Chapter 44: Alternative Beauty Schemes
Anping Fort was the only way for the Western Xia army to retreat, and it is still under the control of the Western Xia army. There are 5,000 soldiers in the city of Pen, Fun and Pavilion www.biquge.info and a large number of weapons, grain and grass, and the leader is Liang Duoling. After he encountered the Seed Master Dao that day, he thought of the danger of the war, so he applied to stay in the rear and was happy to be safe. Brother Cha couldn't see him either, he wasn't upset, and immediately agreed.
This small northwest city was also built by the Song army, but now it is cheaper than Western Xia. There are two city gates, and there are two iron fences in front and back. There is only a narrow passage leading to the head of the city, and the entrance is usually guarded by a group of soldiers to check on passers-by.
Pedestrians pass through the second iron gate before entering the urn city, and there is an iron gate at the other end of the urn city, and they must go out of the urn city to officially enter the city.
At this time, the iron fence of the city gate had long been closed, and there were more than forty guards parked in front of the iron fence, guarding two carriages, and ten carriages with sacks behind them. A short, stocky middle-aged merchant at the head of the city was shouting loudly above the city.
"General! Wushui tribe, who delivered food to General Liang Duoling, please help! ”
"General Liang has been urging for a long time, and this batch of goods must be handed over to him tonight. Otherwise, I'll have worked hard for a month, so please help the general! ”
The general on duty at the head of the city is named Zhuo You, and he is a left general. Seeing that the merchant was pleading, he had to go down to the city to check it himself.
Takuyo squinted, looking at the carriage and the merchant in front of him. He didn't have any doubts about the merchants, these five thousand troops were here, who would dare to touch the bad luck. He is estimating how much money he can make by putting this batch of goods into the city?
"You should also know that I have to take a big risk by letting people into the city at night." Zhuo Yu spoke slowly, reminding the immediate merchant word by word.
"I know, I'm willing to compensate the general! At this time, General Liang's handwriting! The merchant whispered in answer and handed over a letter.
Zhuo You's result was that the letter paper in the merchant's hand looked at it, but it was Liang Duoling's handwriting, and there was a private seal, but there was no official seal.
Zhuo You was suspicious in his heart, frowned and said: "Since it is to escort grain and grass, why don't you see the seal of the general!" ”
Without waiting for Zhuo You's orders, the group of officers and soldiers guarding the city had already surrounded the merchants.
The merchant was not afraid, and whispered to Zhuo You: "The general does not have to be suspicious, please look at the goods first!" As he spoke, the merchant led Zhuo Yu to the carriage.
Zhuo You looked at the carriage and wondered in his heart, why didn't he check the grain cart, but checked the carriage. Thinking of the carriage, Zhuo You was surprised that the number of grain carts was too small. I couldn't help but pull out the waist knife and concentrate on vigilance.
When the merchant opened the carriage, Zhuo You looked into the carriage, but he was not dumbfounded. I saw a beautiful woman from the Western Regions with brown hair and blue eyes and fair skin sitting in the car. Hair shawl, cherry mouth, eyebrows and countless amorous.
Swallowing his saliva, Zhuo Yu asked, "Is this ...... What's going on? ”
Seeing this, the merchant approached Zhuo You and said, "This is General Liang's order, and the little one doesn't know it." ”
Although he didn't know what he said, the merchant whispered again: "General Liang is a hero of the world, and no woman is happy!" I was also far-sighted for fear of demoralizing, so I specially instructed that this was to escort grain and grass! ”
This time Zhuo You reacted, and no one knew General Liang's lustful reputation. didn't want him to be so bold as to bring his female dependents into the barracks. He hasn't been close to a woman for a long time, and his heart is hot.
It's just that now the king of Jin, Brother Cha, governs the army strictly, and he doesn't dare to make a mistake. He was afraid of the King of Jin, but Liang Duoling was unrestrained. Thinking that King Jin was far away on the front line, he was indeed under the command of Liang Duoling. If he spoils his good deeds, he won't be able to eat and walk around.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhuo You waved his hand, "Open the iron fence and let go!" In order to curry favor with Liang Duoling, he didn't check the rest of the grain trucks.
With a creaking sound, the iron grille slowly opened.
Entering the urn city, the middle-aged merchant smiled and presented a gold ingot to both hands, "Make friends with the general!" ”
Zhuo You took the gold, only lightly touched it, and then knew it in his heart. He smiled, turned around and ordered the soldiers around him, "Open the gate ahead!" ”
"Command these soldiers farther away, and the province will know the general's affairs!" Zhuo You reciprocated the favor and said mysteriously to the merchant.
Seeing that the second layer of iron fence had also been opened, the merchant quietly drove the carriage to stop the city gate and shouted: "Do it!" ”
This shout was like a strange peak protruding, which was particularly clear in the silent night, and Zhuo You also heard it, and he was stunned in his heart, what was going on?
But the merchant reacted faster, and a dagger hidden in his sleeve stabbed out like lightning.
Zhuo You saw the dagger that stabbed him, and it was too late to dodge, and the dagger was shiny. The ground stabbed him in the chest. Zhuo You screamed and fell to the ground and died. The silence of the night was shattered by screams, and dozens of knights rushed out of the doorway to protect the city gates. Many black-clothed warriors also sprang out of the grain carts, and they killed the Western Xia soldiers when they saw them in the city gate.
By this time, the middle-aged merchant had already lit a torch and set fire to the dead grass on the grain cart. In a moment, the hay and branches were ignited, and the soldiers pushed out of the passage, and the passage on one side of the city suddenly became thick and full of smoke.
The Western Xia soldiers in the city knew that someone was sneaking attack, and when they saw that it was not good, they came here one after another. But the fire blocked the way, where could the city gate be reclaimed.
At this time, the Western Xia soldiers at the head of the city reacted, and when the local alarm bell sounded, the whole city was shocked.
Liang Duoling was receiving the messenger of Chage in front at this time, and he didn't want something to happen in the city, so he was surprised. "Let's go and see what's going on!"
Now he knew from the messenger that Chago was defeated in front of him, and that his name was dead. Originally, he was also glad that Anhui died and Brother Cha's strength was damaged, which was his chance to revive his family. I don't want my rear to encounter a counterattack, if Anping Fort is lost, not only will the rear of the army be cut off, but even the food and grass of the three armies will be lost.
Thinking of this, Liang Duoling couldn't sit still anymore, and personally ran out to command the battle.
Two miles away in the dense forest, two thousand cavalry were already ready to go. Seeing that Anping Fort was in flames, the alarm bell at the head of the city was loud, and he knew that the sneak attack was successful. shouted the order: "All the soldiers will kill with me!" ”
The hooves of the two thousand cavalry roared like thunder, shouting and killing shook the sky, holding torches in their hands, brandishing swords, and galloping away.
The battle for the city gate has been white-hot, the general on duty is dead, but the Western Xia soldiers in the urn city are still fighting.
The narrow passages of the city were crowded with dozens of Great Song soldiers, who were fighting with a group of Western Xia soldiers. Dead bodies piled up in the narrow passageway, and screams came and went.
The cavalry that rushed into the city first, attacked all the way, and was already close to the place where the Western Xia army was stored. In just more than 20 steps, it almost became a death passage, more than a dozen Western Xia soldiers held bows and arrows to guard the entrance of the passage, and kept releasing arrows on the arrow tower, and at the same time, arrows were constantly shot out on the city wall.
From time to time, cavalrymen were shot by arrows and died under their horses. But these people are the elite of the Western Army, and they are selected dead soldiers, and they will not retreat one by one.
Finally, under the cover of their comrades, the two knights approached the granary about ten steps, and both of them threw the clay pots on their bodies at the granary at the same time. When the clay pot shattered and tung oil flowed out, the two shot rockets while retreating.
The granary of the Western Xia army was set up, but the two cavalrymen were shot dead before they could return to the battle team.
Liang Duoling went out, but when he saw the granary full of fireworks, his head hurt angrily, and he jumped to his feet and said: "Hurry up and put out the fire!" Protect the granary! ”
A lieutenant general had already received an order and led his troops to fight the fire.
Seeing this, the messenger sent by Brother Cha trembled and said to Liang Duoling: "General, there is no room for loss in the back road!" ”
"I know!" Liang Duoling also knew that Brother Cha was still waiting for these grains and grasses, and he had to withdraw his troops from here. If you take a detour, I am afraid that you should not walk three or four hundred miles more, and it will be disadvantageous for the army to travel a long distance.
Only this time, Chongxi led the cavalry to the city gate a long time ago. He held a shield and a broadsword, and with his shield blocked the spears that stabbed from both sides, and the broadsword slashed through, beheading one of the soldiers and throwing his body down.
Two thousand cavalry slashed left and right, squeezing the Western Xia soldiers in the passage and rushing into the city, and they then covered and killed.
The situation of the Western Xia army was extremely critical, and a Western Xia general shouted, waved his gun, and fired two shots in a row, summoning to attack the key point of Chongxi.
The seed stream was about to rise, and was attacked by this man, and he swung his knife in anger and slashed away. With both arms fighting, the broadsword had already swung the spear. With a swipe, the blade slashed through the man's throat, and a line of blood appeared on his neck.
The situation took a sudden turn, and a group of Western Xia soldiers were in shock, and the Seed Master Dao had already led a large army to kill.
On that day, Yao Gu and Wang Yan went to ask for help, and the master of the sect took into account the fact that the enemy was outnumbered, and immediately decided to counterattack Anping Fort and besiege Wei to save Zhao.
After traveling for two days, they found Liu Fa's army again, and the two of them joined forces to recover two small cities. Later, Liu Fa led his troops to cut off the Chage grain road, and the seed master road designed a sneak attack on Anping Fort.
The seed master Dao fought with Liang Duoling, and he knew the dynamics of Liang Duoling from the mouth of the fine work. So he sent someone to intercept and kill Liang Duoling's personal messenger, and sent someone to pretend to be an escort merchant to come and attack.
The front planted the creek cavalry, crisscrossing the city, and the Western Xia army suffered heavy casualties. The seed army led by the seed master Dao had sharp bows and crossbows, and one by one the Western Xia soldiers fell in a pool of blood.
Liang Duoling only had 5,000 soldiers, the city gate fell, the granary was on fire, and one was lost. Seeing that the army of the Seed Master Dao had arrived, it was difficult for him to resist, so Liang Duoling had to order the withdrawal of his troops.
Liang Duoling's army withdrew, and the seed master Dao sent Chongxi to chase after him for a while. At this time, the fire in the city spread, thick smoke billowed out, and the cries of the Western Xia soldiers who had no time to flee rang out.
On the one hand, the seed master Dao sent Wang Yan to put out the fire, and on the other hand, asked Yao Gu to capture the prisoners and search for the fleeing enemy.