More and more feathered arrows were still being fired at the boats and boats below that seemed to be rushing towards the water gate, although most of the arrows were clustered on the cooked cowhides of the ships, making the clippers look like hedgehogs.

And above the tower of the Water Gate, in addition to the rows of strong bows and crossbows that were still pouring down the city under the order of the generals of the department, there were also dozens of military academies standing silently aside, surrounded by a general who was originally in charge of the puppet Qi army and horses, looking down and paying attention to the battle situation below.

Li Cheng, the original Daimyo's Mansion Left Behind in the Division, Soldiers and Horses, this is the third time that he has led troops to guard the first important place of Hebei soldiers in the Song Dynasty, although his face is cold and gloomy, he can't help but feel something.

The Daimyo's Mansion was first attacked and lost by the Jin Army due to Xiao Tang, and then because of the fall of Cai Jing, Liang Shijie lost his power and the support of the Duke who stayed behind, and Li Cheng and Wen Da both fell from their posts. Originally, except for Xiao Tang, who was very unpleasant to look at back then, but later his reputation in black and white became more and more rising, and he was also an important military general who held the military power of the left-behind division, Li Tianwang Li Cheng and Wen Dadao Wenda Although they were a pair of generals who echoed each other from afar, they would also try their best to cater to Liang Shijie, the left-behind minister who was in charge of the army and the people when he got off the horse, but compared to his temperament, he was a little rough and casual, and he was indeed sympathetic to the robes in the army, and he was also closer to his colleagues in the army. Li Cheng, who has a restrained and gloomy temperament, is much more interested in fame and profit, and he was demoted, dismissed from office, and deposed, and Li Cheng's resentment towards the Song Ting, who was originally loyal, is even deeper......

Compared with Wenda's willingness to join the so-called anti-Jin rebel army that he has never looked at as a strong man in the green forest, Li Cheng would rather defect to the Jin people and become a general in the puppet Qi army, and he will not hesitate at all.

It can also be said that it is humiliated and logistical, Li Cheng worked hard in the period of time when he was dormant, and then devoted himself to the pseudo-Qi after the ability to lead the army, and his temperament was more poisonous and tenacious, and he won several great victories in the war against the Song army on Jingdong Road, in addition to Chen Xizhen and Zhu Yongjin's gang, it was also regarded as one of the most outstanding martial arts among the many Song generals who invested in gold. As for Wenda, who was famous at the beginning, Li Chengxin said that he was afraid that he was no longer worthy of being compared with himself.

And the reason why I suffered a great humiliation, and endured the humiliation and burden, to get back the Ronglu Mingjue that I grasped at that time, was because the city of the famous mansion was broken, and Wen Da and I escorted Liang Shijie out of the city in embarrassment, and then because of that humiliating defeat, I was sneered at by some birds in the Song army...... Isn't it all because he led the grass thief army to attack the Daimyo's mansion at that time, and even the Xiao Tang dog thief who claimed to be able to last a long time when he was in the Left-behind Division!?

When Li Chengzheng gritted his teeth and read, not far away, another general was running back and forth in the queue, and from time to time there was a shouting sound, commanding and dispatching all the troops under the command of Li Cheng, and the horn bow and feather arrows, and the machine and crossbow continued to viciously rain down a puff of arrows. And this military general is called Hu Qiong, and Li Cheng was also an old acquaintance back then, originally from the Kansai Jin Army, and then he was also picked up by Li Cheng and joined the pseudo-Qi after he was exiled. And since he joined Li Cheng's command, he has always been his right-hand man to help him control the military horses.

"I am bent on recovering my own deeds with the skills of a soldier and earning back the famous officials I lost in the past, but Song Ting has no hope, and now he has defected to Jinren, but it is Xiao Tang's guy, who wants to ruin my good deeds!"

Li Cheng looked down at the rebel sailors who seemed to have to endure the rain of arrows in the waters below, and a hideous smile appeared on his gloomy face, and then he ordered Hu Qiong: "If this group of thieves is forced to enter the water gate some distance, they will throw all the fierce fire oil and iron wood into the general, Xiao Tang thinks that he is familiar with the fortifications of the Daimyo's Mansion, but I am not a military general who has served here for a long time?" The thieves in Liangshan wanted to enter the city from the dark ditch and waterway here, so they first taught this gang of water thieves to come and go, so they had to hide under the water here! ”

When Li Cheng hissed and ordered, he suddenly heard someone behind him laugh and said: "It is also all because General Li is familiar with the key places of the Daimyo Mansion and led his troops to guard the Water Gate of the South City, Xiao Tang's plan of surprise attack cannot succeed, although the soldiers and horses under his command once gained power, but the city of the Daimyo Mansion is as solid as gold, how can it be captured?" ”

And Li Cheng heard someone calling behind him, his brows frowned tightly, and his originally hideous and iron-blue face seemed to be a little gloomy, but when he turned around and saw the few people who came, he couldn't help but arch his hand stiffly, and said: "Since the lazy nobleman has made a decree, I can't wait for the order to guard the key passes to meet the enemy, and each supervises the soldiers and horses under his command with their lives, but I just do my best!" Why bother Chen Daozi and Mr. Xu to be in person, and he is worried that Li Mou will make a mistake in the battle? ”

Chen Daozi, Chen Xizhen, Li Cheng also knew very well that long before Liu Yu offered the city to the Jin people, he made great contributions to the capture of Bianjing by helping the Jin East Road army led by Yan Hulu to conquer Bianjing, and also won the attention of the important ministers of the Jin State clan such as Wanyan Tart, and his daughter and son-in-law Chen Liqing, Zhu Wanjin and a group of capable people recruited by themselves, but Liu Yu, who fled north, was intercepted by the righteous army, and died under the knife of Guan Sheng, who had been Li Cheng's top boss for a period of time, in all the Han Song ministers who surrendered to the Jin State, Now it seems that this Chen Xizhen is most valued by the nobles of the Jin Dynasty. As early as when the Left-behind Division of the Daimyo Mansion was still the supervisor of Song Chen's soldiers and horses, Li Chengcheng was already well versed in the way of being an official by dividing gangs to please nobles, because this Chen Xizhen not only couldn't afford to offend, but now he was loyal to the Jin people, and he must also have a good relationship with this Chen Xizhen.

It's just that when he saw Chen Xizhen following behind him, and when he was born with sword eyebrows, square forehead and slight beard, medium stature, and a light face, Li Cheng still couldn't help but feel disgusted. Because this bird is called Xu Huai, I heard that he is a person from Hangzhou, and he is praised in the countryside that he is full of economy, deep and strategic, and can do what others can't. And Xu Huai also got on the line with Chen Xizhen, and because he brought a few powerful and willing helpers, he was very reused by Chen Xizhen. But every time he saw Xu Huai's fake smile, Li Cheng could roughly find that this guy was the same as those in the officialdom who were good at drilling camps and forming parties, and they were even more smiling and duplicitous, and the Sven villain, who was best at telling right and wrong with words and words.

Listening to Li Chengjian's question, Xu Huai still had a fake and pretended smile on his face, and said: "It's General Li who is more worried, although Chen Daozi is wise and insightful, and there are good generals who are so familiar with the city defense of the Daimyo's Mansion who are in charge, but although Fang Jinxiao and Tang thieves covet the Daimyo, the military affairs are important, and the precautions are ......."

But Chen Xizhen was silent, paced forward again, looked condescendingly, and saw that the rebel ships on the water were still carrying arrows like rain, and were condescendingly attacked by their own defenders, although they didn't seem to have much power to fight back, but in front of them were dozens of warships and boats that had already set up cowhide covers, and they didn't swear to break through the water gate like moths to a fire, and from the waterways connecting the city, they would come in, so most of the ships were densely packed with arrows. However, the casualties of the besieging enemy army do not seem to be very heavy......

After watching for a while, Chen Xizhen's eyes became more and more gloomy, and he suddenly said, "It's weird... Why do I look at the deeds of this group of thieves who attacked the Water Gate...... Think it's a little weird? ”

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Note: Li Cheng, the king of heaven in the Water Margin, according to the official history, said that among the generals who surrendered to the Jin State, he was the most brave and strong, and said that the orders of the overseers were very strict, and no one dared to commit them. The two are combined, slightly strengthened according to the description, and as for attracting a helper called Hu Qiong, as well as Xu Huai who appeared next to Chen Xizhen, and some of the birds that will appear later are according to the book of Dangkou Zhiniao......