A knife in love

Chapter 176

Li Qiufeng thought of how Liu Kang, Yang Tinghe, and Liu Shengzongyan were silent, and felt anxious, so he cupped his hands at Murong Danqing and said, "Brother Murong, Yang Zhenzhong not only has deep inner strength, but also has a hidden treasure hidden in his sleeve. A sword with a handle that cuts iron like mud, if you fight against this person, be careful."

Murong Danqing smiled and said: "I see, Brother Li, go quickly."

Li Qiufeng turned around and left, but Murong Danyan also followed.The two jumped onto the roof and rushed towards Dongcheng.It was nearly midnight at this time, and the city was pitch-black, except for the patrolling soldiers who passed by from time to time with lanterns in their hands.When the two arrived at the top of the Dongcheng city, they saw Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe, the head of the Qingcheng faction, standing under the arrow tower, looking out of the city with worried expressions.

Seeing Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan going up the tower, the two rushed forward to meet them.Li Qiufeng said: "Two heads, have the rebels outside the city changed?"

Liu Yong said: "Two hours ago, more than 3000 cavalry arrived outside the city and set up camp. These soldiers and horses are very aggressive. I heard from the guards of Yong'an City that these cavalry are the elite cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei. It's just that the original rebels didn't move, and the camp was quiet. It's just that the battle is imminent, and the rebel camp shouldn't be so peaceful. Just now I had a discussion with head Xu, and I was worried that the rebels might attack in the middle of the night. city."

Li Qiufeng nodded and said: "Two heads, Mr. Li has something very important. If you want to talk to the two of you, let's discuss how this matter should be handled."

Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe saw the solemnity of what he said, and knew that this matter must be serious, so they backed away.Liu Yong said: "Young Xia Li has something to say, just say it."

Li Qiufeng then explained in detail what happened in Gu's old shop just now.The faces of Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe changed drastically, and Xu Chenghe said in a trembling voice: "The imperial court, the imperial court wants us to die in vain..."

Li Qiufeng said: "After Emperor Jiajing came to the throne, he continued to eliminate the original forces in the capital. It's just that the Ministry of War has the military power. Although there have been several ministers, most of the officials in charge have not changed. Liu Kang, Yang Tinghe and others originally had their own After becoming a party, the two have been planning to make a comeback after losing power, and have never given up in the past ten years. The officials of the Ministry of War are also dissatisfied with Emperor Jiajing's pressing every step of the way. Whenever the emperor wants to abolish the principal officials, he will encourage The army mutinied, forcing the court to change course. I originally thought that Liu Kang and Yang Tinghe had been fighting for so many years, and the two had a deep grudge. Since Yang Tinghe is the mastermind of this rebellion, then Liu Kang will try his best to prevent the rebels from attacking the capital. In fact, he is also It was done like this, but now it seems that things are not so simple. Maybe this old fox is doing this on purpose, and there are other plans behind it."

Liu Yong's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he said: "Young Xia Li means that Liu Kang pretended to fight against Yang Tinghe, and the two of them joined hands behind the scenes to lure the imperial court's counter-insurgency army to Yong'an City, and the soldiers and horses he had ambushed a long time ago will raid the capital... This, this is probably unlikely, right?!"

Li Qiufeng said: "Liu Kang, Yang Tinghe and others have been in office for five or sixty years. Almost none of what these people said is true. There is also that Fusang man, Liu Sheng Zongyan, who wholeheartedly wants to subvert the Ming Dynasty. These people They are all cunning and scheming people, how can they be so easily suppressed by Yang Zhenzhong when they join hands?"

Xu Chenghe said: "According to Young Man Li, what should we do?"

Li Qiufeng said: "These things are all partisan struggles in the court, and we can't afford to participate in them. Yong'an City is just a bait now, attracting soldiers and horses from the three battalions of Xuanfu, Datong, and the capital to fight the rebels. If Liu Kang and the others had no conspiracy, then after the war, the imperial court would have purged the chief officials of the Ministry of War under the pretext of "disadvantaging the subordinates and instigating mutiny", completely pulling out the roots of the emperor's resistance to the emperor. In exchange, the imperial court would also They will not pursue Liu Kang and Yang Tinghe for the crime of annexing the land by the court officials and Jiangnan gentry behind them. That is to say, the court, Liu Kang and Yang Tinghe will take more than 1000 defenders of Yong'an City, six or seven hundred heroes of the rivers and lakes, and the city. The lives of these more than 1 rebels came to play a game of chess. The outcome of this game has already been decided, and they only waited for Yong'an City to be littered with corpses and blood to flow into rivers, and then came out to clean up the mess. Another possibility The most frightening thing is that another rebel army has laid an ambush for a long time. When the battle of Yong'an City begins, they will raid the capital. It's hard to say what the result will be. We can't be their pawns, so Li thinks , everyone should leave Yong'an City earlier, so you don't have to sacrifice for these people's schemes in vain."

Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe looked at each other, they both had their own concerns, and they just kept silent to Li Qiufeng's words.

At this moment, horns were suddenly heard in the rebel camp outside the city, followed by the sound of drums.The three of them were startled, and walked quickly to the edge of the city wall, holding on to the crenel and looking out of the city.

The rebel camp was still pitch black, just like before, but the sound of horns and drums became louder and louder, making the city bricks under their feet tremble slightly.

The martial arts masters of all sects are all veterans of hundreds of battles, but all they have experienced are battles in the rivers and lakes, but they have never seen battles attacked.At the beginning, he still relied on his martial arts to be strong, and when fighting ordinary officers and soldiers, it would be easy for one to fight ten.At this time, the enemy army had not yet appeared, and the sound of horns and drums was so loud that it shook everyone's face.

The garrison of Yong'an City was also in the east city at this time, but he did not lose his position. He stood at the top of the city with his waist knife drawn, and shouted to all the soldiers: "Archers, prepare!"

The archers guarding the top of the city had already been lying behind the crenel. Hearing the shouts of the guards, they bent their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the city from the crenel.The rest of the soldiers held their swords and guns, hid behind the crenel, and were always ready to fight.

After a while, the guard issued an order: "Light up the torch and throw it down the city!"

Hundreds of soldiers lit torches and threw them down the city.

Liu Yong, Xu Chenghe and other heroes of the rivers and lakes didn't know why these soldiers threw torches down the city. They were in a state of surprise, but by the light of the torches they threw, they saw that the city was full of rebels who were carrying ladders , Pushing the crash car, quietly approaching the city wall.

The guard raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrow!"

Hearing the sound of feathered arrows piercing the sky, thousands of feathered arrows shot down the city.However, the rebels had already prepared themselves and held their shields in front of them to block the arrows.Even so, there are still many rebels who are a little slow in their hands and feet, and are shot by feather arrows, making screams.It's just that the rest of the rebels are still approaching the city wall under the cover of shields.

Qunhao hid behind the crenel with weapons in hand, everyone was extremely nervous.On the contrary, those officers and soldiers who they usually look down on are not nervous, and only then do they know that the battle formation is completely different from the single fights and sect disputes in the rivers and lakes.

The garrison stood at the head of the city, constantly directing the soldiers to shoot arrows.Liu Yong reconciled Li Qiufeng and Xu Cheng: "This official looks wretched at first, but he didn't expect the war to start, but he is not afraid of danger and takes the lead."

At this time, the rebel army was only thirty or forty steps away from the city wall, and there was only a rush of drums in the rebel army camp. Arrows shot towards the city.These soldiers are all excellent archers selected from the rebel army, and they all use strong bows and crossbows. When these hundreds of feathered arrows are shot out, the sound of piercing the air is even more terrifying and shocking than ordinary feathered arrows. .

The garrison has been standing at the head of the city to command, with his upper body exposed from the city wall.Only two "Puffs" were heard, and the right shoulder and right arm had been hit by two arrows.Seeing that the situation was not good, one of the guards stood in front of him, but heard the sound of "Pu Pu", the guard was hit by more than ten arrows in an instant, blood overflowed from his mouth, he was dying .Even so, he still stood still, standing in front of the guard, and feathered arrows shot at him from time to time.

Only the sound of screams from the city was heard, and soldiers fell to the ground from time to time with arrows.The disciples of each faction brandished their weapons to block the feathered arrows that shot towards the city, but more than a dozen heroes of the rivers and lakes were still injured by the arrows.

The garrison did not dodge, but still stood at the top of the city, directing the archers to counterattack.All of a sudden, arrows flew from above and below the city, causing heavy casualties on both sides.Although the heroes of the group are all masters of martial arts, seeing such a scene of thousands of troops attacking each other, everyone is frightened and trembling.

Under the cover of the shield bearers, the rebel archers kept approaching the city wall.The feather arrows shot by these people were both accurate and ruthless, gradually suppressing the defenders' archers.Seeing that fewer and fewer feathered arrows were shot down from the city, the rebels who attacked the city rushed towards the city gate with a cry.

(End of this chapter)