Chapter Eighty-Eight: Xuancheng Goes to War
Shu Zhenghe ordered the Xuanjia Army warship to turn around, and the target was the mouth of the Xu.
The warship slowly approached, and there was not much left of the swordsman battalion guarding the port of Wetsu, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the news of the battle ahead. After waiting for a long time, it turned out that it was not the swordsman battalion warship approaching, but the warship of the Western Wei Dynasty. For a while, the sergeants became nervous, and they prepared bows, crossbows, and spears.
When the warship approached, the sergeant of the swordsman battalion saw that it was Qiu Tong standing on the bow of the ship. When Qiu Tong saw the sergeant on the shore, he shouted to him, "Stand down and let the boat come to shore." ”
The sergeants of the swordsman battalion were puzzled, this was clearly the warship of the Western Wei Dynasty, could it be that the lord would be captured. An officer shouted to the sergeants around him: "Don't retreat, watch out for vigilance." Then he faced the warship and shouted, "General Qiu, what's the matter?" How are you on the ship of the Western Wei Dynasty? ”
Qiu Tong was a little ashamed when he saw the sergeant questioning, but Shu Zhenghe, who was behind him, said coldly: "It seems that your subordinates are not obedient." Qiu Tong spoke again: "I said it, give me a retreat." ”
The officer refused to back down, and he boldly shouted, "General Qiu, where are the people in the swordsman battalion? ”
Seeing the officer ask again, Shu Zhenghe suddenly flashed out from behind Qiu Tong, and a short sword flew out of his hand, stabbing directly into the chest of the officer of the swordsman battalion. Seeing that someone on the ship had a shot, everyone in the swordsman battalion shot their bows and crossbows in return. Shu Zhenghe smiled coldly, grabbed Qiu Tong and blocked him in front of him, and then several bows and arrows went straight into Qiu Tong's chest, Qiu Tong was extremely unwilling to turn his head to look at Shu Zhenghe, who knew that Shu Zhenghe pushed Qiu Tong away, jumped high with his sword, rushed to the shore, and killed the crossbowmen in the front row one by one with a very fast body. When the sergeants of the Xuanjia Army saw Shu Zhenghe disembarking, they rushed off the boat one after another, and with one blow, they killed all the sergeants of the swordsman battalion on the shore, and in an instant, the Xuanjia Army occupied the port of Misukou. Qiu Tong, who collapsed on the boat after a while, was gradually cold.
After the whole Xuanjia army went ashore one after another, the assembly was completed, Shu Zhenghe waved his sword and pointed directly at the city of Xukou, the morale of the Xuanjia army was high, and in just a few hours, the remaining swordsmen of the battalion in the city were repelled together, and successfully occupied the mouth of the Xukou.
In order to prevent attracting the attention of the garrisons around East Vietnam, Shu Zhenghe blocked the mouth of the wet and waited for Zhong Xu's arrival.
Dongyue Xuancheng, Chen Fan, Dong Yun and Sun Lin successfully entered the city, Dong Yun carefully observed the city defense and the vicinity of the garrison camp, quite worried, Xuancheng's combat-capable army was taken away by Zhang Jue, at this moment there are few garrisons left in the city, and they are all old and weak sergeants and newly recruited recruits, these people will definitely not be able to resist the attack of the Jiuli puppet, maybe they will collapse without a fight when they see the puppet. After Dong Yun told Chen Fan and Sun Lin about the current situation, the three of them were silent, this is a game of dead chess, the Jiuli puppet army and the Lincheng rebels will attack at any time, but there is no army in Xuancheng City that can resist at all. Sun Lin suddenly said: "If you don't let the people go first, you won't be ruined." ”
Dong Yun replied helplessly: "How can the people believe us, once there is a change in the city, it is easier to attract puppets and rebels, and besides, puppets and rebels should not be far away." ”
Chen Fan listened to the two of them talking, but was still silent. After a long time, Chen Fan seemed to have made a decision, and he said to the two disciples quite firmly: "Do your best." ”
Dong Yun and Sun Lin understood that the master was going to stay and try his best to help the Xuancheng garrison defend the city, and the two nodded. Then Chen Fan went to the Xuancheng Mansion alone. Dong Yun and Sun Lin immediately went out of the city to investigate the whereabouts of the enemy.
There were not many people in the mansion, and a clerk ran into Chen Fan and heard that this middle-aged scholar-like man was going to see the prefect, so he said a few perfunctory words at will, and he wanted to drive him away. Chen Fan didn't entangle with it, his body shook, and he rushed to the inner room, the prefect Le Xianyu is not young, he has worked hard in the officialdom for many years, and only learned about the official position of the government the year before last, he was stunned when he saw Chen Fan, and then his face was angry, and he shouted: "Bold, dare to trespass into the mansion privately." ”
Chen Fan was very calm, and said to Le Xianyu without hurrying: "Lord Prefect, do you know the crisis in Xuancheng now?" ”
Le Xianyu was stunned for a moment, looked at the middle-aged scholar again, and said angrily: "The pedantic scholar from there is talking nonsense. After that, he waved his hand and beckoned his subordinates to come over and capture Chen Fan.
Chen Fan stepped forward, directly clasped Le Xianyu's right shoulder with one hand, and snorted coldly: "The puppet army and the rebels are coming, can Xuancheng be defended?" ”
After hearing this, Le Xianyu's face changed, and he tried his best to break free, but Chen Fan buckled his right shoulder firmly, and he couldn't get rid of it for a while, and his subordinates didn't dare to rush forward when they saw the prefect being restrained. Le Xianyu could only reply resentfully: "Mr. Zhang has led the army to exterminate the puppets, what is the purpose of you coming here privately and being alarmist." Chen Fan sighed, but did not give up, and continued: "Zhang Jue is this strange person, you have no doubts, he took away the army, and now Xuancheng is empty, it is the best time to attack the city." ”
Le Xianyu woke up suddenly, he didn't say a word, and the subordinates of the government on the opposite side were also a little shocked, they all knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for Xuancheng's troops to resist the puppets at the moment. Chen Fan gradually let go of his hand. Le Xianyu immediately broke free, his tone softened a little, and asked Chen Fan: "Who are you?" ”
"I'm just an ordinary person, I'm just an ordinary person, after I finished speaking, it's up to the prefect to make arrangements, and many people in this city believe that the adults will not ignore it." After Chen Fan finished speaking, he was ready to leave. Several subordinates of the government wanted to stop them, but they were stopped by Le Xianyu.
Not long after Chen Fan left, although Le Xianyu was not sure whether there were really puppets and rebels coming, he would definitely not be wrong to take precautions as soon as possible. He ordered the garrison of the whole city to strengthen the fortifications in front of the city, pay close attention to the movements outside the city throughout the day, and at the same time mobilize some officials and eunuchs in the city to join the city defense.
Chen Fan saw that the garrison in the city was starting to get busy, and he was still very worried. In the evening, Dong Yun and Sun Lin came back, the three of them converged, Dong Yun and Sun Lin found that the Lincheng army was coming and was stationed not far from the city at the moment, but the puppet still had no whereabouts. Chen Fan predicted that the puppets were moving a little slowly, and the Lincheng army must be waiting for the puppets to arrive, and once they converged, they would immediately launch an offensive.
Dong Yun and Sun Lin learned that the Xuancheng prefect had taken action, and although the only people in the city were not enough to resist, they were finally able to be vigilant and not be caught off guard.
The 3,000 soldiers of Cefu, led by Ye Zheng, hurried for several days, and they were close to Xuancheng. Mo Bu said, Mo Liu and Bai Zan also came with Ye Zheng, they came in the name of raising military rations, so they all came lightly this time. Ye Zheng estimated that he would be able to reach the east gate of Xuancheng in two hours, so after letting the sergeants rest in place for a while, he took advantage of tonight to enter Xuancheng.
The Lincheng army led by Pang Tuo arrived first, and Yu Si and the puppet army also arrived nearby after nightfall.
That night, the puppet army took advantage of the night and slowly advanced to the vicinity of the west gate of Xuancheng. Le Xianyu thought of Chen Fan during the day, it seems that this middle-aged scholar must have some background, he ordered the Xuancheng army to meet the battle, and sent a few followers to the city to find Chen Fan.
Chen Fan, Sun Lin and Dong Yun did not rest after nightfall, the three of them were near the West City Gate, and when they saw the garrison on the city wall, they were panicked and busy, and understood that the puppets and rebels had arrived.
Relying only on the defenders, it will definitely not be able to resist, Chen Fan called Sun Lin and Dong Yun, quickly to the edge of the city wall, the three of them jumped up, and quietly came to the periphery of the city wall, Chen Fan quickly looked around, the puppet in front was already approaching, and behind the puppet was a large number of rebels pushing siege equipment up. It seems that the other party is going to use puppets to cover the equipment and break through the city gate as quickly as possible.
Chen Fan immediately took out some charms, Sun Lin immediately understood, and also took out the charms and quickly walked near the city gate, and Dong Yun did the same, running to the outside that was almost far away from Sun Lin and Chen Fan, and the three of them each took nine charms on the surrounding ground. Chen Fan saw that the Nine Palaces had been completed, and quickly walked to the middle, quickly condensed the strength of the Xuanmen, and slapped his palm heavily on the ground, and the surrounding Eight Palaces immediately echoed, and the gossip was flowing rapidly. Sun Lin and Dong Yun walked quickly to Chen Fan's side, Sun Lin said worriedly: "The qi of the five elements here is not abundant, this Qimen has gathered for a while, I don't know if I can stop these puppets." Chen Fan stared closely at the puppet army that came over, and replied thoughtfully: "If you can block it for a moment, you two will be careful for each other, and once the formation is broken, retreat to the city and try your best to help the garrison resist." ”
The two agreed, and for a while, the atmosphere froze, and the puppet moved forward slowly.
The garrison on the west wall of Xuancheng has clearly seen the enemy at this moment, and when he sees the puppets moving forward stiffly, the city wall is full of panic, and Le Xianyu also hurried over, he saw a large number of puppets and the Lincheng army pushing siege equipment, almost standing unsteadily, but he forced himself to calm down, and hurriedly ordered the sergeants to prepare bows and crossbows, wood, and fire oil, once the puppets entered the attack range, they would kill with all their might.
Yu Si was the first to discover the abnormality, and suddenly the Xuanmen was full of righteousness in front of the puppet, and he frowned, urging the puppet to speed up his pace. Pang Tuo also noticed the anomaly later, and he looked around vigilantly, so that the Lincheng army was on alert. The puppets in the front row quickly collided with Qimenhui for a while, and not far away, Chen Fan immediately pinched the magic trick, and the hexagram elephant rose from the ground, and a strong water attribute Xuanmen energy collided with the puppet, and the puppet in the front row immediately fell to the ground. Sun Lin and Dong Yun knew that this was only a temporary effect, so they hurriedly ran to Gen and the position of the two palaces.
Le Xianyu on the city wall saw that the puppet outside the city was blocked, and immediately found Chen Fan, Dong Yun and Sun Lin, by the faint moonlight, he recognized Chen Fan. It seems that this middle-aged scholar is really not simple, he asked the sergeants to avoid the three of them, and shot several rounds of bows and crossbows at the puppet army.
Yu Si urged the puppets to move forward, and there were constantly puppets falling to the ground, and there were constantly puppets stepping on the people who fell to the ground in front of them to move forward blindly. The strength of the Xuanmen of the Kan hexagram gradually weakened. After several puppets collided repeatedly, the hexagram shattered.
Sun Lin and Dong Yun quickly waved their palms and slapped them on the ground, and the two hexagrams of Qian and Gen suddenly appeared. In the two hexagrams, the energy of earth and metal is frequent. Ran into the puppet and stopped it for a while.
At this time, Dong Yun suddenly saw Liang Kun and Lin Shen in front of him, the two of them were already puppets, and they were moving forward stiffly, crashing into Qiangua. When Dong Yun saw his former brother, his heart was shocked, and his hand suddenly loosened. The power of the Qiangua suddenly decreased several times. Seeing this, Chen Fan walked over quickly, slapped his palm behind Dong Yun, and the trigram rose again, and a powerful metallic energy directly knocked Liang Kun and Lin Shen to the ground.