Everything was Wu Yong's plan to break the city. In order to fulfill Chao Gai's wish and conquer Dongping City as soon as possible, Wu Yong used this trick to pretend to be reinforcements to open the city gate.
Originally, in his calculation, as soon as the so-called reinforcements arrived, the officers and soldiers in the city would open the city to greet them in joy, so that the troops in the camp could take the opportunity to rush in and occupy the city gate. But Pang Xu was much more cautious than he thought, and did not fall into the trap, so he could only continue the trick. He sent troops to pretend to intercept, and then let the "reinforcements" break through and rush to the city.
At this time, the defenders finally fell into the trap and opened the west gate to allow them to enter the city. At this moment, Wu Yong, who was in the military camp, showed a satisfied smile: "King of Heaven, I have finally lived up to my trust. Dongping has been breached by our army, and the thief who injured you will be brought out soon. …”
At this moment, the Liangshan army at the west gate was roaring like a wild beast with fangs exposed, waving their weapons and rushing towards the city. What they wanted to do was not only occupy the city, nor just capture those in the government, they even had the idea of slaughtering the city and looting it to avenge the King of Heaven.
When he saw countless Liangshan troops tearing off their disguises and charging in with roars, the expectant smile on Cheng Wanli's face instantly froze, but his legs were so weak that he couldn't even move a step. Emotions of panic and regret kept impacting his heart, making the gray-haired Dongping prefect seem to have aged ten years in the blink of an eye.
The men who came with him were already panicking. Seeing the ferocious-looking thieves coming, they immediately made the most direct choice. Instead of fighting to prevent the enemy from entering the city, they quickly He turned around and fled to the city, but left his own eunuch in front of the door.
The Liangshan Army quickly rushed to Cheng Wanli, who was still standing there. Without saying a word, one of the minions raised his sword to kill him, but the man next to him quickly drew his sword to stop him: "This is an official." , capture him and hand him over to the military advisor!" As he spoke, he stepped forward and kicked Prefect Cheng to the ground. Before he could react in pain, he was pushed down and tied up.
During this period, other people were still pouring in, and the city was already screaming in surprise. From time to time, there were sounds of breaking doors and screams. It should be that people from the Liangshan Army began to search the whole city unscrupulously.
Pang Xu on the other side of the city was furious after seeing this horrifying scene, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, this Dongping is our home, we must not let the Liangshan bandits destroy our home! Let's go!" , if you are a man, come with me and kill them, and drive the bandits out of Dongping!"
He never thought of escaping. This was because, as he said, this was their home and there were still family members left in the city. Also, if the city was lost and the people suffered, the culpability of these soldiers would be extremely serious. Die. So there were only two options before Pang Xu and the others, either to drive the Liangshan army out of the city before they could harm the people, or to die.
Under his encouragement, the hundreds of officers and soldiers at the top of the city finally mustered up their last bit of courage, and they all shouted and rushed straight down the city, running towards the west. Soon, the two sides met head-on on the long street that connected the east and west. Without any nonsense, the two groups of people were fighting head-on, fighting hand-to-hand.
Although the Dongping defenders were pretty good, they were ultimately insufficient in strength. A mere few hundred people were clearly at a disadvantage compared to one or two thousand people. In addition, their spiritual support, Dong Ping, was not present. This made them lose power soon after the confrontation with the enemy. There was a defeat, with people constantly retreating and falling down, unable to withstand the ferocious impact of the Liangshan troops who were as violent as beasts.
"Kill!" Pang Xu was desperate at this time, roaring and slashing with his sword. While killing the two minions in front of him, he was pierced by Ruan Xiaowu who came out from the diagonal stab with a spear. His legs staggered and he was about to fall to the ground.
He knew very well that falling down in such a melee meant certain death, so he gritted his teeth and took the knife and slammed it on the ground, wanting to get up and fight again. But Ruan Xiaowu, who succeeded with one move, would not give him such a chance. Just as he was about to get up, the other party rushed forward, kicked Pang Xu hard in the chest, and knocked Pang Xu's body to pieces. The kick was thrown horizontally, blood spurted from the mouth, and it hit the two subordinates behind him who were trying to come forward to rescue. The three of them immediately became gourds on the ground.
Just when Ruan Xiaowu followed up and was about to kill all three of them with his spear, Ruan Xiaoer next to him suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute, I have an impression of this man. He was the one who shot that arrow yesterday." That's why the King of Heaven was injured! Don't kill him now, take him out and take his heart and soul to drink for the King of Heaven!" Although something happened suddenly yesterday, Ruan Xiaoer still remembered the appearance of the murderer who was hiding behind and firing cold arrows. , at this time, he recognized the person at a glance.
Hearing this, the murderous look on Ruan Xiaowu's face became even more intense. He kept moving his hands, and with two puffs, he killed the two officers and soldiers in front of him. Then with a swing of his hand, the spear shaft hit Pang hard. On Xu's face, he fainted from shock as he just heard this and tried to commit suicide with a knife.
As Pang Xu fainted, the officers and soldiers no longer had the ability to resist. They immediately screamed and dispersed, running wildly elsewhere. In this regard, Liangshan's army was not in a hurry to pursue them. They just kept moving closer to the city and sent men into the shops and alleys along the street, trying to force the people in the city out of their houses to facilitate their next actions.
At this time, Dongping City has completely fallen into the hands of Liangshan Army, and the life and death of the people in the city can only depend on the thoughts of these people.
But obviously, due to the unfavorable siege and damage in the past few days, coupled with Chao Gai's serious injury, Liangshan's army completely went berserk. Not only those minions have begun to invade people's homes and start killing and looting, but some leaders are also constantly causing killings. This is obviously beyond the expectations of Wu Yong and Zhen Sanshan Huang Xin, who led the army into the city this time.
After several screams, the red-haired ghost Liu Tang killed a soldier who was behind him with two swords, then he threw himself at a nearby shop with a grin, and opened the door with a few bangs. , dragged a shivering man to the street, and said to Huang Xin, who was still commanding the troops to occupy the whole city: "Old Huang, what else are you doing? Just kill everyone?" With that, he raised his knife and killed the innocent man who was still begging. Then he wanted to turn around and drag out the other people inside.
"Brother Liu Tang, please don't..." Seeing him acting recklessly, Huang Xin immediately became anxious and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Our village has always said
To do justice for heaven, you cannot kill innocent people indiscriminately. It is natural for you to kill the officers and soldiers, but you can kill the common people..."
"Why are you such a bastard! We are bandits who rely on robbery, so why can't we kill people? Moreover, they seriously injured the King of Heaven this time. If we don't kill a few people to establish our authority now, if something like this happens again in the future, What should I do if I hurt my brother Gongming?"
Huang Xin was stunned by these words, and it was really hard to answer. In fact, he was very aware of the dissatisfaction contained in the other party's words. He thought that he didn't take it to heart because he hurt King Chao Tian. If he had hurt Song Jiang, he wouldn't be so calm. In fact, Chao Gai's cronies in the village had always had some resentment towards those who came up to the mountain later, and those who were closely related to Song Jiang. However, they could tolerate it before, but this incident has made it possible for this contradiction to be triggered.
This was obviously not the result Huang Xin wanted to see, so after being stunned for a moment, he could only sigh and give no more advice. At this point, we can only let these guys burn and kill in the city to vent their anger. Just like this, the little reputation Liang Shanbo had managed to achieve under Song Gongming's hard work would be completely destroyed.
Taking advantage of his hesitation, Liu Tang unceremoniously entered the store again, directly drove out a few people hiding inside, and then killed them all in front of everyone.
Such cruel methods made Huang Xin bored for a while, and also made many of his cronies frown. You know, Huang Xin was also a military attaché of the imperial court before he joined Liangshan. Even though he had been in the mountain for many years, he was still not used to these bandit-like practices.
At this time, the killing was not only in front of him, but screams were also heard from elsewhere. It was obvious that Liu Tang was continuing to kill innocent people, which made Huang Xin unconsciously start to reflect on what he had done. Is everything right or wrong? Should I stay in Liangshan...
But soon, he put aside these weird thoughts, and quickly turned back to his confidants: "You two will go out of the city to see the military advisor and ask him to lead troops into the city quickly. Now we can stop them from killing innocent people indiscriminately." , there are only military advisors.”
Indeed, only Wu Yong, an old man who followed Chao Gai and the others to Liangshan, could restrain these murderous guys in front of him.
But just when the two men whispered and were about to turn around and leave the city, an urgent clang sound suddenly came from outside the city. This sound came from afar, and it actually caused the Liangshan thieves and bandits who were having fun killing people and looting in the city. For a moment, all movements on his hands stopped: "Is this... Ming Jin's signal to withdraw his troops?"
Everyone showed expressions of disbelief. How could this be? We have obviously won a great victory and Dongping City has been captured by us. Now is a good time to take revenge. Why do we suddenly ask everyone to withdraw their troops
Everyone in the Liangshan Army who didn't know the reason became hesitant, and finally some smart people ran to the city wall to take a look. Upon seeing this, these people immediately shouted in alarm: "No, get out of the city quickly, some officers and soldiers have invaded our camp!"
When these words were passed down, even Huang Xin couldn't believe his ears. How could the officers and soldiers suddenly come behind him and attack the camp