Chapter 544 No one thought of it (Part 2)
When the team of Zengtou City appeared at the foot of Lingzhou City and shouted loudly, Chu Mingsheng, the Lingzhou Superintendent in the city, was frowning and listening to his subordinates reporting the situation on the granary. He was naturally skeptical about what his subordinates said, especially when it came to Zengtou City to be unfavorable to the city, he even said that he could not believe it.
You should know that just a few days ago, he had been to Zengtou City with the prefect Weng and drank with Zeng Nong and others. At that time, they could not see any hostility. Moreover, he knew that Zengtou City could take all the black and white here by making friends with the government. How could they do such a ridiculous thing?
Just when he wanted to scold Zhu Tao, let him stop talking nonsense and disrupt the morale of the army, a large number of people suddenly appeared under the city, and they quickly revealed their identities and asked the city to open the door. In this way, Chu Mingsheng, who had been a little dissatisfied, became solemn: "Is this statement true? Zengtou Shizhen completely colluded with the Jurchens, otherwise why would he run to the city late at night?"
Thinking of this, he immediately whispered a few words from a subordinate. The man poked his head out and shouted below: "Are you really a brother from Zengtou City? Please forgive me. The minister had strict orders before. No one was allowed to enter and leave the city tonight. You should go back first and come tomorrow."
This is naturally unacceptable. Today, Zengtou City has come out in full swing. Apart from those young and strong who can fight, even the families, women and children, how can they go back easily? Besides, there is a big battle behind them at this time. Maybe when they look back, they will meet those fierce and warlike Jurchens. Wouldn’t that be hit in the gun?
So soon, Zeng Tu urged him to come forward and shouted loudly to the city: "I am Zeng Tu, my long-term friend of your Chu Dujian. Even if he stops anyone, he will not stop me outside the city. You quickly report my original words to Chu Dujian, just say that Lingzhou will be in trouble this time. Everyone in Zeng Tu City is here to report the news and help defend the city!"
Chu Mingsheng on the city frowned and even felt a little annoyed. Zeng Tu is too arrogant! Although he has many contacts with the Zeng family on weekdays and has a good relationship with him, he has never regarded him as a friend. Especially at this time, the Zeng family's enemies and friends are unknown, and he actually makes friends randomly. What should he do if he is implicated by him?
At that moment, he whispered a few more words, his subordinates understood and shouted down, "Forgive me, Mr. Zeng, it's really hard to recognize others at this time. If you really want to do something for me, Lingzhou, then tell me the news, but I dare not open the city gate!"
This made Zeng Tu a little stunned, but the second brother Zeng Mi behind him was annoyed at this time. The Zeng family used to be straitors in Lingzhou. When did they be so rejected? In addition, the situation was urgent, he couldn't help but take his anger, so he took two steps forward and shouted sternly: "Don't give me the face to you, the Zeng family, can you afford to provoke me? Open the door quickly, otherwise you will be careful of your head!" He was really overbearing and arrogant!
"Second brother, don't talk nonsense!" Zeng Mi felt a little cold when she heard this. This was the time when she had something to ask for others. How could she be as unscrupulous as before?
The defenders on the city were all furious at this time. If they were pointed at the nose and scolded by the young master of the Zeng family, they would have to endure it. But today they were clearly acting on orders, but they could not tolerate being humiliated so much. If Chu Dujian was not by his side, they would have to scold them, and even shoot a few arrows under the city to vent their anger.
Chu Mingsheng's face also became extremely gloomy. The thief-team army scolded him because there were actually tattoos on his cheeks. He was really promoted by fighting with the Xia people!
He was furious and he no longer cared about his face: "Tell them, either get out or just wait for an arrow! Lingzhou has no choice but to make the decision!" Whether it is for himself or his soldiers, Chu Dujian must make his attitude clear. At this time, let alone the Zeng family outside the city, even if the prefect is there, he has to take it back!
When everyone in the city heard such a resolute and straightforward answer from above, they were completely stunned.
The Zeng family really didn't expect that Lingzhou City would be so difficult to enter today. It was obvious that the situation was that they did not trust their own family.
Just as Zeng Tu looked at his father and Zeng Nong was about to come forward to say a few words in person, the fighting behind suddenly became louder, and then there was a loud bang, which made the people outside the city change their faces. At this time, the defenders on the city finally found that there was a battle going on for about ten miles away.
This made Chu Mingsheng even more convinced that his decision was good. Who knew what was following the Zeng family's team? Once the city gate was opened and the army behind them rushed into the city, he could not afford it.
Zeng Nong was also anxious at this time. He didn't care about his identity and went forward in person. After revealing his identity, he said, "I have always had a close relationship with the prefect Weng. Do you not even let me enter the city gate today? If this matter is known to the prefect, I will definitely not let you wait."
"I told you to leave. If there is anything, it will be too late to say it tomorrow dawn!" The defenders did not dare to be too presumptuous when facing the head of the Zeng family: "Of course, you can also tell me what big thing happened..."
By this time, the Zeng family had no choice but to attack the city. Don’t say that they didn’t have the ability, even if they had it, they wouldn’t dare. So Zeng Mi could only blacken her face and shouted at the top of the city: "You all listen. My Zeng family just got the news that there would be a Jurchen soldiers who would kill Lingzhou. This matter is not small. The defenders in the city cannot resist it at all. Only by letting hundreds of elite soldiers of my Zeng family enter the city can there be hope of defending the city... Also, Jurchen spies have been mixed in the city. You can quickly investigate and take down the people so as not to cause a big mess."
"It's true that it's related to the Jurchens, but I don't know it. How did their Zeng family know the news?" Chu Mingsheng's first reaction after hearing this was suspicion. Originally, he only believed in Zhu Tao's statement five points, but now, he believed it seven or eight points. In his opinion, the people in Zengtou City were clearly in the same group as the Jurchens. Maybe most of the Jurchens are in this team gathered under the city now!
Once he had this idea, he would not open the city gate: "Tell me my order to let them retreat quickly. If you dare to stay in the city, just greet them with a bow and arrow without any worries. Now there is nothing that can compare to the safety of my Lingzhou City!"
The defenders who had already had a great opinion on the Zeng family immediately shot an arrow when they heard this, and almost shot Zeng Mi who was standing in front. Then before he could scold him, someone shouted loudly again: "No matter what you say, the city will not open today. You can retreat quickly and dare to do anything else, and this arrow will not be the one later!"
As he finished speaking, it was as if to prove how true this sentence was, a row of bows and arrows had been set up on the top of the city, and countless arrows were shining with cold light under the flames, which made people shocked.
This time, the Zeng family completely lost the curse. The defenders not only said everything to death, but also started to act directly. Even Zeng's words were no longer effective. What else could they use to open the city gate?
After hesitating for a while, Zeng Mi could only sigh: "Let's go, go back to the town. At least there is danger to guard there, which is much better than being wandering outside." At this moment, he really regretted the decision to rush to Lingzhou in a hurry. When he went back at this time, who would know if he would bump into the Jurchen army halfway.
Also, since the Jurchens are fighting against others, what kind of way is this army behind who can fight a fierce and capable Jurchens who are hard to decide? If they meet them, can they be able to defeat them? Zeng Mi has doubted the combat power of his team for the first time in his life.
It was not until the team in Zengtou City finally retreated that the people on the city were relieved. If the other party really insisted on leaving, he would not dare to order the arrows at will. But then, his mind turned to the dark night sky ahead, because the rumbling sound just now was too strange. Listening to the fighting made him feel scared. I wonder which two groups of people were killing each other. Are they enemies or friends to Lingzhou Prefecture?
To be honest, there were indeed too many unexpected things tonight, as if everyone hadn't thought about what kind of changes they would face next-
The Qingyi Gang who was preparing to slaughter fat sheep did not expect that the fat sheep in their eyes would be terrible, so they instantly died after entering the house.
The Jurchens who had already entered the city did not expect to encounter a sudden change, which completely disrupted their overall plan. Now they can only disrupt the Xicheng with their powerful combat power and eventually defend the granary. However, they were already in a siege and could not have any effect any more.
Shi Qian and the others did not expect that the Jurchens would make a temporary rebellion and miss the opportunity. They did not expect that these guys were so powerful that they could not resist it. In the end, they could only encircle the granary with the government army, but there was no further possibility.
The people in Zengtou City did not expect some things one after another. They did not expect that the Jurchens had deceived them before and set their true targets in Lingzhou; they did not expect that the Lingzhou official army would be so decisive when facing their request to enter the city, and they looked completely disrespectful, which exposed thousands of them to the wilderness of the night, and the situation was quite dangerous.
The city's official army did not expect that this seemingly peaceful night would cause so many chaos at the second anniversary of the emperor. It looked really dangerous.
But all of them combined, there was no unexpected thing about the other two teams - Qingzhou Army and Jurchens!
The former did not expect that he would collide with a powerful Jurchen army as soon as he reached the near axis zero, and the latter did not expect that he would clash with a Song Dynasty official army when he left the village in a hurry.
Chapter completed!