Chapter 345 Changing Fate Against Heaven
Qin Ming is not good at talking, so how can he be a match for Gu Dasao when it comes to swearing?
Seeing that the gates of Li County were closed, Sun Xin and his wife obviously wanted to resist to the end, but the sun was scorching and the soldiers were exhausted from the journey, so it was impossible to start a fight directly.

He led his troops back two miles and came to a willow forest to rest, waiting for Wu Yong's main force to join him.

The scorching sun above my head is like boiling oil.

Wu Yong's rear troops were all infantrymen, and they moved slowly, stopping and starting. When they arrived at the willow forest where Qin Ming was resting, the sun had already set in the sky, and they were two hours late.

At that time, Qin Ming was sleeping soundly under a willow tree. He was ordered to wake up only when there was any enemy situation, so he woke up only when Wu Yong arrived in front of him.

"What's going on? Didn't we ask you to arrive early and walk around the city to make some noise? Why are you sleeping here?"

"Hey." Facing Wu Yong's question, Qin Ming clenched his fist and replied angrily: "Military Advisor, you don't know. Sun Xin and his wife came to Li County at some point and closed the four city gates tightly. It seems that they don't intend to surrender."

"Is this true? Is Bai Sheng's intelligence wrong?"

"Who knows."

"No, Sun Xin and Sun Li are brothers, so it's normal for them to come here to visit their relatives."

Wu Yong didn't care about the fatigue of the journey. He turned around and waved to Zhang Qing and others and said, "Let's go to the city to see the situation together."

"it is good."

"keep going."

Ten thousand infantry and cavalry chased the setting sun to the city, where people were already waiting on the top of the city.

Wu Yong rode his horse forward and knocked on the door. Qin Ming, Yan Shun, Zhang Qing and Gong Wang stood on his left and right, which made Sun Xin frown.

"My lady, the team is led by military advisor Wu Yong, and they are accompanied by Qin Ming and Zhang Qing. They are all notoriously ruthless. Can we hold on?"

"I don't think they have many soldiers, and they didn't bring any siege equipment. Without Zhu Gui as their internal support, how can they break into the city? Besides, we have to defend it even if we can't. We have to buy time for the reinforcements."

“I saved it.”

"Are you Mr. and Mrs. Sun Xinxian? Xiaoke is here to show you his respect."

Seeing people whispering on the city wall, Wu Yong took the initiative to greet them with a humble attitude, which made him much more likable than Qin Ming.

Although it is not advisable to extend a hand to a smiling face, the two families have already started a war. After receiving the call, Mrs. Gu was not polite and said coldly: "Wu Xuejiu brought so many soldiers and horses, why are you still pretending? If you have to fart, just fart!"

"have a look."

Qin Ming was even more angry than Wu Yong. He quickly took over and reminded him: "I said this woman is rude, military advisor, don't waste your breath on her."

"Stand back for a moment. I know what's going on."

Wu Yong interrupted him with a wave of his hand, still smiling as he headed towards the city wall, saying: "It's been a long time since we last met, sister-in-law is still as charming as ever. Since you are straightforward, I won't beat around the bush. It is rumored that Yang Chang is dying of a serious illness, and it seems that he has not appeared for half a year. He has declared himself king and ruled Hedong. Your Majesty has specially sent General Song to suppress him. This place will be destroyed in a snap of a finger. Your virtuous couple are my old subordinates in Liangshan. It is not too late for them to abandon the dark and join the light. I hope..."

"What kind of bullshit serious illness is this? The King of Jin is the reincarnation of a god. He wouldn't even know your whole family was killed. And you're still talking about making yourself king and destroying them with a snap of a finger. Do you have that ability?"

"The sage said, 'It is difficult to raise a woman or a villain.' This is true."

"Difficult to raise? Do I eat your rice? Isn't your mother a woman? I hate sour scholars like you the most. You keep talking about saints all day long. Don't you have any brains yourself?"

After being interrupted for the second time, and her scolding became more and more unpleasant, Wu Yong finally couldn't help but uttered a cruel word: "You are very good, remember what I said today, I hope that when Licheng is captured, you can still maintain your current arrogance. And you, Sun Xin, are being ridden on by your own wife, which is a shame for a man!"

"Grandpa is happy, it's none of your business!"

Sun Xin also got angry. He stopped Mrs. Gu behind him and yelled at Wu Yong.

"You are fine, you are all fine. Remember everything now. If I don't break Licheng tomorrow, I will not be named Wu! Let's go!"

"Not surnamed Wu? How about taking my surname Sun? Or taking my wife's surname Gu is fine. Hey, don't leave!"

Wu Yong was very angry and led his troops to retreat half a mile.

In the middle of summer, it was stuffy sleeping in the tents and the soldiers were tired after a day of traveling, so he ordered that only the main tent of the central army should be set up, and each camp should sleep in the open air.

Thinking that there was Zhu Gui in the city as an insider, maybe they could break into the city as quickly as they did at Fengyue Pass tomorrow, so why waste energy setting up camp? Wouldn't it be better to just live in the city?

Despite his confidence, Wu Yong still called his generals to deploy battle arrangements after setting up the central army tent.

You don't need a map to attack a city, and because tomorrow's tactics are simple, Wu Yong started to select his generals after everyone arrived: "The army didn't attack the city today, so Zhu Gui may not know. I plan to divide the troops into three groups tomorrow and besiege the three gates like the general did when he surrounded She County. Qin Ming and I will go to the east gate, Zhang Qing and Gong Wang will go to the south gate, and Yan Shun will go to the north gate alone to make a bigger noise!"

"Yes."

Seeing everyone responding in unison, Wu Yong twisted his beard and nodded in affirmation, muttering: "There are only more than a thousand soldiers guarding Licheng, and the guarding commander is Sun Xin and his wife. I don't think they can handle it."

"What the military advisor said is right. They just run a hotel. Why are they acting so arrogant here? By the way, if we capture them tomorrow, I will definitely let that bitch deal with me. If I don't beat her stinky mouth, I'm not Qin!"

"Leave it to me, Sun Xin."

Qin Ming had just finished speaking fiercely when Yan Shun, who had been knocked off his horse by Zou Runzeng, also jumped out and spoke harshly.

Yan Shun felt extremely ashamed for not being able to kill Zou Run. He did not dare to speak during the meetings for the past few days and vowed to regain his face. However, Sun Xin and his wife were just pushovers, and since he had encountered them in Licheng, he naturally had to take it out on them.

As only two of them showed up, the four generals under Wu Yong were unable to divide the power even if they wanted to. However, Zhang Qing was influenced by Suo Chao and began to doubt the strength of his former brothers.

Zou Run was able to kill Kong Ming and fight back and forth with Yan Shun. Could it be that Sun Xin and Gu Dasao have also become stronger?
However, these two are at the bottom of the Earthly Fiends, and their martial arts foundation is already very poor. Even if they become stronger, it should be limited?
This was Zhang Qing’s misjudgment. The key to strength lies in Yang Chang. Whoever he is more optimistic about or appreciates more, and whoever he is more willing to invest resources in, will have his or her abilities improved the most.

Take Zou Run for example. Although he ranks 91st in Liangshan and his martial arts ranking is much higher than Shi Qian, the resources he gets are of the lowest tier, even worse than the fake Li Kui.

Of course, Yang Chang's rough improvement method is most obvious for the weak. The higher the martial arts skills, the less useful it is.

For generals such as Lu Junyi, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Sun Li, etc., Yang Chang's highest combat skill is the [Perfect] level, while these people are at the [Perfect] level at the lowest, with very few attributes and unique skills, and most of them are not as good as what they have, so they are basically transformed differently.

As for Wu Song, he is a special case, mainly because he is a rare strong man who does not know horse riding. Yang Chang only needs to teach him a very easy way to learn riding skills, and he can be transformed from a foot general to a cavalry general.

That night, Wu Yong arranged guard posts and the defending troops went out of the city to raid the camp.

He purposely camped close to the city and only built a simple central army, just for the defenders in the city to see. He was a cautious person and was worried that Bai Sheng's information was wrong.

Sun Xin and his wife were so arrogant. There might be a general guarding the city, and the garrison might not be more than a thousand. But they deliberately exposed the loopholes, and the garrison in the city did not dare to rob the camp. This means that their worries were unnecessary, and Sun Xin and his wife were just bluffing.

Nothing happened all night until dawn.

Wu Yong measured the strength of the defenders and ordered his generals to act according to the plan. In the morning, while the weather was cool, the troops were divided into three groups and went to the three gates of Licheng. They began to wave flags and shout outside to provide a wake-up service for the people in the city.

There was no way, this group of people came in a hurry and did not bring any siege equipment.

If you want to storm the city, you can only climb the wall with your bare hands.

Mrs. Gu arrived at the east gate early and asked Sun Xin to patrol the other two gates. When they saw that everyone on the three sides was just talking but not doing anything, the couple instantly felt relieved.

Sun Xin returned to the East Gate Tower and told the situation of the North and South Gates. Suddenly, Mrs. Gu excitedly proposed, "Boss, your chance to become famous has come."

"What do you mean?"

"Aren't they challenging me to a war? Go out of the city and kill a general for me!" "Ah? Qin Ming is outside the city. Do you want to murder your husband?"

Mrs. Gu was amused and said with a smile, "The sun hasn't even risen yet, so how can you not be hot-headed now? Wu Yong brought the four generals with him, who told you to pick the strongest one? Are you going to pick Gong Wang and Yan Shun to bully? No, Gong Wang has Zhang Qing by his side, so you'd better go find Yan Shun. This guy can't even take down Zou Run, so you'll definitely win."

“Can I do it?”

"I licked the face of the Prince of Jin and the Princess to ask for favors, and gave up my opportunity once, so that you can get guidance twice. Others don't need to say that you are now on par with uncle, or even better."

"Can I be stronger than my brother?" Sun Xin looked incredulous.

Mrs. Gu glared at him and scolded him, "Look at you, you fool. You have the capital but you don't dare to use it? How about you keep an eye on Wu Yong while I go find Yan Shun to practice alone?"

"No, I'll go."

Sun Xin turned around and was about to leave, but after taking two steps he turned back and solemnly warned: "If I die in battle, you will remain a widow!"

"You wish! If you die, I will remarry immediately!"

"Then I can't die!"

Hearing Mrs. Gu's joke, Sun Xin felt a lot more relaxed and hurried down to the city to prepare.

The couple withdrew from the external stronghold of Sparrow, and later stayed in Yangqu to obey Hu Sanniang's orders. They often competed with Tao Zongwang, Cai Fu, Cai Qing, Hou Jian and others. Although Sun Xin won every time, his opponents were not very good either.

So he knew that he had become stronger, but he had no specific idea of ​​how strong he was.

Now provoked by the tigress, Sun Xin put on his armor and took his weapon, rode a yellow horse to the north gate. He selected a hundred cavalrymen to go with him, and told the gatekeepers to remind them to be prepared to close the gate at any time.

When everything was ready, the city gate slowly opened.

Yan Shun brought only two thousand soldiers with him, and did not expect to cause any trouble. After arriving, he ordered his subordinates to challenge the enemy, while he sat on the ground and watched the show.

Who would have thought that he, who originally wanted to pick on the weak, was also a weakling in the eyes of Mrs. Gu.

"Commander Yan, look! The north gate of Licheng has been opened!"

"how is this possible?"

"Really? A group of people came out, and they were under the banner of Sun."

"Sun Xin? Here comes the horse! Here comes the knife!"

Yan Shun jumped up with a start, took the reins and long sword from his follower, stepped on the stirrup and jumped onto the saddle in a graceful manner.

Looking around, I saw soldiers and horses leaving the city spreading out to the left and right, and a general emerged from the swords and spears. The man riding a horse and holding a spear was Sun Xin.

Good thing you came, I’ll take it out on you!

"drive!"

Yan Shun raised his sword and urged his horse forward. When he reached the front of the battle, he pointed the tip of his sword and shouted, "Sun Xin, with your rudimentary martial arts skills, you dare to go out and fight to die?"

"You are so arrogant, but do you think your ability matches yours? I heard that you were once defeated by Zou Run?" Sun Xin held his gun in front of him and confronted him.

"That was Zou Run's trick. Don't even think about imitating him. I won't give you the chance."

"Really? You won't know until you fight."

"Go to hell!"

Yan Shun hurriedly rode forward, shouting and swinging his knife to grab the credit, aiming at Sun Xin's head and chopping.

There was a sound.

Sun Xinqiu took precautions and held the blade steady with his spear. He thought to himself that he was not stronger than me, so he challenged him: "Is this your skill? I'm afraid you can't beat Zou Run."

"This is just the beginning. Since you are so eager to die, grandpa will grant your wish. However, your family's big tiger is fierce. After you die, she will not be able to marry and will be a widow for the rest of her life."

"That's daring!"

"install?"

Yan Shun was stunned when he heard this and was nearly stabbed in the heart by Sun Xin's rotten silver spear. Fortunately, he dodged to the side in time, but he also broke out in a cold sweat.

This henpecked idiot almost hurt me?
After fighting for five or six rounds, Yan Shun became more and more frightened.

He was no longer in the mood to insult, he needed to concentrate on dealing with it.

When did Sun Xin's shooting skills become so good?
No, I only paid attention to the female tiger and never noticed this little Yuchi. Has he been pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?

Sun Xin and Yan Shun had fought for less than ten rounds when he completely understood each other's swordsmanship. He also found that Jinmaohu was becoming impatient, so he thought about whether he could capture him alive, thinking that it would be the highest honor in a duel, and he would be able to show his respect to Mrs. Gu when he returned.

However, the difference in martial arts between the two was not that great. Sun Xin's several attempts all failed, and when he made a feint attack, his opponent knocked his silver spear away with a knife.

"Haha, you're done."

Yan Shun laughed and swung his knife, but Sun Xin dodged and pulled out the Tai Sui steel whip, hitting Jinmaohu's helmet.

boom.
This was the sound of a steel whip hitting a bronze helmet, and Yan Shun heard a violent echo in his own cranium.

In an instant, his vision went dark and he fell off his horse.

Blood flowed out from the edge of the bronze helmet. The Jinmaohu's brain was burst and his soul had already returned to the earth.

The steel whip is a blunt weapon that can break armor and can also cause damage by hitting the armor. If Sun Xin had not dropped the rotten silver spear just now, Yan Shun might have had a chance to survive. Unfortunately, fate played tricks on him. He had clearly saved his life before, but was sent to Licheng by Song Jiang to die.

"Who else?"

Sun Xin showed confidence by beating the general, holding the Tai Sui steel whip and pointing at the enemy and shouting. The soldiers under Yan Shun dared not respond, and they didn't even dare to snatch the corpse of their commander, so they ran towards the east gate like birds and beasts.

"Take the body and follow me back to the city."

"General Sun is mighty, General Sun is mighty!"

"General Sun is invincible, General Sun is invincible!"

The flattery from the defenders of Licheng made Sun Xinru, who dismounted from his horse to pick up his gun, feel like he was in a dream. Who could have thought that these words of praise would be used on himself one day?

It seems like I have defied heaven and changed my fate. From now on, this life is given to the King of Jin. Even if Mother Terror objects at home and threatens to remarry, it won't work. I said it!

How could Mrs. Gu object? She was even more of a supporter of Yang Chang than Sun Xin. When she saw the sudden commotion among the enemy troops below the city, she guessed that her man had succeeded.

After years of hard work, I finally made my man a useful person. It wasn’t easy!

(End of this chapter)