Chapter 240: Burning Cuiyun Tower
"Reinforcements arrived? Reinforcements have arrived! β
Liang Zhongshu suddenly realized that he almost jumped up like a child, and the apprehension in his heart was replaced by joy. Then he shouted to the herald with excitement and trembling: "Go to all the gates to give orders, our reinforcements have arrived, withstand the attack of the thieves, and all the soldiers will be rewarded!" β
Wen Da said: "My lord is in charge of the Chinese army, and the lower officials will personally supervise the defense of the city, and when the reinforcements arrive in the coming days, we will attack before and after, and the thieves will be defeated!" After speaking, Wenda led his two hundred beheadings to accompany him and went to the city to supervise the battle.
Song Jiang kept praising in the clairvoyant mirror: "Not bad! The feints were carried out in the same way as the main attack, our casualties were very small, and the deal was worth it! β
Xue Yong, who was next to him, asked, "Commander!" If we really attack us, we can also take the city, why do we want to feint? β
Song Jiang said: "If the attack was really attacked three days ago, why should I wait until today? The casualties are too great, and I have so many good soldiers in my hands that I can't fight with them. I can take the city tonight without much effort, so why should I rush to exchange the lives of my soldiers for victory? We want to exchange the least sacrifice for the greatest victory! β
After listening to this, Xue Yong lowered his head in shame, but his eyes were full of admiration.
After three unsuccessful sieges, the army of Liangshan withdrew to rest. The officers and soldiers at the head of the city laughed, and finally defeated the thieves and defended the city.
Liang Shanjun outside the city also laughed, and he played with you and giggled there, seeing that you can still laugh tonight.
Today, the one who has the last laugh is destined to be the Liangshan Bo soldiers.
Cuiyun Building, the most famous and largest characteristic restaurant in the Daimyo Mansion. On weekdays, it is overcrowded, more than 100 large and small grids are full, and people from three religions and nine streams come and go, and the money is rolling, and it is very lively. But today the business is in a depression, without him, from noon, Liang Shanbo's army continued to attack the city of Beijing, everyone is afraid to hide in their homes, who still has the heart to eat, drink and have fun.
At that time, the sky and the earth are dim, and everything is hazy.
The battle had long since ended, and the Daimyo's Mansion had quieted down a little from the afternoon of horror, and some people began to yearn for the nightlife of the peaceful time, and three guests came to Cuiyun Building.
There are only three people sitting in a luxurious large grid, and the special dishes are on the table, and you don't need to look at it to know that there must be a Ma Kuan manager in the seat, because there is no second person in the Daimyo Mansion who likes to pay so much attention to pomp and circumstance, and pay attention to luxury and waste. There are two other people in the seat, one is Shi Wengong, and the other is Wen Song, the general who guards the south gate.
The three of them whispered, first Wen Song shook his head again and again, his hands swayed from side to side, and after a while, Ma Kuan handed over a bag of gold, Wen Song smiled after checking it, nodded again and again, patted his chest and agreed.
It turned out that today's Liangshan army attacked the city, and Shi Wengong also led the crowd to defend the city. This Shi Wengong still has some ability, he saw some clues, the Liangshan army did not try its best, if it was attacked with all its might, the city would have been broken long ago. After he saw the shelling, the men and horses of Liangshan rushed to the city wall, and the officers and soldiers who fired with crossbows could not raise their heads, and fell down without paying attention.
The officers and men could only shoot blindly, shrinking down and throwing down stones, wood, and other things defending the city, and the probability of hitting the target can be imagined. Moreover, he also noticed that the Liangshan army built a long ladder to the city wall, and was not in a hurry to go up, and began to retreat when many stones and wood were thrown down at the head of the city.
The retreat was also orderly, retreating while shooting, so as not to let himself become a target for the archers of the officers and soldiers.
Is there such a siege?
Is there such a leisurely retreat?
Returning to Qianfu with doubts, after he exchanged his thoughts with Qian Cai and Yeluhuan, they came up with a way back: bribe Wen Song, the guard of the south gate, with a lot of money, and slip away from the south gate once there is a change.
A scene in Cuiyun Tower did not escape the eyes of agent Liangshan.
It was late at night, and the busyness and fright of the day made people fall asleep early, and the soldiers defending the city were even more exhausted. At this time, a group of about 100 officers and soldiers marched neatly towards the east gate, and after the east gate was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city, the leading general reprimanded loudly: "Even Lao Tzu dares to stop it, let your stewards come out and answer!" "E-book shop
After a while, several soldiers lit torches and hugged a general, and the man was unhappy when he was disturbed, rubbing his hazy sleepy eyes and muttering. After walking to see the person who came, he hurriedly smiled and said, "It turned out to be Wen Song Gongzi, what do you have to teach you here late at night?" β
Wen Song also casually said: "I came to assist Zhang Ti to guard the east gate on the order of my uncle, the soldiers have worked hard, come down and rest!" We'll be on guard in the second half of the night. β
Zhang Tizhi usually didn't have time to talk to Wen Song, but now that he came to defend the city in person, he was a little suspicious, and he couldn't wait to call the tired soldiers to change his guard, and hurriedly went down to rest, completely ignoring the several crossbows facing behind Wen Song. Wen Song has been held hostage by the Liangshan special forces.
According to the original plan, the special forces pretended to be officers and soldiers, took advantage of the fire in Cuiyun Tower, and used grenades and crossbows to seize the east gate and enlarge the army to come in. Who knew that there was an unexpected harvest today, and found out the secret meeting between Wen Song and Ma Kuan, so on the grounds that Ma Kuan invited Wen Song again, he deceived him, designed this strategy, and took the east gate without blood.
The drawbridge had been quietly lowered, the city gate had been opened dimly, and after a few shrill bird calls, many dark shadows outside the city moved forward rapidly.
Fire.
The flames unscrupulously expanded its sphere of influence, trying to envelop the entire city of Beijing under its minions, and the light of the fire in the darkness was like a demon with a bloody mouth, causing the night sky to turn red.
First Cuiyun Tower caught fire, and then dozens of places in the city were on fire, and the fires were almost connected. There were explosions at the fire site, the soldiers and civilians in their sleep were in chaos, and some people on the street shouted: "The army of Liangshan has entered the city, everyone run for your life!" β
The army of Liangshan really entered the city, and the shouts of killing first sounded in the east, and then spread to all parts of the city like this fire.
When the officers and soldiers guarding the north gate saw this posture, they were already dissipated, and the city guards opened the city gate and prepared to flee. What they didn't expect was that there were ambushes from Liangshanbo outside, they were beaten and scurried around, they couldn't run and couldn't come back, and there was no other way but surrender and death.
Liang Zhongshu was still dreaming of the arrival of reinforcements to repel the thieves, and the chaotic shouts woke him up from his sweet dream, and he hurriedly got up and came out of the left-behind division.
I saw that the flames outside were blazing into the sky, and the flames were dazzling, and the streets illuminated were like daylight, and the city was full of shouts of killing, fighting, crying, screaming, groaning, and horses' hoovesΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· Mixed with the crackling and burning of houses, it is as terrifying as it can be.
Liang Zhongshu was stunned! How did the thieves enter the city so easily? What about the soldiers who defended the city? Finished! When thieves enter the city, how can my family's lives be saved? How do I transfer my large number of property? How can Your Majesty explain there? Will I still be able to wear my black hat?
A series of questions and extreme fear made him forget what was the most important thing to do now. He stood in front of the door of the left-behind division in a daze, muttering curses to these god-killing thieves, looking around blankly, and doing nothing.
At this time, Wen Da had already run over with his personal entourage, and when he saw Liang Zhongshu's demented appearance, he shouted loudly: "Lord Liang, the thieves have occupied the east gate, get on the horse quickly, I will protect you from the north gate!" β
Liang Zhongshu came back to his senses, got busy with the horse that Wenda asked the soldiers to lead, and rushed north together.
Along the way, Wenda fought desperately, killing and scattering several bands of thieves, but the more he killed, the more he killed, and seeing that the guards around him also died a lot, he was distressed. At this time, a detachment of centaurs came from the diagonal stab, and it seemed that there were more than a thousand.
Liang Zhongshu was shocked, knowing that he would not be able to escape this time, he sighed, closed his eyes and waited for death. Seeing this, Wen Da said: "Lord Liang is discouraged, watch me kill the thieves!" Then he led his troops and rushed forward.
Who knew that it was good news, this group of people was the remnants of the army led by Li Cheng. Li Cheng saw Liang Zhongshu and said: "Lord Liang, the thieves came in from the east gate, and now the north gate has also been taken by them, and the west gate is far away, and they have not had time to occupy it, so we will join forces to kill the west gate!" β
What else can Liang Zhongshu say. So Li Cheng opened the road in front, Wenda covered behind, opened a bloody road, and ran to the west gate. Fortunately, the guards of the West Gate did not escape, Li Chengrang opened the West Gate, put down the drawbridge, and fled with the soldiers guarding the West Gate.
The fighting is still raging in the city. As the command post of the Chinese army, the left-behind division has been occupied by the Liangshan army, and Wang Taishou led hundreds of soldiers to resist on their own, but was cut in two by the rushing cavalry, and then trampled into meat by horses, and the rest of the soldiers hurriedly surrendered.
Liang Zhongshu's house was also occupied, some of the resisting family members died, the rest all knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and his wife Cai Shi threw herself into the well and died.
Li Gu and Jia wanted to escape, but they were caught by the heroes of Liangshan Bo and tied up in Lu Mansion to wait for their fall. Only Qian Wan and others could not be found in the Qian Mansion, only the servants knelt on the ground and couldn't tell them why.