Chapter 137: Trojan Horse Slaughter (Part II)
At midnight that day, in the city of Endless Ending, when the night guard began to feel sleepy one by one, the belly of the wooden horse on the side of the city tower suddenly flashed with silver light, and a dagger with a cold light cut the animal fur on the horse's belly from the inside out.
A moment later, more than twenty black-clad soldiers quietly emerged from the horse's belly.
The men crept to the city gate against the wall.
At this time, more than a dozen soldiers guarding the door were leaning on the side and dozing off.
The man in black, who was the leader, gestured to the person behind him, and then, a dozen men in black whispered to the side of the soldiers defending the city.
Before the soldiers defending the city could react, more than a dozen men in black cut the throats of the soldiers with short daggers in their hands, and in a moment the soldiers defending the city were all killed, without making a sound.
After killing the gatekeepers, the men in black carried the soldiers' bodies to a dark corner, and then quickly took off the soldiers' clothes and put them on themselves.
After dressing, more than 20 black-clothed people lined up in two teams, one team pretended to be soldiers guarding the gate on both sides of the city gate, and the other team walked to the city tower in an orderly manner.
At this moment, a deputy general under Tian Kai who was responsible for guarding the city at night happened to come out of the tent to release water, and the deputy general who was sleeping in a daze saw that the "soldiers" on both sides of the city gate were dutifully guarding the city gate, and scolded with a smile while putting water out, "Damn, it's quite dutiful!" ”
After saying that, the lieutenant shuddered for a moment, then lifted his trousers, and slept into the tent again.
At this time, a few hundred meters away from the Endless City, Liu Yi's tens of thousands of troops were lying in a patch of weeds looking at the direction of the Endless City.
"Lord, why haven't you moved yet?" Zhang Fei beside him was a little impatient.
"Don't worry, wait!" Liu Yi comforted Zhang Fei.
While the two were talking, by the light of the torches on the city tower, they saw the figure on the city tower flickering.
"Here we go! Tell the brothers behind you to get ready! Liu Yi lowered his voice and ordered Zhang Fei with some excitement.
"Okay!" Zhang Fei replied softly, and then ran back with his waist.
At this time, the black-clothed men pretending to be the soldiers on the shift had stabbed to death all the sleepy defenders on the city tower, and after occupying the tower, these black-clothed men untied the ropes around their waists and carried them to the bottom of the city.
At this time, Guan Yu and others, who were the first marchers, had been waiting in the dark place under the city for a long time, and when they saw the rope falling, Guan Yu whispered a command, and then took more than 100 soldiers to climb up the city tower along the rope.
As soon as Guan Yu arrived at the top of the city tower, he raised the torch and waved it a few times in the direction of Liu Yi and the others outside the city.
At this time, the army behind Liu Yi was all ready, just waiting for Liu Yi to give an order.
Seeing the fire waving in the city, Liu Yi excitedly shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Let's go!" ”
At this time, Guan Yu and the others had already occupied the gates and towers of the Endless City, and they had all changed into enemy clothes.
It is said that Tian Kai's subordinates, the deputy general in charge of the night guard, after releasing the water, he suddenly woke up after returning to the tent without sleeping for a while, and after waking up, he only felt tightness in his chest and panicked.
The deputy got up and walked out of the tent, glanced in the direction of the city gate, saw that there was nothing unusual, scolded his mother, and then turned back to sleep.
Just when the man was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, he suddenly heard a low roar from outside the city, and the general hurriedly rolled over and got out of bed, and then put his ear to the ground.
Listening closely, the roar is stronger, as if ten thousand horses are galloping.
The deputy general was so frightened that he didn't have time to put on his shoes,
Wearing a single coat, he ran out of the big tent, and as soon as he came out of the big tent, the deputy general was stunned.
I saw two guards in armor appear in front of the tent at some point, and after a closer look, I found that it was the armor on my side, and the deputy general's heart was settled.
"You two go to the city and see what's going on outside!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two guards suddenly turn around, and two daggers with cold light stabbed obliquely into the chest of the lieutenant.
"You, you," the lieutenant general spat blood, looked at the two guards in horror, and fell to the ground and died after only a few words.
It is said that today Gongsun Chan was in a good mood because he once again repelled Liu Yi's attack during the day, so he drank some wine with Tian Kai and others at night, and was sleeping soundly in the mansion in the center of the city at this time. And Tian Kai and the others were also asleep in the looted houses a few hundred meters away from the city gate.
"Quack~squeak~"
An extremely uncomfortable sound of opening the door from the city gate woke up Tian Kai, who was sleeping soundly.
"Someone!"
After a loud shout, a sleepy-eyed soldier staggered into Tian Kai's room.
"General, please command!"
At this time, Tian Kai had already sat up and was getting dressed, and when he saw the soldiers coming in, he shouted and ordered, "You take someone to the city gate immediately!" ”
"No!"
Before the soldier could run out of the house, another soldier outside ran in a panic. Because he was too panicked, the soldier didn't notice the threshold under his feet, and a dog ate and lay at Tian Kai's feet.
"What's so alarming?" Tian Kai exclaimed.
The soldier lay on the ground and raised his head, and replied in horror, "The general is not good!" The enemy has entered the city! ”
It is said that after Liu Yi and others outside the city saw Guan Yu's signal, they led the army to kill the city in the dark, and after arriving at the city of endless, the soldiers at the city gate pushed the city gate open and let Liu Yi's army in.
When Tian Kai heard the news of Liu Yi's entry into the city, he suddenly fell asleep, stepped on the side of the soldier on the ground and ran out of the room.
"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy! ”
Tian Kai shouted as he ran, and at this time, there was a terrifying shouting of killing at the city gate.
I saw that at this time, Liu Yi and Zhang Fei were leading their soldiers to slash and kill the enemy soldiers who were fleeing in all directions, and among the soldiers defending the city, many of them were captured and killed by Liu Yi and others before they even put on their clothes, and at this time, Guan Yu on the city tower saw Liu Yi and others rushing into the city, and also ran down the city tower to join Liu Yi's queue.
At this time, the defenders near the city gate were already frightened by the sudden change, and they did not have the heart to fight back, so they ran out of the big tent and began to flee in all directions. Tian Kai, Shan Jing, and Guan Jing, because the place where they lived was still some distance from the city gate, had a little time to breathe.
Tian Kai and Shan Jing were in a panic, and it took a lot of effort to gather a team of 2,000 people, and at this time the two were leading the army to stop Liu Yi and others, while Guan Jing drove a fast horse to the mansion of Gongsun Zan in the center of the city.
It is said that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were fighting at this time, happened to see Tian Kai and Shan Jing who came to stop them. After many days of siege, the two of them had already held back a breath of anger in their hearts, and when they saw Tian Kai and Shan Jing at this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei rushed to the direction of Tian Kai and the others without waiting for Liu Yi's order.
In a panic, Tian Kai and the others were beheaded by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in a few rounds.
Seeing that the main general was dead, the team that Tian Kai and the others had just organized to fight back collapsed all of a sudden.
At this time, Liu Yi behind him also caught up, looking at Tian Kai and the others who were already in different places on the ground, Liu Yi took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Gongsun Zhan in the center of the city
Kill.
At this time, Gongsun Zhan had already walked out of the mansion under the escort of thousands of white horse righteous servants.
"I'll lead people to resist the enemy, Guan Jing, you immediately go and organize people and horses to support me!"
Gongsun Chan shouted, and was about to take his subordinate Bai Ma Yi to stop Liu Yi and others, but before Gongsun Chan got on the horse, he saw a soldier running in a hurry.
"The general is not good! The enemy is already on the verge of being killed! The soldier who ran over knelt in front of Gongsun Chan and shouted.
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and Guan Jing on the side asked anxiously, "What about the two generals, Tian Kai and Shan Jing?" ”
The soldier kneeling on the ground cried when he heard this: "The two generals Tian and Shan have been killed!" ”
Hearing that Tian Kai and Shan Jing were killed, Gongsun Zhan secretly screamed that it was not good, and he knew that it was too late for him to go again at this time.
"General, the enemy is strong, let's get out of the city and flee for our lives!" Guan Jing on the side was so anxious that tears were about to fall at this time.
After hearing this, Gongsun Zhan thought about it, then raised his head and said to Guan Jing, "I'll give you a thousand soldiers to be responsible for the aftermath!" ”
After speaking, without waiting for Guan Jing to refuse, Gongsun Zhan turned to one of the lieutenant generals in the guards behind him and ordered, "You lead your subordinates to break off with Guan Jing!" ”
"Order!" When the lieutenant heard this, he replied without a wave.
At this time, Guan Jing on the side, seeing that Gongsun Chan was about to leave himself and run away alone, sighed in his heart, and had no choice but to step forward and hug Gongsun Chan and said, "General, take care!" ”
After speaking, Guan Jing took more than 1,000 Bai Ma Yi to kill from the direction of Liu Yi and the others.
After Guan Jing left, Gongsun Zhan led the remaining guards to hurriedly run towards a small gate in the city.
At this time, the shouting and killing outside had awakened the surviving people in the city, and listening to the sound of fighting outside, the people not only did not feel afraid, but became excited.
"The sky has eyes, and the people of the endless city are finally saved!" An old man who is over the age of old, listening to the sound of fighting outside, can't help but cry.
The battle in the city lasted for more than an hour before it ended, during which Liu Yi and others were not greatly hindered except for the more than 1,000 soldiers brought by Guan Jing.
Because of the absolute superiority in numbers, although the White Horse Yicong brought by Guan Jing was strong, he was finally annihilated by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu with the army, and Guan Jing was also killed in the chaotic battle.
At this time, the surviving defenders had become Liu Yi's prisoners, and when Zhang Fei and Guan Yu cleared out the last resisting enemy troops in the city, Liu Yi ordered someone to simply count the prisoners.
When he learned that more than 20,000 prisoners had been captured, Liu Yi's happy mouth couldn't close.
"Lord, Gongsun Chan is not in the city!" After searching the city, Guan Yu ran to Liu Yi's side to report.
Hearing this, Liu Yi didn't worry too much.
"Don't worry, he can't run!"
It is said that after Gongsun Chan escaped from the small gate of the endless city, he fled all the way east along the path under the protection of more than 1,000 guards, and when everyone fled to a hill a few miles outside the city, suddenly torches protruded all around, and an army of more than 10,000 people surrounded Gongsun Chan and others.
Gongsun Chan was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to surround themselves in the middle.
At this time, among the besieging army, three war horses slowly walked out.
Among the three, the leader is Xi Zhicai, who is dressed in plain clothes, and the other two are Wu Liang, a general under Liu Yu, and Cui Si, who has a grudge against Gongsun Zhan for killing his father.
"General Gongsun, don't come unharmed!"