Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 418
Chapter 417: Zhu Ti City Breaks Down
In the 22nd year of Qianyuan, in the middle of the night on December [-], Deng Jun launched an attack on the Southern Army camp outside Zhuti City. Since all the generals of the Southern Army stayed at home to watch the old age, the highest military rank in the entire Southern Army camp was only It was just a small general who was under no one's command, leading Deng's army to drive straight in, and tens of thousands of southern troops were immediately defeated.

At this time, in the general's mansion in Zhuti City, Huo Gang, the guard of Zhuti in the Southern Kingdom, was watching the new year with his family at home. Just after the midnight, Huo Gang couldn't stand it any longer. He felt sleepy all of a sudden, and was about to go to rest. Suddenly, the door of the General's Mansion was knocked open, and a servant brought a soldier covered in blood to Huo Gang. The soldier knelt on the ground and cried, "General, something serious happened!"

"Quickly, what happened? How did you become like this?" The soldier's appearance really shocked Hogang. He has been guarding Zhuti City for almost ten years, and he has never seen such a thing. , So he quickly asked what was the matter.

The soldier said with tears in his voice: "At midnight tonight, the camp outside the city was raided by the enemy, the camp was breached, and many people were killed. The villain managed to break out of the encirclement and ran to report to the general! "

"An enemy attacked? What's going on? Can you see who it is? Is it a barbarian?" Hearing that an enemy raided the Southern Army's camp, Huo Gang's first thought was whether it might be What about the handwriting of the barbarians?

But the facts were different from Huo Gang's idea. The soldier shook his head and said, "No, the enemy army is well-armed and very fierce, and you can vaguely see the word Deng written on the enemy's flag!" Although the soldier He didn't know Deng Jun, but he was very familiar with the barbarians. He knew very well that these people were definitely not barbarians, because the barbarians' equipment was not that good.

"Big banner with the word Deng? Is it Deng Jun? This is impossible. How could Deng Jun cross the miasma-filled jungle and come to Zhuti City? But if it wasn't Deng Jun, and he wasn't a barbarian, who would it be? "When he heard Deng's banner, Huo Gang's eyes were full of doubts and disbelief, because no one had ever been able to cross the miasma-filled jungle and hit the city of Zhuti, let alone Deng from the Central Plains. The army, but if it is not Deng Jun, how can the Deng character banner be explained?
"Unlucky! Hurry up, send an order to guard the city gate, and I will come here soon!" Unable to understand, Huo Gang simply stopped thinking about it, after all, the enemy is almost at the door of the house now, and it is meaningless to delve into these things now , Let’s think about how to defend against the enemy, Huo Gang said to the soldiers around him, ordering people to guard the city gate, he will arrive soon.

Soon, Huo Gang changed his clothes, put on his armor and walked out of the house, but as soon as he went out, he heard deafening screams from the direction of the city gate, and Huo Gang's heart suddenly turned cold. Is it lost?
Huo Gang led a few soldiers to the city gate. On the way, he encountered several waves of defeated southern troops. Huo Gang was finally desperate. The enemy had already entered the city. If there was a city wall, Huo Gang still had the confidence to defend it. But now the tens of thousands of elites outside the city were routed, and the enemy broke through the city gate, and the situation was over.

"Damn it, why did you come so fast? Go back to the mansion." Huo Gang never thought that Deng Jun would break through the city gate so quickly. The soldier returned home again, and when he entered the door, he saw his wife coming up to meet him, and asked strangely: "General, didn't you take someone to the city gate to defend against the enemy? Why did you come back so soon?"

Huo Gang sighed and said: "Don't mention it, it's really bad luck. The enemy army has already breached the city gate, and Zhuti City can't hold it anymore. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Ma'am, go and pack your bags, we will leave Zhuti immediately. City, if it’s too late, it’s too late!”

"Okay, I'm going to prepare now!" Mrs. Huo also knew the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly took a few maids to pack up, and it was done in less than half an hour, and then Huo Gang took his family out of the house, But as soon as he went out, he saw Deng Jun who was killing his house. Seeing this, Huo Gang's eyes turned cold, and he said to Mrs. Huo: "Madam, you take the children and go first!"

"Then general, be careful!" Mrs. Huo also knew that this was not the time to be brave, so she chose to obey Huogang's words, and took the children to leave first, and let Huogang stay to defend against the enemy. Before leaving, he even glanced at the leader General Deng Jun found out that the opponent was just a young man, while Huo Gang was a battle-tested veteran, and he thought there would be no danger, so he turned around and left under the protection of several personal soldiers.

Huo Gang and his party were straddling the street, blocking Deng Jun's way. Huo Gang looked at the leading General Deng Jun, and asked with a cold face: "Who are you? Why did you attack my Zhu Ticheng?"

The leading general of Deng Jun replied: "I am Li Pingzhang, the general of Deng Wudang's guard. I am here to arrest Huogang, the guard general of Zhu Ti in the southern country, under the order of General Deng Zhong. If you come out of Huogang's mansion, you must be Is it Hogan?"

"Sure enough, you are from Deng Guo!" After hearing Li Pingzhang's words, Huo Gang finally confirmed his thoughts. Before, although the soldiers who summoned him also said that the enemy was flying the banner with the word Deng, it was very likely that it was Deng. army, but Huo Gang didn't believe it, because there was a miasma-filled jungle between Zhuti City and Deng Jun. Miasma had always been a sharp weapon for the southern kingdom to protect the northern border. What about the jungle?
But Li Pingzhang was standing in front of him now, and he couldn't help but not believe it. Huo Gang asked Li Pingzhang: "I really want to know how you Deng Jun crossed the miasma-filled jungle and came to Zhuti City? Will you not be aware of it in advance?"

"Our army naturally has our own way. This doesn't bother General Huo to worry about it, but it's very simple for General Huo to really want to know. As long as General Huo is captured without a fight and surrenders to my Great Deng, I will naturally explain the ins and outs of the matter one by one. Tell the general!" About how Deng Jun crossed the miasma-filled jungle, Li Pingzhang did not satisfy Huo Gang's curiosity, but told Huo Gang that if he wants to know, it is very simple and then surrender!

"Don't think about it, with this general here today, you don't want to take Zhuti City!" At this time, Huo Gang was very stubborn and refused to surrender. He even said that as long as he was there, Deng Jun would never want to take Zhuti City .

"You don't have to drink a toast, but you are fined wine. Since you are so stubborn, I will send you on your way, kill!" Seeing that Huo Gang refused to surrender, Li Pingzhang lost his patience and ordered to kill him.

As soon as the two armies fought, the gap immediately appeared. The southern army was completely crushed by Deng Jun in terms of numbers and combat power. This made Huo Gang very angry, but he was very helpless. His own people just couldn't beat Deng Jun. , At this time, Huo Gang glanced at Li Pingzhang, and under the principle of capturing the thief first, capturing the king first, and shooting the horse first, he directly rushed to Li Pingzhang, intending to take Li Pingzhang down first.

He rushed over, but Li Pingzhang fell into Li Pingzhang's arms. Li Pingzhang waved Bi Yanluo to meet Huo Gang. Far above him, with one move, just one move, Li Pingzhang killed him instantly, without any power to fight back!

After Huo Gang was beheaded by Li Pingzhang, the soldiers of the Southern Army who were still fighting with Deng Jun fell down and scattered in an instant, and fled in all directions. Because everything happened so fast, the generals of the Deng Army did not react for a while, and let these Southern Army soldiers I ran away, but Li Pingzhang didn't care about it, even Huo Gang's family members who escaped didn't chase after him. After all, now that Huo Gang is dead, Zhu Ticheng can be said to have no resistance, so why bother with these stragglers? .

After beheading Huo Gang, Li Pingzhang led his troops to occupy the General's Mansion that originally belonged to Huo Gang, and waited for Deng Zhong's arrival for about an hour.Deng Zhong brought a group of Deng Jun generals to the General's Mansion. After seeing Li Pingzhang, Deng Zhong asked, "General Li, where is Zhu Ti guarding Huo Gang?"

Li Pingzhang shook his head and said: "Back to the general, Huo Gang, the defender of Zhu Ti, would rather die than surrender, and he still resisted. He was beheaded on the spot by the last general, but he failed to capture Huo Gang alive. The last general asked the general to surrender!"

"General Li doesn't need to be like this. Killing Huo Gang is already a great achievement. It's too late for the general to reward him. How can he blame the general? It's just that this Huo Gang is a man. General Li, let Huo Gang be buried respectfully!" Although Li Pingzhang failed to capture Huo Gang alive, it was because Huo Gang would rather die than surrender, and Huo Gang died in the hands of Li Pingzhang in the end. Those who would rather die than surrender were killed directly, but Huo Gang would rather die than surrender, and Deng Zhong admired the spirit of dying for the country, so he asked Li Pingzhang to bury Huo Gang generously.

Once Huo Gang died, tens of thousands of southern troops were defeated. After Deng Zhong entered the city, the entire Zhuti City was under the control of Deng Jun. After taking Zhuti City, Deng Zhong and Wudangwei went south to conquer the southern kingdom this time. It can be said that he got a good start and defeated two-thirds of the main force of the Southern Army at once, which is very beneficial to Deng Jun's next campaign.

(End of this chapter)