Chapter 481 Sixty miles at night, Liu Cheng takes the golden city
Chapter 481 Sixty miles at night, Liu Cheng takes Jincheng
Jincheng is the seat of Jincheng County and can be said to be the political and economic center of the entire Jincheng County.
However, Liangzhou is remote and has frequent turmoil. Its economy is far inferior to that of the mainland, and even its city walls are inferior to many city walls of the same level in the mainland.
As the seat of Jincheng County, Jincheng's defensive strength is not very strong.
After all, most of the force was taken by Ma Teng to attack Aotou Pass.
Shrouded in night, Jincheng looks quiet.
On the city wall, some braziers were sparsely lit, and the fires in most of the braziers were in a semi-dark state.
On the city wall, there were only a few sparse defenders.
The sparse defenders did not stand up and walk back and forth on the city wall, but sat there with their arms hunched and warming themselves by the fire.
One man also put the tiles on the charcoal fire to heat them, put soybeans on them to bake, and ate them as a snack at night to spend the long night.
These soldiers were warming themselves by the fire and cursing the damn weather.
Some people are complaining that the general is messing around: "My lord, they have all gone to fight at Aotou Pass. Maybe they have conquered Aotou Pass now and entered the middle of the pass.
Even if it is not attacked, with so many soldiers and horses blocking it, no enemy can come over.
We can sit back and relax here, but we are still allowed to patrol here.
He is a little kid, what does he know about military aircraft?
It’s just messing around!”
As he spoke, he felt very dissatisfied in his heart.
The little brat he was talking about was Ma Teng's second son, Ma Xiu.
This year is sixteen.
Jincheng can be said to be Ma Teng's base camp. Now in order to attack Guanzhong, he has mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses. However, if there is no one close to him guarding Jincheng, he will always feel uneasy in his heart.
The eldest son Ma Chao always wanted to be a pioneer and fight in the war, so he left his second son Ma Xiu here to guard Jincheng.
Of course, generals were left to assist.
"This crazy weather is freezing people to death, and some ghostly people are coming to attack the city.
They sleep in a warm house one by one and are very comfortable with their beautiful wives and concubines, but they leave us here to freeze!"
As he spoke, he reached out and touched himself.
"Everything on my body has been frozen. Only the skin is left. Damn it, don't get frozen!"
Without this thing, there will be a lot less happiness in the future!"
As the defenders cursed carelessly, time passed by little by little.
Jincheng is further to the northwest, and the temperature itself is lower than that of Chang'an.
The heavy snow just stopped yesterday, and now it's late at night, and the cold wind keeps blowing, making it even colder.
The darker the night, the colder and sleepier we get.
It was finally the fourth watch, but the patrolling soldiers could no longer bear it.
Holding his arms and shrinking his body, he walked quickly towards the arrow tower on the city wall.
Some people went directly off the city wall.
I came to a warm place, rubbed my hands, got into the mattress, and soon fell asleep soundly.
As for whether someone will attack the city at this time?
Anyone who has this idea must be a complete fool!
In this case, unless the enemy takes wings and flies over.
They do such things without any psychological pressure.
Being able to endure the cold on the city wall for so long is already very worthy of me.
Moreover, they have always done this before and nothing has ever happened.
Not only them, others also did this when defending the city.
The generals of the city defense also turned a blind eye to this, and did not take it too seriously.
Because they all felt that it was impossible for anyone to come and attack Jincheng.
The previous peace and quiet solidified their understanding...
When it was almost five o'clock, Liu Cheng, who had been marching all night, led his troops to Jincheng.
After marching nearly sixty miles overnight, the load on the soldiers under the opponent was not small. Some soldiers fell to the ground directly while walking. After waking up, they quickly got up and continued to follow the team.
This time, because they had to cross hundreds of miles of mud, Liu Cheng and others did not bring horses. Even Liu Cheng himself was traveling on his own feet.
The load is indeed not small.
When he arrived at Jincheng overnight, he saw the darkness above Jincheng, with no light at all. Liu Cheng had a smile on his face.
What I judged before was not wrong at all. Due to various reasons, Jincheng will definitely be neglected in defense.
Now it seems that the degree of this lack of defense is deeper than I thought before.
"Untie the rope and climb the city wall immediately!"
After climbing the city wall, don’t be alarmed first, open the city gate, and enter the city quietly..."
Liu Cheng lowered his voice and spoke to Zhao Yun and some tiger and leopard cavalry guards.
Zhao Yun nodded, and immediately took fifty tiger and leopard horse guards, prepared, and set off towards the east city wall.
There is a moat here in Jincheng.
It's just that the width of the moat is not big enough, and the weather is cold at this time, and everything is frozen.
There is actually not much difference between having it and not having it.
When Zhao Yun and his party were walking towards the city wall, Liu Cheng was also dividing his troops.
Let Cheng Lian, Li Yan, and Zhang Lu lead troops to the other three sides respectively. There are soldiers and horses guarding all the city gates to prevent anyone from running out.
The surprise attack on Jincheng is only the first step. The next step is to conceal the news and give Han Sui, Ma Teng and others a surprise when the time comes.
Therefore, confidentiality needs to be done as well as possible.
Zhao Yun came to the foot of the city wall and started spinning the rope in his hand.
Then he let go of his hand and flew to the top of the city with the rope carrying the stone, and wrapped it tightly around the battlements of the city wall.
I pulled hard with my hands and after verifying that it was very strong, I started climbing.
The speed is very fast, and the whole person looks like an ape.
After a while, they had climbed up the city wall.
He looked around, and using the light reflected by the unmelted snow, he found that there was no one there, so he was not in a hurry to confront the enemy.
Instead, he reached out and threw the rope up several times, but failed to wrap it around the city wall. He caught the rope with his hand and tied it to the city wall...
The surprise attack on Jincheng was actually declared over after Zhao Yun took the lead on the city wall.
When Zhao Yun personally led 20 people down and quietly opened the city gate, and Liu Cheng, who was waiting outside with his troops, led his troops and horses into the city, the battle became even more suspenseful...
"Don't move! Don't talk! I'll chop you to death!"
The defenders were sleeping soundly in the arrow tower when Liu Cheng's soldiers came in quietly and put a knife on their necks.
And he covered his mouth.
Then in a daze, his hands and feet were tied and his mouth was gagged.
It wasn't until they were tied so tightly that some people finally knew the identity of the person who tied them up!
Guanzhong soldiers and horses!
They are actually soldiers from Guanzhong!
After hearing the news, the shock in the hearts of these people who were tied up was even greater than if they were tied up silently.
No matter what, they couldn't believe that these people were from Guanzhong.
Because this is simply impossible!
In front of me, my lord and others mobilized 200,000 troops and blocked Aotou Pass. It was impossible for the soldiers in Guanzhong to come out in large numbers!
As for the Death Pond, it was not at all on their radar.
This correct answer was eliminated by them at the first opportunity.
It's impossible for anyone to come out of there alive!
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"What a fool! This must be Han Sui, who took advantage of his father's soldiers and horses to leave, and took the opportunity to attack our Jincheng!
That’s why he has the strength and the reason to do this!
I knew from the beginning that this person was not a good person!"
When it was almost dawn, Ma Xiu, who lived in the prefect's mansion, finally learned the news.
At this time, hundreds of soldiers and horses had already surrounded the Jincheng Prefect's Mansion.
As soon as he got the news, Matthew jumped up from the bed and cursed at Han Sui without saying a word.
It was such a big pot, and without Han Sui knowing anything about it, he poured it directly at him.
"Then, the people outside claim to be soldiers from Guanzhong, coming from the land of death, and Liu Cheng will lead them personally..."
The person who comes to report the matter speaks out and tells what he knows.
Hearing this, Matthew suddenly became even more angry.
"A thief never says he is a thief!
Under such circumstances, Han Sui would not reveal his identity if he did such a shameless thing, otherwise he would be criticized by thousands of people!
He would make excuses and return Liu Cheng to lead the army. Liu Cheng had already been given military power by Dong Zhuo and was still living in Yushan. With his sensitive status, how could Dong Zhuo trust him to lead the army again?
As for traveling hundreds of miles to the land of death...
That is even more nonsense!
You and I are both from Jincheng, how can we not know the horror of that place of death?
If an army can pass through it, it is no longer a place of death!
He said they came through the land of death, so they might as well just say they grew wings and flew here!"
Ma Xiu cursed directly, calling the matter ridiculous and saying that Han Sui was shameless.
He actually came up with such a ridiculous reason to cover up the fact that his men secretly attacked Jincheng.
"What to do now?
Han Sui's troops are about to rush in!"
This close relative of Ma Teng named Ma Hai was also regarded as a general left by Ma Teng to help defend the city. At this time, he had been led astray by Ma Xiu. He no longer said that the soldiers and horses outside were Liu Cheng's soldiers and horses, and directly regarded them as Han's soldiers and horses.
Then the soldiers and horses came to speak.
Han Sui's cauldron can be considered a strong back.
I don't know if he will be so angry that he will vomit blood after knowing this.
"What else can we do? The other side is insidious and well prepared, catching us by surprise.
At this time, I'm afraid that the outside has completely fallen into the hands of thieves, and there is no use for us to go out. All we can do is fall into the hands of thieves and lose our lives in vain!
The most important thing for us now is to escape, tell my father the news, and let my father know the sinister intentions of this guy, so as not to be tricked by Han Sui again while my father is on the front line!
As long as my father and the soldiers and horses in his hands are still there, then it won’t be a big deal to recapture Jincheng in the future!”
Matthew said so quickly.
Influenced by his brother Ma Chao, he had some opinions about Han Sui, and at this time, they suddenly exploded.
Of course, the main reason is that Matthew is not old enough, has not experienced enough things, lacks some necessary judgment, and lacks the spirit of seeking truth from facts. Some things, just thinking about them in his heart, rely on his own guesses and regard them as true.
"How can I get out?"
Ma Hai asked aloud, appearing eager.
After all, those thieves outside may come in at any time!
"Come with me!"
Matthew said aloud.
Then he took Ma Hai and a few others and quickly headed towards the backyard.
He came to a shabby stove, opened a pot on the pot table, and then carefully got in.
It turns out that there is actually a secret passage here.
Even people like Ma Hai don't know about this secret passage.
Only a few people, including Ma Teng and his son, know about this passage.
Seeing this passage, Ma Hai and others couldn't help but be overjoyed. They entered one by one, and the last one who entered also put the big pottery pot back to its original position...
When they entered the secret passage, the soldiers and horses led by Liu Cheng also attacked the prefect's mansion.
After pouring into the prefect's mansion, he immediately took control of the armed forces here...
"The emperor's uncle, Ma Teng's second son, Ma Xiu, and Ma Hai, the guard left behind by Ma Teng, all disappeared without a trace!"
When it was daylight, Zhang Lu, who was responsible for leading people to capture the prefect's mansion, came to see Liu Cheng and made a report like this.
With some guilt.
The emperor's uncle put such a task into his own hands, but he failed to complete it well and escaped from important people...
Hearing this, Liu Cheng smiled and said to Zhang Lu: "Don't worry, just get away. This time, the most important thing is Jincheng, nothing else. As long as Jincheng is in hand, the rest won't matter much."
Hearing Liu Cheng say this, Zhang Lu felt a little relieved.
"Are you sure that when you carried out the siege, the people in the Prefecture did not notice it in advance and that no one escaped from your siege?"
Liu Cheng thought for a while and asked Zhang Lu.
Zhang Lu thought carefully and nodded: "Confirm, we broke through the city very quickly, extremely quickly, and the movement was small. They didn't get the news in advance..."
Liu Cheng nodded, "If you put it this way, these people should not have gone far, and most likely they are still in the house.
Either he is disguised as a slave, or there is some secret hiding place in the house that has not been discovered.
Or maybe there is a secret passage and they escaped along the secret passage before.
You can go back later and tell people to take a closer look.
These people can't get far."
After hearing Liu Cheng's analysis, Zhang Lu felt that the possibility of the matter was very high.
He immediately responded and returned to the prefect's mansion to arrange the matter.
There was a smile on Liu Cheng's face.
Just as he said to Zhang Lu just now, the most important thing this time is to obtain the Golden City.
The rest is not so important.
Although there may be an impact, the impact is not too great.
At this time, the entire Jincheng had fallen into Liu Cheng's hands.
Several city gates, as well as the entire city wall, as well as important places such as granaries and armory depots, are all under control.
Of the more than 3,000 defenders, all were captured except for a few who resisted and were killed.
Weapons, clothing, and armor were all taken away, and the people were put under centralized surveillance.
While doing this, Liu Cheng also sent people to shout loudly in Jincheng, informing the people in Jincheng that Uncle Liu Huang had come with his troops only to conquer the disobedient, and would not kill innocent people indiscriminately, so as to appease the people in Jincheng.
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Many ordinary people in Jincheng are very confused today.
They slept well at home, but when they woke up, they found that the world in Jincheng had changed overnight!
After discovering this, many people in Jincheng were extremely frightened.
Because according to custom, no matter which side captures the city, it will be burned, killed, and looted.
Every time the city changes its owner, it is a disaster for ordinary people like them.
They are the ones who suffer every time.
This is the practice here in Liangzhou, and it can even be said to be the practice in the entire world.
After learning that Jincheng had changed, their first reaction was to close the doors and windows of their home and hide their money and food.
Those who have beautiful daughters or daughters-in-law at home would smear black ash on their faces to hide them.
Some of them are more ruthless, and they directly use feces, urine and other filthy things to make others think that they are fools. Seeing this filth, they can't get off...
As a result, the burning, killing and looting that I thought about did not appear.
These soldiers and horses who invaded the city actually killed many people who wanted to take advantage of the troubled waters and create chaos.
Maintain order in the city.
"Grandpa, go out, it's okay, these are soldiers of the imperial court, they don't kill people randomly!"
A boy of thirteen or fourteen said to his father.
"Stay in the house honestly!
How can any soldier enter a city without killing people?
It’s not that I won’t kill, it’s just that the time has not come yet!”
The man holding a weight in his hand turned to look at his son and scolded him in a low voice.
Then he continued to hold the weight, stood carefully by the door, and looked outside, full of vigilance.
"But they said that they are the army of the imperial court, not bandits. It is Uncle Liu who led the troops. As long as we don't do anything excessive, they will not kill anyone."
The young man looked at his father and argued loudly.
After hearing his son's words, the man weighing the weights felt a sudden toothache.
Thinking about how clever and smart I am, how come I gave birth to such a stupid son?
"They say they are like this and that's it?
Back then, you told your mother that I was a good person!
But isn’t your little boy still born?”
"What are you talking about? You're talking nonsense in front of your children!"
A woman in the room quit and quickly stopped talking.
She was worried that her husband, whom she always thought was very smart, would say something else in front of her children.
There are many residents in the city who hold this attitude, and they have great distrust of the soldiers and horses entering the city.
Even up to now, these soldiers and horses who have settled in Jincheng have not burned, killed or looted.
This was caused by those soldiers and horses in the past, who had been hurt too deeply and left too deep an impression.
Liu Cheng didn't pay too much attention to these, as long as these people didn't make trouble.
At this time, the most important thing is to eat.
Hot breakfast was distributed to the soldiers.
The soldiers were eating breakfast and looking at the golden city at their feet, feeling very happy.
When they set out yesterday evening, the emperor's uncle told them that they would have dinner in Jincheng in the morning. Now, they really had dinner in Jincheng!
Everything the emperor's uncle said was done!
After breakfast, Liu Cheng immediately arranged for the soldiers to rest.
Implement a three-shift system to allow soldiers to take turns to rest.
It was impossible without rest. The soldiers marched more than sixty miles overnight, attacked the city repeatedly, and captured Jincheng.
Without rest, people simply cannot bear it!
The relationship between the soldiers led by Liu Cheng and the people of Jincheng has eased. In other words, the people's perception of the soldiers led by Liu Cheng has changed, which is due to the rest of the soldiers.
In order to march quickly, Liu Cheng directly ordered people to abandon tents and other things.
At this time, everyone was sleeping and resting, and there was no tent.
Moreover, after arriving in Jincheng, Liu Cheng did not allow his soldiers to burn, kill, and loot. So many soldiers rested directly on the streets or beside the city walls.
At this time, the weather is so cold that even the ice on the moat outside can be moved away, it can be said that a drop of water turns into ice.
As a result, these soldiers cleared the snow, spread some hay on it, unfolded the bedding they brought with them, and fell asleep soundly.
Such a scene, when they saw the eyes of Jincheng people looking warily through the cracks in the window lattice or door, made them extremely shocked.
They have never seen such soldiers and such a scene, nor have they heard of it!
These soldiers are undoubtedly very powerful.
This can be seen from their ability to easily attack Jincheng.
With the handles of knives in their hands, if they wanted, they could plunder the entire Golden City at will. They could do whatever they wanted, and they had no room for resistance at all.
However, they did not do this.
There was no burning, killing, looting, or killing of the people in the city.
In order not to disturb the people, they choose to sleep on the streets during this season!
If they wanted, with their force, they could easily get a warm enough house to rest.
But they still chose to sleep on the streets in such weather!
At this moment, seeing such a scene, the vigilance in the hearts of many people in Jincheng began to drop.
They began to believe that what these soldiers said before was true.
They are really teachers of benevolence and righteousness sent by the imperial court, and they really will not massacre people!
Previously, the people of Jincheng, who were extremely wary of Liu Cheng's troops because of their inherent opinions and the rumors released by Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, suddenly wanted to curse Ma Teng.
If such soldiers are the soldiers they say will massacre the city, what about the soldiers led by Ma Teng and others?
"Grandpa, I told you that these soldiers are all good soldiers, but you still don't believe me."
In the room where Ba She was, the young man said this to his father.
This time, Ba She, who has always been shrewd, did not call his son a fool.
Looking at the soldiers huddled passively in the cold wind, Ba Snake took out the quilt on his bed.
Open the door and walk towards the soldiers...
"I didn't expect that Ba Snake, who has always been stingy and calculating, would be so generous. We can't fall behind!"
Another closed door opened, and a man holding a quilt walked away with Liu Cheng's soldiers...
