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Chapter 974: Zhuozhou Occupied

"Catch the assassins and don't let them run away!" With the stern shouts from the generals behind him, the soldiers of the Changsheng Army who rushed into the hall rushed straight to the rear window without any hesitation. But at this moment, two round and rolling figures behind the black window were suddenly thrown in.

Before these soldiers could react, two loud noises suddenly erupted, and the broken porcelain pieces and iron sand and nails splashed in all directions under the impact of the explosion of gunpowder, almost covering half of the hall. Suddenly, the screams were heard, and the three soldiers who were closest to them immediately fell down and disappeared. More than ten people next to them covered their cheeks with their hands, fell to the ground and screamed, and blood kept flowing out from their fingers. The other soldiers also cried out a few times, retreating in fear, and did not dare to get to the side of the wide open windows.

As for the generals who were still aggressive just now, they were so scared that they rushed out of the hall by this incident, and people kept screaming: "What's going on? What weapon is this?"

"It's a firearm called a landmine. Sun Tu actually hid some, and this thing can be used directly..." Some generals who had seen the power of landmines were even more frightened and dared not go forward. The arrest of Sun Tu was just to give the Liao people a letter of controversy, and then all the blame was put on him, the Song people, but it had nothing to do with the current situation. It was really not enough to fight for life.

These generals were so afraid of death, so the ordinary soldiers naturally refused to work hard. For a moment, no one dared to chase after him and stayed in the hall. At this time, the shouts of killing outside were getting louder and louder, and it was obvious that the Liao army had completely entered the city. This made Yu Wanyao and others react quickly: "Don't care about them for now, no matter how they can't escape from Zhuozhou City, it's better to welcome the Xi army into the city first."

This immediately won everyone's recognition. The risk of chasing Sun Tu was too great, but it was very beneficial to welcome the Liao army at this moment. Compared with the two, only fools would fight to the death. At that moment, everyone immediately turned around, took their subordinates and waited, and then went straight out of the garrison palace and rushed to the north gate.

When they went there, there were only two or three big cats in the garrison mansion, which naturally gave Sun Tu and Fan Qi, who were hiding in the dark, and they walked a long way in the shadows, and finally got out of the mansion safely. When they looked around, they found that the entire Zhuozhou City, except for the south, had a large dragon formed by torches gathering on the other three sides, moved towards the city wall and the center of the city. Judging from this situation, these soldiers would soon occupy the entire Zhuozhou City.

This made Fan Qi feel angry and anxious: "General, how could this be so? These ever-winning troops suddenly turned against each other and surrendered to the Liao army. What should we do?"

"This was actually expected." Sun Tu's expression seemed quite calm, just because of the arrow wound on his arm, he grinned: "The current Changsheng Army is no longer the resentful army that dared to fight the Liao army to the end for the sake of justice. After Dong Xiaochou was killed, they no longer had their own souls, so Dong Kuang could easily kill Guo Yaoshi and replace him. Today, the sudden attack of these people is just to re-exercise the previous mutiny and seize power."

"The general means... he expected that they would turn against each other?" Fan Qi shouted unexpectedly: "Then why don't you be prepared?"

"Is it useful to guard against? All the generals of the Changsheng Army have selfish intentions. Can I guard against one or two people? As long as the Liao army puts enough pressure on them, coupled with the food shortage crisis that has always existed in the city, they will take risks and betray them again." Speaking of this, Sun Tu's eyes flashed again: "And only in this way can we take the city of Zhuozhou at the lowest cost and truly hold this city in my hands."

"Hmm?" Fan Qi suddenly thought of something. Could it be that General Sun had already made arrangements?

It was not until this time that he suddenly remembered that now he and Sun Tu were not here, and hundreds of other brothers were not there, and he had never heard of fighting outside just now, which was completely unreasonable.

Sun Tu looked at Fan Qi apologetically: "Old Fan, don't be surprised. It's important, so I can't tell you the truth early before."

"Huizhi...Huizhi understands." Fan Qi smiled bitterly, and already understood what he meant. After all, he had just joined Sun Tu's command, so he naturally could not fully gain his trust. It was normal for such a big thing to be kept in the dark. But he still felt a little uncomfortable, but when he thought about it, Sun Tu's actions of saving him were relieved. At least General Sun was still very loyal to him.

After understanding this, Fan Qi did not ask Sun Tu about his overall plan, but asked: "General, what should we do now? But should we find Dong Kuang first and rescue him?"

"No, let's go to the south gate first, I will wait for the Liao people to come to the door." Sun Tu said, and he was arching and heading towards the only dark south in the city. Fan Qi hurriedly followed, but his expression became extremely focused, and he disappeared again and was panicked just now.

At this time, the other three gates in Zhuozhou had already opened, and a group of Liao soldiers were rushing through the city gate and entering the city. Everyone shouted excitedly, pressing all the guards of the Changsheng Army who had been stunned in front of the city gate to the ground. Anyone who dared to make a struggle and move would immediately kill with one knife, leaving no mercy.

In fact, even most Liao troops were still falling into a fog for five miles at this moment, and they couldn't understand why the battle situation suddenly changed. The Zhuozhou city gates, which had not been able to enter even after a strong attack, have now opened up and become an unguarded city. However, with the issuance of the military order, they did not hesitate much, and they rushed in like the wind, and controlled the city walls and city gates in a short time, which was to take the power of entering and leaving the entire city in their own hands.

As for the ever-winning army guarding the city, they were even more confused. Some soldiers were completely awakened by the sound of killing. When they hurried to the streets, they saw a large number of Liao troops rushing over, which made them not have time to react at all, let alone resist, and were directly pressed down and taken down. Even if the heroic resistance was fought, they would be slaughtered soon.

In terms of combat power, the Changsheng Army is far inferior to the elite of the Liao army. Once they have no support for the city, they have no strength to fight the Liao army head-on. Not to mention that the Changsheng Army is still headless, with a dispersed sand, and is confused in their hearts. Naturally, they are instantly defeated by the Liao army and taken down all of them.

In just one hour, the three gates of Zhuozhou east and west and north had completely changed hands, and the torches illuminated most of the city, leaving only the southern area where the Liao army still had black horns because the Liao army had never deployed troops. It was not until this time that Xiao Gan, who was sitting on a high-headed horse, slowly entered the city under the escort of thousands of personal guards.

When he saw the scene in front of him, there was not much joy on his face. In terms of time, it was one of the rare victories that he led his army to break through Zhuozhou City in less than ten days. But when he thought about it, it was these vulnerable soldiers who blocked his many fierce attacks and brought tens of thousands of casualties to the Liao army, he was not happy at all.

Nowadays, great enemies are on the rise in the north and south of the Great Liao Dynasty, and I can no longer bear the unnecessary casualties like this one. The only benefit is that by taking Zhuozhou, one can insert his army into the front line like a wedge. As long as the troops are used properly, the Song army can be defeated in a short time and the threat from the south can be lifted.

But all this must be fast, because the soldiers of the Liao Dynasty in the north may not be able to defend for too long...

Xiao Gan's thoughts were interrupted by a row of guys who knelt on the ground and shouted to surrender: "Yu Wanyao, the general of the Changsheng Army, and others, and the soldiers under his command, paid a visit to King Xi of the Great Liao, and asked the prince to forgive us for his previous reckless mistakes and let us wait for a way out!" With this invitation, these generals kowtowed to him one after another.

Xiao Gan was still sitting upright at this time, looking at these surrendered generals from a high place, and the murderous intent on his face appeared and disappeared. If he really followed his heart, he would have ordered all these guys to be executed without leaving behind. Because if it weren't for them, the chaos in the Great Liao Dynasty would not be as serious as it is now, and he would not have to put aside the war in the north and come to the south, so as to give the Jin people more opportunities. It can be said that the crimes of these guys are not smaller than those of the Jurchens.

But soon, he restrained his anger and murderous intent in his heart, and just raised his whip indifferently: "All up. Since I have words first, as long as you surrender, you can go ahead and let it go, so you should believe it."

"Thank you, Prince, forgive me..." These generals were truly relieved and then stood up one after another.

"Yu Wanyao, now you will take people to restrain all the subordinates in the city who are still fighting stubbornly. Since you have surrendered to the court, there is no need to increase more casualties." Xiao Gan looked around and immediately ordered.

Yu Wanyao immediately responded loudly, but before he could call on others to act together, Xiao Gan suddenly asked: "What about Dong Kuang and Sun Tu? Are these two culprits killed by you?"

"Go back to the prince, Dong Kuang was being confined to a yard in front by a villain and had completely lost his ability to resist. As for the Song general Sun Tu, he...he..." He felt a little guilty when he said this.

"So what happened to Sun Tu? Could it be that you let him escape?" Xiao Gan asked immediately. In his eyes, Sun Tu's threat was much greater than that of Dong Kuang, and even the entire ever-winning army, because he already knew that the role this guy played in this battle, including this defense of the city and earlier harassment along the road, were all from his plans.

Yu Wanyao's legs suddenly became weak and he knelt down again: "Prince, we have surrounded him, but we are not careful that Sun Tu's subordinates are all very skilled in martial arts and even more powerful firearms to help him escape. But now Zhuozhou has fallen into the hands of the soldiers of the Great Liao Dynasty, so Sun Tu can't escape."

"Hmph, is that true? Didn't you see that there are no soldiers and soldiers in the Great Liao in the south?" Xiao Gan said, his face darker, and shouted loudly: "What are you still standing there? Why don't you lead the way to search and capture Sun Tu and his gang?"
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