Chapter 523: Fighting Qingzhou City (Middle)
The noisy war drums, the sound of shouting and killing continue to enter Qingzhou City from outside, but what is surprising is that even so, the order in the city is still orderly, and the people in the city are not panicked, except for some people who spontaneously help the defenders to deliver food and water and defend the city equipment on the wall, there are few people in the streets and alleys, and everyone stays quietly in their homes, which is not much different from usual.
If other cities were faced with such a situation, the people in the city would have been terrified all day long, and perhaps a large number of people would have tried to escape from this dangerous place through other city gates that had not been attacked by thieves, or the streets would have been in chaos, and the officers and soldiers would have divided a lot of men and horses to control the situation in the city and suppress possible turmoil.
But all these problems do not exist at all in Qingzhou City, Huang Wenbing only sent people to preach a few words in the city after the Liangshan army was killed, so that the people should not go out of the city easily, and recruited some people to transport water and weapons, and then just do a good job of logistics, and the security in the city does not need to worry about him, the prefect.
Therefore, there will be such a scene, naturally because the people of Qingzhou have great confidence in their own defenders, believing that they will be able to defend their homeland, and there is no safer place in the world than Qingzhou. Moreover, after experiencing many changes in the past few years, the people are not used to such things, as long as there is food at home, they can stay at ease, and they will not easily go out to cause chaos for the officials and soldiers.
It's just that this makes some people feel a big headache. They originally planned to take advantage of the chaos in the city to completely muddy the waters, and then disintegrate the combat power of the Qingzhou army from the inside, but now it is good, the streets are clean, and as soon as they go out, they will immediately become the target of arrest by the officials and soldiers, and it is naturally difficult to do anything.
Therefore, after two days of attack and defense, the hundreds of people who had already mixed into the city could not make any moves at all, which made Zhu Wu, the god machine military master who was ordered to command all the actions in the city, feel anxious and headache, so that night, he called several main leaders to the house he had bought early in the morning to discuss countermeasures. It was also under the cover of the night that these scattered Liangshan leaders were able to get together.
There were as many as seven Liangshan leaders who entered the city this time, in addition to Zhu Wu, there were also Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, Zhu Fu, Jiang Jing and Mu Hong Muchun brothers. In addition to having some brains, these seven people were also born extremely ordinary, and they were inconspicuous at all when they were put in the crowd, so Song Jiang would entrust such an important task to them. It's just that when there are few pedestrians on this street, no matter how ordinary life is, it has become very eye-catching.
After everyone arrived, Zhu Wu didn't go around in any circles, and said directly: "I have inquired today, although we have a lot of brothers who are attacking the city, but Qingzhou is indeed a high city, and it can be defeated by a few thousand people, so we must do something." But you have also seen that now the defense in the city is extremely strict, as long as our brothers show up, they will inevitably be arrested by the officers and soldiers, do you have any countermeasures? ”
"If you want me to see it, just come to the hard, storm the prefect's yamen, take down those who are officials, and then take them hostage to the city gate and force them to open the city." Mu Chun was the most radical of these people, and he immediately spoke. But as soon as he spoke, everyone else shook their heads in disagreement: "No, it's too hasty and risky to do this." ”
"Why don't we also mingle with the people who bring water and food to the city? We have also prepared a lot of sweat medicine this time, which can be used just in time. Zhu Fu, who is known as the smiling tiger, put forward his thoughts with a smile: "As long as the defending officers and soldiers lose their combat power, this Qingzhou will naturally be captured." ”
"I'm afraid it's hard to do it...... Zhu Wu shook his head with a wry smile: "I have thought about this method before, but after inquiring about it, I found that the people who can go to the city are all people who are close to the government, or they are the families of officers and soldiers, or the rich businessmen in the city, all of them are Qingzhou people who know their roots." ”
At this moment, everyone was speechless, they really didn't expect things to be so difficult, and the Qingzhou government's precautions were much stricter than elsewhere. After being silent for a long time, Shi Xiucai suddenly said: "I heard a news in the inn before, now the grain and grass of the officers and soldiers are stored in the warehouse in the southwest of the city, if we can burn these grains, we will definitely be able to mess up the hearts of the officers and soldiers......
This lifted Zhu Wu's spirits: "This is a solution, but I don't know how the guards are there." The granary is the key to the defenders, and the caution of the Qingzhou army should not be rash, right? ”
"It's hard to go during the day, but it's completely different if it's a night attack. They must not have imagined that we would launch a raid in a few days. Yang Xiong also supported Shi Xiu's idea after thinking about it for a while, and then, the Mu family brothers and Jiang Jing also echoed one after another: "This is the best way at the moment, and after burning the granary, it will inevitably attract people and horses in the city to fight the fire, and then we may be able to surprise again, take the government office, and capture Huang Wenbing to open the city gate!" ”
As everyone expressed their positions, Zhu Wu also slowly recognized this strategy, although it still looked a little risky, but this was the best way to disturb Qingzhou's internal situation at the moment. After all, they were also worried that if the time dragged on for too long, the battle would be uncertain, and maybe Sun Tu would lead the army back at some point.
"Then it is decided, tomorrow night, our troops will be divided into two routes, Brother Jiang and Brother Zhu will take twenty people to the government to ambush, and the others will go together to set fire to the granary. This battle can be won and not defeated! Zhu Wu made the final decision with a solemn expression.
The others all showed a look of eagerness: "Okay, let's turn Qingzhou City upside down this time!" ”
The deliberation was settled, and the crowd quickly dispersed in the night. It's just that after these people left, looking at the dark sky, Zhu Wu still had a little worry in his heart, somehow, he always felt that things were not so easy to do, but he couldn't think of anything wrong.
Regardless of whether this strategy is mature or not, there is no possibility of retreating at this time, so after a day and a night of rest and preparation, after dark the next day, in this newly bought mansion, Zhu Wu has gathered all his hands, and after telling today's plan, he took out the short knife he carried with him, and shouted in a low voice: "Brothers, take Qingzhou today, once it is done, we all have great achievements in the cottage, Chao Tianwang Song Zhai Lord will not treat you badly, everyone go all out!" ”
"Yes...... Take Qingzhou, today! Under the leadership of the Mu brothers, forty or fifty people in front of them also whispered and agreed, and then quietly opened the door, and came out of the stream, coming to the long street that was quieter and more empty than the day.
Soon after they appeared on the long street, there was also a team in the alley on the other side that quickly came to converge, it was another group of people led by Yang Xiong Shixiu, together, there were more than 80 people. These people are all carefully selected elite soldiers in the Liangshan army, with their combat strength, if they can touch a small county, they can easily take the city, but today, their goal is just a small granary, which can be regarded as enough to give Qingzhou City face.
Along the empty streets, they did not dare to slack off, they all took their steps lightly, kept an eye on the situation on all sides, and at the slightest movement, they would quickly hide. In this way, the team quietly came to the warehouse far away from the residential streets around the second watch.
At this time, the front door of the warehouse was still guarded by several defenders, and several of them still lit torches in their hands, illuminating the large unobstructed open space in front of them as if it were daylight. Seeing this scene, Zhu Wu knew that it was impossible to break through the defense line quietly, so he immediately gave the Mu family brothers around him a look, they immediately nodded, quickly drew their knives, shouted in a low voice, and quickly walked towards the guards to cover the past.
The soldiers guarding the treasury naturally could not be the elite of the Qingzhou army, all of them were newly recruited during this period of time, so when they saw someone suddenly killed, their first reaction was to be a little panicked, and the leader hurriedly raised the spear in his hand and shouted: "Who are you, dare to trespass into the granary...... Before he finished speaking, the Mu family brothers had already pounced on him, and the knife flashed into the necks of two of them, and then the knife in his hand did not slow down, and once again slashed at the others who were already frightened.
Suddenly, the screams rang out, shattering the quiet night.
At the same time as the Mu family brothers made a move, Zhu Wu had also led the others to kill quickly, so the five or six officers and soldiers guarding the door all lost their lives, and they couldn't even warn them.
At this point, Zhu Wu no longer had too many worries, and immediately said loudly: "Come and two brothers go over the wall and open the door of the warehouse, let's set the fire and leave!" ”
The two sturdy minions immediately agreed, rushed over with an arrow step, only kicked on the wall, the body had jumped up, and then hooked up with his hand, and the person had neatly climbed over the wall more than two feet high, without any hesitation, the two had jumped down one after another.
Only a moment later, there were two muffled grunts inside, and then the closed door of the storeroom was forcefully opened from the inside. Obviously, after the two of them entered, they happened to bump into the guards who heard the movement outside and came to check, and they took the first action to solve the problem.
Seeing that the Kumen was wide open, Zhu Wu and the others were overjoyed, and rushed in without hesitation......
At the same time, in the small alley only half a stone's throw away from the prefect's yamen, Zhu Fu and Jiang Jingzheng led people to ambush it, watching the movement in the southwest corner from time to time, waiting for the moment when the fire started.
Suddenly, a little red light flashed from that side, and then it turned into a sky-high fire, and after a while, there were exclamations in the city from time to time, and the people were alarmed, and then the prefect's yamen also reacted, and after a while, a team of yacha had hurried towards the fire.
The door of the government has now been opened, so that people can see the empty environment at a glance. Jiang Jing and Zhu Fu glanced at each other, knowing that the opportunity had appeared, and it was time to make a move!