Meng Nan looked at the livid Meng Yuhang, knowing that he had no way to escape, so he said to Meng Yuhang: "Even if we are captured without mercy, we will not escape death. This time we are unlucky and met the people from Fanyin Pavilion." . Instead of just waiting for death, it is better to fight to the death. If we die, brother and the others will take revenge on us."
Meng Yuhang on the side looked desperately around with no way to escape. He bit his lip and nodded. In this situation, no matter how delicate his mind was and how strong his adaptability was, he could not get out of the predicament and had to fight to the death. Kill one to get enough money, kill two to earn one.
Without any miracle, the two brothers Meng Nan and Meng Yuhang were finally killed in the alleyway by the combined efforts of everyone.
Everyone found a bullock cart to transport their bodies to the county government office, and handed them over to Jiangyuan County Magistrate Cheng Wen. Cheng Wen was also pleasantly surprised when he learned that the one captured and killed was one of the rebel leaders. To show his merit, he ordered the government officials to hang the two bodies in the downtown area and praised Yang Yunfan and others.
Lu Bin and Zhang Qi were shocked to learn that the two leaders of the rebels had been captured and killed in the city. After finding the county magistrate Cheng Wen and learning the whole story, Zhang Qi sent people to summon Yang Yunfan and others to the military camp for questioning. Lu Bin and Zhang Qi were also surprised to learn that Yang Yunfan was a descendant of Yang Ye, and kept lamenting that the tiger father had no dog son.
Lu Bin learned that Yang Yunfan was still an eighth-grade imperial martial arts captain, so he assigned the people from Fanyin Pavilion who came to cooperate with the army to defend the city to Yang Yunfan, and dispatched hundreds of people from elsewhere, all under Yang Yunfan's command.
In the rebel camp outside the city, they were shocked to hear that Meng Nan and Meng Yuhang were dead inside the city. Everyone looked at each other and frowned in silence. Chu Lihan and Huo Jize cried bitterly and repeatedly shouted, "I regret that I should have rashly sent two people into the city to spy on intelligence."
Meng Yiyi, one of the three Meng brothers and sisters, cried bitterly and fainted when she heard that her two brothers had died in Jiangyuan City. With the support of two women, Li Taotao and Leng Qixian, she returned to the tent to rest.
Wang Xiaobo led Zhang Yu, Li Shun and others to come to the camp to express condolences, and repeatedly promised to kill all the officials and soldiers in the city after breaking the city.
Huo Ji recovered from his grief, tried to calm down his emotions, and said to Wang Xiaobo: "My lord, now it is impossible to attack Jiangyuan County together with the inside and outside. The city will definitely be more tightly guarded. For now, the only way is to attack by force. .”
Wang Xiaobo also nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, it is gratifying to be able to win by surprise, but if we don't have surprise soldiers, it doesn't matter if we attack by force. If there are ten soldiers, we can surround them. Our troops are ten times the number of officers and soldiers, so why worry about not being able to break the city?" , Moreover, we have also secretly formed an elite division. Once the enemy and we enter a stalemate, this extraordinary force will be the winning move."
Everyone discussed again and decided to send Wang Cormorant as the vanguard officer to command the rebel army to attack the city. This was because Wang Cormorant was originally from Jiangyuan County. In his early years, he was oppressed by the government and could not pay taxes, so he became a bandit and became a bandit without any capital. business. After Wang Xiaobo's uprising, Wang Cormorant led more than 600 of his men to join him. Now that he had the opportunity to capture Jiangyuan County with his own hands, Wang Cormorant was very excited.
Outside the rebel camp, Huo Ji looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was covered with dark clouds. He was very happy and said to Wang Xiaobo beside him: "My lord, God is really helping me. I look at the sky and there should be a heavy rain tomorrow." , then our army’s attack on the city will be greatly advantageous.”
Wang Xiaobo looked at Huo Ji in confusion and asked: "It's raining heavily and the roads are muddy. It's difficult for us to move, but the officers and soldiers are defending the city. Why does Sir say it's good for us?"
Zhang Yu on the side also frowned and looked at Huo Ji, waiting for his answer.
Huo Ji heard the words and said with a smile: "My lord, the muddy roads in the heavy rain are just a waste of time for us, but it is extremely detrimental to the officers and soldiers guarding the city. The officers and soldiers have many crossbows, and after the heavy rain soaks them, the bowstrings are inflexible. , for us, it greatly reduces the threat. After all, we have many short weapons, and the officers and soldiers basically rely on bows and crossbows to defend the city."
Wang Xiaobo and Zhang Yu suddenly realized what they were saying, and then their faces were full of joy. They ordered the army to step up the construction of siege ladder equipment and prepare for rain battles. When it rains, they will start to attack the city.
Dark clouds covered the sky, and night came earlier than usual. The sultry weather was a bit torturous. No matter the rebels outside the city or the defenders inside the city, they no longer cared about the pros and cons of the heavy rain. They just wanted to have a good time. A heavy rain.
After dinner, Yang Yunfan inspected the military camps under his jurisdiction, told everyone to pay attention to vigilance, and took turns on duty. Then he returned to the marching camp and began to discuss strategies for defending the city with Ye Li, Tang Yu and others. At this moment, a bolt of lightning flashed across the night sky, illuminating the earth for a moment, followed by rumbling thunder, and everyone's hearts trembled with the thunder.
The strong wind roared, making the camp roar, and some of the weapon racks and firewood piles were also blown down by the strong wind, causing everyone to scramble. At this time, police gongs sounded loudly on the city walls of Xicheng and Nancheng in Jiangyuan County, and the rebels attacked.
When the officers and soldiers in the military camp heard the sound, they all wore clothes and armor and rushed towards the city wall under the leadership of their respective commanders. Yang Yunfan also led a group of people, wearing strong armor and strong weapons, to climb to the west city and defend it.
Under the illumination of the swaying lanterns at the top of the city, Yang Yunfan leaned over and saw a patch of light from torches under the city, surging towards the city wall. Yang Yunfan also tightened his grip on the spear in his hand. At this time, raindrops as big as soybeans fell sporadically on the spear, and soon heavy rain began to pour down.
It would have been a happy thing to receive heavy rain in Xichuan after months of drought, but no one in the city of Jiangyuan County would be happy about it. Some were just nervous and uneasy before the war.
The rebels under the city stopped a stone's throw away from the city wall and began to gather into square formations one after another, marching forward in an orderly manner under the command of their respective team commanders.
On the top of the city, Lu Bin and Zhang Qi also frowned when they saw this. They never thought that these ragtag groups also began to know how to charge in a square formation. Presumably there must be people among the rebels who know how to fight. My heart also secretly became heavy.
County magistrate Cheng Wen learned that the rebels were sleeping when they attacked the city on a rainy night. After knocking on the door several times for instructions from his subordinates, he had no choice but to push Xinna's concubine away, put on his clothes, cursed and walked towards the city wall.
As they approached the city wall, they could hear loud shouts of killing outside. After finding Lu Bin under the city, he asked for instructions. Lu Bin asked him to organize some civilians to transport bows and arrows, equipment, rolling wood, stones, etc., and also help the transport team carry the wounded down the city.
Due to the rebels' surprise attack on a rainy night, the officers and soldiers guarding the city at the top of the city suffered a lot of losses. The top of the city in the south was the most dangerous. There were several waves of rebels who climbed ladders to the top of the city, but Zhang Qi led his own soldiers to kill them back.
Looking at the soldiers with broken limbs and limbs on the stretchers on the door panel, Cheng Wen felt his stomach churn, and he kept holding on to the wall and retching. He was a peace officer, and he had never seen such a bloody scene.
