Ever since the county magistrate betrayed his own personal entourage, he had a shadow in his heart. Seeing the Green Forest Army attacking, he quickly sent one of the county captain's generals to lead two thousand troops to fight.
The city gate creaked open, and the general with a long spear and his cloak fluttering in the wind, and two thousand fast cavalry, also lit torches and killed them in the direction of the Green Forest Army, while the county magistrate himself stood On the top of the city, watching the two armies charging at each other two hundred strides away from the city, the county magistrate displayed the red flag in his hand, quickly raised it high and waved it a few times under the torch, and the top of the city The war drums on the top began to beat immediately, and the roar was very majestic.
The officers and soldiers lying in ambush on the left and right looked at the order flag. There was a shout from the left side of the tower, and a general with two thousand soldiers and horses rushed out from the left. Then there was a noise from the right, and another two thousand officers and soldiers were behind the general. They rushed out under the leadership of Lintong soldiers and horses. The momentum of Lintong's troops and horses was so fierce that the county magistrate was very satisfied when he saw it from the top of the city. His heart that had been extinguished just now seemed to be inspired again, and he secretly vowed in his heart to kill these soldiers. The battle was fought beautifully.
Those officers and soldiers were fighting with the Green Forest Army, and there were fierce fights all over the mountains and plains. However, the Green Forest Army could not be seen retreating. Could it be that this bandit army was really so desperate for his life? The county magistrate of Lintong felt a little unsure when he saw this. Only then did he realize that he had never thought about what would have happened if the Green Forest Army had not been defeated. Now he was watching the two armies fighting together inextricably. The two thousand forbidden troops who were the main force did not know where to detour to ambush. The county magistrate The heart that had just been relaxed was lifted up again when I saw this, hanging in the air, a little at a loss.
"Archers," the county magistrate suddenly shouted. When the archers on the top of the city heard this, they quickly took out the arrow feathers from their flying fish bags and put them on their bows. When the county magistrate gave the order, then The county magistrate, however, pursed his lips tightly and stopped talking. It turned out that the magistrate was looking at the tight spot where the people were fighting below, and he was anxious. He always wanted to help the thieves so that they could "retreat" in the face of difficulties. He was so anxious. Naturally, he thought of the only suppressive weapon on the city. However, just as the order was issued, he subconsciously thought that if he let the arrow down, not only the thieves, but also half of the officers and soldiers would be shot to death. It did not scare him off, but on the contrary, it destroyed the morale of the officers and soldiers. The county magistrate felt that he had far-reaching thoughts, so he shut up immediately. Although he was a little embarrassed, he still felt that he was very independent.
But at this moment, a turning point occurred. The other side of the city where the county magistrate was listening suddenly became chaotic. He hurriedly turned back to look, and suddenly felt bad in his heart. However, when the situation was not high-definition, he saw dots of stars on the top of the city over there. The ground burst into flames, followed by large swathes of torches. The entire city seemed to be erupting on fire. More and more torches were lit, flickering into a fire dragon, heading towards the main street that ran from east to west. Kill here.
The county magistrate didn't understand the reason and quickly sent people to check. However, where was anyone willing? After receiving the order, he immediately took the opportunity to go to the city and ran away. It wasn't until the chaotic torrent came into sight that the county magistrate panicked and ordered the people on the top of the city. The officers and soldiers went down to block it, but none of the officers and soldiers could stop it. The defenders on the top of the city all came down from the tower. Instead of blocking the torrent, they led troops to attack the tower. The county magistrate was very anxious. I quickly asked Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, hoping that the officers and soldiers outside could quickly return to the city and save someone. However, when I looked outside the city, there were Green Forest Army's Kowloon flags facing the sky everywhere, and there were Green Forest Army people in all directions. Those officers and soldiers Too busy to take care of themselves, who has the mood to care about the success or failure of the city, let alone the life and death of the county magistrate. They were surrounded and killed one by one. Even if they wanted to return to the city, they could not reach the "city".
And the Green Forest Army, under the leadership of a general, soon killed all the officers and soldiers on the city with overwhelming force. The remaining officers and soldiers also threw away their weapons and surrendered, but the general who was full of murderous intent was not The other person was Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi captured the city tower in one fell swoop. The officers and soldiers in the city surrendered to death. Finally, they found the Lintong County Magistrate hidden among the dead under the arrow stack. The man wiped himself all over. Blood, before he was caught, he closed his eyes tightly and pretended to be dead, but he didn't know that his body was still shaking because of fear. Until he was escorted in front of Yang Zhi, this guy still insisted that he was not the county magistrate. Yang Zhi He sneered, ignored him, and tied him up as usual.
At this time, when the Lintong officers and soldiers who were fighting outside the city saw that the Kowloon flag was planted on the Lintong city, their hearts suddenly felt like death. Under the pressure of the Green Forest Army, they all surrendered. Yang Zhi was more enlightened and willing to Those who were recruited into the group gathered them on the spot, and reluctantly took off their armor, collected their weapons, and went home to farm.
When Lintong City was completely defeated, the announcement was made to appease the people, the battlefield was cleaned up, and everything was going on in an orderly manner, Yang Zhi took some time off and brought up the county magistrate. When he asked, the man said that he was not the county magistrate. .
Yang Zhi sneered, deliberately holding Lintong's county seal in front of his face and playing with it: "Since you said you are not the county magistrate, then the county seal will not be returned to you, but these people, you still have to See you there." After saying this, Yang Zhi waved his hand to the left and right, and left and right walked down quickly, but after a while, a few people were invited to come up to the hall.
"Since you said you are not the county magistrate, I'm afraid you don't know these people," Yang Zhi deliberately teased him.
The county magistrate looked up and saw a well-dressed woman with a child. Who else could it be if she wasn't his wife and child? At that moment, when the magistrate looked at it, a torrent surged through his heart and went straight to his forehead. A pair of eyes suddenly turned red and filled with tears. Without saying a word, he turned his face and kowtowed to Yang Zhi.
Yang Zhi did not help him up, but just said calmly: "It doesn't have to be like this. Green Forest has always been tolerant to others. Although you are unwilling to offer the city, fortunately, I have come in and will not embarrass you," Yang Zhi said There was a pause here, and he continued: "I won't return this official seal to you, but... there is some money here, and you have to choose your own path in the future. Go quickly," Yang Zhi said as if seeing off guests. .
The child broke free from the woman's hands and ran to the magistrate and hugged his father, trying to help him up. However, the magistrate did not get up. He rubbed his tear-stained eyes and said, "Thank you, general." The grace of not killing,"
"No need to thank you, go quickly," Yang Zhi said and stood up to go back. However, after taking two steps, he didn't see that the county magistrate had any intention of leaving. He stopped carefully and asked: "What are you... Meaning,"
The county magistrate said: "Although I, Li, have no talent or virtue and am afraid of death, I hate to owe favors the most in my life. Since Lu Lin treats my family so generously, I am also willing to dedicate a city to Lu Lin."
"Oh," Yang Zhi walked back slowly, came to the side of the county magistrate, helped the magistrate up and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, magistrate, you have to dedicate Lintong City to me now," Yang Zhi said. Laugh.
"The general is joking. This Lintong City has long been in the general's pocket. How am I qualified to say this?" the county magistrate said: "I have the best relationship with the Xianyang County Magistrate. Let me go. This city is not attacked Self-destruction,"
When Yang Zhi heard this, he looked at the county magistrate and said jokingly: "I sent someone to sell you a plan. Do you want to earn back the money?"
"Ah," the county magistrate suddenly realized that he was really being plotted against.
It turned out that just when Yang Zhi's men sold the plan to the county magistrate, Yang Zhi no longer lined up his troops outside. When the county magistrate's personal entourage delivered the county magistrate's family to Yang Zhi's hands, Yang Zhi Knowing that everything was running normally, he arranged for a group of 5,000 troops to spread out, bluffing with torches, and headed towards Lintong. At the same time, Yang Zhi arranged for another group of troops to be behind, Arrange more bows, arrows and hooks, and wait for the county lieutenant to take the two thousand main force of the Forbidden Army to detour to the rear and lie in ambush in a forest, waiting for the green forest to be killed and retreat, so that they can go out and intercept the traitor army. However, just like the Forbidden Army, cats in the forest While he was doing this, suddenly circles of torches were lit from outside the forest, and the Imperial Army surrounded the small forest.
The county lieutenant was shocked when he saw that he had been ambushed. He was about to command his troops to break out, but countless rockets shot in from all directions outside the forest. For a moment, the flaming arrow feathers were like meteors. It passed through the woods and illuminated the officers and soldiers inside. There were many people who were hit by arrows and burned. For a moment, the Forbidden Army was in chaos. They cried for their fathers and mothers and fled in all directions. The county lieutenant tried his best to restrain them and wanted to gather elite forces to kill them. He escaped from the siege, but was hit by an arrow in the cheek, which penetrated the back of his head, and died immediately.
As soon as the county lieutenant died, the Forbidden Army lost its structure. They abandoned their helmets and armor and hid in various places. Yang Zhi's troops deliberately opened a place for them to escape, but on the way, they shot out countless hooks and knocked down the Forbidden Army until they were finally defeated. Forced into a hill with nowhere to escape, the Imperial Guards recovered from their panic and quickly surrendered one by one. Only about 800 of the 2,000 soldiers and horses survived.
Although the two generals who were assigned by the county captain to ambush around Lintong were not ambushed because Yang Zhi did not want to alert the enemy, none of them survived in the end, and they all died in the chaos. As for the county magistrate, When I saw the two armies fighting fiercely on the top of the city, it was just the 5,000 soldiers and horses deployed by the Green Forest Army to contain the troops. The real main force was now on the other side of the city, in that part of the city. With the support of thousands of soldiers and horses, the city gate was breached with lightning speed. There were insufficient troops in the city, so it was naturally impossible to organize effective resistance in a short period of time. Therefore, Yang Zhi went all the way to the top of the city to attack Lintong in one fell swoop. Take it.
Now that the county magistrate had figured it out, even though he was a little belatedly aware of it, he was convinced and offered his strategy sincerely. After hearing this, Yang Zhi looked serious at first, and then smiled. , and finally said softly: "If it works, it will cost far more than thirty taels." After saying this, Yang Zhi looked at the county captain and smiled slightly.