grade county magistrate?"

Wu Xizhi sneered, shook his head and said, "Don't even think about it. The entire Bozhou is dying, and only Fan Xin is guarding the city alone."

"For having accomplished such a shocking feat, can the imperial court not grant him an official title?"

"And from my perspective over the years, this person will most likely be appreciated by Wu Zetian, and his promotion will be just around the corner."

"Alright, let's go back and prepare. The siege should be finished in one day at most."

After the two talked quietly for a while, they returned to the camp to rest.

Before dawn the next day, horn horns sounded desolately in the camp, and thousands of panic-stricken sergeants ran out in their clothes.

Seeing Li Chong wearing armor and taking command in person, the sergeants looked sideways.

"My lord, what are you doing?" Wu Xizhi asked in surprise.

In the past two days, Li Chong was in command of the central army. Why was he wearing armor and going into battle today?

As if he knew what he was thinking, Li Chong said solemnly.

"The first battle in Wushui will determine whether our army can get out of the predicament. This king will be the first to charge in this war!"

Infected by his emotions, thousands of soldiers raised their weapons and shouted.

"Long live the prince! Long live the prince!"

Wu Xizhi and Meng Qingbang looked at each other and started shouting.

Finding that morale was almost restored, Li Chong mounted his horse and pointed his sword forward and shouted.

"Kill me!"

With an order, thousands of soldiers and horses suddenly burst out with strong fighting spirit, sweeping towards the city like a flood.

Looking at the enemy troops rolling in, two thousand soldiers were also arrayed under the city wall.

After two consecutive days of siege, the city gate was already in tatters, so they had no way to retreat in this battle and could only fight bloody battles!

"It's time to end this war!" Fan Xin spat out the straw in his mouth, and while staring at the enemy soldiers who were killing him, he entwined his right hand with the handle of the knife.

Then he clenched his sword and shouted: "Brothers, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!"

"Even if we fall, we will still become a mountain, a ridge!"

"Kill me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he resolutely charged towards the oncoming enemy troops!

Looking at the decisive figure in front of them, all two thousand soldiers' eyes turned red, and they all clenched their swords and rushed forward.

As soon as the two sides met, there was a shocking scream and the sound of iron weapons clashing.

During the fight, Fan Xin kicked the enemy in front of him away and stabbed the opponent's chest with his knife.

The enemy is a teenager who might be studying in other places, but here he is just an enemy.

Without enough time to feel sentimental, Fan Xin pulled out the knife and ran straight towards Li Chong.

There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. Capturing the thief first is the fastest way to end the conflict.

Li Chong obviously thought so too. When he saw Fan Xin rushing over, he grinned ferociously.

"Fan Xin! How dare you come here to seek death, then I will grant you your wish!"

"It's not that easy to kill me!"

Fan Xin snorted coldly, jumped up, held the handle of the knife with both hands and chopped off Li Chong's head.

clang!

When the swords collided, hundreds of sparks flew out, and both sides looked at each other with ferocious killing intent.

Just as the two sides were gnashing their teeth and staring at each other, Xiong Zhan, covered in blood, suddenly ran over and said sadly.

"Your Majesty, Wu Xizhi, Meng Qingbang led their troops to escape, we were betrayed!"