After days of bombardment, the Chaoyang Gate City Tower crashed, the corner tower collapsed, and the enemy towers were also broken. On the city wall, the soldiers were drowsy. The tense atmosphere for days taught them not to even have a good rest.

Liu Tao went to Chaoyangmen to inspect at night, and worked hard for many days, making his eyes bloodshot. But he still didn't dare to slack off.

The guard reluctantly accompanied Liu Tao through this process, and then looked at Liu Tao's back to the south, and sighed deeply.

"Let the brothers go down in turn to rest." Stationed at Chaoyangmen for days, how can you not see the fatigue of Ding Yong, a soldier under his command? He had advised Liu Tao many days ago that he should not fall for the tired army of the Liangshan thieves. Like Liu Tao, the soldiers are young and strong, and they will be waiting day and night, and in a few days, the sergeants and soldiers will be tired of fighting. But Liu Tao didn't listen.

He only said yes, and every night he kept his sword on the city and watched the night. But if you encounter someone who dares to slack off, you must be severely punished. Although this shocked the morale of the army, he thought that this was to drink to quench his thirst.

His heart was helplessly tight, and the future of this Tokyo city was not good. Liu Yunren is even stubborn, and it is in vain to ask for repeated words.

His nephew Zhi Yanzhi had already persuaded him in private: "Liu Xianggong is stubborn and doesn't listen to people. You and I are doing our best, why should my uncle have that obsession? "This kind of literati and doctors who insist on going their own way have seen a lot in the Western Army in the past few decades, and they have been cheated a lot.

Even the Western Army has suffered a lot of pits, and they have already gained experience. Regardless of the command of the bird, when the situation is not good, take care of yourself first. Looking at it now, this Tokyo Imperial City is really difficult to protect. Zhekeqiu's eyes were bloodshot, but he just couldn't sleep.

Hit Chaoyang Gate to the south is the East Water Gate, is the place where the Bianhe River enters the city, and there are Guangji Warehouse, Guangying Warehouse, Fuguo Warehouse, Wanying Warehouse and so on. It was the place where the Song Dynasty used to reserve grain and rice in Beijing. Now there is not a single grain of grain in these big granaries, and the mountains of grain are either transported to Luoyang or transported into the inner city by Liu Tao.

At the East Water Gate, the guard Niu Bangxi looked at Liu Tao's departing back, and his eyes were filled with deep hatred. I think that when Gao Yu was still there, he was also in the limelight for a while. At that time, a figure like Liu Tao, Niu Bangxi dared to turn a blind eye. But now, it's not the same as it used to be. At the beginning, he struggled to escape from the battlefield and escaped with his life, but he ended up being demoted. The family business that he had worked hard for half his life to 'run' took seventy-seven eighty-eight to get rid of his sin and redeem himself, but he was also cut off from his job for the people.

In this way, it was not until he was left behind in Tokyo that he exhausted his last family wealth and regained it. As a subordinate system of the left-behind division.

But Liu Tao stayed in Tokyo, but he never looked down on him.

A few days ago, when Liu Tao was inspecting at night, he caught Niu Bangxi drinking and gambling with a few relatives, and he was furious, and immediately severely punished Niu Bangxi with fifty military sticks.

Fifty sticks were recorded. Because the thieves outside the city invaded the territory, the top priority was to raise troops to resist the Liangshan bandits. That's why he was able to come. Otherwise, Niu Bangxi, who has to be beaten with a hundred military sticks, will not be able to get out of bed in March and May.

Niu Bang was full of joy and hated it.

The villains hold grudges from morning to night, but they never look for shortcomings in themselves.

Near the fourth watch, the waning moon has not risen, the sky is full of stars, the night is dark, and the sky is low in the wilderness.

A black shadow came out of the East Water Gate, and its actions were quiet, without alarming others at all. Only the sound of footsteps touched the ground. Zhang Liu looked back, torches were lit everywhere on the East Water Gate, and he vaguely saw the shadow of the person behind the female wall, and there was no movement in the city.

He took a step and ran towards the Chaoyang Gate. collided with the Liangshan sergeant who was patrolling the sentry and was sent all the way to Lu Qian's station. When he saw Lu Qian, he opened his mouth and broke out a good news: "The villain spy department Zhang Liu is the king, and Niu Bang, the guard of the East Water Gate, is happy to open the gate and let our army break the city." ”

After Lu Qian, who was dressed up, heard Zhang Liu's report, his drowsiness disappeared completely, "Niu Bangxi?!" He was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Niu Bangxi, Niu Bangxi...... "This guy was Gao Yu's confidant back then, and he was an important person in the palace marshal's mansion." I thought he had died in the army and didn't want to die so well. ”

"King Mingrui, that's exactly this person. At the beginning, this Niu Bang was a confidant of Gao Yu, and he acted a lot of misdeeds, but now he can't be happy because of the past. The night before, Liu Tao caught his shortcomings and punished him severely, causing Niu Bangxi to lose face in front of his sergeants. When the third brother Zhang saw the opportunity, he asked someone to submit a letter to this guy, who hated Liu Tao deeply, and his resentment exploded, and he was willing to open the city gate and let our army break the city. I just want to save my own life afterwards. ”

Lu Qian laughed and said, "This matter is simple. Breaking through Tokyo, he is a meritorious man of our army, and it is too late to reward him, how can he be embarrassed? "But I didn't think that it might be a trap. In fact, Niu Bangxi is such a character in his heart, a real villain. And even if it's a trap, it's worth a try.

In these days, he can clearly see that the Song soldiers at the head of the city are young and strong, and their morale is getting lower and lower. Even if there is no Niu Bangxi, he will also attack a wave. Who called the Zhao Guanjia in Luoyang City is still standing still! In that case, they simply took the city of Tokyo.

With such news, it is like falling asleep and someone handing you a pillow. "Someone, please come to General Qin."

Two days later, at noon, the winch of the East Water Gate sounded, and the heavy iron gate was raised by hinges. Lu Qian waved his hand, and the thunderbolt fire Qin Ming and the red-faced tiger Yuan Lang led a thousand soldiers of the pro-guard army, all wearing Song army robes, riding dozens of boats, and throwing them straight towards the East Water Gate.

Everything went so well. Niu Bangxi has no ghosts.

But in the place where Lu Qian couldn't see with the naked eye, in the rich country warehouse, the camp of the defenders of the East Water Gate. Deng Su, who served in the Niu Bangxi Department and joined the army, knew nothing about the scene that happened at the East Water Gate.

Today, the wind is blowing cool, and there is nothing to do, so Deng Su took a pen to talk about idle books and flipped through the polishing time. There were also several military scribes who did the same.

The thieves outside the city invaded the territory, and Liu Xianggong, who stayed in the division, asked people to perform their duties and fulfill their duties to protect the stability of the emperor. They could only bow their heads and obey orders, staying in the official office day and night, so as not to bump into the grumpy Liu Xianggong.

But there's really nothing going on here.

The East Water Gate is not Chaoyang Gate, and there are errands to do all the time. Outside the East Water Gate, I never saw half a thief from beginning to end. As soon as the waterway gate fell, it was quiet and quiet, which was really boring and tight!

Although these scholars served in the army, they were not real soldiers in the end. In the case of Deng Su, he was a student who took the initiative to stay when the official family moved west. He was reluctant to join the military for Liu Tao, and his concern for the army can be seen. Earlier, he was nervous for two days, after all, Dongshuimen is not far from Chaoyangmen. Now, the old state is repeated, and every day I only nest in the rich country warehouse, reading books to kill time.

Suddenly, there were hurried footsteps and noises outside, Deng Su put down the books in his hand dissatisfied, and then looked out suspiciously, could it be that he really encountered an emergency military situation today? But I heard the sergeant outside ask, "Xu Dutou?" How did you get here? "He should be Niu Bangxi on duty at the head of the city.

Deng Su heard Xu Du's first three words and his footsteps were two points faster, this is a person in the army, isn't there really a thief outside the city?

"Deng joined the army, joined the army, Niu Bangxi's thief rebelled, he rebelled." As soon as Xu Dutou saw Deng Su, as if he had found a relative, he immediately shouted loudly, so the sergeants and officials inside and outside were all stunned.

"Who's the opposite?" Deng Su didn't realize that his voice was trembling when he spoke.

"Niu Bangxi, Niu Bangxi is the opposite. He had already opened the water gate and let the Liangshan bandits enter the city. Tokyo, Tokyo......" Xu Dutou was speechless, and he wanted to cry, but he wanted to cry but had no tears.

In fact, at this moment, he was not the only one who wanted to cry, many people present wanted to cry, but many people couldn't shed tears.

It should be said that they have a certain degree of preparation for the loss of the outer city of Tokyo, and I am afraid that even Liu Tao knows in his heart that the outer city of Tokyo is difficult to defend. Otherwise, why did he bother to move all the food and military supplies to the inner city?

"Quick, quick. Ignition, ignition—" Deng Su's voice changed, as sharp as a woman. But it was too late. The sound of rumbling footsteps was already sounding outside the Phu Quoc warehouse, and at the same time, countless exclamations sounded.

The soldiers of the Song Army of the brigade rushed inward like water. The person at the head is Niu Bangxi's right-hand man, and without saying a word, he waved his hand to arrest everyone present.

The Liangshan army broke through the outer city bloodlessly, and Qin Ming did not outflank Chaoyangmen first, but went straight to the inner city along the Bianhe River.

At this moment, Liu Tao is falling asleep.

However, there were many barricades in the city of Tokyo, and Orihiko even sent troops to patrol the area around the South Corner Gate in the southeast of the inner city. When he saw an elite soldier rushing straight over, he immediately stopped drinking. Qin Ming no longer covered up, and waved his mace and hit Zhiyan directly.

The sound of soldiers and horses killing on both sides was shocking, and the bluffing Chaoyang Gate was shouting at the army, in case the bluffing Liangshan army outside the city made a fake and true, and the second monk was puzzled.

But Liu Tao in the inner city was awakened by his son Liu Ziyu for the first time, and when he heard that Liang Shanjun had killed the south corner gate of the inner city without knowing it, the whole person was instantly stunned. Many of his previous arrangements were made so that after the outer city was destroyed, the inner city could continue to resist. But who can tell him now why the news of the destruction of the outer city has not reached him, and the inner city is 'first' in danger?

"Ridiculous, ridiculous." Liu Tao's face flushed with anger. Liu Ziyu next to him said hatefully: "Father, the thief army is coming from the southeast corner, and it must be Niu Bangxi's dog head who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the city." ”

The father and son of the Liu family, who were urgently clothed, led a team of people and horses to run towards the South Corner Gate.

When passing through Dalu Alley, a sudden crossbow bolt pierced the bodies of the Liu family's father and son.

If he hadn't thought that the outer city was 'not broken', the inner city would be in danger first, and Liu Tao didn't expect that he would die like this.

The guards were busy covering the father and son, but Liu Ziyu had already died on the spot, and Liu Tao was pierced by two crossbow arrows in his chest, and he only had his last breath left.

When he was dying, Liu Tao looked at his son's corpse with his eyes, "hate, hate, hate......"