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Chapter 48 Breaking the city

Yan Qing brought 150,000 troops to attack the south city gate, Ling Hua, Jiang Wang, and Cui Yanshu brought 100,000 troops and horses, and went around fifty miles to the east city gate, and attacked the east city gate.

Yan Qing and Ye Yan relied on their high martial arts skills. One climbed the city with the ladder, and the other used the ladder to cover the two of them, avoiding the rain of arrows shot from the city wall. In the night, they all rushed to the city wall of the south city.

The two of them had too high martial arts skills. After they got on the city wall, a row of crossbowmen were killed by the two of them in a blink of an eye.

Wen Xingzhi hurried to the south city gate with the secret guards, and saw Yan Qing and Ye Yan who were killing on the city gate. Their martial arts skills were superb, their sword moves were high, and they came from the same source. They cooperated with tacit understanding, and the soldiers on the city wall could not avoid them.

If they don't stop them, the two of them will kill the city wall, enter the city, put down the iron chain and winch, and open the city gate from inside.

Wen Xingzhi waved his hand and ordered the secret guard behind him, "Kill it up."

The secret guards flocked to the scene and surrounded Yan Qing and Ye Yan.

Wen Xing took a step back and shouted, "Arrow ready."

When the archers saw Wen Xingzhi coming, they immediately had a backbone and pulled the bow and arrow together.

Wen Xingzhi clenched his fists, "No matter whether he is killed or injured, shoot arrows!"

This sentence means that together with the secret guards, no matter whether they are killed or injured, they will be sacrificed. It is best to be able to shoot Yan Qing and Ye Yan. If they fail to shoot, they can also block Yan Qing and Ye Yan.

After Wen Xingyi's order, the archers pulled the bow and raised the arrows, and rows of arrows shot towards Yan Qing and Ye Yan, surrounded by the secret guards.

It has to be said that Wen Xingzhi's methods are indeed ruthless. In this way, Yan Qing and Ye Yan were greatly restrained. While avoiding the secret guards, they also had to avoid arrow feathers.

But even so, the two of them covered each other and still did not retreat, while Wen Xingzhi's secret guards fell one after another. Especially Ye Yan, they seemed to have found her swordsmanship and fought very selflessly.

Wen Xingzhi did not stop the archer, but instead ordered, "Add archers."

The archers added another row.

Yan Qing and Ye Yan blocked the firepower on the city wall. The chariots outside the city gate kept hitting the city gate, making heavy noises. Inside the city gate, many soldiers were also pushing huge rocks to block the shaking city gate.

Compared to the South City Gate, the East City Gate is not a head-on battle.

Ling Hua stood behind the 100,000 troops, Wangshu, Hefeng and Snowy Drizzle guarded her side, Jiang Wang and Cui Yanshu supervised the battle. Compared with the hard attack of the south city gate, Ling Hua used a made-up cigarette bin to the east city gate, and a car was piled under the city wall, more than one person high. Then, he ordered people to ignite the cannon tube bin. He heard the deafening sound of the sound of the bomb at the foot of the city wall, buzzing the eardrums of the Youzhou army on the city gate, and even the hand holding the crossbow could not grasp the bow and arrow.

The special cannon barrel was extremely powerful. It even collapsed a corner of the city wall in just a short time. Don’t underestimate this corner. After the cannon, the soldiers were overjoyed and quickly set up a fire tube. The fire tube was filled with dry firewood. The soldiers lit the fire tube and aimed at the pillars supporting the city wall. Soon, with the aid of tung oil, the beams and pillars burned.

The general who guarded the city in Dongcheng was matched with 100,000 soldiers and horses by Wen Xingzhi, and was ready to defend the city to the death. Unexpectedly, Ling Hua's method of siege was so strange that he actually used a cannon barrel. In this way, with the cooperation of the cannon barrel, the pillars burned up again. It took less than half an hour to break the Dongcheng Gate.

The generals guarding the city in Dongcheng were so anxious that they were almost sweating. They attracted a person, "Hurry up, go to the Nancheng Gate to report to the young master, the Dongcheng Gate is about to break."

The man immediately rode a fast horse and ran towards the south gate.

Wen Xingzhi didn't know that Yan Qing's main attack on the South City Gate was actually a cover, just a look. According to the plan, he and Ye Yan and Wen Xingzhi were only required to fight head-on to attract Wen Xingzhi's entire attention. In fact, the Dongcheng Gate attacked by Ling Hua, Cui Yanshu, and Jiang Wang was the main attack battlefield.

It only took half an hour, and half an hour later, their 100,000 soldiers entered the city of Dongcheng.

From Dongcheng to Nancheng, it took a long time for the person who reported the news to ride the fastest horse. When the person who reported the news finally came to the South City Gate and saw that Yan Qing's corpse was bleeding from the ground, he almost fell from the horse in fright.

He didn't bother to dismount and shouted, "Young Master, the East City Gate is about to break!"

His shouting made Wen Xingzhi, who had accumulated a lot of energy, almost broke his breath. He turned his head suddenly and stared at the person who came to report the news and asked, "What's going on?"

The man trembled and told Wen Xingzhi how Ling Hua could attack the city.

Wen Xingzhi was silent for a while.

He promised Ning Ye half a month ago that he would defend Youzhou City and wait for him to take Liangzhou to support him. Who knew that his city gate would be broken in just half a month.

He clenched his fists and said, so what if the city gate was broken? As far as he knew, Yan Qing and Ling Hua had only 250,000 soldiers and horses. If they were really killed, how could the 300,000 soldiers and horses in Youzhou be the opponent of the 250,000 soldiers and horses?

He gritted his teeth and ordered, "Transfer our military orders to defend Youzhou to death and kill."

The person who reported the news should have run back immediately after riding a horse.

As soon as the person who reported the news left, Wen Xingzhi was ruthless and was about to give another order to die. A man came over with pale face and panting, "Young master, it's not good, there's a riot in the city."

Wen Xingzhi raised his eyebrows, "What's going on?"

"Someone held the ground order and rushed into the mansion, took the old lady hostage, and burned the granary in the city..."

Wen Xingzhi's face changed, his face was cooler than the night. He closed his eyes and knew that the food was gone. If he had to defend it, it would be meaningless. He immediately decided, "How many granaries have not been destroyed?"

"The only granary remains..."

Wen Xingzhi took a deep breath, "Tell me the order, bring the grain from this granary, and all the soldiers evacuated Youzhou City, walked from the Xicheng Gate, and headed to Liangzhou."

"yes."

With Wen Xing's order, the soldiers of Youzhou City retreated one after another. Yan Qing and Ye Yan even killed the sword and were exhausted. The soldiers and secret guards received the order to retreat and supported Wen Xingzhi to retreat. Yan Qing stopped Ye Yan and did not chase him.

So, half an hour later, when Ling Hua broke through the East City Gate and entered, the city was empty, and there were no soldiers and horses in Youzhou except the people.

Ling Hua rode on the streets of Youzhou City and smiled at Cui Yanshu next to him, saying, "I thought Wen Xingzhi would defend the city after breaking the city. After all, he had 300,000 troops. Unexpectedly, he didn't even defend, so he retreated so easily."

"It's a bit strange. With his temperament, he probably can't defend it, otherwise he wouldn't have evacuated Youzhou." Cui Yanshu guessed, "I don't know what happened in the city."
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