Chapter 157: The Fall of the New City of Righteousness (1)

Xinyi City, the city wall is gloomy, a group of yellow-faced and thin Liangshan Army soldiers squatting under the wall, long-term hunger has stripped the essence of these Liangshan Army elites, and the former Liangshan Army elites have gradually become weak and numb.

The third commander of the Liangshan Army, the red-haired ghost Liu Tang, walked past the city wall surrounded by several personal guards, inspecting the defense work of the city wall.

Seeing Liu Tang coming to inspect, these soldiers of the Liangshan Army who were squatting under the battlements only stood up slowly, leaned crookedly against the city wall, and squatted down immediately after Liu Tang left.

Faced with this situation, Liu Tang's face turned black and his expression was extremely ugly, but he did not reprimand these lazy soldiers in the slightest.

For more than three months, except for the battle that had just begun to break through, the army under Qin Liangyu had not launched a siege battle for more than two months, and it was clear that they were going to trap them, and the soldiers defending the city were also numb.

Thundered~

Just as Liu Tang was about to turn around and leave after inspecting the West Gate, a huge sound of horses' hooves suddenly came to mind outside the city wall, and gradually came in the direction of Xinyi City.

In the thick smoke, a group of black cavalry rushed in the direction of Xinyi City.

"Everyone is in position at once, there is an enemy attack!"

Seeing this, Liu Tang was suddenly startled, and immediately pulled out the big knife at his waist and shouted loudly to the guards on the city walls on both sides.

In the huge movement, the drowsy soldiers defending the city were also awakened, and when they heard Liu Tang's shouting, they immediately propped up their weak bodies and returned to their posts, ready to meet the enemy.

Liu Tang looked around, there were about 2,000 cavalry attacking from outside the city, all the cavalry were dressed in black chain mail, wearing red tasseled helmets, holding Zhanger riding spears, their posture was majestic and majestic, and the tall horses under their crotch sprinted forward with fast steps.

Although there are only 2,000 people, they carry the power of indomitable and overwhelming, and all of them are elite heavy cavalry.

The cavalry was fast, but in a few moments, it was less than 400 meters away from Xinyi Castle.

In the neighing of war horses, 2,000 cavalry formed a conical array in front of the city.

At the front of the team, Wu Song, dressed in dark armor, held the reins of his horse, raised his head and looked into the distance, standing in front of the formation.

"In the lower south, Wang Zuowei's army is under the command of Wu Song, and the two commanders of Gongsun Sheng and Liu Tang are available?"

Quietly staring at the Liangshan army on the city tower for a while, Wu Song paced forward, his anger sank into the dantian, and he shouted loudly to the city wall from afar, and the deep shouting resounded in all directions, and all the soldiers on the city wall of the West Gate could hear it.

Wu Song?

On the city wall, Liu Tang was shocked when he heard this, they have all heard of Wu Song's name now, it is rumored that he ranked fourteenth in the Liangshan Great Gathering, called the Heavenly Wounded Star, the leader of the infantry, good at using two swords, and his martial arts are also in the forefront among the 108 Liangshan heroes.

"In Xia Liu Tang, I don't know what advice Wudu Tong has for me?"

Liu Tang Dynasty arched his hand politely at Wu Song from a distance, after hearing Wu Song's story, Liu Tang still had a little admiration in his heart, and because of the same Liangshan, he couldn't help but feel a little close in his heart.

"The two commanders are heroes, my lord admires them very much, although it is a hostile relationship, but he also wants to meet the two commanders, and he specially ordered to invite the two commanders out of the city" Wu Song returned the salute and said solemnly.

"Wudu Tong is at ease, wait for me to invite the second brother to come!"

"Please!"

Liu Tang did not respond recklessly when he heard this, and replied vaguely to Wu Song and turned to leave.

Although I thought in my heart that Sima Yu and Wu Song and others would not play tricks, they had to guard against it, and they still needed to discuss it with the second brother first.

Wu Song was not disappointed when he heard this, and after answering with his hand, he calmly stayed where he was.

In the new city, the doors of the shops and houses on both sides of the street are closed, the pavement is covered with withered yellow leaves, and the whole street is uninhabited, only through the windows of the houses on both sides, you can occasionally see thin figures, their eyes are full of despair and hunger, quietly watching the movement outside the window.

The siege lasted for more than three months, and the entire Xinyi City had fallen into a situation of running out of ammunition and food, and there was no surplus food in the hands of both the Liangshan army and the people in the city.

In the largest restaurant in Xinyi City, Gongsun Shengduan sat in a private room by the window, looking at the dead and silent street outside the window, and his tired eyes looked extremely heavy.

Xinyi City, as a large town in the northwest of Zhongba Island, was once extremely prosperous, with a population of nearly 30,000 in the town.

In just three months, more than half of the population in Xinyi City has been lost, and the population of the more than 20,000 soldiers of the Liangshan Army stationed in the city is less than 40,000.

Yesterday, some soldiers in the army even discovered that cannibalism had occurred in the city.

In a remote alley next to the market in the east of the city, patrolling Liangshan soldiers found three skeletons, naked skeletons mixed with scattered pieces of broken meat, the military forensic doctor identified that the three had died only the night before, and the flesh and blood on their bodies had been shaved, leaving only the skeletons to be discarded in the remote alley.

When the soldiers who went to investigate the scene heard the forensic doctor's appraisal conclusion, several soldiers on the spot couldn't help but vomit, and even the officers and men of the army who were accustomed to life and death could not bear this cruel scene.

Gongsun Sheng knew that they had reached the limit, and without food and support, they could no longer hold on.

"Stomp stomp!"

Just when Gongsun Sheng was in a heavy mood, there was a heavy footstep outside the box.

"Squeak~"

"Second Brother"

The door was pushed open, and the red-haired ghost Liu Tang walked in, looking at Gongsun Sheng and shouting with a heavy face.

"What's wrong? Third Brother"

Seeing this, Gongsun Sheng asked out loud.

"Second brother, outside the city, Wu Song came with 2,000 cavalry, saying that he was ordered by Sima Yu to invite the two of us out of the city," Liu Tang took a light breath and said.

"Oh? Let's go! ”

Gongsun Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly, and after a pause, he said without hesitation, and wanted to get up and walk out as he spoke.

"Second brother, aren't you afraid that this is a trap?"

This made Liu Tang stunned, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but say in confusion.

"Traps? Do you think Sima Yu still needs to bother calculating us now? The reason why Qin Liangyu has been leading the troops to besiege and not attack is not only to reduce casualties, but on the other hand, I am afraid that there is also a little desire to subdue us. The other party has calculated that we have reached a place where we have run out of ammunition and food, and now Sima Yu invites us to go out of the city for a while, I am afraid that it is to discuss our surrender."

Gongsun Sheng stopped, looked at Liu Tang and frowned.

With the situation of the Liangshan army in Xinyi City, if it weren't for Liu Tang's continuous obstruction, Gongsun Sheng would have already led the army to surrender, and now the situation in the city has reached the verge of collapse, but he can't help but continue to hesitate, Sima Yu's invitation just gave them a decent step.

"Then the second brother is ready to surrender to Sima Yu?"

Liu Tang heard that Gongsun Sheng's words already meant to be obedient, and couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"I can't watch my brothers and tens of thousands of people in the city accompany us to the Jedi!"

Gongsun Sheng turned around and walked out, his faint words containing a decisive meaning.