Fenghou

At noon, Ren Quan was drunk in the dining hall of the brothel, and was supported by two beautiful prostitutes back to his room to rest. Tonight he will be on duty at night, and he must have a good sleep in the afternoon.

But after sleeping for less than half an hour, Ren Quan's screams suddenly came from the room, followed by the panicked screams of several prostitutes, so frightened the old bustard rushed into the room with a dozen brothel guards.

The room was full of blood, Ren Quan's lower body was completely cut off, the blood gushed out like a fountain, and the blood couldn't be stopped at all, the madam was terrified, and hurriedly sent someone to the doctor for treatment, but it was useless when the doctor came, Ren Quan had already lost blood Die from too much.

The news immediately caused a sensation in the whole city. Ren Quan, who had committed many crimes and murdered countless women from a good family, was cut off and died. This news is really satisfying.

Ren Dejing was furious, and arrested a group of prostitutes for careful interrogation, but he had no clue. No one knew what the murderer looked like or how he got into the brothel. Of course, brothels don't need to mess around. Check it out.

Ren Dejing was so angry that he ordered the procuress of the brothel to be beaten with a hundred sticks, and he was beaten to death on the spot.

After Ren Quan died, Ren Dejing had to readjust the deployment of the army. Ren Quan's [-] troops were handed over to his father, Ren Dezhong.

Ren Li and Xue Xiaoping were on duty tonight. Ren Li was in charge of the west and north cities, and Xue Xiaoping was in charge of the east and south cities. Each section of the city wall had [-] troops stationed there.

Ren Li personally led a thousand troops in charge of the west city wall and gate, while Sun Jian was in charge of the north city.

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As night fell, Chen Qing personally led [-] troops to arrive as scheduled. When Chen Qing's army was discovered by enemy spies, they were already two hundred miles away from Huangzhou City. Genius siege, in fact, in the past four days, Chen Qing's army could have covered a distance of two hundred miles.

The [-] troops were stationed in a forest twenty miles northeast of Huangzhou City. This forest was almost close to Huangshui. The Hehuang Valley refers to the triangle between the Yellow River and Huangshui, with an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters. It is one of the three major agricultural areas in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the other two are the Hetao Plain and the Yinchuan Plain, and Huangzhou City is the center of the Hehuang Valley.

Xixia and Chen Qing competed for Xihe Road, to a large extent, to compete for the Hehuang Valley and Taohe Valley, but Chen Qing had a deeper intention. He wanted to control some pastoral areas, which would help ensure the source of his war horses and troops. meat supply.

We must know that nomads have strong combat effectiveness. Apart from the factor of war horses, another important reason is that they have sufficient meat supply and strong physique.

The soldiers were resting in the woods. Around Haishi, Gao Ding hurried over with one of Hu Yanlei's men.

Since Sun Jian controlled Beicheng, it would be easy for Huyanlei to send someone down to report.

Chen Qing immediately received the soldier.

"Don't worry, take your time, which city gate is General Huyan going to meet?"

"Reporting to Dutong, the city gate has no chance, but we have controlled the northern city wall."

The messenger told the story of Sun Jian in detail, and Chen Qing was really pleased that Huyanlei had become more and more mature, and he no longer relied on his own strength to break through the city, but persuaded the local rich and powerful families to help. plot!

"Tell me about the situation of the northern city wall, how wide is the moat?"

"The humble official first talked about the moat. The moat is relatively deep. Water from the Huang River was diverted from the north to form the moat and the Cao River, but this did not affect the siege of the city. The moat is two feet wide, and planks need to be prepared in advance.

The city wall is about three feet high, but we lowered two ladders from above, located a little east of the middle, and most of the soldiers slept under the city wall.

There are only two patrol teams at the head of the city. General Hu Yan led thirty brothers to be in charge of patrolling the eastern half, and Sun Jian personally led another team to patrol the western half. Both of them can send people to the city during the second watch. Tonight The password is 'Qin Wang Jiangshan'. "

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Why is the password the king of Qin Jiangshan? Does Ren Dejing want to be the king of Qin?"

"I don't know the humble job!"

Chen Qing nodded, "It doesn't need to be too early, just midnight."

"The humble official obeys, what other orders do you have?"

"There is nothing else, let General Huyan tell Sun Jian that he has made great contributions, and I will continue to let him be the commander of the Song Army."

"Follow the order!"

The messenger left quickly, and Chen Qing ordered someone to find Yang Zaixing and Gao Ding.

"The two of you each led [-] troops from the north wall to the city. General Gao was responsible for capturing the east gate. General Yang led [-] troops to attack the general manager's mansion. Bring whirlwind cannons and gunpowder barrels. Be sure to kill Ren De before the whole city becomes chaotic. My dear, I don't want street fighting to break out in the city."

The two saluted at the same time, "I obey the order!"

"Now you go to prepare some two-foot-five-foot-long wooden boards to cross the moat. It will be midnight at midnight. It will be located in the east of the north city wall. There will be two soft ladders hanging on the top of the city. Huyanlei is on top. You can directly Uptown!"

The two agreed abruptly, and each led their troops to take action...

Midnight at midnight is twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, when the whole city is asleep, but Ren Dejing sleeps very restlessly, fearing that the soldiers will slack off at night, he sent his own soldiers to supervise Ren Li and Xue Xiaoping, asking them to strengthen Supervision of soldiers.

Ren Li was also very sleepy, but his uncle sent someone to supervise him, and he had to force himself to go to the west city and the north city to inspect.

When he reached the foot of the northern city, he unexpectedly found that the soldiers were sleeping soundly wrapped in blankets at the base of the city wall. He was furious, grabbed one of them and asked, "Who told you to sleep under the city?"

Dutou tremblingly said: "It was arranged by Dutou, the city is too cold, let us sleep under the city, if there is anything unusual, he will notify us immediately."

Although the words are good, but this kind of decision-making should be given by himself, and Sun Jian made the arrangements without asking for instructions.

The Ren family attaches great importance to power and will not trust anyone outside the family. The same is true for Ren Li. All matters, big and small, are decided by him. Sun Jian has no power arrangements. Now Sun Jian actually sent soldiers to the city without authorization Rest, this undoubtedly offended Ren Li's rebellion, Ren Li was furious, and rushed to the city with a dozen of his own soldiers.

Chapter 477 Fallen City

Chen Qing personally led an army of [-], including [-] cavalry, on the official road two miles away. He stared at the city wall not far away. But the army couldn't see them in the night.

It was already midnight, and the operation had already begun. Chen Qing turned his head and said to Liu Cui, "You can lead four thousand troops to ambush outside the west city gate. Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist and refuse to surrender will be killed without mercy. Nephews will definitely be among the captives and find them out!"

"Follow the order!"

Liu Cui led [-] infantry and rushed to the west gate...

Yang Zaixing and Gao Ding had already led their troops to the north city, and there were indeed two sets of ladders hanging on the city wall.

"on!"

After Yang Zaixing gave an order, dozens of soldiers jumped and grabbed the rope ladder, and quickly climbed to the top of the city.

Hu Yanlei led his men to gather on the top of the city, watching the soldiers climbing below the city. Just at this moment, Ren Li rushed over with a dozen soldiers angrily.

"What are you doing?" Ren Li asked from afar.

Hu Yanlei had never seen Ren Li before, he didn't know who it was, and while making gestures to order his subordinates to outflank, he asked in a deep voice, "Password!"

"Shit!"

Ren Li cursed angrily, "Do I still need a password?"

Hu Yanlei clenched the handle of the knife and began to draw the knife slowly.

At this moment, the first batch of soldiers from the upper city appeared at the top of the city. Ren Li stopped in his tracks all of a sudden, his eyes widened, and someone actually climbed up from the bottom of the city.

When he turned his head, he saw that he and his subordinates were surrounded. At this moment, he suddenly understood, and ran wildly, shouting: "The Song army is going to the city!"

But after running less than twenty steps, Sun Jian led the sentry soldiers and walked towards him, "General Ren, what happened?"

Ren Li excitedly said: "Run the alarm bell, the Song army is going to the city!"

"Impossible, you read it wrong! Here, the big manager is here, you can ask the manager!"

Sun Jian pointed behind him, Ren Li looked back, but saw nothing, he immediately knew that he had been fooled, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and when he lowered his head, a sharp dagger had already been inserted into his chest.

Ren Li pointed at Sun Jian, trembling all over, "So it's you...it's you..."

He raised his head and yelled, and fell to the ground dead.

A dozen or so of Ren Li's subordinates were also killed, leaving none alive.

Song Jun threw down more than [-] soft ladders, and the soldiers began to rush to the city. Hu Yanlei led Sun Jian to meet Yang Zaixing. Sun Jian heard that the tall general in front of him was Yang Zaixing, the number one of the Five Tigers.

He admired him very much in his heart, and quickly stepped forward to salute, "Humble rank Sun Jian, see General Yang!"

Yang Zaixing seemed to see his youthful figure in this young general, he liked it in his heart, patted his arm and said with a smile: "Let's learn marksmanship later on!"

Sun Jian was overjoyed, "Thank you General Yang for your support!"

Yang Zaixing nodded, "The governor will let you continue to serve as the commander, you will lead me the way, we are going to the general manager's mansion!"

"Humble job, go and gather your subordinates first!"

Sun Jian led Yang Zaixing and a large group of soldiers down the city. The soldiers sleeping under the city wall were awakened one after another. Sun Jian stood on a high place and shouted: "Listen up, brothers, Ren Dejing has colluded with Xixia and wants to dedicate Huangzhou to other peoples. , we Han people will all be reduced to alien slaves, this is our land, and the Xixia people will never be allowed to step forward, brothers, I have decided to return to the Great Song Dynasty, brothers who are willing to follow me, please raise your right hand!"

He raised his right arm first, and the soldiers raised their hands one after another. Sun Jian saw that there were still more than a hundred people silent, and he said again: "I will never force you brother who wants to go home, but if you want to take advantage of the opportunity to inform and make a fortune, then absolutely There will be a good end, everyone should have seen it, behind me is the Song army, thousands of people have already gone to the city, Xihe Road Jiedushi Chen Dutong personally led an army of [-] outside the city, Ren Dejing is finished!"

His subordinates had already seen the densely packed army on the top of the city, more than a hundred soldiers who were still hesitating quickly raised their hands, and the entire army expressed their willingness to surrender to the Song army.

Sun Jian turned his head and nodded to Yang Zaixing. Yang Zaixing's 3000 people had already gone to the city, and he immediately ordered: "Let's go, go to the general manager's mansion!"

Sun Jian shouted: "Brothers, follow me to the general manager's mansion!"

Four thousand troops rushed towards the general manager's mansion two miles away...

Gao Ding led 1000 troops to attack Dongcheng in two directions. The commander Liang Tai led 2000 people to attack the city gate, and Gao Ding personally led [-] people to attack the city.

Ren Dejing had three daughters, the youngest daughter was born to his Tubo stepwife, she was only seven years old, the eldest daughter and the second daughter became tools for Ren Dejing to win over the generals, and married the two most senior generals.

Historically, Ren Dejing dedicated his youngest daughter to the aging Xixia Emperor Li Ganshun and became the Empress of Xixia, but that happened nine years later. Now that Chen Qing attacked Huangzhou, history has been changed, and Ren Dejing has no chance to surrender Western Xia.

Gao Ding brandished a chiseled golden tiger head spear, and the tip of the spear pierced the soldiers who came up like a storm. Gao Ding was as good as Yang Zaixing in terms of marksmanship and arrows, but his qualifications in Chen Qing's army were slightly inferior to Yang Zaixing's, so he was among the five tiger generals. Can only come second.

In an instant, more than [-] people were assassinated, all of them were killed with a single shot, and the soldiers at the top of the city turned around and fled in fright. Just as Gao Ding was about to chase him down, a bright sword came to him, Gao Ding hurriedly dodged back, and a man appeared in front of him. An extremely burly general, holding a forty-jin mountain sword in his hand, has a hideous appearance.

This person is Ren Dejing's second son-in-law, Li Fei, who is in his thirties and his wife is only 16 years old. He was originally a leader of the Western Army, and now he is Ren Dejing's loyal dog.

Li Fei slashed through the air with his saber, he roared, and slashed at Gao Ding's waist with his saber, but Gao Ding was faster than him, halfway through the slash, Gao Ding's spear tip pierced his throat.

'Clang! ’ When the broadsword fell to the ground, Li Fei stood there for a moment, then his huge body collapsed and he died.

The main general was killed, and the soldiers on the top of the city fled watching the wind. Gao Ding occupied the top of the north city gate. The soldiers began to lower the drawbridge and pulled up the door bolt. The soldiers under the city creaked and opened the city gate.

Three fires were raised on the top of the city, Chen Qing could see clearly, and shouted, "Attack!"

The main force of the Song army was launched, and [-] cavalry galloped like the sea, rushing towards Huangzhou City like a tidal wave.

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The general manager's mansion covering an area of ​​[-] mu was surrounded by four thousand soldiers of the Song army, and there were also a thousand soldiers hiding on the roof of the general manager's mansion and shooting arrows outward.

It is not difficult to capture the General Manager's Mansion with 4000 people. The key is to end the fierce battle quickly and effectively. Deterrence is essential.

Yang Zaixing shouted loudly: "Use the whirlwind cannon!"

The name Whirlwind Cannon comes from Xixia. It is actually a miniature trebuchet that can be launched on the back of a camel. It can throw five or six catties of firearms dozens of steps away. The biggest advantage is that it is easy to carry. A camel can carry Two tornado cannons.

With Yang Zaixing's order, dozens of sizzling and smoking gunpowder barrels were thrown into the governor's mansion at the same time, and exploded one after another in the governor's mansion. Suffering.

After firing three times in a row, no more arrows were fired from the mansion. Yang Zaixing shouted, "The first battalion and the second battalion go in!"

Song Jun smashed open the gate with a giant log, and two thousand soldiers stormed into the governor's mansion. The soldiers in the mansion were terrified, their morale collapsed, and they knelt down and begged for mercy.

At the same time, Chen Qing led [-] Song troops into the city of Huangzhou. The soldiers in the city were unwilling to sacrifice their lives for the Ren family. When they heard that it was the Song army who entered the city, they all took off their armor and weapons, and fled to their homes. Chen Qing led an army into the barracks, blocking thousands of soldiers who had no time to escape.

The one thousand soldiers guarding the west city escaped from the west city gate, while Liu Cui led four thousand soldiers to lie in ambush outside the city. In an instant, flames erupted everywhere. The thousand soldiers who escaped from the city gate were surrounded by groups. Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, " Those who surrender will not die!"

The soldiers in Huangzhou were all terrified, knowing that the situation was over, they knelt down and surrendered one after another, and no one dared to take the stand.

Soldiers of the Song Army picked out several important figures from the crowd who surrendered, one was Ren Dejing's eldest son-in-law Xue Xiaoping, the other two were Ren Dejing's third younger brother Ren Deren, and his son Ren Ling.

Xue Xiaoping suddenly roared, grabbed a spear and killed several Song Army soldiers leading horses, trying to snatch the horses, but just a few steps away, dozens of spears stabbed together, immediately throwing Xue Xiaoping into chaos. speared to death.

Chapter 478

When Chen Qing arrived at the general manager's mansion, the battle in the general manager's mansion was over, but Ren Dejing disappeared mysteriously. The soldiers searched the mansion three times but failed to find Ren Dejing.

"Will there be a tunnel to escape from the General Manager's Mansion?" Chen Qing asked.

Yang Zaixing hurriedly said: "Xiaozhi is searching, but so far no tunnel leading to the outside has been found."

"What about the underground palace?"

Chen Qing thought of the underground palace where the silver was stored, "Could he hide in the underground palace?"

"Reporting to Dutong, the entrance of the underground palace is under the rockery. The entrance of the underground palace will only be exposed when the rockery is moved away. But the rockery has not been moved, so it is obvious that Ren Dejing did not enter the underground palace."

At this time, the soldiers brought in a little maid and reported: "I told you, Dutong, this little maid said she might know!"

Seeing that the little maid was a little scared, Chen Qing squatted in front of her and said with a smile, "If you can tell me the exact news, I will reward you ten taels of silver and send you home immediately!"

The little maid's eyes lit up, and she said timidly: "At that time, I was hiding in a cabinet in the inner study room, leaving a gap to look out, and I saw the chief executive also escaped into the inner study room, and then went underground."

Chen Qing asked again: "Is there a secret passage in the inner study?"

The little maid nodded.

Yang Zaixing frowned and said, "The inner study is the key place to search. I searched it myself, and found nothing unusual!"

"You must not have searched his bed."

Yang Zaixing was startled, "The bed has also been checked, and there is nothing abnormal."

Chen Qing quickly asked the soldier to take out a silver coin, smiled and handed it to the little maid, "Take us to see it."

The little maid nodded obediently and led the way. After a short while, she led everyone to the inner study. The inner study has two rooms inside and outside. When entering the inner room, Chen Qing immediately realized that something was wrong. There was no window in the room. There was only a large bed alone, occupying half of the room, and there were quilts, mats and pillows on the bed.

Chen Qing searched around, but found nothing unusual about the bed, so Yang Zaixing suggested, "Either move the bed away!"