Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Li Ji never expected that the other party would launch a sudden attack.

He was also confused by Chu Xiang's initial operation, thinking that the other side had to wait for the soldiers to eat and drink before ordering the attack.

Seeing that the opponent's death squads had already established themselves on several city walls, and the soldiers on his side did not dare to step forward to fight with them, Li Ji was angry and anxious.

At this time, he didn't care about the imperial guard who was passing the order. He kicked him aside, then pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted at the surrounding guards:

"Follow me and drive them down."

After saying that, he took the lead and attacked the group of living dead vanguards who were attacking.

Seeing that the generals were attacking, the guards guarding him immediately raised their weapons, roared and rushed forward after Li Ji.

Under the leadership of their group, the surrounding soldiers also reacted at this time, responded one after another, followed Li Ji, and charged towards the death squads.

When the generals at all levels in the distance saw that Li Ji had led troops to charge, they naturally could not let go. They all rushed towards the living dead squadron closest to them, trying their best to kill them as soon as possible.

Soon, under the leadership of Li Ji, the soldiers worked hard and did not fear the impact of life and death. Finally, after paying a heavy price, they killed all the living dead who had smuggled in.

However, before they could take a breath, the army of the living dead below the city had already set up ladders and began to attack the city.

"Crossbowmen!!! Crossbowmen!!! Attack me with all your strength, don't let them come up!!!"

Seeing the ladders being erected on the city wall, Li Ji shouted orders.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding messengers immediately began to run around to pass on the order.

However, at this time, the city wall was already in chaos due to the sudden attack.

And many generals, because they had taken the lead before, were killed by the undead squads.

Only a few generals knew the orders passed down by the messengers, and they began to direct the battle.

And when those soldiers who lost their superiors' command saw the robes elsewhere starting to attack, they also imitated them and started to defend themselves.

However, without a command, they only temporarily relied on daily training and started to defend mechanically, and their efficiency was obviously much lower.

After Li Ji issued the order, he handed over the command of the section of the city wall where he was to the original officers, and then began to inspect the city wall with his personal guards and some generals.

Soon, he also discovered this problem.

However, due to Chu Xiang's sudden attack, our side was still making arrangements and was temporarily unprepared.

Moreover, most of the veterans have already evacuated, so it is obviously impossible to find experienced soldiers for temporary command.

After having a rough understanding of the conditions of various city walls, Li Ji knew that he could not hold this place for much longer.

Immediately, he ordered the reserve troops to retreat into the city and away from the city wall.

On the city wall, the soldiers who were defending were ordered to fight and retreat, and slowly retreated into the city.

At this time, Li Ji, knowing that he could not defend the city wall, planned to retain his strength and engage in street fighting with the opponent.

Anyway, his purpose is just to delay time, buy more time for the veterans and Li Shimin, and delay Chu Xiang's attack.

However, what he didn't know was that as his order was issued, the soldiers on the city wall who were fully defending did not see subsequent reinforcements for a long time, thinking that something had happened.

Suddenly some people remembered the decree from Li Shimin, so many people were spreading the news that the general Li Ji had been captured by His Majesty the Emperor's men, that Shaanxi Guoguan had become an isolated city, and they had been abandoned.

If this word spread before the war started, Li Ji would only need to come forward directly to clarify it to dispel the rumor.

But now the war is in full swing, and the city wall is extremely chaotic. Moreover, Li Ji's energy at this time is completely focused on how to delay time, and he has no idea that rumors are already spreading around the city wall.

Therefore, he, who did not notice the problem immediately, did not know that the morale of the soldiers on the city wall had already weakened.

As the rumors became more and more intense, and as the reinforcements were delayed in arriving, a bad premonition arose in the hearts of the soldiers.

However, what really made them collapse was that the general's flag actually moved into the city at this time.

This was like the straw that broke the camel's back.

I don’t know who yelled first:

"The Lord has run away and we are abandoned!!!"

As soon as the words came out, all the movements of the soldiers' hands stopped, and then they looked at the general's flag under the city that was slowly moving back in horror.

Suddenly, fear arose in some people's hearts. Without thinking, they turned around and followed the general's flag.

However, before he turned around and walked far away, a huge head was thrown high into the air with a pop:

"Anyone who dares to retreat and be a coward will be killed without mercy!!!"

It turned out that he was a soldier supervising the battle team. When he saw that the soldiers guarding the city wanted to retreat, he immediately took action decisively to stop their behavior.

The soldiers who originally wanted to turn around and escape suddenly panicked when they saw how unkind the supervising team was, and wanted to turn around and continue fighting.

But they were horrified to find that due to the delay just now, the legion of living dead under the city wall had actually taken the opportunity to climb up the city wall.

Watching the "monsters" covered with pustules, with bloodthirsty eyes and wide black mouths, climbed up the city wall and bit everyone they met.

Even though the soldiers had already fought each other before, they were a little timid at this time.

Coupled with the roar of the supervising team, at this time, they didn't know whether to continue to escape or turn around and continue to defend the city.

In such a stunned moment, the living dead who climbed onto the city quickly gathered into formation, and then gathered in small groups, trying to stand on the city wall and wait for help.

Because only a small number of death squads climbed up before, and Li Ji took the lead in the charge, the order around them was relatively stable, so they were able to drive down the living dead who climbed up the city wall to make a surprise attack.

But now, the order on the city wall was chaotic, and the soldiers were in chaos, and no one stood up to stop and control the situation in time.

Therefore, everyone could only watch the living dead jumping off the ladder one by one, then joining the battle group and gaining a foothold on the city wall.

Like a ball of snow, as the number of living dead legions on the city wall increased rapidly, the number of soldiers defending the city decreased sharply.

Gradually, the scale of the battle has begun to tilt.

The soldiers of the supervising team who were still blocking the retreat of the soldiers were now unable to protect themselves and began to join the battle circle.