Another day of dusk fell, and as the sky darkened, even the cold north wind seemed to be more and more raging, blowing the flag of Changshu City constantly trembling, and also making the hundred and ten soldiers guarding here inexplicably shudder.

A man who looked like an officer looked back at the city behind him, and his eyes were a little dazed: today is the twenty-second day of the lunar month, but there is no atmosphere in the city that should be the end of the New Year, the entire county is almost completely shrouded in darkness, and only a few bits of light remind them that there are still many residents and defenders in this Changshu city.

Li Jing is a native of Changshu, because he really can't stand the heavy taxes and exploitation of the government, he and some companions took refuge in the Fang La army that started a few years ago, and returned to his hometown with the army half a year ago, and also made a lot of contributions in this war, so he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, with a hundred and ten soldiers under his hands.

But returning to Changshu made him always give birth to a trance, because such a withered, single-minded city that existed only for war was not his hometown that he was familiar with and wanted to come back to, and sometimes he would even have a little regret thoughts, if he hadn't attacked the city that day, maybe this Changshu city would not have become what it is today.

However, he didn't dare to show any negative and strange thoughts, and he didn't keep them in his heart for long, so he quickly cleaned up his mood and carefully inspected the north gate, especially the three giant bed crossbows that were said to be transported from Suzhou City, which were the focus of his daily inspection, because this is also the biggest reliance of this small city to block tens of thousands of Song troops, and there can be no mistakes.

The torches were also swaying in the cold wind, but they could still clearly shine on the huge cold bed crossbow, and after carefully checking that all its components were not damaged by the wind and snow, Li Jing let out a long sigh of relief and walked to the next bed crossbow.

And at this moment, there was a vigilant shout from the side of the city wall: "What person? Stop me! With this shout, there was also the sound of bows and arrows pulling strings, which made the defenders of the city stunned, and many people raised their weapons and hurried to reinforcements.

Even Li Jing quickly turned around and ran over, and as soon as the people arrived at the city wall, some of his subordinates stepped forward to report: "Captain, there is a team of men and horses in front, and they have sent people close to the city wall!" ”

Li Jing was also nervous when he heard this, now that the defenders in the city were already insufficient, and now it was unfavorable for defense at night, if there was really an enemy to attack, he really didn't know how to deal with it. After all, he was just an ordinary farmer half a year ago, and in addition to having two arms and a little bit of martial arts, he still knew a little about many things on the battlefield.

However, he was still a person with some experience, so he immediately waved his hand and signaled the two brothers around him to hurry down to the city to report to his boss that he knew, while he ordered someone to pull the bed crossbow away, and shouted: "Who are you, if you don't report your identity or leave, don't blame us for releasing the arrows." ”

"Is it Li Da? I'm Cheng Jiu, why haven't you seen you for a few days, and you turned your face and didn't recognize anyone? The people under the city came closer, and it seemed that only then did they understand the threat from the city, and then someone stepped forward and replied loudly. Afterwards, others threw their torches high and illuminated the flag in front of their ranks.

Although almost no one in the city defenders is literate, the style of their own military flag is still very familiar, and some people quickly recognized that one of the scarred flags embroidered on the flag is the word Wen Lingda, the garrison general in the city, which makes many people feel even more relieved: "It turns out that General Wen is back." You said it earlier, and the brothers were frightened in vain. ”

Li Jing also recognized the identity of the speaker at this time, and immediately scolded with a smile: "Cheng Laojiu, didn't you go to the north to fight with General Wen, why did you run back at this time, did you become a deserter?" Be careful, Lao Tzu, this will let people release arrows to correct the Fa on the spot......"

"Li Da don't say cool words, open the city gate quickly, we were defeated in front, General Wen was seriously injured and was carried back by us, it won't take an hour or two, the Song army will be killed!" Cheng Jiu seemed quite anxious, and he didn't plan to have more time with him, so he immediately shouted loudly.

This statement shocked the defenders of the city, and many people screamed in disbelief, and even Li Jing couldn't come back to his senses for a while: "There is such a thing, so many of our brothers have been defeated?" Even General Wen ......, "He was picked up by Wen Lingda, and he admires this brave and warlike general, but he doesn't want such bad news to come today."

At that moment, he didn't dare to be the slightest slack, and immediately ordered people to lower the drawbridge, open the city gate, and welcome his defeated army into the city. At the same time, Li Jing, who already had some experience, still thought of reporting this important news to his superiors at the same time, so he sent another person to the command post not far from the rear to report the news. He himself, on the other hand, hurried down the city wall and went to the gate to wait to check on General Wen's injuries.

After a strange squeaky sound, the gate of Changshu City, which was not too big, finally opened slowly, allowing Li Jing to vaguely see the hazy silhouette of the two or three thousand people standing in front of the suspension bridge. Under the light of the fire, he could clearly see that the clothes and armor they were wearing were the same as his own, and he could even see some friends in the army like Cheng Laojiu standing in front of him. Just looking at the wounds and stains on their bodies, you can guess what a terrible battle they had fought before.

"Bang ——!" The drawbridge was finally firmly anchored on the moat, which was not too turbulent, connecting the inside and outside of the city gate. At that moment, without the need for the defenders in the city to greet them, the defeated army was already lined up in a neat line, and quickly rushed from the bridge to this side.

Li Jing, who was about to step forward to inquire about the specific situation, suddenly paused, and his doubts were suddenly raised, and his eyes were fixed on the army that was coming up: "No...... When will our brothers be able to get out of such a neat queue? And even after suffering defeat...... Their spirit is completely much stronger than ours, and there's something wrong with that! ”

When he quickly made a judgment in his mind and realized that it was not a real friendly army, the other party had already rushed to the city gate. Accompanied by a loud shout from the first person: "Do it!" The soldiers suddenly showed the crossbow machine that had been behind them. With a loud bang, arrows rained down like a torrential rain, instantly knocking dozens of unprepared soldiers waiting to greet their comrades to the ground.

Li Jing only had time to flash sideways, but before he could draw out the saber he was carrying, a big man had rushed to him, and a fist the size of a vinegar bowl hit his chest at once.

However, this sudden attack did not stop there, and after a round of fire shot over the dozens of people in front of the city gate, they suddenly accelerated, like a large group of cheetahs, quickly broke into the city, and quickly occupied the control of the city gate and the drawbridge, and then divided their men and swooped down on the city wall above.

At this time, the dozens of defenders left at the head of the city exclaimed in surprise as if they had just woken up from a dream, and some of them wisely chose to release arrows at the enemies who were constantly killing below. But the arrow array caused by a few dozen people could not pose any threat to the thousands of people below, and in just a few moments, hundreds of people had already rushed across the drawbridge and entered the city gate with a shout.

When someone finally thought that they still had a big killing weapon like a bed crossbow available, and shouted for people to hurry over and launch it together, more than a dozen agile figures had already slaughtered them like leopards. First a barrage of arrows came head-on, and then they rushed to the front.

Under the rapid attack of these fierce elite soldiers, the dozens of defenders on the head of the city could not even fight back, and they were all killed in the blink of an eye, and the city head and gate in the south completely fell into the hands of this surprise army.

And this was only the beginning, as control of the South Gate changed hands, more Song troops poured in from the darkness outside the city, and soon the flames of war quickly spread to all parts of Changshu City.

The Wu army was not too strong, and it had lost the city as a support, and even the most reliable general Wen Lingda was not in the city to command, so when the war was together, there were not many people who could lead the army to resist.

The Song army's offensive was out of control, the south gate, the west gate, the east gate, and finally the north gate, the four gates of Changshu were all captured by them in just one hour, and then [www.biquku.biz] a large number of soldiers attacked everywhere and launched a targeted attack on several important yamen in the city.

In the face of this overwhelming strength, the defenders of Changshu could not even make a symbolic resistance, and they had completely fallen. Zhang Kuang, who was named Changshu Taishou by Fang La, and important officials such as deputy garrison Xu An were even captured, and none of them could escape from the city at night to report the news.

In this way, by the time of the third watch, Changshu City had completely fallen into the hands of the Song army, and the banner of the Wu army was pulled down and discarded, and it was replaced by a large Song army flag, and a large general flag embroidered with the word Sun fluttered high at the head of Changshu City, hunting sound.

And what is even more unbelievable is that from the time the Song army entered Changshu to completely control the whole city, these thousands of people did not kill any ordinary people in vain, as long as they heard their warnings and obediently stayed at home and did not come out, the Song army did not pose any threat to them. All this fell in the eyes of those Wu Jun who had no choice but to surrender, and they couldn't believe what they saw, because in their previous understanding, Song Jun was all greedy and fierce, and there was no military discipline at all.

It was not until this time that they knew that there was still such a very different army in the Song army, and it was called the Qingzhou Army!