Fenghou

Chapter 238 Moon Black
In the afternoon, several miles away, Chen Qing saw a pass in the distance. At the end of a canyon with a width of more than twenty feet, a city wall stood, directly blocking the exit. On both sides were milky white cliffs.
If the moonlight shines on the white cliffs, it is like a mirror reflection, making the moonlight in the canyon extraordinarily clear, and the line of sight can see farther.

It was only then that Chen Qing understood why it was necessary to attack the city in the dark of the moon. It was really difficult for soldiers to escape the surveillance of the sentries.

But for Chen Qing, who has experienced many battles, it is not difficult to capture this kind of pass city, and it is even easy. The pass is not built in a dangerous place, it is built on flat ground, and there is no depth in the city. It is estimated that the original intention of building it It was just to prevent the Song Army from scouting, or to monitor the Song Army.

It was easy to capture Guancheng, but what Chen Qing was worried about was that the pass would pass the news to Chang'an. In order to prevent this, the advantage of attacking at night was relatively large. Neither carrier pigeons nor eagles could be used, and only cavalry could report the news.

In fact, Chen Qing was still worried about Fengsui. He suspected that the reason why the Puppet Qi built the Guancheng here was to establish the Fengsui system.

However, according to Wu Jie's introduction, the Puppet Qi Army has already built more than [-] beacons west of Jingzhao, and the south has not yet begun to build.

But this is what Wu Jie told himself at the beginning of the year. He doesn't know whether it has been established now. Chen Qing has no choice now, but can only bet that the other party has not had time to establish the beacon.

Chen Qing thought for a moment, and sent someone to find Yang Fangxu.

Not long after, the soldiers brought Yang Fangxu up, "See Zhizhishi!"

Chen Qing waved his hand and asked, "I want to ask if this is the only way to get out of the valley?"

"Of course it's more than that. It's just that you have to go over mountains and mountains if you take another road. You can't walk on horses. This is the only way you can walk on horses and carts."

"Then do you know another way?"

"Beizhi also knows a road. It is about [-] miles away from the north of this valley mouth. It needs to climb two mountain ridges."

Chen Qing immediately called Liu Cui forward, "Take five hundred brothers and follow Yang Sihu to take another road out of Ziwu Valley, go around to the back of Guancheng, and take the whirlwind cannon to attack from behind, especially to prevent the messenger soldiers from escaping."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Liu Cui gathered five hundred elite soldiers and followed Yang Fangxu to make a detour to the north.

Chen Qing ordered Liu Qiong to take hundreds of soldiers to find towering trees and make battering rams.

The rest of the soldiers rested in place, patiently waiting for the night to fall
As night fell quietly, Liu Cui and other five hundred soldiers slowly climbed down from a rock by pulling a rope, and finally walked out of Meridian Valley. Liu Cui counted the number of people, straightened their equipment, and ran eastward with five hundred soldiers.

The Puppet Qi Army’s pass city was only completed last month, and [-] soldiers were stationed there. The original intention of building it was also to prevent the Song army’s scouts from entering the pass, and it was also to establish a beacon tower to the south, so the number of people stationed was not large.

When it was two o'clock, Liu Cui led his men and finally arrived at the back of Guancheng. The front and back of Guancheng were similar, and it was also a high wall with several patrolling soldiers pacing back and forth.

This time Liu Cui led the same team that attacked Raofengguan before, three hundred crossbowmen and two hundred shooters.

It was around three o'clock again, and one of them ran forward and said, "General, brothers are ready!"

Liu Cui nodded, "Get rid of the sentries first!"

Liu Cui led more than a dozen sharp archers and slowly lurked up, about a hundred steps away from the city wall. Liu Cui stood behind a large rock and observed for a while. There were three sentries in total, and the alarm bell stood on the stone cliff on the right. Next, he made a gesture to several of his subordinates and assigned their respective goals.

Liu Cui drew out a poisoned arrow, stretched his bow and set the arrow, and aimed at a sentry closest to the alarm bell. A dozen other skilled archers also set up poisoned arrows and aimed at various targets.

As soon as the bowstring was loosened, the poisoned mace arrows were shot out instantly, followed by the arrows of other archers, and the three sentinels fell almost simultaneously.

At this moment, several soldiers suddenly appeared on the top of the city, rushing towards the alarm bell.

"Oops!"

Liu Cui secretly yelled that something was wrong, there were more than three sentries on the other side, but the other sentries were sitting on the ground, so they couldn't see them.

It's too late to draw the bow and nock the arrow again, 'Dang!when!when! 'The alarm bells rang loudly on the top of the city, and commotion began in the city.

Liu Cui turned around and yelled: "Come on the whirlwind gun, cover with heavy shields and crossbows!"

Dozens of soldiers carried small catapults and ran towards the city wall. At this moment, nearly a hundred puppet Qi soldiers suddenly appeared on the top of the city. They aimed at the Song Army and raised their crossbows.

The [-] god-armed crossbow soldiers of the Song Army also started to fire. The crossbow arrows shot at the city head intensively, and the soldiers on the city head were hit by arrows one after another.

The throwers ran about sixty steps away from the city wall, and squatted down to install the catapults one after another. A hundred soldiers with large shields ran up and formed a shield wall in front of the catapults.

The twenty whirlwind cannons were ready, and they all shouted, "Fire!"

'Boom!Boom!Boom! ’ Twenty clay pots of gunpowder flew out, and the dark pots streaked across the night sky and flew towards the city. Some fire oil pots landed on the top of the city, and some shot into the city. burst out.

Immediately afterwards, two hundred god-armed crossbowmen began to fire gunpowder arrows, and a mass of fire also shot into the city. The kerosene flowing on the top of the city and all over the ground in the city was ignited, scaring the puppet Qi soldiers to fetch water to put out the fire.

At this time, the defenders of the city also found Song soldiers in the valley. Hundreds of Song soldiers approached slowly with large shields and short spears, and an extremely thick battering ram was hidden in the middle of the team.

Behind the battering ram are a thousand cavalry archers. They were divided into three sections and shot arrows into the city. The arrows rained down on the top of the city. More than a hundred soldiers were either killed or injured. Hide under the walls and yell.

The commander of the puppet Qi army in the city was a commander named Wu Chun. He saw that fire oil tanks were constantly being thrown in from the north, making the pass city a sea of ​​fire, and the main force of the Song army was approaching step by step from the south. They were helpless.

Seeing that the situation was over, Wu Chun got on his horse and said, "Brothers, follow me to break through!"

He ordered his men to open the north city gate, and holding a shield and a short spear, he galloped out on his horse, followed by more than a hundred men.

Seeing the city gate slowly opening, Liu Cui immediately realized that the opponent was about to break through, and shouted: "Stop throwing, form the formation!"

The Song army suspended throwing and moved the trebuchet aside. Hundreds of soldiers with heavy shields raised their spears one after another and formed a shield formation.

Suddenly, a general on horseback rushed out from the city, followed by hundreds of puppet Qi soldiers, and three hundred god-arm crossbow soldiers fired at the same time, and dense arrows shot at the running puppet Qi soldiers, dozens of puppet Qi soldiers were running fell down.

The chief general Wu Chun used his shield to resist the arrows, galloped on his horse, and rushed towards the ranks of soldiers with heavy shields, brandishing short and medium spears.

At this time, a mace's arrow 'whoosh! The ground shot hit the front leg of the horse, and the horse thumped and fell, throwing Wu Chun out heavily, just in front of the soldiers of the Song army. Several soldiers of the Song army rushed forward and tied him up.

The main general was arrested, and the other puppet Qi soldiers were desperate and surrendered on their knees.

Liu Cui immediately ordered: "Tie up everyone, count the number of people, and no one is allowed to escape!"

"Boom!" There was a muffled sound of slamming the door in front of him, and there were two violent impacts in a row. The gate of the closed city was knocked open, and soldiers of the Song army rushed into the city.
What Chen Qing cared about was the beacon tower, as expected, the south of Jingzhao hadn't been built yet, which made him heave a long sigh of relief.

As the sky gradually dawned, more than [-] of the [-] puppet Qi soldiers were arrested, but Chen Qing did not leave any survivors, and ordered the prisoners to be executed. They were sneaking into Guanzhong, and leaving the prisoners of war left hidden dangers. At this critical moment At all times, there can be no woman's benevolence.

Chen Qing immediately picked out [-] Chinese soldiers from Guan, dressed as ordinary people, led by Yang Zaixing, and headed for Jingzhao City separately. Chen Qing led the army to stay in Ziwu Valley, and he will go north in three days.

There are currently [-] puppet Qi troops stationed in Jingzhao City, and the chief general is Guo Zhen, Marshal of the Puppet Qi West Route Army. In addition, Qin Wang Liu Yi is also stationed in the city.

After years of depression, since last year, Jingzhao City and Guanzhong have gradually started to improve again. The population has flowed in from the Guanzhong, and the business has gradually prospered. The harvest in Guanzhong has been good in the past two years, especially recently, the wheat has just been harvested, and many farmers have surplus grain in their hands. , One after another went to the city to sell grain and buy some daily necessities such as oil and salt.

In the afternoon, more than [-] young farmers came from the southern pass road, some were driving donkey carts, some were pushing deer carts, and each deer cart was loaded with several large bags of grain, and the donkey carts were also neatly stacked with grain. It looked like the farmers who went to the city to sell grain. The soldiers guarding the city had seen a lot, and they didn't bother to question them. They waved their hands and let the farmers enter the city.

The leader of the farmers selling grain was Yang Zaixing. He pretended to be a middle-aged farmer, driving a donkey cart, and he looked decent.

After entering Jingzhao City, Yang Zaixing saw an inn at a glance, with the words "Old Officials' Inn" written on the lantern.

It is only fifty steps away from the city gate, so I will live here.

"It's getting late, let's find a place to live first!"

He brought everyone into the inn, the guy was a little disgusted, these poor ghosts just went to the Town God's Temple to squat for a night, why did they come to live in an inn?
But the shopkeeper gave the shopkeeper a hard look, "The two shops are empty, and I have to earn ten cents!"

The clerk had no choice but to squeeze out a smiling face and asked: "Everyone lives in a Tongpu. There are ten yuan a night, and there are fifteen yuan a night. They provide hot water to burn your feet. Which one do you choose?"

Yang Zaixing asked in a low voice, "How many people can live in one bunk?"

"It can accommodate thirty people!"

"Then we will book a common shop. We still have a few fellow villagers who want to come over. We don't need to burn our feet, and we can buy some food."

"It's fifteen yuan to pack a dinner, pay first, and the store will not accept credit!"

　Something went wrong in the first chapter yesterday morning, Lao Gao is sorry again!
　　
　
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