Chapter 40: Vanguard
"Li Xin went somewhere else? No, this is a ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain, this east gate is huge, just to attract our attention, they want to attack the city from other places! Hearing this, Zheng Gu thought about it in his heart and thought of a terrible fact.
"My lord, what now? At the north and south gates, there are traces of enemy generals, and they are menacing! The person said anxiously.
"Don't panic! You hurry up and tell the county to tell them, let them go to each gate to supervise the battle, there are not enough soldiers, so gather the people to help, be sure to defend to the death, and never let the enemy attack the city! Zheng Gu thought for a while, and then said. He also has no choice, after all, there are only so many people in his hands, and at a critical time, he can only rely on the people in the city.
When the visitor heard this, he hurried down to the city. At this time, Li Xin and the others under the city had just erected a temporary bridge, passed through the moat that was not too wide, and had already begun to erect siege ladders. In order to make the suspicion of the soldier sufficient, he kept the soldiers behind him who were not attacking the city quiet, so that although his side was not small, it looked powerless.
"Stay safe, we can't die here!" Before going up, Li Xin specially instructed Li Erhei and Zhou Tong.
The two of them nodded their heads and climbed up a siege ladder. At this time, the archers under the city also began to concentrate some of their arrows to suppress the defenders in these three places. The city wall is more than five meters high, although they are dressed in iron armor, but for Li Xin, except for a little inconvenient up and down, there is nothing else, after all, Li Xin often trains them for weight-bearing off-road.
Although the guards at the head of the city were suppressed, they soon found that some people began to climb up, and some of the guards were indeed brave, completely ignoring the arrows fired from the city, and picked up the stones and threw them down to the city. Fortunately, Li Xin and the others could see clearly, so they dodged early, and those guards, who were unlucky, were shot directly and fell out of the city.
Soon, Li Xin and the three of them all climbed to the top of the city, holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, and after jumping off the battlements, they began to kill. With the bravery of the three of them, coupled with the iron armor on their bodies, they basically had no scruples, although there were many guards around, but no one could stop them for a while. In just a few minutes, the three of them had already vacated a blank space of four or five meters.
"Hurry up, use bows and arrows, and you must drive these three people out of the city!" Zheng Gu, who was not far away, saw this scene at this time, and immediately said angrily.
It's a pity that his idea is good, but at this time, Li Xin and the three of them are wearing iron armor, not to mention, even if they are surrounded by guards, if he releases arrows, he is afraid that his own people will be finished first. Therefore, after realizing this, he had to quickly stop this order and let the soldiers attack and kill Li Xin and the others with all their strength instead.
Li Xin and the three of them gradually leaned together, surrounded by hundreds of guards, and spears and knives pierced at the three of them together. The three of them blocked with shields, and while counterattacking, they blocked the front of the battlements to buy time for the other soldiers behind them.
Finally, the dozen or so ironclad warriors in the back all came to the city. Under the protection of the iron armor, the defenders' attacks were fierce, but they could not do much damage. Seeing this, Li Xin began to kill outward, preparing to break through the encirclement, so that the others could go to the city and open the city gate to welcome the army into the city.
At this time, the rain of arrows under the city had also stopped, and the soldiers under the city began to set up more siege ladders and quickly climbed up to the city. Seeing this scene, Zheng Gu suddenly understood that the other three gates were clearly fake, and immediately called the guards beside him and said: "You hurry up and ask the county to mobilize reinforcements over, the enemy's target is the East City Gate, and the rest of the place is fake!" ”
When the guards left, he ordered all the soldiers on the city to gather as much as possible to Li Xin and them, hoping to wipe out a group of them on the city. As a result, Li Xin and the others were soon surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and the thick enemy army made them unable to kill them when they rushed left and right for a while.
"Give me an order, if anyone kills one of them, he will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan and 10 liters of grain!" Zheng Gu had already realized that if he didn't solve this group of fierce Huashan troops, his Zheng County would definitely not be guaranteed, so he even rewarded him heavily.
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and as soon as they heard the news at this time, the guards at the head of the city suddenly became enthusiastic, but all those who were greedy rushed towards Li Xin and them without fear of death.
"We can't go on like this, we have to open a passage, let them go down and open the city gate first!" Li Xin killed for a while, but found that there were more and more enemies, and he couldn't help but hurry.
"The two of us are here to help you get out, you quickly lead someone down and open the door!" Li Erhei glanced at the enemies around him and shouted.
"Good!" Li Xin nodded, and stood between the two of them, and the three of them lined up in a row and stormed in one direction. The other ironclad soldiers followed the three of them, rushing forward without hesitation.
Although this team of people is small, they are very brave, and in the case of competing for the first, they have burst out with strong combat effectiveness. Although Zheng Gu's soldiers were rewarded and incentive, they were killed by more than a dozen people at this time, and they gradually became afraid in their hearts. After all, compared to the Huashan Army, they haven't fought for a long time.
Under the joint cover of Li Erhei and Zhou Tong, a passage was finally opened for Li Xin to come out, and Li Xin didn't say a word, and rushed towards the direction of the city with the soldiers behind him. I saw him holding a war knife and running over, but whoever dared to stop it, it was directly solved with a knife, and a group of people rushed over like a fierce god, and the guards at the head of the city saw that they were frightened, and few people dared to run up to resist it.
Behind Li Xin, Li Erhei and Zhou Tong immediately stood together, cutting off the city like an iron gate, and those guards on the other side had to rush through the hands of the two of them if they wanted to chase Li Xin. However, with the support of the two of them and the continuous stream of Huashan Army soldiers below, this may be getting smaller and smaller.
With two "bangs", Li Xin cut the rope of the suspension bridge and paved the way for the Huashan army to advance, and at this time he almost opened the city gate.
"Huh?" When he was halfway through the run, Li Xin suddenly saw Zheng Gu in front of him, and couldn't help but move in his heart, thinking of the truth that the thief would capture the king first, and even if he gave up his original idea, he rushed directly towards Zheng Gu. As long as he is taken down, even if this Zheng County is completely defeated, I have to say that private soldiers have the benefits of private soldiers, but at the same time, there is also such a disadvantage, as long as the leader has a problem, it is basically a plate of scattered sand.
"It's not good, this Li Xin is coming straight to me!" That Zheng Gu was angry because his subordinates were unable to resist and were opened by Li Xin and them, and when he was dispatching troops to prepare to block it with all his might, he saw Li Xin on the opposite side raising his knife to kill him all the way, and he couldn't help but fly out of the sky and exclaimed.
"Hurry up, hurry forward, and stop them with me, if anyone kills him, a reward of 100,000 yuan and 1,000 stones of grain!" At this point, Zheng Gu was finally scared, and shouted again and again, telling the other guards behind him to run in front of him to block Li Xin and them.
After hearing this condition, many people rushed over, but more of the guards showed fear on their faces and did not dare to approach the past at all. After all, they still have some sense, knowing that if their lives are gone, everything else will be in vain, and at this moment, it is naturally important to save their lives first.
And just as Li Xin was getting closer and closer to him, a large number of torches began to appear from the other two sides of the city, and it was obvious that other people in the city had come to support. Seeing this scene, Li Xin couldn't help but sigh secretly, it was obviously impossible for him to capture Zheng Gu in order to capture Zheng County, after all, those reinforcements were closer to him at this time.
"Let's go down!" Li Xin shouted at a few people behind him, turned around, and killed all the way down the steps in the city. Comparatively speaking, there are relatively few guards in this place, after all, they have all been sent to it. There were hardly too many of them to be stopped, and the group went directly to the outside of the city gate.
Zheng Gu at the head of the city, who was rescued at this time, just breathed a sigh of relief, and when he saw Li Xin's whereabouts, his heart rose again, and he hurriedly shouted to the county Cheng who rushed to support: "The enemy wants to open the city gate, you quickly bring people down to stop them!" ”
The county saw that the situation was urgent, and without saying a word, he ran down with the soldiers behind him. Zheng Gu stayed in the city and continued to urge the other soldiers to launch a counterattack against Li Erhei and them. When the county leader rushed to the outside of the city gate, Li Xin and the others had already been fighting inside for a while.
In this city gate cave, Zheng Gu arranged thirty people to defend, and all they paid attention to was whether anyone would knock on the door outside the city, so when Li Xin and the others came over, they were really surprised. With the number of them, they couldn't stop Li Xin at all, and after the three times five divided by two were solved, they almost opened the gate, and at this time, the county Cheng came over with three hundred people.
"You four go and open the gates, and the others will follow me!" Be sure to stop them! When Li Xin saw it, he immediately shouted, turned around with a knife in both hands and killed him, and the other five or six people also rushed back with him, and lined up in a row to block the outside of the city gate, forming a human wall, so that the guards could not enter at all.
The city gate hole is only so big, and the county Cheng took hundreds of people outside, and tried to kill them several times, but they were all killed by Li Xin and retreated, and they couldn't shake their formation at all. Seeing this scene, the county Cheng could only be in a hurry, and not long after, only a squeak was heard, and the east gate of Zheng County was opened.
"It's over!" When the county saw this scene, his face was immediately like ashes.