The soldiers who had been guarding the city all year round could naturally tell from experience that the floating smoke and dust did not represent a large influx of troops. A rough estimate was that there would be no more than three people, and at most just one person.
Therefore, although they were on guard and immediately notified their superiors, they were not too worried. When the sound got closer, they gradually determined that there was only one person. Then the fire from the city wall illuminated Geng Liangcheng who was almost at the foot of the city wall.
"Open the city gate quickly!" Geng Liangcheng shouted at the top of his voice before he even reached the city gate.
The generals raised their hands to take down the bows and arrows on the city wall. These people knew Geng Liangcheng, so they asked the general guarding the city tonight. After confirming that it was General Geng Liangcheng, they decided to open the city gate. Because the general guarding the city had once received favors from Geng Liangcheng, he personally went to the city gate to greet him.
The city gate was opened and he had just come out. Geng Liangcheng had not yet driven his horse forward when several stray arrows flew out from the darkness. The archery was so accurate that it was frightening. Several sharp arrows hit the people who came to greet Geng Liangcheng, as well as the two young gate openers whose half bodies were hidden in the doorway.
At the same time, smoke and dust rolled, the road was shaking, and millions of Turkic soldiers were fighting over.
"Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly!" a general on the city wall shouted.
Geng Liangcheng hadn't entered the city yet. He rode his horse at full speed, and the heavy city gate was hit violently just before it was closed. The collision quickly pushed the gate open, and an unintelligible loud shout was heard, and the Turks had successfully entered Tingzhou.
However, these Turks actually passed Geng Liangcheng who was standing aside, and even ignored him, and rushed into the city in large numbers from a few to many.
The soldiers at the city gate quickly grasped their weapons and tried their best to block, but it was like an egg against a rock. The Turkic soldiers came with great momentum and murderous intent, and they easily broke into the city gate.
They had been advancing with unstoppable force all along the way, but they had not expected that after entering the city gate, there were no lights suddenly lighting up in the houses near the city gate, and there were no people fleeing in panic. The silence was so strange and eerie that it sent chills down their spines.
A group of Han troops rushed out of the city gate, and they quickly killed their way in from the rear, while a large number of soldiers also swarmed out of the city. The Turkic army was surrounded from the front and back at once, and most of them were stuck in the city tower. The number of archers on the city tower increased several times, and thousands of arrows were fired at the same time, and fighting broke out on both sides.
Geng Liangcheng was caught in the middle, and he was still a little confused at this moment. The magical thing was that no one from the Turkic or Han army swung a knife at him. His mind was blank, and he couldn't figure out whether the Turkic king was using him, or whether his conspiracy with Xiao Juesong was discovered.
No matter what, if he wants to protect himself now, he must fight hard to kill the Turks.
However, before he could take action, another group of people came out from nowhere, hacking and killing the Han army that was blocking the city gate, and even looked around anxiously for something. When they found Geng Liangcheng, they shouted, "General, let's go!"
Geng Liangcheng was confused, he didn't recognize these people at all.
These people were actually trained by Xiao Changtai in this year. Xiao Changtai had a lot of money, and as long as he wanted, it was enough for him to form a large army in a year. It's just that they might not be able to achieve much. But Xiao Changtai only wanted them to be brave and able to fight one against three, so he didn't need to deploy them like regular troops.