Chapter 526 Qingzhou Victory
The Liangshan Army was actually not considered to have lost too badly in Qingzhou this time, because their overall plan was broken by Sun Tu from the beginning, and the surprise soldiers who thought they were killer moves were discovered early and were under the control of the government.
So when Zhu Wu secretly joined hands with the leaders last night to decide on the strategy of disrupting Qingzhou City, the government also learned the news at the first time, and quickly guessed the goal they selected this time from the previous rules of appearing in the city, so they made corresponding arrangements and just waited for them to step into the trap themselves.
In fact, the granary, government office and city gate have already set up a military net. No matter where they choose to attack first, they will have only one fate, that is, they will be captured in one net. Zhu Wu's approach of splitting troops into two groups for peace has reduced his strength, resulting in the possibility of them not even being able to resist and escape.
After taking down all the spies in the city, Huang Wenbing interrogated them on the spot. The others were quite tough. Even in the face of threats, they still refused to tell the contact method with the Liangshan Army outside the city. However, Zhu Fu was more afraid of death than them. After Huang Wenbing caught the flaws and threatened them, he finally couldn't stand it and gave the secret code.
In this way, there was a good show tonight's game of asking you to fall into the trap and closing the door to beat the dog. Even though the Liangshan army had more soldiers and horses, they could only be beaten passively in such a desperate situation. The arrows and stones falling above their heads killed them in large numbers. Some people tried to climb up from under the city wall, but found that there was no place to borrow power there, and the city wall four or five feet high was not something that humans could fly up.
So, screams and scolding kept ringing from the wall city, but no matter how they shouted, one fact could not be changed, that is, the Liangshan army would inevitably be wiped out by the entire army.
After seeing this scene in the city, Lin Chong couldn't help but sigh softly: "Senior Brother, don't blame me for not telling my love back then. I have given you a chance. If you refuse to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, you can only die in humiliation as a traitor, which will make the entire Lu family shame you!"
Lu Junyi, who was still waving long sword blocks under the city, seemed to feel Lin Chong's thoughts, suddenly looked up and shouted sternly: "Lin Chong, if you are a man, come down to fight me. If I, Lu Junyi, win, let me go, and these brothers. If I lose, I will lose my life to you, what if?"
Seeing that Lin Chong seemed to say something, Huang Wenbing smiled and said, "Lu Junyi, do you still want to survive by dying with such aggressive generals? We have given you a chance, and now there is still a chance to survive. As long as you put down your weapons and kneel on the ground, you can never die. Otherwise, this urn city will be where you are burial!"
When he said this, the stones were still smashing down. One of the stones as big as a sea bowl attacked the arrow, and used the old Yan Qing's head to scare him to scream. Fortunately, Lu Junyi, who was on the side, quickly looked and swung his knife to block this time. However, the hundreds of pounds of force also slowed down his movements, and the arrow shot from the slanted thorn hit the shoulder and let out a muffled groan.
"Master..." Yan Qing was anxious when he saw this, hurriedly stepped forward to protect Lu Junyi, and said with a remorse, "It was Xiao Yi who implicated the master..."
"It's okay, it's just a minor injury." Lu Junyi didn't take it too seriously. He broke the arrow shaft. Regardless of the pain in his body, he waved the long knife again and swept the falling arrow stone. But Yan Qing didn't think so. He suddenly said, "Master, it's better to surrender now than to die here in vain."
This proposal made Lu Junyi silent, but he was also a little moved. After all, he had just arrived in Liangshan, and had not established too deep feelings with Song Jiang and other brothers, and he did not have much sense of belonging to the village. So he had to hold on before, just felt that he owed Song Jiang and the others the life-saving grace. In addition, as the sense of responsibility as the chief general of the entire army made him unable to bow his head. But looking around, looking at the only six or seven hundred people left, he knew that he had really reached a desperate situation this time. If he did not surrender as he wanted, the two thousand men would have died here.
After a silence, he finally bit his teeth and suddenly shouted: "Okay, let's put down our weapons and surrender, you can stop attacking first."
As soon as these words were said, everyone above was very happy and hurriedly ordered people to stop the attack of arrow stone. The Liangshan army below were also stunned for a moment, and several leaders looked at Lu Junyi with complex expressions. In fact, they had already thought of surrendering and saving their lives, but they were just not easy to say for a while.
"Everyone abandoned his weapons and knelt on the ground, holding his hands on his head!" Lin Chong's voice sounded again above. Even if there were not many enemies left, he did not dare to relax at all.
Everyone in Liangshan was silent for a while, and after looking at each other, some minions began to throw the weapons in their hands on the ground according to the above intentions. For these people, loyalty to the mountain village is not as good as their own lives. As long as they can survive, surrender is not a problem at all.
But the leaders' movements were much slower, so they naturally had some concerns. What if the government army killed themselves after giving up resistance?
"Hurry, I'll count to ten. If there are any more people who refuse to abandon their weapons, we will think that you are surrendering!" Huang Wenbing continued to put pressure on them, forcing them to surrender as soon as possible: "One-two-!" Then he counted without any hesitation.
Faced with such pressure, the leaders of the city finally couldn't hold on anymore. First, Chai Jin, then Xiang Chong, Li Gun... These newly-entered leaders who had just entered the mountain put down their weapons one step ahead, and they had completely lost the courage to struggle.
Seeing this, Lu Junyi sighed softly. He had no intention of fighting again at this time, so he could only put down the knife in his hand.
But at this moment, just as Huang Wenbing above counted the seven characters coldly, a series of screams suddenly sounded on the outer wall, and then there was a riot. Before the two sides on the city could react, a rumbling sound rang out again. The huge iron gate that had fallen down and blocked the Liangshan Army's retreat slowly rose, and then a voice sounded on the outer wall: "Mr. Lu, take your brothers away from here!" It was Han Tao's voice!
Han Tao and the others who were blocked outside did not leave, but were thinking about ways to turn the situation uptown and turn the situation around.
Facts proved that this Liangshan army, who was left outside, was still capable. With the ropes they carried with them, while the official army on the outer wall only focused their attention inside and ignored their existence, these people actually quietly climbed up to the outer wall more than seven feet high, and then assassinated many official army under the cover of the fighting sounds inside.
It was not until Lin Chong and the others called for a stop to fight that their actions were exposed because of the screams. But at this time, they had already found the winch mechanism that opened the key gate. So Han Tao asked someone to open the door quickly, yelling downwards, notifying them to leave immediately.
Lu Junyi and others, who were already unsure of the surrendered officials, no longer hesitated when they saw that there was a way out behind them and turned around and ran towards the city gate. This made the officials in the city very angry. With the loud orders of several generals, arrows and stones flew downwards with a more violent momentum than before. At the same time, Lin Chong personally led a team of men to attack the outer city along the overpass.
A good plan to wipe out the enemy army was actually failed because someone stole it, which naturally made it difficult for Lin Chong to accept. He had to kill or take down all of these enemies.
Soon, Lin Chong and the others met Wei Dingguo, Peng Qi, and other leaders of Liangshan who were guarding the outer city wall, and immediately fought together. However, due to their obstacles, Lin Chong could no longer rush to the agency and closed the gate again. The gate had risen to a position that could only allow one person to pass through. Lu Junyi and the others did not hesitate, so they rushed forward at full speed, allowing them to rush into the city gate and out of Qingzhou City.
However, at this time, only about 300 people were left to escape from the sky with Lu Junyi and the others, and they were all injured. After looking back at the outer city wall, Han Tao and more than 100 brothers who were still fighting desperately, but obviously unable to turn the sky, many of them had the idea of killing them back to rescue them.
But at this time, Lu Junyi whispered loudly: "It's too late. When we go back, we will only waste their sacrifices. We will leave the green mountains and leave without worrying about burning firewood. We have to go back alive to avenge them!"
Some people were still hesitating, but there were sounds of killing sounds in the city. It was obvious that the defenders in the city had gathered and were about to rush out of the city to chase them. At this time, the Liangshan army had already lost all their fighting spirit and everyone was injured. Naturally, it was impossible to confront the elite Qingzhou army with this little bit of troops. So in the end, they could only make up their minds and no longer consider saving people. They ran to the dark wilderness ahead.
When the defenders in the city rushed out under the leadership of Shi Qian and others, the Liangshan Army had long disappeared outside the city. Because of the dark sky, they could not tell which direction they were escaping. Finally, following the principle of not pursuing the defeated enemy, the Qingzhou Army did not continue to pursue the risk of pursuing the city, so they could only temporarily retreat to the city.
Although the battle was not done in full force and the duck that had come to his mouth flew away, it was still a joyful victory. In this battle, the Qingzhou army not only defended the city, but also defeated the conspiracy of the Liangshan bandits, severely damaged the invading enemies, killed and captured two thousand enemies, and captured more than a dozen Liangshan leaders. It was a rare victory and also avenged the brothers who had lost their lives at the foot of Liangshan!
Chapter completed!