The first thousand one hundred and sixteenth chapters
In the darkness, a cavalry force of 20,000 people was rapidly approaching Zhucheng County. The army was moving forward at a steady speed on the official road. It was still a quarter of an hour before the second watch, and the cavalry was still ten miles away from the military camp.
There were almost no pedestrians on the official road. The houses on both sides were dark, without moonlight or starlight. The sky was covered with dark clouds and the night was extremely dark. The soldiers each held a torch to keep a distance from each other. Looking from a distance, the army
Like a fire dragon coming south in the dark night.
Zhou Fei stood at the top of the city and saw the fire dragon in the distance. He felt a little worried in his heart. The army was too conspicuous in the black. He looked at the sky again. Today, God was unfavorable and affected the army's march. He could only use torches to illuminate it.
It has a bright field of view, but it is too easy to be discovered by the enemy.
At this moment, the alarm bells of "Dang! Dang! Dang!" suddenly came from the camp. Zhou Fei was startled. He immediately realized that the other party had discovered the Jin army's fire dragon team.
Zhou Fei was in a hurry. If the opponent diverted to the south gate, he would be in trouble. He immediately ordered: "Fire the gunpowder arrows!"
This time Zhou Fei and his men brought three gunpowder barrels, which they had just tied to the arrow shafts. Immediately, soldiers lit the three gunpowder arrows and launched them into the sky. The gunpowder arrows flew into the sky and exploded with a bang in the night sky.
It opened and emitted a bright red flame.
Zhou Fei was on the trail of suicide, and he wanted Li Bing to understand that they had been discovered by the enemy.
Zhou Fei picked up a shield and shouted: "Captain Han, you lead thirty brothers to guard the north gate, I will go to the south gate!"
"The humble general will fight to the death!"
Zhou Fei immediately led nineteen soldiers and ran along the city wall towards the south gate...
The marching Jin army also saw gunpowder arrows in the distance. Li Bing's eyes suddenly became solemn. Zhou Fei fired the gunpowder arrows and exposed himself. There must be something wrong with the military camp and the enemy discovered the Jin army.
Li Bing immediately ordered the vanguard Zheng Yannian: "You rate five thousand cavalry to kill at the south gate? Prevent the enemy from entering the city from the south gate!"
"Follow the order!"
Zheng Yannian took the military order and shouted: "Follow me from the first to fifth battalions!"
The five thousand cavalry at the front sped up and followed Zheng Yannian towards Nancheng...
The chief general of the Mizhou Army is called Dou Qiang. He is in his forties. He was originally a general of the Tang Army. He was promoted to general after being recruited by Zhu Si. This time he led 10,000 troops to guard Mizhou, but according to Zhu Si's order, he sent 5,000 troops.
Guard the salt field.
But Dou Qiang knew that five thousand troops were not enough to defend Mizhou. He asked Zhu Si several times to increase his troops, and the final answer he received was that if Mizhou was invaded by the Jin army, he could immediately ask for help from the troops of Yanzhou and Yizhou. They would
Come to support unconditionally.
This result really disappointed Dou Qiang, but he had no choice but to do so. Dou Qiang also considered garrisoning troops in the city, but there was no ready-made military camp in the city, and there was no space for him to build a military camp. If civilian houses were demolished wantonly, it would cause the people to rebel, and the government would not be able to live or die.
Willing to agree.
Dou Qiang negotiated several times. Zhucheng County finally demolished the Chenghuang Temple and got thirty acres of open space. He built a small military camp, which could not accommodate five thousand people. Dou Qiang had to station a thousand troops in the city. He led four
Thousands of troops are stationed outside the city? If the situation is critical, he will quickly withdraw into the city.
At this time, the alarm bells rang loudly in the military camp, and the sentry reported that an army of fire dragons was spotted ten miles away. Dou Qiang was shocked. He immediately ordered the army to enter the city, but at this moment, three rockets appeared above the north city.
This discovery made Dou Qiang nervous. Has Beicheng already lost?
He thought for a moment and immediately divided his troops into two groups. He ordered his deputy general Ma Hong to lead 2,000 people into the city from the north city gate, and he himself led 2,000 people holding torches to circle towards the south city.
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Zhou Fei led twenty of his men to arrive at the North City Gate first. At this time, the North City Gate was quite lively. A fight between two groups of scoundrels near the city gate woke up the sleeping soldiers. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Although the scoundrels fought successfully,
Attracting all the patrolling soldiers to the North City greatly reduced the pressure on the South City Gate, but also caused trouble for the Jin army to capture the North City Gate.
The fifty soldiers who had gotten up to watch the fun stopped going to bed and stood chatting in groups of twos and threes near the tower, waiting for the changing of the guard at the third watch. The fight had been resolved, the scoundrels had dispersed, and the patrolling soldiers had gone elsewhere.
But Zhou Fei had already seen a soldier holding a torch running three or four miles away in the south of the city. He didn't care about the deception and ordered his men: "Prepare the crossbows!"
Nineteen soldiers were winding up while running. At this time, the fifty defenders saw a group of soldiers running towards them. The brigade commander shouted and asked, "Who are they?"
Zhou Fei shouted: "The flowers are blooming and the moon is full!"
He then shouted: "It's one of our own. Someone reported a fight here and I was ordered to resolve it!"
He was very angry and his voice was loud and carried far away. The soldiers at the top of the city all laughed. The fight had been resolved long ago and they were just running here now.
At this time, the brigade commander suddenly noticed something was wrong with the opponent's armor. He became suspicious and immediately ordered: "Stop!"
Zhou Fei ordered in a low voice, "Shoot!"
Nineteen running soldiers raised their crossbows and fired. The nineteen crossbow arrows were as fast as lightning and were shot instantly. Fifteen soldiers were unable to dodge and fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, including the leading brigade commander, who was shot through by a crossbow arrow.
chest.
The remaining soldiers were shocked. One soldier rushed to the big bell and sounded the alarm, "Dang! Dang! Dang..."
The bell only rang a dozen times before it suddenly stopped, and a crossbow arrow shot through the back of the soldier's neck...
The remaining thirty or so soldiers shouted and rushed forward. Zhou Fei drew his sword and faced them. He used his shield to block the enemy's spears and slashed with his sword. The sword was as fast as lightning. The throats of the three people were split instantly and blood flowed.
If so, he covered his throat and fell to the ground.
Zhou Fei grabbed a spear, shouted, and swung the spear with one arm to kill him. Nineteen soldiers behind him killed him at the same time. They were like a group of tigers descending from the mountain. They killed more than twenty people in an instant, and the remaining ten were killed.
The soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.
Zhou Fei and his men did not pursue, they quickly took control of the city gate and the suspension bridge hub.
The city gate needs to move up and down to open. There is a door bolt below, but there is an iron door bolt above the city gate. It is an iron pestle weighing more than one hundred kilograms, about the thickness of a calf, and about seven feet long. From the top of the city
When it is lowered into a round hole, there is a protrusion in the middle of the iron pestle, which can be stuck on the round hole, so that the four-foot-long iron pestle is exposed below, blocking the door and forming a door bolt.
Therefore, when opening the city gate, you must first push the winch at the top of the city, pull up the iron pestle, and then remove the door bolt on the city gate before you can open the city gate.
The same is true for the suspension bridge. It must be lowered through the winch on the top of the city. Zhou Fei ordered the soldiers to jam the winches. In this way, even if the enemy seizes the two winches, it will take a certain amount of time to repair them.
At this moment, three hundred patrol soldiers rushed towards the north gate. They were still alerted by the dozens of alarm bells that had just sounded.
"Go up and take a look at the situation!" a captain ordered.
Dozens of soldiers ran up the corridor with spears in hand. When they were approaching the city head, a dozen soldiers suddenly appeared. They raised their crossbows and fired. The dozen soldiers walking in front were unprepared and were hit one after another.
The arrow screamed and fell down the city.
The soldiers behind were so frightened that they turned around and fled towards the city, rolling and crawling. Several soldiers even rolled directly down the city.
The captain was shocked and ordered: "Kill me!"
The three hundred soldiers immediately divided into two groups and ran toward the corridors on both sides. Zhou Fei also divided his troops into two groups. There were ten soldiers guarding the corridors on both sides. They could not hold the position for long. The key was to gain time...
At this time, Dou Qiang had led his army to the south city gate. He shouted loudly, but there was no response from above. Dou Qiang secretly shouted that something was wrong, so he ordered the soldiers to shout together.
"Open the city gate! Open the city gate!" The soldiers outside the city shouted like thunder.
The captain in the city heard the shouts outside, and he shouted: "Attack quickly!"
Three hundred soldiers launched a fierce attack on the city head. Zhou Fei led his men to fight, and the two sides launched a desperate struggle.
Zhou Fei's men were all extremely powerful. They killed the enemy soldiers until corpses piled up and blood sprayed everywhere. However, there were too many enemies. After killing one group, another group came forward. Zhou Fei's men began to suffer casualties, and several soldiers were shot by cold arrows.
In the middle, he screamed and fell from the top of the city.
The school captain was commanding the battle below and kept shouting for the soldiers to fill the gap. The Jin soldiers began to retreat. Seeing that the situation was critical, Zhou Fei picked up a spear, stared at the school captain, and threw it away with all his strength.
The tip of the spear was like a bolt of lightning streaking across the night. With a 'click!' sound, it penetrated the captain's chest. The spear passed through the chest and nailed the captain to the ground.
Seeing the tragic death of the captain, the soldiers attacking the city were demoralized and turned around and went down to the city. Taking advantage of the victory, more than a dozen Jin troops pursued and killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers in a row, driving all the enemy troops out of the city.
At the same time, a fierce battle also broke out at the North City Gate, but the intensity was slightly lower. The fifty enemy soldiers who came to take over the duty and the thirty soldiers who stayed behind fought fiercely. Then another hundred patrol soldiers were added, but they were far from the
The opponent, who was thirty soldiers, was so killed that he cried for his father and mother and fled in confusion.
The army in the city was finally alerted. General Li Zhong led five hundred soldiers to attack the south city. The military camp was about two miles away from the south gate. Five hundred soldiers were running in formation on the street. Li Zhong met several soldiers who had escaped back.
"What happened?" Li Zhong asked anxiously.
"It seems that the general is calling the gate outside the city, but the gate is controlled by an unknown army.
Li Zhong was shocked and asked again: "How many people are there on the other side?"
"Probably dozens of people!"
Li Zhong suddenly became furious. Are there only a few dozen people so arrogant?
He ordered: "Speed up and kill at the head of the south city!"
Five hundred soldiers followed him and ran faster...
Outside the south city gate, Dou Qiang, who had never been able to enter the city, was so anxious that he cursed. At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed in the distance and shouted: "General, look!"
Dou Qiang turned his head and looked around, and saw in the darkness a cavalry holding a torch coming from the west, hundreds of steps away. Dou Qiang's heart suddenly went cold.
He looked at the city head again, knowing that there was no hope of opening the city, and shouted: "Retreat!"
He gave up entering the city and fled eastward with two thousand soldiers...