On the morning of leaving Kulun City, He Qizhou personally ordered the execution of four soldiers who had drunkenly raped civilian women. Two were horse bandits who had followed him all the way from the Altai Mountains, and the other two were newly befriended woodland tribe warriors. , the four people had just received rewards for their military exploits, and there were hundreds of people interceding on their behalf at one time, but He Qizhou still did not give them a chance to redeem themselves.
Past sins can be atoned for through fighting, but after entering the "Blizzard", He Qizhou had already said that he would not pardon such a serious crime, even if he was a brother. After this incident, he passed through seven counties and twenty counties along the way. In Yu County, no such incident has occurred again.
Because He Qizhou always charged forward, and ate, drank, and lived with the soldiers, his resentment towards him for being unkind had long been eliminated. Whether it was the 3,000 elites who joined first or the 4,000 surrendered soldiers who were recruited later, Everyone regards themselves as a member of the "Blizzard". The combat effectiveness of this army with one heart and one mind has been significantly improved. But this also makes He Qizhou even more reluctant to use these elite cavalry to launch siege battles with huge casualties. .
Because of this, He Qizhou would rather consume a day's food and grass, deliberately slow down the pace of his march, and pin his hopes on one person. This person is Ling Su, the deputy sect leader of the Two Immortals Sect in Mucheng, Anzhou.
Before entering Hatan County, Ling Su took the initiative to request Ying, saying that he wanted to return to Mucheng first, convince his father, and cooperate with the inside and outside to lead the army into the city. He Qizhou was overjoyed and immediately agreed. In order not to arouse suspicion, before the army entered Hatan When he was in the county, he asked Ling Su to enter the county first as a wealthy businessman who had fled, and asked his sixth uncle Yu Wenzhu from Hanjian Villa to accompany him, and then he and other fleeing dignitaries fled to Mucheng!
As a result, He Qizhou also robbed a lot of food and grass, putting his army at risk of running out of food. However, in order to seize the city with minimal casualties, He Qizhou still believed that it was worth taking the risk.
At noon, the army was stationed forty miles outside Mu City. He Qizhou and Ling Su agreed that if they had a chance to seize the gate, they would use the fire as a signal. However, regardless of whether Ling Su succeeded or not, the army would attack Mu City at midnight. So there is only one day left for Ling Su!
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"You're finally back!" Seeing the fat little man at the door of the living room who was so "thin", the pot-bellied Ling Qian burst into tears of joy, abandoned Helianpeng, and rushed towards his son.
"Dad, I'm fine!" Seeing that his father was getting fat again, Ling Su couldn't hold back his tears.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay." Ling Qian looked at his son up and down and murmured.
"Dad, I came here with the people of Hatan County who were fleeing. I heard that the Eastern Zhou Army would loot every place they passed. We can't just sit idly by and ignore it!" Ling Su said anxiously.
"My nephew is right!" He Lianpeng, who was left alone, said hurriedly.
Ling Qian had just seen his son, how could he let him take risks on the city wall again? He said anxiously: "He is a little kid and he knows nothing. General Helian, I am the one who is in charge of the Ling family. I cannot comply with your request!" "
"You!" He Lianpeng seemed to be starting to attack again, but unfortunately he was interrupted again by the "just and awe-inspiring" Ling Su: "Father, under the overthrow of the nest, An's eggs were intact? We have learned martial arts for so many years in vain, is this how we look at it? Are you waiting for the enemy to rush into the city? General Helian, please go and wait outside the hall for a while, and I will come to persuade my father!" "Okay, my nephew is sensible." He Lianpeng put away his anger and was about to go out. Suddenly He stopped again, turned to Ling Su and asked: "I heard from the Lian family that my nephew went to Hanjian Villa, why did he come back at this time?"
Ling Su said without changing his expression: "General Helian, I have to file a complaint with you! I had a quarrel with Lian Shiying who was guarding the city for a long time because of this matter today. That guy obviously recognized me, but he just wouldn't let me enter the city!
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He Lianpeng stared closely at Ling Su and said, "I know you are at odds with the Lian family. Now I want to ask you why it took you so long to come back? Does your nephew have any news about the thieves in Hanjian Villa?"
"General, it makes me mad to say that. I, bah, bah, the little man finally figured out the secrets of the Four Elephant Sword Formation and entered the villa. Before he could take action, the beauty was snatched away. Later, she was kept by the villa to invite her.
We were having a wedding banquet, and there were a lot of heroes drinking with us. Their villa was very polite, but the place they lived in was really shabby..."
"My dear nephew, can you pick out the important ones?" He Lianpeng frowned.
"Yes! The next day, we and other heroes were kicked out of the villa because we had a good chat with Xiao Bi from the Zhongzhou sect in Hengzhou. He had never been to Shanbei, so I took him to explore.
When I was about to come back from Luzhou, I heard that the rebels from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were plundering all the way. The people were angry and wanted to come back quickly to help defend their hometown!" Ling Su had already thought of his words.
"Who is Xiao Bi? Where are the others?" Helianpeng was confused.
"Xiao Bi's name is Bi Hanyang. Their martial arts skills from Hengzhou Zhongzhou Sect are no better than this. He was frightened by the momentum of the rebels. I asked him to cross the mountain directly from Xuancheng, so that he wouldn't have to worry about being caught up by the rebels."
"I won't wait any longer. You two, father and son, will discuss it carefully. The Eastern Zhou Army is at most fifty miles away from here. I hope that the people from your two Immortal Sects can show up at Dongda Camp in full before the time of application. If this is not possible, don't blame me.
He will turn against you and be ruthless!" He Lianpeng really couldn't verify the authenticity of what Ling Su said, so he said a harsh word and left in a hurry.
"Don't worry, if the sect master doesn't go, I, the deputy sect master, will definitely be here!" Ling Su shouted loudly to He Lianpeng's back.
"You treacherous son!" Ling Qian was so angry that he wanted to slap Ling Su with a palm, but in the end he was unwilling to lower his raised right hand.
Ling Su just looked out the door and confirmed that He Lianpeng and a group of officers and soldiers were far away. Then he closed the door, put away his silly look, and said seriously: "Father, we must send people to defend the city...
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Two hundred and sixty-two internal masters of the fourth line or above, and more than 400 rope hooks raised from Hatan County, are He Qizhou's main force used to attack the city!
When they were still about ten miles away from the north gate, the army was discovered by the enemy defenders. The three city walls were lit up with fire at the same time. From a distance, soldiers could be seen densely packed like ants on the city wall.
After running close to two miles, under the firelight, the city wall became crystal clear. Without looking closely, you can tell that it has been covered with countless layers of ice. With a wall like this, even if the rope hook catches the arrow stack, it will still be difficult to climb up.
It’s also difficult for people to step on the wall!
Seeing that he could not make a sneak attack, He Qizhou was not in a hurry to attack by force. He sent part of his troops to spread out towards the three walls, waiting for opportunities to find weak links. He rode a snow dragon horse, riding alone half a mile away from the wall, carefully watching the top of the wall.
The movement and the mountains here.
Mu City is not regular. The north city wall is the longest, five feet high and about three miles wide; the east city wall is built on the mountain, almost entirely embedded in the steep mountain valley; the west city wall is about two miles long, and the wall is built on a nearly vertical steep slope.
On the ridge, it goes down all the way from north to south, from a hundred feet to five feet, and then extends to the flat ground and intersects with the north wall.
Since the west wall was the most difficult to attack, there were only a few hundred guards on the narrow wall; the east wall had slightly more guards, about a thousand; and the solid north wall was so crowded that it was impossible to count the number of people at the moment.
He Qizhou seemed to have forgotten to keep a sufficient distance when he walked back and forth from the west to the northeast corner along the north city wall for a second time in order to see the defense clearly.
"Shoot him to death!" Someone roared, and cold arrows flew immediately, and then more arrows fell like rain!
He Qizhou hurriedly dodged to catch the first somewhat exhausted cold arrow, and swung away dozens of weaker flying arrows, leading the snow dragon horse quickly out of danger. Although the snow dragon horse, covered in python armor, was hit by several arrows,
But the arrowhead fell off as soon as it touched the armor.
As he ran back towards the army, He Qizhou looked down at the arrow shaft in his hand by the light of the city's fire. The word "East Gate" was clearly engraved near the arrow head!
Of course, He Qizhou didn't mean to take any risks, just because there was a torch swaying at the top of the city. Under the fire, it seemed to be a familiar fat face, and as soon as he got close, he received a cold arrow from the opponent! Seeing the two words on the arrow, He Qizhou suddenly felt confident.
, after returning to the camp, they began to arrange their troops.
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On the tall tower directly above the north gate, He Lianpeng watched the neatly lined up white robes start to move. He couldn't help but become nervous and shouted: "Let everyone below cheer up! They are preparing to attack!"
Five hundred of the white-robed army under the city went to the east gate, and five hundred rode to the foothills on the west side. The attack in the center was launched under the rain of arrows at the top of the city!
Nearly a thousand Eastern Zhou archers, protected by shield soldiers, shot upwards from about fifty feet away. Their powerful arrows were actually better than the arrows shot down from the city top. Both sides had their own obstacles, relying on shields and
With the protection of the wall stacks, not many people were hit by arrows, but in order to prevent flying arrows, both sides shot arrows intermittently.
At this moment, five hundred heavily armored soldiers carrying iron guns braved the rain of arrows and rushed down the city. After rushing within ten feet, they threw out the iron guns with all their strength.
Most of those heavily armored troops were manned by strong men from the woodland tribes. The iron spears they fired were so powerful that they could penetrate the ice and penetrate into the city walls made of rocks and loess. In the blink of an eye, they were five feet high.
The thirty-foot-wide wall was densely covered with iron spears, making it easy to climb on the entire wall.
"Quickly, break the gun barrels!" Following He Lianpeng's urgent cry, countless stones fell from the top of the city. Unfortunately, these gun barrels were all made of fine iron. Except for dozens of them that were smashed down, they could not be stabbed.
Except for the deep iron spear, most of the rest were bent, which seems to be more conducive to climbing!
Soon, hundreds of white-robed soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city with shields and began to climb up quickly. At this time, the defense at the top of the city changed from bows and arrows to stones and rolling logs, although they kept knocking down the advancing Eastern Zhou troops.
, but the Eastern Zhou archers below the city also caused a lot of casualties to the defenders who were throwing rocks and wood at the top of the city. This chapter has been completed!