Then a ray of light appeared in the darkness, which was the firelight coming from the gap in the city gate.
"Rush over!"
The Song soldiers who were lying on the ground immediately got up and rushed towards Luzhou City.
Luzhou has seven city gates and two water passes. They attacked Shiyong Gate on the right side of the east city.
Tonight, Yongmen was guarded by Du Fan, the fourth general of the Luzhou Army. There were soldiers under his command near the city gate, and the city gate was opened successfully.
Li Tingzhi made a good arrangement. He personally led his troops to attack the east city. At the same time, Zhao Huai led his troops to feint attack in the west. He even arranged for Miao Zaicheng to lead a group of troops to ambush in the north to intercept the rebels who were escaping from the city.
The purpose of the army was to capture Xia Fu and prevent the rebels from spreading information to the Huaihe River.
The whistle sounded.
At this time, some soldiers from the Song Dynasty had entered Shiyongmen. They found nothing unusual and called the soldiers behind them to go in.
Li Tingzhi squinted his eyes, trying hard to see clearly the distribution of troops on the city, but there were very few torches on the city, and his vision was very dark.
He heard that the rebels and even the Yuan army had a kind of telescope that could see far away. Some people smuggled it to Jinghu. There were also imitations in the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, it was made of the finest amethyst jade and was very expensive.
.Waiting for the reward from the imperial court, it was not Huaidong's turn. He paid for it himself, but he couldn't get the price.
There was another whistle from the front, and hundreds of people had entered the city. Li Tingzhi also rushed to the top of the city and looked into the city gate, only to see the streets extending down into darkness.
"Commander, please wait outside the city for the general's victory report." Fan Youxin, the commander of the army, saw that Li Tingzhi was too close and quickly came back to dissuade him. Li Tingzhi just squinted at the city gate and said, "I want to see Du
Fan."
Fan Youxin quickly sent an order to the soldiers: "Have you seen Du Fan?"
Time is running out, Song soldiers are still lining up to enter the city, and no one can answer.
On the contrary, some news was delivered back earlier.
"Let's hurry up, rebels are coming soon."
"Don't stop making noise in front of me." Li Tingzhi shouted in a low voice: "Hurry up and control the city gate and seize the city head."
"Here."
Li Tingzhi ran forward for dozens of steps, and someone in front of him shouted a question.
"Uncle Li?"
Li Tingzhi had arrived outside the city gate and finally saw Du Fan in the faint light of the fire.
He simply pushed aside the soldiers, strode into the city, and patted Du Fan on the shoulder.
"So as not to taint the name of your grandfather's loyalty!"
Du Fan became a famous general, but he was a little thin. He cupped his hands and said, "Huaixi, with your head and eyes raised, I have been waiting for Master Wang for a long time."
"Do you know where the rebel general Lu Fengtai imprisoned Xia Fu?"
"Uncle Li, come with me."
Du Fan moved quickly and led Li Tingzhi towards the city.
Li Tingzhi looked back and quickly ordered Fan Youxin to stay in control of the city gate, while he ordered hundreds of elite soldiers around and followed Du Fan away.
However, just after turning around Yuecheng Terrace, Li Tingzhi suddenly stopped.
The Zhundong Army was strict in running the army and had strict orders and prohibitions. As soon as he stopped, the soldiers behind him also stopped at the same time, and the rustling sound of the armor's shaking disappeared immediately.
"Uncle Li, what's wrong?" Du Fan turned around and asked.
Li Tingzhi raised his hand and pointed, shouting: "Take it!" He had already seen that there was an ambush ahead.
The alleyway we passed just now was actually blocked by a wooden fence, but it was hidden in the darkness and not conspicuous.
The gate of Luzhou city had been set up as a big trap. Sure enough, when Du Fan saw the Song army rushing towards them, he immediately drew his sword to resist.
"kill!"
Suddenly, many figures appeared on the walls on both sides, some holding crossbows, some holding fire oil tanks, or throwing porcelain caltrops and fireballs while shouting.
Close footsteps sounded, and the rebels had surrounded him from behind, pushing the heavy wooden fence to block Li Tingzhi's retreat.
The fire in the east city was bright, and the shouts of killing suddenly started.
"There's an ambush! Protect the commander and leave!"
"Why are you panicking? Meet back at the city gate and continue to capture Luzhou!"
In the chaos, everyone shouted.
Du Fan stepped back and shouted: "Uncle Li, you have been surrounded, surrender!"
"Du Fan! Five generations of your family have benefited from the Song Dynasty emperor's favor. They have made great contributions to Huaixi and have been repeatedly rewarded. They have been granted the title of Viscount of the Kingdom of Kaiguo and are praised by the people. Now your dynasty has committed treason and the good reputation of your family has been wasted. How can you see Du Shangshu after your death?"
While Li Tingzhi was directing the war, he was still able to scold calmly.
Because the Zhunxi Army is no longer the Huaixi Army that followed Du Gao in defeating the Mongolian Army.
Ever since Ding Daquan came to power more than ten years ago and Yuan Jie took charge of Huaixi, the military and civil affairs here have been in a terrible state. Therefore, when Kublai Khan went south, Huaixi looked down on the wind, and the people used boats to help the Yuan soldiers and horses.
.
Tonight, no matter how well-arranged Wang Xun and Lu Fengtai are, no matter how urged the generals are, these soldiers in Huaixi are indeed inferior to the well-trained elites under Li Tingzhi in terms of armament, morale, and combat effectiveness.
"when."
With this sound, the weapon in Du Fan's hand was knocked out.
The soldiers of Song Dynasty rushed forward and pushed him to the ground.
He struggled hard twice, but couldn't get away, and he was dragged in front of Li Tingzhi.
"fart!"
Du Fan started to curse loudly at this moment. "You said that I, the Du family, am so grateful for the emperor's favor, what a fart! How did my father die unjustly? You don't know!"
Li Tingzhi was still looking at the terrain. Hearing this, he turned his head with a look of disappointment in his eyes.
"Is this why you are treason?"
He did know about this matter. Du Gao's son Du Shu was also a famous general. A few years ago, when he was the deputy envoy to Longxing Prefecture and Jiangxi Province, he was imprisoned and died in prison for plotting against the law.
At that time, everyone said that Du Shu had been wronged, but Li Tingzhi knew Jia Sidao well and knew that although planning was a method used by Jia's party to eliminate dissidents, basically all the generals who could be "planned" were corrupt.
In short, the person has been dead for many years, and it is no longer clear whether he was unjustly accused.
Li Tingzhi stepped forward, picked up Du Fan, and cursed: "You feel that the Du family has been wronged and rebelled, which is how your father and ancestors were truly humiliated. Later generations will only talk about Du Shu's greed, and Du Fan's treason. True filial piety,
Make great contributions, eliminate female cadres, and overturn your father's case with dignity and dignity."
"Bah, wronged? Three generations of my Du family have spilled blood in the Huaihe River, and I am not afraid of death. I am afraid of being wronged? But I understand why the Zhao family is not worthy of the responsibility! In order to protect his so-called Sheji, many Huaixi men died in the ditch
Hehe, before the dead bones were sold, the Dog Emperor sent corrupt officials to extort exorbitant amounts of money. My father was corrupt? He had only served as deputy envoy to Jiangxi for two years. How much money had he embezzled? Comparable to Lu Wende and one percent of Xia Gui's family property?
1 in 10,000? 1 in 10,000? It’s better to ask how one can survive in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty without being greedy? Bullshit planning, bullshit female cadres, how about replacing Ding Daquan with Jia Sidao? Jia Sidao
So what if it were you, Li Tingzhi? I think you are a bullshit emperor and a bullshit Song Dynasty!"
In the middle of Du Fan's scolding, Li Tingzhi drew his sword and wanted to kill this kid.
Throughout his military life, he was truly ruthless enough to kill the son of his old friend.
However, after hearing this, and seeing Du Fan's eyes full of anger, Li Tingzhi was unable to do anything after all. Individual figures flashed through his mind.
Du Dai, who defeated the Mongolian army, and Du Shu, who died in prison, later saw the mighty and resolute Meng Gong and Jia Sidao standing beside him.
Further back, I saw Ding Daquan, Yuan Jie, the late emperor, and the official family.
One after another, gold medals summoned him to be his master... Li Tingzhi suddenly became furious and swung his sword down, but the back of the sword hit Du Fan on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground.
He spared Du Fan's life.
"Walk!"
Li Tingzhi shouted loudly and quickly led his troops back to Shiyongmen.
At that time, the area near Yongmen was already in flames.
Although the Huaixi rebels were not as elite as the Zhundong Army, they had occupied the ground and were well prepared. They had prepared kerosene and thatch in many critical places to burn the Song army.
It would have been anyone else who would have hurriedly retreated after seeing this plan to invite the emperor into a trap. But Li Tingzhi was different. He judged the situation on the battlefield and decided to take advantage of the plan and continue to attack.
Destroying Luzhou City and using the ability of a general to reverse an unfavorable situation was exactly what Meng Gong and Du Gao often did back then.
The fighting continued until dawn.
After failing to successfully ambush Li Tingzhi as originally planned, the Luzhou Army gradually panicked.
This time, a general under Xia Fu heard that the Tang army had the habit of investigating the past misdeeds of surrendered ministers, and shot a message arrow at the Song army outside the city, which happened to be seen by Lu Fengtai.
The matter could have been controlled originally, but Wang Xun was conceited, so he decided to take advantage of the situation and set up an ambush.
His cleverness was misled by his cleverness, and when he encountered an opponent like Li Tingzhi, he finally suffered a loss.
"General, it's bad. We can't stop it anymore. The Song army has broken through the first barrier wall."
"Where is the city gate? Have you recaptured it?"
"Not yet. The Song army is firmly occupying the city gate. I'm afraid they won't be able to take it back."
Wang Xun was so shocked and angry that he could still laugh, and said to himself: "What a Li Tingzhi. There is such a person in Huaidong, and I have never known him in Shandong."
Lu Fengtai then asked: "What should we do?"
"I will personally go to persuade Li Tingzhi to surrender."
"Are you crazy?"
"It doesn't matter." Wang Xing said: "The encirclement of the Song Dynasty has been completed. He is just struggling to death. Even if he kills me today, he will not be able to stop the unification of the world."
Only then did Lu Fengtai understand why Wang Xun acted so boldly. He was really not afraid of death and was risking his life to do things.
"Li Tingzhi! Aren't you afraid of God's fault if you go against the will of heaven?" There was still a scuffle in the city, and a loud roar suddenly sounded from behind the fence in front.
Li Tingzhi knew who was shouting as soon as he heard it, so he ordered a fierce attack and shouted at the same time: "Wang Zhu, your little cleverness is enough, how can you defeat my upright master?"
"Mortal wisdom?"
Behind the fence, Wang Xun shouted: "What I rely on is the general trend! The prosperous Tang Dynasty was revived, Jiazhou was unified, and the general trend is the same. If the river goes straight down, if it goes with it, it will prosper, if it goes against it, it will perish. Why should we act like a chariot with a mantis arm and become the laughing stock of the world?"
"
"Let's talk about it after Shu Zi defeats Mr. Li!"
The Song army stormed the fence and finally knocked down the first fence.
At this time, soldiers rushed to Li Tingzhi's side.
"Commander, Tan Ma is back."
"What Tanma?"
"Tan Ma came back from the Huaihe River."
Li Tingzhi was stunned, thinking that he had been waiting for this probing horse the night before.
"Where are the people?"
"He was seriously injured and passed out, but before he passed out, he said that the rebels had crossed the Huaihe River."
Li Tingzhi's face darkened and he said: "What do you mean 'already'? I ordered them to go to Hebei to investigate and report before the rebels arrive in Bozhou. How can I wait until they cross the Huaihe River to report?!"
"Commander, the rebels are fast after all." Li Tingzhi's heart sank and she realized that she had been negligent.
I had been waiting so hard for the news a few days ago and thought it was because Li Xia didn't turn around and go south so quickly.
Thinking about it today, I realized that Li Xia was heading south faster than he thought.
I'm afraid that while I was still hoping for luck, the rebel cavalry was already hunting and killing my scouts.
"Report!"
"Commander! General Miao reports urgently! The main force of the rebels was suddenly discovered in the north of the city. Their number may exceed 30,000. They have already crossed the river..."