Chapter 099: Finality (1)
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But now the entire southwest is in chaos, and the remaining forces of the Annan palace are running around, and now Wumeng is besieged by thousands of troops, and Gu Jialuo can't move if he wants to.
That's right, King Xiaoliang finally couldn't help it, and completely carried it with the Great Qi court!
This time he didn't even hesitate to go out himself, so he had to teach that damn bastard a lesson!
Ma Hanze, you crazy person, oh no, no, you should be a fool, Xiao Wang's intentions are so obvious, you idiot still chase this king like a mad dog?!
Straight mother, Xiao Wang just wants Annan, a chicken rib for Daqi that is 'tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it', is it necessary for you to chase and beat this king like this?
The burly, bearded Xiao Liang Wang sat on his horse and looked coldly at the Wumeng Mansion City that was waiting not far away, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.
If you observe carefully, you will also find that King Xiaoliang's eyes are still mixed with faint helplessness and grievances.
King Xiaoliang was aggrieved, and the general Ma Hanze was still full of complaints.
The Annan palace conspired against him, and the court denounced him as a rebellious minister and thief, and the sage Xiao Ye even ordered a 'severe punishment'.
The so-called severe punishment is to arrest the main culprit, raid the palace, and lock up those who are rebellious and questionable.
Now that the main culprit (that is, Concubine Ning) is dead, and the rebels under the command of the palace are fleeing in all directions, the only thing Ma Hanze can do is to raid the palace, and then arrest Xiao Rugui, the current king of Annan, who symbolizes the palace of Annan, and then escort him directly to the capital.
But King Xiaoliang and his Tartars were entrenched in Xin'an County, and a group of people not only stole the palace, but also controlled Xiao Rugui into their own hands.
King Xiaoliang is like this, it is clear that he can't get along with the court, who will Ma Hanze beat if he doesn't beat him?
Okay, in fact, Ma Hanze also guessed King Xiaoliang's plan, but this is not the point, the point is, you are a northern barbarian, let the labor and management finish the errand first, copy the palace, and take Xiao Rugui away by the way, you can go back to Xin'an County.
As King Xiaoliang expected, the imperial court didn't take Annan in his eyes at all, even Ma Hanze, and he didn't regard this place as his own territory from the bottom of his heart.
The reason why he bit King Xiaoliang to the death was not for Annan, let alone because he was 'stupid' and did not understand King Xiaoliang's intentions, but because he wanted to complete the errand given to him by the sage.
Moreover, Xin'an County is the location of the Annan Palace, which in a sense represents the Annan Palace.
Although Xiao Rugui is a fool, he is the rightful King of Annam.
Only when the imperial court sealed and confiscated the Annan Palace, and arrested Xiao Rugui back to the capital for questioning, could the case of 'Annan Palace's rebellion' be completely closed.
And those remnants of the soldiers scattered all over the southwest have lost the banner of rebellion (the palace of Annan is gone, which 'king' of the sect are you still 'diligent', and 'upholding' the 'will' of which family?) Second, their spiritual support has also been completely destroyed -- after all, in the hearts of some anti-generals, there is still a trace of expectation, there is a royal mansion, there is a large fortune in Annan, they have no chance of turning the tables.
It is precisely because the imperial court and Ma Hanze have figured out this section that they will be bound to Xin'an County.
And King Xiaoliang and his tribe also became the target of Ma Hanze's attack and drive.
Ma Hanze is a veteran of galloping on the battlefield, and the sergeants under his command are trained in the southwest region, and they are extremely familiar with all kinds of mountain warfare and jungle warfare.
Not to mention, he also has the entire Great Qi Empire behind him to rely on, with food, equipment and all kinds of supplies.
Surrounded but not beaten, after only half a month's effort, Ma Hanze forced King Xiaoliang to want to hang himself.
In fact, if it weren't for the fullness of the official warehouse in Xin'an County, if it weren't for the private treasury of the royal mansion, King Xiaoliang wouldn't have been able to hold out for even half a month.
In desperation, King Xiaoliang had to find another way and hit the abacus on the head of Ma Hanze's nephew Qi Jinzhi.
However, King Xiaoliang's strategy was not bad, but he chose the wrong partner, Ma Zhongtai was defeated again and again, not to mention the loss of troops, and finally directly exposed King Xiaoliang.
At this moment, King Xiaoliang had to stand up from behind the scenes-the left and right were already on the bar with the Great Qi Imperial Court, so he simply broke the net.
There's no way, King Xiaoliang really can't stand it anymore, Ma Hanze can surround him without fighting, but he can't afford it.
Yes, you're pressing me every step of the way, and I'm not going to let you have a good time.
King Xiaoliang was beaten by Ma Hanze and fled in embarrassment, integrating the remnants, he didn't do anything, fought all his family resources, and led thousands of people to Wumeng.
"My lord, the situation is not good."
Mr. Ji was lying on the battlement of the city wall, looking around, and everywhere he saw was the chaotic soldiers of Liang Rebellious, densely packed, and actually surrounded the entire Wumeng group.
A few days ago, although Qi Jinzhi repaired various city defense facilities in Wumeng, he still couldn't withstand the rapid siege of thousands of people.
Moreover, Wumeng is barren, and the official warehouse has not been full for more than ten years.
The soldiers and civilians of the whole city eat horses and feed, and it is not enough to store food with that idea alone.
With this alone, Umeng won't last long.
Qi Jinzhi stood tall and looked at a sturdy man under the city with burning eyes, as if he didn't hear Mr. Ji's words, and said softly: "Presumably this is King Xiaoliang." β
It is said that when Qi Jinzhi was still a major general in the Shuixi Battalion, he also dealt with King Xiaoliang.
It's just that he has never faced it directly, and he has never seen the true face of King Xiaoliang.
Looking at it today, King Xiaoliang's appearance is quite similar to the image in Qi Jin's heart.
Well, he was born a burly man, his facial features are very rich in the characteristics of a begging family, and his eyes are bright, and he has the style of a man in the world.
The corners of Mr. Ji's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart: Fuzun, this doesn't seem to be the point, the most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the siege of Liang Wei.
First of all, our food is enough to eat for three days, and the people in the city are panicking, if the news of the lack of food spreads again, there is no need for people to attack Liang Rebellion, and the city of Wumeng will be in chaos first.
Qi Jinzhi was condescending, his eyes swept over the people in the city, and he said slowly: "Mr. Ji doesn't need to worry, we can't afford it, and they can't afford it." β
Mr. Ji was still worried, "Looking at their situation, they probably suffered a big loss in Xin'an County." But even then, we can't cope with the full siege of thousands of people. Moreover, the subordinates took a look and found that they had a bit of momentum. β
In these years, the soft ones are afraid of the hard, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal ones are afraid of the dead.
The Tartars under the city are clearly going to 'get out', and they are all outlaws, such enemies are the most difficult to deal with.
On Wumeng's side, Qi Jinzhi has strongly crushed all unstable factors, but in the end, the time is still short, and any slight disturbance in the city may cause a series of major changes.
Qi Jinzhi brought two hundred guards with him, and the total number of people who came later was less than five hundred.
Five hundred against three or four thousand, there are still lurking spies in the city, as well as powerful people with ulterior motives...... Mr. Ji closed his eyes, he really didn't dare to think about the consequences.
Qi Jinzhi turned his head and said with a smile: "Half a month ago, a group of hundreds of Tartars colluded with Ma Zhongtai, the county magistrate of Wusa County, in an attempt to attack my Wusa, but as a result, in just one day's effort, the people who stayed in the county town were defeatedββ"
Before he finished speaking, Mr. Ji reacted, slapped on the bluestone slab at the battlement, and said excitedly: "Yes, yes, we still have firearms." By the way, how many 'rockets' do we have here for the 'rockets' used by the widows against the enemy? β
Qi Jinzhi was promoted, but Gu Jialuo's edict had not yet come down, so when outsiders called her, they still called her 'Ruren'.
Qi Jinzhi shook his head, "'Rockets' are not easy to make, and there are only two hundred at home, and I have all stayed in Usa. β
Mr. Ji's face changed slightly, and he stammered a little when he spoke, "Then, let's ...... here Uh, yes, there is no 'rocket', and there is a porcelain thunder, so what, Fuzun, the porcelain thunder in our hands should be able to retreat from the enemy, right? β
For some reason, Mr. Ji had a bad premonition, and he always felt that things were not as smooth as he thought.
Sure enough, I saw Qi Jinzhi shake his head again, "When I escaped from Xin'an County that day, I had already used all the porcelain mines. β
Mr. Ji's face was already covered with clouds, and everything was back to the starting point, and he muttered: "In this case, what should we do?" β
Qi Jinzhi's smile remained unchanged, "Don't worry, General Ma will not let Liang Shun cause trouble in the southwest, when he has leveled the remnants of Xin'an County, he will definitely wave his army to the north and chase Liang Shun's main force, all of them, our crisis will be solved." β
Mr. Ji frowned, and suddenly felt a little wrong in his heart.
Qi Jinzhi is not a person who pins his hopes on others, and since he has the courage to come to Wumeng single-handedly, in addition to the guards from the Qi family's iron army, there should be a side to rely on.
But why did he deliberately say in front of people that he didn't have any firearms?
Mr. Ji's fingers on the buttress lightly tapped the rough stone slab, and his brain was already spinning rapidly.
After a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the corner of his eye swept over the few government officials who followed behind him, and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, that, how is that good?" Fuzun, the Tartar soldiers are coming to the city, but we only have four or five hundred people, you, you only have a few firearms, this, this is not able to resist the enemy at all......"
Mr. Ji seemed to be greatly stimulated, his spirit was a little out of control, and when he looked at the city, his eyes were full of fear.
But when he made contact with Qi Jinzhi's eyes, he suddenly blinked mischievously.
Qi Jinzhi laughed, he knew that he couldn't hide this old fox.
But fortunately, he still needs someone to cooperate in his next big play, and Mr. Ji is the best candidate.
He nodded imperceptibly.
Mr. Ji breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he had guessed correctly.
Since this is the case, then he is not welcome, and then he will fully cooperate with Dong Weng to perform this play.
King Xiaoliang's men and horses arrived at dusk, and before an hour had passed, before the sun had completely set, the streets and alleys of Wumeng were full of all kinds of rumors.
"Oh no, the Tartars are besieging the city again!"
"Qi beheaded and killed so many Tartars, and I heard that his woman also cut off hundreds of Tartars' heads in Usa...... King Xiaoliang is here to avenge his subordinates! β
"What? Isn't it, in this way, our Wumeng is actually going to be affected by this terrible couple? β
"Afraid of what? Although Qi beheading is arrogant, in the end, he is a member of the Qi family, and he has a treasure in his hand! As he spoke, he clenched his fists and released them, making an explosive gesture.
"Bah, bullshit baby, Qi Chopped off his head and brought so many firearms, but he used them all the first few times, and this time he came to Wumeng, and only brought a few 'gunpowder bags'. You can't completely drive the Tartars away at all! β
"No, Qi beheading is not like the kind of person who doesn't succeed."
"Why can't it, if Qi Chopping has enough firearms in his hands, why don't you use them during the day? How could he allow King Xiaoliang to show off his might under the city? β
"Yes, listen to it, King Xiaoliang outside the city deliberately chose a few men with big voices, and kept cursing the Qi family and the Qi beheading couple, tsk, those foul words are really unbearable. Don't say that Qi has beheaded him, even ordinary people can't stand that kind of humiliation. Partial Qi cut off his head and endured it, why? Isn't there no confidence yet? β
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All kinds of reliable and unreliable rumors are flying all over the sky.
And some people who heard these rumors, after some thought, quietly went to the city gatehouse, and just walked to the city roots, they heard the earth-shattering ridicule and insults.
All kinds of words were filthy, and when a man with five big and three rough men heard it, he also felt panicked, and the guards of the Qi family on the city wall were even more stunned, and a pair of tiger eyes glared at those who were making trouble.
But even so, the Qi family did not attack, let alone use magical firearms.
"Could it be that it is really as rumored outside, there are not many firearms in Qi Jinzhi's hands, or even none at all, so he will let King Xiaoliang shout?"
A few shadow probes swayed around the base of the city wall, and then quietly slipped back.
The next morning, the sun had just risen, and a new round of rumors had popped up, and this time it sounded like good news.
"Oh, don't worry, Qi beheading is General Ma's nephew, Wumeng is in trouble, how can General Ma sit idly by?"
"Yes, yes, it was General Ma who drove King Xiao Liang to flee in all directions, and this time King Xiao Liang ran to Wumeng, after General Ma got the letter, how could he let him go?"
"That's right, in a few days, General Ma will lead a large army to the rescue. When the time comes, Umeng will be safe! β
And the government officials also made an appearance of waiting for Ma Hanze's rescue, and did not pay any attention to the shouting and insults outside the city.
At noon, the autumn tiger exuded the last wave of scorching heat, and everyone roasted in the scorching sun seemed to have lost their watery leaves, and they were wilting and drooping.
Even the guards at the city gates were not very energetic, and their heads dozed off a little.
Taking advantage of the loosening of the city defense, the small gate of the moat gate on one side was quietly opened, and several figures quietly went out of the city along the river.
On the other side, the heads of several major families of Wumeng got together and held a small meeting, and the central issue was: continue to support Qi Jinzhi, or turn to King Xiaoliang...... (To be continued.) )