The night was deep, the moon and stars were sparse, and there was silence outside the city of Ulju, and the darkness hid everything.

However, at this time, the soldiers who were patrolling the city wall suddenly heard a sound of night owls outside the city wall.

Spring has arrived, and even the birds are not at peace. The patrolling soldier listened carefully for a moment, then threw the sound aside, not paying any more attention.

However, what those soldiers did not expect was that about half an hour later, all of a sudden, they saw a dazzling fire in the city, and several places in the city actually burned together.

"Walking, walking, walking, fire—"

So, in an instant, the entire city of Ulju was in chaos, and there were shouting figures everywhere, and at the same time, all the officials and officials were also drowned in the crowd.

In the chaos, the county lieutenant He Qun easily found the disheveled and burned county magistrate Wu Lingqi in the crowd, and then said to him: "My lord, the fire broke out in the middle of the night, I am afraid that this is a thief's trick, aimed at disrupting our position-"

"What are you doing now? Hurry up and lead your soldiers to put out the fire, didn't you see that my house didn't burn down?! Wu Lingqi stared at a pair of small eyes, and his mustache kept trembling, obviously very angry.

However, not long after Wu Lingqi's words fell, he suddenly heard a cannon outside the city, and then heard the earth-shattering shouts of killing, and the thieves attacked the city at night!

At that time, seeing this situation, He Qun's heart couldn't help but sink, and the governor was strange, so he couldn't control Wu Lingqi at the moment, he turned around, ran directly to the city wall, led a group of soldiers, and began to defend the city.

However, what He Qun didn't expect was that after he arrived at the city wall, when he had just exchanged hands with the thieves, there was also a shout of killing behind him.

This situation made Wu Lingqi stunned for a while. When I looked back, I found that there was chaos in the city, and under the light of the fire, I don't know how many thieves should take advantage of the chaos. The situation is already precarious.

At this moment, the first thing He Qun thought of was the city gate, and the city gate must not be lost, because He Qun knew it. No matter how powerful the thieves are, no matter how many thieves come, in short, as long as they can ensure that the city gate is not broken, then the thieves will not want to attack the city for a while, and as long as they hold the city and hold on for a while, they should be able to wait for Wei Ying's men and horses to return to the army to rescue, and at that time, the thieves will want to capture Ulzhou City. But it's hard. Therefore, at this time, all the success or failure is tied to the city gate, the city gate must not be broken, and the thief's inner should must not take advantage of the chaos to open the city gate!

After thinking about these things in his heart, He Qun shouted loudly and called the two hundred households under his command over, asking them to immediately send people to guard the four gates, and not to let the thieves have a chance.

"Your Excellency. We've all gone to guard the city gates, what about the defense of this city? A hundred households asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, can't you see it yet?" Hearing this, He Qun turned his head to look at the thieves who were besieging the city outside the city. He sneered and said: "These thieves deliberately raised more banners and bluffed, but they didn't dare to really attack the city, they just released arrows from afar, which shows that their number is limited." They don't dare to go head-to-head with us at all, so there's no need for us to put all our military forces on the city. Go and guard the gates, and the rest of you will continue to defend the city. Pass the order, once the thief approaches, give me a hard beating, and never let the thief have any illusions! ”

"Yes!" Hearing this, the two hundred households bowed down and took the order.

He Qun's prediction was correct, he was right, the thieves really wanted to take advantage of the chaos to open the city gate so that the thieves outside the city could enter the city. However, now it seems that this plan is obviously impossible to succeed, because, just when the thieves in the city were about to approach the city gate, the men and horses sent by He Qun had already surrounded the city gate, and then those thieves who were waiting for the opportunity to open the city gate were quickly killed by the officials and scattered and fled.

So, as a result, although the entire Ulzhou City was still in chaos at this time, the thieves outside were roaring into groups, and the city was in flames, but He Qun at the head of the city was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai with a smug sneer, and he simply disdained these low-level tricks of the thieves.

"Hmph, with me He Qun in charge, you thieves, want to capture Ulzhou City, but you are also a fool's dream. Come, if you have the guts, I want to see what you are capable of!" ”

He Qun was comfortable for a while, and then thought that the soldiers defending the city in the city at this time were all his own people, and there was not a single soldier of Wei Ying, that is to say, once the city was defended, he was bound to get full credit, and when the time came, maybe he would also have to get a guerrilla general to be a guerrilla general, and he could be on an equal footing with Wei Ying.

At this time, outside the city, Wang Shouren and others were hidden in the dark, but they couldn't speak for a long time.

"Haven't the gates been opened?" Wang Shouren looked at Wang Wensu and asked.

Wang Wensu was embarrassed for a while, and after hesitating for a long time, he said: "Listening to the brothers in the city, it seems that the county lieutenant He Qun has some ability, so it is very likely that he has seen through our strategy and sent people to guard the city gate in advance, so it is difficult for the brothers in the city to succeed." ”

Hearing this, Wang Shouren sighed, looking a little helpless, but then he patted Wang Wensu on the shoulder and said, "I know you have done your best." You don't have to worry too much, if you can't get together inside and outside, let's think of another way. ”

"What else can be done?" At this time, Lin Pingzhi took a step forward, looked at Wang Shouren and said, "You promised Brother Liang, if you can't capture Ulzhou City before dawn, you will come to see you-"

"Brother Lin!" Hearing Lin Pingzhi's words, Ling Hu Chong hurriedly grabbed him and said: "Brother Lin can't be so rude, Brother Yin and Yang took the initiative to invite Ying and lead the big guy to attack Ulzhou City, which is already commendable, let's not force him like this anymore." ”

"I'm just talking, even if we can't defeat this Ulzhou City, we can't really kill him, after all, many things are unpredictable, we are here, we have the intention of trying, so I mean to let Brother Yang Ming not have too much pressure," Lin Pingzhi said with a very rare smile, which instantly made the atmosphere much easier.

Seeing this situation, Wang Shouren knew that Lin Pingzhi and Ling Huchong were cheering himself up, so he was very moved in his heart, and he didn't realize that he was moving his head quickly. Then, a moment later, suddenly, he suddenly raised his head. slapped his thigh and said, "yes, how did I forget?" ”

"Hey, Brother Yang Ming, what did you think of?" Seeing Wang Shouren's actions, everyone was curious.

"Howitzers. No, it's an explosives pack, yes, a dynamite pack! As Wang Shouren spoke, he grabbed Wang Wensu and said, "Brother Wensu, let me ask you, do we have explosives bags in our army?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Wensu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, there is, but there are too few." There are only four or five. ”

"Enough!" As Wang Shouren spoke, he hugged Wang Wensu and laughed, but then he clenched his fists and said excitedly: "Listen to me, let's do this next, and ensure that we will take Ulzhou City before dawn!" ”

When everyone heard Wang Shouren's words, they couldn't help but be full of excitement, and then the leaders took their own orders and rushed away.

"Brother Linghu. I'll cover you later, just set up the explosives bag! ”

About half an hour later, in the night, dozens of black-clad figures were quietly lurking towards the city gate. The first two were Lin Pingzhi and Ling Hu Chong.

"Senior Brother Lin, thank you!" Listening to Lin Pingzhi's words, Ling Hu Chong subconsciously patted him on the shoulder, looking grateful. It's just that he is grateful. In fact, it was not because Lin Pingzhi wanted to help him cover up, but more importantly, because of Yue Lingshan. Now Yue Lingshan is definitely following him, and at this time, Lin Pingzhi can still treat him so sincerely, which makes him unmoved.

So, in a trance, Ling Hu Chong looked at Lin Pingzhi and subconsciously wanted to ask him: "Senior brother, senior brother robbed your wife, do you complain about me in your heart?" ”

However, I don't know why, Ling Hu Chong didn't ask that sentence in the end, he just quickened his pace and rushed to the front of the team.

"The thieves are attacking, release the arrows, release the arrows quickly!"

When they were close to a hundred paces away from the city wall, they were finally discovered by the officials and soldiers at the head of the city, so for a while, arrows rained down, and Lin Pingzhi immediately drew his long sword and pushed away the arrows that flew away, and at the same time he shouted to Ling Hu Chong: "Senior brother, go quickly!" ”

"Yes!" Linghu Chong roared, started light skills, and ran under the city wall, and after a while, he finally came to the outside of the city gate under the cover of Lin Pingzhi, and then he quickly took off the explosive bag on his back and placed it next to the bottom of the city gate.

After placing the explosives pack, he turned around to look at Lin Pingzhi and them, only to find that most of the dozens of brothers who came with him had already fallen to the ground with arrows, and Lin Pingzhi had also been hit by an arrow in his leg.

"Senior Brother Lin, you go quickly!" Seeing this situation, Ling Hu Chong was anxious for a while, and shouted to make Lin Pingzhi leave quickly, but what he didn't expect was that at this time, Lin Pingzhi did not go, but rushed forward with all his might, and finally flew under the city gate, and then he trembled his hands and stuffed the explosive bag on his back into his hand.

"Senior brother, quick, put the explosives bag away, after lighting the fire, hurry up and leave, leave me alone," Lin Pingzhi gritted his teeth and lay on the ground, looking at Ling Hu Chong and said.

"No, let's go together!" As Ling Hu Chong spoke, he struggled to pull Lin Pingzhi up and carry him on his back.

"Senior brother, why do you bother? I, you really don't have to worry about me-" Lin Pingzhi gasped and said, "You can't run fast with me on your back like this." ”

"I don't care!" As Ling Hu Chong spoke, he took out the fire fold, lowered his head and lit the fuse of the explosive bag, and then he picked up Lin Pingzhi on his back, turned around and ran.

"Quick, the thieves are going to run away, shoot arrows, shoot them to death!" The officers and soldiers at the head of the city spotted them, and immediately a rain of arrows flew down.

The rain of arrows struck, and Linghu Chong looked back, but then he couldn't help but tear Lin Pingzhi off his back violently, and then he flew and threw Lin Pingzhi to the ground and protected him with his body.

"Puff-" Two soft sounds, Ling Hu Chong was hit by two arrows, which made his whole body suddenly shake violently, and he subconsciously spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Big brother!" Lin Pingzhi noticed Ling Hu Chong's strange appearance, and unconsciously screamed, turned over and hugged Ling Hu Chong, and then couldn't help but burst into tears, crying out: "Senior brother, why are you, why do you want to be like this, I, I-"

"Xiao Linzi, you promise Senior Brother that if Senior Brother dies, you will take good care of Senior Sister Shan'er-" Ling Hu Chong grabbed Lin Pingzhi's hand tightly, gritted his teeth and said.

"No, don't, senior brother, don't, you can't die, senior sister can't live without you, I can't, I really can't, senior brother, you listen to me, you have to hold on, let's escape, we must escape, I want to watch you and senior sister worship and get married, watch you happily together, and when you have children in the future, I will accept them as righteous sons and teach them martial arts, but it is definitely not the evil sword technique, senior brother, senior brother!"

As Lin Pingzhi spoke, he hugged Ling Hu Chong in a daze, but found that he had lost his voice. (To be continued.) )