Water Margin people

Chapter 1333 Taking advantage of the situation

In the next few days, the Xixia army continued to call for formation, but the Qi army only occasionally went out to fight for a while, and more often used artillery to repel the enemy.

The Xixia army also became anxious. On the one hand, the enemy refused to fight, and on the other hand, more and more soldiers on their side fell sick.

A group of Xixia generals were puzzled. The soldiers under their command were all strong men from all ethnic groups. How could they get sick in large numbers?

Xixia people are no strangers to the plague. This thing is the Dark Lord. Wherever it passes, there are piles of bones. It is an existence more terrifying than war.

Xixia people avoid the plague. Although they have speculations in their hearts, they dare not even mention it.

Li Heda felt anxious when he saw it. If he continued like this, his soldiers would be infected with the plague.

"We're going to do it tonight!"

Li Heda made up his mind in his heart.

That night, Li Heda personally defended the city and lit three bonfires on the city. This was the signal agreed between him and Lu Zhishen.

Qi State Camp.

"Get ready to take action!"

Lu Zhishen looked at everyone and said.

Everyone who had already rubbed their palms shouted in unison.

In the dark night, the Qi army quietly left the camp, and several troops headed towards Hongzhou.

"Master Lu, the artillery is ready!"

Hu Cheng looked at Lu Zhishen and said, The weakness during this period made the Xixia people relax their vigilance. There were many fewer scouts outside the city at night, which allowed their artillery to be easily pushed to the front of the formation.

"After the army enters the city, start bombarding the inner city!"

Lu Zhishen nodded. He had already ordered that after entering the city, the army would fight along the outer city and would not go to the inner city first.

This is Lu Zhishen's distrust of Li Heda. Maybe the city is a trap.

"Don't worry, Master!"

Hu Cheng said, the mission of their artillery is to blast the inner city to pieces and crush the enemy's ambush.

"Boom boom boom!"

As a burst of artillery broke the tranquility of the night, the Qi army began to attack the city.

With Li Heda acting as an internal response, the defense on the city wall was ineffective and the city gate was easily opened.

"kill!"

Liu Fa was the first to lead his troops and rushed directly into the city.

"It's really defenseless!"

Deng Yuanjue frowned and said, the attack went smoothly beyond his imagination.

"Don't worry so much, capture the city wall and kill the enemy slowly as planned!"

Liu Fa immediately ordered.

The Xixia army in the city quickly reacted. After knowing that the enemy had broken through the city, they all rushed towards the city wall.

"Boom boom boom!"

Bursts of gunfire blocked the Xixia army's charge.

"Where is Prince Jin? Why haven't you come yet?"

All the Xixia generals were like ants on a hot pot, searching for Brother Richard.

"The King of Jin is not in the army"

Someone came running and said.

"What? The enemies have come in, why isn't he here?"

"Don't worry, let's kill the enemy!"

……

Everyone was talking in a flurry, and soon organized an army and started to charge.

In the dark night.

Brother Richard has already arrived outside the city with Tie Yaozi.

"As expected, Li Heda is a traitor!"

Brother Richard looked coldly at the war-torn Hongzhou City. The enemy was already fighting with the army in the city.

"Iron kite, follow me and kill!" Brother Richard drew out the sword from his waist. This was the moment he had been waiting for. Iron kite's advantage was to attack the enemy's weak points with rapid speed and solid defense.

However, the Qi army was well-trained and well-formed. It not only had horses, strong bows and crossbows, but also artillery. The iron kites could not attack at all.

So Brother Richard thought of using the traitor Li Heda to lure the enemy to attack the city. When the enemy was halfway through the attack, he would lead his troops to fight out from the rear.

The iron kite shot out from the thorn like a sharp black arrow, targeting the Qi army that had not yet entered the city.

The charge of ten thousand iron kites was so powerful that the ground even shook, and the momentum of the fighting army in the city was even suppressed.

"ignition!"

Lu Zhishen roared, and countless fires were lit outside the city. The entire night was illuminated, and the charging iron kites could be seen clearly.

"I knew you had a conspiracy!"

Lu Zhishen looked at the iron kite rushing over with a sneer. For the sake of safety, he personally led his troops and held back, leaving the enemy to sneak attack. Unexpectedly, he was actually hit.

"They're just armored cavalry, don't think you're the only ones with them, just kill them with me!"

Lu Zhishen gave the order and charged forward with his cavalry. His team was also armored cavalry, and their armor was no worse than that of the Xixia people.

Brother Richard was blinded by the sudden firelight. When he saw Lu Zhishen leading his troops to kill him, he also realized that his plan had failed again, but now he had to take action.

"Tornado Cannon, hit!"

In order to break the formation, Brother Richard directly asked the Poxi Army to come forward.

The cyclone cannon mounted on the back of the horse fired stone bullets. A row of stone bullets only slightly blocked the charging Qi army.

"kill!"

Lu Zhishen roared, he had already rushed in front of the enemy, and with a wave of the water mill Zen staff in his hand, he knocked away the enemy in front of him.

The two armies were fighting together, the sound of swords hitting armor was constant, and sparks were scattered.

"Lu Zhishen!"

Brother Richard held a sword and killed Lu Zhishen.

Lu Zhishen blocked the sword with a single swipe of his water-milling Zen staff.

"Hmph, do you think you can deceive the Sa family with your little skills?"

Lu Zhishen looked at Brother Richard with contempt.

"It's enough to kill you!"

Brother Richard drew a sword from his waist with his other hand and stabbed Lu Zhishen again.

"Two swords?"

Lu Zhishen was a little surprised.

But even if he uses two swords, Brother Richard is still no match for Lu Zhishen.

It only took a few moves to make Brother Richard retreat repeatedly.

However, Brother Richard was clinging to Lu Zhishen, and he could not let Lu Zhishen step away to direct the battle.

"A plague has broken out in your army!"

Lu Zhishen looked at Brother Richard and said.

"Humph, aren't you the same? No matter who wins this battle, they will die in the end! It's not bad to be buried with you!"

Brother Richard laughed crazily. His plague tactic was successful. They were all infected with the plague downstream, and the Qi army upstream would only become more serious.

"Haha, die together? That's a bit courageous. But why do you think a plague broke out in our army?"

"You threw a lot of war horse carcasses in the valley. It's a good idea, but in such a hot weather, the smell can't be covered at all. Do you think I didn't notice it?"

Lu Zhishen laughed.

"So what? I send people to throw it away every day, can you hide it?"

Brother Richard did not panic when he saw that the plan had been discovered long ago. He even threw the dead horse upriver.

"Maybe you, like the Sa family, don't understand what hygiene is! Let me tell you, no one in our army has contracted the disease, and even the war horses are fine!"

Lu Zhishen continued, saying that he was actually a casual person, but Sun Lei loved cleanliness, which led to the entire Qi State to love cleanliness, and so did the army. There were even health regulations in the army.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Brother Richard yelled.