When Wang Kaiyuan and others thought that this persuasion had failed again, all of a sudden, they heard Zhang Rui say:

"Lushan, after breakfast, I will order to go down. If there are any soldiers who ask you about it in the future, you will say that the sixth brother said that he will be the king if he defeats Nanjing. I asked them if they were confident to follow me to take the city of Nanjing. ”

Zhang Rui's words were like a bombshell, which made Wang Kaiyuan, Ma Jiulu, Qian Lushan and others who understood it overjoyed all of a sudden.

This is the first time that Zhang Rui has clearly expressed his relent, and the next step for Zhang Rui's claim to be the king is to confirm their merits and reward. Although Zhang Rui has been emphasizing that anti-Qing first, after all, there is nothing more reassuring and hopeful for them than being crowned.

"It's... Yes, Sixth Brother. Qian Lushan actually stuttered unnaturally when he replied to Zhang Rui's words.

Zhang Rui looked at everyone's happy expressions and couldn't help but smile slightly at the corner of his mouth.

He had always been worried about whether the king would cause a lot of corruption and the army's combat effectiveness would decline in the future. At the same time, he was also worried about whether he would not be able to achieve things like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

But now that it's over, there's nothing to worry about. After all, where would the bandit suppression army he founded be comparable to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"It's going to take a long time to defeat Nanjing, now let's continue to talk about the attack on Jingzhou City!" Zhang Rui said.

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Jingzhou City, the inner garden of the General's Office

"General, your medicine..."

At this time, a beautiful young woman in blue clothes was holding a bowl full of traditional Chinese medicine and handed it to Shang Jiabao and said.

"Hmm..."

Shang Jiabao naturally responded and took the medicine bowl. He took a deep breath and drank the black Chinese medicine in the medicine bowl in a few sips. Then he spat a few mouthfuls of saliva and said:

"Mother, this medicine is really bitter!"

"This medicine is bitter!" The young woman looked at Shang Jiabao's appearance and couldn't help but smile and said.

"yes!" Shang Jiabao sighed suddenly, as if thinking about something.

"Liangqing, if this city can't be defended. You can change your clothes and hide in the house outside the house! Although it is said that there are anti-thieves outside the city, it is indeed better than my Qing Dynasty in terms of not disturbing the people. Plus you are a woman from the Han family, so there will be nothing wrong with thinking about it. Shang Jiabao faced this one in the room.

"General, why be pessimistic. I always believed that the general could defeat the thieves outside the city. But it was Shang Jiabao's concubine Xu Liangqing who comforted him.

Since the imperial court needed to control the ministers with heavy troops, the generals or important ministers who were generally released needed to keep their families in the capital as hostages. Therefore, Shang Jiabao could only marry a concubine in Jingzhou to comfort his lonely heart.

Shang Jiabao is an official to a garrison general, and there are naturally many concubines around him. If it was another concubine, it would be impossible to say that Shang Jiabao would have stabbed him to death directly.

But this Xu Liangqing is the most favored by Shang Jiabao, Shang Jiabao can't bear Xu Liangqing to suffer after the city is broken, so he will tell her the worst plan.

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

At this time, the sound of drums was faintly heard outside the house.

Suddenly, Shang Jiabao didn't have time to say anything else to Xu Liangqing, but he heard the voice of the messenger outside the door:

"General, the thieves have attacked the city."

"Got it, I'll go over here." Shang Jiabao shouted outside the door, and didn't say anything to Xu Liangqing anymore, so he got up and went out.

All the way by, there were no people walking on the streets. Looking at the closed shops on both sides of the street, one can't help but think of the word "depression".

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

As the distance to the city wall got closer and closer, Shang Jiabao could clearly hear the drums of the bandit army outside the city.

"How's it going?" At this time, Shang Jiabao, who was taken to the Nanji Gate, hurriedly faced the city gate guard Bahrain. Shiliu asked.

Since Nanjimen was the main force in the first few attacks of the bandit army, Shang Jiabao naturally took Nanjimen as the main force.

"General Hui, I don't know why, the current anti-thieves are only tentative attacks, and they don't mean to attack the city with all their might." Bahrain. Shi Liu replied by bowing to Shang Jiabao.

"What is the purpose of this thief's behavior?" Shang Jiabao listened to Bahrain. Shi Liu's words inadvertently became confused.

"Could it be that their main force is not in Nanji Gate and has been transferred to other city gates?" Shang Jiabao asked again.

"It's not clear about this lowly position, there are too many anti-thieves. This is full of their men, and it is really difficult to infer the lowliness. "Bahrain. Shi Liu could only answer helplessly. After all, there are more than 10,000 people on the battlefield, and it looks like a sea of people.

"Indeed, it seems that the guards of the other gates must be instructed to pay more attention." Shang Jiabao said with a worried face.

Shang Jiabao, who had just finished giving instructions, was preparing to go to the recess of the female wall of the inner city wall of Weng City, ready to look out and look at the battlefield situation.

"Newspaper..."

At this time, a loud cry came from the inner city wall. I saw a messenger quickly come to Shang Jiabao and kneel down.

"What's the report?" Shang Jiabao asked the messenger kneeling on the city road.

"Report to the general, the garrison Liu Datong led people to kill Mu Shenling, opened the Anlan Gate, and let the thieves outside the city enter the city." The messenger hurriedly replied to Shang Jiabao, and his face was also anxious.

"What?" Shang Jiabao shouted out in disbelief.

"Liu Datong, you dog, you dare to betray my Qing Dynasty, you will regret it one day. Sure enough, this Han is not credible. Shang Jiabao's face instantly burst out with anger and said viciously.

"Taifeng, immediately send two thousand soldiers from here to support Anlanmen, and be sure to delay their entry into the city as quickly as possible. I'll then bring more men to support you. ”

"Yes, General." Shang Jiabao is followed by Bal Tiger. Taifeng replied immediately. Then he shouted to several of his own soldiers behind him: "You guys, follow me to draw people." ”

"Huh..."

"General, two thousand men and horses are dispatched here, if the thieves attack the city, I am afraid it will be difficult to defend it." Bahrain. Ishiru said vigilantly.

"Even if you throw your life here, you have to keep it. If you can't block Anlan Gate, what can you do if you can keep it here? Shang Jiabao did not have a good voice to answer Bahrain at this time. Ishiliu.

"Huh... Humble duty is to stay here and block the attack of the thief for the general. "Bahrain. Ishiru immediately knelt on the ground and replied.

"Hmm..."

However, Shang Jiabao has not had time to finish answering Bahrain with relief. Shi Liu, but another shout came:

"Newspaper..."

Another messenger was speeding through the city wall, and rushed to Shang Jiabao and knelt down.

Shang Jiabao looked at the messenger who was kneeling on the ground, and an extremely ominous premonition rose in his heart again.

I saw that Shang Jiabao was unnatural to question this messenger, and asked with a little tremor in his voice:

"What did you report?"

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