Chapter 224: Encountering the Defenders
After the arrangements were made, Wei Song and Shi Ziling each marched to the city with 5,000 special attack divisions and soldiers in two ways.
The hostages carried by Shi Ziling this time were Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong, the main and deputy commanders of the city defenders, who marched all the way to the main city and soon encountered a defender.
The general of the defenders of this road was Yin Qi, another deputy commander of the city, who was originally on duty at the north gate today, and after hearing about the riots in the city, he at first thought that it was just a small group of robbers and robbers, until he heard that there was also an enemy situation on the tower of the east gate.
The east gate is the gateway to the southeast of Mijing City, where nearly half of the city defenders are stationed, and Li Shuo, the capital commander, leads many martial arts masters of the Tongtian Sect to sit in charge in person.
Yin Qi hurriedly sent a number of people to investigate the details again, and then the news came that shocked him even more, saying that Li Yan, the lord of the city guard, and Meng Degang, the lord of the garrison, were also captured on the way to the east gate to rescue, and the elite soldiers of the five thousand general battalions under him were ordered to disband and return to the camp.
After the news spread, the people in the defenders of the city were panicked, and they couldn't figure out how many enemies had come, but they only knew that the leader of the enemy army who attacked this time was Shi Ziling, the number one master in the east who was famous in the martial arts today.
There were only more than 10,000 defenders at the north gate where Yin Qi was located, and when he heard that the situation was urgent, he hurriedly ordered 5,000 military horses and rushed to the city guard's mansion. When they arrived at the main camp of the city guard, several other generals scattered in the city also arrived one after another, and everyone asked in detail about the 5,000 soldiers of the general battalion who had been ordered to disband back to the camp by Shi Ziling.
After urgent deliberation, these generals immediately gathered the remaining soldiers and horses that could be summoned in the city, one led by Yin Qi, the deputy capital commander, and the other led by He Qing, another garrison lord, and rushed to the east gate to rush to the rescue.
Yin Qi's road of nearly 20,000 people, was the main force of the improvised rescue army, and not long after they hurried out of the main city, they saw a team of soldiers and horses from a distance advancing rapidly in this direction. While Yin Qi asked people to come forward to investigate, he ordered his subordinates to set up a formation in the open area to prepare for the battle.
Soon his men came back and reported that there were 5,000 soldiers marching quickly in this direction, and that the banner seemed to be a militia group.
Yin Qi had already heard that the people and horses brought by Shiziling this time were all dressed as militia groups, and his heart sank, knowing that he had met the enemy. Fortunately, it sounded that the opponent was not many in number, and his own troops had an absolute advantage, so Yin Qi strengthened his courage and came forward with several lieutenants and five hundred archers.
Shi Ziling asked Leng Long and Leng Hu to walk at the front of the team with Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong, and after seeing that the city defenders who had arrived had already set up a position on the spot, he immediately asked Li Shuo about the situation.
Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong stepped forward to look at it, and said to Shi Ziling: "It's Yin Qi, another deputy commander of the city defenders, who was originally stationed at the north gate, probably heard the news of the accident in the city, and gathered a group of people to come to the rescue. ”
Shi Ziling said: "Wait a minute, it's up to the two of you to persuade you to surrender first, if not, we have to attack and kill." ”
Li Shuo said with a bitter face: "General Shi, now that the situation that happened in Dongcheng must have spread, Yin Qi and they must have already known about our capture, since they brought troops to the rescue, they should already have a plan to deal with it." The current state of affairs is related to the safety of the entire Mijing City, and I am afraid that the two of us hostages alone may not be able to stop them. ”
Shi Ziling said indifferently: "I have already said, of course it is good to persuade them to surrender, if not, we can only fight hard." It's just that if you two hostages are useless, once the two sides attack, the two of you will be a little in the way......"
Li Shuo was shocked and said, "General Shi, you ...... You said you wouldn't kill us as long as we didn't make any mistakes, how do you ...... How can you go back on it?"
Shi Ziling said with a smile: "I didn't say that I wanted to kill you, but once the fight starts, there are not many people on my side, and I don't want to send someone to take care of you." The two of you have been sealed by part of my Three Yin True Fire, and if you don't get my unique technique within twelve hours, you will definitely die of blood, I just remind you two not to take the opportunity to run away and cause us trouble. ”
Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong smiled bitterly at each other, they had tried many times to unlock the sealed bloodline on their bodies on the tower of the east gate, but they didn't know the essentials at all, Shi Ziling's Three Yin True Fire and Xuanyin Finger Technique were different from any sect in the world, how could they easily unravel it.
The two of them knew very well how powerful Shi Ziling was, and when they heard that if they didn't get his unique technique to push the bloodline within twelve hours, they would die of blood, and they couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly said that they would never dare to escape while they were in chaos.
Li Shuo said with a bitter face: "General Shi, the two of us will definitely try our best to persuade Yin Qi to give up resistance, even if he doesn't listen to the persuasion, we will never take advantage of the chaos to escape, if the general doesn't believe it, let's order our acupoints first." ”
Shi Ziling said: "No need, your bloodline is blocked, the true yuan cannot operate normally, I don't expect you to dare to act rashly, I just remind you again." Although the troops on my side are small, they are all elite soldiers who have been carefully selected by me, and they will not be afraid of the other party's 20,000 horses, and I hope that the two of you can move each other to avoid more killings. ”
Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong are the main and deputy commanders of the defenders of Mijing City, both of them have led troops for many years, and when they came with Shi Ziling's men and horses all the way, they had already seen that these 5,000 men and horses were definitely the best soldiers among the elite soldiers, and their combat power was by no means comparable to that of ordinary legions.
The two of them followed Shi Ziling and Leng Long and Leng Hu to the front of the formation, and Yin Qi on the opposite side let the archers aim at them early, shouting: "Stop coming!
Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong shouted: "General Yin, don't release the arrows, it's us!"
Yin Qi saw that it was Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong, and hurriedly saluted on his horse: "Li Dutong, General Guo, why are you here? Didn't you say that you were caught by Shi Ziling? Are you okay now?"
Guo Tiexiong said loudly on the horse: "General Yin, all the soldiers, now that the east gate has been lost, I and Li Dutong, as well as the city guard Lord Li and the garrison Lord Meng, have all been taken prisoner. Behind me is the famous supreme master General Shi Zilingshi, and the main generals and officials of our Mijing City are now under his control. ”
"The Lord of the City Guard has given an order, all the soldiers will lay down their weapons and disband back to the camp to standby, and those who violate the order will be dealt with with by disobedience! General Yin, all the soldiers, General Shi's elite division has entered Mijing City, we are gone, in order to avoid futile casualties, everyone should follow the will of the Lord of the City Guard to lay down their weapons and disband back to the camp. ”
"General Shi has said first, whether everyone is disbanded and returned to the camp or willing to surrender, they will never harm everyone, but if you want to resist in vain, then you can only bring about your own destruction!"
Li Shuo on the side also said: "Soldiers, in the name of the commander of the city defenders, I order everyone to immediately put down their weapons and disband back to the camp, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law!"
The 20,000 city defenders who came all knew Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong, the two main and deputy commanders, and they were all surprised for a while when they saw that these two commanders had successively issued orders for everyone to put down their weapons and disband and return to the camp. Many people can't help but talk to each other and discuss what to do.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Yin Qi hurriedly shouted: "General Guo, Li Dutong, Mijing City is now in danger, and the city guard Lord Li is uncertain, how can you say such discouraged and humiliating words? Even if you are forced to do so, I, Yin Qi, will never give up Mijing City as you say." ”
"No matter how powerful Shiziling is, after all, there are only a few thousand people and horses, and we have a total of sixty or seventy thousand troops in Mijing City, how can we be coerced by him? We have already discussed before we came, for the safety of Mijing City, we will never compromise, please the two generals quickly retreat!"
Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong glanced back at Shi Ziling, saying that they were powerless, and they secretly thought that if Yin Qi was on the city tower today, maybe the east gate would not be so easy to miss. It's just that it's come to this, and it's too late to regret it now.
Shi Ziling saw that Yin Qi's intentions were quite resolute, and he knew that this person would not give up resistance because of the two hostages, Li Shuo and Guo Tiexiong, and immediately stepped forward and said loudly:
"In Shiziling in the lower east, this long-distance surprise attack on Mijing City is determined to be successful. Now that your city guards, garrisons, commanders, and deputy commanders are all under my control, and my special attack division has entered Mijing Castle, it won't be long before I can control the entire city. I advise you to see the situation clearly, put down your weapons and surrender as soon as possible, otherwise you will only lose your lives in vain!"
Yin Qi shouted: "Shi Ziling, in vain, you claim to be the top master in the world, will you only take hostages to blackmail us? If you have the ability, you will let both of you go, and we will have a good battle with real swords and real guns, let me see what kind of ability your Songhu Legion in the east has to make trouble in the west!"
Shi Ziling said with a smile: "This general is quite arrogant, do you want to fight alone with me?" Shi Ziling is willing to accompany you!"
Yin Qi's face changed and he shouted: "Shi Ziling, who is fighting alone with you! I mean that the two of us will have a good battle in formation, if you dare to step forward, these five hundred archers around me will let you taste the taste of ten thousand arrows piercing your heart!"
Shi Ziling smiled slightly, and shouted with the Demon Voice from Outside the Heavens: "Listen to the soldiers on the other side, the two commanders of your city defenders have already issued a military order, if you disobey the order, even if you defeat us, you will be dealt with by the military order." What's more, although you are superior in numbers, in my eyes you are just a temporary rabble, as long as I give an order, your formation will be immediately broken up by us. ”
"I remind you once again that the officials and generals of Mijing City are already under my control, and my army is constantly marching into Mijing City, and no matter how much you defenders resist, it will be in vain, and you will only lose your lives in vain. I advise everyone to immediately put down their weapons and disband back to the camp, or raise their hands to surrender and retreat aside, otherwise we will not be blamed for being polite!"