At night, Heshenggu City becomes particularly eye-catching. The lights in the city are brightly lit, and the black shadows on the city walls also move around.
Suddenly, not far away in the northwest, a raging fire rose in a valley. The fire burned the sky and illuminated the entire northwest like daylight.
"Hurry and report to Master Dajia and Master Registrar that there is a sudden fire in the Black Dragon Pond in the northwest!" The soldier in charge of the patrol immediately shouted down what he saw.
As soon as he shouted, an arrow with sparks penetrated his chest. The arrow penetrated directly into the heart and penetrated the chest. The whole person was pierced by the arrow and died directly. He also fell from the tower.
Come down.
Before the other soldiers guarding the city had time to react, they saw countless arrows with sparks shot in from the outside. A row of soldiers standing on the city wall all fell to the bottom of the city, their brains bursting out and their flesh and blood mutilated.
The whistle sounded at this time, breaking through the silent night in Heshenggu City, waking up those who had just fallen asleep.
Dajia Youju and Lord Bookran all hurriedly walked out of the official residence, leading their subordinates to gather outside the city lord's palace. When they met each other, Youju immediately asked: "What happened?"
Ran Ren pointed to the east gate and said: "The whistle coming from the east gate, someone is coming from behind Heshenggu City..."
Before he finished speaking, someone immediately came to report: "To inform you two adults, a rumbling fire broke out in the Black Dragon Pond, and the entire valley was burned by the fire like daylight."
"Black... Black Dragon Pond? Isn't that the direction the Prince is heading to?" Ranren exclaimed.
Youju said: "His Royal Highness is out of the city?"
"I left the city to look for the Dazzling White Tiger, and took away 26,000 warriors." Ranren said hurriedly.
"Nonsense! This damn Bachi, when he returns to the inner city, see if I don't show him a book in front of the king!" Youju was angry, but his mind was still clear, and he immediately ordered: "Hurry up and support the east gate.
, the enemy must have gone around behind us. If the enemy cuts off our return, we will not be able to return to the domestic city!"
Ran Ren said: "Then His Royal Highness..."
"We can't care so much anymore. He is not suitable to be the crown prince in the first place. Now he must have fallen into the hands of the Han people. What we have to do now is to break out of the encirclement quickly. Otherwise, if Ximen is attacked by the Han people again, we will be attacked from both sides.
"Youju belongs to the royal family and has always had objections to Bogu's choice of heir. He has always suggested that Bogu make his second son Yiyimo the crown prince, because Yiyimo has an easy-going temperament and is kind to others. He is not as cruel and unruly as Baqi.
A generation.
However, Renren's official position was much lower than that of Youju, and because Youju was from the royal family, he did not dare to disobey and could only agree with him.
Youju Ranren brought all the soldiers in the city to the east gate. As soon as he arrived at the east gate, he saw several black figures in the doorway. Then the east gate was opened immediately, and some very tough people poured out from the outside.
The people came, and the leader was holding a shield in his left hand, a steel knife in his right hand, a bow and arrow wrapped around his waist, a steel helmet on his head, and iron armor on his body. A very thin sword mark on his face made him look...
Extremely ferocious.
Youju and everyone were stunned for a moment. Seeing this outfit, they immediately understood that these were troops from Lelang County.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Seeing that the enemy was powerful, Youju rushed in from outside, and the leading man was Hu Yu, the prefect of Lelang County whom he had met once before.
The man at the front was Hu Yu. He set out from Lelang County with 5,000 soldiers. He first crossed the Yalu River, swept through the Goguryeo people along the Yalu River, and captured 2,000 households. After that, he continued northward.
He wanted to attack the inner city, but he heard that a battle was taking place in Heshenggu City, so on the advice of military advisor Wang Wenjun, he led his troops to attack Heshenggu City and joined Gao Fei.
Hu Yu wielded a long sword in his hand and took the lead. All the Goguryeo people who stood in front of him were chopped down to the ground, with blood splattered all over his body. His eyes moved and quickly locked on the enemy in front of him, with his left hand
The shield was also raised, blocking the incoming bow and arrow.
"Fire arrows!" Hu Yu rushed to the front with two hundred swordsmen and shouted loudly to the archers following behind him.
The archers behind Hu Yu were all selected from Lelang County and the surrounding Sanhan, Umo, and Dongwoju. Not to mention their accurate archery skills, everyone could fire three arrows in a row, which was comparable to the warlike Goguryeo people.
When these archers heard Hu Yu's order, they immediately opened their bows and arrows and shot out all the arrows, knocking down a large number of the Goguryeo people on the opposite side.
For these archers, the Goguryeo people are natural enemies. In addition to the Sanhan people in the south of Lelang County, the people from Lelang County, the Umo people, and the Dongwoju people have all been invaded by Goguryeo. This time they saw themselves
The enemies were extremely jealous, and their anger was mixed with revenge. They shot angry arrows into the crowd of Goguryeo people.
Hu Yu led two hundred swordsmen in front to clear the way, and attacked Youju Ran with a fierce offensive.
Youju and Ranren were all caught off guard when faced with this sudden blow, not to mention that they did not have an advantage in terms of military strength. As soon as the battle started, more than 300 Goguryeo people fell, while the enemies came out more and more.
The more.
"Master Dajia, what should we do now?" Ranren was already confused and hurriedly asked Youju next to him.
Youju didn't even think about it and said hurriedly: "It's just one death, but you have to die in a place where you must die. No one is allowed to retreat and fight the enemy."
After giving the order, fierce street fighting began on the avenue of Heshenggu City. Bows and arrows were fired from both sides, and soldiers from both sides also engaged in hand-to-hand combat. A bloody scene soon ensued.
Hu Yu raised his sword and started to chop. He looked at Wang Wenjun beside him and saw that Wang Wenjun was fighting bravely and had killed several people. A smile appeared on his face. While he was slashing, he said to Wang Wenjun: "Yu Lu, wait until we see you."
Lord, I will try my best to recommend you. Without you on this journey, I would not have made such a smooth progress."
Wang Wenjun, courtesy name Yulu, was from Yingchuan. He was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He was eight feet tall, had a powdery face, starry eyes and sharp eyebrows, and a handsome appearance. Due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he fled from Yingchuan with his grandfather.
When he arrived in Lelang County, under the careful instruction of his grandfather, he was able to strategize power and dance with a gun and stick. He was a literary scholar.
Wu Shuangquan. Two years ago, when Hu Yu followed Gao Fei's instructions to recruit troops in Lelang County, he resolutely joined the army. His talent gradually became apparent, and he was quickly promoted to military advisor and captain by Hu Yu. The two cooperated with each other tacitly along the way.
It can be said that it has been smooth sailing all the way from Lelang County to here.
Hearing Hu Yu's words, Wang Wenjun only smiled faintly, did not answer, and just killed the enemy blindly.
"Hey, catch the thief first and catch the king first. The one on the left is Youju, the one on the right is Ranren, one of us." Seeing that Wang Wenjun didn't answer, Hu Yu said with a smile.
Wang Wenjun's eyes were full of anger, he stared at Youju closely, and said to Hu Yu: "General, I'll kill Youju, you come and kill Ranren!"
After the discussion was settled, the two men each led a group of people to rush forward. After a fight, they finally killed everyone in Youju and Ran. Each of them held a human head in their hands and looked at each other with a smile.
The remaining soldiers also slaughtered all the Goguryeo people, searched for all the Goguryeo people in the city, and killed the shaman and others hiding in the corner.
…
Gao Fei ran back with his soldiers from the Black Dragon Pond and arrived at the foot of Heshenggu City. He saw that there was no one on the tower. He immediately led the soldiers and carefully started to climb the mountain, preparing to attack Heshenggu City.
When they arrived at Heshenggu City, Gao Fei was a little surprised that no one was guarding them.
"Lord, it's so strange, why is there no movement in the city?" Huang Zhong was also suspicious and couldn't help asking.
Chen Dao, Wenpin, Wei Yan, Xu Huang, and Bian Xi all agreed, feeling that the city was too quiet.
A breeze blew by, carrying the slightest smell of blood, which immediately shocked everyone.
"It smells of blood..." Chen Dao's eyes burst out with a glimmer of light and he shouted immediately.
Just when everyone was doubting, the gate of Heshenggu City suddenly opened, and Hu Yu and Wang Wenjun walked out of the doorway.
When Gao Fei saw Hu Yu's figure, the doubts in his heart were instantly lifted. He didn't expect that Hu Yu would be so fast and had already captured Heshenggu City before him.
"I see you, my lord!" Hu Yu walked up to Gao Fei and bowed with clasped fists.
Gao Fei laughed and said, "Who did I think it was? It turned out to be you. I didn't expect you to capture Heshenggu City before me. You were so fast."
Hu Yu said: "My lord, you have done me a favor. It is a great blessing from my lord that my subordinates were able to capture Heshenggu City. If my lord had not lured the soldiers out of the city, my subordinates would not have been able to capture this city."
"You know everything?" Gao Fei asked.
Hu Yu nodded and said: "Actually, my subordinates have been on the other side of Heshenggu City, hiding in the dense forest. Facing the more than 20,000 Goguryeo people in Heshenggu City, I really don't know how to attack, so I can only wait and see.
It changes."
Gao Fei sighed: "Our two armies are close to each other, but we can't meet each other. This Heshenggu City blocks our way. It is indeed a strategic location. However, I didn't expect you to show up here. I thought
You went to attack the inner city."
Hu Yu said: "Wandu City is also a fortified city, and the city defense is thicker than that of Heshenggu City, and there are more troops. If it weren't for Wang Wenjun's suggestion, my subordinates would really attack Wandu City."
"Domestic Wandu City is indeed a fortified city. It can only be defeated by outsmarts, not by force." Gao Fei said calmly, "Who is the Wang Wenjun you just mentioned?"
Hu Yu pulled Wang Wenjun behind him over, cupped his fists and said, "My lord, this person is Wang Wenjun. He is currently the captain of his subordinates. He has both civil and military skills. He is a rare general."
(Author's note: The Inland City in this book is Wandu City. The Goguryeo people call it Inner City, and the Han people call it Wandu City. However, there is some discrepancy with historical facts. According to historical records, after the Inland City was conquered, Goguryeo people built Wandu City. However, due to the author's
Due to my negligence, I didn’t find out the difference between Domestic City and Marudo City until today, which led to this small bug. I hope everyone can forgive me.)