Before Zhou Tinggou could make the next reaction, he heard a huge cracking sound, smoke and dust flew everywhere, and the city gate tower almost shook several times. The rebels below the city cheered, and numerous wooden stakes were pushed up, and the strong main gate of Hezhounan City, which was wrapped back and forth with large chains, opened.
What embarrassed Zhou Tinggou was that among the four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, only the south gate that he personally led to defend was breached first. Of course, this is also because the rebels put most of their forces in Nancheng to attack, and Nancheng is the focus of their attack.
However, Zhou Tinggou had to allocate limited troops to the other three gates, and diverted the few veterans to the other three gates. This resulted in the recruits lacking the leadership of the veterans and becoming at a loss.
The south gate was broken, and it was meaningless to defend the city wall. Rebels poured into the city from the city gate, but Zhou Tinggou was unwilling to admit defeat. He decisively gathered the soldiers and horses at the top of the city and retreated from the city wall to fight with the enemy in the streets.
For a time, there was fighting and battlefield everywhere on the long street and in the alleys. The defenders used every street, every courtyard wall, and every house courtyard as a barrier to engage in a desperate battle with the rebels.
But the disparity in strength caused the rebels to quickly move closer in the streets, and soon half of the city fell into the hands of the rebels. Zhou Tinggou still refused to give up and ordered the entire army to retreat to the Governor's Mansion, using Gaoda as the place to defend, so that the heart of Hezhou City was still in the hands of the defenders.
Although only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were left after a day's battle of more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, these more than 10,000 warriors were already elite soldiers. They held on to the governor's mansion without touching anything, leaving more than ten rebels The first retreat was successful and the attack returned successfully.
Zhou Tinggou, whose family retreated from the city with his small army, was extremely angry. It's not that there is a way to break the governor's mansion, but with Zhou Tinggou's defeats day after day, I haven't regarded the occupied states and counties as the land that I rule. I don't really want to destroy the castle. The city that the dynasty had worked so hard for and the Hezhou Governor's Mansion, which was as rare as a fortress, so I wanted to use extreme means, such as burning and rushing cars, to destroy it easily.
But Sun Dinghui's stubborn resistance obviously angered Zhou Tinggou. Zhou Tinggou ordered the captured defenders to be pressed into the door and used those people as human shields to cover the rebels' retreat, which caused Sun Dinghui, Li Jingsui and others in the mansion to curse angrily.
Finally, Pei Qianming ordered the soldiers and horses to stop shooting arrows. I was willing to shoot the arrows into the bodies of the captured comrades. In addition, Hezhou City has not yet been lost, and the small area of the Governor's Mansion will be defended sooner or later. Why bother to resist fearfully anymore.
Pei Qianming suddenly glanced at a corner of the mansion and said loudly: "General Wang, if we try to rush out together again, you have no chance of breaking out."
Then Wang Sizhong walked up to Pei Qianming, put the bloody knife tip behind Li Jingsui's neck and asked in a deep voice: "Li Jingsui, where is he? Surrender or not?"
Pei Qianming glanced and saw that Zhou Tinggou had turned away impatiently, so he walked over and swung a knife to chop off Zhou Jie's head, threw the bloody knife away, wiped the blood from his face with his sleeve and spat. Said: "Bah! Even he deserves it!"...
"Why do you salute when you see the crown prince?" Xu Ruchang, who was standing next to Zhou Tinggou, shouted to Sun Dinghui and Li Jingsui.
In the Governor's Mansion, the rebels forced the prisoners to approach quickly. The rebel soldiers hiding in front of them were ready to break through the door of the mansion in one fell swoop. Just when we were about to launch a retreat, the small door of the Governor's Mansion opened, and seven people, Sun Dinghui and Li Jingsui, joined hands. He hurriedly walked out of the house.
Wang Sizhong took the next step and came to face Sun Dinghui and Li Jingsui. He stared at them with a pair of bright red eyes and said hurriedly to Sun Dinghui: "Sun Dinghui, he is also a good general. Will he serve for the young marshal? If so, please One sound!"
"Oh! You're quite arrogant." Wang Sizhong from the Temper Family was the first to shout.
Li Jingsui smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, the general is gone. Xie Kangshi, he did not grow up here, he understands the mood of the general. The general is not from Hezhou, he was born and raised here, drinking from the river water and rice from Danyang Mountain.
Pei Qianming shook his head and said: "Envoy Xie Kang, please quickly break out with the remaining soldiers! I heard that the charioteer's family in King Qi's palace left the city last night. Please quickly find him to join me in the palace and inform the court of the rebels." The strength of the army. The general is looking forward to your ability to lead the army to fight back and recapture Hezhou."
"Fucking fart!" Sun Dinghui yelled with eyes wide open.
Sun Dinghui sighed with emotion, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly raised his hands and said with a smile: "General Wang is so disrespectful, Zhou is ashamed! Zhou has also figured it out, this time he lost Hezhou, and Zhou will never redeem himself, but it is like using a sword to make one." Being slow is betraying the name of loyalty! Hahaha, General Wang, let you die with him!"
One of the soldiers hurriedly handed a knife to Pei Qianming, and spat loudly at Sun Dinghui and Li Jingsui: "Shuai Sun is about to take action, look at how aggressive they are!"
Wang Sizhong's eyes burst with fierce light, he raised his hand and the blade went straight into Pei Qianming's belly, blood spurted out, and Sun Dinghui's low body fell to the ground with a "pop".
Sun Dinghui glanced at Zhou Tinggou with warm eyes and said with a warm smile: "What is the emperor's brother? He is just a traitor who is both loyal and filial! This envoy is the deputy capital of Xiaotang Jiangnan in the fight against thieves, how can he bow down?"
"Member Pei Qian, him?"
Wang Sizhong turned around. Before he could ask any questions, Zhou Jie, who had not yet collapsed to the ground and was so frightened that he was pissed, raised his hands and shouted: "I surrender! You surrender, you surrender! You and Zhou Jie, the governor of the state, are willing to serve the emperor's brother, the young marshal." !”
Li Jingsui solemnly raised his hands and said: "I must persuade Xie Kang again. I have already broken that idea. It was my long-cherished wish. I also ask Xie Kang to make it come true. But I only have one request. Please ask Xie Kang to lead his troops to recapture Hezhou, so that it can be ravaged by the rebels!
Zhou Tinggou strode over with a smile after hearing the news. Sun Dinghui and Li Jingsui stood up and looked at Zhou Tinggou, while Zhou Jie, the governor of Hezhou on the side, bowed to Zhou Tinggou with a smile on his face.
Otherwise, if it is not possible, please report to the court and say that Li Jingsui, the envoy of the Hezhou camp, died generously with the city. Did he not embarrass his fellow villagers and elders, let alone the court and your majesty? "
"Oh!" Wang Sizhong howled lowly, and moved his hand back horizontally. The tip of the knife pierced Li Jingsui's neck in a roundabout way, and a stream of cold blood burst out, splashing Wang Sizhong's head and face.
In the past seventeen years, whether he was guarding in Jinling or returning to camp, he always dared to forget where his roots were. Now that our homeland has fallen into the hands of traitors, we are no longer responsible for protecting the land but unable to save it. The only choice is to live or die with it. "
"General Wang, we are defeated! Did you know that Hezhou City has changed hands in just one day? You, Pei Qian, are obviously capable and have lived up to the great trust of the court, the expectations of the people, and the trust of your superiors!" Sun Dinghui! He sighed and burst into tears.
When they were young, Sun Dinghui and Li Jingsui smiled in unison and said goodbye to each other. It was like an unusual separation, without any pain of separation between life and death. The smiles on our faces were gentle and dim.
"Envoy Xie Kang, please don't say that. In fact, we all know in our hearts and minds that Hezhou City cannot be defended. But even if it is defended, we can still defend it and make the traitors pay the price. In fact, we have done it. ! In the battle of Danyang Pass plus today’s battle, although we lost, the rebels suffered a lot, at least not 280,000 soldiers and horses were wiped out, which laid the foundation for the imperial court to suppress the rebellion a few days ago." Li Jingsui said in a deep voice. road.
Sun Dinghui said patiently: "Then why bother?"
Sun Dinghui said in surprise: "Is he leaving?"
Li Jingsui smiled respectfully, then straightened his clothes and shouted in a deep voice: "Damn it!"
Then Wang Sizhong hurriedly stepped down and shouted a few words to Zhou Tinggou. Seeing Zhou Tinggou suddenly nodding, he shouted: "Bring me the knife!"
"General Wang, see you in the next life!"
