The Splendid Fate of the Reborn First Daughter

Chapter 34 Poisonous Smoke
That night, Zhao Xinghe set off quietly with ten soldiers who knew how to swim.When he came to the moat, "Be careful and follow me." Zhao Xinghe whispered.The ten soldiers all nodded, and everyone slowly slid into the water and swam towards Jingzhou City.

Although Liu Zhihe couldn't see clearly at night, he still looked in the direction of Jingzhou City.

Zhao Xinghe and the others quietly climbed up to the bank from the moat. After waiting for a while, there was no movement in the city. Zhao Xinghe waved his hand, and everyone followed behind him, quietly walking towards the south gate.When he arrived at the South City Gate, Zhao Xinghe listened intently, but there was no special movement.He stretched out his hand and slowly groped on the city gate, and suddenly pushed hard, a small door opened in response. "Come in, hurry up." Zhao Xinghe whispered...

Ten soldiers followed behind him and dodged into the city gate.They entered quietly.Zhao Xinghe saw the spot, and slashed down with his sword forcefully. The suspension bridge of the moat creaked and fell down.

"It's done, it's done!" Everyone cheered.

Liu Zhihe said: "Notify all ministries and attack the city with all your strength."

Soldiers rushed towards the drawbridge like a tide.

"Why did the drawbridge fall? What happened?"

"An enemy is coming, go and report to the commander."

"Keep the city gate..."

The rebel army in the city was in a mess, Zhao Xinghe said to the ten sergeants: "Cover me." Saying that, he rushed towards the noose of the city gate.

"Enemies have entered the city." I don't know who was yelling, and many rebels rushed towards the city gate.

Zhao Xinghe seized the time, swung his sword, and slashed hard on the noose, the noose cracked and split in half.

"Be careful." A sergeant chopped down the rebels attacking Zhao Xinghe, "Hurry up, Vice General Zhao, we are going to be overwhelmed."

Zhao Xinghe exhausted all his strength, and struck the noose with another sword, the noose scattered with a sound, and the city gate slowly opened.

"It's done, it's done," said the ten sergeants excitedly.

"Go, go back and join the big troops." Zhao Xinghe was the first to go out of the city gate, and the ten sergeants were stunned for a moment. They all thought that Zhao Xinghe would lead them to fight to the death, only the two veterans who had trained with Zhao Xinghe first After reacting, "The gate of the city has been opened, and we have to survive. After reuniting with the large army, we will fight back."

Everyone understood and was very grateful. They followed Zhao Xinghe out of the city gate and waited for the arrival of the large army.

The city of Jingzhou was in chaos, "The enemy army has broken the city, the enemy army has broken the city. The south gate has been lost."

Most of the soldiers were sleeping. When they heard that the city had been broken, they all panicked and fled to the street with their weapons without even getting dressed.

Zheng Nandi went out of the mansion gate to see that the situation was over, and said decisively: "Retract the troops and leave the city through the north gate."

Under the leadership of Liu Zhihe and others, the imperial army quickly occupied Jingzhou City.

Seeing Zhao Xinghe, Liu Zhihe laughed loudly: "Well done, it's really satisfying to beat Zheng Nandi and flee."

Zhao Xinghe said a few words modestly.Everyone began to count the battlefield, take care of the wounded, and stationed in the city.

Zhao Xinghe walked around the city, came back and said to Liu Zhihe: "Is there any battle report from the imperial court, what happened to the other two routes?"

Liu Zhihe laughed loudly: "No matter what, those two roads are not as good as mine. I defeated Zheng Nandi."

At this moment, the imperial court's battle report arrived.Liu Zhihe saw that the battle report was already ten days ago. "How did it take so long for this to arrive?"

Zhao Xinghe said: "What did the battle report say?"

Liu Zhihe sighed after watching it: "It's over, this time it's over." Vice-General Lin read it without saying a word, and handed it to Zhao Xinghe: "Zheng Tong, the eldest son of Zheng Nandi who was defending the west, was wiped out in Suzhou. Guarding the east Zheng He, the second son of Zheng Nandi, stopped him in Quanzhou, and lost most of his life, waiting for rescue. Only we are still alive."

Zhao Xinghe said: "The situation is indeed not good. Zheng Nandi probably knew that the imperial court only had four garrisons, so the soldiers divided into three groups to block us. When we were defeated, the three rebels would join up and go north together. The capital only had the northern garrison. One enemy and three are sure to lose. I'm afraid the capital will be in danger."

Liu Zhihe let out a long sigh: "Now we are one against three."

Zhao Xinghe said: "The three rebels haven't joined yet, this is our chance."

Vice-General Lin half-jokingly said: "Didn't you touch the city gates one by one?"

Zhao Xinghe said: "This kind of strategy can be used once, it can't be used all the time."

Deputy General Lin asked, "How are you doing?"

Zhao Xinghe said: "I guess, Zheng Nandi must have retreated to Changzhou. We have to kill his two sons before he arrives, so that we can unite with the east and fight against two with two. Odds."

Deputy General Lin said: "You still want to win? It's not bad if you can survive."

Zhao Xinghe said: "Under the overthrow of the nest, there are no eggs. If the capital is captured, we will be alone here, and we will not be able to survive."

Liu Zhihe said: "Xinghe is right. Only by defeating Zheng Nandi can we survive."

Vice General Zhang also nodded.

Vice-General Lin said: "Do you have any other plans, let me tell you."

Zhao Xinghe said: "If Zheng Nandi retreats to Changzhou..."

Deputy General Lin interrupted him: "How do you know he will retreat to Changzhou?"

Zhao Xinghe said: "Because the closest to here are only Changzhou and Binzhou. Binzhou is adjacent to Binhe. If he is defeated, he can't retreat south, but Changzhou is flat, so it is suitable for attack and defense. If he wins, he can go north. If he loses, he can go north." It is a good place to go south and return to Xiangbei. Zheng Nandi has never been defeated in his life, which shows that he is not only cunning but also cautious, so I guess he must retreat to Changzhou."

Vice-General Lin said: "It makes sense. But Changzhou is flat. Are we going to fight Zheng Nandi head-on?"

Zhao Xinghe said: "I have prepared something, you can try it. Let's go to the east gate of Changzhou."

Liu Zhihe said, "Why did you specify the east gate? We are closer to the north gate."

Zhao Xinghe said: "My solution must be at the east gate."

Liu Zhihe and they glanced at each other, and finally Liu Zhihe said, "Okay, let's see what tricks you have this time."

The army bypassed the north gate and came to the east gate of Changzhou.

The sentry came back and reported: "I didn't see the handsome flag."

Liu Zhihe looked at Zhao Xinghe, but Zhao Xinghe said: "Vice General Zhang, please lure the enemy."

Deputy General Zhang asked: "How do you lure the enemy?"

Zhao Xinghe said: "Just go to scold. Zheng Nandi has never met an opponent in his life. He is definitely an arrogant person. If you go to scold, he will definitely raise the handsome flag and fight you to the death. Once he follows When you fight, you run. Remember that when you run about a mile away from the city gate, you ask everyone to disperse. Be careful, you must declare in advance that you will disperse in both directions, north and south. Remember. The rest Leave it to me."

Deputy General Zhang said: "That's it? Why do I feel that you are going to cheat me?"

Zhao Xinghe smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, you will know when the time comes."

Early the next morning, Zhao Xinghe looked at the sky carefully, and said, "Today is very suitable."

Even Liu Zhihe asked, "The siege depends on the weather?"

Zhao Xinghe didn't explain, and said to Vice General Zhang: "Just bring 500 people."

Deputy General Zhang looked at Liu Zhihe, Liu Zhihe waved his hand, "Go and try."

Deputy General Zhang led all the troops and headed towards the east gate of Changzhou City. As expected, the commander-in-chief flag was raised as soon as he started to scold.

Even Liu Zhihe snorted.

Not long after, the city gate opened, and a deputy general of the rebels led about 1000 people out of the city gate.Zhao Xinghe said: "Zheng Nandi is really cautious, he won't come out when he scolds like this."

Hearing his regretful tone, Liu Zhihe asked, "What trick do you have? Do you still want to capture Zheng Nandi alive?"

Zhao Xinghe turned around and looked at Shen Ding: "Are you ready?"

Shen Ding said: "Just wait for your order."

Zhao Xinghe said: "Okay."

He turned and continued to watch the battle.

Vice General Zhang killed a few rendezvous with that rebel lieutenant general, and suddenly he pulled his horse away.

Seeing that the distance was about the same, Deputy General Zhang waved his hand, "Scatter." Everyone fled in all directions.

The lieutenant general of the rebel army laughed loudly: "With this little ability, you still dare to scold me. Chase me."

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhao Xinghe immediately said to Shen Ding: "Start."

Shen Ding waved his hand, and several cooks in the back kitchen brought several buckets of boiling water.

Before everyone could see clearly, the cooks each took out a small bottle from their pockets, opened the cap, poured it into the water, and immediately a puff of black smoke rose.

"Toxic." Someone called out.When the wind blew, the black smoke drifted in the direction of the rebels.

(End of this chapter)