...Guo Shao rode out to the west, watching the thick smoke rolling everywhere in the wilderness, his face was already very ugly. At this time, a knight rushed over and was about to meet Guo Shao, so he quickly dismounted and reported: "Report to recruit envoys, Tang soldiers rushed out of the west gate and attacked our camp!"

Guo Shao didn't say anything, but just looked at the fire and black smoke everywhere in the distance, and felt that what the person coming was reporting was nonsense.

Not long after, Li Chuyun and several generals rode horses along the road and said, "The First Army is gathering together, and the two commanders are ready, come here!" When Guo Shao looked back, he could hear the footsteps of "Kakuk...". Infantry in a row was trotting forward, and generals riding horses were shouting next to the team.

Guo Shao did not answer anyone's words. He looked at the scene ahead and knew that the Tang army had at least broken through the first line of defense; because the catapult had a limited range and was very heavy, most of the equipment was in the first line of defense, and the losses were heavy now. But he did not say anything unrelated. What's the use of those useless ones?

He swallowed and said in a deep voice: "In the second line of defense, the First Army of the Xiabat in front of the Left Wing (West) Hall is located in the southeast of the city gate, and the Ya soldiers of the governor of Suzhou are stationed in the south... Immediately take the order flag and send fast horses to pass on the order, ordering the garrison troops to arrange their own formations and not be confused and wait for an opportunity to move."

"Get orders!"

Guo Shao said again: "The commanders of the First Army of the Hujie Army will immediately reinforce Ximen."

At this time, a general said, "When something happened here, will the Second Army in the southeast come to reinforce?"

Li Chuyun replied: "It should be, Wang Zhang will not die and wait for orders at this time."

The general reminded again: "Will the Tang army use the strategy of digging the tiger away from the mountain to attack the west?"

Li Chuyun pondered for a moment and said, "The Tang soldiers just made a sudden sneak attack. Only by surprise can they break through my front line. Now that the war has begun, it is difficult to make up for the troops from the east. Besides, the defenders have limited troops, unless they want to abandon the city and fight to the decisive battle. Otherwise, I don't think it is a clever way to make a move to the east and attack the west at this time."

After hearing this, Guo Shao made a quick decision and said, "Send someone to send Wang Zhang to send reinforcements from the south of the city."

At this time, the vanguard of the First Army had already marched forward. Guo Shao asked Li Chuyun to lead the First Army to follow up and decide to attack the Southern Tang Army in the face of the battle. Then he led Yang, Luo, Luo Yanhuan and his personal soldiers to rush to the west of the city first.

After running for two miles, the Tang army cavalry opened the way with heavy cavalry and swept towards the south of the city. At first glance, the horses were galloping, but the Tang army vanguard had only two or three hundred cavalry in total.

The cavalry came from the west and was invincible. The large number of defenders in the front positions of the Zhou army were in a mess. Most of them could not fight against the cavalry with secret formations. They were extremely unbearable to fight. They were covered by the cavalry and ran around in a mess.

Seeing this, Luo Yanhuan turned around and asked for his orders. Seeing Guo Shao nodding, he immediately rushed forward. Several powerful generals and dozens of horsemen followed him up. Guo Shao also rushed forward and pulled out the saber from his back.

"Bang!" Luo Yanhuan rode his horse and leaned over to shoot. He shot several enemies in one arrow, and killed several enemies in a row. He rushed to the enemy cavalry, and abandoned the bow and arrow and drew out the iron sword. The generals carried long weapons and killed the generals. They all had ambitions to be military generals since they were young, and they were very skilled. Although the Zhou army's cavalry was few, they were very fierce. As soon as they caught the enemy, they cut off the protruding part of the Tang army's cavalry. When they followed, the Tang army cavalry was shocked when they saw this, and they were afraid to go forward, so they turned their horses and ran westward.

Guo Shao and others followed him and soon saw the Tang army infantry fighting in heavy smoke. It seemed that the Tang army's large infantry also wanted to attack westward, but some Zhou army miscellaneous troops rushed out of the second fence, killing them in a mess.

The miscellaneous troops that Zhou army attacked seemed to be some of the fangs and a large group of rural soldiers from the governor of Suzhou. Few people were wearing armor incompletely and had limited combat power and could not break the flanks of the Southern Tang Army. A group of Tang army infantry advanced to this side in the middle, and Guo Shao hurriedly shouted: "Let's go!"

The generals and soldiers followed him and turned their horses and ran backwards. The Southern Tang infantry team could not keep up with both legs and were soon left behind.

After about one stick of incense, a commander of the First Army of the Hujie Army rushed to the battlefield first. The troops trotted and marched up in a hurry. They were meeting the infantry brigade that was rushing south by the Tang army. The commander of the Hujie Army shouted without saying a word, "Kill!" The troops rushed forward, running up completely regardless of the queue and fought desperately. Two groups of people fought in the middle, and the scattered swords and soldiers were waving like a big pot of water boiling.

Soon, the other six commanders of the Hujie Army arrived one after another, and the front spread to the two wings, and several troops surrounded and attacked from left to right. Soon, the battle of Tang soldiers and infantry were defeated and fled westward. They were suppressed by the Hujie Army and killed the body all the way.

Guo Shao followed the Hujie army to chase and kill Erli, and saw the west gate of Shouzhou opened. A group of cavalry in the Southern Tang army were the first to be put into the city. A group of troops that had not been dispersed from behind also followed the city. Then there were the messy defeated soldiers.

The soldiers of Hujie Army went straight out of the barrier wall and chased the city gate. Soon after, the suspension bridge was pulled up, and the defeated soldiers behind them shouted, and many people rolled into the dry riverbed.

Guo Shao's military generals were the first to approach the city gate. At this time, arrows were raining on the city tower. The personal soldiers who rushed too fast were caught in several arrows. Everyone had to slapped their horses and retreated. When the Hujie infantry followed, the Southern Tang soldiers who had not entered the city simply surrendered one after another and took the initiative to walk towards the city wall.

There were whistles of shouting from all sides, but the fight was gradually over.

Guo Shao felt that this battle was considered a victory, because the circle of siege fortifications was larger than the city wall, two hundred steps away from the city, with a circumference of at least twenty miles. If the defense line of 20 miles was strictly guarded by the elite troops of the Hujie Army, the troops would not be enough; the Tang army could not be prevented from breaking through the defense line. However, because of his preparation, he surrounded and intercepted from several sides and defeated the Tang army... The enemy soldiers retreated into the city only after they were defeated!

But in fact, the results of the battle cannot be calculated like this. Most of the catapults and ladders in the west of the city were still burning and smoking, and it was in a mess. The ordnance parts transported from Bagong Mountain on the edge of the water were burned all the way. So many equipment were lost in one go, but they were still rushed out of the defenders in the city. Guo Shao felt that things were very bad.

He had been wary of the Tang army that might rush out to counterattack, but it was really impossible to conclude that Liu Renzhan really did this! It really surprised Guo Shao.
Chapter completed!