For a quarter of an hour, Qin Xiao unfolded the map he brought from Yidu, studied it carefully, and formulated several routes.
"We are divided into four groups. We will go to Songzi City from these four roads and meet here. Whoever gets there first will find a place to hide and wait." Qin Xiao's fingertips followed the four roads and finally gathered at a point.
Five miles outside the north gate of Songzi City.
Wu Zheng and others obeyed the instructions, immediately organized the people they were going to lead, and quickly got on their horses.
On the other side, the soldiers and horses of Songzi City were greatly relieved when they realized that the Central Guards did not pursue them.
After walking some distance, the scouts at the rear reported that there was no movement, so the general ordered to take a rest.
Not daring to stay any longer, the seriously injured soldiers were allowed to simply take care of their injuries, while the others drank water and rushed on their way again.
They must rush back to Songzi City as soon as possible to bring back the news of the fall of Yidu.
Yidu fell too quickly, and Nanping County's army is probably still halfway there. The fastest way to reach Songzi City will be tomorrow or night.
Not daring to delay the journey, when the moon was rising high, the gate of Songzi City was finally in sight, and everyone saw the hope of surviving the disaster.
"The young master has not arrived yet, do we want to ambush him?" Wu Zheng was lying in ambush behind a high slope in the distance, looking at the old acquaintances approaching from afar on the mountain road, and asked Zhao Chun.
The two of them took a detour, Wu Zheng arrived a stick of incense ahead of time, and Zhao Chun met him half a stick of incense ahead of time.
"The young master should be trying to imitate the general." Zhao Chun was still thinking about Qin Xiao's intentions along the way, and based on what Qin Xiao had said to them before, he made a vague guess.
"Imitate the general?" Wu Zheng suddenly realized, his piercing eyes brightened, "Chase them to the city gate, how wonderful!"
With so many people, it is difficult for the archers in Songzi City to fire arrows. What should they do if they accidentally kill their comrades?
If you don’t shoot the arrow, then you can’t open the city gate?
Just open, they might get in.
Why don't you open it and watch them kill all the more than 2,000 people on the tower?
Thinking of the dilemma that Songzi City's defender was in, Wu Zheng couldn't help but grin, showing his shining white teeth.
"They are coming!" Wu Zheng endured it very hard and wished he could rush forward now and start killing.
In the end, he could only watch these people slip away from under his nose.
When the enemy troops galloped past and the remaining scouts left, Wu Zheng showed up. Just as he came down the hillside, Qin Xiao led another army to join them instantly.
"Pursue with all your strength!"
Qin Xiao arrived half a stick of incense earlier in the morning than Wu Zheng, and their people more or less rested for a while.
The injuries of the wounded soldiers on the Central Guard Army's side were also well taken care of. On the contrary, the soldiers and horses of Songzi City were in panic all the way and were rushing almost all the time. Because the injuries of a large number of people were not treated properly,
It seriously slowed down the trip.
Therefore, even though they were five miles away, they saw the city gate, and the guard on the city gate also saw them, and when they ordered the city gate to be opened, they were overtaken by Qin Xiao's army that suddenly appeared.
The gate of Songzi City was right in front of us, and the enemy suddenly came in pursuit. The entire army was trapped in place.
The most exquisite thing is that the guard at the north gate of Songzi City immediately blew the horn of the enemy's incoming attack. Instead of closing the city gate, he opened the city gate and led more than a thousand soldiers and horses out of the city to respond.
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The escaping Lord of Songzi City opened his mouth to tell them not to come out, but his voice was muffled by the fierce fighting sounds.
It was a chaotic fight.
There were still archers on the city tower shooting arrows at the Central Guards in the distance. Qin Xiao brought Lan An. Lan An waved his hand and divided the 100 people he brought with him into the left and right sides to find a distance that could defeat the enemy.
At the same time, he fired arrows towards the tower.
"Quick fight, quick decision!" Qin Xiao abandoned his horse, landed on the ground, and took the lead in running into the center of the melee with his spear in hand.
His martial arts skills were extraordinary, and he was unrivaled by anyone in the chaotic army. With his right-hand assistants like the Yun brothers who could defeat Jun Ci, it only took less than a quarter of an hour to put the enemy at a disadvantage.
The disparity in strength gradually widened, and the Southern Dynasty army, seeing that the situation was not good, wanted to retreat, but Qin Xiao had already reached the bottom of the city wall under the cover of Lan An, and led the Yun brothers to block their retreat.
"Cover me."
In the chaotic killing scene, no one paid attention to the ghostly figure behind the Central Guards, flashing past Lan An.
Only Lan An heard the three short words left by the figure as he passed by.
He quickly turned his bowstring and fired an arrow at a dark corner of the tower, attracting the attention of the people on the tower.
On the other side, Xiao Liu bypassed everyone, took out the flying claw tied to his waist, threw it hard, and got stuck on the city wall. He pulled it, and after making sure it was stuck firmly, he jumped up the rock.
When Xiao Liu threw the flying claw, Lan An's arrows were shot very densely and very close to the position where the flying claw was stuck, covering up the sound of the flying claw.
It wasn't until Xiaoliu was halfway up that the Southern Dynasty troops outside saw him, but everyone who wanted to warn them only uttered one or two words and was quickly killed by Wu Zheng and others.
The people on the city gate didn't notice them until Xiao Liu jumped up and landed on the city tower. When they raised their weapons to kill them, Lan An's arrows shot around Xiao Liu, separating them all.
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There was no general on the city tower. The only general who guarded the city at night, the general Zhonglang, came out with his men to greet his comrades. At this moment, the generals of Songzi City were all on their way to the north gate.
Xiaoliu's martial arts skills are not very high, but his movement skills are weird, his speed is extremely fast, and his attacks are decisive and ruthless. He is more than enough to deal with the archers on the tower, with the cooperation of Lan An.
The city tower was suppressed. Qin Xiao led his men to directly attack the people guarding the city gate. With a two-pronged approach, the city gate was quickly breached.
Entering the North City Gate, you hear the sound of shaking and torches moving quickly on the courtyard wall.
Lan An did not enter through the city gate, but followed Xiaoliu's flying claws to climb up the rock.
The archers quickly positioned themselves on the tower facing the inside of the tower.
The Songzi City army that was approaching was greeted by a rain of arrows.
Songzi City is a county town and belongs to Nanping County. Nanping County has heavy troops. Songzi City usually has five thousand soldiers and horses because it is the border between the two dynasties.
Due to wartime, the number increased to 10,000, and 4,000 people rushed to the aid of Yidu. Just now they were all killed under the city tower, and there were another 1,000 city defenders. Due to the wrong decision of the city defender, there were only 1 or 2 people left at this moment.
Hundreds of remnant soldiers were surrounded and suppressed at the gate of the city by the Central Guards.
Except for the few hundred people who were left to guard the other two city gates, the remaining 4,000 people came to kill them from all directions.
There are still more than 3,500 people in the Central Guard Army, so there is no huge disparity in strength.
But Lan'an led one hundred and fifty archers, and every fifty people guarded one wall, one group of ten. After shooting the arrows, they immediately replaced the second group with bows and arrows.
Taking turns and cooperating like this, the Southern Dynasty troops coming from the three sides suffered heavy casualties before they even had a confrontation with Qin Xiao and others.