Lu Shinang, a member of the Xianju family, was in his forties at the time. The Song Dynasty only knew that he was the privy envoy of the East Hall appointed by Fang La, but they did not know that he had another identity, that is, he was one of the four great guardian Dharma kings under Ming Zun. one.
Fang La asked him to guard Runzhou, which was the key to the south of the Yangtze River. He was entrusted with it, which shows his trust.
Lu Shinang was also a man of some knowledge. He often told people: "Although the Yangtze River is a natural danger, it is also a constraint. If you blindly block the river and defend it, you can only be like Sun Quan. Even Sun Quan has repeatedly wanted to attack Yangzhou and Hefei. ? I just hate that guy’s life is miserable. When he meets Chen Deng in Yangzhou and Zhang Liao in Hefei, his ambition is turned into a painting cake, and he has no choice but to achieve other people’s achievements.”
He said with a confident smile: "I am not like that fellow Yun Jian. Now I am taking advantage of the fact that Song Ting's troops have not arrived yet. I have taken Yangzhou and swept across the Huaihe River. When he comes to suppress me, I will divide my troops into two groups and follow him all the way in the Huaihe River. They entangled on the right, fought all the way from Huaizuo to Shandong, recruited and surrendered the cowardly group from Liangshan, and marched straight to Bianliang. This will be the great cause of the Holy Gong."
His remarks, if there were wise men like Wu Yong under his command, they might be able to discuss them. Unfortunately, there were only warriors like the Twelve Gods. All they heard was nods and prostrates. Lu Shinang became more and more proud, and immediately ordered his troops. With 20,000 people and eight commanders, they went to Yangzhou with great momentum.
When Xu Churen, the magistrate of Yangzhou, learned of this, he sent the state's military commander to lead troops to defend the river bank and prevent the Confederate army from landing. The military commander left without saying goodbye. Xu Churen had no choice but to bring his own soldiers and horses to meet the enemy. The strong bows and crossbows made it difficult for his warship to dock. Unexpectedly, Lu Shinang separated a group of troops and landed while the ship sailed into the canal. They attacked from both sides and defeated Xu Churen. His way back to the city was blocked again, so he had to go west. Running away.
Lu Shinang sent two commanders to pursue him to prevent him from taking a detour into the city, and then raised his troops to attack the city. However, Yangzhou is a large city with high and thick walls and many weapons. Several people in the city were led by government officials. The local soldiers recruited strong people and held on to the death.
Master Lu made a brief attack, and rolled logs and rocks down on the city like raindrops. He was reluctant to lose his troops and horses, so he immediately withdrew his troops and stopped attacking. In a flash of his eye, he came up with a plan.
He ordered the three commanders to lead two thousand men each to block the east, west, and north gates. The main force of the lords stayed at the south gate and slowly built siege equipment under the city. As a deterrent, they also fired countless letters of persuasion to surrender into the city, saying that it was within a time limit. If they don't open the door and surrender in three days, the city will be broken and the whole city will be slaughtered.
When he thought about it, there were no famous generals like Chen Deng or Zhang Liao in this city. Although the city wall was high, how could it be higher than the purpose of survival? Although there are many instruments, how can we overcome the distractions?
If we really send troops to attack the city, the people inside will not be distracted but will fight against the enemy together. If we are surrounded without attacking and intimidated, the people in the city will be in chaos. When the time comes, they will probably surrender.
Just when they were feeling complacent, the more than a thousand soldiers and horses who were chasing Xu Churen came back defeated. They said that the Song Army brigade had arrived and the two commanders had been defeated.
Lu Shinang was surprised at first, and then asked carefully, and found out that there were only more than 3,000 people. He felt relieved immediately, waved his hand, and said proudly: "What a fuss, if the imperial court sends out troops, even the vanguard will need more than 10,000 people, just two or three Thousands of people, presumably from nearby military states, have come to help, so when I take the opportunity to kill him, it will save trouble later."
At that time, five thousand troops were dispatched, and Zhang Jinren, the "God of Thunder", and Xu Tong, the "Six Ding God", were appointed as generals to go west to defend against the enemy. Little did he know that Lao Cao had already divided his troops and went their separate ways. These five thousand people foolishly followed the main road to meet them, destined to be lonely.
The shadow of the sun moved to the west, and in a blink of an eye it was time to apply for a license.
There was a commander under Lu Shinang, known as "Youyi God" Pan Wende, who was ordered to command two thousand troops and block the north gate of Yangzhou.
He knew that there were no elite soldiers in the city, and he was not afraid of the defenders breaking through, so he only took 500 people with him. They stood in a few rows scattered about an arrow away from the city wall, putting on some ferocious faces, and wanted to point at the city wall and yell. .
The remaining 1,500 people were sent to cut wood and set up camp in the woods, making a posture of long siege. This was also a strategy assigned by Lu Shinang in advance, so as to keep the defenders in panic all day long.
The local soldiers and civilians in the city were indeed so frightened that their faces turned pale and their hands and feet were weak. At this moment, suddenly a young man suddenly opened his eyes wide, pointed at the woods in the distance and shouted: "Ah, those who are fighting over there are officers and soldiers?"
After hearing the words, everyone perked up and stretched their necks to look. They saw countless woodcutters shouting and escaping from the forest in a swarm, followed by a group of officers and soldiers chasing after them, slashing and killing.
There were two big black men at the head, one of them was as thick as a bear, stripped naked, wielding a double axe, and swept forward like a whirlwind.
The other one is wearing a black helmet and black armor, with a black face, riding a black horse, wielding two iron maces, and just smashing them around.
These two black men, one on the horse and the other on the steps, marched hand in hand, like a black tiger monster next to a black bear spirit. Blood and flesh flew everywhere wherever they passed, creating two bloody alleys.
However, Xu Churen followed Cao Cao's plan and led Li Kui and Niu Gao to lead a thousand men and horses to attack the city. He is a practical official. He has only been the magistrate here for more than half a year, but he is familiar with the roads in and outside the city. He led the people to come from the small road. When he saw countless thieves logging in the forest, he immediately sent out his troops to cover up the thieves. Firstly, they were unprepared, and secondly, they were not prepared for the bravery of Li Kui and Niu Gao, and were immediately defeated.
"You Yi Shen" Pan Wende was shocked and quickly led 500 of his men to resist.
It's a pity that these people lined up outside the city gate, but it was just a show. The formation was already in a sloppy way. Now they turned around and ran, the formation became more and more scattered, running in a chaotic manner, neither horizontally nor vertically. .
Pan Wen was horrified when he saw the defeated soldiers coming head-on. He shouted repeatedly: "Don't run around, stand your ground quickly and kill the enemy with me!"
However, those thieves had been killed by Li Kui Niugao, and they were just running for their lives. Even if they chopped off the head with a big ax and smashed the Tianling with a mace, they would never see a single one of them turn around, so he let Pan Wen He screamed so loud that his throat was broken, but no one paid attention, and Biao Biao rushed into his own formation, completely knocking the formation apart.
Li Kui and Niu Gao took advantage of the situation and led their troops in. Pan Wende felt his head buzzing and thought to himself: In such a situation, defeat is inevitable. The only way is for me to kill those two black men with my own skills. , amidst the ebb and flow, it may still be able to turn the tide.
Having made up his mind, he rode his horse and struck Li Kui with his sword, shouting: "'Youyi God' Pan Wende is here, who dares to fight with me!" He slashed with his sword with all his strength.
Seeing that he was coming very fiercely, Li Kui put his axes in his left hand, stepped aside slightly to avoid the horse's head, grabbed the luan belt around his waist, and shouted: "Get off, grandpa!"
Pan Wende slashed the air with his sword, and then his waist tightened, and he left the saddle like a cloud in the mist. He was slammed to the ground by Li Kui. He couldn't take a breath and rolled his eyes.
Li Kui laughed loudly, put his foot on his chest, took the ax in his right hand, and with just one blow, he split the good Liuyang leader into two parts and Sanyang Kaitai, just like a gourd turned into two ladles. , dirty blood and brain matter dripped all over the floor.
At this time, Xu Churen of Zhizhou was riding on a big donkey with a bamboo pole and a spear, panting and rushing up to fight. When he saw Li Kui killing the opponent's general, he was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "The thief general is dead, and the one who surrenders will not be killed!"
It was rare for Li Kui to go on a killing spree and he was so happy that he couldn't help but become anxious when he heard these words. He swung the donkey's big club and the leader only focused on killing people, shouting like thunder: "A good man bleeds but doesn't shed tears. You are a good man." Don’t surrender.”
Hearing his words, the soldiers and civilians on the city were so shocked that they bit their fingers and tongues and trembled: "Grandpa, this black man is so murderous! I don't know if it was the Heavenly Killer who came to earth or the reincarnation of King Shura. If Hui enters the city, you must not do it with him, otherwise the big ax coming at you will not be a joke."
Those thieves are not stupid. Who is willing to act as a hero and be killed by him? They all knelt down on the battlefield and shouted: "Young men have surrendered, please forgive me for your life."
Li Kui frowned and glanced at the crossbow, but when he saw the crowd of thieves, no one was higher than his elder brother Wu, he was so angry that he threw the ax fiercely and said angrily: "Sheng Gong Fangla is such a famous person, how can I accept you guys?" Doing things that are greedy and afraid of death."
When the soldiers and civilians on the city saw that the dust had settled, people in several prefectural government offices were overjoyed and asked people to open the city gates to welcome the magistrate into the city.
Xu Zhizhou ordered the prisoners to be tied into a string with long ropes and escorted them all into the city. One of his own soldiers led Li Kui's horse. Li Kui was not satisfied with killing him, and he was unhappy. He was so angry that he didn't even wear any clothes, so he got on the horse naked. Braving the east wind in February, we entered Yangzhou with great swagger.
The people of Yangzhou were living bravely today. Suddenly, they heard that the defeated Zhizhou came back and brought two extraordinary tiger generals with them. They killed the thieves at the north gate to death. They came to see the victorious soldiers and horses entering the city, and were about to burst into cheers when they saw Li Kui with a tigerish face, sitting high on the horse without a hair on his back. The club hung from the side of the saddle. It was shocking. For a while, the men were silent and the women wept, needless to say.
Not long after, Lu Shinang learned that the North Gate had been defeated, that the commander Pan Wen was dead, and that Xu Churen led his fierce generals into the city. His face changed with anger, and he knew that his plan to force surrender was self-defeating.
He did not expect that Xu Churen, with only a thousand men, would kill Pan Wende and be defeated. He thought that the officers and soldiers who defeated the Giant Spirit God and Taibai God were among them, so he sent people to chase the "Thunderbolt God" Zhang Jinren. , "Six Ding God" Xu Tong's five thousand soldiers and horses, while ordering the troops to step up the construction of siege equipment, intending to take Yangzhou by force.
Lu Shinang was busy dispatching troops and generals, but he never expected that behind a hill not far from his camp, Lao Cao and more than 2,000 people were already quietly lurking here.
After a night of silence, the sky became brighter the next day. Lu Shinang ordered the troops to prepare war food and went out after eating well. He led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to the city. He looked at the city coldly for a few times and then gave the order. Said: "Siege the city!"
There are different teachings: the Heavenly Killing Star will unleash its murderous intent, and the Black Tiger will show off its tiger power. Who else is shouting? The thieves knelt down and begged for their lives.
(End of chapter)
