: In the Devil's Way

Although the defenders in the city could not see the appearance of the head, they could hear the shouts of the enemy soldiers outside the city clearly. Several of them had good eyesight and could see clearly that the Mingguang Armor that was picked on the wooden frame was Zhao Quan. Dozens of gazes immediately gathered on the deputy general. Although due to the strict military law, no one dared to ask, even if the deputy general turned his back to everyone, he could feel the anxiety of being surrounded by everyone's eyes.

The deputy general held the head of the commander in his hand. The stranger who was still talking to him less than half an hour ago is now his head is different, with yin and yang separated. Even though he was a warrior who had experienced life and death, he felt a little sorry for him at this time. He was meticulous, and the words that the enemy soldiers at the city were shouting were not without flaws, and he knew that it was not true. At this time, he should have ordered his subordinates to shoot the enemy soldiers who were shouting, to show his determination to stick to and shock his subordinates' troops

Heart, but after all, he was not the chief general in the city. He had little prestige among the defenders, and the enemy's actions were too fast and ruthless. On the isolated island at night, there were suspicious people in the city, and they could not see the truth outside. If it was a bad thing, he was afraid of arousing mutiny from his subordinates, then it would be a big deal. Thinking of this, he made up his mind and found a way to delay time. As long as the sky was clear, he could figure out whether the enemy soldiers at the city were true. At that time, it would be simple to fight or surrender.

The deputy general lowered his head in the city and thought, perhaps the people outside the city could not be patient, and shouted loudly: "Do you think we are just intimidating, or you can look at the situation at the pier at the foot of the mountain. It is my navy vanguard fire ship. When it is dawn, when our navy arrives, you will have tens of thousands of troops. On this isolated island, you will just wait for death. At that time, you will be surrendering, and it depends on whether a family will accept you." At this point, the man laughed loudly, his words full of arrogance.

At this time, the defenders in the city had already raised their ears to pay attention to the opponent's shouts. When they heard what the man said just now, they didn't care about their posts. They rushed to the earthen wall here and looked over the harbor below. The reason why Zhoushan Island built a city of earth and left troops to guard it was because it was high above the place and had a clear view of the natural harbor below. In the hazy moonlight, five or six fire points were moving quickly towards the parking area of ​​their ships. It should be the enemy fire ships mentioned by the enemy soldiers outside the city. Although the number of fire attack ships was a little smaller, there must be a brigade behind them. They knew that there were sentry ships left outside the bay to patrol. If an enemy navy came, there would have been a long time ago. When encountering such a situation, it would be either the enemy water.

The division is too large, and the entire ship has been wiped out; or the enemy is moving too fast, and the post ship has not yet been informed. In any case, the hundreds of large and small ships docked in the harbor are almost empty ships, and the sailors are sleeping on the shore. In addition, the mooring is so dense that it is afraid that the entire army will be wiped out by the first wave of fire. Without the naval army, the defenders on the island are just meat on the chopping board, and the other party will starve to death. Thinking of this, the defenders shouted loudly without waiting for the orders of the deputy general, "Shangguan, don't be anxious, we are willing to surrender." They threw all the weapons in their hands out of the earthen walls. A few impatient one after another, simply took off their armor, climbed over the wooden fence and ran towards Chen Zhang, and shouted, "Don't shoot arrows, we are the surrenderers."

Seeing the guards like this, the guards were pressing around, but they could stop here and there. They saw more and more guards either climbed over the wall or squeezed over here. They all looked bad and obviously wanted to block their superiors. He was panicking, but he felt that someone was patting his shoulders. When he turned around, he saw that it was a deputy general with a bitter expression on his face. He was about to say something, but he heard the deputy general say, "Forget it, open the door and surrender."

The gatekeeper heard this and was about to say something, but the soldiers cheered and rushed up from their side, lifted the crossbar across the city gate, ready to open the city. They didn't know what to do for a moment. They only heard the deputy general smile and said, "The situation is like this, and you and I can only fall with the wind. I just want to protect the Mingzhou family. God bless you." When he heard the mention of the home left in Mingzhou, the gatekeeper couldn't help but shake, and his head raised could not help but hang down.

Chen Zhang stood outside the city, only more than forty steps away from the city gate, and could vaguely hear the noise behind the earthen wall. Nearly a hundred soldiers behind him were sitting on the ground to eat and rest. The ambush and the rushing march to the mountain consumed a lot of their physical strength. His eyes were staring at the city gate without a moment. Although he was so calm, he never stopped trembling fingertips. It was not difficult to see the excitement in his heart at this moment. Although he had disguised several soldiers as defeated soldiers and mingled into the city with Yu Xiu.

In the middle, he thought that the internal response was that the soldiers who remained in the ships were launched and used fire to attack the ships in the port, using various means. But after all, his subordinates were only 200, and there were only 1,500 enemy soldiers on the island, not to mention many sailors and civilians. If the enemy generals persisted, when the truth was revealed, they would be afraid that they would not even have a place to die. Thinking of this, his hands were trembling more and more violently, and sweat could not drip along his fingers, as if he had just washed his hands.

The few personal soldiers behind Chen Zhang could see clearly. They were nervous at this time, but they were afraid they were no less than the commander. But now that things have come, there is a deep abyss ahead, and they can only rush over with their teeth. Just when they thought they had no hope and were about to harden their heads, just at this moment, a shout suddenly came from the city, and they could vaguely hear it clearly, "We are willing to surrender." Chen Zhang heard it, and could not tell whether he was thinking too much for a while. He was just listening to the hallucinations in his ears. He turned around and wanted to ask his subordinates behind him.

When he saw the ecstasy on the faces of those people, he believed that he had heard it wrong. Chen Zhang was surprised and happy for a moment, and could not speak. If he hadn't known that the more he had been, the more he would have to be so uneasy, he would have jumped up long ago. He was about to order his soldiers to approach the trench and put more pressure on the enemy. He saw several heads appearing on the fence in the distance, and then he saw them turning out, waving their hands, showing that they were not holding weapons, and shouting loudly: "Don't shoot arrows!"

Seeing this scene, Chen Zhang felt very calm and knew that most of the matter tonight had been done. He immediately led ten people to escort the surrendered soldiers to the roadside to guard, so as not to let them see their own weaknesses and cause trouble in vain. Sure enough, after half a cup of tea, the city gate not far away opened wide, and dozens of enemy soldiers came out of the city and fell into the dust.

Chen Zhang immediately led the soldiers into the city, and at the same time asked Yu Xiu to select all the officers of the surrendered soldiers and imprison them alone. The remaining soldiers were dispersed and organized into various teams. Although he knew that these soldiers were all elite enemy soldiers, once he found that the "Zhenhai Army" he said had not come, he was very likely to turn against each other. Now that the military strength is extremely short, he doesn't care about so many.

As soon as Chen Zhang entered the city, he immediately promoted Yu Xiu to the ninth-rank captain of the accompanying Rong. He could be regarded as a step forward. His subordinates also gave five veterans and ten surrendered soldiers under Chen Zhang. Chen Zhang also promised a big pie. As long as the battle ended, he would return to Hangzhou and immediately let him be a marquis of Yu in his mansion, and even Zhao Quan's Mingguang Armor was given to him. Yu Xiu was wearing the Mingguang Armor, which looked like a god.

He was so angry that he even spoke three points higher. He was already devoted to Chen Zhang at this time. He understood Chen Zhang's background best, and naturally he knew that the "Zhenhai Army" was mostly untrue, but he was already on the same line as these former enemies. If Chen Zhang was the first to be finished, his fate would never be much better. After entering the city, he worked very hard, driving his subordinates to the ground without touching their feet, and looked like a loyal dog.

After everything was done, Chen Zhang looked at the sky. It was already the end of the third day. It was dawn after another hour, and the camp at the foot of the mountain was even more chaotic. Previously, the sailor camp was set on fire under the men sent by Chen Zhang. Although the fire spread and the civilian sailors trampled on each other, many casualties, the surrounding Mingzhou military camps remained unmoved without receiving the order of suppression. They just kept their own camp gates and prepared to wait until dawn before dealing with them. But later there were fire attack ships, and they could no longer sit in the camp on the Diaoyutai. After all, if these ships were damaged, they would not be able to complete the assistance.

Zhao Yingong's army was afraid that the guards in the camp would be punished. Therefore, although the guards of each battalion did not receive the order from the commander of the mountain city, they still had to send some soldiers to drive the sailors to extinguish the flames of the ships and try to save more ships. However, in this dark fire scene, they wanted to drive the sailors to extinguish the fires. The degree of chaos can be imagined, such as crying, pleading, and killing, and the sound of the fire burning wood breaking together. As the flames rushed straight to the night sky, it seemed as if Asura hell appeared in the world. Even on this mountain city, you could vaguely hear it.
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