Thousands of paper vultures took advantage of the east wind to glide in the dark night like flying bats, slowly jumped over the East Gate Tower, and quietly sent three thousand black-armored Xuan soldiers into Qianzhou City.

Everything was going on in silence, and the bandits defending the east gate were fighting a hundred times stronger, and they did not expect that there would be 3,000 enemy troops passing by like ghosts and ghosts above their heads.

Time passed slowly, and the confrontation between the Tang army and the North Gate bandit army outside the city was like child's play.

Qianzhou City, North Gate Tower.

Meng Gang was accompanying Zhao Gongzi to look at the officials and soldiers who were in a position outside the city with sorrow, he really hated the root of his teeth, if it weren't for Zhao Gongzi's repeated orders not to go out of the city without permission to fight with the officials and soldiers, I am afraid that Meng Gang would have gone out of the city a long time ago.

He called a hatred in his heart, especially the general of the Guangnan Road army, you said that you would attack the city as soon as possible, and in the middle of the night he led 20,000 soldiers and horses to kill outside the city, making such a big movement but it was just stopped, and he refused to rush forward half a step, just outside the range of the bed crossbow was beating gongs and drums and the sound of killing was shocking.

Isn't this uncomfortable, this army will not withdraw for a moment, and the north gate will be attacked by the other party at any time, whether it is Meng Gang himself or the bandit army of the city tower, they are all worried, and their hearts flutter to their throats.

Especially in the middle of the night, it seems to be attacking but not attacking, and it doesn't let people sleep?

Meng Gang was really nervous by Guo Ye outside the city, and his palms were already wet and full of sweat, but he didn't dare to slack off at all.

Suddenly, Meng Gang opened his mouth again and shouted at Zhao Gongzi: "Childe, my subordinates ask for orders again, let me lead three thousand soldiers and horses to fight these officers and soldiers outside the city." As long as the fighting has dampened them, they will not dare to continue to harass us from outside the city like this. ”

"No way!"

Zhao Gongzi rejected Meng Gang's request with a cold face, shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Don't let you lead three thousand people, even if you give you another three thousand?" There are 20,000 well-trained Tang troops outside, do you really think they are all muddy? Hmph, 3,000 soldiers and horses went out of the city to fight with it, and it was not enough for them to swallow your dumplings in one bite. Don't get caught up in their tricks. ”

"Childe, you think too highly of them, don't you?"

Meng Gang is now thinking about going out of the city to frustrate the spirit of the officials and soldiers, so that they can stop and get out of the house quickly, and then argued: "Didn't they send 5,000 people to take the lead last time, and they attacked violently and tried to break through the north gate? And in the end? Not only did he return home, but he also left behind the corpses of the little 3,000. I beg Gongzi to allow his subordinates to lead their brothers out of the city to teach this group of officers and soldiers who don't know the height of the sky! ”

"Confused !!"

Zhao Gongzi's voice suddenly became stronger, and he shouted: "Can the last time be compared to this time?" The reason why we defeated the officers and troops last time was not only because of the advantage of the bed crossbow, but also because of the light enemy of the commander of the officers and troops. If you get cheap once, you can expect the other party to make the same mistake a second time? If the officers and soldiers were as bad as you say, they wouldn't have spent a few hours with us tonight out of the range of the bed crossbow. Didn't you notice? No matter how our people cursed and provoked the generals, the officers and soldiers were stunned and refused to take half a step forward. Do you think such an army would really be so vulnerable? With such 20,000 soldiers and horses, do you really think that they will be defeated and retreated by your 3,000 men and horses? Innocent, child's play! ”

Meng Gang was repeatedly reprimanded by Zhao Gongzi and degraded to worthless, so he was naturally dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't dare to disobey the other party's order to go out of the city to meet the battle without authorization, so he had to argue with a strong anger: "That Gongzi said that the official army put up such a big formation outside the city, advancing and not advancing, retreating or not retreating, what is the plan?" Just to prevent us from resting at night and disturbing the hearts of our troops? ”

Zhao Gongzi naturally heard the disbelief in Meng Gang's words, but he didn't take it to heart, because he didn't treat Meng Gang as a character at all.

I saw that he glanced at Meng Gang with disdain, and asked rhetorically: "Otherwise, what do you think?" Other than that, Ben Gongzi really couldn't think of the reason why they had spent so much energy and time outside the city. Hey? Wrong!! ”

Zhao Gongzi finally suddenly exclaimed to himself, as if he had thought of something, and said in shock: "Could it be that the official army wants to attract our attention to them, so that we have no time to care about other things?" ”

"Anything else?"

Meng Gang asked incomprehensibly: "Isn't their goal just to storm the North Gate, isn't our focus always on the North Gate?" ”

"Wrong! They're definitely not aiming for the North Gate, absolutely not! ”

Zhao Gongzi's face became extremely ugly, and he shouted loudly: "West Gate, it must be the West Gate, the four gates of Qianzhou City, except for the North Gate, only the West Gate has a chance for them to attack." Meng Gang, quick, let people go to the West Gate to investigate and prevent the Tang Army from wading through the water and attacking the West Gate! ”

Flutter~

Meng Gang chuckled lightly and said jokingly: "Childe, will you worry too much?" Not to mention that Ximen has fifty bed crossbows arranged by you to guard the town, and the custodian officers and soldiers can let him float all the corpses on the Heishui River. And didn't you let your subordinates transfer all the troops from the south gate to the west gate? If there was something unusual on the West Gate, why hadn't there been any movement now? Besides, look outside the city—"

The more Meng Gang spoke, the more he was more and more vigorous, he raised his hand and pointed out of the city, and said with a smile: "The official army has 20,000 soldiers in front, and as far as we know, there are only more than 20,000 officers and soldiers on the Guangnan Road. Childe, you're too worried! ”

After Meng Gang finished speaking, his face was relaxed, and he secretly added in his heart, it was really unfounded, and he thought of something out of tune.

This time, Zhao Gongzi listened to Meng Gang's words word for word, and Meng Gang's analysis was the truth, and he didn't feel that there was a deviation, so that a heart that was suddenly hanging sank again.

However, he was cautious, and still ordered Meng Gang: "Just in case, you should take a few people to the West Gate to inquire about the situation." By the way, he sat at the west gate for his son, and prevented the official army from swimming across the waterway to attack the west gate at any time. With you over there, my son can feel more at ease. ”

The last sentence is naturally not sincere, but just perfunctory. Because he was born in a family, he looked down on Meng Gang, a pariah from the White Lotus Sect.

As soon as Meng Gang heard that Zhao Gongzi was sending him again, he secretly scolded in his heart, you have a lot of shit.

But he couldn't be clearly rebellious, so he had to shout at a leader of the Protector Army not far away: "Wang Er Donkey, you take a few brothers and go to Ximen with Lao Tzu to sit in town." ”

Speaking of which, after Meng Gang saw Wang Er's donkey coming here with a dozen or so people, Meng Gang deliberately raised his voice and shouted at Zhao Gongzi: "Let's go to the West Gate, so that Zhao Gongzi can rest assured." ”

As soon as the voice fell, he hurriedly went down the city tower with Wang Er's donkey and more than a dozen White Lotus Sect bandits, and went straight to the direction of the West Gate.

After Meng Gang left, Zhao Gongzi snorted coldly, and cursed with disgust: "It's really a summer worm that can't be spoken, a lowly person is a lowly person, and if you get a little victory, you will be empty-eyed, and you will never understand the truth that there is no big mistake in being careful." Fortunately, this time, my father had a foresight and asked me to bring me a hundred bed crossbows from the clan to protect the two barriers of the north gate and the west gate. Otherwise, the city of Qianzhou will be lost. It seems that in a few days he should send a letter to his father, so that he can quickly transfer the treasure in this city as soon as possible. ”

After saying that, Zhao Gongzi returned to the solemn face he had just now, pursed his lips and did not dare to relax for a moment and continued to observe the officers and soldiers outside the city who were still waving flags and shouting to provoke enough.

About half an hour later......

"Childe, Childe, Zhao Gongzi!"

Suddenly, a panicked call like the sky was falling apart from behind Zhao Gongzi, Zhao Gongzi followed the sound and looked back, only to see a person staggering towards him as if he had lost his soul.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be Wang Erdonkey, the little boss who was taken away by Meng Gang just now, and he went and returned.

As soon as Wang Er's donkey ran in front of Zhao Gongzi, he hissed in horror: "Childe, something is wrong, something is wrong!" ”

Zhao Gongzi's scalp was numb, and he shouted involuntarily: "Could it be that the official army really began to swim across the West Gate?" Could it be that the fifty bed crossbows displayed on the tower of the West Gate City could not stop the swimming of the officers and soldiers? ”

Wang Erdonkey was out of breath, and waved his hand breathlessly and shouted: "No, it's not Simon, Simon is fine!" ”

Is Simon alright?

Zhao Gongzi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, that's good.

However, Wang Erdonkey's words were so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.

I only heard Wang Erdonkey hurriedly shouting: "In the city, a large number of Tang troops have appeared in the city, all of them are elite Tang soldiers with swords and crossbows, well, it is still terrifying, and they will be killed from the city to the north gate soon." ”

"What?"

With a buzz, Zhao Gongzi felt like his head was about to explode, and asked in disbelief: "Didn't you say that Ximen was fine?" Why is there such a group of elite Tang troops in the city? ”

"Simon is really fine, Childe!"

Wang Er Donkey shouted: "There are at least a few thousand people in this large number of elite Tang troops, Gongzi, it is like falling from the sky, appearing in the city out of thin air. ”

"Fuck your stinking fart!"

Zhao Gongzi scolded rudely, and then roared: "Tang Jun is not a birdman with wings who can fly, let alone an immortal who soars through the clouds, where will it fall from the sky?" You shit, you can't even speak. What about Meng Gang? Where is Meng Gang now? ”

"Master Yu, we bumped into this group of elite Tang soldiers before we arrived at the West Gate, and under a few crossbow arrows, more than a dozen people who went with us were instantly shot and killed."

Speaking of this, Wang Erdonkey's frightened eyes were about to fall to the ground, and he trembled his lips and shouted in a panic: "In less than three rounds, Leader Meng was slashed to death by a Tang soldier and cut off his head. Fortunately, the little legs and feet ran fast, otherwise they would have become the soul of Tang Jun's sword. ”

Boom~

Zhao Gongzi kicked Wang Er's donkey to the ground, and then scolded: "Don't bewitch the people here, bewitch the hearts of the army, if the West Gate is not broken, where will there be thousands of Tang troops here?" Could it be that the Tang army had wings and flew to the city from the east gate? Come on, come on, go and find out what happened in the city for Ben Gongzi! ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a lookout at the corner of the city tower shout in a panic: "Report to the son, a large number of unknown people with swords and crossbows have appeared in the city, and they are rushing towards us. ”

"Report to the son, they shouted Tang Yingyang...... It must be the Tang Army! ”

"Report to Gongzi, thousands of Tang troops have been killed from the city to the downstairs of the North Gate City."

"Tell you, they are less than half a mile away from us."

"Childe, Childe......"

Listening to a series of uninterrupted mourning sounds, Zhao Gongzi suddenly felt dizzy, his ears rang, and he felt that the whole world was spinning rapidly.

"For ...... Why is this happening? How so? Yes!!!! ”

He has always been proud and cautious in his bones, he used all his strength, roared out the doubts and incomprehension in his heart, and after being unwilling, his eyes suddenly darkened, boom!

Suddenly, the whole person fainted and fell to the ground with a bang!

For a time, the thousands of bandit troops above the city tower were leaderless, and without anyone to command, they had already become a pot of rotten porridge.

Not far from the city, three thousand black-armored Xuan soldiers killed like a tide, swinging their swords and shooting crossbows towards this side like bamboos, and the waves were rolling like an unstoppable flood......