Chapter 145: The Decisive Battle of the Royal City I
At the time of the two watches, Wang Xu's army was completely packed up, and more than 90,000 people marched towards the royal city.
At the south gate of Wangcheng, Liu Yang was extremely nervous, he had been walking around the city, looking into the distance, behind him, always followed by two brocade guards, Liu Yang knew very well that he was responsible for monitoring him, and he was helpless about it.
After the two watches, Miansheng walked up wearing thick armor, at this time he was a small soldier in Liu Yang's army, strode to Liu Yang, Miansheng said: "General Liu, it's time." ”
Liu Yang understood his words, he waved his hand, and said, "Lord Zongqi, you can do it, I am waiting for General Wang here." ”
"No, the guards of the inner city must be surrendered by you, after all, you are the princess's own brother, and they have to scruple."
Liu Yang hesitated for a moment, and finally compromised: "Okay, then I'll go there, and I'll leave it to you here." ”
Miansheng nodded, Liu Yang immediately called a captain, and the captain walked down the city wall, behind the city wall is a small military camp, which is the temporary residence of the garrison troops, and now there are more than 3,000 people in the camp, and the rest are guarding the city, Liu Yang came to the camp and ordered 2,000 soldiers.
"Go, follow me to the inner door."
In the next second, 2,000 people headed towards the inner city under the leadership of Liu Yang, the distance between the outer city and the inner city was not too far, only separated by a street, about three miles, the street was pitch black, but by the moonlight, the soldiers could barely march.
After a while, two thousand people led by Liu Yang to the inner city gate, where a captain led three thousand recruits to garrison, because it was the inner city, so the precautions were not rigorous, there were only a few hundred people on the city wall, and the rest were in the camp under the city.
The two soldiers in the city were napping, and when they saw that thousands of troops had come down from the city, they immediately ran to report to the captain, which was a big deal, and this had never happened before, and the captain was full of doubts, but he still came to the city wall.
"Who is under the city?"
Liu Yang ordered someone to light the torch and said loudly: "I, Liu Yang, open the door quickly!" ”
"It's General Liu, what's the matter?" The lieutenant said.
Liu Yang said: "Let me go in first." ”
The captain frowned, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, this is really a bit strange, Liu Yang is in charge of guarding the outer gate, how can he lead the army to the inner city?
But the captain didn't think too much, he was just a captain after all, and the people in the city were not only generals, but also had a deep background, he couldn't afford to provoke, waved his hand, and the captain said to the soldiers in the city: "Open the city gate." ”
The city gate opened, Liu Yang quickly came to the inner city with two thousand people, he did not alarm the people in the barracks, he came to the city wall with five hundred archers, approached the captain who was defending the city, Liu Yang said: "Gather everyone in the city, I want to speak." ”
The lieutenant was even more puzzled, each guarding his own city, what kind of words to train.
"Yes." The captain rolled his eyes, and immediately called for someone to gather all the guards in the city, and counted the number of people, a total of more than a hundred people, all of whom were spearmen.
Liu Yang nodded, looked at the captain and said, "The prince has a life, from now on, I am responsible for guarding the inner city." ”
"What? How. The lieutenant was amazed, this was not logical.
The captain said, "Isn't the general guarding the outer city?" ”
"The outer city and the inner city are all defended by Ben General!" Liu Yang said decisively.
The captain's face sank: "General, the subordinates are stationed here on the orders of the prince, and if there is no handwriting from the prince, the subordinates will not evacuate." ”
"Do you dare to listen to the general's words?"
"Can your words represent the prince? Besides, the general is from the outer city, how can he get this order from the prince? The captain clenched his fists and took two steps back: "It's difficult for subordinates to obey!" ”
Just when the lieutenant said this, two sharp swords and two small flags suddenly sprang out from behind Liu Yang, and the two of them shot at the same time, and at the same time put the sword on the captain's shoulder, the whole process was simple and fast, and there were no accidents.
The captain's face changed drastically: "What are you going to do?" ”
At this point, Liu Yang relented and waved his hand forward: "Take it all." ”
Hearing the order, the five hundred archers opened their bows and arrows at the same time, each aiming at the pikemen in front of them.
"Put down your weapons, or you won't be killed!" Liu Yang said.
The lieutenant's mood at this time can't be described in words, how can his own people beat his own people, even if he doesn't agree to change the guard, it won't be like this, even if Liu Yang has a sister who is a princess, it can't be like this, isn't this a rebellion?
Five hundred bows and arrows were on the opposite side, more than 100 soldiers were trembling with spears, and the people and horses on both sides were in a stalemate for a while, and finally under the order of the captain, everyone put down their weapons.
"Take them all to the cave, and don't take a step out of the cave without my permission." Liu Yang said.
In the next second, more than 100 soldiers, plus captains, and all the cadres were under house arrest, and all of them were locked up in the hidden soldier cave in the center of the city, where there was no light, no gaps, and no daylight.
Next, Liu Yang made a simple arrangement, 500 people were stationed at the city gate to prevent being captured by the enemy, and the remaining 1,500 people quietly entered the small military camp under the city, where there were nearly 3,000 defenders.
They came to the camp only to set up a position at the gate, not to go deeper, their purpose was not to destroy everyone, but to prevent trouble, if the soldiers in the camp did not come out, they would not be stupid enough to wake them up.
After all the things were arranged, Liu Yang left a small flag to guard the inner gate, and then he rode back to the outer gate alone.
Miansheng was still waiting there, and when he saw Liu Yang walking up to the city tower, he immediately greeted him, and said anxiously: "How is it?" Have you taken the gates? ”
Liu Yang nodded: "I took it." ”
Miansheng was overjoyed and said with a smile: "General Liu, everything is ready now, as long as this battle is successful, I guarantee that you will definitely be reused by the lord!" ”
"There is no need to reuse, as long as the general can ensure the safety of my Liu clan, I will be very grateful." Liu Yang said.
Miansheng said: "That's natural, I will personally intercede for you in front of the lord." ”
"Thank you."
The two were talking, and there were figures shaking in the distance, and then, Wang Xu's army appeared in front of the two, the army of 90,000 people was too grand, and it was impossible to see the edge during the day, and it was even more impossible at night.
Sou!
A rocket was fired into the air, and at the same time, 90,000 troops lit torches.
Liu Yang raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the torches could not be seen at a glance, as if the sky was full of stars, but the stars were not in the sky, but covered the earth.
At this time, Liu Yang was more sure of his decision, with such a powerful enemy army, how could the royal city be able to hold it, in the end, the Liu family would definitely be slaughtered, rather than this, surrendering to save his life was the best choice!
"Put the drawbridge and open the city gates!"
As soon as Liu Yang gave the order, the drawbridge outside the city was lowered, and then the iron city gate made a gurgling sound, and finally it was completely opened, exposed to the eyes of Wang Xu's army.
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