The red sun sets in the west, dyeing the clouds on the horizon blood red.
Gao Lian looked at the rows of ladders, trench-filling trucks, lookout trucks, overhead cranes, and hook-and-crash trucks that had been built outside the city, as if he had also seen the end of his own blood splattered on the top of the city.
I originally thought that Liangshan was just a ragtag group of people. As long as the city gates were closed and a thousand people defended the city, Liangshan's troops could not move forward.
Unexpectedly, the soldiers and horses of Liangshan actually built so many siege equipment. Looking at the many men and strong men mixed in on the city wall, it seems as if the soldiers and horses outside the city are imperial soldiers and horses, and the defenders are just a mob.
With so many siege engines, I'm afraid it won't be long before the city can't be defended.
The commander who defended the city saw that Liangshan soldiers and horses were still pushing the siege equipment prepared in the distance to the outside of the city. He swallowed and said: "It seems that the Liangshan bandits will attack tomorrow at the latest."
We are attacking the city, but we don’t know when reinforcements will arrive.”
Gao Lian frowned and said: "Normally, Dongchang Mansion and Qizhou soldiers and horses should arrive in the next two days. Could it be that they were blocked by Liangshan soldiers and horses."
The commander glanced at Gao Lian carefully and said: "Maybe they don't dare to send troops to rescue us at all. The Liangshan bandits are in great power. After receiving the letter, they might be so scared that they closed the city gate tightly because they were afraid of the Liangshan bandits.
Go and attack them."
Gao Lian saw that all the soldiers on the city were looking over, and couldn't help but glare at the commander. He was about to scold him, but when he thought about relying on him to defend the city, he barely suppressed his anger and said: "If they don't save me, my brother will not let them go."
.Don’t worry, everyone, as long as we hold on for a day or two, there will be reinforcements.”
The soldiers in the city also knew that brother Gao Lian was a Taiwei, so they felt a little relieved.
"Okay, keep an eye here and don't let the soldiers slack off. Maybe the Liangshan bandits will suddenly attack the city tonight."
Gao Lian explained again, then turned and walked towards the city.
Walking to a place in the city where no one could see him, Gao Lian couldn't help but show a trace of worry on his face. Although his brother was a Taiwei, if others only sent three to five hundred soldiers and horses to deal with the errands, they would probably be surrounded by Liangshan soldiers and horses.
If he can't break through, how can he be saved?
If I had known this, I should have abandoned the city and fled when Liangshan soldiers and horses blocked the four gates.
When Gao Lian was regretting his mistake, he heard someone on the city shouting: "Sir, it seems there are reinforcements."
Hearing this, Gao Lian quickly turned around and ran to the city's head. He saw a group of people two or three miles outside the city heading towards the city with dust, and there were many soldiers and horses chasing them behind.
When they were about to reach the city gate, the Liangshan soldiers and horses who had blocked the city gate came forward to meet them again.
The commander finally saw the reinforcements, but they were blocked again. He couldn't help shouting: "No, we are blocked again, and the pursuers are coming up soon."
Gao Lian also clenched his fists and looked at the mass of soldiers and horses outside the city, hoping that reinforcements would come into the city so that more soldiers could defend the city.
As long as we persist until the Daming Mansion army comes to rescue us, then the Liangshan bandits will be destroyed.
When the pursuers behind him were about to catch up, the reinforcements finally broke through the intercepting Liangshan troops and rushed toward the city gate.
The commander hurriedly shouted: "They are coming out, quickly open the city gate to let them in"
Gao Lian hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, have you seen their flag clearly?"
"They are Dongchang Prefecture soldiers and horses. Zhang Qing recognized the military flag. I have long heard that he has bravery that no man can match. He personally led the troops to rescue. No wonder he was able to break through the siege of Liangshan bandits."
Gao Lian had also heard of Zhang Qing's name. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Open the city gate and let them in. The archers on the city will intercept the pursuing troops."
Chao Yong mingled among the soldiers and horses of Dongchang Prefecture and couldn't help but be overjoyed as he watched the Gaotangzhou Suspension Bridge being lowered slowly.
This fighting show finally opened the city gate. Although many soldiers were injured in order to make the performance more realistic, the casualties were still much smaller than those during the siege.
"boom"
The suspension bridge landed with a crash on the edge of the moat, and the city gate inside was also opened.
Zhang Qing led the soldiers and horses of Dongchang Mansion and swarmed in.
"put"
The commander at the top of the city saw that the pursuers had also entered the shooting range of the archers on the city. With an order, thousands of arrows were fired from the city, and arrows with cold gleams rushed towards the pursuers in Liangshan.
Although there were not many soldiers at the top of the city, there were many strong men who were driven into the city by Gao Lian. As long as there were enough manpower, the city would not lack bows and arrows.
In order to train a soldier strong enough to protect him during the Liao expedition, Gao Lian obtained many weapons through Gao Qiu. Only the divine arm crossbow, a sharp weapon of the country, was strictly controlled by the court and could not be deployed privately, but ordinary weapons
There are many bows and arrows.
"ah"
"ah"
The Liangshan soldiers and horses who were chasing too fast suddenly burst into screams.
Ou Peng pushed aside a few bows and arrows, and saw that his soldiers and horses fell on the city under the bows and arrows. He quickly turned his horses' heads and shouted: "Retreat."
Gao Lian saw Liangshan's pursuers stop their pursuit on the city, and then walked to the inner city.
After Zhang Qing led his troops into the city, he led Chao Yong up to the city.
Gao Lian saw Zhang Qing, who was leading the way into the city, walking up to the city with a group of young generals. He also walked to the entrance of the corridor and waited for them to greet him.
"Last General Zhang Qing..."
As soon as Zhang Qing opened his mouth to speak, Chao Yong had already rushed forward.
When Gao Lian saw Chao Yong rushing towards him, he felt something was wrong and when he tried to dodge, Chao Yong grabbed his neck. He felt difficulty breathing and rolled his eyes.
Chao Yong's hand relaxed slightly and said: "Let everyone in the city put down their weapons, otherwise you will not be able to see the sun tomorrow."
Gao Lian took a few deep breaths, then felt that the God of Death was farther away from him, and hurriedly shouted: "Put down your weapons."
When the soldiers who had gathered around heard this, they couldn't help but look at the commander.
Chao Yong stared at the commander and said: "Those who surrender will be spared death, and those who resist will not be killed."
"Changlang"
The commander saw that Dongchang Mansion soldiers and horses were already rushing towards the city. He also knew that the defeat was certain, so he directly threw down his weapons and tied up his hands.
Seeing this, the soldiers at the top of the city also threw away their weapons.
Zhang Qing led his men up to take control of the city, and assisted Liangshan's army to enter the city.
Chao Gai led the army into the city. On the one hand, he went out to calm the people and had the law enforcement team patrolling the streets to prevent anyone from harming the people. On the other hand, he led the people to rescue Chai Jin from the prison.
When everyone came to the prison, at the same level, all the prisoners had escaped, and there were only thirty or fifty criminal prisoners.
When the prisoners in the cell saw a group of big men with weapons suddenly coming in, they were so frightened that they hid deep in the cell.
"Chai Daguanren"
"Chai Daguanren"
After everyone screamed for a while, they saw a beaten and bruised prisoner struggling to the cell door and saying, "The official was captured just now."
Chao Yong quickly asked: "Where was he captured?"
"I do not know either"
Wu Yong heard this and said, "I think Gao Lian's fellow has already ordered us to go find Gao Lian."
After Wu Song heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Gao Lian is very vicious. If Mr. Chai makes any mistake, I will cut him into pieces."
Seeing everyone turning to leave, the man hurriedly shouted: "We are relatives of Chai Daguan. Please save us, heroes."
When Chao Yong heard this, he remembered that there were still Chaihuangcheng old and young children who were imprisoned, and hurriedly asked people to let them out. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Piaotian Literature to be a registered member to recommend this work,