Sun An in this city was originally from Jingyuan, Shaanxi Province. He was nine feet tall and eight inches wide in waist. He knew strategy and had extraordinary physical strength. He has learned excellent martial arts skills and is accustomed to using two iron swords. Later, in order to avenge his father, he killed two people. Due to the urgent pursuit by the government, he abandoned his home and ran away.
Later, I heard that my friend Qiao Daoqing from the same hometown was under Tian Hu's command, so I went to Wei Sheng and took refuge with Qiao Daoqing.
This Qiao Daoqing also knows some boxing and sticks, and has learned some deceptive Taoist techniques, and works as a national teacher under Tian Hu. Qiao Daoqing also knew that Sun An had courage that no man could match, so he recommended him to Tian Hu. Later, Sun An performed meritoriously in battle and became the commander-in-chief of the Jin Kingdom.
When Tian Hu learned that Prince Daliang was coming to help, he was afraid that Wu Li would be defeated, so he sent Sun An to help.
After Sun An received the general order, he led ten generals and 20,000 troops and horses to assist Xiangyuan.
The ten generals are:
Mei Yu, Qin Ying, Jin Zhen, Lu Qing, Bi Sheng
Pan Xun Yang Fang Feng Sheng Hu Mai Lu Fang
All ten people were given the post of governor.
Sun An knew that Daliang had gunpowder to destroy the city and the walled city was not strong enough to rely on, so he did not prepare to hold on. Instead, he prepared to go out of the city to fight and repel the Daliang troops.
So he did not camp outside the city. Instead, he led his troops into the city, preparing to rest for the night and then go out to defeat the enemy the next day. If they insist on holding on, they can set up a camp outside the city and act as a rival to each other.
However, the barracks in the city could not accommodate so many soldiers and horses, so Wu Li drew several squares for Sun An to camp. The people in these villages have all fled, and the few people left behind were invited away by Wu Li.
When Tian Hu first raised his army, he looted wantonly. Later, when he was ready to claim the throne, he stopped robbing the people. However, in order to expand his territory, he recruited troops on a large scale and had 200,000 soldiers. There are also a large number of officials who are not working hard. The burden on the people east of Hedong is extremely heavy, so there are always many people fleeing.
When Daliang attacked Longde Mansion, most of the people in Xiangyuan fled for fear of being affected by the war. It can be said that the entire Xiangyuan City has ten rooms and nine empty rooms.
That night, Wu Li held a banquet for Sun An, but Sun An only tasted the banquet and left with his generals on the grounds that he would go to battle tomorrow. Wu Li had no choice but to break up the banquet.
The place where Sun An lives is the house of a wealthy family who escaped. There are dozens of large and small houses. Sun An's soldiers were all crowded in this courtyard.
By the time of the third watch, Xiangyuan City had already fallen into darkness. Apart from the soldiers patrolling the city, only a small group of soldiers and horses were left patrolling the city.
Ye Qing led a group of confidants to stand on the south wall, staring outside.
The surrounding areas have long been shrouded in darkness. The shrill cries of nocturnal animals in the past were also missing today.
Suddenly a torch was lit in the darkness and swayed from side to side.
A soldier said: "They are coming."
Ye Qing nodded and said: "Put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate."
"yes"
Several confidants personally ran to the winch and started turning it.
A harsh "squeaking" sound sounded at night and spread far away.
Ye Qing saw him and hurriedly led his confidants to the city.
The city gate has been opened. But the suspension bridge is very slow.
"What are you doing?"
When the suspension bridge was lowered halfway, a loud shout rang out in the city.
Ye Qing turned around to look, but it was a group of patrolling soldiers from the city who heard the sound and rushed over. The patrolling soldiers in the city were soldiers and horses under Wu Li's command.
"Fire the arrow."
Ye Qing saw that things were revealed. Without saying much, he shouted loudly and ordered the arrows to be fired.
The archers on the top of the city immediately fired their bows and arrows at the patrolling soldiers below.
"Beep"
Although the arrow rain from the city shot down most of the soldiers who came, the people behind still blew the bronze whistle. The sharp whistle suddenly resounded through the night sky. The soldiers patrolling nearby came one after another, and there was a commotion in the city.
Ye Qing saw this. Unable to help being anxious, he hurriedly shouted to the top of the city: "Hurry up and lower the suspension bridge."
Outside the city, Chao Yong led Guan Sheng and Hua Rong to lurk in the darkness. When they saw the city gate open, they were gearing up to fight.
"Kill"
Hearing the loud police whistle in the city, Li Kui suddenly became anxious, wielded his axe, spread his legs and rushed towards the suspension bridge.
Chao Yong was also afraid that Li Kui would make a mistake, so he said to Guan Sheng: "Kill, when you see the enemy gathering, use fire and thunder."
"Kill"
Guan Sheng shouted loudly and led the people to rush inside.
The soldiers behind saw the general charging, and immediately rushed in with loud shouts, and the sound of killing was loud for a while.
In order to use fire and thunder to frighten the soldiers and horses in the city, all the soldiers and horses charged were infantry.
When Li Kui rushed to the moat, the suspension bridge was still far away from the river bank.It's three or four feet tall, but it doesn't hinder charging anymore.
"kill"
Li Kui stepped onto the suspension bridge in one big step and rushed into the city. When he saw Ye Qing and others blocking the way, he immediately rushed towards them with an axe.
Ye Qing, however, led people to guard the city in case the soldiers and horses in the city came to block the city gate.
Hearing Li Kui's roar, he was also startled. He turned around to see Li Kui's fierceness and bad intentions. He hurriedly ordered the people around him to get out of the way, and at the same time shouted: "I am Ye Qing."
Li Kui heard Ye Qing shouting and saw these people hiding on both sides. Without stopping, he danced with two axes and went towards the city to kill.
Guan Sheng led his soldiers and horses into the city. When he saw Ye Qing standing beside him, he said: "Lead us to the military camp to kill."
"good"
Ye Qing called the camp and led Guan Sheng to the military camp in the east of the city to kill.
After walking not far, we bumped into a group of patrolling soldiers coming towards us.
Guan Sheng shouted: "Fire Thunder."
Several soldiers behind him immediately lit fire mines and threw them towards the street in front.
Before the soldiers on the opposite side could react, they saw several flashes of fire, followed by several loud bangs, and the soldiers in front were blown to pieces.
Although the sound of killing was loud, the sound of fire and thunder explosion still shook the entire city.
The two soldiers at the back who were lucky enough not to die saw the people in front being blown to pieces and wanted to turn around and run away, but their legs were so frightened that they could only stay where they were and let Guan Sheng kill them.
In the city, Qiongying had already put on her helmet and armor. When she heard the midnight announcement on the street, she rushed to the cell behind the Yamen with a few close female soldiers.
We met two teams of patrolling soldiers along the way, but no one dared to ask about the princess.
When they arrived outside the prison gate, the city was already filled with the sounds of killing.
When the soldiers guarding the cell heard the loud killing sounds in the city, they were all panic-stricken. When they saw Qiong Ying arriving, they asked, "What are you doing here?"
Qiong Ying said: "The soldiers and horses of Daliang have entered the city. My uncle is afraid that Qin Ming will be rescued by them, so he specially asked me to take him."
The two guards were eager to leave early so that they could escape. Qiongying was the uncle's daughter. Hearing Qiongying's words, they did not doubt his presence and immediately let Qiongying and others in.
The little cellman in the cell just assumed that the guard outside had already experienced the token, and without asking any questions, he hurriedly brought Qin Ming out.
Qin Ming was awakened by the sound of being killed while he was sleeping. He was taken out of the small prison. When he saw Qiong Ying, he couldn't help but smile and said: "My troops and horses have come in. Please abandon your weapons and surrender early to avoid risking your life when captured."
Qiongying didn¡¯t say much, she just asked the female soldier to take Qin Ming away, and asked for the key to Qin Ming¡¯s shackles.
Outside, the guards outside had fled somewhere.
Seeing that there was no one on either side, Qiongying hurriedly said: "Let go of General Qin quickly."
Qin Ming allowed the female soldier to open the shackles and said, "Is it possible that you have surrendered my beam?"
Qiongying nodded and said: "Uncle Ye and I have surrendered the beams, and Uncle Ye has already sent a large army into the city. I have offended many people in the past few days, and I hope that the general will pay attention."
Qin Ming couldn¡¯t argue with a woman, let alone Qiong Ying who let him go and said with a smile: ¡°Since we have become generals in the same dynasty, the past is over.¡±
Qiongying handed an extra waist knife to Qin Ming and said: "The general's weapons can't be found for a while, so let's make do with them for now. Let's go and meet the large group of people."
Qin Ming took the waist knife and said with a smile: "Okay."
Everyone went to the street and headed towards the south gate.
Before they had gone far, they saw dozens of people retreating in panic, followed by a big man covered in blood and killed.
This group of people didn¡¯t see Qin Ming¡¯s appearance clearly. They just saw Qiong Ying and a few female soldiers and hurriedly shouted: ¡°Princess, leave quickly, this big man is fierce.¡±
Qin Ming had already seen the person coming and said with a smile: "That person is Li Kui, a murderer in Liangshan."
After saying that, he charged into the retreating crowd with his sword drawn.
Seeing this, Qiongying had no choice but to lead others to follow him and fight.
The group was caught off guard and several people were cut down. When they saw that Qiong Ying had also rebelled, they immediately shouted and fled.
When Li Kui saw Qin Ming, he shouted: "Do you know where the Yamen is? Let's go kill the high official."
Hearing this, Qin Ming turned around and said, "That's the Yamen over there."
"Kill"
When Li Kui heard that the Yamen was already in front of him, he shouted and rushed towards the Yamen.
When Qin Ming and Qiong Ying saw them, they had no choice but to follow them and kill them. (To be continued)