Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 714: Suicide to Get a Cheap Deal

Li Cheng and Yu Yulin led the cavalry and chased for a while before withdrawing their troops back to the camp.

Liang Heng sent people to Jiyin County to report the victory, and at the same time, he led Yu Yulin as the vanguard and rushed to the city occupied by Lai Xing.

The two cities occupied by Lai Xing were called Wangcheng in the front and Xingcheng in the back. The two brothers guarded one city each.

After today's great defeat, Lai Xing was frightened and bypassed Wangcheng without entering. He rode back to Xingcheng at full speed, determined to abandon Wangcheng and defend Xingcheng in order to make a comeback.

He left behind three hundred soldiers to drive out the people of Wangcheng and move them to Xingcheng.

Liang Heng cleaned up the battlefield and then chased after them. Before half of the people in the city had left, he ordered the cavalry of Yu Yulin and Li Cheng to kill the soldiers who were chasing them and block them back.

After the notice was posted to reassure the people, Li Cheng was left to lead 3,000 soldiers to garrison the city, while Liang Heng and Yu Yulin rushed to Xingcheng.

On the top of Xingcheng City, Lai Xing drove the people in the city to defend the city.

Liang Heng led his troops around the city and observed the terrain.

Then he summoned the commander of the artillery battalion that had just been sent by the imperial court and asked, "Captain Gao, I saw today that the moat of Xingcheng is only a shallow layer of water. Can the artillery battalion's artillery destroy a section of the city wall?"

After hearing this, General Gao said awkwardly, "Generals, if we want to blow down the city wall, we must use the [Invincible General Cannon]. The cannons in the camp will not work."

"However, I see that although there are defenses on the top of the city, they cannot defend against the [Flying Divine Thunder]. Young General, you can adjust the artillery and concentrate the bombardment on one place to clear a section of the city wall."

Liang Heng was delighted when he heard this and said, "If that's the case, I can prepare myself and capture Xingcheng."

Immediately, Yu Yulin was ordered to protect the artillery battalion commander Gao Ming, survey the terrain and measure the distance.

Liang Heng urged the soldiers to escort the siege equipment from the rear to come for use.

Three days later, the siege equipment was delivered, including ladders, battering rams, bridge-building vehicles, and flying towers. What made Lai Xing on the city wall most unhappy were the two tunnel-digging vehicles.

Looking at the siege equipment in front of the battle array, Lai Xing wanted to open the city gates for a surprise attack, but he was afraid of the Liang cavalry below the city. Looking at Lai Xing looking out from the top of the city wall, Liang Heng asked Gao Ming, "Captain Gao, can you kill the man on the top of the city wall?"

Gao Ming took a look and said, "Commander, these artillery pieces under my command are ordinary. If a soldier below the third rank is hit by them, he will be killed on the spot. A general who commands troops has tempered his skin, muscles and bones, and his body is as strong as iron, and his blood is as mercury. It's good enough to injure him."

Liang Heng listened and nodded.

No longer thinking about killing Lai Xing by surprise.

According to the original plan, they would make a feint attack at the north gate, while Yu Yulin would attack the west gate under the cover of the artillery battalion.

In order to confuse Lai Xing, Liang Heng placed a large number of equipment outside the north gate, while the main attack on the west gate had only more than ten ladders.

However, all the artillery and flying thunder of the artillery battalion are kept by Ximen Yu Yulin.

The drums at the north gate sounded first, and then the drums at the other three gates followed. Amid the shouting and fighting, the soldiers on both sides were ready.

Liang Heng led the captured Red Coat Army to attack the city gate with ladders and battering rams.

Under the pressure of swords and guns, these people cried and shouted to the people on the city wall to stop attacking while approaching the city gate. Lai Xing saw this, although his face was grim, he still ordered the bows and crossbows on the top of the city wall to be fired.

There were sudden screams from the people below the city wall.

Under the cover of the Red Coat Army, the Liangshan Army soldiers pushed the lead cart slowly towards the city, and then saw the lead cart going deeper and deeper. After attacking the city for more than half an hour, the captured Red Coat Army had nearly 500 casualties, and many people on the city were also killed by the Liangshan Army's bows and crossbows. Now both sides had no mercy.

Liang Heng attacked the north gate very quickly, but there were less than 5,000 soldiers in the city, and the rest were young and strong. Lai Xing realized that Liang Heng's main attack was on the north gate, so he transferred many soldiers from the other three gates and left a small number of soldiers to lead the young and strong to resist.

Suddenly, a deafening sound came from the West City. Lai Xing's face changed drastically and he quickly sent people to investigate.

However, Gao Ming adjusted the distance and fired the artillery at the same time. More than half of the shells and torpedoes hit the top of the city wall. With just one hit, the top of the city wall was littered with corpses.

The young men on the city wall had never seen such a tragic scene before, and they collapsed and fled down the city.

Yu Yulin, wearing heavy armor, was the first to climb the top of the city wall. With one blow from his iron hammer, three or five people were knocked to the ground. Someone on the city wall recognized him as the fierce general who killed three commanders in battle a few days ago, and no one dared to step forward.

In just a short while, the Liangshan soldiers climbed to the top of the city wall, drove the Red Jacket Army down, opened the gate, and let the army enter.

At the north gate, Lai Xing was anxious. Before the soldiers who were investigating could return, the Red Coat Army soldiers guarding the west city escaped.

Soon, news came that the west city wall had been captured. In a short time, the news that the Liang army had entered the city spread throughout Xingcheng. Upon hearing this, many young men guarding the city threw down their weapons and ran home.

Except for the north gate, the other three gates were opened one after another.

Yu Yulin led his soldiers to attack the north gate. Lai Xing saw that he was attacked from both sides and the city was breached. He sighed, drew his sword and committed suicide.

When Liang Heng and Lai Xing were fighting in the world, the situation in Puzhou was different.

To everyone's surprise, the world of [Red Jacket Army Deer Fairy] and the world of [White Lotus Sect Li Xixi], the two worlds actually started fighting first.

Lu Xian and Li Xixi were actually enemies.

Puzhou military commander [Dragon Slayer] Sun Anben has divided his troops. Sun An and [Double-tailed Fox] Fan Chenglong are in one group, leading 5,000 soldiers to fight against Lu Xian, while [Brocade Leopard] Yang Lin, [Mountain Leopard] Gou Huan, and [White Flower Snake] Yang Chun are in another group, fighting against Li Xixi.

Before sending out troops, the spies reported that Li Xixi had ambushed Lu Xian's baggage train. Lu Xian turned back and started fighting at the foot of the city of Xicheng in the White Lotus world.

After repeated confirmation, Sun An gathered his troops and marched to the city of Xicheng.

Even when the Liang army came to kill him, Lu Xian still held on to Li Xixi's White Lotus Army. As if knowing that he was doomed, Lu Xian sent his confidant to surrender to the Liangshan army, on the condition that Li Xixi be killed.

In response to this, Sun An made a prompt decision and ordered [Golden Leopard] Yang Lin and [Mountain Leopard] Gou Huan to lead a thousand cavalrymen to the periphery to prevent the Red Coat Army and the White Lotus Army from escaping, while the rest of the army surrounded them in one fell swoop.

He even shouted: "Kill Bai Lian, kill Bai Lian..."

Li Xixi's troops were equal in strength to Lu Xian's Red Coat Army. Now that the Liang army surrounded them, they immediately showed signs of decline.

Sun An led a thousand cavalry and broke through the White Lotus Army's formation in one fell swoop.

The following infantry rushed into the formation at once, and the White Lotus Army's formation collapsed at once.

The army fought in chaos for a while, and Li Xixi saw that he was defeated, so he fled on his horse. In the battle, he met Fan Chenglong, the "Two-tailed Fox", and was stabbed to death by Fan Chenglong from behind.

Of the 5,000 White Lotus soldiers, all except the 1,000 who surrendered to Liang were killed. Lu Xian also surrendered as agreed.

Sun An captured the two cities of Xicheng and Lucheng without any effort.

(End of this chapter)