The sentinel looked back, and hundreds of his subordinates also looked back, not expecting their General Zhou to come at this time, but when he looked back, there was no one behind him.

At this time, Zhao Heng had already made a move, and a sharp blade pierced the night sky.

With a click, the sentry's head was slashed off by the sword, and the blood was splashed as far as it went, and the dead body was planted under the horse.

"Kill!" After killing this sentinel, Zhao Heng did not stop, with a roar, the big sword in his hand was like a bloodthirsty madman, drinking people's blood and eating people's flesh in the night sky.

Seeing that their general had made a move, the hundreds of guards under Zhao Heng were also ruthless, each raising a sharp blade, urging the horse to rush forward, and slashing wildly.

Screams and blood foam splattered, accompanied by limbs flying sideways.

All of a sudden, the three or four hundred people who were caught off guard in front of them were scattered and fled, corpses were all over the ground, and blood flowed like a river.

In this way, they killed the officers and soldiers guarding the city gates, opened the city gates, lowered the drawbridge, crossed the moat, and fled.

There was such a big incident at the north gate, and the city guard general was also alarmed.

Zhou Wang hadn't rested at this time, because it was just over the first watch, and it was summer, and it was still early.

At this time, Zhou Wang was complaining with Ma Liang, the main general guarding the West City. These two men have a similar smell, and both advocate retreating for self-preservation, rather than defending the city.

Especially now that the city lord has made Liu Zhen handsome, both of them are a little dissatisfied, but the city lord does not dare to disobey it.

After receiving the report, the second general quickly came to the accident site with the guards.

Seeing the corpses of his soldiers being killed, and the death of a henchman sentry, who was still his brother, Zhou Wang scolded Zhao Heng like thunder.

"Gather people and chase me!"

Ma Liang said: "Brother Zhou, forget it, you can't catch up, extinguish the fire, let this thief live a few more days." ”

At this time, Liu Zhen arrived with someone.

"Zhou did not defend the city effectively, and ran away from the rebellious ministers and thieves, please punish the commander." Zhou Wang knelt down and pleaded guilty to Liu Zhen, but he couldn't repent.

Before that, Zhou Wang felt that fighting the guards now was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. In the Mixed Yuan City in the land of projectiles, there are only 10,000 defenders, and they can't stop the iron hooves of hundreds of thousands of guards.

Wait for the reinforcements from the imperial court to come, and then make a comeback, drive away the guards, and recapture the city of Chaoyuan.

Zhou Wang was actually afraid of the enemy to protect himself, he just wanted to preserve his own strength, and he didn't care about the life or death of the people of Chaoyuan City.

Like Ma Liang, he just wants to keep his thousands of soldiers and horses, in this troubled era, there is an army to have everything.

This is an out-and-out warlord style, each doing its own thing.

But the city can be recaptured, the people are displaced, their wives are separated, and countless people die in the war, and such losses can never be regained.

Therefore, this time the city lord asked Liu Zhenwei to join the army, and he was actually not convinced in his heart. Because of his official position and qualifications, he is above Liu Zhen, but the city lord makes him dare not disobey.

Therefore, on the first day of the defense of the city tonight, he was lazy.

Liu Zhen clearly put him in charge of the northern city, and he only let a sentry officer take three or four hundred people to entertain here, such a large city gate, the defense area is more than 10 miles, and the defense of three or four hundred people is too stretched.

If the guards attack the city from here, they will not be blown away.

If the troops were sufficient today, if Zhou Wang personally led the city to defend the city, Zhao Heng would not have a chance to escape at all, and he would not have suffered so many casualties, including his clan brothers, who would not have been murdered.

"Brother Zhou, get up, people are not sages, who can do nothing, and knowing mistakes can improve greatly."

Liu Zhen should have punished him, but he didn't do that, he didn't say a word of reproach, and pulled him up and comforted him instead.

Liu Zhen's magnanimity deeply touched Zhou Wang, his big face in the shape of a national character was moved, and after he got up from the ground, he hugged the corpse of his brother and cried.

Liu Zhen looked at the blood all over the ground and the corpses lying rampantly, his heart was like a knife, his eyes were red and he said in a deep voice:

"Brothers, go all the way, please rest assured, your blood will not be shed in vain, I, Liu Zhen, will definitely avenge you, you are all warriors of my Great Qi Country, and the soldiers and civilians of the Great Qi Country will remember you!"

Liu Zhen's words infected all the soldiers present, and some of them were heartbroken when they saw the tragic death of their comrades-in-arms, and they wiped away tears.

This is Zhou Wang's brother after crying, kneeling on the ground, looking at the corpses on the ground and grieving: "Brothers, it was I Zhou Wang who harmed you, your spirit in the sky is not scattered, bless me to kill the traitor Zhao Heng, and avenge your hatred!" ”

After finishing speaking, he stood up, picked up his sword, and swore to the sky: "The sky is above, from today on, I hope to live and die with Mixed Yuan City, if I take half a step back and swear to this sword!" ”

As he spoke, he snapped the sword into three pieces.

This situation deeply touched a person, this person was wearing a bronze helmet on his head, wearing bronze armor, a purple robe on his shoulders, a small face with a big beard, and a bronze bell in his eyes.

This person is Ma Liang, the main general who was ordered to guard the West City.

"And I, Ma Liang, swear to fight side by side with General Zhou, avenge the dead brothers, and kill the traitor Zhao Heng."

In their opinion, if the city lord took them to surrender the city collectively, he might be able to accept it, but a person like Zhao Heng betrayed the city lord's order, did not hesitate to kill his subordinates, and defected out of the city without permission, which is a traitor despised by people.

When it comes to Zhao Heng, Liu Zhen couldn't help but grit his teeth and said: "Zhao Heng, this thief even killed his wife and children, and he is not as good as a beast, and everyone will be punished!" ”

The reason why Liu Zhen came a step late was that the scene just now made him unforgettable.

In order to escape from the city, Zhao Heng got rid of the burden and killed his family on the street.

When Liu Zhen passed by, there was also a lively one, it was Zhao Heng's little wife, she crawled out of the pool of blood and stopped Liu Zhen's horse's head.

She cried and said that she was blind, she married Zhao Heng in this life, and she couldn't live anyway, crying and begging Liu Zhen to give her another sword, she wanted to atone for her husband in this way, otherwise he would die blindly.

Liu really couldn't bear it, and soon the woman's blood ran out and she lost her breath, but her two eyes were staring, and she really didn't blink an eye.

This incident shocked Liu Zhen.

Zhao Heng is the deputy of the Mixed Yuan City Association, but he is not as good as a woman.

Liu Zhen ordered his subordinates to bury this woman, so it was delayed.

Liu Zhen also made the story of this incident public, his heart was like a snake and scorpion, and the soldiers present all gritted their teeth at Zhao Heng.

"Zhao Heng's escape shows that the matter of defending the city must not be slackened in the slightest, if the enemy army comes to attack, the consequences are unimaginable, and the two generals will personally patrol the city."

"Obey the orders of the Counselor!" Zhou Wangshen thought so, and his face was ashamed.

Ma Liang bowed deeply to Liu Zhen, "Lord Samshuai, you are the first person I am convinced in Mixed Yuan City, to be honest, the city lord Ma is not convinced, from now on, I, Ma Liang, am willing to lead the horse and fall into the stool for Lord Samshuai, but Lord Counsellor is the first to look forward." ”