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If Xie Xuelong was smart, he would take a short cut by boat and quickly run to Anfu County to wait.

If Xie Xuelong is a tough guy, or if he is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, he is so frightened that he rushes back to defend Ji'an, then Zhao Han can only admit that he is unlucky.

I am not afraid that the governor is smart, but I am afraid that the governor is too stupid!

Huang Yao, the captain of the second brigade, played a guest role as a scout at night.Because this guy runs fast and often goes to Ji'an to beg for food, so he is the best candidate for pathfinding.

In the small mountain ridge, the whole army is resting.

Huang Yaoban came back in the morning and reported in a low voice: "There are soldiers in Chaoguan, and there are quite a few of them."

Zhao Han asked, "How are you dressed and what weapon are you holding?"

Huang Yao said: "They are all real officers and soldiers, and their clothes are different from those of Xiangyong."

"It seems that the magistrate Xu is very timid, but also very courageous." Zhao Han couldn't help laughing.

In Ji'an, Zhang Yin, the eunuch who set up the banknote privately, did not have the power to collect taxes.

But as long as the collected money is donated to the chief eunuch in the palace and another sum to the eunuch in charge of Nanchang, no one dares to report him for taxation indiscriminately.

Reporting is useless!

Of course, there are too many Jinshi in Ji'an, countless officials from Ji'an, the local gentry have great energy, and the eunuchs have to restrain themselves when collecting taxes.

A few days ago, there was chaos around Ji'an Mansion, and rebels could be seen everywhere.The eunuch Zhang Yin was a little scared, not only temporarily closed the bank pass, but also ran to Fucheng to escape.

But I heard that the most powerful bandit has already gone to Anfu County, and the governor has also transferred back [-] soldiers from the guards. This dead eunuch immediately became more courageous.

Zhang Yin ran to find Xu Fusheng, and forced to leave 750 guards, leaving only 50 guards for Ji'an Mansion.

So Chaoguan resumed business, and the eunuchs also lived back in the mansion outside the city.

night.

Zhao Han left more than 30 people to guard the livestock and food in the small mountain ridge, and the other soldiers carried dry food and marched lightly in the dark.

Night blindness?

Boil water with pine needles and drink it, and it will be done in a week.

The direction of Fucheng is easy to distinguish, especially the south of the city pier, which is brightly lit all night, and the light can be seen from far away.

The banknotes are located in the north, mainly because the south is too congested and it is inconvenient to tax merchant ships.

Between the eunuch's mansion and Chaoguan, there is a temporary camp with 750 guard soldiers inside.

The location of this camp is quite strange, there is no danger at all, and it is purely defended by wooden fences, only for the quick rescue of eunuchs and Chaoguan.

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Wu Yong is a military household in the Linjiang Qianhu Office, but until half a year ago, he had never touched a weapon.He has been carrying a hoe all the time and farming for the master of Qianhu, and his life is worse than that of ordinary tenants.

A few months ago, the governor asked Qianhu to provide soldiers, and Wu Yong put down his hoe and joined the army.

At first he was quite scared, but fortunately Governor Xie used his soldiers like a god to easily kill the rebels in Ruijin County.Wu Yong just waved the flag and shouted, and won a decisive victory, and was taken by the master Qianhu to "collect grain".

In Ruijin County, Wu Yong robbed a lot of food and silver, but it was a pity that they all belonged to the master of a thousand households, and he only secretly kept a few taels.

During the body search, he put the silver in his eyes, and slipped through dangerously.

Later, Qianhu was cut down by the governor, and all the looted goods were taken away by the governor.

Seeing that winter was coming soon, Wu Yong just wanted to return to Linjiang Mansion quickly and hand over the money to his mother for safekeeping. He also hoped to save the money to marry a wife.

Oh, when can I go home?

Wu Yong dozed off against the wooden fence, his upper eyelids knocked his lower eyelids, and fell asleep unconsciously.

sentry?

Don't talk nonsense, it's so good to sleep, the rebels don't dare to come over.

He didn't know how long he had been asleep, but Wu Yong was suddenly awakened, or he was woken up by the wooden fence.

Numerous rebels pushed down the wooden fence and rushed into the camp just like that. The surrounding sentries were hacked to death.

"Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!"

"Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!"

The sharp and ear-piercing suona sounded, as if Lord Yama was summoning his soul, and the rebels instantly turned into bull-headed horse-faced faces.

Wu Yongping lay on the ground sleeping, and hid behind the wooden fence, but was not found by the rebels.

It's just that after the wooden fence was pushed down, his head hurt so badly, and the rebels stepped on the wooden fence to pass by, almost stomping him several times.Danjia got out from the gap, but saw another wave of rebels coming again, so frightened that Wu Yong quickly picked up his spear and rushed to the center of the camp pretending to be a rebel.

Running, Wu Yong simply took off the officers and soldiers' clothes, so that he looked more like a traitor.

The 750 guards completely collapsed, and some simply surrendered on the spot.

Wu Yong was thinking about how to escape when suddenly a traitor came to him and said with a smile, "Old Cousin, you also got an officer's gun? This is much more useful than bamboo scissors."

Wu Yong was startled, and said in a hurry: "Yes, it is very useful, I snatched it."

"You joined the army halfway through, right? I'm a veteran from Wuxing Town." The rebel was quite proud.

"Well, I joined the army halfway." Wu Yong said as he ran towards Fucheng.

The traitor immediately shouted: "Old Cousin, you went by the wrong way. Hurry up and help over there, don't let the dog eunuch escape, Mr. Zhao said he wants to catch the living!"

Wu Yong could only pick up his long gun, bite the bullet and charge forward, and was coerced by the rebels around him, and headed towards the direction where the shouts of killing were the loudest.

Don't know how far he ran, Wu Yong heard someone shout: "The eunuch ran away from there, chase after him, chase after him!"

"Ouch!"

Wu Yong pretended to fall, hoping to wait for the rebels to leave before crossing the bridge and entering the city.

The traitor next to him didn't chase the eunuch, but helped Wu Yong up and asked, "Old Cousin, you didn't break it, did you?"

"No...no, I sprained my ankle," Wu Yong pretended to be limping, "Go and kill the dog eunuch, and leave me alone."

The rebel still didn't leave, he supported Wu Yong and said, "Mr. Zhao said, we are all soldiers and we can't abandon our comrades in arms. There are many people chasing the eunuchs. I'll help you back to the camp first. There are people taking prisoners there."

How could Wu Yong dare to go back and throw himself into the trap, he jumped up and down and said, "Hey, it's all right again, go and kill the eunuch!"

The two of them rushed blindly at night, just looking for the sound to catch up, but they didn't know where they went.

Seeing someone running towards him suddenly, the traitor immediately stopped him: "Surrender and don't kill!"

Wu Yong also shouted: "Surrender...surrender, don't kill!"

"Good man spare your life!"

The visitor knelt down, took out his silver and said, "I have money, I will give it to you, let me go to the city quickly."

Wu Yong subconsciously prepared to take the money, but the traitor next to him shot him down, and angrily said: "Grandpa, I am a soldier of Datong, and I have land, houses and food. I don't want the stinky money of you dog officials. Mr. Zhao said that the government is used to cheating." People, when we believe it, we will take away our fields!" After speaking, he shouted, "There is a dog official here, and I caught a dog official!"

Don't want any money?

My brain is broken!

Wu Yong had already stretched out his hand, quickly and quietly withdrew it, and then shouted: "There is a dog officer here!"

Zhang Tieniu rushed out from nowhere, kicked the man down, and cursed: "You bastard, you really know how to run, and I've been chasing you for nothing. Someone, take this eunuch back!"

Wu Yong immediately opened his mouth wide, and almost cried out in shock, he actually caught the eunuch?He was ordered to protect the eunuch master!

Back in the camp of the guards, Zhao Han was regrouping.

This black light is blind, and the establishment is completely messed up, and the officers and soldiers can't care about each other.

"Chief, the eunuch has caught it!" Zhang Tieniu excitedly said.

Zhao Han ordered: "Find a dozen people quickly, put on the clothes of officers and soldiers, and try to defraud the city gate. After a long time of trouble, most likely they will not be able to defraud you, but you have to try."

Chaoguan has been occupied, but there is no money, all moved to the eunuch's house.

At present, the eunuch's house is being searched, and two large boats have been seized by the river, and even the boatmen are blocked on the boats and are not allowed to get off.

Zhao Han drew his saber against the eunuch's throat: "But Ji'an guards the eunuch Zhang Yin?"

Zhang Yin was so frightened that his whole body went limp: "Back to... Great King, I... I am Zhang Yin."

"If you don't want to die, just be obedient!" Zhao Han scolded.

"Listen...be obedient," Zhang Yin was actually very smart, and instantly understood what was going on, and the more he spoke, the more fluent he said, "I'm helping the king cheat the city, please let the king spare my life."

Wu Yong was confused, and put on his officer's and soldier's clothes again, waiting to go to cheat the city with the eunuch.

Waiting left and right, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, Wu Yong was trembling all over.

Zhao Han did not act immediately, but escorted the captives onto the boat, and forced the boatmen to ship the looted goods and captives to the lower reaches of the Ganjiang River.

Five hundred soldiers were left behind and hid in the eunuch's mansion.

The sky gradually brightened, Xu Fusheng and Sun Yanghuai stayed up all night.

The two belonged to brothers in need, one magistrate and the other magistrate, if such a big disturbance occurred, just wait for the court to punish them.

Standing on the tower, Sun Yanghuai looked at the river and said to himself: "The rebels are gone?"

"It's time to leave," Xu Fusheng couldn't relax, and said with a sad face, "The rebels are here to steal the money. I guess the eunuch is in danger. We have caused disaster."

Sun Yanghuai murmured, "It's better to die a eunuch than to lose the city and land."

While he was talking, a guard soldier who was soaked all over his body ran to the bottom of the city in embarrassment and shouted: "I am Yue Qianhu's soldier, let me enter the city quickly!"

"Hang him up!" Xu Fusheng ordered.

A group of yamen servants held knives and sticks, and this person was hung up on the tower by a bamboo basket, and was immediately surrounded by groups.

"Don't kill me, I'm not a traitor!" Wei Suobing panicked.

Xu Fusheng asked, "How did you survive?"

The soldiers of the guard knelt down and replied: "Go back to the magistrate, I was not in the camp at that time, and I was sent to watch the night at Chaoguan. As soon as the rebels came, I jumped into the river and swam to the stone steps of Chaoguan. I was soaked in the water In it, only the head was exposed, it was so dark that the rebels couldn't see it."

"Open your hands." Sun Yanghuai said suddenly.

The guard quickly spread his hands, his fingers were wrinkled, and he had been soaking in the water for most of the night.

Xu Fusheng asked again: "Where did the rebels go?"

The soldiers of the guard said: "The rebels robbed two merchant ships and took away a lot of goods, and sailed to the north."

Xu Fusheng and Sun Yanghuai looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that the rebels would not leave.

One after another, more than a dozen guard soldiers came back, and they all fled in the middle of the night, and they dared to venture back to the city at dawn.They were hung up on the city tower individually, and after disarming, they were put into the city and guarded separately by the officials.

Although Xu Fusheng is stupid, but after all, he was born as a Jinshi, so he still has a basic IQ.

He conducted the interrogation himself, and asked the guards to confront him, and soon confirmed that there was no problem.

Of course there is no problem, because they are all real, and the fake ones haven't come out yet.

In the middle of the morning, another group of guards ran back from the northwest hill, and even supported the eunuch Zhang Yin.

"Damn it, let us in quickly, the guardian is injured!"

Zhao Han supported the eunuch with one hand, leaned on the spear with the other, and shouted arrogantly at the tower.

The eunuch Zhang Yin was indeed injured. In order to act more realistically, one leg was broken by Zhao Hansheng.

Chapter 109 [Seizing the City]

Waking up in the middle of the night, Xu Fusheng was so sleepy that he yawned. He said to the people around him, "I'll go back and catch up on sleep. The rebels won't come again."

Sun Yanghuai was still a little scared: "Master Fu, this thief Zhao is extremely treacherous, I'm afraid that he will kill his carbine."

Xu Fusheng yawned and pointed to the south of the city pier: "I understand now, Thief Zhao just wanted to rob the boat, and he even robbed the cash pass by the way."

Sun Yanghuai looked at the pier, suddenly realized, and sincerely admired: "My lord's opinion!"

"Great regards!"

More than a dozen officials next to him began to flatter them one after another.

Ji'an Fucheng is very strange. Although the city is high and deep, the area surrounded by the city wall is not large. It was built on the basis of the old city of Tang Dynasty.

Inside the city walls, apart from residential buildings, almost all government offices.

The north of the city is the official residence and the county school, the west of the city is the garrison office and warehouse, the south of the city is the Luling county government and the school, and the center to the east of the city is under the jurisdiction of the prefect of Ji'an.

The real essence is outside the city, and many houses have been built around the city.