That night, taking advantage of the darkness and the night blindness of the soldiers at that time, the Huainan Army transferred nearly 10,000 old and weak people away. Hundreds of ships moved in relays, which took a whole night's work.

Several days of fierce attack and defense, coupled with the use of catapults, caused many damages to the Yangzhou city wall, and the sand and soil collapsed to form gaps.

The Huainan Army knew the hope of survival. Although the ordinary soldiers did not know it, the officers knew it clearly. Naturally, it was different that the city was destroyed the next day and they could not reunite with their families.

So while transporting people, they started building a wooden fence overnight to block the gap, and then filled the earth behind the wooden fence and compacted it. Everyone knows that the more the city wall is consolidated, the more hope they have for survival, so they are very interested in this work.

Don't dare to neglect at all.

Because it rained all day yesterday, the Forbidden Army took a rest overnight to avoid injuries. As soon as the next day dawned, the Forbidden Army continued to send small groups of elite troops to harass the efforts of the Huainan Army, and even once tried to break into the city wall through these gaps.

The other troops were constantly ascending the ladders and climbing the city wall, and then they were constantly entangled, recaptured, and back and forth without interruption. However, it could be vaguely seen that the Forbidden Army was getting stronger and stronger, and the time it took to climb the city wall became longer and longer.

The road was getting longer and longer, and there were more and more gaps. There were even situations where the gaps were broken through, and Zhao Kuangyin was happy in vain.

"What's going on? Why does the Huainan Army seem to have fewer people?" Zhao Kuangyin was sitting on the high platform of the Central Army. Looking at the resisting Huainan Army, he couldn't help but mutter. This scene is different from yesterday. How could the Huainan Army be so weak?

If he is so weak, he cannot resist for so long?

"Is it because there are too many wounded soldiers, not enough medicinal herbs, coupled with the constant projection of catapults, the morale is low, so it looks weak!" Wang Shenqi also became a little suspicious. How many days has passed? The Huainan Army is so weak. Doesn't this make him look weak?

Incompetent? Even the emperor is great, so it's really unpleasant to be treated as such a person.

"Could it be that Li Chongjin escaped?" Li Chuyun didn't want to damage his reputation, so he couldn't help but wonder. When the emperor and Wang Shenqi looked over, he sorted out his thoughts and said in a deep voice:

"The day before yesterday, several ships crossed the river at night and went to Yangzhou City. Of course, they also sent people to patrol at night. The ships were sad, but these few ships were enough. Maybe Li Chongjin escaped by boat and lost his life.

After defeating these Huainan soldiers, their morale is low and their strength is unsatisfactory!"

Li Chuyun's inference was very reasonable, and Zhao Kuangyin was also somewhat convinced. In other words, this result was barely acceptable. As long as Yangzhou City was conquered and the flag of rebellion was torn down, Li Chongjin's life or death was actually not that important, even though he gritted his teeth.

"I also have this guess!" Wang Shenqi rolled his eyes and quickly agreed.

"There is some truth in what you said, so be decisive!" Zhao Kuangyin stood up, his dark face full of seriousness:

"Let all the troops press forward and try to see if Li Chongjin escapes. I hope he won't disappoint me!"

Following Zhao Kuangyin's order, tens of thousands of Forbidden Army poured in like a tide. Yangzhou City seemed to be a small boat with holes in it, constantly being impacted. The bravery and screaming of the Forbidden Army seemed to destroy the blood-stained city wall.

"Don't panic, everyone, we will definitely defend!" With no choice but to do so, Li Chongjin finally showed up and sent out his elite tooth soldiers to boost morale and resist this wave of attacks.

"Unexpectedly, Li Chongjin is still here!" Looking at the familiar figure from a distance, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but sigh, not knowing whether it was regret or what.

"Could it be a fake? We are so far away that we can't see it clearly, and it's also wearing armor, so it's even harder to distinguish the authenticity from the fake!" Li Chuyun said.

"Whether he is real or not, the army has conquered Yangzhou in just a few days. Let him be in Yangzhou. If I don't kill him, it will be difficult to vent my hatred!" Zhao Kuangyin said through gritted teeth.

The Huaiyang Rebellion caused the newly established Song Dynasty to lose a lot of vitality. First it was Shangdang, and then Huaiyang. In order to supply the army, the court did not hesitate to increase taxes. The palace was also forced to sell jewelry in order to support it.

As of today, and there is still nearly a month until the summer harvest.

"It would be best if Li Chongjin could wait a little later, after the autumn harvest!" Zhao Kuangyin's heart was bleeding, Huainan was in a mess, and the Central Plains really couldn't recover in a few years.

In history, Li Chongjin was bewitched, rebelled in September, and was put down in November. Although it was a bit difficult, it was easy for the Song Dynasty, which had sufficient military supplies...

This day was so difficult. The Song army attacked the city in turns from day to night, with smoke rising from the kitchen stoves. Taking advantage of the large number of people, they never stopped. The defense of Yangzhou City was in danger.

"Your Majesty, what do you think this is?" At night, Zhao Kuangyin dealt with the memorial sent from Tokyo, and looked at the documents about the shortage of food and grass in the rear, as well as the vague urgings from civil and military officials. His hatred for Li Chongjin increased again.

layer.

At this time, Li Chuyun and Wang Shenqi hurried over, their faces full of joy, and delivered a note stained with blood.

"This was found from a dead brother!"

Zhao Kuangyin squinted his eyes, took it and looked at it. It was signed by a capital commander named Qian Cheng. This was a letter written by him. The content was to prepare for the day to be dawn at Mao hour quarter (5:15 in the morning).

At that time, a section of the city wall was opened (the city gate had long been blocked) and the Song army was allowed to enter the city.

But he asked the Song army to stop temporarily, otherwise it would be difficult for him to control the city wall if he continued to attack the city.

"What do you think?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

"Something is strange. It has not happened for many days. It has happened today. But Yangzhou City is in danger today. Maybe after seeing this..." Li Chuyun gave an ambiguous answer. Zhao Kuangyin cursed secretly and then looked towards

Wang Shenqi.

"The same goes for us!" Wang Shenqi raised his head and said directly.

"If you ignore it, the city of Yangzhou will only last a few days, but the human heart is full of flesh. Which Forbidden Army brother has no relatives, and one of them can live longer, so be it! Let the army stop, take a good rest, and then kill the time

In an instant, we invaded Yangzhou."

"Even if there is fraud in it, we will go all out tomorrow to capture Yangzhou!" Zhao Kuangyin slapped the letter on the table and said loudly, his face turning red.

"promise--"

Half an hour after the smoke rose, the Song army stopped attacking the city, and most of the soldiers were recharging their troops.

At the fourth quarter of Yinshi (four o'clock), the Song army began to eat dry food and ate breakfast to death. Some soldiers came to a section of the city wall at the east gate of Yangzhou, and then lit up three lanterns and shook them.

"How to go back? No one cares!" Li Chuyun was confused and raised the lantern. At a glance, he saw that there was not a single soldier on the entire city wall, and the only ones standing were scarecrows wearing military robes.
Chapter completed!