Chapter VII III Bloody War

Chengyun immediately ordered to prepare his troops and prepare to go out of the city to meet the Goryeo army. At this time, the generals under his command also got the good news and rushed to the south city one after another.

Cheng Yun ordered Cheng Zhonghu and the general Qian Xiong to lead 3,000 people out of the city to meet the Goryeo army, and the two took the order to leave. Cheng Yun himself also got on the horse with a knife, ready to go out at any time. At this moment, the herald ran to report: "Report! The Chang Miao army in the north city, the east city and the west city began to attack the city! ”

"What!" Cheng Yun was shocked when he heard the news, and then he understood that the troops of these three sides did not have time to rush to the aid of the army in Nancheng, so they simply attacked the city directly. Cheng Yun nodded secretly: Chang Miao's reaction was really fast enough. However, the morale of his troops in front of him is high, which is by no means comparable to a few days ago, and Chang Miao has missed a good opportunity to attack the city!

Thinking of this, Cheng Yun ordered Guo Shi, Zhang Xiu, and Gong Fan to go to the three places to organize defenses, and he observed the battle situation in Nancheng.

Cheng Zhonghu's troops did not advance smoothly at the beginning, as if the crusading army had expected him to go out of the city to meet him, and the arrows rained down like a torrential rain, shooting down groups of Chengyun soldiers in front of the fortifications. Cheng Zhonghu went through a lot of hardships and finally broke through a defense, but this direction was far from the direction from which the reinforcements came, and the troops who attacked it were soon surrounded by a counterattack organized by the crusading army.

In contrast, the advance of the Goryeo reinforcements was much smoother. The crusading army could not resist the sharp offensive of the Goryeo army, and was soon broken through the defensive line by the Goryeo army, and the Goryeo army approached the city as fast as possible.

Seeing this, Cheng Yun hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened to allow the Goryeo army to enter the city, and at the same time, Ming Jin informed Cheng Zhonghu to withdraw quickly, and Cheng Yun himself dismounted and prepared to meet the friendly troops who had gone thousands of miles to help.

The sound of several sword strikes made Cheng Yun stop his steps in the city.

"It's the enemy!" "They're not Koreans!" "Hold on!"

In just a few words, Cheng Yun understood everything. He was deceived by Chang Miao again! The so-called Goryeo army is nothing more than crusading soldiers wearing Goryeo uniforms, no wonder they broke through the encirclement so easily, but Sung Chung Hu's breakthrough was full of difficulties! All of this is Chang Miao's strategy! Constant harassment, in order to use this trick when you are physically and mentally exhausted!

Cheng Yun didn't have time to think about it, hurriedly ran up to the city tower and rode his horse, raised his sword and shouted: "Everyone! Follow me to drive the enemy out! ”

Cheng Yun led the guards all the way down the city, and bumped into Su Chengdong, a young general who had already broken into the city. Su Chengdong saw Cheng Yun and directly threw the two axes in his hand first, Cheng Yun used the big knife in his hand to pull away the axe, and at this time Su Chengdong had already pulled out the saber on his waist and attacked. Cheng Yun is on the horse, Su Chengdong is stepping down, and Cheng Yun's martial arts are far above Su Chengdong, which is extremely unfavorable to Su Chengdong. However, Su Chengdong used his dexterity and agility to dodge left and right, specializing in Cheng Yun's horses, but Cheng Yun was in a hurry.

After a few rounds, Cheng Yun understood that Su Chengdong's stubborn fight was just to delay the follow-up troops to enter the city, and the situation would be worse if there was one more enemy army entering the city. Thinking of this, Cheng Yun grabbed the horse's belly, and the horse jumped out and got rid of Su Chengdong's entanglement. Cheng Yun's big knife that entered the enemy's formation slashed left and right, setting off a bloody storm, and it didn't take long to attack the city gate, and he saw that the city gate would be blocked by him. At this time, the two captains Yu Tonghai and Zhang Yi fought hard to kill, and Cheng Yun stood with the two of them. It's a pity that even if they are two against one, these two are still not Cheng Yun's opponents. Fortunately, at this time, Su Chengdong also joined the battle group, and the three warriors surrounded Cheng Yun in the middle and couldn't move, seeing that the crusading army behind him was pouring in, Cheng Yun had to retreat. In this way, between advancing and retreating, the number of soldiers of the crusading army who entered Liaoyang City exceeded 800. At this time, there were less than 3,000 of Cheng Yun's subordinates left in Liaoyang City, and they were scattered on the four city walls, coupled with the fatigue of the defenders for several days, they even began to slow down their reflexes to protect themselves. The excitement of the moment when the reinforcements arrived had consumed their remaining energy in advance, and now the fatigue was repressed on these soldiers, and in the face of the energetic and high-morale crusading soldiers, the defenders of the South Gate were powerless to prevent them from continuing to enter the city. The soldiers who had already entered the city immediately rushed to the other three gates, and Cheng Yun was powerless to stop it when he saw this happening - at this time, there were less than ten of his personal guards left, and the rest of the soldiers had been divided into several pieces by the army of the Silk Country, and many soldiers had already surrendered because they could no longer fight. Cheng Yun himself was also trapped by three young generals and couldn't get out, although these three couldn't defeat Cheng Yun, but it was not a problem to trap him. The situation was getting worse every moment, and a chill rose on Cheng Yun's back: if he continued like this, he would definitely be surrounded by many people, and then he would only kill himself if he was captured.

At the critical moment, Cheng Zhonghu's troops rushed back. Although more than half of the casualties were suffered in the process of withdrawing, and the deputy general Qian Xiong also died in the chaos, Cheng Zhonghu still retained more than 1,000 troops, and after several setbacks, he finally cut off the array of the crusading army at the gate of the city and entered the city. Seeing that his father was cornered, Cheng Zhonghu roared and rushed forward with a gun. Yu Tonghai turned his back to Cheng Zhonghu and was caught off guard, and Cheng Zhonghu's gun pierced Yu Tonghai's chest directly! The dying Yu Tonghai tried his best to grab the head of the gun that came out of his chest, Zhang Yi jumped up when he saw this, and slashed at Cheng Zhonghu's neck, the gun in Cheng Zhonghu's hand was locked by Yu Tonghai, and he could only use his left hand to protect his head at the critical moment, Zhang Yi cut off his arm with a knife. Seeing that his son was injured, Cheng Yun swung Zhang Yi into two pieces with a knife. At the same time, Su Chengdong's sword had already penetrated Cheng Zhonghu's abdominal cavity! Seeing that his son was killed, Cheng Yun slashed at Su Chengdong with his knife, but Su Chengdong didn't have time to draw his sword, so he had to roll on the spot and escape.

These few blows only happened in a short moment, and the melee of the five generals caused three deaths. Cheng Yun didn't have time to grieve his son's death, and immediately led his son's subordinates out of the city. And Su Chengdong lost his weapon, and when he picked up the weapon, Chengyun had already led the team out of the city gate, and as a foot general, he couldn't catch up.

At this time, the four gates of Liaoyang City have been broken by the country of Juan, and Zhang Xiu and Gong Fan, the three generals of Chengyun, died on the city tower, and only Guo Shi broke out of the siege, and his whereabouts are unknown. Cheng Yun's subordinates died or surrendered, and all of them were annihilated except for the 1,000 people led by Cheng Yun himself, who broke through the encirclement and escaped.

At this time, Chang Miao was calm and calm, while ordering the troops in the city to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time mobilizing troops to surround and chase Chengyun. The veteran on the side, He Ling, said with a smile: "The old man only now understands why the marshal suddenly said thoughtfully, 'Seize Liaoyang City before the Goryeo army makes any moves', it turns out that at that time the marshal has already thought of today's plan, admire." ”

Chang Miao hurriedly said: "Late life just thought of this plan, if there is no general to fight, it will not be successful." ”

When the two were polite, Chen Yunhai rode his horse and galloped. He said with a solemn expression: "Marshal, I just received a report from Tanma that the 50,000 troops of Goryeo have secretly crossed the Yalu River and are rushing to Liaoshui in the starry night!" ”

After listening, the two looked at each other: the real Goryeo reinforcements have arrived!