Cangzhou beacon fire

Chapter 34
The [-] infantrymen of Sanyuan had set up ten wall-climbing ladders at this time. Although the rolling logs and bows and arrows on the east gate tower had not stopped, their numbers were far less dense than before. Presumably there were not many defenders on the tower.

"Come on, brothers, take down the east gate, we will be the first!" Commanding is the Sanyuan sharp-edged general Wei Dayu, who is only forty years old and has fought with Yan Yu for many years. Obviously, even the Sanyuan soldiers trembled with fear when they saw it.

Just when Sanyuan was about to climb the wall, there was a loud killing cry behind him, and Wei Dayu was startled, so he hurriedly drove his horse to look forward.

When he saw that there were only about 1000 people sparsely, Wei Dayu sneered, saying that the [-] soldiers and horses of his sixth battalion were also experienced in hundreds of battles, even if they had no horses, they would not be afraid of a thousand cavalry.

"Two thousand spearmen turned around and cleaned up the thousand Yue army first!"

When Zhong Yao's thousand cavalry approached, Wei Dayu had already prepared his position.

Since ancient times, the cavalry has not been able to get much advantage from the spear formation, but at this time Zhong Yao has no time to care about him. The most important thing right now is to interfere with the Sanyuan siege, judging by the logs thrown from the east gate tower and the bows and arrows shot down. , there are not many defenders on the tower.

"Scatter the enemy formation in one go!" Zhong Yao roared sharply, and then accelerated his speed.

When the cavalry collided with the spear array, the protruding spears first pierced into the horses of the first row of cavalry due to their length, and some even directly stabbed the Yue cavalry. However, under the huge impact, the spear array also appeared. loose.

When the follow-up Yue Kingdom cavalry charged, a gap was completely opened in the spear array.

"Regroup, hold on!" Wei Dayu, who was driving his horse and standing behind the spear formation, quickly commanded. He knew that as long as the spear formation did not disperse, it would be difficult for the cavalry to exert their maximum power.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, two Yue soldiers were bypassing the gun formation from the left and right sides and gathering towards him.

Xiang Zheng stabbed a Sanyuan cavalryman blocking the way, and shouted at Wei Dayu: "Sanyuan dog general, come and challenge me one-on-one!"

Attracted by the sound, Wei Dayu drove his horse to look to the right, and saw a group of cavalry bypassing the spear array and attacking him. The six guards around him immediately drove out, with the goal of proving this lone enemy .

"Is Yuewa so courageous now? Dare to enter the camp alone? Not bad, not bad, courageous!" Wei Dayu smiled calmly.

But when he saw the six guards face to face and were stabbed to the ground one by one by Xiang Zheng, Wei Dayu's smile gradually disappeared: "There are two tricks, good! I will meet you when I come." He galloped towards the card.

The scene at this time is quite interesting. Wei Dayu's right side is the Sanyuan spear formation with his back facing him, and he is busy fighting with Zhong Yao's cavalry at this time, while Wei Dayu's left side is the Sanyuan siege army with his back facing him. They are also climbing up the wall-climbing ladders.The two batches of Sanyuan troops on the left and right just vacated this wide runway for him to fight the invading Yue soldiers one-on-one.

Wei Dayu roared angrily, and held up the ghost knife. He didn't know how many times this kind of brat was only thinking of meritorious service and promotion, and this one was no exception.

"Stinky boy, I don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth." Wei Dayu was focusing on the front at this time, and he didn't notice that Yiyue behind him was approaching him at a high speed.

On the other side, Xiang Zheng still maintained his riding speed, with a calm expression on his face, and he also held two long spears in front. In terms of the length of weapons, he has an advantage.

When the two riders met, Xiang Zheng shouted loudly first, pointing the tip of his gun at Wei Dayu's chest.

"Small tricks!" Facing the lightning-fast spear, Wei Dayu tilted his body violently to the left, dodging Xiang Zheng's fatal blow, and at the same time, the ghost head knife in his left hand drew an arc and hit the back of the opponent's neck directly. If the hit hits, the opponent's head is immediately decapitated.

And just when the ghost knife was just a few feet away from the back of Xiang Zheng's neck, Xiang Zheng's entire upper body threw himself towards the head of the mount, and the ghost knife swept past the scalp, which was extremely thrilling.

The two riders passed by without causing any harm to their opponents.

Wei Dayu adjusted the ghost knife, and at the same time reined in his horse and slowed down to prepare to fight again.

And the moment he turned around, a long spear pierced his chest heavily.

Under the severe pain, he opened his eyes wide in disbelief, how could it be possible!Just passing by, how could that Yuebing get behind him so quickly.

"The horse is not bad, it made me chase for a long time." Lan Tian succeeded in one blow, with a ferocious smile on his face.

When Wei Dayu took a closer look, he realized that the Yuebing soldier who stabbed him with the gun was not the one who confronted him at the beginning, but another one. It turned out that there was another Yuebing soldier chasing behind him, but his attention was focused on the front , Careless.

Wei Dayu spat out a mouthful of blood, was taken several meters away by the spear, and fell heavily to the ground.

Lan Tian slowly came to the lifeless body of Wei Dayu, and pulled out his spear from his chest.Xiang Zheng came on horseback, the two looked at each other with a smile, clapped their hands, and said, "Crack!"

Then Xiang Zhengao raised his spear and shouted sharply: "The general of Sanyuan is dead! The general of Sanyuan is dead!"

As soon as this remark came out, the Sanyuan soldiers on both sides ignored the battle, turned around and saw that Wei Dayu was lying dead, and they were all in a mess.

The main general lost his mind, and the Sanyuan soldiers at this time had no fighting spirit, so they all abandoned their weapons and fled.

Xiang Zheng and Lan Tian were red-eyed and wanted to chase again, but were stopped by Zhong Yao.

Zhong Yao patted each of the shoulders of the two, nodded approvingly and said: "Good job, I will make up for it this time."

Both of them blushed, touched their heads and giggled.

When Wang Le rushed to the east gate, Zhong Yao had already finished the battle, the Sanyuan army ran away and scattered, and those who failed to make it all became ghosts under the knife.

When he saw Zhong Yao, Wang Le was overjoyed and hurried forward to salute: "Young General Zhong! You are finally here!"

"Are there heavy casualties? How can civilians be used to defend the city?" Zhong Yao looked at the defenders on the east gate tower, only a small number of them were regular soldiers, and the rest were all ordinary people in the city, so he couldn't help feeling puzzled.

Wang Le shook his head and said with a smile: "Fortunately, there is an expert to help. It is calculated that the Sanyuan Army will gather fire and the North Gate, so the main force will be placed at the North Gate. These people are temporarily recruited. They have received simple training last night and are used to guard things. Two doors."

"A master?" Zhong Yao looked at Wang Le with great interest.

"That's right, if it weren't for the help of this expert, Baishui City wouldn't be able to defend it today. Major General, this expert is really clever, every step of the enemy's attack is within his expectations."

Zhong Yao looked at Wang Le's proud expression, and couldn't help but wonder why he had never heard of such a powerful character: "What's the name of that expert?"

"It's called Xiao... What is it Xiao...Major General, wait a moment, let me think about it." Wang Le really couldn't remember it for a while, after all, he only heard it once, and he didn't pay attention to the name at the time.

Zhong Yao waved his hand and interrupted Wang Le: "Don't think about it if you can't remember it, take me to the other two gates to see the battle situation."

"Ok."

On the other side, Li Ao came back in a big defeat, Yan Yu was so angry that he smashed the teacup in his hand, but when he heard Li Ao's description of the battle at the North Gate, his distorted face slowly eased, and finally Show a smile.

"You mean to worship the falling wood at the north gate of the water and set it on fire? The location is at the gate of the city?" Yan Yu came to the kneeling Li Ao, bent down and asked.

"Yes, the fire is very strong, and the soldiers who entered the city were blocked inside. I'm afraid they have already been encircled and suppressed..."

Yan Yu stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, good! Very good!"

The kneeling Li Ao and the defeated lieutenants looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine the general sold in his gourd.

The fire at the north gate had already been extinguished, and Yue Jun was picking up the fallen wood residues. Zhong Yao walked slowly to the north gate and looked at the crumbling north gate with an increasingly serious expression on his face.

Wang Le followed behind, completely unaware of the change in Zhong Yao's expression, still happily explaining how to lure the enemy into the city and then set fire to it.

When Zhong Yao looked carefully at the two city gates, his face was very gloomy, and he could not see any joy at all.

He slowly came to the left door, looked back at Wang Le with angry eyes and said: "General Wang, although the master surnamed Xiao has a good strategy, he made a fatal mistake."

Wang Le was taken aback by this young general's sudden change of face. He was so nervous that he couldn't speak smoothly: "Zhong... Major general, what do you mean by making a... mistake?"

Zhong Yao stretched out his right hand, and lightly patted the left door with his palm, and then the whole door creaked and cracked, and then accompanied by a rumbling sound, the entire left door collapsed.

The collapse brought up a burst of dust, Zhong Yao stood in the dust and smoke, stared at Wang Le coldly and said: "The fire is too big, and it has spread to two gates. How can the gate that has been in disrepair for a long time withstand such burning."

Wang Le watched the left gate turn from complete to ruins, and was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth. He really didn't expect the fire to affect the gate. He has been a veteran for many years and naturally knows that the right gate, which has also been burned by fire, must not be much better.

Without the most critical barrier, the gate, the city naturally knew the seriousness of it.

"I'm going to ask the carpenter to repair a temporary one right now, it's my subordinate's dereliction of duty!" Wang Le hurriedly knelt down to salute, and said sharply.

At this time, a voice sounded from the north gate: "It's too late, the city gate is such a difficult job, I am afraid that there will be no carpenters in this city."

Zhong Yao and Wang Le looked in the direction of the sound.

A blind man in white was slowly walking from the inner city street, followed by a monkey-shaped boy.

Zhong Yao thought about it, but he couldn't remember knowing this person in his mind for a long time.

"Is he the expert you mentioned?" Zhong Yao looked at Wang Le and asked.

Wang Le nodded: "Yes."

When Xiao Yuhang came not far from Zhong Yao, the monkey behind him pulled the corner of his clothes everywhere, signaling that he could stop.

Xiao Yuhang saluted and said, "I'm Xiao Yuhang, I have met Major General Yueguo."

Hearing Xiao Yuhang's name, Zhong Yao frowned. He was very familiar with the name, but he couldn't remember the specifics for a while, until Wang Le reminded Zhong Yao: "Major General, this Mr. Xiao is not from us, but from us. Northwesterners."

As soon as the word "Northwest" came out, Zhong Yao's pupils constricted immediately, and he took a step back involuntarily.

He re-examined the blind man in front of him. He was dressed in white and had a tall and straight figure. He could not say that he was handsome, but he carried a trace of vicissitudes. The temperament, the kind of temperament that will not be moved by the collapse of the mountain.

"Xiao Yuhang, was the military advisor of the Qi Kingdom back then?" Zhong Yao's expression was serious, and his tone couldn't help but become a little more serious.

Xiao Yuhang smiled slightly, and bowed again: "That is in the past, now Xiao is alone and free."

Wang Le next to him was even more stunned looking at Xiao Yuhang. The person in front of him was actually Xiao Yuhang, who was known as the Ghost Conspirator of the Qi Kingdom back then. Three years later, when Jian'an City was broken, Xiao Yuhang lamented loudly on the palace of the king, self-destructing his eyes, and disappeared since then. Unexpectedly, such a legendary figure would appear in Yue Kingdom. I really don't know whether it is joy or worry.

Zhong Yao stared angrily at Xiao Yuhang, with an increasingly serious expression on his face.

Wang Le looked at the two of them separately, but he didn't dare to make a sound, the atmosphere seemed to freeze.

"Clang", at this moment, Zhong Yao drew his sword out of its sheath and slashed straight at Xiao Yuhang.

(End of this chapter)