Seeing everyone staring at him dumbfounded, Shao Yan did not give any explanation, but quietly whispered into Cheng Yong's ear and asked him to prepare the necessary items. Cheng Yong nodded excitedly...
After a period of time, seven or eight black shadows suddenly flashed out from under the Changqing City Tower. With the help of the faint starlight, they slipped under the city gate as quickly as possible. The leader took a bag and placed it at the city gate.
The edge, and then quickly left the present together with the others, and lurked on the edge of a small slope not far from the city gate. Their movements were very skillful, and the whole process took less than a minute.
At this time, a gust of south wind blew in the sky, and the late-night autumn wind brought with it a hint of chill. The Liang soldiers who were on sentry duty on the tower were already extremely sleepy. They held their bows and arrows to their chests one by one, and leaned against the guardrail to shoot.
They snored, and in their sleep, they seemed to see countless sky lanterns floating above their heads, and only heard someone shout, "The sky lanterns are coming again."
When the Liang soldiers opened their eyes listlessly, they realized that all this was not in a dream. Someone complained: "Damn it, they came here more than ten times a night and exhausted us to death."
"It's just, it's just that these Donglin ghosts are really troublesome. How can we put up sky lanterns properly? We can't even sleep peacefully," another soldier complained.
"Okay, don't complain so much. We, the errands, just do what we say above."
The soldiers sighed and shook their heads, then picked up their bows and arrows and aimed them at the approaching sky lanterns.
'Whoosh - whoosh - whoosh -' Hundreds of arrows were shot at the sky lanterns in mid-air. Just hearing the sound of 'pop, pop, pop', those sky lanterns exploded instantly, and released a thick
Thick smoke, mixed with the smell of lime powder and chili powder
Under the influence of the gusts of autumn wind, the smoke rushed directly to the tower. Due to the sudden incident, Liang Jun's soldiers had no time to prepare, but they were choked by the pungent smell and started to sneeze. Their eyes were filled with chili powder.
They couldn't help but shed tears under the stimulation. They couldn't care less about shooting sky lanterns at this moment. They quickly threw away the bows and arrows in their hands and ran into the city to wash their eyes. The tower was in a mess for a while. There was the sound of weapons falling to the ground and soldiers crying and shouting.
Mother's voice, the sound of someone falling, and more of the noisy footsteps
At the same time, the figures lurking behind the short slope straightened up suddenly when they saw this scene. They were Shao Yan, Cheng Yong, Chang Yixiao, Dong Tianyuan and Tan Shijie.
Shao Yan looked up at the chaotic scene on the top of the city tower, especially the fussy look of the soldiers, which made him ecstatic. Damn it, I want you to try what it means to "wash your face with tears." Haha.
"Now is a good time to attack the city. Cheng Yong, blow open the city gate for me immediately. Chang Yixiao, you are responsible for notifying the follow-up troops to attack the city immediately. Dong Tianyuan, Tan Shijie, you two each lead 500 archers to ambush Nan.
Beside the north gate, prevent them from evacuating from the north gate, everyone split up and go quickly."
After "De Ling" Chang Yixiao and others left, Cheng Yong tightened his bow string and shot a flaming arrow at the city gate. There was only a loud "collapse" sound, and a big hole was blown out of the city gate.
Damn, what a copper and iron wall, but that's it. Shao Yan had heard how strong the city gate was before, but he didn't expect that it could be blown open casually. It seems that the power of explosives should not be underestimated. Alas, it's a pity that there are no red cannons in this era.
Otherwise, I can destroy this place with one cannon.
The moment the city gate was blown up, Shao Yan and Cheng Yong rode on tall horses and led the four masters to forcefully rush in. Faced with this sudden attack, the Liang soldiers who were defending the city couldn't resist it. Some of them were even killed in their sleep.
With his life taken away, Cheng Yong held Fang Tian's painted halberd, which weighed more than forty kilograms. Once Liang Bing passed by, either his brains would be scattered on the floor, or his head would be missing. The four masters used it
Scimitar, no matter how many soldiers are ahead, as long as they gently intercept it, the opponent will be decapitated.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die." Although Shao Yan was afraid of death, this time even he didn't know where the courage came from. While shouting to embolden himself, he swung his sword and killed and chopped down everyone he saw.
, he had never seen scenes of hand-to-hand fighting like this on TV before, but he never thought it would be so exciting to experience it in person.
After a fierce fight, the defenders of the city were dying and fleeing. Shao Yan ordered four masters to rush to the city to lower the suspension bridge. Soon, Zhao Zijian, Yuan Chang, Li Guangyou and other generals led an army of 50,000 to lift the bridge.
They rushed over with torches, and the mighty team successfully attacked the city. The entire Changqing City suddenly erupted in killings, with shouts, screams and the sound of weapons clashing everywhere.
The Liang Jun sentries on the city tower were busy cleaning their eyes. When they saw the Donglin brigade attacking the city, they quickly picked up their weapons to resist. Cheng Yong was the first to bear the brunt. He led his troops directly to the top and killed everyone upstairs in a short time.
Sentinel, occupied the east gate
Donglin's army moved from the east gate to the south gate. Jin Dingguo, who lived in the south gate, couldn't help but feel eclipsed by the news, and hurriedly summoned troops to counterattack. However, it was late at night, and most of his soldiers were awakened from their sleep. Regardless of their physical strength,
In terms of thinking, they are far inferior to the prepared Donglin soldiers. In addition, they underestimate the enemy very much, so they are no match for the Donglin soldiers.
In desperation, Jin Dingguo had to gather a dozen masters in black and tried to retreat to the North Gate and West Gate while fighting. Although these two gates were weak in defense, they were directly connected to the reinforcements outside. After all, these two gates were weak in defense.
The surrounding area is full of Nanliang troops. As soon as there is any disturbance in Changqing City, the reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible. For this reason, Shaoyan sent Yuan Chang and Li Guangyou with 10,000 troops each to the north gate.
Chasing and interdicting with the west side
Donglin soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought. Although Liang Jun claimed to have 70,000 to 80,000 troops in the city, they seemed a little unable to fight in the middle of the night. They fought and retreated with Jin Dingguo. Shao Yan led Cheng Yong, Zhao Zijian and others in pursuit.
Reluctant to leave
The two armies clashed, not only fighting with swords but also fighting with bare hands... The entire Changqing City fell into chaos. The streets and alleys were filled with the sounds of cocks and dogs barking, and the people within a radius of dozens of miles were awakened from their dreams.
The lights quickly came on in every house, but no one dared to open the door for fear of causing unnecessary trouble. They just looked at the situation outside through the crack in the door. When they learned that the Donglin Army had occupied Changqing City
, each one felt happier than the other, thinking that this time I would finally be able to live a peaceful life for a few days.
The battle lasted for more than three hours, until dawn broke. Donglin's army successively occupied the east gate, south gate, and north gate. Jin Dingguo originally planned to retreat from the west gate, but archers from Dong Tianyuan and Tan Shijie blocked the gate.
, Shao Yan and others were watching eagerly. After several fierce battles, most of the Liang soldiers in the city were killed or injured. Now Jin Dingguo does not even have 30,000 people around him.
"Jin Dingguo, you have been surrounded. It is better to surrender as soon as possible. Our Donglin Kingdom will not kill prisoners." Cheng Yong and Zhao Zijian led the army to approach the west gate, but were blocked by Liang Jun under the city gate. Jin Dingguo was surrounded by more than a dozen black-clothed
Accompanied by the killer, he huddled on the tower and dared not come down.
"If you don't come down, don't blame us for being rude." After that, Cheng Yong made a gesture, and the large team behind him moved forward step by step. Zhao Zijian led another group of people and started to attack Liang Bing from the edge.
Due to the flanking attack, Liang Bing had to take a few steps back.
Seeing this scene, Jin Dingguo hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute, I want to talk to your emperor."
"Bastard, who do you think you are? What qualifications do you have to see our emperor?" Zhao Zijian cursed angrily. In contrast, Cheng Yong's attitude was more easy-going. He raised his head and said to Jin Dingguo: "Fat Jin, you have
If you have anything you can tell us, we will convey it to the emperor for you."
Jin Dingguo snorted coldly: "I'm afraid you two can't make the decision." After saying that, he pulled out a strange woman from the tower and casually held a knife across the woman's neck. Cheng Yong and Zhao Zijian exchanged blows.
stunned
The woman was around eighteen to nineteen years old. She wore a golden bun with eight treasures and pearls on her head. She was wearing a light blue gauze dress. The white robe underneath was looming, and she had an emerald flower-strewn crepe skirt at the hem.
Fat, with lips like cherry blossoms, and picturesque eyebrows, indescribably soft and delicate, but with a hint of resentment in her expression.
"Jin Dingguo, what do you mean?" Zhao Zijian said disdainfully: "You want to scare us just by finding a random woman. Are you too fanciful? Come on, come on."
"Stop!" Cheng Yong shouted, and the soldiers did not dare to step forward. Zhao Zijian walked up to him and said coldly: "General Cheng, the emperor asked us to capture Jin Dingguo alive. Do you want to resist the order?"
Cheng Yong looked at the woman upstairs, then lowered his head and said to him: "General Zhao, Fatty Jin has a hostage in his hands, and his life is at stake. We can't just die without saving him."
"What's the matter of 'human life is at stake'? I think he is desperate. You can't be merciful when dealing with such people. Could it be -" At this point, Zhao Zijian's eyes shot out a sinister smile: "Could it be that General Cheng has taken a fancy to that young lady?"
No? This matter is not easy to handle. Look at this woman wearing red and green. She is probably Jin Dingguo's wife. You are a dignified general, but you will not have the idea of taking someone else's wife? You need to let the emperor know, then -
"
"Shut up, I don't think as much as you do." Cheng Yong interrupted him angrily and said: "No matter what you say, I saved this person today. Even if the emperor blames me, I will bear the responsibility alone."
Jin Dingguo smiled contemptuously: "How is it? Have you two generals thought about it?" Seeing that the two men lowered their heads and said nothing, he continued: "Actually, I don't have any other requests. Either you let me go, or let this girl go with me."
I will die together, but I am afraid that your emperor will not agree."
"Don't fart there. This girl is not acquainted with us, and she has nothing to do with us even if she dies." Zhao Zijian glared angrily.
"Hahaha..." Jin Dingguo laughed wildly and said: "Interesting, so interesting. I didn't expect that your country also has such a ruthless general. This is completely inconsistent with the top emperor of your country. In my mind, Mr. Shao is
A passionate young man"
Cheng Yong said angrily: "Fat Jin, you don't need to change the subject. Just let the woman go first. We can discuss everything else."
"It's easy to discuss?" Jin Dingguo looked at him suspiciously and smiled faintly: "Can you make the decision? Even if you are willing, I'm afraid the general next to you won't be willing either."
This sentence touched the hearts of Zhao Zijian and Cheng Yong. The two people were at odds with each other. Cheng Yong hated Zhao Zijian for his petty behavior, and Zhao Zijian was jealous of his military talents. The two of them were incompatible with each other.
"Fat Jin is Fatty Jin. Not only is he despicable, but he has also learned how to sow discord. Shao is deeply impressed."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shao Yan came into view riding a tall horse. Chang Yixiao, Dong Tianyuan, Tan Shijie and other generals followed closely behind him.
"General, I will see you at last, long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!" Cheng Yong, Zhao Zijian and all the soldiers knelt down and shouted
"Everyone, get up." Shao Yan waved his hands calmly, looked up at Jin Dingguo, and laughed: "It seems that Brother Jin is really at the end of his rope. Some people say that only incompetent men in this world use women as cover. Now Shao finally finally