Chapter 37, The Battle of Huayin

Seeing that Sun Chuanting was so anxious that he was about to vomit blood, the general disagreed: "You said that Tongguan was lost, but there is no news coming at the moment, what if last night was a night attack drill of the Tongguan defenders, how can you explain it?" Don't be anxious, sir, wait for me to send someone to visit one or two and listen to his report. ”

Sun Chuanting was really anxious: "When I send someone to visit and come back, I'm afraid Huayin has already been lost." The general laughed: "The adults are too careful, you can rest in peace, and I will deal with it." ”

After saying that, he got up and took his leave.

Sun Chuanting secretly scolded this person for being stupid, the knife was on his neck, and he was still in the dark, he thought about it and immediately sent someone to the four gates to investigate to see if there were too many people entering the city today. Sure enough, after noon, those people reported that there were more people entering the city today than every day, but the people who entered the city were nothing special except for the common people, that is, merchants.

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting was secretly surprised. Among these people who enter the city, there must be spies, and they will wait until the evening to create chaos, and then the inside and outside should be together, and it will be difficult to protect Huayin.

He had the heart to go to the counselor to discuss in the future, but he felt that it would not have any effect, this person was very careless, and recognized that there were no thieves in Huayin, and the discussion would not lead to anything.

In the end, Sun Chuanting gritted his teeth, instructed his family to prepare a car, and the family went out of the city to Xi'an to meet the governor Hong Chengchou in person.

The family prepared a carriage and horses, carried Sun Chuanting into the car, and waited for Sun Chuanting to go out of the gate to take a look, there were four carriages parked outside, he only had one wife and one concubine, plus the old mother, he and his wife sat in one, the concubine and the old mother sat in one, and a domestic servant sit, and the last one was loaded with luggage.

This was more than enough, but Sun Chuanting rolled his eyes and instructed the family: "Go, go to the carriage and horse shop in the city and hire twelve carriages." ”

When the family heard this, the second monk was confused: "Hire twelve carriages?" There are so many cars, who sits them? Sun Chuanting smiled: "Don't worry about this, let you go, even the carriage and coachman will come to the door, and we will set off together." ”

When he left, Sun Chuanting left a letter to the general, and finally told him that there would be thieves attacking the city at night, and he should be careful to answer the inside of the city, and while guarding the outer city, he must strictly inspect the city. After writing it, he ordered someone to send it to the generals, and then his family took the carriages out of the west gate and went straight to the avenue.

However, Sun Chuanting's letter was sent to the general, and the general only smiled slightly after reading it, and threw it aside, not caring at all. He has sent spies, riding fast horses to Tongguan to investigate, an hour later, the horse came back, saying that Tongguan is no different, the pass is Ming army, everything is blocked.

The general smiled coldly: "This Lord Sun, when he is in danger, he is really a soldier of all plants and trees, and he is a literati scholar in the end, and he is not a ...... of the climate."

He never knew that at this time, the city was already full of murderous opportunities, and the two hundred Qin troops lived in different inns, and agreed to start the third watch day and act together. Another person went to contact Li Kang, Li Kangzheng and the man surnamed Zhang were waiting anxiously, and when they saw the comer, they heard that they were going to take Huayin City tonight, they were very excited, and several people were ready, just waiting for the arrival of the third watch.

Just after nightfall, Bai Qi and Wang Jian led the Qin army and quietly came to Huayin City. They were a mile away from the city walls, lying in the weeds and woods, waiting for a signal from the city.

Because this time it was a siege battle, the Qin army specially prepared siege equipment. The bow and crossbow are indispensable, in addition to this, several rushing carts were also pulled, this kind of rushing carts were only simple, they needed to be pushed, the roof of the cart was covered with thick wooden planks, in order to defend the bow and arrows of the city side and the stones and rolling wood, the main body of the rushing cart was a huge wooden hugging two people, sharpened in front of it, wrapped with several layers of iron sheet, very hard, used to break through the city gate.

If Li Dang and the others were in the city and couldn't open the city gate, they would have to rush hard with a rushing car.

Because the Qin army suffered nearly 500 casualties in the battle of Tongguan, these wounded stayed in Tongguan, plus 2,000 people guarding the pass, there were about 7,000 people in the village, this attack on Huayin City, Bai Qi brought 6,000 people, divided into four gates, and arranged 1,500 people for each gate. They had already found out that the defenders of the city were no more than 1,000 people, and the average number of people at each gate was only 300. Coupled with the carelessness of the defenders, it can be taken down in one go.

As the minutes ticked by, the night deepened, and there was silence outside the city, except for the occasional chirping of insects, which added a little more peace. The night dew was heavy, and it had already made many Qin soldiers drenched.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light in the city, and then a few more places began to light up, and it was the light of fire.

Li Kang: They have already started to do it.

Bai Qi looked nervously, and sure enough, there was movement in the city immediately, and the noise of the crowd began to resound in the night sky.

Now is the time! Bai Qi stood up and gave the order: attack.

An arrow shot into the air with a bright light, and then exploded in mid-air, which was the order to attack.

So with the explosion of the arrows, there was a movement outside the city of Huayin, and the people and horses in ambush in the four fields shouted together and rushed up, and the crossbowmen in the front row rushed to the firing range, and they released their arrows together, and countless crossbow arrows shot at the head of the city.

The Ming army on duty at the head of the city had just been alarmed by the movement in the city, and was looking at the city, when he suddenly heard an arrow, and then looked down at the city, and a large number of figures under the black pressure rushed over with shouts.

The officer on duty shouted: "It's not good, there are thieves attacking the city, hurry up and ......"

Before the words were finished, a powerful arrow had pierced his neck, and before he could stop, he was nailed to the pillar of the enemy tower behind him.

At this time, the city was immediately in chaos, and some people had already scattered their feet to report to the generals, and the rest of the people fired arrows outside the city in an attempt to prevent the Qin army from approaching.

After the crossbowmen of the Qin army finished shooting the arrows, they divided to both sides, and the rushing cart in the middle pushed up, and dozens of people shouted and slammed towards the city gate. The officers of the Ming army desperately shouted: "There is a rushing car, smash it, smash it......"

Some Qin soldiers were smashed to the point of being smashed by the stones, and they died, but the rest of the people still slammed into the city gate desperately.

The crossbowmen in the back pointed at the head of the city, and kept firing arrows.

At this time, General Huayin stepped on the city, looked outside the city, his heart was beating wildly, he remembered Sun Chuanting's letter at this time, and he wanted to kick himself a few times.

At present, there is chaos in the city, the soldiers outside the city are pressing, and the rest of the city gates are also shouting and killing, and there is a fire everywhere.

He ordered the defenders to desperately protect the city gates, and then ordered his chief flag officer to take fifty people to the city to search for and kill the spies who set the fire. There was no way, at most fifty people could be drawn, because the city needed more manpower.

As long as the city can be cleared and the army is stable, you can concentrate on the enemy, and you don't have to worry about the thieves joining forces inside and outside.

The chief flag officer received the order and led a small group of Ming troops, all on horseback and spears in hand, and rushed to the city.

The general thought to himself that it would not be a large group of men and horses who set fire to the city, and these fifty Ming troops were enough to deal with it.

In fact, the chaotic crowd in the city confused him and prevented him from knowing the true number of spies, but the Qin army came with far more than fifty people.

The commander-in-chief of the banner showed off his might, shouted loudly, led the army to gallop into the street, and shouted: "The people, etc., all stand against the wall, and those who dare to move will be beheaded." ”

He knew that the thieves would not be idle, and that they would create chaos, and that the people would come out as soon as they stepped aside.

He guessed correctly, and the people didn't dare to put out the fire anymore when they heard it, so they stood against the wall one after another, and other timid people had already gone home, closed the door, and didn't talk about the fire on the street, even if it was murder, it didn't matter.

The people were divided on both sides, and the Ming army galloped over, ran not far, and collided with a group of people head-on.

This is the Ming army that created chaos, led by Li Kang and Zhang Xianzhong, who were holding spears, they set a few fires in the city, and then came down the street to seize the city gate.

The general flag manager saw Li Kang at a glance, his eyes immediately widened, he recognized it, this person was the person on the picture of the prisoner, and he didn't look at how many people Li Kang was carrying behind him, and turned around and shouted: "The prisoner is here, take it for me." ”

The two cavalry soldiers behind him listened, slapped their horses forward, and stabbed the spears in their hands.

Li Kang's martial arts are considered to be upper-class in the Qin army, and when he was a soldier in the past, he also dealt with cavalry, although he had injuries on his body, but they were all flesh wounds, which were not very serious, and he had healed for seven or eight points. When he saw two horses rushing towards him, he flashed to the side of the street, and rushed forward with a spear.

The Ming army was stunned for a moment, and secretly wondered if this person didn't want to live anymore, and used his body to test whether the tip of the gun was hard or not? Thinking of this, he stabbed violently, wanting to stab Li Dang through the middle.