Chapter 76 The scenery here is still quite beautiful

  They absolutely cannot give the rebels any opportunity, especially at this critical moment. No matter what, they must eliminate all the rebels who have climbed up to the city wall. This is Yang Hui's very firm idea.

  The quality of these soldiers under his command was really not ordinary, and this was something he could not tolerate at all. He vowed that as soon as the war stabilized, he would thoroughly rectify the military affairs and let them know what it means to have a strict military order!

  The situation is critical, and the rebels are climbing over the city walls everywhere. The south gate has suddenly become tight, and whether it's Wang Silie, Tian Liangqiu, Pang Zhong or Li Fude, they are all directing their soldiers to kill the rebel soldiers who have climbed onto the city wall. At this point, the city wall at the junction of Wang Silie's and Tian Liangqiu's troops is unable to be reinforced by nearby soldiers.

  There's no choice but to take the field himself, Yang Kai drew his battle knife and roared: "Brothers, follow me, kill! We absolutely cannot let the rebel army occupy the city head! Anyone who shows cowardice and fails to advance will be killed without pardon!"

  As he spoke, he swung his war sword and struck a soldier who had thrown down his weapon and was desperately retreating, trying to turn around and escape.

  With a miserable cry, the soldier's head was chopped off by Yang Hui in a fit of rage. A column of blood shot up from the neck of the headless corpse, splashing Yang Hui and the soldiers around him.

  But Yang Jie didn't care about these at all, and ordered the guards beside him and another three hundred soldiers to follow him in a charge.

  It was just an instant thing, and many people were shocked there.

  Yang Kai's sudden frenzy startled the Imperial Guards, and the soldiers were also shocked. Just as Yang Kai beheaded that unfortunate soldier, Yang Dong let out a loud roar and drew his battle knife first, ordering his men to follow him in a charge.

  Yang Qi and Yang Dong shouted one after another, but there were still some imperial guards who hesitated, not knowing what to do.

  Until Yang Dong shouted again, he hastily held up his knife and rushed over, shouting loudly.

  The other soldiers also waved their swords and shouted strangely as they killed the rebels who were rushing to the city gate.

  Yang Kai naturally didn't fall behind, and rushed forward with the others, wanting to personally kill a few people to get a thrill. However, he didn't have the opportunity to engage in battle, as thirty or so of his best personal bodyguards surrounded him, protecting him. But his action of leading by example still boosted morale to some extent, and the three hundred soldiers waiting for orders, along with his over two hundred personal bodyguards, charged forward without regard for their lives, filling the gap that had opened up earlier.

  The sound of "ding-dong" clashing blades continued unabated, and the reserve team led by Yang Hui with more than 500 people finally came in handy, filling the brief gap between Wang Silie and Tian Liangqiu's troops, quickly pushing the rebels who were about to climb over the city wall back to the edge of the wall, killing them in a heap.

  As the clanging of weapons and the shouting of soldiers to boost their morale continued, the city wall was thrown into chaos.

  Those timid soldiers, under Yang Guang's stern threat and the encouragement of other soldiers' fierce killing of enemies, mostly dispelled their idea of escaping, picked up their weapons again, and joined the formation. The commander-in-chief himself took to the field and beheaded a fleeing soldier; who would dare to offend him again?

  The number of rebels who could rush to the top of the city wall was still at a disadvantage compared to the Tang army on the city wall. Just now, it was only because of the cowardice and retreat of a part of the Tang army that they were able to temporarily stand firm on the city wall, but with a scale of over 100 rebels, being surrounded by several times their own number of Tang soldiers, no matter how hard they fought, they couldn't gain the upper hand. In the end, all of them were eliminated by the Tang army soldiers who had surrounded the city wall, or were kicked down from the city wall.

  However, the Tang army also paid a considerable price, with nearly two hundred soldiers killed or wounded on this city wall that was almost breached by the rebels.

  The morale of the Tang army was finally thoroughly aroused, and there were no more living rebel soldiers on the city wall. In the fierce battle between the two sides, the city wall had become a river of blood, with corpses and severed limbs everywhere, and some wounded soldiers lay on the ground groaning in pain, but for the time being, no one went to care for them. The rebels below the city still did not give up, and under the command of several deputy generals, they continued to attack the city fiercely.

  But the rebels below the city had already lost their momentum, they were completely trapped in a desperate situation and it was impossible for them to occupy the city head, there was no possibility of advancing or retreating.

  Without reinforcements coming up, the number of rebels under the city can only become fewer and fewer.

  As the situation had basically become clear, our military men completely dominated on the battlefield. Yang Hui let out a sigh of relief and sheathed his battle knife, retreating to the bottom of the city gate tower to watch the battle. What surprised Yang Hui was that the rain slowly stopped, and just as the rebel army's offensive was thoroughly suppressed, the clouds began to disperse, and a ray of sunlight shone through the cloud layer onto the head of Tongguan City.

  The summer sun, which was once unwelcome, now brings joy to many people. The terrible wind and rain have passed, and even if the rebels launch a large-scale attack again, they will not succeed. The archers on the city wall are once again firing freely.

  Although the rain had stopped, the water flow within the moat was getting bigger and bigger. The subsequent rebel forces wanted to cross the turbulent waters of the moat to attack the city, almost impossible, unless they built a bridge on the moat. But under the current situation, the rebels didn't have the opportunity to build a bridge!

  The archers on the city wall temporarily did not need to worry about the rebels outside the moat, their shooting target was the remaining rebels under the city wall.

  The arrows shot down at an almost vertical angle were more lethal than those shot horizontally, and the rebels' desperate attempt to climb up was thoroughly crushed. A large number of rebels fell down with arrow wounds, either dead or injured. Whether they were dead or wounded, most of them fell into the moat and were washed away by the rushing water.

  Facing the arrows falling like rain, the rebels under the city suffered heavy casualties and finally some rebel soldiers could not hold on, turned around and ran away, jumping into the moat to escape for their lives. However, most of the soldiers who jumped into the moat were washed away by the rapid current, only a few lucky or agile ones managed to grab onto branches or protruding rocks, avoiding being shot by the arrows from the Tang army on the city wall, but still unable to cross the moat.

  Seeing the rebels on the city wall in disarray, no longer able to organize a large-scale and orderly attack, Yang Hui knew that at least for now, the southern gate was safe. But the rebel offensive from the eastern gate would definitely intensify, even if the eastern gate could not deploy more troops due to geographical constraints, the rebels who could not launch a large-scale attack on the southern gate could only focus on attacking the eastern gate.

  Is it that easy to attack from the east gate? Even if the rebels piled up corpses to the height of the city wall, they would still have no chance of climbing over.

  The crisis in Tongguan has been basically resolved!

  Near and far mountain peaks are faintly visible in the continuous clouds and mist, Yang Hui only then discovered that the scenery here is still quite beautiful.