Chapter 233 The Jinming Village of the Iron Walled Lord is Broken
Everyone in Jinming Village feels that this is the safest place in Yanzhou right now. It is said to be a walled city, but in fact it is a stone city that is completely focused on defense.
The city wall is mainly made of masonry, and there are a lot of rugged rocks on the outside of the masonry wall. The remaining time is used to clear the rocks under the city. Unless the city gate is wide open, it will be even more difficult to attack the city.
During the short and stable period of half a month, Li Shibin had completely believed that the surrendered party soldiers were not a threat. He still retained some vigilance and ordered his own soldiers to lead people to quietly monitor them. After observing them for more than half a month, he really believed in these people.
Already surrendered.
In his opinion, life in the Song Dynasty is much better than that of Dang Xiang, and they are still in Jinming Village. Rebellion is tantamount to climbing to heaven. Putting them in the village can also play a surveillance role.
, it would be unsafe if a few fine works were placed in Yanzhou.
Overconfidence and quietness paralyzed him. During this period, he always received news that Li Yuanhao was leading an army of party members to besiege him, but every time, not a single soldier came to Jinming Village.
Li Shibin thought that his reputation had frightened the northwest hero so much that he did not dare to attack. The news reported by the scouts sent out was probably that Li Yuanhao was going to bypass Jinming Village and launch an attack on Fushi City in Yanzhou.
He also specially sent someone to tell Fan Yong that he could not send troops out of the city to fight unless absolutely necessary. Except for the Jinmingzhai road, other small roads were simply not enough for the Xia army to pass.
This analysis is absolutely correct. Jinming Village is the gateway to Yanzhou. As long as Jinming Village is not lost, Li Yuanhao's army will not be able to advance southward. There is the most powerful army in Yanzhou here, but Li Yuanhao has also been keeping an eye on it for a long time.
The goal.
At night, people and horses were exhausted, and the Jinming Village was pitch dark. Li Shibin had always been cruel, and no one dared to disobey his military orders. Except for a few important places, lights were turned off in other places, and no one was allowed to move around at will. The curfew order was resolutely implemented.
This was a good thing, but it was a pity that he, being smart and confused at the same time, did not strengthen patrols.
Patrolling at night is the most basic thing, but there are a large number of surrendered troops in Jinming Village. At this time, these people should be separated and must not be allowed to participate in patrols.
But that night, both Li Shibin and his generals forgot about this matter, and randomly sent a few people to patrol, and these people would be Xixia soldiers. They easily killed the Song soldiers, hid the bodies, and
Others take over.
The patrols were made by surrendered soldiers, which was equivalent to handing over the safety of Jinming Village to the party members. Finally, in the middle of the night, surrendered soldiers gathered in large numbers, seized weapons and equipment, formed a fighting force, opened the city gates, and used fireworks as a signal.
The Song Army who was waiting to guard the gate was suddenly attacked and killed from behind. The screams and curses startled the sleeping Song Army, and the fireworks exploding in the air shattered into countless petals.
The defenders of Jinming Village who were fighting suddenly felt the ground shaking, while the Daxia soldiers who were fighting under the cover of night were overjoyed and shouted repeatedly: "Who dares to stop the Daxia cavalry?! Those who don't surrender will be slaughtered!"
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The sudden siege shocked the complacent Li Shibin. He originally thought it was Ying Xiao and planned to kill a few Xixia soldiers to establish his authority, but the unexpected news was that the Xixia army was coming to kill him!
This news was like a thunderbolt, which immediately woke him up and made him regretful. Only later did he realize that he had fallen into the trap of Li Daitao, a member of the party!
Those soldiers who had been waiting for a long time to surrender immediately rushed out of the military tents. Some Song soldiers even betrayed the Song Dynasty in order to fight for wealth, became internal agents of the party members, and tied cloth strips on their arms.
With the internal and external cooperation, the Song army was in chaos, but it was not out of control. Li Shibin, guarded by his own soldiers, began to charge and put up the commander's flag with a lantern. This was the best way to stabilize the morale of the army. Unfortunately,
While stabilizing the morale of the military, he himself also became the target of party members.
He had thought about this a long time ago, but it was difficult for the rebels to get close. The defense centered on personal soldiers was able to block the rebels' attack. Then the soldiers of the Song Dynasty would continue to gather.
But he only thought about stabilizing the morale of the army and punishing the rebels, but he forgot that as the governor of Jinming Village, the most important thing was to defend the military camp!
The city gate has been opened, and the party cavalry is coming like the wind. The cost of defending a city gate is quickly revealed. The forwards of the Xixia army have already come over, and on this side Li Shibin has almost killed the rebels.
The Song army rushed towards the city gate in a hurry.
The number of surrendered troops was limited, and the city gate was quickly controlled. But how could the already captured city gate be closed so easily?
Just when Li Shibin was leading a desperate battle, another city gate was opened by the rebels. They were all attacked suddenly. Who in the dark and windy sky could tell the difference between us and the enemy?
Seeing the shouts of killing coming from the other three city gates one after another, Li Shibin smiled helplessly: "Fan Yong mistook me!" This defeat was destined to become a reality, and the Song army had also begun to rout. This rout was unstoppable.
The scale will only get bigger and bigger.
His own soldiers led a war horse to him and said: "General, before the Western bandits come in, you and your brothers can retreat to the Sanchuankou Pass, where you can entangle your old troops and guard the key points, so as to avoid the mistakes of Jinmingzhai!"
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Li Shibin looked at the city in flames and knew that there was no point in continuing to fight. He could only get on his horse and lead the few remaining soldiers out of the city. However, as soon as he left the city, he encountered the Xixia cavalry. What was even more terrible was the war horse he was riding.
He is actually that guy's bastard, he can't run fast at all.
The party cavalry followed him as if they were teasing him, and kept firing arrows to kill the soldiers guarding him. At this time, no matter how stupid Li Shibin was, he knew that there were traitors among the soldiers around him, and that there were traitors among the soldiers around him.
Only one of the soldiers was holding a torch and he was far away. Li Shibin decisively slowed down and he also tightened the reins sharply.
The arrows whizzed in and all pierced his Shanwen armor. He ignored some of the arrows that penetrated the armor. He approached the soldier and slashed at him with his sword. The soldier fell to the ground with a muffled groan and was trampled by the war horse.
Turn into meat paste.
All the soldiers were stunned, but they saw Li Shibin turning his horse and raising his sword: "Follow me, general, and charge into the enemy's formation!"
At present, there is no life or death. Rather than running away, it is better to die in battle. Maybe he can get a pension from the court and give the family a dignity. Li Shibin knows that he has shouldered the blame for the crime, and Fan Yong will definitely say a few good words for himself and his heirs.
A benevolent officer.
Under the siege of the Xixia cavalry, all the soldiers around him were quickly killed or injured, but Li Shibin knew that they were trying to capture him alive. Before he could kill himself with a knife, several nooses trapped him tightly and dragged him off the horse...
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"Is this Li Shibin? Humph, it's just that... I thought he was some kind of powerful person, but he turned out to be a loser, and he was captured after just a little trick."
As he spoke, Li Yuanhao kicked Li Shibin, who was tied up like a wild boar. He smiled disdainfully and said, "Come here, isn't he known as the Iron-walled Sage? Cut off his ears!"
Li Shibin was furious. Scholars can be killed but not humiliated. Especially for generals, if they are captured and have their ears cut off, it will be a great shame and humiliation. It will be difficult to explain to the ancestors below Quan after death, but no matter what he does at this time
Twisting, so the fish meat on the knife...
After the Song army and the people who defended the city bravely persisted for several days, Jinming Village was finally captured. The entire city was slaughtered, including the old, weak, women and children. The atrocities were so cruel that they were "similar to the massacre in the city."
Looking at Li Shibin with his head wrapped in white cloth, Li Yuanhao was extremely happy with the hateful eyes he had seen countless times. He firmly believed that Fan Yong would be next!
"Do you know why I don't kill you?!"
Li Shibin wanted to bite him to death, how could he answer?
Li Yuanhao didn't care, and said with a contemptuous smile: "Because I want you to deliver a letter to Fan Yong, telling him that I don't want to fight!"