Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Three: It is Unlucky to Attack Yuncheng and Use Soldiers IV
"Brother Xian, why didn't you tell these things at the banquet," Shi Jin said anxiously.
Shi Qian said: "When eldest brother sent someone to take us back from Zhujiazhuang, I wanted to say something, but eldest brother went to Hujiazhuang. I felt that this matter needed to be reported privately, so I didn't take the initiative to mention it at the banquet. Wait until then. After Song Jiang announced that he was going to attack Yuncheng County, I had my heart to say it, but when I saw a dispute, I deliberately kept it in my heart." When Shi Qian said this, he paused and continued: "Everyone under Song Jiang showed off his power, and in these mountains People who have never seen much of the world are still talking about attacking cities and plundering territory. How do they know how difficult it is to attack cities and plunder territories? I think brother Zhu Biao is right,"
Zhu Biao felt comfortable after hearing this, and looked at Shi Qian with a smile.
"Brother, with all due respect, Song Jiang is trying to gain credit. He deliberately left us here, but in the end, we still have to turn the tide." After Shi Qian finished his last words, Shi Jin's face turned pale. .
Zhu Biao also said at the moment: "Brother, what brother Shi Qian said is absolutely true. Song Jiang is just trying to steal this credit. There is an ambush in Yuncheng County this time. They will definitely need our support. I think Yuncheng County still has to It’s my eldest brother who can’t go,”
Shi Jin frowned and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense." He paused and said calmly: "Don't mention these words again. You are called a mountain man. Don't mention them again in the future. It will ruin the reputation of the Liangshan brothers." Zhiqi, I came here this time without any troops. They were all sent by Brother Chao Gai. If unscrupulous people heard about it and spread the word, wouldn't it destroy the brotherhood and hurt Brother Chao Gai's heart? "Speaking of this, Shi Jin's tone became stern and serious, and he said: "Brothers, you must remember that at any time, Liangshan and Green Forest Army are brothers on the same front, and they are all members of the same family. From now on, we will never talk about such divisive things."
After hearing this, everyone immediately agreed.
Shi Jin immediately sent an order and said: "Kui Er, hurry up and go to Yuncheng County to check out the military situation and report back at any time."
"Here," Kui Er received the order and walked away quickly and resolutely.
"Luan Tingyu leads an army, with Li Ying, Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, Zhu Biao, and Hu Sanniang as partial generals. I will give you a thousand soldiers and horses, together with 500 Zhujiazhuang soldiers, a total of 1,500 people. Sun Li will lead an army. Jun, Sun Xin, Sister-in-law Gu, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Lehe, Zou Run, and Zou Yuan are the generals. I will give you one thousand troops and horses, together with the previous five hundred puppet officers and soldiers, there will be a total of fifteen hundred people." Shi Jin said: "You two soldiers and horses will go with me to respond."
"Here," the generals who were named stood up together, clasped their fists and hurried down to collect their weapons and assemble their troops in front of the camp.
After everyone had gone, Lin Chong said: "Brother, the soldiers and horses have been taken away, what will happen to the camp?"
Shi Jin did not hesitate and said categorically: "I'm afraid it will be bad for Song Jiang to go here. People may not be able to save it. There is no way to care about the camp. It is expected that the officers and soldiers will not dare to attack." After saying this, Shi Jin He patted Lin Chong's shoulder, looked at Shi Qian and said, "You two will also go with me. Leave an empty camp here, put some draftsmen in the big camp, put on some pairs of armor on the outside, and close the camp." All the lights inside will be extinguished, leaving only one in the Chinese military tent. In this way, even if the officers and soldiers come, they will probably not dare to come in."
Shi Qian and Lin Chong nodded, and immediately said, "I will arrange the manpower to handle this matter now," and then they left.
In the time it took for a stick of incense to be burned, many life-size straw men were in the camp, and two groups of soldiers and horses were also assembled outside the camp. Shi Jin waved his hand and led the soldiers and horses to advance quickly.
Because there were people from Sanzhuang who knew the surrounding terrain very well, they immediately pointed out a trail and soon arrived at the boundary of Yuncheng. After returning to the official road and walking forward for seven or eight miles, they could hear Yuncheng. The fire in the county was soaring to the sky, and the noise of fighting could be vaguely heard. Shi Jin had experienced a lot of fighting in his heart, but this time it was like an invisible hand holding his heart tightly.
"Brother, do you think that since there are so many soldiers and horses in Yuncheng County, can they still fight their way in?" Lin Chong turned his head on his horse and asked Shi Jin.
Shi Jin did not dare to think about the tragic situation after those arrows that covered the sky were shot down from the city tower, but Shi Jin always felt that this matter might not be that simple. Shi Jin was so confused now that he did not speak and frowned tightly. His brows were furrowed, like two heavy cumulonimbus clouds.
Shi Qian spoke up and said: "There are so many soldiers and horses, don't let them attack. I'm afraid that even if they have a car on their head, they won't be able to get even half a step closer to the city."
At this moment, suddenly a dark figure came riding a fast horse. When he met Shi Jin, he immediately bowed down and stood up and reported: "Commander, the vanguard of Song Jiang has entered the city, and the rear team is following behind. , it seems, no obstacles were encountered,”
Lin Chong and Shi Qian looked at each other with disbelief on their faces.
But Shi Jin said: "Go quickly, I'm afraid this is just a trap. Tell the whole team to put out the torches." After passing on the order, except for the bright moonlight, which allowed everyone to see clearly the scenery within five steps, everyone could see clearly. The army suddenly disappeared into the darkness. After Shi Jin recruited Kui'er to join the ranks, they rode together towards Yuncheng County.
Sure enough, when they arrived fifty miles outside the city, they saw a group of soldiers and horses from a distance detouring from the east gate and heading towards the south gate. Obviously they were not Song Jiang's soldiers and horses, but officers and soldiers had already been ambushing them outside the city. They gathered a group of soldiers and horses, and looking at the number of torches that looked like fire dragons, there were obviously more than two thousand people. At this moment, the fighting in the city was becoming more and more earth-shattering.
"Attack from both sides." Shi Jin saw clearly the intention of the officers and soldiers and immediately reined in the soldiers and horses, stopped them from moving forward, and then issued an order: "Luan Tingyu, lead your soldiers and horses to intercept the intruder,"
"Here," Luan Tingyu responded, then waved the spear in his hand and said, "Follow me,"
Zhu Biao and Hu Erniang couldn't wait for a long time. As soon as Luan Tingyu finished speaking, they rushed out side by side, waving their weapons and following Luan Tingyu. They were followed closely by Li Ying, Zhu Long, and Zhu Hu. Under the leadership of these six men, the troops and horses looked majestic and headed straight towards the officers and soldiers over there.
As soon as Shi Jin saw off a group, he said again: "Sun Li, you lead a group of people to attack the west gate, flank Song Jiang and others, and don't go deep."
"Here," Sun Li responded and flew away with his men, leaving only Shi Jin, Lin Chong, Kui Er and Shi Qian standing on the same spot on horseback.
"Brother, what are we doing now?" Lin Chong asked as he watched everyone fly away. He held up his gun, pulled the reins, and led the horse in a circle.
Shi Jin's eyes fell on the south city gate and said, "Come into the city, follow me." After saying that, he galloped out with a loud sound, followed closely by Kui Er, Shi Qian, and Lin Chong.
At this time, the vanguard battalion headed by Li Kui had already broken open the city gate and rushed in. There was no strong resistance before the siege, just some scattered arrow feathers shot down. After breaking the city, These Liangshan troops who attacked the city for the first time tasted the pleasure of attacking the city and plundering territory for the first time. For a time, the entire army, including Song Jiang and others deployed outside the city, were immersed in joy. They successfully breached the south gate. In Song Jiang's mind, with this breakthrough, the siege battle no longer had any bottlenecks. It was now "a victory in the first battle", and the end result was to wipe out the remaining evil. These were just the icing on the cake.
Li Kui was so happy about his success and he was greedy for fighting. This time he attacked the city with ease. He had already set his heart on the Kingdom of Java. In addition, after breaking through the city gate, he did not encounter any large-scale resistance. The fighting was fierce now. It was so exciting. There were only a few defenders on the city gate. Li Kui rushed forward with two axes, slashing left and right, and cut the officers and soldiers on the city into pieces with a frantic and bloodthirsty manner. Li Kui, who was bathed in the blood of the officers and soldiers, The top of the city roared happily, cutting down the flags of the Song army, and people planted the flags of Liangshan. The soldiers on the south city tower were killed by the infantry led by Li Kui, and blood flowed like a river. It was like a hell on earth. There was blood everywhere under his feet. The original boulders of blue bricks were now covered by blood and corpses, and there were even more clues buried in them, but this was not something that a careless person like Li Kui could detect.
After the South City Gate was attacked, Song Jiang looked at the flags of his own that were planted all over the city. He immediately pulled out the knife from his waist, shouted: "Kill," and led everyone to follow the Chinese army that had rushed in. Liyong, Yuncheng County.
When Song Jiang galloped past the South City Gate, he would never have thought that he had walked through the South City Gate so many times, back and forth, but never as smoothly as this time. He had lived in Yuncheng County for three years. In ten years, Yuncheng County, where he was born and raised, will be his territory, and everything in the city will be dominated by him.
Song Jiang was extremely happy. In a thought, he suddenly thought of the ancient saying that "the happy events in life are when the gold list is named, the night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber." Hahaha, little did he know that this pleasure of conquering a city is unique and unparalleled. Back then, he committed himself to do this. As a junior official in Yuncheng County, at that time, how many people could have predicted that I would be where I am today.
Just when Song Jiang was happily leading people all the way to kill, he suddenly heard the sound of a cannon, which startled Song Jiang. For a moment, the city was filled with fire, and the city was surrounded by torches that were soaring towards the sky. Come, and by chance, the Liangshan army was shocked by this scene. Someone in the team shouted in horror. Song Jiang turned around and saw flames everywhere where he came from. The upper floors of the south city were reduced to a sea of fire, and just on the top of the city. Liangshan's army, who had stood firm, immediately became screaming and crazy burning men, rolling and running wildly in the raging fire, twisting in pain and falling one after another, and some were dragged from the top of the city covered in flames and billowing fire. The bear smoke fell down.
"It's bad," a messenger sent by the Pioneer Battalion finally found Song Jiang in the crowd, and cried slightly: "There is an ambush in the city, it's bad,"
Song Jiang knew he was in trouble when he heard the earth-shattering shouts of death and the tragic screams.
"No, there is an ambush. Second Master, withdraw," the messenger of the vanguard battalion continued to shout with all his strength. When the surrounding Liangshan troops heard this, their shock suddenly turned into panic, and then panic Zeng Zeng was frightened. Seeing that the morale of the army was shaken by this, the messenger officer of the Pioneer Battalion still shouted at the top of his voice. Song Jiang was extremely angry when he heard that. When the man came in front of him, without saying a word, he raised the knife and dropped it. Cut the guy down.
"The spies who are messing with the morale of our army," Song Jiang pointed his sword at the sky and yelled angrily: "They are all bluffing by the officers and soldiers. There is no ambush in the city. Brothers, let me kill you."