Chapter Ninety-Seven: Closing the Door
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
Outside Hexing Town, the night sky resounded with earth-shattering drums, the firelight lit up the sky, and groups of soldiers began to gather in the open space outside Bai Wenxuan's barracks. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A huge general flag stood in front of the military formation, and Bai Wenxuan, the chief general of the three armies, stood first, staring at Hexing Town in front of him, his heart was heavy.
It seems that he still underestimates the appetite of the Yang Wu Army too much!
After understanding the abnormal situation in Hexing Town, all the doubts in Bai Wenxuan's heart were also solved.
Who would have thought that Sima Yu, who had an army of more than 30,000 at most, would dare to play the trick of repairing the plank road and secretly crossing Chen Cang in front of Bai Wenxuan, who had 100,000 soldiers.
Mingli's handsome soldiers confronted him outside Hexing Town, but secretly they were actually fighting the idea of Xianlong Town.
gave up the opportunity to hit them hard, and it seems that he was afraid that he would return after he was frustrated.
Thinking of the Flying Feather Rider who had been disturbing in the rear, Bai Wenxuan's heart became heavier and heavier.
Now, the only chance is probably to take down the defence-empty town of Hexing.
On the upper floor of Hexing Town, Sima Yu stood upstairs surrounded by a group of people.
"Lord, I'm afraid Bai Wenxuan has already discovered an abnormality in the town."
Yu Dayou, the captain of the North Battalion of the Water Division, stood aside, looked at Bai Wenxuan's army pouring outside the city, and said loudly.
"The response was quite fast, but unfortunately it was too late!" Sima Yu sneered when he heard this.
Although Hexing Town is more than 50 kilometers away from Xianlong Town, more than half of the distance can be passed through the Changxi River during this period.
Long Wei and Long Meng have led the Guoyi Army and the 20,000 soldiers of the Tiger Battalion to Xianlong Town since last night, and now the only ones responsible for defending the city are the 5,000 Sailor North Battalion under Yu Dayou and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion under Huang Jingtian.
Now I don't know if Long Wei and they have successfully taken Xianlong Town, Sima Yu thought silently.
"Quick!"
"Quick, we're coming!"
A fire lit up outside Xianlong Town, and there was a burst of excited shouts from afar.
"Immediately report to General Zhao, there is a situation outside the city!"
At this time, Xianlong Town was already closed by the city gate, and the movement outside the city immediately alarmed the guards patrolling the city tower.
Slowly, under the light of the fire, a team of about 800 people appeared under the city of Xianlong Town.
Almost all of the people in the team were disheveled, their heads bowed, and their steps were staggering, and some of them had blood stains on their bodies that had not yet coagulated, and they were supported by their companions.
At first glance, it is a defeated army on the run.
"Who is under the city? How dare you break into Xianlong Town at night? ”
Zhao Cheng had already come to the city wall, looked at the approaching team, and motioned to one of the guards on duty, Baihu, and asked loudly.
"Wanggu Town's grain guard team thousands of households into Han, we were ordered to escort grain and grass to Xianlong Town, on the road was attacked by the cavalry of the Yangwu Army, after several tosses and turns, the cavalry of the Yangwu Army is still chasing after us, and please open the city to take in."
A man in the team dressed in a thousand households came out of the queue and explained loudly to Zhao Cheng and the others on the city tower.
"Do you have a seal?"
The hundred households guarding the city then asked.
"In, in, this is my waist card!"
The man named Cheng Han nodded and raised his waist card high.
"Bring it on!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
A rope fell from the city tower, and Cheng Han hurriedly tied the waist card and went up.
"General, it is indeed the waist card of thousands of households in Wanggu Town! We also asked Ding Baihu, who is familiar with Cheng Han, to recognize it, and he couldn't stop looking at his face from too far away, but his body shape and voice were similar to those of thousands of households! ”
After a while, the hundred households reported to Zhao Cheng after checking the waist card.
"It's dark at night, and it's impossible to identify them, so I'll give them some food first, and then let them enter the city tomorrow after they have verified their identities."
Zhao Cheng looked at the waist card when he heard this, frowned and thought about it.
Now is the time when Xianlong Town's defense is the weakest, and everything is still more careful.
"Whoa!"
The man who guarded the city and the hundred households promised to do so.
"Pedal Pedal ~"
Thundered~
Just as Zhao Cheng was about to turn around and go downstairs to continue resting after giving the order, a strong sound of horses' hooves faintly came from outside Xianlong Town, and it was obvious that a cavalry was coming in the direction of Xianlong Town.
"Ahh Oh no, the Yangwu army is chasing after you! ”
"General, the Yangwu army is coming, please open the door and let us in!"
The sound of horses' hooves in the distance made the remnants of the defeated soldiers downstairs panic, and they knelt on the ground one by one and prayed to Zhao Cheng and others on the city wall.
For a while, the sound of crying for help resounded in the night sky.
However, although Zhao Cheng stopped on the city tower, he was not moved at all.
The situation is unknown, how dare he act rashly.
With a roar, this cavalry finally appeared outside the city of Xianlong Town, and stopped less than 200 meters away from the city tower.
Under the light of the fire, it was faintly seen that the cavalry soldiers were all dressed in leather armor, holding spears, leaning on longbows, and their expressions were grim.
At the front of the cavalry formation was a white-robed young general with a white horse and silver armor, and his vision was a little confused because of the distance, and he couldn't see his face clearly.
It was the 2000 flying feather riders led by Zhao Tong.
"Woo woo woo~"
After stopping, Zhao Tong did not lead the Flying Feather Cavalry to leave, but instead formed a conical formation, eager to try in the sound of whimpering horns, ready to charge.
"Ahh General, help us! ”
"Knock knock! General, open the door and let us in! ”
The terrible sound of the horn was like a talisman, and the defeated soldiers under the city tower kept slapping the city gate one by one, begging Zhao Cheng to let them into the city.
"Arrogance!"
Seeing that Zhao Tong outside the city tower dared to lead a mere 2,000 people and wanted to attack the rout soldiers hiding under the city of Xianlong Town, Zhao Cheng was so angry that his face turned blue and shouted loudly.
This simply didn't take Zhao Cheng and the 20,000 troops in Xianlong Town into account.
"Ha, drums! Open the gates! ”
Zhao Cheng, who was angry and laughing, hurriedly ordered the soldiers on duty.
"Knock knock!"
The drums sounded, and the defenders of Xianlong Town, who were originally going to take turns to rest, began to leave the camp one after another and gathered under the city tower.
"Crunch~"
The gate of Xianlong Town slowly opened.
"Great! Let's go in! ”
"Great!"
As soon as the city gate opened, the routs outside the city swarmed in.
"Get out of the way! The army went out of the city, and everyone leaned to the sides! ”
In the face of the rout of the food protection team crowded into a group, a thousand households in the army hurriedly stepped forward and commanded loudly, guiding these routs from both sides, and a group of Xianlong Town defenders began to slowly leave the city.
Under the leadership of Zhao Cheng, the army of 6,000 was quickly assembled outside the city.
During this period, seeing the army of Xianlong Town leaving the city, the flying feather cavalry in the distance did not show the slightest sign of evacuation, but they did not take advantage of the army to launch an attack when they left the city.
"Attack!"
It wasn't until Zhao Cheng and his people were completely assembled that Zhao Tong waved the spear in his hand and ordered loudly.
"Boom!"
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Woohoo!"
2,000 cavalry quickly dispatched, and only raised their bows and cavalry when they were less than 100 meters away from the army of Xianlong Town, and the rain of arrows under black pressure quickly filled the sky above the front army of Xianlong Town.
"Ahh~"
There was a scream, and the vision was blocked in the night, and the soldiers of Xianlong Town were even more damaged.
"Raise your gun!"
In this battle, Zhao Tong did not intend to entangle with the defenders of Xianlong Town, and quickly rushed forward, and immediately ordered to replace the spear after shooting a few rounds of arrow rain to accelerate the impact.
"Kill!"
"Bang!"
"Ahh
The fast-running cavalry slammed into the army formation of Xianlong Town, bringing a rain of blood and screams.
On one side is the brave and combative Flying Feather Cavalry, and on the other side is the defenders of Xianlong Town, who are outnumbered, and the two armies are fiercely fighting together.
"Damn, the Yangwu Army is so brave!"
In the middle military department of the garrison of Xianlong Town, looking at the flying feather cavalry that was constantly advancing under the leadership of Zhao Tong, Zhao Cheng muttered with a gloomy face.
The constantly advancing Flying Feather Cavalry caused great damage to the army under his command, but in half an hour of entanglement, the military formation of the army of Xianlong Town had been torn open, and the casualties were nearly a thousand.
However, fortunately, as the Flying Feather Cavalry continued to break in, the defenders of Xianlong Town on both wings also began to surround them, and the pace of the Flying Feather Cavalry's advance gradually fell into a stagnation.
"Kill!"
"Ahh
"Ah, the soldiers of Wanggu Town are reversed!"
"You traitors!"
Just when the situation was gradually favorable to Xianlong Town, a chaotic scream and shouting suddenly sounded under the city gate not far away.
"This!"
Zhao Cheng, who heard the sound, suddenly sank in his heart, turned his head and looked back, sure enough, there was already a fire at the city gate, and the rout of Wanggu Town, which had just been accepted into the city by them, was violently fighting with the defenders at the city gate.
At this time, these routs were all as if they had been reborn, all of them were extremely brave, and the unsuspecting defenders were defeated one after another, and the city gates were almost completely controlled by these routs.
Not good! Hit the trick! Zhao Cheng screamed in his heart.
"Knock knock!"
"Kill!"
Just when Zhao Cheng's mind was blank, the distant mountains and forests outside Xianlong Town sounded the sound of earth-shattering drums, and a continuous black shadow gradually began to appear in the firelight, and it was rapidly coming towards Xianlong Town.
Xianlong Town is over!
This was the last thought that flashed through Zhao Cheng's mind, and then he lost consciousness and fell headlong into the horse.
Behind Zhao Cheng, a long sword pierced through his chest, and a hideous-looking Qianhu was riding a war horse and standing behind him.
"Zhao Cheng is dead, but someone is willing to follow me to welcome the Yangwu army into the city!"
Suddenly killed Zhao Cheng with one blow, this Qianhu turned his head to look at the other Qianhu who were looking at him with a frightened face, and shouted violently.
"Welcome the Yangwu Army into the city!"
"Welcome the Yangwu Army into the city!"
The shouts of this thousand households also woke up the middle and high-ranking military leaders of Xianlong Town, and they shouted one by one.
Everyone is not stupid, now that Zhao Cheng is dead, the city gate is also controlled by the rout soldiers pretended to be by the Yangwu army, the fall of Xianlong Town is a foregone conclusion, they can't follow the death at all, and some people are a little envious of the Qianhu who killed Zhao Cheng.
This kid reacts fast enough!
Soon, in the surprised eyes of Zhao Tong and other soldiers of the Yangwu Army who were fighting, the defenders of Xianlong Town, who were originally resisting, quickly surrendered one after another.
When Long Wei and Long Meng led an army of 20,000 to the city gate of Xianlong Town, the war was basically over.
With less than 1,000 casualties, the Yangwu army took Xianlong Town, an important border town.
At this point, the first step of Sima Yu's designated plan to close the door and fight the dogs and prevent Li Dingguo's army from taking food was basically achieved.