Zhang San, who was arranging fifty Wanjun crossbows and bed crossbows in Nancheng, could no longer hold back. Xu Zongwen was leading dozens of his own troops to the Nancheng Avenue to command the ambushed Jin soldiers. When he went to the city As he rushed towards the door, a fast horse caught up from behind.
"Captain Qi, someone is setting fires everywhere in the city and gathering people to besiege the arsenal!"
Before Xu Zongwen could react, another person came to report that the granary was also on fire. Now Xu Zongwen couldn't wait any longer, so he ordered the troops from other city gates to be summoned in two groups to go to the arsenal and granary to put out the fire.
"Brother!" A sound of horse hooves roared in the distance. Xu Zongwen looked closely and it turned out to be Shen Yu.
Shen Yu was lying on the horse panting, and when he arrived next to Xu Zongwen, Xu Zongwen hurriedly asked his soldiers to help him off the horse.
"Don't be anxious. It's not too late to talk after you relax."
Xu Zongwen stopped the cavalry and simply sent someone to order the soldiers who were patrolling the city at night to put out the fire.
Shen Yu took a sip of the water handed to him before his expression calmed down. He pointed to the smoke rising not far from the city and said carefully: "The arsenal and granary are both on fire. Someone in the city must be responding to the chaos caused by the barbarians in Nancheng."
"Who could it be?"
Shen Yu explained: "They must have made a secret agreement with the barbarians in Nancheng. They only waited for you, brother, to mobilize the large forces to quell the chaos. They took advantage of the lack of manpower at the gates of Tancheng and set fire to the arsenals and granaries. Attract our military strength throughout the city to cooperate with the rebels in Nancheng."
"Whether it's barbarians or rebels in the city, their goal is neither the arsenal nor the granary."
However, Xu Zongwen was not completely ignorant. With Shen Yu's reminder, he gradually realized the true purpose of the group that attacked Zhongjing City!
"It seems that they want to retake Tancheng!" Xu Zongwen was in a complicated mood, but still showed no emotion or anger. He ordered Shen Yu to turn his horse's head to gather the scattered soldiers, and lead the people from each city to exterminate the rebels in the city.
Shen Yu had no time to rest, so he had no choice but to climb on the horse again and follow closely.
When the rest of the people were preparing to enter the camp to quell the chaos, reports came from the front that the rebels had broken out towards the exit. Xu Zongwen urgently ordered the Jin soldiers under his command to string their bows and unsheath their swords. Just wait for the enemy to attack and then muster up all their energy to charge forward!
"Rush up, chop off their heads, and pierce their chests with your saber!"
Countless rioters with weapons in front rushed towards Xu Zongwen's military formation. The group of people with combs on their heads and shouting revenge were approaching step by step, holding scimitars tightly, and there were a steady stream of human ants behind them. Attached!
The Han people wear their hair tied up, Lu Shuihu likes to have their hair braided on the back of their head, the Xiongnu people wear their hair in a braid, and the Qiang people wear their hair braided.
Xu Zongwen's eyes were sharp. He gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Are you sure that those who participated in the rebellion are all barbarians?"
"Back to the captain, the Han people in the surrendered army basically have no weapons. Once the riot starts, they will definitely flee, but the barbarians are also very likely to take advantage of the situation, sneak in and wait for an opportunity to attack us!" Zhao Si thought for a while and said Speak out your concerns.
"You are right, the Hu people are cunning. In this way, you ask the soldiers who are leaving the camp to take off their felt hats and look at the hair style first, and then the skin color and appearance. The Hu people are different from me and want to fool me. Passing the border is not that easy! As long as the Han people withdraw from the camp and all the crossbows are launched for me, I want to see if the barbarians are all gods with bronze heads and iron arms?"
Two to three thousand large and small crossbows were launched at the same time. With such power and density, the rebels would be annihilated in just an instant!
Inside and outside the camp, the frightened Han surrender soldiers, wrapped in coats and soft armor, swarmed toward the north and south exits of the camp. Especially when they saw the torches lit, the Wanjun Divine Crossbow and the Wanjun Divine Crossbow suddenly raised high on the city wall. Bed crossbow!
"Don't crowd, don't crowd!" A team leader of the Jin Army was standing at the exit to maintain order. "Take off your felt hats and see if there are any rebels around you. If they are Han people, go this way. Good team, come one by one."
The method of identifying Hu people by taking off their felt hats and their hairstyle was very effective. Several Hu people who were mixed among the Han people were picked out. Even though they tried their best to report, they were all imprisoned separately. Although it was not known whether they were rebels, but avoided them from fighting the rebels
Zheng Lue squeezed through the crowd and finally got in front of Xu Zongwen. He shouted loudly: "Brother, thousands of people came out. The rebels inside could not hide immediately. But looking at the formation in the city, the chaos I’m afraid the number of people in the party is quite large.”
Xu Zongwen was speechless for a moment. The situation was indeed as Zheng Lue said. Looking at the few more beacon smoke rising in the city, Tancheng was already in chaos.
Just as Zheng Lue was about to continue speaking, a scream suddenly came from the exit behind them. The two turned around. It turned out that the Hu rebels had realized that they had been surrounded by the Jin army, and they wanted to follow the Han people and rush out!
Xu Zongwen did not hesitate. He took the ring-headed sword from Zhang Si, paused for a moment, and then handed it to Zheng Lue with one hand. He said calmly: "Rush in and wipe out the rebels!"
Zheng Lue almost didn't react. Xu Zongwen winked at him and said to him: "I have an injury on my shoulder and I can't use my strength. You will charge on my behalf this time!"
"Brother, just watch from behind! These ungrateful rogues, if you give them a chance, brother, I won't give them a chance!"
At this moment, the Jin army who was ambushing the exit looked at the Hu rebels in front like tigers and wolves seeing their prey. Under the leadership of Zheng Lue, this Jin army cavalry of more than a hundred people launched an attack on the swarming rebels. Charge!
Zheng Lue was the first to bear the brunt. He rode his horse and slashed to death a Xianbei man who was facing him. Then hundreds of cavalry roared in to join the bloody battle.
Between heaven and earth, the two armies were entangled with each other. Everywhere was filled with screams, shouts of killing, the sound of weapons striking each other, the sound of armor, cloth, skin, flesh and blood being torn apart...
The hot blood splashed out like spring water, dyeing most of the main street outside the south city red. It was like the red maple leaves that covered the hillside in late autumn. When paired with the beacon smoke rising all over the city, it looked like a continuous flame burning. It was poignant and beautiful. Tragic...
When the two armies meet, the brave one wins. The Jin army is brave and not afraid of death. After charging into the rebel crowd, they are extremely brave. Under the leadership of Zheng Lue, they charge back and forth several times.
The rebels had no horses and could not stop them. After fighting for an hour, they suffered heavy losses. The Jin army seemed to be in a deserted land. This bloody centurion was like the messenger of hell, leaving the rebels at a loss. The Jin army was overwhelming!
"Warriors, rush over and cut off their hoofs and kill their horses. Victory belongs to us!"
Among the rebels, an old man holding a military flag stood on a high place and shouted. Facing Xu Zongwen's charge and retreating Hu troops, he waved his flag and commanded Ruoding. The Hu rebels stopped retreating and began to attack them. A military formation formed beside him.
Zheng Lue picked up the bowstring and the bow was full like the moon. The knights behind him also drew their bows and were ready to go. Just waiting for Xu Zongwen's order, arrows rained down like rain.
"No, retreat quickly!" The old captain Hu Ren shouted hysterically.
When Xu Zongwen saw the rebels re-arranged their military formations and the high flags, and saw that Zheng Lue's men and horses were all ready, he immediately sneered.
"Fire arrows."
The Jin army fired several rounds of arrows, and most of the rebel centurions were lost when they retreated. The old captain who commanded the army listened to the screams of the fallen rebels behind him, clenched his teeth and moved towards The direction inside the camp increased speed.
The sound of fighting came from the rear again, and the Jin army rushed into the camp from another exit like a wave. The Jin army immediately surrounded the rebels.
"Get out quickly, get out quickly!"
"Retreat to the camp quickly, retreat quickly!" the old captain kept shouting to the barbarians around him.
The sounds of swords, swords, and shadows interlacing and clashing filled every corner of the street. The charging and shouting of both warring parties, and the painful screams of injured men and horses made people forget everything. And every time the sound of breaking through the air sounded, Xiao Heda A Khitan man will fall next to him.
"General, there are too many Jin troops and we can't break out!"
"Don't worry so much, old man, go away!"
At this time, the rebel general with a large group of troops rushed out from the camp. He commanded the troops to send the old captain back who was red-eyed with the killing. He and several of his men who were not afraid of death picked up the sword again and joined the fight. The battle of the Jin army.
The outcome of these rebels can be expected. The siege of Zheng Lue and Tian Luo has been completely tightened. It won't be long before they fall to the swords of the Jin army who are advancing one after another, but their decisive eyes are so firm!
In the end, they were outnumbered, and the disparity in strength between the two armies was too great. As time went by, only half of the rebel army was left!
"Fire." Zhang San ordered the arrow to be fired from the tower in Nancheng.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..." Every four people were operating a Wanjun divine crossbow, and the sound of the strings being twisted became more and more dull. Following Ah San's command, the sergeant swung his sword to cut off the strings, and each string was as long as nine. Chi's mother arrow shot out of the air and fired at the Qin Bing camp under the city at great speed!
At the same time, all kinds of bed crossbows, repeating crossbows, and foot crossbows all started firing one after another. For a time, the air above the rebels in the camp was densely packed with crossbow arrows of various sizes, like clouds before an approaching storm...
"Pfft, pfft..."
"ah!"
"Ah, ah—"
After three rounds of crossbow arrows, hundreds of rebels who could not escape fell into the rain of crossbow arrows. The rebel general was hit by a mother arrow fired from a Wanjun divine crossbow. The sharp three-pointed crossbow arrowhead carried a Mo Canhong took advantage of the situation and powerfully pierced the strong body, and the remaining power of the crossbow fixed the already weak body in the open space of the school ground!
Many rebels were bending down and squatting to avoid the crossbows flying from all directions, and some even knelt down towards the Jin army. However, whether they launched the final charge towards the Jin army or the Hu people who raised their hands to surrender, they were all killed by the Jin army. Behead!
When Zheng Lue and Tian Luo joined forces, they captured the remaining rebels alive.
Xu Zongwen said that the rebels who could survive the rain of arrows would stay overnight. After dawn, they would be escorted to Caishikou in the city. At noon, their heads would be displayed to the public!
After the rebels in the Qin Bing camp in Nancheng were eliminated, the remaining enemies in Tancheng were gradually eliminated by Shen Yu and Zhuge Kan. Zheng Lue later led his army to repel the rebels who occupied the three city gates. Tian Luo and Zhang Guier People led troops to clean battlefields throughout the city, collect corpses, extinguish fires, and resettle victims. Tian Luo and Asan guarded the Nancheng camp. By dawn, Tancheng had generally restored order.
"It's all over, let's go back!"
Outside the camp gate of Nancheng, Xu Zongwen rode out from the camp gate in the wind and snow. He suddenly reined in the horse's head, frowned, took a sip, and spat out the debris from the wind and snow that had drifted in when he opened his mouth to speak.
"I'll leave the rest to you. I'll go back and catch up on some sleep first." Xu Zongwen tightened the cloak tied outside and ordered Zhang Si.
