Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 522 The Style of That Arrow
"We will enter the city at night. General Kong... I will leave the important task of attacking the North City to you."

In the dusk, in Kong Yanzhou's camp, Shangguan Luo was giving him instructions.

Perhaps because he took his daughter as a concubine, Shangguan Luo looked a little embarrassed when he saw Kong Yanzhou.

This subtle reaction actually made Kong Yanzhou feel a little comforted.

That daughter...what's her name?

To Kong Yanzhou, who had many wives and concubines, she was not an indispensable beauty.

But because he didn't get it, he was really upset for a while.

Now seeing Shangguan Luo looking embarrassed towards him, it means that in his heart he still regards him as his father-in-law to some extent.

Shangguan Luo is an important strategist in the Prince of Yue's Palace, second only to Yang Yuan. Having this relationship between the two will naturally be of great benefit to his own future.

Thinking of this, Kong Yanzhou didn't feel so bad anymore.

As the conversation went on, Shangguan Luo's expression gradually became more natural and his voice became more fluent.

"The three cities of East, West, and South are already under the control of Wang Erbin and his men. Only the palace in the North City is controlled by Wanyan Yan.

This is a tough nut to crack, but the young prince said that King Zhao Wanyan Dari has not made any major achievements since he entered Liaodong, and has made no progress in capturing Shangjing.

In this case, if you want to allocate enough benefits and territory to King Zhao in Shangjing City, you have to give the tribes a reason to accept it. So this tough battle can only be fought by you, General Kong."

"No problem, I'll leave it to Kong."

Kong Yanzhou licked his lips, and a bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes.

Would he be afraid of fighting and killing?

He had been killing people since he was thirteen.

Beicheng is the richest area in Shangjing, and there are many luxury houses there.

Many families of the powerful people in Yanjing still live in this area today.

This is also the reason why Wanyan Yan personally took charge of this area.

There's more than just an empty palace there.

There are many powerful and wealthy families here, which not only means there is a lot of wealth, but also a lot of beauties.

As long as he can capture the North City, all of these will be his.

"Mr. Shangguan, don't worry, the soldiers under my command are all brave and good at fighting.

In addition, we attacked the North City unexpectedly at night, and Wan Yanyan had no time to react."

Kong Yanzhou laughed loudly and shouted to the left cavalry general Guo Youzhi and the right cavalry general Yan Shiduo: "Immediately organize your troops and prepare to enter the city."

Guo Youzhi and Yan Shiduo excitedly took the order and left.

Shangguan Luo stepped aside, pointed at "Li Xunfeng", and said to Kong Yanzhou: "The Shangjing Palace must not be lost.

General Li Xunfeng will lead 2,000 elite soldiers and move with General Kong. Once we enter the North City, General Li Xunfeng will take over the palace city."

The Palace of the Prince of Yue had already intended to turn the leader of the alliance into an emperor after conquering Shangjing.

In fact, when the Holy Mountain elected the leader of the alliance, everyone knew that once they gained a foothold in the north, establishing a country and becoming emperor would be an inevitable step.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Kong Yanzhou attaches so much importance to the palace.

Wanyan Hongkang, who still used the name Li Xunfeng, stepped forward, grinned, and said, "You and I will act together tonight. Please take care of me, Brother Kong."

Kong Yanzhou was stunned when he heard this.

I am almost fifty years old. How can you, a young boy who is not even twenty years old, call me your brother?
How do you argue this?

However, Kong Yanzhou was too lazy to argue with him.

He was just trying to get close to the King of Yue's faction, and the King of Yue's son wanted to get close to him, which was exactly what he wanted.

The armies of various tribes that besieged the city, except for the troops outside the north city who remained motionless in case the defenders on the city walls discovered any clues, the camps outside the other three cities were quietly preparing to enter the city.

The negotiations between the two sides have been successfully concluded.

After several rounds of negotiations, the alliance finally made major concessions.

After Wang Erbin and others surrendered the city, they were allowed to retain their official positions, and the alliance promised not to plunder their personal wealth and families and agreed to allow them to retain their army.

However, they had to move out of Shangjing City and settle in Zhaozhou (now Daqing area) afterwards.

Wang Erbin and others were just hoping to get away from these new elites in Beijing.

Otherwise, as a surrendered general, he would never feel at ease.

Therefore, Wang Erbin agreed immediately and formally signed an agreement with "Wanyan Hongkang".

Now, Wang Erbin and sixteen officials who planned to surrender the city were quietly packing their luggage.

In fact, Hesheli Chuding and others were determined not to agree to these conditions.

Shangjing City has the wealth accumulated by the Jin Dynasty's dignitaries for more than 30 years. Why should such a large amount of wealth be taken away by a group of desperate surrendered generals?

Seventeen surrendered generals, how much wealth will they take away?

If they had some aunts, uncles, close friends and close friends who mixed into their group and pretended to be their clansmen, wouldn't half of Shangjing City be emptied out?

However, Shangguan Luo "convinced" them.

"My fellow Bojins, you should understand that for the King of Yue, the most important thing is to capture Shangjing as soon as possible.

You don't want to upset His Royal Highness the King of Yue and the Crown Prince, do you?"

"You have all worked hard and made great contributions, so the prince naturally does not want to treat you unfairly.

Therefore, I have a brilliant idea that can both relieve the prince's worries and satisfy you all."

Puchaye said in a deep voice: "What's the trick?"

Shangguan Luo said: "Wanyan Darui has never been very convinced of my king.

Now, he has sent Kong Yanzhou here, who has not accomplished anything, but wants to get the biggest benefits. You won't accept this, right?
Shangguan Luo's pair of phoenix eyes smiled with murderous intent: "Why not let Kong Yanzhou die in the hands of Wang Erbin's surrendered generals.

In this way, the prince will not have to keep his promise to those surrendered generals. What do you think? "

This prince is truly not a human being!

He came forward to sign an agreement with surrendered generals such as Wang Erbin and accepted the surrender of the city.

However, he secretly asked his staff to contact us with the intention of murdering Kong Yanzhou and putting the blame on Wang Erbin and other surrendered generals.

In this case, we will naturally no longer object to signing an agreement with surrendered generals such as Wang Erbin.

King Da Rui has lost a great general, and his dream of ruling the capital may be ruined...

Killing several birds with one stone is so insidious, so dirty and so inhumane!

We are all upright heroes and would never do such shameless things.

"Okay, we agreed."

Heshelie Chuiding, Nalan Buha and others agreed immediately. After all, they didn't need to be fools to refuse.

……

In Shangjing City, at the residence of Wang Erbin, the Tongzhi of Beicheng.

In the backyard, gold, silver and jewelry are piled up in boxes and cages, ready to be loaded onto trucks at any time.

Not only did it contain his savings over the years, but also donations from some wealthy families and dignitaries in Yanjing after the city was besieged.

During these few months, Wang Erbin not only received a huge amount of wealth that was several times his savings, but he also took seven or eight new concubines, all of whom were daughters of powerful families.

"Stay guarding the front and back gates. Once fighting breaks out in the city and the streets are filled with soldiers, hang the goldfish lanterns in front of the gates."

Wang Erbin carefully reminded that "Goldfish Lantern" was the secret code agreed upon by him and "Wanyan Hongkang".

Soldiers entering the city were not allowed to enter and harass any house that had a "goldfish lantern" hanging in front of its door.

"We can't collect a large number of vehicles and mules and horses now, otherwise Wanyan Yan might notice it. After the young prince takes Shangjing City, we will go out and search as soon as possible.

When the time comes, remember to put all the valuables, such as gold, silver, and jewelry, under each cart, and put some less valuable items on top." Wang Erbin explained everything to his wife and the internal and external stewards in detail, and looked up at the sky.

A crescent moon has quietly climbed up to the treetops.

"Okay, you guys stay at home. There's chaos in the city tonight, so don't go out."

Wang Erbin put on his hat and headgear, mounted his horse, and hurried towards the south city.

……

Deep night.

On the top of the South City, a red light suddenly rose high and slowly drew three circles in the air.

The six thousand elite cavalry, who had already eaten and drunk their fill, put on their armor and reins, and were ready to enter the city, immediately sneaked out of the camp under the leadership of the left and right cavalry generals.

There are three city gates in the South City, and behind each gate were originally piles of huge rocks.

Even if you can smash down the city gate with a battering ram, you still can't get in.

Because the city gate was already filled with stone slabs.

However, starting from this afternoon, people have been organized to move the huge stones at the three city gates of the South City.

At this time, all they had to do was lift the thick door bar and open the heavy city gate, and the army outside the city could march straight in.

Kong Yanzhou personally led two thousand elite cavalry and Li Xunfeng's two thousand troops and entered through the middle gate of the south city.

The Left Cavalry General Guo Youzhi and the Right Cavalry General Yan Shiduo were responsible for entering the city from the left and right gates of the south city respectively.

They were all very cautious. After the surrendered generals in the city opened the city gates, they first sent a Mouke, leading a team of 100 men, to enter the city first.

After confirming that there were no ambushes inside or outside the city, the defending generals had led their subordinates to place their weapons on the city wall, and the soldiers lined up outside the city wall to surrender. Only then did the three generals wave their hands and the army march in.

The West City has two city gates and the East City has three city gates, and the same thing is happening there as in the South City.

The North City was still quiet and no one noticed anything.

East City, West City and even the South City area where Kong Yanzhou entered the city will be taken over by various tribes.

During the siege of Shangjing, each tribe retained infantry. Horses were of little use here, and they had to transport large amounts of fodder, which was really unnecessary.

Therefore, the most mobile troops are the two thousand elite cavalrymen of "Li Xunfeng" and the six thousand cavalrymen of Kong Yanzhou.

There are three straight avenues running from the south city to the north city.

These three avenues are also the three widest main roads in Shangjing City.

As soon as the city gate opened, three groups of cavalry swarmed in.

Wang Erbin and other surrendered generals also thoughtfully prepared guides for them, leading them slowly along the deserted long street during the curfew.

When they were halfway along the long street, three groups of cavalry suddenly lit torches, and three fire dragons fiercely pounced towards the north city.

"Kill! Kill!"

Kong Yanzhou held two swords and rushed to the front with an excited look on his face.

That crazy energy didn't seem like he was going to fight, but rather like he was going to pick up money and rob women.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, which immediately alarmed the defenders of the north city.

But the defenders of the North City never thought that the enemy would come from behind.

The defenders of the North City were either in the barracks under the city wall or on guard on the city wall.

The sudden appearance of this group of people really caught them off guard.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, Kong Yanzhou's troops used their swift swords and horses to break into their hastily formed defense line.

The fragile defense line was broken into pieces, and Kong Yanzhou's troops pushed forward three streets, and the two sides then engaged in fierce street fighting.

Kong Yanzhou was always fierce in battle, and his personal soldiers' fighting style was also similar to Kong Yanzhou's.

More than a hundred personal cavalrymen followed Kong Yanzhou, forming a formation and charging into the enemy's path, chopping down anyone they saw.

They formed teams of three or five riders, clashed in all directions, responded to each other, charged and attacked fiercely, as if they were in an empty space.

Kong Yanzhou brandished two swords, the sword light was like snow, and he was invincible in the fierce fighting.

When the hand rises and the knife falls, a streak of blood will spurt out.

After Kong Yanzhou's clash on horseback, all that was left was a pile of dead bodies, blood, body parts, and broken arms...

Kong Yanzhou had three hobbies in his life: cutting off people's heads, kidnapping women, and collecting gold.

This fight made him very tired.

However, he is almost fifty years old after all, and his physical strength is not as good as when he was younger.

Although the explosive power is still there, it is no longer very long-lasting.

After fighting for a while, Kong Yanzhou gradually became out of breath, so he slowed down and let his personal soldiers go to the front.

Kong Yanzhou stopped his horse and looked around.

Although the visibility is not clear at night, one can still tell from the size of the door lintels and the flying eaves and brackets that the streets on both sides are all mansions.

The residents of the North City are dependent on the Imperial Palace, so naturally, those who live here are all powerful and wealthy people.

Kong Yanzhou licked his lips greedily and wanted to break into a house at random.

There must be beautiful women in wealthy families. He was tired of killing, but the excitement and pleasure in his heart had not yet been vented.

Since he could no longer experience the pleasure of a sharp knife piercing his body, he could still vent it in other ways.

Kong Yanzhou pulled the reins and stared at a house on the left side of the road. On both sides of the vermilion lacquered gate stood a pair of stone lions.

This family must be powerful and wealthy.

Kong Yanzhou hung the bloody long knife on the "victory hook", raised his hand and pointed at the red door, laughing: "Come on, break open the door and kill all the men inside..."

Before the word "了" came out of his mouth, Kong Yanzhou's heart suddenly tightened and the hairs on his body stood up.

An intuition developed from long experience on the battlefield made him feel a great crisis in an instant.

Kong Yanzhou did not try to control his horse to dodge. Instead, he immediately tilted his body, took his feet off the stirrups, and tried to slide off the horse.

However, this arrow not only found the best opportunity, but was also shot from a two-stone hard bow.

A bow of two stones is already the limit of bow force. Anything above that is actually a crossbow rather than a bow.

A two-foot-long arrow was shot out from the two-stone bow. The arrow went straight into Kong Yanzhou's left rib and penetrated the arrow feathers.

The tip of the arrow pierced Kong Yanzhou's heart, and a bloody tip of the arrow emerged from under his right rib.

"what!"

Kong Yanzhou let out a shrill scream and just as he was about to slide off the horse, he fell down with a "thump".

Not far behind, the bow in Li Xunfeng's hand was still trembling, and he threw it casually.

"Azen, go on!"

Not far from him was A Zeng, the guide assigned to him by Wang Erbin.

When Ah Zeng heard his shout, he subconsciously raised his hand and caught the hard bow thrown by "Li Xunfeng".

"General Li, you..."

A Zeng's mind was in a mess.

He still wanted to ask "Li Xunfeng" for a reason to explain his doubts, but "Li Xunfeng" had already pointed at him and shouted in shock and anger:

"We were fooled, they pretended to surrender!"

It seems that Wanyan Hongkang will never learn to be a sinister person.

Although he tried hard to look shocked and angry, the upturned corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than AK.

(End of this chapter)