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On the path to Gu'an, a team of more than 12,000 horses marched quietly.

The more than 12,000 horses were all light cavalry, and they galloped away silently, with their horses tied and their banners wrapped in armor.

This group of people is the one sent by Jiang Hongfei to surprise attack Yanjing.

They were mainly composed of the Ma Fourth Army led by Yang Zhi, the Ma Fifth Army led by Hua Rong, the Ma Eleventh Army led by Xu Ning, and the Ma Twelfth Army led by Yu Qi.

When Jiang Hongfei selected the generals to attack Yanjing City, almost all the generals wanted to complete this task that could leave a mark in history.

How could Jiang Hongfei not know the thoughts of the generals? However, he had to take into account the decisive battle with the Liao army, and he had to ensure that the task of this surprise attack on Yanjing was foolproof, and on the basis of these two, he could give this opportunity to make meritorious service to his cronies.

After comprehensive consideration, Jiang Hongfei appointed Hua Rong as the capital commander of the surprise attack on Yanjing, and Yang Zhi, Xu Ning, and Jian Qi as the deputy commanders, leading their respective subordinates to complete this glorious and arduous task.

In addition, in order to ensure that this surprise attack on Yanjing is foolproof.

Jiang Hongfei sent a team of civil officials to Hua Rong and them.

After listening to Pharmacist Guo's explanation, Wu Yong nodded, and Li Gang, Chen Yu, Chen Kangbo and others also agreed with Pharmacist Guo's explanation.

This poplar forest is very tall and the woodland is very open, stretching for dozens of miles, and there is no problem in hiding 100,000 horses.

Guo Yaoshi explained: "Yanjing City is a big city with a population of 300,000, the consumption of materials is particularly large, and the resources in the city are scarce, food and clothing, even firewood, even good water, must rely on the supply outside the city, otherwise life in Yanjing City is difficult to hold on to even three or five days, and the manure in the city must also be pulled out of the city to water the fields, otherwise the city will be stinky, so even if it is a war outside the city, as long as it does not reach the city, Yanjing City will also open at least two city gates, one of which is this spring gate." ”

Wu Yong asked cautiously: "My Liangshan army is fighting a decisive battle with the Liao army more than ten miles away, and Yanjing will also open this Spring Festival Gate as usual?" ”

Therefore, Hua Rong and the others listened to Guo Yaoshi's advice, and more than 12,000 people and horses all entered the forest to rest.

Jiang Hongfei arranged this way because Jiang Hongfei fully absorbed the experience of Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi in the history of their failed surprise attack on Yanjing.

If Liu Yanqing had sent some people who could give advice and control the situation in Yanjing City to Pharmacist Guo and Yang Keshi, Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi would not have entered Yanjing City and let Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan fight out.

When Zhu Tong heard this, he said, "I'll take someone with me personally." ”

Moreover, in order to avoid such a big oolong in Liangshanjun, before Guo Yaoshi, Hua Rong, Wu Yong, Li Gang, Chen Yu, and Chen Kangbo set off, Jiang Hongfei personally held a meeting with them, explained all the precautions he could expect, and gave them a clear division of labor, so that their subordinates were clear......

Guo Yaoshi echoed: "Yes, so General Hua must select fifty Qi Refiners with strong strength, flexible minds, and not afraid of death to set up a commando team and go to seize the Spring Festival Gate tomorrow morning." ”

The point is that Hua Rong and the others are very unfamiliar with Yanjing, so they don't have any opinions, and everything can only be arranged by Pharmacist Guo.

As soon as Zhu Tong said this, many people showed surprise.

Guo Yaoshi was very familiar with the roads and terrain here, and he pointed to a black poplar forest with his horsewhip, and said to Hua Rong and the others: "Let's rest in this forest tonight, and then take the city after dawn." ”

In this team of civil officials, there are not only Wu Yong, a military advisor, but also Li Gang, Chen Yu, Chen Kangbo and other great talents in governing the world, as well as a large number of capable officials and officials in Shuibo Liangshan.

Because it was a long-distance attack, the forced march of more than 300 miles in a day and night, the surprise attackers and war horses were very tired and needed to rest.

Zhu Tong is sleek and bold, emphasizing righteousness over wealth. It's just that he saves people in need, he doesn't skimp on money for his friends, and he is also outstanding in martial arts, wise and brave, and he is really a superior character.

Seeing that Wu Yong had no opinions or opinions, Hua Rong said: "In this way, capturing the city gate is the key, if you can capture the city gate, the surprise attack on Yanjing will be half the success." ”

It's early autumn, and it's not cold even in the middle of the night in the north.

Under the leadership of Guo Yaoshi, who was very familiar with the road, Hua Rong and others led 12,000 men and horses to Gu'an without danger or danger, and secretly crossed the Lugou River from the west of Gu'an, and then detoured to Anci, and in the middle of the night of the next day, they unknowingly came to a village called Sanjiadian in the east of Yanjing City.

After everyone settled down and ate the military rations, Guo Yaoshi said to Hua Rong and them: "This road on the edge of the forest leads directly to the Yingchun Gate at the east gate of Yanjing City, after dawn, there will be some ordinary people entering the city on this road, and there are some carriages that enter the city to transport firewood and grass, we will arrange some powerful qi refiners to follow these people into the city, first seize the city gate, and then kill into the city." ”

Such a character, even here in Jiang Hongfei, should also be the object of reuse.

You must know that Jiang Hongfei still has the name of knowing people.

But Zhu Tong has been on Liangshan for a short time, but he is still a deputy commander of the 12th Army of Ma, and he has not even led an army alone.

Is it because Jiang Hongfei doesn't know talents and doesn't value talents?

Or does Jiang Hongfei think of Zhu Tong and distrust Zhu Tong?

Not at all.

Instead, Zhu Tong was forced to Liangshan by Song Jiang, Wu Yong, and Li Kui, and he didn't want to fall into the grass at all.

Also, Zhu Tong is extremely unambitious, and he is not interested in fame and fortune at all.

This also makes Zhu Tong not care about what he does, he will do whatever task is given to him, he will not take the initiative, do not refuse, and is not active.

In this case, how can Jiang Hongfei promote Zhu Tong? can only let Zhu Tong always be his deputy.

Zhu Tong's situation is well known to everyone in Shuibo Liangshan, some do not understand, some feel sorry for him, and some hate iron but not steel.

It's not that no one has persuaded Zhu Tong, but Zhu Tong all smiled slightly, noncommittal, and then it was still like this.

Therefore, today Zhu Tong took the initiative to ask for help, which surprised everyone!

Wu Yong asked quietly, "Why did Brother Xian go to this arduous and dangerous task in person?" ”

Wu Yong knew Zhu Tong's passable temperament too well, and he never believed that Zhu Tong took the initiative to take on this task of seizing the city gate in order to grab merit, and Zhu Tong was not such a person at all.

It's not to grab credit, Wu Yong can't figure it out, why did Zhu Tong take the initiative to take this task?

There is another point, Wu Yong's heart is dark, so he is very worried that Zhu Tong will have something abnormal, and then he will ruin the major event of Shuibo Liangshan, so he will test Zhu Tong.

Zhu Tong didn't even hesitate, and said: "This is the great righteousness of the nation, Zhu Tong has no shirk responsibility, and he will die without regrets." ”

As soon as Zhu Tong's words came out, many people were moved, and Wu Yong also put his heart down - this is like Zhu Tong's style.

I didn't want to, but Guo Yaoshi on the side said: "General Zhu's heart is good, it's just ......"

Speaking of this, Pharmacist Guo looked at Zhu Tong's beautiful hair, which went without saying.

Zhu Tong immediately understood, how could ordinary people have such a delicate beard on his face, if he took such a beard and pretended to be a common person to seize the city gate, he was likely to be seen by the Liao soldiers defending the city.

Zhu Tong didn't talk nonsense, he directly pulled out his waist knife, raised the knife in his hand, and cut off the beautiful hair on his face that he didn't know how many years he had cultivated.

Seeing this scene, many people felt sorry for Zhu Tong, but more admired Zhu Tong.

The matter has come to this point, needless to say, the matter of seizing the city gate naturally fell on Zhu Tong's head.

Then, each leader selected the elite of each army, and Zhu Tong gathered them for everyone to review.

In the darkness, the faces of the commandos were a little blurry and they couldn't see clearly, but their momentum of seeing death as if they were at home still infected everyone.

Hua Rong looked at them and said, "Brothers, after dawn, you must disguise yourself as people and enter the city and quickly seize the Yingchun Gate. Whether you can capture Yanjing City this time, you are the key! Can you be confident? ”

Fifty commandos replied in unison: "Yes! ”

At this time, the night has passed, the sky is picturesquely decorated with starlight, and the earth is plunged into silence. In this moment of silence, only the occasional birdsong breaks the silence, as if telling a story in a dream.

The commandos hurried to change into civilian clothes, they wore blue turbans and round-necked robes, like the people of Yandi, they carried sharp short knives, sat under the trees, quietly waiting for the dawn to come.

As the sky gradually brightened, the distant scenery gradually became clearer. Through the treetops, you can see the white of the fish belly gradually revealing in the eastern sky. A faint mist weaves through the trees, adding a bit of mystery and tranquility to the woods.

On the main road, pedestrians have walked one after another, and from a distance, the gate of Yanjing seems to be about to open as scheduled.

Zhu Tong looked at Guo Yaoshi, Hua Rong, Wu Yong and the others, they nodded, looking at these people who dared to die.

Zhu Tong took a deep breath, then stood up and waved at the commandos: "Let's go!" ”

I saw five commandos quietly walking out of the woods, some of them carrying baskets full of vegetables on their shoulders, some carrying bundled firewood, and some carrying light bamboo baskets, deliberately keeping a certain distance, pretending not to know each other, and marching west along the winding road.

Fifty commandos were divided into ten squads, and they set out on their own journeys, and soon merged into the bustling flow of people into the city.

The east gate of Yanjing City was named Yingchun Gate, and the crowd waiting to enter the city outside the gate gradually increased, forming a long queue.

With the arrival of dawn, under the expectation of Zhu Tong and others, the city gate slowly opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and people began to enter or leave the city in an orderly manner.

At the city gate guard, five or six Liao soldiers held weapons and rigorously inspected every pedestrian entering the city.

Zhu Tong is eight feet four or five, tall, standing in the crowd like a chicken. He looked around and exchanged a tacit glance with the team, signaling them to follow plan. He looked up at the city gate tower again and found that there were many Liao soldiers patrolling it.

Soon, the first group of commandos had successfully entered the city of urns.

The other groups of commandos also quickened their pace and quickly assembled towards the urn city.

Suddenly, two gatekeepers began to rummage through one of the commandos' baskets, and just as they were about to check the other commando's bamboo basket, one of the commandos deliberately hit the other commando on the waist with a flat pole, and the two immediately quarreled loudly, and even began to push and scuffle.

It was a mess they orchestrated.

Five or six Liao soldiers were attracted by this scene, surrounded them with weapons in their hands, and asked them loudly: "What are you waiting for?" Dare to make a loud noise in front of the city gates! ”

Seeing this, Zhu Tong decisively raised his arm and waved it in the air.

The other members of the group responded immediately and rushed forward.

I saw that each Liao soldier was besieged by two or three commandos, and the short knife shuttled quickly between the front chest and back of the Liao soldier, and blood splashed everywhere, splashing on the bodies of the people around him, the scene was bloody and tragic.

People were shocked by the sudden battle, screams, exclamations, and shouts one after another, and the scene was thrown into chaos.

Some people fled into the city, others fled outside the city, the crowd was crowded, stampedes were frequent, and the scene was a mess.

And Zhu Tong always remained calm in the chaos, he quickly commanded the commandos to close the gate of the urn city, and then divided into two roads, along the steps on both sides of the city gate, and quickly rushed towards the city gate tower.

The Liao soldiers on duty on the city tower heard the screams downstairs and saw the crowd fleeing in all directions, so they ran down from the upstairs in a panic, calling for reinforcements in their mouths.

But a short knife flickered in front of his eyes, and it had already pierced his throat, and blood sprayed like a fountain onto the gray brick wall, forming a shocking picture.

At this time, more than a dozen Liao soldiers rushed out from the city tower, and they launched a fierce attack on the commandos with spears in hand.

One of the commandos had his abdomen cut through with a spear, his intestines fell out, and he fell to the ground groaning in pain.

Another commando was stabbed in the chest, blood gushed out, and he died instantly.

Faced with the threat of spears, the commandos were helpless with short knives in their hands, and could only retreat.

Zhu Tong also took a few steps back.

Soon, Zhu Tong found a row of crossbows standing next to the red pillars.

As soon as Zhu Tong jumped, he copied the crossbow into his hand, then pulled the trigger, and the arrows fired a volley.

More than a dozen Liao soldiers were immediately shot by the crossbows and fell to the ground.

This platoon crossbow is equipped with three groups of crossbow machines, each group can fire eight sharp arrows at a time, and can fire twenty-four sharp arrows at a time when firing a salvo, which is extremely lethal and is a very effective city defense weapon.

Zhu Tong immediately threw away the crossbow, picked up a spear, and rushed into the Liao soldiers.

Seeing that Zhu Tong was so brave, the commandos also grabbed the spears dropped by the Liao soldiers, rushed forward in a hurry, and fought with the Liao soldiers guarding the city gate.

After a fierce struggle, all the Liao soldiers guarding the city gate were wiped out by the commandos, and the Yingchun Gate was immediately completely controlled by the commandos.

Zhu Tong quickly flew to the stands of the city tower, took out two bamboo flame bombs from his arms, and lit them.

Just listened, "snort" and "snort" twice, two fires rose into the air, and then exploded in the air, and several gray-white smoke lines slowly fell.

Zhu Tong lit two signal flares to signal to Hua Rong and the others: The assault team has successfully occupied the Yingchun Gate.

Hua Rong and others, who had already gathered the team in the woods and were anxiously looking in the direction of Yanjing City, were overjoyed when they saw this!

Hua Rong immediately turned over and shouted: "The commando team has succeeded, follow me into Yanjing City!" ”

The Liangshan army cheered and galloped into Yanjing City with full horsepower......

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