Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 37 Feng Rushan

Sheng Hong ignored Lin Xiaoniang's begging because of the day's affairs, and had Sheng Changfeng tied up and beaten severely.

Even so, Mrs. Wang was not satisfied and shouted that she wanted to take care of Miss Lin as well.

Sheng Hong gave Sheng Changfeng a good beating, and his anger had subsided. Seeing that Lin Xiaoniang was crying like a tearful person, she began to feel distressed again, so naturally she refused to agree to Mrs. Wang's request.

Mrs. Wang was not willing to give up. Just as the couple was arguing, she suddenly heard a report from a servant that the second young master had been assassinated and fell into the water.

Mrs. Wang was so frightened that she didn't care about Xiaoniang Lin and ran out quickly.

Sheng Hong didn't bother to comfort Lin Xiaoniang and followed her out.

As soon as the two came to the front hall, Sheng Changbai, who had changed his clothes, was sent back.

Mrs. Wang inquired, and heard Sheng Changbai said that it was all right, she was not at ease, and after a careful inspection, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mom, the child is really fine. Those assassins seem to be going after Gu Erlang." Sheng Changbai's expression was full of worry when he thought of his friends whose life and death were unknown.

"What? You said that Gu Erlang was chased into the water by a dozen assassins and his whereabouts are unknown?" Sheng Hong's expression changed drastically after hearing this.

"My child begs dad to send someone to look for Gu Erlang."

Sheng Changbai didn't know Gu Tingye's identity. Before, Gu Tingye only told him that because he came to Yangzhou on the Yuan family's sailboat, in order to repay his kindness, he agreed to a request from Yuan Wenchun.

"It's a disaster, it's a disaster."

Sheng Hong shouted: "Hurry and prepare the car."

"Husband, what's wrong?"

Just as Wang was about to order her servants to prepare ginger soup, she was startled by Sheng Hong's tone.

"Let's talk about it later, I don't have time to explain to you now."

After Sheng Hong finished speaking, he hurried out the door.

Others don't know Gu Tingye's identity, but he does.

How could he give up if a legitimate son of a marquis died under his rule?
Although Ning Yuanhou is a military commander and has nothing to do with him, if Ningyuan Hou takes this opportunity to participate in the officialdom, it will be good to keep his current position, let alone promotion.

Not long after, all the government officials in Yangzhou were dispatched, and even the Yangzhou Xiang army was dispatched to find the whereabouts of Gu Tingye.

When Yangzhou was in chaos, Yuan Wenshao took advantage of the darkness and quietly approached Lingzhou City with his army.

Even God was helping him. A few stars could be faintly seen in the sky, which was completely dark.

Although it caused a lot of obstacles to their march, it also covered their whereabouts very well.

Arriving at a hillside a few miles away from Lingzhou City, the army stopped again.

Climbing on the hillside, looking at the city head with many braziers lit in the distance, Yuan Wenshao gave some instructions to the other captains, and then he and Peng Guang led a hundred soldiers and continued to advance with Nuershan.

At this time, they had already put on the uniforms of Xixia soldiers.

These armors and weapons were all ripped off from the Xixia soldiers, and Yuan Wenshao had people specially handle them, so they looked in tatters.

"who?"

When Yuan Wenshao and the others were a few hundred steps away from the city wall, the defenders on the top of the city heard the movement and shouted loudly.

When the other soldiers heard the movement, they drew their bowstrings as if facing a formidable enemy.

"I am Nuershan, don't fire your arrows!" Nuershan shouted.

"Is this Captain Nuershan?"

The defenders on the city were stunned when they heard this. They asked people to notify their superiors while being careful and vigilant.

Not long after, Wu Channa, the guard at the top of the city, got the news and rushed to the outside of the city, shouting, "Nurshan, is it really you?"

Nu'er Shan was overjoyed when he heard the voice: "The snakehead is me, I'm going over now, you tell them not to shoot arrows."

Wu Chan was very familiar with Nu'er Mountain. When he heard this voice, he was sure that it was Nu'er Mountain outside the city. He asked the soldiers to put down their bows and arrows and said loudly: "Okay, come here."

Yuan Wenshao and Peng Guang hugged Nuer Mountain from left to right and continued walking.

Not long after, through the firelight at the top of the city, Wu Chan saw Nuershan and his party.

Seeing that Nu'ershan and the soldiers behind him were all in tatters, the guard in Wu Channa's eyes faded a bit.

"Nu'ershan, I heard from the soldiers who fled back that General Xieluo died in battle and the entire army was wiped out. Why did you come back now?" asked Wu Channa.

"Wuershan, what do you mean? Do you suspect that I have surrendered to the Han people?" Nuershan cursed.

"Haha, how could it be? I'm just asking. After all, those stragglers have been fleeing for more than a day. Why did you come back so late?" Wu Yu said.

"I fled into the mountains. Zhou Jun was chasing me. After I got rid of him, I lost my way and took a lot of mistakes. Stop talking nonsense and quickly open the city gate to let me in. I will starve to death." Nuershan said.

"Okay, okay, I'll ask someone to open the city gate right now."

Wu Zhuan asked the soldiers who had escaped, and it was found that some people had indeed seen Nuershan leading people to flee into the mountains. What Nuershan said was not a problem, and the last trace of doubt in his heart disappeared.

Yuan Wenshao was overjoyed, he didn't expect to deceive the city gate so easily.

But what follows is a fierce battle. Whether he can capture Lingzhou City depends on whether he can hold the city gate.

Yuan Wenshao and the others came to the gate of the city, and not long after, the gate was slowly opened.

"Haha, I was worried that you would die in the battle." Wu Zhang said with a smile.

Yuan Wenshao's eyes lit up, he didn't expect Wu Chan to come to greet Nu'er Mountain in person. If Wu Chan could be captured, the defenders at the city gate would have no command, and the chance of the army guarding the back arriving would be greater.

"Bah, I won't die even if you die."

At Yuan Wenshao's signal, Nuershan cursed and led the people over.

"The guard next to you looks a bit unfamiliar." Wu Channa looked at Yuan Wenshao and Peng Guang who were following Nuershan and said with some doubts.

Fortunately, Yuan Wenshao and Peng Guang had a lot of dust on their faces, and the light was not good, so he couldn't see clearly.

The Western Xia people are half farming and half herding, and their skin color is generally darker than that of Da Zhou.

Although Yuan Wenshao had been in the army for some time, his skin was only slightly dark.

If it were daytime, he would definitely be able to tell something was wrong.

"Go!"

Yuan Wenshao shouted loudly and stabbed Wu Chan with the spear in his hand.

Wu Yuan was unprepared and the distance was very close. He had no time to react and was stabbed in the chest by Yuan Wenshao.

"Uh…"

Wu Chan looked down at the spear on his chest, and looked at Nuershan in disbelief. He lost his life. After death, his eyes were still wide open, looking at Nuershan.

Peng Fei also led his soldiers and killed all the soldiers who came with Wu Chan.

"No, Nuershan rebelled!"

"Enemy attack!"

It took a while for the soldiers in the city to react, and shouted loudly.

"Kill in!"

He saw that there was no shelter in the doorway, and when the defenders reacted and organized archers to come over, they became a living target.

Only by fighting out and engaging the enemy in close combat can they be wary of firing arrows casually.

Because the snakehead was dead, the defenders had no effective command, and there was confusion for a while, which did not put much pressure on Yuan Wenshao and the others.

However, under the command of several centurions, the Xixia soldiers slowly stabilized, and Yuan Wenshao and the others were under increasing pressure.

Yuan Wenshao's spear danced, taking away lives one after another, with a lot of blood splattered on his face.

"Idiot! Take them all down and let the archers shoot their arrows!"

A captain who came with his troops after hearing the noise in the city saw this scene and ordered his soldiers to retreat.

Yuan Wenshao picked and killed a soldier, and when he saw the retreating Xixia soldiers, he shouted: "Don't chase, guard the gate of the city, and pile up those corpses."

Once they left the city gate and the Xixia soldiers closed the city gate, they became turtles in a jar.

Therefore, even if he knew Xixia's plan, Yuan Wenshao could only watch the Xixia soldiers retreat.

"kill!"

At this moment, shouts of death came from behind Yuan Wenshao and the others.

The sound sounded very close.

"Hurry up and fire the arrow!" The Xixia captain did not care about the soldiers who had not retreated yet.

These people have been guarding the city gate. You don't need to think about it to know that they are waiting for reinforcements.

Now there are shouts of killing coming from outside the city. Naturally, it cannot be our own reinforcements.

Only by taking back the gate of the city can the soldiers and horses outside the city be blocked. Once they enter the city, they will be in big trouble.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa~"

"what…"

Under the volley of thousands of arrows, the area at the city gate was shrouded in the rain of arrows.

Those Xixia soldiers who retreated in vain were killed by arrows, and many of Yuan Wenshao's soldiers were also shot.

If he hadn't reacted quickly just now and asked people to pile up the corpses to cover them, there would only be more dead.

Yuan Wenshao waved his spear to block the flying arrows, feeling secretly worried.

Another two rounds of arrows rained down, and he would not be able to withstand it anymore.

"Lieutenant, reinforcements have arrived!" Peng Guangda said happily.

"Captain, get out of the way and let the shield bearer come forward!" Zhang An shouted from behind.

Yuan Wenshao hurriedly led people aside to let the shield hand behind him step forward.

They didn't bring many shields this time, but they were enough to block the city entrance.

"kill!"

The other soldiers followed the shield bearer and rushed forward.

Xixia generals organized their troops to hold off the enemy.

However, there were only 5000 defenders in Lingzhou City, and they were scattered everywhere. In the dark night, the Xixia side did not know how many enemies there were, and their morale was low. They were killed and dispersed soon after.

Yuan Wenshao divided his troops into three teams, cleared out the Xixia army in the city, and at the same time seized important places such as grain warehouses.

Taking Lingzhou City is the first step, whether it can be defended is the most critical.

They marched for a long distance and did not bring enough food, grass and equipment. They had to hug the food, grass and equipment in the city to have enough supplies to defend the city.

It wasn't until daybreak that the Xixia garrison in Lingzhou City was cleared.

Yuan Wenshao arranged for people to treat the wounded soldiers, sent troops to patrol around the city to clean up the remaining Xixia deserters, and at the same time to deter the people in the city.

After finishing all this, Yuan Wenshao wrote a battle report and had it sent to Dingzhou City.

……

Fengzhou City is a heavy city at the junction of Xixia and Dazhou, where [-] soldiers are stationed all year round.

At this time, more than [-] soldiers and horses were assembled in Fengzhou City.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the barracks, more than a dozen generals sat upright, and an old man with white hair and beard but a very ruddy complexion sat on the commander's seat.

This old man is Feng Rushan, the Duke of Anguo in Xixia.

Feng Rushan's ancestors were Han Chinese, but when Xixia was still the military governor of the previous dynasty, the Feng family had already served in Xixia, so they were loyal to Xixia.

"Everyone, many of the soldiers and horses in Dingzhou City have been mobilized. Now there are only [-] to [-] soldiers and horses left. I have decided to attack Dingzhou City early tomorrow morning. I hope that you can work together and repay the military kindness." Feng Rushan said.

"We will obey Duke An Guo's order!" Everyone responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)