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"General Qibing is a man and a woman, and he rides a horse together. The woman doesn't seem to have any martial arts skills, but the man is good at holding a war knife in his hand and resisting our two attacks. More importantly, his horse is very agile and fast. If it weren't for their horse's fast, we would have been able to kill them."

"Hmph, I don't say I'm incompetent, I praise others for being quick."

Xu Sheng snorted coldly, his face turned pale, and he stared at the patrol commander fiercely. They were actually seen and finally ran away by the other party. This tone made him unable to swallow it.

"Do you usually eat pig food?"

Xu Sheng angrily scolded: "Fifteen patrolmen, with crossbows, arrows and spears, they were escaped by the other party. You still have the face to see me."

Bo Chang knelt halfway on the deck, and said with shame: "I am incompetent, I am willing to accept punishment from the general."

"What's the use of punishing you now?"

Xu Sheng paced back and forth on the deck with his hands behind his back, worried that the attack failed and the other party would escape. They might be exposed. Of course, he hoped that the other party would just be frightened and said nothing.

But Xu Sheng also knew in his heart that the other party could escape from the attack of ten people, which means that they were definitely not ordinary people and it was probably difficult to hide it.

Xu Sheng slowly walked to the bow of the boat and looked anxiously towards the water gate. No news has been heard yet. Will there be any accidents there?

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After running out of a mile in one breath, Liu Jing let out a long breath and recovered from the thrilling siege. In just such a short moment, he had escaped from the brink of death twice, which made him sweat in a cold sweat.

"Mr....what is that?" Tao Zhan's voice trembled and he was still in shock.

"I don't know, it should be an army."

Crossbow arrows, spears, and half-encirclement ambush. Experience tells Liu Jing that this must be a well-trained army.

He turned around and looked at the fleet at the Caohekou. He was also full of doubts. Who were they?

It is impossible to be the Jingzhou army, or it is impossible to be the army of Huang Zu of Jiangxia. The Jiangxia army would not disguise itself as the Dow business, which was originally their territory.

At this time, a bold idea jumped into Liu Jing's mind. Could it be that the Jiangdong Army thinks about it more and more, the more likely it is. A few ships could hide 2,000 people, but there were not many defenders in Chaisang.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing suddenly turned his head and looked at the Shuicheng Gate.

He saw five large ships preparing to enter the city, but Liu Jing did not run towards the water gate, but turned his horse's head and ran directly to the city gate.

"Master, what happened?" Tao Zhan could feel Liu Jing's nervousness.

"You follow me into the city first, and then you ride my horse back to Tao Mansion and tell your father that we have encountered the Jiangdong Army."

"Jiangdong Army" Tao Zhan exclaimed in a low voice, and when her grandfather was about to celebrate her birthday, the Jiangdong Army actually came.

Liu Jing did not explain anymore, urged his horse to run to the city and shouted: "I am Duke Jing. I just left the city. Please let me enter the city."

He knew better than anyone else that once the alarm came out, not only would the Jiangdong army not be able to enter the city, but Liu Jing also could not enter the city.

More than a dozen defenders in the city knew him and Tao Zhan. A crack was opened in the city gate, and Liu Jing rode his horse into Chaisang City.

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Many cities in the south have water and land gates, that is, there is a slightly smaller water gate next to the city gate for ships to enter and exit. Such water and land gates are still preserved in today's Suzhou Panmen.

There are two iron bars in front and behind the Water Gate. There is a narrow passage in the Water Gate Cave leading to the city. Generally, there will be a person standing at the entrance of the passage. After collecting taxes, the boat will be put into the city.

After the ship passed through the second iron gate, it entered the urncheng. There was an iron gate at the other end of the urncheng. It was necessary to leave the urncheng before it could officially enter the city.

At this time, the iron bars of the Water City Gate had already been closed. Four or five large ships were parked in front of the iron bars. A short and fat middle-aged businessman was shouting loudly above the head of the city.

"General, please help. The fifth update tomorrow, this batch of goods must be handed over to the owner. Otherwise, I will be in vain for a month. Please help me."

The merchant was begging hard that the on-duty general on the top of the city was named Zhuo Zhao, a village chief. He had arrived and was squinting his eyes to look at the ships and merchants under the city.

He didn't have any doubts about the ship, but was estimating how much he could make by putting this batch of goods into the city.

"You should also know that I have to take a lot of risk by letting people into the city at night." Zhuo Zhao said very slowly, reminding the merchants under the city word by word.

"I know, I'm willing to compensate the general."

"Since you understand the rules, then according to one ship and two taels of gold, you will collect ten taels of gold for these five ships."

The merchant immediately raised the gold high, "General, I am ready for gold."

Zhuo Zhao saw that he understood the rules, so it would be easier to deal with. He waved his hand and "opened the outer water grid"

With a creaking sound, the outer water grid slowly opened, and Zhuo Zhao immediately turned around and went down the passage.

The city gate was not wide, so he could only accommodate a five-stone ship. Zhuo Zhao had already stood in front of the stone road wide by one person and waited, collecting gold, and the ship entered the city. He had been like this for several years, and he had long been used to it.

But he never dreamed that the horses he believed in for several years would eventually become the root of his life.

The ship slowly moved forward, and the middle-aged businessman smiled and presented a ingot of gold with his hands. Zhuo Zhao took the gold and just weighed it gently, and he realized it in his heart. He smiled and turned around and ordered the soldiers in the city to "open the gate"

This was to open the second gate. A hint of pride was already flashing in the merchant's eyes. As long as he entered the urn city, only five defenders could not stop them.

At this moment, a shout came from the top of the city: "Don't let them enter the city, they are the Jiangdong Army."

This shout was like a strange peak rising, which was particularly clear in the quiet night. Zhuo Zhao also heard it and was stunned. How could it be Jiangdong Army?

But the merchant reacted faster than him. A dagger hidden in his sleeve stabbed out like lightning. Zhuo Zhao saw the stabbing dagger and it was too late to dodge. Xueliang's dagger pierced into his chest.

Zhuo Zhao screamed and fell to the ground to die. The screams broke the tranquility of the night. Dozens of Jiangdong soldiers rushed out of the cabin. The middle-aged merchant roared, stepped on Zhuo Zhao's body, swung his sword toward the entrance of the city.

At this time, the soldiers on the top of the city also reacted. When the alarm bell sounded, the whole city was filled with shock.

At the mouth of Caohekou two miles away, the rest of Jiangdong ships also clearly heard the alarm bells coming from the city. Xu Sheng's face changed drastically. The thing he was most worried about was that the escaped man and woman must have called the police, which made them fail.

Xu Sheng felt bloody when he hated him, but no matter how much he hated him, he was useless. He stomped his feet hard and shouted loudly: "All ships are killed, be sure to snatch the water gate."

They did not carry siege weapons, so the water city gate became the key to the Jiangdong army's struggle. More than 10 warships disguised as merchant ships rushed out together. They tore off their disguises, drums sounded like thunder, and shouts of killing were shocked. Thousands of troops raised torches and waved their swords to reflect the water surface of the Caohe River as daytime.

The competition at the water city gate has become fierce. The trench chief is dead. Liu Jing resolutely takes over the command and commands more than 70 soldiers to fight fiercely with the Jiangdong army.

Since the second iron gate was not opened, the competition between the two sides was concentrated on the upper city passage.

The narrow passage of the water city was filled with dozens of Jiangdong soldiers. The passage was only one person wide and more than twenty steps long. Fortunately, it did not lead directly to the city, but there was a turning point, which became the nightmare of Jiangdong soldiers.

The dead bodies piled up in the narrow path, screams one after another, and the short and fat businessman also fell into a pool of blood and was shot in an arrow.

In just twenty steps, the corridor almost became a death channel. More than a dozen Jingzhou soldiers held bows and arrows in their hands to guard the entrance of the passage, constantly shooting arrows inside, and arrows continued to shoot out from inside.

Another seven or eight people held spears in their hands and guarded the exit. Once an enemy with shields appeared, they would kill from all sides without hesitation.

At the entrance of the cave, a soldier could not dodge and was shot in the face by a cold arrow. Blood splattered everywhere. He screamed and fell on his back.

At this time, a burly enemy general jumped out of the entrance of the cave. He held a shield and a big knife in his hand, and used the shield to block the spears stabbed from both sides. The big knife slashed past. A soldier was cut off his head and fell to his body.

This man was extremely brave, slashing left and right, and killed the soldiers of Jingzhou in succession. Under his cover, the soldiers of Jiangdong in the corridor began to rush outward and rushed out again.

The situation was extremely critical. Liu Jing shouted, swung his gun and rushed over, jumping over two Jiangdong soldiers who rushed out.

The enemy general was furious and swung his sword to slash at Liu Jing. Liu Jing's spear was pierced at the same time. Just when the sword was one foot above his head, his spear had already pierced the enemy general's throat.

The big knife fell to the ground, Liu Jing's arms were strong, and with a long spear, he pulled the enemy's body into the corridor, and knocked over two Jiangdong soldiers who were about to run out.

The situation suddenly changed, and the soldiers of Jingzhou, who were slightly shocked, rushed up and killed seven or eight enemy soldiers with crossbows and spears, forcing the Jiangdong army to retreat to the other side of the corridor.

"Mr. Jing"

Several soldiers rushed over, carrying more than a dozen baskets of hay and branches. Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Light them up and pour them into the corridor."

After a moment, the hay and branches were lit, and the soldiers pushed the passage. The smoke suddenly rolled in the passage, and the pungent smoke filled the passage. The soldiers in Jiangdong were choked unbearably and fled through the corridor.

Liu Jing suddenly felt a move in his heart, and he thought of a trick to deal with Jiangdong Army.

"Bo-chan Zhang, you are responsible for guarding the entrance of the corridor, so you can use smoke and fire, or use huge rocks to block the corridor directly. I'll go down to the city to take a look."

Liu Jing turned around and ran towards the city.

There was also fierce battle at the water gate in the urn city. More than ten Jingzhou soldiers held crossbow arrows and shot arrows into the city cave behind the water grid. Arrows continued to shoot out of the city cave. Jingzhou soldiers screamed and fell to the ground from time to time. Ten soldiers were shot by the runaway arrows and fell into a pool of blood.

A large ship in the waterway blocked the city gate hole, and the corpses were floating on both sides of the ship. More than a dozen Jiangdong soldiers with good water properties used shields to block the iron fence, forming a shield wall.

There were constant muffled sounds in the water, which were soldiers slashing the iron fence with giant axes in the water.

"Mr. Jing, the situation is a bit unfavorable."

He said worriedly for Bo Chang: "It seems that an iron bar has been cut off. If this continues, at most a quarter of an hour, the iron bar will be cut off and they will be able to come over. It is useless for us to shoot arrows into the water."

"Look for a few brothers with good water nature to dive in and stab and use their spear to kill the people who smashed them."

One sentence reminded Bo Chang, and he immediately ordered soldiers with good reputations to sneak into the bottom of the river with spears in their hands to assassinate the enemy who smashed the iron fence.

Liu Jing shouted loudly to the soldiers: "Shoot the ship with rockets"

This is undoubtedly a wonderful method, with dozens of rockets shooting into the city hole from above the shield wall.

Soon, the ship was lit and the fire spread rapidly. The smoke rolled in the city gate, and the flames were raging. The soldiers on the ship had nowhere to escape and dived into the water to escape. Even the water surface was filled with fire, and the cries sounded.

At this time, several defenders finally arrived. They rushed to the top of the city and shot arrows under the city together. Under the dense rain of fire arrows and arrows, several more ships were ignited.

The beacon tower at the highest point in the east of the city was also lit. At night, the pillars were burning, asking for help from Wuchang County in the distance.
Chapter completed!