The routed soldiers under the walls ran desperately out of the range of the archers on the walls, and just as they slowed down and wanted to catch their breath, they heard the sound of horses' hooves on the flanks.

Seeing Dong Ping leading the cavalry straight forward, he couldn't help but scream in fright, some turned around and fled backwards, and some desperately rushed forward, hoping to escape into the military formation behind Lin Chong, where there were still their seven thousand comrades.

Some of the soldiers saw that they could not escape, so they abandoned their weapons again and surrendered, kneeling on the ground.

"Kill"

Dong Ping shouted violently, his two guns continued to stab, and where he rode by, whether it was a hasty escape or a kneeling down to beg for mercy, they all lay on the ground and turned into corpses.

The 7,000 forbidden troops behind saw Dong Ping slaughtering the rout, and they were also immediately confused.

One of the soldiers shouted: "They want to kill us all, and they are dead to the left and right, and fight with ......them." ”

Before he finished speaking, a sharp arrow shot into his mouth, and he looked at Chao Yong, who was beating his horse next to him, and fell to the ground with a thud, without signs of life.

Chao Yong shot the soldiers called in the formation with a few arrows, and shouted: "Those who dare to mess up the formation will not be killed." ”

The forbidden army looked at the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang on both sides, thinking of the fierceness of the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang during the previous battle, and suddenly lost the courage to scratch, and stood straight in place one by one, for fear that if they moved, they would provoke Chao Yong's sharp arrows.

The 30,000 forbidden troops behind saw Chao Yong's iron-blooded methods, and they were all frightened and quiet, and there was no more noise from before.

Chao Yong beat his horse and came to the front of the formation, looked at the dozen or so defeated soldiers stopped by Lin Chong, and shouted: "Kill them all." ”

The dozen or so people were the fastest runners, escaping the attack of Dong Ping's horse army, originally thought that they could escape with their surnames, but they didn't expect Chao Yong to give such an order again, and they suddenly cried out in fright.

"The prince spares his life"

"You executioner, you don't want to die well."

Some begged for mercy, some scolded bitterly, but in the blink of an eye, they were all assassinated by Lin Chong's own soldiers on the spot.

The officers and soldiers at the head of the city also reacted at this time, and under the command of a general, they shouted in unison: "Kill the thief, kill the thief." ”

The forbidden army heard the noise in the city, and they were a little scratched.

Chao Yong turned his head to look at the forbidden army behind him, and everywhere he looked, the forbidden army suddenly straightened his waist in fright, and they stood more well-behaved than Chao Yong's own soldiers.

Chao Yong glanced at the military array, and the entire military array was silent.

Chao Yong turned to Lin Chong and said, "Send another thousand-man team to attack the city." ”

Lin Chong nodded, and pointed to a thousand-person team.

Under Chao Yong's gaze, the fourth thousand-man team charged much more bravely, shouting and killing to the sky, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed through the rain of arrows, and rushed to climb up the city when they arrived.

Li Kui said regretfully: "I didn't use these two board axes, and these birds are too timid, the prince just glanced at them, and they didn't dare to move like wooden stakes." ”

Chao Yong glared at Li Kui and said, "If you want to fight, I'll turn around and let you attack the city." ”

At this time, the city wall was like a hell on earth, and the officers and soldiers on the city head kept smashing down rolling logs and stones, and occasionally poured a pot of hot water, so that the siege soldiers let out a burst of heart-rending screams.

Chao Yong was shocked when he saw it, and wanted to transfer artillery to blow up the city wall, but the Northern Song Dynasty court controlled saltpeter and sulfur, although the Liang bought some privately, but it could not be manufactured in large quantities, but Jingdong did not produce these two things, otherwise with gunpowder to open the way, 20,000 soldiers and horses were enough to sweep the corrupt army of the Song Dynasty.

Soon, the fourth thousand-man squad suffered more than half of the casualties.

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Another team of 1,000 people." ”

Lin Chong casually pointed to a team of 1,000 people.

The archers on the city wall have approached the limit of the number of times they have fired their bows, and the fifth thousand-man team has fewer people killed or wounded under the rain of arrows, and most of the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city have been consumed.

Lin Chong watched his subordinates climb the simple ladder and rush up one by one, and couldn't help frowning: "If there are ladder trucks and siege vehicles, I'm afraid we won't have to suffer so many casualties to capture Binzhou." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "This siege I mainly want to take the opportunity to rectify military discipline, these soldiers have always regarded military discipline as a child's play, and they want to flee when they see that the situation is not good, if they don't rectify it, it will inevitably cause greater disasters to my Liang in the future." At present, I am worried about internal and external troubles, and we are not given much time, so we can only use some drastic means to let them know what military discipline is. ”

As he spoke, he saw a soldier rushing up from the improvised ladder like a monkey, and the guards at the head of the city hurriedly surrounded him to fight, but the man was strong in martial arts, rushing left and right, and actually cut down five or six guards in a short time.

"Good man, kill his mother. Split, split. ”

Li Kui slashed left and right with the axe in his hand, as if he could command the soldiers on the city.

Chao Yong, Lin Chong and the others were also nervously staring at the people at the head of the city, hoping that he could hold on to the soldiers behind, so that as long as he held a small place, the people behind could continue to go up to support, expand the territory, and seize the city.

The man did not disappoint everyone, and held on for a while, and the ladders behind him continued to climb up one after another.

Seeing this, Lin Chong waved his hand to let a team of 1,000 people go up and take advantage of the situation to seize the city.

Soon after the fifth thousand-man team pressed up, the head of the city was lost, the officers and soldiers on the head of the city fled one after another, and the city gate was opened by the soldiers of the Great Liang.

When Li Kui saw the city gate open, he shouted, "Prince, let me kill it." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "General Lin will allocate two more thousand troops to enter the city to exterminate the recalcitrant Song soldiers, and then let people invite the first warrior to come to the city." ”

When Li Kui heard this, he shouted: "Why don't you let me fight." ”

Chao Yong glared at Li Kui and said, "People have captured the city gate, you go into the city to grab the merit." ”

Li Kui glared at him and said: "Whoever wants any credit, the credit is still theirs, I just need to kill it happily." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and smiled: "The officers and soldiers of Binzhou have already escaped, how many can you kill, and there will be a tough battle in a few days, and then you will be the vanguard." ”

When Li Kui heard this, he immediately said happily: "The prince wants to talk about it, these battles have been suffocated and killed, and before it was my turn to fight, they all surrendered." ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "I have received the news that the Song Dynasty sent Cai You as the commander and transferred ten jiedu envoys to attack my Daliang, these ten jiedu envoys are all from the green forest, I am afraid it will be a tough battle." ”

Li Kui said disdainfully: "What kind of heroes can be who surrender to the imperial court, and when the time comes, I will split all the axes and axes, so that they can know how powerful the heroes of Liangshan are." ”

Not long after, Lin Chong's own soldiers came with a lean soldier.

Chao Yong saw that he was covered in blood, and asked with concern, "The strong man is not injured, right?" ”

The soldier looked up at Chao Yong, who was dressed in gold armor, and then lowered his head and said, "No." ”

Chao Yong praised: "Good skill, what is your name?" What is the current position? ”

"Prince Yu, little Liu Tong, the current centurion."

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Okay, this time you have a meritorious service in capturing the city, so I will propose you to be a commander and reward you with a thousand yuan." ”

Liu Tong heard that he had received this heavy reward, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "Prince Xie is rewarded." ”

Chao Yong turned his head and said to Lin Chong: "Today, all the soldiers who died in battle have been registered, and all the family members can be found to receive 100 pensions, 5 for minor injuries, 10 for serious injuries, and 50 for disability. As soon as you led your army to reorganize here, you rushed to Jeju to prepare to meet the enemy Song soldiers. I went to Cheongju and then to Jeju. ”

(To be continued)