Chapter 2: The Yellow Sparrow (Part 6B)
With the shouts of the minions who rushed into the city, the news that the east gate had been lost quickly spread throughout the city. Yang Shanhui, who was tired of parrying, was more unable to dispatch the whole army, and could only ensure that the hundreds of villagers around him would not fall into chaos immediately. However, on the west and north side of the city wall, the fighting spirit of the defenders immediately fell like a low tide, and some people dropped their weapons and ran down the road to escape for their lives. Someone knelt directly on the corpse of the robe, bowed his head, and let the enemy slaughter him.
Seeing that the defenders were on the verge of collapse, Yang Gongqing, Shi Zan and others immediately led the team in person and delivered the final blow to the city. The minions on the ladder are like ants before the rain, tumbling and tumbling upwards. As soon as he landed on the top of the city, he immediately swung his weapon and cut a bloody and controllable circle around himself. The brothers who followed jumped into the circle, slashing and chopping the defenders away. More people 6 continued to join, expanding the results of the battle, and then taking the entire section of the wall.
Yang Gongqing was the most anxious, and jumped to the city without waiting for the brothers under his command to open up an absolutely safe foothold. With a wave of his sword, he swept down the city wall with two villagers who were kneeling and asking for surrender, and then kicked away a desperate defender general, standing firmly in the center of the city wall.
"Go down and grab the door, I'm watching here!" The feeling of charging into battle was intoxicating, and despite the flashing of swords around him, he ordered the guards around him.
The soldiers did not dare to speak back, and swarmed down the horse road in the lower city. At this moment, a man dressed in thick cowhide armor and covered in blood suddenly jumped up from the pile of dead people and hugged Yang Gongqing's waist with both hands.
"Die, die!" Yang Gongqing was shocked and swung a knife at the other party's back. Unfortunately, the distance between the enemy and us is too close, and the blade cannot use all strength, so the other party can only chop flesh and blood, but it is not enough to kill at once. Xiang Yong, who was holding him, had already put life and death aside, screamed and screamed, and quickly pushed the two to the edge of the city wall. "Die, die, save me!" Yang Gongqing's shouting has changed its tone, and it is very poignant.
The foot suddenly lost its focus, followed by the whole person lost his center of gravity and flipped out of the wall. He knew that he was in danger this time, and closed his eyes screaming. At the last moment, his waist suddenly tightened again, and the feeling of strangulation surged hope all over his body.
"It's a rope!" Yang Gongqing didn't need to open his eyes, he knew that he had turned back outside the ghost gate. Grab the rope with both hands and rush up desperately with the force of the other person's pull. Three times and two times, he stood again at the head of the city. He let go of his hand, wiped the blood and sweat on his face, and said with a pant: "Thank you, brother, this life surnamed Yang will be yours in the future!" ”
"General Yang, you're welcome, everyone misses sometimes!" The voice of the answer is very familiar, and the familiarity is full of humility. Yang Gongqing opened his eyes, and then he saw clearly that it was a military general named Ruan Junming under Dou Jiande who saved him, and he had drunk wine together and had a deep affection for each other.
"***, this time Lao Tzu is embarrassed and thrown home!" Yang Gongqing picked up a horizontal knife from his feet and waved it up and down scoldingly.
"King Dou Tianwang knows that generals like to lead by example, so let me follow you at all times. He also asked me to bring you a message, and the brothers will do it for you. General Yang is a daughter, and he can't easily risk his life. ”
If it were in normal times, someone would speak to him in this tone. Yang Gongqing had already hit back with a big mouth. They are all people who are rolling on the head of the knife, who is qualified to teach whom? But today, he was convinced, arched his hand in the south of the city, and said in a low voice: "Then I thank Dou for being in charge." Rest assured, in the future, Yang will never be as reckless as he is today! ”
After that, he pointed his knife at the city gate and continued to shout, "Hurry up for Lao Tzu, if you delay for a while, the soup will be drunk." I didn't give you food in the morning! ”
The soldiers who had already rushed to the gate of the city heard this, and the attack became more and more ruthless. In a moment's effort, he killed the townsfolk near the city gate, smashed the latch, and pushed the gate open.
"Dou Tianwang also asked me to bring a message to the general, and it was Cheng Mingzhen who was ordered to strictly enforce military discipline today. He is not familiar with the brothers, so if he inadvertently gets a sin, the general must not take it to heart! Before Yang Gongqing continued to soar, Ruan Junming reminded again.
"Who?" Yang Gongqing grinned. swallowed back the cruel words that had reached his mouth. Dou Jiande's intention in arranging Cheng Mingzhen to supervise military discipline is very obvious, that is, to prevent heroes from all walks of life from overconniving at their subordinates after entering the city. Cheng Mingzhen is a newcomer, and he doesn't know anyone well, so it is difficult for anyone who violates military law to get through if he is caught. Afterwards, even if the main generals protect their shortcomings and find faults, they can't blame Cheng Mingzhen for deliberately getting along with themselves. After all, after re-emerging from Douzigang this time, Dou Jiande has repeatedly emphasized that it is not allowed to kill innocents indiscriminately. Cheng Mingzhen was ordered to enforce the law, and there was nothing wrong to be found. The person who was caught in the current lost his head and could only consider himself unlucky.
Thinking about this, Yang Gongqing's order immediately changed, "After entering the city, give me a little longer." It should be given to you, and there will be nothing less in the future. Whoever robs indiscriminately, don't blame me for not covering you! ”
"No!" The minions who poured into the city agreed in a hurry, and split up to expand the results of the battle into the city. As for how much they listened to Yang Gongqing's words, no one dared to guarantee.
"I deserve to let the surnamed Cheng clean up!" Seeing such a chaotic virtue of his subordinates, Yang Gongqing, who had dealt with Cheng Mingzhen, said hatefully. grabbed the horizontal knife, went around the road, and took the initiative to catch up with him to strictly enforce military discipline.
Due to the chaotic order of attacks, Cheng Mingzhen's entry into the city was slightly delayed. rummaged around in the urn city, and he turned out several "righteous men" who had contributed to the city in the pile of prisoners. "If any of you are familiar with the streets of the city, follow me to maintain order, and don't let the rebels take the opportunity to harm the people!" Looking these people up and down, Cheng Mingzhen ordered in a low voice. What answered him was a weak cry, "Good man, good man spare his life." Uncle in the city can take the things casually, just let the little one go! ”
"King Dou Tianwang has an order, and Qiu has not committed any crimes!" Cheng Mingzhen was angry and raised his voice to reiterate.
How could the "righteous men" who had already seen Cao Dan's murderous appearance dare to mention the agreement before the city was broken, and cried and wiped their tears to lament: "The villain is ignorant, and the hero, don't take it to heart." There is an eighty-year-old mother under the villain, and a young son who is not yet a month old..."
"Take me to keep order." Cheng Mingzhen was so angry that he shouted loudly, "Shut up, don't cry." It's too late, if the rebels in the city pretend to be the Dou family army and kill the people, how many of you will I ask? ”
This is unreasonable at all! Except for the Dou family's army minions, how can there be bandits in the city? But at this juncture, the more unreasonable the words, the more effective. Several "righteous men" were so frightened that they stopped crying and pleaded mournfully: "Then, that good man can't let us go to the top tank!" ”
"What's the matter, hurry up!" Wang Ermao also walked up and urged loudly.
The "righteous men" who had contributed to the city were forced to be helpless, so they had to bow their heads and lead the way. It was less than two alleys away, and there was indeed an incident of taking advantage of the fire to rob ahead. A man who had worked as an errand man had sharp eyes and recognized the murderers and robbers of money as a few well-known scoundrels in the city. Tearing his throat open, he shouted loudly: "Zhao Ergouzi, what are you doing?" And there is no royal law anymore! ”
"You *** nosy. Lao Tzu is the vanguard officer under the account of King Dou Tian, and he is being ordered to ...... "The scoundrel who was called Zhao Ergou has not finished boasting, and was shot through the throat by Wang Ermao with an arrow." Unexpectedly, the Dou family army would fight for the people in the city, and several scoundrels who were committing violence were dumbfounded and stood at the scene and did not dare to move.
"Take it!" Cheng Mingzhen pricked up his eyes and snapped.
Xiong Kuohai and Wu Tianxi rushed over with the brothers of the Zhaozhou battalion, and tied up the scoundrels with three strikes and five divisions. "Pull to the cross street and behead the public!" Cheng Mingzhen continued to order, without any pity in his voice. "Spare your life, good man, spare your life......" In a cry, the scoundrels who took advantage of the fire to rob were dragged to the intersection of the street, one by one, and the result was on the spot.
As soon as this wave of scoundrels was killed, several more fires broke out on the side of the street not far away. "It's Lao Sun's silk shop!" When the fast catcher led the way and reported in a low voice. "Lead the way, surround me there!" Cheng Mingzhen did not hesitate, and divided the guards around him into two waves, one left and one right.
is killing people and setting fires is a group of heroes from outside the city, looking at the color of the clothes, it must be a subordinate of which general of the Dou family's army. Feeling that he was surrounded by the brothers in the camp of Zhaozhou, he didn't care, and continued to snatch silk from inside the store in large bundles.
"Shoot me all here!" The cold voice sounded again. In a stunned look, the brother of the Yuzhou battalion pulled out his horn bow and shot through the bodies of his peers with feathered arrows.
"Those who are not dead are all mended, and the owls that are already dead are all hung on the tethered horse stakes at the door of the distribution!" Ignoring the origin of death, Cheng Mingzhen dropped a sentence and turned around to pounce on the next chaotic point.
The "righteous men" who were in charge of leading the way had seen such ruthless methods before, and they were so frightened that they stuck out their tongues again and again. At the same time, they finally believed that the general in front of them was not making a show for the people, but was indeed serious about the military discipline of the Dou family's army and fulfilling the promise Dou Jiande had made to everyone in advance.
The closer you get to the city center, the more chaos there is. In particular, the three places of the municipal office, the official warehouse, and the county government are located. Because they may have accumulated a large amount of wealth, not only the scoundrels in the city but also some scum of the Dou family army tried to take advantage of the windfall. Some of the villagers who retreated from the city also formed a team to break inside.
When Cheng Mingzhen arrived at the city office, there were just two waves of robbery, and there was a conflict between the rout soldiers and the minions, carrying knives and slashing at each other desperately. He waved his hand and led Xiong Kuohai and others to join the battle group, and killed the defeated soldiers with three strikes and five divisions. Before the other group of people could burst out with a word of thanks, Cheng Mingzhen waved his hand again and led the brothers to raise their knives to their peers. "I'm ......" minions were caught off guard, desperately resisting while trying to reveal their identities. How could Wu Tianxi give them a chance to speak, he rushed over with a Mo knife and swept the ....... In an instant, stumps and severed arms flew wildly, and the blood reflected half of the sky.
"Killed, killed!" Another group of robbers close to the yamen of the city bureau was so frightened that they opened their throats and shouted. "On the orders of King Dou Tian's army, take advantage of the fire to rob and kill on the spot."
"Kill the people and kill them on the spot!"
"**Women, kill on the spot!"
"Break into people's houses, smear the face of the army, and kill them on the spot!"
“……”
shouted more than a dozen killing words in a row, and Cheng Mingzhen made all the relatives stop shouting. Looking at the looting around the city office, no matter whose team it came from, they were so frightened that they threw away the goods they had and scattered in a hurry.
Taking advantage of this momentum, the Zhaozhou battalion pounced on the official warehouse, the county government and the courtyards of several famous gentry in the city. Everywhere he went, he first killed the rebels and established his authority, and then reaffirmed the military discipline formulated by Dou Jiande. At the beginning, there were still people who did not believe in evil and tried to gather a crowd to resist, but later the Mo knife of the current Zhaozhou army really did not hesitate to cut their own heads, and they were all frightened, and ran away with a curse, leaving the goods that were almost in their hands in place.
"Seal the front doors of everyone's houses, and leave a team standing guard everywhere. Without the warrant of King Dou Tian, even if the immortals want to break in, they will also cut one for me when they see one! Cheng Mingzhen sighed and commanded loudly.
After this action, he can be regarded as offending his colleagues. A reasonable person like Wang Fubao can still say that he knows that he is doing it as a last resort for the future exhibition of the Dou family's army. Like Yang Gongqing and Shi Zhan, who are used to running rampant, they don't know how to count themselves behind their backs.
But this black cauldron must be carried by him. When Dou Jiande handed over the task to himself, Cheng Mingzhen had already vaguely guessed today's result. Dou Jiande appreciates himself and trusts himself, which is not false at all. But Dou Jiande also will not let any of his generals pose a threat to him in terms of prestige and connections. The combat effectiveness of the Zhaozhou battalion is well known, and the three counties of Ping'en are rare and rich, Wang Fubao is his brother, and Cao Dan has run to the Zhaozhou battalion whenever he has time these days. If anyone sits in Dou Jiande's position, I am afraid that they will have to take precautions in advance.
Whether this is a conspiracy or a conspiracy, Cheng Mingzhen doesn't know very well. But he clearly knew that he couldn't refuse the task given by Dou Jiande at the beginning, and he shouldn't have refused. Although after taking this task, he felt vaguely bitter in his heart.
"It's not that I'm always narrow-minded, and if I change someone else, I can't tolerate you either. When the rafters are big, they will pierce the roof......" In the light of the knife and fire, Zhang Jincheng's parting words poured into his heart again. "In the future, if you are with someone, you must be able to follow someone who has the ability and heart, otherwise, it is really better to fight the world for yourself. It's risky to do that, but at least it's comfortable! ”
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