Chapter 246: The Fall of Lanzhou (2)

There are a total of more than 100 Xia troops stationed at the north gate of Lanzhou City, plus less than 1,000 people on the city wall, and the real defensive forces in the north are still in the barracks.

The originally sudden attack made the Xia army at the city gate have no time to react, plus the Liao general killed the Xia army defender with a knife, and the rest of the people were leaderless.

Later, when Xiao Erjin rushed in with five hundred cavalry, the city gate had been almost solved by a dozen horsemen led by the Liao general.

The two of them joined forces and quickly took the north gate of Lanzhou City.

"Prepare for the arrows! Give the rear army a signal, and the rest will be deployed on the spot! Fast! ”

After receiving the order from Xiao Erjin, the commander behind him took out a short bamboo tube-like thing from his bosom, and then tied it to the front of the arrow with a rope, and then after the torch was ignited, the bow pointed to the sky like a full moon arrow.

"Whoosh~~Knock!"

The arrows carried short bamboo tubes, accompanied by a piercing scream, and a tail light soared into the sky, exploding a bright firework in the silent dark night sky!

Five miles outside the city of Lanzhou

Under the dark night, this Liao cavalry force of nearly 10,000 people has been hiding here for a long time, like a cheetah waiting for an opportunity to hunt, showing its claws and fangs, just waiting for this fire to rise into the sky.

"Boom!"

When the general standing in front of the team saw the signal sent from Lanzhou City, he knew that Xiao Erjin had already succeeded, and quickly pulled out the full moon scimitar on his waist, and pointed at the hazy huge city under the light of fireworks.

"Warriors, charge me!"

The rumbling hooves of the horses were accompanied by the shouts of powerful Khitan knights, stepping on this trembling yellow earth, shaking the steel knife in their hands, everyone was like a sharp arrow that had been gathering momentum for a long time, and the bowstring sounded, and it was already cutting through the sky and rushing away.

Only three or five people who looked like commanders were left, like those on the city wall of Nalanzhou, tied the short bamboo tube-like arrows in their hands, and aimed at the direction behind them.

Of course

Hearing this sound like the howl of the undead was not only the Liao soldiers who had already prepared, but also the Xia officers and soldiers in the city,

Because Liao Ying was responsible for garrisoning the north and east gates, the military camp was also relatively close to here, and the bearded general heard not only the sound of arrows, but also the shouts of "enemy attack".

Liao Ying, who was already on the bed, stood up with a spirit, stepped on the two combat boots that were placed next to the bed, put on the armor hanging on the side, and rushed out of the tent.

But by the time he rushed out of the tent and looked at the north gate, it was already full of flames!

Although this man is also a brave person, the number of people under his hands does make him feel bottomless.

Therefore, he ordered all the horses that the Xia army had placed outside the city to pull in, and then set up a row in a row, poured fire oil on it, and most importantly, found a few soldiers to carry the kind of mountain axe in the army, and demolished the entire gate of Lanzhou Beicheng.

He was also worried that if his side couldn't withstand it, he wouldn't let the Xia army who killed him close the city gate again.

In this way, even if Liao Ying's men and horses kill them cleanly, they will not be able to close the door for a while, and you will not be able to stop the cavalry behind them from rushing in.

"General Wang, take all the men and horses to the north gate, no matter what happens, the city gate cannot be lost!"

"Yes!"

Immediately after the order, Liao Ying asked the herald to rush to Jiang Shang's camp, reported the change to him, and asked him to tell Jiang Shang not to come to his aid, and to take care of the vigilance of the west and south gates.

This is where the veteran's experience is so old, if Meng Qi or even Zhao Lingfeng are here, they will not be so careful to tell Jiang Shang not to come to help, but will only report directly as soon as possible.

Because Liao Ying knew that the Liao people were likely to work together with several doors, she told Jiang Shang that she could handle it here, so that he could rest assured, and instructed him to strengthen his vigilance and not make any more mistakes.

It's just that the old marshal Han Guangde is not a rookie, and there must be several doors, but it is not as simple as Xia Jun thought......

At the same time, after Jiang Shang received Liao Ying's news, he immediately sent an order, ordered the military camp, and increased the troops to each of the two gates by 5,000, and then strictly ordered the city gate guards to be sure to raise the spirit of twelve points.

Of course

The south gate is okay, the west gate, like the north gate, is almost a place that the Liao people take care of, and even if the city gate guards have not received Jiang Shang's strict order, they have already smelled the fire in the air. The smell of medicine, looking at the direction of the north gate from afar,

Frightened, he hurriedly kicked all the wine and meat to the ground for supper, ordered the shift to be canceled, and all the more than 900 people under his command went to the city, even if he slept, he had to stare directly at the outside of the city wall to sleep.

Rao is so, the situation that should come will still come,

Just as the guard had finished ordering everything, and was about to go down to the city gate to give a few more words, and had just turned to the corner of the staircase of the lower city, two black shadows stopped him like a ghost.

"Boom!"

This night suit is dressed without asking, it is definitely not a friendly army, the guard will not say a word, he pulled out his crotch knife and cut it, and his hands riveted his strength to chop over, and at the same time, he did not forget to turn around and shout:

"Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack! ”

The two men in black must be well-trained, although the short knife in their hands is not half as long as the crotch knife in the guard's hand, but the speed is more than a grade faster.

By the time the soldiers in the city heard the sound and rushed over, the corpses of the guards were already cold......

Of course, this kind of thing is no coincidence, including the east gate, there have been incidents of guards being killed one after another, and according to the reports of the defenders, the goal of these black-clothed men does not seem to be at the city gate, but to go to the city in one go, and the kung fu in their hands is so strong that three or five people can't resist the twenty or thirty Xia troops.

Except for the exception of the south gate, it happened that Zhao Lingfeng received Jiang Shang's military order and personally went up to the city wall, and the few black-clothed people picked by the bright silver gun in his hand were one dead and two injured, and the other three gates did not block the penetration of these black-clothed people into the city.

Besides, on the north gate side, the Liao people's riding and archery kung fu is really good, relying on this burning rejecting horse to block the Xia army for a while and a half, it will not be able to rush over too intensively, and Xiao Erjin ordered everyone to open their bows and arrows, and whoever comes to move the refusal horse will shoot whom,

This Liao army is hidden in the dark, from the perspective of the Xia army, you can only see who has arrows, and you can't see the figure.

But what about Xia Jun's side? The fire is shining brightly, as long as someone comes, it is not obvious in this bright yellow flame? Coupled with the precise longbows of the Liao people, they are all live targets, and they are accurate in one shot.

After thirty or fifty people fell one after another, the vanguard Xia army who surrounded them was thousands of people, and they didn't even dare to step forward in fear!

This stalemate situation could not have been better for Xiao Erjin, who commanded the Liao soldiers under his command to keep the arrows in their hands, and at the same time stared into the darkness in the distance, waiting for the sharp sword that was about to be unsheathed according to the agreement......

merely

This sword hasn't waited for the time being, but it has waited for Gao Ciyi.

On the order of Anyi, Gao Ciyi came to report the change to Chongzheng, and he knew that when he rushed back to Lanzhou single-handedly, the sky would change.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw the north gate screaming and killing, and without thinking about it, he rushed into the city gate with the silver gun in his hand and urged the horse.

Xiao Erjin never expected that what rushed out of the dark night in the north was not thousands of brave Khitan warriors, but a young general with a silver gun and a white horse, who looked very fierce, with a war horse under his crotch and a steel gun in his hand, quite a neighing momentum.

Xiao Erjin didn't think so much, took the longbow handed over by his own soldiers, took out a feather arrow and aimed at the young general from a distance, and pulled the bowstring of the full moon.

Gao Ciyi was mentally prepared, after all, when he came back comfortably, he was careful to guard against the Liao soldiers along the way, but he didn't expect that the places at the gate of the city had been taken.

From a distance, I only saw a person on the horse staring at him in place, and I thought that the guard of the Xia army's city gate would see clearly when his horse ran closer, and that person still had an arrow in his hand!

"Whoosh!"

A little starlight shot like the moon on the cold river, with the scream of death accompanied by the cry of the evil ghost, and ran towards Gao Ciyi's door,

It was also Gao Ciyi's reaction that was fast enough, he couldn't dodge left and right at such a close distance, so he simply leaned back deeply, and the deadly arrow almost flew past the tip of his nose,

"Boom!"

The man dodged it, but the iron helmet on his head couldn't dodge, and he didn't stop being pierced by the huge force of the arrow, and rushed into the darkness of the void behind him with him, and disappeared without a trace.

After driving such a long way day and night, the five visceral temples that were turned by the horses changed positions, and they ate an arrow without even saying hello when they met, Gao Ciyi's heart was also nameless, and he pointed forward with the silver gun in his hand,

"Barbarian! Don't give the head yet! ”

With the reins of the horse in his hand, the white horse under his crotch kept running away with four hooves.

In fact, it's too late to shoot another arrow now, but how can he say that he is also the first warrior of the tribe, how can he call a white and pure young man look flat? Snatched the moon scimitar in his hand and hit the horse to meet it,

The spear is sharp, the gold and iron are intertwined,

"Boom!"

It's just a confrontation, when the numb feeling came along the mouth of the tiger that was about to be cracked, Xiao Erjin already regretted that he shouldn't be so big.

When the rod pulled out like a swimming dragon and smashed at him again with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, Xiao Erjin really felt the power of the young man with the silver spear and white horse, and the aura of death around the silver spear......