Chapter 589: Entering the city
The general guarding the Dingbo Gate of the North City Gate was Ma Xiong, the deputy commander of the capital, who was one level higher than Du Yuhou. When he heard the sound of gongs and horns in the city not far away, he became suspicious and was about to send someone to check.
As a result, soldiers came to report.
"General Ma, something bad has happened. Some Wu and Yue soldiers have destroyed the canal gates, passed through the waterway, and entered the city for a sneak attack.
"What? What's the situation over there now?" Ma Xiong asked anxiously.
The soldier responsible for delivering the intelligence responded: "Some troops have entered the city and we need to send people urgently to support."
After hearing this, Ma Xiong's expression changed drastically. He was responsible for the entire North City Gate and the five or six miles of the city wall.
Once there was a problem with the gate of the canal entering the city in the north city wall, and Wu Yue soldiers entered, resulting in the loss of Runzhou, then he would have a great responsibility.
Ma Xiong did not dare to delay any longer, and made a decisive decision, shouting: "Zhao Sheng listens to the order, you quickly bring a thousand people to the gate to support!"
"Got the order!" Zhao Sheng, the Marquis of Yu under his command, immediately listed a thousand officers and soldiers and rushed to the gate to support them.
At the same time, Ma Xiong did not dare to hide it, and immediately sent people on horseback to the Renhe Gate in the south city to deliver the news and report it to General Lu Jiang, letting him know the seriousness of the situation and make early preparations and arrangements to send more troops to block the gate.
sneak attack.
"Kill!"
More and more dead soldiers from Wu and Yue, all dressed in black, have entered the city and are spreading towards both sides of the canal in the city. They plan to occupy favorable terrain and block the soldiers and horses in the city from coming to encircle them, thus giving Bao Zhi's soldiers and horses outside the city a chance.
Good opportunity to enter the city.
There was a fighting going on here. Fortunately, Jing Hong led people to patrol here. After discovering the sudden change here, he immediately launched into the battle to prevent these men in black from spreading further.
Jing Hong led his troops to block the attack and bought time for the Tang army defending Runzhou City.
When the news first reached Su Chen, his expression changed after hearing the news. He never expected that Wu Yuebing had a back-up plan and really planned to enter through the canal gate.
Ma Chengcheng said anxiously: "Supervisor, let me lead a group of people to stop it!"
Su Chen was a little worried, because if this matter is not handled well, Runzhou City may fall, so he said to Ma Cheng: "Command the defense here, follow the steps, stick to it, there will be no problem, I will personally
Take someone to check it out.
Ma Chengcheng was anxious: "Jianjun, this is too dangerous."
"I really can't feel at ease if I don't go there in person, so that's the decision."
Su Chen winked at Peng Jingjing, led the guards down the tower, ordered another three thousand people, and rushed towards the canal entrance of the northern city wall.
Peng Jingjing walked quickly and said: "Brother Chen, I will rush to the front later, and you can direct from behind.
Su Chen had a stern look on his face, carrying a sword in his hand, and replied: "It depends on the situation. Once the situation is serious, you won't care so much."
The two men rushed to the mouth of the river with their troops and found that the situation was already quite difficult.
In addition to the Wuyue soldiers wearing night clothes, there were also many Wuyue officers and soldiers from outside the city who came in along the river on bamboo rafts. Some soldiers jumped from the bamboo rafts onto the embankment and entered the city. Hundreds of people poured in at once.
They were scattered on both sides of the canal, with one side on the east side dam and the other side on the west side dam, attacking in separate ways.
The thousand men Zhao Sheng had brought were encircling and suppressing them on the west side of the canal; Jing Hong led his troops to fight with a group of dead men in black on the east side of the canal. They were separated by the canal flowing from the north to the south. On the flat ground on both sides of the river dam
, are all fighting.
Su Chen immediately shouted and commanded the soldiers of the Tang army to move forward to surround the Wu and Yue soldiers.
Peng Qingqing was worried that the city would be broken, so she rushed to the front, drew her sword, and pounced like a female leopard with sharp swordsmanship.
At this moment, she did not bring a spear, but a sword with a flashing edge, and her shots were like lightning. Puff puff puff, people were being killed by her constantly.
Peng Jingjing was superb in martial arts and very powerful in combat. He led a hundred bodyguards and rushed directly to the innermost area to kill the enemy.
At this time, Su Chen turned to a captain and said: "Take my warrant, go to the military camp to call archers, and intercept the Wuyue troops outside the city!"
"Here!" Nadu raised his token and hurried to the military camp.
Su Chen pulled out his knife, with sharp eyes, and commanded the guards to kill him too.
"Annihilate them all and surround them!"
At this moment, Su Chen also became extremely brave, his sword skills were sharp, he was killing the enemy and commanding at the same time.
Su Chen asked these Tang troops to block the main attack. If there were people behind who could not participate in the battle, they would line up a formation of guns and shields to guard this area tightly and prevent the Wu and Yue soldiers from spreading.
Su Chen swung his sword fiercely. He was not the image of a weak scholar at all. Each sword strike was very powerful. Moreover, his physical fitness was also very strong and his movements were sharp. When he saw the soldiers around him, their eyes lit up. They had followed them to Runzhou since Jinling.
, this was the first time I saw Su Chen take action.
They originally thought that Su Lang, the champion, was a weak scholar and should not know martial arts, so these people thought that Supervisor Su had such martial arts skills. They saw that Su Chen moved like a swimming dragon, his sword was as bright as a horse, and his body movements were light.
, every time a sword is struck, an enemy must be hit.
The guards who followed the supervisor army to kill them. Seeing how fierce the supervisor army was, they also became high-spirited and their morale was boosted. Following Su Chen's sharp edge, they surrounded and killed many men in black who rushed to the outside.
Peng Jingjing rushed inside, and Su Chen blocked the outside. In this way, they cooperated inside and outside, and intercepted the dead men in black on the east side of the canal and the Wuyue soldiers who broke into gold.
At this time, Bao Zhi personally led his troops and rushed to the entrance of the canal, commanding many Wuyue soldiers on bamboo rafts to row towards the city.
He felt that victory was in sight. This time he would be able to defeat Runzhou City and he would be able to make meritorious deeds.
"Hurry up, hurry up, our people have entered the city, Runzhou City is about to be destroyed, everyone has contributed, rush in, kill all the men, the women are yours, you can rob the gold and silver treasures at will, give them to me
Rush."
Bao Zhi shouted that he should rely on these privileges to encourage the soldiers.
As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Some people are very greedy for the gold and silver treasures in the city and the daughter of a wealthy family, so they are holding back their energy like tigers and wolves and want to rush into the city.
However, some Tang Army archers appeared on the river embankment. They picked up their bows and arrows and fired randomly at the entrance of the cave. The soldiers on the bamboo rafts could only use shields and weapons to block them, but many people began to be hit by arrows and fell into the canal.
, turned into corpses floating in the water.
The location of the canal mouth, whether on the river or in the city, was where fierce fighting took place.
Fortunately, Su Chen and Peng Jingjing were here to resist. They had killed more than 300 dead men in black who came ashore, and only a small half were still resisting. The Tang army pulled up the rope and used the rope to block the river.
The water surface was lowered, and a second sluice was lowered ten feet away, blocking the incoming raft. The Wu Yue soldiers above were forced to jump into the water or jump onto the river embankment, but what awaited them would be arrows and spears.
The raft here was blocked and the bodies were floating, causing the river to become blocked.
The Wu Yue soldiers behind encountered difficulties when they were about to enter. This made Bao Zhi see it and became anxious. Could it be that the credit that was so easy to gain was in vain?
Chapter completed!