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Chapter 493

The leader of the army guarding the city gate outside the west gate of Kaifeng is called Tian Hu. He is leading the guards and She Yong to separate the crowd and welcome the cavalry of the officers and soldiers into the city, but the section from the suspension bridge to the city gate is completely blocked. In addition to the crowd, there are also bags and shoulder poles packed full of people.

He shouted to the team of cavalry outside Xiguan to wait for a while, and then he was able to separate the crowd and let them enter the city.

But even if he yelled out his throat, how could he hear it over there with such a distance and noisy voices.

Fortunately, Lijia, who was maintaining order outside Xiguan, separated from the crowd in time, got together, and chatted with the team of official cavalry.

He first called the surrounding tea stalls to quickly boil water and serve tea to the military master to quench his thirst. It will take some time before we can enter the city."

One of the young generals got off his horse and came forward and said anxiously: "Damn it, grandpa has urgent military affairs, hurry up and get out of the way, grandpa is going to the city soon."

Lijia is an old man who is nearly fifty years old. After all, he has seen some things before, so he hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Jun, don't worry, don't worry, the younger one will open the way for Mr. Jun."

He ordered a few strong men to go forward with sticks to open the way, and then asked with a smile on his face: "May I ask which general the military master is under, but coming from the direction of Luoyang, how is the situation there, have you encountered any bandits? "

There was already a hint of impatience on the young general's face. While looking towards the west, he replied casually: "I am from the Fubiao Battalion under the governor's command. I was ordered to return to Kaifeng to convey important military information."

Seeing his flustered and eager expression, Li Jia couldn't help but feel suspicious, and hurriedly approached him to test: "Dare to ask what the military master is called, my nephew is also in the governor's battalion, I don't know if the military master is familiar with him? "

The young general was looking towards the west, he was a little displeased when he heard the words, and said: "Go away, go and open the way for grandpa, it will delay the military situation, be careful of your head!"

Seeing that he was a little angry, there A didn't dare to say any more, he turned back and urged the crowd to get out of the way quickly, but he muttered to himself: "That's weird, the accent is a bit bad..."

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This team of more than [-] cavalry officers was disguised as a bandit army under Chuang Wang's command, and the leader was Zhang Nai, a young general in the Chuang army.

Early this morning, they separated from the brigade of cavalry around Zhongmou County, more than 60 miles away from Kaifeng City. Kaifeng seized the west gate and welcomed the army into the city.

Both Song Xiance and Li Yan knew that the city of Kaifeng was high and fortified, and it was not easy to take it by force, so they both suggested that King Chuang adopt a strategy of surprise attack to earn the city, and Zhang Nai's troops were the key to the success of this strategy.

After Chenshi, Zhang Nai led his troops to the west gate of Kaifeng. He wanted to go straight into the west gate to take advantage of the unprepared defenders and directly capture the city gate to open the way for the army to enter the city.

Unexpectedly, he was blocked outside the suspension bridge by refugees eager to flee into the city. Although he tried his best to deal with Li Jia who came to strike up a conversation calmly, he was already extremely anxious, and looked to the west road from time to time.

He knew in his heart that the army might appear on the western avenue in the next moment. Once the smoke and dust from the west rolled in, the west gate would be closed for city defense and the suspension bridge would be raised, so his mission of sneak attacking the west gate would not be completed.

He grew up beside Chuang Wang since he was a child, and he regards Chuang Wang's military order as more important than anything else, especially this time he is leading the army alone as the vanguard of the entire army, and bears the key to the success or failure of the entire army.

But he waited and waited, and the densely packed refugees were still blocking the access to the city, and he was so anxious that Zhang Nai's hair would turn gray.

His unnatural behavior also aroused the suspicion of the old Lijia. Zhang Nai looked at the old Lijia who turned and left with cold eyes. Although he was constantly yelling at the overcrowded refugees, he secretly talked with some of them. , Those people kept looking at him.

After waiting like this for half an hour, it was nearly noon in the sky, and a passage was opened on the Xiguan side, but it could only allow one rider to pass through, while the suspension bridge was still crowded with people.

At this time, several cavalry also climbed up from the ground, hurried to Zhang Nai and reported softly: "The army is four or five miles away, I don't have to wait any longer..."

Zhang Nai also knew that if he didn't enter the city to seize the gate, his trip would be in vain this time. He hurriedly turned his head and whispered to the crowd: "Let's not wait any longer. Everyone mounts their horses and rushes in, occupying the west gate and the gate tower, waiting to break in." Wang Dajun entered the city."

After he got on his horse, he glanced back at the official road to the west, and said to the little bosses: "King Chuang sent us to seize the west gate and open the passage for the army to enter the city. Cross the suspension bridge, rush in and seize the city gate, and welcome King Chuang into the city!"

After he finished speaking, he rode his horse and rushed to the suspension bridge first, and shouted loudly, "Get out of the way, I don't recognize the knife in my hand!"

Zhang Nai rushed to the suspension bridge, in order to rush over to seize the city gate and prevent the guards from closing the west gate, he did not care that the suspension bridge was full of refugees, so he rushed up on his horse.

"Ah... ah... ah... ah..."

Immediately, an old man was trampled to the ground, and several people were squeezed off the suspension bridge by the scattered refugees. For a while, there were cries, cursing, and wailing, interspersed with screams.

At this time, the city gate is no longer crowded, only the suspension bridge is still full of refugees, the guards at the west gate are also anxious, and they also hope to open a passage as soon as possible, so that the returning troops from Xiguan can enter the city .

A few guards came to the suspension bridge to guide the refugees to get off the suspension bridge first, so as to make a passage for the cavalry of the officers and soldiers to enter the city to rest.

Then I saw a few cavalry officers rushing up the suspension bridge regardless of the fact that the suspension bridge was full of refugees. What's more, they even brandished their knives and guns to kill the refugees blocking the front.

"...Killed..."

"... Hurry up and help me..."

"...the officers and soldiers killed...killed..."

Tian Hu was responsible for guarding the west gate. Although he also wanted to welcome the army cavalry into the city, the chaos on the suspension bridge at this moment made him frightened. In order not to lose the west gate, he hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up!" retreat!"

Turning around and shouting again: "Quickly close the city gate, put away the drawbridge...quickly close the drawbridge..."

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Zhang Nai was the first to charge up the suspension bridge on his horse, but he couldn't make any progress. He was so panic-stricken that he swung the waist knife in his hand and chopped down the two of them one after another. The woman stands in front of the horse.

He roared with eyes wide open, swung his knife and slashed at the woman. The waist knife slashed fiercely between the woman's neck. She didn't even have time to yell, and fell on the suspension bridge with a thud.

The baby in the woman's arms rolled down from her arms, and was trampled hard by Zhang Nai's charging horse, its young body immediately burst open, its appearance was horrible.

The burly man carrying a shoulder pole in front of him was looking back to see all this, his eyes were so red, he roared heart-piercingly: "I will fight with you!", shook off the packages on both sides, and vigorously waved the pole Throw it at Zhang Nai.

Although Zhang Nai is young, he is also a man who has experienced many battles, how could he be hit by him, he just swiped the waist knife in his hand and cut off the shoulder pole, but the man didn't care, he rushed forward and stabbed hard, and he would be killed The sharpened pole pierced deeply into the horse's neck.

After the horse suffered from pain, it neighed and leaped up from the old height, knocking Zhang Nai off the horse, and then rushed forward with all its strength, knocking down several refugees in succession, and fell into the deep ditch under the suspension bridge together with the strong man .

(End of this chapter)