Chapter 106: The Banquet's Sudden Change (Middle)

  The east gate of Xiangyang City had by now firmly fallen into the hands of the Ba Wei army.

  Guan Ling and more than a dozen others were well-prepared, with big knives and hard crossbows at the ready. These dozen or so men were also the most elite warriors in the Wei army. In an instant, they killed dozens of soldiers guarding the city gate, who fled in disarray. Immediately afterwards, they opened the city gate and let in hundreds of generals and soldiers from outside the city.

  "Hurry! Send a signal! Inform Niu Tong and Yu Junshi!" Guan Ling shouted loudly.

  At this time, only the sound of "swish, swish" was heard, and a string of red flames shot into the sky, drawing a long trajectory, which was particularly eye-catching in the clear blue sky.

  Suddenly, the soldiers in the barracks and on the city walls felt a slight tremor on the ground. From afar, there seemed to be a rumbling sound like thunder. In the forest ten miles east of Xiangyang's East Gate, countless soldiers wearing black helmets and armor emerged, shouting as they charged forward.

  The soldiers on the city wall saw that their eyes all showed a look of horror, and in the distance, a surging black wave had already appeared. Thousands of warriors wearing black helmets and black armor were rushing towards the east gate of Xiangyang City. They each held long spears or large knives, and the blades shone with a dazzling cold light, stirring up a huge cloud of smoke on the ground, and charging straight at Xiangyang City!

  The officers under Tian Shi in the city saw these red flames and finally realized that something was wrong, shouting: "The enemy is attacking the city! Everyone quickly set up defenses on the city wall!"

  But they were unaware that the East Gate had already fallen and the enemy was pouring into the city.

  Guan Ling saw that Niu Tong had already led the men in a charge into the city. He hastily said, "Niu Tong, you go to the city prison to rescue Tang Shu and the brothers who are being held captive! I will go to the governor's mansion to meet up with the crown prince!"

  Niu Tong finally got his wish and took down the city, overjoyed in his heart. He hastily said: "Great! I'll go rescue Tang Shu now, you go quickly!"

  "Right! Where's Yu Jun? Why haven't I seen him?" Guan Ling was now deeply admiring Yu Yunwen, he had never dreamed that they could take down Xiangyang City so smoothly.

  "He took two thousand men to attack the granary, fearing that the people of Tian Shi Zhong would burn the grain and grass in a desperate situation." Niu Tong said with a big axe in his hand.

  "Mr. Yu is really cautious in using troops, I think even Li Canyi may not be better than him!" Guan Ling said secretly.

  "Alright! Let's not waste any more words! I'm in a hurry to save my Uncle Tang!" Niu Tong grasped the reins, and galloped towards the prison direction...

  Suddenly hearing the shout of killing in the city, Tian Shizhong's heart couldn't help but feel uneasy. But Yue Yun knew that Guan Ling, Niu Tong, Yu Yunwen and others had begun to act according to plan, and his expression became even more relaxed and carefree.

  Before long, outside the governor's mansion, countless people suddenly shouted loudly, their voices like thunder: "Tian Shiming colluded with the Jin people, seized the army's grain and fodder, intending to commit treason! Those who surrender will be spared from death!"

  Tian Shizhong was terrified when he heard the news. The officers and soldiers under his command were even more frightened, their souls not at peace.

  Although they mostly knew that Tian Shizhong's seizure of Yue Fei's grain was ordered by a superior, none of them except for two or three people closest to Tian Shizhong knew who this superior was. Now, hearing the crowd surging around and the shouting shaking the sky, he couldn't help but feel some panic and confusion, thinking to himself, could it be that Lord Tian is falsely claiming to have received orders from a superior, and this "superior" is actually the Jin people?

  Tian Shizhong saw the expression of his subordinates and knew they were half-believing and half-doubting. He quickly came up with a plan, shouting loudly: "Everyone don't listen to this, it's Qin..." Before he could say the word "xiang", Yue Yun forcefully twisted his chin, making him unable to utter another word.

  Just then, a loud "rumble" sound was heard, and the solid big gate of the governor's mansion was smashed open by the thick and heavy battering ram of the soldiers outside. Then countless brave warriors wearing black helmets and black armor rushed in like tigers into a flock of sheep, and slaughtered the heart-and-soul generals and personal soldiers of Tian Shimu.

  The guards outside were frightened, but at the critical moment of life and death, they also steeled themselves and fought desperately.

  At this moment, Guan Ling had already led the charge with his large knife, flashing in the light, and rapidly slashing towards an officer of Tian Zhong's faction who was rushing forward.

  All that was seen was a flash of the knife, and before the officer could even let out a pained cry, his head flew into the air, and he fell to the ground dead.

  "Hurry and block the main gate, we can't let them rush in! We hold on for a moment, those four garrison cities still have 7,000 people, they will come to support!" Another general shouted.

  He was still dreaming of the seven thousand soldiers of the former army who would listen to his orders.

  Yue Yun saw the reinforcements had arrived, and with one blow of his sword hilt, he knocked Tian Shizhong unconscious, leaving him in the care of three guards. He then led the remaining dozen or so men in a swift arrow-like charge, bursting into the midst of Tian Shizhong's retreating personal troops. His long knife danced up and down, desperately hacking away, each slash felling another man.

  The imperial guards in front of Tian Shi saw Yue Yun's bravery and were frightened, shouting loudly as they desperately fled towards the back door of the governor's mansion.

  "Big Brother Yue!" Guan Ling stared at Yue Yun excitedly, who was holding a blood-stained big knife and rushed in front of him.

  "Guān Líng! You've finally arrived! I was worried sick!" Yue Yun also let out a sigh of relief, his white collar now completely stained with fresh blood.

  This brief massacre turned the previously peaceful Shi history government into a place filled with corpses and severed limbs, with bright red blood flowing everywhere on the ground! The ground was covered with flesh and clothing fragments, and those standing were also stained with blood, as if they were harbingers of death.

  Tian Shizhong now saw that the courtyard was already filled with Wei soldiers, and only then did he realize that all was lost. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, hanging his head in shame.

  The fierce battle inside the Stabbing History Bureau came to an end with the victory of Yue Yun and Guan Ling's meeting. The trusted generals of Tian Shizhong fled in all directions, many of them still holding onto the idea of escaping from the Stabbing History Bureau and reassembling their troops to launch a counterattack.

  It wasn't until they climbed over the wall of the governor's mansion that they saw the streets were filled with soldiers wearing black helmets and armor, who were working together with the Ba Wei army to mop up the remnants of Tian Zhong's troops. It was then that they realized the 7,000 former soldiers they had been counting on had already defected to Yue Yun.

  As they saw no way to escape, many officers started thinking: after all, the one who withheld food was Tian Shizhong, and at most, they just took action when catching Tang Huai, which was also under the order of their superiors, and they were just executors. It is said that Yue Yun is not a cruel person who loves to kill people indiscriminately, it's better to surrender than to resist stubbornly.

  Then many people emerged from the dark, holding up their weapons and shouting: "Stop fighting! We surrender! Only Tian Shizhong rebelled, we were also deceived and controlled..."

  The city is ablaze everywhere at this moment, and the battle continued until dusk before subsiding.

  Yue Yun sat steadily in the already cleaned up Cishi Mansion, listening to one good news after another from all sides: Ximen was taken down, Beimen was taken down, grain depot was taken down...

  Before long, a loud and clear shout was heard: "Yue Xian nephew, I didn't expect you to rush thousands of miles to save me! I really didn't expect it even in my dreams!"

  Yue Yun turned his head to take a look, and saw a tall and robust middle-aged general with a smile on his face, walking into the Governor's Mansion with his head held high and his chest out. Beside him was Niu Tong, who had an air of complacency about him.

  "Uncle Tang, you've finally been rescued too! I was worried sick!" Yuen Wan rushed forward and grasped his large hand tightly.

  "Ah! This is indeed the bravery of a newborn calf not fearing a tiger! Even if it were me, Tang, leading 300 men to attack a city guarded by 3,000 soldiers, I would be trembling with fear! I didn't expect you, Young Master Yue, to dare to take such a risk... By the way, how did you manage to persuade all 7,000 of our vanguard soldiers? Who came up with this incredible strategy? I really want to meet this genius!" Tang Huai grasped Yue Yun's hand tightly and laughed heartily.

  "This... Young Master and Niu Tongxian learned that Uncle Tang was captured, of course they would come to rescue him. This victory is thanks to Yunwen's plan, he indeed deserves the credit." Yue Yun said with a smile.

  "Who is Yunwen? Is it someone you all know? You are the leader of the Wei army, Tang. What's going on with this plan? Tang is still in the dark." Tang Huai asked in surprise.

  "Yun Wen's full name is Yu Yunwen, a new military strategist my younger brother just recruited on the way to Chu State. This plan was devised by him." At this point, Yue Yun smiled and briefly explained their plan to Tang Huai.

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  Chapter 107: The Banquet's Sudden Change (Below) will be updated at 24:00 tonight, which is 0:00 tomorrow. Welcome everyone to come and watch at that time!