: Diverting trouble to the east

Author: Add coriander to crucian carp soup

: Diverting trouble to the east

Zhong Ping is well versed in the importance of military strength and speed. If he wants to capture Chang'an, he must break through the city gate in front of him as soon as possible. Across the soldiers fighting on the field, he met Zhang Yan's pair of faint wolf eyes.

Zhang Yan pursed her chapped lips and made some gestures while greeting the flag soldiers. Within a moment, the yellow scarf warriors who had just been fighting with the Chang'an guards pulled forward one after another, leaving just enough space to lead Zhong Ping.

With his troops guarding the center, the troops and horses were integrated into one place, turning the battle formation into a cone shape and charging together. Chang'an's army, which was already timid due to Zhang Xiu's arrogant actions and was defeated, was even more disorganized.

Chang'an's army was surrounded by enemies on all sides and its formation collapsed. Li Meng had already lost his will to fight. Seeing this situation, he quickly fought and retreated.

On the city wall, there were still some guards left. Seeing that the situation was not good, they immediately wanted to close the city gate.

Seeing this, Li Meng shouted urgently: "Don't panic! Wait until I enter the city and then close the city gate!"

He deliberately gave Zhongping an opportunity to take advantage of him. He looked greedy for life, ignored the soldiers around him, and fled towards the city gate in a panic.

Seeing the general's appearance, the Chang'an army was demoralized and frightened like a lost dog. They lost the intention to fight again and either surrendered or fled.

Zhongpei keenly understood the changes on the battlefield and seized this golden opportunity. The seemingly iron-barrel siege actually caused the enemy generals to retreat and revealed a gap. He immediately waved his hand and ordered the left and right, "Send my order to the general! Chase after me."

!Don’t miss your chance!”

Then he led his troops to seize Li Meng's defeated army. However, the large number of Chang'an troops who were already losing their fighting spirit seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and rushed towards the city gate.

The guards on the city were not good at attacking or defending. They neither dared to throw logs or rocks, nor raised their bows to shoot arrows; nor did they dare to close the city gate to isolate Li Meng and others.

"Everyone! Enter the city!"

Zhong Ping clung to Li Meng's back, and with the cover of the Chang'an rebel army, yellow and red mixed together, and he entered the city gate as the first batch of pursuing soldiers.

Li Meng was secretly happy, and deliberately stood in front of Zhong Ping, keeping a certain distance from him. Seeing Li Meng in front of Zhong Ping, the Chang'an army did not dare to attack at will, but just fled towards the city.

"Why don't you close the city gate?!"

When the east city gate was about to be lost, Zhang Ji got the news that Zhang Xiu was trapped outside the city. He finally arrived late. He looked at the chaos at the city gate and his face was ashen.

The guard did not dare to explain that neither Li Meng nor Zhang Ji could offend him, a low-level soldier.

"Close the city gate!"

As Li Mengfang led Zhong Ping into the city, he heard a muffled "boom-boom-boom" behind him, and suddenly felt something was wrong, "Why is the city gate..."

"General Zhang! It's General Zhang! We are saved!" The retreating Chang'an army saw the city gate closing slowly, the flag with the word "Zhang" flying, and countless red military uniforms blocking the city gate. They consciously blocked the door with the yellow scarf.

Regain confidence.

Li Meng spat, feeling resentful and anxious. He was afraid that Zhong Ping would become a turtle in the urn and would not be able to escape. Due to the many Chang'an troops around him, he was unable to say a word to remind him.

Sweating broke out on his forehead, he gritted his teeth and with a cruel heart, he rode his horse straight to the city wall. He knew that the place where the banner with Zhang Zi appeared must be where Zhang Ji was leading his troops, and the city wall must be empty at this time.

Zhongping frowned slightly. Firstly, Zhang Ji came so quickly, which was somewhat beyond his expectation. Secondly...

Could the man in front of me be one of my uncle's? Why do I feel that he is deliberately guiding me, so why is he running to a weakly defended place?

No matter what this person's thoughts are, if he wants to capture this gate and join Zhang Yan and Xu Dan, he can only take a gamble and continue to follow this person up the city wall!

Xu Dan and Zhang Yan were also angry when they saw that their good situation was ruined by the closing of the city gates.

Zhongping had already entered the city, and the two of them did not delay. Since they could not enter the city directly, they immediately ordered the soldiers to assemble the siege equipment built on the road and plan a storm.

"General!"

The guards on the wall heard that Zhang Ji had closed the city gate, and saw Li Meng taking the lead in climbing the city wall. They thought that the Yellow Turbans that had entered the city had been wiped out, and they greeted Li Meng diligently.

Li Meng originally planned to take advantage of the lack of guards to help Zhong Ping seize the city wall first. Unexpectedly, when he climbed the wall, Zhang Ji actually led his troops to the city wall to inspect the situation below the city wall, and then went to the city gate in person to join forces to intercept it.

In addition to the neatly guarded archers on the wall, there were also more than a thousand infantrymen left by Zhang Ji in case of any eventuality.

He was really in a dilemma at this time.

Compared to Li Meng, Zhongping was in an even more embarrassing situation. He was stuck in the middle of the road, unable to get up or down. There was a wolf in front of him and a tiger behind him. No matter how you looked at it, it was a certain death situation.

"The yellow scarf ant bandits are on the city, follow me and surround them!"

Zhang Ji was worried about Zhang Xiu's safety, and his lips itched. He stuck out his tongue and licked it. He found that he was too impatient, and a small blister appeared on his upper lip.

He grabbed the small bubble and pinched it hard, tearing off a piece of dry white dead skin. Zhang Ji rubbed his fingers, and there were still some blood beads on his lips.

Fortunately, he responded in time, and only a hundred people entered the city. These hundreds of people presumably wanted to climb the wall first and join the Yellow Turbans outside the city. After he closed the city gate, these people retreated to the city with a clear purpose.

Zhang Ji licked off the blood dripping from his upper lip.

It's a pity that he also left a garrison on the city. These yellow scarves just threw themselves into a trap.

Most of the Yellow Turbans are a mob. They will be used as a deterrent after wiping out the ant thieves in the city, and then they will be lured by the golden officials. These people will become like birds and beasts. When Zhang Xiu is rescued, troops will be sent to pursue them completely.

Zhang Ji made up his mind to just block Zhong Ping's retreat and force him to climb the city wall and die with thousands of arrows piercing his heart. This would serve as a target for the Yellow Turbans outside the city and let them see clearly what would happen if they continued to attack Chang'an.

What will happen.

"Didn't you see the yellow scarf coming up?! Everyone was stunned, what are you calling me for? Come on!"

Li Meng knew in his heart that if he let go of the arrow, Zhongping would definitely die, so he raised his sword before the guard around him could say anything.

The guards originally thought of firing arrows directly without sacrificing manpower, but Li Meng had already rushed forward, and the archers did not dare to act rashly. After all, there were only a hundred yellow scarves on the wall and thousands of Chang'an troops. Even one person could drown these ant thieves with his spit.

Therefore, the defenders did not think much and followed Li Meng. Under the swords, blood and flesh flew everywhere. Several people besieged a Yellow Turban. In a short time, most of the Yellow Turbans on the city were cut into several sections and turned into miners.

"That kid, look at the knife!"

Li Meng shouted angrily, the knife stuck to the corner of Zhong Ping's clothes, but failed every time. At first glance, it looked like Zhong Ping had foreseen where Li Meng would strike and evaded nimbly, "What a slippery road!"

Zhong Ping knew that the opponent was deliberately letting off steam, and in coordination with the opponent's movements, the two of them fought more and more sideways. Zhong Ping seemed to be unable to handle it, and Li Meng pressed forward step by step, retreating to a dark place.

"Young Master." Li Meng glanced around with his peripheral vision and saw that the defenders' offensive was becoming more and more fierce. He saw that the yellow scarf could not last long, so he cut a long story short and quickly told Zhong Ping what he had in mind. Then he pretended to draw a sword and got close to Zhong Ping's ear.

"I'm offended!"

Li Meng twisted Zhongping's arms and folded them back, tied them with a live buckle, and scolded: "When I get in front of the general, I will tell you what you said truthfully! If there is any deception, I will definitely kill you!"

Zhong Ping loudly begged for mercy: "Don't dare! Everything the villain said is true! The Yellow Turban has other plans, General!"

After shouting, he asked in a breathy voice: "Isn't this too clean and fake?"

Li Meng was silent for a moment: "It would be more like it if the young master shed a little blood."

After saying that, he only punched Zhong Ping on the nose, causing blood to spurt out. It was like opening a soy sauce shop, salty, sour and spicy, and it rolled out every time.

Zhong Ping was knocked dizzy by the punch. He felt several Li Meng swarming around in front of him, accompanied by wild bees flying and chirping. He couldn't stand, and was lifted up by Li Meng like a chicken, towards where Zhang Ji was.

Go.

"General Zhang! There is a yellow turban leader here who says he has something important to report! The matter is at stake! I don't dare to make a decision, so I will send this person to the general!"

Zhang Ji didn't want to see this troublesome yellow scarf, but when he heard Li Meng mention Zhang Xiu in his words, something that was originally a sure thing seemed to have changed.

The pinched blisters were itchy, Zhang Ji licked his upper lip again: "Bring that person forward!"

From a distance, he saw a thin little man under Li Meng's arm. His facial features were covered in blood and he couldn't see clearly, but he could see that he was tied tightly.

Zhang Ji thought that his martial arts were extraordinary and there were many soldiers around him, so he was not afraid of the dwarf's tricks.

"General, this is him!"

Li Meng smiled flatteringly, put Zhong Ping down, pushed him in front of Zhang Ji, and retreated slightly to Zhong Ping's right side.

"The villain's attack was a little harsh. I'm afraid this person won't be able to make any sound."

Zhongpei lowered his head and shook his body slightly, looking like he was beaten to a daze and couldn't use any strength.

"Tell me, what's the plan of the Yellow Turbans?" Zhang Ji was confused. For some reason, he always felt that... the person in front of him seemed familiar.

Every time he wanted to ridicule this person, he felt a chill behind him, as if once he said something sarcastic, something bad would happen immediately...

"Let's not mention the Yellow Turban incident for now. Just raise your head first."

Li Meng's eyes changed, and he moved his thumb on the scabbard to pull the knife out of the scabbard.

However, the one who was faster than him was Tongping.

The dagger gleamed with cold light and pierced Zhang Ji's face. Zhang Ji sneered, and in the midst of lightning and flint, he raised his hand and grabbed Zhong Ping's wrist, about to exert force.

At this moment, Zhang Ji saw clearly Zhong Ping's face magnified in front of him.

Zhang Ji's hand shook.

The archers behind him aimed at Tanehira's heart at the moment Tanehira launched his attack, intending to kill Tanehira with one arrow.

Li Meng didn't have time to react. Fortunately, he didn't know what went wrong, and all these arrows grazed Zhong Ping's neck, shoulders, waist and legs without even injuring him at all.

On the contrary, Zhang Ji, who was opposite Zhong Ping, was in trouble. Logically speaking, Zhong Ping was blocking him. These archers who dared to shoot their bows were all skilled in archery. The arrows should be stable and stab Zhong Ping into a hedgehog.

But now that all the archers have become masters of human body contouring, the arrow naturally falls on Zhang Ji, who is much taller than Thongpei.

Zhang Ji saw arrows piercing his body like rain, and he didn't think about taking precautions against Zhong Ping. In an instant, Zhong Ping's dagger was placed on his neck, and his lieutenants on his left and right helped Zhang Ji to knock down the arrows.

Several people were wondering how could Zhong Ping, a young man, really kidnap Zhang Ji, who was highly skilled in martial arts?

So Jian Zhongping put the dagger at Zhang Ji's throat, but before he could turn around, he slashed at Zhongping's back with the knife.

The two lieutenants were worried about Zhang Ji's life, so they both killed him. The tip of their sword was fast and steady, and they slashed hard at Zhong Ping's back and heart. Zhong Ping clearly had no way to avoid it, but several people rushed to use the sword together.
To be continued...