Chapter 174: Attacking the Heart
Ding Leng led a thousand Jinchuan troops, without using a knife or a gun, and without losing a single soldier, he directly attacked Dexing City. After entering the city, he did not encounter any resistance, and completely took Dexing City without blood.
And Wang Cong took the two concubines sent to him by Feihua Pavilion and an entourage, rode in a carriage, sneaked out along the north gate of Dexing City, and fled straight to the direction of Jincheng.
Wang Cong ran away in such a hurry that he couldn't even take care of his wife and children, and this road was like a lost dog, day and night, fleeing to Jincheng.
Liu Jun, the pavilion master of Feihua Pavilion, heard the news that Dexing City was lost and that the city lord Wang Cong had fled to Jincheng overnight, his head buzzed, and he almost fainted.
Dexing City is not lost, Jincheng at least has a backing, it really can't beat the Jinchuan army, they can also retreat to Dexing, now that Dexing is lost, Jincheng has become a lonely city, and they don't even have a way out.
When Liu Jun saw Wang Cong, he hated so much that the roots of his teeth itched, pointed at Wang Cong's nose, and asked sharply: "Wang Cong, you lost Dexing, do you still have the face to see the pavilion master?"
It turned out that he was the pavilion master of the Feihua Pavilion, Liu Jun! Wang Cong hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his hand, and said: "Please Pavilion Master Mingjian, Dexing was captured, the responsibility is not on me, it is the Jinchuan army that came too suddenly, as if it fell from the sky, I ...... I wasn't even prepared at all. ”
"And then you abandoned the city and fled for me without even resisting?"
"Pavilion Master, it's not that I don't resist, but I can't do anything, if we don't run fast, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to see the Pavilion Master again!
These two concubines were placed by Liu Jun next to Wang Cong, in order to monitor him and make it easier for him to obey his command. At this time, hearing Wang Cong's words, the two daughters of the bellflower and the water lily sighed secretly in their hearts, and now, they can't go against Wang Cong, otherwise, Wang Cong is certainly at fault, and they can't escape the blame.
The two girls glanced at each other, and Kikyo said: "Pavilion Master, the Jinchuan Army did come too suddenly, we didn't hear any news in advance, and the number of defenders in Dexing City is too small, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, so they are not the opponents of the Jinchuan Army at all......"
"Okay, no more talk!" Liu Jun waved his hand angrily. No matter how much you explain, it is impossible to talk about Dexing City back. He turned his head to look at an old man beside him and asked, "Elder Ning, now that Dexing has been lost, and Jincheng has become a lonely city, what should we do?"
"This ......" The old man was none other than one of the elders of the Flying Flower Pavilion, Ning Zhong. The old man rubbed his chin, and while he was pondering, Wang Cong said cautiously: "Pavilion Master, since the Jinchuan army has attacked Dexing, then the enemy army outside Jincheng City must not be many in number, it is better for us to go to the camp at night, maybe we can catch the Jinchuan army by surprise." ”
Liu Jun's heart moved when he heard this, and he felt that this was a good solution. He asked Ning Zhong, "What does Elder Ning think?"
Ning Zhong looked at Wang Cong and asked, "Lord Wang, how many people are in the Jinchuan army that attacked Dexing?"
"At least two or three thousand!"
"Even if there are 3,000 Jinchuan troops who attacked Dexing, and now there are 3,000 enemy troops in the enemy camp, the pavilion master should not take it lightly and repeat the mistakes of the past!" Ning Zhong reminded with a frown.
"What about Elder Yining's opinion?"
"If it is in Elder Ning's opinion, we should follow the example of Lord Wang and abandon the city and flee now. A beautiful young woman in her thirties sneered and said, "From beginning to end, Elder Ning doesn't approve of us being enemies with the Jinchuan Army!"
Ning Zhong looked at the young woman who spoke, sighed secretly in his heart, and said to Liu Junzhengse: "Pavilion Master, with the current situation, we really can't fight this battle. In the past few days, the siege of the Jinchuan army has consumed a large number of our city defense weapons, and the rolling wood and stones have been insufficient, especially the fire oil, the reserves in the city have all been used up, and the Jinchuan army has blocked the oil pit, there was Dexing City in our rear, and we still have a backup, and now Dexing City has also been lost, and if we continue to fight, I am afraid that it will not be far from the day of breaking the city. ”
Hearing his words, Liu Jun's face was gloomy and ugly, and his fists were clenched tightly. The young woman who spoke just now snorted and said, "What did I just say, according to Elder Ning's meaning, we should give up Jincheng!"
Ning Zhong Zhengse said: "Elder Pan, today, our side has no chance of winning......
"Okay, there's no need to say it anymore!" Liu Jun waved his hand suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Jincheng was obtained by us with great effort, no matter what, I will not give Jincheng to others! In the future, whoever dares to mention abandoning the city again, I will severely punish it!"
Ning Zhong's words came to his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and finally swallowed them back into his stomach.
The young woman was also an elder of the Feihua Pavilion, named Pan Yingxiang, she smiled at Liu Jun and said: "The pavilion master is wise! However, it is indeed not easy to defend the city, we should take the initiative to attack, but the Jinchuan army outside Jincheng still has a large number of troops, if we take the initiative to attack, it is really difficult to win, between us, we still set up an ambush in Heyunling, sneak attack the rear army of the Jinchuan army, cut off its grain and grass, in this way, let the Jinchuan army retreat without a fight!"
Liu Jun nodded his head as he listened, feeling that what Pan Yingxiang said was very true. He looked up and smiled, and said, "It's still Elder Pan's words that are very good, I think, just follow Elder Pan's idea, and we will sneak attack the supplies of the Jinchuan Army!"
Ning Zhong frowned secretly, it was too late to decide to sneak attack the logistics supply of the Jinchuan army, the Jinchuan army was no longer alone in Zhangshui County, and now that they had taken Dexing, even if the supply was cut off, they could make a short supplement through Dexing, and there would be no chaos in a short period of time, but it was hard to say how long they could hold out.
It's just that he also understands in his heart that Liu Jun doesn't like to hear such words, and if he says it, he doesn't say it.
Liu Jun finally adopted Pan Yingxiang's suggestion and sent a small group of elite subordinates to ambush in the area of Heyunling, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack the logistics supply of the Jinchuan army. But before the people of Feihua Pavilion could make a move, the Jin Chuan army had already begun to take the initiative to attack.
Only two days apart, the Jinchuan army attacked Jincheng again, but this time the Jinchuan army invested all its troops, and also brought in 'reinforcements' to help. The reinforcements of the Jinchuan Army were not regular troops, but the people of Dexing City.
The Jinchuan army brought all the families of the Dexing City Army in Jincheng City to Jincheng, and the whole army advanced to Jincheng at the same time, and pushed the families of the Dexing City Army to the front of the two armies. There are soldiers with loud voices shouting loudly from a hundred steps away from Jincheng: "Listen to the brothers of the Dexing army in the city, now that the rebellion has been quelled in Dexing City, the brothers of the Dexing army should stop being obsessed, hurry up and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, now is your last chance, if you insist on standing with the rebels, the next thing is to be beheaded all over the house, can you bear to watch your family die tragically in front of you? Abandon the darkness and make up for the merits, this is the only way out for you now!"
As the saying goes, the siege of the city is the bottom, the attack of the heart is the top, seeing that his family members are outside the city, all in the hands of the Jinchuan army, the Dexing army in the city of Jincheng suddenly became chaotic. Many soldiers of the Dexing Army rushed down the city wall regardless of it, and wanted to open the city gate and rush out, the rebels of the Feihua Pavilion immediately blocked the city gate, and a incense master of the Feihua Pavilion drew his sword and stabbed three soldiers of the Dexing Army to death in one breath, shouting loudly: "If anyone dares to go out of the city to join the enemy, there will be no mercy!"
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Dexing Army were so frightened that their faces changed greatly, and they involuntarily retreated again and again, but at this moment, the Jinchuan Army outside the city had begun to advance.
The Jinchuan army did not advance to Jincheng by itself, and a large number of people in Dexing City were mixed in the camp, and if the Jincheng rebels released arrows at this time, they would not only shoot the Jinchuan army, but also the people of Dexing City.
For the people of Dexing City outside the city, they have nothing to do with the rebels of Feihua Pavilion, and the rebels have no worries in their hearts, and they twist their bows and arrows one after another, ready to shoot the arrows in their hands, but the soldiers of the Dexing Army are gone. Now outside the city are their parents, brothers, sisters, wives and children, how can they watch their loved ones die tragically under the arrows of the rebels.
The rebels at the head of the city wanted to release arrows to stop the advance of the Jinchuan army, while the soldiers of the Dexing army struggled to prevent the rebels from releasing arrows.
When Liu Jun hurriedly ran up to the city with the people of the Flying Flower Pavilion, he saw such a chaotic scene.
He gritted his teeth and gurgled, turned his head, looked at Wang Cong, and said angrily: "Lord Wang, you should also take care of your subordinates, what time is it now, and you still connive at them messing around in the city?"
Wang Cong looked bitter, rubbed his hands and said, "Pavilion Master, I'm ...... Although I am the lord of the city, I ...... But these soldiers are not under my control on weekdays!"
Liu Jun glared at him fiercely, and asked sharply, "Where is Guo Yiwu now?"
Guo Yiwu was a battalion lieutenant in Dexing City, and after the death of the city captain Guan Tong, Guo Yiwu temporarily took over the military power of Dexing City. Hearing his shout, a man about thirty years old walked quickly to Liu Jun, intervened in the salute, and said, "Your Excellency, your subordinates are here!"
Liu Jun stared at him and said, "Guo Yiwu, now that the Jinchuan army has come to the city, how long will you still connive at the people of your Dexing army to mess around in the city?"
Guo Yiwu Zhengse said: "Pavilion Master, it is not the connivance of his subordinates, but the Jinchuan Army brought the brothers' families from Dexing to Jincheng, and now the camp of the Jinchuan Army outside the city is full of the brothers' relatives, where do the brothers dare to fight back against the Jinchuan Army outside the city? Please be consider......ate of the Pavilion Master."
"Considerate? What do you dare to say to me at this time? If I understand you, the Jinchuan army will capture Jincheng!" Liu Jun roared hoarsely.
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