After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 181 Attacking Zizhou City

Zizhou
Although Yan Qingnan, governor of Zinan, served as the governor of Zizhou and Nanshu, the terrain, environment, and climate of Zizhou and Nanshu were completely different.

Zizhou is more similar to Ganzhou and the northwest.

The sky is high and the clouds are wide, the moon is bright and the wind is clear, and the mountains are flat.

Therefore, the [-] soldiers who came from the northwest and Ganzhou did not experience any discomfort in Zizhou.

At this time, the gate of Zizhou city was closed tightly, and [-] soldiers were gathering outside the city of Zizhou, surrounding the whole city of Zizhou.

Qu Chu asked the soldiers to shout:
The 5 people I brought with me were ordered to go to the Nanyi border to fight against the Nanyi people. The guards of Zizhou City were restricted to open the city gate and let their troops in within an hour. Otherwise, they would be treated as rebellion. soldier.

……

Zizhou city
Zizhou City Lord's Mansion

At this time, the City Lord's Mansion was in chaos.

"Master, what should we do?"

The questioner was a woman in her 30s wearing gold and silver. She was the concubine of the city lord of Zizhou.

When the woman asked, a chubby man in his 40s replied angrily, "How do I know?"

He is the Lord of Zizhou City.

There were big beads of sweat all over his forehead, it was urgent.

"Master, neither the child nor I want to die, so open the city gate!"

"To shut up!"

The lord of Zizhou City was irritable.

There are only [-] defenders in the city of Zizhou. If the city is destroyed, they will definitely be no match for the [-] troops outside the city.

He also wanted to open the city gates and let in the fifty thousand troops from outside the city.

The problem is: he can't.

The [-] defenders in Zizhou City are controlled by the garrison, and this garrison is Yan Qingnan's cronies.Without Yan Qingnan's order, it is impossible for him to open the city gate.

"Master, Governor Yan hid in Nanshu himself, but left you here, didn't he make it clear that you were sent to death? We can't sit still and wait for death."

The lord of Zizhou City took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.

"Then tell me, what can you do?"

Perhaps out of haste and wit, the concubine came up with a solution.

"Didn't you put my younger brother in the garrison? You wrote a letter to vote honestly and asked him to secretly take him out of the city."

The eyes of the city lord of Zizhou City lit up, this is a good way.

With this letter, even if soldiers from outside the city attacked, they would still have room to bargain.

"Get a pen and paper."

……

Outside Zizhou City
With an incense stick left before the scheduled siege time, Qu Chu discussed with the generals the plan for the siege.

Although a battle was about to start, the atmosphere in the barracks was not so solemn.

There is no way, the fierce wolf cavalry have fought many times, and these soldiers who have never been on the battlefield are indeed not taken seriously by them.

What's more, the general has set the siege steps in such a detailed manner, and there are corresponding plans for every contingency, so what else do they have to worry about?
"Report..."

Qu Chu gestured to a general, and the general replied, "Come in."

A soldier comes in.

"Report to the general, a person was caught. He said he came out of Zizhou city and brought a letter from the city lord of Zizhou."

A general laughed, "Hey, are you here to surrender?"

Qu Chu said: "Bring people in."

A young man in his 20s was brought in.

Trembling, he took out a letter from his body with shaking hands, and held the letter high with both hands.

"The owner of Zizhou City is my brother-in-law, and he asked me to deliver the letter."

Qu Chu motioned to accept the letter.

A general took the letter and handed it to Qu Chu.

Qu Chu opened the letter, and threw the letter casually after reading it, "Go back and tell the city owner of Zizhou City, either open the city gate immediately, or wait for us to attack the city."

After finishing speaking, he stopped talking and signaled the soldiers to take him down.

The young man wanted to say something, but the soldier gagged him and pushed him out.

A general standing beside Qu Chu picked up the letter that Qu Chu had thrown away, "I want to see what the city lord wrote."

After reading it, the general laughed out loud.

"The lord of Zizhou City thinks quite beautifully."

When he said this, the rest of the generals couldn't help but took the letter and read it.

After reading it, everyone didn't know what to say.

The city lord's letter was full of flowers and voices, but it contained no real content other than begging for mercy.

In summary, it means:
I really want to open the city gate to welcome the general in, but I can't do it without the military power in the city.If you, general, invade the city, please spare our family for the sake of my whole heart for the general.

If the general enters the city, I will definitely walk backwards to meet him.

Although the letter from the lord of Zizhou City had no substance, being able to write such a letter of begging for forgiveness to Qu Chu at this time was considered surrender in disguise.

It was also because of this letter that the lives of his entire family were saved later.

……

When the appointed time came, the gate of Zizhou City was still not opened.

Qu Chu rode on Ben Lei and shot the first rocket soaked in firewood and ointment.

Qu Chu's arm strength is amazing, and his shooting range is twice that of ordinary soldiers.This rocket shot directly at the city wall of Zizhou City.

Immediately afterwards, Qu Chu shot out the second rocket and the third rocket...

Qu Chu shot a total of more than 20 rockets, and each arrow was accurately shot on the city wall. Qu Chu didn't stop until a raging fire ignited on the city wall.

The walls of Zizhou City were in chaos before the attack, and the soldiers defending the city were busy fighting the fire.

None of them understood where the arrows came from.

It should be said that Qu Chu and the soldiers were indeed out of the range of the arrows. The soldiers defending the city wall could not shoot them, but they could not shoot the soldiers defending the city either.

But this is only for ordinary people, Qu Chu is not an example.

Therefore, with Qu Chu present, it is a cheating tool for attacking the city, and it is much easier to attack the city.

……

Qu Chu put down his bow, raised his right hand and waved forward, "siege the city".

Soldiers began to attack.

Speaking of which, although the soldiers under Qu Chu had experienced many wars, because the wolf country invaded, most of the time they fought defensively, either defending the city, or fighting head-to-head.

Sieges like this are rare.

Only at the beginning, when Qu Chu led people to retake Longmen and Yucheng, which were occupied by the wolf kingdom, did they fight the siege battle.

Nevertheless, under Qu Chu's command, the soldiers attacked the city in an orderly manner.

Under the cover of other soldiers, the first wave of soldiers raised the ladder and rushed towards the city wall.

Since the guards on Zizhou City were busy fighting the fire, the soldiers carrying the ladders could easily reach the city wall.

When they got to the city wall, they set up the ladder and protected it.

Immediately, a second wave of soldiers rushed to the wall under the cover of other soldiers, and they began to climb the ladder.

Seeing that many soldiers had boarded the city wall and were fighting with the soldiers defending the city, Qu Chu rushed out first.

The other soldiers rushed to the city gate after Qu Chu.

When there was still a foot away from the city gate, Qu Chu jumped up from his horse and kicked the city gate with all his legs.

(End of this chapter)