The Tang army left Mingzhou, which made the people of Mingzhou breathe a sigh of relief, for these people, it doesn't matter who is in power, as long as they can survive, this is enough. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the cold weather, the people in order to keep warm, the firewood prepared in the early days has been exhausted, Pan Xianyan ordered to open the city gate, allowed the people to go out of the city to cut firewood, the people went out of the city in groups, however, at the door, the county order Wang Cheng with the county officials busy, all the people who went out of the city, were issued a piece of wood carved token, Wang Cheng told the people, with this token, the people can enter the city, if lost, even if they are acquaintances, they will not let them into the city.

The people agreed, they all clenched the token, hid it in their waists, the city gate opened, and the people went out of the city in order, there were many hills outside the city of Mingzhou, and the woods were dense, it was winter again, and there were many dead branches, and the people went up the mountain and cut down trees everywhere.

Pan Xianyan didn't dare to be careless, while sending people to continue to investigate the news of the Tang Army, he also sent people to strictly investigate the people who came in and out every day, and killed them on the spot without tokens, however, judging from the situation in the past two days, the Tang Army did not appear in Mingzhou City, which made Pan Xianyan feel a little relieved.

Two days later, the news came again, the Tang army in a short period of stop, again to Yuezhou marching troops, at the same time, the news came from the seaside, the Tang army Lin Renzhao led the naval division to the north, the pioneer Zhang Wenyi and Wu Yuejun naval division friction, after a naval battle, both sides had losses, Wu Yuejun retreated to Hangzhou Bay, stuck to Hangzhou and Yuezhou outside the naval army Dazhai.

After receiving this news, Pan Xianyan was even more sure that Yang Lian's main direction of attack was Yuezhou, and he planned to contact the south and send troops to take Wanghai Town.

Late at night, the moon hung in the sky, the surroundings were gray, the Tang soldiers were hurrying on the road, these soldiers had good eyes, they could still see the surrounding environment clearly in the dark night, they did not light torches, they were advancing rapidly towards the south, Zhang Wenji took the vanguard of 2,000 people all the way to hurry, Yinshi, arrived outside the city of Mingzhou, faintly, you can see the torches on the head of the city of Mingzhou moving.

Zhang Wenji ordered the soldiers to seize the time to rest, waiting for the arrival of the main force, at the end of the year, if it was summer, the sky was already bright, but at this time the sky was still gray, and the Wu Yue soldiers in Mingzhou City patrolled all night, and they all felt a little tired.

Several soldiers shrunk their necks at the head of the city, put their hands in their arms, and shivered with cold, in such weather, it is impossible for the Tang army to come, besides, they have already left Mingzhou and are preparing to attack Yuezhou. The group of soldiers began to slack off, some of them hid in the city tower to avoid the strong wind, and some of the soldiers took out a wine gourd from their arms and drank wine to warm up.

"Alas, after a few years of calm, the war began again, and the people really didn't have a good life!" A veteran in his forties said that he had fought many times and had many scars on his body.

"Brother Zhang, do you think Tang Jun will win?" A young soldier said, he was only eighteen years old with a childish face, and this time Pan was conscripted and sent out of the house, and he was pulled in.

Brother Zhang shook his head and said, "This Tang army is lone and deep, and there is not much chance of winning. Still, I hope they win. ”

The young soldier was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Brother Zhang, what do you mean by this?" You don't want to live anymore? ”

Brother Zhang smiled, took off the wine gourd from his waist, unscrewed the wine stopper, and drank a big sip wantonly, and after a belly of wine, his body also felt warm, and said: "This world is originally the Tang Dynasty, although this Tang is not the other Tang, but now the momentum of the Tang Dynasty is quite strong, and there is a tendency to unify the south, if the world is unified, the world will be stable, and this day will be much better, where have you used such a worrying day?" ”

The young soldier nodded, as if there was some truth. His body was a little cold, and he also began to drink, and the two chatted with each other, hoping to survive this most difficult time.

Brother Zhang squatted under the female wall for a while, feeling a little tired, and was about to stand up, suddenly, he felt that something was wrong, and suddenly looked at the city.

"There's a fire!" Brother Zhang shouted loudly, and when the soldiers around heard it, they all stood up and looked at the fire in the city, all of them were surprised.

"Hurry up and put out the fire!" One of the reacting soldiers said and ran down.

Some of the soldiers hesitated for a moment, and then ran down, and the nearest place where the fire broke out was a school field, and they had to save it. The soldiers ran down the walls, and at the same time, the soldiers patrolling the streets shouted to put out the fire, and the city was in chaos.

What surprised the soldiers was that the fires were scattered and were in difficult places to put out fires, such as there were no wells or streams around, so the soldiers had to look for buckets, fetch water first, and then put out the fires. Someone thought it was not good, and immediately sent someone to inform the assassin.

At this time, outside the city of Mingzhou, Yang Lian led the main force has arrived, the reason why he has acted like this in the past few days is just to confuse Pan Xianyan, in Yang Lian's opinion, it is the best policy to capture Mingzhou first. Yang Lian's troops are insufficient, if he attacks Mingzhou strongly, even if he can take it, he will suffer huge losses, so he can only use this method to surprise attack Mingzhou City.

Seeing the fire in the city, Yang Lian waved his hand and said, "Rush!" ”

Zhang Wenji got the order, stood up first, carried a sack from the cart on the side, and rushed forward. The other soldiers followed suit, carrying sacks on their backs, and after a long run, they reached the edge of the moat, threw the sacks into the river, and then returned, and continued to carry the sacks.

The sound of sacks thrown into the river attracted the attention of some of the Wu Yue soldiers who stayed in the city, and they just wanted to see what was going on, and the arrow feathers shot over, and if they were unlucky, they happened to be hit in the head by an arrow and killed on the spot.

"Quick, quick!" Yang Lian commanded and marched forward with his own soldiers. The soldiers picked up speed, and the sacks were quickly piled up.

The movement of the Tang army attracted the attention of more and more Wuyue soldiers, and they rushed over, but just poked their heads out, and what greeted them was the ruthless arrow feathers of the Tang army.

"Enemy, enemy attack!" The soldiers of Wu Yuejun shouted loudly, and their voices were panicked. Their shouts were very clear in the night, but there were not many Wu Yue troops on the city wall, only a few dozen people, and they were powerless to stop the Tang army's movements.

Soon, the Tang army used sacks to pile up the city wall, this passage about fifty steps wide allowed the Tang army to successfully climb the city wall, Zhang Wenji first killed the past, he was very strong, his hand was up and down, and a knife cut down a recruit of the Wu Yue army who wanted to resist.

Warm blood spurted out, pouring Zhang Wenji's face, he licked the side of his mouth, there was a fishy smell.

"Kill!" Zhang Wenji shouted, and more than a dozen soldiers around him followed him and rushed over. Wu Yuebing wanted to resist, but they were all killed with knives, and when the rest of the soldiers saw it, their faces changed greatly, and they fled.

The Tang army quickly took control of the area around the city tower, and Yang Lian ordered Zhang Wenji to kill the assassin mansion while making people open the city gate, and as the city gate opened, more and more Tang troops poured into the city. Yang Lian looked around, and at this time, the fire in Mingzhou City was getting bigger and bigger, illuminating half of the sky.

Yang Lian pursed his lips and said, "Follow me!" With that, he strode down.

The soldiers followed closely, and a hundred soldiers remained around the city gates, and the rest of the soldiers went to the city.

Although there was a turmoil in Mingzhou City, it did not attract too many people's attention, at this time most of the people slept soundly, especially in the Wuyue army camp in the northeast of the city, the recruits were exhausted after daytime drills, and they were all lying on the bed and falling asleep.

When Yang Lian led his troops to kill, only a very small number of soldiers found that something was wrong, they didn't have time to put on armor, and they almost wanted to fight with the Tang army with their blades. However, this kind of weather had a great impact on them, and many soldiers shivered with cold.

"Those who descend will not be killed!" Yang Lian shouted loudly, he needed to occupy Mingzhou as soon as possible.

The soldiers of Wu Yuejun, you look at me, I look at you, most of them chose to surrender, most of them were farmers, and the dragons were leaderless, and they were suddenly out of proportion. However, there were still a large number of Wu Yue troops who struggled to resist, and the sky was unknown, and Yang Lian could not know the specific number. He sent people to surround these Wu Yue troops who swore to the death, and kept shooting with bows and arrows.

This part of Wu Yuejun is Pan Xianyan's henchman, who is struggling to support him without surrendering, waiting for Pan Jianshi to come to the rescue, but after waiting for a while, there is still no news. Most of their soldiers were not wearing armor, and in the face of the arrows of the Tang army, their defense was very weak, and soldiers kept falling, blood stained the ground, casualties were getting bigger and bigger, and the territory was getting smaller and smaller.

At this time, Pan Xianyan's Assassin's Mansion was also besieged, and Zhang Wenji knew that this was a great achievement, and desperately attacked the Assassin's Mansion. Pan Xianyan had already received the news at this time, even if he was a veteran of the battlefield, he was helpless against this sudden scene. He couldn't figure out how Tang Jun could appear here. You must know that the marching speed of the Tang army a few days ago was not fast, and they were a hundred miles away from Mingzhou, how could they rush to Mingzhou overnight and launch a surprise attack?

He wanted to rush to the barracks to gather soldiers to resist, but the Assassin's Mansion was blocked by the Tang army, and he ordered his own soldiers to charge several times, but they all returned in vain. After a fierce battle for a while, there were more and more Tang troops, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers in the Assassin's Mansion, and there were less than two hundred people.

Pan Xianyan was very depressed, at this time he didn't know anything about the situation, he couldn't make a deployment at all, and seeing that he couldn't rush out, Pan Xianyan thought about it and decided to defend the Assassin's Mansion first. He ordered the soldiers to retreat to the backyard, leaning against the wall to delay as much time as possible.

At this time, the sky gradually brightened, the situation seemed to be in his favor, Pan Xianyan asked his own soldiers to put on a battle armor for him, he had already made up his mind, it was best to be able to drive out the Tang army, if the situation was unfavorable, he could only escape, leaving Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, this point, Pan Xianyan thought very clearly, he would definitely not choose to kill himself like Yu An. (To be continued.) )