Fenghou

Chapter 295
From Taihu Lake to Wuling County, both water and land can be walked. There are two rivers passing through Wuling County on Guangshui Road. One big river is Yuanjiang River, which flows three miles south of Wuling County, and finally flows into Dongting Lake. The other smaller river is Dingshui. Wuling County flows to the north, and Wuling County is actually sandwiched between two rivers.

The Yuanjiang River is wide, and the Song army built a long pontoon bridge on the Yuanjiang River. More than a thousand cavalry crossed the pontoon bridge. Chen Qing looked at the county town not far away. Wuling County is a large county governed by Changde Prefecture. Yu Li, the city wall was tall and strong, and the city wall was full of guarding soldiers. After turning around, it was found that there were at least [-] guarding soldiers.

Chen Qing pointed at the soldiers at the top of the city with a horsewhip and laughed, "Even children are forced to defend the city. Yang Yao really thinks he can defend Wuling County?"

Zhang Xiao also said with a smile: "He has nothing to do. There are only five thousand people in total. I suspect that they have never defended the city."

Zheng Ping scratched his head and said, "I heard that Changde Mansion produces giant logs. We can temporarily make a battering ram and smash open the city gate!"

Chen Qing shook his head, "Didn't you find out where the biggest defensive advantage of Wuling County is?"

All eyes are on the moat. Indeed, the biggest advantage of Wuling County is the moat, which is at least twice as wide as other moats. This is also the reason why the county is sandwiched between two rivers, especially Dingshui, which is directly connected to the moat. When Yang Yao first started to rebel, the officials of Changde Mansion took advantage of Dingshui to greatly widen the moat.

But it was still useless, the bandit army killed the city, and Wuling County surrendered without a fight.

Zheng Ping sighed and said, "Don't talk about using a battering ram to attack the city gate. Even if you attack the city wall, it's rare to cross the moat. Why did these bastards dig the moat so wide?"

Chen Qing smiled lightly: "Everything has two sides. Wuling County relied on the moat for defense, but they failed in the end because of the moat."

Seeing that everyone didn't react, he said with a smile: "Rest well during the day, and take Wuling County directly tonight, don't let Yang Yao escape this time."

At one watch, a fleet appeared on the tripod water, consisting of dozens of large, medium and small boats. The largest boat was Chen Qing's five thousand stone boat, which was like a four-story building. Hundreds of soldiers acted as temporary trackers, pulling The big ship moved slowly, followed by more than a dozen three-thousand-stone warships, followed by five-hundred-stone and one-thousand-stone medium-sized ships.

The five thousand stone ship was full of soldiers, and the trebuchets were also ready. The fleet was still one mile away from the city wall of the county, so it was easy to get on top of the city!when!when! ' The alarm bells sounded.

Just as Yang Yao fell asleep, he heard that the Song army was attacking in a big way. He was so frightened that he quickly put on his armor and ran towards the city wall. The military advisor Huang Cheng had already arrived first.

At this time, the fleet had already sailed into the moat, and slowly moved west along the moat. These were all huge sea ships, and the warships of five thousand stone were even higher than the city wall.

The soldiers on the top of the city were all shocked, Huang Cheng suddenly realized that if the Song army wanted to attack the top of the city, they only needed to build a plank on the boat.

"My lord, the Song army is going to attack, shoot with bow and arrow!"

Yang Yao shouted, "Shoot with bow and arrow! Shoot with bow and arrow!"

After Yang Yao gave the order, only the people around him heard the order, and everyone on the city wall needed to blow the horn.

"Woo~woo~woo~"

The urgent sound of the horn sounded, this was the order for the soldiers at the top of the city to release arrows, but it was too late, the Song army on board launched an attack first, firing random arrows, dense crossbow arrows shot at the defenders on the top of the city, Immediately, a large area was shot down, and there was a sudden chaos on the top of the city. Experienced soldiers got down one after another, while the peasants ran down the city screaming in horror.

Yang Yao was furious, "Anyone who dares to go to the city will be killed without mercy!"

But an even more terrifying scene came. The ship was too close to the city wall, and there was no need for a trebuchet at all. The burning oil balls were thrown directly onto the city wall by the soldiers.
In just a moment, the top of the city turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the top of the city was completely chaotic. The soldiers who were lying on the ground also jumped up and ran wildly. Many soldiers were also ignited by the fire, crying and running, and some fell to the ground At the top, someone jumped directly into the moat, and ghosts and wolves were howling on the top of the city. Even Yang Yao and Huang Cheng were escorted by soldiers to hide below the city.

The entire northern city turned into a sea of ​​fire, and several other city walls also caught fire one after another, but without the exaggeration of the northern city, it still caused chaos among the defenders. Countless civilians who were forced to go to the city took off their armor and threw away their weapons. , fled to his own home.

The purpose of the northern city wall was to create a fearful atmosphere and force the soldiers to go down the city, but it was the eastern city wall that really launched the attack. A three thousand stone ship was filled with soldiers, and a dozen wooden boards two feet long were built by the soldiers. At the top of the city, the soldiers rushed to the top of the city with spears in their hands.

Several medium-sized ships joined together to form a temporary pontoon bridge. More than [-] soldiers on the shore rushed onto the ships, rushed to the top of the city through the [-]-stone warship, and rushed down the city along the corridor.

At this moment, Yang Yao was at a loss. Like the other generals, he had no experience in defending the city. He didn't know how to put out the fire on the city, and he didn't know what to do now.
At this time, a general stumbled and ran to report, "Your Majesty, the Song army has entered the city from the east wall. I don't know how many people have entered the city."

Yang Yao was stunned, and suddenly he yelled, "Heaven will kill me!"

"Your Majesty, the county seat can no longer be defended, retreat quickly!"

"Where is the military division?" Yang Yao asked urgently.

"The military division is heading west!"

As soon as Yang Yao turned his head, Huang Cheng had disappeared, and he immediately understood that Huang Cheng must have left him and ran away.

Yang Yao was angry and anxious, got on his horse and shouted: "Retreat to the west city! Retreat!"

He led a thousand confidant soldiers along the street towards the west city gate, and saw the west city gate open from a distance, and Huang Cheng rushed out of the city with dozens of soldiers.

"Damn it!"

Yang Yao gritted her teeth and cursed, and ran towards the west gate with the soldiers.

At this time, the gate of the east city was opened, the suspension bridge creaked down, and thousands of Song troops outside the city rushed into the city
Yang Yao rushed out of the west city gate, just after a hundred steps, a soldier suddenly pointed to the ground and shouted: "It's a military advisor!"

I saw a man with a horse lying on the ground, his body was full of arrows, and he was covered like a hedgehog. It was the military adviser Huang Cheng.

Yang Yao was taken aback. The military division was shot and killed just after he came out, and there were ambushes around him.

Suddenly there was loud shouting and killing around, thousands of cavalry came from all directions, Yang Yao was so anxious that he held a gun in one hand and the rein in the other, and the horses circled around, but they couldn't find a way to break out of the encirclement.

At this time, a young general came from the slanting stab, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, it was the coach Chen Qing.

Chen Qing has been staring at Yang Yao for a long time. He once met Yang Yao on the Yangtze River. Although he only met Yang Yao once, he firmly remembered Yang Yao's wolf-like face.

Chen Qing laughed loudly, "Master Yang, we meet again!"

"Who are you?" Yang Yao asked in surprise.

"I saw it on the Yangtze River last year, have you forgotten?"

When Yang Yao saw Fang Tian's painted halberd in Chen Qing's hand, he suddenly remembered, and his eyes widened immediately, "You are the demon Chen Qing?"

"Since you know a certain family, if you don't hurry up and arrest them, the certain family will spare your life!"

"Tie Chen, take a shot at me."

Yang Yao waved his gun and stabbed at Chen Qing, Chen Qing dodged sideways, Yang Yao's legs pinched the horse and tried to escape, he had seen Chen Qing's martial arts with his own eyes, he was like a killing god, how could he be his opponent , His stabbing is false, but his escape is true.

Chen Qing laughed loudly, "Do you want to escape before I make a move?"

With a wave of the halberd, a cold light flashed, 'Kacha! With a sound, the horse's hind leg was chopped into two pieces, and the horse fell down, throwing Yang Yao a foot away. Chen Qing's soldiers rushed forward, pressed Yang Yao to the ground, and tied him up.

"Chen Qing, kill me!" Yang Yao shouted in despair.

Chen Qing smiled faintly, "The Son of Heaven has a reward for catching Yang Yao. He will be promoted to three ranks, and he will be made a duke of the state. My glory and wealth rest on you! How could I kill you?"

Chen Qing ordered the soldiers to cover Yang Yao's mouth with rags. He turned his head and said coldly: "But your confidantes are doing a lot of evil and will only harm the world, so there is no need to stay!"

He immediately ordered, "If you don't accept surrender, kill without mercy!"

Five thousand cavalry surrounded one thousand Yang Yao's confidant soldiers and carried out a bloody massacre.

(End of this chapter)