Chapter 255: Best Actor Wei Yan
Wei Yan watched Yu Tai leave the city wall, put away the token, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently curled an arc, which meant that he was in a really good mood, the plan was half successful, and there was only one last step left!
"General Zhang, please accompany me to inspect the city defense!"
Wei Yan didn't act immediately, now Yu Tai hasn't gone far, it's not suitable for any drastic actions, and when Yu Tai returns to the palace, even if someone finds out that something is wrong, there is no time to stop him!
After Zhang Qiang heard it, he nodded, and followed behind Wei Yan without saying much, Wei Yan's behavior did not have any abnormal behavior, the big war is imminent, and inspecting the city defense is what every general should do.
"General Zhang, look at the rebels outside the city, the catapults have begun to prepare, they may be preparing to attack the city, and the siege vehicles have also been launched, it seems that this is a tough battle!"
After wandering around, I didn't find any problems, but the soldiers' mood was a little abnormal, many soldiers bowed their heads and stopped discussing after seeing Wei Yan and the others coming, they were whispering before, the impact of the holy decree could not be eliminated in a few words, and most of the soldiers were worried that they might become traitors.
"Indeed, but the Yidu city wall was just reinforced a few days ago, and it should be able to withstand it!" Zhang Qiang nodded, looking out of the city with some concern, he is different from Wei Yan, he is Yu Tai's personal guard, he has followed Yu Tai since Yu Tai was born, one is prosperous, and one is lost, so he is loyal to Yu Tai, but his ability is not strong, and the level of general generals is still a little worse than Wei Yan.
So this is also the reason why Yu Tai will let Wei Yan take over the defense at this critical moment, instead of Zhang Qiang.
"I hope I can hold on!" Wei Yan said worriedly.
"It's not difficult to defend the city wall, but I'm afraid that the city gate will be breached, and the city gate of Yidu will ......"
Zhang Qiang thought for a while and then spoke, Wei Yan frowned when he heard it: "What's wrong with the city gate?" ”
"When the walls were repaired, the gates were not replaced, and the gates were not strong!"
Wei Yan gritted his teeth as if he was possessed: "Damn, if you don't say it earlier, I'll let my guards guard guard the city gate!" ”
After Wei Yan finished speaking, he looked at Wang Ping beside him: "Wang Ping, take your people and go to guard the city gate, the city gate must not be lost!" ”
After Wang Ping heard this, he immediately ordered, Zhang Qiang was watching the whole process, there was no obstruction, there was indeed a problem with the city wall of Yidu, it was easy to be breached, and Wei Yan's approach was not wrong: "General Wei, I'll go to my defense area to inspect it." ”
"Go ahead, stay safe!"
"Whoa!"
After Zhang Qiang left, the corners of Wei Yan's mouth twitched slightly, and then stood in the most conspicuous place of the city tower, raised his big sword, stared at the distance with blazing eyes, it looked very powerful, and some soldiers around saw it, their morale was greatly boosted, the general is so mighty, it should not be a problem to hold Yidu.
Yu Zhiqian also clearly saw Wei Yan's movements and looked at the person beside him: "That is Wei Yan?" ”
"Back to Your Highness, yes!"
"It seems that he has succeeded, give the order, attack the city, and after entering the city, try to surrender as much as possible!"
After Chen Qingzhi received the order, he looked at Yu Zhiqian again: "Your Highness, what if His Royal Highness the Second Prince refuses to surrender?" ”
Yu Zhiqian took a deep breath: "Those who descend don't kill, don't you understand!" ”
"Whoa!"
Chen Qingzhi immediately understood what Yu Zhiqian meant, if Yu Tai surrendered, he could leave his life, if he didn't surrender, Chen Qingzhi gritted his teeth, this charge of killing the prince, he would take it on behalf of His Royal Highness the Prince!
"Kill!"
With Chen Qingyi's roar, the army of the East Palace in front of Yidu City began to dispatch, the front was the siege chariot, the simple chariot was blocked with wooden planks, the soldiers hid in the car, approaching the city wall, and there were ladders exposed from the chariots, this was the first batch of troops to enter the palace, mainly to get close to the city wall, erect ladders to climb the city and hit the city gates, and after these were paved, the follow-up sword and shield soldiers would rush forward with the round shield and climb the erected ladder.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Above the city tower, Wei Yan saw that after the army outside the city entered the palace, he did not hesitate and ordered the arrows to be released, and at the same time, under the city gate, Wang Ping also heard the movement, looked at the comrades beside him, nodded to each other, and then silently took out a strip of white cloth from his pocket and wrapped it around his arm.
Some Yidu defenders on the side, who didn't know what was happening, were a little curious when they saw Wang Ping's movements: "Captain Wang, what are you?" ”
"Kill!"
Wang Ping replied to him with a knife, and the sword directly hacked this city gate order to death, and after Wei Yan's rest of his soldiers saw it, they immediately took action and shouted: "Kill!" "Kill all the original city gate defenders.
There were originally more than 100 defenders at the city gate, and Wei Yan's personal soldiers had more than 200 people, two to one, still unexpected, without any accidents, Wang Ping had already controlled the city gate in less than half a minute.
"Open the city gate and welcome the king into the city, brothers, don't forget to bring a white cloth!"
Wang Ping quickly turned the winch and shouted, at this time the rest of the defenders not far away realized that Wang Ping might have rebelled, but it was too late, the Yidu City Gate was different from the big cities of Chang'an City, there was a broken dragon stone, if you want to open the city gate, you need more than a dozen people to push the winch at the same time, it takes a few minutes or even ten minutes to be able to hang the broken dragon stone, and then open the city gate.
Yidu City only needs a few people to push the winch, the city gate can be opened, when they rushed to the city gate hole, the city gate has been opened, you can clearly see that the siege vehicle outside is less than ten meters away from the city gate, some defenders saw it, immediately did not hesitate to drop their weapons and ran back.
Wang Ping picked up his weapon and stood in the middle of the city gate: "Guard the city gate, don't let anyone approach!" ”
"Whoa!"
The rest of the soldiers gathered around Wang Ping, ready to meet the counterattack of the defenders.
Above the city tower, Zhang Qiang was stunned when he heard the news of the loss of the city gate: "What did you say?" ”
"General, Wang Ping has surrendered to the enemy, the city gate has been lost, run quickly, it's too late if you don't run!"
"Damn, Wei Yan really has a problem!"
After finishing speaking, he was about to go to Wei Yan with this weapon, and just after walking a few steps, he heard Wei Yan's loud voice: "What are you talking about, Wang Ping's guy has defected to the enemy, that guy who eats inside and out, I'm going to kill him!" ”
After seeing Wei Yan finish yelling, he rushed to the bottom of the city tower with his big knife, Zhang Qiang saw it, and immediately prepared to intercept it, Wei Yan took the lead: "Zhang Qiang, have you also surrendered to the enemy?" ”
"General Wei, I am His Royal Highness's personal guard, anyone can surrender to the enemy, and it is absolutely impossible for me Zhang Qiang to surrender to the enemy!"
"Then why did you stop me, I went to kill Wang Ping, that bastard, I didn't know how to repay the favor, and I actually surrendered to the enemy!" After finishing speaking, he shook off Zhang Qiang and walked quickly towards the city, and Zhang Qiang was also frightened by Wei Yan, and he didn't dare to conclude in his heart that this Wei Yan also defected to the enemy, or that Wang Ping's personal behavior, after all, the holy decree was read out just now, and many people's minds were active, and it was normal for some people to defect to the enemy.
"General Wei, I'll go with you!"
"The enemy army is attacking the city, General Zhang, please also inspect the city defense, Wei will come when he goes!" After Wei Yan finished speaking, he quickened his pace and shouted: "Wang Ping, you traitor, take your life!" ”
Zhang Qiang glanced at Wei Yan, and his heart relaxed a little, it seems that Wang Ping may have surrendered to the enemy, Wei Yan did not surrender to the enemy, but looked around, this incident happened, Yidu City seems to be unable to hold it, and now he can only escape with His Royal Highness!
Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang looked around, gathered his cronies, and prepared to go back to the palace, taking advantage of the fact that the city was not yet lost, and sent Yu Tai out of the city.
At the city gate, Chen Qingyi rushed into the city gate and shouted: "Those who descend will not be killed!" ”
Immediately, Wang Ping and others got out of the way and responded loudly: "I am under General Wei, and I am ordered by General Wei to open the door to welcome Wang Shi!" ”
"Okay, you wait with me into the city and capture Yu Tai alive!"
"Whoa!"
At this time, Wei Yan also rushed to the city gate, and Wang Ping immediately grabbed Wei Yan: "This is General Chen, the commander of the left guard under the crown prince!" ”
The city gate was easily breached, and the siege was also made to show off, the siege vehicle reinforced the protection, and only a few unlucky soldiers inside had some sprained feet in the process, so far, Yu Zhiqian's men have not suffered any casualties.
The city gate was lost, most of the defenders on the city tower gave up resistance, plus Wei Yan surrendered, and Zhang Qiang's departure, so that the defenders of the north gate had no intention of resisting, when Yu Zhiqian's troops entered the city, all the defenders dropped their weapons, surrendered with their heads, and a small part did not surrender, turned their heads and ran towards the city.
"Order the whole army not to disturb the people, if you encounter someone who takes advantage of the chaos to rob, there will be no mercy!"
"Whoa!"
The discipline of the six rates is not bad, after entering the city, he immediately controlled the situation in the city, and it was not until all the defenders on the city wall were his own people that Yu Zhiqian slowly entered Yidu City under the protection of Xue Rengui and others.
Wei Yan stood near the city gate early and waited, and after seeing Yu Zhiqian, he immediately knelt down: "The criminal minister Wei Yan has seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
Yu Zhiqian glanced at Wei Yan and nodded slowly: "You can get lost and return, it's already good, this time you are not only innocent, but also meritorious, thank you for the soldiers and the people of Yidu City, get up, go with the palace, this palace wants to ask Yu Tai face to face, what is he going to do!" ”
The killing intent in Yu Zhiqian's eyes flashed, and Yu Zhiqian has been struggling in his heart, whether to kill Yu Tai or not, killing it is a good thing for himself and the world, but his father has no way to explain, but if he doesn't kill him, Yu Zhiqian feels ......
"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"
"Well, lead the way, go to Yu Tai's palace!"
"Whoa!"
Wei Yan immediately got on his horse and led the way in front, while Xue Rengui, Li Sheng and others beside Yu Zhiqian all looked at Wei Yan, Wei Yan felt as if he was being targeted by a group of fierce tigers, Wei Yan believed that he was definitely not the opponent of these people on the battlefield, and he couldn't help but feel lucky, or his own wit.
PS: I stayed up late to write it, thank you for your continued support!