It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 924

On this earth, Hong Liao was not Li Xingzai's only enemy, nor was he the most troublesome one.

After the defeat of Hong Lu, the morale of the Jiangnan soldiers was low, and everyone only thought that it was important to escape, and they could not effectively block the Jiangnan army.

The main army was defeated, and it was already broken. Invisibly, Heshen, who started out as a bench, has instead become the protagonist of this war.

Now, the toughest one is ready to go.

He Shen knew Li Xingzai too well, and someone who hangs out with Cheng Dalei all day can be a good bird. The ambition of the wolf child is naturally not small. How can a small one be able to satisfy his appetite.

Li Xingzai's next target must be Yangzhou City.

This battle must be settled in the south of the Yangtze River.

Heshen stood on the high platform, looking at the clouds in the sky, and his heart was filled with pride.

The soldiers under his command have been assembled and formed a square array in front of Heshen, waiting for Heshen to issue orders.

He Shen waved his hand and spit out a sentence: "Burn it."

Wang Dachong led someone to light a torch and poured kerosene and hay on the granary. With Heshen's order, several granaries were lit, followed by smoke like clouds and fire like dragons.

"This, this..." Zhu Qi stammered: "Why is this all burning?"

"Why don't you burn it? Leave it to Li Xingzai to raise his soldiers, let's go, it's time for us to take action."

He Shen patted Zhu Qi on the shoulder, then got on his horse, the soldiers followed closely behind him, and set off on the journey.

Zhu Qi was born in a village family, and he valued food the most. Every day a grain of rice fell on the ground, he would feel distressed for a long time. Now, 100,000 load of grain has been burned, and Zhu Qi's heart is trembling in pain.

He's a fledgling, and he still can't understand the purpose of doing so.

Hong Liao commanded 200,000 troops, Li Xingzai commanded 100,000 troops, and lost a lot along the way, but with the addition of later captives, there are now almost 100,000.

And the strength of Heshen's men... is now fully calculated, but only more than 5,000 people.

Under such a situation in Jiangnan, these 5,000 people were like a stone thrown into the lake, unable to stir up any waves.

However, even a small stone depends on where it is placed. Throwing it into the lake will naturally not be able to stir up strong winds and waves, but if it rolls down from the snow-capped mountains, a small pebble can also grow into a giant.

Since Heshen began to act, he began to collect the defeated soldiers along the way, and Heshen's team developed like a snowball. From the initial 5,000 people, it slowly expanded... Soon, Heshen's subordinates had enough power to participate in this chaos.

But in this way, the speed of their own march is naturally severely slowed down. Right now, He Shen only hopes that when he arrives in Yangzhou City, everything will be in time.

When masters play tricks, they can guess each other's intentions, step by step, and adapt accordingly. The other is to see who God blesses.

From this point of view, Heshen should be qualified to be Li Xingzai's opponent.

However, Heshen is a meticulous person and will never rely on luck.

He thought for a while, and called Zhu Qi to him, saying, "Quickly, go to Yangzhou City and remind Your Majesty to take precautions against Li Xingzai stealing the city."

"Yes." Zhu Qi agreed and left immediately.

"Sir." Boss Zhu suddenly said at this moment, "Sir, my subordinates have taken refuge with Mr., and until now they have not achieved anything, so let the subordinates do this."

He Shen thought for a while, and said, "Alright, Zhu Qi worked hard on the previous trip, this time it's up to you to do it, be careful along the way, and you must not miss a major event."

Boss Zhu agreed and left quickly, heading towards Yangzhou.

He Shen was also marching in a hurry. Right now, he was fighting for time with Li Xingzai.

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Li Xingzai was rushing non-stop, as expected of a brave and ruthless person. Knowing that the army is approaching, the marching speed will inevitably be slowed down. So he ordered Qi Jiguang to lead the army, divided three thousand people, led by himself and Ma Chao, and rushed to Yangzhou City.

With a strong Yangzhou city of 3,000 people, Li Xingzai probably ate the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, and it was not a loss that he was a descendant of the Li family.

These 3,000 people took off their clothes from the Jiangnan soldiers and put on makeup to look like Jiangnan soldiers, in order to deceive the city of Yangzhou.

These three thousand people are like a sharp dagger, very dangerous, dangerous to themselves, and dangerous to the enemy.

The scene of a day and a night came to the city of Yangzhou at dusk.

The guards at the top of the city drew their bows and arrows and shouted loudly, "Who is coming, and where are you from?"

Li Xingzai squeezed his throat and said, "We are Marshal Hong's team, open the door quickly and let us enter the city, we have something important to report."

"Marshal's team?"

The defender of the city was named Murong Chen, and he was also a capable general under Li Xing. Although Li Xingzai stepped up his march, the news of the defeat ahead still spread here. Therefore, Chang'an City has strengthened its vigilance accordingly.

"Let your leader enter the city, and the others will stay outside the city for the time being, and enter the city after confirming their identities." Murong Chen roared above the city.

Li Xingzai pushed a prisoner out, and the man shouted loudly, "Murong Chen, I'm going to your mother, you dare to stop me."

Murong Chen paused and said in surprise, "You are... Sun Huzi..."

"What the fuck are you talking about, we lost the battle ahead, we are all scattered, quickly open the door and let us in."

Sun Hu and Murong Chen were brothers who had squatted in the trenches, and their friendship was not ordinary, so Li Xingzai planned to deceive the city gate and did some homework in advance.

"Brother, don't worry about it, aren't we preventing the enemy from stealing the city? In other words, how can you lose the battle with so many of you?"

After getting down from the city gate, he personally opened the city gate, and while opening the door, Murong Chen said.

"It's this time, can they still call..."

As soon as the city gate opened a crack, it was pushed open by force, Li Xingzai raised his head and smiled, and the spear stabbed out.

"Brother, go!" Sun Hu shouted.

But it was too late, Li Xingzai's spear stabbed into Murong Chen's heart. Three thousand tigers and wolves poured into the city gate and started a fight against the city gate defenders.

This knife was really caught off guard, and the Yangzhou soldiers were directly beaten with a sap, and they had no idea what the situation was.

In just a short time, Li Xingzai occupied the city gate.

When he heard the news, Li Xing almost fell off the dragon bed.

What are you doing, dispatching 200,000 troops to attack Li Xingzai, I thought it was inevitable. Unexpectedly, it was defeated. If you lose, you will lose, why did Li Xingzai suddenly appear in Yangzhou City.

Li Xing hurriedly ordered the City Defense Army to attack the city gate occupied by Li Xingzai.

However, Li Xingzai had to stand firm to buy time for Qi Jiguang, who was rushing on his way.

"Can we hold it?" Li Xingzai asked Ma Chao.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Ma Chao said decisively, "I can hold it."