Chapter 117 Breaking the City Gate at Night

In the middle of the night when it was cold, Nie Kong's own eight thousand guards approached the Suzhou tower. Because the weather was too cold, most of the soldiers guarding the city hid in the barracks and rested with the stove. Only a few Suzhou soldiers who had to be on duty shrank under the building and lit a fire, and took turns to inspect the city building routinely, so until Nie Kong patted the city gate loudly, and the Suzhou soldiers on duty did not know who came to the city.

Suzhou soldiers looked at each other suspiciously. In this kind of weather, who is impatient to live so late at night? He immediately picked up the lantern and scolded and climbed the tower. In the wind and snow, there were six or seven people lined up outside the tower. Looking up on the horse and holding the lantern, it could be roughly seen that the armor and clothing on the other party also belonged to the court, which should be his own.

"Who is it? What's the matter with coming here late at night!" The leading Suzhou soldiers shouted harshly.

"I'm Chen Tong from Linzhou Barracks. Linzhou City is besieged. My coach sent me to Suzhou for help. The military situation is urgent. Why don't you open the gate quickly!" Nie Kong shouted loudly.

"What? Linzhou City is besieged? When did this happen? The leading Suzhou soldiers were skeptical and could not determine the identity of the person, nor could they determine whether what the other party said was true or false.

"I want to check the pass card of Linzhou Camp!" He shouted and ordered his men to find the general in charge of the city defense.

Nie Kong smiled, untied the waist card and put it into the hanging basket hanging from the tower. The hanging basket was pulled up again by the armor on duty. The leading Suzhou soldier picked up the waist card and looked at the firelight of the lantern. What puzzled him was that this waist card was the passing waist card of the court barracks, but it was not Linzhou Camp. Yes, but the name on the waist card was clearly written Chen Tong. He raised his head and was about to question the authenticity of the waist card below, but he only heard the short and rapid shouts of the armor on his side, followed by the tower repeatedly. The leader did not realize what was going on. He also had a cold throat and a sharp arrow. It has penetrated his neck.

He threw down his waist card and covered his throat with his hands. He shook it twice and took a few steps back. Although he did not fall down the tower like his companions, and although he tried his best to do some warning, unfortunately, he couldn't make any sound. His throat knot cooed with blood. Finally, his legs softened and he fell to the ground and stared in despair. Eyes, staring at the wall.

Following his eyes, with the sound of "ding", a five-claw hook buckled the wall, followed by another one, and another, six or seven iron claw hooks hooked the wall side by side. After a while, Nie Kong was the first to climb up the wall several feet high with extraordinary skills.

After he jumped into the tower to take back the iron claw hook, he saw the Suzhou soldier who fell into the throat of the ground with an arrow at a glance. Without exploring his breath, Nie Kong knew that the other party was dead. The scattered pupils were more like asking questions about who Nie Kong were and how could they suddenly appear under the city of Suzhou.

Nie Kong turned his eyes and saw that it was Chen Tong's waist card at his feet. He couldn't help kicking it away with a smile. In fact, he didn't know who Chen Tong was. However, before entering the Baishuidu, he took three states in a row. Although the guard's grain and grass were lacking, he picked up a lot of such useless waist cards. Fortunately, it was not completely useless. He picked them casually before leaving. A Zhonglang hung up Chen Tong's waist card. He didn't expect to muddle through with it. He didn't expect to solve these sentries so easily. It seems that it is true thanks to God's help.

Behind him was wind and snow, and other people also turned into the head of the city one after another. Nie Kong waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and open the gate and let the brothers enter the city!"

"Ye!" The generals replied together. At this moment, there was a string of rapid footsteps on the stairs below. Nie Kong was secretly shocked, "No, there are still people in the lower building. Chase him quickly and don't let him run away!"

As soon as Nie Kong's words fell, a sharp and terrible cry sounded below, "Come on, come on, come on, someone sneaks on Suzhou, someone sneaks on Suzhou!"

The scream broke through the silence in the middle of the night, but it didn't sound real because of the wind and snow. Nie Kong no longer hesitated and chased after him in three steps. At the same time, he said to his deputy general, "You two come with me, and the rest of you will open the gate immediately!"

When Nie Kong chased downstairs, the cry had drifted far away in the direction of the barracks. Nie Kong chased several feet, but suddenly stopped. "Forget it, I'm afraid he can't catch up. With such a big wind and snow, he screams wildly alone. Not many people may hear it. Even if he hears it, it may not be believed, but we are chasing closely. Instead, it confirmed that what he said was true. Go, go back to pick up the brigade and let them enter the city faster. They have to control the situation while most people are still asleep!"

Nie Kong guessed that he was right. The escaped Suzhou soldier rushed to the yard and roared desperately, but there was no barracks to respond. He had to pat and warn him next to the door. When finally, some doors opened, and the armor in cotton robes appeared at the door to ask what was going on, Nie Kong's people were straight. Come to the camp.

Some people were skeptical, while others were at a loss. Others ran back to the room in a panic and wore clothes, shoes, and looking for armor and helmets. They simply bundled cotton robes randomly, turned around and pulled out their swords and rushed out, shouting, "Where is the enemy!" In short, the whole barracks seemed to explode. One piece, I can't take care of it.

When it was noisy and chaotic, suddenly a team of fully armed men and horses fell from the sky like divine soldiers and rushed out of the wind and snow. They chopped down countless roadblockers like a fast knife. It turned out that the thick wind and snowy and tightness of the snow covered the sound of horses' hoofs feet. In addition, the noise of the Shoucheng barracks in Suzhou made them not hear the approaching of the guard at all. The sudden army stunned many people. They thought it was really an army of ghosts and gods. They didn't even see the other party's people clearly, so they were so scared that they cried and asked their mother to kneel down and beg for mercy. They were defeated and only to die by chance.

After successfully handing over the equipment of the officers and soldiers guarding the city, Nie Kong then commanded the man to temporarily detain all the surrendered people in the granary, and then left more than 100 people to guard the camp to receive the support of Xu Chenglin and others. He also found several seemingly honest Suzhou soldiers to inquire about the situation of Suzhou's defense and Suzhou government office. After asking questions, he led the rest of the people straight to the main barracks of the Suzhou garrison and the Suzhou government office.

After surrounding the Suzhou government office, Nie Kong grabbed the Suzhou government Yin, who was trembling with fear hidden in the quilt, handed it over to his men to watch, and took the main camp of Chaosu Prefecture with him.

It is almost impossible for less than 8,000 soldiers to deal with tens of thousands of troops in a state. Even if the state capital has the worst defense, it will take at least three or five days to attack head-on. What's more, Suzhou is the northern granary of the imperial army, and its military strength must not be underestimated. This is why Nie Kong wants half of himself. The man and the horse were replaced by the enemy's costume and caught the governor first. Since the military strength was invincible, he had to take it wisely.

Of course, he prefers Xu Chenglin's support to arrive as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if he succeeds, his people and horses can only support for a while. When the other party find out their details and realizes that they only have more than 8,000 soldiers, they will inevitably eliminate them.

The big camp is in the western suburbs of Suzhou, choked the throat road in the southwest for Suzhou, just forming a horn with the main gate, which is convenient for the two places to help and dispatch. The terrain in the western suburbs is similar to the road when Nie Kong came, which is quite bumpy. When it was almost to the big camp, Nie Kong stopped at the nearest high ground to the big camp. I ordered someone to bring the Suzhou governor.

"Is all your army in Suzhou stationed here? Are there any other battalions?" Nie Kong pointed to the sporadic firelight outside the wind and snow and asked the governor.

"No, no, all, all below!" Suzhou Fu Yin's teeth were fighting and stammering, and he didn't know whether it was because of the cold or fear.

"Come on, bring the handsome robe of the magistrate and put it on for him!" Nie Kong didn't look at the governor. His eyes had been trying to penetrate the wind and snow, counting the stars in the camp. Generally, the camp tents in the army would set a tripper about every 100 meters. In this way, according to the number of fire lights, he could almost estimate how many battalions there were in each row and how many rows there were in the battalion.

"There is something I want to ask Lord Fu Yin for help. I don't know if Lord Fu Yin is willing to do it?" After Nie Kong knew it in his heart, he caught a glimpse of Suzhou Fu Yin had put on a handsome robe and helmet, so he said again, "In fact, it's okay if Fu Yin doesn't complete it. It's a pity that for a court that has been usurped by a traitor, he wants Fu Yin to pay for himself and his family's life. Does Lord Fu Yin think it's worth it? "

The governor was silent for a moment, and then stammered, "I, I, no, it's not for any court, just for the brothers in the northern states, there is, there is a mouthful of food to eat."

Nie Kong smiled. He didn't expect that in this case, the governor could still argue a few words. It can be seen that he is not as cowardly as he showed. Nie Kong said with a serious look, "Well said, Lord Fuyin, since you are not for any court, you have the conditions to negotiate with Lord Fuyin. Although Nie is not talented, as long as the government Lord Yin is willing to help with this. Mr. Nie assured the Lord that the world will be determined in the future. Not to mention that the brothers of several states in the north can have food, all the people will also have food to eat. How about it? Don't Lord Yin consider this condition?

"Examination, what are you thinking about!" The governor still trebled, which made Nie Kongzhi suspect that he was indeed cold. The governor said, "Reversely, anyway, the people in this house are here. In your hands, what else is there to say? What do you want me to do? You, you made it clearly!"

Nie Kong nodded slightly, "As long as Lord Yin takes my people to see the general of Suzhou Camp, tell him that they are all brothers of Linzhou City. Linzhou City is besieged. They rushed out to Suzhou desperately to ask for help. I hope the general will raise his army immediately!"

After stopping, Nie Kong saw that Fu Yin half lowered his head and did not squeak, so he raised his voice and asked, "Do you hear what to say?" If you say it wrong, don't forget that your wife and child are still in the city!"

"It's so simple, how can it be wrong?" The governor snorted, "What's next?"

"Next, it's up to you to give orders and let the general raise the army!" Nie Kong stared at Fu Yin. He found that although he lowered his eyes, his eyes were still moving around his eyelids.

"This is not customary," Fu Yin said. "There have been only rules for states to assist Suzhou, but Suzhou soldiers can't leave the city to help other states. The biggest responsibility of Suzhou soldiers is to take good care of this northern granary."