These fifty soldiers are the elite of the elite selected by Yan Qing from 10,000 soldiers, all of them are strong in martial arts, rich in combat experience, and can fight five or more with one enemy, led by the fierce general Zhao Wu.

They also abandoned the bamboo ladder method, and instead used a soft ladder to climb up against the city wall, which was more hidden.

After a short time, fifty soldiers came to the northwest corner under the guidance of Chen Jiang, and Chen Jiang went up and down from here every time he entered and left the city.

He looked at Zhao Wu, waiting for Zhao Wu's order, Zhao Wu looked at the direction of the city tower, and calculated for a moment in his heart, this place is far away from both the north city and the west city, and it is indeed a very understandable place to go to the city.

Zhao Wu nodded, "Let's go!" ”

Chen Jiang spat into the palm of his hand, rubbed it twice, and climbed two city brick vacancies with a light jump, he was extremely skilled, climbing as quickly as a gecko, in a very short time, he climbed to the top of the city, making Zhao Wu sigh secretly, if you train a thousand such climbers, there is no need for a siege ladder at all, and a sneak attack on the city can be described as invincible.

Chen Jiang climbed the battlements and looked at both sides, the city heads on both sides were empty, there was not a single soldier, he gently turned up the city and beckoned down.

A soldier with a big waist and a round waist threw it hard, and a rope ladder was thrown up, Chen Jiang leaned over and grabbed it, put the rope ladder on the battlement, and then sorted out the rope ladder smoothly and threw it down.

Zhao Wu was the first to get up the rope ladder and quickly climbed towards the head of the city, and the soldiers below were one after another, and soon, all fifty soldiers climbed to the top of the city.

The soldiers of the Song army did not stop, and quickly ran to the bend of the city tower against the city wall, and collected information according to the intelligence station, and the Jin soldiers stipulated that each city gate was 100 soldiers on duty at night during non-war times, including 80 at the head of the city and 20 under the city.

At this time, it was already hot, the soldiers defending the city were leaning on the city tower to sleep, the Song soldiers acted quickly, each responsible for controlling one person, covering their mouths and stabbing them in the neck, only a moment, eighty soldiers were cleanly killed by them, they changed into enemy armor, and walked down the city along the road.

The twenty soldiers under the city also leaned against the corner of the wall to sleep, but there was a faint sound of beating in the distance, and the third watch was coming.

As soon as one of the escorts waved his hand, the twenty sleeping soldiers died before they could understand it.

The Song soldiers began to quickly open the city, they lowered the drawbridge, slowly opened the city gate, and one soldier lit a torch and threw it down the city, which was the signal agreed by both parties.

Yan Qing in the distance was overjoyed, and immediately shouted: "Enter the city!" ”

Ten thousand soldiers immediately ran, and they picked up their speed and rushed towards the city gates.

Capturing the city gate is only the first step, but the difficult step is the second step, annihilating the 20,000 Ji troops in the city, this is the main reason why Yan Qing doesn't want to use the earth-shaking thunder, he is afraid of alarming the defenders in the city.

The military camp is near the north city, and the Jin Bing camp outside the city is completely opposite, the military camp of the Ji army covers an area of more than 200 acres at most, small and narrow, there is not even a training school, the lights are bright in front of the camp, there are more than a dozen people standing guard, they did not sleep, but one by one also yawned for a day.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly noticed the abnormality, and countless people appeared on the opposite street, he was taken aback, and asked urgently, "Who are you?" ”

He was answered by a storm of arrows, and more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground screaming as they were hit by arrows.

Yan Qing drew his sword and shouted: "Rush in, those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will be killed!" ”

10,000 soldiers of the Song Army rushed into the camp like a torrent, and the soldiers of the Ji Army who were sleeping were about to face a catastrophe.......

At the fifth watch, about twenty miles east of the Daiming City, several Song soldiers climbed on a big tree, looking in the direction of the Daiming City, they didn't dare to sleep, they didn't even dare to blink their eyes easily, they were mobile beacons, responsible for delivering messages to the Ruan brothers by the Yellow River.

At this time, three rockets soared into the air on the head of the Daimyo Castle, three red flames crossed the sky, and a Song soldier pointed at the rocket and shouted excitedly, "Look, the signal is coming!" ”

The three Song soldiers did not dare to delay, they immediately drew out three gunpowder arrows, opened their bows and arrows, lit the fire rope, drew their bows and shot them into the sky, the three gunpowder arrows also crossed the sky with the same bright light, and soon, twenty miles to the east, three more gunpowder arrows rose into the air.

On the Yellow River, about thirty miles away from the Liaocheng wharf, fifty warships led by the Ruan brothers were quietly moored on the water, waiting for news in the direction of Daimyo City.

Once Yan Qing seized the famous city, the Fan brothers would immediately lead the naval army to destroy the ships on the Yellow River, cut off the return of the southbound cavalry, and at the same time cut off the road for the Jin soldiers of Hebei and even Yanshan Mansion to cross the river south to the Central Plains, at least before winter, the Jin soldiers could not go south, and when the Yellow River froze, the entire Central Plains had already changed the world.

This is the fundamental reason why Li Yanqing put the breaking point in Liangshanbo.

At this time, a lookout soldier on the mast shouted: "Two generals, the rocket on the shore has appeared!" ”

The Ruan brothers stared into the distance, and sure enough, they saw three gunpowder arrows rising into the air, and bright flames crossed the sky, this is the famous city has been captured, Ruan Xiaowu immediately ordered, "The fleet set sail and attack the dock of Liaocheng County!" ”

Fifty large ships pulled up their iron anchors one after another, spread their sails, and formed a diamond-shaped battle formation to kill the Liaocheng Wharf thirty miles away........

The Liaocheng Yellow River Wharf is still thirty miles away from Liaocheng County, but it is currently the most wharf on the Yellow River, which is also because it is more convenient for Jin soldiers to go south from the Daimyo's Mansion.

In the past two years, Jinguo has expanded it twice in a row, so that it can accommodate more than 200 cargo ships at most, and at the same time, Jinguo has also built 15 grain and grass warehouses on the wharf to facilitate the transit and transportation of grain and grass materials.

More than 100,000 ships were moored at the wharf, tens of thousands of people were carrying grain and forage overnight, the wharf was brightly lit, and 80 large ships were filled with fodder and grain, quietly moored on the other side, and the boatmen were all looking for a place to sleep.

The other 40 cargo ships were moored on the wharf, and a team of people carried hay and grain bags to the ship, and several soldiers of the Ji army stood on the bow of the ship with leather whips in their hands, and kept whipping at the people who were a little slower, "Hurry up!" Hurry up for Lao Tzu! ”

At this moment, several swished from the darkness, three soldiers were hit by arrows at the same time, screamed, fell down the Yellow River, the people next to them were stunned, they stayed for a moment, suddenly threw down the fodder and turned around and ran, "There are enemy soldiers killed!" ”

At this time, hundreds of rockets came from the darkness and landed on the ship, a lot of forage was ignited, and there was a great chaos on the dock, and the people stumbled off the boat, scrambling for their lives.

Hundreds of soldiers of the Ji army on the wharf rushed to the wharf, only to see dozens of warships appear in the dark, countless rockets flew out from the warships, intensively shooting at the big ships full of forage and grain, nearly half of the grain ships have caught fire, more than a dozen boatmen are anxious to move the forage out, but they were hit by merciless arrows and fell into the water.

The soldiers were stunned by the dozens of warships that suddenly arrived, they didn't know where this warship came from, was it the Song army or the rebel bandits?

At this time, three warships rushed from the oblique thorns, and the soldiers on the ships fired arrows intensively, all of which were all divine arm crossbows, which immediately shot down dozens of Ji soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers made a sound and fled in all directions.

At this time, five hundred sailors began to rush ashore, and they rushed to the storehouse in a line with shields and short spears in hand, and as torches were thrown into the storehouse, fifteen large warehouses were quickly set on fire, especially the one full of forage, and soon the whole storehouse was engulfed.

At the head of the famous city, Yan Qing looked into the distance, he could faintly see a little fire in the distance, it seemed that the entire sky was red, it should be the Ruan brothers.

At this time, Zhao Wu hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "The prisoners of war have been counted, a total of 16,000 people. ”

"How many people are willing to join the Song Army?"

"About 8,000 people, and the rest want to go back to their hometowns."

Yan Qing felt a little regretful in his heart, he wanted to think that there would be at least more than 10,000 people, but in the end, only 8,000 people were willing to join the Song army, which accounted for exactly half of the prisoners of war, but in terms of quantity, 8,000 people were quite satisfied, and then recruited some people from the city, basically they could resist the first wave of the enemy's counteroffensive, Yan Qing estimated that the first wave of counteroffensive should be dominated by the Ji army, and it would come soon.

He nodded and said: "Release the other prisoners of war and tell them that as long as they stop helping and abusive, they will honestly work as a farmer, and they will not be held accountable for serving the Jin soldiers in the future, but if they are caught by the Song army again, it will definitely be killed, go and explain to them clearly, and then each of them will be given a bucket of rice and let them go home." ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhao Wu left in a hurry, Yan Qing pondered for a moment, and then turned around and went down to the city.