Soldiers come to the world

"General Qi, there is a man and a woman riding a horse together. The woman doesn't seem to have much martial arts skills, but the man is very skilled. With a sword in his hand, he withstood our two attacks. What's more, his horse is very agile and fast. Extremely fast, if they weren't so fast, we would have killed them."

"Hmph! Don't say that you are incompetent, but praise others for their speed."

Xu Sheng snorted coldly, his face was ashen, and he stared fiercely at the head of the patrol. They were discovered by someone and ran away by the other party in the end. This tone made him unable to swallow.

"Do you usually eat pig food?"

Xu Sheng scolded angrily: "Fifteen sentries, with crossbow arrows and spears, were escaped by the other party, you still have the face to see me!"

The uncle half-kneeled on the deck, and said with shame on his face: "I am humble and incompetent, and I am willing to accept the punishment of the general!"

"What's the use of punishing you now?"

Xu Sheng paced back and forth on the deck with his hands behind his back. He was extremely worried. The attack failed and the opponent escaped. It was very likely that they would be exposed. Of course, he hoped that the opponent would just be frightened and not say anything.

But Xu Sheng also knew in his heart that the other party was able to escape from the attack of ten people, which meant that they were by no means ordinary people, and it would be difficult to hide them.

Xu Sheng walked slowly to the bow of the boat, and looked anxiously towards the direction of the water gate. Up to now, no news has come. Will there be any accidents over there?

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After running for a mile in one breath, Liu Jing took a long breath and recovered from the thrilling siege. In such a short moment, he had already escaped from the brink of death twice, which made him really break out in a cold sweat.

"My lord...what is that?" Tao Zhan's voice trembled, still in shock.

"I don't know, it should be an army."

Crossbow arrows, spears, and half-surrounded ambushes, experience tells Liu Jing that this must be a well-trained army.

He turned his head and looked at the fleet at Caohe Estuary in the distance. He was also full of doubts. Who were they?

It can't be the Jingzhou Army, could it be Jiangxia Huangzu's army?It's also unlikely that Jiang Xia's army will not pretend to be Dow's firm, this is their territory in the first place.

At this time, a bold idea jumped into Liu Jing's mind, could it be Jiangdong Army?The more I think about this possibility, the more than a hundred ships can hide two or three thousand people, and there are not many defenders in Chaisang.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing hurriedly turned his head and looked towards the water city gate.

He saw five large ships preparing to enter the city, but Liu Jing didn't run towards the water gate, but turned his horse's head and ran directly to the city gate.

"My lord, what's the matter?" Tao Zhan could feel Liu Jing's nervousness.

"You follow me into the city first, and then you ride my horse back to Tao Mansion and tell your father that we have encountered Jiangdong Army."

"Jiangdong Army!" Tao Zhan exclaimed in a low voice. When her grandfather was about to celebrate his birthday, Jiangdong Army unexpectedly came to kill him.

Liu Jing didn't explain any more, and urged his horse to run to the bottom of the city, shouting: "I am Mr. Jing, I just left the city, please let me in."

He knew better than anyone else that once the alarm was issued, not only Jiangdong Army would not be able to enter the city, but Liu Jing would also be unable to enter the city.

More than a dozen defenders in the city knew him and Tao Zhan, the city gate opened a crack, and Liu Jing galloped into Chaisang City.

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Many cities in the south have water and land gates, that is, there is a smaller water gate next to the city gate for ships to enter and exit. Such water and land gates are still preserved in today's Suzhou Panmen.

There are two iron gates before and after the water gate. There is a narrow passage leading to the city in the water gate. Generally, there will be one person standing at the entrance of the passage, and after collecting taxes, let the boat enter the city.

After passing through the second iron gate, the boat entered the Wengcheng, and there was another iron gate at the other end of the Wengcheng. You must leave the Wengcheng to officially enter the city.

At this time, the iron gate of the water city gate had already been closed, and there were four or five large ships parked in front of the iron gate. At the bow of the leading ship stood a short, fat middle-aged businessman, who was shouting loudly to the top of the city.

"General, please help. Tomorrow at five o'clock, this batch of goods must be handed over to the owner. Otherwise, my hard work will be in vain for a month. Please help me, General!"

The businessman was begging, and the guard on the top of the city was named Zhuo Zhao, a village chief. He had arrived and was squinting his eyes to look at the ships and merchants below the city.

It's not that he has any doubts about the ship, but he is estimating how much money he can make by sending this batch of goods into the city?

"You should also know that I have to take a great risk in letting people into the city at night." Zhuo Zhao spoke slowly, reminding the merchants in the city word by word,

"I know, I am willing to compensate the general."

"Since you also understand the rules, then fine! According to the calculation of two taels of gold for one ship, you will be charged ten taels of gold for your five ships."

The merchant immediately held up the gold, "General, I have prepared the gold."

Seeing that he understood the rules, Zhuo Zhao waved his hand and said, "Open the outer water barrier!"

With a creaking sound, the outer water barrier slowly opened, and Zhuo Zhao immediately turned around and went down the passage.

The city gate is not wide enough to accommodate a five-hundred-stone ship. Zhuo Zhao has already stood in front of the one-person-wide stone path and waited. After collecting the gold, the ship enters the city. It has been like this for several years, and he has long been used to it.

But he never dreamed today that the "horse has no night grass and no fat" that he has believed in for several years will eventually become the root cause of his death.

The boat slowly moved forward, and the middle-aged businessman offered an ingot of gold with both hands with a smile on his face. Zhuo Zhao took the gold, and only lightly weighed it, and he knew it in his heart. !"

This was about to open the second gate, and the businessman's eyes were already shining with pride. As long as they entered the Wengcheng, even five hundred defenders would not be able to stop them.

At this moment, a shout came from the top of the city: "Don't let them enter the city, they are Jiangdong Army!"

This shout protruded like a strange peak, and it was very clear in the silent night. Zhuo Zhao also heard it, and was stunned, how could it be Jiangdong Army.

But the businessman reacted faster than him, a dagger hidden in his sleeve stabbed out like lightning, Zhuo Zhao saw the stabbing dagger, it was too late to dodge, the sharp dagger went 'poof! ' pierced his chest.

Zhuo Zhao screamed, fell to the ground and died, the scream broke the silence of the night, dozens of Jiangdong soldiers rushed out of the cabin, the middle-aged businessman roared, stepped on Zhuo Zhao's body, swung his knife along the corridor rushed to the top of the city.

At this time, the soldiers on the top of the city also reacted, and the alarm bell was sounded locally, and the whole city was shocked.

At Caohekou two miles away, more than a hundred Jiangdong ships also clearly heard the alarm bell from the city, Xu Sheng's face changed drastically, the thing he was most worried about happened, it must be the escaped man and woman who called the police , making them fall short.

Xu Sheng hated it like a drop of blood, but it was useless no matter how much he hated, he stomped his feet fiercely, and shouted: "All ships must be killed, and the water gate must be snatched."

They did not carry siege weapons, so the Shuicheng Gate became the key to the Jiangdong army's struggle. More than 120 warships disguised as merchant ships rushed out together. They tore off the camouflage. Three thousand troops held torches and wielded swords, reflecting the surface of the Cao River like daylight.

The battle at the Shuicheng Gate had become fierce. The head of the station on duty was dead. Liu Jing resolutely took over the command and commanded more than [-] soldiers to fight fiercely with the Jiangdong Army.

Since the second iron gate was not opened, the competition between the two sides concentrated on the upper city passage.

Dozens of Jiangdong soldiers were crowded in the narrow passage of the water city. The passage was only one person wide and more than [-] steps long. Fortunately, it did not lead directly to the top of the city, but there was a turning point. The nightmare of Jiangdong Army soldiers.

Dead bodies piled up in the narrow passage, screams kept coming and going, and the short and fat businessman headed by him also fell into a pool of blood and was hit by three arrows.

The short corridor of twenty steps almost became a passage of death. More than a dozen Jingzhou soldiers guarded the entrance of the passage with bows and arrows in their hands.

The other seven or eight people held spears and stood guard at the exit. Once an enemy army with a shield appeared, they would kill them from all sides without hesitation.

At the entrance of the cave, a soldier couldn't dodge in time, and was shot in the face by a cold arrow, blood splattered everywhere. He screamed and fell on his back.

At this time, a burly enemy general jumped out of the hole. Holding a shield and a big knife in his hand, he used the shield to block the spears stabbing from both sides. fall.

This man was extremely brave, he slashed left and right, and killed three Jingzhou soldiers in a row. Under his cover, the Jiangdong soldiers in the corridor started to rush out, and two more rushed out.

The situation was extremely critical, Liu Jing yelled, swung his gun and rushed forward, two shots in a row, jumping over the two Jiangdong soldiers who rushed out.

The enemy general was furious, he swung his knife and slashed at Liu Jing, Liu Jing's long spear stabbed out at the same time, when the long knife was still a foot away from his head, his long spear pierced the enemy general's throat.

The big knife fell to the ground with a clatter, Liu Jing struggled with both arms, and with a swing of the spear, he picked the enemy's body into the corridor, just knocking over two Jiangdong soldiers who were about to run out.

The situation changed suddenly, and the Jingzhou soldiers, who were slightly in shock, swarmed up and killed seven or eight enemy soldiers with crossbows and spears, forcing the Jiangdong Army to retreat to the other side of the corridor.

"Master Jing!"

Several soldiers came rushing forward, carrying more than a dozen baskets of dry grass and branches, Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Fire them and pour them into the tunnel."

Moments later, the dry grass and branches were set on fire, and the soldiers pushed into the passage. The passage was suddenly filled with thick smoke, and the acrid smoke filled the air.

Suddenly Liu Jing's heart moved, and he thought of a clever plan to deal with Jiangdong's army.

"Uncle Zhang, you are responsible for guarding the entrance of the passage, so you can use smoke to burn it, or block the passage directly with huge stones. I'll go down to the city to have a look!"

Liu Jing turned around and rushed down the city.

Fierce battles also took place at the Water Gate in the Urn City. More than [-] Jingzhou Army soldiers held crossbow arrows and shot arrows at the city cave behind the water fence, and arrows shot out of the city cave continuously. He fell to the ground, and ten soldiers were shot by arrows and fell into a pool of blood.

A large ship in the waterway blocked the city gate, and dead bodies were also floating on both sides of the large ship. More than a dozen Jiangdong soldiers with excellent water quality put their shields against the iron fence, forming a shield wall.

And there were muffled noises in the water. This was a soldier hacking and smashing the iron fence with a huge ax in the water.

"Master Jing, the situation is a bit unfavorable."

The chief uncle said worriedly: "It seems that one iron bar has been cut off. If this continues for a quarter of an hour at most, if three iron bars are cut off, they will be able to get in. It is useless for us to shoot arrows into the water."

"Find a few brothers with good water skills to dive down, and use spears to kill those who smashed."

One sentence reminded the uncle, and he immediately ordered three soldiers with good water skills to dive into the bottom of the river with spears in their hands to assassinate the enemy army who smashed the iron fence.

Liu Jing shouted to the soldiers again: "Shoot the ship with a rocket!"

This is undoubtedly an excellent method, dozens of rockets are fired into the city cave from above the shield wall.

Soon, the big ship was ignited, and the fire spread rapidly. The city gate was full of smoke and flames. The soldiers on board had nowhere to escape, and they jumped into the water to escape.

At this time, hundreds of defenders finally arrived. They rushed to the top of the city and shot arrows down the city together. Under the dense fire and arrow rain, several ships were set ablaze.

The beacon tower at the highest point in the east of the city was also lit. At night, the three pillars of fire blazed, asking for help from Wuchang County in the distance.

The Jiangdong Army's offensive rhythm was disrupted. Seeing that the sneak attack was hopeless, Xu Sheng couldn't help but sighed, and had to order to retreat. With the Jiangdong Army's retreat, the first iron gate that was tricked by them also fell down.