Chapter 174: Fangcheng City Breaks
Late at night, the Nanyang Red Turban Army, which had just won a battle, was stationed at the security station under Zhang Shihua's order. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The security station was only thirty miles away from Fangcheng in a straight line, so Fangcheng had already received the news of the defeat of the security guards. After all, there were still more than 20 officers and soldiers who escaped from the security station, didn't they?
But fortunately, Fang Cheng's guard was a smart person, and he blocked the news as soon as he learned about it. Therefore, the news that the officers and soldiers were defeated at the security station and that the Red Turban army would be in the city tomorrow was only known to some high-ranking people in Fangcheng, and most of the people in Fangcheng did not know the news.
Because of this, the current Fangcheng is still peaceful, at least Fangcheng did not cause the panic and chaos caused before the war.
However, although it is said that the people of Fangcheng are not panicked and chaotic, those high-level people in Fangcheng are now very frightened.
As we said earlier, although Fangcheng is the seat of Yuzhou, it is the north gate of Nanyang Mansion. But when it comes to the sky, he is just a county seat. A county town with a population of only more than 20,000, even if Fang Cheng forcibly recruited many people into the army not long ago, the city defense army he has now only adds up to 2,000 people.
The city defense army of 2,000 people also folded a thousand at the security station, that is to say, all the troops in Fangcheng now add up, and they are nothing more than a thousand people. With only a thousand people, how could they resist the next attack of the Red Turban Army.
You must know that because two months ago, Liu Futong led the army in Wuyang and defeated the bandit coalition formed by Nanyang and Bianliang in one fell swoop, Nanyang was already greatly injured. That is to say, for a long time after that, they will have to fight alone, and there will be no reinforcements at all.
Therefore, at this moment, the state magistrate of Yuzhou. These Fangcheng officials, who have always liked to talk loudly on weekdays, are like dumb at this time, all of them are looking at their noses and noses and their hearts with their heads bowed, and everyone is silent. And this undoubtedly makes the entire official hall extremely depressing.
This oppressive atmosphere lasted for almost a quarter of an hour, and finally some people couldn't stand it anymore. I saw a Yuanmeng general in armor at this time, stood up suddenly, looked at these officials in the hall who didn't say a word, this Yuanmeng general, couldn't help but roar angrily: "Straight mother, isn't it just a group of rebellious mud legs, I'm afraid of his mother's ball, it's a big deal to fight with him, and grandpa is still a good man after eighteen years." ā
However, the impassioned words of the Yuan Meng general did not arouse the blood in the hearts of these bureaucrats who had been in high positions for a long time, but after he shouted these words, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more depressing. Seeing this scene, the angry Yuanmeng general couldn't help but speak Mongolian and scolded him.
Some officials in the hall who knew Mongolian and were born in Mongolians couldn't help but frown a little dissatisfiedly when they heard this shouting and scolding, but they only frowned.
Seeing this, perhaps he also felt that the atmosphere on the field was too depressing, so the governor of Yuzhou couldn't help but say: "The red turban thief is already approaching the city, and at this time, it is time for my generation to repay the emperor's grace."
Even if you have no good way to retreat from the enemy, and the official has long been determined to live and die with this city. Therefore, let all the kings disperse, and there will be war to be fought tomorrow. ā
Hearing Zhou Yin's words, the officials in the hall couldn't help but show a touch of shame on their faces. However, when they saw Daru Huachi, who was Yuzhou, the first one to say goodbye and leave, these officials with different thoughts couldn't help but hug their fists towards Zhou Yin, and then they withdrew from the lobby one after another.
However, when all the officials left one after another, the first general to stand up was still sitting somewhere.
"General Chaolu, are you still in trouble?" Seeing that this general Yuanmeng named Chaolu was still sitting here, Yin Hetao of Yuzhou Prefecture couldn't help asking.
Hearing Zhou Yin Hetao ask, this general named Chaolu couldn't help but stand up from his seat. Then I saw that after this general named Chaolu Yuanmeng stood up, he suddenly bowed to Yin Hetao, who was sitting there.
Seeing this, He Tao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he hurriedly stood up from his seat, and personally picked up this Yuanmeng man named Chaolu and asked, "General, what does this mean?" ā
Chao Lu responded to He Tao's question, and couldn't help lowering his head and saying to He Tao with some shame: "I, Chao Lu is a rough person, I don't know people, I misbelieve in traitors, so that I often disrespect you. Now, when I know who you are, I can't help but feel very ashamed. ā
"You are a true loyal warrior, please accept me and apologize to you." After saying this, Chao Lu saluted He Tao again.
When He Tao saw this, he couldn't help but be moved. I saw that he couldn't help but have red eyes, and then he helped Chaolu up and said, "I also know the general's character." Your behavior today can really be said to be very similar to the Lian Po in ancient times! ā
Hey, I have to say that He Tao is worthy of being a person who likes to be pretentious, even at this time, he didn't forget to brag to himself. This Chaolu took the initiative to admit his mistake to him, and he called it very similar to Lian Po in ancient times, so what he meant, he was Lin Xiangru in ancient times.
However, this guy Chaolu really wants to be like him, he is a complete rough man. This kind of person is not easy to be able to speak Chinese, and it is naturally impossible to read the "Historical Records", and he does not know what it means to be harmonious.
Therefore, after hearing He Tao's words, Chaolu thought that He Tao was purely praising him. Therefore, he didn't ask who Lian Po was, but said to He Tao with a resolute face: "Don't worry, my lord, if the thief army breaks through the city tomorrow, I will not let the thief move my lord before I die in Chaolu." ā
After saying this, Chao Lu turned around and strode away.
And looking at the back of Chao Lu leaving, He Tao couldn't help but straighten his clothes, and turned around resolutely.
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Early the next morning, at the security station, Zhang Shihua and after they finished breakfast and left 300 people to guard the prisoners, they also led his soldiers to rush to Fangcheng, which was thirty miles away.
As Zhang Shihua expected, at noon, Zhang Shihua did lead his soldiers to Fangcheng and rushed to this city, which is known as the north gate of Nanyang Mansion.
The Fangcheng built against the back of the mountain is not as magnificent as Zhang Shihua imagined. Anyway, in Zhang Shihua's opinion, Fangcheng is not too different from small counties like Wuyang and Taihe. Therefore, Zhang Shihua did not think that it would be difficult to attack such a small county.
Therefore, after leading the army to Fangcheng, Zhang Shihua did not give an order to set up camp, but ordered the three armies to bury the pot and prepare to attack the city.
"The general has an order, bury the pot to cook, and after eating, the army will attack the city." A famous herald passed Zhang Shihua's military order so loudly, and when he heard the military order issued by Zhang Shihua, the firehead army under Zhang Shihua also untied the pot on his back as soon as possible, and began to prepare meals for the army under the nose of the enemy.
On the wall of Fangcheng, Chao Lu couldn't help but have a flash of anger on his face when he saw the red turban thieves who were burying the pot and cooking ignoring them like this, but when he saw the two thousand red turban soldiers who had been waiting outside the city, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and suppressed the anger in his heart.
However, although he did not fall for the scheme, he did not lead the army out of the city out of desperation out of anger. However, the arrogance of the Nanyang Red Turban Army undoubtedly hit the morale of the soldiers who defended the city in Fangcheng.
Because when they saw these Red Turban Army outside the city, the officers and soldiers defending the city in Fangcheng knew that their comrades who stayed at the security station had been defeated by the Red Turban Army yesterday.
It took less than a day for these arrogant Red Turban troops to defeat a force equal in number to them at the security station, and how could the officers and soldiers defending the city who knew all this not feel afraid in their hearts.
To be honest, if it weren't for the fear that if he escaped and would be killed by the Overseer team behind him, it is estimated that there would have been deserters on the walls of Fang City.
But there were no deserters, but there were deserters. At this moment, at the west gate of Fangcheng, the two Daru Huachi of Yuzhou and Fangcheng had already opened the city gate and were about to escape with their property. But what they didn't know was that when they opened the gates, the Grim Reaper had already noticed them......
Fangcheng, outside the West City Gate. Guo Yu, who led three hundred cavalry and rushed to Fangcheng a long time ago, was quietly leading people to ambush outside the West City Gate at this time according to Zhang Shihua's instructions.
At the beginning, Guo Yu just thought that his brother-in-law had let him lead people to ambush here, in order to help the army collect nets and catch fish when the city was broken. Therefore, Guo Yu was also a little reluctant to accept the ambush here.
After all, doing so is nothing more than giving someone someone a hand, and you won't get any decent credit at all. However, who made him a soldier now, Zhang Shihua, a general, has an order, so it is naturally impossible for him not to obey orders.
However, what he never expected was that when he and his soldiers were gnawing dry food in the forest and waiting for the city to break, the west gate of Fangcheng opened strangely. Then, just when he and his soldiers were a little confused by this strange thing, several magnificent carriages suddenly appeared at the city gate.
Seeing this, Guo Yu still didn't understand what was going on. Therefore, I saw that he was next, first spit out the jerky chewed in his mouth, and then turned over violently on the war horse beside him, and shouted: "Brothers, the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune has come, rush with me!" ā
"Rush!" Seeing this scene, the soldiers under Guo Yu's command also roared with red eyes, and then these people thought that they had been beaten with chicken blood, and rode their war horses to the open gate of Fang Cheng and rushed madly towards it.
Seeing this scene, the two Daru Huachi who wanted to escape at the city gate and the family members who followed them were also stunned. "There is an ambush" is the first thought in their minds at this time; "Run" is their second thought.
Therefore, when the only second thought left in his mind came to him, the guards around these carriages abandoned these magnificent carriages and the people in the carriages one after another, and turned around and ran towards the city gate behind them.
When the soldiers defending the city saw this, they naturally thought about closing the city gate quickly. However, how could the guards outside the city, who had been forced to have no way out, let them close the city gates. After all, this is their only hope of survival.
Therefore, when these guards found out that the defenders of Fangcheng were going to close the city gate, these guys, who had become extremely crazy under the desire to survive, actually took out their waist knives and killed the guards who wanted to close the city gate.
"Get out of the way, don't get in the way of grandpas entering the city." While these family guards rushed at the officers and soldiers on the opposite side with knives, they couldn't help but shout like this.
Seeing this scene, who would have thought that this group of scoundrels who had been playing tricks in order to get out of the city five minutes ago would kill each other again five minutes later in order to compete for the opportunity to enter the city. Such a scene is really a great irony.
However, no one cares whether they are sarcastic or unsarcastic these days, and now they only know one thing, and that is "I want to live".
This group of selfish guys, in order to compete for the qualification to enter the city, naturally inevitably broke out at the city gate. And it is precisely because of the selfishness of these people that Fangcheng is destined to be erased from the territory map of the Yuan and Mongolian courts today.
"Die for me!" At this moment, a loud shout came, but it was Guo Yu who rushed over on a war horse.
"Die!" Looking at the group of pigs and dogs at the gate of the city, Guo Yu couldn't help but show a deep disgust on his face. This disgust is almost like a person with a habit of cleanliness seeing a lump of dog shit on the dining table.
Therefore, Guo Yu rewarded these guys who indirectly helped him a lot, and they all rewarded them mercilessly.
"Kill!" Just after Guo Yu slashed and killed three dogs blocking the road one after another, the earth-shattering shouts of killing and the sound of horses' hooves came again. Hearing this voice, Guo Yu couldn't help but turn around with a smile. Sure enough, the three hundred horsemen under his command rushed over as if they had been beaten with chicken blood at this time.
Seeing this, Guo Yu couldn't help but raise his sword again and shouted: "Kill Tartar!" ~~ā
"Kill the Tartar!" The three hundred horsemen all shouted in unison. Then, seeing Guo Yu and them next, like a sharp blade cutting through the cloth, they rushed into the city gate with unrivaled strength.
At this time, in the east of Fangcheng, Zhang Shihua had just prepared a meal.
"Kill the Tartars! ~~" Zhang Shihua, who was already preparing to start eating at this time, heard the shouting and killing sound coming from Fang Cheng, and couldn't help but put down the rice bowl in his hand suddenly, and looked at Fang Cheng with wide eyes.
"It's Ah Yu, they've entered the city." Looking at the extremely flustered guards on the city wall, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but turn around sharply, and said to Zhang Mingtong, Bai Xi and others behind him: "Quick, pass the order, attack the city immediately, and eat food after the city is broken." ā