Seeing the trapped people running out of the city one after another, the county magistrate in the city gate tower was in a panic and asked his officers and soldiers sharply: "Didn't I ask you to lower the gate? Why don't you let it go?"
Several officers and soldiers operating the noose were sweating profusely. One of them raised his head and said, "Sir, the gate seems to be stuck and cannot be released!"
"Ah?" The county magistrate was so anxious that he once again lay down on the arrow stack, pulled his neck at the government servants and officers and soldiers below and shouted: "Don't let anyone go! Do you hear me? Never let anyone go! Otherwise, the prefect will blame you." , we can’t even eat and walk around!”
Zhenfu is famous for its cruelty. After hearing the shouts of the county magistrate, the government officials and officers and soldiers launched an even more fierce attack. Especially at the city gate cave, people were crowded next to each other, and it was almost overcrowded.
An officer and soldier broke through the defense line of Deng Yu, Yan Guang, and Zhu You, and ran into the city gate with a spear. When he saw Gai Yan holding the gate with both hands, he stabbed at him with his spear without saying a word.
At this time, Gai Yan did not dare to move at all. As soon as he left, the gate would fall, and Liu Xiu and others would be trapped and die in the city.
Seeing the spearhead stabbing his lower abdomen, Gai Yan could only twist his waist as hard as he could, and heard a sound of sand as the spear touched his flesh and passed by his side.
However, Gai Yan's distraction also scattered his strength, and the gate suddenly fell. Gai Yan roared and used his shoulders to hold the gate.
The gate weighs hundreds of kilograms, so if Gai Yan can hold it for a while, that's no problem, but over time, even the gods can't bear it.
At this time, Gai Yan's legs were trembling, and he was shivering violently. Li Yi, who was standing outside the gate, looked at Gai Yan in surprise, and sighed in his heart, Ju Qing is so powerful, this battle can still be fought!
Thinking of this, he stepped forward, stood under the gate, raised his hands vigorously, and at the same time shouted to the brothers who had fled outside the city: "Come and help!"
Li Yi's shout caused everyone who had fled the city to gather together and work together to hold the gate.
Seeing this, the officer and soldier wanted to stab him again with a spear. Zhu You turned around and swept his sword across. There was a click and the officer and soldier's heads were chopped off and fell to the ground.
This is just the beginning. There are only three people, Deng Yu, Yan Guang, and Zhu You. How can they stop the huge crowd of government officials, officers and soldiers.
Not long after, several more government officials, officers and soldiers rushed into the city gate and killed the people holding on to the gate.
Thanks to the help of others, Gai Yan had extra strength. He swept out with one kick and kicked the two government officials who rushed towards him to the ground.
However, others did not have such ability as him. Seeing the officers and soldiers thrust their spears, people could not dodge at all.
With a series of muffled sounds, three men were stabbed through the chest with spears and fell into a pool of blood.
Li Yi and others were so frightened that they did not dare to hold on to the gate anymore and retreated one after another. Soon, the pressure of the gate fell on Gai Yan again.
Gai Yan felt that the pressure on his shoulders was getting bigger and heavier, as if a huge mountain was pressing on him. He couldn't stand on his legs, his left leg went weak, and with a bang, he knelt on one knee. Gai Yan He gritted his teeth and kept kneeling, still holding on to the gate with his shoulders.
This situation made the officers and soldiers who rushed into the city gate speechless. This was no longer a matter of strength, but how strong this person must be!
People looked at each other, raised their spears, pointed them at Gai Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, and stabbed them all.
Just when several spears were about to pierce Gai Yan's body, a red light flashed in from outside the city gate, and a series of crisp sounds could be heard in the ears. Looking at the officers and soldiers holding spears, they almost
They were in different places at the same time.
It was Liu Xiu who rushed into the city gate with lightning speed, and the red light was the Red Sky Sword in his hand.
After he unexpectedly killed several officers and soldiers, he took a deep breath, looked at Gai Yan who was still holding the gate tightly, and asked: "Ju Qing, how are you?"
Gai Yan grinned at Liu Xiu, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Master, I'm fine, I can still persevere!"
Liu Xiu bent down and looked outside the gate. When he saw Li Yi and others standing outside, watching, he said in a deep voice: "Ji Wen, help Ju Qing hold the gate! We are brothers, and we should live and die together."
, advance and retreat together!”
His words made Li Yi blush, and he subconsciously explained: "Uncle Wen, I am not greedy for life and afraid of death, but..."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xiu said anxiously: "Quick!"
Li Yi shook his head to everyone around him and shouted: "Help!"
Everyone ran to the bottom of the gate again and worked together to help Gai Yan hold the gate. Liu Xiu stood in the city gate and looked into the city. Wherever he looked, there were crowds of people, but most of them were government officials and officers and soldiers from Wancheng.
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If we continue to fight like this, even if our side manages to break out, we may not be able to run very far and will be overtaken. Thinking of this, he said to Li Tong who was approaching the city gate cave: "Chiyuan, you try to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers here.
force!"
"Lord, what about you?"
"Go up to the city wall!" As he spoke, Liu Xiu sheathed his sword and began to undress and take off his belt in the city gate with the help of Deng Yu, Yan Guang, Li Tong and others blocking the city gate.
Gai Yan, Li Yi and others next to him were dumbfounded and didn't know what he was going to do.
Not long after, Liu Xiu had already taken off his robe, took off an officer's uniform, and put it on himself.
Then he grabbed two handfuls of blood from the body and smeared it on his face and body randomly. He lay on the ground, pretending to be a wounded soldier, and slowly crawled out of the city gate hole on the ground.
After exiting the city gate, he climbed along the base of the city wall toward the steps.
The government officials, officers and soldiers present were all focused on the city gate, and no one paid any attention to Liu Xiu, a "wounded soldier."
After climbing out a certain distance, Liu Xiu stood up from the ground quietly, holding on to the city wall, and then limped up the steps.
From the top of the city wall, officers and soldiers rushed down from time to time. When Liu Xiu passed by, no one even glanced at him.
Liu Xiu climbed the city wall almost unobstructed and walked towards the city gate tower. Through the door opening, he could see the county magistrate and a dozen officers and soldiers inside.
Liu Xiu squinted his eyes, still limping. As soon as he reached the city gate tower, an officer and soldier ran out, looked him up and down, reached out and grabbed Liu Xiu's clothes, and pulled him away.
He pulled him into the city gate tower and asked, "What's going on in the city gate hole? Why can't the gate be lowered?"
After hearing his question, the county magistrate turned around and stared at Liu Xiu intently. Liu Xiu hesitated and said: "The gate...the gate seems to be...it seems to be..."
"What does it look like?" The county magistrate strode up to Liu Xiu and asked sharply.
"It seems..." Before Liu Xiu could finish his words, he suddenly pulled out the Chixiao Sword from under his ribs and waved it to the side. Hearing a pop sound, the officers and soldiers who pulled him into the gate tower fell to the ground with their chests
A bloody gash over a foot long was made.
His sudden killing move made the county magistrate and the officers and soldiers present change their minds. Liu Xiu didn't pause for a moment, and struck out with another sword, directly at the magistrate's throat.
The county magistrate reacted quickly and hurriedly stepped aside. At the same time, he grabbed a nearby officer and soldier and pushed Liu Xiu hard.
Liu Xiu's sword moved from bottom to top, and the stomachs of the officers and soldiers pushed over by the county magistrate were cut open, and their intestines immediately flowed out.
The county magistrate screamed, turned around and ran out of the city gate tower. Liu Xiu's body first bowed backward, and then ejected like a spring. As he walked past, he heard a click, and the county magistrate's
The heads fell with a loud sound.
The headless corpse ran forward a few more steps before falling to the ground.
Liu Xiu picked up the severed head with his toes and reached out to grab his hair. Then he lifted the severed head and shouted sternly at the officers and soldiers in the city gate tower: "Lift the gate! Lift the gate immediately!"
The officers and soldiers turned pale with fright and looked at Liu Xiu with dumbfounded eyes. Liu Xiu raised the severed head in his hand forward and shouted: "You want to be like him!"
The officers and soldiers were shaken. Without hesitation, the people hurriedly moved the noose and lifted the gate up little by little.
Liu Xiu held the severed head in his hands, jumped onto the arrow stack, and shouted to the numerous government officials and soldiers below: "The county magistrate is dead! Why don't you run for your lives?"
His voice was like thunder exploding in the clear sky. Under the city wall, the people who were fighting fiercely stopped and looked up to the top of the city. They saw Liu Xiu covered in blood and the severed head in his hand.
Time seemed to have stopped. After a few seconds of pause, the government servants and officers and soldiers exclaimed: "It's your Excellency!" "Your Excellency has been killed!" "Your Excellency is dead!"
Attack the enemy first, attack the heart first! The death of the county magistrate suddenly suppressed the morale of the government officials and officers and soldiers present. Some people lost the desire to fight anymore, threw away their weapons, turned around and ran towards the city.
Someone set a precedent, and then a large number of government officials, officers and soldiers turned around and ran into the city without wanting to fight.
Taking this opportunity, Liu Xiu ran down the city wall with a sword in one hand and a severed head in the other, and met Deng Yu, Yan Guang, Li Tong and others.
People looked at Liu Xiu with expressions of surprise and joy on their faces. There was no time to delay here, so Liu Xiu said in a hurry: "Let's go! The county army should arrive at Wancheng soon!"
They encountered no more decent resistance and rushed out of the city gate one after another, running southward.
The crowd ran five or six miles in one breath, and when their strength was exhausted, they slowed down. Liu Xiu ordered everyone to rest for a while, take care of their wounds, and count down the number of people.
Li Tong and Li Yi left the Li Mansion with 500 people and dozens of carriages.
As a result, after a fierce battle, not a single carriage was brought out of the city. There were only about a hundred people left out of the original five hundred, and most of these hundred people were servants of the Li Mansion, protecting the Li family.
Courtyard and retainers.
In fact, during the battle, their casualties were not as many as three or four hundred. The reason why there were only about a hundred left was because most of them escaped during the chaos of the battle.
Li Yi was very happy with his success. During his stay in Wancheng, he recruited people everywhere, but he only focused on quantity and not quality at all. As a result, these people he recruited were like uncles in the Li family, and they were supported by good food and drink.
When they are used, few of them are useful.
Otherwise, with more than 500 of them, the battle in Wancheng would not have been so difficult. They would have broken out long ago and successfully escaped.