Fenghou

Li Fuding felt a little uneasy. He just got the news that Zhuang Ding of the Li family entered the city in the afternoon, and there were about 100 people. If it was normal, he might not care about it, but at this critical moment, what does it mean for 100 people to enter the city?

"General, do you want to wait until the first watch?" A subordinate asked.

Li Fuding gritted his teeth and said: "Don't wait, go to the mules and horses to get weapons first, and seize the city gate immediately!"

In any case, he must seize the opportunity.

Li Fuding led more than 100 spies in black to the mules and horses at the east gate.

At this moment, a hundred Song soldiers in armor rushed towards them, it was Hu Yanlei and his men.

He was leading his men towards Bai Chuan Restaurant, but he didn't expect them to encounter each other on the street because Yuanjia Road is narrow.

Chapter 4 and Eight

Hu Yanlei learned from the shopkeeper that there were a total of 180 Xixia spies, of which 24 were in the mules and horses, the remaining twenty were distributed in Baichuan Restaurant and Saibei Leather Store, and 100 were distributed in three yards in the city.

Tonight they will gather at the Baichuan Restaurant to seize the East City Gate. More importantly, these Xixia spies only have short swords in their hands, and all weapons are stored in the mules and horses.

Hu Yanlei saw that the other party only had a short sword, and immediately judged that the other party was a spy from Xixia, he roared, "Kill—"

A hundred soldiers of the Song Dynasty fought towards each other with long contradiction cards in their hands, while the Xixia spies only had short swords in their hands.

The two teams fought fiercely in the street.

The fierce battle on the street alarmed dozens of state soldiers guarding the East City Gate, but no one dared to step forward.

The fierce battle did not last long, and the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great. The Xixia scouts were certainly elite, but the Song Army scouts were also elite. The huge gap in weapons made it impossible for the Xixia spies to compete with them.

Soon the Xixia spies were killed and retreated steadily, and the corpses were everywhere. More than 150 people had been killed and 90 people had been killed.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Fuding shouted, "Retreat!"

He led the rest of the dozens of people to flee towards the west gate in a panic, but within a dozen steps, he suddenly killed an army from a slanting stab, cut off their retreat, squatted on the ground and released crossbow arrows together. They shot at the black-clothed Xixia spies like a torrential rain.

Some arrows passed through the crowd and shot at the Song Army scouts behind, who quickly raised their shields to resist.

This round of crossbow arrows killed most of the Xixia spies, leaving only seven or eight people. Li Fuding was also shot by seven or eight arrows and died tragically on the spot.

Hu Yanlei led the Song Army scouts to swarm up, surrounded and killed the remaining seven or eight people.

"Who are you?" Hu Yanlei asked loudly.

Although this army helped a lot, Hu Yanlei was still a little confused.

"General Huyan, it's ours!" Li Ziheng walked out wearing armor with a smile.

It turned out to be the two hundred Zhuang Ding of the Li family, who looked no different from the Song army, much better equipped than the state soldiers, and everyone carried crossbows.

"It's Li Yanei, thank you! Thank you!"

Li Ziheng stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile: "Zhuang Ding has never experienced actual combat, and he was very nervous. I saw that you were all wearing shields before ordering the arrows. You didn't hurt the brothers, did you?"

"Fortunately!"

Hu Yanlei understood that the Xixia spies were fierce, and these Zhuang Dings might not be able to stop them. If they were robbed of their weapons, unnecessary casualties would inevitably be caused.

Hu Yanlei said again: "Li Yanei's order is completely correct, now I'm going to the county government, is Li Yanei willing to go with me?"

Li Ziheng nodded. This was also what his father meant. The state soldiers were from the city, and Wu Shan was the son of Wu's eldest son.

"I will go with General Huyan, and I will persuade them to surrender!"

"We also hope that there will be no bloodshed!"

Hundreds of soldiers trotted towards the county government office.

……

In the twilight, an army of more than a thousand people was hurriedly marching to the northeast of Longxi County, accompanied by hundreds of mules and donkeys, carrying cloth and copper coins.

This army is exactly the one thousand puppet Qi army that was evacuated from Longxi County. They have two ways to retreat to Guanzhong. One way is to go northeast, cross Qinzhou to Deshun Prefecture, and finally enter Jingyuan Road from Pingliang Mansion. Or go to Liupanguan to enter Jingyuan Road.

The other way is to follow the Weihe River in a straight line until you reach Fengxiang Mansion, but the Weihe line has to cross Longshan Mountain, and the only way to go is through Chengji County, which is too dangerous for a thousand puppet Qi troops.

The Northeast Official Road passing through Qinzhou mainly passes through Jichuan County, and within a hundred miles, it enters Deshun Prefecture, where there are still supplies, which is much safer than Chengji County.

Of course, this puppet Qi army chose the relatively safe northeast line, but the northeast line also has a serious hidden danger, that is, it is easy to encounter the Song army coming from Ganquanbao.

Of course, Ganquan Fort came from another official road, which was located to the north of the road they are currently taking, but who doesn't know if the Song army will divide into two groups?

The soldiers had marched for more than 50 miles in a hurry, and they were already exhausted. Their legs seemed to be filled with lead. The slower they walked, the 1000 people actually stretched to three miles.

In the middle of the night, the team passed a valley with dark pine forests on both sides and bushes below the pine forest.

The team stopped to rest, and the soldiers behind rushed forward desperately, lest they delay the precious rest. Many soldiers lay on the ground, unable to move.

At this moment, there was a crisp bang sound from the pine forest, "Bang!Bang!Bang! 'The voice was very rapid, and then dense arrows shot at the puppet Qi army resting in the valley.

A thousand puppet Qi soldiers were caught off guard and shot with arrows one after another. All of a sudden, ghosts cried and wolves howled, stumbled and fled in all directions. Suddenly, a thousand soldiers came out from the pine forests on both sides, waving spears and swords to kill the puppet Qi troops.

"Xixia Army! It's Xixia Army!"

The soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army suddenly recognized the black helmet worn by this soldier, which was the logo of the Xixia Army, and they shouted loudly.

The soldiers of the Xixia Army were even more ferocious. Regardless of whether they surrendered or not, they rushed forward and cut off their heads with one knife. Almost the entire puppet Qi army was wiped out, and only a few soldiers escaped by chance.

This Xixia soldier was alerted by Chen Qing, called Xiahu bandits, of course they are fake bandits, their real identity is the Xixia Capture Army, an army dedicated to arresting slaves, the number is not 200, but 2000 people.

Xia Hu is his real name. He was a general of Xixia. He once used the pseudonym Xia Baihu to wreak havoc in the Xihe Road states. , Do not expose, wait for the opportunity.

Xia Hu is indeed very forbearing, Jichuan County is just tens of miles away, there is almost no garrison, and he never went to slaughter and loot the city.

Xia Hu didn't know that he had been exposed, let alone that a cavalry from the Song army was coming to kill him. He was also lucky. On the way to Longxi County, he encountered the puppet Qi army and simply set up an ambush to wipe out this exhausted army.

Xia Hu didn't waste time and didn't care about the corpses all over the ground, so he led his army and continued to Longxi. Of course, there were hundreds of mules and donkeys loaded with copper coins and cloth in his team. Return to the county seat.

……

At five o'clock, Yang Zaixing led two thousand cavalry to rush forward from the east. At this time, they saw headless corpses lying all over the canyon. All the heads were piled up together. Did not take away.

Yang Zaixing shook his head secretly. Now that the weather is getting hotter, the corpses will give birth to a great plague, so he immediately ordered: "Collect the corpses, burn them and bury them deep!"

The soldiers of the Song Army worked together, piled up the corpses, poured kerosene, lit the fire, and then dug a deep pit next to them, pushed all the charred corpses in, and buried them all deeply, so that there would be no wild animals Come and dig the deep hole, the beast doesn't like the smell of burnt.

After clearing the battlefield, it was already dawn, and they were delayed for an entire hour. Yang Zaixing led two thousand cavalry to speed up and rush towards Longxi County.

Chapter 4 Zero Nine Gap

At dawn, Xia Hu led two thousand Xixia troops to the east gate of Longxi County. About a mile away from the city gate, the Xixia army shot three gunpowder arrows into the sky. ' the explosion.

This is calling the spies of the Xixia army in the city and asking them to seize and open the city gate.

Xia Hu stared at the city gate in the distance, he was really a little strange, it was almost dawn, and the city gate was still tightly closed, which was a bit abnormal.

A general nearby said in a low voice: "It should be that the Qi army suddenly withdrew, which caused tension in the city, so I dare not open the city gate normally!"

Xia Hu nodded, "The mules and horses should be able to see our gunpowder arrows!"

"The situation is special now. They will definitely pay attention to gunpowder arrows. Don't worry, General. It will take time for Li Fuding and the others to assemble."

"I know, I will wait patiently for another half an hour!"

……

The gunpowder arrows exploded outside the city. Many people in the city noticed it, and Hu Yanlei also saw it. He immediately rushed to Dongchengtou with ninety of his men.

At the same time, Hu Yanlei ordered Liu Zong, the head of the capital, to lead ten brothers and two hundred Lijiazhuang Ding to Xichengtou, and ordered the county captain Wang Ying to lead two hundred state soldiers to patrol the city wall.

After Li Qiao personally visited Wu's house, Wu Shancai, the county magistrate, finally surrendered to the Song army.

Unexpectedly, just one night later, the Xixia Army had reached the city of Longxi County.

Hu Yanlei stood on the top of the city and looked at the army a mile away. He initially judged that there were about 2000 people. Wu Shan, the magistrate of the county, was really worried. , Will the Xixia people massacre the common people?

"General Huyan, are they the Xixia army or the Jin soldiers?" Wu Shan asked.

"Look at their black helmets. It must be the Xixia army. I interrogated the Xixia spies and learned that there is indeed a 2000-strong Xixia army lurking in Gongzhou. The leader is Xia Baihu."

"Xia Baihu?"

Wu Shan's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked with a trembling voice, "Is your name really Xia Baihu?"

Hu Yanlei heard that his voice was unusual, so he glanced at him and asked, "That's what the Xixia spies said. Is this person scary?"

"It's more than terrifying. He is simply a demon. There are at least tens of thousands of people who died at his hands. Huazhi, the magistrate of Longxi County, was tortured by him in every possible way, and his wife and daughter were killed by hundreds of subordinates. The court ordered Zhong Zhong led [-] troops to exterminate him, the army was wiped out, but this Xia Baihu escaped, and his whereabouts are unknown, if he kills him and enters the city, Longxi County will face catastrophe."

Speaking of this, Wu Shan's teeth chattered a little.

Hu Yanlei also became a little worried. Longxi County was as dilapidated as the old Chengji County. He remembered that there were several big gaps in Chengji County. Hu Yanlei quickly asked, "Is there any damage to the city wall?"

"I think should not be!"

Wu Shan thought for a while, he suddenly remembered something, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"Why, is there a gap?"

Wu Shan said nervously: "There was no gap before, but just a few days ago, the crack on the side of the Town God's Temple collapsed inexplicably, and a big gap appeared."

Nothing is inexplicable. Someone must have done it on purpose, most likely a Xixia spy.

Hu Yanlei said to Dutou Wu Nanshan: "You lead fifty brothers to continue to guard the south gate, and I will take forty brothers to see the gap."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

"I am coming too!"

Wu Shan was worried, and he hurried to the Chenghuang Temple in the north of the city with Hu Yanlei.

The Town God's Temple covers an area of ​​about ten acres, close to the north city wall, the temple is very dilapidated, and the large courtyard is full of weeds, which are usually haunted by thieves and homeless people.

Hu Yanlei led forty soldiers to the Town God's Temple, and saw a shocking gap at a glance, which was three feet wide, with broken city walls on both sides. .

If I knew there was a gap, what pass did I need yesterday?He went directly into the city with weapons.

The question is how to solve the gap in front of you?

If it was done by Xixia spies, Xia Baihu would know about it in all likelihood.

Hu Yanlei immediately said to Wu Shan: "You immediately mobilize the people and fill the city wall with sacks of soil!"

"I'm going right now!"

Wu Shanzheng didn't know what to do, Hu Yanlei pointed out the direction for him, and he immediately ran away in a panic.

Without Wu Shan's mobilization, hundreds of people around spontaneously ran to help the Song army. They directly demolished the Town God's Temple, skidded out large foundation stones, piled them in the gaps, and even moved the clay statues to pile up the gaps.

At this time, a steady stream of people rushed here under the mobilization of the county government. It was heard that Xia Baihu, a ten-year-old bandit, had returned, and the city began to panic. No matter men, women, old or young, they all came to help, loading soil and carrying mud bags. , forming a circle at the gap in the city wall.

……

Xia Hu was getting impatient, he turned around and asked the messenger, "Has anything happened to the spies in the city?"

The messenger was a spy sent by Li Fuding to inform Xia Baihu the day before yesterday. He hurriedly said: "We have been lurking for two years, and nothing happened. It should be fine!"

"Then more than half an hour has passed, why is there no movement at all?"

"I don't know about the humble job. It is reasonable to take down the city gate long ago. I don't know what happened in the city?"

"Aside from the city gate, is there any other way to enter the city? Or which city wall is dilapidated and can climb to the top of the city?"

"There is a big gap at the Chenghuang Temple in the north of the city. General Li led everyone to open it at night."

Xia Hu was so angry that he slapped him hard, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

The messenger covered his face and said aggrievedly: "Didn't the general want to wait for General Li to open the city gate?"

"idiot!"

Xia Hu cursed loudly, and ordered: "Turn to the north of the city!"

He led two thousand soldiers and ran to the north of the city.

The scouts on the top of the city head Wu Nanshan saw the other party rushing to the north of the city, and he also ran to the north of the city along the city wall with fifty men.

In just a moment, Xia Hu saw a three-foot-wide gap, with countless sandbags piled up in the gap, as well as stone statues and other messy things, and the other party was also desperately plugging the hole.

No matter how you plug the loopholes, they are still loopholes. It is much easier to attack than the city walls. Just drag these messy things out and throw them into the moat.

Xia Hu immediately ordered: "Go and find some long planks!"

A group of soldiers immediately rushed to a village several miles away.

Xia Hu immediately ordered: "Fire the arrow into the gap!"