The red sun rises.
Li Lin and his three thousand cavalry finally arrived at Dizhou City after two or three hours of frantic driving.
The city gates are wide open.
Soldiers kept coming out of the city, pushing wheelbarrows or pulling flatbed carts with corpses on them.
When these soldiers saw Li Lin, they all looked happy at first, but then they turned red and lowered their heads.
"General!"
This group of soldiers came from the Northeast Camp outside Zhangzhou City, and were soldiers under Li Lin.
Seeing their appearance, Li Lin didn't know what was going on. He wanted to say something, but he swallowed it again.
say what?
Why did they surrender?
He himself is now a demoted general, so what qualifications does he have to question them?
He turned over and dismounted and asked casually: "Where is General Wang?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Cheng, dressed in red fish scale armor, walked out of the city.
"General Lee!"
"General Wang!"
Li Lin didn't dare to trust him. After seeing Wang Cheng's ability, he became more and more awed.
In just one night, Liuzhou, Dizhou, and his Zhangzhou were all captured by this man. After looking at famous generals from ancient to modern times, I couldn't find a few like him.
Wang Cheng raised his right hand to let him stand up, and said: "I'll count the time, and you should be here too."
Li Lin quickly confessed: "It's too late!"
These words were not false, but were spoken sincerely.
He never expected that Dizhou City would fall into Wang Cheng's hands so quickly, because Wang Cheng didn't have many available men, and there were a total of 10,000 horses in Dizhou City. They just stretched out their necks for Wang Cheng to chop them down. It also takes many days.
Wang Cheng didn't know what he was thinking, and said: "Dizhou City is now controlled by our army. There may be a few rotten fish and shrimps left, but we can't make any big waves."
Then, he looked at the three thousand cavalry behind Li Lin and said: "I will only leave five hundred of your people, and I will hand over this Dizhou city to you!"
"Leave it to me? The general wants to..."
Li Lin looked to the east and saw Wang Cheng nodding. His mouth opened and he couldn't speak for a long time.
This General Wang is really not idle. He conquered three states overnight, and now he wants to attack Lingzhou again. He is not afraid of ruining himself.
"Dizhou is the backbone of Lingzhou, and Li Yuanxu will never let us take it so easily. He will either lead his troops to capture it himself, or send a message to Li Yuanqing in Pingzhou. Now I will personally lead people to kill Lingzhou and block his west If there is no way to advance, then the only threat to Dizhou is Pingzhou to the north."
Wang Cheng looked at Li Lin and said, "When the time comes, I want you to hold off Li Yuanqing's men for me. The longer the better."
"Delay Li Yuanqing?"
Li Lin almost choked to death and said bluntly: "Li Yuanqing led 30,000 cavalry to station in Pingzhou, but I only have 500 cavalry in hand, how can I hold them back?"
Wang Cheng said: "If you can't hold it back, you have to hold it off, find a way to hold it off! Lingzhou is now surrounded by us on three sides and has become a lonely place. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take back Lingzhou!"
He changed the topic: "Besides, who said you only have 500 cavalry in your hands?"
"I have left you 6,000 people in the city, all of whom are old citizens of the Zhou Dynasty. The 4,000 Xia soldiers have been dealt with."
Li Lin's heart was trembling, and he couldn't help but glance at the group of soldiers who were carrying the corpses.
Four thousand people again!
This General Wang was truly worthy of the title of "Butcher" and "King of Murderers". Counting those who died indirectly at his hands, he killed nearly ten thousand people that night.
"What are you thinking about?"
Wang Cheng followed Li Lin's gaze and looked at the flatbed trucks carrying the corpses. He immediately understood what the other party was thinking and explained: "These are the Xia soldiers who resisted. I expelled the four thousand Xia soldiers from the city."
"Expelled from the city?"
Li Lin breathed a sigh of relief, but then worried: "If these people come back again, Dizhou will be in trouble."
"Don't worry! They can't come back!" Wang Cheng smiled mysteriously.
Li Lin was already very curious, but now he was even more curious when he saw Wang Cheng's appearance. He couldn't help but ask: "General, will they..."
Wang Cheng smiled and said: "How can they come back when their clothes are all stripped off?"
"Well……"
Li Lin was speechless for a while, a little confused about whether to laugh or cry, wondering how General Wang came up with this idea.
Nearly four thousand people were naked outside the city. It was freezing early in the morning, and they were too embarrassed to see anyone. They didn't know which ravine they were hiding in. They didn't dare to go out until night at least.
Little did he know that this method was almost exhausted in other worlds, but it was also one of the most effective ways to restrict the enemy's movements.
At this time, a soldier came over holding Qing Lei. Wang Cheng took the reins and suddenly changed his tone and said: "If you can't hold back Li Yuanqing, you must not stay here to defend. A mere Dizhou is far inferior. You Li Lin, if you lose it, you will lose it, but you must live for me."
Li Lin was startled, these words were beyond his expectation.
"Did you hear that?" Wang Cheng shouted loudly.
Li Lin was shocked and shouted: "Yes! General!"
Wang Cheng patted him on the shoulder and said: "You, Li Lin, have the appearance of a famous general. You are destined to leave a name in history in the future. The small city of Dizhou cannot become your cage."
When Li Lin heard this, his heart suddenly became hot.
He might have laughed it off when others said this, but it was completely different to have Wang Cheng praise him in person.
Li Lin nodded and said, "Li Lin will remember the general's teachings."
Wang Cheng said no more, got on his horse and came to the three thousand cavalry.
Looking at these people, he suddenly raised the tiger-headed golden gun and shouted loudly: "Brothers of Zhangzhou, I have heard that the Zhangzhou cavalry is all over the world and is brave and invincible. Is this true?"
Everyone's expressions changed, and few people answered.
Wang Cheng sneered: "It seems that the rumors are all false. You Zhangzhou people are all cowards! You are all weaklings!"
After saying this, I finally got a reaction.
"We are not cowards!"
"Yes! We are not weaklings!"
…
Wang Cheng drove his horse to the crowd and said coldly: "Are you a coward? You don't say it with your mouth, you do it with your actions! We will kill Lingzhou later and take back our homeland of Great Zhou."
"Many people will be injured today, many people will die today, including me. Are you afraid?"
He glanced at everyone, and under his cold gaze, there was finally no silence this time.
"Don't be afraid!"
"Don't be afraid!"
…
"good!"
Wang Cheng swung his spear and said loudly: "Today, I swear here that I, Wang Cheng, will definitely be at the forefront of you. If any of you die in battle, we will take care of your wife and children; if any of you are injured, we will take care of you." As long as you still have breath, we will save you; if I die in battle, don’t mourn for me, raise the spear in your hands, bravely rush forward, keep moving forward!”
"forward!"
Everyone's blood was suddenly aroused, and even Li Lin was full of enthusiasm.
"Fame and fame are gained on horseback. Today, our name will go down in history! Today, we will kill the enemy and make meritorious service! Today, your descendants will be enshrined by the imperial court forever!"
Wang Cheng raised his tiger-headed golden gun and pointed it forward, shouting: "Lingzhou, your fame, your glory, and your bounty are all there, kill!"
"kill!!!"
As the blue thunder leaped up from Wang Cheng's crotch, everyone followed him and turned their horses to kill in the direction of Lingzhou.
Soon, only a few thin figures were left in front of the city gate.
Looking at the empty space in front of him, Li Lin suddenly thought of something and shouted loudly: "People! My people..."
He kept shouting and stopped shouting, feeling angry and wanting to laugh at the same time.
He had agreed to leave five hundred cavalry behind, but in the end he didn't leave any of them behind, and took them all away.
It turns out that General Wang also has a way of deceiving people. If he was not a general, he might have followed suit.
Shaking his head, he walked into the city.
At the same time, nearly 30,000 troops gathered in the east of Lingzhou City and had already formed a formation.
So many people and horses were lined up so densely that you couldn't see the edge at a glance.
The governor Bao Zheng changed his civilian clothes and put on a red fish scale composite armor, with a sword hanging from his waist. He stood on a chariot with a solemn expression.
"Choke!"
He pulled out the sword from his waist, looked back at the soldiers, and shouted loudly: "You sons of Zhou Dynasty, just three days ago, on the pretext of returning the treasures in the palace, the Xia people sent troops to sneak attack Ji County. Zhu Bangguo The general died in battle, thousands of soldiers who defended the city were killed and wounded, and the people suffered.”
He raised the sword in his hand, filled with righteous indignation: "The Xia Kingdom is treacherous and extremely shameless. Shouldn't we attack such an unkind and unjust country?"
"Dang cut!"
"Dang cut!"
…
The faces of all the soldiers showed anger, because most of them only knew about this matter.
Seeing that success aroused the bloodiness of the soldiers, Bao Zheng shouted: "Blood debt must be paid with blood!"
"eye for eye!"
"eye for eye!"
…
Li Yuanxu, who had just climbed to the top of the city, almost spit out a mouthful of blood. He wanted to curse in frustration.
It is true that the Xia Kingdom captured Ji County and killed many Zhou soldiers. However, Zhangzhou, Liuzhou, and Dizhou were all captured by the Zhou Kingdom. Tuoba Yong and He Lian were killed, and Li Lin was instigated to rebel. The soldiers also suffered many casualties.
In terms of casualties, his Xia Kingdom far surpassed Zhou Dynasty, and they were the ones who suffered the most losses.
Li Yuanxu shouted towards the opposite side: "Old man Bao Zheng, this is where you will be buried under Lingzhou City today!"
The sound spread far away, and Bao Zheng, who was hundreds of meters away, heard it clearly, and he stopped talking nonsense.
"kill!"
Following his order, the thousands of troops at the front began to move and quickly dispersed.
I saw a huge phalanx appear, with two soldiers at the front and rear forming a group. Between them was a large crossbow. The crossbow alone was more than two meters long.
This large bed crossbow is not a side object, it is the iron-armed divine crossbow known as a military artifact!
It is still extremely lethal from a distance of eight hundred steps. No matter whether you are a small master or a grand master, as long as you are shot, you will be disabled even if you don't die.
After the huge phalanx, there is another large formation. This large formation is composed of tall catapults, arranged in a line, with at least two hundred of them.
"put!"
As a high-pitched military order and trumpet sounded, the catapult phalanx began to throw stones.
"Boohoo!"
A phalanx of iron-armed crossbows followed closely behind, and the spear-like crossbow arrows shot towards Lingzhou City at high speed.
"boom!!!"
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