093 Attack Clay State

Liu Huiniang's original plan was to use Laizhou as cannon fodder to block and consume the army's strength. Dengzhou and Laizhou had just been captured and there were not many defensive equipment at all. With Laizhou suspending the pace of the official army, she can fully develop Dengzhou's defense, mobilize the financial and material resources of Dengzhou and Laizhou, and turn Dengzhou into an iron barrel.

This move is a typical example of abandoning pawns to protect the commander. However, the Luan brothers, Wang Tianba and others did not know that they were pawns. Even Zhang Mingke, the real person of Zhengjue, did not know that his entire army had been abandoned by Liu Huiniang, and he still defended Laizhou City. , waiting for reinforcements from Dengzhou.

As everyone knows, Chen Xizhen, Song Jiang, Liu Huiniang and others are also waiting at this time, just waiting for a piece of recruitment paper.

The Yulin army led by Chen Liqing, Guihua Mint and other female generals boarded wooden kites and scattered them from the air to suppress the bandits on the city tower. The city-breaking army led by Luda immediately swarmed up and used the machine beast to climb up the city wall and capture a corner. , Li Kui led another army, pushed a huge siege vehicle, and crashed into the city gate with a rumble.

Gongshu Yanran was also saving siege equipment for the decisive battle in Dengzhou, but the siege equipment allocated to them was not sufficient. The siege vehicle led by Li Kui was a pulley, which used a winch to lift a log weighing more than ten tons and slam it into the city gate.

The city gate was made of elm wood and was covered with a copper sheet more than an inch thick. It was hit dozens of times by the wooden pulley before it was broken. Li Kui hurriedly stepped forward and saw that the back of the city gate had been filled with huge rocks mixed with rammed earth. It was so solid that he could not dig it open for a while. He couldn't help but screamed in anger, saying: "This road If it doesn’t work, let’s go to the city wall too!”

There was a fierce killing on the city wall, and only one person was seen guarding the city wall, fighting Lu Da and Sun Li alone. One person had two large pens, each weighing eighty kilograms and one foot and five feet long. He could lift them up and open and close them vertically and horizontally. Even the machine beast weighing several tons was forcefully lifted away by his two pens. !

In front of Bi Lao, there was another red-tasseled spear head with four sharp claws. That man alone blocked the two tiger generals of Lu Dasunli and still had enough power to defend the nearly 18-meter-wide city wall!

Although the great general only had fifteen ways to move around, he was able to defeat ten groups with one force, and the officers and soldiers were blocked by him on the city wall and could not get out of the city.

Li Kui finally came up with a big ax on his back. Seeing that he was really powerful, he swung two axes and chopped at him without thinking.

The fierce general fought three people in a row, but he couldn't stand it any more. After fighting for more than ten rounds, he feinted with two big pens and forced Sun Li to retreat towards the city.

Lu Da and Li Kui did not dare to chase him too hastily, but they really admired his martial arts, so they said: "That hero, who are you?"

"Wang Tianba of Nanshan Town in Yizhou is the master of the Shi family who conquers demons!"

The two brothers Zhang Daniu also climbed up the city wall and were tying up people with chains. After hearing these words, they couldn't help but be surprised and said: "It turns out that this is the method of practicing Buddhist Vajra to win the battle. No wonder he is so strong!"

When Wang Tianba heard this, he glanced at the two men and was about to speak when he saw the two men suddenly lifted up the chains and tied him tightly!

The two brothers succeeded in the sneak attack. Li Kui immediately picked up two large axes and stepped forward. Without any explanation, he raised the ax and started to chop. There were only two bangs and sparks flying. Wang Tianba ate two of his axes, but he still stood still.

Seeing this, Luda swung the crescent moon shovel like a windmill and hit Wang Tianba on the head. Wang Tianba knew that his strength was amazing, and he ran away quickly for fear that his indestructible body would be broken.

The two Zhang brothers tried their best to pull on the chain, but they couldn't hold him back. Li Kui lost his ax and stepped forward to pull him, but still couldn't hold him back. Sun Li also followed suit, and the four of them were pulled down by Wang Tianba. city ​​wall.

Ruda quickly dropped the crescent shovel and helped the four people pull. Then he grabbed Wang Tianba and pulled him back to the city wall. Dozens of officers and soldiers shouted and came forward, tied up Wang Tianba with hemp ropes, and tied him up. One after another, it became an oval, like a big rice dumpling. Only then did Wang Tianba become unable to move and calm down.

All the generals exclaimed with emotion: "Amazing, really amazing! He is worthy of being a magician who practices the Vajra Combat Victory Technique!"

Luda picked up the shovel again and said: "He is even stronger than me by a few points. Don't kill this man yet. After we capture Laizhou, we will slowly persuade him to surrender. If he is willing to surrender, our army will have another tiger general!" "The officers and soldiers were ordered to carry the big rice dumplings down, and the whole army occupied the crenellations of the city wall first. However, late at night, torches were lit on the city tower. It turned out that Lu Junyi and Lin Chong took advantage of the victory of the city-drawing army led by Ruda and occupied the city tower first.

After a night of bloody fighting, Luan Tingyu, Luan Tingfang and other enemy generals were forced down the city wall and prepared for street fighting. Wu Song ordered people to move the ballistae and thunderbolt trebuchets to the city wall overnight, and then ordered Lin Chong to lead a feint attack first and wait for the troops to withdraw. After that, immediately order the ballistas, thunderbolts, and trebuchets to shoot at the places with the most resistance!

I saw arrows raining like rain, rocks covering the sky and the ground, houses destroyed, and countless rebels dead. After a burst of attacks, Lu Junyi's army immediately swept over and strangled the remaining defeated soldiers.

Luan Tingyu and other generals were injured many times and were forced to tighten their front lines. He boosted their morale and said: "As long as we hold on until dawn, Chief Chen will lead his troops to come to rescue! If we hold on until dawn, there will be a way to survive!"

The rebels resisted desperately. Soldiers and horses were ambushed in various streets and alleys, and archers were hidden between the cracks in the walls to shoot at the generals. Lu Junyi attacked once, was ambushed, and received an arrow in his arm. When he looked up, he saw two brothers, Luan Tingyu and Luan Tingfang, roaring towards him. All the soldiers worked together, and Yan Qing saved his life. Only then could Lu Junyi survive the siege and retreat.

Qin Wan'er came to treat Lu Junyi's wound. After Lu Junyi pulled out the arrow and bandaged the wound, he said to Wu Song: "Master, the streets of Laizhou City are narrow and there are many alleys. It is not conducive to our army's street fighting! Now we should wait until sunrise before attacking. In addition, the troops have been fighting for a day and a night, and they are all tired..."

Wu Song had no choice but to suspend the attack and let the army rest. Luan Tingyu organized several counterattacks, but they were all repelled. He was secretly worried: "If the Wu bandits use the method of step by step, what should I do?" Just thinking about it, I saw the north wind whistling, the sky was gloomy, and after a while, heavy snow fell.

The snowflakes fell in groups, fluttering down, and soon a layer fell on the ground.

The snow fell until noon, and it had not stopped, but became heavier. The north wind whistled, as shrill as a wolf's howl, blowing the injured soldiers unable to hold their weapons.

Seeing the heavy snow, Luan Tingfang said happily: "God helps me!" In turn, Huang Xin, Xuan Zan, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng said: "This snow is good, now we can hold on for a few more days!" Huang Xin wiped the snow residue on his beard and said angrily: "What a bullshit! The boys can't even hold their swords and guns!" Luan Tingfang didn't care and smiled: "Don't worry, Huang Tou, listen to me. The snow is so thick, we just need to hide in the snow, and we can't be seen from the outside. There is no cold wind in the snow, so we can hold our weapons, and when the government troops search for us, we can kill them by surprise! We only choose those generals to kill, if we kill too many, the bandit army will be in chaos!" Huang Xin suddenly realized and nodded: "It's feasible." Xuan Zan After thinking for a moment, he said, "It would be best if we have archers who can lie under the snow on the roof and shoot arrows at him. Even a god cannot hide."

Everyone applauded and went to lead their troops to prepare. Luan Tingfang invited Zhang Mingke, Wang Gongren, and Li Cheng, three magicians, and said, "You three have great magical powers. You can also lie in ambush in the snow and kill the general of the bandits in the chaos! Lu Junyi was shot by an arrow in the chaos. Now under your magic, there will be more casualties."

Zhang Mingke and the other two nodded in agreement and also lay in ambush.

In the afternoon, the troops from all directions made fire and cooked. After the meal, Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, and Lu Da each led their troops and urged the soldiers to attack the inner city. Not long after they entered, they encountered an ambush. The soldiers suffered few casualties, but the generals in the army were seriously injured.

Deng Fei, the Fire Eyed Suanni, surrendered not long ago. He was greedy for merit and was shot dead by a hidden arrow. Li Kui was also hit by an arrow. Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Junyi hurriedly retreated, but saw that the other two armies also retreated. Counting the generals, only Shi Qian was missing.

Wu Song knew about this and couldn't help but look worried: "Is it that God doesn't want to destroy Chen Xizhen?"

Shi Xi's wife said: "My Shi Qian is trapped in the city again, what should I do?"

Wu Song comforted: "Shi Qian is often trapped in the city, and he is not hurt at all every time. Xi's wife doesn't need to worry."

As he was talking, Gongshu Yanran led the skilled craftsmen of the mechanical camp and said: "The other party is in the snow, specifically assassinating my generals. It is hard to defend against it. Now we can use the water dragon cart to break this method." After that, he ordered people to push an elephant throat water dragon, with an elephant trunk in front and a big belly in the back. Two soldiers pressed the air valve up and down, and a large stream of water was seen spraying out a hundred steps.

"This kind of water dragon cart is best to use boiling water. When boiling water is poured into it, it can spray farther. Only a hundred or so carts are needed to drench Laizhou City within an hour. Boiling water splashes on snow, which can not only scald the enemy, but also become more powerful after cooling. Which soldier can hold a weapon?"

Wu Songxi said: "We must have a general to guard this water cart." In exchange, Chen Liqing was ordered to lead 200 sharpshooters to fly in the air. If anyone approached the water cart, they would be shot on the spot. Gongshu Yanran ordered people to boil water immediately and pour it into the belly of the water dragon cart. After the preparations were completed, another hour passed.

The soldiers pushed the cart into the city and shot boiling water everywhere. The ice and snow melted. The bandits hiding under the snow were scalded by the water and couldn't help jumping out. They were all shot by Chen Liqing and others.

After another hour, Laizhou City was drenched. When the cold wind blew, ice was everywhere, and the ice formed by the melted snow was more than three inches thick.

Every soldier in Laizhou was covered in ice chips and shivered. They couldn't even pick up their weapons. They surrendered immediately when they met the government troops. Not surrendering meant death.

Zhang Mingke sighed and said dejectedly, "Laizhou can't be defended."

A soldier next to him who looked wretched shouted, "Why don't you surrender?"

Zhang Mingke hesitated. Although the soldier was short, he had protected him many times when the bandits attacked the city. So he said, "Chief Chen has been kind to me..." As he was speaking, Luan Tingyu and others came with the remnants and said, "Laizhou can't be defended. Now it's still time to break through and flee to Dengzhou. Masters, we will escort you out of the city at the risk of our lives!"

Zhang Mingke and the other two sorcerers nodded and said, "We will perform magic in the formation, and everyone can escape!"

Zhang Mingke said to the soldier next to him, "Follow me, I will protect you in the chaos."

The soldier was grateful and thanked him endlessly. Zhang Mingke smiled and said, "If you hadn't protected me, I would have been shot to death by the Wu Zetian's Yulin Army. I have a clear sense of gratitude and resentment, so I will naturally protect your safety."

Luan Tingyu and Luan Tingfang immediately led their troops to break through the siege, and Zhang Mingke, Wang Gongren and Li Cheng immediately performed magic in the formation, forcing a thick fog to cover Laizhou, and rushed to the East Gate. The Lu Da army guarding the East Gate was caught off guard and was broken through by them.

Luan Tingyu and Luan Tingfang gathered their strength and were about to fight out of the city. Suddenly, the soldiers around Zhang Mingke suddenly rose up and chopped off Wang Gongren's head with a knife. The back of the knife slapped Zhang Mingke over. Then he held Wang Gongren's head in one hand and Zhang Mingke in the other, and jumped up. Like a big flea, it was ejected dozens of meters high and jumped away, shouting: "This is a flea under the imperial master's door, Shi Qian!"

Luan Tingyu, Luan Tingfang and others were stunned, and they did not come back to their senses for a long time. The heavy fog gradually became lighter without the support of Zhang Mingke, Wang Gong and others. Luda, Li Kui and others reacted and quickly organized their troops to fight.

Luan Tingyu, Luan Tingfang and other generals rushed out of Laizhou and galloped away. Luda and Li Kui did not stop them and only focused on strangling the remaining troops. Luan Tingfang walked for more than ten miles and ordered the army. He saw that less than a thousand people escaped from Laizhou City alive, and all of them were injured. The remaining generals in the army were Huang Xin, Xuanzan, Xiao Rang, Pei Xuan, and Jiang Jing. , Lu Fang.

Xiao Rang, Pei Xuan, and Jiang Jing were all civil servants and did not have much fighting power. They couldn't help but said dejectedly: "How can I go back and explain to Chief Chen?"

Luan Tingyu snorted and said: "Chen Xizhen said, we are guarding Laizhou. If the military thieves come to attack, he will definitely come to help. Why haven't you seen his reinforcements for so long? When you get back, you will definitely ask him for an explanation!"

Luan Tingfang sighed repeatedly and whispered: "I can't explain this clearly. I think we are just abandoned soldiers. Except for Yan Shude, who is Chen Xizhen's confidant, the others who were sent to you and me are either civil servants or martial arts Not a very good leader. Although Lu Fang and Guo Sheng are famous, their skills are really weak. In my opinion, our Laizhou has been abandoned a long time ago!"

Although Luan Tingyu didn't want to admit it, the fact was that Huang Xin, Deng Fei, Yan Shun, Yang Lin, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng were indeed not strong in military force. Xuan Zan was a rebel general, while Xiao Rang, Jiang Jing, Pei Xuan, Ou Peng simply doesn't have much ability.

As for Zhengjue Master Zhang Mingke, he is the nephew of Zhang Shuye, a subordinate of the martial thief. Miaoming Yuanjun Wang Gongren has few talents, Zhenhai Master Li Cheng is accustomed to betraying his friends for glory and is despised by others, and Conquering Demon Master Wang Tianba has a hot temper and has no popularity.

Even Luan Tingyu and Luan Tingfang brothers were related to Wu Song's Hu Sanniang Zhu Biao. Judging from these doubts, Luan Tingyu had to admit that they were all abandoned by Chen Xizhen. The only one who was not abandoned was probably Yan Shude, the real person from Chunyang. Unexpectedly, Yan Shude was the first to die in the battle, and was picked by Lin Chong.

"Good brother, what should we do now?"

Luan Tingfang said: "There are only two ways. One is to go back and surrender to Master Wu. As long as there are no big mistakes, the Master can still tolerate us and can still be reused. The other is to pretend not to know anything, return to Dengzhou, and continue to talk to Chen Xizhen Work hard."

Luan Tingyu thought for a long time and said dejectedly: "Chen Xizhen is kind to us after all. This life belongs to him. Now that he has fought out of Laizhou City, if he goes back to surrender, it will spread out and we will have no place to put our face..."

Luan Tingfang suddenly looked strange and said strangely: "What if we can surrender without going back?"

Luan Tingyu was stunned, suddenly woke up, and said angrily: "Luan Xiaoer, do you dare to collaborate with the enemy? No wonder our army was defeated so quickly! Let me kill you, the traitor, first!"

Luan Tingfang quickly waved her hand and pointed forward: "It's not that I collaborate with the enemy, but that the Imperial Master is good at cutting off people's retreat. Brother, look ahead!"

Luan Tingyu looked up and saw smoke rising in front of him. An army was rushing towards him. There was a tiger general at the front, and a strong man next to him was holding a big flag high with the word "History" painted on it. In the middle of the formation, there was another flag. The big flag has the word "Gongsun" painted on it.

The army shouted, "The Imperial Master has ordered me to wait here for a long time!"

Luan Tingyu said angrily: "It turned out to be the two traitors Jiuwenlong Shijin and Ruoyunlong Gongsun Sheng..."

Luan Tingfang smiled and said: "Fortunately it's these two traitors!" He immediately led the crowd out, threw down his weapons and said: "Shi Dalang and Gongsun Dalang wait a moment, we surrender!"

Seeing that his brother had surrendered first, Luan Tingyu stepped forward and said, "Surrender!" Huang Xin, Xuan Zan, Xiao Rang, Pei Xuan, Jiang Jing, and Lu Fang looked at each other and had no choice but to surrender.

Shi Jin did not participate in the Battle of Laizhou, just to set up an ambush here and wait for the defeated army to come east, and they happened to fight. Unexpectedly, the enemy troops surrendered before their swords and guns were used. He was suffocated.

Gongsun Sheng was a man who had surrendered. He had some friendship with Song Jiang's subordinates and was unwilling to fight with them. Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered people to tie up all the generals and take them to Laizhou City to announce the good news.

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