Late Tang

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At three quarters of the hour, with the sound of several drums and the sound of footsteps, a group of grass soldiers wrapped in white headscarves and brown crotchless robes yawned and climbed up the tower along the horse path with swords and guns in their hands.The leader was a middle-aged strong man of medium height, with a pair of piercing big eyes on a round black and red face, a straight nose and square mouth, and an indifferent expression.He went up to the tower and shouted: "The guard has changed!"

Dozens of men suddenly poured out of the city gate tower, and walked out with sleepy faces, stretching their waists and yawning.The middle-aged strong man who came here frowned when he saw this, but didn't say anything.Seeing this, the team leader of the defenders in the city quickly laughed and said, "It was foggy in the middle of the night last night, and I couldn't see my fingers when I stretched out my hands. The fog was so heavy that I wet my clothes after staying outside for a long time. Stay, and go into the building to avoid it."

The strong man cast a cold glance at the leader of the team, and still didn't speak. He just glanced indifferently at the top of the wall, and a group of soldiers behind him swiftly separated and stood directly on the top of the white fog.The leader of the team was bored, he laughed, and took his subordinates to the bridle path, and was laid off and returned to the camp.

The strong man Zhang Congli stood on the top of the city with his hands behind his back, pondered for a moment, and called his soldiers over: "Zhao Dayong, you are so smart, take a group of people out of the city and run along the city wall. Don't be afraid of such a foggy weather." We don’t even know that people have touched the foot of the city.”

Zhao Dayong waved his hands again and again: "Brother, you can spare the little one. In this foggy weather, you can't see anything clearly when you go out. If there are really officers and soldiers coming, I won't even be able to keep the guy who eats when I go out. I see, yesterday it was said that the officers and soldiers were coming. As a result, General Cao later reported that the officers and soldiers only had to move from the west of Songcheng to the east of Songcheng. We should stay in the city because of the heavy fog. .”

Zhang Congli didn't get angry because this subordinate didn't obey the military order, but just laughed and scolded: "You're the smart one." Zhang Congli was originally a landlord in Jeju, and Zhao Dayong was his aunt and cousin. Tyrant average land.Zhang Congli knew that he couldn't escape, so he joined the gang on his own initiative, thus saving the Zhang family.Zhang Congli has practiced martial arts since he was a child, has also read books, and can ride and shoot. He is highly valued by his superiors. In a short time, he has become a general with a hundred brothers under his command. Zhao Dayong has become his personal soldier. long.

Seeing that Zhang Congli didn't ask him to leave the city, Zhao Dayong said with a smile: "I heard that the war in [***] is fierce, why doesn't our general leave, and insist on fighting him here?"

"Hey!" Zhang Congli shook his head with a wry smile, "Do you think I can know about such things? But putting soldiers and horses under the eyes of Zhen [***] is really frightening. I heard that General Shang also I persuaded the general a few times, but he ignored it."

Zhao Dayong snorted coldly, "I think the general is fascinated by that Yang family now, and now he is gentle and gentle all day long, how can he remember his brothers."

Zhang Congli glared at his cousin, "Be honest if you don't want to lose your mouth, don't talk nonsense!"

The two cousins ​​were silent and stopped talking, each thinking in their hearts.

Yuhou is an earthen city, and the city wall is not very high, only more than one foot high, less than two feet high.Fu Cun picked up dozens of lean soldiers who were good at climbing, sneaked under the city, chiseled big iron nails into the wall with a wooden hammer, and climbed up.Under the cover of thick fog, they successfully climbed to the top of the city from a distance from the tower.Fu Cun lowered the rope ladder on his back to meet more people going up to the top of the city.

Soon, ten ladders were erected on the top of the city, and within a short period of time, all 500 people from the first battalion were brought to the top of the city.At this time, the guards at the city tower and the turret hadn't found them hidden in the fog at all.

Fu Cunshen pulled out his two-handed sword from his back, swung it forward silently, and immediately led his soldiers towards the tower.Several guards suddenly noticed a few figures rushing out of the fog on the opposite side. Before they could see who they were facing, Fu Cunshen's big sword had already chopped off the head of one of them.Before they could cry out, several soldiers behind Fu Cun rushed over quickly. These ten soldiers were not newly recruited soldiers, but elites who had followed Fu Cun for a long time. The terrified guards directly pulled the string sabers, and the sharp crossbow shot them to death without even making a sound.

One after another, the grass army fell, and Fu Cun led the brothers from the camp to kill them all the way.In less than a cup of tea, most of the hundred-man grass army on the city was dead.Zhang Congli was startled by a popping sound. He turned his head abruptly, but just in time to see a crossbow arrow flying straight towards him. He was so frightened that he was so frightened that he leaned back in a hurry, barely dodging the arrow, but The next moment, a long sword dripping with warm blood was placed on his neck.

Fu Cunshen took a closer look at Zhao Congli. He was wearing a set of iron armor, a horizontal knife hung on his waist, and a steel spear in his hand. He was of medium height, but he was very brave.Grass thieves are mostly rabble, and those who can wear such a costume must be an elite, and they are also thieves.

After thinking for a while, Fu Cunjian ordered: "If you dare to call, I will take your head."

"I surrender!" Zhang Chengli didn't hesitate at all. When he saw the gorgeous armor and the sword in his hand of the young general who was much younger than himself, and the soldiers behind him holding crossbows, he immediately understood that it was Zhen [***] Killed.Although, until now, I haven't figured out why they suddenly descended from heaven. "I am from Jeju, and I am coerced by the bandit army."

After receiving Zhang Congli's submission, the defenders behind were immediately persuaded to surrender by him.

With a wave of Fu Cun's hand, Zhang Congli and Zhao Dayong volunteered, led the remaining Bendu troops off the horse, and arrived in front of the city gate.When the guards in the city gate saw them coming down, they were still cursing and joking, but Zhang Congli suddenly waved his hand, and dozens of people massacred their former brothers together.After a while, the city gate had been taken by Zhang Congli.

As soon as Fu Cun went down to the city and waved his hand, the soldiers of the battalion immediately occupied the section of the city gate, and then quickly opened the door and placed the drawbridge to welcome the brothers outside the city to enter the city.

In the early morning of May, Cao Shixiong was soundly asleep in the backyard of the county government office in Yucheng.Last night, he fought all night with his arms around the wives of several officials in the city, and he had just fallen asleep at this time.

I was originally stationed in the Chengxi camp in Yucheng, but since he sent back the news yesterday that Zhen [***] sent troops, he immediately shocked General Wang Xianzhi in the city.Although it was later confirmed that Zhen [***] had only moved the battalion from the west of Songcheng to the east of Songcheng, it still made Wang Xianzhi feel uncomfortable, and finally found an excuse, and quietly retreated to the city with his troops at night. Meng Zhuze camp in the east.Yucheng was handed over to him to sit in town.As soon as he took over Yucheng, the first thing Cao Shixiong did was to take all the wives of several officials in Yucheng into his house and appease them one by one.

Cao Shixiong has a hobby, that is, he likes to play with the wives of those officials, and he only plays with the official wives, not interested in concubines.No matter how ugly she is, if she is the wife of an official, he likes it, and if she still has the imperial order, he will be more excited.In the evening, he played four games at once, but unfortunately the county magistrate's wife was taken away by the general. It is said that she is from a family background, and she is also very beautiful and coquettish.

After a night of madness, I finally fell asleep contentedly.

"General, something is wrong, the officers and soldiers have entered the city!"

The leader of the guards broke into the house in panic, waking him up from his dream.

"Nonsense, the town [***] was just moved from the west to the east of the city yesterday, and it is still in Songcheng. How could it have invaded the city? It must be those damned refugees who are stealing food, and tomorrow they will all be killed Kill." Cao Shixiong lay on the bed and opened his eyes, not even bothering to sit up.

"General, it's not the refugees, it's the Tang army that has entered the city and is setting fire to kill people everywhere." The soldier head said.

"Nonsense, it must be the camp left by Shang Rang. They didn't pay them yesterday, so these bastards dared to rebel. Let them make a fuss. If they have enough trouble, they will naturally return to the camp." Cao Shixiong said lazily, He yawned, he was a little too excited last night, even the fourth daughter of the Yu family, he was a little lethargic today.The grass army now has a large team, tens of thousands of horses, how can it be managed.Everyone has always just taken care of their elite camp leaders. These elite camp leaders usually eat and drink well, have rewards and women to play with, and they are much higher than other camp leaders in every way.This will naturally cause some jealousy and the like, and it's normal to make trouble at every turn.But everyone doesn't care, anyway, those soldiers and prisoners only need to be given some food and hung up. As for the rewarding women, if you have the ability, you can grab it yourself, and if you don't, you can't blame others.These soldiers are just to build up their momentum, and they are just going to die at Guan Jian's time. Cao Shixiong is too lazy to take care of these people.These days, everything is lacking, except that there is no shortage of people, and they just recruit after they die.

"General, it's really Tang Jun, it's Zhen[***], they're coming to the city!"

At this time, Cao Shixiong finally woke up from half-sleep and half-awake. This soldier leader is an old brother who has followed him for many years. He followed him when he smuggled salt back then, and he would never make such a joke.He sat up in horror, "How many soldiers are there?"

"Thousands, the sky is full of fog, and I can't see how many there are, but the south gate and east gate have been broken!"

Cao Shixiong was startled, put on his robe and armor, held a knife and yelled to summon his own soldiers, as soon as he left the county office, a group of men and horses had already been killed on the street in front of him, the fiery red battle robe and red battle flag were exactly the [***].

The two sides met on a narrow road, and immediately fought together. After fighting for a while, several Tang troops suddenly came.At this moment, Cao Shixiong had no intention of fighting, so he turned his horse's head and fled towards the north gate with his men. (To be continued.)