Jiang Qin finally waited for the reinforcements from "Zu Lang", but the enemy soldiers outside the city never attacked the city, but only formed a formation to watch the city. It seemed that they had been frightened by him and did not dare to attack again.
When the soldiers came to report that reinforcements had arrived at the city, Jiang Qin finally felt relieved.
Although there are only more than a thousand people left to break through and come to the rescue, these more than a thousand people can at least help them defend until follow-up reinforcements arrive.
Jiang Qin ordered: "You should pay attention. If the enemy soldiers attack the city, come and report immediately. If I am not here, you must repel the enemy soldiers as you did several times before."
"promise."
Several military princes responded in unison.
The reinforcements came from the north, so they are now outside the north city gate, and Liu Bei attacked the city from the west.
Jiang Qin led a dozen people to the north gate tower and saw a group of soldiers and horses standing scattered outside the city.
If you look closely at these people, you will see that their clothes are stained with blood and slightly tattered. Some of them even have injuries that are simply bandaged.
These people looked quite tired, and some of them were even looking behind in fear, as if they were afraid that enemy soldiers were chasing them.
Jiang Qin looked at them for a while, and from the clothes they were wearing and their expressions, Jiang Qin already believed that they were the reinforcements brought by Zu Lang.
The only thing that made him suspicious was that Zu Lang was not seen.
"Where is your Commander-in-Chief? Why don't you see him?"
Jiang Qin did not immediately open the city gate to let them into the city, but asked loudly to the people below.
"Jiang Sima, we were ambushed by enemy soldiers on the way. Commander Zu has... been beheaded by Tai Shici! We fought desperately before breaking out. Jiang Sima, let us enter the city quickly, the enemy soldiers are about to catch up.
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Cao Cheng was afraid that he would be recognized by the people in the city, so he did not dare to answer in person, so he asked a shrewd military commander to answer.
The military prince seemed to shed a few tears as he spoke, feeling sad for Zu Lang's death.
"Jiang Sima, open the city gate quickly, the enemy soldiers are coming."
Many people immediately followed and shouted loudly.
Jiang Qin listened carefully and found that these shouts indeed had Danyang accents.
"How many enemy soldiers are there?" Jiang Qin asked again.
"Two or three thousand people, Chiang Sima, open the city gate quickly. When the enemy soldiers catch up, we will be dead."
The military prince did not dare to say that there were too many enemy soldiers in the ambush. If he said too many, Jiang Qin would not believe that he could break through with so many people.
Moreover, it is normal for Zulang to be beheaded and himself to be defeated.
Jiang Qin took a closer look, especially those who were injured. The wounds on their bodies were even still oozing blood, and they were all new wounds, so there would be no fake ones.
You don't have to believe anything else, this injury is definitely not fake. Jiang Qin very much hopes that reinforcements will come to help. Now that he saw the reinforcements coming and carefully identified them, he was convinced of their identity.
"Hurry and open the city gate and bring them in." Jiang Qin ordered.
"promise."
The soldiers nearby quickly went down to give orders to the soldiers guarding the city gate to open the city gate.
With the sound of the door opening, Cao Cheng saw that the city gate was slowly opening. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He whispered to the military princes beside him: "After entering the city, don't rush to take action. Wait until half of the people have entered.
Get rid of the people guarding the city gate, keep the city gate open, and let the soldiers and horses behind enter the city."
"Also, after entering the city, don't rush up to the city to kill the enemy. First attack the west gate and let our people enter the city."
Several military princes responded in a low voice: "No."
"Hey, we're about to enter the city."
The city gate was wide open, and the military commanders in the city stood outside the city gate and shouted to them.
Cao Cheng and others hurried to the city gate, and soon the people in front began to enter the city.
According to the plan, the people in front did not stop after entering the city. After about seven or eight hundred people had entered the city, Cao Cheng happened to be walking inside the gate at this time. He immediately raised his knife and chopped down a city gate guard, shouting: "Kill."
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Several military princes and their soldiers immediately raised their swords and chopped wildly. Suddenly, the city gate guards had no idea how to get back and were hacked to death.
At this time, in the distance, Taishi Ci appeared in Jiang Qin's eyes with more than 3,000 people, running towards Spring Valley.
Jiang Qin heard the shouting of killing under the city gate. He was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what was going on.
I have been shrewd all my life, but I was confused for a while, and I was deceived.
"Quickly, drive them out of the city."
He immediately drew his sword and rushed down to the city with more than a hundred people.
Cao Cheng led his men to guard the city gate, waiting for Tai Shici's troops. The seven or eight hundred people who entered the city rushed towards the west gate.
The soldiers in Jiang Qin's city were mainly concentrated on the west side, with only 300 soldiers and 500 civilians stationed on the other three sides.
As soon as he ran down the city wall, a soldier came to report: "Sima, there is a group of enemy soldiers rushing to the west gate."
"Quickly go and send an order to the brothers on the west side of the city to come down and protect the city gate. They must not be allowed to open the city gate."
"Sima, what should we do if the enemy soldiers outside the city attack the city now?"
"Don't worry, go quickly."
"promise."
Jiang Qin led his men to the city gate and fought with Cao Cheng's men.
Cao Cheng's men were more numerous, almost twice as many as Jiang Qin's, and now they were mainly defending. As long as they guarded the city gate and waited for Tai Shici's men to arrive, they could rush towards the city.
Jiang Qin's military force is not weak, and the soldiers he leads are also brave. However, in the current situation, there are only a few people, and they are being killed and retreating one after another.
Taishi Ci, who was outside the city, took the lead, carrying a halberd, and quickly ran to the city gate, followed by the rest of the soldiers and horses rushing into the city.
"General Cao, you take people to assist Ximen, leave this place to me."
Taishi Ci shouted to Cao Cheng.
"Okay." Cao Cheng responded, called his men and horses, and rushed to the west.
Taishi Ci wielded his halberd and stabbed several enemy soldiers to death in a blink of an eye. When he saw a fierce enemy general not far away, he quickly cut down several of them with his sword.
"Jiang Qin, hurry up and capture him, otherwise you will definitely die."
Taishi Ci recognized that this man was the enemy general Jiang Qin who was guarding the city, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed and rushed towards him.
When Jiang Qin saw Taishi Ci rushing towards him, he replied solemnly: "Qin can die but cannot be captured. Come on!"
At this point, he knew that Chungu could no longer be defended and he had no chance to escape. Now he could only fight to the death.
Taishi Ci didn't say anything anymore. He rushed towards Jiang Qin with his horse and swung his halberd towards Jiang Qin.
Jiang Qin did not ride a horse, but faced the enemy on foot. He already had the upper hand. Moreover, all of his soldiers were almost killed. Even he suffered several wounds, but he endured the pain and fought.
Taishi Ci's first halberd was dodged by Jiang Qin, and he stabbed him again. Jiang Qin was surrounded by Taishi Ci's soldiers again. He accidentally got another knife in his back. He quickly turned around and slashed with his knife, killing one person.
But he could no longer avoid Taishi Ci's halberd.
The halberd pierced his body. Jiang Qin looked at Tai Shici fearlessly and slowly fell down.
"Cut his head off and bring it."
Taishi Ci drew back his halberd and gave an order.
The soldiers nearby immediately came forward, cut off Jiang Qin's head, and presented it to Tai Shici.
Taishi Ci took Jiang Qin's head and ordered: "Leave a thousand people to guard the gate, and the rest will follow me."
At this time, at the west gate, Cao Cheng's men were fighting fiercely with the defenders.
Jiang Qin's troops were very determined to defend the city, and there were more troops on the west side. Cao Cheng's men were unable to get close to the city gate for a while.
Taishi Ci rushed up on his horse, raised Jiang Qin's head high, and shouted: "Jiang Qin is dead, please surrender and avoid death! Jiang Qin is dead, please surrender and avoid death!"
When the soldiers and civilians who defended the city saw Jiang Qin's head, they all shed tears. Many soldiers became even more angry and fought harder and harder.
Taishi Ci knew that these people were unwilling to surrender, so he waved his halberd and ordered: "Kill them."
Leading the soldiers, they slashed and stabbed fiercely.
Soon, the west city gate was opened. Gao Shun and Zhang Fei stood guard outside the gate with their troops and immediately rushed into the city. At this time, the enemies in the city had basically been killed, and only more than 500 people were willing to surrender.
