This man spoke Khitan dialect, and Chao Gai could understand it. Lu Fang said: "I'm going to meet this guy, I'm not small, and I dare to go out of the city to fight." ”

Chao Gai nodded and said, "Go ahead, be careful." ”

Seeing that Chao Gai agreed, Lu Fang urged the horse to go over, and shook Fang Tian's halberd to pass.

Lu Fang traveled south and north to sell medicinal materials, and also understood Khitan dialect, Lu Fang asked: "Boy, what is your name, so bold, you dare to kill when the army arrives." ”

When this person heard this, he shouted: "Ben Jiangnai is the surname of the emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom, and Yelu Dalang is also, and he will fight again under the common name." ”

"This will be the Jingzhou clan, Lu Fang is also, come on."

After that, Lu Fang drew a halberd and stabbed it, and went straight to Yelu Dalang's throat. This Yelu Dalang is also a skilled archer, and with a big sword, he blocked Lu Fang's painting halberd, followed by a turn of the blade, and cut it over according to Lu Fang's waist.

"There are two hits." Lu Fang snorted, exerted all his strength, painted the halberd like a spiritual snake out of a hole, Yelu Dalang's big knife flew up and down, the two fought more than 20 rounds, Lu Fang thought that this person's martial arts were good, I am afraid it would be difficult to defeat him in a short time, and immediately touched his leg with his right hand, took out an iron ball the size of an egg, and looked at Yelu Dalang.

This iron egg is nothing else, it is a solid iron egg of a fifty-millimeter caliber tiger squat cannon, Lu Fang is a cavalryman, and he rarely has the opportunity to touch the shells in peacetime. When he led the team to practice the artillery, he invited Lu Fang to come over to observe, and Lu Fang picked up an iron bullet from the grass two miles away, and put it on his body, thinking that it would be good to use it as a hidden weapon. However, Lu Fang's kung fu is good, and he rarely encounters opponents with strong martial arts, but he didn't expect to meet a Yelu Dalang today.

This Yelu Dalang was also unlucky, and the fight was fierce, but he didn't expect Lu Fang to suddenly use a hidden weapon, and he couldn't dodge and hit his chest in time, although he was wearing iron armor, but the defense of heavy objects like iron eggs was not ideal, and his chest was hit with pain, so he immediately covered his chest and withdrew from the circle.

Yelu Dalang scolded: "You barbarian, you actually hurt people with a secret weapon. ”

Lu Fang pouted: "Who said that you are not allowed to use hidden weapons on the battlefield, it would be good if you didn't cut off your head for military merits." Today you are considered to be alive, and tomorrow when our cannon arrives, your town Nanbao will be reduced to powder in an instant. ”

Yelu Dalang said: "If you can't resist the siege, don't dream, and the cannons, you don't have any small cannons, and you have the ability to fly up the cavalry." ”

Lu Fang still had to fight, and Yelu Dalang urged the horse to go back with the soldiers, and then scolded at the head of the city.

"If you have the ability, don't nest in the fortress, if you have the guts, let's fight outside the city, be careful to step on your eggs." The pro-soldiers also began to curse back.

The scolding of the soldiers is very good, and soon they began to greet women within eighteen generations on both sides.

Chao Gai said: "Retreat five miles back and camp, tomorrow the artillery will arrive to attack the city." ”

The people retreated five miles, found a place near the water, and pressed the camp. The soldiers grazed and fed the horses and sorted out their weapons, and the generals all went to the Chinese army to discuss matters.

Chao Gai didn't bring a military advisor with him this time, so many things had to be figured out by the generals themselves.

"Zhennan Fort is only more than a hundred miles away from Black Dragon City, tomorrow our artillery will arrive, and the enemy's support will also arrive, it will inevitably be a fierce battle." Chao Gai said, "It's best for us to take down this fortress today, and some soldiers in the city and some soldiers outside the city will support each other, so as to win the Black Dragon City." ”

Liu Tang said: "Brother, I still have the cannon powder here, let the cavalry quickly throw the cannon to the city gate, blow up the city gate, and we will enter the city smoothly." ”

Yan Kuohai said: "Battalion Commander Liu doesn't know, don't look at this is a small fortress, but in addition to the wooden gate outside, there is also a jack gate inside, which is made of iron, even if the outside is blown up, the inside is difficult to blow up." ”

Liu Tang shook his head and said that he had no choice.

Chao Gai said: "There is also a way, tonight I will take my own soldiers to climb the wall with ropes, climb over the wall and enter, open the city gate from the inside, and the large group of people will go in." ”

As soon as Chao Gai finished speaking, Yuan Lang said: "It's not proper, as the commander of the three armed forces, my brother can't do such high-risk things." My brother used to teach me how to climb the claws, and I practiced a lot when I was in New Jeju Island, and there are 100 soldiers in the battalion who are proficient in this way, so why don't we go? ”

Chao Gai nodded: "Okay, then tonight Yuan Lang will lead the team to climb the city, and I will lead my own soldiers to cover with bows and arrows." Liu Tang led a thousand cavalry into the city, and Lu Fang Guo Sheng led the cavalry to meet outside. ”

Everyone discussed the details in detail before they dispersed, as soon as it was dark, the room made dinner, cattle and sheep on the grassland are cheaper than grain, but Jeju regimental training still does not allow the army to eat cattle, tonight's stewed mutton, small pieces of mutton and noodles boiled that taste is really unusually delicious.

In the middle of the night, Zhennanbao was quiet, and the insects were singing in a low voice. Yelu Dalang was defeated but not injured, he was very relieved, Zhennan Fort City is six meters high, there are six hundred elite soldiers guarding it, and there are many rolling wood and stones piled up on the city wall, not to mention that the opposite side is full of cavalry, although there are more than 4,000 people, but there are no siege equipment are given in vain, unless they have wings to fly up, people will not grow wings, so the soldiers defending the city are very relieved, as long as it is past tonight, at the latest at noon tomorrow at the latest The reinforcements of Black Dragon City will arrive.

In the southwest corner of the city wall, where the lights are dim, there are a few dim torches, eight of the ten soldiers on duty are asleep, and two soldiers are walking back and forth with torches and weapons.

Suddenly, there was a slight thud, and Soldier A said, "Did you hear anything?" ”

Soldier B said, "I didn't hear you, you heard me wrong." ”

"No, there's a voice, let's go over and have a look."

Two soldiers watched with torches against the battlements of the city wall, and there was nothing to see outside, when suddenly their necks tightened, and two short arrows sank into their necks.

Neither of them hummed and fell to the city wall, and the soldiers next to them were dozing off without noticing.

A rope was set up outside the city, and Yuan Lang pulled the rope and came up with a steel crutch on his back. Yuan Lang came up and found that there was nothing unusual, and put down two more ropes, and the soldiers quickly climbed up. Within a few minutes, a dozen soldiers climbed up. When a soldier came up, he accidentally touched the wall with his waist knife and made a bang.

The napping soldier was awakened, looked at a few dark shadows here, and shouted: "What people." ”

Seeing that it was exposed, Yuan Lang did not hide, a pair of steel crutches were waved, and the soldier with his gun was smashed.

"Someone has climbed the walls." The soldiers of Zhennan Fort blew up their nests, and dozens of soldiers poured in like honeycombs.

Yuan Lang shouted: "Protect the rope." ”

The dozen or so soldiers who came up first, with knives in their hands, protected the ropes behind them, and fought with the defenders. Chao Gai and the others sniped the defenders from a distance under the city wall, but soon they were mixed together, and it was inconvenient for the big black sky to shoot again.

Let's say that Yuan Lang is really brave enough, with more than a dozen soldiers to fight dozens of defenders who lost their armor, three ropes quickly climbed up the soldiers, and the deputy general Jin Ding also went up with a big gun in his hand and overturned several defenders.

As soon as Jin Ding went up, Yuan Lang was much easier, and handed over the task of protecting the rope to Jin Ding, Yuan Lang waved his steel crutch and fought fiercely on the city wall with more than a dozen soldiers, almost no one could stop Yuan Lang for a round, and the bones were broken when he touched it, and the soldiers behind him were also brave, and with Yuan Lang quickly killed above the city gate. The soldiers guarding the jack gate have just gotten up from the hole in the city gate, and the belt has not been fastened, this group of soldiers was originally a soldier of the Liao State, and then the Jin tribe arose, cutting off the connection between the Black Dragon Island and the Liao State, except for the occasional black wolf and horse thief who came to harass for so many years, the rest of the time was too peaceful, and the long-term peace made the combat effectiveness of the defenders drop sharply.

Without much effort, Yuan Lang killed the soldiers guarding the city gate, opened the jack gate, opened the gate, picked up the torch to send a signal, and waved it a few times outside.

In the distance, Liu Tang saw the signal, waved his big knife, and shouted, "Kill with me." ”

A thousand horsemen rushed over and entered the city. The defenders inside were still thinking about going up to the city wall at this time, and when they saw that the enemy's cavalry had entered the city, they were in a mess, and they did not form an effective defensive formation at all. The scattered infantry faced the cavalry, and the consequences could be imagined, and after a while, they were killed, and more than a hundred defenders saw that the general situation had already surrendered.

"Go and arrest Yelu Dalang, you can't let him run." The soldiers shouted for joy and looked around for Jerodalang. After all, this is a small fortress, a place with a big palm, and it was soon found that the defender Yelu Dalang led dozens of cavalry to escape from the north gate.

is also an insignificant character, just run, there is no need to chase it in the middle of the night.

Soon occupied Zhennan Fort, Yuan Lang and Liu Tang led their troops to extinguish the fire, extinguishing all the fires caused by the battle just now, and at the same time restraining the soldiers not to harass the merchants. The fort has twenty shops, a pharmacy, a grain store, a tea shop, a fur buyer, and two inns and a restaurant.

Chao Gai also came in, and was very happy, the battle was fought beautifully, the casualties were very small, and the Zhennan Fort was quickly occupied. It was a very defensible fortress, with thick and strong walls, filled with logs and stones, and a small number of giant crossbows, but they had fallen into disrepair.

There are deep wells in the city, there are plenty of water, and the grain and grass in the barracks and warehouses are piled up, which is enough for six hundred defenders to last half a year. There are no permanent residents in the fort except for the merchants, and the entire fort can be said to be designed for battle.

"In this battle, Yuan Lang is the first to work, and Liu Tang is second. The clerk notes and pays the bonus back as required. Chao Gai said.

Liu Tang said with a smile: "Our department still counts, Battalion Commander Yuan opened the city gate, and the defenders in the city were scattered, so whoever came in would still win the battle." ”

"Otherwise, going to the city itself is a risk, and this credit cannot be less. This is a small town, and there is no need for many military horses to defend it. Liu Tang took people to stay, and we went out with Yuan Lang and others. Chao Gai said.

"Yes."

Most of the 1,000 or so people under Yuan Lang were from the grassland tribes, and there was nothing to say about the battle, but the military discipline was lax, and Chao Gai was worried that they would rob the merchants if they stayed.

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