At the foot of Luyang City, Zhu Kui saw from a distance that Gan Ning was taking the lead, scaling the wall and killing several people. The stronghold was slowly becoming stronger, and he felt happy in his heart.
At this moment, he found that many soldiers had fallen under the city wall. He turned around and tried to get up, but after struggling for a few times, he became motionless and allowed the friendly soldiers to step on the corpses and climb the city wall. After thinking about it, he said: "Guan Hai.
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"My subordinate is here."
A middle-aged man wearing bronze armor came out and answered.
"Order Wang Cheng and Zhou Tai to retreat, and you can lead your own troops and five thousand soldiers from the central army to replace them. We will capture the city within three hours."
"Here!"
When Guan Hai saw other people killing the enemy and making meritorious deeds, he was already ready to move. He quickly took the order and ordered his troops. The Chinese army's formations staggered across the city. An infantryman shouted to kill and rushed to the city. He was raised again and fell to the ground.
The ground and cloud ladders kept climbing, and the pressure on the city defense suddenly increased.
"Brother Zhu, why did you give Guan Hai a chance to make meritorious deeds? This man looks like a wolf with white eyes at first glance."
Shu Shu'er, who disguised herself as a woman, had never liked Guan Hai. When she first saw him, she felt that he was too murderous and that one day he would be the master of trouble.
"Haha, the general doesn't want to burn down some troops. Our army has already reached the top of the city and the situation has stabilized. But after all, the opponent has eight thousand thieves. With Gan Ning's troops, we will suffer heavy losses. If we add more troops, not only can we
If the battle is resolved as soon as possible, fewer soldiers will die." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.
"Sir, you're right. Don't be suspicious of the people you employ. I can still take care of Guan Hai. Don't worry."
Zhu Kui looked at Guan Hai who was ascending the city with cold eyes.
At the same time, Gong Du came very quickly. He only ran a few people and led his people to Gan Ning. Suddenly, the soldiers on Taiping Road who were on the verge of collapse suddenly became energetic and gathered around him.
Suddenly, there were screams and chaos, and Gong Du arrived with ferocious force. Several officers and soldiers were slashed horizontally and vertically by him several times, and fell down continuously in response. Soon they were face to face with Gan Ning.
At this time, Gan Ning also saw more rebels coming here. A general killed several of his brothers. After a moment of recognition, he realized that the man who tore up the letter of surrender was the garrison general.
"My sons, follow me, the general of the bandit garrison is right there, kill him."
Gan Ning shouted loudly, his face full of excitement. The officers and soldiers behind him were also affected by the fierceness. They worked together and like a sharp knife, they tore apart the resistance of the ant thieves, leaving flesh and blood wherever they passed.
splash.
Gan Ning rushed in front of Gong Du and smashed the iron rope on his head.
Gong Du saw that Gan Ning looked like a young man, and he was not wearing armor, but he was holding an iron rope. He looked like a black and white man, overwhelming the soldiers who intercepted him along the way, and approaching him. His face turned ferocious, and he raised his long sword high, surging.
All the strength in his body flowed through his hands, and he let out a low roar, holding the handle of the knife, and struck fiercely, and the two of them fought each other.
They saw Gong Du staggering back and bleeding heavily, then he straightened his body and continued to raise the knife.
At this moment, Gan Ning suddenly jumped over and jumped out. In just a few steps, he stepped in front of Gong Du again. He took out the black iron sword from his back and slashed towards his neck. Then with a "boom", the corpse
It fell to the ground, and the head rolled out not far away. It had long since expired, but its eyes were wide open, and it refused to close its eyes.
Gong Du never imagined until his death how such a powerful young man could be killed in two rounds.
Gan Ning took a deep breath and felt that his whole body was soaked. The series of actions were completed in one go, which consumed a lot of energy. He wiped the blood on his face, grabbed Gong Du's head from the ground, held it high in the sky, and shouted: "You generals have already
Die, surrender."
The next moment, the surrounding ant thieves were in an uproar. Seeing that their commander was killed by the young man in front of him as soon as they met, they all fled away. Only a few timid ones knelt down and begged for mercy.
The news of the general's death in battle spread quickly, and the subsequent fighting became much easier. Guan Hai's murderous nature was indeed extraordinary as Shu Shu'er said. Anyone on Gan Ning's side who abandons his weapon will be spared his life.
But he didn't even give the opponent a chance to surrender. He cut one sword at a time and used all his military merits...
Three hours later, the city gates were opened wide, and soldiers came out of the city to report to Zhu Kui.
"Master Gan has beheaded the enemy generals and the city. Together with Master Guan, he captured the government office in the city. The rest of the thieves fled into the streets and alleys. The villain respectfully invites the general to enter the city."
"Okay, okay, okay."
After winning the first battle, Zhu Kui was so happy that he said three good words in succession, and the people on the side also congratulated him.
"Instruct Gan Ning and Guan Hai to pursue and suppress the thieves, but they must not kill innocent people indiscriminately and disturb the people."
"Let's go into the city."
When Zhu Kui led his army to the county government office, the battle here was over, and the guards quickly cleaned up the blood stains.
In front of the court, looking at the plaque "Justice and Integrity" hanging high above, I suddenly thought: "I have been in the government office for so long, but why haven't I seen a single official or servant?" I asked to my side: "Why haven't I seen anyone from the government office?"
A soldier who had just participated in the battle here quickly returned: "Report to the captain, Gan, and Guan, the two generals led the villains all the way, but did not see a single official. I don't know why?"
The soldier's answer was quite clear. He was afraid that Zhu Kui would misunderstand that he and others would kill innocent people indiscriminately. Since Zhu Jun's expedition, Zhu Kui repeatedly stressed that after the city was broken, he must not disturb the people or kill indiscriminately.
Innocent people will be killed if they disobey orders.
"Have they all been killed by the Yellow Turban thieves?" Zhu Kui could only think like this. At this time, Zhou Tai and Wang Cheng came in from outside the hall. After saluting, Zhou Tai said: "Brother, the granaries and other important places in the city have been cleared.
Third brother and Guan Hai went to take over the other three city gates, thinking that our army can control this county before nightfall."
"General, Mr. Xi and all the officials are asking for an audience." A soldier outside the hall came to report.
"Official? What's going on? Mr. Xi was nowhere to be seen just now." Zhu Kui was a little confused. He waved his hand and asked Xi Zhicai and the others to come in. Originally, Xi Zhicai saw that Zhu Kui did not need such a trivial report, because he was carrying someone behind him today.
If you meet some people, you must not be disrespectful in front of others in public.
After all, he was now working under Zhu Jun, and he was officially transferred to work under Zhu Kui.
Soon, he saw that Xi Zhicai led a few scribes in. These scribes all had some light bruises and scars on their faces. Before Zhu Kui could ask questions, he explained: "General, these people were originally officials from this county. That thief
After the first Gongdu captured Luyang County, he killed several county magistrates on the spot, and after beating the rest of the officials, he expelled the government offices and the army took full charge of all affairs in the county."
It turned out that after Xi Zhi came to the county government office, he noticed that the house was empty and felt something was wrong, so he immediately explored the area. Coincidentally, he soon met one of the people who was in the county government office.
After the man who did the work knew everything, he and the old government officials gathered earlier to see Zhu Kui. They actually knew that the officers and soldiers had just breached the city, but the soldiers on the streets kept coming and going, and screams were heard from time to time.
I dared to go out, but I wanted to wait until tomorrow to go to the government office to see Shangguan.
"So that's it. I was ordered by General Zhonglang to put down Zhang Mancheng. So two days later, the army will set off again. You can rest assured that I will leave a thousand people to temporarily garrison this county."
It's just that these thousands of soldiers were all injured and eliminated on the battlefield, so we can find a way out for them. These soldiers who have been on the battlefield are far more ferocious than ordinary county soldiers, and they are enough to defend the city.
Zhu Kui said calmly: "Since the previous county magistrate has died, the new county magistrate naturally needs to be appointed by the court, so select one of you to be temporarily in charge of the affairs of this county."
At this time, a person with bruises on his face was elected. This person was called Di Zhen. He was not the highest official, but he was just the swordsman and penman of the county magistrate. It was only thanks to his wit that he begged for mercy from Gong Du and saved everyone.
life.
That night, after Guan Hai and Gan Ning returned, the four of them reported to Zhu Kui the situation of today's battle.
"Brother, Sword and Shield Camp, one hundred and seventy-eight people were injured and fifty-four were killed."
"Third brother, Gongnu camp, 222 people were injured and 69 people were killed."
"Brother, we went to the camp first. We injured 3,217 people and killed 1,456 people."
"General, of the 5,000 people led by Hai, 753 were killed and 1,113 were wounded."
When Zhu Kui heard that war was indeed a matter of death or injury, he had never suffered more than 200 casualties when attacking Peng Tuobo. Today, when attacking a small county town, more than 2,000 people died. This made him skeptical of the attack.
Wancheng was a little worried. He was not worried about not being able to defeat Wancheng, but he was worried that it would cost those 50,000 people an unknown number of lives to be thrown on the cold city wall.
"Move all the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle together for a good burial. The injured brothers must also be taken good care of. You all should go down."