Chapter Seventy-Seven: Defeat

"What about the captain?"

A lieutenant of the Xiliu Battalion asked Zhou Yafu anxiously.

Today, as soon as the old boss entered the Xiliu battalion, he ordered them to prepare military supplies and prepare to attack Chang'an. Originally, these lieutenants were shocked. However, Zhou Yafu was very kind to them, and Zhou Yafu swore a promise. Xi'anmen has been bought, and as long as you get to the city of Chang'an, you can enter the city along the way. It's just Weiyang Palace that is going to be attacked.

Chang'an's arsenal is on the edge of the east gate of Weiyang Palace, where there are ready-made siege equipment to use. It doesn't take much effort to control Weiyang Palace, not to mention that there are three thousand elites of the Liang Kingdom as reinforcements.

Out of trust in Zhou Yafu, there is also a promise to seal his wife and shadow after the matter is completed. These lieutenants of the Xiliu Battalion decided to do this with Zhou Yafu, and now they are under Chang'an City. But the gates were shut, and the drawbridge was not even lowered. How can this make them not panic, the city wall of Chang'an is high and deep. With just three or four thousand of them, they are not qualified to attack the city at all.

"General, what's going on? Didn't you say that the gates had been bought, and that they must have been opened when we came? How so. ”

"Yes, General, the brethren are risking their lives to follow you. You can't deceive the brothers like that. ”

"General, you ......"

The lieutenants behind him began to make a noise, and Zhou Yafu was so loud that he had two big heads by them. The soldiers looked at the generals and captains in the quarrel even more uneasily, and almost instantly the hearts of the soldiers began to waver.

In the era of cold weapons, morale, an invisible and intangible thing, could often determine the outcome of a war. Arguably. Zhou Yafu has now failed. In front of the fortified Chang'an City, the generals and the soldiers of the Xiliu Battalion all collapsed. Even Zhou Yafu is the same, now he is gritting his back molars and cursing Gongsun Wei's family to not die well.

What to do? Chang'an can't get in. With these 4,000 people falling into the grass? Many of the generals' families are in Chang'an, and now let them follow them to the end of the world as rogues. Not to mention that I watched them grow up, even their own father is afraid that they may not agree.

When he was making a mess of porridge under the city, suddenly Zhang Tang in the city shouted again: "Since the Taiwei led his troops to Chang'an, it has become a rebellion." The generals under the city, as long as they take Zhou Yafu and dedicate it to His Majesty. Presumably, His Majesty will remember your merits and spare your relatives and family members. Maybe under the joy of Long Yan, he will spare your lives.

Now all the gates of Chang'an have been taken over by Yulinwei. It is very difficult for you to enter Chang'an. Tomorrow morning, the army of King Qin of the imperial court will arrive in Chang'an. Relying on the generals' strength to confront the Northern Army, it can be said that they are using their arms as a car.

Zhang Tang advised the generals to plan for your net worth and life, and for the future of Sergeant Hosoliu. The generals still tied up Zhou Yafu and presented it to His Majesty. The path has been shown to you. I hope that the generals will cherish themselves. ”

Zhang Tang's words seemed to be like a boiling oil pot with a spoonful of cold water poured into it. It exploded instantly.

The soldiers and generals quickly formed two factions, one faction protected Zhou Yafu and did not allow anyone to touch a finger of him. The other faction wanted to sacrifice Zhou Yafu's lock to the imperial court to atone for his sins and beg the court to spare his life.

Yun Xiao couldn't help but look at this Zhang Tang with admiration. These words were not taught to him by Yun Xiao. It's the free play of this wizard, and it seems that this guy's grasp of human nature is really accurate. The guys in the city quickly quarreled into a pot of porridge, and the two distinct factions became more and more intense. The tyrannical guy is already the guy, and the whole scene is like a huge powder keg. All it takes is a little spark to ignite.

Yun Xiao raised his hand and beckoned the goshawk, pointed at an elderly general under the city, and said, "Shoot him." ”

The goshawk visually measured the distance, and it was a full seven hundred paces. Even the iron-tired crossbow didn't have a high hit rate at the entire distance, and the goshawk spat on it. Slowly winding the iron-tired crossbow and loading it with a crossbow bolt with a tail fin.

I dipped my fingers in the foam and tried the wind speed, and I was playing the craft of bow and crossbow. Now I don't dare to lose my skills in front of everyone, and if I miss that person today, it will be a big loss.

Zhang Tang looked at Yun Xiao in surprise, he didn't know why Bai Yunxiao would let his subordinates snipe at opponents who were so far away. As far as he knew, there was no crossbow arrow that could shoot so far.

The goshawk held its breath, its body tensed, and even its heartbeat was controlled at the lowest rate. There was silence around him, and everyone was consciously holding their breath. Eagle Lord's bow and crossbow have always been the crown of the Yun family, and the credibility of the arrow has always been guaranteed. Almost all of Yun Jiayong felt that the goshawk would be shot, but Zhang Tang and his men did not believe that anyone could shoot a target seven hundred paces away.

The crossbow bolt "whoosh" is a sound that leaves the crossbow machine. Everyone looked at the elderly general pointed out by Yun Xiao, and it seemed that he was from the Yafu faction of Bao Zhou. The bolt slashed through a perfect arc and pierced his chest accurately. The veteran suddenly rolled over and fell off his horse, and the two groups of people only stayed for a moment. Immediately roared, the guy who had picked up his hands and pounced on the other party.

Zhang Tang and the mouths of his men all opened wide into an O-shape, if not for the eyes to see. In any case, they would not believe that someone could shoot a person from 700 paces away. And the soldiers of the Willow Battalion under the city were just as they thought, they felt that they were far enough away from the city wall. It is impossible for anyone to shoot themselves, and the residual power of the crossbow arrow can penetrate the armor. This is clearly done by his own people.

The centaurs on both sides almost killed red-eyed robes on weekdays with red eyes, and they fished in a pot on weekdays. At this time, he was ruthless, and he would not tolerate mercy when the knife saw the bloody fist to the flesh.

Zhou Yafu stopped his subordinates, but the two sides were already red-eyed. At this time, whoever stops first will be killed first.

Yun Xiao patted Zhang Tang's shoulder with satisfaction, things had come to this point. It's really thanks to this kid's words. It seems that people who can leave their names in history will have some outstanding skills.

"It is the blessing of the villain to be able to serve the general, if the general does not dislike the villain, he is willing to follow the general. Lead the horse for the general. ”

Zhang Tang beat the snake with the stick, and lost no time in starting to sell himself. Yun Xiao smiled slightly and did not speak, still secretly planning in his heart. Go back and let Canghu check his details, if there is no problem, it doesn't hurt to accept it, the sea is tolerant and big. For talents, Yunxiao has always been unwilling.

It's just a stick of incense, and the city is already full of corpses and rivers of blood.

Yun Xiao looked at the situation on both sides and beckoned Canghu and said, "You and Goshawk each take two hundred people and go out of the city to kill the rebels." Just surrender. So they laid down their weapons and knelt by the moat. As for the goshawk, let him bring someone to be responsible for capturing Zhou Yafu alive, goshawk, you understand. 陛xià wants to live. If you are killed, you can go and explain to your majesty yourself. ”

"No."

"No."

The two brothers took the order to go, and Zhang Tang ordered the people behind him to open the city gate without waiting for instructions.

Yun Xiao secretly praised this kid for his eyes, and pointed to the moat outside the city: "You go to the edge of the moat and contain the soldiers of the fine willow battalion who surrendered." There is no need to bind or beat, as long as they throw down their blades and kneel there. Just look at it. ”

"No."

Zhang Tang was overjoyed, and he actually changed from a prisoner of war to a victor who received prisoners of war. Such changes are too big and too fast. Life is unpredictable, but that's it.

The drawbridge "boomed" down, smashing the ice and snow on the ground and sinking a lot. The gates creaked open, and the goshawk and the tiger rushed out like two arrows. The soldiers of the cannibalistic Xiaoliu battalion suddenly collapsed, and the faction that had originally advocated surrender went to kneel on the edge of the moat in response to Canghu's shout.

And those soldiers of the fine willow battalion who were guarding Zhou Yafu were shot by the goshawk with a salvo, and they shot people on their backs. The soldiers who were already unstable immediately dispersed, and only more than a hundred Zhou Yafu's diehards were still by his side.

Zhou Yafu's eyes widened, and he looked at the goshawk rushing over in a daze. Dark armor, superb mounted archery. And the iconic cavalry spear, only one of the Han's armies was dressed like this.

"Yunxiao ......" Zhou Yafu squeezed out two words from between his teeth. (To be continued......)