Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 159: Hiding the Sword for Twenty Years

Unlike the expected incident which happened in the middle of the night, the city was already in chaos as soon as it got dark.

At first there was only a small chaos, but after a quarter of an hour the entire wall was ablaze, and it seemed as if countless people were running and shouting.

But the strange thing is that even though the city wall has become so chaotic, the east gate facing the Loyal Army camp is still closed. I don’t know if something went wrong with the internal support, or if there are still loyal officials of the Jin Dynasty guarding the city gate.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Liu Huai finally lost his patience and said, "I can't wait any longer. Shi Qilang and Wang Shilong, you two will lead your troops with ladders and ladders, climb the city wall and enter the city. Open the city gate for me."

The two men bowed in agreement and quickly led their troops away.

"Zhang Baiyu, organize the armored cavalry and charge in as soon as the city gate opens. The guide will lead us to split into two groups. You go to the armory, and I will go to the government office."

Zhang Baiyu bowed in agreement, and the armor plates on his body rustled.

"Yu Yuan, you lead the central army as our rear guard, and Zhang Xiaoyi's right army will follow. Li Huo'er and Luo Shenyan will be our military judges. After entering the city, they will rectify the discipline of the various divisions."

After the order was loudly given, all the generals bowed their heads.

After Liu Huai felt that nothing was missing, he bowed to Wei Sheng and said, "Please sit down, General, and watch us, the young men, defeat the bandits and enemies and achieve great things."

Wei Sheng nodded with a smile: "Since that's the case, I'll also learn from Xie An. Xin Wulang, do you want to play a game of hands?"

Xin Qiji, a man accustomed to using allusions in his poetry, naturally understood what the two were saying. He took a deep breath, bowed, and offered, "Marshal Wei, I am willing to serve as your left and right guards today and accompany you into Linyi City. I just don't know if you agree."

Liu Huai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Why not? Come with me."

Just as the Loyal Army was preparing to break into the city, a huge fire broke out in the Linyi government office.

In the front yard of the government office, two groups were facing each other in the fire.

One of the parties had about twenty or so soldiers.

Although the other side had fewer soldiers, there were more than forty of them.

And between the two, there was a crying beauty in palace dress.

Both sides seemed to be afraid of the woman in palace dress, and no one launched an attack.

"Wang Xiongyi, you thief, why did you betray me?"

The leader of the armored cavalry was none other than Pushan Damo. Although he suffered a crushing defeat today, the armored cavalry were, after all, family generals raised by the emperor. Their families and parents were all in the territory of the Pushan family, so they were naturally loyal. Therefore, even when Pushan Damo fell into such a situation, there were still more than 20 cavalrymen who stayed with him.

At this time, Pushandharma covered the wound on his side, and with the support of the soldiers, he gritted his teeth and shouted.

Wang Xiongyi, whose whip marks were still obvious on his face, did not answer the other party's questions.

Because he had already led his confidants to block the gate. If it weren't for Madam Wang blocking the way between the two camps, he would have gone forward and killed Pushandharma.

Wang Xiongyi was too lazy to talk to a dead person.

"Auntie, come here quickly..."

Wang Xiongyi said gently, "Aunt, we don't have to live like this anymore. Come over here soon."

Mrs. Wang burst into tears. She first looked at Pushandamo, then at Wang Xiongyi: "Axiong, please let your uncle go."

"Uncle, hahaha, uncle..." Wang Xiongyi laughed a little nervously. "Aunt... Second Sister Cui, do you really think of yourself as the wife of the prefect? It was the Jin thieves who killed our entire family, have you forgotten? Just because... just because this thief raped you, do you regard him as a good man?"

Pushandama said bitterly, "Wang Xiongyi, I shouldn't have raised you for A Cui's sake, but you turned out to be an ungrateful person!"

Wang Xiongyi yelled, "Shut up, you bitch! You're not worthy of calling Second Sister by her name. She's the wife my mother personally chose for me. She's seven years older than me. Her whole family was murdered, and she gave herself to you to save my life. Do you really think you're a good person?" "Ah Xiong, I... I'll go with you. Can you please let him go?"

Mrs. Wang slumped to the ground. Perhaps it was the shame of having her identity exposed, but her voice quickly became weak.

Wang Xiongyi stared into Pushandamo's eyes and laughed sinisterly, "Second sister, if you had said this ten days ago, I might have let him go because he has been pretending to be a vegetarian and chanting Buddhist scriptures for so many years."

"But Second Sister, do you know what I saw when we raided the Tianping Army a few days ago?"

"There was a kid, about the same size as I was when our family was murdered, crawling out of a tent. The kid was a good 10 feet away from this guy, not blocking his path at all, but this thief still used his 10-foot steel spear to pick up the kid and danced him in the air for fun!"

"Second sister, I was still young at that time. Is this how my third brother died?"

"From that moment on, I knew that a beast is a beast, and it will never change into a beast that eats shit!"

"Pusanzei, do you know how much effort I put into suppressing the thought of killing you that day?"

Pushandarmo gritted his teeth, his mouth bleeding: "Then come and kill me!"

Wang Xiongyi pointed his long sword forward: "Back then, you had fellow Jurchens, three hundred armored cavalry, and that idiot He Boqiu with his brain full of shit. What about now? What do you have left? These twenty remnants of a defeated army?"

After saying this, Wang Xiongyi could no longer bear it, and his confidants who were recruited behind him could not bear it either, and roared loudly.

"kill!"

"Kill this guy!"

"Kill... this thief!"

More than forty Han soldiers, all holding long swords and axes, rushed forward suddenly.

However, at this moment, the side wall of the government office collapsed.

Gao Anren rushed out from the flames and smoke. He brought Liu Fen's family generals with him, but did not attack Wang Xiongyi immediately. Instead, he silently grabbed Pushandama and fled outside the wall.

Pushandarmo's personal guards were truly loyal and brave. Even in this situation, some of them stayed behind to fight with Wang Xiongyi.

"Master, hurry up!"

Outside the government office, Liu Fen had already prepared his warhorse and was waiting outside with a dozen personal soldiers. At this time, Wang Xiongyi's trusted Han army also appeared in the streets and alleys.

"Kill this golden dog!"

The Han soldiers seemed to recognize who these people were, and hurriedly called their companions and blocked the street.

Gao Anren climbed onto his horse and calmly turned back to the panicked Liu Fen, saying, "Protect the governor, follow me closely, I'll lead you out!"

After saying this, the young master, who had been resting for a day while defending the city of Linyi, regained his warrior nature, led his personal soldiers, and charged forward.

A moment later, Wang Xiongyi swung his sword and knocked down the last armored soldier. The Han soldier beside him swung his axe and smashed the head of the fallen enemy to pieces. He then rushed out of the courtyard wall impatiently, but only saw the back of the galloping warhorse.

Wang Xiongyi stamped his feet in anger, then returned to the courtyard. Seeing Madam Wang still collapsed on the ground and sobbing, he stepped forward, took her hand, and said, "Second sister, we've made it through... We've finally made it through..."

After saying that, Wang Xiongyi actually felt like crying.

On the night of August 17, the Loyal Army captured the city of Linyi.

Yizhou was liberated.

(End of this chapter)