It is early spring, the spring breeze is blowing, and the sun is rising in the east.
Li Kui, a tall man with a dark complexion and a pair of wooden axes, strode at the front of the team. Behind him, four thousand cavalry followed closely, marching southward without stopping.
As for another pioneer general, Dong Ping, he was depressed because of what happened before sending troops. After two days of traveling, he excused himself to stay in a small town to rest because he felt unwell.
Li Kui was rude and arrogant. He kept urging his troops to speed up the march, and his troops were directed towards Xuchang County, a border county under the jurisdiction of Dongping County.
Around noon, four thousand Qingzhou bandits carrying the Tang Army's war flags marched to the county town in a mighty manner. The county soldiers guarding the city were killed and caught off guard, and the city gate was lost in the blink of an eye.
Although the troops under Song Jiang were already Tang troops in name, their banditry in their hearts remained unchanged. The leader Li Kui is also a brainless and reckless man. How can he know how to restrain military discipline? After the first few hundred soldiers entered the city, they immediately relaxed military discipline and went about killing people, setting fires, and looting.
The atrocities committed by the bandits soon aroused public indignation. Many young people spontaneously armed themselves and fought to the death for the safety of their families and children against the bandits who rushed into the city.
Chen Yuan, the county lieutenant of Xuchang County, was born in martial arts and had some martial skills. Although the city gate was lost, he did not choose to abandon the city and flee. Instead, they quickly gathered a thousand county soldiers in the city, and while the bandits were still unsteady, they suddenly launched a counterattack. With the help of the young and strong people in the city, they actually recaptured the city gate and killed hundreds of bandits. Soldiers.
The county magistrate Xu De was also a child from a poor family who came from the imperial examination and deeply felt Yang Gao's support and support. Now that the bandits were approaching the city, he was determined to die to serve the country, stabilize the people's hearts in the city, hunt down the bandits who were still stranded in the city, and quickly recruited nearly two thousand young men to go up the city wall to assist Chen Yuan in defending the city.
"Damn it, attack the city for me, you must take the city for me!"
Li Kui saw that the city gate that he had already won was taken back by the Sui army. The soldiers and horses that rushed into the city were driven out in a swarm, and hundreds of soldiers were lost. He immediately became furious, stamped his feet, pointed at the city gate and shouted loudly.
Li Kui had a hot temper, and many soldiers had been punched and kicked by him. In addition, he was Song Jiang's confidant, so no one in the army dared to provoke him, and they all stayed away from him.
Hearing his roaring orders at this moment, these lazy bandits did not dare to neglect. They cheered up and regrouped. They faced the rain of arrows shot from the top of the city and rushed directly to the city wall with the ladder.
"Let the rolling logs and rocks smash all these unscrupulous and rebellious thieves to death!"
Chen Yuan saw the ladders being erected one after another on top of the city. He couldn't help but become anxious and shouted at his soldiers.
"County Lieutenant, look, that big black guy is probably the leader of this group of bandits!"
A sharp-eyed soldier saw Li Kui wielding an ax and baring his teeth and claws at the bottom of the city, and immediately pointed at him and Chen Yuan and said.
Chen Yuan looked in the direction pointed by the soldier's finger and saw Li Kui. He nodded immediately: "Yes, this person must be the bandit leader. Come on, get my bow and arrows quickly!"
The soldiers behind him hurriedly handed over Chen Yuan's crossbow. Chen Yuan took the crossbow, immediately bent the bow and nocked an arrow, and fired a fierce shot at Li Kui who was running towards the bottom of the city.
Whoosh!
The sharp arrow shot out like a meteor chasing the moon, but because the distance was too far, the arrow still missed a little and hit Li Kui's left arm.
"Wow, you damn rat, how dare you stab someone in the back!"
This arrow completely aroused Li Kui's murderous nature. He glared angrily at Chen Yuan, who was still standing on the top of the city holding a bow. He raised his hand and pulled out the crossbow arrow. He then roared and strode forward with his axe.
"Ding dong, it is detected that Li Kui enters the killing state, the force is +6, the base force is 89, and the current force has increased to 95."
"Dingdong, Li Kui's four-dimensional ability has been detected. Commander is 58, force is 89, intelligence is 32, and politics is 24."
"Huh? Why did Li Kui suddenly show up? Could it be that Song Jiang has some big plans?"
Yang Gao, who was riding his horse to Xuzhou to greet Princess Yicheng, suddenly heard the system prompt. Monk Zhang Er was immediately confused as to what was going on.
At the foot of Xuchang County, Li Kui swung a pair of axes in his hands tightly, knocking arrows aimed at him to the ground from time to time, and rushed to the bottom of the city wall without hesitation. Climb the ladder with one hand, hold the two axes with the other hand, and climb up slowly.
"Quick, shoot the arrow and kill the big black guy. Don't let him climb up!"
Seeing that Li Kui was unstoppable, Chen Yuan secretly thought something was wrong and hurriedly ordered his crossbowmen to fire arrows at Li Kui.
"Drink!"
Li Kui wielded his ax to strike feather arrows while struggling to climb up. Seeing that he was getting closer to the top of the city, he let out a roar and jumped onto the city wall.
"Wow, you all deserve to die if you dare to stop me, Tieniu!"
Li Kui looked around coldly at the Sui soldiers surrounding him, rushed into the crowd with a pair of axes, and started killing them violently, until the corpses of the Sui soldiers were strewn across the field and rivers of blood flowed.
"Damn it, you evil thief, I will fight you today!"
Chen Yuan shouted angrily, abandoned his bow and spear, strode forward, and met Li Kui: "Take my shot!"
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Chen Yuan has entered a fighting state, force +2, base force is 78, current force has increased to 80."
"Ding dong, the four-dimensional ability of the local general Chen Yuan has been detected. The command is 76, the force is 78, the intelligence is 64, and the politics is 59."
"Who is Chen Yuan? Is he my general?"
Hearing the system prompt tone again, Yang Gao still didn't know why. Although Chen Yuan was a Jinshi with a martial arts background, he was also received by Yang Gao. But at first glance, this four-dimensional ability is that of a minor player, so it is naturally impossible for Yang Gao to bother to record it.
"With your skills as a three-legged cat, do you think you can deal with me?" Li Kui snorted disdainfully, his left hand ax passed Chen Yuan's spear, and his right hand ax went straight towards Chen Yuan's neck.
With a "pop" sound, Chen Yuan's head rolled to the ground with a rumble, and bright red blood spurted out from his cavity, splashing all over the floor, dyeing the big bluestones on the ground red.
"Ding dong, it was detected that Chen Yuan was killed by Li Kui. The host received 8 soul points. The current total number of soul points has increased to 131."
"He is really a general under me. Could it be that Song Jiang used troops against me?" Yang Gao became a little uneasy and turned to tell Yuwen Chengdu behind him: "Chengdu, immediately send scouts to Qingzhou to investigate. If there is any situation, immediately Pay back!”
Although Yuwen Chengdu didn't understand why Yang Gao suddenly issued the order, he still accepted the order: "Yes, General Mo will make arrangements right now!"
On Xuchang City, Chen Yuan was killed by Li Kui with an axe. The defenders at the head of the city were immediately in chaos. However, the soldiers who were attacking the city were greatly boosted in morale. Everyone worked bravely and fought to be the first, killing the scattered defenders and cutting off the iron ropes. The drawbridge was lowered, the city gates were opened wide, and the troops and horses were allowed to enter the city.
