Chapter 118: Battle of Yuanzhou (3)
Everyone in Yuanzhou City looked at the horses in confusion and drooled. In their eyes, these horses could not only be used to ride, but also turned into meat in the pot. Hunger had already made people crazy, but their dreams quickly ruptured, and a group of people rushed out of the Jin army camp with the horses rushing to the city.
"The order of the city lord is to seal off the city. Dezhou army comes to reinforce. Please open the city gate as soon as possible!" The people who arrived at the city gathered their horses and formed a formation. A man dressed in a general shouted at the city, and then shot out a feather arrow tied to the letter.
"Open the city gate, this is a reinforcement from Dezhou!" Xiao Chongjian ordered after reading the letter.
"The second city lord, there is an order to recruit envoys. Without his orders, the city gate must not be opened to prevent fraud!" Before the soldiers could take action, an officer next to him stood up and stopped him.
"Deputy Envoy Ma, friendly forces are reinforced, we have to block them outside the door. The Jin army will arrive soon. It may be too late to open the door after asking for instructions!" Xiao Chongjian looked at the person who came out to block the mountain and said that he knew that this person was the eldest brother's confidant, in charge of a thousand-person team, saying that he was helping him, but in fact, the surveillance was more appropriate.
"The second city lord, there is no order to recruit envoys, and the city gate must not be opened, otherwise it will be a matter of collusion with the enemy!" Deputy Envoy Ma said coldly, putting his hand on the hilt of the knife, obviously not taking Xiao Chongjian, the second city lord, seriously.
"I asked you five girls to go to the city to answer, and open the city gate!" The people under the city shouted, obviously very dissatisfied with Yuanzhou's neglect of friendly troops!
"Hmph, it seems that you don't take me, the second city lord, seriously!" Xiao Chongjie stroked his beard and said sternly.
"No..." Deputy Envoy Ma knew that he could not be kind anymore, but he was not afraid at all because of the support of the city lord. As soon as he pulled the knife out half, he felt a chill under his ribs. A short knife interrupted him, and the other officers were shocked. Just as he was about to move, he suddenly felt a cool breeze coming from the back of his neck, and his hand holding the hilt of the knife was put down dejectedly...
After the officers in charge were dealt with, the people below did not dare to move again. As soon as the city gate was opened, the Dezhou army immediately entered the city. They seemed to have a plan. A group of troops quickly climbed up the city wall and occupied various gates. All the soldiers in Yuanzhou were disarmed and taken care of. However, they did it very well. The swords and guns were exchanged for big cakes. The soldiers in Yuanzhou also enjoyed it very much. Of course, some of them disagreed, so they could only watch them swallow their saliva. A group of troops was divided into several teams and led and controlled various intersections in the city and built barricades. The rest of the troops slowly retreated into the city after all the horses and supplies entered the city. The Jin army who had just arrived could only see that they were prepared for a long time and had no choice but to retreat.
Xiao Chongjian was a little stunned. Why were these people so impolite? In a flash, Yuanzhou was "fallen" and the city defense was all controlled by the Dezhou army and the soldiers were monitored. The situation was very tense. When he rushed back to the City Lord's Mansion, he found that it was even worse. The City Lord's Mansion was originally stationed by 500 private troops, and after experiencing rebellion and defeat, it was increased to a team of thousands of people. It was very vigilant, but the Dezhou army had only 300 or 400 people but began to attack the City Lord's Mansion.
"Xiao Chongjie. Come out, otherwise we will go in!" Xiao Chongjian heard the screams and immediately understood that these people were here to trouble the elder brother, and the one who called was Hao Yan, the shopkeeper of Sheng Rentang. He immediately understood why the Dezhou Army could occupy all the key points so smoothly in the city. It turned out that there was an insider.
"Why did your Dezhou army help the Jin army attack my Yuanzhou!" Xiao Chongjie came out, but did not go out, but climbed up the wall and asked sternly.
"Bah, we are the order of the city lord to reinforce your Yuanzhou, and help you fight the Jurchens. We are looking for you to get accounts. There are two things!" Hao Yan shouted with his feet, which caused the onlookers to sigh. This shopkeeper Hao is also a weird person. He does not hesitate to break into the enemy camp and enters the tiger's den for money. Everyone knows that the spirit of recruiting the corps is a bit abnormal now and he often kills people.
"Did my city lord's mansion owed you money? Don't slander people!" Xiao Chongjie was not willing to admit this in public.
"What are you talking about such shameless things? Let's talk about it!" An officer stepped forward and pulled Hao Yan aside and shouted at the city. With his wave of his hand, Xiao Chongjian heard a series of explosions in his ears. A group of private soldiers bent bows and arrows on the wall of the city lord's mansion immediately rushed down. It took a while before he heard the screams.
"This is the spear that the fifth sister said, it is indeed extremely powerful!" The Dezhou army did not give up, and shot at the wall, and the bricks were scumbags and stones flew around. How could the private soldiers dare to show their heads? Xiao Chongjian hid on the side and sighed, but those people did not give up. Several people took the opportunity to pile up several boxes in front of the mansion and lit the fire. He knew it was explosives. Xiao Chongjian quickly covered his ears and blew, and the mansion was gone. The Dezhou army rushed in while the smoke had not dissipated, and fierce gunshots came into it...
When Xiao Chongjian was found and invited in by Dezhou soldiers, he found that all the commanding heights in the mansion had been occupied by Dezhou soldiers, and their bullets were also very eye-catching. The ones killed were all the big brother's iron men. The big brother was forced to a corner of the mansion and led a hundred people to fight back. The rest of the people surrendered when they saw something was wrong.
"Zhuge Hong, stop making trouble again, is there any more?" At this moment of tension, a soft shout made the scene quiet.
"stand at attention!"
"salute!"
"Report to the commander, the Fourth Brigade of the Kruel Army led Zhuge Hong to rescue Yuanzhou. Please give me instructions!" In the astonished eyes of everyone, the leader of the Dezhou army trotted to the fifth girl and gave a strange military salute again and said loudly.
"Add a little!" This time, even the soldiers of the Dezhou Army were confused. The brigade commander obeyed the orders in a regular manner. Just as he was about to say something, he saw his head. The commander glared at him with his eyes bulging.
"There is no more commander, don't pretend, shoot, I have no regrets to die at your hands!" The fifth girl actually returned the same military salute, turned around with a wry smile and said.
"Report, I am not allowed to obey my subordinates. The order I received was to find you and obey your command, and there was no order to shoot you!" Zhuge Hong said as soon as he heard the back.
"Oh?!" Zhao Xin turned around and looked at Zhuge Hong in confusion, with a hint of joy in his eyes.
"Commander, you see that we have arrived at your territory. I know you are short of food. No matter how much you eat, you have to give me some tea!" Zhuge Hong said with a smile.
"You exploded our door in the middle of the night, making trouble at our house, and you still want to drink tea, but you don't want to give it to you!" Zhao Qiong said with a blank look on Zhuge Hong.
"Thank you, commander, have we deal with him for you?" Zhuge Hong said softly at the courtyard where Xiao Chongjie was.
"No need, he is my relative after all!" Zhao Xin shook his head and said, "Second brother, the situation is settled. Please ask your father and the generals in the city to discuss matters. Brother, then you go and persuade him!" He said to Xiao Chongjian again.
When the sky was bright, Yuanzhou City, which had been in trouble for half a night, became quiet. When people walked out of their house nervously and were about to fight for the family not to starve to death today, they found that Yuanzhou City had changed overnight, and notices were filled with the streets and alleys. The eldest son of Yuanzhou City Lord Xiao Chongjie resigned from his position as the city lord because of his health. The fifth girl took over Yuanzhou and controlled the army in the city. The second son Xiao Chongjian was the deputy city lord and in charge of civil affairs.
The most exciting thing is that the reinforcements sent by Dezhou entered the city. The city lord ordered the release of grain to help the military and civilians. Dozens of large pots were stewed with meat and sesame cakes on the streets in the city. Anyone could come to eat them, but one of them could not be taken secretly. Not to mention that the five girls in the past managed Yuanzhou in an orderly manner, and they had already been recognized and supported by the people in the city. Now, this meal of meat soup can make people follow her. At this time, people are realistic. The belly determines the head. Eating full is the king. Whoever is the city lord is the city lord!
The 4th Brigade of the Kru Army headed by Zhuge Hong, who had a total of more than 3,000 troops. When they came, they all had three cavalry and two deputy horses brought them to the city with tens of stones of food, which was enough to eat for a while, so there was no need to worry about the food!
"Zhuge, who came up with the idea of breaking into the camp with a horse?" He took over the army, appointed officers again, and counted the materials and supplies. He was busy all night and the general situation was decided. Zhao Xin, who had received the support of the Dezhou army, quickly controlled the situation and was able to talk in detail with Zhuge Hong until noon.
"Of course... I thought it out!" Zhuge Hong said with a sip of water. Zhao Xin was right. Not only did the lord's mansion, but there were no tea in the entire Yuanzhou city. "Commander, I think that the Jin army has arrived one after another. Now there are nearly 60,000 people. The camp has been built for more than ten miles and surrounded Yuanzhou. I have forcibly rushed in. How many people can I get into the city? How many things can I bring in? So I collected a large number of bad horses and made people secretly set fire, and then rushed to the camp with these horses. If you think ten thousand horses suddenly rushed up, who could stop them, and then we followed them in!"
"I'm so smart. These bad horses can not only be the leader, but also be able to use military rations when entering the city. They kill two birds with one stone and are thoughtful!" Zhao Xin praising.
"Of course, the losses are also quite large. Ten thousand horses are only 30% of them entering the city, but you know our rules!" Zhuge Hong sighed.
"I know, this account will be settled on our Yuanzhou!" Zhao Xin smiled, "If the city gate is not opened, do you plan to return it?"
"How is it possible? Just like attacking the city lord's mansion, we had already put the explosives in place and exploded without opening the door. Who knew that the commander had made arrangements to save money to change the city gate!" Zhuge Hong said seriously.
"Then why do you want to ask for the account when you break into the city lord's mansion?" Zhao Xin asked again.
"Wang... He considered that Yuanzhou was like this, and he judged that something must have happened to the commander, so the first thing he did to order us to enter the city was to control the whole city to find your whereabouts. But if he was looking for you with great fanfare, he was afraid that they would jump over the wall to harm you, so he found such an excuse to attack the City Lord's Mansion!" Zhuge Hong looked at Zhao Xin and lowered his head. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!