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Chapter 239 Breaking the City (Part [-])
The morning light appeared slightly in the east, and the cries of killing in Liucheng, which had been fighting fiercely all night, subsided a little.

After the entire Liucheng fell into a war, there was a short period of peace.The soldiers of the siege and defenders squatted behind their respective bunkers, swallowing dryly, moistening their almost smoking throats.Ke Mulun's eyes were on fire right now.Under a city wall in the city, there was a corpse that had died under his knife, panting violently.The whole person is so tired that he doesn't even have the strength to move a finger. All Ke Mulun can do now is try to keep his eyes open, so that he can't fall asleep.

The soldiers of the two armies fought for a day and a night, and even Li Chongjiu's siege army of several thousand was already exhausted, not to mention the seven hundred soldiers in the city, they were already exhausted after fighting for a day and a night.Ke Mulun fought a whole night of blood last night, and finally, from the hands of the defenders, he firmly guarded the gap dug by Qi Ashu.

Now the gap has increased to three, and two of them have been opened, allowing three people to enter and exit at the same time.But the defenders erected a parapet wall here as the second city wall, and used several nearby houses as cover to ambush the archers.Fighting all night last night, dozens of brothers fell down, but they still haven't broken through the enemy's female wall

At this time, footsteps sounded around him, because they sounded from the hole in the city wall, Ke Mulun didn't even have the energy to take a look.Immediately, his eyes went dark, and a man who looked like a general wearing two armors and holding a horizontal knife stood in front of him.The general looked back at himself and said a few words.The other party spoke Chinese, and Ke Mulun didn't hear clearly, but there were more and more elite soldiers of the Han army wearing iron armor and holding iron shields and horizontal knives.

These soldiers were full of energy. Many of them waved their knives and straightened their armors. They were obviously a new force.Immediately after these Han soldiers shouted in unison, they all rushed towards the female wall.Ke Mulun looked at the soldiers who were constantly climbing up the parapet wall, immediately let go of his thoughts, and closed his eyes again.

It was past noon, and the fierce battle was still going on, although our advantage in the northeast corner of Liucheng was gradually expanding, and we had captured a square.However, the last reserve army of Li Chongjiu Company was also blocked by the defenders and lived in the square. All the forces at hand were mobilized, and it could be said that they went all out.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help shaking his head, and it turned out that he was attacking the city. He invested all his troops, and faced less than one-tenth of his defenders, he still fell into a bitter battle.But Li Chongjiu secretly rejoiced that more than half of the defenders in the city had been mobilized with the strategy of dividing the troops. Otherwise, with the [-] troops in hand, whether Liucheng could be captured would still be a big question mark.

Just to the north of the city here, the city gate suddenly opened wide, and hundreds of cavalry left from the hurried city gate.Li Chongjiu couldn't help but smile a little as he watched them leave Liucheng with their horses and plunge into the woods in the north of the city without looking back.Immediately, a black smoke ignited in the direction of the prefect's mansion in the city.

"Give the order to Wang Mahan, saying that the city general has fled, and ordered him to immediately send troops to ambush!" Li Chongjiu said: "In addition, if the order is passed on, the city has been broken, and it will be entered through the four gates immediately! The common people, anyone who trespasses into the houses will be killed!"

In the evening, the Liucheng prefect's mansion, after putting out the fire, the fire has subsided.In the north, south, and west of the city, there are still remnants of the enemy fighting stubbornly.

Li Chongjiu entered the city from the east of the city. Soldiers on both sides guarded the streets with guns and wiped out the enemy.After Li Chongjiu came to the granary, an enemy general and a dozen soldiers knelt outside the granary, guarded by his own soldiers.After seeing Li Chongjiu, the enemy general said: "I tell the Khan that when the eunuch left, the general ordered the general to burn the granary. I did not obey the order. Now the granary is completely handed over to the eunuch."

"Very good, you have made a great contribution." Li Chongjiu nodded. With the granary, the problem of rations for his army will be solved.Liucheng used to be the fulcrum of an army of millions conquering the Liao Dynasty. Although there was not as much food and grass as Huaiyuan Town and Tongding Town, it was still enough to feed an army of [-] for a year.

When Li Chongjiu returned to the Prefect's Mansion, Wen Yanbo brought a man in tattered clothes and said to Li Chongjiu, "Master, after the city is captured, I will enter the dungeon in the city and rescue Brother Lin Fu!"

After the other party met Li Chongjiu, although his clothes were torn and his hands and feet had sores, he still had a full beard and hair. See Li Chongjiu as a scholar.Li Chongjiu also knew the brother Lin Fu mentioned by Wen Yanbo. His name was Yang Linfu. He was the prefect of Liucheng, and Luo Yi rebelled. Because he refused to surrender Luo Yi, he was imprisoned in the county government prison.

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Your step is a loyal minister, everything has worked hard, I don't know what to do in the future?"

Yang Linfu raised his head slightly, looked at Li Chongjiu, sighed and said: "The world is in chaos, all the heroes are rising together, it seems that the Sui Dynasty can't hold the country. The old man has more than a hundred deaths, and he is willing to serve as the prefect and contribute his modest strength."

Li Chongjiu nodded happily, and said: "It's so hard, then I will make you still be the prefect of Liucheng, how about guarding this city for me?"

Yang Linfu immediately said: "Thank you for your trust, the old man still has some popularity in Liucheng, so I will act on behalf of the prefect to recruit all the troops and stabilize the hearts of the people."

With Yang Linfu coming forward, all the Sui troops who were still resisting in the city surrendered.At the same time, the households in the city, seeing Yang Linfu coming forward, were worried about the bad luck of being washed after the city was broken, but now they are all relieved. He also helped to fight the fire to avoid the disaster caused by the rebellious army.In this way, when night fell, the order of the entire Liucheng had completely settled down without major damage.

In the middle of the night, Wang Mahan led a thousand cavalry soldiers to ambush Deng Hao, and none of the defenders from Deng Hao was caught.Deng Hao was kidnapped by Wuhuada and brought to Li Chongjiu, who asked Li Chongjiu, "Does Eunuch Deng wish to surrender?"

Deng Hao glared at Li Chongjiu angrily, and said: "If you don't surrender, if you don't surrender, how can a mere peddler be able to be a master. I was born as a general, how can I surrender you." Hearing Deng Hao's words, all the generals are great Anger, a marketer is a disparaging term for businessmen.Li Hu can also be regarded as a businessman, and it would not be an exaggeration to call Li Chongjiu that way.

All the generals persuaded him to kill him, but Li Chongjiu shook his head and said: "Just being scolded by someone, killing him is useless."

However, Li Chongjiu did not intend to accept this person, so he immediately said: "Take prefect Deng Wuhuada into custody, and go to the fort outside the city to persuade the defenders to surrender. By the way, when persuading him to surrender, shut up this person's stinky mouth and detain him afterwards. Prison."

"promise."

Immediately, left and right stepped forward, picked up rags and blocked Deng Hao's big mouth. Seeing the opponent struggling left and right, all the generals laughed.In the presence of Deng Hao and Yang Linfu, the Sui troops who were besieged by the Tudiji and Dingling tribes in Wubao surrendered one after another.Li Chongjiu decided to break up all the thousands of people and organize them into the three thousand soldiers of the county.At the same time, there was news from the south that Luo Yi from Beiping County led an army of [-] troops to rescue Liucheng. Halfway through the journey, he returned to Lulong after hearing the news that Liucheng had been captured.

Li Chongjiu made a post-war statement.The battle of Liucheng was quite tragic. Even under the absolute advantage, there were still more than 700 casualties in the siege.Li Chongjiu decided that all the dead soldiers would collect their bodies and transport them back to their hometowns for burial.As for the wounded soldiers, they can be taken care of, and those who are not disabled will be promoted to a higher level.

The next day Wen Yanbo and Yang Linfu came to see Li Chongjiu.Wen Yanbo cupped his hands and said: "Prefect, Liaoxi County has been won, the connection between Liaodong County and Luo Yi's Beiping County has been severed, people in Liaodong County must be in panic now, the prefect can turn his back on him."

Li Chongjiu nodded immediately, and said with a smile: "Attacking one city and destroying two counties is thanks to Wen Sima's planning. I will lead the army north."

Yang Linfu said: "The eunuch doesn't need to use swords. The generals of Tongding Town and Huaiyuan Town are all old with me. I would like to write a letter for the eunuch and let them surrender with the city!"

Li Chongjiu said: "Those who come to the top without bloody soldiers will have to thank Governor Yang for everything."

Yang Linfu said: "If I can prevent the people of Liaodong from suffering from the war, my contribution will be of no value."
Ke Mulun smelled like mutton soup cooked by E-Mu, and slowly opened his eyes, only to see himself under a tent.There was a bowl of mutton soup by his side, Ke Mulun shook his head, he could still see the bloody storm yesterday and the fierce battle under the city wall, but right now the surroundings were extremely calm, and there was only a bowl of delicious mutton soup in front of him.

Ke Mulun has never been a person who thinks too much, but when he got up, he felt pain from the wounds all over his body, and immediately picked up the mutton soup in front of him.The soup is already cold, but the mutton is still fresh and fatty.Ke Mulun chewed more than a dozen pieces of mutton together, and his mouth was full of oil.

A corner of the tent was opened, and his good brother Qi Ashu walked in.Seeing that Qi Ashu was holding a bowl of wine in his hand, the glutton in Ke Mulun's stomach was hooked up, and he went straight to snatch it from the opponent's hand.

Qi Ashu withdrew his hand, laughed, and said: "The shaman said, if you still want to eat, it means that the injury is healed, but this wine is not for drinking, but I begged to wash your wound."

Ke Mulun said: "Wash any wounds, drink wine, and I will heal all wounds."

After finishing speaking, Ke Mulun snatched the wine from Qi Ashu and gulped it down.Qi Ashu took Ke Mulun to no choice, and said: "This time, after the battle, you scored the third achievement for breaking the city for the Khan, so you were promoted to the team leader. In addition, you will be rewarded with ten sheep, one cow, and five pieces of cloth. match."

Ke Mulun's eyes widened when he heard this, his expression full of disbelief, and he said, "Is this true? You swear by the longevity god that all of this is true."

Qi Ashu said angrily: "Whoever comes to lie to you, you will know in due time. By the way, your beloved girl is still going to propose to her. The dowry is enough. I'm afraid you are one step too late, girl." It's someone else's."

When Ke Mulun heard this, he felt as if he was floating in the clouds and mist. For a while, he couldn't tell the east, west, north, south, and the girl's figure became clearer and clearer in front of his eyes.

Just when Ke Mulun was immersed in fantasy, Liaodong County suffered great changes.

(End of this chapter)