As night fell, the city's defenses became tense again. Du Rong also knew that night was the best opportunity for the Western Army to make a breakthrough. Especially tonight, Du Rong felt the crisis. The internal spies he sent discovered abnormalities in the military camp. Many of them
The generals met in private and even found copies of Western Army leaflets, which made Du Rong increasingly worried.
As the first watch approached, Du Rong issued orders one after another to adjust the defenses of each army. The defensive area of the Third Commanding Army was changed from the North City Gate to the West City Gate. The East City Gate and South City Gate continued to be commanded by Du Rong himself.
Ten thousand troops were responsible.
The commander-in-chief of the Third Command Army was Li Taigu. Du Rong's temporary change of defense zone really caught Li Taigu off guard. He immediately summoned several of his close men to discuss countermeasures.
Li Taigu said to the generals: "It's less than half an hour before the first watch. It's too late to notify the Western Army to change the city gate. We can only delay it for as long as we can. If we can't delay it, let's start the war. Let's go and gather the brothers.
Get up, tell them the truth, we are going to open the city to welcome the Western Army, and let the brothers work with us."
The generals went to gather their troops one after another. At this time, Du Rong sent someone to urge Li Taigu to change the guard immediately and go to Xicheng.
"Please tell the commander-in-chief that someone in my army may be infected with the plague and is seriously ill. We are in quarantine for prevention and treatment and cannot leave for the time being."
The messenger turned around and went back to report. After listening to the report, Du Rong frowned. It was ridiculous. When did he contract the plague? How come he never knew it?
His nephew Du Huan said: "Second uncle, Li Taigu is just an excuse. Why don't you take someone to see what his plans are?"
Du Rong nodded, "You have to be careful. If you find anything wrong, don't expose him and come back immediately!"
"My nephew knows!"
Du Huan led more than a hundred of his men to the north city gate. Du Rong was not at ease even thinking about it. He personally led 3,000 people to the north city. This Li Taigu was not one of his, and the possibility of rebellion was extremely high. If he had known it earlier
He shouldn't have been allowed to guard Beicheng. Du Rong felt regretful and rushed towards Beicheng with three thousand soldiers.
Li Taigu was deploying countermeasures after opening the city gate. Suddenly, a soldier came to report, "Report to the commander, Du Huan is here and insists on going to the city to inspect military discipline."
Du Huan was the number one dog under Du Rong, and he served as the commander of the military discipline camp, specializing in checking military discipline and monitoring the armies. Li Taigu knew that what was coming was coming, and he immediately said: "Everyone go back immediately, gather the troops and open the city gate."
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The generals went on their own, and Li Taigu immediately led hundreds of soldiers to intercept Du Huan. There was a pile of matches at the top of the city, which revealed the secret at a glance.
At this time, Du Huan no longer needed to go to the city. He discovered clues under the city. Originally, the city gates were blocked by big rocks, but now all the big rocks have been moved out, and there is no longer any obstruction to the city gates. This is too obvious.
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"let's go!"
Du Huan turned the horse's head and left, but at this time he could no longer leave. Li Taigu had led more than a thousand people to surround him and his men, aiming crossbows at them.
"Li Taigu, what do you want to do?" Du Huan yelled with a stern look.
Li Taigu smiled coldly, "You and I know it well!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Du Huan shouted, "Breakout!"
He drew his sword, urged his horse and charged towards the opponent.
"Fire the arrow!"
Li Taigu gave the order, and arrows were fired suddenly. There was a scream in the open space. Du Huan and his men were hit by arrows and fell off their horses. Among them, Du Huan was hit by more than thirty arrows and died on the spot.
Li Taigu ordered: "Light the fire at the top of the city and open the city gate!"
At this time, it was not even the first watch, and Li Taigu could no longer take care of it.
Du Huan left a few men outside. They heard the screams and were so frightened that they hurried back to report. They didn't go far when they met Du Rong, who was rushing in with his troops.
"What's going on? Where is your commander?"
"The humble official heard the screams and didn't see the commander coming out, so he felt something bad and came to report it quickly."
Du Rong was shocked and immediately sent people to mobilize reinforcements. Li Taigu must have rebelled.
The situation was urgent, and he could not wait for reinforcements, so he led three thousand soldiers and rushed towards the north gate.
There were still more than 300 steps away from the North City Gate, when a burst of arrows came from the front. Many soldiers running in front were caught off guard and fell down one after another.
Only then did everyone realize that there was an ambush on the other side, and they all fell down in fear.
"Capital, there are fires on the top of the city!" a soldier pointed at the top of the city and shouted.
Du Rong also saw it. There were blazing fires on the top of the city. There should be three fires. The other two fires were blocked by the city tower, but the smoke and dust on the city tower could be seen.
This was a signal to the Western Army. Du Rong was so anxious that he shouted: "Go up and close the city gate!"
Three thousand soldiers had been with him for many years and were his confidants. The soldiers shouted and charged again. This time the soldiers with shields rushed in front, effectively blocking the arrows.
Li Taigu's soldiers came out from both sides, and the two sides fought fiercely.
At the same time, Liu Qiong led 6,000 cavalry and 3,000 black armored troops to attack from one mile away towards the North City Gate. Two miles away, there were 30,000 cavalry led by Liu Cui who were slowly killing towards the North City Gate.
Come on, they are the second group. Once Liu Qiong's army enters the city, they will also sprint with all their strength.
There were only a hundred steps left, no arrows were fired overhead, there were only fifty steps left, the drawbridge had not been pulled up, and there was no sign of the city gate closing.
Liu Qiong had already determined that there was no trap, so he shouted, "Follow me and fight in!"
Liu Qiong took the lead and entered the city with a long gun in his hand. After entering the city, it was just a barbican. When entering the inner city, you really entered the city. However, there were nearly a thousand people fighting fiercely in the barbican. Liu Qiong recognized it at a glance. An army with its left arm wrapped around
There was a white cloth, and it was clear under the moonlight that it was Li Taigu's army. He shouted loudly and stabbed seven or eight soldiers who were not wrapped in white cloth.
A large group of cavalry rushed in behind him, and were finally discovered by Du Rong's soldiers. They turned around and fled, shouting in fear, "The Song army has entered the city! The Song army has entered the city!"
Liu Qiong urged his horse to gallop and led hundreds of people to rush into the inner city gate in an instant. He saw countless soldiers coming to kill him. He roared and led the cavalry to fight fiercely with the enemy. More and more cavalry poured into the city, more than 100,000 soldiers.
Five thousand people were killed, and Du Rong's army was so defeated that they fled into the wind.
Six thousand cavalry entered the inner city, and the black-armored soldiers also entered. Immediately afterwards, Liu Cui's army also began to enter the outer city gate, and Bianliang City was completely defeated.
At this time, Du Rong was gone. As soon as Liu Qiong led the cavalry into the inner city, Du Rong knew that Bianliang could not be defended. He immediately led the 5,000 reinforcements to evacuate to the east gate. He was not like Li Cheng who was destroyed by both jade and stone.
He was determined to fight the Song army in street battles, but he had to save his own life first.
There were no Western troops stationed outside Dongcheng. This was the retreat route left by Chen Qing specially for them.
Du Rong led five thousand soldiers to rush out of the east city gate and fled eastward along the official road. However, within two miles of escaping, there was a bang and thousands of arrows were fired from the right. Du Rong's soldiers were caught off guard and fell down one after another.
, there were screams, and nearly half of them were shot down by crossbow bolts.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of horse hooves sounded loudly, and tens of thousands of cavalry came from the left and right, surrounding the enemy.
But Du Rong and a dozen of his soldiers escaped on horseback. After more than a hundred steps, a general held a tiger-headed golden gun. It was Yang Zaixing. He stroked his beard and sneered: "Du Rong, Yang is waiting for you."
It’s been a long time!”
Without saying a word, Du Rong rushed forward and slashed with his sword. He was very fast and the sword was fierce, preparing to cut Yang Zaixing into two pieces with one strike.
Yang Zaixing sneered, dodged the sword, swung his spear, and stabbed Du Rongping in the chest. There was a flash of golden light, and the speed of the spear was unparalleled.
"Well done!"
Du Rong swung his head to strike at the head of the spear, but unexpectedly it missed the target. His body dodged and he almost fell off his horse. Yang Zaixing was already behind him. He screamed secretly, trying to use his saber to save his life, but it was too late, "Pfft!"
With a stabbing sound, the spear pierced Du Rong's neck, piercing through the back of the neck. The tip of the spear protruded from the throat and the cervical vertebrae were broken. Du Rong's vision went dark and he died on the spot.
