Chapter 36 The capture of Hefei

Although it was a feint, Xu Chu's group of 'veteran generals' mastered the fire very well, not only to ensure that the Hefei defenders had to pay attention, but also to prevent their own losses from being too heavy.

Five groups of 500 soldiers took turns to fight, and after the night, when the sky was light, the shouts of the soldiers, the sound of stone-throwing carts, and the sound of rushing carts against the city gates suddenly disappeared.

Lu Jun stared at his bloodshot eyes as he watched the Lujiang soldiers under the city retreat into the camp.

Thinking that Lu Xun and Lu Mao should be on the road safely, Lu Jun breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the edge of the female wall.

Lying crookedly around were many soldiers in armor, some of them extremely tired and asleep, some of them were killed by enemy crossbow arrows, and so on.

Lu Jun had the heart to remind everyone not to slack off, supported his tired body, and shouted: "If you don't want to die here, hurry up!" ”

When some of the soldiers heard this, they hurriedly supported the stone wall and propped it up, and more were reluctant to get up.

Lu Jun was furious, ordered to inspect the left and right, and ordered: Anyone who shouted three times would be killed on the spot.

Someone on the left and right suggested: "Captain, this group of soldiers has been guarding for a few hours, should we change a group of people to go to the city?" ”

"How's the situation with the soldiers on standby under the city?"

"Because I was scared all night, it didn't seem to be good...... It's better than nothing. ”

Lu Jun sighed and said, "Now is the time when people are most likely to relax their minds. If the defense is changed at this time, the Lujiang soldiers will attack when they see the situation, what can they do? Let's wait for the sun to rise. ”

This suggestion was not accepted.

At this time, the drums of the Xu Chu military camp outside the city were loud, and the nerves of the Hefei defenders who had been tense all night and had just relaxed for a moment were stirred up again, Lu Jun stared and shouted wildly, on the one hand, he ordered the guards at the head of the city to strengthen their vigilance, and on the other hand, he ordered the soldiers to hurry up and load bows and crossbows and guns.

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Xu Chu, who watched the battle from a distance in the Chinese army, continued to receive feedback from the front line, this time it was Lejin's first battalion and the reserve unit of the Tiger Guard Battalion, and the combat power was not the same as the previous siege team, after a short contact, first Lejin reported that the offensive of the counterattack on the city gradually weakened, and then the palace Su reported that there were guards in the city who did not obey the order and left their posts without permission.

All kinds of signs indicate that the time for a general offensive has come.

Xu Chu then ordered Lejin, Gongsu and others to immediately launch a fierce attack as planned.

Dozens of strong and agile soldiers lined up in a line under the leadership of Lejin, Gong Su, Zifan and other generals, and took advantage of the opportunity of their own soldiers on the ladder to climb near the top, aimed at the battlements and shook the hook, and hung on the top of the city in no particular order.

Le Jin, Gong Su, and Zifan all had ring knives hanging from their waists, short knives on their mouths, and their feet stepped on the city wall and climbed upward.

Lejin has extraordinary physical strength, very agile, even if he is wearing armor, the speed of climbing is still very fast, and the city wall of more than ten meters does not take much effort to climb up.

According to the pre-battle plan, when Le Jin and the others climbed here, the rest of the siege infantry strengthened the offensive and attracted the attention of the vast majority of the defenders, so when Le Jin was the first to climb the city, the nearest guard to him was obviously stunned for a moment, and before he came to his senses, he was pierced in the throat by the short knife that Le Jin took from his mouth.

"The enemy is on the city!" ...... The panic and uneasiness quickly spread throughout the city, Lu Jun stared at the bloodshot eyes, and after slashing a few pawns, he still couldn't stop his retreat, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and then had to go down to the city immediately with his own guards.

At the same time, the guards in charge of guarding the city gate below noticed the situation of their own retreat, those guards who pushed the cart and carried heavy objects to resist the impact of the rushing car, invariably turned around and ran away, about a minute later, the car crashed open the gate of Hefei, Guo Jia, who was watching the battle from afar, said excitedly: "Lord, order Li Cheng and Zhang Fei to attack the city!" ”

Xu Chu did not hesitate, and ordered: "Ordered to fold the captain Li Quan and Sima Zhang Fei to lead the cavalry into the city immediately, capture Lu Jun, the commander of Jiujiang, and reward 100,000 yuan, and promote to the third level!" ”

Under the heavy reward, the cavalry of Li Chuan and Zhang Fei, who had recuperated and recuperated, rushed to the city gate with a roar, and Zhang Fei roared all the way: "Yanren Zhang Fei is here, those who want to survive quickly drop their weapons and be captured!" ”

With the courage of Li Quan and Zhang Fei and the sharpness of the cavalry, the city is as easy as mowing grass to deal with the fleeing Hefei guards. But it is said that Lejin, Gongsu and others in the city are also killing and rising, especially Lejin's martial arts, which are incomparable in their achievements, whether they are facing ordinary guards or enemy officers, there is almost no enemy in the front, and at the same time, Gongsu is full of enthusiasm and admiration, and at the same time, he is also quietly more energetic, and he rushes to the forefront in the lead.

Under their leadership, the Lujiang soldiers who ascended the city destroyed the withered and decayed, and then swept the city, and then came down from the stone steps and followed the cavalry to kill in the county.

At this time, Xu Chu's Chinese army had already been drawn and stepped into the county seat of Hefei. Listening to the shouting and killing sound from the front, Xu Chu called Dian Wei, who had been waiting too early, and ordered him to lead the elite tiger guard to rush straight to the Hefei County Temple.

Looking at the townships and villages in the county town on the edge of the road, it was vaguely seen that there were people in the mountains or going to the house, or climbing trees, looking at the city gate, Xu Chu hurriedly called a few scouts and ordered: "Wait for the front to give an order, and tell all departments not to disturb the people and the remnants of the people, otherwise they will be dealt with according to military regulations!" ”

Before sending troops, Xu Chu had repeatedly told all departments not to loot privately, so as not to be disgusted by the people in the city, because regardless of inside and outside the county, among the people in the townships and villages along the border, some of them fled to the Wubao Manor for refuge, and some stayed in the village, the former should be the local heroes and rich peasants, and the latter should be poor people who have nothing to rely on.

Chen Wen is more gentle than Zhou Xin, but it is only relative, and Chen Wen is a famous man, most of his gentleness is towards the local noble class, and the people are actually treated like that, because of Xu Chu's stories in Lujiang, such as 'rectifying the rule of officials and supporting the people', the people of Hefei are actually faintly expecting Xu Chu to win. As for those heroes, at this time, they have a feeling of 'hating iron but not steel' for Lu Jun, if it weren't for the fact that the industries were all in Hefei and Xu Chu came unexpectedly, they would have taken refuge in other places long ago.

"It's not my intention to clean up the strong, if they can obey the law and treat the people well, why should I deal with them?" Along the way, seeing the gates of Wubao Manor closed, and few people came out to welcome his arrival, Xu Chu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The scholar family, the surname Hao, and the head of Qian, three kinds of people, Xu Chu is difficult to take into account. The influence of the scholars is too great, and Xu Chu has always adhered to the attitude of not offending until he has to, so today's people's perception of Xu Chu is getting better little by little. As for the people of Qianshou, as a later generation, Xu Chu knows the importance of 'people', and if he wants to attract the people of the world to live under his rule, enrich his treasury, and strengthen his strength, he can't help but treat them well. Therefore, as a last resort, in order to make the people's lives better, he has to do something against those tyrants who bend the law.

As soon as Xu Chu walked out of his thoughts, the good news in front of him kept coming, and after reading it in a hurry, he looked left and right and said: "Lu Jun has entered Chaohu Lake by boat." ”

Lu Jun took 2,000 elite state soldiers and went by boat, so the Lujiang generals in front did not encounter much resistance in the street fighting, and soon occupied all the main roads and occupied the temple in Hefei County.

Xu Chu said: "Fengxiao, Zhicai, Lu Duwei escaped into the lake and sea, and there is no boat in our county to cross it, which is very difficult." ”