My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Chapter 132: The West City is broken, and the enemy is trapped

Not sure if it was because of his trust in Wen Nian or because of tiredness, but Zong Yanli fell into a deep sleep.

Wen Nian slowly withdrew his hand, lowered his eyes and saw Zong Yanli's peaceful sleeping face leaning on the chair. Perhaps when he took off his helmet, a few strands of hair were pulled out and stuck to his forehead.

Wen Nian stared at her for a long time unconsciously. It seemed that Zong Yanli looked much softer when she fell asleep. Without those solemn and cold eyes, people could look at her face carefully. There were indentations on the side of her cheek caused by the mask.

Wen Nian did not go out. He just sat on the ground, leaning against the chair, next to Zong Yanli.

An extremely greedy enjoyment, this short-lived one, belonged exclusively to his general.

It was already dawn when Zong Yanli woke up. When she opened her eyes, she found that she had fallen asleep while sitting. She looked down and saw Wen Nian sitting on the ground, sleeping with his head tilted against the armrest of the chair. She was stunned.

"Wenian." Zong Yanli stretched out his hand to wake him up.

Wen Nian, who was originally sleeping peacefully, suddenly reached out and grabbed Zong Yanli's wrist. At the same time, he opened his eyes and looked up with a bit of coldness in his eyes.

Zong Yanli bent down and looked at him. Wen Nian was shocked by his actions and quickly let go of his hand, stood up and said, "General."

Zong Yanli reached out and picked up the helmet and visor on the table and said, "Go to your tent and rest. I'll go to the city."

Wen Nian immediately said, "I will go with the general."

Zong Yanli was going to meet Zong Yanhongtu, and it was still early now so he could go away from the crowd.

Lei Jiliang had received the news long ago and had someone leave a small back door for her. Zong Yanli entered the courtyard and went straight to Zong Yanhongtu's house, while Wen Nian stayed at the door to guard her.

The two talked for a long time. When it was bright and the sun was rising, Zong Yanli came out of the house with a fierce look in his eyes. He walked out of the courtyard without saying a word and returned to the army. He summoned Gongsun Pu, Pei Liang and others.

On the eleventh day of the winter month, the Qing Kingdom could no longer afford to waste time.

Launched an attack on Linxi.

At this time, the Linxi defenders had already secretly moved the firewood, food, and military supplies in the city, and all the people in the city had moved away.

The huge Linxi is now just an empty city. Deng Bowen stood on the city wall, looking at the huge enemy troops attacking the city and the siege crossbow carts being pushed out one after another. His originally anxious heart was surprisingly calmed.

"General Pingxi is really good at predicting the future." Deng Bowen saw that the Qing Kingdom had come out in full force, and the troops under the city were almost all the troops of the Qing Kingdom.

Among the Qing army under the city, Yuan Heng stood in front of the army wearing armor and looking towards the direction of the Linxi City Tower, his eyes full of desolation.

For the Kingdom of Qing, success or failure depends on this battle. Yuan Heng turned his head slightly to look at the army behind him. Zhuo Kangshun was sitting on the chariot in golden armor, and the guards beside him were protecting him. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Qing were very encouraged to see the Emperor Qing in person.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Zhuo Kangshun immediately ordered an attack on the city.

Yuan Heng observed that the city was quiet. The soldiers defending the city were not at all surprised that they were approaching the city. It was as if they were waiting for them.

"Your Majesty, I think you should order people to challenge the enemy troops outside the city first to test their strength," Yuan Heng said with a bow.

"If we fight, the enemy will delay the battle. How can we attack the city when Zong Yanli brings his men to help us?" Zhuo Kangshun rejected Yuan Heng's request and said solemnly, "No need to challenge, just attack directly!"

Yuan Heng had a bitter look on his face. The emperor was no longer willing to listen to a word he said as the commander-in-chief.

He sighed helplessly and turned around to issue an order to attack the city.

The Qing army's attack was urgent and fast. Yuan Heng kept an eye on the battle situation. He saw that although the Linxi defenders had the intention to defend the city, they clearly had no intention of holding out. After resisting the first round of attacks, they even seemed to be retreating. This was extremely wrong compared to Linxi's reaction during the last siege.

"Your Majesty! I am worried that the enemy is plotting a trick!" Yuan Heng turned around again and told Emperor Qing about his thoughts.

"It's obvious that the enemy saw the fierceness of our attack and knew they were no match for us, so they retreated." Zhuo Kangshun didn't think there was anything wrong with the retreat of the Linxi defenders. Even the Yuanshi Pass defenders were no match for us, so how could a mere Linxi be able to withstand the power of the entire Qing army?

Besides, the last time was just a feint attack, and even the chariots were not deployed.

Today, the siege crossbows have already broken into the city. It would be foolish for the Linxi defenders to stay behind, right?

Yuan Heng was a little anxious, with an ominous premonition in his heart. The Qing army in front saw that the Linxi defenders were defeated and fled, and they felt that they saw the dawn of victory, so they became more brave and waited for the battering ram to break open the gate of Linxi City.

The Qing army rushed into the city in one fell swoop.

"Hahaha! Lord Wu really has a plan for everything. Linxi is indeed a weak city to defend." When Zhuo Kangshun heard that Linxi City had been breached and the defenders were defeated and fled to the rear, he immediately asked Yuan Heng to chase them.

Yuan Heng hesitated to speak for several times. Since the enemy army had already retreated, the most urgent task was to immediately occupy Linxi and set up defenses to prevent Zong Yanli from leading his troops back to kill them by surprise.

But Zhuo Kangshun was determined to capture the general of the Linxi garrison, so Yuan Heng had to turn his horse around and lead his men to chase Deng Bowen.

They had chased Deng Bowen not far out of the city when he suddenly turned around and a group of soldiers suddenly appeared from the bushes on both sides. They were none other than Dong Haoqiang and others who had been lying in ambush there.

"General Yuan, I never thought that this day would come to you!" Dong Haoqiang had been holding a grudge during this period of time. Although Zong Yanli did not say it explicitly, he could naturally see it.

Zong Yanhongtu, as Dong Haoqiang's head coach, was ambushed and seriously injured and on the verge of death. None of his brothers survived. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to Dong Haoqiang.

Even Monk Qi noticed Dong Haoqiang's silence, how could Zong Yanli not know?

Therefore, in the planning of this action, Zong Yanli arranged for Dong Haoqiang to set up an ambush here. She calculated that Emperor Qing would definitely force Deng Bowen to stay in order to intimidate our army and inspire the soldiers of Qing.

Dong Haoqiang was holding a grudge, and today was the day to vent it.

Dong Haoqiang did not expect that Yuan Heng would personally lead the troops to chase after him, but Yuan Heng was not too surprised to see the enemy set an ambush here. He had already guessed when he was chasing after him that this was most likely a treacherous plot of the enemy, and now that he saw the ambush, he secretly sighed in his heart that it was indeed the case.

"You can't stop me with just a few of us!" Yuan Heng showed no fear and rushed forward with a knife.

“Then let’s try it!” Dong Haoqiang was not afraid at all. While the two were fighting, Zhuo Kangshun had led all the Qing troops into Linxi City.

But what Zhuo Kangshun never expected was that before he could be happy, he heard shouts and screams suddenly coming from all around Linxi City. The flags of the Wu army erected everywhere made Zhuo Kangshun's heart jump. When he raised his eyes, he saw Zong Yanli leading his troops to besiege the city.

Zhuo Kangshun was horrified when he saw this scene, and the gate of Linxi City was broken by the battering ram of Qing State just as he passed it.