Hearing that someone was stealing the city, Zheng Yongquan, who was originally drowsy, immediately jumped up and pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, "Where is the person?"

The soldier replied: "Commander Zheng, don't panic, they are still under the city!"

Zheng Yongquan followed the soldiers to the edge of the city wall. He held on to the arrow stack and stretched his neck to look down. He saw twenty or thirty enemy soldiers crowded beside the city gate. They were all wet. More than ten people were holding pickaxes and hoes.

There was a fierce digging at the city gate, and about ten other people were holding huge shields to protect their robes.

Zheng Yongquan had been in the army for many years, but he still couldn't understand what the enemy wanted to do. Could it be that he wanted to dig a hole under the city gate and get in? What's the use? As soon as his head got in, he would be chopped off immediately.

"Are these twenty or thirty people the only ones?"

The soldier replied: "The base of the nearby city wall has been illuminated with torches, and there is no one else."

The torches at the top of the city were bright, and as far as the eye could see, there was only a stone's throw outside the city. In the dark night, there was silence, except for the sound of digging dirt beside the city gate.

Although he didn't understand what the enemy was doing, Zheng Yongquan immediately sent someone to notify Li Chongjin, pointed to the city and said: "Shoot them to death!"

When the soldiers guarding the city heard this, they immediately drew up their bows and fired arrows at the city. However, no one was killed in the hail of arrows. It was not because the defenders' archery skills were not good, but because it was difficult to shoot at this angle.

The city gate is neither outside nor flush with the city wall. It is not protected from wind and rain and is embedded in the city gate hole for several feet. When you lean out, you can barely see people. In addition, the enemy is protected by shields. It is difficult to shoot them to death.

It’s not easy.

Zheng Yongquan scolded: "If you can't shoot, I will stone you and throw you with a gun!"

The soldier said: "Why bother? As long as the command opens the city gate, we will rush in and kill them!"

Zheng Yongquan was startled and then slapped the soldier's helmet, "Idiots like you can think of it, but they can't think of it. There must be some back-up plan that we don't know about!"

The movement on the top of the city could be clearly heard by the rogue below the city wall. He couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He really had nothing to do. If the defenders opened the city gate, they would probably just drop their pickaxes and jump into the moat.

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"Hurry up, I heard. Did you hear...?"

A torch was thrown down from the top of the city, and the flying sparks fell on the oil paper package on the side. The rogue hurriedly patted it. If it burned, the twenty or thirty people among them would not even have a coffin.

Rubbles and spears continued to be thrown down from both sides of the city gate. Paoze, who was holding a shield on both sides, was already injured. The rogue shouted loudly: "If your lord doesn't take action, we won't be able to hold on anymore!"

Zheng Yongquan, who was above his head, heard the words and quickly looked outside the dark city. Only a whistling sound could be heard faintly in the night, "It's Fangzi Crossbow!"

Zheng Yongquan shouted and hurriedly squatted behind the arrow stack. Then he heard a burst of sound, and saw a wave of thick crossbow arrows nailed to the city gate tower, and brilliant sparks were emitting from the gun barrel.

Some soldiers wanted to step forward to see what was going on, but Zheng Yongquan had a bad feeling. It was his intuition given by many years of battle experience. "Run!" he shouted and ran towards the road to the city.

Just as he moved a few steps, he heard an explosion behind him, and then he felt a pain in his calf and fell to the ground uncontrollably. Before he could look back, there was another series of explosions, accompanied by dazzling fire.

When the flash stopped, even Zheng Yongquan, who had seen the big scene in front of the two armies, couldn't help but cover his ears and tremble.

It wasn't until there was no sound in his ears that he had the courage to stand up. When he looked back, he saw a group of soldiers lying behind him. They were either rolling on the ground and howling miserably, or lying on the ground shivering. Other soldiers also rushed towards the road to the city with their heads in panic.

Zheng Yongquan grabbed someone casually and said, "Help me get down!"

He endured the pain in his calf and went down to the city. With the protection of the tall city wall, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and cursed: "What the hell kind of magic is this!"

He staggered to the city gate and asked, "Are those people still digging the ground?"

The soldier replied: "No more digging, it seems like something was stuffed under the city gate!"

Zheng Yongquan came to the city gate and held a torch to observe the gap between the city gate and the ground. He immediately concluded that the enemy had dug a diagonal hole under the city gate and was stuffing things into the hole.

"Light the fire! Jump into the river!" I heard someone shout outside the door, followed by the sound of splashing into the water.

He just ran away? Things shouldn't be that simple. Zheng Yongquan, who was lying on the ground, looked out through the gap. His squinted eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of panic. He saw sparks of deja vu.

He wanted to stand up but felt confused. As the world was spinning, he vaguely saw the thick city gate and his body falling apart in the flames...

Boom boom boom...

The huge sound was deafening, as if a giant was hitting the earth with a big mallet. Li Chongjin stood on the street, feeling the tremors from the ground, and was stunned when he looked at the sky-high firelight coming from the barbican.

Even though he was unwilling, Li Chongjin knew that he had lost. No one could withstand this power that shook the world. Even with his bravery, he did not have the courage to face it, not to mention the soldiers running around like headless flies up and down the city wall.

The war horse also snorted and kept retreating, as if trying to break free from the reins.

"Xu Xian, who are you?" He murmured to himself, stretched out his hand and stroked the horse's neck, stepped on the stirrup, jumped up, pulled the reins, turned around and ran back, arriving at the Jiedushi Palace in one breath.

It stopped in front of the door.

The soldier advised: "Why is the Taiwei coming back? Why don't you run away quickly?"

Li Chongjin laughed miserably, "Where else can I escape? No matter where I escape, they will tie me up and give it to Zhao Kuangyin in exchange for fame and title. At least now I can still choose a way to die. You go and get the gold from the warehouse.

Yin Xiruan, please run away for your lives."

A soldier said: "My subordinates took people to burn the treasury, leaving nothing for the person named Xu!"

Li Chongjin, who was about to enter, suddenly stopped him and said, "You are not allowed to burn the treasury. Instead, you must keep a close eye on the treasury. When Xu Xian enters the city, I will hand over to him all the money, silk, food and grass, armor and weapons that I have accumulated over the past few years."

All the soldiers asked in confusion: "Why did the Taiwei want to take advantage of the man named Xu? We will never exchange the Taiwei's hard work for benefits from the new dynasty!"

"I'm not planning for you. If you still treat me as your brother, just do as I say!" After Li Chongjin said this, he entered the house and saw several women and children standing guard in front of the lobby. His wife and children were all in Tokyo.

These are his concubines.

Li Chongjin said loudly: "Now that I have been defeated, you can take the property in the house and find a good man!"

After hearing this, all the women immediately cried and dispersed. Only one woman still stood there with her head bowed. Li Chongjin stepped forward and slowly lifted the woman's chin, "It's you, why don't you leave? Are you going to die with me?"

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The young woman had a mediocre appearance, but her eyes reflected the firelight were very lively. She replied firmly: "I am willing to accompany the Taiwei to death."

"Why you? I don't usually treat you favorably."

The woman's breathing changed color and became a little rapid, "I just want to be pampered by the Taiwei."

Li Chongjin smiled, his eyes full of tenderness, "When the King of Chu was at his end, he had Concubine Yu accompanying him. Today, when I was defeated, Liniang accompanied me to the underworld. It is also a good story."

He reached out and touched the woman's soft cheek with his rough fingers, "Just let me pamper you just once!"

Just when the woman's face turned red and her eyes showed hope, Li Chongjin's horizontal knife had already pierced the woman's heart. The woman had no time to react and fell into Li Chongjin's arms.

Li Chongjin carried the woman's body horizontally and walked into the lobby, then placed it on the table. Li Chongjin ordered the soldiers: "Bring me a jar of alcohol. I want the biggest one."

The soldier sighed and turned around and left the hall. Not long after, he came in with a large jar of alcohol. Li Chongjin patted open the mud seal and reached out to take it. He tilted his neck and poured it into his mouth.

He couldn't drink so much, and most of the alcohol fell on his body and the woman's body. He threw the wine jar on the ground and smashed it into pieces. He stretched out his hand to pull out the candle on the candlestick, looked at the dancing flames and smiled ferociously.

: "Zhao Kuangyin, Xu Xianqi, as long as you enjoy your glory, you will end up with the same fate as me sooner or later!"

Li Chongjin died just after he raised the flag of rebellion. In fact, Zhao Kuangyin did not spend much effort to deal with Li Chongjin in history, but it took half a day to break through Yangzhou City and put down the rebellion in Huainan. It was not because Zhao Kuangyin was better at fighting than Chai Rong, but Chai Rong's

The opponent was the entire Southern Tang Dynasty, while Zhao Kuangyin's opponent was only Li Chongjin who was alone.

"Is this Li Chongjin's body?" Xu Xian looked at the two charred balls on the table and sighed: "You are really stingy. You don't even leave the body as a trophy for me. Please restrain yourself from giving a decent burial. By the way, Jiu

When Bao returns to Tokyo someday, remember to go to Shui Sheng's grave to inform him that someone has avenged him."

Jiubao was startled, "Shui Sheng? Is that the Shui Sheng who betrayed your father-in-law and tipped off Li Chongjin, and was later killed by Li Chongjin?"

"He was also threatened by Li Chongjin. I don't blame him."

"Your Majesty's magnanimity is admired by my subordinates!"

"Stop talking nonsense and restrain the body first!"

Jiubao carried the two charred corpses out together with the burnt tables and chairs. Han Wei immediately smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know how many people will be won over by these light words."

Xu Xian smiled and said: "I think all my subordinates are sincere, there are not so many falsehoods. How is the situation in the city now?"

"The city is still relatively stable, and I have already sent people to invite the officials from the Huainan Jiedu Envoy's Mansion. I forgot to mention that Li Chongjin is not stingy. He asked his soldiers to take charge of the treasury, saying that he would hand it over to the Duke intact.

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Xu Xian smiled playfully and said, "Finally, I am worthy enough to have someone pick up the body for him. Go and count the number and the casualties as soon as possible. Both the defenders and our troops must be compensated for their casualties."

"My subordinates have already made statistics. The total number of casualties between the two armies is only a few hundred. They defeated Yangzhou City so easily. Thanks to your Lord's thunder. With such a lethal weapon in hand, why did your Lord need to trigger it before?"

The imperial soldiers came to help, and so much money and food were wasted."

"Come to Huainan with me, and you will naturally be my people from now on. You have time to come up with a charter for me to read on how to recruit these people!"

Han smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Here!"

"By the way, immediately send military information to Tokyo and various vassal towns, saying that a certain person has conquered Yangzhou with the assistance of the Wuning Army."

"I understand, my subordinates. Do you want to send a copy of the military information to the official army?"

Xu Xian chuckled and said: "Send it, why not send it? Otherwise, how would the officials know how powerful I am...how would they know my merits!"

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"Kill!" Zhao Kuangyin roared loudly and rushed to the top of Zezhou City, whipping the spear in his hand. The defenders in front of him immediately fell to the ground. The Song army's momentum was boosted and they became more courageous.

The original stalemate was immediately broken, and the defenders were forced to the edge of the city wall. Seeing that there was no way to retreat, they threw away their weapons and knelt down to surrender. The Song army followed the horse road to the city and attacked the city, opened the city gate and let the army enter the city.

Looking at the soldiers pouring in from the gate, Zhao Kuangyin let out a sigh of relief. The Zezhou City that Li Jun conquered with great effort became his burial place. Without the leader, other prefectures and counties under the rule of Zhaoyi Army except

There is no other choice but to surrender.

Ma Quanyi, commander of the left wing of the Crane Control Army on the side, immediately stepped forward to congratulate: "I congratulate the officials for putting down the rebellion!"

Zhao Kuangyin stretched out his hand to help Ma Quanyi up and praised: "This Zezhou city is small but strong. It is all thanks to your bravery to attack the city. I will reward you heavily when I return to Tokyo."
To be continued...