Chapter 12: The Bloody Battle of Lingcheng

Huaikou Camp.

"General Wu, the news has been inquired to be true, and the news from the capital says that the King of Qi has defected and fled."

"It can't be! I fought with the King of Qi, I can trust him, the King of Qi must have been wronged. ”

"General Wu, there is someone outside who asks to see him, it is the imperial thief General Li Runlin."

"Come in!"

Li Runlin held a secret letter in his hand: "See General Wu, in the lower emperor thief Li Runrin." ”

"General Li, you have been touching gold in Huaikou for the past few days, but what is the important matter?"

"General Wu, this is a secret report sent by the capital, Tong Wen rebelled, held the emperor hostage, and framed the king of Qi."

General Wu took the letter and smashed the table with one palm: "There is such a thing!" Tong Wen was also a person who led soldiers back then, and together with me and General Yang, we were the ones who protected the emperor and got this country together. I know that today's His Majesty is obsessed with chess, ignoring the government and the division of power in the court, and Prime Minister Tong Cheng must feel very lost, but he will not ...... This man's heart is always ...... sometimes. Alas! ”

"Where are you thieves?"

"This is a letter from the second son, and the king of thieves has been seriously injured in order to protect His Majesty and others. His Royal Highness the King of Qi and Liu Zhangzun have secretly left the city, and the King of Qi did not come to Huaikou in person, but just let me inform you that all the troops of the Leopard Torch Army in Tonger have withdrawn to Jiangyuan, and the rest of the Linyuan camp has also gone, and most of the troops in Jiangyuan will go to the banks of the Ling River. ”

"It's hard for these two children. Wait, you say...... Along the Ling River? ”

"The soldiers and horses in the north of Tongwen have gone north and defeated the royal Lingcheng camp, and the remaining Leopard Torch Army alone cannot shake Changling." Li Runlin said: "Zhangzun originally wanted him to come to Huaikou to find the old general, but His Royal Highness the King of Qi didn't listen, he said that the old general would definitely go, so he went directly to the front line of Lingcheng. ”

"Without further ado! Adjutant general, take the city defense map of Lingcheng. ”

Several people spread out the map.

"With the way Zhang Shaoyun used his troops in Lingcheng, he would fortify near the mouth of the Linghe Bridge in the north of the city, and then send troops to march east by water to hit the enemy's flank."

"What about us?"

"We hit their other flank, cross the Tianshu Pass to the west, go north from Xuanji Valley, go around Ziwei Mountain from the west of Lingcheng, and attack the enemy from the west." General Wu asked, "By the way, did you Zhangzun also go with King Qi?" ”

"Zhangzun is worried that the Black Country will take the opportunity to attack, so he will go to Jingfeng and Caoting to transfer troops to defend against the Black Country."

"It's quite thoughtful, without further ado, you go to Lingcheng overnight, inform King Qi of my plan, and let him deal with it. I'll take the troops out right away! ”

"Thank you, General Wu!" After saluting General Wu, Li Run-rin quickly mounted his horse and headed north.

……

"Catapult ignition ready!" Zhang Shaoyun shouted: "Release!" ”

"General, the east gate is under attack."

"Surrender the East Gate to His Royal Highness the King of Qi with full command! You led people to cover the evacuation of the people from the south gate! ”

"Yes!"

The enemy's siege ladder has been erected on the wall of Lingcheng, Yin Shenglin commanded the soldiers to pour wine and oil downward, and only by burning the ladder can the enemy be prevented from climbing the city wall. "Quick, over there! Tong Wen, an old thief, doesn't know how many years he has been planning, a scheming guy. ”

"Your Highness, the incident happened suddenly, we were not prepared, and there are no combustibles available."

"Where's the stone thrower?"

"The Battle of the North Gate, I can't adjust too much. We don't have it anymore. The dart said, "Your Highness, give the order." ”

"Have the people evacuated?"

"Report! His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the people of Lingcheng have all withdrawn to the south, and General Sima is in charge. ”

"It's better to retreat south to Zuichen, Huaikou, and Licheng than to stay here."

The dart looked under the city walls, and a new round of attacks began. "Your Highness, give the order!"

Yin Shenglin pulled out his sword and pointed it into the air: "Open the city gate!" Against! ”

At the same time, Zhang Shaoyun, who was in charge of guarding the north gate of Lingcheng, also ordered his subordinates to open the city gate and go out of the city to fight the enemy to the death.

"Report! General Zhang, the imperial thief General Li has arrived. ”

Li Runlin trotted all the way up to the city tower: "See General Zhang!" ”

"How? What did General Wu say? ”

"General Wu will lead his army to raid the west side of the enemy's army, cut off his enemy's army, and cooperate with the defenders of the north gate to surround the local siege army. The army needed to go around the Xuanji Valley, but the Huaikou army marched quickly, and they could arrive in about half an hour. Li Runrin said.

"Good!" Zhang Shaoyun said: "Tell the King of Qi to defend while fighting, save strength, and delay time." You go and help the East Gate. ”

"Yes!"

……

along the Ling River,

"Speed up, cross the Ling River and further east, there will be Lingcheng, and you must arrive within an hour."

"General, why don't we just go north to attack Changling? Lei Jiaojie rebelled, and the imperial city was in danger! ”

Wang Fugui said: "First remove the plaster on the tail, and then clean up the thunder." ”

"Understood, he must have been dismantled."

"Eight is too little!"

Yin Shenglin received the news from Li Runlin, and led the troops to fight with the enemy under the city, as long as he could repel the enemy army and delay for half an hour, he could wait for reinforcements, and after the siege of Lingcheng was lifted, he could gather soldiers and send troops to Changling.

"Lord Zhangzun personally wrote a secret letter, informing him to protect the King of Qi, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi can no longer go into battle in person, this kind of thing, don't bother you to come in person." Li Runlin picked up his gun and mounted his horse and led the soldiers to fight against the enemy.

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Lingcheng army were brave and good at fighting, Yin Shenglin stood on the city wall, as if he saw an excellent army of King Qin, his resolute eyes looked into the distance, Wang Fugui should be about to bring people.

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Jingfeng County.

"All the soldiers, in the lower emperor thief in charge of Liu Dehao, no real power and no name, only in your hands is the token of His Royal Highness King Qi, your former main general, now I say that the country is in trouble, are you willing to follow me?"

"Yes! Willing! Willing! ”

"Now that we don't have an advantage, you may lose your lives because of this, are you really willing?"

One of the soldiers shouted: "Emperor Liu's thief is a loyal minister who has protected the three generations of emperors of the Dou Kingdom, and everyone in the world knows about it." ”

"Our imperial thieves are different from those spread in the world, we not only have to protect the imperial power, but also have the important responsibility of protecting the people. I hope you understand that not only this time, but also every battle in the future, is not for the Yin royal family, not for the imperial power, but for the people of the country, everything starts from the people, in order to be invincible. ”

The master of the Jing Feng camp said: "Lord Zhangzun, we all listen to you, don't say that you have a token, even if you come alone today empty-handed and tell us that Your Majesty is in trouble, we will follow you without hesitation!" ”

Liu Dehao said to the soldiers: "Everyone, now that the situation is also chaotic, the Dou State will inevitably take advantage of the danger of others and fall into the ground, and our enemy is not simple." I, Liu, don't force you, if you are willing to go with me, raise the weapons in your hands and hit the earth with your weapons, let me see how many people are willing to follow me. ”

On the land of Jingfeng County, there was a sound of metal hitting the ground, like beating a drum, and the earth seemed to be about to be shaken. Although there is no sound in a drop of rain, once there are too many of them, it will be a heavy downpour that can no longer be resisted.

It's the same with people.