Shouzhang County was sleeping in the deepest night. At the third update, all the soldiers and civilians were asleep. In addition to a group of patrol soldiers on the city tower and a junkie who appeared on time like puppets, of course, there were some special characters who could not fall asleep.

Two black shadows appeared next to the North City Gate, like two ghosts quietly appearing. Next to the city gate, more than a dozen soldiers were falling to the ground and leaning against the wall and sleeping soundly.

The two looked at each other and quickly separated. Soon, they appeared on both sides of the city gate. They were the two scouts who had been involved in the city during the day, but they killed two soldiers patrolling the city and replaced them with their armor. They looked like two soldiers guarding the city.

The two sat under the wall, leaning against more than a dozen sleeping soldiers, constantly moving their bodies. The sleeping soldiers behind them had ruthlessly cut their throats. Not long after they walked into the city cave, they came out again. In just a short moment, all twenty soldiers guarding the city gate had died in their hands, and they were all clean and neatly killed.

A scout quickly ran out of the dark place and soon brought a thunderclap. They pushed the thunderclap against the city gate, quickly ignited the scabies, and ignited the lead. The two turned around and ran quickly, picked up another thunderclap from under a tree and ran towards the military camp hundreds of steps away.

But after only less than two hundred steps, the earth-shaking explosion came from behind. "Boom!" The huge explosion shattered the city gate, and the wood chips flew out dozens of feet away. The suspension bridge was also severely hit by a huge shock wave and smashed heavily on the moat.

The wall above the city gate was blown to a point collapsed, and dozens of soldiers sleeping on the top of the city were shocked to death by the explosion of the sky-shaking thunder under them.

Looking from a distance, a red flame flashed by the city gate, and then a huge smoke swallowed the city gate. This was the best signal. Li Yanqing immediately yelled, "Kill"

"Kill!"

Two thousand cavalrymen took the lead and took the lead in killing the city gate. The four thousand cavalrymen behind followed, rushing towards the bombed city gate like a tide.

The defenders at the city wall had not yet woken up from the explosion. It was not until the cavalry reached the gate that they finally reacted and began to panic and sounded the alarm bell desperately. More soldiers rushed to the city wall and fled to the county town.

In fact, there was no need for any alarm bell. The earth-shaking explosion had already awakened the people of the city. More than 2,000 soldiers sleeping soundly in the military camp were also awakened. They ran out of the barracks in an extremely panic. Most of them were not wearing armor, and many even ran out barefoot.

It was still dark at night, but the training ground was full of people. More than 2,000 soldiers were crowded together. Several generals were cursing the soldiers and ordering the soldiers to go back and wear armor.

At this moment, a dark item suddenly threw in from outside the military camp wall and rolled towards the training ground. There were sparkling sparks of stars and flames. Several patrol soldiers hurried forward to check.

But before they could get closer, the thunder exploded, the red flames soared into the air, and iron sheets burst out, dozens of soldiers were blown up, and wailing screams sounded around them, and thick smoke filled the training ground. The huge explosion made countless soldiers' livers and gallbladders break and their ears were deaf. The soldiers squatted down one after another, covering their ears with great pain.

At this moment, there were dense sounds of horse hooves coming from the street, and the soldiers and generals in the barracks were still shrouded in fear caused by the huge explosion. More soldiers could not even hear anything, but some soldiers near the gate of the barracks discovered the abnormality.

"The cavalry is here!"

They had just shouted out when the gate of the barracks was knocked open, and a torrent of cavalry rushed into the barracks, and the spear and sword wrapped in turbulent murderous intent swept towards the soldiers on the training ground.

Since the 8,000 troops led by Chai Jin entered Xucheng County, the total force of Xucheng County reached more than 11,000, and the crisis faced by Xucheng County has finally been alleviated.

However, although the crisis eased, some new contradictions emerged, and some contradictions could still be resolved. For example, soldiers lived in crowded places. The barracks of four people were now a room of ten people, and they could not stay there at all. The army had to build tents, and several training grounds were full of tents.

Even so, the barracks still seemed overcrowded. In order to solve the problem of soldiers' residence, the prefectures of Yunzhou and two temples were also requisitioned by the army.

There is also the problem of eating. Since a large amount of grain transported from various states was gathered in the warehouse outside the city's docks, it was burned by the sudden fire of the government troops who came here without having time to transport it into the city. Only 20,000 troops could eat the grain stored outside the city for three months. Although it was only three months before the harvest of summer grain, and the grain itself was not a problem, a very realistic contradiction made both residence and food a big problem.

That is the question of who will make the decision in Xucheng County. Currently, Xucheng County has two main generals, one is Wang Ying, the former Xucheng County lord, and the other is Chai Jin, the reinforcements lord. Logically, Chai Jin led an army of 20,000 to the north, while Wang Ying left behind Xucheng only had three thousand defenders, and the main general should be Chai Jin.

But Wang Ying claimed to be Song Jiang's confidant, how could he obey Chai Jin's orders? He asked Chai Jin to hand over the army to him on the grounds that Chai Jin was ambushed and defeated.

Wang Ying is despicable, cruel and lustful, and has a very poor reputation among the generals of Liangshan. Most of the generals of Liangshan look down on him. Even if Chai Jin is willing to give military power to Wang Ying, the two deputy generals Shi Jin and Shi Xiu will not do it. It is precisely for this reason that Chai Jin has always refused to hand over military power to Wang Ying.

But in this way, Wang Ying, who has control over the military camp and material resources, would inevitably wear small shoes for the soldiers under Chai Jin, and his living conditions and dietary conditions were extremely bad.

For this reason, Chai Jin was furious and wrote a letter to Song Jiang, asking Song Jiang to be fair and solve the soldiers' food and accommodation problems.

At noon that day, Xucheng County connected two quick letters, one was a mediation letter written by Song Jiang, and the second was an emergency pigeon letter sent by Liu Tang, the left-behind general of Liangshan. Shouzhang fell and the situation in Liangshan was critical, so Xucheng County asked him to send troops to reinforce Liangshan immediately.

Chai Jin's military yamen was located in the provincial school. Due to the war, the provincial school had already been suspended. The students either joined the Liangshan Army or were dismissed home. The provincial school was closed, but now the provincial school is full of soldiers.

In the room, Chai Jin handed Song Jiang’s letter to Shi Jin and Shi Xiu, “You can take a look at it yourself!

Shi Jin took the letter and read it, and was a little stunned. He handed the letter to Shi Xiu and said carefully: "Who is the main general can discuss it by himself? He decided in one sentence. Why should the general below discuss it?"

Chai Jin sighed, "I guess my elder brother wants me to take the initiative to give up the position of the leader to Wang Ying, otherwise he would not have written this letter to me. He just couldn't explain it clearly, so he asked me to discuss it with Wang Ying."

"But what virtue does he have to be the chief general?" Shi Xiu said very dissatisfied.

"He has food! The brothers are not full now, and he refuses to allocate the food, and the elder brother has no choice but to deal with him."

"What will the general do?" Shi Jin asked after pondering.

"I plan to talk to him and see if I can find a way to compromise with each other."

"Does the general think it is useful?" Shi Xiu said coldly.
Chapter completed!