Chapter 42: The Castle Plan (click on the last page to read)

Let's say that compared with the calm and comfort after the battle of Chuzhou City, and then set our sights on Dengzhou Sui County on the western front of the battlefield behind the enemy lines in the Tang and Song dynasties, after the Tang Army Baoxin Jie Du made Li Xiong lead the Beifu Army to the north to attack Zhongzhou, the Song State strengthened its defense on the southwest front. In terms of Zhao Kuangyin's analysis of the battle situation, Liu Han in the north only wanted to disturb the realm, and did not dare to really penetrate the cavalry into the Song realm.

And Li Yu in the south is indeed a real shameless, the last time was to take advantage of the Song State to celebrate his birthday when the northern and southern countries were sending congratulatory gifts, Li Yu suddenly ordered the Tang army to go north, and attacked the Song people by surprise, Zhongzhou defender Li Lian was drunk and killed in defending the city, and Wang Wei, the defender of Suiyang in Songzhou, was defeated by the Tang army and fled out of the city without a trace.

At this point, Zhao Kuangyin also knew that Li Yu sent troops north, and he was not interested in disturbing the people; It is not intended to take the city; The ambition is not to seize the army; Instead, they wanted to plunder the land of the salt and iron divisions, the degree branch divisions, and the household divisions to pay the taxes of the three divisions to Bianjing. Most of the population in the south moved to the south when the Hu people from the north invaded the country, so the amount of tax collected in the south was much higher than that in the north. Li Yu also wanted to support the elite of the Tang army by plundering these huge amounts of taxes.

"General, Dengzhou is garrisoned by Jia Zhen of the Wusheng Army! found out that this person does have a friendship with Suiyang guard Wang Wei! Fifteen miles outside the city, a large force wearing Song army armor stood in place and waited for the opportunity to move.

"Well... Then use a Wang Wei to force Jia Zhen out of the city! Once he's out of the gates, you'll go your own way! "The slight fire here is clear, and it will eventually come out of the black, surrounded by a general armor of Shanwen, this person is Li Xiong, the head of the Beifu Army.

"Wang Guang wants! Order your men to throw down all their armor and walk in front of the army! It is strictly forbidden to bring knives! ”

"Everyone! Drop the armory saber! Those who dare to carry knives without permission will be executed on the spot! Hearing Li Xiong's order, Wang Guang hurriedly unloaded his heavy weapon, and strictly ordered Wang Bujun to bring his own knives.

"What's the matter, aren't you going to make me wait to attack the city? How can I fight without a knife! ”

"Or the first time I heard that the Song people were not allowed to bring knives, could it be that I was cut down as a live target?"

"Oh, okay, okay! The king's head is not allowed to take it, there must be a reason for him! ”

"Let it be lost, let it be lost! You guys talk so much nonsense! ”

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Let's say that the hills here are continuous, there are many hidden places, and there are many ambushes along the hilly landform, and it is the time of the night, the sky and the earth are dark, and each can not see the figure clearly, only touching the black and leading the horse slowly.

On the top of Dengzhou City, because the night was already deep, the guards on the city were also deeply tired, and they seemed to feel that the Tang army would not attack, so the generals stood on the city tower with their guns, and each leaned against the city wall and dozed off. Even the city patrol guards who went to the city to inspect were yawning, looking at the sleeping people in the city, and did not remind.

"What's that? How can there be torches? "The patrol guards were trying to rest against the city wall, and one of the guards got up and wanted to go to the toilet, but found that there were a few torches to guide the way, looking at the direction of the torches, they were slowly leaning on the gate of the city, although the speed was a little slow, but this person was immediately shocked, and suddenly there was no sense of sleepiness.

"Someone is leaning on the city! Get up! When the head of the city patrol heard the shouts of the guards, he immediately woke up, watched the torches get closer and closer, and directly ordered the guards to blow the horn of the city camp.

"Someone is attacking the city! All troops on alert! Fast! "I was wearing some pajamas, and the quiet and silent city suddenly became noisy, and the campfires in the city gradually broke out, and the sergeants of each battalion got up and picked up their knives and dared to go to the city gate, just because Jia Zhen, the guard general of Dengzhou, had already had a strict order, no matter when, A would not leave his body! The knife is not in your hand! It was at such a fast speed that these sergeants ran to the city gate and gathered in one place.

"What's going on! Which country's army is the other side! How many people are known? ”

"General! At this time, it was dark, and we couldn't find out clearly, but the other party did not attack the city directly, but all looked under the city, and there was no other action, and it didn't look like a siege. ”

"Don't let your guard down! Go everywhere and give orders, and the crossbowmen will go to the city as soon as possible! Jia Zhen, the general of Dengzhou, heard the sound of the city camp horn, and ran up to the city tower with a knife, but when he did not enter the city, he heard people outside the city shouting to the city.

"Where is the Dengzhou guard? Get him out! I'll tell him something later! ”

"General! The people of the city..."

"Can you see which army they are?" After Jia Zhen went to the city, the lieutenant eagerly probed down the city before he could speak, but this probe surprised him.

"I am Jia Zhen, the guard general of Dengzhou, you! Who are you? Why do you wear my Song armor? Jia Zhen saw that the people under the city were all wearing Song Army infantry armor, and he suddenly became suspicious, clenched his saber and shouted to the city.

"General Jia! Don't let go of arrows, we are the defenders of Suiyang, General Wang Wei's department, we are not the people who are besieging the city, only to deliver the message! ”

"What faith will you preach to me? Also, what about Wang Wei? As soon as Jia Zhen heard the word Wang Wei, his doubts disappeared in half of his place, but he still asked cautiously.

"General Jia! The Tang army was despicable and shameless and attacked our department at night, and our army made a detour to the Dengzhou border to get rid of them! They are about to attack Dengzhou tomorrow, please let us in to rest! We are willing to defend the city with the general! Wang Guang, the Beifu army under the city, shouted angrily at the city, which immediately made Jia Zhen vigilant.

"You want me to open the gates? I can't take the city to let you rest at will, you say that it is Wang Wei's military department, but there is evidence? ”

"Look, General! This is General Wang Wei's tiger talisman! This is given by the official, and the general will know it at a glance when he goes down to the city. Wang Guangyao was just talking, and suddenly took out the Song Army's transfer of troops from his arms.

"Stand back!" Jia Zhen saw that the people under the city took out the tiger talisman, hurriedly lifted the bow and arrow, and asked the guard on his side to light the fire on the arrow and shoot it at Wang Guangyao.

But seeing that Wang Guangyao did not dodge at all, when he saw that Jia Zhen was drawing arrows to himself and there was a fire, he was emotional that he wanted to check the tiger talisman in his hand with arrow fire. Only a moment later, the sharp arrow in Jia Zhen's hand ignited the fire, and Wang Guang hurriedly dismounted and stood the tiger talisman in front of the fire.

"It's... It is indeed the form of my Great Song Tiger Talisman... These people are all dressed in Song military costumes, but it's a pity that they can't see the tiger talisman carving up close..."

"General Jia still doesn't believe it? If General Jia dies and doesn't save him, we will directly lead the troops north to find the official's family! ”

"General! If they go to Bianjing to sue us for not saving our colleagues, we will have nothing to blame! Hearing that the people under the city were going to complain, someone couldn't stand in an instant, and hurriedly approached Jia Zhen to let him go down to the city.

"Only the Tiger Talisman! General Ben can't confirm that you are Wang Wei's military department, where is Wang Wen? Let him come out and see me! Seeing that the other party's attitude was suddenly strong, Jia Zhen also hurriedly calmed down, wanting to try again whether the other party was cheating.

"General Wang Wei has his last breath left to block the Tang army, and he also has important things to explain, and the general can go down to the city to take a look if he doesn't believe it! We knew that the general was cautious, and did not bring a sword into the city! Are the generals still afraid of us unarmed people! Wang Guang was about to raise the torch, and motioned to everyone behind him to raise the fire, Jia Zhen probed carefully from a distance, and indeed found that these Song soldiers had not worn swords.

"Summons all lieutenants! Come out of the city with me! Remember to carry knives and guns, and crossbowmen in the city should not let their guard down! ”

Jia Zhen thought for a moment, and finally decided to go down to the city to see Wang Wei, as for why he wanted to go down to the city in person, first, it was because he was friendly with Wang Wei, if Wang Wei only had his last breath left, he would have to send him off; This is because none of the defenders of the city have seen Wang Wei's appearance, only he knows it, so only he can go down to find out whether the other party is cheating.

"Don't act rashly! But whoever is reckless will be killed! The bow and crossbow on my city are facing the city. The city gate opened slowly, and the Song sergeants outside the city laughed darkly in the rear, but this Jia Zhen's eyesight was limited after all, otherwise he would not dare to open the city gate if he saw the sneer of these people.

"General rest assured! We know the rules, and without the approval of the general, we will never act rashly! Wang Guang wanted to see Jia Zhen open the city gate, he was overjoyed in his heart, and he wanted to do it immediately, but he still forcibly suppressed the desire to kill and led the horse to slowly retreat. But seeing Jia Zhen and the others approaching cautiously, if there were hundreds of people behind, they were all holding spears and pointing at them.

"Where's Wang Wei! Where is he? After Jia Zhen approached, he saw that these people were indeed unarmed, and gradually let down his vigilance, and Wang Guang wanted to directly throw the tiger talisman in his hand to him not far away, so he hurriedly carefully examined the tiger talisman engraving.

"It's indeed my Great Song Tiger Fu, that's right!" Jia Zhen saw that the carving of the tiger talisman was exactly the same as that in his hand, so he put away the tiger talisman and slowly moved forward, checking the faces of the soldiers who were getting closer and closer, but he still didn't see where Wang Wei was.

"General Jia, don't worry! Isn't that my General Wang Wei! Wang Guang wanted to speak, only to see that the front row of sergeants all moved their horses to the left and right, and let go of a long and secluded road in the middle, but saw a person wearing the armor of the Song general dying from the middle road, riding on the horse's back and sinking his head to the ground, as if he was about to lose his breath.

"Are you really Wang Wei?" Jia Zhen saw that this person's figure was indeed somewhat similar to Wang Wei, and he was wearing the mountain armor that Wang Wei wore on weekdays, so he drove the horse forward slowly.

However, only ten inches of the two of them, the person on horseback suddenly raised his head, his expression was very bloodthirsty, and he smiled at Jia Zhen, Jia Zhen was suddenly shocked, as if he felt that hell was not far from him, and hurriedly turned the horse's head, his heart was extremely flustered, and he forgot to order the city to release arrows for a while. But he only felt that the terrifying man in the rear was holding a long knife, and the horse chased after him.

"You! Who are you? I am... I am an official of the court! You! You can't! ......”

Only after three moments, Jia Zhen, who was cautiously leaning forward, rushed to the city gate, and this general Wenjia took advantage of the fact that the others had not yet reacted, and directly picked up the gun, Jia Zhen's words only reached the word "can", and then he stopped, and was pierced through the throat by the gun fork, and he could no longer make a sound, and he had no sense of struggle.

"General! You guys! You are not Song Jun at all! Hurry back to the city! ”

"Back to the city? It's too late! Wang Guang wanted to jump on the war horse in an instant, directly lead the army to block the door, and instantly bent down to pick up the weapon that Jia Zhen had dropped on the ground when he was riding the horse, and slashed directly at the people who returned to the city.

"The enemy defenders are dead! Fight into the city, not a single one will be left! Li Xiong looked at Jia Zhen who was lying on the ground and was not moving, and the world took out the red sleeves in his arms and tied them on the top of his head.

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

Bursts of shouts came out, and the old elite of the Beifu Army shook the sky, shouting straight into the sky, rushing into the gate of the city.