Chapter 221: Changing hands
In the blink of an eye, a day has passed.
The next night, Wuxian City was heavily guarded, and 3,000 soldiers were fully armed, and everyone was in a mood of uneasiness and excitement.
Although Jiang Wan did not say tonight's battle plan, the tense atmosphere made them feel that tonight would be a battle of life and death.
Of the soldiers and horses of the city, 2,000 were deployed in the east of the city.
There, after more than 20 days of surveillance, Jiang Wan had roughly confirmed the location of the tunnel, and he ambushed the men and horses near the possible location of the tunnel, only waiting for the enemy to sneak in with self-righteousness, and then the army suddenly attacked.
In addition, for the sake of prudence, Jiang Wan also deployed nearly 700 soldiers and horses in Beicheng to ensure that nothing went wrong, and the remaining 300 soldiers and horses were deployed in the safest area of the West Gate.
When all the things were arranged, it was already the time when the moon hung in the middle of the sky.
The entire Wuxian City, like a newborn baby, sleeps quietly under the gentle moonlight.
As the minutes ticked by, there was silence outside the city, and there was no movement.
At this time in the past, Liu Feng should have sent several rounds of disturbance teams to beat gongs and drums, but now, the night is late, and the outside of the city is as quiet as a ghost domain.
This strange silence made Jiang Wan more and more convinced that Liu Feng's attack was tonight.
The wind whined like a lost ghost howling in the night. A few jackdaws swept overhead, and their eerie cries gave people a creepy feeling.
An hour passed, and there was still no sign of it.
Jiang Wan looked at the female wall again, and saw that the enemy camp in the distance was peaceful, and by the dim light of the fire at the gate, Jiang Wan could even see the figures of several guards dangling.
Everything seemed to be business as usual, and the enemy did not move at all.
"This Liu Feng, what is he waiting for?"
Jiang Wan began to have some suspicions, he hurriedly sent someone to call Liao Hua over, and as soon as the two met, he asked in a low voice: "Yuan Jian, are you sure that you have not misremembered Liu Feng's advice to you, is he really going to make trouble tonight?" ”
Liao Hua said with a bitter face: "How can I remember such a major event, the beacon signal was sent last night, and the agreed date will be today." ”
"Then why is it that in another hour, the sky is about to dawn, but the enemy has not moved at all?" Jiang Wan's tone implied a bit of anxiety.
"This ......"
Liao Hua's expression changed suddenly, and he exclaimed: "Could it be that Liu Feng has seen through our plan?" ”
Before the words fell, the city corporates hurriedly came to report, saying that there was a movement of digging in the vat of the monitor.
The spirits of the two of them suddenly lifted, and all the previous speculations and doubts were swept away.
"Liu Feng's guy finally couldn't hold it anymore, and ordered the whole army to cheer up and prepare for battle."
Jiang Wan's order was quickly passed down, and the two thousand soldiers who were hiding in the shadows were tired at the beginning, and they suddenly became excited again.
The murderous aura of Ling Lie is quietly diffused.
The sound of the underground continued, and the heartbeat of Jiang Wan and the soldiers seemed to be beating faster.
The flames of vengeance burned in everyone's hearts, and they gritted their teeth and grimaced, eager to wash away the torment they had suffered over the past month with the blood of their enemies.
At the moment when the vengeful magma was about to erupt, a loud crash broke everyone's tense nerves in an instant.
The loud noise, like a landslide and the ground cracked, came from the north, and the rumbling sound poured straight into the eardrums, and the ground under his feet also shook with a huge crack.
Jiang Wan's heart was shocked, and he jumped up and looked in the direction of the north.
The originally bright city tower was suddenly gone, replaced by billowing smoke and dust.
In an instant, Jiang Wan's heart felt like it had been cut in half by the sharpest knife, and the indescribable shock almost made him faint.
The north gate collapsed.
…………………… A few minutes ago, Jingzhou Army, Beidaying.
Liu Feng was also a little irritable waiting.
At the exit of the tunnel, thick smoke gushed out, and the entire camp was choked with smoke. In order to prevent being observed by the enemy city not far away, Liu Feng had to order the implementation of light control.
The camp in the north was still quiet at night, and the enemies on the city would never have dreamed of what incredible things were happening under their feet.
Below the North Gate Tower, a radius of dozens of zhang was actually dug into a hollow a few days ago.
The reason why the tower is still standing is because while excavating the earthwork, Liu Fengjun used wooden piles as a replacement support column to ensure that the north gate tower was safe and sound before the project was completed.
Now, dozens of wooden pillars under the tower have been set on fire, and the originally sturdy wooden stakes have been turned into fragile char little by little.
The reason why Liu Feng chose to go to such great lengths was because he knew Jiang Wan's caution, even if he could successfully transfer the main force in the city to the east gate, Jiang Wan would still not relax the defense of the north gate.
Just a narrow tunnel entrance, how many soldiers can sneak in in a short time, once you can't quickly seize the city gate, your whole plan will be shattered, Jiang Wan, who suddenly realized, has enough time to reinforce Beicheng.
Digging tunnels into the city is obviously not a foolproof strategy.
So Ma Yan is ruthless enough, his strategy is to simply collapse the city gate and the city tower together, no matter how cautious Jiang Wan is, it will be useless.
Estimating that the time was almost up, Liu Feng turned over and got on his horse, wearing a silver robe, and Lu, who was sitting on his hips, walked to the direction of Yuanmen with a heavy gun in his hand, and his knife-like eyes proudly swept towards a peaceful northern city of Wuxian County.
This small county town, let his 20,000 troops stop more than a month ago, as long as the city is captured, you can smoothly pass the Three Gorges natural risk, and the flat road into Shu will be presented in front of his eyes.
Tonight is the difference between success and failure.
The ground began to shake, and a faint click like a bone staggered sound could be heard, as if an ancient beast buried deep underground was gradually waking up from its deep awakening.
The trembling became more and more intense, and the behemoth of the underground seemed to roar in anger, and the long, ancient sound reached the ground.
Boom~~ In a loud sound like the sky cracking down, the city tower in front of me suddenly sank downward.
In an instant, the imposable towers disappeared in front of him, replaced by a wild dust and fog rising into the sky.
The officers and men of the Jingzhou Army were all stunned and unbelievable when they saw this "spectacular" scene.
Most of them did not know about the secret works of the tunnels that were being carried out, and without knowing the truth in advance, the once iron wall, the impassable wall like the mountains of Shu, collapsed in a snap of a finger, and suddenly, many people thought that there was divine help.
The morale and morale of the army reached a peak at the moment when the enemy city collapsed.
In the crowd, I don't know who was the first to burst into cheers, followed by thunderous shouts.
The blood is boiling, the military spirit is surging, and it is the time to use your life.
Liu Feng jumped on his horse and speared, his silver robe fluttering in the night wind of hunting, and his fiery eyes swept over the tigers and wolves under his command.
"Kill!"
With a loud shout, he rode like lightning, turned into a silver streamer, pierced the darkness of the night, and rushed towards the dusty enemy city.
"Kill~~"
In the earth-shattering roar, more than 10,000 Jingzhou athletes roared, like tigers on the mountain, chasing their young commander and rushing up.
In front of me, with the north gate as the center, the city wall that was more than ten zhang long was all destroyed, and the dust in the sky was gradually falling with the end of the collapse.
In the mist, the howl of ghosts and wolves could be faintly heard, the groans of pain of the enemy soldiers who had survived the collapse.
It's just that the faint and small wail was drowned out by the galloping momentum of thousands of troops and horses in an instant.
Directly ahead, under the moonlight, there was a shallow gully more than two feet wide, and below it were countless piles of gravel and clods.
Liu Feng's momentum was unabated, and when he saw that he was approaching the edge of the ravine, he slammed the horse's belly.
In the roar of hunting, Lu Shenju kicked on all four legs, jumped high into the air, like wings on two wings, and crossed over the sky above the ravine in full view of everyone.
Such a divine power caused a great shock to the soldiers who followed behind him, and at this moment, Liu Feng was a god-like existence in their eyes.
The moment the war horse landed, Liu Feng's silver spear shot out, and a cold light flashed in the dimness, and an enemy soldier who was terrified and blocked the way had been pierced through the chest.
The Jingzhou legions, like hungry wolves, desperately climbed over the rubble stacked with stones, brandishing knives and guns, mercilessly slashing those terrified enemies.
A big red carpet paved with blood quickly spread from the gap in the north city to the entire city.
The battle of killing Guan Yu, Liu Feng benefited a lot, after months of digestion, at this moment, Liu Feng's martial arts have reached a new realm.
The silver spear given by Zhao Yun in his hand, in his hands, whether it is strength, speed or moves, has already tended to be the world's first-class.
I saw that in the night, thousands of streamers shot out in all directions, and the shadows of the spears did whatever they wanted, and they killed those ant-like fragile enemy soldiers wantonly.
In the blink of an eye, he and his Jingzhou army had swept through half of Wuxian County like a flood.
When he raised his hand and stabbed another enemy soldier to death, he suddenly saw that in the direction of the east, an enemy army was fearlessly rushing towards this side.
Liu Feng knew that this was the awakened Jiang Wan preparing to make the last dying struggle.
Dying?
Hmph, okay, just use your blood to make Liu Bei tremble again.
The blood-drenched spear blade was unstoppable, stabbing at the oncoming enemy.
The enemy army that rushed over from Dongcheng was led by Liao Hua.
At this moment, Liao Hua's mood is more uncomfortable than death.
I thought I had escaped and ascended to heaven.
I thought I had played tricks on that self-righteous man.
thought that he could humiliate the murderer of General Guan with a big victory, but the moment the Dongcheng collapsed, it shattered all the pride and dreams in Liao Hua's heart.
Jiang Wan and he thought they had seen through Liu Feng's strategy, but they didn't expect that in the end, they would be like fools and still be played with by the other party.
The pain of life is worse than death, so that Liao Hua still killed it despite Jiang Wan's resistance when he knew that the general trend was gone.
When he looked up, in his bloodshot eyes, he saw the figure of the gnashing enemy.
"Liu Feng is a dog thief, take his life~~"
Liao Hua shouted violently, swung his knife and rode his horse, and went towards the oncoming Liu Feng.
At the same time, Liu Feng also saw Liao Hua, the man like an iron tower, rushing towards him like a mad beast at this moment, a long knife in his hand swept away, and he started with a style, which was the Guan family's knife technique.
The same style, in Guan Yu's hands, the momentum and power of the mountains and rivers were powerful, but Liao Hua used it at this time, but it was greatly discounted.
Liu Feng showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and the silver spear in his right hand shot out, rushing forward in a spiral, and a vortex torrent was stirred up around the spear, and before the knife and gun were handed over, Liao Hua already felt the suffocating energy rushing towards him.
Qiang~~ Metal resonates, and the two riders intersect.
Liao Hua only felt a huge force from the blade of the knife directly into his body, hitting his internal organs like a heavy hammer, and his blood and qi were tumbling like a tide.
The palm of his hand was numb and painful, and he looked down and slanted, but the tiger's mouth was cracked, and blood was flowing quickly down his fingers.
How could he have such incredible strength?
With one move, Liao Hua was shocked in his heart, as if he had encountered the most incredible thing in this life.
Although he had heard that Guan Yu died at the hands of Liu Feng, Liao Hua had always believed that although Liu Feng was quite powerful, he was by no means the opponent of the beautiful bearded man, and the reason why he was able to kill Guan Yu must have used some dishonorable means.
It was only at this time that Liao Hua realized that the Liu Feng in front of him was no longer the Liu Feng that any of them knew.
This is a terrifying enemy like the devil with amazing growth potential.
When he was frightened, Liu Feng looked at him coldly and said loudly: "Liao Hua, I appreciate that you are a usable talent and trust you so much, but I didn't expect you to be such a repeated, untrustworthy person, betrayed me, you are guilty." ”
This remark made Liao Hua, who was already frightened, suddenly stunned.
Speaking of which, Liu Feng did not lie to him, the tunnel was indeed dug from the north gate as he said before, and the signal sent to him before the attack was correct.
The mistake is that he and Jiang Wan thought that Liu Feng was cheating, and they thought that Liu Feng was playing tricks.
Although Liao Hua may not have guessed, all the calculations he and Liao Hua had in Liu Feng's grasp.
The fact seems to be that Liu Feng trusts you Liao Hua very much, but you Liao Hua betrayed him, but he hit him by mistake, and he was smart and mistaken by being smart.
"Hmph, I have never been truly obedient to you, so how can I betray you."
Liao Hua's bloody hand clenched the hilt of the knife and responded to Liu Feng's questioning in a sarcastic tone.
As he said, he was not ashamed of betraying Liu Feng, but remorseful for his incompetence.
"Liao Hua, you do have talent, it's a pity to die because of foolishness, I'll give you another chance, surrender sincerely, and help me Liu Feng achieve a great cause."
Although Liu Feng "played" with Liao Hua, he still admired his people, after all, there are not many generals available in his hands now, although Liao Hua does not have Wei Yan's talents, but he can barely use it, and it is a pity to kill him.
Faced with Liu Feng's invitation to surrender, Liao Hua only smiled and said abruptly: "I, Liao Huasheng, am the minister of Uncle Liu, and I am the ghost of Uncle Liu when I die, how can I descend to such an unrighteous person as you." ”
Unrighteous people, hum, it's this old-fashioned scolding again.
Liu Feng sneered: "Liu Bei boasts that he and Guan Yun are brothers and sisters, and he has always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous, but Jingzhou was in trouble, he didn't send a soldier to come to the rescue, Guan Yu died, and he didn't have any revenge, he only cared about swallowing the foundation of Liu Zhang, the same sect." I have to ask, who are the wrongdoers? ”
This remark is like poking at Liaohua's sore spot.
was stunned for a moment, but Liao Hua was annoyed and angry, and reprimanded angrily: "Hugh has to slander Uncle Liuhuang, I will fight with you." ”
Before the words fell, Liao Hua let out a long roar and swung his knife to kill Liu Feng again.
Fools who don't distinguish between right and wrong, black and white, what's the use of keeping you.
The eagle's eyes froze, and the murderous aura suddenly burst out.
The ape's arm trembled, and the silver spear in his hand turned into a rain of pear blossoms, heading towards Liao Hua's swept blade.
That silver spear, like a part of Liu Feng's body, did what he wanted, and there was no disadvantage.
After five moves, Liao Hua's knife style was already flawed in his eyes.
In the shadow of the gun, I saw blood flying sideways, and the gun was not missing, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen blood holes had been pierced on Liao Hua's body, and the blood that spurted out was splashed out in all directions.
In a terrible scream, the big knife in Liao Hua's hand flew out of his hand, and the whole person was like a bloody spinning top that had been whipped, spinning and falling from the horse's back.
Bang~~ The blood-drenched body fell heavily three feet away, and after a few twitches, it didn't move.
Liu Feng dragged his gun and slowly walked to Liao Hua, cut off his head, and shouted loudly: "Liao Hua's head is here, those who dare to resist will be killed!" ”
The Yizhou soldiers, who were still resisting stubbornly, were not willing to work for Liu Bei, but they were forced to obey because their families were threatened. Now that the main general is dead, the army's heart is just crumbling, and they are shocked by Liu Feng's ghostly might, and they all abandon their weapons and kneel.
Wu County changed hands.
Liu Feng immediately left the army to occupy Wu County to appease the people, and he personally led 500 cavalry to chase westward.
He couldn't let that man slip away in vain.
………………………… The sky was already dark, and on the road west of Wuxian, a team of embarrassed men and horses was hurrying along.
Immediately, the disgraced and earthy Confucian general who no longer has a bearing is Jiang Wan.
The moment the north gate collapsed, Jiang Wan knew that he had fallen for Liu Feng's strategy, how could he stop tens of thousands of enemy soldiers who broke through the city with only 3,000 soldiers and horses.
Jiang Wan made a decision and decided to lead the army to retreat to Badong County, but Liao Hua would rather die than leave, and had to fight with Liu Feng, Jiang Wan couldn't persuade him, so he had to lead more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to withdraw from Wu County.
Because the army was panicked, the soldiers fled along the way, and when they arrived here, there were less than 300 soldiers left around them.
Xu said that it had risen, Jiang Wan raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the terrain in front of him was getting more and more open, and he thought that it was getting closer and closer to the mouth of the gorge.
Ahead is the White Emperor City, as long as you can retreat into this city smoothly, you may be able to support the arrival of reinforcements from Shuzhong.
Thinking of this, Jiang Wan's mood perked up slightly, and at this moment, a soldier exclaimed: "Oh no, the enemy is catching up!" ”
Jiang Wan's heart was shocked, and he looked back sharply, and sure enough, he saw the direction of the avenue behind him, and the dust and smoke were billowing up from the sky.
(To be continued)