Lucheng County is less than sixty miles north of Zhaode City, which is really close in terms of distance.
As the general who defended the city, Chi Fang had been doing every day since he sent out the emergency report, which was to gather the soldiers who had escaped from Zhaode City, repair the city walls, and cheer up the soldiers.
The original garrison of Lucheng County was less than 5,000, but the number of soldiers who escaped from Zhaode City had long exceeded the original number of garrison. Chi Fang did not spend much effort to gather 15,000 men.
But soldiers alone are of no use, you must also have morale.
This is actually Chi Fang’s biggest headache.[
News came from the south that Qiao Daoqing had not shown up after surrendering to the Song Army, and that Zhaode City was completely given to the Song Army by Sun An, and he also killed all the original defenders in the city, including Sun Qi.
Can morale get any better?
Many soldiers were ready to continue fleeing until they fled back to Weisheng Prefecture, or simply went home to farm. Chi Fang was so helpless that he had to issue a death order, saying that no one was allowed in and no one was allowed out. As long as they were soldiers entering the city, you couldn't even think about it.
Go out again.
They distributed food in excess of the quota, talked to encourage them, and Chi Fang tried all kinds of tricks, but morale was still not good.
Another thing that gave him a headache was that he was the only general in the entire Lucheng County. It would not be too much to say that he was a polished commander. He did everything personally and started working as soon as he opened his eyes every morning and stayed busy until he went to bed at night.
Chi Fang had the idea of abandoning the city and escaping, but he always felt that it would be unreasonable not to confront the Song army.
Besides, urgent military information has been sent out. We can’t wait for the reinforcements to arrive and find that Lucheng County has been lost, right?
Therefore, what Chi Fang is mainly supervising these days is the repair work of the city wall. Only by repairing the city wall can it be possible to confront the Song army.
Although the Song Army did not appear as expected, Chi Fang knew that the Song Army was resting before a full-scale attack, and his own Lucheng County was their first target.
Thinking of this, Chi Fang's mouth felt as if it had been stuffed with walnuts, so bitter that he could not speak.
Just when he felt that he could no longer hold on, the spies reported that the Song Army was marching towards Lucheng County!
"How many people are there?" Chi Fang became more energetic and seemed to be looking forward to it.
"About thirty thousand people."
The spy's answer made Chi Fang feel like a drowning man grasping a straw, and he saw a glimmer of possibility.
The Song army did not attack in full force, so these 30,000 people must be their vanguard.
Relying on the city wall, Chi Fang felt that he could still confront the Song army for a while.
So Chi Fang issued the order without hesitation: "Ask all soldiers in the city to get ready!"
Just when the soldiers thought that Chi Fang was about to prepare for a decisive battle with the Song army, Chi Fang said again: "Everyone go to the south gate wall! If anyone goes out to fight privately, behead him!"
The soldier couldn't help but glance at Chi Fang with contempt.[
You are the only general in the entire Lucheng County. Who else but you would dare to go to war privately?
"Report, there are still eight miles away from the south gate of Lucheng County."
"Explore again!" Lin Chong, the leopard leader, said to Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming after hearing the spies' report: "We will definitely win a big victory with this march! Take Lucheng County and open the way for the army to advance!"
Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming smiled: "The guard only has one side of the pond, how many waves can he make? Qin's mace was knocked away by him!"
These two vanguards led the army to attack Lucheng County under the orders of Generals Ximen Qing and Guan Sheng; Lucheng County had already been captured, and Lin Chong's deputy generals Huoyan Suanni Deng Fei and Moyun Golden Wings Ou Peng no longer had to guard Huguan.
He was transferred back to the army, together with Qin Ming's deputy general Zhen Sanshan Huang Xin, for a total of five generals and 30,000 troops.
They had no doubts about taking advantage of the victory to capture Lucheng County. Starting from Gaizhou, under the command of Ximen Qing, they fought with overwhelming force. Their morale was high. All the soldiers had the idea of victory and felt light on the road.
A lot.
"Set up camp five miles from the south gate!" Lin Chong ordered: "Deng Fei, Ou Peng, you two each lead 500 cavalry, and first go to explore Lucheng County's situation."
Deng Fei and Ou Peng received the order and led the cavalry to rush north. From a distance, they saw the gates of Lucheng County were closed, and there were many figures on the city walls. They did not see any generals. Only the Northern Army soldiers were in groups on top, looking at them.
Come, point, and talk.
Deng Fei and Ou Peng both rode their horses to a stone's throw away. Deng Fei waved the chain and shouted: "Ask Chi Fang to come out and speak!"
After calling several times, no one answered. Deng Feinai stepped back, and Ou Peng stepped forward and shouted: "The heavenly soldiers have arrived, why don't you open the city and surrender? Even Zhaode City can be easily captured, let alone you."
Such a small city?”
In a moment, Chi Fang appeared on the city, with a yellow face and black beard, holding on to the battlements, and shouted: "I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people! If Sun An hadn't betrayed him, how could you have captured Zhaode City!
Even this little Lucheng County, you can't take it down! If you don't believe it, just come and attack it!"
Ou Peng sneered after hearing this: "Strong words! If we don't surrender early, when the army arrives, even the city will be crushed to pieces!"
"Try it if you dare!"
Seeing that Ou Peng's horse was approaching, Chi Fang ordered him to take the bow and arrow, and hid behind the city wall. When the arrow was on the string, he suddenly appeared, pulled the bow string like a full moon, and shot at Ou Peng!
Is Ou Peng afraid of it? With his sharp eyesight and quick hands, he took the arrow in his hand and said with a smile: "It is not a hero to shoot cold arrows in the dark! Just take one of my arrows!" He took off the gold-painted bow hanging next to the saddle without even taking aim.
"Hu" shot back with an arrow!
Chi Fang hurriedly dodged, and the arrow hit the throat of the soldier beside Chi Fang, and immediately penetrated him. The soldier fell on his back without saying a word. Seeing Ou Peng's superior archery skills, all the Northern soldiers on the city wall hurriedly
Looking for a place to hide, it turned into a mess for a while.
Taking this opportunity, Ou Peng and Deng Fei slowly retreated and came back to tell Lin Chong: "That Chi Fang has decided to defend and refuses to fight!"
Lin Chong didn't say anything, but Qin Ming, the thunderbolt next to him, said angrily: "It's so annoying to shrink back like this."
Huang Xin from Zhensanshan applauded and said with a smile: "Teacher, why do you need to worry? Do you remember the old things in Gaizhou Prefecture?"
Qin Ming laughed and said: "That's right, just like in Gaizhou Prefecture, scold the head that shrinks into a turtle!" [
Lin Chong also smiled and said: "If Lord Supervisor were here, he would probably do the same thing."
Huang Xin was a veteran at this. He selected one or two hundred people from the army who had been scolded by Gaizhou Prefecture. When he came to the city the next day, he did not say anything and just started scolding. The Northern Army soldiers on the wall of Lucheng County would still do it at first.
After a few retorts, the scoldings became more and more unpleasant and came in all kinds of tricks. The Northern Army soldiers couldn't bear it anymore, so they went to ask Chi Fang to come out.
Chi Fang listened for a moment, barely vomiting blood, and hurriedly cut off his sleeves and stuffed them in his ears, but the sound of cursing still came.
The soldiers of the Northern Army were excited and asked for battle one after another, but Chi Fang refused.
At this moment, the people below got angry and started to scold. They took off all their clothes and yelled: "The whole city is just full of women. They don't even dare to come out to compete. If you have the ability, you can kill grandpa's bird! If you don't come out,
When grandpa goes to the city, I’ll ask you all to stick your butts out and take turns to taste grandpa’s big bird!”
These words were very vicious. If Lucheng County did not go to war, all of them would become pussies, and their assholes would also be exploded. How could the Northern Army soldiers endure it? Even the Northern Army soldiers guarding the city gate wanted to open the city gate and rush to kill them.
Go out and chop those scolding Song soldiers into pieces and trample them into pieces.
Chi Fang couldn't control it. Seeing that the soldiers' morale was high after being scolded, and seeing only a few hundred people outside the city, he ordered 3,000 men and horses, opened the city gate, and rushed out!
Huang Xin, who was in charge of Sanshan Mountain, saw movement at the city gate and said with great joy: "I'm not afraid of you coming, but I'm afraid you won't come out!" He ordered the Song soldiers to retreat, and he pretended to be defeated, turned his horses and left.
Seeing this, Chi Fang hurriedly rode up to catch up. Huang Xin turned around and saw that the enemy army was two or three arrows away from the city. He ordered his soldiers to wave the flag. Suddenly there was a cannon shot on the left and five thousand soldiers and horses rushed out. Lin Chong, the leopard head, was in the center.
Deng Fei and Ou Peng, who were beside him, came over like an overwhelming force.
"There's an ambush!"
Chi Fang secretly complained, seeing that the Song army was gaining momentum, how could he dare to fight against it? The soldiers of the Northern Army were stunned and didn't know what to do. Lin Chong's team was extremely fast and had cut off Chi Fang's retreat.
Chi Fang could do nothing, so he beat his horse and headed east, planning to bypass the city and go back through the east gate.
Who would have thought that Huang Xin asked his soldiers to raise the flag again, and five thousand soldiers and horses rushed out with the sound of a cannon on the right. Qin Ming, with thunderbolt fire, mobilized his horses and blocked Chi Fang's way.
Chi Fang couldn't do anything on either side, so he looked up to the sky and shouted: "Is it possible that my fate will be cut off today?"
Before the cry ended, a mace fell from the sky with sharp nails. It turned out that Qin Ming's horse was very fast and he had already arrived in front of the pool.
Chi Fang was shocked. Before he could lift the sword in his hand, he asked Qin Ming to hit him with the mace, and the body was planted under the horse.
The morale of the Northern Army soldiers was high, but when Chi Fang died, all of them just wanted to lose their legs and dispersed in a rush.
Qin and Ming led their troops along the city to chase the remaining soldiers, and Lin Chong took the opportunity to seize the city gate.
Unexpectedly, a group of men and horses flew out of nowhere in the west of the city. The leader's face was as dark as water, and he held a wind-splitting sword in his hand, blocking Lin Chong's path.
"Uncle Wu Li is here! He wants to seize the opportunity to seize the door. It's a wishful thinking!"
Lin Chong knew that reinforcements from the Northern Army had arrived, and was about to step forward to fight. Next to him, two cavalrymen, Deng Fei and Ou Peng, rushed out to fight Wu Li.
people.
The three cavalry were entangled in one place, and Lin Chong couldn't make a move, so he had to move aside. The iron chain in Deng Fei's hand was a strange weapon, and he and Ou Peng cooperated tacitly. Wu Li could only resist, but had no ability to fight back.
, had no choice but to fight and retreat.
Deng Fei and Ou Peng were greedy for credit and chased closely; Lin Chong, the leopard head, saw that Wu Li still had some strength left, secretly said "no," and hurried over.
Unexpectedly, a knight came out of the army behind Wu Li. It was a young general. He had a painted halberd in his hand. He went to take a stone from the brocade bag next to him, looked at Deng Fei, and hit Deng Fei with a stone. It hit Deng Fei's ear, causing pain.
He almost gave up the iron chain in his hand and hurriedly fell into his saddle and fled.
Ou Peng was shocked when he saw this. With a feint, he turned his horse's head and retreated with Deng Fei.
Lin Chong, the leader of the leopard, caught up. The young general moved his hand and hit him with a stone. Lin Chong, with quick eyes and quick hands, flicked the stone with the handle of his spear, and the stone flew away.
Seeing that the young general had not succeeded, he still hid in the army. With one move of Wu Li's broadsword, the Northern Army soldiers came to kill him like a tide. Lin Chongnai, afraid of the young general Shi Zi, led his army to retreat slowly, and waited until they returned to the camp.
Looking at Deng Fei, there was such a big black patch beside his ear that he almost went deaf.