A knife in love

Chapter 189

Liu Yong hadn't slept for almost two days and two nights. At this time, he was tired and couldn't bear it any longer. After listening to Li Qiufeng's words, he nodded and went into the watchtower to find a place where there was no one to lie down and rest.

Li Qiufeng held the crenel with his hands and looked towards Sang Liangtian's army camp, but he saw the banners in the camp, all peaceful.Duoyan Sanwei's camp was set up on the north side of the Sang Army camp, and the sound of people shouting and neighing could be heard from a distance, which was completely different from the solemnity of the Sang Army camp.

Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "I don't know if the army sent by Sang Liangtian to ambush the Shanhaiguan soldiers has already set off? With Sang Liangtian's shrewdness, it is naturally best for this army to set off at night, so that no one will notice."

While he was thinking, he suddenly saw a horse galloping towards the camp of the Sang army. The rider on the horse raised a white flag until he was within an arrow of the city, then he reined in his mount and kept waving the white flag.

A garrison leader said: "This is the rebel army wanting to talk to us, let him come here."

The two soldiers waved their military flags in response, and the rider slowly approached the city gate until he was not far from the city gate. By order of Lord Sang, I am here to pay a visit to the guard of Yong'an City. I request to bring back the remains of our army's fallen soldiers, and I hope you will allow me."

The leader of the army had already received the order of defense, and immediately said: "You can transport the corpse back. But those who come to carry the corpse are not allowed to wear armor or hold weapons, and the number can only be less than 50!"

Below the city the rider agreed.At this time, Li Qiufeng recognized that this person was one of Sang Liangtian's two confidants, and immediately said loudly: "How is General Sang?"

The soldier had also recognized Li Qiufeng, and immediately cupped his hands at Li Qiufeng and said, "General Sang is fine."

Li Qiufeng knew what the soldier said meant that Sang Liangtian was acting according to the plan discussed by the two of them, so he nodded immediately.The soldier turned his horse's head and ran back to the camp of the Sang army.

The leader of the defending army ordered the soldiers to send out the corpses of the rebels who wanted to sneak into the city on the first day, and then closed the city gate tightly.Li Qiufeng looked at the corpses of more than [-] rebel soldiers under the city, and couldn't help but feel lost.

After a stick of incense time, they saw a group of rebel soldiers slowly walking out of the camp, led by the same soldier who had just been here, still holding the white flag in his hand.Behind him were fifty soldiers in civilian clothes, pushing more than twenty carts, and slowly walked towards the city.When they were within a stone's throw of the city, the soldier stopped again, raised the white flag and waved it.The defenders on the city responded with military flags, and these talents advanced slowly again.After arriving at the city, these people began to carry the corpses, and after loading all the corpses into the cart, the soldier bowed his hands to the city to thank him, and then led everyone to the Sang Army camp.

Li Qiufeng sighed: "They are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but they can kill each other. It really makes people sigh."

The leader of the garrison army said: "Master garrison has issued an order. Today the Tartar soldiers are going to attack the city. We are required to guard the city tightly and only shoot back the enemy with bows and arrows. At that time, I will ask all the good men to help you with all your strength so that we can defend Yong'an." city."

Li Qiufeng nodded.At this time, many peasants were seen carrying their burdens and sending bundles of feather arrows to the city wall.All the soldiers placed their feathers and arrows beside the crenels, and the heroes also selected their own strong bows, and some even tried to pull the bowstring, and there was a loud noise in the city.

Li Qiufeng also picked up a hard bow and tried to pull it a few times.But I heard Murong Danyan say from the side: "Give me a bow."

Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but saw Murong Danyan taking a bow from a soldier, and seeing Li Qiufeng looking at him, he made a face at Li Qiufeng.Suddenly there was a worried look on his face, and he said, "Brother Li, I forgot that your left arm was injured..."

Li Qiufeng said: "After applying the Huashan School's wound medicine, she's much better now, but Miss Murong is worried about it. By the way, where did Miss Ma go?"

Murong Danyan said: "There are many vacant houses in the city, I found a clean house not far from the city, and let Sister Ma rest in it."

Li Qiufeng said: "Miss Ma doesn't know martial arts, there are dragons and snakes in the city right now, it's better for Miss Murong to stay by her side."

Murong Danyan said: "The whole city is under martial law, the streets are full of inspectors, there are more than a dozen female relatives and two old servants living in that house, it is only a hundred steps away from us, brother Li can do whatever he wants." Don't worry."

At this time, the sun has risen from the east, and thousands of golden lights are shining on the top of the city.The people in the city were facing east, and when they were illuminated by the sunlight, they couldn't help turning their heads to one side or sitting behind the crenel to avoid the glare of the sun.Although the soldiers guarding the city were still standing straight on the city wall with knives and guns in their hands, they squinted their eyes at this time, not daring to look far away, and could only see a very short distance below the city.

After a while, the sun rose a certain distance, and the sunlight no longer directly hit the city wall, so everyone dared to look towards the camp of the Sang army in the east.But at this moment, countless soldiers and horses were already lined up in an orderly manner, and dozens of large flags were waving in the wind, already posing for an attack.

Qunhao turned pale with fright, and the guarding soldiers were also a little flustered.At this time, the guards of Yong'an City had arrived with more than a dozen soldiers, and the disciples of the Huashan faction also woke up Liu Yong. It was the cavalry of the three guards of Duoyan. Originally, I saw the noise in the barracks of these Tartar soldiers these two days, and thought that these people only knew how to fight in the field and did not know how to fight. Now, looking at the formation they took when they attacked, it turned out that we were all wrong. The commander of the Tazi army must be proficient in the art of war, and whether he can repel the Tarzi soldiers with only a strong bow and crossbow as we originally thought is still unknown."

Liu Yong nodded in agreement, and said: "Tartar soldiers took advantage of the sun to set up their positions first. It is this kind of scheming, which is beyond comparison with ordinary generals."

Li Qiufeng saw the worried faces of the two, but felt a little uneasy in his heart.But Xiao Zhanpeng didn't care. He picked a strong bow and was drawing it into a full moon. Everyone around applauded, and he was even more proud. He chose an extremely long feathered arrow and said to everyone: "As the saying goes, when you shoot a man, you shoot a horse first. Capture the thief first and capture the king first. If the Tartar soldiers attack the city later, I will use this strong bow to take the life of the leader of the Tartar soldiers. If the Tartar soldiers lose their command, there will be chaos. These thieves never come back!"

Before he could speak, he suddenly heard a very desolate sound of a horn.Looking from a distance, I saw the Tartar soldiers on horseback holding machetes in their hands and shouting in unison.Everyone in the city saw that the enemy army was so mighty, and everyone had a look of uneasiness on their faces.

The garrison's face changed, and he drew out his waist knife and said loudly: "Brothers, the enemy is about to charge, everyone is ready to meet the enemy!"

The defenders on the city were well-trained and listened to the orders of the defense. Except for the messengers, all the sergeants lay behind the crenels, bent their bows and set up arrows to aim outside the city.Liu Yong restrained the heroes, prepared his bow and arrows, and was ready to shoot the attacking Tazi soldiers at any time.

Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan stood beside Liu Yong, looking out of the city nervously.At this time, the sound of the horns suddenly stopped, and then dozens of big drums started beating, and the earth-shattering sound seemed to shake the walls of Yong'an City.Some timid people even retreated involuntarily.

Liu Yong drew out his long sword and shouted loudly: "Friends from all walks of life, it is the Tartars who are fighting against us today! Killing the enemy and serving the country is all in today. We are only heroes, not bears! If anyone flees and disturbs the morale of the army, Everyone gets it and kills it!"

Seeing Liu Yong stand up and speak, everyone was relieved.The guard shouted: "Beat our big drums too, and suppress these Tartar soldiers!"

There are also six big drums on the city, and there is a huge drum on the watchtower, more than one foot wide, which was built when Yong'an City was built.More than a dozen drummers stood in front of the big drum holding drumsticks. They only heard the guard's order and immediately beat the big drum.

As soon as the drums in the city sounded, Duoyan Sanwei's drums immediately became quieter.The morale of the defenders on the city was greatly boosted, and everyone's blood was surging. With the sound of drums, some soldiers could not help but tremble slightly.Especially when the huge drum on the watchtower rang, it completely suppressed the sound of the drums of the Tazi soldiers.Qunhao was extremely excited when he heard this, and some young people couldn't help raising their arms and shouting.

After a while, the enemy's drums outside the city stopped.I saw a general reining in his horse in front of the army, and with one stroke of the scimitar in his right hand, he rushed forward with his horse.Afterwards, thousands of Tartar soldiers charged forward with their horses screaming.There are also several groups of Tazi soldiers carrying the ladders on the horses, but they are extremely stable, as if they are running on the ground, they are rushing towards Yong'an City.

(End of this chapter)