At the top of Yanshi City, the soldiers are trying to take a short rest. It has been two hours since the last enemy attack. According to the enemy's attack habits in the past few days, it only takes half an hour at most. The enemy will The attack was launched again. On the platform in the center of the city, as the commander of the city's defenders, Qin Qiong had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights. Even now that the enemy had temporarily retreated, Qin Qiong still did not dare to close his eyes. He closed his eyes and stared at the camp outside the city. He looked up at the sky. There were about three hours until dawn. There should be only one attack left tonight.
Thinking of this, Qin Qiong couldn't help but smile bitterly. He thought that dividing his troops would make the enemy wary. But he didn't expect that Shan Xiongxin would be so crazy. He only left 5,000 troops in the rear to defend the officers and soldiers outside the city. The remaining 40,000 Many people waited until late at night to attack Yanshi City with all their strength. Fortunately, Qin Qiong reacted quickly and organized the entire city's defense in time. Otherwise, Yanshi City would have been breached as early as three nights ago. Although Wagangzhai suffered heavy losses with this method of fighting, more than half of the 5,000 men and horses blocking the back would be lost after every battle. But the effect was equally outstanding. The remaining troops and horses attacked Yanshi with all their strength. City. It put a lot of pressure on Yanshi City.
In the past few days, Wagang Village has been attacking at night every day. As a result, the soldiers and horses in the camp outside the city were unable to rush to support in time. The bandit soldiers in Wagang Village even took advantage of the night to attack. If Qin Qiong hadn't had an idea, he would take advantage of it. Burning the city wall with kerosene, I am afraid that the enemy has succeeded. Today is the third day of the attack in Wagang Village. Qin Qiong also forced himself to cheer up and must block the next final wave of attacks.
"General Qin, the Duke is here." Qin Qiong had just slapped herself on the cheek several times, using the pain to stimulate herself to wake up. Suddenly, a soldier's shout came from beside her. Qin Qiong couldn't help being stunned and turned her head to the back. Looking up, sure enough, on the stairs to the top of the city, Wan He was walking towards Qin Qiong with a dozen soldiers.
Seeing Wan He suddenly running here, Qin Qiong was stunned for a moment. But he soon recovered. He walked quickly to Wan He, cupped his fists in front of Wan He and saluted, but said eagerly: "My lord, why did you come here? It's very dangerous here. You'd better go back to the city first. Leave it to me. Don't worry."
Wan He looked at the blood stains on the city head and his face turned a little pale. But after listening to Qin Qiong's words, Wan He smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. If this city is destroyed, nowhere will be safe. Don't worry. .I will not interfere with your command of the battle. But, at least, I should stay at the top of the city and watch the soldiers fight bravely to kill the enemy."
Qin Qiong couldn't help but smile bitterly. Others don't know. He still doesn't know. Although Wan He is said to be both civil and military, he is actually incompetent in both civil and military affairs. He can't even lift an ordinary long sword. He can stay here at any time. There may be a hand-to-hand fight on the city top. Isn't that tantamount to death? Qin Qiong advised: "My lord, you'd better go back first and wait until the war starts. There are stray arrows everywhere on this city top. Even I can't see it." It’s safe. You stay here, but I have to distract myself from taking care of you. It’s not good for the battle.”
Qin Qiong had said so. Although Wan He was a little reluctant, he could only nod his head in agreement. However, he refused to leave now. In desperation, Qin Qiong could only accompany Wan He to patrol the city. As he walked, he looked at the various tragic scenes on the top of the city. Wan He's face became increasingly ugly. Finally, Wan He turned his head and looked at Qin Qiong and said, "Uncle Bao, you are the only one here. It won't be a bit difficult. Otherwise, I'll have someone sneak out of the city and call Xingyan and Shixin in to help you."
Regarding Wan He's suggestion, Qin Qiong shook his head and said: "No need for the time being. They stay outside the city. I have other uses. In the past few days, those thieves have divided a small number of troops to block the outside of the city. I want General Pei and his men to launch a surprise attack on the rebels. It is best to defeat the soldiers and horses that resist them in one go. Then they will attack us from the front and back and defeat the rebels in one fell swoop."
At the end, Qin Qiong waved his fist vigorously. He seemed to be very confident in this idea. Wan He beside him couldn't help but sigh. This Qin Qiong is really powerful. Even in such a predicament, he still wants to reverse the situation. Turning defeat into victory. Wan He knew nothing about marching and fighting. But since Qin Qiong said he was sure, he chose to believe Qin Qiong. At least if it weren't for Qin Qiong's method, Yanshi City would have been breached long ago.
Immediately afterwards, Wan He and Qin Qiong chatted again about what they should pay attention to next. They looked at the time. Wan He also nodded to Qin Qiong and said, "Okay. The time is almost up. I will go back so as not to delay it. Your hind legs."
"Master, please don't say that." Qin Qiong felt a little embarrassed when Wan He said it so straightforwardly. She cupped her fists and saluted Wan He and was about to say something. Suddenly Qin Qiong's eyes flashed with cold light. His head turned sharply to the left. He shouted in a deep voice: "Who is it? Come out."
Wan He and Wan He's soldiers were all frightened by Qin Qiong's voice. Wan He subconsciously took a step back. The soldiers around Wan He also showed their weapons and protected Wan He. .And when he followed Qin Qiong's gaze, he found a corner on the top of the city. It seemed that there was no one there. But not long after, the shadow suddenly moved, and a figure appeared strangely. After being beaten by Qin Qiong, the figure was seen running quickly towards the other side of the city. This man's speed was actually not much worse than those rigorously trained elite soldiers.
It's a pity that the person he met this time was Qin Qiong. When Qin Qiong saw the figure showing its prototype, Qin Qiong snorted coldly and suddenly raised his foot and kicked up a small stone. Then the leg was like a whip. It was accurate. The small stone hit the tree. The stone was kicked by Qin Qiong. It flew towards the figure and hit the figure in the blink of an eye. A scream was heard. The person fell to the ground in response.
Qin Qiong jumped up and jumped to the side of the figure. He opened his hands and picked up the figure directly. At this time, Wan He also rushed over under the protection of the soldiers. Seeing The man in black looked like a dead earthworm in Qin Qiong's hands. His whole body was limp and he clearly had no breath. Wan He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Uncle Bao, you beat him to death."
Qin Qiong frowned, but reached out and pinched the man in black's mouth. Immediately, blood flowed directly from his mouth. Qin Qiong said in a deep voice: "He committed suicide. He should be a dead soldier. I just don’t know who sent him to die." After saying that, Qin Qiong just carried such a corpse. His other hand was still touching the corpse. Wan He was also filled with evil thoughts. Han. Finally, Qin Qiong pulled out a letter from the corpse's chest. He frowned and threw the corpse on the ground. When he opened the letter, his face became even more ugly.
Seeing the change in Qin Qiong's face, Wan He also noticed something was wrong. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "Shu Bao, what's wrong? Who wrote this letter?"
Qin Qiong continued to read and said: "This letter was written by Shan Xiongxin himself. It was written to Wang Zhang. It seems that Wang Zhang is greedy for life and afraid of death. He may not be able to keep it when he sees us. He is secretly trying to Contact Shan Xiongxin and prepare to surrender in Kaicheng."
After hearing Qin Qiong's words, Wan He's expression also changed. This Wang Zhang was the prefect of Yanshi City and a member of the Yue King Yang Dong. Wan He did not expect that this man would dare to betray him in battle. Thinking that he almost died. Being betrayed by Wang Zhang without anyone noticing, Wan He felt a chill running down his back. He immediately shouted, "Damn it, I have to kill this Wang Zhang."
"My lord, don't be anxious now." After reading the letter, Qin Qiong stopped Wan He. He raised the letter in his hand and said, "Keeping this royal seal is useful. Later, my lord will give this royal seal to you." Zhang has taken a good look at it. As soon as he sends the next letter, he will snatch it immediately. As for whether Wang Zhang will live or die after that, it will be up to the wishes of the Duke. "
"Uh." Hearing Qin Qiong suddenly say this, Wan He was also a little confused and asked: "Shu Bao, we have intercepted their letters. That Wang Zhang naturally knew that he had been discovered by us. Where can I write another letter? Let’s capture him quickly to avoid any accidents later. Let this damn guy run away.”
"Don't worry." Qin Qiong handed the letter directly to Wan He and motioned for Wan He to read it himself. Then he said: "This letter is just a temporary letter written by Shan Xiongxin to Wang Zhang. Originally, Wang Zhang was planning to open the city gate early this morning. But Shan Xiongxin seems to have something important, so he can't take action today. Shan Xiongxin sent someone to inform Wang Zhang, hoping to ask him to change the time of action. Therefore, Wang Zhang didn't know about this letter. Even if he was If we intercept it, Wang Zhang won't know about it. He will definitely send someone to deliver the letter out of the city tomorrow."
Wan He took a look and found that it was indeed the case. In this letter, Shan Xiongxin first praised Wang Zhang for his knowledge of current affairs. Then he made a lot of promises. Finally, he directly stated that there were important things to deal with tonight. So. Wanted to change the original plan. After reading the content of the letter, Wan He couldn't help but waved his fist and shouted fiercely: "Damn it, this damn Wang Zhang dares to be a kid."
Qin Qiong didn't understand what the so-called "two or five boys" meant, but he could guess that it wasn't a good thing. Then Qin Qiong continued: "As long as we take advantage of this opportunity, we can definitely lure the wolf into the urn and kill the people outside the city in one fell swoop. The thieves were defeated."