Chapter 214: Taking the Martial City (4)
Zhang Xutuo stayed in the north city for a long time, and then went around the city to the south city. Outside the south city was a wilderness with a low terrain. More than ten miles southwest was the vast swamp of Gaojipo. ⊙,
Han Zhishou almost followed Zhang Xutuo and ran wildly at the top of the city, "Bring my war horse and sword!" He turned around and shouted, and several personal soldiers led his war horse to the south city.
Outside the south city, Zhang Xutuo and more than 20 soldiers were still 150 steps away, and this place was just outside the range of the crossbow arrows. He raised his horse whip and pointed at the city wall and said something to the cavalry nearby, and then dismounted and climbed on the ground, as if checking the situation on the ground.
Han Zhishou lay on the battlement and gasped, staring at Zhang Xutuo without blinking. He felt a stream of blood in his body rushing towards his mind. At this moment, his pupils suddenly contracted into a crack, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity appeared in front of him. Zhang Xutuo actually left the war horse and walked towards a mound not far away. Standing on the mound, he seemed to see more clearly.
The blood vessels in Han Zhishou's brain finally exploded. He could no longer control his desire to make contributions and shouted: "Open the city gate and fight out and capture Zhang Xutuo alive!"
A side general was shocked and hurriedly said, "The king is not allowed to open the city gate!"
Han Zhishou whipped him hard in the face and cursed: "Idiot, where is the Sui Army?"
He turned around and ran towards the city, "Open the city gate!"
The city gate slowly opened and the suspension bridge slowly lowered. Han Zhishou waved his big sword and urged his horse to rush out of the city gate, leading hundreds of soldiers to kill Zhang Xutuo, two hundred steps away.
At this time, Zhang Xutuo also discovered that Han Zhishou had left the city. He hurriedly ran down the mound, turned over and ran northeastward. Han Zhishou was not willing to let him go, urging the horse to run wildly, and the soldiers also ran quickly behind.
More than 20 cavalrymen did not run with Zhang Xutuo. One of them was Pei Xingyan. When he saw the city gate open, he immediately took out two sledgehammers from behind the hill. He hid here in advance last night.
The most important part of Zhang Xuan's plan was that the gate of Wucheng County was opened, and the opportunity was fleeting. Even Pei Xingyan led the cavalry to the city gate, but it was too late. At this moment, the ground, about twenty steps away from the city gate, suddenly cracked open, and countless Sui soldiers emerged from the ground. Shen Guang was the first to rush out and ran towards the city gate.
The distance was too short, and no one in the city responded. Shen Guang had led the first batch of 100 soldiers into the city gate, and then Yuchi Gong rushed out of the cave. He led the second batch of more than 200 soldiers to rush towards the city gate.
At the same time, a low horn sounded in the woods in the distance, and the sound of horns echoed in the sky. Pei Xingyan also shouted and led the cavalry to the northeast. His mission was not to enter the city, but to intercept the retreating enemy general.
At this time, there was a chaos in the city. All the thieves were stunned by the sudden change. When they realized that the two most elite Sui troops had already entered the city one after another.
"Close the city gate quickly!" The side of the city was so anxious that he stomped his feet and shouted!
The suspension bridge creaked, but the city gate could not be closed. The Sui army soldiers blocked the cracks with iron blocks. Shen Guang led a hundred Sui army to control the city gate and fought fiercely with the continuous attacking thieves, but snatching the suspension bridge was Yuchi Gong's mission.
The hub winch of the suspension bridge was placed in the city tower and was controlled by more than 20 thieves. At this time, Yuchi Gong had led 200 soldiers to kill the city.
Yuchi Gong still used the Wei Tuo stick to charge and wielded the big stick weighing a hundred pounds, which made the thief's bones and tendons break and the brain burst. The thief's troops were beaten to fly out, and screams were heard.
Yuchi Gong was the first to rush to the city, and hundreds of thieves rushed towards him. Yuchi Gong roared and swung his stick into the enemy group. More than 200 Sui troops followed him to kill him on the city.
Han Zhishou chased him to the east of the city. But at this time, Han Zhishou finally began to wonder. Zhang Xutuo fled in panic, frightened and frightened. He didn't have the demeanor of the commander of the Sui army, and the personal soldiers didn't care about him at all. It was impossible. Han Zhishou felt something was wrong in his heart, and he slowly stopped the war horse.
At this moment, the soldiers shouted in unison from the top of the city: "General, go back to the city quickly!"
Suddenly, the drums sounded loudly behind him. Han Zhishou turned around and saw countless Sui soldiers killing from the woods in the northeast. The general led the army held a strange square halberd and urged a stunning flame-like war horse under his crotch to run towards him. Han Zhishou was so shocked that his scalp exploded, and he immediately realized that he had been fooled.
Han Zhishou was extremely regretful, turned his horse's head and fled to the south city gate. Like all small counties, Wucheng County only has two city gates. Now he has no way to escape except the south city gate. Hundreds of soldiers under him also followed him to flee south.
But after only a few hundred steps, Pei Xingyan was stopped by more than 20 cavalrymen. Pei Xingyan also saw Zhang Xuan running from afar. He was anxious and shouted loudly, urging his horse to rush forward. With a "woo~" sound, the sled hammer smashed towards Han Zhishou.
The sledgehammer came in a very powerful way. Han Zhishou could not dodge so he had to raise his knife to block it. With a dull sound, the knife was broken by the sledgehammer. Han Zhishou and his men and horses were smashed to the ground, his head was flattened, and he was tragically killed on the spot without even screaming.
When the rest of the soldiers saw the main general dead, they fled in fear and were chased by more than 20 Sui cavalry. At this time, Zhang Xuan led the main army to kill him. He stopped the war horse. Pei Xingyan stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "I use too much force, and the enemy general is beyond recognition. I don't know who he is?"
Zhang Xuan glanced at the dead body and smiled and said, "Just ask the soldiers of the thief army, how is the situation in the city gate?"
"General Yuchi and Master Shen have already entered, and I don't know the situation now."
Zhang Xuan nodded, "You can lead the army of our headquarters to block the north gate, and I will go to the south gate to pick it up."
"Abide by the order!"
Pei Xingyan shouted to the soldiers, "Donglai Army follows me!"
A thousand soldiers were diverted out of the team and followed Pei Xingyan to the north gate, while Zhang Xuan led the remaining troops to the south gate.
The battle at the south city has reached a height of heat. Song Changling, the deputy general of the bandit army, led three thousand soldiers to fight back to the death, trying to retake the city gate. Shen Guang led a hundred subordinates to die in the city gate cave to fight fiercely with more than a thousand bandit troops.
The fierce battle on the top of the city was particularly tragic. Yuchi Gong and his two hundred men were attacked by two thousand thieves. Both sides suffered heavy casualties and wounded corpses piled up on the top of the city, and blood flowed into a river. Nearly half of Yuchi Gong's men were killed and injured, but they withstood the attack of thousands of thieves.
In the city tower, more than a dozen Sui soldiers defeated the bandits and grabbed the suspension bridge hub. They tried hard to push the winch, and the huge suspension bridge began to creak. There was no water in the moat below, but it was covered with picket stakes. They could only rely on the suspension bridge on the moat to enter the city gate.
With a dull sound, the suspension bridge finally landed on the ground. The soldiers swung their knives and cut off the winch push rod, causing the winch to fail. The suspension bridge could no longer be pulled up, and they also fought fiercely with the enemy.
The fierce battle between the two sides reached the last moment, and every Sui soldier was shouting desperately. They were covered in blood and still fought with the enemy regardless of the situation.
At this moment, a loud trumpet sound came from the city, and the trumpet sound came like a bitter cold wind. The morale of the Sui army soldiers was greatly boosted. Yuchi Gong roared and knocked the deputy general of the bandit army Song Changling down the city with one stick. The morale of the bandit army in the city began to shake. They retreated one after another, and many bandit soldiers turned around and fled to the north city.
At the city gate, Zhang Xuan took the lead and led a large army into Wucheng County. The bandits in the city finally collapsed and fled to the north city. However, outside the north city, they had been blocked by Pei Xingyan and the bandits had nowhere to escape.
At this time, five thousand troops in the city arrived. The desperate thieves kneeled down and surrendered, but were killed mercilessly by the soldiers of the Sui army full of hatred.
When Zhang Xuan issued an order to stop the battle, there were only less than two thousand thieves defending the city, and the rest of the thieves were killed by the Sui army's sword and spear stabbing
The Sui army quickly took over Wucheng County. Zhang Xuan strode into the warehouse surrounded by dozens of soldiers. Two accountants in charge of the warehouse walked up tremblingly and knelt down and said, "See General Zhang!"
"Get up!"
Zhang Xuan walked straight into the largest granary and saw bags of grain piled up inside, like a hill, "How much food is there?" Zhang Xuan turned around and asked.
A accountant quickly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Report to General, there are 9,400 stones of food here."
"How many are there in total?" Zhang Xuan asked again.
"There are a total of 92,000 stones and 50,000 dan of forage!"
Zhang Xuan suddenly thought of something and asked quickly: "Is there any war horse called by Zhang Jin in the city?"
"Yes! There are three hundred and twenty horses."
Zhang Xuan was overjoyed. He thought that Zhang Jin had taken all the war horses away, but he didn't expect that there were more than 300 horses in the city. This was an unexpected harvest. He hurriedly said, "Take me to take a look!"
Chapter completed!