Chapter 13: The City of Fraud
The night was like ink, and dark clouds covered the entire sky, and there seemed to be a momentum of rain, and it was not surprising that it was already raining in the south.
On the city of Panyang, the soldiers who stayed in Panyang squinted their eyes one by one, constantly dozing off, if it weren't for the general's wide-eyed inspection, I am afraid that they would have already fallen asleep standing like this.
Niu Gang stared at the big eyes like copper bells and kept patrolling back and forth in the city, and when he saw which person was asleep, he went up and kicked it, in fact, his eyelids were also very heavy, but he was holding on, I don't know what the reason, I always felt restless, as if something was going to happen.
In the east of Panyang City, an open flame suddenly lit up, as if someone was holding a torch and waving it in the air, Niu Gang couldn't help but rub his eyes, but the open flame was no longer there, he rubbed his eyes several times, but there was no movement, Niu Gang suspected that he was dazzled.
A thick sleepiness swept over, Niu Gang shook his head, and said secretly in his heart: The lord left 10,000 defenders, it should be fine, right?
Under the erosion of sleepiness, Niu Gang gradually fell into self-hypnosis, and said sharply to several subordinates: "Keep a eye on it, call me if you have something!" ”
"Yes!" Several lieutenants hurriedly stepped forward and replied in a loud voice, but they secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, they finally invited this god away, and if they continue like this, they must collapse!
With Niu Gang's departure, the soldiers in charge of the night vigil finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the sleepiness was immediately pressed like a mountain, they could not be blamed for not doing their duty, Li Zitong left to take away almost all of Pan Yang's troops, 10,000 horses, it seems to be a lot, but Pan Yang is not as good as Jiujiang, the area is vast, and there are more places that need to be guarded, Panyang City, as a county town, left most of the people, but there are still many people who are sent out to guard various places, which makes Pan Yang's garrison insufficient and there are not enough people to take turns to keep vigil.
"Lord, this is Panyang City, the guard Niu Gang, and a rare general under Li Zitong, who practices kung fu all over his body, is very famous in Panyang City." The sky is beautiful, tonight the night is dark and the wind is high, and even the moon is obscured by dark clouds, so that Lu Bu and his party have been very close to Panyang City, but they are still not discovered by the soldiers guarding the city.
"Now the war ahead is urgent, we only have three thousand soldiers and horses, even if we can use one as ten, it will not have much effect, now Li Zitong's army has gathered in Heshan, and Luo Cheng confronted, if we capture Panyang at this time, it is tantamount to cutting off Li Zitong's retreat and military heart, so tonight's battle, even if all are killed, you have to give me Panyang City to take down!" Lu Bu's razor-sharp gaze fell on everyone's face.
"Yes!" Several Tun Zhang Qi received the order.
"Hmph, with only three thousand troops, you want to capture Panyang City, which has a garrison of 10,000 people, is City Lord Lu taking it for granted!?" Zuo Xiaoyou, who was tied up on the side, said coldly, his voice was clear, and it was extremely loud in this silent night sky, but unfortunately because of the internal force, he was not noticed by the guards guarding the city.
"It's up to you." Lu Bu glanced at him with a sneer, waved his hand, and immediately four strong men brought a stretcher, and then, in Zuo Xiaoyou's angry eyes, the group suddenly stripped off the black clothes on their bodies, revealing clear armor, these armors were the clothes of Zuo Xiaoyou's subordinates.
"Shaft, you dare!"
Zuo Xiaoyou finally knew why Lu Bu brought him here, he didn't feel good at all, at this time, he would rather Lu Bu behead him with a halberd yesterday.
"Lu Feng!" Lu Buhu looked back, Lu Feng nodded, the two of them had been talking for a long time and yesterday, and they didn't need to say a lot of words, they could also understand it, and the blood wolf guard lifted Zuo Xiaoyou up and rushed in the direction of the east gate, staggering one by one, as if they were exhausted.
"Huo Wei, Liu Dong, Wang Chao!"
Lu Bu let out a low shout, and the three Tun Zhang immediately came out of the ranks.
"Each of the three of you will lead a group of men and horses, and they will be ambushed outside the south gate, west gate, and north gate, and once the enemy army is defeated from the three gates, you can't let go of a single person!" Lu Bu looked at the three of them with a cold gaze.
"The last general obeys!" The three of them let out a low shout, and each of them ordered his men and horses to rush to the three city gates.
"Li Dayong, Li Cheng, Fang Sheng!" Lu Bu looked at the other three tun chiefs coldly, a murderous aura flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Wait a while, Lu Feng will open the city gate and rush into the city with me. ”
At the east gate of Panyang, the sergeant guarding the city was drowsy, and was suddenly awakened by a noisy sound, and a guard climbed the female wall to look out, but saw a group of people and horses coming from the east, about 100 people, carrying a stretcher out, these people were all extremely angry, even across the three high city walls, they could clearly sense the palpitating murderous aura.
"Quick, inform General Niu." The young general guarding the city did not dare to delay, and hurriedly shouted to everyone behind him, and even the soldiers of the organic spirit went down to report.
"Who is on duty in the city, I am the personal guard under the command of General Zuo Xiaoyou, the lord can be in the city, we have important things to do!" A majestic and burly man shouted with a torch held aloft and shouted.
Only then did the young general realize that the group of people in the city were all wearing their own military uniforms, and looking at the equipment, the level was not low, so he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and raised his voice: "The lord has led the army to Jiujiang, and he is not in the city." ”
At this time, Niu Gang had already come out, still carrying a cooked copper stick in his hand, and he heard the shouts of the young general, climbed the women's wall and looked, there were only about 100 people on the other side, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and raised his voice: "The lord is not here, tell me something, I am Pan Yang Shou General Niu Gang." ”
"Xuancheng was broken, General Zuo was seriously injured, and asked General Niu to bring my general into the city for treatment first!" There was a little sadness in the man's voice, and Niu Gang found that these people were all untidy, and there were wounds in many places on their bodies, which looked a little hideous in the dim firelight.
"Xuancheng is broken!?" Niu Gang couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and then gathered his eyes, on the stretcher, Zuo Xiaoyou frowned deeply, his face was pale, with a slightly painful look, just now Lu Feng was afraid that he would talk nonsense and ruin a big thing, so he cut heavily on his neck, and the strength was just right, so that he could stay awake, but he couldn't speak.
"It's really General Zuo, open the city gate quickly!" Niu Gang is also a general under Li Zitong, so he naturally recognized Zuo Xiaoyou, and after confirming Zuo Xiaoyou's identity, he had no doubts in his heart, and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.
Zuo Xiaoyou is Li Zitong's favorite general, quite loved, and martial arts and familiar with the art of war, although now lost Xuancheng, but victory and defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Niu Gang did not dare to slack off, personally brought sick out of the city to greet him.
"Crunch~"
The heavy city gate and the drawbridge opened almost at the same time, and Niu Gang came out with a group of generals, and in a few breaths, he had already greeted him.
"Ho ho~"
Zuo Xiaoyou's eyes widened, and he wanted to speak, but he could only make a ho-ho sound, and he couldn't make a sound, Niu Gang walked closer, and suddenly felt something wrong in his heart, although Zuo Xiaoyou's current appearance was embarrassed, but there was no scar on his body.
Just as he was in doubt, an alarm suddenly appeared in his heart, his left arm was raised to protect his head, almost a colleague, and the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air sounded in the air, and a huge force accompanied by a strong true qi poured into his arm.
"Qiang~"
Lu Feng's war knife and Niu Gang's arm intersected, and there was a crisp sound, and the two arms guards fell off Niu Gang's arm, and Lu Feng roared: "Occupy the city gate!" ”
Behind him, a hundred blood wolf guards roared at the same time, each brandishing a war knife and rushing up, many of the oncoming generals didn't even react, they were divided into corpses by the wolf-like blood wolf guards, and a hundred blood wolf guards guarded the city gate to the death.
A burst of shouts suddenly sounded in the dense forest in the distance, Lu Bu took 1,500 blood wolf troops who had already been ready to attack like a whirlwind, Niu Gang brought out of the city There were not many soldiers and horses, plus they were suddenly attacked, how could they stop these elite soldiers under Lu Bu's command.
"Bastard!" Niu Gang waved the copper stick and smashed it into Lu Feng's skull, Lu Feng waved his knife to block, the knife stick rubbed fierce sparks in the night sky, and a huge force surged from the handle of the knife, Lu Feng couldn't help but be shocked back a step, and then a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and his hind legs kicked the ground, like a vigorous leopard, rushed up quickly, and chopped off one of Niu Gang's wrists with a knife.
"Roar~"
Niu Gang only felt a cold wrist, and the next moment, he had lost control of his right hand, and couldn't help roaring, holding a cooked copper stick in his left hand and trying to fight hard, but on Lu Feng's eyes without the slightest emotion, the dark clouds in the sky seemed to fade a little, and a ray of moonlight shone down from the gap in the clouds, and was printed on Lu Feng's war knife, which left a dazzling cold light in the air, and slashed at Niu Gang's neck.
As the headless corpse fell suddenly, Lu Bu had already led his troops to rush closer, and slaughtered into the city like a whirlwind, Zuo Xiaoyou, who was lying on the ground, closed his eyes in pain, he knew that Li Zitong was finished.
As soon as Pan Yang is lost, Lu Bu only needs to quickly control Lijiang to the west, and he can completely cut off Li Zitong's grain route and retreat, as long as the news is blocked for three days, Li Zitong only has the intention of retreating to Xin'an, but the 90,000 army, it would be good to have one pavilion left in the ten pavilions at that time, Xin'an is not Jiujiang, the land is small and the people are widowed, unless Li Zitong is willing to give up the foundation that he has worked hard in Jiangdong and find another way, otherwise it is only a matter of time before he is defeated.
The generals in the city followed Niu Gang out of the city to meet Zuo Xiaoyou almost at the beginning, but they were killed by a nest of blood wolf guards, and the remaining thousands of soldiers and horses, the dragons had no leader, and they fought separately, and they were soon broken by Lu Bu who was killed in the city, and many people wanted to escape from the city gates on all sides, but they just opened the city gates, and the city gates on all sides killed a group of people and horses at the same time, and they did not kill the enemy, but just drove them back to the city and blocked the city gates.
It wasn't until the first light of dawn fell on the earth that the shouting and killing in Panyang City gradually stopped, and Lu Bu successfully occupied Panyang, a sixth-level county town, with 3,000 men, and at the same time collected 2,000 surrendered troops.
(To be continued)