Chapter 302: Ji Yangping (I)
Jiyang County
At this time, it was past noon, the sun was gradually passing, and the banner was densely packed with troops.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The boulder was thrown into the city, and between the collision of the boulders, sparks erupted, and puffs of smoke rose from the city, and the sound of shouting and killing was faintly seen.
The defenders of the city, seeing this scene, a few people could not accept it and were on the verge of collapse.
"Drag a few of them down!" Looking coldly at the soldiers who had dropped their bows and arrows and their hands were trembling, the guards of the city had a tense face, and immediately ordered them to be dragged down, and someone else took their place.
At this time, under the city, the war drums were beating, the army was slowly moving forward, and Lu Gao was staring at it from a high platform.
"Boom!" Finally, there was a loud bang, and a city wall finally couldn't stand it and fell violently.
In an instant, Lu Gao was overjoyed, stood up, and ordered: "Enter the drum!"
At the sound of an order, there was an immediate response, and the soldiers beat the war drums, one after another, and suddenly, the front row of the army moved like a tide, advancing towards the gap.
Seeing this, Lu Gao's face was overjoyed, and he took the county in front of him as soon as possible and quickly pacified it, which would bring a very good situation to His Majesty personally leading the army.
Thinking like this, the shouts of killing kept coming, and after listening to it for a while, Lu Gao sighed: "Cheng Yu, the guard general in the city, has always been loyal, but unfortunately this person is assisting Liu Man, I'm afraid I won't be able to see each other." β
Knowing that as soon as the city wall is broken, this county town will be crushed by the army, and Lu Gao feels a little sorry for Cheng Yu.
This person has a good reputation, sympathizes with his subordinates, is loyal to the lord, and has a lot of governing the army and the people, but unfortunately each is his master.
"Junmen, as long as this person does not die in battle, he will be escorted to the general, and the general will be able to see him then. "There's a will.
Lu Gao shook his head: "Liu Manqi is not very large, but he does have a few capable ministers...... It's a pity that Cheng Yu has a temperament, and I'm afraid that he will be able to surrender. β
When I heard it, I was skeptical.
At this moment, the county soldiers inside were still resisting stubbornly, blocking the enemies who poured in like a tide from the gap, and suddenly shouted to kill the heavens, and the battle was fierce.
Time passed minute by minute, as if it was inexhaustible, fighting each other one after another.
"Don't retreat! Rush up and stop them!"
"Kill!"
The shouts of killing one after another made the entire city fall into a panic.
Although the resistance of the defending army was fierce, the Dacheng army was also good at fighting, and had the advantage of a large army, and gradually, it continued to achieve victories and encroached on it step by step.
Wu Xingzong immediately scanned the surrounding situation and sneered a few times.
"How's it going?" he asked, as he asked the soldier who had just returned with the news.
"My lord, the enemy army at the city gate has been completely wiped out, and the defenders have retreated to resist three blocks away, and there are now 2,000 of our army. β
"Heh, another victory. This is the emperor's great luck...... As for the surrender of troops, drive them to the back to guard them, and all those who stubbornly resist and do not surrender will be exterminated!" Wu Xingzong said, his face couldn't help but show a hint of pride.
The happiness brought by the victory, so that the mood became very good, this battle, he repeatedly made meritorious achievements, presumably there must be a reward, thinking of this, he raised his long knife: "With this will kill them all!"
"Kill them all, kill them all!" the cavalry behind him raised his sabre in his hand and walked forward.
But at this moment, at the front of the fortress, suddenly, there were a large number of archers, and an officer shouted: "Release!"
"Poof!" The first group of cavalry fell, but in the blink of an eye, the cavalry continued to rush forward, and these archers had no time to shoot any more arrows.
The power of the cavalry was manifested at this time, fast, they were extremely fast, the long knives in their hands were raised high, and every time they fell, they would bring a bright red, and the air began to be filled with blood.
"Fight!" the officer shouted when he saw this.
At this moment, Wu Xingzong left his horse, and with a flash of the long knife, a head flew out, and blood splattered.
This battle was very tragic, which made Wu Xingzong very angry.
"Lord Wu, the military gate has asked you not to act without permission!" At this moment, someone came.
Since the commander sent an order, Wu Xingzong did not dare to disobey, so he had to give an order, and the cavalry waited here.
Soon the army arrived.
On the slightly narrow road, obstacles have been cleared for large armies to pass.
Lu Gao's gaze swept over Wu Xingzong, who was a little ugly, looked ahead, and asked with a sigh: "The front is the county guard's mansion?"
"Yes, the military gate, there are still hundreds of people guarding the palace to resist......" Wu Xingzong was busy: "Please let me go out to fight to sweep it away." β
"If you want to make meritorious contributions, there will be opportunities in the future, so you don't have to be so anxious. Lu Gao smiled, and then looked left and right: "Is this the truth?"
"The military gate is extremely important, Brother Wu, you have already made a lot of military exploits, let a few of them be given to us!" Zheng Yujia, Mu Rong, Gao Xun, Huang Jie, Shi Jiaqian, these generals asked for their lives.
Lu Gao was very satisfied, glanced at it, and said, "General Zheng, I'll see it this time." β
"Yes, this door will be taken. Zheng Yujia was overjoyed, strode out, and led the team to attack it.
This time, everyone has made a lot of contributions, and this time they are handsome and blue-eyed, whether they capture or kill Cheng Yu, it is a great achievement, and these people are looking forward to the day when they will be crowned with their wives and shadows.
The mansion was walled and confined, and there were not a few soldiers who retreated here, and they had no way to retreat but to fight to the death.
All of a sudden, the sound of killing shook the sky, and there was no winner or loser for a while.
The inner courtyard of the county guard's house
In the blue sky, a round of red sun hung high, the sun was shining, and although the killing sound shook the sky not far away, a courtyard was still quiet.
Cheng Yu's former county guard is to enjoy, the whole mansion is centered on Qingyunxuan, and there are more than a dozen courtyards arranged symmetrically on the left and right, each courtyard is a pavilion, a pavilion, a corridor, and a pavilion.
Cheng Yu demolished and sealed these buildings, and only Qingyunxuan was still intact.
Since he came, most of the servants in the mansion have been cleaned out, and at this time, outside Qingyunxuan, more than a dozen personal soldiers are all serious, but they are still guarding.
"My lord, you have come down!" Cheng Biao hesitated for a while, and finally spoke.
After more than ten years of friendship, Cheng Yu was first angry, and then sighed: "I know the thoughts, I want me to live, but I am the lord's courtier, how can this be? β
The pro-general Cheng Biao knelt down and said: "Since the adults have the intention to die, how can we have a reason to retreat." β
Cheng Yu nodded and sighed, his expression complicated.
The entire county of Jiyang has fallen into the hands of the Dacheng army.
If it weren't for Zheng Guogong's kindness to him, I'm afraid that even he would have the heart to surrender.
Emperor Dacheng is young and promising, he is really a generation of masters, if he is a jobless Bai Ding at this time, and has not assisted the Duke of the country, he will be his first choice to assist.
It's a pity that the creation is wrong, and he is favored by Zheng Guogong, even though he knows that with the strength of Guogong, he is powerless to compete in the world, and he will eventually be defeated, but he can only be loyal to Guogong and not do anything about the two masters.
Stand up and walk outside.
"My lord!" saw him come out of the hall, and the guards still saluted.
"Get up, men, and come with me to the study. β
"No!"
Walked through the long corridor and entered the study, this study only Cheng Yu often goes in and out on weekdays, it is where he often comes, it is cleaned very clean, on the windowsill case, there is no fiber dust, a bronze lion incense burner on the red sandalwood high table, slightly spitting out light smoke from the mouth, and the quiet fragrance is full.
Cheng Yu sat down on the chair behind the desk and said, "Do you see the documents and letterheads here?" These objects are very important and must not fall into the hands of the Dacheng army. β
After finishing these, Cheng Yu exhaled: "Cheng Biao." β
"In. β
"Burn it!"
"No!"
Seeing the fire burning, Cheng Yu took a deep breath, feeling a wave of exhaustion welling up in his body, and the difficulty of resting for several days and nights before made his eye sockets sink deeply.
Now that I have the consciousness of death, my whole person is relaxed.
After a while, I saw that the paperwork was almost burned, and at this time, the sound of killing was near, and the sound of shouting, heralds, fighting, and screams in the distance had clearly entered.
Cheng Yu picked up a sword and pulled out a half-foot, cold sword light that was dazzling.
This sword, given by the lord, has never left his body for many years, and has killed enemies and officers......
smiled bitterly, pulled it out, slowly stood up, shook his head and sighed: "Haha...... I'm going to kill countless people, and I'm going to kill people so muchβ"
After that, the sword in his hand flashed a light, and it was wiped towards his neck, only to hear a "poof", and blood splattered suddenly.
At this time, Lu Gao had already logged in, the steps were very high, the stone lion carving was vivid, majestic, accompanied by his own soldiers, Lu Gao walked up the steps and walked inside.
The mansion was full of corpses and blood, but at this time, the shouting of killing gradually weakened, Lu Gao walked all the way, saluting him countless soldiers, until he arrived at a courtyard, Zheng Yujia greeted him, and saluted: "Dashuai, Cheng Yu committed suicide with a horizontal sword." β
"Oh?" Lugao sank as he had expected it, and he stopped for a moment before stepping in.
The courtyard is full of corpses, none of them have fallen, the study inside, as soon as you enter, there is still the smell of burning, a person lying on the ground, the wound on the neck is visible, and the blood is wet with the official clothes.
Lu Gao stared at it for a moment and ordered: "This is a loyal minister, you must not destroy the corpse, so that you can be buried alive." β
After a pause, he remembered the people outside, and said: "There are also righteous servants outside, let's bury them together!"
End, Lu Gao did not shy away from it, picked up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, thought in his heart, wrote word by word, filled a piece of paper, blew it open, and sealed the letter, this is a letter to the emperor, reporting this matter, after writing, he thought in his heart: "I don't know where Your Majesty is at this time, can you arrive in Chenliu?"
After capturing Jiyang County, in fact, Gunzhou was flat, because it was impossible to resist because of the lonely Chen Liu.
Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded Chen Liu, and Chen Liu had no reason to surrender.
The unification of Gunzhou means to take Luoyang