In the darkness, a cavalry of 20,000 men was rapidly approaching Zhucheng County, and the army was advancing at a uniform speed on the official road, and at this time there was still a quarter of an hour before the two watches, and the cavalry was still ten miles away from the barracks.

There were almost no pedestrians on the official road, the houses on both sides were pitch black, there was no moonlight or starlight, the sky was cloudy, the night was unusually dark, and the soldiers each held a torch in their hands, so that they could keep a distance from each other, and from a distance, the army was like a fiery dragon coming south in the night.

Zhou Fei stood at the head of the city and saw the fire dragon in the distance, he had a trace of worry in his heart, the army was too conspicuous in the black, he looked at the sky again, today the sky is not beautiful, affecting the march of the army, he can only use torches to illuminate the field of vision, but this is too easy to be discovered by the enemy.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound from the camp, 'Dang! While! While! Zhou Fei was taken aback, and he immediately realized that the other party had discovered the fire dragon team of the Jin army.

Zhou Fei was in a hurry, if the other party turned to the south city gate, it would be troublesome, he immediately ordered: "Launch gunpowder arrows!" ”

This time, Zhou Fei and his subordinates brought three gunpowder cartridges, which were tied to the shaft of the arrow just now, and immediately a soldier lit three gunpowder arrows and launched them into the sky, and the gunpowder arrows flew into the sky, and in the night sky, 'pop!' The ground exploded, and red flames erupted.

Zhou Fei is a trace of self-violence, and he wants Li Bing to understand that they have been discovered by the enemy.

Zhou Fei picked up a shield and shouted, "Captain Han, you lead thirty brothers to defend the north gate, and I will go to the south gate!" ”

"Humble will fight to the death!"

Zhou Fei immediately led nineteen soldiers along the city wall towards the south gate........

The Jin army on the march also saw the gunpowder arrow in the distance, Li Bing's eyes suddenly became solemn, Zhou Fei fired the gunpowder arrow, exposing himself, there must be something wrong with the military camp, and the enemy army discovered the Jin army.

Li Bing immediately ordered the vanguard Zheng Yannian: "You rate five thousand cavalry to kill the southern city gate? Prevent enemy troops from entering the city through the South Gate! ”

"Obey!"

Zheng Yannian took over the military order? shouted: "Follow me from the 1st to the 5th battalion!" ”

The five thousand cavalry at the front sped up and followed Zheng Yannian to kill in the direction of Nancheng.......

The chief general of the Mizhou Army is called Dou Qiang? In your forties? was originally a general of the Tang Army, but was promoted to general after being absorbed by Zhu Zhu? This time, he led 10,000 troops to defend Mizhou, but according to Zhu Jun's orders? 5,000 troops were sent to garrison the salt works.

But Dou Qiang knew that the 5,000 army was simply not enough to defend Mizhou? He asked Zhu Jun several times to increase his troops, and finally received a reply that if Mizhou was invaded by the Jin army, he could immediately ask for help from the armies of Yanzhou and Yizhou? They will come to their aid unconditionally.

Is this result really disappointing to Dou Qiang? But there is nothing to do, Dou Qiang also considered stationing troops in the city, but there is no ready-made military camp in the city, and there is no vacant land to build a military camp for him, if the houses are demolished on a large scale? It will also cause the people to rebel, and the government will refuse to agree.

How many times has Dou Qiang negotiated? Zhucheng County finally demolished the Chenghuang Temple and got 30 acres of vacant land? Built a small barracks that could not accommodate more than five thousand people? Dou Qiang had to garrison a thousand troops in the city? He was stationed outside the city with an army of four thousand? If the situation is critical, he will quickly withdraw to the city.

At this time, the alarm bell in the military camp sounded, and the sentry reported that an army of fire dragons was found ten miles away, Dou Qiang was shocked, and he immediately ordered the army to enter the city, but at this moment, three rockets appeared on the head of the north city.

This discovery made Dou Qiang nervous, could it be that Beicheng had already been lost?

He thought for a while, and immediately divided the troops into two routes, he ordered the deputy general Ma Hong to lead 2,000 men to enter the city from the north gate, and he himself led 2,000 men to go around the south city with torches in hand.

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Zhou Fei led twenty of his men to arrive at the North City Gate first, at this time the North City Gate was quite lively, two groups of scoundrels near the city gate fought to wake up the sleeping soldiers, all the advantages must have disadvantages, although the rogue fight successfully attracted the patrol soldiers to the North City, greatly reducing the pressure on the South City Gate, but also brought trouble to the Jin army to seize the North City Gate.

The fifty soldiers who had gotten up to see the excitement did not go to sleep, and stood near the castle tower in twos and threes chatting, waiting for the change of guard at the third watch, the fighting incident had been resolved, the scoundrels had dispersed, and the patrolling soldiers had gone elsewhere.

But Zhou Fei had already seen a soldier with a torch running three or four miles away from the south of the city, and he didn't care about the deception, so he ordered his subordinates: "Prepare crossbow arrows!" ”

Nineteen soldiers were winding up in the middle of running, and at this time, fifty soldiers defending the city saw a group of soldiers running towards them, and the brigade commander shouted, "Who is it?" ”

Zhou Fei shouted: "Spend the full moon!" ”

He then shouted: "It's my own people, someone reported a fight here, and I was ordered to solve it!" ”

He was very angry, his voice was loud, and the voice traveled far away, and the soldiers at the head of the city laughed, the fight had long been settled, and now he came running.

At this time, the brigade commander suddenly found that the opponent's armor was wrong, he was suspicious in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Stop!" ”

Zhou Fei ordered in a low voice, "Shoot!" ”

Nineteen running soldiers raised their crossbows and fired, nineteen crossbow arrows were as fast as lightning, and they hit them instantly, and fifteen soldiers couldn't dodge and fell to the ground one after another, including the brigade commander who was shot through the chest by a crossbow arrow.

The remaining soldiers were shocked, and one soldier threw himself in front of the bell and rang the alarm bell, "Dang! While! When ......"

The bell rang only a dozen times before it stopped, and a crossbow arrow pierced the back of the soldier's neck........

The remaining thirty or so soldiers shouted and pounced, Zhou Fei drew his knife to meet him, blocked the enemy's spear with his shield, and slashed with his knife, the knife was as fast as lightning, and the throats of the three were split in an instant, and the blood flowed like an infusion, covering his throat and falling to the ground.

Zhou Fei snatched a spear, shouted, and killed it with one arm with a spear, and the nineteen soldiers behind him killed at the same time, they were like a group of tigers descending the mountain, killing more than 20 people in an instant, and the remaining ten soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and fled.

Zhou Fei and his men did not chase after them, and they quickly took control of the city gate and the drawbridge hub.

The city gate needs to be linked up and down to open, there is a bolt below, but there is an iron bolt above the city gate, it is an iron pestle weighing more than 100 catties, about the thickness of a calf, about seven feet long, put down from a round hole at the head of the city, there is a bulge in the middle of the iron pestle, just can be stuck on the round hole, so that the four-foot-long iron pestle is exposed below, blocking the gate, forming a bolt.

Therefore, when opening the city gate, it is necessary to push the winch at the head of the city first, pull the iron pestle up, and then remove the bolt of the gate before the city gate can be opened.

The same is true of the drawbridge, which must be lowered through the winch at the head of the city, and Zhou Fei ordered the soldiers to jam the winch, so that even if the enemy forces seize the two winchs, it will take a certain amount of time to repair them.

At this moment, three hundred patrol soldiers rushed towards the north gate, and they were still alarmed by the sound of a dozen alarm bells just now.

"Go up and see what's going on!" A lieutenant ordered.

Dozens of soldiers with spears running up the road, when they were about to reach the head of the city, suddenly appeared ten [eighty-one Chinese nets] several soldiers, raised their crossbows and shot, the dozen soldiers walking in front were caught off guard, one after another was hit by arrows, screaming and falling down the city.

The soldiers behind were so frightened that they turned around and fled to the city, rolling and crawling, and several soldiers rolled directly down the city.

The lieutenant was taken aback and shouted, "Kill me!" ”

The three hundred soldiers immediately divided into two roads and rushed to the two sides of the road, Zhou Fei also divided the troops into two roads, and there were ten soldiers on each side of the road, and they could not hold for long, the key was to gain time......

At this time, Dou Qiang had led the army to the south city gate, he shouted at the door, but there was no response from above, Dou Qiang secretly screamed that it was not good, and he ordered the soldiers to shout together.

"Open the gates! Open the gates! The soldiers outside the city shouted like thunder.

The captain of the city heard the shouts outside, and he shouted, "Attack quickly!" ”

Three hundred soldiers launched a fierce attack on the city, and Zhou Fei led his men to meet it, and the two sides fought to the death.

Zhou Fei's men were all extremely strong, killing the enemy's corpses piled up, and blood foamed everywhere, but the number of opponents was too large, and after killing a batch and rushing up, Zhou Fei's men began to appear dead and wounded, and several soldiers were shot by cold arrows, screaming and falling from the city.

The lieutenant commanded the battle below, constantly shouting, asking the soldiers to fill the gap, the Jin soldiers began to retreat, Zhou Fei saw that the situation was critical, he picked up a spear, stared at the captain, and threw it away.

The tip of the spear was like a bolt of lightning through the night, 'Click! With a thud, the lieutenant was thrust into the chest, and the spear pierced through the chest, nailing the lieutenant to the ground.

The soldiers besieging the city saw the tragic death of the captain, their morale was discharged, and they turned around and went down to the city, and more than a dozen Jin troops took advantage of the victory to chase and kill, killing more than 12 enemy soldiers in a row, and driving all the enemy troops out of the city.

At the same time, there was also a fierce battle at the north city gate, but the intensity was a little lower, and the fifty enemy soldiers and thirty soldiers left behind on duty fought fiercely together, and then a hundred patrol soldiers were added, but they were far from being the opponents of the thirty soldiers.

The army in the city was finally alarmed, the main general Li Zhong led 500 soldiers to the south of the city to kill, the military camp was about two miles away from the south city gate, 500 soldiers ran in line on the street, Li Zhong met several soldiers who fled back.

"What happened?" Li Zhong asked anxiously.

"It seems that the commander called the gate outside the city, but the gate was controlled by an army of unknown origin.

Li Zhong was taken aback and asked again, "How many people are there on the other side?" ”

"Probably dozens!"

Li Zhong was suddenly furious, are only dozens of people so arrogant?

He shouted: "Speed up and kill the head of the southern city!" ”

Five hundred soldiers followed him and sped up........

Outside the south city gate, Dou Qiang, who had never been able to enter the city, was so anxious that he scolded, and at this moment, suddenly a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, look!" ”

Dou Qiang turned his head to look, only to see a cavalry with torches in the dark coming from the west, hundreds of steps away, Dou Qiang's heart suddenly cooled.

He looked at the castle again, and knowing that there was no hope of opening the city, he shouted, "Retreat!" ”

He abandoned the city and fled east with two thousand soldiers.......