The sudden fire in the southwest corner of Qingzhou immediately attracted the attention of the Liangshan Army outside the city. Upon hearing the reward, Lu Junyi suddenly became energetic. After he went out of his tent to look from afar, he even said hello: "Brothers Zhu Wu and others have indeed lived up to the trust of Brother Gongming, and they have really stirred up the storm in Qingzhou City. Pass on the order." , be prepared for a night attack on Qingzhou, and meet the brothers in the city!"
This order was immediately answered loudly by all the soldiers in the camp. After these few days of offensive and defensive battles, the Liangshan Army also suffered a lot of damage. Many people were impatient of such days and just wanted to use their troops to attack the city as soon as possible. . Now that the opportunity has arrived, no one dares to slack off at all.
The originally silent military camp suddenly became lively. The soldiers and horses who had not rested for long were quickly mobilized and prepared for another strong attack. The brothers in the city did not disappoint them. Not long after, a rocket was shot into the night sky with a whoosh. It was one of the signals agreed upon by both parties. Looking at the direction of the rocket, Lu Junyi Decisively gave the order: "The whole army must gather at the west gate. Qingzhou will be captured tonight!" After saying that, he got on the back of his horse and rushed forward at the lead.
The other leaders also laughed heartily. Either on horseback or on foot, they left the camp with all their troops and hurried towards the west gate of Qingzhou. Only one person showed a slight doubt on his face after looking at the dark and silent appearance of the Qingzhou East Gate facing the camp. However, as a former military attaché of the Song Dynasty, Han Tao, the Yum-win general who had just joined Liangshan, could not deny the contribution of his brothers in the city too much. He could only turn around and whisper a few words to the brothers he had become friends with. : "We should be careful later. It will be dangerous if we fall into the Qingzhou Army's plan."
Tianmu General Peng Qi, Holy Water General Shan Tinggui and Divine Fire General Wei Dingguo all nodded in agreement. The three of them had a lot of combat experience, so they naturally understood the principle of considering defeat before victory. They immediately followed Han Tao, fully alert, and rushed towards the west gate with the army.
When Lu Junyi led his army to gallop for more than ten miles and arrived near the west gate, they heard bursts of fighting inside. What made everyone even more excited was that a gap opened in the city gate that should have been closed. Even the suspension bridge that had been retracted before was now halfway on the moat. Although it is not completely connected to the river, people can already see the two ropes hooked up to the bridge.
As soon as they saw this situation, Lu Junyi and the others immediately understood what was going on - the brothers in the city must have taken advantage of the opportunity to cover up the Ximen area after setting the fire. It was only when he wanted to open the city gate that he was blocked by the officers and soldiers, so there was such a half-open city gate, and the sound of fierce fighting inside kept coming.
"All the troops, listen to the order and follow me to kill! Yan Qing, are you sure you can shoot down the rope of the bridge?" Lu Junyi knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he immediately issued the order to attack the city, and then looked back at his side. Yan Qing shouted and asked.
Yan Qing squinted at the thick rope that stretched across his arm and was a little confused, but then he thought of a way: "Light the torch, I will burn the rope with a rocket!" As he spoke, the soldiers next to him had already brought the torch over. , Yan Qing pulled out an arrow and ignited it, then put it on the short bow string he carried with him and shot towards one of the ropes.
"Whoosh—" The arrow shot through the air and accurately hit the rope in the blink of an eye, causing everyone to cheer. Just as Yan Qing expected, such a thick rope cannot be easily broken by an arrow. But it was completely different when it was brought with fire. After a while, the fire on the arrow spread on the rope. After a while, the bridge body shook violently, and the rope on one side had broken, and the bridge body was pulled down. A collapse.
The force of this blow was not small, and it obviously exceeded the load-bearing capacity of the rope on the other side. There was a bang, and the rope on the other side also broke, causing the entire suspension bridge to fall down and hit the ground with a bang. It hit this side of the moat, causing dust to fly.
But at this time, the Liangshan Army around the suspension bridge could not care about the smoke and dust. As Lu Junyi drew his sword and pointed forward, he shouted: "Brothers, charge into Qingzhou!" There were no more than two thousand soldiers and horses. Shouting hesitantly, he rushed forward with all his strength, crossed the moat on the slightly shaky suspension bridge, then slammed open the already opened west gate, and rushed into the dark Qingzhou City, but there were still sounds of killing. .
Only a team of more than a hundred people was subconsciously delayed at the end. Han Tao's expression became more and more serious: "It seems to be true, but why didn't a brother come out to help?" Although he was full of doubts, But after everyone else had entered the city, they couldn't stay outside and had no choice but to rush in.
But just as their front team rushed into the city gate, there was a strange rumbling sound above their heads, and then their eyes went dark, and the road that should have gone straight into the city was actually blocked. This made everyone panic, and some of the minions turned around and ran back subconsciously.
Han Tao and the others understood at this moment that this was indeed a trap!
There was an ambush on the city gate. They were just waiting for their troops to enter the city gate, then they would lower the gate and completely seal the entire west gate, cutting off the Liangshan Army's retreat. And since they have blocked the retreat, it means that there must be more ambushes ahead.
"What should we do?" Peng Qi and others looked at Han Tao, waiting for him to make the decision. After all, among these people, he was the strongest in terms of leading troops in battle and adapting to various situations. Moreover, it was he who first noticed that there was a problem, so that everyone did not follow them to the city.
Han Tao only pondered for a moment and then said: "Let's exit the city first. The road ahead has been completely blocked. If the city gate is blocked again, we will really have no choice but to die!"
At that moment, this team of more than a hundred people quickly turned around and rushed out as fast as possible. Behind them, across the thick gate, a comprehensive and overwhelming ambush battle had begun. As the sound continued, There were rumbling sounds, and screams continued to sound. Even the people who had withdrawn from the city could still hear them clearly, and their faces became increasingly ugly.
Lu Junyi never imagined that he would lead his brothers into a huge trap set by the army. When they just rushed out of the west gate, they discovered that there was a city wall standing there in front of them, not much shorter than the outer city, but the door under the wall was still closed at this moment. At the same time, the sounds of fighting that could still be clearly heard outside the city before were completely gone at this moment.
There is no trace of any army ever fighting here.
At this moment, he and many people around him woke up with horror, fearing that they were being plotted by the city's defenders! But before they could give the order to evacuate quickly, there was a loud bang behind them, and an iron gate fell just in time, directly cutting off their way back.
At this time, the two thousand soldiers and horses in the urn city have truly become turtles in the urn. Torches were already lit up on the wall of Wengcheng in front, and countless officers and soldiers appeared. Lin Chong's voice rang out: "Senior Brother Lu, if you are willing to put down your weapons at this time, kneel down and surrender, you can avoid death. Otherwise, don't do it." It's my fault, junior brother, that I'm not polite!" As he finished his words, many figures appeared on the outer wall at the rear, forming a two-sided attack with the soldiers and horses in Wengcheng.
Lu Junyi's face suddenly turned pale, and he greatly regretted his hasty decision. But now, he could only grit his teeth and said: "Lin Chong, you don't have to say this hypocritically. If you have the ability, come down and fight with me to see who can win!"
"Hahaha..." Hearing this, there was a burst of laughter at the top of the city. Huang Wenbing shook his head and laughed: "Executive member Lu, no wonder you fell into our trap, because you are not a qualified general at all. Let me ask. Who would fight head-on with the enemy under such circumstances! Shoot arrows and rocks to kill them all!"
As the order was passed on, arrows, rocks and logs fell like raindrops and hail towards the enemy below. As a result, Liangshan Army was really in trouble. The urn city was not a big place, and once two thousand people entered it, it was filled to the brim, with not much room for movement. Now that arrows and rocks are falling from above, it is a complete one-sided massacre.
Even though Lu Junyi and the others were all very skilled in martial arts and could hold on for a while, they could only protect themselves at most, but they had to watch helplessly as their brothers were either shot by sharp arrows or hit by stones, screaming and falling to the ground. In a pool of blood. It didn't take long for Liangshan's army to suffer nearly half of its casualties. The others were already extremely frightened, but they couldn't even come up with any way to counterattack.
Seeing this scene, the generals in the city laughed heartily again: "Although these bandits are full of tricks, they are still far behind than using soldiers. Qingzhou is not another place, how can they say it?" They can come here? This time we must annihilate them all so that they will never dare to invade my city again!"
When saying this, several people glanced at the several Liangshan leaders who were tied up beside them. They all had pale faces, but everyone's eyes were fixed on Zhu Fu, who was trembling slightly. If their mouths hadn't been stuffed with cloth and couldn't speak, they would all have yelled at this traitor.
The reason why such a complete defeat occurred today was not only the deliberate arrangements of the officers and soldiers, but also the key to Zhu Fu's greed and fear of betrayal. If he hadn't revealed the secret code to contact the troops outside the city, Lu Junyi and the others would never have fallen into the trap and entered the city, but now everything was over.
At this time, Huang Wenbing deliberately came to the trembling Zhu Fu, patted his shoulder and said: "It is a great achievement for you to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. I will explain everything to Sun Dujian when the time comes. You don't need to be nervous. We, Qingzhou, will not treat you badly."