In late December, cold air from the north crossed the Yuecheng Ridge, bringing a cold snap to Jingjiang Province, which looked gray and dry and cold on both the sky and the ground. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ??． ranen`

When he received the news, Jiang Cai and his talents had just arrived in Liuzhou, and the situation was indeed as reported by the locals, the locals had clashed with the people of Jinghu who had gone south, and the scope had been extended to the city, some shops on the streets were looted, and fights could be seen everywhere, and the commander sent was still in a scattered state at that time, and almost all the sergeants were sent to the countryside, so they could not control the situation in time, so they had to report the news to them.

Fortunately, the cavalry came quickly, and rushed to the state city on the same day, and after some bombing, hundreds of people who participated in the smashing and looting were identified, whether they were from the local area or the homeless people, all of them were cut off by him, and he did not take sides.

And just when he was about to find out the root of the matter, a sudden news made him stunned, just as he left Jingjiang City, there was a rebellion in the city, a large group of people of unknown origin took over the city defense, and then closed the four gates, and only pulled the flag to rebel.

Riding a horse galloping on the frozen official road, the cold wind blew his cloak up, and drilled straight into it along the gap of the nail leaves, this strong stimulation made his blood surge, and simply untied the silk tied under the chin, so that the pleasure came even more, and a tall silhouette appeared on the horizon in the distance, and the city of Jingjiang Mansion was already in sight.

Because of this change in the city, the original crowded flow of people disappeared, even in the countryside it is difficult to see the people, seeing that it is about to arrive, he consciously slowed down, let the horses that had been running for almost an hour rest for a rest, and at the same time made a gesture of facing the enemy, followed by a group of sentry horses immediately came out of the crowd, maintaining the speed of the front to reconnoitre, before the situation was clear, he did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, who knows how many people here have participated in the rebellion?

What makes people depressed is that there are people staring at the Jinghu in front of him all the way to Tanzhou City, and there is no shortage of spies everywhere in the rear, but in this central place, once something happens, he doesn't even have eyes and ears, and now he has to be cautious about where to camp, after thinking about it, Jiang Cai still decided to wait, and the whole army dismounted on the side of the official road and rested for a while.

Fortunately, the good news came quickly, and the sentry horse that followed him was a civil official, dressed in regular clothes, with a thin face, who was Hu Youhuang, the general judge of the Fuzhong.

"Fu, it's good if you come back, don't you know, the first one in the city didn't run out, and they still ......" Hu Youhuang complained as soon as he saw him, who knew that he had been talking for a long time, but he didn't get any response, and when he stopped, he found that the other party's eyes were burning, and he was staring at himself without saying a word.

"You...... Are you suspicious of Hu? At the bottom, he was born in the top three, and he guessed it when he saw the other party's expression: "No wonder, if you weren't busy outside, you should be trapped in it at this time." ”

Jiang Cai did have some suspicions, the person who could do this kind of thing could only be a civil official, and the one in front of him was the head of the government in charge of civil affairs, and such a big thing happened, but the other party was unscathed, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

"What else did you say they were?" Jiang Cai didn't want to say anything, so he followed his words and asked, his tone was very flat, and he couldn't hear anything abnormal.

"They sent one of the officials of the house and told them to do what they said." Hu Youhuang shook his head and replied in a low tone.

"Do what?"

"Stop the persuasion, gather the sergeants, and go into the city."

Jiang Cai frowned and looked in the direction of the city, there are eight counties in Jingjiang Mansion, except for Lingui County, where the government is located, the rest are far apart, so the number of soldiers left behind is also the largest, that is, the five thousand people led by Ma Ji, they were originally stationed here, and they are familiar with the terrain or something, once these people become rebels, the garrison of the city will be quite solid, at least Jiang Cai has no way to take them.

"Right now, where are they?"

His question made Hu Youhuang stunned, and then he understood: "Most of them have already gathered under the city, and some are still far away, and it is estimated that they will arrive later." ”

"How much?" I didn't expect Jiang Cai's request to be even more detailed.

"More than 3,700 people." Hu Youhuang didn't dare to slack off and reported a number.

After this question, the other party fell into silence, Hu Youhuang's heart suddenly felt a little uneasy, originally he thought that Jiang Cai was calculating the strength of the side, but looking at his demeanor and his face of vigilance, he suddenly thought of a possibility, which made him feel a chill in his heart, as cold as a cold wind.

"Hu Tongju, now the enemy and I are unknown, forgive Jiang for offending, you can't leave for the time being, just follow this official." Jiang Cai ignored his surprise and continued: "As far as you can see, who are the people in the city who are involved? ”

Although Hu Youhuang was a little surprised, he was more interested, and he didn't care much about his treatment: "I asked the subordinate official, and he said that the defenders all surrendered, and Ma Zhaofu and others assisted them, but only Master Li did not obey and was detained in the government prison." ”

"What about the horses?" Whether it is Ma Chengwang or Li Shiyi, it is not the key, Jiang Cai only cares about this one person the most, because the five thousand people in the city are all his subordinates, and they have not been reorganized, which is why he can't believe Hu Youhuang.

"He didn't know, but Ma Duguan was present when he took in charge of Li."

This is enough, Jiang Cai suddenly had a plan, and the expression on his face became awe-inspiring, which made Hu Youhuang feel shocked.

"Are you trying to ......?"

"Exactly, when the situation is unclear, the official can only follow the power, and this matter will bother you, if you don't want to see someone killed or injured."

Things are already very bad, Jiang Cai can't calm the situation, the only thing he can do is not to make it worse, because once these five thousand people are persuaded to become part of the rebel army, even if Liu Yu personally gathers the rest of the men, it is impossible to conquer the city in a short time, and such a battle, the latter will never fight, to do this, there is only one way to go.

Under the leadership of Hu Youhuang, Jiang Cai's 3,000 cavalry troops, with lightning speed, unexpectedly surrounded the garrison of more than 3,700 tiger troops that had been assembled under the city, and then under the double control of persuasion and coercion, they were all disarmed and could only stay in the camp, and when the remaining more than 1,000 people were summoned, the same fate would be. Although this behavior made those soldiers angry, it was a fact that the old officers who were the commanders of the military capital were trapped in the city, and they understood that this was an expedient move, and did not do anything excessive.

Now, Jiang can do everything, his cavalry has to guard against sneak attacks in the city every day, but also be vigilant against these people behind him, he has to fight his spirit, and he doesn't dare to slack off even at night, and he is waiting for Liu Yu's arrival, and only when he comes, can he figure out why these people are starting a rebellion? And those people in the city, why did they join in.

In the prison in Jingjiang Mansion, Li Shiyi has been held here for three days, and there are several subordinates who are locked up with him, all of whom are spies who are monitoring those important targets in the city, but they are seen through at a glance, and in the end they have no effect.

Fortunately, those people didn't mean to kill them, they were just locked up here like ordinary prisoners, and there was no deduction in food, and those cell guards were also polite to them, which made Li Shiyi a little confused.

The most painful thing for an intelligence leader is to isolate the news, not knowing what is happening outside, and not knowing how the owner will respond.

But what's the use of being anxious, under his seemingly calm face, is a depressed heart, in his opinion, this matter could have been avoided, the owner handed over the entire mansion to him, giving him almost the greatest power, but what about him? actually made things happen under the nose, and captured himself alive, such humiliation is really sadder than death.

Just when he was uncertain, there was a "bang", the lock of the cell door was opened, and several jailers, led by the cell leader, held chains and other things in their hands, and looked like they were facing a great enemy, which made his heart sink.

"What do you want to do?" Several of his men gathered and stood in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Master Li, this trip, you have to go, and please raise your hands, don't make it difficult for the little ones." The embarrassment on the cell leader's face made him understand something.

"Get out of the way, all go back, and come when so-and-so goes."

Since the matter is coming, it is impossible for him to admit it, stretch out his hand and push a few of his subordinates away, Li Shiyi took a few steps forward, and let those jailers put shackles on him, and a few of his subordinates could only watch him being taken out, all of them were sad and inexplicable, but they were afraid that if they went, they would never come back.

This is the largest prison in the whole Guangxi Road, holding all the felons to be reviewed in the road, not only the garrison is tight, the area is also very large, the long passage is like the entrance to hell, exudes a gloomy smell, no one is making noise at the moment, only the iron chain is dragged on the ground, and the "choking" sound makes people feel more creepy when they hear it.

At the end of the passage was a torture chamber with some dazzling torture instruments in it, and Li Shiyi dragged the iron chain into it without care, looking around at the small room, as if he was imprinting his final place of belonging in his mind.

The cell boss and the jailer who had taken him to him disappeared at some point, and before he could finish the room, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and a thick voice that made his ears ring.

"I was haunted by those old sours, and I finally got out, Brother Li, I made you wait for a long time."

Li Shiyi looked back in amazement: "It's you?" ”