The door was locked, and the soldiers ascended the city. Facing thousands of Yanqi who were marching lightly and without even carrying siege equipment, it was just a trivial matter to defend the Red City. It was almost certain that this battle would be won without a fight...
…Yan Qi didn’t even know how to try. When he saw the garrison in Hongcheng, he was surprised and turned his horse away;
If the four gates were opened wide to lure the Yan army into the city, the city guards would be confident that the invading Yan cavalry army would be wiped out. But if a fight started inside the city, it would inevitably affect the people. But more importantly, would Nan Li dare to do this?
The Yan army only mobilized a large battalion, not to destroy Nanli, but more to show off its power... In this case, the first option is quite satisfactory. Anyway, Zheqiao Pass is over. But Nanli was slapped, and it was too hard to grit his teeth and bear it.
It's a coward; but the second option is to wave and slap Dayan back. Emperor Jingtai in Zoucheng may not treat it as a tie.
Even though he knew that there was not much time and could not be delayed, Prime Minister Zuo was still hesitant. It was not until Song Yang stepped forward and whispered something in a voice that only he could hear that Mr. Hu suddenly woke up and made up his mind to defend the city.
: "The revenge of Broken Bridge Pass must be avenged. Open the door, turn off the lights, pretend to be a corpse to lure the enemy. The enemy will be alive, so ordinary soldiers go and kill them!"
The city guard's eyes flashed with joy, and he immediately ordered the captain behind him: "Take the prisoners on death row in the prison, and the Yan people in the city, and kill them all after changing their clothes. Remember, it is strangulation, no blood or wounds!" The dead city needs dead people to dress up, and there is no such thing during the war.
Innocent, it doesn’t matter if the Yan people in this city were abandoned by the Yan State first, and then killed by Nan Li!
Mr. Hu turned his head and nodded to Song Yang: "Thank you sir for your advice."
What Song Yang just said was just two words: antidote.
The rain has not stopped, and Zheqiao Pass and Hongcheng are both "epidemic areas". The fact that the Yan army dared to come shows that they are not afraid of this "waterlogging epidemic". The reason is that they have taken medicines that can fight the plague in advance.
If you think about it more deeply, what happened today was definitely not just a fight between two city gates, but a terrifying "big killer weapon" appeared in Dayan's hands. No matter which angle you think about it, Nanli must find a way to restrain it.
The solution must be to find an antidote, otherwise the days to come will really be unsatisfactory.
Capture the enemy general and search for the antidote...
The people in Nanli didn't know that Jingtai's dog was dead, so they naturally couldn't figure out why Dayan suddenly attacked Zheqiao and Hongcheng. However, Song Yang, Prime Minister Zuo and others could probably guess that in this tragic disaster at the border, at least
It hides the Yan people's purpose of 'testing medicine'.
Song Yang did not take credit: "If I didn't remind him, Mr. Hu would have thought of it."
Prime Minister Zuo was not too polite and asked another matter of concern: "A serious epidemic has been raging at Zheqiao Pass...this...must have an antidote, or how long..."
The wording was not good for a while, but Song Yang understood what he meant and replied: "If it doesn't stop raining, the epidemic virus will not dissipate. If the sun rises and the sky is clear, it will only take six hours for the epidemic virus to disappear without any attack."
, there’s no harm in going to that place again.”
The seven battalions of Yan Nan are all named with the word "Duo". From the word "camp", we can easily see Yan's thoughts on Nanli. Among the seven military camps, the most elite one is the one closest to Nanli.
The 'Capture the Mountain Camp'.
More than half a month ago, a Yan caravan suddenly arrived. The leader of the caravan looked amiable, but he held an imperial edict in his hand and a tiger charm hidden in his arms. The commander of the Duoshan camp, Jiang An, was not
Dare to be negligent, he hurriedly asked the emissary to take his seat and bowed down to accept the order. But after the emissary explained his intention, Jiang An was stunned... He wanted to seize the mountain camp and prepare for battle. He attacked Zheqiao Pass by himself, without any supplies, backup or baggage.
Deployment?
With his large battalion, no matter how elite his soldiers were, it would be a fool's errand to attack Zheqiao Pass by force. But that wasn't the end of it. The secret envoy actually asked him to capture the Red City after conquering Zheqiao Pass.
But the tiger symbol represents military power, and the words of the secret envoy are military orders. Jiang An had no room to speak except to receive the order loudly. In the end, the secret envoy said, "Be patient and wait for my order. This matter is confidential and must not be disclosed to the outside world."
In order to avoid leaking the news, even the commander-in-chief of your Pozi Seventh Battalion, the General, was not allowed to say anything, so he returned to the caravan and set off to Nali again.
Three days ago, the secret envoy returned to the camp from Nanli, and still asked the army to wait. The military envoy did not interfere, and all preparations were left to Jiang An. Until the heavy rain hit yesterday morning, the emissary looked happy and took out the prepared weapons.
The good hourglass began to count the time, and at the same time Jiang An asked: "How many soldiers are there in total?"
Jiang An reported truthfully: "Two thousand people stay in the base camp, and 18,000 elite troops go out at any time."
The emissary nodded and ordered the followers behind him: "Eighteen thousand people, go and get it done." Then he looked at Jiang An and said: "You need to take medicine before going on the expedition, and the general must cooperate in this matter."
The secret envoy unloaded a box of goods from the caravan, which was filled with spicy yellow medicinal powder. The medicinal powder was dissolved in water and distributed to all the soldiers participating in the war to drink... When the last grain of sand in the hourglass fell, the military order was immediately transmitted
Come out, seize the mountain camp and attack directly at Zheqiao Pass!
Jiang An never imagined that it would be like this: the iron gate of Nanli Xiongguan was ajar, and a corpse with hands strangling its throat and blood-red eyes was lying in the mud... It was like this all over the city.
Thunder was rolling in the sky, heavy rain was pouring around him, and the hurried footsteps of large groups of soldiers and horses were rumbling around him. It was a complete chaos, but Jiang An only felt silent, as if he was in a deep and dark place.
But soon, the consternation turned into ecstasy, and the fear turned into excitement. It turned out that everything had been planned beforehand, and it was just a coincidence that he met the Jiang case, and he received a great achievement that fell from the sky!
According to the advance preparations, the army that captured the mountain camp was transformed into small teams, and under the leadership of the commander, they ran through the streets and alleys to plunder the entire city.
The secret envoy also sent this small team deep into the city. Jiang An understood that this was not something he should know, so he only ordered his subordinates to cooperate fully. Soon after, the report came that the military flag at Zheqiao Pass had been torn down from the top of the city, and the Nanli Army in Guanzhong
Yin Ye was found from the military garrison. At this time, the team directly under the command of the secret envoy also returned. They brought back a package, which looked quite bulging and could hold half a person.
The most important things had been found, and the secret envoy did not want to wait any longer, so he whispered a few words to Jiang An... Soon the military order was passed, the mountain-capturing camp was divided into two, and the cavalry department gathered around the general and left.
Zheqiaoguan rushed to Hongcheng at full speed, while the infantry brigade stayed on the spot and continued to search.
The Hongcheng City Guard had an estimate of the cavalry of the Yan Duoshan Camp. In terms of quantity, his guess was extremely accurate. The Duoshan Camp had exactly six thousand cavalry. However, in terms of quality, the Hongcheng City Guard underestimated the number.
He defeated the opponent—among the Mountain Seizing Spirit Cavalry, there was also a Thousand Hong Spear Heavy Cavalry.
It was an underestimate, but it was also an overestimate. Needless to say, the heavy cavalry were terrifying, but they were not good at running quickly, so they were all left in the camp without being brought out. There were only five thousand Yan cavalry who rushed towards the Red City.
On the way, Jiang An was in high spirits. The patrolmen on the flanks of the garrison reported several times. On the way, he found a hidden Nali outpost. He didn't pay attention to it. He shouldn't pay attention to it. What would happen even if the outpost sent out a message to inform Hongcheng?
Hongcheng is already dead!
Dawn has not yet arrived, but the Red City is in sight.
Corpses lay everywhere inside and outside the north gate of the Red City. In the rainy night there was endless carnage, a tragic scene of a raging epidemic.
First, the sentry team entered the city to investigate. After a while, a signal was sent back. There was nothing abnormal near the city gate. There were no living people, only dead bodies. Then the sentry team galloped towards the depths of the city to investigate, but Jiang Case did not wait any longer...
At the bridge pass, he had used a sentry to investigate carefully. At that time, the secret envoy showed disdain. The more careful he was in seizing the mountain camp, the more he could not trust the emissary.
Zheqiao Pass is enough to prove the secret envoy's skills, and the Red City in front of him is exactly the same as Zheqiao Pass. The situation is so obvious that there is no need to explore further. General Jiang gave an order and a large group of troops entered the city.
It was still broken into pieces, and the secret envoy team was still acting alone, but this time... Not long after entering the city, a cannon horn shook the dead city, and the crossbows were like locusts, covering the night, and countless Nanli Jian soldiers were in hand.
Holding sharp blades, they appeared out of nowhere and swarmed to kill them. In the blink of an eye, the shouts of killing resounded throughout the Red City!
'The Yan thieves poisoned the city and wanted to kill the whole city. Fortunately, Prime Minister Zuo and his strange men saw through the plot, and the Red City was saved'; 'Zheqiao Pass in front did not have such good luck, and the entire army was wiped out';
"The Yan people are so proud that they are rushing to Hongcheng." A series of news spread among the Nanli army. After learning the truth, the soldiers were shocked, angry, and hateful. They no longer used their officers to boost morale. There was only one thought in their hearts.
Thoughts: It is a great blessing for the Yan people to come.
The mountain was undefended, but the red city was well prepared; the Yan people were panicked, and Nanli's morale was skyrocketing; the cavalry was not good at street fighting, and the city garrison knew the terrain well, and the number of people was three times different. The Yan people were scattered in formation, exhausted, and were hit by a rain of arrows first.
...It was a complete one-sided massacre.
How could this place be so silent and dark? It was clearly a fiery purgatory! Jiang An was shocked and turned to look at the emissary beside him: "Don't worry, sir, I will escort the emissary out of the Red City to the death!" After saying that, he was about to call on the remaining soldiers to break out.
Unexpectedly, the emissary shook his head indifferently: "We can't retreat. There is something that we must take back. General, please protect us."
The secret envoy raised his hand and showed the tiger talisman again, and said coldly: "Jiang An listens to the order. Gather the remaining troops and storm the Red City Army's garrison." After saying that, he turned over and dismounted, turned around and shouted at the few followers he had brought: "Follow me.
Come!"
The few followers around him were always dressed in merchant uniforms, and there was no need to change their clothes at this time. They followed closely beside the emissary and rushed toward the center of the city together.
Jiang Ben then shouted: "The military order is here, good brothers, follow me to kill, and march into the southern barbarian army to defend!" Hundreds of Yanqi seized the most elite troops in the mountain camp, and shouted in unison to follow the general in the other direction.
The army garrisoned and killed...
There was a melee in the city, with roars and screams mixed together. Mr. Hu and the city guard sat firmly in the military garrison, listening to the battle reports that kept coming in. When they learned that the remnants of the Jiang case were charging towards the military garrison with all their strength, the Hongcheng city guard
He said to Prime Minister Zuo: "Don't worry, sir. They have no chance of seeing the wall of this big house."
Mr. Hu showed a cold smile, "The mad dog that jumped over the wall can be beaten to death, as long as you remember to leave the dog's head." Then the smile became gentle again, and he said to the city guard: "General, you have made great achievements in this battle, I will do it for you.
Report to the emperor to ask for merit for the general."
"Don't dare to take credit for things that are part of your duty. What's more, if the prime minister hadn't stationed in Hongcheng, the general would have died long ago."
Mr. Hu smiled: "General, you are humble. Song Yang and you each have their own merits, and neither can be denied." When he mentioned Song Yang, he suddenly realized that he had left his side, and he did not know when he left.
Don't know where to go.
And Shi Xiaoxiao is not here either. He must have left with Song Yang. Mr. Hu frowned and said, "General, please inform the brothers and sisters in the city to pay attention to Shi and Song. They are outstanding men in the dynasty and must not be injured by the war."
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The city guard immediately issued an order. In addition to searching for the two strange men, he also ordered the soldiers in the city to step up the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's leader.
It is inevitable that there will be a 'just in case' in the army, so take it as early as possible to save worry.
While the two officials in the Red City were talking, Dayan's secret envoy took advantage of the cover of the night and the buildings to leap forward in a circuitous way and approach the center of the Red City. Although the group was small in number, they were all very skilled and could sneak silently like the wind.
Obviously he has profound cultivation skills.
However, no matter how careful you are to avoid the enemy, you will inevitably encounter several head-on encounters with Nanli soldiers, rush to kill, and escape... With their excellent martial arts and Nanli soldiers, they shift their focus to Jiang An's desperate army. The secret envoy is finally safe.
While the hands around him continued to break, he finally arrived at his destination:
The place where Shi Xiaoxiao ruined the temple was located, and where Song Yang noticed the harbinger of floods and epidemics, was the most prosperous street in the Red City.
The fierce battles in the city were basically concentrated at the north gate, and Jiang's case was located far away from here... The merchants and servants in the shops had already been evacuated, and the empty long street gave off a strange depression. The emissary quickened his pace,
They went straight to the tree where the half-body body of Doctor You was found a few days ago, but just when they ran to the place and before they had time to dig, a voice suddenly came from above their heads: "Don't look for it, it's not here."
As soon as he finished speaking, the light of the sword suddenly rose and rolled down from the tree crown!
A dark red dagger with a rounded arc and a slender blade.