Yang Shilin stared at the raging flood outside the city, feeling as if an iron weight was weighing in his heart, heavy. He held the bamboo hat in his hand, looked up at the gray sky, and prayed in his heart: "God, please don't do it again, please have mercy on the people of Nanyang!..."
At this time, there was a loud "bang" sound suddenly. Yang Shilin was startled and asked hurriedly: "What's going on?" A general pointed with his hand and said: "No, the wall over there collapsed!" Yang Shilin Turning around, he saw a section of the city wall tilting and collapsing a dozen feet away from them, sinking into the water in the blink of an eye.
Yang Shilin was quick-thinking and quickly shouted: "It's dangerous here too, get out of here quickly!" Upon hearing this, everyone turned around and ran away. The master was weak and not flexible enough. He fell to the ground in panic. A general quickly ran over to help him up and ran forward with him.
After everyone ran for more than a hundred feet, they stopped to take a breath. When they looked back, they saw that the place where they were standing had disappeared. It was really dangerous! Yang Shilin looked at the large section of the collapsed city wall, gasped, and thought to himself, it is true that good fortune has a foundation, and misfortune has a fetus. It seems that Nanyang City is about to face disaster! …
In the military camp outside the city, Zheng Liren was drinking and having fun with several of his men in the Chinese military tent. Everyone was shouting and punching their fists. A general came in, cupped his fists and said: "Commander, good news, the Nanyang city wall has been washed away by the flood!"
"Really?" Zheng Liren stood up excitedly after hearing this.
Seeing that the general nodded solemnly, Zheng Liren waved his hand and said, "Come with me right away and have a look!" He took several generals and a group of personal guards and left the military camp, climbing to the hill outside the east gate. Everyone looked up and saw that there was already a vast ocean in front of them, and Nanyang City was like an island in the water. Due to the long-term immersion and erosion of the flood, a section of the city wall on the east side completely collapsed, leaving a gap six to seven miles long in Nanyang City. All the houses and streets in the city were exposed to the public. Zheng Liren nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "Great! As soon as the rain stops and the mountain torrents recede, we will launch an attack immediately!"
The next day, as Zheng Liren said, the heavy rain stopped and the clouds opened and the sun rose. The flood on Dushan Mountain has disappeared, and the river outside Nanyang City has dried up. Although the ground is still a little muddy, it does not affect the passage of the army.
Zheng Liren immediately summoned his troops and launched an attack on Nanyang City. A large section of the Nanyang City Wall collapsed, and it was impossible to repair it in a short time. Yang Shilin had no choice but to let the soldiers form a line of defense with wooden thorns, horses, firewood deer, etc. However, these simple fortifications were unable to stop the enemy. After Zhu Can's army entered the city through the gap, they quickly occupied several streets due to their large number of people.
On the outskirts of Nanyang City, the new army was marching along the official road when a fast horse galloped over. When he arrived, the scout dismounted, ran to Li Zhiyun's horse, clasped his fists and said, "To the King of Chu, this place is still ten miles away from Nanyang City. Zhu Can's army has already invaded Nanyang City!"
When Li Zhiyun heard this, he quickly said to Scarface beside him: "Order the team to speed up the march!"
"yes!"
Li Zhiyun galloped on horseback, leading Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and several guards to the front of the team. They ran for two more arrows and then climbed a hill beside the road. Standing on the top of the mountain, he took off the telescope hanging on his chest and raised it to observe. He saw that the east, south and north of Nanyang City were densely covered with enemy camps, full of pits and valleys. Dozens of miles long.
He pointed his telescope at Nanyang City and saw that a long section of the city wall in front of him had collapsed, and a large number of enemies were pouring into the city like ants through the gap. It seems that Nanyang City is in danger!
Li Zhiyun found that there was a relatively flat highland on the right side of the hill, which could be set up as an artillery position to bombard the enemy's camp from a high position. He pointed with his hand and ordered a guard beside him: "Quick, bring the artillery battalion here." , set up a position there!" The guard said he obeyed the order, turned around and left.
In a short time, the artillery carts were pulled by horses and dragged along the mountain road to the top of the mountain. The soldiers lowered the cannon, adjusted its position, and made preparations for firing. Then, with an order, artillery shells roared towards the enemy's camp.
On the hill outside Nanyang City, Zheng Liren and a group of his men were laughing happily when they suddenly heard the sound of "rumbling" thunder. He didn't know what was going on, so he raised his head and glanced at the sky, thinking, how could such a bright sun thunder?
The sound seemed to come from behind. Zheng Liren looked back and found that in his army's camp, pillars of black smoke were coming out from time to time, and many tents were on fire.
How is this going? Zheng Liren was in a daze when a cannonball exploded more than a foot away from him. With a loud noise, Zheng Liren and his men were lifted into the air by the air waves. When they fell, they were all mutilated corpses.
Alas, Zheng Liren was so unlucky that he was killed by the first batch of falling shells in a confused manner.
In the military tent in the military camp, the deputy general was sitting in front of a desk. Opposite him, several neatly dressed generals stood at the left and right of the tent. Zheng Liren went to the front to take command and told the deputy general to sit in the central military tent. Therefore, he did not dare to leave even half a step.
There was a loud "rumbling" sound outside the tent. The deputy general was confused, and the generals also started talking in low voices. After a while, there was chaos outside the tent. The deputy general couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up and walked out of the tent. He saw that the military camp was filled with black smoke and many nearby tents were burning. The soldiers were scurrying around like headless flies. Several war horses were frightened and ran wildly in the military camp. One horse knocked over several soldiers one after another.
While the lieutenant general was stunned, one of his men hurried over and stammered: "Report...report to the general, Marshal Zheng is dead!"
"Ah?" The deputy general was shocked when he heard this, "How did you die?"
"Been struck to death by lightning... struck by lightning!"
The deputy general was so frightened that his body seemed to have no support and he could not help but sway. There was a swarm of bees buzzing in his head, and he was in a daze for a moment. After a while, he came to his senses and thought to himself, how can we fight this battle since the general is dead? Run! Thinking of this, he said to the generals surrounding him: "Quickly, send someone to notify the troops attacking the city and ask them to withdraw quickly! The others immediately break camp and leave here quickly!"
All the generals clasped their fists together: "I obey!"
The hall of Yang Mansion was set up as a Chinese military tent, where Yang Shilin took command. Bad news came one after another, making him anxious and burning in his heart. Suddenly, there was a "rumbling" of thunder in the distance. When he was confused, Yang Shisheng ran in and said excitedly: "Brother, good news, Zhu Can's army has retreated!" When Yang Shilin heard this, he was stunned for a moment. Said: "What's going on?"
"I don't know!" Yang Shisheng shook his head in confusion, "They suddenly retreated."
Yang Shilin pondered for a moment and said: "Come on, follow me to the top of the city to take a look!" The two brothers led a group of men and climbed to the remaining section of the city wall in the southeast corner. They raised their eyes and looked outside the city, only to see the sky above the enemy camp. Black smoke filled the air and many tents were burning. Accompanied by loud rumblings like thunder, fires flashed here and there from time to time, and columns of smoke rose. The soldiers in the military camp were in chaos, huddled together, trampling on each other, and fleeing north in panic. This kind of scene is truly unseen and unheard of.
How is this going? Could it be that heavenly soldiers and generals came down to earth to help them? The scene in front of him made Yang Shilin extremely confused and couldn't believe his eyes. The attendants next to him were also talking a lot. One of the attendants suddenly pointed with his hand and said: "Look over there!" Yang Shilin looked in the direction of his finger and saw a white tree stuck on a hill hundreds of feet away. The large scroll has the word "Tang" written on it.
"It's the Tang Army! The Tang Army is here to reinforce us!" someone shouted excitedly.
Tang Jun? Could it be the army of King Chu of the Tang Dynasty? Yang Shilin knew that within a radius of several hundred miles, there was only one Tang army, King Chu. Although he hadn't seen the Tang army yet, what happened in front of him had already made him admire him to the point of admiration: This King of Chu is really not simple, and he deserves to be a noble man in the sky. Although he is young, he has such a magical army!
After Zhu Can's army withdrew, Li Zhiyun also walked down the hill. This battle was fought easily. Before the New Army soldiers launched a charge, they just bombarded the enemy and the enemy retreated.
Li Zhiyun walked to the official road and met the group. He was about to put on the stirrups and mount his horse when a guard ran over and clasped his fists: "Prince Qi, Yang Shilin from Nanyang City wants to see you!"
"where?"
"Look, they're coming!" The guard said, looking back and pointing.
Li Zhiyun looked up and saw a group of cavalry galloping towards them. The leader of the horse was Yang Shilin. When he arrived, Yang Shilin got off his horse and walked over. Li Zhiyun quickly greeted him. Yang Shilin cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness King Chu, Yang is really ashamed. I rejected your kindness last time and almost caused a catastrophe! Fortunately, Your Highness ignored the past grudges and led troops to rush to the rescue, so the people of Nanyang escaped a disaster! Your Highness's kindness , Yang and the people of Nanyang will definitely remember it in their hearts and never forget it!"
Li Zhiyun cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Yang, there is no need to mention the past. Zhu Can is our common enemy. Only by joining hands can we defeat him!"
"Your Highness is absolutely right! Yang Moute came to greet His Highness and respectfully invites His Highness to lead his army into the city!"
"Then there is Mr. Laoyang!"
After both sides mounted their horses, under the leadership of Yang Shilin, Li Zhiyun led the new army into Nanyang City from the south gate. After entering the city, the new army was placed in the barracks. Li Zhiyun and more than a dozen followers were invited into the Yang Mansion, where they still lived in the same side courtyard as last time.
