Luokou Cang, also called Xingluo Cang, is located in the southeast of Gong County. It was built in the second year of Daye. It is more than 20 miles around the city. There are a total of 3,000 cellars. Each cellar stores 8,000 tons of grain. Thousands of officers and soldiers are deployed to defend the granary. Luokou Cang The grain in the warehouse is all grain transported from the south of the Yangtze River via the Grand Canal and is stored here. There are countless grains stored in the warehouse. It can be said that even if there is no harvest in the next year, the grain in this Luokou warehouse will be enough to cope with it. .
Perhaps it is for this reason that now that the world is in chaos, Luokoucang is also being targeted by many people. Among them, the bandits in Wagang Village are the most powerful. A few months ago, Wagang Village even Luokou Cang was forcibly besieged. If Zhang Xutuo had not led the counter-rebellion army to arrive in time, Luokou Cang would have fallen into the hands of Wagangzhai. However, since the counter-rebellion army came to Xingyang, it seemed that those who had peeked at Luokou Cang had Xiaoxiao in Koucang was also frightened to a certain extent, and Luokoucang was much safer.
On the wall of Luokou Cang, several soldiers were idle and bored, and began to joke with each other. It seemed that the job of guarding Luokou Cang had become much easier, and just as those soldiers were chatting about Gongxian County not far away When deciding which of the widows was more romantic, suddenly, one of the soldiers looked outside the city wall, his face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "Look, what is that?"
"Well," after hearing what the soldier said, several other people also turned to look outside the city wall. They were all shocked when they saw it. They saw a cloud of dust and smoke rising on the horizon outside the city wall. Soon, , a troop of thousands of soldiers and horses appeared outside Luokou Cang, and approached Luokou Cang at an extremely fast speed. Immediately, the soldiers all turned pale with fright. This Luokou Cang was no ordinary person. There are secret sentries within a hundred miles of Luokou Cang. If officers and soldiers come, those secret sentries will notify the defenders of Luokou Cang in advance. Now even the secret sentries have not responded. There is such a fast troop. Approaching, needless to say, it must be an enemy rather than a friend. The soldiers immediately split up. Some ran to beat the war drums on the city wall, some rushed to the Luokou warehouse to inform the commander, and one person tried his best to move toward The following shouted: "Quick, quick, pull the suspension bridge quickly, pull the suspension bridge quickly,"
Because it is so important, the city defense of Luokou Cang is even far better than that of Xingyang City. It is directly comparable to the city defense of Dongdu and Xidu. Not only is the city wall tall and solid, but a deep and wide moat is even dug outside the city wall. , there is only one exit in the entire Luokou warehouse, but there is a special suspension bridge to pass through it.
In fact, even if there were no reminders from the soldiers on the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city gate had discovered the soldiers and horses early. Almost at the same time as the voice on the city wall shouted, the suspension bridge was also pulled up. As the suspension bridge was pulled up. , Luokou Cang is also completely cut off by a moat, and visitors cannot rush directly to the city wall even if they want to.
The sudden appearance of the army, following the sound of war drums on the city wall, quickly rushed to the outside of Luokou warehouse. They were all wearing standard armors. The dozens of people leading them were even equipped with fine war horses. When they saw the suspension bridge being blocked, After that, the army did not forcefully launch an attack. Instead, it stopped advancing outside the suspension bridge and formed a formation. A military flag fluttered in the wind in the army's formation, with two large characters written on it: "Wagang".
"Wagang Village, it's Wagang Village." Seeing that military flag, the soldiers on the top of the city all got into a mess. The battle a few months ago was still fresh in their memories. It was Wagang Village. The army almost captured Luokou Cang. Although they finally defended Luokou Cang, the defenders were still full of fear of the soldiers and horses of Wagang Village.
"What's going on? Why are you panicking? Why are you panicking?" A shout rang out from the top of the city. A general was seen striding up to the top of the city. It was Lieutenant General Liu, the deputy general of Xingyang City. He was the deputy general of Xingyang City a few months ago. In the First World War, the defenders of Luokoucang suffered heavy losses. Even the general who commanded the defenders of Luokoucang was killed in the battle. After Zhang Xutuo arrived in Xingyang, he also made a series of appointments and sent Deputy General Liu to Luokoucang. Guards, Deputy General Liu shouted like this, and finally stopped the panic on the top of the city. Immediately, Deputy General Liu came to the female wall at the top of the city and looked outside the city. When Deputy General Liu saw the "Wagang" "After these two words, his expression also changed. However, it was because of Deputy General Liu's courage that Deputy General Liu was sent to Luokou warehouse by Zhang Xutuo. Therefore, Deputy General Liu was just shocked, and soon returned to his normal expression. He said calmly. He shouted: "What are you afraid of? They are just thieves from thousands of Wagang Village. Don't forget, a few months ago, those tens of thousands of thieves from Wagang Village were unable to capture our Luokou Cang. As long as we If you defend the city, the thieves will not be able to attack it. If anyone comes, light up the smoke."
After Lieutenant General Liu calmed down the defenders with a sullen face, he immediately ordered his men to light up the smoke and notify Gong County, the nearest county. Lieutenant General Liu himself knew very well that tens of thousands of people came a few months ago. Attack Luokoucang, but the vast majority of them are the rabble attached to the Wagang Village. The real direct soldiers of the Wagang Village are probably only more than a thousand people, and the thieves outside the city now , just looking at the equipment, you can tell that they are all real bandits from Wagangzhai, and they cannot be compared with the bandits that besieged Luokoucang a few months ago.
Anyway, after a few words from Lieutenant General Liu, the defenders on the top of the city gradually regained their composure and began to set up a defensive formation on the top of the city. Three hundred archers held bows and arrows and leaned against the female wall. The arrows were aimed at the enemy outside the city, and behind the archers, there were more than ten artillery pieces lined up, all loaded with kerosene bombs, waiting for the enemy to launch an attack and launch a counterattack at the same time.
However, the thieves outside the city did not seem to have the intention to launch an attack so quickly. Among the dozens of thieves riding horses in front of the military formation, a young general wearing black armor stepped out, holding a sword, and majestically Looking at the city wall of Luokoucang in front of him, he shouted loudly: "I am Xu Shiji, the general of the Wagangzhai rebel army. Now that our Wagangzhai rebel army has arrived, why don't you open the city gate quickly to welcome the rebel army? If you wait for the rebel army to break through the city, I will show no mercy to you,"
Xu Shiji, when he heard this name, Lieutenant General Liu's heart immediately tightened. Although he did not know Wagang Village as well as Zhang Qingyu, he had heard of Xu Shiji's name and knew that Xu Shiji had helped Wagang Village with his own strength. After capturing Shangqiu, this man was the most powerful general in Wagang Village. Immediately, Lieutenant General Liu shouted to his left and right: "Be careful, the opponent is Xu Shiji, don't underestimate the enemy. If the opponent dares to approach, shoot arrows immediately."
Xu Shiji shouted outside Luokou Warehouse for a long time, but did not get any response. He couldn't help but sneered and shouted: "It turns out that Luokou Warehouse is full of gutless rats. Humph, since you have no guts, why should you sacrifice your life for that dog emperor?" , If you don’t open the city gate quickly, how long will it take?”
Hearing Xu Shiji's sarcasm, Lieutenant General Liu couldn't help it anymore. He shouted towards the outside of the city wall with a red face: "Assholes, you group of unjust people who have no father and no king, how dare you act so recklessly again? Wait until the army general If they do, your Wagang Village will be razed to the ground, huh, we have General Zhang Xutuo to counter the rebellion..."
"Hey," before Vice General Liu finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of breaking through the air among the cavalry behind Xu Shiji, and then, a black shadow flew out from it, targeting the people on the top of the city. Lieutenant General Liu just shot it, and the arrow was very fast. By the time Lieutenant General Liu reacted, the arrow had already reached Lieutenant General Liu's face. Lieutenant General Liu was frightened, and hurriedly turned his head to the left, feeling a stab of pain. Pain shot up from his right ear, and the arrow flew straight out with a trace of blood, and finally pierced deeply into the flagpole behind Deputy General Liu. Deputy General Liu screamed, covered his ears and fell directly to the ground. On the ground, the blood flowed out from between Lieutenant General Liu's fingers, and in a blink of an eye, Lieutenant General Liu's right arm was dyed red.
Outside the city wall, Xu Shiji couldn't help but be stunned by this situation. He obviously didn't know about it. After a while, he turned his head, glared at the group of people behind him, and shouted: "Wang Bodang, who asked you to do this?" Those who commit villainy are despicable,”
As Xu Shiji cursed, a general slowly walked out from among the cavalry, holding an ox-horn bow in his hand. It was Wang Bodang who had followed Li Mi to Wagang Village. Wang Bodang First, he raised his head and glanced at the top of the city. He happened to see Vice General Liu standing up with the support of the soldiers. He couldn't help but frown. Originally, Wang Bodang's facial features seemed to be squeezed together. Now he is so frowning. , which was even more weird. Immediately, Wang Bodang pulled out another arrow from the quiver on the saddle. He quickly bent the bow and nocked an arrow with his right hand. He had already aimed at the top of the city and was ready to fire another arrow towards the top of the city. One arrow.
Dang, there was a crashing sound, and a cold light flashed, but it directly cut off the arrowhead of the arrow in Wang Bodang's hand. Then, the cold light stayed at Wang Bodang's throat again. Wang Bodang He frowned and lowered his head towards Xu Shiji, who was holding the sword in his hand. However, there was no reaction on his face, as if the sword was placed on someone else's neck. He said unhurriedly: "General Xu, what do you mean? ,"
Xu Shiji stared at Wang Bodang with an angry face and shouted loudly: "Wang Bodang, I ask you again, why did you do this villainous thing? I was talking to the enemy general, but you stabbed someone in the back. You don't want to It's all about your shame. If you do this, won't you ruin my reputation? Don't think that you can do whatever you want with the support of the secret minister. If you don't have a good explanation, I will still kill you with one sword."
Wang Bodang glanced at Xu Shiji indifferently, but was not shaken by Xu Shiji's threat at all. Instead, he turned around and asked: "Wagangzhai is a rebel army against the imperial court. I shot a dog official of the imperial court." , do you need any explanation?"