Chapter 74 Heaven Helps Me Too

  The sudden appearance of reinforcements shocked the rebel soldiers who were climbing the city wall one after another, and also made the Tang army generals on the city wall unable to hide their surprise and delight.

  "Brothers, General Yang has arrived with reinforcements!"

  Wang Silie waved his war knife and shouted loudly.

  When the rebels strengthened their forces and attacked the city, his men showed signs of wavering morale, some soldiers were frightened and turned to flee, allowing the rebels to rush up to the city head, which made Wang Silie extremely angry, too humiliated, he couldn't even lift his head in front of Yang Hui, as soon as the situation on the city head eased, he would definitely impose severe punishment on the fleeing soldiers, strictly discipline the army, and make an example of them.

  He alone led the brave warriors to fight desperately, killing all the defenders on the city wall, and never allowing a single rebel soldier to climb up. This was the only way to save some face. In just a moment, several rebel soldiers were killed by him on the city wall and kicked down the city like a bet.

  "Follow me, kill!" Tian Liangqiu also shouted angrily while swinging his war knife on one side.

  He and Wang Silie's thoughts are somewhat similar, feeling too embarrassed.

  He can only be like Wang Silie, leading the troops in person, regardless of his advanced age and physical fatigue over the past few days, wielding a war knife to desperately kill the enemy.

  The section of the city wall defended by Pang Zhong and Li Fude did not see any soldiers fleeing, nor did the rebels rush up to the city wall. However, Yang Hui's appearance also greatly encouraged them, and they killed even more fiercely.

  Yang Kai's appearance and the heroic performance of Wang Silie, Tian Liangqiu, Pang Zhong, and Li Fude immediately took effect. Hundreds of rebels who had climbed up to the city head were killed, and the cloud ladders they had set up were all pushed down. The crisis caused by this wave of rebel attacks was temporarily resolved. However, more than a hundred Tang soldiers died in battle against the rebels who rushed up to the city head.

  As the rebel offensive collapsed, the subsequent siege troops did not have a quick gap to climb the city. The soldiers who fled first were all brought back. In front of all the generals and soldiers, more than a dozen deserters were beheaded, their blood and good heads were used to sacrifice the heroic dead soldiers, and also to intimidate the generals with timid hearts. Any general was threatened: if anyone runs away again, they will be beheaded without mercy.

  The rebel siege did not temporarily stop due to being pushed down, the soldiers swarming under the city continued to climb densely, the cloud ladder that was knocked down was set up again, and the soldiers who were not injured climbed the cloud ladder one after another under the command of their respective commanders. More rebel soldiers rushed over through the ramparts on the corpses piled up in the moat.

  The battle has been going on for almost an hour, and at least 4 to 5 thousand rebel soldiers have fallen outside the south gate, with many more wounded. However, there is no sign of a pause in the rebel offensive, which is becoming increasingly fierce.

  Although Yang Gui's leading the army to rescue, as well as Wang Silie, Tian Liangqiu, Pang Zhong and Li Fude's heroic performances inspired the soldiers' morale, making them more brave in fighting the enemy, but facing the rebel soldiers who were rushing over like a tide, continuously climbing the city wall, everyone felt the pressure, each commander dared not to hesitate or slack off, all personally went into battle to kill the enemy.

  Yang Kai is not yet able to personally take the field and kill enemies, and his 300 personal guards have not yet participated in the battle. However, he brought with him 500 soldiers, of which 200 quickly filled the gaps that had just appeared on several sections of the city wall.

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  "Deputy general, the Tang army is almost exhausted!" Deputy General Li Zhenyuan stood beside Cui Qianyou, pointing with his whip in the direction of the city head and said excitedly: "This time we will definitely be able to take the Tongguan City head, this rain is really timely!"

  "This rain is great, the Tang army will suffer a big loss!" Cui Qianyou was a bit dizzy from being rained on, but his enthusiasm was high. The heroic spirit that had appeared in Lingbao a few days ago surged again. "The Tang army will soon collapse, our army can quickly rush to the top of the city and defeat the defenders! Pass down my order, attack with all your might, don't give the Tang army any chance to breathe! As long as we take down Tongguan City, everyone will be heavily rewarded!"

  It's time for him to make great contributions again. This is Cui Qianyou's heartfelt feeling after issuing new orders.

  With Cui Qianyou's order, the mutinous soldiers who had gone mad let out earth-shaking howls and surged forward like a tide towards the almost completely breached moat, preparing to scale the city walls.

  A dense cloud ladder was set up on the city wall, and some rebel soldiers who had climbed onto the cloud ladder earlier jumped directly into the city. As soon as the cloud ladder was set up, the rebel soldiers below began to quickly climb the city wall. Although all the rebel soldiers who jumped off the cloud ladder were beheaded, most of the cloud ladders were pushed down when the rebel soldiers just started climbing, but still many rebel soldiers climbed up through the cloud ladder, and the archers on the city wall could only eliminate the climbing rebels first, reducing the shooting intensity against the continuously impacting rebels, resulting in more rebel soldiers gathering at the foot of the city.

  The battle of attack and defense on the city wall became more and more intense, while the advantage on the battlefield slowly shifted from the Tang army to the rebel army.

  However, Yang Kai was very calm and composed. He and his 300 personal guards and 300 soldiers did not charge forward, but instead stood quietly at the bottom of the city gate tower to watch the battle. Standing at the bottom of the city gate tower, Yang Kai knew that it was not yet time for him to personally take action. He needed to calmly issue orders and could not afford to impulsively throw all his troops into the fray, lest a real crisis arose and there was no way to rescue them.

  The fog in the ditch is sometimes thick and sometimes thin. When the wind blows, the fog is blown away, revealing its true appearance.

  The situation inside the moat was still worrying Yang Hui on the city wall, as the rebels continued to cross the moat via the bridge made of corpses and rushed under the city wall, densely gathering at the foot of the wall.

  "This damn rain, why hasn't it stopped yet?" Yang Hui looked up at the sky and muttered to herself against the vast expanse of rain.

  He didn't know how long it had been raining, but it felt like an eternity, every moment he was hoping the rain would stop soon or at least let up.

  The heavy rain also greatly affected the progress of the reinforcements, and Yang Hui knew this.

  It was originally expected to arrive before dark, but now it seems that it is impossible to reach Tongguan before dark.

  In Yang Qi's gaze, the rain actually grew heavier and showed no signs of stopping.

  This is a truly extraordinary heavy rain, the mountains near Tongguan have multiple waterfalls, and the city walls of Tongguan are all overflowing with water, with water curtains hanging down from the top.

  A strong gust of wind blew by, dispersing the fog around the city walls and the Jin Gou area. The heavy rain that had been falling suddenly stopped for a moment, and Yang Hui's line of sight temporarily cleared up. He saw that the nearby mountains were covered with waterfalls of all sizes, and the water in the Jin Gou was getting bigger and bigger, overflowing from the ditch and rushing very quickly. Even the soldiers who crossed the Jin Gou via the bridge made of corpses were often washed away by the big waves. However, more and more soldiers rushed to the west bank of the Jin Gou, with dense cloud ladders reaching up to the city walls. The soldiers on the city walls could no longer push them back, as more and more rebels emerged from the top of the city walls.

  "Brothers, follow me into battle!" Yang Hui finally couldn't hold back, drew out his war knife, and prepared to take the field himself.

  But just at this moment, a series of earth-shaking sounds came from outside the city, and the sound was so loud that Yang Hui, who was about to rush to the top of the city to kill the enemy, was startled. Looking for the source of the sound, Yang Hui immediately knew where it came from. However, what he saw was not terrifying, but made Yang Hui extremely happy!

  "Heaven helps me!" This was what Yang Hui couldn't help but loudly exclaim after seeing things clearly!