The fire lit half of the sky red, and Liu Zhong, who was very drunk, was poured cold water on him by his bodyguards to wake him up. Before he could get angry, the bodyguards said hurriedly: "The navy is under attack. Please make a decision, general."
Liu Zhong's drunkenness was expelled with cold sweat. He wiped his face with a silk towel casually, put on his armor and rushed to Nancheng to watch.
The city was already full of soldiers, looking at the sea of fire not far away in fear, and faint shouts of killing could be heard. It was Zhou You intercepting and killing the imperial navy that had escaped.
"Didn't I say that Sima Xiuzhi fled to Dangyang City? Where did this enemy army come from? Is it the Jingzhou Navy?" Liu Zhong roared.
At this time, Liu Cui also hurried over after hearing the news. Looking at the fire, he said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to save such a big fire. We must prevent it from burning into the city."
Liu Zhong calmed down a bit, thought for a moment and said, "Daochong, please lead the army out of the city to put out the fire."
Liu Cui frowned. Going out to put out such a huge fire was just empty talk. Liu Zhong clearly wanted to shirk responsibility. It was just that Liu Zhong had landed and performed meritorious service. After Song Gong left, he ordered Liu Zhong to lead the army. He could only obey his orders.
At dawn, Zhou Youming retreated his troops and led the Yong army's navy upstream, preparing to go to Jiangzhou City.
Burnt wooden planks were floating everywhere on the river, damaged ships were still emitting smoke and smoke, and countless corpses were floating along the shore. There were only a few ships left on the wide river, and not a single one of the eight hundred warships of the Imperial Navy remained.
Liu Zhong led his army out of the city. He was secretly frightened by the tragic scene before him. He had made great achievements in capturing Jiangling City, but he was not exempt from the blame for the attack on the navy. He didn't know whether Song Gong would reward or punish him afterwards.
Sent out reconnaissance cavalry to find out who Fang Sheng was responsible for the night attack. Liu Zhong ordered his men to collect the corpses, close the Jiangling city gate, and wait for Liu Yu's order.
Jingling City, the siege enters the fifth day.
From time to time, imperial soldiers and horses climbed up the city wall, and Chongqing was exhausted fighting fires everywhere.
Shen Tianzi has a rattan shield in his left hand and a steel sword in his right hand. He has climbed to the top of the city once today. Although he was forced back by Yong's army, he obviously felt the fatigue of the defenders.
The catapults rained stones on the city wall. The rain of stones stopped, and the soldiers pushed the city carts and carried the ladders and began to attack again. The Duke of Song was watching behind him, and everyone fought bravely to be the first.
Taking off the two arrows stuck on the vine shield, Shen Tianzi watched the soldiers not far away put the ladder on the south wall, and then climbed up like ants.
The defenders at the top of the city were shooting arrows and throwing rolling logs. No one was knocked down from the ladder. However, more ladders were put up on the city wall, more soldiers climbed up, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout the world.
Shen Tianzi began to run forward, surrounded by his personal guards, and followed him towards the ladder.
Raising his hand to block the incoming cold arrows with his shield, Shen Tianzi ran to the bottom of the city. There were many fewer cold arrows at the base of the city, but he had to pay attention to the rolling stones and logs thrown down from the top of the city. On the fifth day of the siege, the defensive equipment on the top of the city was There is not much left, the stones have turned into stones, and the rolling logs have turned into beams. It is only a matter of time before the city is destroyed.
Holding the back of the knife in his mouth, Shen Tianzi climbed up behind the bodyguard. When he was nearing the city head, the guards in front of him blocked rocks and arrows and fell from the ladder one after another. Shen Tianzi accelerated his climb and stuck his head out from the ladder.
A gun was stabbed at his head. Shen Tianzi was already on guard. He tilted his head and reached out to grab the barrel of the gun behind the tip. Yong Jun, who was holding a gun, pulled back hard, and Shen Tianzi used the force to step onto the battlement.
Throwing out the shield with his left hand, he pushed back the Yong army on the left. He swung the knife in his right hand hard and knocked the gun barrel stuck in front of him.
After splitting, Shen Tianzi jumped down from the city wall, swung the sword outward, and blood splashed.
He dodged the spear thrust sideways, and the blade slid down against the gun shaft. The Yong Jun holding the gun was frightened and stepped back, blocking the attack path of the soldiers behind him.
At this time, the personal guards behind him also came to the city and stood beside him with a knife, each of them blocking one side. After resisting several rounds of attacks, more and more soldiers climbed up the city, and people from other places also climbed up the city. Shen Tianzi shouted: "Follow me."
Shen Qingzhi was guarding the East City at this time. The East City was also in danger. Several city walls were scaled by imperial soldiers and horses. Shen Qingzhi led the Yong army officers to kill or drive the imperial soldiers and horses who came aboard the city to the city.
"The south gate is broken," screams came, and Shen Qingzhi's heart sank. He saw the imperial soldiers and horses under the city rushing toward the south gate, and he knew something was wrong.
He turned around and went down to the city, mounted his horse, and galloped towards the south city. At this time, Shen Tianzi and his men had already opened the city gate, and soldiers and horses from the imperial court were pouring in continuously.
Shen Qingzhi knew that the situation was over, so he blew the trumpet to break out of the encirclement, and retreated towards the west gate with his defeated troops. There are three palaces around, and there are no imperial soldiers and horses outside the west gate.
After escaping from Jingling City, Liu Yu was chasing him with his troops. Xu Kui's death was at the hands of Shen Qingzhi, and Liu Yu was determined to avenge his son-in-law.
Shen Qingzhi ran out of Li Xu and turned north, heading towards the Han River. Liu Yu was stunned. On the surface, he was surrounded by three towers. In fact, there was an ambush ten miles west of Jingling City, waiting for Shenqing to surrender after the city was broken. It was a trap, but I didn't expect that Shen Qingzhi was not fooled.
Jingling was less than ten miles away from the Han River, and he arrived at the riverside in an instant. Shen Yingzhi led the defeated troops up the Han River because he knew that Yang Anxuan was rushing to Jingling with reinforcements. Fight and run, escape
More than two thousand Yong troops in the city either died or fled, and by the end of Shen Dynasty there were less than a thousand.
The sky gradually darkened, and Yanzhi rode his horse to Liu Yu's side, saying loudly: "My lord, don't chase after the poor enemy, beware of any changes."
Liu Yu said with red eyes: "Chen Qingzhi only has these few troops left, and he is exhausted. Kui died in his hands. How could Yu watch him escape. Even if he escapes to the Palace of Hell today, Yu will catch him out. , chop off his head with your own hands, and then send him to reincarnation."
When Yanzhi sighed, he stopped trying to persuade him and urged his horse to gallop forward in case there was an ambush ahead.
A quarter of an hour later, after passing a low hillock, clan brother Shen Gang and two hundred brothers stayed to intercept. Now the faint shouts of killing disappeared. It was probably the same as the previous batches. They were either killed or captured.
When soldiers fight, people always die. When Shen Qingzhi was in his hometown, he fought with Sun En's rebel army. He saw the women and children killed by the rebel army, and the corpses of babies stuffed in wells. Human life is worth less than grass. After a great battle, rivers of blood flowed, corpses were strewn across the fields, and there was no human habitation for thousands of miles.
Liu Yu led the Beifu army to beat Sun En and fled in embarrassment. Shen Qingzhi originally wanted to defect to the Beifu army, but Liu Yu left too fast, so Shen Qingzhi had no choice but to come and join his elder brother Shen Changzhi. Unexpectedly, he met Yang Qiu and married Yang Qiu like a dream. As a wife, what more can a husband ask for?
Shen Qingzhi was full of gratitude to Yang Anxuan. They said that a scholar dies for his confidant, and the only thing he can repay his lord is this life.
Following Yang Anxuan in the southern and northern wars, Shen Qingzhi learned a lot. The master treated his brothers well, and it was true that Pao Ze was a lie. He ordered his brothers to intercept the pursuers, which was a life-and-death mission. These brothers obeyed the orders calmly and without fear.
The last clouds in the sky disappeared,
It will get dark soon. When it gets dark, the pursuers will no longer dare to pursue them. It will not be difficult for them to escape.
Looking back in the direction of Jingling, Shen Qingzhi was a little annoyed. If he had prepared more defensive equipment and defended the city for three or two days, the lord would have arrived with reinforcements, and Jingling City would not have been lost.
"General Shen, look," the guard pointed at the river and reminded.
Above the river, a group of dark ships floated down the river, and the fluttering Yong flag could be vaguely seen. It was the lord's reinforcements that had arrived.
The ship saw the soldiers waving at the shore and found a gentle place to anchor. Shen Qingzhi was picked up by the boat and boarded the ship and met Yang Anxuan.
Seeing Yang Anxuan, Shen Qingzhi knelt down with shame on his face to plead guilty. Yang Anxuan lightly kicked him and cursed: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. A man has gold under his knees, so get up and speak."
After listening to Shen Qingzhi's story about the defeat, Yang Anxuan stroked the beard on his chin and said, "You said Liu Yu is still chasing after you?"
"Not bad." Shen Qingzhi took the water bottle handed over by Yu Fei and took a deep drink. He wiped his mouth and said, "I heard the sound of horse hooves half an hour ago. It's getting dark now and I should set up camp."
Yang Anxuan frowned and said: "Liu Yu has high hopes for his son-in-law Xu Kuizhi. Xu Kui's death is in your hands. Liu Yu hates you to the core and wants to kill you as soon as possible. I guess Liu Yu may not be willing to give up and maybe return tonight." People will be sent to continue the pursuit.”
Asking Yu Fei to bring the map, Yang Anxuan held up a wax fire and watched it for a while, then lit a spot in front and said, "Qingzhi, this is a valley. You can take people to rest in the valley. If Liu Yu learns that you are stationed here, he will definitely Send troops to surround and kill."
Tapping the map with his fingers, Yang Anxuan said with a ferocious smile: "Only Liu Yu really
If he comes to attack and kill him, he will never come back. "
After a detailed discussion with Shen Qingzhi, Shen Qingzhi took more than a thousand soldiers and horses on the ship to land again and headed northwest. Yang Anxuan then landed ashore with two thousand soldiers and horses, and Liu Zhong led the navy and disappeared into the night along the original route.
In a village about seven miles southeast of Yang Anxuan's landing point, Liu Yu led 6,000 troops to camp in the vegetable field outside the village. Dots of bonfires were lit, and the people in the village fearfully offered corn, pigs, chickens and other items. .
Shen Tianzi carried a bowl of porridge and inserted a piece of pork weighing half a kilogram with chopsticks. He came to Liu Yu beside the campfire and said, "Master, let's have something to eat."
Liu Yu took the porridge and motioned to Shen Tianzi to share the meat with the soldiers beside him, saying, "Hasn't the reconnaissance knight reported anything yet?"
Shen Tianzi said: "He hasn't come back yet, but Shen Qingzhi should be not far away. As long as he dares to light a bonfire, he can be found."
Liu Yu nodded, took a sip of porridge, and said loudly to the soldiers beside him: "Send the order, whoever can cut off Shen Qingzhi's head will be rewarded 500,000 yuan, 500 acres of land, and promoted to the third level."
Before Hai hour, the scouts returned to report and found Shen Qingzhi's station in a ravine ten miles away. Liu Yu did not rush to take action, but let the soldiers who had fallen asleep at Xu Shi sleep until after midnight before waking them up.
Led by scouts and villagers who were familiar with the terrain, three thousand soldiers and horses quietly moved towards the station where Shen Qingzhi was found. There is moonlight in the sky, which makes the ground pale, and the road can be vaguely distinguished.
Three thousand people were marching. Although there were no torches, they could not hide it from those who were interested. On a hill not far away, Yang Anxuan looked coldly at the imperial soldiers passing by the foot of the mountain.
Ma asked softly: "How many people did Liu Yu leave behind?"
"There are almost three thousand people coming, and many of our brothers are still in custody." the scout reported.
Yang Anxuan frowned and said, "You can't set fire, lest you hurt your brothers. Wait another two-quarters of an hour and go down the mountain to save people."
Before Liu Yu arrived at the valley where Chongqing was stationed, Yang Anxuan had already led two thousand people to the station where the imperial troops were stationed.
The horse could not ride in the mountains, so Yang Anxuan changed his hand to a steel knife, and Yu Fei held a bow beside him. Pointing to the watchtower fifty steps away, Yang Anxuan said: "Zizhuang, shoot down the soldiers above."
Yu Fei saw four people on the watchtower, took out four arrows, put one on the string, and held the other three in his mouth.
The bow is like a thunderbolt, and the arrow is as fast as lightning. Before the first arrow reached the target, the last arrow had already been shot, and the four soldiers on the arrow tower fell one after another.
Yang Anxuan praised: "Zizhuang's archery skills are getting better and better."
Yu Fei smiled, put the Qingyun Bow on his back lovingly, and said, "Thank you, my lord, for giving me this precious bow."
Yang Anxuan said: "It will not be humiliated to give a treasured bow to the magic archer. Brothers, follow the fool and charge into the camp."
The two thousand people accompanying him, mostly elites, followed Yang Anxuan and rushed towards the garrison.
In a hurry, the imperial soldiers and horses did not set up a camp, but simply surrounded it with bamboo fence branches, which could not stop the wolf-like tiger Yong army.
Liu Yu led his army to attack secretly, leaving behind Yanzhi, Xie Hui, Fu Liang and other civil servants to guard the camp. When the Yong army arrived, Xie Hui, Fu Liang and others were trembling, and the swords in their hands were shaking. , I’m afraid I can’t even kill the chicken.
Most of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court woke up from their dreams. In a hurry, they were unable to put on their armor and their limbs were weak. When Yanzhi led his army to resist for a while,
Then he protected Xie Hui and others and escaped.
Yang Anxuan rescued more than 1,600 captured Yong troops, and in turn captured more than 1,000 imperial soldiers. These more than 1,600 people once again wore armor and wielded swords, making them more than 3,600 people.
Yang Anxuan shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow Yu and cut off Liu Yu's head to become the world leader."
Three Thousand Sons waved his sword and gun, shaking the mountains and fields.
