At the gate of Nanzheng City, more than a dozen Zhang Lu Dao soldiers were huddled near the gate, surrounding a small bonfire to avoid the dew in the middle of the night.
I don't know when, several soldiers got together and began to complain.
"You think there won't be a few peaceful days here? How long has it been stable now? We're going to fight again... we're fighting again and again, and it's not just us big-headed soldiers fighting... whether we've had a good bite to eat or whether we've had a good drink, it's really
Not even a hope..."
"...They say Guanzhong is in chaos, but I don't think Hanzhong is much better!"
"By the way, isn't it said that the power of the Heavenly Master is boundless and can cure misfortune and eliminate diseases? Why can't it just be done to make the soldiers outside the city retreat?"
"You fucking really think..."
"Shut up!" Just when the topic was gradually going astray, the team leader sitting by the campfire was still somewhat rational and quickly stopped him, "Don't worry about that! Black butt, go check the city gate again.
! Let me go and see if there is any dry firewood around, and bring some over..."
A soldier with a large bruise on his head responded, grabbed a spear and walked out of the door. But instead of saying that he was holding a spear, it was better to say that he was holding the spear as a crutch, and kicked
As soon as Qian stepped to the edge of the doorway, he seemed to see something, so he let out a half-scream, but was cut off by a cold light outside the doorway!
A head with wide-eyed eyes flew up in the cold light, mixed with blood mist and fell down, bouncing on the green bricks on the ground of the city wall door opening, spinning around...
"kill!"
Amid the shouts, a group of people rushed out of the darkness and headed straight for the city gate!
The troops inside the gate were shocked and stood up. Just as they were about to command their soldiers to meet the enemy, they felt a chill in their stomachs...
At some point, a short blade had already sunk into the captain's side. The captain only had time to glance at the soldier standing next to him before he collapsed softly to the ground.
There was chaos inside the doorway, and several soldiers who resisted were chopped to the ground by the people who rushed in in the blink of an eye.
"Unbolt the door! Unbolt! Open the city gate quickly!"
A middle-aged man who was obviously the leader rushed over. The knife on his body was stained with the blood of unknown people. The smell of blood hit his face, "Quick! Send the order outside the city!"
The soldiers on the Nanzheng watchtower were awakened by the noise. They opened their eyes in a daze, and then realized something. They stood up suddenly and rushed to the edge of the battlement. They looked at everything in front of them in disbelief, and there was just a gurgling sound in their throats.
There was a sound, but I couldn't make a sound for a while. After waiting for a while, I suddenly raised my voice and shouted: "The city is under attack! The enemy is under attack!"
Not long after the alarm sound was sounded, and the golden gong on the city was sounded, a faint shout came from Nanzheng City, and then this shout was repeated by more people, and it became louder
, turned into a huge roar, resounding in the sky above Nanzheng City: "The rebel Zhang Lu has been defeated! General Zhengxi has entered the city! Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who surrender will not be killed! Anyone who resists will be killed by the three tribes.
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The Nanzheng government office was also surrounded by people and was attacking. At the gate, the killing was almost like a flesh and blood mill. The so-called "righteous men" lurking in the city, in addition to the city gate, were also
An important goal is here.
Some of Zhang Lu's personal guards were lined up at the door, some were standing on the watchtower on the wall, desperately stabbing those who tried to climb up, and some were standing on the roof with bows and arrows.
, shooting arrows outward one after another...
People were shouting for a while, and the entire Nanzheng Mansion was like a pot of boiling blood porridge without a lid. From time to time, blood-red foam would splash up and splash everywhere around it.
The shouts in Nanzheng City became louder and louder, and many fires were lit, flickering and shining, and the figures of people suddenly grew larger and smaller, baring their teeth and claws like monsters in the night sky. There were various sounds of fighting and shouting, and the sounds of weapons clashing.
Sounds, screams before death, various sounds, from small to loud, from low to high, were mixed together, and bursts of muffled thunder spread into the Nanzheng Yamen Office and into Zhang Lu's ears.
At this time, the sounds outside the city gate also rang. Although they were much farther away than the roar of the fighting that was so close at hand, the Nanzheng government officials, including Zhang Lu, were all people who had been in battle.
Although the sound outside was relatively weak, everyone knew clearly what the sound meant.
The low and steady sound of footsteps stepping on the ground uniformly, the sound of orders to maintain the front line, and the low whistling sound that each soldier involuntarily issued from his Dantian. Although it is far away, it cannot be blocked by the city wall of Nanzheng.
, and cannot be obscured by the hustle and bustle in front of us!
This low but powerful voice made everyone in the government office, including Zhang Lu, break into a fine sweat!
At this time, many soldiers and generals with bloodstained faces and bodies had gathered around Zhang Lu, and they were just shouting with their throats open...
"Master! The thieves at the mansion are attacking very hard. We need to add more people to defend them!"
"Master Shi! Give the order quickly and mobilize the troops in the military camp in the city! Let's deal with the thieves at the gate first!"
"Master! You can't mobilize soldiers from the city to come, you have to take care of the city's defense first! If we are attacked from outside the city and come into the city, everything will be over!"
"Master! It's impossible to see the front door, why don't we protect Master and retreat to the back door!"
Amidst the buzzing sound, Zhang Lu just felt that his hands and feet were cold, and his face was completely drained of color in the swaying light of the fire. Zhang Lu was not completely defenseless against General Zhengxi outside the city, but seeing General Zhengxi coming from afar, he was not
When I started to build siege equipment, I thought it would be a few days until the Western Expedition to attack the city, but I never thought that I would encounter such a big change tonight!
what to do?
Should we first dispatch troops to quell these sources of chaos in the city, or should we rush to resist the siege of General Zhengxi?
If we don't kill these rebels in the city, we will inevitably have endless troubles. If we take advantage of the chaos and burn their weapons and food, how long can we hold on to the four gates?
But if we want to mobilize troops to surround and kill these rebels, the streets and alleys in the city and the overlapping houses will not be easy to clear them all at once. I am afraid that if we entangle them for too long, the city gate will be lost and Nanzheng will be lost!
Zhang Lu gritted his teeth and hesitated. He was speechless for a moment. He only heard the disturbing sounds in his ears getting louder and louder...
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Fei Qian looked at the east gate of Nanzheng in the distance. A three-color Zhengxi flag was erected high behind him, and guards stood on the left and right. In addition to Huang Xu, Zhang Ze also changed into a military uniform and stood with Xu Huang.
Liao Fei lurked behind him.
At the east gate of Nanzheng, fireworks were already rising, and soldiers from both sides were fighting at one point.
Originally, there were soldiers stationed in Nanzheng City, including the soldier caves in the city wall. However, firstly, Zhang Lu did not make any advance arrangements. Secondly, the incident happened suddenly. Many soldiers are still resisting subconsciously. Thirdly, because of Tang Luo's
The two brothers Yang Song and Yang Bai defected, and even the city's defense Zhang Lu was worried about letting outsiders take charge, so he asked his younger brother Zhang Wei to take control of it. However, Zhang Wei, if he is normal, he will be frightened at the critical moment.
His face was pale, and even the orders he issued were somewhat unclear, making the soldiers in the city even more confused...
So in Nanzheng at the moment, only the lowest-level officers, such as garrison leaders and so on, are still trying to control the situation, gathering their own soldiers and directing the defense.
Although these grassroots officers work hard, without a high-level commander, the orders issued will inevitably conflict with each other and influence each other. Everyone is pulling their necks and shouting, but even if they stand face to face, they may not be able to hear each other clearly.
As the fire in the city gradually increased, and the flames at the Nanzheng government office were raging into the sky, these grassroots officers also gradually lost their minds. They didn't know whether they should go to the government office or the city gate...
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However, the soldiers Fei Qian prepared to attack the city did not leave Zhang Lu with much time to adjust. The current two hundred infantry were divided into twenty groups, each group carrying a long ladder, and rushed straight to Nanzheng.
He opened the antlers of the antlers to resist the horses in the trench outside the city, then put a ladder up the trench, and built twenty temporary narrow wooden bridges!
If it were a normal siege, these soldiers, under the suppression of bows and arrows, might not even be able to charge forward, and the casualties would be heavy, let alone how easily they could reach the trench and set up a ladder with almost no losses.
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Although there were soldiers shouting and shooting arrows down on the city, the sporadic attacks in the dark night were basically nothing, and they did not have much blocking effect.
As the archers on both sides of General Zhengxi's array pressed forward and began to cover the city with blind fire, there was no decent counterattack on the city wall.
After the ladders were set up, the soldiers in the second array, under the orders of the grassroots officers, quickly passed the ladders on the ditch and went straight to the east city gate where the battle was fierce!
In Nanzheng City, the shouts were getting louder and louder at this time, and more and more fires were rising, mixed with the miserable cries of countless people in the city, making it extremely chaotic...
"The city is broken..."
Zhang Ze stood aside and said softly.
"Well, the city is broken." Fei Qian nodded and said the same thing.
Up to now, Zhang Lu still has not made an effective counterattack, nor has a large-scale military formation appeared, so it is basically doomed to defeat.
There should have been a lot of soldiers in the city. If these defensive soldiers formed a formation and cooperated with each other, even if Fei Qian attacked the city gate, he might not be able to immediately gain an absolute advantage. But until now, there is still no decent one.
If some defensive formations appear, the scattered city guards without command will inevitably be unable to withstand the impact of the well-structured Feiqian soldiers. Even if there is a slight resistance, they will only be greeted by one-sided killings!
Sure enough, not long after, amid a burst of cheers at the Nanzheng City Gate, the suspension bridge that was originally hanging high suddenly fell down!
When Fei Qian saw that the city gate had fallen into his hands, he immediately raised his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "Gong Ming, listen to the order! Enter the city and defeat the enemy!"
Xu Huang immediately accepted the order, took a few steps forward, took the long ax handed over by the guard, and shouted: "Follow me into the city! Defeat the enemy!"
At the command, the forest-like swords and spears in the military formation were raised high, and followed Xu Huang, rushing towards the city gate like a tide, shouting at the same time: "Enter the city! Defeat the enemy! Enter the city! Defeat the enemy!"
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At this time, Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei were already covered in blood.
At the last moment, Zhang Wei chose to rescue his brother Zhang Lu first, rushed out from the barracks with his soldiers, killed the rebels around the government office, gathered with Zhang Lu, and then thought about turning around the city gate.
By that time, it was already too late...
One man made a rebellion and hundreds of people followed, not to mention these rebels in the city. They were originally the back-up men left by Nanzheng Zhang. They were carefully prepared in case he fell out with Zhang Lu.
Can Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei control it?
One or two hundred people, on this dark night, caused a huge storm in Nanzheng County!
Fires were lit everywhere, causing many people to be forced out of their homes by the raging flames, adding to the chaos in the city. There seemed to be a large number of people running and bumping into each other on every road, and the young and strong could still run around and shout.
, the old and the weak can only be trampled under their feet!
Everyone thought that by following the Heavenly Master, they would gain peace and joy, and that they could survive for a while, but they didn't expect that overnight, a military disaster would come before their eyes!
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei gathered their soldiers and retreated to the west of the city...
Although Zhang Wei didn't have much commanding talent, he still had some strength. Perhaps knowing that it was a critical moment, or perhaps in order to escape, he held a straight knife in one hand and my spear in the other, so he rushed to the front and collided head-on.
He got into a group of Zhang Ze's private soldiers who were ambushing the city.
"Kill! Kill them!"
Zhang Wei shouted, and then he raised his sword and spear and went to kill Zhang Ze's private soldiers. The guards following Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei also knew that this moment was the key to life and death, so they shouted,
Let’s fight forward together!
These private soldiers of Zhang Ze hidden in the city, in order not to attract attention, would be good if they had some swords, guns and weapons, so it is impossible to have many armors, bows and arrows, and even dogs would jump over the wall in a hurry, let alone humans?
Therefore, when Zhang Lu also held a long sword and moved forward crazily, these private soldiers of Zhang Ze were unable to resist, and several of them were killed in succession. The remaining ones shouted and fled in all directions.
Escape into the streets and alleys...
Zhang Wei's face was stained with blood and minced meat, his eyes were red but he just wanted to chase people and kill them, but Zhang Lu grabbed him: "Quick! Ximen, hurry up and go to Ximen!"
As long as he escaped, Zhang Lu would still have some reputation accumulated from Zhang Daoling's generation, as well as Taoists and believers scattered throughout Hanzhong, as well as the soldiers and generals guarding Yangping Pass...
There is still hope!
As long as you are alive, there is hope!
Zhang Lu looked back angrily, looking at the huge fire rising from the east gate. Gritting his teeth, he just urged Zhang Wei and others to retreat to the west gate...
