Sun An in this city was originally from Jingyuan, Shaanxi Province. He was born with a height of nine feet and a waist of eight girth. He was quite knowledgeable about tactics and had extraordinary physical strength. He learned excellent martial arts and was accustomed to wielding two iron swords. Later, in order to avenge his father,
Killed two people, abandoned his home and fled because of the urgent pursuit by the government.
Later, I heard that my friend Qiao Daoqing from the same hometown was under Tian Hu's command, so I went to Wei Sheng and took refuge with Qiao Daoqing.
Qiao Daoqing also knew some boxing and sticks, and learned some deceptive Taoist techniques, and became a national teacher under Tian Hu. Qiao Daoqing also knew that Sun An was brave enough to be worthy of all men, so he recommended him to Tian Hu. Later, Sun An went to war
If you have meritorious service, you will become the commander-in-chief of the Jin Kingdom.
When Tian Hu learned that Prince Daliang was coming to help, he was afraid that Wu Li would be defeated, so he sent Sun An to help.
After Sun An received the general's order, he led ten generals and 20,000 troops and horses to assist Xiangyuan.
The ten generals are:
Mei Yu, Qin Ying, Jin Zhen, Lu Qing, Bi Sheng
Pan Xun, Yang Fang, Feng Sheng, Hu Mai, Lu Fang
All ten people were given the post of ruler.
Sun An knew that Daliang had gunpowder to break the city, and the walled city was not enough to rely on, so he did not prepare to hold on, but prepared to go out of the city to fight and drive back Daliang's troops.
Therefore, they did not set up camp outside the city. Instead, they entered the city with their troops and horses, preparing to rest for a night, and then leave the city to defeat the enemy the next day. If they wanted to hold on, they would set up a camp outside the city to compete with each other.
However, the barracks in the city could not accommodate so many soldiers and horses, so Wu Li drew several squares for Sun An to camp. The people in these squares had fled, and the few people left behind were invited away by Wu Li.
When Tian Hu first raised his army, he looted wantonly. Later, when he was ready to become king, he stopped robbing the people. However, in order to expand his territory, he recruited troops on a large scale and had 200,000 soldiers. There were also a large number of officials who were not working. The people of Hedong
The burden was extremely heavy, so there were always many people fleeing.
When the beams reached Longde Mansion, most of the people in Xiangyuan fled for fear of being affected by the war. It can be said that the entire Xiangyuan City has ten rooms and nine empty houses.
That night, Wu Li held a banquet to entertain Sun An, but Sun An only tasted it briefly, so he left with his generals on the grounds that he would go to battle tomorrow. Wu Li had no choice but to break up the banquet.
The place where Sun An lived was the house of a wealthy family who had escaped. There were dozens of houses, large and small. Sun An's soldiers were all crowded in this courtyard.
By the time of the third watch, Xiangyuan City had already fallen into darkness. Apart from the soldiers patrolling the city, only a small group of soldiers and horses were left patrolling the city.
Ye Qing led a group of confidants to stand on the south wall, staring outside.
The surrounding fields have long been shrouded in darkness. The shrill cries of nocturnal animals in the past have disappeared today.
Suddenly a torch was lit in the darkness and swayed from side to side.
A soldier said: "They are coming."
Ye Qing nodded and said: "Put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate."
"yes"
Several confidants personally ran to the winch and started turning it.
A harsh "squeaking" sound sounded in the night and spread far away.
Ye Qing saw him and hurriedly led his confidants to the city.
The city gate has been opened. But the suspension bridge is very slow.
"What are you doing?"
When the suspension bridge had just been lowered halfway, a loud shout rang out in the city.
Ye Qing turned around and looked, but it was a group of patrolling soldiers from the city who heard the sound and came over. The patrolling soldiers in the city were soldiers and horses under Wu Li's command.
"Fire the arrow."
When Ye Qing saw that the matter was revealed, he didn't say much, shouted loudly, and ordered the arrows to be fired.
The archers on the top of the city immediately fired their bows and arrows at the patrolling soldiers below.
"Beep beep"
Although the rain of arrows from the city knocked down most of the soldiers who came, the people behind still blew the bronze whistle. The sharp whistle suddenly resounded through the night sky. The soldiers patrolling nearby came one after another, and the city was also in a commotion.
When Ye Qing saw this, he couldn't help but became anxious and hurriedly shouted to the city: "Hurry up and lower the suspension bridge."
Outside the city, Chao Yong, Guan Sheng, and Hua Rong were lurking in the darkness. When they saw the city gate open, they were gearing up to fight.
"Kill"
When Li Kui heard the loud police whistle in the city, he suddenly became anxious, wielded his axe, spread his legs and rushed to the suspension bridge.
Chao Yong was also afraid that Li Kui would make a mistake, so he said to Guan Sheng: "Kill, when you see the enemy gathering, use fire and thunder."
"Kill"
Guan Sheng shouted loudly and led the people to rush inside.
The soldiers behind saw the general charging, and immediately rushed in with loud shouts, and the sound of killing was loud for a while.
In order to use fire and thunder to frighten the soldiers and horses in the city, all the people charged and killed were infantry.
When Li Kui rushed to the moat, the suspension bridge was still three or four feet high from the river bank, but it no longer hindered the charge.
"kill"
Li Kui stepped onto the suspension bridge in one big step and rushed into the city. When he saw Ye Qing and others blocking the way, he immediately rushed towards them with his axe.
However, Ye Qing led people to guard the city in case the soldiers and horses in the city came to block the city gate.
Hearing Li Kui's roar, he was also startled. He turned around to see Li Kui's fierceness and bad intentions. He hurriedly ordered the people around him to get out of the way, and at the same time shouted: "I am Ye Qing."
Li Kui heard Ye Qing's shouting and saw that these people were hiding on both sides. Without stopping, he danced with two axes and went to kill in the city.
Guan Sheng led his soldiers and horses into the city. When he saw Ye Qing standing beside him, he said: "Lead us to the military camp to kill."
"good"
When Ye Qing heard from the camp, he led Guan Sheng to the military camp in the east of the city to kill him.
After walking not far, we bumped into a group of patrolling soldiers coming towards us.
Guan Sheng shouted: "Fire Thunder."
Several soldiers behind him immediately lit fire mines and threw them towards the street in front.
Before the soldiers on the opposite side could react, they saw several flashes of fire, followed by several loud noises, and the soldiers in front were blown to pieces.
Although the sound of killing was loud, the sound of fire and thunder explosion still shook the entire city.
The two soldiers at the back who were lucky enough not to die saw the people in front being blown to pieces and wanted to turn around and run away, but their legs were so frightened that they could only stay where they were and let Guan Sheng kill them.
In the city, Qiongying had already put on her helmet and armor. When she heard the midnight announcement on the street, she rushed to the cell behind the Yamen with a few of her female soldiers.
I met two patrolling groups along the way, but no one dared to ask about the princess.
When they arrived outside the prison gate, the sound of killing was already loud in the city.
When the soldiers guarding the cell heard the loud killing sounds in the city, they were all panic-stricken. When they saw Qiong Ying arriving, they asked, "What are you doing here?"
Qiong Ying said: "Da Liang soldiers and horses have entered the city. My uncle is afraid that Qin Ming will be rescued by them, so he specially asked me to take him."
The two guards were eager to leave as soon as possible so that they could escape. Qiongying was the uncle's daughter. Hearing Qiongying's words, they did not doubt his presence and immediately let Qiongying and others in.
The little cellman in the cell just assumed that the guard outside had already passed the token, and without asking any further questions, he hurriedly brought Qin Ming out.
Qin Ming was awakened from his sleep by the sound of being killed, and was taken out of the small prison. When he saw Qiong Ying, he couldn't help but smile and said: "My troops from the Liang Dynasty have come in. Please abandon your weapons and surrender early to avoid risking your life when captured."
Qiongying didn't say much, she just asked the female soldier to take Qin Ming away, and asked for the key to Qin Ming's shackles.
When we got outside, the guards outside had fled somewhere.
Seeing that there was no one around, Qiongying hurriedly said: "Quickly let go of General Qin."
Qin Ming allowed the female soldier to open the shackles and said, "Is it possible that you have surrendered my beam?"
Qiong Ying nodded and said: "Uncle Ye and I have surrendered the main beam, and Uncle Ye has already sent a large army into the city. I have offended many people in the past few days, and I hope the general will forgive him."
It was not easy for Qin Ming to argue with a woman, not to mention that Qiong Ying released him and said with a smile: "Since we have become generals in the same court, the past is over."
Qiong Ying handed an extra waist knife to Qin Ming and said: "The general's weapons can't be found for a while, so let's make do with them for now. Let's go and meet the large group of people."
Qin Ming took the waist knife and said with a smile: "Okay."
Everyone came to the street and headed towards the south gate.
Before they had gone very far, they saw dozens of people retreating in panic, followed by a big man covered in blood and killed.
This group of people didn't see Qin Ming's appearance clearly. They just saw Qiong Ying and a few female soldiers and hurriedly shouted: "Princess, leave quickly, this big man is fierce."
Qin Ming had already seen the person coming and said with a smile: "That person is Li Kui, a murderer in Liangshan."
After saying that, he charged into the retreating crowd with his sword drawn.
When Qiongying saw this, he had no choice but to lead his men to follow him and start fighting.
The group was caught off guard and several of them were cut down. When they saw that Qiong Ying had also rebelled, they immediately shouted and fled.
When Li Kui saw Qin Ming, he shouted: "Do you know where the Yamen is? Let's go kill the high officials."
When Qin Ming heard this, he turned around and said, "That's the Yamen over there."
"Kill"
When Li Kui heard that the Yamen was in front of him, he shouted and rushed towards the Yamen.
When Qin Ming and Qiong Ying saw them, they had no choice but to follow them and kill them. (To be continued)