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Chapter 126 The Chen Family's Misfortune
So far, except for Pingyu City, which was guarded by Liu Pi himself, and the three counties of Langlingyangan and Wufang guarded by Li Tong, all other counties in Runan surrendered voluntarily upon hearing the news. Under the city, the total army strength reached 6000, which is not counting the troops left behind in the counties.

The total strength of the Yellow Turban enemy soldiers in the city has also reached nearly [-], and there are thousands of enemy soldiers at each gate, and the top of the city wall is even more densely covered with banners, and hundreds of short archers are on standby on every small section of the city wall!
Feng Yao made some adjustments to the three armies, put the main force at the north gate of Pingyu City, and even set up the big tent at Taolinju, five miles away from the city.

After Shi Sanyi saw Feng Yao, he was overjoyed. They all knelt in front of Feng Yao's horse and said in unison: "Shi Sanyi welcomes the lord!"

Returning to Taolin Residence again, Feng Yao's heart was full of emotions. It was here that he met Zhou Cangchen and found his mother, Mrs. Feng. Although the cave is simple, it gave Feng Yao a completely different feeling!Mrs. Feng also pulled Gong Yinglian into the inner room early, and the two went in to have a private conversation. The more than 30 female slaves brought by Mrs. Feng began to clean up the sundries outside the cave under the leadership of a steward. Waiting for his relatives to quickly set up a big tent in front of the cave, this big tent is Feng Yao's Chinese army tent.

Feng Yao didn't have time to say anything to Shisanyi and the others, so he ordered Shisanyi to guard the cave first.

The army led by Feng Yao personally at the North Gate totaled 4000 people. Zhoucang Gongdu each led 6000 people as the front fortress, and stood side by side, camping two miles away from the city. Cheng Gusan took 3000 soldiers and horses from each of the original tribes as the left and right back villages, and separated them around. Except for Zhoucang, which was close to the city, the other villages were all closely connected by the highland where Taolinju was located. The distance between them is no more than twenty or thirty feet, and they watch each other.

There were also nearly a thousand scouts, horse archers, and personal followers, all of whom were also led by Feng Yao.

Most of Zhou Cang's former army has been replaced by sword and shield soldiers, ready to forcibly attack the city. After eating, the elite soldiers go to bed early and wait to attack the city tomorrow. The miscellaneous soldiers lit countless torches and cut down trees overnight city ​​utensils.

At the east gate, Ji Ling, Zhou Zheng, and Wei Yan led a total of 2000 people into three villages on the left, middle and right, and all camped two miles away from the city!
This time when attacking Pingyu City, Feng Yao used the method of attacking the east gate and north gate, while letting go of the south gate and west gate.

The reason why Pingyu City became the county seat of Runan County is because Pingyu City is very strange. After being surrounded by Yingshui, it flows eastward. The entire Yingshui mainly starts from Yingchuan County and flows through more than a thousand miles. By boat, you can go from Nanyang County to Yingchuan, then to Runan, and then to Jiujiang County, all the way to the banks of the Huaihe River.

Water transport is extremely convenient, and tax money and food from all over the country can easily reach Pingyu City through water transport.

This natural moat brought great difficulty to the attack. In order to quickly cross the river and attack, Feng Yao ordered people to nail the grown trees together in threes, so that a hundred people could carry them together and put them directly on Yingshui. Above, it can be passed by one person.

They also mobilized hundreds of small boats nearby, each of which can hold one to two dozen soldiers, and can quickly pass through the moat and reach directly under the city wall when attacking the city.

After crossing the moat, you can only use the simplest ladder to climb up the city wall. The casualties must be very large without imagining!
All night, not only Feng Yao's army was busy preparing to attack the city outside the city, but Liu Pi inside the city was also busy fighting.

The first unlucky ones were Gong Du's 13-year-old son Gong Ming and his adoptive mother Chen. As soon as the news of Gong Du's surrender to Feng Yao reached Liu Pi's ears, Liu Pi ordered them to be taken away without hesitation. Ren Bai grabbed it.

Then there was the Chen family in Pingyu. The moment Gong Du closed the city gate and hung up the waiver sign, he immediately led a thousand elite yellow scarf warriors to surround the Chen residence, surrounded the Chen residence with five hundred soldiers, and led another five hundred soldiers. Blocked outside the gate of the Chen Mansion!

After Chen Ying, the head of the Chen family, learned about it, he was not willing to arrest him without a fight. He hurriedly ordered his subordinates to carry out boxes of silver, called all the guests, and said: "Today, my Chen family will be jealous of this property again. Not to mention the big Hancheng, he still wants to put me to death! This time I have to rely on you knights again, but this time the reward is increased to ten times, 100 taels per person!"

All the disciples were filled with righteous indignation when they heard the words, and said angrily: "If you dare to touch the Chen family, it will be like touching our parents! Don't say that they are bandit soldiers, even if the officers and soldiers come, I will kill them right away!!"

Hundreds of guests and hundreds of family soldiers each armed with knives, roared, rushed to the gate of the mansion in an instant, and asked angrily: "Who dares to be rude to the Chen mansion!"

Liu Pi laughed loudly and said, "You don't know me! Just ask your master to come!!"

"Kill them!!" The doormen and family soldiers came desperately. Seeing that Liu Pi's soldiers were only five hundred, they rushed forward with a roar.

Liu Pi was also furious, and ordered his soldiers to do it.

In an instant, both sides are fighting together! !There were screams and angry shouts, and in a blink of an eye, dozens of people were killed by the sword, including retainers and elite yellow scarf sword and shield soldiers.

These disciples are all masters of martial arts, not ordinary people, but these five hundred elite yellow scarves are even better than one in a hundred, and they are all Liu Pi's confidants!Moreover, it formed a battle formation, hundreds of people lined up tightly together, the edges of the big shields were connected like a wall, and the knives in their hands were neatly aligned. The doormen will break into the shield wall from unexpected angles, and the number of casualties is almost the same as that of the doormen who died in battle! !

Liu Pi was taken aback, he didn't expect that his elite soldiers could not fight against these hundreds of disciples who had neither armor nor big shield! !

Every time with the death of his elite soldiers, Liu Pi's eyelids twitched! !

But these hundreds of elite soldiers did not disappoint Liu Pi!Once the sword and shield hand in the front row dies, the back row immediately shouts: "Fight to the end!" Immediately fill in the vacancy in front and keep the formation intact!
While Liu Pi was startled, Chen Ying also hid behind the screened wall inside the mansion gate, his eyes were wide open in shock, and he didn't dare to make a sound. He had heard Liu Pi's shouts a long time ago, but he just hid behind and didn't want to come out. If the situation is not good, play by ear, or hack and kill, and the enemy will retreat in the future, so there is no need to be afraid. In Pingyu City, it is impossible to dare to touch the Chen family without paying a huge price! !According to the current strength of the Chen family, as long as Chen Jiafan was not guilty of treason, which of the other minor crimes is worth paying more than a thousand lives to manage the Chen family?

After nearly a hundred people were killed in the joint battle between the two sides, Liu Pi finally couldn't bear it any longer, and summoned his followers to follow him, and when he wanted to mobilize a large army to attack the Chen Mansion, suddenly there was a burst of laughter in the Chen Mansion.

"I don't know who it is, isn't this General Liu? Why did you come to the gate of this mansion? Don't let me know in advance! I can go out to meet you too!!" Chen Ying, the Patriarch of the Chen family, came out of the mansion with a smile at this moment. Only when he reached the gate of the mansion, he pretended to be surprised, hurriedly stopped the doormen and soldiers, and ordered them to retreat to the gate of the mansion.

Liu Pi's actions also made his elite soldiers withdraw!This kind of loss is too heavy. If you continue to fight, all these thousand elite soldiers may be consumed here. It is better to wait for the army to arrive before attacking, or see what Chen Ying said before it is too late to act.

Chen Ying bowed his hands to Liu Pi from a distance, and said: "This man's hands and feet are neither serious nor serious, so he didn't cause any trouble for General Liu, right? If there is any offense, please forgive me!! Make sure to prepare a copy for another day. Send a big gift to the family to apologize!!"

(End of this chapter)