Soon after, a horse merchant appeared outside the west gate of Yangzhou City, more than 20 people, dozens of horses, and walked over.

The captain guarding the city gate saw this wave of people from a distance, and immediately sent people to meet them and stop the caravan a hundred paces away from the city gate.

When Yu Yuan saw a group of Qin troops coming, he immediately dismounted and stepped forward alone, and said: "Several generals, here are horse merchants from Fushi County, merchants who came from Yiqu Country and returned to Fushi to sell horses, this is my customs clearance documents, as well as identity documents, please take a look at the general." ”

As he spoke, Yu Yuan handed over a wooden tablet and a wooden card.

A Qin soldier took the wooden slip sign and looked at it with suspicion: "The wooden slip said that you should have returned a month ago at the latest, why has it been delayed for so long." ”

Yu Yuan looked helpless, and sighed: "Don't mention it general, we don't want to, it's just that we suffered a disaster in Yiqu before, and we were robbed by the miscellaneous pieces of Yiqu Country, and we were even swallowed up with men and horses." If it weren't for the fact that General Liji defeated the Yiqu Kingdom not long ago, I'm afraid he would still be a slave in the Yiqu Kingdom. ”

Sergeant Qin showed a clear expression: "I think it's the same, there are many caravans that have suffered the same as you in the past few days, all of which were voluntarily released after the defeat of Yiqu, you are okay, you can all come back alive, and many other caravans, because of resistance, have died a lot." ”

As he spoke, Sergeant Qin shook his head, and then sighed: "Okay, the identity has been verified, the goods have been checked correctly, you can enter the city to replenish, but the city tax cannot be less, the first-class horse is fifteen yuan a horse, the middle horse is ten yuan, and the dismount is five yuan, if there is no money, you can use the horse to deduct the tax." ”

After a Qin sergeant counted the number of horses, Yu Yuan immediately handed over two money bags.

After checking that it was correct, the leader Qin Jun nodded and said, "Okay, you guys go into the city." ”

"Thank you, General!"

Just after most of Yu Yuan and the others entered the city, a puff of black smoke suddenly appeared not far from the outside of Yangzhou City, which was particularly conspicuous in the empty air.

"Captain, look, there's smoke outside the city!" A Qin sergeant spotted the black smoke and immediately opened his mouth to warn.

When the captain of the city guard heard this, he immediately looked in the direction pointed by the soldier, and sure enough, a puff of black smoke came from behind a small mound two miles away.

Seeing this, the captain's heart tightened, and he immediately spoke: "The situation has changed, immediately close the city gate and close the hanging gate." ”

As soon as the words ended, several screams were heard from the city gate.

Then, the soldier who pulled the hanging door reported: "Captain, it's not good, that group of horse merchants are spies, and the rope that pulls the hanging door has been cut by them." ”

The captain's face changed: "Immediately beat the drum to send a message for help, report to the general that the attack was attacked, leave a team of soldiers to watch and pour oil on the hanging door, set fire to the hanging door, and the others will come with me to kill the traitor." ”

"No."

As he spoke, the captain gathered more than a hundred people near the city wall, preparing to go down to the city to recapture the city gate.

At this time, Yu Yuan had just made a sneak attack on the Qin army at the city gate, and then shouted loudly: "Control the horses, block the road, and don't let the horses all run away." ”

"Kill horses and block the door, build a corpse wall!"

"No."

As he spoke, Yu Yuan walked quickly to the city gate, pulled hard, pulled a horse to the city gate, raised the long sword in his hand, and stabbed it hard at the eyes of a horse.

The horse let out a mournful cry and fell next to the city gate.

On the other side of the gate, a horse also fell at this time.

"General, the Qin army plans to burn the hanging gate, what should I do?"

"Don't bother, we just need to grab the gates."

"No."

When the captain of the city looked down the city wall, he saw that the gate was full of horses, and several of them were controlling the herd.

Seeing this, the captain immediately ordered: "The crossbowmen are ready to shoot the horses, and Changge moves forward to disperse the horses." They were few in number, no more than twenty men, and with just one assault, they could retake the city gates. ”

With an order, more than twenty arrows were immediately fired at the horses, and then the Qin army with a fight stepped forward to disperse the horses.

After three rounds of arrows, several horses in the herd could no longer be controlled, and they scattered in all directions.

Seeing that the horses had scattered into the city, the captain of the city guard immediately shouted: "Kill, take back the city gate!" ”

The Qin army rushed to the city gate, but what they encountered was a small wall made of horse corpses, not high, not even a meter, but it was stuck at the city gate.

Behind the corpse wall, Yu Yuan took more than 20 people, who were in the door hole with a wooden board in one hand and a long sword in the other, looking at Qin Jun with a wary face.

Seeing this, the lieutenant's eyes narrowed: "Kill the enemy over the horse corpse." In addition, have the horses cleaned up and close the gates as soon as they are recaptured. ”

"No."

For a time, the city gate was slaughtered.

After the battle for the city gate broke out for more than ten minutes, more than 100 people were killed in the city and quickly broke through to the back of the Qin army.

At the same time, there were sudden fires in many parts of the city, and the roars of people were heard everywhere.

Seeing this, the captain guarding the gate turned ugly, and shouted: "Shoot the enemy in the city with bows and arrows, immediately go to the three teams to intercept the enemy, and the others will follow the captain to seize the city gate." ”

Just as he was moving forward, he suddenly felt the earth tremble a little, and a trace of doubt flashed in his mind, but he didn't know why, so he could only press it down and rush to the door with his sword.

What happened at the West Gate quickly spread to the guards in the city, and the guards did not hesitate to immediately arrange for people to go to the rescue.

It's just that it takes time to assemble the team and hurry, and some people in the city set fires, and the people are in chaos.

Just when more than 200 people were killed at the city gate, outside Yangzhou City, Gongsun Yan's doorman Zhong Wu was taking 5,000 soldiers, riding on horses, and quickly rushed towards Yangzhou City.

After that, Gongsun Yan followed Zhong Wu with the main force of foot soldiers, and hurriedly marched towards Yang Zhoucheng.

The distance of ten miles is not long, it is not short, and it is even more so when the horse rushes forward.

When the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was clearly transmitted to Yangzhou City, the defenders in the city had just led the main force to the west gate.

The sound of horses' hooves, coupled with the shaking of the earth, immediately discerned that a large number of horses were approaching quickly, and his face suddenly changed.

Not long ago, the news that Zhao State was captured by Zhongshan on a single horse came to mind, and then he saw that there were still many enemies at the city gate who were fighting with the Qin army, and his face suddenly turned like ashes.

I had to say with hatred: "Order, shoot arrows at the city gate." ”

"General, where are our own people."

When the guard heard this, he slashed the speaker to death with a sword, and shouted, "Listen to my orders and release arrows." ”

"Otherwise, after the city is broken, we will all be killed by thieves."

When they heard this, they did not hesitate any longer, and shot the arrows in their hands at the inside of the city gate.

After more than ten rounds of arrows, all the enemies on the inside of the city gate were wiped out, leaving only more than ten people including Yu Yuan, who used the corpse of the Qin army as a shield, in the door hole.

Seeing this, the guard immediately waved his hand to stop shooting, and then through the doorway, he saw that the brigade had arrived outside the moat and was erecting planks to cross the moat, and he could only hate: "Kill!" ”

After saying that, he took the lead and rushed towards the city gate.