"It's so damn cold today, and the rioters set fire to the camp. We have to be careful and don't give the rioters a chance to sneak attack the city gate."
The man named Da Ding was talking, took two steps, and bumped into the soldier closest to him.
Poof!
The dagger in his hand was inserted directly into the soldier's body.
The soldiers guarding the city gate were all wearing worn-out cotton armor. The iron leaves inside had long since disappeared. They had no defense against the dagger, allowing the dagger to penetrate through the cotton armor and penetrate into their bodies.
"Brother, I'm sorry." Ding looked at the soldier who was squirming and wanted to speak, and directly pulled out the dagger, pushed the person to the ground, and went to find the next target.
On the other side, Tian Qi and his two companions also pounced on the soldiers guarding the city gate.
One person found a target to attack, and when the other person was unprepared, he used the short blade in his hand to take away the other person's life.
There are six soldiers guarding the city gate.
There were only four of Tian Qi and others, but one confrontation took the lives of four soldiers. Seeing that the momentum was not right, the remaining two soldiers left and ran towards the wall.
"Come quickly, the bandits have attacked the city gate."
As he ran, he shouted loudly to remind others on the wall.
"Stop chasing, it's important to open the city gate." Da Ding grabbed Tian Qi who wanted to chase the two soldiers who escaped.
Tian Qi then gave up chasing the enemy.
Ding picked up a long knife on the ground, took it in his hand, and put his dagger on his waist.
During the day, the Tiger Flag army only fired a few symbolic cannons, which did not cause any damage to the soldiers guarding Yanmen Pass. Qianhu, the guard of Yanmen Pass, even forgot to block the city gate.
This gave Tian Qi and others an opportunity.
With the combined efforts of several people, the city gate was quickly opened. At this time, forty or fifty city defenders came down from the wall and appeared in front of the city gate.
"They were the ones who killed the general sentry and opened Lecheng Gate." A soldier who escaped from the city gate pointed at Tian Qi and others and said to the dozens of people he had brought over.
Tian Qi looked at the dozens of shaking figures in front of him, his Adam's apple squirmed, and he leaned closely with Da Ding and the other two companions.
He was holding the spear he picked up from the dead soldier tightly in his hand, with a nervous look on his face, and his chest was pounding.
"Kill them."
Someone in the crowd shouted this, and dozens of people surrounded Tian Qi and others.
"The city gate has been opened, and the tiger-character flag army will arrive soon. If you kill a few of us, you will not escape death. Why don't you surrender, I can save your lives." Dading shouted loudly, wanting to Stop the soldiers guarding Yanmen Pass from surrounding them.
His words spread along the wind.
Seeing that there was restlessness among the dozens of people who were about to surround them, some began to hesitate, and a few guards at the front even separated from the others.
When Da Ding saw that there was a door, he hurriedly said loudly: "I can guarantee here that after the Tiger-Character Banner army takes Yanmen Pass, your lives will be safe. But if you fight to the death for the imperial court, you will fight like us to close it." Chengmen, I guarantee that not only you, but also your family will be implicated."
The agitation among the garrison in front of him became more intense.
At this time, Tian Qi also shouted: "You have also heard that every household in Datong under the governance of the Tiger Character Banner has its own fields. In the future, when the Tiger Character Banner enters Yanmen Pass, you and your family will also Isn't it better to be able to live in the fields and live like this than to die with the imperial court?"
"Why should we believe what you say?" someone in the crowd shouted.
After hearing this, Tian Qi knew that the people in front of him were tempted, so he shouted loudly: "You people have been stationed at Yanmen Pass for so long. I don't believe you haven't heard of what is going on in Shanyin County, and whether the land distribution is true or false, I believe you know it better than anyone else."
The temptation to divide the fields is not that great.
Dozens of guards at Yanmen Pass were whispering to each other, trying to verify the truth of the matter.
Tian Qi was not in a hurry to speak, but gave these people time to discuss, and the longer the time was delayed, the better it would be for them.
"How can you guarantee that the rebels will not kill us when they attack Yanmen Pass?" someone else asked from the crowd of guards at Yanmen Pass.
His words also revealed the thoughts of most of the guards.
In the eyes of the Yanmen Pass guards, the rebels were just a group of bandits who looted everywhere. Even though the people of Datong had divided their fields and had their own fields, they, the soldiers, were still afraid of being killed by the rebels and would be killed after they surrendered. got them.
"I believe you all know who I am, Ding. I promise here that as long as you surrender sincerely, when the army enters Yanmen Pass, I will never hurt a hair on your head." Ding stood up and patted his chest as a guarantee.
tread! tread! tread!
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the distance, and the sound became louder and louder from far to near.
The dozens of Yanmen Pass guards at the city gate immediately panicked when they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from outside Yanmen Pass.
The sweet potatoes are particularly sweet after being roasted.
"I could smell the aroma from all the way, and the gluttons in my stomach were aroused." Lin Wenye walked in from outside the tent at this time and said, "The food is ready. The cooking team will bring it to us in a while. Eat in the big tent.”
Yang Yuan turned around and smiled and said to Lin Wenye who was walking over: "Commander Lin, would you like a piece? It's roasted just right."
As he spoke, he picked up a piece of sweet potato and handed it to Lin Wenye.
"Then I won't be polite."
Lin Wenye saw that several people had eaten, so he came over and took the sweet potato, tore off the dry skin on the outside and ate the flesh inside.
"Tomorrow the army needs to approach Yanmen Pass. If it is too far away, no matter what the secret agents behind the gate do, the army will not be able to seize the opportunity in time." After speaking, Yang Yuan took a bite of the sweet potato in his hand.
Wang Yuncheng swallowed the food in his mouth and said: "I will give the order to break up the camp tonight. The army will definitely appear at Yanmen Pass before noon tomorrow."
"Hurry up and try to capture Yanmen Pass as soon as possible. The Guards Division will soon launch an attack on Ningwuguan from Shuozhou." Yang Yuan reminded while eating sweet potatoes.
"The personal soldiers also moved?" Wang Yuncheng looked stunned.
Yu Huai, who was standing by, said: "Although the Personal Infantry Division has been stationed in Shuozhou, the general did not send an order to attack Shanxi together with the Third Infantry Division."
"The orders should be delivered within half a day." Yang Yuan looked at the generals in front of him and said immediately, "Your third combat division should be the main one, and the personal divisions will share the pressure with you from the flanks. However, if your side continues to be unable to take Daizhou and let the Guards Division take the lead, it will be hard to say who will be the leader and who will be the auxiliary in the future."
"Don't worry, Director Yang, the main force attacking Shanxi will definitely be our third battle division." Wang Yuncheng said with a very solemn expression.
