When night falls quietly, the dark night is so quiet and eerie, as if endless thick ink is heavily smeared on the sky.
The sky is not pure black, there are a few stars in the silent night, and an infinite starlight shines through the darkness, stretching into the distance.
Shi Zhan led a thousand soldiers into battle lightly armed with a machete on his body and a climbing rope on his shoulder, crawling forward under the cover of night.
When they were only three kilometers away from Fenzhou City, these people became more and more cautious in their movements and moved lightly.
Seeing the city wall right in front of you, you can reach the bottom of the city in just a cup of tea.
At this moment, a slight sound fell on the ears of the defenders. The two defenders followed the sound and fled. However, in the dark night, they could not see anything, so they had no choice but to give up!
The Mang people were able to escape the reconnaissance of the city guards, and then the troops came to the city. Shi Zhan and his men threw lock hooks directly at the top of the city.
At this time, no matter how soft the sound of the lock hook was, it alerted the soldiers guarding the city wall.
"Enemy attack~Here comes, come quickly, enemy attack..."
With a loud noise, the soldiers guarding the city immediately lit torches and quickly looked towards the enemy. As soon as they looked down, they saw thousands of enemies.
The soldier who discovered the lock hooks didn't think about it and shouted directly, "Quick, light these lock hooks and cut them off to prevent the enemy from coming up..."
Because of the shouting, before the man could finish speaking, he was shot in the throat by an arrow from Shizhan, and died on the spot!
The person speaking in front of him was dead, Shi Zhan violently roared, "Come up here, open the city gate, kill..."
At this time, the defenders had already reacted and immediately picked up torches and lit them directly at the hook locks. However, due to the overwhelming number of soldiers, the defenders were unable to remove all the hook locks at once.
In a moment, some reckless people rushed onto the city and started fighting with the soldiers who were guarding the city.
Just when the soldiers who were defending the city were about to fall, a general and his soldiers rushed to the top of the city and slashed at the rushing men. The two sides fought in a melee, and the scene was chaotic for a while.
Taking a closer look, I found that I don't know whether the reckless soldiers were too powerful or the defenders were too weak. One of the reckless soldiers actually singled out three or five defenders without losing.
The general who defended the city shouted loudly, "Quick, blast them all down."
At this time, a man quickly came to the general who was guarding the city and asked breathlessly, "General, there are at least a thousand people below, what should we do?"
The mind of the general who defended the city kept spinning. In just a moment, he reacted quickly and directly ordered, "Let the soldiers pour oil downwards like Daming City. The more the better. While pouring oil, throw torches. Quick,
It must be quick.”
It turned out that this general was Li Hanhai who had been transferred from Daming City. At first, he thought that the governor was making a fuss out of a molehill by transferring him. But now it seems that he is worthy of being the governor of a province with outstanding foresight.
Li Hanhai originally thought that Da Mang did not dare to make a sneak attack, so he went back to rest. Unexpectedly, just a few minutes after he lay down, he heard some movement at the city gate. He suddenly woke up and immediately woke up his subordinates and rushed towards this direction.
Come.
Fortunately, they all rested nearby and did not return to the camp. Otherwise, who would win tonight would not be known.
Although there were not many enemies on the city wall, because all the Mang soldiers were very strong, Daqian soldiers were not able to deal with them all at once, not to mention that there was a steady stream of Mang people under the city wall.
Therefore, Li Hanhai only asked his men to deal with the enemies on the city wall, but did not personally direct them, because all his attention was focused on the reckless troops under the city wall.
With just one glance, he could estimate that there were thousands of people below, so he immediately asked the troops to pour oil down and throw torches at the same time, so as to prevent the reckless people below from climbing up.
Fortunately, Li Hanhai commanded well and did not let the reckless troops below climb up at the first time. Otherwise, with the weak combat effectiveness of the large number of soldiers, they would definitely be at a disadvantage in a hand-to-hand fight with the reckless troops.
If the reckless troops below are allowed to climb the tower, whether Fenzhou City can be defended tonight is another matter.
When the Mang army below was repulsed with fire, Li Hanhai commanded the archers and catapults to attack the Mang army below the city.
As for the reckless troops on the city wall, because they were already small in number, he was anxious to push back the reckless troops below, so he couldn't take care of them for the time being.
However, the dozens of reckless soldiers on the city wall alone could not make any big waves. It was only a matter of time before they were eliminated. This was why he did not intervene to eliminate them.
When the Mang army below the city saw the archers on the city wall in place, they retreated decisively and slowly. While retreating, the Mang army behind them shot arrows at the city.
The ensuing battle pitted the two armies against each other, firing arrows at each other, resulting in casualties on both sides.
The battle lasted for an hour.
Wanyan Pusan, who was standing in the center of the army, found out that this sneak attack had failed again. He was unwilling to accept it. He was so angry that he drew his bow and arrow and shot at Li Hanhai on the tower.
Otherwise, Li Hanhai would have noticed and dodged, and the arrow would have hit him directly in the head.
"Damn it, it's this person again. Let me find out who he is. He actually ruined my good deeds twice in a row. I will teach him how to regret it one day."
On the city tower, watching the retreat of Da Mang's army, he said with joy, "General, Da Mang's traitors have withdrawn."
Li Hanhai was still frightened. He glanced at the retreating Da Mang army from a distance, came to his senses and ordered, "Yes! Clean the battlefield and count the casualties."
Capital City, Imperial Study Room.
Xiao Lizi walked slowly and slowly towards Emperor Qianxi, and whispered, "Your Majesty, there is news from outside that Mr. Qiu, the Minister of War, is asking for an audience. Do you want to see him?"
In normal times, Xiao Lizi would not be so cautious, but during this period, Emperor Qianxi was already very busy because of the incident with the Da Mang envoy. At the same time, he had to take care of the affairs of Pingyang Province. It can be said that he was exhausted both physically and mentally.
It happened that at this time, Emperor Qianxi lay on the dragon chair and squinted due to excessive fatigue. Although Xiao Lizi couldn't bear it, Emperor Qianxi had told him that as long as there were matters related to Binh Duong Province, he should be informed as soon as possible no matter what.
Hearing Xiao Lizi's voice, he remembered that Emperor Qianxi, who was taking a nap, was unhappy. He was about to have an attack, but he heard that it was Qiu Yingcai, the Minister of War, asking for an audience.
In an instant, Emperor Qianxi woke up with a start. Perhaps he was worried about the Pingyang war. After yawning several times, he ignored his sleepiness and said excitedly, "Quick~quick, please bring me in the Minister of War."
Xiao Lizi received the order and immediately signaled to the little eunuch below.
When the little eunuch saw this, he nodded knowingly and ran out without delay.
After a while, Qiu Yingcai became furious. As soon as he stepped into the royal study, he couldn't help but burst into tears and shouted, "Your Majesty, great victory, great victory in Pingyang! Your Majesty."
Without waiting for Emperor Qianxi's reply, Qiu Yingcai continued, "Your Majesty, I have received news from the front line that the Damang cavalry has retreated. Our army has achieved a complete victory!"