Liu Huai shouted, and the panic at the city gate temporarily stabilized. A group of soldiers stayed in their seats, looking at Liu Huai.

Military law is strict, and Yu Jingyang's soldiers are in the city, and he only obeys his orders. If you can't convince the commanders, it's hard to get them to follow you to defend the city. Liu Huai was about to send someone to find the commander of the army, when the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Yu Jingyang and his party had arrived at the city gate.

Seeing Liu Huai holding a steel knife in front of him, Yu Jingyang said in a loud voice: "General Liu, let me out of the city, you and I are fine." If not, there will only be one fight today! The whole city is under my control, can you stop it? ”

Liu Huai said: "I am ordered by the marshal to take over the defense of this city!" All the armies listened, and the capital eunuch Yu Jingyang wanted to open the city to surrender to the enemy, and there was no forgiveness! There are those who rebel with him, according to the theory of treason, kill! Those who help me defend the city will be rewarded by the court! ”

Yu Jingyang looked at the soldiers on the city tower, some were numb, and some looked around. Only five or six of their own friends came to their side. There were also seven or eight officers and soldiers, who took weapons and stood behind Liu Huai.

Liu Huai saw it and sighed in his heart. This is the normal state of the Song army at this time, as soon as the main general is in chaos, it will become a plate of loose sand, and there are a few backbones who are coerced, and they can do anything. I didn't have myself here today, and as soon as Yu Jingyang gave an order, they rebelled to the Khitan together.

Slowly pulling out his waist knife, Yu Jingyang said in a deep voice: "General Liu, do you really want to stop me?" ”

Liu Huai said: "I was ordered to defend the city, how can there be any reason to let the rebels out of the city?" Thou shalt go out of the city to-day, unless tread over me!" ”

Yu Jingyang raised his waist knife high and shouted: "Kill!" Death to those who stand in my way! With a lift of the horse's reins, he rushed straight towards Liu Huai.

How dare a man stop a galloping horse? Fortunately, the distance was too close, and the horse couldn't speed up, Liu Huai was fast, jumped to the side, and slashed at the horse's buttocks with a backhand. The horse was in pain, and kept going around in circles on the road.

The military city is not big, and there is no urn city, the place in front of the city gate is not large, the horses cannot run away, and the advantages of the cavalry cannot be brought into play.

Liu Huai gathered his entourage and the officers and soldiers who followed him, and more than 20 people formed a phalanx and killed 60 of his own soldiers led by Yu Jingyang. The rest of the officers and soldiers defending the city were about 200 people, all of whom were watching.

In the blink of an eye, six or seven people fell in pools of blood. Suddenly, someone shouted: "Look, Yu Dujian's people have brought property!" ”

Only then did everyone notice that some of the burdens that had fallen on the ground were scattered, revealing the gold, silver, and jewels inside. When they saw the goods, no one could stop them. Onlookers rushed up in a chaotic manner, scrambling for gold, silver and jewels on the ground.

Liu Huai has more than 20 people, where can he maintain order while fighting with Yu Jingyang? He just led people to keep an eye on Yu Jingyang, as long as he caught him today, he couldn't take care of anything else.

Yu Jingyang saw that the officers and soldiers who came to rob the gold and silver were still afraid of himself, and only grabbed the ones that fell from the ground, so he gathered together with his own soldiers and slowly retreated to a slightly open place, preparing to seize the city gate in time.

Several officers and soldiers who had robbed gold and silver suddenly shouted: "If you have money, go out of the city and be happy!" ”

So saying, he suddenly ran to the city gate, opened the city gate directly, and went out of the city.

Yu Jingyang was overjoyed and said loudly: "God really helps me!" The gates are opened, and let's go out together! ”

Liu Huai raised the steel knife in his hand and said to the people behind him: "No matter what today, you have to stop Yu Jingyang!" Let the others go, go and shut the gates of the city, and keep them! ”

After saying that, he sent out a few retinues to close the city gate and guard the gate. He took the rest of the people and rushed towards Yu Jingyang.

Of the 100 cavalry that Zhou Su brought with him, some of them fought with the attacking Ruan Dutou, and the other part urgently loaded the cavalry guns with gunpowder bullets. After the whole army was loaded, they set up a position in the courtyard and shouted: "Let them in, muskets against the enemy!" ”

The soldiers guarding the door listened to the order, rushed forward, and took advantage of the enemy's astonishment to retreat into the courtyard. When the soldiers outside the gate saw the enemy suddenly retreating, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and rushed into the door in a hurry.

Zhou Su gave an order, and the front row of mounted guns opened fire together, and the chaotic soldiers who rushed in fell one after another. Before the rebels who continued to rush in could react, the soldiers of the second platoon stepped forward, followed by another round of guns.

After firing five or six rounds of guns, the rebels outside the door reacted and retreated one after another.

Zhou Su said loudly: "The defenders in the city have rebelled, we will immediately attack and defend the city!" In any case, the city cannot be lost! ”

A hundred cavalrymen could not care about riding horses, and went out of the courtyard gate in turn. In a fixed rhythm, the front row of guns, the rear row of ammunition, in turn, the rest of the people in the back, holding the perimeter, the whole team forward.

Where has Ruan Dutou seen this kind of fighting, he rushed back a few times, turned around and saw that Yu Jingyang had already run away with his own soldiers, where did he still have the heart to stop Zhou Su and the others? He took a few cronies and rushed into the yamen, made a bag of valuable things, and secretly went to the city gate.

After a while, Zhou Su controlled the situation. Twenty people were assigned to watch the rebels, and said to the rest of the people: "Commander Liu has not seen the news, I don't know what difficulties we have encountered, let's go and defend the city!" Get on your horse and go to the city gates! ”

And they took their spears, and brought their horses out, and turned on their horses, and ran toward the city gate.

At this time, the city was already in chaos, what Yu Jingyang knew in front of him, what he introduced or sneaked in secretly The Khitans were in chaos together, and the main general of the guards had fled, and there was no order at all. Zhou Su even saw that a few of them had caught fire. On the way, I asked a few people, and they said everything. It is said that the city has been sold to the Khitan by Yu Jingyang, and the Khitans will enter the city immediately. Some say that Liu Huai led people to guard the city gate, and some say that Liu Huai has died at the city gate, and the soldiers have fled.

Zhou Su was so anxious that he didn't dare to delay, and galloped all the way with the cavalry. Walk through the chaotic streets and finally reach the city gate.

At this time, the city gate was the most chaotic, and many officers and soldiers and civilians rushed out and fled to the back mountain. When the military city of Tanglong Town was built, it was backed by the mountain and faced the valley and river, and there was no army in the back mountain at this time.

Zhou Su stepped forward with his soldiers, forcibly separated the chaotic flow of people, and finally saw Liu Huai.

Liu Huai sat on the ground, with a steel knife in his hand, covered in blood, surrounded by seven followers, coldly looking at the people running over beside him.

Rushing forward, Zhou Su supported Liu Huai and said, "Commander, which one hurt you?" What do you think? ”

Liu Huai said in a weak voice: "I stopped Yu Jingyang and saw that he led people to the city, but I was afraid that he would jump off the city and escape." Outside, the Khitan army has been reorganized, you quickly bring people to close the city gate. Remember, hold the city, and leave the rest alone. ”

After speaking, he said to the people around him: "I'm probably not going to be able to." Zhou Su will replace me, and the soldiers and civilians of the whole city will listen to his orders, and those who violate the orders will act according to military law! ”

Zhou Su hurriedly said: "The commander is relaxed for the time being, I'll go to defend the city!" You take a break here, and the military doctor will come over in a moment. ”

Liu Huai shook his head: "Go to defend the city." I didn't expect to come to fight, and I didn't know if I died here in vain. Our brothers helped me take care of the aftermath. ”

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