Chapter 101: Picking Peaches? (1st Update)
Chaoyi City, four miles in circumference, more than one zhang high, about five feet. There are moats around it, one zhang in depth and one zhang in the horizontal, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are no thousands of soldiers and horses, and they don't want to capture the city of Chaoyi.
Unlike other castles, Chaoyi Castle has five gates, and the northern city has the Ying'en Gate.
At this moment, Ying'en Gate is heavily guarded, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city strictly check the passers-by. Whether it is a dignitary or a begging person all the way, as long as he wants to enter Chaoyi City, he must go through a search to make sure that there is no danger before he is released.
There was an endless stream of people fleeing the disaster, and they flocked to the city of Chaoyi. There are also those rich people with big burdens and small burdens, the moment they entered Chaoyi City, they all breathed a long sigh of relief from the heart, their nervous expressions relaxed a lot, and their faces were filled with the joy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.
"Huh~ I finally entered Chaoyi City, and I don't have to worry about the looting of those thieves and bandits~!"
This is the feeling of a landlord who has just entered Chaoyi City, and after saying this, he hurriedly greeted his family, drove a mule cart, and walked towards the depths of Chaoyi City.
As usual, groups of ragged people walked up, unkempt and on sticks, and their spirits were getting closer and closer to the city of Chaoyi. Every five or six meters, or more than ten meters, there will be such a group of people, which has long been commonplace for the officers and soldiers guarding the city gates, and it is not strange to see them.
Relatively speaking, it is much easier to go out of the city, the inventory is not strict, and it can be easily released, as long as there are not many things to carry.
Even so, after not experiencing the attack of thieves and bandits for a long time, the city defense army defending the city still did not have the slightest intention of slacking off, and everyone was in good spirits.
The soldiers at the head of the city were armed with hard attacks, carrying arrow cages on their backs, and swords hanging from their waists, always keeping an eye on the direction of the distance and the north. The soldiers in the aisle below, everyone held the steel knife and spear tightly, their bodies stood straight, their eyes widened, staring at the passers-by, once there was the slightest abnormality, the steel knife and spear in their hands would be waved out in an instant.
Another group of ragged people, each on crutches and with a weak appearance, walked with difficulty to the Ying'en Gate. However, under their bowed heads, in their unkempt hair, there was a strange red glow in their eyes.
Not only that, but five or six meters away from these people, there were three wooden frame carts, pulling full of dry firewood.
The scorching sun is in the sky, the sun is particularly dazzling, and in a trance, there is a trace of tension around Yingenmen, and there are always some people who are not easy to notice and glance at each other, nodding slightly, as if to transmit some kind of signal.
There are farmers, firewood collectors, scholars dressed up, and horsemen who drive cars....
At this time, several officers and soldiers were searching the ragged people and searching them in disgust. However, suddenly, these people suddenly burst out, raised the crutches in their hands, and with a slight press of their thumbs, one end exposed the sharp iron spear head, and slammed into the vital point of the officers and soldiers.
The knife rises and falls, but in the blink of an eye, it is completed in an instant.
"Ah~"
The screams of the officers and soldiers pierced the sky and disturbed the calm, which immediately aroused the alarm of the other officers and soldiers, and they took action one after another, brandishing steel knives and spears in their hands, and stabbing at the ragged men of the riot, who were also shouting loudly when they stabbed them: "Brothers, action!" ”
In an instant, Ying'en Gate was in chaos, and some people appeared among the pedestrians who were about to enter the city, suddenly pulled out the hidden big knife from their arms, or from the carriage, and attacked the officers and soldiers defending the city one after another!
Not only that, but when the crowd was in chaos, some of the people who were about to leave the city also quickened their pace, ran, pushed away the panicked crowd that was obstructed, and went straight to the soldiers who were cut to the ground, picked up the weapons in their hands, and also slashed at the officers and soldiers around them.
"Run~! Oh no, it's murder~! ”
The whole Ying'en Gate was completely in chaos, and there were people fleeing everywhere, shouting in horror, and there was no ease when entering the city.
At the same time, not far from the city, several carts carrying dry firewood gathered together, and a fire was immediately thrown into it, and in the blink of an eye, the dry firewood burned brightly, emitting thick black smoke, and soared into the sky, diffusing it!
Whoa...
The officers and soldiers at the head of the city did not care about 3721, and when they took arrows and drew their bows, they shot fiercely, as long as they were not their own people, all of them were their targets, and they killed the targets.
"Kill~! Brothers, the leaders will be coming soon, and they must hold on. Otherwise, everyone will die here! The voice came from among the suddenly troubled pedestrians.
Such a group of people broke out among the pedestrians, and they attacked and killed the officers and soldiers one after another when they picked up or found weapons from nowhere. Among them, the person with his eyes flashing with a strange red glow is the most ferocious, the most crazy, regardless of the rush to kill the officers and soldiers, it is really the Buddha who blocks and kills the Buddha, and the god blocks and kills the God.
Obviously, the officers and soldiers defending the city did not show weakness, and their full armor made them very confident, and they did not take these rioters in their eyes at all, and raised the butcher knife in their hands, which was a massacre. As long as it is not your own people, it is a knife to each other, without scruples and pity.
A puff of wolf smoke wafted up and flew into the sky.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers under the city were gradually defeated, and seeing that they were not defeated by more and more chaotic people, the officers and soldiers at the head of the city lit the beacon tower and asked for help. At the same time, the neat and uniform troops were divided into two routes, one leaving one to monitor the north; Quickly descend the walls and kill the people.
Officers and men are worthy of being officers and men, far different from the bandits, and are extremely disciplined and organized, and they cooperate effectively in the midst of great chaos. Not only that, under the command of a city defense officer, two teams of officers and soldiers fought towards the two city gates, trying to close the city gates in case something changed!
The battle became more and more fierce, and both sides were red-eyed. Especially those pedestrians who burst out, their pupils are bloodshot, making the already flashing red in their eyes more and more blazing, even more bewitching, breathtaking, and terrifying.
For a time, the two sides launched an offensive and defensive battle around the two city gates, killing blood, skulls flying, shouting murder and shaking the sky, and weapons slashing and slashing each other. No one showed weakness, the combat strength of the two sides was the same for a while, they were evenly matched, and they were temporarily stalemate, and they were all holding on, waiting for reinforcements.
However, if you look closely, it is not difficult to see that the balance of victory is tilting in favor of the officers and soldiers. After all, no matter what you say, they have the right time, the right place, and any advantage. Not only is there an advantage in numbers, but it is also well-armed, equipped with helmet armor!
Knock knock...
The chaotic sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded from afar. I saw that there was a cavalry coming back to the north of Ying'en Gate, the speed was fast, and it was about to come in an instant, and there was a chaotic army behind it, constantly running, following closely behind.
"It's not good, there's a chaotic army coming!"
This was the exclamation of a general at the head of the city, and then, a dull horn suddenly remembered, echoing in the sky above Chaoyi City, constantly spreading, this is an emergency distress signal that the city gate is about to be lost.
However, less than two minutes after the horn sounded, Li Zicheng's cavalry had already reached the front of Ying'en Gate, and the two sides were fighting and firing bows and arrows.
It is worthy of the well-equipped Li Jiajun, each soldier raised his left hand one after another, and the wooden shield embedded in his left arm immediately protected the vital point, and his body was tightly attached to the war horse, dodging the rain of arrows shot from the city.
Whoa...
After crossing the rain of arrows, the soldiers of the Li Jiajun retracted their left hand, replaced their right hand, held the reins, clamped their legs between the horse's belly, raised their big knives high in their right hands, and quickly killed the aisle of Ying'en Gate.
All this happened very quickly, from shooting with the officers and soldiers at the head of the city, to fighting with the officers and soldiers around the city gate in the aisle, it only took a minute.
The cavalry, which already had the advantage of this speed, was condescending, and in an instant, it tore open a hole in the officers and troops guarding the city gate, and then it became bigger and bigger. With the influx of cavalry, the officers and troops guarding the city gate have been completely defeated, and it is no longer possible to close the city gate.
At the same time, the rebel army following the Li family army suddenly stopped, and stood there, just outside the range of the archers at the head of the city, and standing at the front was the leader of the rebel army, Miao Mei, who looked lively, as if everything in Yingenmen had nothing to do with him.
At this time, a strong man beside Miao Mei asked puzzledly, "Leader, why did you stop?" With just one charge, the brothers were able to rush through the rain of arrows and take control of the Ying'en Gate. ”
Miao Mei's red pupils flashed with blazing light, her face was filled with extreme excitement, and there was a hint of pleasure after revenge flashed between her eyebrows, and she said nonchalantly: "What's the hurry?" Ying'en Gate has just a little space, and it can't squeeze so many people. Wait, when Leader Li has almost cleared the aisle, let's go over. ”
In an instant, Miao Mei's henchmen knew what their leader was thinking, not only to kill people with a knife, but also to report the humiliation a few days ago, but also to pick peaches.
Thinking of this, those people comforted their subordinates one after another, and stood there honestly, either carrying the big knife on their shoulders, or standing on the ground, watching Li Jiajun and the officers and soldiers guarding the door with a smile on their faces, regardless of the life or death of their own people who mixed into the door, they all looked like they were watching a good show.
However, this situation did not last long, Miao Mei's expression suddenly changed greatly, and her eyes shrank sharply when she saw Yingenmen, as if she had thought of something, and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: ", MD, Li Zicheng, you are ruthless, you actually play this game with Lao Tzu!" ”
After that, Miao Mei spat indignantly, turned to look at her subordinates, and shouted: "Damn, what are you looking at?!" Made, why are you still stunned?! Hurry up, rush me! ”
Without waiting for the others to react, Miao Mei had already taken the lead and ran out, holding the big knife high, and frantically killing towards Ying'en Gate, no longer looking at the lively appearance of the wind just now. No matter what, although Miao Mei's subordinates hadn't figured out what the situation was, they immediately followed, and the red glow in their eyes became extremely blazing, and everyone looked extremely crazy.
At a glance, I saw that the cavalry of the Li family army had broken away from the entanglement of the soldiers defending the city, and went straight to the city of Chaoyi without any nostalgia for Yingenmen, not caring about the life or death of those who fought with the officers and soldiers.
At the same time, Li Zicheng, who was rushing to the forefront, galloped on his horse, glanced at it hurriedly, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he puffed out a smug smile, and said to himself: "Hmph~ Pick peaches with Lao Tzu and me, Lao Tzu can't kill you!" ”
By the time Miao Mei reached the aisle of Ying'en Gate, Li Zicheng's Li Jiajun was gone, only the dust that filled the air. In such a situation, Miao Mei's teeth itched, and she hated Li Zicheng so much.
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