Chapter 120: Midnight Wedding
The army left the Hidden Dragon Valley, continued to go out along the Rotten Peach Mountain Range, surrounded the road from outside Xiao County, and went straight to Xu County to kill.
Lu Yan landed and followed the army from a distance, using the Illusory Smoke to create a fog to cover the army's itinerary, so as not to alarm the city gods and lands in various places.
Three thousand five hundred elite soldiers were dispatched, and the military spirit was pervasive, and even if you were careful, it was impossible to hide from all the ghosts and gods, and you just hoped that it could be delayed for as long as you wanted.
Once Li Muzhi knew the movement here in advance, he would inevitably speed up his actions regardless of losses, and even if the sneak attack on Xu County was successful, it would probably be difficult to stabilize the place.
"Li Muzhi, when you were admitted to the priesthood, you made a wedding dress for me, and now you have done it again, I don't know how I feel in my heart. ”
Lu Yan laughed and secretly informed Li Dao to speed up the pace of the march and be sure to rush to Xu County tonight.
According to the geographical division, the Hidden Dragon Valley belongs to Xu County, and starting from this place, it is still possible if it is a rapid march.
Li Dao naturally understood this truth, and despite the fact that he was only seven months old, he directly abandoned the carriage, ordered the nurse to get on the soldier's horse, and carried him on the road.
Along the way, they avoided the city, and they hid when they encountered people, although some people found the army marching, but fortunately it did not cause much turmoil.
After all, there are rebels in Peijun, and the imperial court transfers troops frequently, plus the military uniforms and armor are the same, who knows that this is another group of thieves.
After a day's journey, they finally arrived at the county seat of Peijun after dark, and by this time the city gate had been closed, and the defenders were patrolling the city walls with torches.
Li Dao asked the nurse to hold him to observe the county town of Xujun, the city wall is not low, and it may be difficult to rush up.
He turned around and asked, "What should we do?" We don't have siege equipment, so we probably can't attack it!"
Although he is the emperor, many things do not allow him to call the shots, and the military power is in the hands of Caiyun Immortal Gu and Peach Blossom Guan Immortal.
Since he was sure of attacking the city, he must have been prepared, and he just had to wait quietly.
Caiyun and the Peach Blossom Taoist glanced at each other and comforted: "Don't worry, the defenders in the city have our internal response, although it is not much, but it is enough to open the city gate, and then charge with brave warriors, you will be able to open the city gate." ”
"Okay, let the soldiers rest for half an hour, let's do it immediately, so as not to have too many dreams at night", Li Dao said in surprise.
The soldier was already exhausted after a day's journey, and if he didn't rest well, he wouldn't have much combat effectiveness at all, and if he fell into a wry smile, he would collapse immediately.
After a short rest, Li Dao regained his spirits, stared at the city gate, and asked, "Can you start?"
"Wait another tea time"
At this moment, Lu Yan's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and Li Dao's spirits perked up, it turned out that the old man had been following them.
Immediately, his heart increased greatly, and the old man said that after a quarter of an hour, there must be other changes.
At the same time, in the city of Xujun County, a group of people suddenly appeared in the dark night, and it seemed that there were at least more than a hundred people, walking towards the city gate.
The officers and soldiers defending the city hurriedly intercepted, and some officers led the troops to surround them with murderous spirits, but now it is wartime, what do these people want to do when they approach the city gate at night?
When they got closer, they found that the clothes worn by the gang were very festive, as well as drums and suona blowers, followed by four people carrying sedan chairs.
"Sending relatives in the middle of the night?"
The officer immediately felt surprised and weird, the wedding ceremony was naturally twilight, how could there be a marriage in the middle of the night.
His right hand pressed on the hilt of the sword, walked cautiously, and shouted: "Who is it?
The marrying team was in a panic, and even many people were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, and soon a woman ran from the sedan chair, but before anyone arrived, the thick smell of rouge had been emitted in advance.
"Yo...... , it's Lord Wang, don't dare to use the knife, the old body is not scared!"
"Huang Po?"
The officer was stunned for a moment, Huang Po is a celebrity in the county, and I don't know how many people have married through this person's hands.
It's just that her reputation is not very good, and many people have suffered a lot under her three-inch tongue, but it is a good thing for the official eunuchs, and even he has benefited.
He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, frowned, and asked, "Why did you choose to marry at this time, don't you know that martial law is going on in the city? If it weren't for me, I'm afraid I would have killed you as a fellow thief." ”
Huang Po had a smile on her face, and scolded in her heart, if she was really a mess, you would have been scared and hiding.
Hmph, she helped find a Peugeot concubine at the beginning, but she didn't expect to be unsympathetic so soon.
Step 3 walked over and said with a sneer: "It's still Lord Liu in the city, and you know that the eldest woman is jealous, so I was sent to another courtyard at night." ”
As he spoke, the handkerchief was placed on the hand of the king, and a piece of silver was cut down with twenty ingots.
The officer quietly put away the silver, and finally a smile appeared on his face.
"Is it Lord Juncheng Liu?"
Liu Juncheng naturally knew that his wife was the daughter of a high-ranking official in the capital, and she had not taken a concubine in her forties, but now she finally couldn't help it!
Weighing the silver, he muttered: "It's okay to let you out for the sake of Lord Liu, but you can't go back to the city tonight, and you will enter the city tomorrow after opening the city gate." ”
"That's nature"
Huang Po accompanied a smile, led the family to send the team out of the city gate, some officers and soldiers opened the city gate, put down the drawbridge, Huang Po loudly commanded everyone to go out.
Everyone swayed out of the city, but the sedan chair seemed to be very heavy, and the walking speed was not fast.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of heavy footsteps outside the city, and the officers were so experienced that at least a thousand people were approaching the city walls.
Shocked in his heart, he shouted angrily: "Close the city gate quickly!"
After the order was given, not only did the city gate not close, but some officers and soldiers suddenly attacked the officers and soldiers like crazy.
There were also many people in the send-off team who drew weapons from the sedan chair and fought with the officers and soldiers defending the city.
"It's over"
The steel knife in the officer's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and for a moment his heart was like ashes, and most of the officers and soldiers in the city were transferred to quell the rebellion.
Once the rebels entered the city, it could not be held at all.
As the Tang soldiers poured into the city like a tide, the officers and soldiers defending the city finally collapsed and began to surrender.
The Tang army was divided into two routes, one to control the city gate, and the other to go straight to the county guard.
Yes, the sound of killing in the county town of Xujun shook the sky, and the dawn stopped.
In the afternoon of the next day, another battle outside the city of Peijun had also ended, and the army of Peijun broke through the imperial army.
General Su Mingyuan only led 800 cavalry to fight out of the encirclement, fled to the rear, and the siege of Peijun was resolved.
At this moment, a Taoist suddenly rushed into the Chinese army, and his own soldiers recognized that the Taoist was the Great Yan Guan Immortal Chief, and did not stop him.
"Oh no, an unknown army attacked the county seat of Xu County last night, and the county town of Xu County has been captured!"
The Taoist shouted anxiously before he came to the front, and when he heard the news, the strategists and generals were furious.
Li Muzhi's face changed even more, according to the plan, after breaking the imperial army, he took the opportunity to sweep the two counties of Xu and Su, but he didn't expect to be the first to be taken!
Immediately pulled out his sword and slashed over the table in front of him, only then did he calm down and ask in a deep voice, "Which force rebelled?"