Chapter 26: The Battlefield
Qian Tianhe quickly took off a person's clothes and put them on his body.
The military uniforms of the so-called Jiangzhou Army entering the city today are not the same as those of the Xuanzhou Army stationed in the camp.
Qian Tianhe, who had changed his clothes, mixed in the soldiers of Nanwei and went to the big tent of the Chinese army.
The general of the Xuanzhou Army is Xiao Xuanyu's father, Xiao Xiujie.
Qian Tianhe didn't see Xiao Shibo, he only saw a bloody head in the hands of Jiang Qianhu of the "Jiangzhou Army".
The little soldier who competed with him in the evening was now commanding the thousand-strong troops.
Blue fireworks exploded in the air.
If it goes on like this, when the reinforcements from Nanwei enter the city, most of this Xuanzhou city will not be able to hold it.
Qian Tianhe set his sights on "Jiang Qianhu" who had greeted him during the day.
At this time, Guan Zhengde counted the team of 300 people and prepared to kill at the gate of Xuanzhou City to meet the army of 10,000 people outside the city.
Qian Tianhe casually pasted the blood on his hand on his face. I don't think I recognize who he is.
He followed Guan Zhengde to the south gate of Xuzhou City.
The team of three hundred people was quiet and orderly, but the generals who defended the city with many years of actual combat experience still noticed something abnormal.
The extremely fast feather arrows flew down one by one, and Qian Tianhe, who was hiding in the team, took advantage of the chaos to kill Guan Zhengde from behind.
Ye Chengping, who had sharp eyes, saw Qian Tianhe at a glance.
"Stop shooting arrows and storm the city."
At the sound of an order, the soldiers defending the city under the city wall and other orders all stepped forward bravely.
Five hundred against three hundred.
The enemy general is dead. The south gate was not opened.
After a bloody battle. Ye Chengping finally had the opportunity to talk to Qian Tianhe.
"There is a problem with the Jiangzhou army that entered the city today, King Jing is dead, and the grain and grass have been burned."
Qian Tianhe casually wiped the blood on his face with the hem of his sleeve and continued.
"And there should be the support of the Nanwei army outside the city, and we can only have a chance of survival if we close the city gate and fight to kill all the undercover agents in the city."
It is a border city with a permanent army of 120,000. This night attack by Ping Yuanzhong killed many sleeping Xuanzhou troops.
But there are still many soldiers who have woken up and are fighting to the death.
No matter how elite the people led by Ping Yuanzhong are, they can't support it at this time.
There are fewer and fewer elites around him, and Guan Zhengde's side should not be able to open the city gate smoothly.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Ping Yuanzhong fled in all directions with the remaining troops of less than 100 people.
The few surviving thousands of households of the Xuanzhou army were leading their subordinates to search the city at this time, and the south gate was attacked.
The gatekeeper kept sending instructions to call for support.
The teams that were in Sou Soon gathered at the south gate of Huangzhou.
Now, the supreme general of the Xuanzhou Army is Mingwei General Ye Chengping.
"Li Qianhu led thousands of people to search the city, and he couldn't let go of the rest of the party in the city. Liu Qianhu, with 1,000 people to the east city wall, Ma Qianhu, with 1,000 people to the west city wall. The rest of the soldiers rested in place for a while, divided into groups, went from house to house to collect liquor, and went on fire. ”
The Xuanzhou Army, which was originally in a panic, has returned to its usual order at this time.
In response, they acted in an orderly manner.
Qian Tianhe followed Li Qianhu to search the city.
Ping Yuanzhong took the remnants of the army halfway and changed the uniforms of the Jiangzhou Army on his body to the Jiangzhou Army.
He wanted to approach the culvert near the moat in the city of Xuanzhou and get out of the city from there.
He pretended to be an ordinary soldier searching the city, but he coincidentally pretended to be Qian Tianhe.
"Stop. What is your name? ”
Ping Yuanzhong, who was shouted loudly, was not straight. "The villain Bai Yingzong."
It is a shrill voice that is different from ordinary men, like the voice of a eunuch in the Liyang Palace.
"Really? I see you like a member of the Southern Army. ”
Qian Tianhe's sword was sharp, and he went straight to Ping Yuanzhong's heart.
Ping Yuanzhong, who was unwilling to fight, took up his light work and went to Xicheng District in Xuanzhou.
Qian Tianhe fought to catch up.
If it hadn't been for the explosion of the wine shop on the road, Qian Tianhe would definitely not have lost it.
When a faint white line appeared in the sky in the distance, the battle at the South City Gate also came to an end.
After a night of fierce fighting, the city of Xuanzhou was full of corpses.
The barracks stationed on the banks of the river have been mostly destroyed.
In this battle, the Xuanzhou army lost 30,000 people, and the main generals were killed.
The expedited war report arrived at Liyang Mansion in two days.
Xiao Xuanyu's father, King Jing, Xiao, had a different body and no body.
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Liyang Jiang Mansion.
Mrs. Jiang loves peach blossoms, so Jiang's house is full of peach trees.
In the first month, the sky gradually warmed up.
The peach tree in the south of Jiang's mansion has already beaten small bones.
Jiang Ziyue is about to turn fifteen this year.
The two childhood sweethearts discussed, and when the peach blossoms bloomed, they asked the matchmaker to go to Jiang's mansion to propose marriage.
Xiao Xuanyu was invited to Jiang Mansion and Jiang Ziyue's father Jiang Sinian to comment on calligraphy and painting today.
Commenting on calligraphy and painting is a disguise, and Father Jiang just wants to observe this young man more.
Xiao Liu, the porter of King Jing's Mansion, hurriedly entered Jiang's Mansion at this time.
"Lord Shizi, something happened to the prince, Madame, please hurry back to the house." Xiao Liu gasped, leaned against the door frame of Jiang's study, and said this intermittently.
King Jing's wife died early, and the current Mrs. King Jing is not Xiao Xuanyu's mother.
This stepmother is the most gentle on the surface, but in fact she has a bit of a poisonous heart.
Xiao Xuanyu endured the slander, said goodbye to Jiang Shilang, and hurriedly returned to the house.
Crying, the cry of a lot of people. Xiao Xuanyu stood in front of the Jingwang Mansion, watching the housekeeper directing people to hang up the mourning flag.
Suddenly, he couldn't walk anymore.
Father, is this something wrong?
Xiao Xuanyu rushed all the way to the main hall of King Jing's Mansion.
His stepmother, who had always been gentle, was clutching a pale piece of paper at this time, and her face was full of gloom.
She was crying, tears streaming silently.
She hates it so much, why didn't she do it earlier, now that the master is dead, this title will definitely never have anything to do with her son again.
This short-lived ghost will not die sooner, not now.
Xiao Wangshi wiped the tears on his cheeks and said in a hoarse voice.
"Brother Yu is back, your father encountered a night attack by the Nanwei Army a few days ago, and there was an accident, you can take a look and pack up your things, go to Xuanzhou, and bring back the old man's body."
Xiao Wang's face was still sad, but what he thought in his heart was that if this kid died on the way to Xuanzhou, this title would be Qi'er's.
Xiao Xuanyu nodded indifferently, brought two changes of clothes, and then pulled his jujube red horse Dongwu on the way to Xuanzhou.
My father was newly mourned, and it was somewhat inappropriate to ride a bright red foal.
But this jujube red horse is a rare thousand miles of horses, and after weighing the two, Xiao Xuanyu chose to take his father home as soon as possible.
On the Jiang family's side, Xiao Xuanyu did not send anyone to say that he wanted to wait for himself to come back and personally explain it to his sister Ziyue.
During the first lunar month, most of the northern part of the country is still covered with the remnants of snow from the previous year.
Everywhere there was a white expanse.
Xiao Xuanyu galloped quickly, but he arrived in Xiaxin County, Xuanzhou in four or five days.
You can already feel a bit of a war atmosphere here.
The people who were afraid of the defeat of Kundong turned into property, took the fine soft, led the livestock, and fled from the state with their families.
Xiao Xuanyu is a rare retrograde person.