At midnight, at the head of the Xipingmen City in Luzhou, there was a small crescent hanging obliquely in the sky.

Zhao Ta was wearing armor, his eyes were deep, and he looked into the distance under the city.

It was quiet and dark in the distance, there was not much light or sound, even the wind and insects seemed to be asleep, and the water of the moat seemed to have stopped flowing.

At this moment, Lyanazar ascended from the city, followed by a group of soldiers.

The soldiers were dressed similarly to the defenders at the head of the city, except that they wore white linen bands tied to their arms, even if it was dark, the white was faintly recognizable.

Zhao Ta didn't look back, his eyes still staring into the distance.

The defenders of the city heard the sound and looked back, and when they saw many people coming up, they couldn't help but be stunned.

Although the guard of the western city is slightly worse than that of the northern city, it is now increasing by one main general every day and night, and at this moment, the main general who was originally resting in the city tower came out when he heard the voice.

He looked at Liyanaza and the soldiers behind her, and said in a daze, "General Shangguan, this is ......"

Liyan Nazha said lightly: "The king has a secret order to increase the military ring in Xicheng tonight. ”

The general blurted out, "How did I not know? ”

Liyanaza said: "I said that it is a secret order, and I have the king's edict here." ”

The general was puzzled, looked at the soldiers behind her, and said, "Where did these people come from?" What does it mean to tie a white cloth around your arm? ”

Liyan Nazha said: "What the king ordered, what is the specific matter, General Wu can read the king's instructions." ”

The chief general said, "Please also ask General Shangguan to show me." ”

Liyanaza took out a piece of paper and handed it over.

The master general took it and just wanted to open it, looked at the sky and shook his head, "It's too dark here, I'll go to the city tower to watch." ”

Liyanaza nodded and said, "The king still has a few words to explain, let's go and say it together." ”

After a few breaths, Liyan Nazha walked out of the city tower, came to Zhao Ta's side, and said in a low voice, "It's solved." ”

Zhao Ta nodded imperceptibly, and said softly: "It's coming......"

Hearing this, Liyanaza looked into the distance, and with all her strength she could see, there seemed to be a large shadow moving slowly in this direction.

She said, "Got it." ”

After speaking, he turned around, walked to the front of those soldiers with white linen cloth on their arms, and ordered: "The king has an order, Xipingmen will change the guard, all the soldiers will be replaced, and go to the palace to guard." ”

After the battlements and the soldiers who were patrolling back and forth, they couldn't help but be stunned when they heard the words, and secretly thought in their hearts what kind of defense they would change in the middle of the night?

Liyanaza said coldly: "The king ordered the change of guards, and the general didn't know the reason, General Wu had already read the king's edict in the city tower, and the commander sent by the king was waiting under the city, and he would quickly obey the order." ”

Most of the soldiers defending the city had some time to wait for Aiai, and only a few shouted "obey" with a slight hesitation.

At this moment, the soldiers with white linen cloth wrapped around their arms stepped forward quickly, almost two by one, and sandwiched the defenders of the city in the middle.

Some of the soldiers who reacted quickly felt that something was wrong, and just as they wanted to open their mouths to shout, they were covered in their mouths and then stabbed into their chests.

In just a moment, all the soldiers on the urn city of Xipingmen were solved and replaced with Mingjiao disciples wrapped in white cloth.

However, after all, there were more soldiers in the city, and it was inevitable that some noise would be heard, and someone in the far Shuiximen urn city shouted: "What's the matter? ”

Liyanazar responded, "It's okay, someone is seriously ill and needs to be carried down to the city." ”

There was no more movement over there, and Lyanazar walked to the wall, looked into the distance, and said, "How long will it be?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "After a few dozen breaths, ordinary soldiers will find the abnormality ahead, and the Song army should launch a charge, just act when you see the opportunity, how is Yao Meng preparing below?" ”

Liyanaza said: "The soldiers in the city gate and the cave wall of the urn city have been solved, and there is no mistake. ”

Zhao Tan nodded, said "yes", and stopped talking.

A moment later, suddenly, above the Shuiximen Urn City, someone shouted: "Alert, alert, something is wrong ahead." ”

The distance between Xiping Gate and Shuixi Gate is not close, if it is shouted during the day, it may not be able to be heard here, but at this moment, the night is deep, everything is lonely, even a little sound, it will be put very much.

Zhao Ta squinted, seeing that the Song army in the distance was no longer moving cautiously, and the cavalry in front began to speed up, heading straight for the moat in front of Xiping Gate.

There is a moat around Luzhou City, the moat is not all the city has, generally only the city with abundant water will dig the moat, otherwise there is no living water, digging the moat is also in vain, can not attract water, only rely on the rain to fill it, and it will dry up again in many days.

The cavalry of the Song army is desperately rushing forward, there is more than one city gate in Xicheng, even if Xiping Gate has an internal response, but Shuiximen does not, and the defenders of Shuiximen will not pretend not to see it when they find it.

At this time, there was a lot of noise above the Shuixi Gate, although the guards on the city could not see the specific scene under the city, but the rumbling sound of horses' hooves could not be faked, but for a while and a half could not tell whether it was coming to the West Gate of Shui, or the Xiping Gate.

However, there is a moat under the city, and the defenders of Shuiximen are not so frightened, the front of the moat is within the range of bows and arrows, and the main general of Shuiximen commands the soldiers to start shooting arrows under the city, and a round of arrows rain is thrown down, and the whistling sound continues, but the sky is too dark, and I don't know if I have shot the Song army.

Just when Shuiximen was in a hurry, the suspension bridge of the Xipingmen moat was lowered with a bang, and then Shuiximen heard a rude voice from there: "Lao Tzu Yao Pingzhong, take care of it, don't hurt Lao Tzu!" ”

The Shuiximen soldiers were puzzled, they didn't know Yao Pingzhong as a person, but there was someone who reacted quickly, and he heard that the voice over there was wrong, and immediately shouted: "Xipingmen seems to have put a suspension bridge!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the top of Shuiximen City was instantly quiet, and then it screamed like a boiling pot, and the main general of Shuiximen City was also stunned, and walked a few steps quickly to lie on the wall and look under Xiping Gate.

Although there is only a miserable white crescent in the sky, and you can't see real things, but the movement of a large shadow under the Xiping Gate in the distance can be seen, and the master of the Shuixi Gate can't help but gasp, is this crossing the moat and starting to enter the city?

There were also two main generals on the Shuixi Gate City, and one of them said in a panicked voice: "It's not good, is this the Xiping Gate reversed?" ”

Another chief general said: "It seems that all the gates of the drawbridge have been opened, and the Song army has entered the city!" ”

"Hurry up and send someone to deliver a letter to Prime Minister and Chief Qiu, I hope it's still too late!"

"The soldiers in the city obeyed the order, and went down to the city to block all the passages into the urn city, and the Song soldiers could not be allowed to take the west gate of the water!"

The chief general of Shuiximen is not stupid, the Song army is tens of thousands, and it is absolutely impossible to enter the city along a city gate, and Shuiximen is the closest to Xipingmen, and the next step will definitely be to fight.

But even if they thought about it, it was not of much use, and after the Song army entered the Xiping Gate, they immediately followed the outer city wall and went directly to the Shuixi Gate.

At this time, the military camps stationed in the city did not react at all, and there were patrolling soldiers on the streets of Luzhou City, but suddenly they saw a large group of cavalry galloping wildly, and they didn't know what was going on, and before they could ask, they were stabbed to death with knives and guns.

Before and after the water west gate was only a quarter of an hour to be breached, a large number of Song troops outside the city entered along the water west gate, the entire Luzhou West City was lost, and then the Song army was divided into three troops, one killed the military camp in the city, one went to seize the north city gate, and the other killed Wang Qing's palace.

Zhao Ta was still above the Xipingmen Urn City at the moment, and Huang Gu had already rushed over, bowed down and said, "The prince is frightened." ”

Zhao Ta glanced at him and said, "What about the Sect Supervisor Army?" ”

Huang Gu said: "The Zongjian army is divided into three routes, he entered the city from the Shuixi Gate, and he should be killing Wang Qing's palace at this moment." ”

Zhao Ta said: "If Wang Qing can be captured, the thief army in the city will be defeated without a fight, but this matter is not easy." ”

Huang Gu was puzzled: "Under the army, can Wang Qingyan escape?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Don't forget Li Zhu, although his personal martial arts can't change the situation of the battle, but if he wants to save Wang Qing out, it may not be impossible, outside Wang Qing still has the land of five states, once he escapes from Luzhou, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort." ”

Huang Gu said: "The prince means ......"

Zhao Ta said: "Since Zong Ze is going to the palace, he naturally wants to help, these people behind me are all disciples of the Ming Sect, you and Yao Pingzhong protect it, don't be misunderstood and killed." ”

Yao Pingzhong said on the side: "Lord Wang, if it's convenient, I will send these people to the Iron Buddha Temple in a while, and I don't need them to contribute anymore now." ”

Zhao Ta nodded and said, "It's okay, the palace is not far from the Iron Buddha Temple, just send it over there and hand it over to General Shangguan." ”

Liyan Nazha had already gone to the Iron Buddha Temple first, and although Zhao Ta didn't know what her idea was, she didn't stop her.

Led people down the city, the front was already shouting and killing to the sky, fires everywhere, and the originally dark city became not difficult to see.

Zhao Tan couldn't help frowning when he saw the firelight, and Huang Gu said beside him: "A lot of the fires were set by the thief army, and before leaving, the Zongjian army repeatedly said that they were not allowed to enter the house to harass, and those who violated the order were beheaded." ”

Zhao Ta was silent for a few breaths and said, "You saw with your own eyes that it was all set on fire by the thieves?" ”

Huang Gu sensed that Zhao Ta's tone was not good, and said stubbornly: "I did see a few places, the thieves threw torches indiscriminately, set fire to trees, and ...... and the houses of the people. ”

Zhao Ta sneered, didn't speak, urged the yellow horse, and galloped towards the palace of Wang Qing in the north of the city.

In front of the palace of Wang Qing, a battle had just ended, broken guns and blades were all over the ground, corpses were everywhere, and blood was bubbling like a stream.

The Song army had already surrounded the entire palace and was about to rush in, when Zhao Ta arrived.

Zong Ze hurriedly dismounted, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wang, the armor of his subordinates can't be fully respected, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

Zhao Ta had already recovered his original appearance, and said with a smile: "What kind of crime, what is the crime of the Zongjian Army, what is the Zongjian Army saying, taking the Zongjian Army of Luzhou City is the first achievement." ”

Zong Ze shook his head and said: "The subordinates are naturally guilty, the prince went deep into the wolf's den, but his subordinates were at ease outside the city, isn't it a big crime?" What's more, what credit does it have to take down the subordinates of Luzhou City, it is not all thanks to the king's clever calculations, so that the inside and outside can work together to make contributions in one fell swoop, and how can the subordinates dare to be greedy for their own merits. ”

Zhao Ta said: "Okay, okay, the words of the Zongjian Army in the officialdom are usually just talked, but now it is important to arrest Wang Qing." ”

Zong Ze's old face turned red and said, "My subordinates will send someone into the palace to get it now." ”

After saying that, he immediately gave the order, and the Song army rushed into the palace one after another after receiving the order.

Zhao Ta glanced at it a few times, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Did Li Zhu send someone over there?" ”

Zong Ze said: "General Lu led a group of men and horses. ”

Zhao Ta frowned and said, "How many people did he take away?" ”

Zong Ze said: "Originally, I wanted to bring five hundred, but I heard from the prince that this person was strong in martial arts, so I gave him a thousand." ”

Zhao Ta thought about it, and always felt inappropriate in his heart, although Li Zhu couldn't kill a thousand people, but among the thousand people, if he only wanted to kill one, there was no problem, even if that person was Lu Junyi.

And if Li Zhu wants to escape, it is not impossible to achieve it, after all, he is a grandmaster, and he still has the kung fu to climb over the wall and cross the ridge, so where can those ordinary soldiers catch up.

Zhao Ta said: "The Zongjian army is watching here, you must hold Wang Qing, life and death don't matter, this king will go to General Lu to take a look." ”

Zong Ze hurriedly said when he heard this: "Then Li Zhu is strong in martial arts, please be careful!" ”

Zhao Ta narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "It's okay." ”

After speaking, he called Huang Gu, and Yao Pingzhong led a group of Ming disciples to the Iron Buddha Temple.

Li Zhu's mansion is not too far from Wang Qing's palace, although Zhao Ta has never been in, but he patrols every day, often riding horses from the side, and his face is familiar.

When Zhao Ta came to Li Zhu's mansion, he saw that the soldiers had surrounded this place, but Lu Junyi was not seen, and he couldn't help but look at an adjutant general and said, "What about General Lu?" ”

The lieutenant general hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, General Lu has brought a hundred people into the mansion to arrest Li Zhu." ”

"A hundred?" Zhao Ta suddenly gasped when he heard this, a thousand people Li Zhu would definitely not be able to beat, but a hundred people ......

His face instantly became gloomy: "Why did you bring so few people?" ”

The deputy general said: "General Lu asked me to wait for the siege, saying that Li Zhu was strong in martial arts, and it was inevitable to escape over the wall, saying that there were fewer people and I was afraid that I would not be able to stop it." ”

Zhao Ta said: "It's just nonsense! ”

He turned his head to look at Huang Gu: "Where is this king's gun?" ”

Huang Gu was stunned: "Lord Wang, hasn't your Black Sun Extinguishing Gun been carried by Yao Pingzhong all the time?" ”

The corners of Zhao Ta's mouth twitched when he heard this, he really forgot about this stubble, and did not take the gun back from Yao Pingzhong, at this moment Lu Junyi was bold and took a hundred people to arrest Li Zhu, and it was too late to send someone to find Yao Pingzhong to get the gun again.

Zhao Ta took off the iron spear with some cracks in the head of the gun on Huang Ma, glanced at Huang Gu and said: "Lu Junyi is not Li Zhu's opponent, and if you bring a hundred people in, you will be looking for death!" ”

Huang Gu saw Zhao Ta holding a gun, and was immediately shocked, he also knew a little about Zhao Ta's martial arts, he shouldn't be a grandmaster, and when he saw Zhao Ta's actions at this moment, he immediately dissuaded: "Lord Wang!" ”

Zhao Ta sat on the yellow horse, closed his eyes slightly, and opened them again, and said: "It's to save people and not to compete in a duel, where is all this nonsense!" ”

Huang Gu's face was ugly, and when he saw Zhao Ta marching into the mansion with a yellow horse, he hurriedly shouted to the deputy general behind: "Order five hundred people and enter the mansion together to protect the prince!" ”

(End of chapter)