Chapter 568 Encirclement and suppression in the city!
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"Enemy attack~~~~!"
"Enemy attack~~~~~!"
From the top of the city came the pitiful cries of the defenders.
But at this time, the garrison at the south gate of Xiangyang City was less than one general, numbering only sixty or seventy people. How could they be the opponent of Li Dingguo's more than twenty elite men?
In just a moment, the defenders at the top of the city were already dead and wounded!
Li Dingguo didn't hesitate at all, and rushed down the inner city gate, shouting: "Ignore those bastards! Open the city gate quickly, open the city gate quickly!"
"Yes!" More than a dozen people rushed to Li Dingguo's side. Five or six people surrounded Li Dingguo and protected him firmly in the center. The remaining few people pulled the giant rope as thick as a wrist at the city gate.
With a creaking sound, the gate of Xiangyang South City was gradually pulled open!
The sentry outside the city had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Seeing that Li Dingguo had succeeded, he quickly lit the torch signal in his hand.
Suddenly, there was a cry of killing in the deep darkness to the south, and countless refugee troops rushed towards the city...
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"Sir, it's not good, it's not good! I have something important to report!"
Zhang Kejian, the supervisor of the army, was sleeping soundly with his concubine in his arms, but was accidentally awakened by a commotion outside the door.
"What's going on! It's the middle of the night and you're not allowed to sleep!" The concubine revealed her white body, said something dissatisfied, turned around, and turned inside.
Zhang Kejian couldn't help but feel angry, and said to the soldiers outside in a gloomy voice: "What's the fuss about? Don't even look at what time it is? If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have anything to say, let it go!"
The soldiers outside the gate also panicked and shouted in a tearful voice: "Sir, something bad has happened! The south gate of Xiangyang City has been breached by bandits! They, they have entered the city now!"
"What~~?"
Like a basin of cold water pouring on his head, Zhang Kejian instantly stood up from the bed. He didn't care about anything else. He threw on a cotton coat and hurried out the door, "What the hell happened! Give me the fuck!"
Said!"
The soldier knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Sir, just now, a group of elite bandits pretended to be your messengers, rushed into the city gate, killed all our defenders, and opened the city gate! Right now, the bandits are
The main force has already entered the city! Sir, please think of a solution quickly?"
"Hiss~~!" Zhang Kejian couldn't help but gasped.
Although he is a civil servant, he can also be regarded as a leader of troops. Naturally, he understands what the consequences will be for Xiangyang City if thieves enter the city!
"Do you know which group of thieves they are? Where is the guard in the city? Quick, quick! Immediately send my military order and dispatch Luo Anbang to the south gate for rescue!" Zhang Kejian shouted almost hysterically.
"Yes!" The soldiers hurried away.
But just a few steps after the soldier left, Zhang Kejian hurriedly ran into the room, rummaged through the boxes, picked out his most valuable possessions in recent years, and quickly took them into his arms.
The concubine was sleeping in a daze, and she still didn't understand what was going on, so she said softly: "Sir! It's only been a few days! You can sleep with me for a while longer!"
"Sleep, sleep with your mother! If you sleep today, I'm afraid I will be killed! The bandits have entered the city! If you don't want to die, pack your things quickly and follow me to escape!"
"Ah~~! Yes, yes!" The concubine was also panicked. She hurriedly climbed up without falling. Regardless of the exposure of her youth, she quickly collected the gold and silver and followed behind Zhang Kejian. The two of them hurried towards Beicheng.
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At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had led the main force of the army into Xiangyang City, but he never encountered fierce resistance. He couldn't help but feel very good!
"Hahaha! Sons, rush in! Kill all those dog officials! Hahaha! Wenxiu, I'll leave the east city to you! Nengqi, I'll leave the west city to you! Hope you stay with me, let's go to the governor's Yamen first! Haha!
Haha!" Zhang Xianzhong laughed and gave orders.
He originally thought that it would take some trouble to break through the Xiangyang City Gate, but who would have thought that it would take no effort at all!
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!" Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi couldn't help being in good moods because they got the fat job. They hurriedly kowtowed to Zhang Xianzhong respectfully, and each led their troops in either direction.
Sun Kewang was a little jealous, but since Zhang Xianzhong had already spoken, he couldn't say anything, so he had to follow Zhang Xianzhong. The two led the main force of the army and rushed towards the palace in the inner city!
At this time, Li Dingguo also rushed over and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Commander Father, fortunately, we have succeeded!"
Seeing that Li Dingguo was completely unharmed, Zhang Xianzhong was in an even better mood, "Yichun, well done! Hahaha! You are worthy of being my adopted son! Come on, please get up quickly and let's go to the palace in Xiangyang City together."
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Li Dingguo stood up quickly, but his face was a little solemn.
Xiangyang City is the headquarters of the royal palace and the center of Huguang. Even if the troops are empty, we can't just invade so casually, right?
Especially when Li Dingguo walked along the way, he hardly saw half of the officers and soldiers. No matter how you looked at it, there seemed to be something strange about it!
"Commander Father, Commander Father, wait a minute!" Thinking, Li Dingguo hurriedly stopped in front of Zhang Xianzhong. He pointed to the streets around him, "Commander Father, haven't you noticed anything unusual in Xiangyang City? Even if the army is empty, our troops are empty.
Why didn’t you encounter even a little resistance?”
Zhang Xianzhong frowned slightly, but Sun Kewang laughed and said: "It's a good thing that there is no resistance! Yichun, you are too suspicious! These officers and soldiers know that our army is coming, and the city gate has been breached by us! They don't
Silly, if you don’t run away~, are you going to stay here and wait for us to behead you?”
However, Li Dingguo was unmoved, straightened his body and said: "Commander Father, the situation is not clear at this time, and there is no guarantee that there will be any changes! In my opinion, we should not go too deep into the city for the time being, and observe the situation a little! City
We have captured the door, and Xiangyang City cannot escape!"
Zhang Xianzhong thought that this was also the case. Just when he was about to speak, there were frightened reports from the soldiers: "Commander, something bad is going on! Outside the city gate, many officers and soldiers suddenly rushed over, probably tens of thousands of them.
Ah! Their firearms are so sharp that our sons are no match for us. They suffered heavy casualties! They, they are about to attack the city!"
Li Dingguo's face instantly became serious, "Damn it, handsome father, there really is an ambush here!"
Zhang Xianzhong was a hero after all. Although the situation was already bad, he did not panic in his heart. A cold light flashed in his eyes. He grabbed the soldier's shirt and said: "In Huguang, there are only two people, He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu."
The officers and soldiers of the Ministry, they are all in Yicheng now, how come tens of thousands of officers and soldiers show up in Xiangyang! What is going on? Tell me quickly! If you say half a word wrong, I will kill your head now!
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"Commander, you and I are absolutely telling no lies! There must be tens of thousands of people! Moreover, they are all wearing armor, and their cannons are extremely sharp! I am afraid that the city gate has been captured by them now! Take a look.
Just know it!”
Zhang Xianzhong's face was gloomy and terrifying. He looked at each other and Li Dingguo nodded.
"Let's go!" Zhang Xianzhong bit out the word between his teeth, waved his hand, and led the army back the way they came.
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At this time, Xiao Liu'er and Chun Wa had already captured the south gate of Xiangyang City and quickly charged towards the city.
Although Liu Ruyi's plan could lure the traitors into taking the bait, the price paid was not small. If the hundreds of thousands of people in Xiangyang City were scattered by the traitors, the consequences would be disastrous!
Fortunately, Huolang has already entered the inner city of Xiangyang in advance, so the safety of the inner city can be preserved for the time being.
The Colored Stone Army must rush into the city in the shortest possible time and control the war in the area outside the south city to prevent the war from spreading into the city!
"Brothers, rush in with me! If you capture the thief alive, you will be rewarded with a hundred thousand taels of silver and a promotion to the third rank!" Xiao Liuer raised the long knife in his hand high and shouted loudly at the soldiers around him to move forward.
On the side, Chun Wa also had a stern look on her face and shouted loudly for the elite troops of her headquarters to come forward.
Xiangyang South Street is very spacious, but the streets on both sides are extremely narrow. They must find the main force of the thieves as soon as possible for a decisive battle!
At this time, at the north end of South Street, Zhang Xianzhong, accompanied by Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, came back fiercely. He wanted to see with his own eyes who had the courage to explode the anus of the Eight Great Kings.
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Soon, like needles facing each other, the two sides met at the end of South Street.
Fierce fighting~ is inevitable.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
At this time, it was late at night, and with the sleet and snow drifting in the sky, the visibility was very low. Neither side could see how many men and horses the other side had, but they knew that the other side was the enemy of life and death. Neither side had any hesitation and fiercely fought on South Street.
Collide together!
"Bang bang bang..."
Accompanied by the chirping of muskets and the heart-rending shouts, the torrent of red and black gray, covered by the vast white smoke, was like a two-tone meat grinder, running rapidly...
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However, as the charge progressed, Zhang Xianzhong sensitively discovered that something was wrong with the situation!
Because the elite men under his command were almost no match for the opponent. After a few of them charged in, they had already been forced back hundreds of steps.
"Commander Father, these officers and soldiers are unusual! If I guessed correctly, they, they are probably Liu Ruyi's Colored Stone Army!" Li Dingguo's eyes flashed fiercely, and his teeth gritted loudly!
"Colored Stone Army? Liu Ruyi?" Zhang Xianzhong also trembled in his heart, "This, this is impossible! Isn't Liu Ruyi in Luoyang? How could he come to Huguang? Besides, our spies didn't inquire.
This is the purpose of coming to the imperial court!"
"Commander Father, Liu Ruyi really has a heroic heart! With his current strength, what difference does it make if he has the will of the court or not? I'm afraid, I'm afraid that every step we take, we will lose everything."
It fell into his palm!" Li Dingguo held the handle of the knife tightly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead!
He became famous at a young age, experienced hundreds of battles, and was almost invincible!
But only Liu Ruyi made him suffer the bitter consequences of failure several times!
But if the first failure is hatred, and the second failure is regret, then for the third time, Li Dingguo only has fear in his heart!
"Damn it, Liu Ruyi, this is really a venomous snake in human skin! Hopefully, Dingguo, the army and the army are strong at this time, we are invincible! Thirty-six strategies, the best way is to go! Hurry, go quickly
Send someone to inform Wenxiu and Nengqi that we should take a step back!" Zhang Xianzhong shouted, turned his horse's head, and ran towards the city!