"Humph, Taishi Ziyi, you should know what kind of person I am. Since I have followed General Sun Bofu, how can I betray him!" Zu Lang replied sternly.
"You and I have an old friendship. Today I did not attack you suddenly and persuade you with kind words. Although I know that you are loyal and loyal, a man must follow the wise master. General Liu has been ordered to fight against the rebellion, and he is bound to win. Sun Ce is helping evil. If you go against it, you will definitely be defeated. I hope you think about it well!"
"Huh, don't say any more. Although I don't read much, I know how to die for a confidant. General Sun doesn't care about old grudges. He treats me very kindly. I will never betray him to seek glory!"
"Are you really unwilling to surrender to General Liu?"
Taishi Ci asked again, he really didn't want to go to war with Zu Lang.
"Stop talking nonsense, you and I are each our own masters now. Either you die today or I die. Just brothers, kill me."
Zulang said this and clapped his horse forward and rushed straight towards Taishi Ci. His soldiers followed and rushed forward.
Taishi Ci was helpless. As expected, Zulang was unwilling to surrender.
These people who gathered together as thieves tended to be more loyal. Although Sun Ce had attacked Sun Ce before, after Sun Ce defeated him, he not only did not kill him for revenge, but also accepted him as a general. This made Zu Lang feel loyal to his death.
Now the only option is to kill him and then pretend to be his soldiers and horses to lure the city gate open.
Taishi Ci waved his halberd and shouted angrily: "Kill!"
He patted his horse and went straight to meet Zu Lang.
Zulang had never fought against Taishi Ci, but he had also heard that Taishi Ci had fought to a draw with Sun Ce and killed Chen Wu. Knowing that he was a fierce man, he did not dare to be careless. After fighting with Taishi Ci, he raised his sword. Just cut it.
Although both parties were from Danyang, most of them did not know each other. After rushing together, they became a massacre.
Zu Lang is not as powerful as Tai Shi Ci, but he is not so weak that he can be defeated in one blow.
The two fought for more than ten rounds. Taishi Ci had only 2,000 soldiers and horses, but Zulang had 3,000. They had an advantage in numbers, and they were not weak either. They had a slight upper hand. If they continued to fight, Probably will win.
But at this moment, a group of men and horses suddenly rushed from behind, shouting to kill. They were wearing the same military uniforms as Taishi Ci's soldiers and horses. They turned out to be Liu Bei's people.
These troops were commanded by Cao Cheng. After he let Zu Lang go, he began to follow behind, hoping to wait for Tai Shi Ci to persuade Zu Lang.
However, not long after, the detective came back to report that there was a fight in front.
If the two sides are fighting, it means that they can't reach an agreement and Zulang is unwilling to surrender. Since Taishi Ci can't persuade him to surrender, it's useless to try to persuade him. Moreover, now that the two sides are fighting, no matter how he tries to persuade him, it's useless.
If you want to persuade him, you have to arrest Zu Lang. Maybe then you can persuade him to surrender.
But no matter what, now I have to lead the troops to kill from behind.
So he came with two thousand men and horses to kill.
Under attack from both front and back, Zu Lang's men and horses could no longer withstand it. The people behind started to get into chaos and squeezed back to the front to escape.
However, there were enemy soldiers in front, and the people squeezing in from behind frightened the people in front. They had no intention of fighting anymore and were trying to think of ways to escape.
At this time, Zulang and Taishi Ci fought for more than thirty rounds. Because he was attacked before and after, Zulang was anxious and just wanted to kill Taishi Ci quickly so that he could rush over and run to Spring Valley.
At this time, Zulang had just avoided Taishi Ci's halberd and was about to raise his sword to strike, but he saw Taishi Ci's halberd stabbing him again.
Because Zulang was eager to fight quickly, the more anxious he felt, the more panicked he became. He quickly returned the sword to block it, but he was too late and could only dodge and was stabbed by the halberd in the arm.
Zulang's arm hurt and he almost dropped the sword in his hand. At this time, he did not dare to fight anymore and wanted to flee.
Taishi Ci had already seen what he was thinking and was not willing to let him run away. He shouted: "Master Zulang, suffer death!"
Just when Zulang was lapping his horse and turning around to escape, Taishi Ci thrust a halberd from behind, directly into Zulang's waist.
Zu Lang vomited blood, dropped his sword to the ground, looked straight ahead, and said: "General Sun, Zu Lang will live up to you!"
Then he fell off his horse.
"My ancestor is dead, put down your weapons and ask for surrender without killing him!"
Taishi Ci shouted loudly.
Someone around him saw Zulang being stabbed to death and fell from his horse. They did not dare to resist anymore and quickly put down their weapons and asked for surrender.
Taishi Ci's men also shouted: "My ancestor is dead, put down your weapons, please surrender and don't kill me!"
Because they are both from Danyang and have basically the same accent, Zulang's people now know that the other party's people are from Danyang just like themselves.
More and more people put down their weapons and begged to surrender. Some people, like Zu Lang, would rather die than surrender. They were unwilling to lay down their weapons and were quickly killed.
Soon, Taishi Ci and Cao Cheng completely controlled the situation, counted the number of people, and after excluding those who were killed and those who escaped, more than 1,600 people were captured.
He also lost more than 300 people on his side.
"General Cao, let your men change into their clothes and go to lure the city gate open. I will lead the people behind. As soon as the gate opens, we will rush into the city and attack the west gate."
Taishi Ci first asked the captives about Sun Ce's current situation, in order to prevent Jiang Qin from questioning him when he opened the city gate.
Cao Cheng asked his men to change into the prisoners' clothes. Many of their clothes were stained with blood or were in tatters, but it was precisely this that made Jiang Qin believe that his men had rushed out after being attacked.
Taishi Ci took his own troops and surrendered troops, followed Cao Cheng towards Spring Valley, and at the same time sent people to report to Liu Bei.
In Spring Valley City, Jiang Qin looked at the enemy soldiers outside the city and saw that they were gathering again and seemed to have increased their number of troops. It seemed that they were preparing to attack again.
In fact, after Liu Bei received the news from Taishi Ci, he asked Zhang Fei to lead 2,000 people across the river, preparing to join Gao Shun. He only waited for Taishi Ci and Cao Cheng to lure the city gates open, and then they attacked the city together.
"Jiang Sima, Liu Bei seems to be launching an attack again."
The military lord said to Jiang Qin.
"Our reinforcements are about to arrive. Liu Bei knows that if he doesn't attack the city and waits for the reinforcements to arrive, he will be more able to attack the city. So he is attacking with all his strength. Go and prepare the soldiers and people. As long as they are blocked
With this wave of enemy troops attacking the city, Spring Valley can be defended."
Jiang Qin received a report from "Zu Lang", saying that reinforcements were about to arrive. However, he was ambushed by Liu Bei's troops on the road and lost more than half of his troops. Only more than a thousand people broke through and were heading towards Spring Valley.
"Unexpectedly, the reinforcements were ambushed, and there were only more than a thousand people left. But even if there were only more than a thousand people, it would be enough to help us defend Spring Valley. Besides, General Sun has sent Zhou Youping to lead 2,000 people, and we can arrive in two or three days.
When we get to the Spring Valley, the Spring Valley will be as solid as gold."
Jiang Qin felt sorry that Zu Lang was ambushed, but with more than a thousand people entering the city to defend the city, and Zhou Tai leading 2,000 people behind, he could reach Spring Valley in two or three days. He was very confident in defending Spring Valley.
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Now, I just hope Zulang's reinforcements arrive soon.