A riot in Xijing: thieves kill thieves

The sun has not yet risen in the east, and the sky is beginning to turn white.

A group of Huaixi thieves who shouted "eat soup cakes" fired up their last fanaticism and charged at the bewildered Jinzhong Army.

Many Huaixi men had just woken up from their sleep when they heard fellow villagers shouting excitedly outside: "Kill the Jin thieves, kill the Jin thieves, kill all the Jin thieves and eat soup cakes!"

Before his mind understood what was going on, his body was already summoned by the local sounds and soup cakes, and he subconsciously picked up his weapon and followed the crowd to kill the general.

In the city of Xijing, although the Jinzhong Army was larger in number, they were unable to withstand the opponent's brutal attack. Every stronghold and station was rushed towards by the Huaixi Army, and everything fell into chaos in an instant.

Many Jinzhong soldiers were so sleepy that they were overwhelmed by the crowd before they could even lift their swords and guns - just like a swarm of locusts that covered the sky and swept through the lush crop fields, leaving only chaos wherever they passed.

The two armies fought like crazy in the city. After all, the Huaixi Army had been stationed for a long time and was familiar with the terrain. It gradually divided into several groups and attacked the Jinzhong Army's garrison respectively.

Cao Cao also divided the officers and soldiers into several groups according to the situation, one to assist, and the other to temporarily serve as the law enforcement team. Anyone who took the opportunity to attack merchants and households in Jinzhong and Huaixi would be killed without mercy.

But it is said that Niu Wenzhong, the commander-in-chief of the Jinzhong Army, was sleeping soundly with the courtesan in Xijing in his arms. Suddenly he heard the sound of killing all over the city. He got up in fright. He couldn't even put on his armor. He was half naked and hurriedly came out with his sword.

He saw the Huaixi army pouring into the courtyard where he lived. While fighting the Huaixi thieves, his soldiers shouted in confusion: "It's incredible, all the thieves in Huaixi are rebelling."

After hearing this, the thieves in Huaixi shouted and cursed: "You are the rebel thieves. We, the heroes of Huaixi, are ordered to kill the thieves..."

Niu Wenzhong's mind was buzzing, and he didn't know for a moment who was rebelling against whom. Fortunately, his instinctive reaction was still there, so he quickly pulled out his sword, rushed forward and killed several enemies in a row, barely holding on to the courtyard, but was struck by the bloody

As the smell aroused, my mind gradually became clear: That's all, it must be Duan Wu who frightened the dog out of fear, opened the city gate and surrendered to the Song army. Wouldn't this courageous little bird have done harm to me?

When he was complaining incessantly, he suddenly saw his subordinate Xiong Weiyu, wearing Yulin's helmet and armor, leading his general Sang Ying and hundreds of people to kill him.

Yu Yulin rode his horse into the enemy group and stabbed them randomly with his spear. There was no general in the Huaixi army to resist, and they fell to the ground one after another.

After the Huaixi army was dispersed, Yu Yulin hurriedly shouted: "Brother Niu, this city can't be defended anymore. Follow your younger brother and fight out."

Niu Wenzhong calmed down, quickly found his three-pointed two-edged sword, mounted his horse, gathered his soldiers along the way, and followed Yu Yulin to fight out from the east gate.

The other generals Cao Hong, Shi Xun, and He Ren also saw that nothing could be done, and each led their men to kill and flee outside the city...

This battle started in the early morning and lasted until midnight. The streets of the city were filled with blood. There were streams of blood on the roads. There were piles of corpses on many important streets. The people in the city closed their doors and hid under their beds, shivering.

Don't dare to step out even half a step.

Cao Cao sent people to count the casualties. The Huaixi Army had 25,000 people, and more than 4,000 people were killed in the battle, and countless wounded; the Jinzhong Army was 30,000 people, and more than 13,000 people were killed in the battle, and more than 6,000 people were surrendered.

Most of them were injured, and the rest fled out of the city for their lives.

As for the officers and soldiers, there were only two to three hundred casualties.

Cao Cao occupied the government office, and on the one hand, he ordered people to post notices to calm the people, and asked doctors to look after the wounded soldiers.

More than a thousand people were all locked up in the barracks.

Du Bo and Yuan Lang were delighted to report their merits: Zhu Jing's ax killed the off-center general Cao Hong, Liu Yuan's gun picked off the off-center general Shi Xun, the Teng brothers captured "Iron Dragonfly" Niu Wenzhong alive, Xiong Wei Yu Yulin, and the off-center general Sang Ying, but it was Yuan Lang who

Kill.

He Ren, the bandit's general, led more than a thousand people to attack left and right, and rushed out of the east gate in a panic. He happened to encounter Tong Guan leading his army towards Xijing. He thought he was going to die, so he risked his life and ran into him.

Unexpectedly, although Tong Guan's troops were many, they had been killed early in the morning. The morale of the army was at the bottom. There were obviously tens of thousands of troops. Seeing He Ren coming to kill with "incomparable ferocity", he was about to blow up the camp on the spot.

At the critical moment, it was Liu Yanqing, a veteran of the Western Army, who roared and led only seven or eight of his men who dared to fight. They risked their lives and charged into the enemy group. With a single blow from Pegasus, Heren fell from his horse.

The old general was still as heroic as before. He jumped off his horse and cut off a man's head. He immediately stood upright, held up He Ren's head, and shouted: "All these generals are dead. If you don't surrender, there will be no burial place for them." The thieves.

Frightened, they all knelt down and begged to surrender.

Tong Guan was shocked and furious. He immediately captured several vanguard generals and beat them with twenty army sticks each. He kept them in their posts and listened to them. He also praised Liu Yanqing's bravery. By the time the army entered Xijing, the sun was already setting in the west.

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Cao Cao had already held a banquet in the government office and invited Tong Guan and others to celebrate. Tong Guan took the main seat, holding Cao Cao's hand and sitting next to him. The other generals sat down respectively according to their positions.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Tong Guan's mood gradually improved. He stood up, looked around, and talked loudly: "The walls of Xijing are thick and thick, and there is Yishui and a big river barrier. It has been a fortified city since ancient times. What's more, the art of war has this saying: Ten Principles

Surrounding it, the thieves and soldiers join forces, and their strength is still better than mine. In such a situation, even famous generals from ancient times would have no choice but to hesitate at the gate of the city!"

At this point, his expression became more and more complacent, and his voice became louder and louder: "However, I and the generals, following the king's orders, came with their exhausted troops, traveled day and night, fought fiercely for five days, and conquered the famous city. This is a martial arts rarely seen throughout the ages!

Generals, please congratulate the Great Song Dynasty, congratulate your majesty, and congratulate us!"

Cao Cao raised his glass with all the generals and shouted victory. While drinking, he secretly admired him: Over the past thousand years, the level of fighting has not changed much, but his ability as an official has improved by leaps and bounds. I heard what Privy Tong said these days.

In a word, how brilliant——

A fortified city that has been difficult to conquer through the ages. The enemy is outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. The enemy is waiting for work. Marshal Tong leads his exhausted troops and "fights fiercely for five days to conquer the famous city." As a person who has experienced it, Lao Cao feels that his blood is surging after hearing this, let alone the distance.

Where is the emperor who is two to three hundred miles away?

At that time, none of the Shichangshi and his ilk were at this level.

When the wine was half drunk, all the generals of the Song Army stood up one after another and rushed to toast. Don't look at them. They may not know a basket of big characters, but when they spoke, they all uttered lotus flowers and praised Tong Guan's martial arts, flattering expressions, and word choice.

His shamelessness makes people feel nauseous, but the boy's body feels like he is experiencing fairy music, and his face is full of spring breeze when he hears it.

Although those generals were not very capable, they were very clever. When they saw Tong Guan taking Cao Cao to sit with him, they knew that Cao Cao was about to become famous, so after paying tribute to Tong Guan, they all offered wine to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao couldn't refuse. After drinking more than ten cups, his drunkenness gradually started to rise. He glanced sideways and saw that all the people in the hall could be seen: they were drinking with red pig hair and red donkey ears, with hypocritical smiles.

, stumbling around toasting each other, knocking over countless dishes on the way, roasting chicken and stewed meat, trampling on them like mud, overturned jars and bottles, and the wine flowed all over the floor.

At this situation, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh strangely, and his fists gradually became itchy. He knew something was wrong, so he pretended to be sick and hurriedly got up and left.

After leaving the hall, as the evening breeze blew in the summer night, Cao Cao's mood gradually calmed down. He suddenly thought of soup cakes, his expression changed, and he rode to the camp where the Huaixi Army was gathered, only to see hundreds of Huotou Army busy and busy -

—Those who knead the dough, cut the cakes, cook the noodles, and cut the meat... are sweating profusely, but they are also orderly.

Lu Junyi and Sun An led hundreds of people to maintain order. Xu Guanzhong and Xiao Jiasui helped the Huotou Army hold the meeting, and kept shouting: "Don't be anxious, don't panic. This is my military general who specially asked for grace from Marshal Tong.

If you have enough food, you have enough meat. If you have enough food, everyone will have it in their mouths and everyone’s belly will be full.”

Although those Huaixi troops looked a little anxious, they did not fight for it. They all lined up in a long queue, and the person standing at the end of the queue was a familiar face.

Duan Gou'er stood at the end of the team and shouted: "My dog's eyes are the best at recognizing people. I definitely like General Wu. He really cares about us poor men. He tells people

If you have enough control, you will have enough control. Brothers have lined up, no one should embarrass the Huaixi father and old man. I will be the last one to eat. If there is not enough, you all come and eat from me."

Those who got the noodles were all happy, and they were in small groups, squatting by the wall, or sitting under the trees. Some of the scoundrels deliberately stood on the edge of the team, pouting.

He blew the fragrant hot air into the crowd, causing a lot of yelling.

Many of those men were injured, and even the bleeding from the wounds had not stopped yet. However, each of them was holding a big bowl, eating and chewing sparsely, as if they were not aware of the pain of the wounds at all, with contented smiles on their faces.

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Cao Cao looked up at the rising moon, held back the sudden burst of tears, calmed down his emotions, then pretended to be nothing, laughed three times, walked to Xiao Jiasui's side, and helped him carry the soup cake.

, while shouting loudly and vigorously: "I, surnamed Wu, patted my chest and said, I have enough cake tubes and three liang of meat, but no one has deducted it? If there is, the heroes of Huaixi can just tell Wu, and Wu will pick it himself.

Kill someone else’s head to make soup!”

When everyone saw Cao Cao, no matter whether they were fed or not, whether they were injured or not, they all cheered: "Enough is in charge, enough is in charge, not to mention three taels, four taels are more than enough, General Wu is serving a good man, as promised."

There is faith."

This is exactly what it means: The prince's bottle of wine is worth ten thousand, the common man's cup of muddy liquid is half a penny. The nobleman's cup is full of lies, and the ordinary people are smiling when they are drunk.
Chapter completed!