Chapter 526: Qingzhou Victory
In fact, Liang Shanjun did not lose too unjustly in Qingzhou this time, because their entire plan had been broken by Sun Tu as early as the beginning, and the strange soldiers who thought they were killers had infiltrated the city early and had been under the control of the government.
Therefore, when Zhu Wu secretly agreed with the leaders last night to set a strategy to disrupt Qingzhou City, the government also learned the news as soon as possible, and quickly guessed where the target of their selection this time was from the law of their previous haunts in the city, so they made corresponding arrangements, just waiting for them to step into the trap themselves.
In fact, the granary, the government office, and the city gate have all laid a net, and no matter where they choose to attack first, there is only one outcome, and that is to be captured. And Zhu Wu's practice of dividing his troops into two ways in order to be safe reduced his own strength, resulting in them not even being able to resist and get out.
After all these city spies were taken down, Huang Wenbing interrogated them on the spot. The others were still quite tough, even in the face of threats, they still refused to tell the contact method with the Liangshan army outside the city, but Zhu Fu was more afraid of death than them, and was intimidated by Huang Wenbing, and after dozens of boards, he finally couldn't get through it and explained the code.
In this way, there is a good scene tonight to invite the gentleman into the urn and close the door to beat the dog. Even if there are more soldiers and horses in Liangshan, in such a desperate situation, they can only be beaten passively, and the arrows and stones falling above their heads kill them in large numbers, and some people try to climb up from under the city wall, but they find that there is no place to borrow strength at all, and the city wall four or five zhang high is not something that human beings can fly up at all.
As a result, screams and scolding continued to sound from inside the urn city, but no matter how they shouted, one fact could not be changed, that is, this time the Liangshan army would inevitably be confiscated with the whole army.
After Lin Chong saw this scene in the city, he couldn't help but sigh softly: "Senior brother, don't blame my junior brother for not talking about the love back then, I have already given you a chance, if you refuse to give up the darkness and turn to the light, then you can only die in humiliation as a traitor, so that the entire Lu family will be ashamed of you!" ”
Lu Junyi, who was still wielding a long knife to block arrows and stones under the city, seemed to have sensed Lin Chong's thoughts, raised his head suddenly, and shouted: "Lin Chong, if you are a man, come down to fight with me, if I Lu Junyi wins, let go of my brothers, if I lose, I will lose my life, how about it?" ”
Seeing that Lin Chong seemed to be about to say something, Huang Wenbing had already taken the lead and smiled: "Lu Junyi, do you still want to survive by such a radical method to the death?" We have given you a chance, and now there is a chance to live, as long as you put down your weapons and kneel on the ground, you can not die, otherwise, this urn city is the place where you will be buried! ”
When he said this, the stones were still smashing down, and one of the stones the size of a sea bowl struck the arrow that had just been blocked, and the trick was on the top of the old Yan Qing's head, which frightened him into an exclamation. Fortunately, Lu Junyi, who was on the side, was quick and swung his knife in time to help him block this blow, but the strength of the hundreds of catties also slowed down the movement in his hand, so that an arrow shot from the oblique stab hit the shoulder socket and let out a muffled snort.
"Master......" Seeing this, Yan Qing was in a hurry, hurriedly stepped forward to protect Lu Junyi, and said with a self-reproachful face: "It was Xiao Yi who affected the master......"
"It's okay, it's just a small injury." Lu Junyi didn't pay much attention to it, he broke the shaft of the arrow, regardless of the pain in his body, he waved the long knife again, and swept away the falling arrows. But Yan Qing didn't think so, he suddenly said: "Master, it's better to come down now, it's better than dying here in vain." ”
This proposal made Lu Junyi silent for a while, but he was also a little moved. After all, he has only just been in Liangshan for a short time, and he has not yet established a deep relationship with Song Jiang and other brothers, and he does not have much sense of belonging to the cottage. Before, he only felt that he owed Song Jiang their life-saving grace, and his sense of responsibility as the commander of the whole army made him unable to bow his head. But when he looked around and saw that only six or seven hundred people were still struggling to support him, he knew that this time he was really in a desperate situation, and if he didn't surrender according to the will of the above, all two thousand men and horses would have to die here.
After a moment of silence, he finally gritted his teeth and suddenly shouted loudly: "Okay, let's put down our weapons and surrender, you guys stop attacking first." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone above was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered people to stop the arrow and stone attack, and the Liangshan army below was also stunned for a moment, and several leaders looked at Lu Junyi with complicated expressions. In fact, they have already given birth to the idea of surrendering to save their lives, but it is just that it is not easy to say for a while.
"All discarded weapons and kneeling on the ground, hands on their heads!" Lin Chong's voice sounded above again, and even if there were not many enemies left, he didn't dare to relax in the slightest.
Everyone in Liangshan was silent for a while, and after looking at each other, some minions began to throw the weapons in their hands on the ground according to the above meaning. For these people, loyalty to the cottage is not worth their own lives, as long as they can survive, surrender is not a problem at all.
But the movements of those leaders were much slower, and they naturally had some concerns, what if the officers and soldiers gave up their resistance before killing them?
"Hurry up, I'll count to ten, and if there is anyone who refuses to give up his weapons, we'll assume you're cheating!" Huang Wenbing continued to put pressure on them to surrender as soon as possible: "One-two——! Then he counted them without hesitation.
In the face of such pressure, the leaders of the city finally couldn't hold on, first Chai Jin, and then Xiang Chong and Li Gon, who were already injured...... These new leaders who had just come up the mountain to join the gang were one step ahead and put down their weapons, and they had completely lost the courage to struggle.
Seeing this, Lu Junyi also sighed lightly, he had no intention of fighting anymore at this time, so he could only put down the knife in his hand.
But at this moment, when Huang Wenbing, who was just above, coldly counted the seven characters, a series of screams suddenly sounded on the outer wall, followed by a commotion. Before the two sides in the city could react, the rumbling sound sounded again, and the huge iron gate that had fallen to block the retreat of the Liang Shan army slowly rose, and then a voice sounded on the outer wall: "Lu Yuanwai, quickly take the brothers out of here!" "It's Han Tao's voice!
Han Tao, who had been blocked out before, didn't actually leave, but kept thinking about ways to go to the city to reverse the situation.
It turns out that the Liangshan army that was left outside still has some ability, with the ropes they carry, taking advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers on the outer wall only pay attention to the inside and ignore their existence, these people actually quietly climbed the outer wall more than seven zhang high, and then assassinated many officers and soldiers under the cover of the sound of fighting inside.
It wasn't until Lin Chong called them to stop the battle that their move was exposed because of the screams. But at this time, they had also found the winch mechanism that opened the key gate, so Han Tao shouted down while asking people to quickly open the door, telling them to leave immediately.
Lu Junyi and the others, who were already uncertain about the surrendered officers and soldiers, saw that there was a way out behind them, so they no longer hesitated, and immediately turned around and ran towards the city gate. This greatly annoyed the officers and soldiers in the city, and as several generals gave orders in a loud voice, arrows and stones flew down with a more violent momentum than before, and at the same time, Lin Chong personally led a team of men and horses along the overpass to kill the outer city.
The original plan to annihilate the enemy army fell short because someone stole in, which naturally made Lin Chong unacceptable, he must kill or take down all these enemies.
Soon, Lin Chong and the others met Wei Dingguo, Peng Xi and other Liangshan leaders who were guarding the outer city wall, and they immediately fought together. But because of their obstruction, Lin Chong was unable to rush to the organ to close the gate again. At this time, the gate had been raised enough for one person to pass through, and Lu Junyi and the others rushed forward at full speed without hesitation, and even let them rush into the city gate hole and rush out of Qingzhou City.
However, at this time, there were only about 300 people left who could escape with Lu Junyi and them, and they were all injured. After looking back at the outer city wall, Han Tao and more than 100 other brothers who were still desperately resisting, but obviously had no power to return to the sky, many of them had the idea of killing back to rescue them.
But at this time, Lu Junyi said loudly: "It's too late, we will only make their sacrifice in vain if we go back." Let's go, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, we have to go back alive in order to avenge them! ”
Some of the people were still hesitating, but there were already sounds of killing in the city, apparently the defenders of the city had gathered and were about to rush out of the city to chase them. At this time, the fighting spirit of the Liangshan army had already disappeared, and everyone was injured, so it was naturally impossible to use this bit of soldiers and horses to fight with the elite Qingzhou army, so in the end, they could only be ruthless, no longer thinking about saving people, and ran to the dark wilderness in front of them.
When the defenders in the city rushed out under the leadership of Shi Qian and others, there was no trace of the Liangshan army outside the city. Because of the darkness of the sky, for a while, they couldn't even tell which direction they were fleeing. In the end, adhering to the principle of poor Kou Mo chasing, the Qingzhou army did not continue to risk the pursuit, and could only temporarily retreat to the city.
Although this battle was not fully successful in the end, and the duck that came to Ben's beak flew away, it was still a hearty victory. In this battle, the Qingzhou army not only held the city, but also broke the conspiracy of the Liangshan bandits, severely damaged the invading enemy, killed and wounded the captured enemy reached 2,000 people, and also captured more than ten Liangshan leaders, which can be described as a rare victory, and also avenged the brothers who died at the foot of Liangshan before!