Chapter 805: The Situation Is Critical
When Xin Ping turned his head to look, he was judging and couldn't help asking: "Zhengnan, you don't go to the east gate to guard, what are you doing here?" ”
The judge sneered: "The lord suspects that you will betray, and the special judge is here to watch your every move." Sure enough, now that you have opened the gates, what else can you say? ”
It turned out that Feng Ji was ordered to monitor Xin Ping, but he kept an eye on it, quietly ran to the east gate, and pretended to be Yuan Shao's order to let the judge monitor Xin Ping. Although the trial match did not have any holiday with the Xin family, he was loyal to Yuan Shao, as long as Xin Ping made any changes, he would never show mercy to his subordinates, and even chase after the wind. In this way, Feng Ji can get rid of Xin Ping with the help of the judge, but he doesn't have to make any effort.
Although these people under Yuan Shao also have some ability, they are not in line with each other, and they put a lot of energy into it, and failure is inevitable.
Xin Ping heard that Yuan Shao sent him to monitor him, and he couldn't help but feel a chill, but said, "Zhengnan, you misunderstood." The soldiers wanted to escape, and Xin was about to close the city gates. ”
The judge couldn't help but say, drew his sword and slashed, and shouted loudly: "Nonsense! You obviously want to go out of the city to surrender to the enemy, how can you be spared! ”
Xin Ping was unprepared, couldn't dodge, and had already been hit by a sword in his arm. The soldiers on the left and right hurriedly rescued him and fought with the soldiers brought by the trial. Judging that the number of troops was small, and he was gradually defeated, so he had to retreat to the city while fighting, and the north gate was suddenly in chaos.
On the Han army's position outside the north gate, Zhang Fei raised the clairvoyant mirror hanging on his chest, carefully observing the situation at the north gate, he was inspecting the attack effect of the trebuchet, looking for the opportunity to give the attack order. Suddenly, many bare-handed soldiers of the Yuan Army appeared in the clairvoyant mirror, rushing towards this side, the city gate was wide open, and two teams of men and horses were fighting.
Zhang Fei was overjoyed, and he was about to rush over as soon as he pulled the reins.
Yan Yan hurriedly persuaded: "The general is slow, I'm afraid it's Yuan Jun's plan to lure the enemy!" ”
Zhang Fei laughed and said: "The city gate is wide open, the opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, even if it is a trick to lure the enemy, he must be asked to swallow the bitter fruit!" I just got the news that Yun Chang has already gone south from the Liang period, and he will arrive here in a day or two, so he can't be asked to rob him of the credit. Sons, kill me with me! ”
The light cavalry of the Han army, which had been cruising outside the city, brandished their sabers and swept towards the north gate of Yecheng. Originally, cavalry was not needed to attack the city, but the north gate was wide open, which allowed the Han cavalry to be useful.
The soldiers of the Yuan army who had fled outside the city saw the cavalry rushing over, and they fell to their knees with their hands raised above their heads. However, the Han cavalry did not even look at them, and sped past them, and the dust raised fell on their heads and faces.
At the north gate of Yecheng, the scuffle continues. Xin Ping was cut off an arm by the judge, and he fainted in pain on the spot, and now he has woken up, and he was shouting there continuously, when he suddenly heard the horse's hooves behind him. Xin Ping turned around and saw that countless cavalry rushed over, and it was too late for him to close the city gate, so he had to drag his injured arm and stand in front of the gate with his sword, which was quite a bit of a mantis arm blocking the car.
Zhang Fei took the lead, and when he saw someone blocking him, he couldn't help but shout, and the Zhangba snake spear stabbed like lightning, penetrating through Xin Ping's chest and penetrating his back. Xin Pingyuan's eyes were open, and red blood flowed from his mouth. Zhang Fei drew the snake spear and rushed past him. Xin Ping shook twice, and finally fell to the ground, and he didn't even have time to let out a miserable cry from beginning to end.
Seeing it from behind, he realized that he was wrong to blame Xin Ping, and it was precisely because he had just delayed the closing of the city gate that the Han cavalry rushed into the city. The judge stomped his foot in chagrin and turned to run towards the city. The Han army has already entered the city, and such a major event must be reported to Yuan Shao as soon as possible.
In order to avoid the attack of the Han army's trebuchet, Yuan Shao had just returned to his general's mansion under the protection of Wen Chou, when he heard the news of the loss of the north gate. Yuan Shao didn't dare to enter the mansion, and walked towards the east gate under the escort of Wen Chou. Although Yuan Shao was indecisive and biased, he also knew that these people under him were ugly in Chinese and judged the pair that were the most loyal to him.
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. The news of the loss of the North Gate spread like a plague throughout Yecheng, and the soldiers of the Yuan Army, who did not have much fighting spirit, even threw away their armor and fled in all directions.
The news of the Han army's entry into the city soon reached the prison in Yecheng, and the jailers guarding the prison did not escape. These jailers were different from the Yuan soldiers, most of them were natives of Yecheng, and the prison was home to many vicious criminals. If they had fled at this time, the criminals would have taken the opportunity to escape, and in the end they would have brought disaster not only to the people of the city, but also to their own families.
Despite this, the jailers were still panicked and gathered together to discuss, and someone suddenly remembered and said: "Don't panic, everyone, I heard that General Gao Ran was thrown into prison because he persuaded Yuan Shao to surrender." It's better for us to ask General Gao, maybe General Gao has some connections with the Jingzhou Army, but everyone is safe. ”
Lu Yi and Gao Ran were imprisoned, but three meals a day were sent by their families. After all, they were also capable generals under Yuan Shao, don't look at the crime now, maybe one day they will be reused by Yuan Shao, the jailers are all human spirits, they take great care of them, and allow their families to send meals directly to the cell, and by the way, it also brought the news of the siege of the Han army.
It was almost noon, and today's meal had not yet been delivered, and both Koji and Gao Ran vaguely felt that something seemed to be going on outside. Koji Yi suddenly fidgeted and walked around the cell. Gao Ran smiled next door and said, "General Koji, we are all prisoners of the order, and it is useless for you to be in a hurry." Do you still want to go out and work for Ben Chu? ”
Lu Yi sneered: "If you give me another chance, I will definitely not send someone under the fence again, but I want to go to the world by myself!" ”
Gao Ran shook his head and smiled: "I'm afraid that there will never be such an opportunity in the future." ”
At this time, the cell head came over with a few jailers, and said: "Congratulations to the two generals, Yuan Shao has been defeated, and the Jingzhou army will soon enter the city. ”
Gao Ran waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Liu Xin will not embarrass you, but Gao has killed his general, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to tolerate." ”
As he spoke, there was a sudden commotion at the cell door, and a group of soldiers walked in and shouted, "Quickly bring out Lu Yi and Gao Ran!" ”
It turned out that Yuan Shao walked towards the east gate under the escort of Wen Chou, and met Feng Ji halfway through. After Feng Ji got the news of the loss of the North Gate, he hurriedly got down from the city, wanted to go back to the house to move his family's belongings, and fled in chaos, not wanting to bump into Yuan Shao on the road.
Feng Ji was ordered by Yuan Shao but the north gate was watching Xin Ping, he should not have appeared here, he was worried about arousing Yuan Shao's suspicions, and pretended to say: "Lord, when my subordinates rushed to the north gate, the north gate was lost. The subordinates were worried that Lu Yi and Gao Ran in prison would take the opportunity to make trouble, and wanted to go to the prison to persuade the two. ”
Yuan Shao frowned and said, "Come on, take Yuan's sword, and go to the prison to take the heads of Lu Yi and Gao Ran!" ”
Feng Ji saw that he did not arouse Yuan Shao's suspicion, so he secretly wiped a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to go home again, so he had to follow Yuan Shao towards the east gate.
In the prison, all the jailers watched as a group of fierce soldiers rushed in, all looking at each other. Suddenly, Gao Ran shouted loudly and rushed out of the cell. In the past few days, the jailers have not guarded Gao Ran and Lu Yi very closely, and they have not used wooden flails and leg shackles, and they have even opened the cell door just now.
Gao Ran rushed out of the cell, swung his fists and smashed into the ranks of soldiers, knocking down five or six people in the blink of an eye. Lu Yi also walked out of the cell, at first he didn't understand what Gao Ran was doing, but when he saw Yuan Shao's sword in the hand of one of the captains, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to help. Although these soldiers were numerous, where could they stop the two fierce tigers, Lu Yi and Gao Lan, they were killed in a blink of an eye, scattered and fled, and even Yuan Shao's sword was dropped.
Lu Yi picked up the saber, turned around and said, "General Gao, even Yuan Shao refuses to tolerate us, I'm afraid Liu Xin won't let us go, you and I should go back as soon as possible!" ”
Gao Ran shook his head and said, "Yecheng has been broken, where can you and I hide?" ”
Seeing that Gao Ran insisted on staying, Lu Yi no longer persuaded him, and carried Yuan Shao's sword out of the prison by himself, and the jailers did not dare to stop him, so he let him go.
At this time, Yecheng was already in chaos, and after the north gate, the south gate and the west gate were also lost one after another. Yuan Shao came all the way to the east gate under the escort of Wen Chou, but saw a group of men and horses rushing outside the east gate, led by a spear, it was Zhang He.
At this time, although there were as many as 360,000 Yuan troops in Yecheng, except for 60,000 veterans who had passed through the battle array, the rest were all recruits who had just enlisted this year. When those veterans heard that the city was broken, they took off their clothes and armor and blended into the streets and alleys, which was the only way for them to save their lives for many years. And the 300,000 recruits have never been on the battlefield at all, and most of their hometowns are not in Yecheng. As a result, the Han infantry did not come in handy at all, and the 40,000 light cavalry alone rushed into the city.
Fortunately, Yuan Shao still had Wen Chou's guards by his side, and when he saw someone blocking him, he shouted loudly, raised his gun to meet him, and fought with Zhang He. The two guns flew up and down, and they fought equally.
Seeing this, Feng Ji quietly persuaded: "Lord, while General Wen is entangled with the enemy, let's get out of the city quickly." ”
Yuan Shao glanced at Wen Chou, who was in the fierce battle, and rushed over from the side. He wore a golden helmet and gold armor, which was very dazzling in the ranks, and the rest of the Han cavalry saw it, knew that it was an important person, and killed him one after another, and surrounded him in a blink of an eye.
At this time, more and more Han troops rushed into the city, both cavalry and infantry, and the soldiers around Yuan Shao became fewer and fewer, and gradually only dozens of horsemen were left to follow, and the situation became critical.