Chapter 1,288 Changes in South City

On the southern wall of Handan, Xiao Jin, who came to take over the night watch on the city wall, suddenly found that in addition to the more than 100 soldiers under his command, there were actually 200 soldiers sent from the city. Although it was obvious that these were some newly recruited soldiers, the combat effectiveness of these new recruits was not good, but it was a big obstacle to his plan.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Jin immediately found a good way. He arranged his confidants at the winch of the suspension bridge and the place controlling the city gate Tiechan Gate, and then gave those positions far away from the city gate and the tower to the new recruits. At the same time, he arranged those soldiers who were not confidants to go there on the grounds that these new recruits did not know how to guard, and let these old soldiers guide the new recruits.

In this way, he took this opportunity to control all the key positions in his own hands. Of course, there were also some new recruits in these places, but the few new recruits could not have any impact on his plan.

After arranging these things, Xiao Jin quietly walked to the top of the tower and hung up a red lantern that had been prepared long ago. Less than a quarter of an hour later, he finally found a lantern outside the south gate, which was the contact signal he had agreed on. Seeing this, Xiao Jin calmly called several of his confidants over, and after giving them instructions, he took down the lantern and put it inside the tower.

A few miles south of Handan City, Yan Liang had already led nearly 10,000 elite soldiers to this place. After seeing the signal from the tower, Yan Liang still said to Xu You with some concern: "Sir, are you sure there is no problem?"

"General, don't worry. If you are still worried, send a thousand elite soldiers to sneak under the city. If a thousand elite soldiers enter the tower, they will definitely be able to seize the city gate. Even if they fail, they will only lose a thousand soldiers. A small loss may be able to exchange for a strong city. Isn't the general willing to take this risk?" Xu You replied calmly;

Yan Liang thought about it and realized that it was true, so he ordered a thousand elite soldiers to get ready. After resting for more than an hour, they sneaked under the city as the vanguard of the entire army to prepare to steal the city.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally at the agreed time of the fifth watch, a general under Yan Liang quietly woke him up: "General, time is up!"

Yan Liang nodded, turned to a soldier beside him and said: "Send a signal to the city!"

"Yes, General!" After saying that, the soldier took the red lantern that had been prepared long ago, and sent a signal in the direction of the city according to the previous agreement.

On the south gate of Handan City, Xiao Jin was already on the tower, anxiously waiting for the signal outside the city. Seeing that the time had come, at this moment, a confidant suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Sir, look..."

Xiao Jin looked to the south, and it was indeed a signal sent by the Wei army. He couldn't help but cheer up and said: "Pass the order, let the brothers take action! Quick..."

Soon, bursts of muffled groans were heard inside and outside the tower. A moment later, all the other soldiers in the tower were cleared out by Xiao Jin and his confidants, and the tower was filled with the smell of blood.

After receiving reports from various places, Xiao Jin nodded with satisfaction and said to a close friend beside him: "Send a signal outside the city and order the brothers to tie a white towel on their right arms. Hurry up..."

The Wei army outside the city had already prepared well. A thousand elite soldiers had sneaked to a distance of a hundred steps outside the city. Seeing the signal on the tower, the leading captain immediately ordered: "Quick, brothers, speed up the action and rush in immediately!"

A thousand Wei soldiers, led by the captain, rushed to the city gate.

Soon the army rushed to the city gate drawbridge. Just as the captain was about to speak, they found that the drawbridge had begun to "squeak" down, and then the city gate seemed to slowly open a crack.

Seeing this situation, when the drawbridge was lowered and not yet stable, the captain shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill, break through the battle line and seize the city,

Today!"

"Kill, kill, kill..."

A thousand Wei soldiers rushed into the city gate like a torrent. With the help of Xiao Jin and others, one thousand Wei soldiers successfully entered the city. After entering the city, they did not immediately expand the results of the battle, but divided into two groups, leaving 400 soldiers to control the city gate, and the other 600 soldiers quickly rushed to the top of the city, completely controlled the tower, the suspension bridge, and the gate of the city gate, waiting for most of Yan Liang's troops to arrive.

In Handan City, after Zuo Xiao arranged the new recruits, he went into his room to rest after he had arranged everything properly. However, at four o'clock, he was awakened by an inexplicable palpitation, and after waking up, he could not fall asleep again.

In desperation, he had to get up and think about it, but he could not think of any omissions, so he ordered his personal soldiers to dress him neatly and led two hundred personal soldiers to patrol the top of the city.

Because the east was facing the camp of the Wei army, the first place he patrolled was the east city wall. What made him happy was that the two hundred old soldiers and two hundred new recruits on the east side were broken up and mixed together by the East City defender. One team of old soldiers led a team of new recruits, divided into several sections, and guarded the city wall separately, without any slackness.

Just as he left the east city with satisfaction and was about to go to the south city wall, suddenly there was a loud killing cry from the direction of the south city, and then there were flames from the direction of the south city. Seeing this, Colonel Zuo quickly ordered: "Come here, send someone immediately. Go to the south gate and see what happened?"

Immediately, some personal orders took action after hearing the news. After they left, Zuo Xiao sent someone to send an order, ordering the two thousand elites who had just gathered yesterday to gather quickly and come to join him. Not only these, he also ordered to send people to inquire about the soldiers and horses of other sects. And he himself led two hundred soldiers and ran towards the south gate.

Before he could reach the corner of the city wall in the southeast direction, Colonel Zuo encountered the soldiers he had sent out. He led Xiang Ming and his soldiers to rush to him and reported: "General, it's not good. Something big has happened. Xiao Jin, the defender of Nancheng, has led his troops to surrender to the enemy. Now he has opened the south gate and put the Wei army into the city. "

When Zuo Xiao heard this, he stood on the spot like a bolt from the blue. He did not expect that he had just added troops and horses, and as a result, a general surrendered to the enemy and opened the city wall. When he woke up with a start, he pulled out the long knife from his waist and shouted sharply: "Come here, order the soldiers and horses on the other walls of the city to guard the city gate strictly. The other soldiers and horses will work with this general to take back the southern city!"