Chapter 175: Breaking into the City
The Qiang soldiers guarding the door yawned and said: "It turned out to be a general, you came unfortunately, Your Majesty and his old man have already fallen asleep, you go back, come back tomorrow!" ”
There were a few Qiang soldiers beside him, who didn't even stand up, leaned against the wall and yawned, and one of them was still asleep, still snoring.
Bian Zhang looked extremely angry, the upper beam was not right and the lower beam was crooked, Li Wenhou had no interest, even with his subordinates, as the saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace, but now that he has not even lived in peace, he is not even thinking about danger, it is really unbelievable!
Bian Zhang shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, be more energetic, go in alone, wake up Your Majesty, this general has something important to say to Your Majesty!" ”
The Qiang soldiers were reprimanded, unhappy in their hearts, this Qiang soldier is a member of Li Wenhou's own tribe, and has been with Li Wenhou for more than ten years, and Bian Zhang is a newcomer, and a Han person, he looks down on him at all, thinking that Bian Zhang is not their own person, plus Bian Zhang is now a general, and he is still in charge of more than 100,000 recruits, which is better than them, and he is even more envious and jealous.
Qiang Bing stopped yawning and recovered his spirit, but he glared and said: "General, if you have anything to say, it's not too late to say it tomorrow, going in now will disturb Your Majesty's rest, if Your Majesty is angry, will you be responsible or I will be responsible?" Let's go back quickly, and we'll talk about it tomorrow! ”
Bian Zhang was furious, and said hesitantly: "This is really a good sight for the king of Hades, the little ghost is unstoppable, you are a little gatekeeper, you dare to talk to me like this, don't you want to die!" Without waiting for the Qiang soldier to talk back again, he brushed the ground and pulled out the waist knife, sent it forward, and the waist knife stabbed into the stomach of the Qiang soldier!
This Qiang soldier screamed, he never imagined that Bian Zhang would dare to stab him with a knife, he was not prepared at all, his body slowly slipped and fell, staring at Bian Zhang, and blood spurted out of his mouth!
This shout woke up the Qiang soldiers next to them, and they were all shocked as they watched Bian Zhang pull out his waist knife from the corpse of the Qiang soldier!
Bian Zhang shook off the blood on the knife and said coldly: "Military affairs, how can you delay, you go in and report to Your Majesty now, saying that I have something important to tell Your Majesty now!" ”
After killing someone, Bian Zhang also regretted a little in his heart, what happened to him tonight, how could he be so irritable, he was originally going to tell Li Wenhou that he was leaving, but now that he killed his guards, I am afraid that Li Wenhou will not be happy, although he will not turn his face with himself because of a small soldier, but when he leaves, he is afraid that he will not get any material support, maybe he will be stuck with the strong soldiers, and only let himself take away the old, weak, sick and disabled.
The Qiang soldiers reacted, they jumped up together, drew their scimitars with brushes, and several people surrounded Bian Zhang, while a Qiang soldier ran into the back hall with a roll and crawled to wake up Li Wenhou.
Bian Zhang put the knife back into the scabbard, still regretting it in his heart, why did he move so suddenly, his mind was uncertain, he was not like this in the past, could it be that something big was going to happen tonight, and he had a hunch, so he was so irritable?
After a moment's effort, the Qiang soldier ran out and shouted, "General, Your Majesty will let you in." You have to keep your sword, and you can't bring any weapons into it! ”
Bian Zhang untied his waist knife, stuffed it to a Qiang soldier, and strode into the back hall empty-handed.
Li Wenhou was sitting on the bed, dizzy, he saw Bian Zhang coming in, and said very unhappily: "Brother Bian, what is the matter with you, do you have to say it tonight, can't you do it tomorrow, I have a headache...... I have a headache! By the way, why do you want to kill people, there are brothers who have been with me for many years, and you killed their people, how should everyone get along in the future? They'll find a way to get revenge, you said I didn't care about it at that time, my left hand was meat, and my right hand was meat......" As he spoke, he shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of the headache and make himself sober again.
Bian Zhang took a deep breath and spit out slowly, he knelt in front of Li Wenhou, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister was originally clothed, and he was fortunate to follow His Majesty's side and make meritorious contributions, but I didn't want to see Your Majesty tonight, but in order to see Your Majesty, I hurt Your Majesty's close clansmen on the spur of the moment, and the minister knows that it will be difficult to get along with his colleagues in the future, so I want to ask Your Majesty for something!" ”
Li Wenhou sighed and said, "Brother Bian, don't embarrass me, you can't let me kill all your colleagues just because you are difficult to get along with, this is absolutely impossible." ”
Bian Zhang said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the minister didn't mean that." The minister wanted to leave the city for a while, lead the troops to crusade against Song Xiao, and take Song Xiao's head for His Majesty......"
Li Wenhou was taken aback, the wine woke up all of a sudden, and he said loudly: "Brother Bian, what do you mean by this, are you going to pull the team out and work alone?" You, you're going to rebel! ”
As soon as he called it a rebellion, the Qiang soldiers outside all ran in, holding scimitars, glaring angrily at Bian Zhang, they had just died of their brother, and they were dissatisfied with Bian Zhang, and now what is the emperor calling a rebellion, as long as the emperor gives an order, they can chop Bian Zhang into meat paste!
Bian Zhang hurriedly said: "No, no, the minister definitely has no intention of pulling the team out to work alone, Your Majesty, you misunderstood the minister......"
Before he could finish speaking, a Qiang soldier ran in like a madness outside, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the Fujiao army is coming, and it has already broken through the outer barracks and arrived at the city gate!" ”
Li Wenhou jumped up from the bed and shouted: "What, what kind of Fujiao army is coming, they are far away from us, how can they come over, how can you put the sentry!" ”
He had just laid down, and now he jumped up, naked, without the slightest bit of the momentum of Emperor Zhao, but a little like a cat whose tail had been stepped on!
Bian Zhang was also taken aback, he finally understood why he was restless tonight, this was a premonition before the catastrophe, the Fujiao Army attacked at night, and they called!
Bian Zhang also jumped up and shouted: "Your Majesty, don't panic, the minister will go to the city to fight the enemy......
"Wait!" Li Wenhou waved his hand, looked at Bian Zhang and said: "Bian Zhang, you said tonight that you were going to pull the team out to work alone, and you were so anxious that you killed my own soldiers in order to see me, did you know in advance that the Fujiao Army was coming, and you colluded with that Li Qin, right?" ”
Bian Zhang was in a hurry, even more anxious than hearing the attack of the Fujiao Army, he said: "Your Majesty, this misunderstanding is too big, how can the minister collude with Li Qin?" This is a rumor made by someone, and someone framed the minister...... "I suddenly thought that the incident had just happened, and no one had time to make his rumors, it was all Li Wenhou's own thoughts."
He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, do you remember how Li Qin spread rumors and made trouble, saying that you colluded with him, and as a result, you and the king of Beigong were at odds, so that the king of Beigong died, and you were forced to go away and join the state?" Now Li Qin has used the same trick again, and he has come to provoke the relationship between you and me again, Your Majesty must not be fooled! ”
Li Wenhou remembered his experience, and was stunned for a moment, and then thought that if Bian Zhang really wanted to rebel, it would be impossible for him to come to see him alone, as long as he brought a team of men in, he could kill himself just now, and there was no need to defend himself in anger as he is now.
He nodded and said: "I can trust Brother Bian, it was indeed a misunderstanding just now, now that the enemy is present, you and my brothers must not have a gap, but also unite to fight Li Qin!" He patted Bian Zhang's shoulder and said, "Let's go out and fight Li Qin together, and we'll talk about it when the battle is over." ”
Bian Zhang hurriedly said: "When Li Qin is beaten away, the ministers will ask Your Majesty for the guilt!" He turned around and ran out of the back hall, first going to the city to fight the enemy, while Li Wenhou hurriedly put on his armor, and then ran out of the back hall.
At this time, the Fujiao army outside the city has already hit the city!
Li Qin led the Fujiao army and rushed to the outside of Gaonu County. Twenty or thirty miles outside the city are all large camps of Hu people of various ethnic groups, most of the Qiang soldiers are people with families, their military camps are different from regular military camps, they can only be regarded as nomadic tribes on the move, they are staying at home, not as combat units, how can this kind of large battalion withstand the impact!
Twenty or thirty miles away, the cavalry crossed the horse, and the Fujiao army did not fight with the Qiang soldiers, even if they could beat the Qiang soldiers to the ground at this time, they did not do so, but in one breath, they rushed directly to the city, as if entering a no-man's land!
Li Qin personally rushed to the west gate first with the scouts, and he shouted: "Shoot arrows, release rockets, and burn everything that can be burned for me!" ”
The scouts lit their feathered arrows and whizzed them into the city, and the rockets flew over the walls and onto the houses in the city, and in an instant they burst into flames. Gaonu County is not like the big city of the Central Plains, there are no rich households in the city, most of the people's houses are roofed with thatch, as soon as the rocket falls on it, how can the thatch not catch fire, and once there is a fire, even the rescue can not be saved, at this moment, there are no Qiang soldiers will go to fight the fire, are running to the city wall!
After a short time, the Fujiao army arrived, and the soldiers ran around the city wall, shooting rockets into the city as they ran, but after two quarters of an hour, behind the entire western city wall, there was already a fire in the sky, and there was choking smoke all around!
Tens of thousands of rockets were fired into the city, and the Qiang soldiers in the city hurriedly fought back, but the results were pitifully small, their bows were weak, and they couldn't shoot the horn soldiers at all, and the most important thing was that the horn soldiers did not get close to the city wall, but they bullied them as much as they could with the long range of their bows and arrows!
Bian Zhang ran to the city wall, with a fire behind him, but outside the city in front of him was an overwhelming Fujiao army. Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Bian Zhang stabilized his mind and shouted: "Don't let go of the arrows anymore, stop shooting, the horn soldiers are luring us to release the arrows, and want us to release the arrows, and then they will climb the city wall, don't be fooled!" ”
The city wall was already in chaos, and there were shouts all around, except for some Qiang soldiers around him who could hear his words, the Qiang soldiers who were a little farther away didn't even know when they heard the order, even when he arrived on the city wall!
With his feet in front and behind the ground, Li Wenhou also ran to the city wall, he looked at the Fujiao army in the distance, and said in surprise: "How did they break through the outer military camp?" Blow the trumpet, gather the army, and let the brethren all come to Xicheng, quickly! ”
The horn sounded, the Qiang soldiers heard the horn, they were running in the direction of Xicheng, and the old and weak women and children in the barracks fled away from the direction of Xicheng, now it was dark again, thousands of people started running, the situation was even worse, the Qiang soldiers outside the city were not far from self-collapse without a fight!
(To be continued)