The Beacon of Kyushu

Three days later, late at night.

Qu Yue's army, led by Wang Shaozuo and Fan Jubei, was divided into four parts: east, south, west and north. Under the cover of night, before the Song army was aware of it, the troops approached Hua Bu. The army's advance was not too fast, but it was surrounded on all sides. It was clear that they regarded this beautiful and rich city as their own.

The moon is dark and the stars are sparse, and the lights on the flower-stepping city are dim.

After months of hard fighting, the Song army was all exhausted and listless. Even though they knew that the enemy would attack the city at any time, they could not help but doze off with their spears in hand. But it is always easy to wake up from good dreams, and it is even easier to wake up from nightmares. One moment they were still dozing, and the next moment they were completely awakened by the sonorous sound of the battle formation.

The soldiers guarding the city hurriedly followed the sound and looked down the city. They saw the dazzling fire under the city, the flags covering the moon, the shining swords, the strong iron armor, and the boundless Qu Yue army as vast as the ocean. They couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's not good." , the Quyue army is coming to attack the city! Go and report it to the general!"

A soldier with quick hands and feet hurriedly ran into the government office. He didn't care about the notification, and rushed to the door of Liu Cheng's bedroom. He knocked hard on the door and said, "General, wake up quickly. Qu Yue's army is coming to attack." City!"

Liu Cheng had just put on his clothes and slept when he was awakened by a knock on the door. He hurriedly got out of bed and opened the door. Without waiting for the soldiers to report, he asked first: "Tell me, how many enemy troops there are, who is leading the attack on the city, and where are they outside the city now?"

The soldier hurriedly said: "Report to the general, Qu Yue generals Wang Shaozuo and Fan Jubei led an army of fifty or sixty thousand people to attack the gates on all sides of our army at the same time. Please make a decision quickly!"

Upon hearing the report, Liu Cheng frowned and his voice trembled slightly, "I... I know this. I will go to Nancheng to set up defenses. You should quickly inform General Sun, General Liu and Wan Shaoxia and ask them to move to the other three buildings." The city gate is defended and the enemy cannot enter the city no matter what!"

"Yes!" The soldier cupped his hands and ran away in a panic. Liu Cheng also hurriedly asked his servants to prepare horses, and one person rode his horse towards the south gate.

At this moment, outside the south gate.

Fan Jubei was riding on a tall horse, commanding his soldiers to attack the city. But he seemed to have just stopped there and had no intention of winning the flower step in one go. A deputy general beside him was slightly surprised and asked in confusion: "General Fan, your attack on the city will be delayed and give the Song army in the city a chance to win. Why not..."

Fan Jubei glanced sideways at the deputy general, with a slight smile on his lips, "Haha, the general purpose is to make the Song army feel that we are incompetent, so as to paralyze them. Otherwise, once they jump over the wall in a hurry, not only will it be difficult for us to capture Huabu, but we are afraid that we will also There will be people fighting desperately to unite with the Western Route Army and cause chaos to His Majesty."

The deputy general was still a little confused and said: "But general, our military strength is several times that of the opponent, and we have surrounded the city. How can they still be able to fight?"

Fan Jubei looked helpless and sighed, "Well, the Song army itself is not scary, but the person in the city is scary..."

The man in the city naturally refers to Wan Jianfeng, who is currently at the top of the East City, commanding the soldiers to defend the city while drinking wine. At this moment, he was still as usual, holding a wine gourd in his hand and drinking the fragrant and sweet Baihua Brew. If someone who didn't know him met him, it would be difficult to associate such an unspectacular beggar with terror.

But as General Qu Yue, Fan Jubei thought that a terrible person could be an ordinary person. Even though Wan Jianfeng appeared to be drinking carelessly on the surface, his mind was running rapidly. One moment he was wondering why the Qu Yue army was not doing its best, but the next moment he understood the key.

Wan Jianfeng hurriedly covered the gourd stopper, gave a few instructions to the soldiers, and then used his Qinggong skills and ran towards Nancheng. He doesn't walk very fast on weekdays, but if he gets really anxious, he can run as fast as the wind, incredibly fast.

In the blink of an eye, Wan Jianfeng arrived at Liu Cheng's side, speaking with a solemn tone that was rare in his life, "General Liu, quickly arrange an army to fight out of the West City, so that I can take the opportunity to escape from the East City!" Liu Cheng was startled and said: "Wan Young hero, what are you doing out of town?"

Wan Jianfeng said: "The reason why the enemy troops attacked the city with all their strength is to paralyze us and prevent us from breaking out of the encirclement and assisting the West Route Army. Once the entire West Route Army is wiped out, all Quyue's troops will come to besiege us. , then it won’t be a question of whether we will die, but how and when we will die!”

Liu Cheng pondered and nodded, "What Shaoxia Wan said is true, but what's the use of going out of the city alone? Even if you are superb in martial arts, it's probably just a fool's errand to think that you can turn the world around with just one person."

Wan Jianfeng said: "After I leave the city, I want to take a detour to Dali. I will first try to get Dali to withdraw part of the officers and soldiers stationed on the border of the Song Dynasty, creating the illusion that the Song Dynasty and Dali are allied to attack Qu Yue. In this way, Li Huan Even if the West Route Army is eliminated, you don't dare to send all the troops to attack Huabu, so you can bear less pressure. Later, I will go to Tokyo to find the emperor to move troops, as long as he is willing to send troops to help, or send troops. The messenger will negotiate for peace, and then you will be safe."

Liu Cheng looked at Wan Jianfeng and couldn't say a word for a long time. No one knew whether he was deeply shocked by Wan Jianfeng's strategy, or whether he thought Wan Jianfeng was frightened crazy by the enemy. All they knew was that his next sentence was, "Okay, even if it takes the whole city's defenders, You must put your life on the line!"

Soon, Liu Shan, who was guarding the West City, received an order from his uncle's personal soldiers, an order that seemed extremely ridiculous. But Liu Shan did not disobey the order, but actually opened the city gate, personally held a gun and leapt on his horse, leading a thousand men and horses to kill the dark enemy army.

Wang Shaozuo, the main general who attacked Xicheng, never expected that the Song army would take the initiative to attack. When he saw Liu Shan dare to lead his army to rush out, he was stunned. But within seconds, he reacted and quickly ordered to stop Liu Shan, but his soldiers were so panicked that they did not obey the order.

Liu Shan smiled coldly, and the spear in his hand danced like flying. In an instant, more than a dozen Quyue soldiers were shot to death. The Song army behind him was frightened just now. Seeing how incompetent the Quyue soldiers were, they became murderous. Each held a long spear and a short sword, and roared towards the enemy.

Unexpectedly, Qu Yue's four troops were very close to each other. Wang Shaozuo had just suffered a slight defeat when the other three troops had already arrived. The offensive was even more crazy than that of the Song army led by Liu Shan. A thousand men and horses fought in a melee with tens of thousands of enemy troops. The outcome seemed to be doomed from the beginning, but Liu Shan was not afraid of death. His soldiers were infected by the general and became resigned to death.

Although no one knew why Liu Cheng issued such an order, no one took a step back. They watched helplessly as their brothers and sisters around them fell one after another. They still waved their weapons and fought desperately against the enemy.

Suddenly, Liu Shan heard the sound of gongs ringing from the top of the city, and looked at the source of the sound in surprise. Liu Cheng arrived at Xicheng at some unknown time and personally sounded the gong that could only be sounded when withdrawing troops. All the Song soldiers who were still alive breathed a long sigh of relief and fought hard towards the city gate.

Not long after, Liu Shan and the remaining three hundred Song soldiers under his command rushed to the city, braved the rain of arrows shot from behind, and returned to the city safely. As soon as they entered the city, the city gate was tightly closed again, blocking the enemy troops who tried to take advantage of the opportunity to enter the city.

Liu Cheng quickly walked down the tower and held Liu Shan's hands. Tears flashed in his eyes, "Shan'er, you can lead the army to attack, defeat the powerful enemy, and ensure that Wan Shaoxia breaks out of the enemy camp without fail. He is indeed a great man of my Liu family!”

Liu Shan said in surprise: "Uncle, you just ordered your nephew to go into battle. Was it to attract enemy troops and cover Wan Shaoxia's departure from the city? At this critical moment, what is he doing out of the city?"

Liu Cheng sighed and looked to the east worriedly, "Yes, Wan Shaoxia is going out of the city to do something big, a big thing. Whether our army of nearly ten thousand people can return to the Song Dynasty alive depends on him alone! "

Wan Jianfeng rode a fast horse out of the east city and marched toward the southeast day and night. After walking for three or four days in a row, he made sure that there was no army blocking the road in front of him and no pursuers behind him, then he turned north and headed straight towards Shuilongwu. And go.

Throughout the ages, thick-skinned people have had enough to eat, while thin-skinned people have had nothing to eat. Not to mention the irresistible friendship between Shao Hengjiang and Wan Jianfeng. Even if they are strangers to each other, who can stand up to Wan Jianfeng's tough talk? Therefore, he borrowed another fishing boat without any effort. He took a boat all the way north, first arrived in the Song Dynasty, then rode his horse wildly for several days, and finally entered Dali smoothly. (End of chapter)