Chapter 643: The inside should be combined with the outside
The guards stopped Liu Xiu and the others, thinking that they were in the wrong place, and wanted to send them aside.
Liu Xiu, Long Yuan and others secretly frowned, and at the same time they were silently calculating in their hearts that if they took action forcefully here, they would have a certain chance of breaking through the crowd of guards and general Deng Zhong's army, and rushing towards Deng Zhong who was in the crowd.
While Liu Xiu was making secret calculations, one of the generals suddenly walked out. He did not look at the guards, but waved to Liu Xiu and the other four, and said, "All of you, come here!"
The guards looked back and saw that the person who summoned these soldiers was Ren Guan. The guards bowed their hands and saluted, saying: "General Ren!"
Ren Guan looked impatient and waved to the guards casually, signaling them to excuse themselves.
Seeing that it was Ren Guan who was recruiting a few of them to come over, Liu Xiu, Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bu were all moved in their hearts. They crossed over the guards in front of them and came to Ren Guan. They all stepped in to salute and said in unison: "Ren Guan."
General!"
Ren Guan raised his head and asked arrogantly: "Are you guys retreating from the front?"
"Exactly!"
"Did you attack the city?"
"Yes, General Ren!"
"How many troops are left on the garrison on top of the city? How many rolling logs and rocks are there, and how much kerosene is left..." Ren Guan asked questions like a barrage of questions.
The guards present heard this and said nothing more. What Ren Guanwen asked was indeed information that his side urgently needed to know. It was only normal to ask the soldiers who had retreated from the front.
The guards returned to their posts one after another and continued to patrol.
Ren Guan glanced aside and saw that the guards were no longer paying attention to him, so he quietly winked at Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu understood what was going on. As he followed Ren Guan towards Deng Zhong, he said seriously: "Reporting to General Ren, we found that the enemy army only has about two thousand men left. Most of the rolling wood and stone have been used up, and all the kerosene has been used."
There’s not much left…”
Ren Guan nodded repeatedly and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
"Capture the thief and capture the king!" Liu Xiu whispered.
Ren Guan took a breath and said, "It's too dangerous."
"I have no choice but to do it," Liu Xiu replied.
After hearing this, Ren Guan suddenly understood that it seemed that Wancheng could no longer hold on anymore.
Ren Guan walked in front, returned to the generals, separated the crowd, came to Deng Zhong, and said with a smile on his face: "General, the enemy's strength is only two thousand, and the rolling wood, stones, and kerosene are almost exhausted.
At the end of the day, in the next round of attack, our soldiers will definitely be able to defeat Wancheng in one fell swoop!"
After hearing what Ren Guan said, everyone present looked at him, including Deng Zhong. Deng Zhong's eyes lit up, he put his hands on his hands and smiled, and said to the people around him: "It seems that our army is indeed here today.
We can capture Wancheng!"
A general who usually disliked Ren Guan asked angrily: "General Ren didn't go to the front to participate in the battle, so how did he know this?"
Ren Guan was waiting for him to ask this question. He turned back, waved to the four Liu Xiu people outside the crowd, and shouted loudly: "Come here, all of you!"
Liu Xiu, Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bo passed through the crowd of generals and came to Ren Guan. They pretended to be timid, with their waists hunched and their heads lowered, as if they didn't dare to breathe.
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Ren Guan pointed at the four of them and said proudly: "They are all brothers who have just retreated from the city. They naturally know the enemy's situation best. What I just said came from them.
mouth."
The general who was at odds with Ren Guan laughed and said disapprovingly: "It turns out I heard about it from the brothers below. I thought General Ren went into battle in person!"
No one at the scene cared about Liu Xiu and the four soldiers, and no one even looked at them. What's more, Liu Xiu and others' faces were covered in blood, and if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see their faces clearly.
Deng Zhong did not pay attention to Liu Xiu and the others. With joy and excitement on his face, he waved his fist and said: "Capturing Wancheng will eliminate our inner circle. It will not only cut off Wu Han's return path, but also cut off the
Luoyang's reinforcements to Wu Han!"
"The general is wise!" With victory in sight, all the generals present held up Deng Zhong's stinky feet and saluted Deng Zhong one by one.
Deng Zhong looked up and laughed. Just as he was laughing, Liu Xiu, who was near him, suddenly drew out his sword, pointed it at Deng Zhong's chest, and stabbed him with the sword.
The surrounding generals were all bowing and saluting Deng Zhong, while Deng Zhong was also laughing proudly. No one expected that this soldier would suddenly kill Deng Zhong.
When Deng Zhong lost consciousness and tried to escape, it was already too late. At the critical moment, a follower beside Deng Zhong shouted: "General, be careful--" As he spoke, he grabbed Deng Zhong's arm and pushed him to the side with force.
One pull.
puff!
Liu Xiu's sword did not hit Deng Zhong's chest, but it hit his left shoulder hard. Deng Zhong screamed in pain, and the generals around him all turned pale in shock and couldn't help but scream in surprise.
The sword did not hit Deng Zhong's vital part. Liu Xiu did not pause for a moment, drew out the Chixiao Sword, and swung it horizontally, slashing towards Deng Zhong's neck.
This time, Deng Zhong was on guard. He was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head, and the sharp blade of the Red Sky Sword passed over his head.
When Liu Xiu wanted to strike for the third time, the two personal followers on both sides of Deng Zhong stepped forward and blocked Liu Xiu with their swords, protecting Deng Zhong to the death.
These two attendants used to be the guards of Deng's house. They were responsible for protecting Deng Zhong when he was a boy. They have been by Deng Zhong's side until now.
The two men both shouted loudly and attacked Liu Xiu with their swords. At this time, the surrounding generals finally reacted, yelled, drew out their swords, and prepared to attack Liu Xiu.
Long Yuan and the other three men showed their swords in unison, and with lightning speed and calmness, they killed the general nearest to them.
Puff, puff, puff! The three generals were all hit by swords and fell to the ground. Long Yuan and the other three drew their swords and attacked the others.
In an instant, the place became a mess. People shouted: "There is an assassin!" "Capture the assassin!" "Protect the general!"
Liu Xiu was entangled by two of Deng Zhong's personal followers, and the two sides fought.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Deng Zhong, who had been hit by a sword in his shoulder, staggered back. Suddenly, he felt an evil wind coming from his side. He reacted quickly and hurriedly dodged to the side. Whoa, a sharp sword was almost touching him.
His arm was chopped off.
Deng finally turned around and saw that the person who attacked him was Ren Guan. He was stunned at first, then shocked and angry, and shouted angrily: "Ren Guan, how dare you commit such an act of betrayal!"
Ren Guan snorted coldly and said: "Guan is a Han official in life and will be a Han ghost in death. How can he join in with you and other rebels?" As he spoke, he struck Deng Zhong with several swords.
Deng Zhong's shoulder was pierced by Liu Xiu's sword, and the injury was serious. Now he was unable to fight. Facing Ren Guan's crazy pursuit, he rolled and crawled, dodging in a panic.
When the nearby guards saw this, they rushed forward one after another. While protecting Deng Zhong, they blocked Ren Guan. One of the guards looked surprised and asked: "General Ren, what are you doing?"
Ren Guan answered him with a sharp sword strike. The guard was struck to the heart by the sword and was killed on the spot. When the other guards saw this, they took a step back in fright.
With the help of his guards, Deng finally got up from the ground, raised his finger and pointed at Ren Guan, screaming: "Ren Guan is rebelling! Kill him, kill him quickly!"
After hearing Deng Zhong's order, the guards were no longer polite and attacked Ren Guan.
They were in chaos here, which naturally alerted the soldiers of Deng Zhong's army around them. People swarmed in and looked up and saw that the place was in chaos, and it was impossible to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Deng Zhong shouted: "Ren Guan has rebelled! Capture this thief quickly!"
Ren Guan also shouted: "Deng finally rebelled against the Han, and he should be punished for his crime!"
Deng was ultimately the commander-in-chief of the entire army, but Ren Guan also had a large number of his cronies under his command.
People who were loyal to Deng Zhong knew that Ren Guan had rebelled, and they wanted to put Ren Guan to death. People who were loyal to Ren Guan knew that Ren Guan wanted to kill Deng Zhong now, and they wanted to put Deng Zhong to death.
Soon, soldiers loyal to Deng Zhong and soldiers loyal to Ren Guan fought together, and the scene became more chaotic.
The Han soldiers on the top of Wancheng City could see clearly that the people's faces were full of astonishment, and they didn't understand why Deng Zhongjun suddenly started fighting among himself.
Wan Xiu held a long spear and shouted to the surrounding Han soldiers: "The enemy is in civil strife. Now is a good time for our army to take the initiative. Brothers in the army, follow me out of the city to defeat the enemy!"
Under the command of Wan Xiu, the remaining 2,000 Han troops followed Wan Xiu and counterattacked from Wancheng City, and went straight to kill Deng Zhong's army on the other side of the moat.
When Deng finally saw this scene, being protected by his guards, he couldn't help but lamented in his heart that he could no longer fight this battle.
Before he had time to think about it, he had already killed two of Deng Zhong's personal followers, Liu Xiu, and fought his way out of the crowd, heading straight for Deng Zhong.
Seeing this, the guards immediately separated into several people to stop Liu Xiu. As soon as the two sides came into contact, Liu Xiu's heavy sword cut off the sword of one of the guards. The sword's edge did not lose its force and directly cut off the opponent. 's head.
Several other guards shouted and surrounded Liu Xiu, attacking his vital points. Liu Xiu swung his sword to block, and with a series of clanking sounds, all the swords attacking him were bounced away.
Liu Xiu swayed and passed between the two guards. As he rushed towards Deng Zhong, he stabbed him straight with his sword. Liu Xiu's movement was fast and his sword was even faster. Deng Zhong was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly. , casually pulled a guard beside him over, and then pushed him forward fiercely.
puff!
The Chixiao Sword did not hit Deng Zhong, but it stabbed the guard who Deng Zhong had pushed over to his heart.
Deng Zhong didn't dare to delay, so he turned around and ran away. He walked in front of a group of horses, jumped on the horse, knocked the horse's belly with his feet, and shouted: "Fight--"
The war horse kicked off its four hooves and galloped forward. Liu Xiu didn't even think about it. He used his arm strength and threw the Red Xiao Sword horizontally in his hand.
Whoosh——
The Red Sky Sword swirled in the air, turned into a streak of red light, and flew towards Deng Zhong's neck. Deng Zhong heard the sound of breaking wind coming from behind and hurriedly bent forward and lowered his head.
Click! This flying sword cut off Deng Zhong's helmet, and also cut off a large piece of scalp on the top of his head.
In an instant, the blood flowing from Deng Zhong's head dyed his cheeks red. Deng Zhong lay prone on the horse, not even daring to raise his head, and just kept urging the horse to gallop forward.
Deng Zhong ran away, and the Han army in Wancheng counterattacked, and his own people fought with his own people. This situation made Deng Zhong's soldiers unintentional to fight, and they followed Deng Zhong who fled.
