Chapter 96 Rising the Brave

In the battle of Tanghe, He Renlong lost so miserably! Liu Yaoben and Ma Shouying chased him for two days and chased him from Tang River to Guanghua County on the north bank of Gucheng, bringing more than 10,000 people. When they arrived here, there were only a few hundred people left. After nightfall, He Renlongqi hid in a village with the remaining soldiers and wanted to take a break. At dawn, I will run to Guanghua County to hide.

However, I didn't think that they would soon be found by the scouts of the Xing Tianjun who caught up. In the middle of the night, a large number of Xingtian soldiers surrounded him and surrounded the small village where He Renlong was hiding into an iron barrel. At dawn, He Renlong found that he was already trapped in the Jedi.

So He Renlongyan saw that there was no hope of escape, so he pulled out his waist knife and wanted to kill himself, but he was immediately taken away by his nephew He Fang, and asked his own soldiers to hold down He Renlong. He was not allowed to find a shortcoming, but said to him, "Uncle, up to now, my nephew can't help it. When today's court can't help it up. And uncle, look, how fierce is Xing Tianjun now? After so many years, Xing Tianjun has rarely been defeated by all kinds of officers and soldiers. Xiao Tianjian's talent is not an ordinary person. With his current strength, he has the strength to win the world. His uncle worked for the court, and sooner or later he will end up like today!

Although the nephew has not been in contact with Xiao Xingtian for a long time, it can also be seen that this person is brave and resourceful, and his vision is extremely vicious. He is definitely a hero in troubled times. Instead of looking for death, it is better to simply surrender the Xing Tianjun. Although it may not be useful, at least he can protect our He family. Now Now my nephew heard that He Yilong has also been attached to Xiao Xingtian and was appointed as the deputy capital. After all, He Yilong and we are also the same clan. If we surrender, at least Xing Tianjun will not liquidate our He family in the future! I hope my uncle will think twice!"

He Renlong was upset at this time and sighed, "I think I, He, have also received the favor of the emperor. How can I betray the current emperor?"

He Fang sneered and said, "What's the emperor's kindness? The emperor just treats us as his dog!" Over the years, we have been fighting with all kinds of righteous people for his Ming Dynasty. However, there are not more than a hundred people in our He family who died on the battlefield, which is also worthy of today's emperor. Now that this has happened, we still put our lives first priority. Once one day, Xiao Xingtian will enter the capital. At least we are the ministers of the dragon! You can't hesitate any more, uncle. Let's surrender!"

He Renlong calmed down a little at this moment. After thinking about it carefully, he asked worriedly, "You know, I have killed a lot of exiles for so many years. Even if I am willing to surrender now, can Xiao Xingtian keep me alive?"

He Fang immediately replied, "This uncle is relieved. At least his nephew still has a little friendship with Xiao Xingtian, and now that Xiao Xingtian is competing for the world, how can he kill all the officials in the world? Moreover, after many generals of the officers and soldiers surrendered, they were not killed by Xiao Xingtian. As an uncle, if he wanted to surrender him, he would beg for it! Uncle, you don't have to worry!"

He Renlong was still a little hesitant and asked, "If you and I surrender to Xing Tianjun, how can our family and the court let them go?"

He Fang smiled bitterly and replied, "This... This can only be asked Xiao Xingtian to keep our surrender secret for the time being. It's not too late for me to tell the world when we send someone to arrange our family!"

After hearing this, He Renlong sat down on the saddle on the ground, waved his hand and said, "It's all up to you!" ......”

Xiao Tianjian, who was sitting under Xiangyang City to attack the city, heard the news from Liu Yaoben that He Renlong's army was gone in Tanghe World War I. He Renlong and his nephew He Fang were all captured by them, and they have asked Xing Tianjun to surrender, hoping to join the Xing Tian Army in the future.

But they have a condition that they ask Xiao Tianjian to keep secret about their begging for the time being, and make it public after they send someone home to hide or transfer their family.

Xiao Tianjian nodded and agreed to this matter without saying a word, so that Liu Yaoben and others temporarily blocked the news and sent He Renlong and He Fang to Dengzhou for temporary detention. As for their families, Xiao Tianjian said that he could reassure them that as long as they wanted to, they could send Xing Tianjun's details to sneak back to Mizhi County on their behalf. They contacted their families, either to hide them, or simply send them directly to Luoyang by boat to ensure that they will not be retaliated by the government and court.

By this time, in addition to the fact that Zuo Liangyu's reinforcements have not been killed all the way, the officers and soldiers brought by Yang Sichang from Nanzhili have basically lost their combat effectiveness. He Renlong's reinforcements all the way have been lost, and Zuo Liangyu is still lazy and slippery. He avoids Xing Tianjun and does not fight, but runs to the area of Baokang Xingshan with Zhang Xianzhong to die. It's gone.

In this way, Xing Tianjun basically lifted the external threat and besieged Xiangyang City with complete peace of mind.

On May 13, countless Xingtian army members first shouted collectively outside the city, "Yang Sichang is dead, and He Renlong has been destroyed!" Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, and the voice was so loud that it almost suppressed the sound of the artillery outside the city. After the voice spread into Xiangyang City, the soldiers guarding Xiangyang were panicked. During this period, they held on the expectation that the court could send reinforcements to defeat the Xing Tianjun in the periphery and save the dangerous situation of Xiangyang. This breath supported them. Let them have the courage to stick to the city.

But now, after listening to the cry of the Xingtian Army outside the city, many people are discouraged. They have seen the strength of the Xing Tianjun these days. They are very clear that if the Xing Tianjun continues to bombard, even if the Xiangyang City is beaten with iron, it will fall sooner or later, not to mention the southwest corner of the city wall now. The area that has been bombarded by the cannon of the Xingtian Army is full of holes, and there is a possibility of collapse at any time. Xiangyang City is already in danger. Now the rescuers led by Yang Sichang, the lord of the cabinet, have been defeated by the Xingtian Army. It is also rumored that Yang Sichang is dead, and He Renlong's troops have also been destroyed by the Xingtian Army. So what else can they expect?

Therefore, the morale of the officers and soldiers in the city suddenly plummeted, and there was a situation of fugitive soldiers. Some officers and soldiers took advantage of the night to go down the city, jumped into the moat to cross the river, and found the Xing Tianjun to surrender. In this situation, he hurriedly told the officers and soldiers that this was the suspicious plan of the Xing Tianjun. Yang Sichang and Yang Ge would never be defeated. Xing Tianjun ordered the officers and soldiers and the people recruited in the city not to believe the rumors of Xing Tianjun.

However, Xing Tianjun quickly escorted a large number of prisoners under the city. These prisoners were from He Renlong, Shaanxi Province, Yang Sichang from the capital and the generals from Nanzhili. These people were forced to roar under the city, and it was difficult for the officers and soldiers in the city not to believe it, so in Xiangyang City The officers and soldiers fell very angry. A few days ago, they also lay on the head of the city and fired a few shots outside the city from time to time. Since Xing Tianjun told them that the officers of Yang Sichang and He Renlong had been destroyed, they were not interested in continuing to fire outside the city.

Under the continuous bombardment of heavy artillery, the wall in the southwest corner of Xiangyang City could not hold on. On the morning of May 15, after a round of shelling, the city wall trembled violently, and then made a creaking sound. Soon, it slowly began to collapse, and finally only heard a bombard. The sound raised a large area of dust on the wall, almost covering half of Xiangyang City.

There was an exclamation in the city, and there was a cheer outside the city. Xiao Tianjian stood on the slope and shouted, "Intack into the city!"

With the shaking of the flag, a team had already assembled outside the city. Even under the leadership of the officers, they couldn't wait for the dust and smoke in the sky to fall, a team rushed to several pontoon bridges of the moat, and the tide surged up to the gap of the collapsed wall.

At this time, as fierce as a tiger, his eyes were also red. He climbed up the temporary barrier in the city, lined up all the family members behind the array, pointed the bow and knife at the officers and soldiers in the front array, and ordered that as long as someone retreated half a step back, he would kill them immediately without mercy, forcing these officers and soldiers to fight against the Xing Tianjun here. Attack into the city.

As a group of soldiers of the Xing Tianjun stepped on the ruins of the city wall and poured into the gap, a large number of officers and soldiers were forced to immediately shoot arrows at them from the broken walls on both sides and the pass walls in the city, and threw stones crazily.

Many soldiers of the Xingtian Army who had just entered the gap, even if they were turned over on the ruins, the blood suddenly stained the ruins into a mottled color, but a large number of soldiers then stepped on the bodies of their fallen robes, and then attacked the city, and batches fell into the gap one after another.

Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the scene of the gap in the telescope. He thought that as soon as the wall was broken, the defenders in the city would collapse immediately, but he didn't expect that at this time, the counterattack of the officers and soldiers would be so fierce, which greatly surprised him.

But morale can't be vented at this time. Once he is distressed about the casualties of his subordinates and soldiers, he will suspend the attack, and the officers and soldiers are likely to use this gap to counterattack, and at the same time mobilize the people in the city to fill the gap again, so he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Go on!" Until you enter the city! No care the cost of casualties! Call me!"

A team of Xingtian's army troops were assembled and rushed to Xiangyang City one after another, and Meng Ruhu also transferred the officers and soldiers of Xiangyang City to the southern corner of the city, fighting desperately to stop the attack of Xingtian Army.

A large number of Xingtian's arms were transferred beyond the gap, and desperately opened fire at the officers and soldiers on the gap on both sides to suppress them from showing their heads. At the same time, the stopped heavy artillery began to ring again under the command of Huang Shengqiang at this time. Many heavy guns adjusted the muzzle and aimed at the wall on both sides. He repeatedly began to bombard the officers and soldiers on both sides of the wall with heavy artillery, so that the officers and soldiers could not stand on the wall at all, and a large number of Xiangyang people who were forced to carry earth bags and bricks to climb the city were also bombarded to death, which more or less controlled the counterattack of the officers on the wall.

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