????????Just when Gan Ning recognized his master, there was an earth-shaking sound and there was a loud commotion inside the west city gate.
Yang Hong on the top of the city hurriedly looked down, only to see hundreds of people emerging from countless alleys in the inner city. They were like gurgling streams amidst the shouts, and they quickly gathered in one place.
And they took many people hostage, killing people and setting fire to them in a mighty manner.
????????Due to the haste of the incident, and the fact that most of the Shouchun defenders' attention was focused on the Xuzhou Army outside the city at this time, they had no defense at all from the inside. Within a moment, the inner city gate
Two places have been lost!
?????????The lucky thing among the misfortunes is that most of the thousands of thieves who suddenly appeared were infantry. Only a dozen cavalry were galloping. The light of the fire lit up the drizzle and the night. Yang Hong frowned.
Look carefully, the more you look, the more horrifying you become...
?????????He recognized almost all of these ten people!
????????The first man is wearing armor and holding a gun. He is tall and round. He is Li Yu, the local cavalry captain. The man on his left is Li Shu, the former city guard of the west city gate. Several people behind him are also
They are some mid-level generals from the Jiangdong clan in the city.
?????????"Why did all these people escape?"
Yang Hong didn't even have time to get angry. He looked around in shock and asked, "Aren't their mansions staffed with personnel to guard them? Why was no one notified of such changes in advance?"
Why was no one notified? Of course it was the good deeds of Mi Li and Ben Mingsi who were lurking in the city.
What Lu Ji said before was that there was another ambush in the city was referring to them.
As early as when Wang Zheng was stationed in Shouchun, Mi Fang gathered the elite spies from all over Yangzhou in waves under his instruction. In addition, Mi Li had been lurking for a long time, and he himself was
A generous and loyal person, and supported by the Mi family's business network and the financial resources of Xuzhou, he has secretly bribed countless people in recent years to serve as knights and knights. He can even reach into Yuan Shu's palace. It can be seen that
How rapidly has the power developed?
Although such an underground force may not be able to provide much help in frontal combat, it is naturally not a problem to deal with those sentries and intercept their advance reports to the defenders. It can even be done
He kept his composure so that Yang Hong was unaware of this sensitive moment.
Now that the eyes and ears have been solved, the local generals headed by Li Yu secretly contacted each other and made an appointment. Before Gan Ning and others left the city, they arrived at the Lu Mansion at the same time. Lu Ji
Commanding and dispatching, they unanimously chose the West City Gate as the direction of the raid. You must know that he and Li Shu were the city guards here. Even if they were deprived of military power, they were very clear about the defensive layout of the West City Gate.
In a moment, they captured the west gate of the inner city first, and then took advantage of the situation to seize the north gate.
????????And it didn’t even take an hour!
????????Mozi of the Warring States Period specifically used several explanations in his "Siege of a City" to remind generals that when defending a city, they must pay attention to the powerful families and other local forces in the local city, because they were afraid of these people.
At the critical moment, he colluded with the enemy and acted as an internal response.
????????It should be noted that these forces are deeply rooted, have high prestige, and have wide connections. They may not cause any harm in normal times. After all, a big city like Shouchun has at least over 10,000 troops stationed there. What kind of trouble can they make? ?
?????????But if it is a critical moment when a foreign enemy is attacking the city, not to mention gathering thousands of people, but hundreds or dozens of people, creating chaos in the rear and inciting people at the critical moment, maybe they can turn the tide of the war!
?????????Yang Hong was not an unwise man. He had Gan Ning gather Shen, Zhao and other prominent families in the palace in advance and keep them under strict supervision. He had already thought of this, but unfortunately he forgot one thing. thing...
Generals like Li Yu also came from prominent local families. Their families may only be of middle class, but they have soldiers and trained servants, which means they have a certain degree of armed strength. So powerful.
????????Even if their military power is taken away, they can still cause enough destruction when they gather together!
???????? Their number is not large, but there is no shortage of weapons and armor. In addition, on Mi Li's side, Benmingsi has also secretly transported many surprise attacks. They distributed them one by one before launching them, and they were immediately dispatched. The combat effectiveness of a thousand-man army has increased by another level!
?????????Three groups of people gathered together. Li Yu's Jiangdong forces were the first to charge, the people from the market recruited by Mi Li were the second to make noise, Lu Ji brought some instigators, and the surrendering soldiers were the last to suppress them.
?????????Supervise the battle.
????????The order of the three-way combat arrangement makes sense.
????????Li Yu’s troops are composed of personal soldiers of these generals. They have the best equipment and are definitely the most skilled in fighting. They are the main force and the backbone, so they are placed in the front and the personnel recruited by Mi Li are There was chaos and some people were trapped, so they were placed in the formation to build momentum. However, the people on Li Ren and Lu Ji's side were the most unstable. They said they were holding the line, but in fact they were afraid that they would defect when the battle came, so they were placed at the end.
???????After capturing the inner city gate, Li Yu and Mi Li discussed it, leaving Li Shu and Lu Ji to take several hundred people to sit in charge, and then rushed to the outer city gate with all their strength and without stopping. .
?????????"Don't panic, shoot the arrow!"
?????????At the critical moment, Yang Hong finally discovered the disadvantages of Gan Ning leaving the city. Even though he was smart and resourceful, after all he was not a real general on the battlefield. No matter how loud he shouted, he couldn't. Let the soldiers on the city head calm down quickly. Even if some people hurriedly adjusted the arrows to aim inside, they already didn't have much strength, let alone the right head.
Seeing the rain of arrows taunting and tilting above his head, Li Yu immediately saw the clues, raised his arms and shouted: "The enemy is already panicked, men, charge!"
Mi Li on the side yelled even louder: "Come on, I'm here! Seize the city gate and Master Wang can enter!"
?????????"The governor of the state has already issued an order. Anyone who joins the battle today, and after the city is broken, will have the palace's property, maidservants, etc., all to you!"
?????????Yuan Shu's luxury is obvious to all. Even the maids in the palace are also very beautiful, far better than ordinary women. Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. For a while, everyone shouted and moved forward bravely. , braving arrows, fighting and fighting, but within a moment, they were approaching the outer city gate a hundred steps away!
?????????"The distance is two hundred steps at most!" Li Yu shouted with a red face, "Come on!"
??????????......
????????Fires soaring into the sky burned through the night, and the roar of people drowned out the rain.
????????In the ring-shaped urn city between the inner city and the outer city of Shouchun, the city walls stood tall. They watched quietly as nearly a thousand people fought in a melee. Blood spattered everywhere and dyed the rainwater on the ground red. Corpses
Strewn across the ground, the bodies of the dead were trampled upon by the living.
Mi Li personally killed another Yangzhou soldier. He looked up with a ferocious expression. Through the rain curtain, he saw from a distance Yang Hong, Liang Gang and others watching the battle with lights on, constantly dispatching troops and generals.
Troops of Shouchun soldiers in bright helmets, holding flags of various colors, ran and swarmed in from all over the city wall.
?????????Seeing this kind of formation, Li Yu's side had good manpower. Most of the people on his side had never experienced the battlefield and were just a mob. Many people began to hesitate and hesitate to move forward.
Mi Li was keenly aware of this and immediately shouted: "Now that something is happening, there is no way to retreat!"
?????????"If Master Wang cannot enter the city tonight, none of us will survive! Instead of ransacking our homes and destroying our families, why not risk our lives and move forward?" He shouted violently: "As long as our army enters the city, everyone will be rich, and all the women in the city will be wealthy.
, it’s up to you to choose!”
????????According to power in a hurry, Mi Li ignored Wang Zheng's strict order not to disturb the people, and made a prompt decision to increase the bargaining chips of promised rewards. Morale was high again, and he and Li Yu's side moved forward in two directions, constantly
It attacked the defenders' defense line and moved a hundred steps closer to the outer city gate.
????????The towering city gate is no longer less than a hundred steps away!
?????????At this time, Li Ren was also shouting outside the city, calling for the city gate to be opened. When Yang Hong was hesitant, Liang Gang on the side couldn't help it anymore, and he urged the order:
"Close the city gate quickly! Close the city gate quickly!"
????????It’s still a step too late after all!
?????????At this time, outside the west city gate, Wang Zheng came to the battlefield in person. The morale of the three armies was greatly boosted. Not only did they completely entangle Li Ren's branch, but also the Pioneer Battalion and the Heavenly Army Headquarters all rushed to the city. Countless ladders, rushing
There was an array of carts and trebuchets in front, and there was only a continuous roar, and suddenly, there was a sound of the sky collapsing and the earth collapsing!
Yang Hong on the wall, Liang Gang felt an earthquake, and at the same time his expression changed drastically, "Not good!" He looked around, only to see that the heavy city gate was finally overwhelmed, and was rushed by a car.
Knock it away hard.
The next moment, amid the thundering cheers, the sound of horse hooves could be heard, and countless shadows swept towards the city gate like angry waves crashing on the shore.
????????The first person, wearing a red cloak and black armor, riding a horse and holding a sword, flew into the urn city like a tornado in the blink of an eye, and there was even more dazzling green light, like mercury pouring on the ground, reaching everywhere, turning around
Not only did he rush into the city in a blink of an eye, he also directly tore a hole in the defenders' defense line.
?????????Inside and outside the city, at the head of the city and under the city, anyone who looked at this man's appearance in the light of the fire would be instantly moved!
?????????Yang Hong couldn't believe it, Liang Gang changed his color in shock, Mi Li shouted in ecstasy, Li Yu shouted with all his arms, and countless generals stamped their feet on the ground, raised their guns, or shouted "General Tiangong"
", or shout "Wangzhou Mu"...
The cheers rose and fell like a tide, the mountains rang and the valleys responded. Tens of thousands of people were excited, and the atmosphere was extremely enthusiastic.
Wang Zhengqin was the vanguard, and all the generals in Xuzhou were inspired by him to fight bravely to take the lead.
?????????Wei Yan followed closely, Huang Zhong trapped Li Ren, and Wang Xiong climbed up the city gate. The red flag representing the Tianzhu camp was like a burning fire or the rushing waves.
, or they poured into the city, or they were planted high at the top of the city.
????????The rain blew in the night wind and made their colors more vivid.
?????????As soon as he saw Wang Zheng entering the city, Liang Gang's face turned pale, he pulled Yang Hong and turned around to leave. Yang Hong was stunned and turned his head, as if he was attracted by something, and couldn't look away for a long time.
.
????????In the Wengcheng City surrounded by high walls, that young man, who is no older than Wen Guan and has a plain appearance, is now so majestic and sassy that he is enough to attract the attention of thousands of people, and make all living beings awed.
Everyone cheered for him, everyone was crazy about him!
The youthful demeanor at this moment was so dazzling that it even broke through the haze of the deep night. The drizzle suddenly stopped, as if the subjects had restrained themselves when they saw the Emperor Jiuyan going on patrol.
He made a sound and retreated in panic to welcome the arrival of the throne.
Yang Hong was surprised to find that he thought he had understood Wang Zheng through his various performances in Shouchun, but it turned out that what he saw was just the surface, just a disguise. Such a spirit that could swallow up thousands of miles like a tiger,
Where could he be some cunning and deceitful lord...
?????????Compared with machinations and scheming, Wang Zheng may be better at the three armies to overcome difficulties, and the invincible golden horse and iron horse, right?
?????????"Yang Jijiu, let's go quickly," Liang Gang yanked and shouted in panic: "What are you still thinking about?"
?????????"If Shouchun is defeated by Zhuzi, Jiujiang will be lost in an instant. Once Jiujiang is reached, the Xuzhou army will rush into the sea like a dragon, and they can occupy the entire Yangzhou in an instant..."
Yang Hong came back to his senses, and his thoughts suddenly changed. Wang Zheng has now almost completely controlled Xuzhou, Yanzhou Taishan, Qingzhou Beihai, and let this son take over Jiujiang and even Yangzhou. Wouldn't it be wrong?
As he becomes more powerful, who can still control him?
????????Immediately broke away from Liang Gang's hand, pulled out the dagger from his waist, turned around and shouted angrily: "Liang Lieutenant! The city gate has just been lost. The Xuzhou Army's foothold is not stable. It only takes a moment."
If you hit them, you can drive them out! Why run away? Follow me and fight!"
?????????"Fighting..."
???????Liang Gang was stunned, "The Xuzhou Army is already stronger than ours, but now even tens of thousands of enemies like Wang Zheng and Huang Zhong have entered the city, and they are still fighting to kill each other?" He said, pointing to the bottom of the city again.
, "Yang Jijiu, please take a look and listen. Now that Sun Wu is resurrected, Han Bai is still alive, but there is nothing he can do about it."
????????Yang Hong glanced at it, his heart felt cold.
At this time, the city was already in chaos. The defenders were retreating steadily. Many generals were running away with their heads in their hands, and countless people were shouting. There were Xuzhou soldiers and Shouchun soldiers, but
The former was a cheer that shouted something like "The city gate is open, abandon your weapons and surrender, those who surrender will not be killed", with the pride and high-spiritedness of a victor.
What the latter shouted was probably "Run away, the Yellow Turban bandits have entered the city" and so on. Every sentence was full of despair.
???????No wonder...
????????Rumors spread widely, and the people in Shouchun City have long been unstable. The morale of the army is getting lower day by day. The siege frenzy of the Xuzhou Army for many days has caused great harm to them.
The casualties, coupled with the surrender letter he had received earlier, and Yang Hong's methods against Li Yu, Li Shu and others, caused a loss of trust among the generals from different factions in the city, and the conflicts intensified...
?????????This pile, piece by piece, all burst out collectively at the moment the city gate fell!
????????So in the face of adversity, everyone had no fighting spirit, and the soldiers abandoned their helmets and crowded with each other. The generals either surrendered or ran home to collect their belongings and prepare.
Escape from this place.
?????????The camp flag has fallen, the military flag has fallen, the commander's flag has also fallen...
As time goes by, looking up and down the city wall, there are more and more figures of the Xuzhou Army standing, and fewer and fewer figures of the Yangzhou Army, either kneeling or lying down.
Down.
???????This is the true interpretation of a crushing defeat, and a realistic portrayal of the condescension of the victor!
?????????Looking blankly at the unstoppable running of the defeated soldiers, Yang Hong murmured: "Are you really unable to save yourself?"
?????????"We have an army of 10,000, guarding a fortified city like Shouchun, how come we were defeated in less than half a month? Lieutenant Liang, why on earth is this?" Looking back,
Wherever there is the shadow of Liang Gang, I don’t know where he has fled.
Looking around again, he was now the only one on the city wall. The generals and soldiers who were fighting side by side a moment ago were all gone.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Yang Hong stood there in despair, with thoughts in his mind: "Should we take advantage of the chaos and leave the city now? Go to Runan to find the lord, or should we find a way to take back Shouchun?"
?????????"Liang Gang is unreliable. We still need to find Gan Ning, but I don't know whether he is alive or dead at this time?"
When it was hard to make a decision, Yang Honghun didn't notice that a small group of Xuzhou soldiers had arrived at the top of the city. The leader was Qiao Wan who was wearing a helmet. When he saw Yang Hong, he was startled at first.
, immediately overjoyed:
?????????"You rat, you haven't escaped yet?"
?????????"If Huang Tian has eyes, you will eventually fall into the hands of me...hey, my uncle!"