Chapter Twenty-Three: Downstairs at the White Gate
"Good, good, good!"
Cao Cao said three good words in a row before looking at a few think tanks around him.
"Fengxiao, Zhongde, Gongda, you see what else can be added."
The three of them exchanged for a while, and they all looked at Jiang Lun standing in the tent with bright eyes.
"Prime Minister, if the information brought by General Jiang Lun is reliable, it will be a matter of breaking the Pi." Xun You said leisurely with a smile.
"Shilin, is Hou Cheng really willing to take refuge, do you have the confidence to make this guarantee?"
Listening to Cao Cao's question, Jiang Lun was of course confident, he took out a silk cloth from his arms and handed it to Xu Chu and Cao Cao.
This is a letter written by Hou Cheng, in which Lu Bu was scolded very badly, and insulted Lu Bu's wife and ancestors many times. Everyone knows that if Lu Bu's temper sees it, he will not let this person go, whether it is true or not. Of course, he Hou Cheng is also an understanding person, so there is no doubt that Hou Cheng will oppose Lu Bu. β
"Huh! Shilin does things, and Cao is still very relieved. β
Looking at the letter written by Hou Cheng in front of him, Cao Cao's heart suddenly brightened, and after he passed it to Guo Jia and the others, the three top strategists of the Three Kingdoms period also nodded in agreement. At this time, several generals sent by Cao Cao, the two Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Xu Huang and others were also present.
Everyone worked out a strategy together, and the three strategists Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Xun You checked and filled in the gaps, and it was not until the third pole of the sun that it was determined that Jiang Lun would enter Xiapi tomorrow, and he would open the south gate of the city with Hou Cheng. Because Xiapi is divided into two inner and outer cities, the outer city is four and a half zhang, and the inner city is three zhang. When the south gate was wide open, Xiahou Yuan led Le Jin to guard the north gate of the inner city, Xiahou Yuan led the forbidden to guard the west gate of the inner city, and Cao Hong led Xu Huang to guard the east gate of the inner city. On the frontal battlefield, Cao Cao personally led the armies of Xu Chu, Jiang Lun and Hou Chengshuai to attack the south gate of the inner city.
For this reason, more than 200 "magic horsemen" under Jiang Lun plus more than 200 people from the newly built "tiger and leopard horsemen", a total of 500 elite horsemen, followed Jiang Lun and Hou Cheng to capture the south gate of the inner city in advance, which is the famous "White Gate Tower".
After the arrangement was made, Cao Cao specially instructed everyone not to make a noise, and to attack immediately when the time came, so as not to be seen by the spies. Then everyone dispersed and returned to their respective military tents to arrange rest, Jiang Lun also returned to his residence, and told the demon riders to rest well, run around all night, and soon fell asleep after eating wine and food.
Quickly into a deep sleep, Jiang Lun learned from a special veteran, and even how to maintain nervous vigilance during deep sleep he mastered very well. No, as soon as the footsteps sounded at the tent door, he opened his eyes and turned over and sat up.
"General, it's been three watches."
Jiang Cheng's voice came from outside the tent.
"Tell all of you to get up, and prepare some food, and get ready, and follow me through the next pil."
"No!"
Hearing Jiang Lun's command, Jiang Cheng was obviously a lot more excited, and the sound of trotting footsteps quickly disappeared in Jiang Lun's ears. Thinking of being able to fight Lu Bu again, there was a burst of excitement in his heart, which was something that was rare in his life for more than twenty years before.
"Can someone in the real world take my hammer?" He asked himself, followed by a wave of disappointment. Maybe what makes him look forward to the next crossing is more, right? What kind of world will it be?
Tonight, even the heavens are helping Cao Jun, and in the dark night, even the stars and the moon are shrouded in the clouds, and there is no other light except for the torches erected on the city wall of Xiapi. However, in the midst of this black oppression, not far from Xiapi City, more than 500 horsemen and horses were all forbidden words, waiting for Jiang Lun's order, and at this time, Jiang Lun was already sitting in front of Hou Cheng, who was wearing armor and hanging his blade.
"General Hou Cheng is all ready?"
"Some ready, just wait for the general's order!"
"Good!" Jiang Lun looked at Hou Cheng, turned around and came to the door.
"We'll go out now, and ask General Hou Cheng to gather your men. Now, it's up to you to turn out what happens! β
With that, he strode out of the door, Hou Cheng looked at the back in front of him that made his heart faintly cold, gritted his teeth, and quickly followed. In any case, the glory and wealth of the second half of his life are fighting today.
At this time on weekdays, Xiapi has long been quiet and there is no sound of livestock, but today, the sound of neat footsteps and Ye Jia colliding with Ye Jia "whoosh" sounded on the deserted street. These people tied their arms and scarves with their lips closed, and ran silently through the streets. Their eyes were a little confused, but they all looked at the direction they were rushing toβthe White Gate Tower.
Such a big movement, it is impossible not to attract the attention of others, this just turned out of the main road, was guarded by a few people guarding the south gate, and sent a fast horse to run in the direction of Zhang Liao's military camp. Hou Cheng took the lead, his eyes were as sharp as sharp knives, his right hand was tightly clutching his big knife, feeling the cold wind rushing towards him, and staring at the city gate tightly.
"I'm Hou Cheng, lead out of the city by Marquis Wen, open the city gate quickly."
At this time, the military marquis who stayed in place was a little at a loss. He knows who Hou Cheng is, because he is also one of the veterans who followed Lu Bu from Bingzhou and survived dozens of battlefields. Because of this, he felt even more dangerous, and saw that Hou Cheng was wrong, and the murderous aura that rushed to the sky was definitely aimed at them, the soldiers who were defending the city.
"Array, block the people who rush the door! Wen Hou has a leader, and those who do not have a military talisman are not allowed to lead the army out of the city without authorization, and those who violate the order will be killed. β
A loud shout woke up the soldiers defending the city who were still a little stunned from their confusion, and more than 200 people immediately stood up with guns and formed a military formation, blocking in front of the city gate, not afraid of Hou Cheng, a general who was not known how many levels older than them.
"Bastard! Whoever stands in my way dies, kills ......"
Hou Cheng looked at the blade in front of him that was red by the torch, and his teeth itched with hatred. He didn't lose his horse, and the big knife in his hand had already been danced by him, revealing its fangs in the cold light.
"Kill ......"
"Kill...... Kill ......"
"Follow the general, fight a bloody way, kill ......"
The die-hard descendants who followed him behind him also had red eyes, and waved the weapons in their hands to rush towards the military array in front of them regardless of life and death. More than 700 people, this is Hou Cheng's completely trusted lineage, and at this time the soldiers are also divided into three ways. A part of them, led by Hou Cheng, stormed the city gate, with 200 people on each side, blocking the guards supporting from both sides of the city wall.
At this moment, a ghostly figure rushed to the city gate, and saw that his figure flickered quickly and agilely, and the short blade in his hand harvested life again and again with the cold light of the Dao, and in just a few breaths, a clearing of flesh and blood was cleared.
This is exactly what Jiang Lun has never seen, and he doesn't care about the desperate people around him, he pushed the wide city gate with both hands, and shouted violently, with the sound of "squeak", the gate weighing hundreds of pounds was pushed open by him alone, and the blades of the people and horses on both sides around him were slowed down a lot.
As the gate opened, the sound of horses' hooves outside the door was heard, and a group of black-armored ghost-faced cavalrymen brandished long knives, shouting and killing, and arrived at the door in a blink of an eye. Just before Jiang Lun opened the gate, Jiang Tong and Jiang Cheng had already taken advantage of the chaos on the city wall, and took more than 500 elite cavalry to the city not far away.
"Hou Cheng, take people to block the surroundings, don't leave a single live mouth, you can't leak the news." Jiang Lun rushed past the stunned crowd, grabbed Hou Cheng and shouted.
"No!"
Hou Cheng shouted, cut down the two Sergeant Lu, turned around and led a dozen people to rush to the side of Sergeant Lu, who had already run far away to report the news.
Jiang Lun turned around and took the two bright silver hammers that Jiang Cheng and the others brought, and summoned the "Demon King" to fly into the car. At this time, the five hundred cavalry troops had already entered the city, and they carried the soldiers of the Lu army who supported them from the left and right, and continued to advance to leave a gap for the army that entered the city behind.
"Kill ......"
Jiang Lun shouted violently, and then the momentum of the "Demon King" penetrated into the enemy camp, and the two sledgehammers were powerful again, bringing bursts of bloody rain, and the enemy troops who came to the aid instantly killed a piece of armor, and there was a river of corpses and blood left by his violent assault everywhere. This time, the morale of the 500 elite cavalry was even more boosted, and they shouted "Shenwei", "Demon Horseman", and "Tiger and Leopard" in the blink of an eye, killing more than 300 people.
"Shilin, go and break through the inner door."
A loud voice sounded in Jiang Lun's ears, and when he looked back, it was Xiahoudun. Just when Jiang Lun was leading people to resist the reinforcements, Xiahoudun had already entered the city with more than 2,000 people with Lejin.
"Leave it to me here, you hurry up and complete the prime minister's order."
Jiang Lun returned with a hammer and smashed a young general wearing chain mail away, and saw that the young general turned into a cloud of blood mist in mid-air, and it was actually burst open by Jiang Lun's hammer.
"The magic horseman, the tiger and the leopard come with me, don't fall in love."
His violent roar overshadowed the sound of the fight on the field for a while, and even he wondered for a while, should he change the "lion roar" or something, why did he have the same voice as the Zhang Laosan who was killed by him?
At this moment, Jiang Lun once again became the arrow of the cavalry, wielding two sledgehammers in the lead, leading the five hundred essences behind him to bring up a blood mist, and vividly chiseled through the military formation of three or four hundred people in front of him. These people were left to Cao Jun, who was still entering the city quickly. And he himself chased behind Hou Cheng, which was also the direction of the south gate of the inner city.
Running all the way, Jiang Lun didn't care about the lone Lu Bu soldiers scattered on the side of the road, and soon passed through the southern city of Nuoda, seeing that Hou Cheng was surrounded by two or three hundred people with more than a dozen people in front, and he was already in danger. And Hou Cheng was obviously defeated by the enemy generals who were fighting him, and he was already in danger, and he didn't know how many wounds he had on his body.
Jiang Lun's eyebrows were raised, his eyes widened angrily, and he shouted: "Look at the hammer." The silver hammer in his left hand was like a large hidden weapon, breaking through the air and smashing it into the enemy general who was fighting with Hou Cheng with a muffled "woo".
That man's skills are also very good, the flying hammer is like lightning in the night, and it comes to him in a blink of an eye with the sound of wind and thunder. There was no choice but to abandon Hou Cheng, twist around and swing his wrist with his backhand to pick up the big gun in his hand, and the tip of the gun pointed at the hammer. In his opinion, as long as the skillful substitution will be able to unload the strength of this hammer and bring it to the side.
Jiang Lun sneered in his eyes, just his hard work, not everyone can easily shake it away. Hearing a crisp sound of "click", the enemy general was indeed able to pull the silver hammer aside and smash two Lu soldiers to death. But his spear, and both of its arms, were shattered by the force of the hammer, and he fell off his horse with a terrible howl. If it weren't for Hou Chengyi's inability to fight again, it is estimated that he would not have been rescued by the enemy general's own soldiers.
"General Zang Ba is injured, retreat!"
"Run!"
"Back to the Inner City...... When the gates are closed, they will not be able to enter. β
"Run! Run! β
Jiang Lun didn't rush to catch up, now that the other party has been prepared, just look at the dense number of heads and spears in the city, even if he captures the south gate, it is difficult to defend with his more than 500 people. Therefore, he ordered someone to carry Hou Cheng down to heal his wounds, and he took the "Demon King" with a sledgehammer and strode to the inner city.
He picked up the bright silver hammer that he threw aside, and looked up to see that there were three big characters written on the city sign "White Gate Tower".
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