Chapter Twenty-Six: Man Reckoning with Heaven (II)
It is a good strategy to attack the east and the west, and it is often possible to succeed by taking advantage of the opponent's eagerness, but if you encounter an opponent who is not eager, this strategy is likely to be difficult to work.
Quan Ce led the crowd to walk the horses, and actually collided with a group of people pushing grain carts and carrying grain bags, this group of people looked like most of them were coolies, only less than a hundred and ten sergeants in armor and knives.
Before Quan Ce and the others could react, the other party was already in an uproar, scattering in a hurry, and they didn't want food and grass, so they rushed to the city gate.
"General...... What should we do? Everyone stared at him enthusiastically, rushing and eager to try, just not to grab the credit, bumping into the credit in his hand, I am afraid that I can't help but receive it.
"Hehe" Quan Ce looked up and smiled, people are not as good as heaven, "If God does not take it, he will be blamed, the whole army dismounts, and marches lightly"
As soon as the order was given, he took the lead, jumped off the horse, galloped half-hunched, his hands did not stop, he took off his bright armor, and threw it on the ground, his cotton robe was crimson, and he was a little eye-catching, so he simply took it off and ran wildly wearing only his middle coat.
The people in the back did not understand his intentions, so they did the same, threw away their armor and abandoned their armor, and charged only in their underwear, and soon caught up with the people who grabbed the grain, did not wield a knife to kill, nor cut in line, just followed closely with their heads in the back.
The people's soul was scattered, riveted and scattered in all directions, like a bunch of rabbits being chased by wolves, at a critical moment, he played extraordinary, even more than a well-trained sergeant, and he was not yet under the city, shouting at a loud voice from afar, "Open the door, open the door, open the door quickly, the enemy is coming"
The city gate guard stretched his neck, observed, saw no trace of the enemy, and did not see grain and grass, waved his hand, and gave the order weakly, "Open the city gate"
scolded indiscriminately, "These useless things, I haven't brought back a single hair, and I haven't had any meat for more than half a month."
As soon as the city gate opened, Quan Ce suddenly accelerated, mixed with the front half of the crowd, and rushed in as soon as possible.
"There are thieves, thieves have entered the city," the sergeant who grabbed the grain was out of breath and explained the situation clearly.
The gatekeeper was shocked, "Where are the people?" ”
The sergeants and civilians looked around in a daze, and they couldn't even find a figure, and the general guarding the gate refused to relax, summoned his subordinates, disarmed them all, and let them identify each other and investigate the spies.
"General, it's not a spy, it's the army, a lot of people" The sergeants were so anxious when they saw him deal with him like this, they shouted loudly.
"Shut up, who dares to say more, and punish it according to the conspiracy" The general guarding the gate did not buy it, arranged for his subordinates to be tortured, left the city gate himself, entered a ready-to-wear shop, and when he came out again, he was already a rich idler, and there was no general.
After Quan Ce led the army into the city, he continued to sprint without stopping, and his command subordinates scattered into various streets, set fires everywhere, created chaos, and shouted, "The thief army has entered the city, and Ruyang has fallen"
"There is an army of thieves at the east gate, run to the west gate"
"Run to the West Gate"
Spread all the way from the east gate to the west gate, coerce many people, storm the city gate, solemnly take advantage of the chaos to attack and kill the guards, open the city gate, the people flock out in groups, the city gate hole is wide, and it is crowded.
Quan Ce led the army to rush up the city wall, killed the enemy troops on the city wall, raised his arms and shouted, "The eastern capital is here, and the heavenly soldiers will enter the city quickly"
"The eastern capital of Qianniu is here, and the heavenly soldiers are quickly entering the city" The officers and soldiers of the Qianniu Guard shouted in unison, and the sound shook the four fields.
Lai Chong and Lu Jiong took off their white clothes, dipped them in the blood from their wounds, wrote down the four bright red characters of Dongdu Qianniu, and hung them high on the flagpole.
Solemnly rushed out of the city gate, grabbed a horse, rode the horse to the battlefield, galloped all the way, shouted all the way, "The eastern capital of thousands of cattle broke the city, and the heavenly soldiers quickly entered the city"
When the rebels at the west gate heard the sound and turned back, the banner of the city had changed, and the fighting spirit was completely lost, and the heart was broken, on the contrary, the morale of the counterinsurgency army was high, and Lu Chongyu heard the news, and no longer sat firmly in the big tent of the Chinese army, and personally went into battle to leap on the horse, urging the whole army to attack, the rebels fled in all directions, and the defensive front was broken.
When Zhao Liu led the army to rush into the west city gate, the white and red-letter banner of Qianniu in the eastern capital was still fluttering, and dozens of people in Qianniuwei were bloody, blocking the entrance of the city wall, condescending, desperately resisting the dense rebels on the stone stairs of the city wall, and the two sides were glued together.
"Brother Qianniu, Zuo Wuwei is here" Zhao Liu shouted violently, "Release the arrows and shoot these traitors"
"Whoosh" arrows rained down, and the rebels were quickly emptied.
Zhao Liu quickly climbed the city wall, heard the footsteps, and the bloodied Qianniu guard howled, swinging his knife and slashing, like crazy.
"Brother, it's us, the heavenly soldiers have entered the city" Zhao Liu's hurriedly parried, shouted loudly, stretched out his hand, and wiped the flesh and blood in front of him for preparation, "Brother, look, I'm Zuo Wuwei"
Prepare to wake up, let go of his hand, throw away the horizontal knife, and fall to the ground with a clatter, out of strength.
Jingling, Qianniuwei and the others felt soreness all over their bodies at this moment, especially their arms, which couldn't be lifted.
Zhao Liu came to the city wall and saw Quan Ce sitting cross-legged on the ground, with blood stains on his face and his armor, kneeling on one knee, and raising his hands high, "The general is mighty, and Qianniuwei is mighty"
Inside and outside the city wall, countless soldiers shouted, "The general is mighty, and the Qianniuwei is mighty"
Quan Ce leaned his head against the wall, listening to the cheers, and closed his eyes tiredly, at this time, he was weak, but his blood was boiling, he was extremely identified with his military identity, he was a soldier of Datang.
"Smoke, thick smoke, on fire" In the center of the city, a fierce fire was ignited, tongues of fire rose into the air, and the wind helped the fire, engulfing the entire Yue Wangfu.
When Zhang Guangfu entered the city, he saw a piece of charred rubble, and ordered the sergeant to look around, but found nothing.
In desperation, he withdrew from the city and returned to Junyi County.
"Xiangye, Xiangye, the humble position is willing to surrender, and the lowly position has the letter and criminal evidence of Li Zhen's collusion with the court clan in his hands" Li Zhen's son-in-law Pei Shoude was dressed in white, waiting outside the city, kneeling in the middle of the road, asking Zhang Guangfu to surrender, followed by several servants, holding two boxes.
"When you are out of the city, why did you go and come back?" Zhang Guangfu squinted at him.
"Li Zhen ordered the humble duty to collect the wealth and goods, contact the Li clan, Xu Tu made a comeback, and the lowly bathed queen grace, I don't want to use the mantis arm as a car, and help the abuse, hereby please surrender" Pei Shoude spoke earnestly, and explained it.
Quan Ce was beside Zhang Guangfu, his teeth were clenched, and he bowed his hand, "Xiangye, I have a few words to ask him at the end."
Zhang Guangfu smiled and nodded again and again, "General Quan, excuse me?"
"Pei Shoude, you are an official of the imperial court, rebelled from Li Zhen, and you are loyal?"
"You are Li Zhen's half-son, you can't share hardships during his lifetime, and after his death, you have no sadness, but betray him, filial piety?"
"You are a pro-people official in this place, when the war broke out, you fled by yourself, benevolent?"
"You have the intention of surrendering, and you didn't make an early move, resulting in heavy casualties in our army and misery among the people, righteous?"
Pei Shoude's face was not ashamed, and he talked eloquently, "The general's advice is extreme, however, the Buddha Youyun put down the butcher's knife and became a Buddha on the ground, Confucius Youyun knows that mistakes can be changed, and he is very good, and he keeps a useful body and serves the queen of heaven, why not?" ”
"Hehehe" Quan Ce sneered, "The Buddha and Confucius are righteous, I will learn it later, you and I have different opinions, so I will ask the two sages to judge"
Pei Shoude was triumphant, "Dare to ask General Quan, how to decide?" ”
"This matter is simple" Quan Ce waved his hand, and his subordinates Qian Niuwei rushed up, "I sent you to meet the two sages, and I got their message, and then I bother you to inform me."
"What do you mean?" Pei Shoude was puzzled, but Lu Jiong understood, waved the horizontal knife and fell, Pei Shoude's head fell to the ground, and the thousands of swords waved and split the corpse.
The murderous scene in front of him was shocking, Zhang Guangfu's eyelids kept jumping, and he laughed forcibly, "General Quan has handled it very well, everyone who has no virtue will be punished, left and right, take those two boxes, and these servants will be executed together."