Although Litao County is the logistics transfer center of the Jizhou Army, it is not busy all the time. In fact, it is quite the opposite. Only when transfer orders are issued from the front, a large number of elite soldiers will escort the grain trucks to Yijing. , the rest of the time, except for the large number of troops stationed in Litao County, it is not much different from other cities. The people in the city rest at sunrise and sunset, and are not affected by the war ahead. Gongsun Ming is even more surprised. The Jizhou Army actually did not deploy security forces outside the city of Litao. No, Gongsun Ming, disguised as a young man traveling around, led several guards dressed as servants and wandered around the outside of the city for nearly half of the time. It's been an hour, but no one has come to check.
Faced with such a defensive situation, which was just an empty city strategy, Gongsun Ming's first reaction was not excitement, but suspicion. This is not surprising. People who are used to digging holes and burying people will naturally become suspicious once they encounter an unknown situation. Did he encounter a trap, but the facts proved that he was overthinking it - a personal guard who was ordered to go into the city to investigate the truth and truth soon brought back the correct information - Lu Weihuang's defense focus was internal and not external, except In addition to the 1,000 soldiers and horses stationed on each side of the western city wall, the 6,000 main force were all concentrated in the barracks near the grain depot. The fire and theft prevention work was well arranged, but they never considered what happened to Litao County. Possibility of enemy attack.
Before Gongsun Ming attacked Litao County, he originally planned to launch a night attack. For this purpose, he also specially built a batch of flying claws, rope ladders and other objects. However, in this situation, there is obviously no need to spend so much time. No, after some preparations, while a large number of people working in the fields were returning to the city, Lu Xiang took the lead and led more than 20 cavalry in a grand manner to the east city gate. At the same time, nearby Two thousand Qingqi, also under the command of Shen Fei, pulled out from the woods where they were hiding and drove towards Litao County slowly and unhurriedly.
"Stop whoever comes!"
Although the defense in Litao County was not very tight, it could be seen that Gongsun Ming and his entourage were galloping towards them. A village commander led several soldiers to rush forward. He waved his hands and shouted, but his voice was loud. It was very loud, but it was just a routine thing, and there was no sense of nervousness at all.
"You are so impudent, I am Lu Xiang, the general of the Ning Kingdom. You dare to block my way, are you seeking death, huh?"
Even though the village chief shouted loudly, Gongsun Ming and others obviously didn't care. They rushed all the way to the warning line at the city gate, and then they all reined in their horses. Soon they saw Lu Xiang's face full of anger. He rode out with an unhappy expression and cursed in a cold voice.
"General, calm down, general, calm down, I don't know what you mean..."
The army is a place with strict rules. The camp commander is just a low-level officer, not even a senior officer. Compared with Lu Xiang, his status is undoubtedly very different. Hearing that Lu Xiang's voice is wrong, how can he dare to show any slightness? , but saw him take two small steps back in panic, and hurriedly bowed to apologize.
"Hmph, the Third Young Master is approaching. Why are you, the thief, still standing there in a daze? Hurry up and tell Weihuang and Zhao Rui to come here immediately to greet him!"
Naturally, Lu Xiang would not take the mere village chief seriously. He waved his hand impatiently and then cursed in an unquestionable tone.
"General, please wait a moment, I will go and report this."
The worse Lu Xiang's attitude became, the less the village chief dared to question him. However, after he quickly agreed, he hurried into the city gate cave and soon saw people looting from the city gate tower. After leaving a general, he rushed to the city in a few strides. He first looked at the large number of cavalrymen running leisurely in the distance with a surprised look on his face, and then looked at the bottom of the city. Seeing that the general standing proudly in front of everyone was Lu Xiang, the bearded general quickly jumped down the city in three steps and two steps. This man was Zhao, the guard at the east gate of Litao County. Rui.
"The last general Zhao Rui meets with General Lu."
Lu Xiang is an important general in the Jizhou army, and his position is only lower than that of a few people such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, etc., while Zhao Rui is just a commander in another department, three ranks behind Lu Xiang, even though he deeply dislikes Lu Xiang. I was suspicious when I suddenly came here, but I didn't dare to ask questions in a hurry. Instead, I bowed and said hello first.
"kill!"
Zhao Rui originally wanted to study Lu Xiang's intention after the ceremony. This idea cannot be wrong, but it is a pity that he obviously did not have the chance to study it carefully. At the same time as Zhao Rui bowed, before Lu Xiang could say anything, he saw the original Gongsun Ming, who was mixed among the guards, suddenly roared, rode out with a gun, and with just one thrust, he skewered Zhao Rui on the tip of the gun. With another flick, the unlucky Zhao Rui flew away with a howl. , and then hit the ground heavily, blood spurted out from his mouth and nose, his burly body suddenly stiffened, then went limp, and he lost his breath.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack..."
When Gongsun Ming made such a move, all the guards who had been prepared immediately followed him and charged forward, stabbing with long spears. In an instant, they rushed to the head of all the defenders who were lined up to greet him. Eight fell, and soon, anxious shouts and shouts broke out one after another.
"Come in and seize the door!"
After killing Zhao Rui with one shot, Gongsun Ming didn't even pay attention to the defeated soldiers scurrying westward. He waved his spear, shouted and led the crowd to rush towards the city gate. The spears shot out like the wind, one after another. After picking off several defenders who tried to close the city gate, Shen Fei quickly took control of the city gate firmly. Dozens of breaths later, Shen Fei arrived with nearly two thousand cavalry roaring, galloping like thunder. Then he rushed into the city along the city gate...
"Report, General, it's bad, something happened in Dongcheng, Lu Xiang rebelled, General Zhao was assassinated, and the city gate has been lost!"
In the grain depot camp, after hearing the news that Lu Xiang had arrived accompanied by the third son Yuan Shang, Lu Weihuang was already doubtful about his generals. Although he had assembled his generals, he had not yet decided whether to rush to greet them and was hesitant. At the same time, I saw a newspaper horse coming in a hurry. He didn't even have time to get off the horse, so he yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Damn it, hurry up, everyone returns to their headquarters, assemble the whole army, and drive the thieves out of the city!"
When Lu Xiang rebelled, Lu Weihuangdang turned pale with fright, but he didn't care to study the details in detail. Then he roared, and soon he heard the loud sound of drums and trumpets, and a large number of people were shouting. The soldiers of the Jizhou Army who were resting in the camp suddenly responded to the order and quickly formed a formation in the open space of the camp. At the same time, the defenders at the three city gates also began to mobilize nervously...
