The prefect Xu Shao was so scared that he ran up to the city with a few followers, telling him intuition that it must be the Sui cavalry that had come.

Xu Shao suddenly saw dozens of Tang soldiers running towards him. The leader of the horse was General Feng Tai. He hurriedly shouted: "General Feng, please wait!"

Feng Taylor stayed in the war horse, and he asked anxiously: "What's wrong with the prefect?"

He was anxious to summon troops to gather to defend the city, but there was no defense at all, so the Sui army could easily climb to the city.

Xu Shao asked sternly: "Didn't the general say that there were sentries ten miles away to watch? Why did the Sui army come silently?"

Feng Tai was a little angry and said angrily: "It was the ships in the river that caught fire. They must have come from the water. How could I get it!"

After saying that, he ignored Xu Shao, whipped the horse hard and ran towards the city. Xu Shao was stunned. The ships in the river caught fire. His Highness the King of Qin repeatedly reminded himself to be careful that the ships were burned by the Sui army, but they were succeeded by the Sui army. This.

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What should I do? How can I explain to the King of Qin?

At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and turned around and asked loudly: "General Feng, is the city gate closed?"

"It's closed!" Feng Tai's answer came from afar.

Xu Shao felt a little calm. Just close the city gate, and the Sui army would not enter the city so easily. But at this moment, one of his followers pointed to the warehouse and shouted: "Prince, is the warehouse also on fire?"

When Xu Shao turned around, he was so scared that he saw thick smoke rolling above more than a dozen warehouses in the south city, dark red flames soaring into the sky, and more than a dozen warehouses were engulfed by the fire. Xu Shao's legs became weak and he collapsed to the ground.

The fire was surging in the Yangtze River, and the fire had spread to the docks. Three piles of grain like hills and more than a dozen nearby buildings were engulfed by the fire. Thousands of civilians and porters were in a mess, and people rushed to the county town. This was human instinct. The county town surrounded by high walls had a natural sense of security, but the gate of the county town had been closed by soldiers guarding the city, and no matter how thousands of people shouted, scolded and begged, thousands of civilians had no choice but to escape into the woods.

The fire outside the city became more and more fierce, and almost all the ships were ignited. The boatmen had already jumped into the river to escape. Many people sneaked into the civilians and ran with them. Even the 400 Sui soldiers led by Zhang Li didn't know where to go.

At this time, Liu Lancheng and Li Keshi in the city had joined forces, with a total of 400 subordinates. The warehouse in the city was also ignited by Li Keshi's subordinates. At this time, the fire in the city was extremely fierce. The fire illuminated half of the county town. There were people running and putting out fires everywhere on the streets. No one would notice that there was another group of people hiding in the temple.

All the Sui soldiers changed into armor, holding battle spears and horizontal swords, and their murderous aura immediately emerged, completely different from the honest and docile porter before.

"Come with me!"

Liu Lancheng waved his hand and hundreds of soldiers followed him towards the north city gate. They had already made plans. Once Zhang Li lit a fire outside the city, he would immediately turn to the north city gate and wait for the city to respond.

Liu Lan became very cautious and could deal with two thousand Tang troops. Although four hundred of them could do it, it was a bit difficult and the casualties would increase. If eight hundred soldiers came to deal with two thousand people, it would be a piece of cake, and there would not even be too many casualties. Therefore, in Liu Lancheng's plan, it was an extremely important part to take the army into the city.

Although Yiling County is the county seat, it is only a central county. The wall is only twenty miles in length, with only two city gates, one south and one north. Outside the south city, there is an official road passing by, so the south city gate is the main city gate, and outside the north city is a forest. After passing this forest that is several miles wide, there are vast mountains behind it.

Therefore, the North City Gate is just a decoration for the people of Yiling County, but not for the army. Like the South Gate, there are 300 defenders at the North Gate. They are not affected by the fire in the city, but are more vigilant. They are all tense. When they see hundreds of soldiers coming from the opposite side, they shout together, but they do not shoot arrows. In the darkness, the defenders do not realize that they are the Sui army.

"General, what should we do?" Mr. Li asked in a low voice.

"What else can I do? Kill it!"

Liu Lancheng pulled the shield from his back, held it in his hand, and shouted, "Kill with me!"

The soldiers also raised their shields and followed Liu Lancheng to kill at the city gate.

The Tang army was gathering rapidly at the south gate. Except for the two thousand Tang army, there were 300 soldiers guarding the city gates, the remaining 1,400 Tang army were patrolling or participating in firefighting in various parts of the city. However, as the assembly bell rang, soldiers scattered in various parts of the city rushed towards the south gate.

Feng Tai had already guessed that the Sui army was coming. They did not ride horses and must have approached Yiling County in some way. They were either hiding among the six thousand civilians and porters, or they were quietly coming from the water. If it were the former, the Sui army would probably have entered the city.

Feng Tai was very nervous. The Sui army had destroyed the food and ships. If the situation worsened, Li Xiaogong would definitely not forgive him.

At this moment, a rapid bell came from the North City Tower. It was the bell for help. Feng Tai secretly shouted something wrong. The Sui army must be attacking the North City Gate. He pulled out his battle knife and shouted: "Go to the North City Gate!"

He only left one hundred soldiers to guard the southern city, and the remaining one thousand six hundred soldiers followed him towards the north city gate, but there were more than two hundred steps away from the north city gate. Suddenly, a sound of chung came, and dense arrows were shot from the houses on both sides. The Tang soldiers running in front were caught off guard and were all over the arrow and screamed.

The Tang army soldiers suddenly had a chaos. Suddenly, two Sui soldiers broke out from the alleys on both sides, like tigers pounced into the flock of sheep, instantly rushing the Tang army into two sections. At this time, a Sui army also broke out from behind and rushed towards the rear of the Tang army.

Eight hundred elite Sui army divided into four teams, ambushing crossbows, sprinting left and right, and surrounding the back, fighting very well, making Tang Gu ignoring his head and tail, and was unable to support him, and soon fell into chaos. At this time, the two hundred soldiers on the roof had retreated and, under the leadership of Liu Lancheng, rushed towards the Tang soldiers.

The two sides fought fiercely, and the Sui army soldiers were extremely brave and fierce in killing. They could fight against five. Although the number of Tang soldiers was twice their number, they were still difficult to resist. They were killed by the Sui army and retreated step by step. In just one stick of incense, the Tang army was defeated.

Feng Tai was surrounded by more than a dozen Sui troops. Feng Tai was fierce and waved his big sword to kill several Sui soldiers, but he still failed to break out of the siege. Liu Lancheng, not far away, was furious. He drew his bow and arrow, aimed at Feng Tai's war horse and shot it with an arrow. The arrow was extremely powerful. The arrow shot into the head of the war horse. The war horse neighed and threw it to the ground, overturning Feng Tai one foot away. The big sword also fell aside. Seven or eight Sui soldiers rushed over and dismembered Feng Tai's chaotic blade.

The main general was killed so that the Tang army soldiers had no fighting spirit anymore, and they knelt down and surrendered one after another. However, the Sui army did not accept the surrender and killed all the Tang army soldiers. In this battle, the Sui army also paid the price of more than 40 casualties.

The southern city gate was shining with torches as daylight. The hundred Tang soldiers guarding the city had already fled. At this time, several soldiers escorted the prefect Xu Shao and the county magistrate Luo Huiming. Liu Lancheng held the knife around his neck and asked coldly: "I only ask you, where is the main force of the Tang army now?"

Xu Shao turned his head and said nothing. Liu Lancheng sneered and stabbed into his heart with a knife. Xu Shao screamed and killed him on the spot. Liu Lancheng took the knife and walked towards the county magistrate Luo Huiming. Luo Huiming was so scared that his legs became weak and he knelt down, "I said! I said!"

"Say! Where is the main force of the Tang army now?"

"Yesterday we received an eagle letter from Li Xiaogong. The 50,000 army has entered Badong County. I don't know where it is now."

Liu Lancheng outlined the map of Badong in his mind, and pointed it at Luo Huiming with a knife and asked, "Do you have a son?"

Luo Huiming was so scared that he trembled all over. What did they want to do? He couldn't say a word if he wanted to kill his son.

"I won't kill your son, I just ask, do you have a son?"

Luo Huiming stuttered: "I have two sons."

"Can it be in the city?"

"Everyone is there, their oldest is ten years old and their youngest is six."

Liu Lancheng put his knife back into the sheath, "From now on, you will be the prefect of Yiling County."

Liu Lancheng said to Li Keshi again: "If you lead a hundred brothers to guard Yiling County and take his eldest son as a hostage, he will be honest."

Master Li understood Liu Lancheng's intentions, and hesitated and asked, "Is the general really going to take risks?"

Liu Lancheng nodded, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's son? I've calculated the time, it should be too late."

"What should I do if Bei Zhi is worried about the Tang army in Xiangyang coming?"

Liu Lancheng patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "So I want you to stay in Yiling County. General Zhang specially left three large ships outside the city. Pay attention to monitoring the movements of the official road. If the Tang army in Xiangyang comes, you can immediately drive a boat to Zigui to pick him up and we will retreat by boat."

Liu Lancheng said again: "We are rich and noble in this way, and we must never retreat!"

Mr. Li mustered up the courage to say, "I understand the humble position."

Liu Lancheng immediately asked Zhang Li, "Are we here to fight the horse?"

"It's already here, just wait outside the city."

"Let's go!"

Liu Lancheng led the army to walk outside the city. Two hundred soldiers and more than a thousand war horses were waiting outside the city. The Sui army soldiers all turned over and ran west quickly under the leadership of the chief general Liu Lancheng.
Chapter completed!