Taishou Xu Shao was frightened, and ran towards the city with a few followers, and his intuition told him that it must be the Sui cavalry that was coming. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Shao suddenly saw dozens of Tang soldiers rushing on the opposite side, and the person riding the horse at the head was General Feng Tai, and he hurriedly shouted: "General Feng, please wait!" ”

Feng Tailer stopped the war horse, and he asked urgently, "What's the matter with Taishou?" ”

He was in a hurry to gather an army to assemble and defend the city, but there was no defense at the head of the city, and the Sui army could easily climb to the top of the city.

Xu Shao asked sharply: "Didn't the general say that there are sentries ten miles away?" Why did the Sui army come silently? ”

Feng Tai was a little annoyed and angry, and said hatefully: "It's the boat in the river that is on fire, they must be killed on the water, where do I think of it!" ”

After speaking, he ignored Xu Shao, whipped his horse and ran towards the city, Xu Shao was stunned, the boat in the river caught fire, His Royal Highness the King of Qin repeatedly told himself, beware of being burned by the Sui army, or being won by the Sui army, this.... What can I do, how can I explain to King Qin?

At this time, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked loudly, "General Feng, is the city gate closed?" ”

"It's closed!" Feng Tai's answer came from afar.

Xu Shao was a little sure in his heart, as long as the city gate was closed, the Sui army would not enter the city so easily, but at this moment, one of his attendants pointed in the direction of the warehouse and shouted: "Taishou, is the warehouse also on fire?" ”

As soon as Xu Shao turned around, he was suddenly frightened, only to see thick smoke billowing above more than a dozen warehouses in Nancheng, dark red flames soaring into the sky, more than a dozen warehouses were engulfed in flames, Xu Shao's legs were weak, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground.

The fire in the Yangtze River is monstrous, the fire has spread to the wharf, three piles of small mountains of grain and more than a dozen nearby buildings are engulfed in the fire, thousands of people and porters are in a mess, people rush to the county seat, this is human instinct, the county town surrounded by high walls has a natural sense of security, but the gate of the county town has been closed by the soldiers guarding the city, no matter how thousands of people shout and scold and beg, thousands of people have no choice but to flee to the woods.

The fire outside the city became more and more violent, almost all the boats were ignited, the boatmen had already jumped into the river to flee for their lives, many people mixed in with the people, ran with the people, and even the 400 Sui soldiers led by Zhang Li did not know where to go.

At this time, Liu Lancheng and Li Keshi in the city have joined forces, a total of 400 subordinates, and the warehouse in the city has also been ignited by a fire under Li Keshi's men, at this time the fire in the city has been extremely fierce, the fire illuminates half of the county, the street is full of people running to fight the fire, and no one will pay attention to the fact that there is another group of people hiding in the temple.

All the soldiers of the Sui army changed into armor, holding war lances and horizontal swords, and their murderous aura immediately burst out, completely like the honest and docile porter before.

"Follow me!"

Liu Lancheng waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers followed him towards the north city gate, they had already arranged a plan, once Zhang Li lit a fire outside the city, he would immediately turn to the north city gate and wait for the city to respond.

Liu Lan became a very cautious person, dealing with two thousand Tang troops, although they can also do it with four hundred, but after all, it is a bit difficult, and the casualties will increase, if it is eight hundred soldiers to deal with two thousand, it will be a piece of cake, and there will not even be too many casualties, so in Liu Lancheng's plan, receiving the army into the city is also an extremely important part.

Although Yiling County is a county, it is only a middle county, the circumference of the city wall is only twenty miles, there are only two city gates in the south and one in the north, outside the south city because it is close to the Yangtze River wharf, and there is an official road passing through, so the south city gate is the main city gate, and outside the north city is a forest, over this forest that is several miles wide, behind it is the reckless mountains.

So the north gate is just a decoration for the people of Yiling County, but it is not for the army, like the south gate, there are also three hundred defenders at the north gate, they are not affected by the fire in the city, but more vigilant, one by one, they saw hundreds of soldiers running from the opposite side, shouting together, but did not release the arrows, in the dark, the defenders did not see that they were Sui army for a while.

"General, what shall we do?" Li Keshi asked in a low voice.

"What else can I do, kill it!"

Liu Lancheng pulled the shield from his back, held it in his hand, and roared, "Kill me!" ”

The soldiers also raised their shields one after another, followed Liu Lancheng and killed at the city gate........

The Tang army at the south gate was rapidly assembling, and the remaining 1,400 Tang troops were patrolling or participating in firefighting at the south gate, except for 300 soldiers guarding the city gate at the north and south gates, but as the assembly bell rang, the soldiers scattered all over the city rushed to the south gate.

Feng Tai had already guessed that the Sui army was coming, they did not ride horses, they must have approached Yiling County in some way, either hiding among the six thousand people and porters, or sneaking quietly from the waterway, if it was the former, the Sui army would probably have entered the city.

Feng Tai was very nervous, the Sui army had already destroyed the grain and ships, and if the situation worsened again, Li Xiaogong would definitely not spare him.

At this moment, a hurried bell rang from the North City Tower, this was the bell for help, Feng Tai secretly screamed that it was not good, the Sui army must be attacking the North City Gate, he pulled out his war knife and shouted: "Go to the North City Gate!" ”

He left only one hundred soldiers to guard the south city, and the remaining 1,600 soldiers followed him to run in the direction of the north city gate, but there were still more than two hundred steps away from the north city gate, and suddenly there was a sound of bangzi, and the houses on both sides suddenly shot dense arrows, and the Tang soldiers who ran in front were caught off guard, and they were hit by arrows and fell down, screaming.

The soldiers of the Tang Army were suddenly in chaos, and suddenly, two Sui soldiers were killed from the alleys on both sides, like a tiger pounced into the flock of sheep, and instantly broke the Tang army into two sections, and at this time, a Sui army was also killed from the rear and swooped towards the rear of the Tang army.

Eight hundred elite Sui troops were divided into four teams, ambushing crossbow shots, sprinting left and right, outflanking the rear road, and fighting in a very orderly manner, so that Tang Gu did not care about the tail, and it was difficult to support the left and right, and soon fell into chaos, at this time, the two hundred soldiers on the roof had withdrawn, and under the leadership of Liu Lancheng, they were facing the Tang soldiers head-on.

The two sides fought fiercely together, the soldiers of the Sui army were brave and abnormal, killing fiercely, each of them could be one enemy five, although the number of soldiers of the Tang army was twice as many as them, but it was still difficult to resist, and the Sui army was defeated and retreated, only a short stick of incense, the Tang army was defeated.

Feng Tai was surrounded by more than a dozen Sui soldiers left and right, Feng Tai was ruthless, wielding a big knife to kill several Sui soldiers, but still failed to break out of the encirclement, Liu Lancheng not far away was furious, he opened his bow and set up an arrow, aimed at Feng Tai's war horse and shot an arrow, this arrow was extremely powerful, the arrow shot into the head of the war horse, the war horse screamed and fell to the ground, Feng Tai was overturned a foot away, the big knife also fell aside, seven or eight Sui soldiers rushed up, and Feng Tai was divided into corpses.

The death of the main general made the Tang soldiers no longer have the fighting spirit, and they knelt down and surrendered, but the Sui soldiers did not accept the surrender, killed fiercely, and killed all the Tang soldiers, and the Sui army also paid the price of more than 40 casualties in this battle.

The south gate was illuminated by torches like daylight, and the hundred Tang soldiers guarding the city had already fled, at this time, several soldiers escorted Taishou Xu Shao and Juncheng Luo Huiming, Liu Lancheng put the knife on his neck, and asked coldly: "I only ask you, where is the main force of the Tang Army now?" ”

Xu Shao turned his head and said nothing, Liu Lancheng sneered, and stabbed him into the heart, Xu Shao screamed and died on the spot, Liu Lancheng raised the knife and walked towards Luo Huiming, Luo Huiming was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he fell to his knees, "I said!" I say! ”

"Say! Where are the main forces of the Don Army now? ”

"Yesterday.... Yesterday we received an eagle letter from Li Xiaogong, 50,000 troops have entered Padang County, and I don't know where they are now. ”

Liu Lancheng sketched a map of Badong in his mind, and he pointed a knife at Luo Huiming and asked, "Do you have a son?" ”

Luo Huiming trembled with fright, what did they want to do? If he wanted to kill his son, he couldn't say a word.

"I don't kill your son, I just ask, do you have a son?"

Luo Huiming stammered: "I have ..... Two sons. ”

"Can you be in the city?"

"They're all here, the oldest is ten years old, and the youngest is only six years old."

Liu Lancheng put the knife back into its sheath, "From now on, you are the Taishou of Yiling County." ”

Liu Lancheng said to Li Keshi again: "If you lead a hundred brothers to guard Yiling County and take his eldest son as a hostage, he will be honest." ”

Li Keshi understood Liu Lancheng's intentions, and he hesitated and asked, "Does the general really want to take an adventure?" ”

Liu Lancheng nodded, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, I calculated the time, it should be too late." ”

"What should I do if I am worried that the Tang army of Xiangyang will be killed?"

Liu Lancheng patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "So I want you to stay in Yiling County, General Zhang specially left three big ships outside the city, you pay attention to monitor the movements of the official road, if the Tang army in Xiangyang is killed, you can immediately drive the boat to Zigui to respond, and we will retreat by boat." ”

Liu Lancheng said again: "Our wealth is here in one move, and we must not retreat!" ”

Li Keshi plucked up his courage and said: "I understand the humble position. ”

Liu Lancheng immediately asked Zhang Li, "Are we here with war horses?" ”

"It's already here, just waiting outside the city."

"Let's go!"

Liu Lancheng led the army to the outside of the city, two hundred soldiers with more than a thousand horses were already waiting outside the city, the Sui soldiers turned over their horses, under the leadership of the main general Liu Lancheng, galloped westward.

Although Liu Lancheng's army successfully attacked the Tang army's warehouses and ships in Junyang County, their actions failed to stop the Tang army's eastward crusade, which made Liu Lancheng very frustrated, and this time he learned a lesson, no matter what, to intercept the main force of the Tang army's eastward expedition on the Three Gorges Shu Road. (To be continued.) )