At the crossroads, Xiao Jian met with Wang Jun and Lu Yang, and both of them led their soldiers to rush over with murderous spirits. According to the agreement, all the people involved in the uprising had a strip of red cloth wrapped around their left arm to identify friend and foe, Wang Jun Lu Yang's subordinates were wrapped in red cloth, and Xiao Jian's subordinates were naturally entangled, and when they looked at it from a distance, they knew that it was their own people.

Xiao Jian didn't care about saying anything at this time, and simply ordered a few words, according to the original plan, Xiao Jiantao should lead all the way to the state pastoral mansion and join the Danyang soldiers led by Cao Hong. Wang Jun led another group of men and horses to attack the north gate and receive Cao Bao's army into the city. The two generals of the Lu Yang and Xiao families each led a group of men and horses to capture the west, east and south gates of Xuzhou City respectively. Xiao Jian gave an order, and all the people and horses quickly advanced according to the planned route that had been made long ago.

Wang Jun led the 3,000 soldiers of the Wang family to the north gate. Wang Jun had been holding his breath for a long time, and he couldn't wait to break Liu Ze's body to pieces. A contest in the rice market, not only made the Wang family suffer heavy losses, but more importantly, the Wang family almost lost most of the real estate and fields, which was the belongings that their Wang family ancestors had saved in a few lifetimes, and in just a few days, they were swept away by Liu Ze, although Wang Jun lost a mess, but he was not convinced, and gritted his teeth and wanted to retaliate. So after Xiao Jian proposed the incident, Wang Jun was the first to stand up and support, after all, the Wang family is a big business, and there are three or four thousand soldiers and generals in his hands, Wang Jun is not afraid to wear shoes barefoot, and he threw all the strength of his Wang family into it, ready to make a desperate bet.

"Who? Hold it! "The sentry guarding the north gate immediately discovered Wang Jun's men. This is not the guard's sharp eyes, Wang Jun's group came completely with a cane. Half a mile away, you can see it clearly.

Wang Jun's round face floated with hideous killing intent, raised the swaying waist knife in his hand, and said hatefully: "Kill me!" The soldiers of the Wang family rushed up and rushed to kill them.

Immediately after the sentry warned, the soldiers guarding the north gate lined up in battle formation, with the sword and shield men lined up in each column, quickly forming the first line of defense, the pikemen lined up behind the sword and shield men, the sharp spear tips sticking out from the gaps in the shields, and the archers in the back row. Bow and arrow. The string resembles a full moon, and the tip of the arrow rises at a 45-degree angle.

After Guan Yu took over the city defense of Tancheng, although he had 5,000 men and horses, Xuzhou City needed to be garrisoned in too many places. Scattered all over the place. There is a limit to the number of soldiers and horses in each place. Each gate can only be garrisoned by one song (500 men).

Wang Jun couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the weak strength of the army guarding the city gate, and immediately commanded his family troops to attack. I want to eat the 500 officers and soldiers guarding the north gate in one go.

The military marquis surnamed Yang who guarded the north gate followed Liu Ze through several major battles, saw the rebels menacing, did not panic at all, calmly finished the formation, and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

The archers in the back row shot the arrows in unison, and the upward shot at a 45-degree angle could keep the feathered arrows on the best flight trajectory and reach the maximum range. The street at the gate of Xuzhou City is relatively wide, almost able to accommodate eight horses and drive side by side, but three or four thousand family soldiers are crowded together, but it is impossible to get through guò together, and they are squeezed into a long strip, and the dense human formation can be said to be a nightmare in the face of sharp arrow rain attacks, nearly 100 feather arrows almost hit 100 shots, and the family soldiers who rushed to the front screamed miserably, and fell a large piece.

Wang Jun was furious and ordered the archers to fight back. The wealthy families in Xuzhou are all wealthy lords, and the investment in the private army is not small, and the infantry equipment from swords, guns, swords, halberds to bows, crossbows and arrows is hardly much worse than that of regular officers and soldiers. However, after hundreds of arrows were fired, Wang Jun sadly found that the shield soldiers in the first row of officers and soldiers had almost resisted 80 percent of the arrows, and ordinary bows and arrows could not penetrate such heavy shields at all, and almost all officers and soldiers were equipped with chain mail and helmets, and even if arrows could break through the protection of the shields, it was still difficult to shoot through the heavy armor of the officers and soldiers.

At this time, there was a sudden shout outside the city, and the sound of a giant tree hitting the city gate, and the huge two city gates were slammed into a roaring sound, buzzing, and the ground shook the mountain.

Wang Jun shouted excitedly: "Sons, Captain Cao is here to lead the troops, kill!" ”

The soldiers were also red-eyed, screaming and rushing forward, fearless to death in the rain of arrows. There were only 100 archers in the first song, and after paying the price of hundreds of casualties, the soldiers rushed to the front of the officers and soldiers, and the entire city gate fell into a scuffle.

The two armies fought each other in short arms, swords intersected, and were strangled together.

After a few collisions, the huge gates of the city were violently slammed open, and countless soldiers rushed in, and the tide surrounded the two sides of the battle. Someone shouted: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will not be killed!" ”

Wang Jun lit the light of the torch, and saw Cao Bao dressed in armor, wearing a white cloak, riding a high-headed horse to meet him, and shouted repeatedly: "Captain Cao, I'm Wang Jun, I'm here!" ”

Cao Bao looked at him coldly, snorted, and said loudly: "Come on, take it for me!" ”

The sergeants on both sides could not be separated, stepped forward to wipe their shoulders, folded their arms, and tied Wang Jun. The soldiers of the Wang family were surrounded by Cao Bao's army at this time, and under the order of the soldiers, they could only choose to throw away their weapons and surrender with their heads hugged.

"Captain Cao, what do you mean by this?" In a hurry, Wang Jun was immediately stunned and exclaimed.

Cao Bao sneered and said: "On the orders of Liu Envoy, capture the rebel thieves Xiao Jian, Wang Jun and others!" Wang Jun, you better obediently tie your hands and arrest it! ”

Wang Jun seemed to understand a little, and seemed to be a little confused, and shouted loudly: "Cao Bao, you and we have bloodied and sworn in Fumanlou, you will not die well in the future if you do this, even Liu Ze will not let you go!" ”

Cao Bao smiled and said: "You have the right to rest assured, Cao Mou was sent by Liu Yuanjun to sneak into Fumanlou to obtain your plan of action, and you dare to go against Liu Yuanjun and bring about your own destruction!" ”

Wang Jun was dumbfounded for a moment, and the whole person went down.

Cao Bao waved his hand and said, "Escort him down!" ”

His soldiers took Wang Jun down, and all his private troops were disarmed and taken prisoner.

At the same time that Wang Jun attacked the north gate, Xiao Jian also led his troops to attack the Prefecture Governor's Mansion. When I arrived at the governor's house, the gate was closed, and the door was empty. Xiao Jian ordered: "Kill into the state pastor's mansion!" Capture Liu Ze alive! Kill! ”

The rebels carried a thick tree trunk that had just been cut down, and was about to crash into the gate of the governor's mansion, when a group of men and horses came out of the east side of the street, headed by a general, in a white robe and armor, and a steel spear, rushed straight towards the rebels, and shouted loudly: "Donglai Taishi Ci is here, and the traitor Hugh is rampant!" "Tai Shi Ci was originally a guest general, he had no position in Liu Ze's camp, he had been idle for a long time, and if there was a war today, he took the initiative to ask Ying to fight.

Tai Shi Ci was so brave, he killed the horse quickly, even with the thorns, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of people were put down, and the military horses behind him covered and killed together, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and the rebels were in chaos.

Xiao Jian was shocked and hurriedly ordered the people on the right to immediately step forward to meet the enemy. As soon as he sent his men and horses, he heard the shouts at the west street, and Guan Yu, the governor of the East China Sea, also led a group of men and horses to kill, and everyone was invincible, and Xiao Jian had to send the left men and horses to resist the enemy. Guan Yu and Tai Shici are both fierce generals in the world, and the soldiers pointed out, how can these private soldiers in Xuzhou be able to resist the enemy, and in the melee, they gradually became a rout.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the steward of the Xiao Mansion said to Xiao Jian: "Master, it seems that Liu Ze has already laid an ambush, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, so retreat quickly!" ”

Xiao Jian looked at the gate of the State Pastoral Mansion, which was close at hand, and unwillingly slammed his fist on the palm of his left hand, and shouted: "Go!" ”

Before he could turn his horse's head, the gate of the state governor's mansion creaked open, the lantern torches shone like day, and Liu Ze rode the jade lion of the night under the support of the army, and came out proudly.

"Xiao Guoxiang, since you have already come to our mansion, why don't you have a cup of tea and leave, and let Liu also do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord!" Liu Ze said with a smile on the horse.

Xiao Jian looked at Liu Ze's radiant spirits, where was there a half-drunk appearance, he was kicking in his heart, daring to fall for Liu Ze's plan, thinking that his well-designed bureau was broken by Liu Ze, Xiao Jian was angry and stuffed his chest, and in the face of Liu Ze's mocking words, he didn't know how to answer for a while.

When had Tao Ying beside him seen such a scene, he trembled in horror, and said in a loud voice: "Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang, how is this good?" ”

Xiao Jian's mind was spinning rapidly, it was said that Cao Hong's two thousand Danyang soldiers should have arrived at this time, but why didn't he come for a long time, could it be that something went wrong? The Danyang soldiers' combat power is extraordinary, enough to block ten, today Xiao Jian plans to besiege the Zhou Mufu is to point to the Danyang soldiers to be the forward, this Cao Hong, the chain fell off at the critical moment, Xiao Jian gritted his teeth with hatred. It seems that Cao Hong can't count on it, Xiao Jian's eyes turned to the direction of the north gate, secretly thinking that at this time, Wang Jun should have taken the north gate to welcome Cao Bao into the city, and now the seven thousand troops in Cao Bao's hands have become Xiao Jian's only hope.

According to the plan, after Cao Bao's army captured the north gate, it would immediately join Wang Jun's forces and march to the state pastor's mansion. Xiao Jian couldn't help but be a little entangled, whether to go to the north gate to meet Cao Bao and then attack the State Pastoral Mansion or wait for Cao Bao's reinforcements in the State Pastoral Mansion, and he was a little undecided for a while.

Just when he hesitated, he saw dozens of horsemen roaring on the left side in front of him, fighting under the banner of Danyang soldiers, Xiao Jian couldn't help laughing and said: "Liu Zexiaoer, today is the day you give the head, don't get off your horse and surrender quickly!" (To be continued......)