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"Go to our inn to stay! Our inn's special warehouse."

"Why did the guest officer come here? I want to kill my servant!"

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The businessman smiled and pointed to the county seat. Seeing that he had a clear destination, everyone had to leave angrily, preparing to pull a cargo ship behind him.

The businessman came to the city gate with his buddies. The city gate had been replaced by the puppet Qi army, but the city gate was not closed, but the interrogation was very strict.

A captain stepped forward and asked, "Where did you come from? Where are you going?"

The businessman clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I am from this county. My surname is Jiang, and my name is Jiang Ming. I am responsible for running errands and delivering goods!"

"What do you have in dozens of boxes?"

"It's all spice!"

"Spices? There is a tax when entering the city!"

Where there is a need for taxation, it is clearly for the benefit.

The businessman touched Dutou with a handful of money, and Dutou shook his head, "You're sending a beggar!"

The businessman had no choice but to take the Tongguan money and gave it to him, and said coldly: "The Yiguan money has to be checked out of the box. If there is any loss, I will not be responsible!"

The merchant had no choice but to take out an ingot of silver from his pocket, which weighed about two or two taels, "There will be no more!"

They weighed their heads, finally satisfied, and waved their hands, "Let them enter the city!"

Only then did the businessman enter the city with a dozen of his fellows.

The lead porter is Yang Zaixing, and the deputy is Gao Ding. Although there are only 13 of them in total, they are all generals with high martial arts skills.

Yang Zaixing asked the businessman in a low voice, "Why didn't they search?"

The merchant smiled bitterly and said, "No merchant wants to be searched. Once searched, at least [-]% of the goods will be lost. This is a common practice. These soldiers use this to blackmail the merchants. If they want to avoid being searched, they have to pay a high purchase price. "

"What if you carry weapons or something?"

"When you go out, how can you not carry self-defense weapons? You can definitely find short knives, long swords, bows and arrows, but as long as you don't carry crossbows and long weapons, you will be fine. Besides, you can buy them in the city, and no one will carry them. It is a contraband, so the guards don’t bother to search it, collecting money is the key.”

The merchant's name was indeed Jiang Ming, and he was also a native of Yiling. He opened a large shop in Jiangling County, and the county government introduced it to Chen Qing. Jiang Ming agreed to help Chen Qing's men sneak into the city.

He smiled and said: "Actually, the goods I brought are worthless. I'm not afraid of them searching. I just want to find an excuse to bribe him. If I give him money, he won't make trouble."

Yang Zaixing nodded, "We also want to buy some weapons, can the owner buy them?"

"You don't need to buy it. My family has it. There are more than a dozen of you, from armor to spears and crossbows, everything is available."

Everyone came to Jiang Ming's house. Jiang Ming's house was not small, covering more than ten acres. His parents, wife and children lived here. He also had a manor outside the city with hundreds of acres of land.

Jiang Ming asked the housekeeper to arrange for Yang Zaixing and others to live in the East Courtyard, and told the housekeeper that they were not buddies, but warrior guards whom he had hired at a high price, and they had to eat and stay well to save their lives at critical times.

The housekeeper agreed, and took Yang Zaixing and others to the east courtyard.

The thirteen people only carried daggers and no other weapons. They ate and rested for a while. Jiang Ming came over and said with a smile, "Guard Yang, follow me."

Yang Zaixing played tricks on Gao Ding and Liu Qiong, and they brought a few men to follow Jiang Ming to the West Courtyard, and walked into a large room without windows, which was a warehouse, filled with all kinds of goods, from fur to cloth to silk and satin , and fillers such as duck down and goose down.

Jiang Ming moved the goods away, revealing a small door. He opened the door and invited everyone in.

Everyone's eyes lit up, and there was a small arsenal inside, with spears, armor, swords, shields, bows and crossbows, everything was available, and there were dozens of each.

"Basically every household in Yiling has weapons. We have a total of [-] sets here. They are for my buddies and Zhuang Dingmen, and they are also for defending the homeland. You can take as many as you need."

Everyone took thirteen sets of armour, and Yang Zaixing each found an iron spear. Although the workmanship was a bit rough, it was of good weight, and they returned to the East Courtyard.

In addition to the three generals Yang Zaixing, Gao Ding, and Liu Qiong among the thirteen people, there were ten others who were commanders and heads of the capital, including the powerful Liang Gui. Jiang Ming specially found him a 13-jin hammer from the blacksmith shop. .

Without the help of Jiang Ming, a big local businessman, Chen Qing would not have dared to be so careless. If he was caught by the pot, he would have suffered a heavy loss.

According to the agreement, they seized the East Gate at midnight tonight.

There is no moat in Yiling, but it is built on the mountainside, and the upper city needs to climb a relatively long and steep slope. It is very difficult to attack the city. Jiang Yanxian took nearly 4000 casualties to capture Yiling.

Chen Qing didn't want to pay such a heavy price, so it was imperative to plan to take Yiling.

As night fell, Jiang Ming brought an official, who was the governor of the county government. After the puppet Qi army attacked the city, the magistrate and other officials followed the defenders and retreated. , He still continued to use several clerks in custody, otherwise many things would not be able to be done.

This Yasi is called Jiang Yun, and he is Jiang Ming's cousin. Their Jiang family is regarded as a local snake in Yiling, and their population is relatively prosperous. There are people from all walks of life in the county.

"Before, Jiang Yanxian set a very strict set of rules. In fact, Wang Bin did not strictly abide by them. If you followed Jiang Yanxian's rules, you would not be able to enter the city at all. Jiang Yanxian stipulated that young and strong men with foreign accents were not allowed to enter the city. When men enter the city, there can be no more than three people at a time. Before entering the city, the place of residence must be specified, and the defenders must check every two hours. Wang Bin thought this regulation was too cumbersome, so he did not implement it.

Then, the number of guards and patrols at night must not be less than 1000, and the number of people at the east gate must not be less than 500. All soldiers must wear armor to sleep and cannot even take off their shoes. Patrol and defense, there are 1000 people at the east gate, and 300 people on each side of the city head. "

"How do we go on the patrol route?" Yang Zaixing asked.

"Just two patrol teams, one from east to west, the other from south to north, with 200 people in each team."

The East-West Street is about five miles long, and the North-South Street is four miles long. The patrol team can run about three miles at most to the East City Gate.

Everyone felt a little overwhelmed. This Jiang Yanxian was really powerful. The defense measures at night were so strict that it was not easy to seize the city gate.

"How to open the city gate, do I need to go to the city?" Yang Zaixing asked again.

He knew that it was usually the suspension bridge that protected the city to go up to the city, but there was no suspension bridge in Yiling County.

"You have to go to the city. The gate has three iron bolts as thick as an arm. The switch is at the top of the city, and it cannot be opened from the bottom of the city."

Everyone asked about various details in detail, and then Jiang Yun left.

Chapter 325 Yiling

At one watch, everyone put on armor, each with spears, knives, horned crossbows, crossbows, and shields. In addition, they also carried three powder kegs with poisoned nails, and incense sticks of the same shape. The powder barrels were put together and mixed into the city, each weighing five catties, and carried by Wang Chao, the deputy commander of the Firearms Battalion.

Everyone also carried a ladder. If the task failed, they would use the ladder to evacuate. This was Chen Qing's order and they must be obeyed.

It's past two o'clock, and hundreds of soldiers are walking slowly along the shop. This is also the defensive advantage of Yiling County. The field of vision is very wide. During the day, you can see more than ten miles away. There is no problem inside or out.

But the moonlight tonight is very good, the moonlight is bright, the earth seems to be covered with a layer of silver light, the situation several miles away can be clearly seen on the top of the city, and there is no problem under the city wall, even a weasel can't escape the soldiers at the top of the city. Eye.

The only loophole is the dense shops at the foot of the mountain. Hiding behind the shops, the defenders on the top of the city will not be able to see them.

Under the leadership of Liu Cui, hundreds of elite Song soldiers hid behind the few shops closest to the city wall. Once the city gate was opened, they only needed a cup of tea to rush up the high slope and into the city. Door.

They made an appointment before and after the third watch, which is not necessarily so accurate. There is no problem opening the city gate before the third watch.

At two o'clock, thirteen warriors set off. Under the leadership of a servant in Jiang Ming, they ran along an alley towards the city gate. When they came to a fork, the servant pointed to a small alleyway: " Going out from this alley is Dongxi Street, less than a hundred steps away from Dongcheng Gate."

"Thank you!"

The servant left, and Yang Zaixing ran towards the entrance of the alley with 12 people. When he reached the entrance of the alley, Yang Zaixing looked around and saw a patrol team of 200 people coming from the direction of the east gate. Pushing their hands back, everyone stepped back and squatted down in the dark.

Under normal circumstances, the patrol team would not be able to find the people in the alley, and would walk over directly. After they had gone far, a group of people would come out of the alley.

But there are many things that they never thought of beforehand. Just as they squatted down, patrol soldiers walked past the alley, and suddenly there was a fierce dog barking from the yard next to them, and several vicious dogs were barking fiercely. They just got up and wanted to retreat , but was discovered by several patrolling soldiers.

"Who is it?"

At this moment, Yang Zaixing needs to make a decision, should they run away or meet them?

Yang Zaixing was heartbroken, and said to Wang Chao, "Light a gunpowder barrel and throw it out!"

Yang Zaixing shouted coldly: "We're just looking for fun, don't spoil our good deeds, go!"

Wherever the patrolling soldiers were willing to go, they rushed into the alley, "What's the matter, let's take my brother to play."

They regarded Yang Zaixing and the others as stragglers who were sneaking around looking for women.

The leading general went to the alley and asked, "Whose subordinates are you? Say the password first!"

Wang Chao lit the gunpowder barrel and threw it out of the alley at the right time. Yang Zaixing shouted: "Get down!"

The thirteen Song generals got down one after another and raised their shields to protect their heads and backs.

The gunpowder barrel exploded precisely on the heads of two hundred soldiers, and thousands of poisoned iron nails flew out. The sound of the explosion was deafening, and there were screams. Stronger, the poison nail has a longer range, easily penetrates the leather armor, and shoots into the body.

Yang Zaixing jumped up and shouted, "Kill!"

He brandished his iron gun and rushed up, and the twelve generals behind him also climbed up and rushed up.

On the street, a large area of ​​two hundred patrolmen fell down. The dozens of soldiers closest to the explosion point were blown to pieces, and several of them lost their heads. Most of the other soldiers were injured by poisonous nails, which hit their heads. Most of them were lying on the ground moaning in pain, and a dozen soldiers who were lucky enough not to be hit by the poisonous nails ran away in fright.

Yang Zaixing shot backhand and killed the enemy general. He shouted: "Leave them alone, go to the city!"

Everyone rushed to the city gate a hundred steps away. At this moment, the alarm bell rang on the top of the city, 'Dang!when!when! 'Actually, they didn't need to ring the alarm bell. An explosion woke up the whole city.

The soldiers who had been sleeping on the top of the city wall were also awakened one after another, yelling and running towards the corridor, and the soldiers guarding the city gate also ran towards the corridor. Three hundred soldiers crowded the upper city in the south. As for the corridors, Yiling is a small city, unlike a big city that has an urn city, and has two upper city corridors. It is relatively simple, without an urn city, and only one upper city corridor.

They rushed down the tunnel, and the soldiers on the wall and the tunnel shot arrows one after another. Yang Zaixing, Gao Ding, and Liu Qiong fired arrows with iron guns. Yang Zaixing shouted, "Wang Chao, target the tunnel!"

Wang Chao took out another gunpowder keg and lit the match with a torch. He ran two steps and threw it towards the corridor. Thanks to the accumulation, he has already figured out the various habits of powder kegs, and the powder kegs he throws can even explode a foot from the ground.

Wang Chao shouted, "Get down!"

The thirteen companions lay down at the same time, using shields to protect their heads and backs. This has also been verified through countless experiments. Using this method, there is a [-]% chance of avoiding the attack of the poisonous nails.

The gunpowder barrel exploded above the corridor where the enemy soldiers were densely packed. The flames flashed and the poisonous nails shot out. , Many soldiers on the city wall were even more miserable. They were shot in the face and neck with poisonous nails.

"kill!"

Yang Zaixing let out a loud roar, and rushed up the tunnel with his companions. Twenty or so soldiers who survived tried to resist, but he shot and killed seven of them randomly. The rest of the soldiers turned around and fled in fright.

"Liu Qiong, bring a few people to open the door under the city!"

Liu Qiong turned around and ran down, and said to several companions: "Come with me!"

Here Yang Zaixing is the commander, Liu Qiong is the deputy commander, Gao Ding is the general commander, and the others are partial commanders, deputy commanders and capital heads, so Yang Zaixing is the leader, Liu Qiong and Gao Ding are the deputy generals.

Liu Qiong rushed into the city gate with three people. They could remove the three iron gate bolts, and the top three iron gate bolts needed to be opened from the top of the city.

They had just pulled out an iron door bolt when suddenly a companion screamed and was shot in the back by an arrow.

As soon as Liu Qiong turned her head, she found that countless soldiers were running towards this place, and more than [-] soldiers were shooting arrows here from a hundred steps away.

"Go ahead, I'll cover you!"

Liu Qiong rushed out of the door opening, brandishing an iron gun to strike arrows, and the other two companions struggled to pull out the remaining two bolts, and the rest was just a matter of the city.

On the top of the city, Yang Zaixing, Gao Ding and six other companions were fighting fiercely with [-] enemy soldiers. They covered Liang Gui and flipped three switches. Pull the switch slowly.

Liang Gui roared, and he creaked a switch and pulled it open.

At this time, Liu Qiong shouted anxiously from below the city, "Hurry up, the enemy is coming."

Yang Zaixing shouted anxiously, "Liang Gui, hurry up!"

Liang Gui was sweating profusely, but the cover underneath was too small for him to use his strength.

Gao Ding suddenly shouted: "Insert the hammer handle!"

One sentence reminded Liang Gui, he slapped himself hard, turned the hammer upside down, inserted the short handle into the iron sheath, held the hammer and pulled the switch with all his strength, and the second switch was pulled open by him.

There is one last switch, and hundreds of enemy troops under the city have already killed ten steps away from the city gate.

Liu Qiong took the two heads out, blocked the city gate, and fought fiercely with hundreds of soldiers.

At this time, Chen Qing led thousands of soldiers to rush outside the city gate. Some soldiers threw iron hooks, and the iron hooks hung on the city wall. The soldiers began to climb to the top of the city.

Suddenly, the city gate made an ear-piercing creaking sound, and the city gate suddenly moved. The soldiers pushed open the city gate with all their strength. With a loud roar, Chen Qing rushed into the city gate first. Brandishing a spear and fighting fiercely with the enemy, the other three fell to the ground and died.

Chen Qing's eyes were red, he rushed forward, ahead of Liu Qiong, the halberd struck out horizontally, and a dozen heads flew up at the same time.

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Chapter 326 Infighting

The Song army captured Yiling County like a broken bamboo. When the guard Wang Bin learned that the East City Gate had been lost, he fled westward with more than a thousand people in panic.

As the sky gradually dawned, the main forces of the Song Army entered Yiling County one after another, and Chen Qing ordered the three dead Dutou to be buried generously.

He sighed and said to the generals: "In the future, if you want to persuade me, you can't let me make hotheaded decisions. If unfortunately all 13 people are killed in battle, I will regret it."

Yang Zaixing shook his head and said: "The general is concerned about the humble officer, but it is the duty of the general to lead the charge. This is actually a form of the charge. The general will not let us take risks. I am sorry that the general cannot agree with this point!"

Liu Qiong had bandaged several wounds. He said in a hoarse voice, "It is the glory of Song soldiers to die on the battlefield. Even Dutong himself wants to charge forward, but we are not allowed to take risks. I don't agree with this truth!"

Gao Ding and other nine participating generals said in unison: "Forgive us for not accepting it!"

In fact, Chen Qing was not trying to appease them and buy people's hearts. He really regretted it. Three of his five tiger generals participated in the operation. Considering the problem from the general's point of view, so this kind of dispute is meaningless, he just needs to learn his own lesson.

Chen Qing immediately rewarded 13 people heavily, and the three generals who died in battle gave double rewards.

Chen Qing also ordered Liu Cui to lead 3000 people to guard Yiling County, and then he led the army to continue westward, and the situation of returning to the state was imminent...