Under the protection of three hundred warriors, the old, young, women and children entered the city first and were immediately escorted to a safe area by the warriors. As soon as the more than five hundred young and middle-aged people who had filled the river entered the city gate, they were attacked by two hundred archers.

Surrounded, Wang Rusong, the school captain stationed in the city, was riding on a horse, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, with a cold smile, "You bandits have fallen into the trap of our child instructor! Surrender quickly and there is still a way to survive, otherwise we will shoot you all into hedgehogs."

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Immediately, someone knelt down and shouted: "Master, you are wronged! Master, you are mistaken. We are good citizens of Hejia Village and Shijia Village outside the city, not bandits! It was bandits who captured us to fill in the moat.

We don’t mean to offend the military master, please be aware of it and be kind to him!”

"Yes, yes! We are all good citizens, not bandits! Lord, please have mercy!" Another group of people knelt on the ground and begged. A soldier next to Wang Rusong looked confused after hearing the pleas of these people.

, asked softly: "Captain Wang, did we make a mistake?"

Wang Rusong sneered, "What a shrewd person Mr. Tong is, how could he make mistakes? These people are thieves pretending to be common people! Yesterday, Mr. Tong asked the people who were rescued, and they all said that the young adults in the village were captured here to fill the gap.

When the river comes, there are no young men left in the village! The more than 500 of them must be elite soldiers carefully selected by the thieves and bandits, ready to cooperate inside and outside to seize our city!"

One of the "common people" kneeling on the ground cried out: "Master, we are all good people. We were kidnapped by bandits and brought here to fill the river. We were finally rescued by General Li, and we managed to escape."

Military Master, why do you slander us as bandits? The common people are not convinced!"

Wang Rusong laughed loudly, "Okay, you all line up, come out one by one, register and leave your names. Someone will take you separately to the county government hall later. After we find out your identity, if you are a good citizen, you will naturally be

If he is a bandit, I'm sorry, he must be executed in Lingchi!"

The "common people" who complained about the injustice suddenly jumped up from the ground, raised their arms and shouted: "Brothers, this Qiu Ba slanders us as thieves and bandits. He calls deer like horses and falsely accuses good people into thieves. Why don't we rebel!"

Those people were in an uproar, shouting: "Rebellion! Rebel!" They all drew daggers from their arms and rushed towards the officers and soldiers. Wang Rusong shot an arrow at the bandit who complained about injustice, and at the same time shouted: "Fire the arrow!"

"The two hundred archers did not hesitate, and arrows rained down. After several rounds of arrow rain, more than three hundred people were shot down. The remaining two hundred people were less than thirty steps away from the archers. The archers immediately drew back their bows.

Step aside.

Hu Chengkui, the commander of the halberd, had already led three hundred officers and soldiers to kill him. The two sides were fighting fiercely at hand-to-hand combat. Li Dachui had already withdrawn into the city with two hundred brothers. The soldiers on the city quickly retracted the suspension bridge and disrupted the bandits who tried to rush in for reinforcements.

The arrows were shot back, and Li Dachui took the lead again, killing more than a dozen of the bandits who entered the city. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the remaining more than a hundred bandits threw away their daggers and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

Luozhi County ordered the soldiers to come forward, tied up the bandits, and threw them into the county jail to await trial. On top of the city, Tong Liang looked at Hao Zhengtong, who was shot back by random arrows not far from the city gate and was looking sad.

He laughed and said: "My son, your conspiracy has been exposed! I feel like stealing chicken but losing rice."

Do you feel good or not? Do you want to play fish in troubled waters with Uncle Tong? You are still a little green!"

He Chao whispered: "General Hao, our plan has been discovered, what should we do? Do we want to attack by force?"

Hao Zhengtong shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Forget it, the walls of this city are not low. I underestimated the enemy before and did not bring so many siege equipment. Fighting hard will only lose more troops. Let's go around tonight

We abandoned the city and went straight to the hinterland of Jiannan Road. I don't believe that these people in this city can stop our tens of thousands of troops!" Hao Zhengtong was disheartened. Lian and Tong

Liang no longer had the energy to curse.

It turns out that only the south gate of Tong'an City is an open area, and there are steep mountains on the east and west sides. More than a mile away from the east gate, there is a mountain trail that can bypass Tong'an City and reach the north of the city. However, it is rugged and difficult to navigate and is not suitable for walking.

Corps battle. Previously, Hao Zhengtong had sent 3,000 troops to bypass the north gate, but due to the terrain, they could not attack from both sides. Therefore, Hao Zhengtong knew that the east of the city could be bypassed, but he only had to give up most of his baggage.

Although Hao Zhengtong was unwilling to do so, there was nothing he could do. If Tong'an City could not be captured after another two days, the angry prince had to kill him! Hao Zhengtong had no choice but to take risks, preparing to rush into Jiannan Road with light troops to rescue him.

Niu Mandi lost the opportunity. As long as Niu Mandi can be saved, the prince will naturally not pursue his frustration at Tong'an City.

As for the more than 500 thieves who were trapped in Tong'an City, Hao Zhengtong didn't pay attention to their life and death at all. Those people were just stepping stones on his way to promotion. If they die, they will die, and death is not a pity. This has been the case since ancient times.

As long as you can get promoted and make a fortune, what's the big deal if a few people die? If you die in battle, will King Pingxi take you seriously? The little guy is just a chess piece in the hands of the big shot!

In the second hall of the Tong'an County Government Office, Luo Zhengyong interrogated the captured bandits. The answers from those people were unexpectedly consistent. It was that a few days ago, their Mingwei general Hao Zhengtong led them to rebel against Yin Quan and become rogue bandits! Chapter 1

He wanted to capture Tong'an in one battle, enter Jiannan Road, and then go to Jiannan Road to commit crimes.

Naturally, Tong Liang didn't believe such nonsense. The officers must have deceived them, the lower-level soldiers. If someone took away the fifteen thousand troops of King Pingxi, would Yin Quan sit idly by and ignore it? Are you kidding me? King Pingxi's total military strength is no more than that.

There are only 60,000 to 70,000 horses, and 15,000 people were lost in one fell swoop. If he rushes to catch up with no one, is he still King Pingxi?

It was just that Tong Liang saw through it but did not reveal it. He wanted to see what other curses Hao Zhengtong was outside the city. As a result, the afternoon passed, and until the evening, Hao Zhengtong did not come to attack the city again, but only sent people to the west of the city to harass him.

, apparently they were going to test the terrain in the west of the city. Seeing that they did not come to attack the city, Luozhi County breathed a sigh of relief and put his heart back in his stomach.

At midnight that night, some soldiers came to report to Tong Liang and Luozhi County, saying that in the mountains to the east of the city, there were torches dotted with stars, as numerous as the stars in the sky. Tong Liang knew that these people were taking a detour through the small road in the east mountains, and they wanted to bypass Tong Liang.

Anxian County, penetrated into the hinterland of Jiannan Road. Tong Liang then released another homing pigeon and informed the county governor Jin Dazhong, telling him to be careful.

The original plan was to wait for these people to attack the city and ask the county governor to come from Jiangzhou City.

Three thousand soldiers and horses and a few fierce generals were allocated to attack the flanks of these bandits. Now it seemed that it was no longer necessary. These bandits had given up their baggage and were ready to make a desperate move. The original plan could not keep up with the changes.

After dawn the next morning, Tong Liang and Luo Zhixian went to the city to wait and see. Sure enough, the bandits had already closed their tents, and not a single shadow of the bandits could be seen outside the city. As expected, the bandits had taken a detour and left Tong'an.

Here, Pingxi Wang Yinquan heard that Mingwei General Hao Zhengtong and his men had been besieging Tong'an County for two days but failed to capture the isolated city.

The news came that Hao Zhengtong had led people to bypass Tong'an and go straight into the hinterland of Jiannan Road to stir up trouble!

When Yin Quan heard that Hao Zhengtong had passed through Tong'an County, he immediately ordered his troops to attack Youtong County in the south of Jiangzhou. The walls of Youtong County were low and undefendable. How could they withstand Yin Quan's army of more than ten thousand people?

The county magistrate Bao Deheng heard that Prince Pingxi came to the city in person, and he tremblingly saluted Yin Quan on the top of the city wall, "May I ask what the prince is doing with so many soldiers and horses in my small county?"

Yin Quan said angrily: "Bao Deheng, I have Mingwei General Hao Zhengtong under my command. He has conspired to rebel. He has taken away tens of thousands of his troops and turned them into bandits. Now they have bypassed Tong'an and entered Jiannan Road. I was about to

Go after him, open the city gate quickly and let me pass, don't delay my important event!"

While Bao Deheng was hesitating, the guard commander Wang Xihua flashed beside Yin Quan. Wang Xihua bent his bow and took an arrow, and hit Bao Deheng's gauze hat with an arrow. Bao Deheng was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky. Wang Xihua shouted at the bottom of the city: "The man named Bao,

Please open the city gate quickly and don't miss the prince's plan to suppress the bandits, otherwise I will shoot you to death with the next arrow. Don't be surprised!"

Bao Deheng held the carved feather arrow on his gauze hat, his soul was out of his mind, his body was like sieving chaff, and he said tremblingly: "Everyone, hurry up, open the city gate and let the prince enter the city!"

The master next to him, Ma Hesheng, said softly: "My lord, this is not appropriate! King Pingxi is already guilty of leaving the fiefdom without authorization, let alone bringing tens of thousands of troops to enter Jiannan Road! This is almost tantamount to treason. How could the imperial court

You can ignore it! My lord, if you make a mistake and regret it for eternity, we might as well close the city gate, go home and sleep, just pretend to be deaf and ignore him, even if he yells outside the city, we are not afraid even if he is impeached, we are just acting in accordance with the laws of the country!"

Seeing King Pingxi yelling at the city, Bao Deheng was frightened. He was afraid that King Pingxi would lead people into the city. He had no idea about the laws of the country. Survival was the first priority. Therefore, Bao Deheng refused to listen to his master.

Following Ma Hesheng's advice, he insisted on opening the city gates and letting in the tens of thousands of troops brought by King Pingxi.

Yin Quan did not break his promise. As expected, he led tens of thousands of troops through the city and headed straight for Jiangzhou City without stopping on the way. Bao Deheng then said to Ma Hesheng: "Master Ma, you see, King Pingxi is indeed

A man of his word! He said he would not stop at Youtong County with troops, but he did not stop as expected!"

Ma Hesheng couldn't say a word and felt extremely depressed. At night, he quietly left a letter to Bao Deheng. When the city gate opened at dawn, Ma Hesheng had already left Youtong County on a bad horse.

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Chapter completed!