Chapter 21: Maple Kills and Breaks the City
In the early morning of the second day of the expedition, Wang Puzhen camped. Yuan Biao and Chen Wansan were dressed in cloth clothes in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, and the other members of Feng Kill were all dressed in the same way, standing behind them one by one energetically.
Wang Puzhen looked at everyone and hugged his fists and said, "This time there are all the brothers Lao!" Be careful! ”
Yuan Biao and Chen Wansan both nodded: "General rest assured!" Be sure to complete the mission! ”
Zhou Chen moved two steps forward beside Wang Puzhen, looked at the two of them, and said, "Old Yuan, Old Chen, I can't act with you again this time!" Take care all the way! As he spoke, he stretched out his palms to the two, the two looked at each other, and then stretched out their hands together and held Zhou Chen tightly.
After a long time, the three rugged palms parted. Yuan Biao took the lead and turned around, waved his hand at the group of people behind him and shouted, "Get on the horse, go!" Then a group of men got on their horses, turned their horses' heads, rushed out of the barracks, and went away...
Wang Puzhen looked at the back of a group of people leaving, and said leisurely: "Master Hou has such a group of people, and everything is twice the result with half the effort... ”
Before noon on the sixth day, Wang Puzhen's army arrived outside the north gate of Kuizhou City, and a vanguard officer stepped forward and shouted to the guards on the city wall: "Shannan Dao Jiedu has made General Wang Puzhen arrive!" Open the gates quickly! ”
The city guard held the helmet on his head, stretched out his hand and pointed at the officers under the city and said with a smile: "We are in charge of Kuizhou City in the south of Shannan, you traitors from the west should go back early!" ”
After listening to this, the officer didn't answer much, turned his horse back to the camp, and came to Wang Puzhen's side and said, "General, the other party refuses to open the city gate!" ”
Wang Puzhen smiled slightly, glanced at the sun in the sky, and said to Zhou Chen beside him: "General Zhou, the time we agreed on is almost here, right?" ”
Zhou Chen also looked up at the sun in the sky first, and then replied: "Well, there is still half an hour to come, general, give the order!" ”
Wang Puzhen nodded, and then ordered with a serious face: "Zhou Chen, I order you to lead two thousand men and horses to detour to the east gate, just wait for the hour to arrive, immediately charge and take the east gate!" ”
Zhou Chen hugged his fist on the horse: "Order!" Then he waved to the lieutenants behind him: "Go, follow me to take the east gate!" ”
When it was close to noon, Wang Puzhen's army outside the north gate and Zhou Chen's army outside the east gate ordered to charge together, and the collective charge of thousands of cavalry made the ground rumble and roar, like a slight earthquake.
The guards outside the north gate looked at the cavalry charging under the city and shouted, "Archers prepare!" Then he turned his head and said to the lieutenant general beside him suspiciously: "What are they doing here?" They didn't even have siege equipment, so did they think they could take a city with cavalry? ”
After hearing this, the adjutant general next to him hurriedly patted his ass: "The general is wise!" We will be able to repel the enemy with ease, and then we will send our troops in pursuit, and we will surely win a great victory! ”
Just when the cavalry charged, Yuan Biao near the north gate and Chen Wansan near the east gate in Kuizhou City both took out a pocket version of the hourglass from their arms, which is an hourglass that can be carried around, which can accurately calculate the time and facilitate the appointment time to make specific actions.
Just as the hourglass had finished draining the last grain of sand, the two of them waved their hands together, and each of them walked towards the guards of the city gate with the people behind them.
When Yuan Biao walked near the city gate, one of the guards at the back suddenly turned his head and saw them, but obviously he didn't expect anyone to appear at the city gate, so he was stunned for a moment. That is, at the moment when he was stunned, Yuan Biao's hand suddenly had a long and narrow dagger in his hand, and he took a big step forward to reach the man, and when the man wanted to open his mouth and shout, Yuan Biao's right hand slammed forward, and the sharp dagger pierced the man's heart like cutting tofu.
The people behind him also took out their weapons that they had already prepared, and rushed towards the guards who were facing away from them. In just half a minute, all thirty guards had fallen to the ground, and Yuan Biao shouted in a low voice: "Quick!" Open the gates! ”
When Wang Puzhen's army was still a hundred meters away from the city gate, the guards on the city waved his hand and shouted: "Shoot the arrows!" ”
With the sound of the bow and arrow "whooshing" and "swishing" breaking through the air, Wang Puzhen, who was rushing to the front, also shouted: "Shield!" ”
Although there were shields as defenses, from time to time some of them shot through the gaps between the shields, and occasionally some soldiers were hit by arrows and landed. At this time, Wang Puzhen saw that the city gate of the north gate was slowly opening, and suddenly his spirit was lifted, and he raised the big knife in his hand and shouted: "It's now, charge at full speed!" ”
At this time, a soldier defending the city hurriedly ran to the guard and said anxiously: "General, it's not good! There are enemy troops in the city! The north gate has been opened! ”
"What! Bastard! When the guard heard the report, he turned around and kicked the man, then turned and pushed away an archer, lying on the city wall and looking down, but what he saw was that Wang Puzhen, who was in the lead, rushed into the north gate, and then a steady stream of charging cavalry behind Wang Puzhen poured into the city.
"Quick, quick! Block them! The guard panicked in an instant, hurriedly, and incoherently commanded a bunch of subordinates beside him. After haphazardly arranging everything, he hurriedly went down to the city with two henchmen.
The situation at the East Gate is almost the same as at the North Gate, Zhou Chen led people into the East Gate basically without hindrance, and within a short time, the East Gate and the North Gate of Kuizhou City have fallen.
And the guard, who wanted to escape back to his house with two henchmen to pack his luggage, was blocked by Yuan Biao and others at the door of his house. Yuan Biao stood not far from the door of his house, and the Feng Kill people behind him lined up in turn, and after seeing the guards who fled back in a hurry, Yuan Biao couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, as a city guard, when you break the city, you want to run away, you are simply a shame as a soldier!" ”
After the man saw Yuan Biao and his party, he hurriedly pushed the two henchmen beside him in front of him: "Quick, stop them, I'll give you five hundred taels of silver each!" He was about to turn around and run away, but as soon as he turned around, he stopped.
He looked at Chen Wansan and the others who appeared behind him out of nowhere, and asked in horror: "You, who are you?" What are you going to do? ”
Chen Wansan held a sharp sword in his hand, moved forward slowly, and spit out a few words in his mouth: "Feng kill, kill you!" ”
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