Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 398 Taking Ye City

Two days is neither long nor short.

But it passed quickly.

Yecheng
A wealthy place in Jizhou is not because of anything else, but because there is a family of wealthy merchants in Yecheng - the Zhen family.

The Zhen family is one of the richest in this era.

After Liu Qi knew that Yuan Shao wanted to drag him to death with no food or money, he paid the attention of the Zhen family in Yecheng. Those who have money and food are in Yuan Shao's territory. Who's playing attention.

In Ye City.

It is still very stable now, after all, the battlefield has not yet spread to this side.

Moreover, in Chaoge not far from Yecheng, there are also [-] soldiers stationed there, as well as generals Zhang He and Zhang Junyi. Ordinary thieves will not attack Yecheng, they can only fight the autumn wind around.

It was still as usual, very peaceful.

however.

More than a hundred people pretended to be traders and sneaked into the city.

The Zhen family started out as a businessman, and there are all kinds of businessmen in Ye City, and there are not a few who want to cooperate with the Zhen family. As long as they pay the poll tax, they can enter the city.

Night falls
The gates of Yecheng were also tightly closed.

In the dense forest one mile away from Yecheng, there is now a group of soldiers in battle armor, staring at the brightly lit Yecheng on the city wall.

Waiting silently, ready to go.

The leading general, holding a big knife in his hand, sitting on a horse, staring at the gate of the city, was Pang De Pang Gongming.

Beside him was Zhuge Liang, a scribe shaking a lupine.

They and Ma Chao had already arrived near Yecheng during the day, but they did not attack Yecheng immediately. After all, Yecheng had [-] soldiers, and they only had [-] soldiers, and there were no ladders to attack the city.

If Yecheng closed the gates, they would not be able to capture Yecheng.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang also came up with a strategy, first let people sneak into the city, and seize the city gate by surprise. Once they control the city gate, when they enter the city, the general situation cannot be changed.

And the person who sneaked into the city was none other than Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi.

above the city wall.

Some defenders were yawning, looking a little lazy.

Since Yuan Shao took charge of Jizhou, there has been no war in Jizhou, which made them relax, and they have not heard of any enemy troops entering Jizhou, so they can rest assured.

however.

, Where these defenders did not notice, on the dark streets of the city, more than a hundred people gathered, all holding sharp knives in their hands, and they were quickly approaching the city gate.

A handful of sharp knives, in the dark night, exudes a cold air.

Slowly, with the help of the dark night, hiding his body, he got closer and closer to the city gate.

The city gate is also brightly lit, and there are dozens of defenders guarding in front of the city gate passage, and there is also an open area of ​​several hundred meters in front of the city gate passage, which can be seen at a glance.

With sharp knives in hand, more than a hundred people came to the dark place in front of the open area with the help of darkness, and stopped.

And these more than a hundred people are exactly Ma Chao and others who sneaked into the city, planning to seize control of the city gate.

"kill!"

Ma Chao glanced at the listless defender standing in front of the city gate passage, shouted, and then rushed out with a long knife in his hand, and rushed out in front of the city gate passage.

"Kill! Kill!"

The more than a hundred people who followed Ma Chao in were also veterans who had been following Ma Chao, and they were also Ma Chao's personal guards. When Ma Chao rushed out, they did not hesitate at all. Dozens of defenders in front of the doorway charged.

Hear shouts.

The dozens of defenders in front of the passageway of the city gate were stunned for a moment, and then they realized when they saw Ma Chao and others leading more than a hundred people rushing out with weapons in hand.

They were listless before, but they also became energetic.

"There are enemy troops, there are enemy troops! Stop them!"

The captain of the guard shouted loudly, and drew out the saber from his waist, ready to fight.

The rest of the defenders were also a little flustered. Holding weapons, they wanted to form a defensive formation.

however.

"kill~"

puff~~
How could Ma Chao give them the action of delaying time, rushing forward, chopping down a soldier to the ground with a knife, and separated the head.

Immediately, without stopping, the long knife in his hand danced quickly, harvesting lives one by one.

Ma Chao is brave and unstoppable.

But the more than a hundred personal guards behind him were not bad, they directly tore apart the formation of dozens of guards, and harvested the lives of dozens of guards.

It hasn't been long since the sound of shouting and killing.

Dozens of defenders all fell to the ground and died here forever.

There is not even time for the defenders on the city wall to react.

With Ma Chao and more than a hundred elite personal guards, killing dozens of guards without any defenses could not be easier.

Ma Chao flicked the blood on the long knife, and ordered: "Open the city gate quickly, and the rest will follow me to intercept the defenders on the city wall!"

"promise!"

More than a hundred personal guards also knew their mission, and quickly separated half of them into the passageway of the city gate, preparing to open the city gate.

The remaining half of the guards followed Ma Chao towards the city wall and climbed the stairs.

above the city wall.

The defenders, who were idle and listless, also heard the shouts of killing under the city gate. When they reacted, there was no movement under the city gate.

But they also knew something was wrong.

A defending general organized a group of soldiers and headed for the stairs, preparing to walk down the city wall to see what happened.

When the defending general led a group of people quickly to the stairs.

Haven't gone down the stairs yet.

Then he saw Ma Chao leading half of his bodyguards up, and was taken aback for a moment.

"kill!"

White light flashed.

Then I saw Ma Chao raised his knife and fell, and with one knife, he cut the leading general of the defenders from the city wall and fell into the city. It was obvious that he would not survive.

Before he could even scream, he was hacked to death.

Kill the defending general.

Ma Chao didn't stop, and rushed towards the defenders who came to the stairs with a knife.

"kill!"

Half of the guards also waved their weapons, followed Ma Chao into the crowd, and blood spattered as they raised their knives.

"There are enemy troops, enemy attack!"

Their own generals were cut down by the enemy, and the sudden appearance of the enemy made them unable to react.

When the response comes.

There are also many defenders, who have fallen under the butcher knife of Ma Chao and a group of personal guards.

The defenders also resisted. After all, if they don't resist, he may be the next to die. There is still a chance to resist, and there is no chance if they don't resist.

And there are dozens of enemy troops.

Shouts of killing, screams, and clashes of weapons also resounded on the city walls.

The defenders who were still stationed by the city wall also rushed over.

Facing the large number of defenders, Ma Chao showed no fear. He swung the long knife in his hand repeatedly, cutting down the defenders who wanted to approach one by one.

Gain time to open the city gate.

(End of this chapter)