The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 140 Siege
Changsun Ji sat on the horse, stretched out his hands to catch the raindrops falling from the sky, and ordered to the left and right: "Get the notification, go to Dunqiu before dawn, rest there for half a day, and then march to Yangping."

He has been here in Yanzhou for some time, and he is usually very kind in Puyang, but that doesn't mean he has no temper.

Tonight, if someone from Dunqiu came to meet him, crossing the river this time would not be so troublesome at all.Although he promised Sun Maosheng to bypass the soldier who reported the letter, it does not mean that he would bypass the Dunqiu man.

Now that a military order has been received, but it is not carried out because of the heavy rain, this is resistance to the order.He needs the county magistrate of Dunqiu to give him an explanation, otherwise, in the future, his military order will be a piece of empty paper when it comes out of the army, so why should he put down the rebellion and just go home, wash and sleep.

Early in the morning, Yin time.

It was still raining in the sky, and the torrential rain did not stop before dawn.

In front of Dunqiu City, rows of soldiers lined up, holding banners in their hands, silently looking at the city wall in front of them. In front of these soldiers, Changsun Ji and the generals rode horses and pointed to the lights above.

"He Zheng, go and call the door." Changsun Ji ordered.

Although Changsun Ji had never been out of the capital city before, he also knew that most cities usually opened their doors when the rooster crowed.It is estimated that the city gate will not be opened until Maoshi.

But Changsun Ji doesn't care if he drives or not, he is a leader and not a commoner.If the city gate is not opened, he will consider whether to attack directly.

Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. As long as it is done cleanly, the memorial will say that the city has been infiltrated by grain army spies, and the local county magistrate is going to lead the city to defect and serve as the front fort of the grain army.Others have no choice.

No one speaks for the dead.

However, Changsun Ji is not a bloodthirsty person, if the local county magistrate can give him an explanation that satisfies him, he doesn't mind letting them go.

He Zheng was tall and burly, and he usually spoke very loudly. At this time, calling the door would not weaken their momentum.

He Zheng took the order, drove forward on his horse, and shouted to the soldiers on duty at night: "Listen up in the city, we are here to suppress the rebellion, open the door and let me wait in."

After shouting twice in a row, He Zheng's voice was transmitted to the city wall through the sound of the rain curtain.

After a while, the door of the lighted hut on the city wall slowly opened.Two soldiers came out from inside, one stood on the city wall, looking down at Changsun Ji and the other soldiers, and the other was half-body through the door.

"Open the city gate quickly. We are an army here to suppress the rebellion. It's raining heavily outside now. Let's go in and repair it." Seeing someone coming out of the city wall, He Zheng yelled again.

"Who are you? Who are you?" The man above looked at the crowd of soldiers below and shouted.

He Zheng thought that because of the rain above, the other party didn't hear it.He shouted again: "I am He Zheng, the captain of the third team of the counter-insurgency army, and we are sent by the imperial court to counter-insurrection."

After He Zheng finished speaking, the man above smiled and said, "Suppressing the Rebel Army? What the hell is that? I don't know it. Do you say you are the Suppressing Rebel Army? Do you have any proof? If you were sent by the Liang Army What should I do?"

"You bastard, you are blind, don't you see that this is our military flag? Open the door quickly?" He Zheng roared.

As the son of a dignitary in the capital, although he is not a direct descendant, he is rarely angered.Originally, he was not in a good mood today, but now he was teased by this person again, which made him explode immediately.

"Hey, you really have a big temper, so let's put the fire out in the rain outside. Talk to me again," said the soldier in the city.

"Bastard, call your chief over here. I have something to tell him. Can you afford it as a soldier if we miss our business?"

"Master Jun, I can't afford to take the responsibility, and it's not your turn to talk to a stranger." The soldier turned and walked into the house after saying that.

He Zheng's complexion turned dark in an instant, and a little bastard actually rushed in front of him to proclaim his master.

"You bastard, come back to me." He Zheng cursed.

However, the soldier ignored him.He Zheng had no choice but to turn his horse's head and returned to Changsun Ji's side. He saluted Changsun Ji and said, "General, this little soldier is too rude. He must say that we are the grain army, or he won't open the door for us."

"Hehe" He Zheng said, Changsun Ji laughed twice. He naturally heard what the soldier and He Zheng said just now. I see clearly.

"Since he said that we are the grain army, let's prove to them that the new siege equipment has not been used before, so let's test it with them." Changsun Ji said lightly.

"Follow the order." He Zheng bowed to accept the order.The fire that was provoked just now happened to have no place to vent, and now that the opportunity came, he would naturally not give up.

When he entered the city, he must let the soldier know him.

Although they came to defend the city on this trip, the army also brought the siege equipment with them, because for the ordnance department, they are always in reserve.Although not many, but there will be some.

He Zheng received the order and shouted to the army in front of him: "The third battalion is ready to attack the city."

After the order was given, the whole army began to move.The ladders and siege vehicles were also transported from the logistics to the front of the army.

Everything was ready, following Changsun Ji, he pulled out the long knife from his waist and swung it forward lightly.Amid He Zheng's cry of "siege", the soldiers began to move.

Because there were no soldiers on the city wall to stop them, the army advanced very fast. It didn't take long for soldiers to rush to the bottom of the city wall and set up the ladders. There were also soldiers at the gate of the city pushing the siege vehicles to the place.

Then, there was the sound of climbing the ladder and the siege engine hitting the city gate.

Because of the sound of the heavy rain blocking it, the soldiers who were guarding the city wall didn't pay much attention to what happened below the city. They didn't come out to check until the sound of the siege vehicle hitting the city gate was heard above.

"What are you doing?" The two soldiers came out of the house, already stunned by what happened in the city. They didn't expect the army to directly attack the city.

"Go and raise the alarm. The grain army is attacking the city." Seeing that a soldier climbed up the city wall immediately, the little soldier who was originally talking to He Zheng said as if waking up from a dream.

"Yes, yes." His companion nodded in agreement.The two hurriedly ran to raise the alarm, ignoring the siege soldiers who were about to climb up the city.

(End of this chapter)