Another day was dusk. As the sky became dark, even the cold north wind became more and more raging, blew the flags at the top of Changshu City, causing the hundreds of soldiers guarding here to shivered inexplicably.

A man with an officer looked back at the city behind him, with a little confused look in his eyes: Today is the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, but there is no trace of the atmosphere that should be available in the New Year Festival in the city. The entire county town is almost covered by darkness, and only a few scattered lights remind them that there are still many residents and defenders in Changshu City.

Li Jing was a native of Changshu. Because he could not stand the heavy tax exploitation of the government, he and some of his companions surrendered to Fang La's army, which had been invaded several years ago, and followed the army back to his hometown half a year ago. He also made considerable contributions in this war and was promoted to a captain in the army, with hundreds of soldiers under his command.

But returning to Changshu made him always feel dazed because of this desolation, the city that exists only for combat is not the hometown he is familiar with and wants to return to. Sometimes he even has a little regret. If he had not tried his best to attack the city that day, perhaps this Changshu city would not have become like this today.

However, he did not dare to express such negative and strange thoughts at all, nor did he stay in his heart for long. He quickly calmed down and inspected carefully at the north gate. Especially the three giant crossbows that were said to be transported from Suzhou City, which was the focus of his daily inspection, because this was also the biggest reliance of this small city that could block the tens of thousands of Song troops, and there was no mistake at all.

The torch was also swaying in the cold wind, but it could still shine clearly on the huge cold crossbow. After carefully checking that all its components were not damaged by the wind and snow, Li Jing breathed a long sigh and walked towards the next crossbow.

At this moment, a vigilant shout came from the edge of the city wall: "Who? Stop it!" With this shout, and the sound of bows and arrows pulling the strings came, the defenders on the city were all alert. Many people raised their weapons and rushed to reinforcements quickly.

Even Li Jing turned around quickly and ran over. As soon as the people arrived in front of the city, a subordinate came forward to report: "Capital lieutenant, there was a group of people coming from the front, and they also sent people to approach the city wall!"

Li Jing was also nervous when he heard this. Now the city is short of defenders, and now it is not good for defense at night. If there is really an enemy attack, he really doesn't know how to deal with it. After all, he was just an ordinary farmer half a year ago. In addition to having the strength and a little knowledge of many things on the battlefield, he also had a slight understanding of many things on the battlefield.

However, he was still a person with some experience. He immediately waved his hands and signaled his two brothers to go down the city to report to his superiors. While he ordered people to pull the crossbow away, he shouted: "Who are you? If you don't report your identity or leave, don't blame us for shooting the arrow."

"Is it Li Da? I am Cheng Jiu. Why haven't you seen each other for a few days? You turned your back and refused to recognize others?" The people under the city got closer, as if they had understood the threat at the top of the city at this time. Someone stepped forward and replied loudly. Then, someone brought the torch to a high place and illuminated the military flag in front of their team clearly.

Although almost no one in the city's garrison knew how to read, the style of their own military flag was still very familiar. Some people quickly recognized that one of the flags had many scars, which was embroidered on the flag, Wen Lingda, the garrison general in the city, which made many people feel even more relieved: "It turns out that General Wen is back. You have said it earlier, which has caused the brothers to be futile."

Li Jing also recognized the speaker's identity at this time and immediately cursed: "Cheng Laojiu, didn't you go to the north to fight? Why did you run back at this time? Was it a deserter? Be careful that I will send an arrow to rectify you on the spot..."

"Li Da Stop talking sarcasticly, open the city gate quickly. We were defeated in front of us. General Wen was seriously injured and carried back by us. In less than an hour or two, the Song army was about to come here!" Cheng Jiu seemed quite anxious and did not intend to have fun with him. He immediately started shouting.

This statement shocked the defenders on the city. Many people screamed out loud, looking disbelief. Even Li Jing could not come back to his senses for a while: "There is such a thing, so many of our brothers are defeated? Even General Wen..." He was promoted by Wen Lingda, and he admired this brave and warlike general, but he didn't expect such bad news to come today.

At this moment, he did not dare to be negligent, and immediately ordered someone to put down the suspension bridge, open the city gate and welcome his defeated army into the city. At the same time, Li Jing, who had some experience, still thought of reporting this important news to his superiors, so he sent one person to the command post not far behind to report the news. He himself rushed down the city wall and went to the city gate to wait for General Wen's injury.

After a creaking sound that made people sore teeth, the small gate of Changshu City finally opened slowly, allowing Li Jing to vaguely see the hazy outline of the two or three thousand people standing in front of the suspension bridge. Under the light of the fire, he could clearly see that the armor they were wearing was the same as his, and even some military robes such as Cheng Laojiu standing in front of his head. Just looking at the wounds and stains on their bodies, you can guess what a terrible battle they had experienced before.

"Bang--!" The suspension bridge finally settled steadily on the not-so-rushing moat, connecting the inside and outside of the city gate. At this moment, without the need for the defenders in the city to greet the defeated army, the defeated army was already in an orderly line and quickly ran from the bridge toward this side.

Li Jing, who was about to come forward to ask about the specific situation, suddenly had a pause, and his doubts suddenly arose, staring at the army that was leaning forward: "No... When can our brothers get out of such a neat queue? And after losing... their spirit is much stronger than us, there is a problem!"

When he made a quick judgment in his mind and realized that what was coming was not a real friendly army, the other party had already rushed to the city gate. With the shout of the first person, "Take it!" These soldiers suddenly showed off the crossbow machine that had been behind him. With the bang sound, arrows shot up like heavy rain, and instantly shot dozens of soldiers who were completely unprepared waiting to welcome their comrades to the ground.

Li Jing had only time to turn sideways, but before he could pull out his sword, a burly man rushed to the front, and his fist as big as a vinegar bowl hit his chest. Under the huge force, his fairly strong body was thrown high like a kite with a broken string, and then hit the two brothers behind him. After a bang, his eyes turned black and he knew nothing.

However, this army that suddenly attacked did not stop. After shooting over the dozens of people in front of the city gate in a round of shooting, they suddenly accelerated and quickly broke into the city like a large group of cheetahs. They quickly occupied the control of the city gate and suspension bridge in a familiar way. Then they divided the manpower and rushed straight to the city wall above.

At this time, dozens of defenders left at the top of the city exclaimed as if they were awakened from a dream. Someone wisely chose to release arrows to the enemies who were constantly fighting down. However, the arrow formation created by dozens of people could not pose any threat to the thousands below. In just a short while, hundreds of people shouted and rushed across the suspension bridge and entered the city gate.

When someone finally thought that there were big killing weapons like a bed crossbow, they shouted and asked someone to come and fire together, more than a dozen agile figures had already culled over like leopards. First, a burst of arrows shot towards him, and then they rushed to the front.

Under the rapid attack of these fierce elite soldiers, dozens of defenders on the city were unable to even have the ability to fight back. They were all killed in the blink of an eye, and the city gates in the south completely fell into the hands of this surprise attack army.

But all this was just the beginning. With the change of control of the South Gate, more Song troops rushed in from the darkness outside the city like a tide, and soon the war quickly spread everywhere in Changshu City.

The Wu army was not very powerful in combat and lost the city as a support. Even the most reliable general Wen Lingda was not in command in the city. So when the war broke out, not many people could lead the army to resist.

The Song army's offensive was out of control. The south gate, west gate, east gate, and finally north gate. The four gates in Changshu were all captured and controlled by them in just one hour. Then a large number of soldiers attacked everywhere and launched targeted attacks on several important yamen in the city.

In the face of this overwhelming strength, the Changshu defenders were completely defeated without even making symbolic resistance. Zhang Kuang, who was named the prefect of Changshu by Fang La, and important officials such as Deputy Guard Xu An, were captured in one fell swoop, and none of them could escape from the city at night to report the news.

At this point, by the third day of the day, Changshu City had completely fallen into the hands of the Song army. The Wu army flag was pulled out and discarded, replaced by a Song army flag, and a large flag embroidered with the word Sun embroidered with the flag flying high on the top of Changshu City, making a sound.

What is even more unbelievable is that from the time the Song army entered Changshu to the complete control of the entire city, these thousands of people did not kill any ordinary people. As long as they heard their warnings and stayed at home and did not come out, the Song army did not pose any threat to them. All this fell in the eyes of those Wu army who had no choice but to surrender, and they couldn't believe what they saw, because in their past understanding, the Song army was all greedy and violent, and had no military discipline at all.
Chapter completed!