Ever since the rogues besieged the city, Qin Feng had lived on top of the city tower, fending off enemies during the day and patrolling at night. He would not leave for twelve hours a day, for fear of any oversights, which would give the rogues an opportunity to take advantage of. Once the city wall was lost, the consequences would be disastrous. ah!
After working so hard day and night, most people would no longer be able to endure it.
Fortunately, Qin Feng has been practicing martial arts hard, and his spirit and body are much stronger than ordinary people, so he can persevere. Even so, he feels a little tired.
…
At noon, the sun is shining brightly!
After lunch, Qin Feng sat in the tower and closed his eyes to rest. Unexpectedly, just after taking a rest for a stick of incense, Mouse ran in with excitement on his face: "Brother Feng, good news, the bandits who besieged the city have retreated!"
"Withdrawn?"
Qin Feng jumped up and came to the female wall to watch. Sure enough, the bandits had really set up their camp. The people were shouting and the horses were neighing, and the dust was flying like the sea water at low tide.
what's the situation?
Could it be that the rogue bandits had been unable to attack for a long time and suffered heavy casualties, so they decided to give up attacking Suide City!
Or is there some other conspiracy?
"Tianbao, take a few people with you and quietly leave the city to check if the bandits have really withdrawn!"
"promise!"
"Be sure to pay attention to safety. If you feel there is danger, retreat immediately. Don't be brave!"
"promise!"
For safety reasons, the city gate was not opened. Dong Tianbao took a few people and slipped down from the city wall with ropes. Then he quietly approached the rogue camp to investigate the situation.
An hour and a half later, Dong Tianbao and others came back safe and sound, looking quite excited.
"Brother Feng, the bandit army has really withdrawn. There is no one in the original camp, and all the luggage has been taken away!"
"Oh, where did they evacuate?"
"We have withdrawn a full forty miles to the west. It seems that we will continue to withdraw. It seems that we cannot capture Suide City and are preparing to plunder elsewhere!"
"west?"
Qin Feng thought for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face... Now he's fine, he can have a good rest.
The rogue army retreated across the board and Suide City was saved. Naturally, they had to celebrate.
Xue Caishen ordered the slaughter of pigs and sheep to reward the young men who defended the city. He also held a celebration banquet on the city tower. He exchanged cups with a group of businessmen and drank until nightfall. During this period, many people Very drunk!
Is Suide City really safe?
not that simple.
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Late at night - second watch!
Outside the north gate of Suide City, in a large forest, black figures kept flashing, rising and falling, densely packed, at least three to four thousand people, headed by a bald man... none other than the leader of the bandits - Monk Wang!
Although Monk Wang came from a rough background and had never read a book, he was quite scheming. Seeing that Suide City was heavily defended and his troops could not attack for a long time, and suffered heavy casualties, he knew that continuing to attack hard was not an option, so he came up with a plan. Great idea.
During the day, they deliberately withdrew their troops forty miles to the west, pretending to abandon Suide City and attack other cities westward, in order to paralyze the people in Suide City.
Then, four thousand elites were selected from the army, equipped with the best weapons, fed and drank well, and had a good rest.
After nightfall, he personally led these four thousand elites around the path to the north gate of Suide City, lurking in the woods, preparing to launch a sneak attack and capture Suide City in one fell swoop!
After waiting for another update, the city of Suide was very quiet. It was probably that everyone was playing chess with Duke Zhou.
Feeling that it was almost done, Monk Wang called a subordinate with slender limbs and a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks: "Sky Monkey, how is the situation?"
"Reporting to the boss, the people in Suide City were indeed caught in the trap. They killed pigs and sheep, celebrated enthusiastically, and held a celebration banquet. Many people were very drunk. There are not many guards on the city wall now, and they all went to rest. ...The villain is lying in the pit and can see clearly!"
"Okay, you take thirty brothers, quietly climb up the city wall, kill the guards, open the city gate, lower the suspension bridge...and then shake the torch three times, I will immediately lead the brothers to rush in and capture Suide City in one fell swoop. When the deed is accomplished, I will reward you generously!”
"Master, just take care of yourself. Brothers, follow me!"
Soaring Monkey led thirty men in black, carrying sharp knives and carrying ropes, quietly left the woods, and then quickly arrived at Suide City under the cover of night.
These people were all from the martial arts world and were very good at doing this kind of thing. They first threw the five-claw steel hook onto the top of the city. After grabbing it firmly, they climbed up along the rope and soon climbed up to the top of the city...
After a while, the suspension bridge slowly lowered, the city gate opened, the iron gate rose, and a torch shook three times... The sneak attack was successful!
"Brothers, follow me and rush in and capture Suide City in one fell swoop. You can rob the gold and silver as you please, eat wine and meat as you like, and play with the women as you like, haha!"
"rush!"
Monk Wang led the four thousand rogues, rushing out of the woods like wolves, and then rushed into the city gate. The next thing... they were all dumbfounded.
It turns out that there is a Wengcheng inside the city gate, which is very large, and there is also a city gate below. Somehow, Soaring Monkey and his group opened the north city gate, but did not open the Wengcheng gate!
As a result, Monk Wang and four thousand bandits were all crowded into Wengcheng, unable to go any further!
"Soaring Monkey, Soaring Monkey...damn it, where did you go?"
After calling several times without any response, Monk Wang realized something was wrong and wanted to lead the team back, but it was too late.
"rumble!"
With a loud noise, the North City Gate closed again, the iron gates weighing thousands of kilograms fell, and the suspension bridge was pulled up again.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of figures appeared on the walls around Weng City, with bows and arrows, stones, rolling logs, gold juice... all ready, forming a complete situation of catching turtles in an urn!
"What should I do, the boss?"
"Damn it, I fell into the trap, fight, follow me and rush out!"
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It was impossible to rush out at this time. Surrounded by copper and iron walls, there was no way to escape. At the same time, arrows, stones, rolling logs... fell like raindrops...
In one meal, the battle is over!
Most of the four thousand bandits were killed or wounded, and the rest obediently put down their weapons, knelt on the ground and surrendered. As for the big leader, Monk Wang, he tried his best to break through, but was shot to death by a burst of arrows near the city gate.
Next, a large group of people walked out of the city tower, led by Xue Caishen, followed closely by Qin Feng.
"Young Master Qin is really a mastermind. If you hadn't seen through the rogue bandits' tricks, Suide City would have been doomed. On behalf of the tens of thousands of people in the city, I would like to thank you, Mr. Qin!"
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Senior is being polite. Junior is just following a trick!"
"To use a trick, you need to see through the opponent's trick. The bandit's plan is very cunning. I and others were all deceived. I wonder how Mr. Qin saw through it?"
"Haha, nothing else, just observe carefully!"
That's right, Qin Feng had already seen through Monk Wang's trick, so he took advantage of it and led him into Wengcheng, annihilating him in one fell swoop!
As for how to detect the evil plot, it is more complicated:
First, the rogue bandits attacked the city for three days. Although many people were killed or injured, their vitality was still there and they still had the strength to continue their attack.
Secondly, Monk Wang is known as "Crash the Sky". From this bandit's name, we can know that he is a violent and stubborn person. Once such a person has identified a target, he will not give up easily.
Thirdly, the rogue bandits had no rear and relied entirely on plundering for a living. Therefore, whether they were attacking or retreating, they had to choose a prosperous and densely populated place in order to obtain food supplies.
To the west of Suide City are Bailuo, Gaobai, Anding... It is one of the areas with the most serious drought. There are thousands of miles of bare land, no vegetation, people are fleeing, and ten houses are empty. The heads of the bandit leaders were kicked by stupid donkeys. He would not choose this retreat route even ten times. It would be tantamount to seeking death.
Based on the above three points, we can draw a conclusion that the bandits did not really retreat, but a tactical fake retreat to confuse the people in Suide City and relax their vigilance!
Next, the rogue bandits will definitely kill one of them, and a night attack is the best way!
Suide City has four gates. For defense purposes, the east, south and west gates were blocked with huge rocks, leaving only the north gate, which was naturally the best breakthrough point.
So, they set up an ambush at the north gate and wiped them all out in one fell swoop!
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Next, the prisoners were imprisoned and the dead bodies were dragged out and buried. The heads of Monk Wang and several big bosses were cut off and hung on the Suide city gate for public display.
There were tens of thousands of rogues besieging the city, most of whom were hungry people who were being held hostage. The real rogues numbered only a few thousand.
In the battle at the north gate, almost all the elite bandits were wiped out, and the big leader, Monk Wang, was also dead. The rest were just a mob and there was no need to fight at all. When they saw the heads hanging on the city gate, they immediately dispersed.
In order to prevent these hungry people from starving to death, a group of businessmen donated a large amount of food and opened hundreds of porridge shacks. The hungry people would have food to eat and would not cause trouble again!
At this point, Suide City is truly safe!
However, after the war, while interrogating the prisoners, Qin Feng received a shocking piece of news:
Several captured bandit leaders confessed that Monk Wang originally wanted to lead his troops south to join Zhang Cunmeng, the leader of the bandits in the Luochuan area, and then go south together to attack Xi'an Prefecture.
Two days before the departure, a man named Fatty Liu came to join the group and said that Suide City in Yan'an Prefecture was a gathering place for Qin merchants. Not only did the city have a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, but it also stocked millions of stones of grain.
When fighting rogue bandits, the most important thing is food. Therefore, Monk Wang changed his mind and led his troops north to attack Suide City. As a result, he failed to grab food and instead destroyed the entire army!
When Monk Wang attacked Suide City, Fatty Liu did not participate, but stayed in the camp. After that, the rogue army collapsed without a fight, and Fatty Liu disappeared...
Coincidence?
Or is there another inside story?
Qin Feng fell into deep thought...
