Chapter 62: The City Gate 1
Liu Yaoben muttered and stood on the gate tower of Yongning County, looking down at the teams of grain trucks entering the city from outside the city, and looked to the east uneasily.
This time the official army came, Xiao Tianjian once again put his teaching camp in the back, responsible for guarding Yongning County, and also responsible for transporting the grain and grass from some of the forts outside the city that had been breached back to Yongning County for storage.
"Battalion commander! I don't know how our general led his troops to fight with the official army in the east, I heard that this time it was the Guanning army under the command of Zu Kuan, do you think the general can still win them? One of Liu Yaoben's subordinates asked Liu Yaoben in a whisper.
Liu Yao didn't look at his age, but he was quite prestigious in the training camp, and the young officers under his command were also convinced of him, so he also had a sense of majesty as a general, and after listening to the questions of his subordinates, he glared and scolded: "Bastard! When has our general ever lost a battle? Isn't it Zu Kuan's Guan Ning Army? When you run into our general, you will still be beaten all over the ground looking for teeth! If you don't have that confidence, what are you doing here? Simply took off the uniform of this torture heavenly army, and went to get a piece of land to farm and pull it down! ”
This scolded subordinate didn't care, and nodded again and again: "What the battalion commander scolded is that his subordinates just heard that this Zukuan's Guan Ning Army has never been defeated against those righteous troops from all walks of life in Henan, and it is expected that they are not good at stubble, so they are a little worried, not that they have no confidence in our general!" It's just a pity that this time we were left in charge of the back road, when will the general put our training battalion in front and use it like several other battalions! ”
Liu Yaoben rolled his eyes and coldly reprimanded: "The general said that when it is time to use us, he will naturally use us!" Now there are still many places in Yongning County that have not been captured, and the general has to be careful that these forces take advantage of this opportunity to counterattack, we must hold the back road for the general, and we can't let the county have problems, you don't have to complain to me here, do what we have at hand, don't make trouble for the general!
I don't know how long this battle will last, and I don't know if I have to transport grain to the front, you all cheer up, give me an honest inspection, if anyone has a problem, don't blame me for being unkind to you, if the county is lost, don't talk about you, even I have to tie myself up and go to the general to ask for guilt! ”
After hearing this, several of the young officers under his command did not say anything more, and immediately received the order, and each of them went down to the city to inspect the various city gates, and each team of people who came back from carrying grain, they had to conduct an inventory before they were put into the city, so that there were a lot of grain carts and people crowded at the city gates.
Because they heard that the officials and soldiers were coming, the refugees who had just stabilized their gods also began to panic again, and they finally came here, so they had a little hope, and the officials and soldiers killed them, is there no place in this world where they can stay?
Some refugees were afraid that the Xingtian Army would not be able to stop the officials and soldiers, so they wanted to leave here and continue to take refuge in other places, but they were reluctant to give soup porridge outside Yongning County and the fields that might be obtained in the future, so these refugees gathered outside Yongning County with an uneasy mood.
For these gathered refugees, the Xingtianjun gave considerable care as always, while sending people to build porridge sheds outside the city to give porridge to the refugees, so that they could have hot food and survive in such a cold winter, and at the same time organized these refugees to build temporary shacks outside the city to avoid the cold, and strive to save more refugees, so as not to freeze to death at night outside the city.
Therefore, after the Xingtian Army captured Yongning County, a large number of displaced people began to gather outside the county seat to receive relief from the Xingtian Army, forming a large refugee area outside the city, which looked a little messy.
And Liu Yaoben led his troops to sit in the county seat, and the responsibility on his shoulders is indeed not small, and a large amount of grain, grass and goods obtained recently are now accumulated in the city, if there is a slight mistake, then for the next step of the Xingtian Army, it will be a catastrophic consequence, and it may directly destroy the next action of the Xingtian Army in Henan.
So although he was not willing to accept this task, Liu Yaoben knew the burden on his shoulders, but he did not be sloppy because of this, and personally inspected the various city gates and arranged for the rotation of troops to prevent accidents.
At this time, a convoy came slowly from the west of the county, and it seemed that there was no difference from other convoys transporting grain to the city, but it seemed that the people who followed the convoy were a little more robust, and some people lowered their heads, hiding the scars on their faces, and slowly approached the west gate of Yongning County, and mixed with some of the convoy people who were already waiting here.
No one paid much attention to their new food delivery team, and some even took the initiative to talk to these newcomers, and these people also had smiling faces, and followed the other people who had been recruited by the Xingtian Army to talk and laugh, and slowly gathered towards the city gate.
A small group of soldiers of the Xingtian Army who were checking outside the city gate saw a man approaching them in a covert manner, and one of the young officers was very keenly aware that this person's actions seemed to be a little abnormal, so he immediately stretched out his hand and pointed at the person and shouted, "You! You man, don't stay by your car and wait for inspection, what are you doing here? Come here! What's behind your back? Untie it and let me see! ”
The expression on the face of the man who was trying to approach the city gate froze for a moment, but he quickly forced a smile and bowed his head and bent down and replied: "Good man, I am just curious, I have never heard of the name of your Xingtian Army before, I just want to see your majesty!" I am carrying a cover roll behind my back, and you also know that it is freezing now, so come all the way and wrap it at night, otherwise it will be too cold! As he spoke, he slowly came to the little officer, with a harmless smile on his face.
But the young chief didn't let him go because of this, and still insisted: "Whatever it is, open it and let me see!" Is there such a roll? So saying, he was going to pull the scroll behind the man's back.
But at this moment, the stout man suddenly drew a single knife from the rag behind his back, and before the young chief could react, he slashed it through his neck.
Although the young chief was alert, but he was not as fast as him, he only felt a pain in his neck, and wanted to draw a knife to cut the man, but a stream of blood arrows immediately sprayed out from his neck, he covered the wound on his neck with one hand, and wanted to scream for the enemy, but his trachea had been cut open by the guy at this time, and he could only make a leaking sound, and his body shook and fell to the ground.
But this man's movements still fell in the eyes of the Xingtian army guards who were checking the vehicles entering the city, and even someone exclaimed: "Enemy attack!" ……”
Some of the soldiers immediately drew their knives and spears and rushed towards the man who was hurting people, and at the same time, dozens of men nearby also suddenly drew their blades from their bodies or grain carts, and rushed straight to the city gate under the leadership of a strong man with a scarred face.
And this man with a scar on his face held a shield in one hand and a long knife in the other, and shouted: "Idlers, avoid! Kill! seized the city gate, and took the plate in charge and led the troops to kill it! There is a lot of silver in the city, and the girls can't use it up! Brothers, pour your strength into it! ”
And the dozens of men who followed him, obviously, were also carefully selected fierce people, and after hearing this person's roar, they all shouted wildly, waving their blades one by one, no matter who was in front of them, they all slashed to the ground, and rushed towards the city gate.
The sudden change made many people who were waiting at the city gate to enter the city were taken aback, and after being stunned for a while, they immediately ran away crying and crying for their mothers, and some people wanted to flee into the city to seek refuge, and the people on the drawbridge were accidentally squeezed into the moat, and let out a miserable cry and scream.
Responsible for guarding the west gate is the fourth company of the teaching battalion, at this time responsible for the rotation is only two teams of less than 100 people, some of them are still scattered on the city wall, responsible for monitoring the situation outside the city in the distance, outside the gate there are only two teams, in the face of these dozens of big men to attack the city, the sudden change made them a little frightened, a little stunned, these dozens of big men rushed to the city gate, at this time these outside the city gate responsible for the inspection of the vehicle of the soldiers reacted, hurriedly towards the city gate gathered, I want to stop these people from taking the door.
But these dozens of big men are some outlaws, although they are not armored, but their movements are quite flexible, and the killing method is also very ruthless, under their impact, the two squads of less than twenty people are not their opponents at all, and in a moment, they were killed and scattered, and more than a dozen people were quickly cut to the ground by them and fell in a pool of blood.
The soldiers in the city reacted at this time, and let out an exclamation, they did not expect that someone disguised himself as a man carrying grain and came to seize the door, so a team in the city immediately ordered a small number of musketeers under his command to quickly load and shoot these madmen.
Because there is no preparation, it also takes time for the firecrackers to reload, and the Xingtian army itself does not load bows and arrows, and suddenly in such a sudden situation, it shows the disadvantages of the Xingtian army's firearms.
At this time, one of the generals in the city gate also realized that something was wrong, and immediately yelled, and while sending his men to quickly inform their company commander to lead his troops to come for reinforcements, he gathered his men and brothers in the city gate, and immediately formed a formation in the city gate cave to try to prevent these fanatics from rushing into the city gate.
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