Lingshou County, Xiang's Farm.

In the spacious courtyard, the black pressure was full of people, and the farmers of the past put on their armor and picked up their weapons, and the honest farmers became murderous warriors in the blink of an eye, and the neighing of horses kept coming from the backyard.

The owner of the farm, holding the saber in his hand with white hair, stood on the high steps, looked at the samurai below, and said sharply: "Today, I am on the side of the Qingjun of the clan, punish the traitor, move forward bravely, and there is no life or death." ”

"Go forward, there is no life or death!" At the foot of the stairs, thousands of samurai shouted in low voices.

"Before you set off, each family received a settling-in allowance of 100 yuan, a hundred acres of supporting land, children and grandchildren, and they did not have to pay taxes, which is a grace to the commander, and can only be repaid with one of our lives." yelled at the target.

The samurai had a resolute look on their faces.

It's life money.

For them, their lives, if they can be exchanged for these things, it will be worth it. If it were any other time, how could one of them be sold for this price?

A hundred yuan of money, a hundred acres of land, never pay taxes, they used their lives to exchange a family business for future generations, for everyone here, it is worth it.

In the past few years, the Xiang family has been sending people to the north, and the candidates they choose are extremely exquisite, they are all people with families and businesses in Lingnan, but if they dare to make changes, their families in Lingnan will definitely not end well.

Under the dual guidance of threats and temptations, these people have long since failed to regard themselves as a living person.

Completing the task and making your death more worthwhile has become the only thought of these people.

Xiang is very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates.

As far as his subordinates are concerned, he is the same, whether he succeeds or not, this time it will definitely be a dead end. But he is in his early fifties this year, as a side branch of the Xiang family, their house, has completely declined, this time he is determined to use his own life, to find a way out for his children and grandchildren, when he came, his son, has become a housekeeper in the Xiang family compound, and his grandson has also been awarded the rank of captain of Zhenwu, for him, it is also worth it.

Looking up at the sky, the sun was already past noon, and now I set off and rushed to Zhenzhou City, just when the night was falling.

"Let's go!"

More than 1,000 warriors jumped on their horses, left the farm in turn, and headed towards Zhenzhou.

Although Lingshou is only a county under Zhenzhou, Zhenzhou has always been the most economically developed area in Chengde, although it was overtaken by Wuyi, but because it had a good foundation before, in the whole north, it is now second only to Wuyi, and the later rise of Cangzhou, Texas is on par.

Lingshou people are dense, villages and towns are endless along the way, agriculture, commerce, and industry are very developed, and there are many merchants and sojourners, which also brings great convenience to Xiang's hiding his own manpower.

When this obviously somewhat abnormal all-cavalry samurai marched all the way, along the way, samurai on horseback joined in, and Xiang Zhi was not surprised at all.

These people were originally planned.

From Lingshou to Zhenzhou Prefecture, the manpower under the ambush of the Xiang clan reached 2,500 people. The other 500 men were ambushed in the state capital. If it weren't for the tighter precautions in the state city and the more difficult to hide, they would have directly ambushed more people in the state city.

That is, now it happens that the imperial court is launching a large-scale war with foreign countries, and the regular troops originally stationed in Zhenzhou have all been transferred to the front line, which gives them an opportunity, otherwise, with their little strength, they want to make something happen in Zhenzhou, but they are afraid that as soon as they go out, they will be wiped out so that even a bubble will not pop up.

But now, the war in Liaodong has just ended, and the battle to destroy Liang is reaching a critical moment, even when Li Ze has to return to Zhenzhou, he can't send people to follow him back, but only brings more than a thousand personal soldiers.

Grasp this only opportunity, this is the result of what Xiang has waited for many years.

Above the county seat of Lingshou, the alarm bell suddenly sounded.

Although it is located in the core area, the possibility of being attacked is almost equal to zero, but most of the county officials in Lingshou County are veterans who have retired from the army, and they have rich battlefield experience, and after seeing this strange army for the first time, they noticed that something was wrong.

They immediately sounded the alarm bell and forcibly closed the gates, ignoring the crowds that were passing through the gates.

The city gate was closed, but there were only more than 100 county soldiers stationed in Lingshou County, and when these more than 100 soldiers poured up to the city, looking at the thousands of cavalry gradually approaching in the distance, they were all pale.

Lingshou County ordered Feng Cheng to hurriedly step on the city tower.

His face was as white as all the soldiers.

"Where did the enemy come from?" He was puzzled and turned his head to look at the county lieutenant beside him.

The county lieutenant was hurriedly directing the soldiers to move the crossbow machine out of the cave in the city tower at the moment, where he had time to deal with Feng Cheng.

As the cavalry approached, a veteran with white hair was particularly eye-catching, and the lord Bo who followed Feng Cheng to the city tower suddenly exclaimed, "It's Xiangzhi, Xiang's farm, the last time I went to collect taxes from Xiang's farm with the tax collector, I saw him." ”

The lord was full of incredible, and at that time he was smiling, groveling, and trying to bribe him and the tax collector who went there, which was a typical head of a large family, and at this moment, this person was immediately swordsman, his hair was flying, and he was majestic, and he was completely like two people at that time.

"The Xiang clan is ordered by the emperor, the Qing monarch is on the side, the traitor is punished, and the Lingshou is up and down, why don't you quickly rectify the young and strong, go to Zhenzhou with me, and make great contributions to the glory of the ancestors!" shouted at the sword dancing under the city.

All the people in the city looked at each other, but they were silent for a while.

Is this the gentleman's side to clear the door?

When he heard this, he was furious, but the bed crossbow was still nervously wound and could not be used, so the county lieutenant snatched a crossbow from a soldier beside him, raised his hand and shot at it.

"Rebellious ministers and thieves must not die well!"

However, the distance to the base was too far, and the arrow was still more than a foot away from him, so he was unable to fall to the ground.

The city laughed loudly and moved away from Lingshou County.

He has no intention of attacking Lingshou County, although if he fights now, it will definitely be a drum, but what is the point of taking this county seat, delay time in vain.

Seeing the two thousand cavalry roaring away, Feng Cheng and the others all reacted.

"The Xiang clan is in turmoil, they are going to Zhenzhou City!" Feng Cheng said in a trembling voice: "Emperor Taishang, today is the time when Li Xiang arrives in Zhenzhou, and they are going to attack Li Xiang. ”

"There aren't many soldiers and horses in Zhenzhou!" Some of the other officials also understood.

Feng Cheng's hands and feet trembled for a while, it's over, under his rule, the Xiang clan actually hid so many cavalry, no matter whether they can succeed this time or not, their career is completely finished. Afterwards, if he is not classified as the remnant of the Xiang family, he is afraid that he will be thankful.

As soon as he thought of this, Feng Cheng was really discouraged, and sorrow came from it. I want to graduate from Wuwei Academy, take office ambitiously, work hard, and don't want to be involved in such an inexplicable event, and the future is bleak, what else is there to say?

"Gather all the soldiers, serve in the army, catch quickly, recruit all the young men in the county, open the arsenal, and issue weapons!" Feng Cheng hissed.

"Feng Xianzun, do you really want to join the enemy?" The county lieutenant choked and pulled the knife out in half.

With a snap, Feng Cheng, who was not angry, was cold and whipped it over: "You are crazy, gather all the people we can gather, let's go rescue Zhenzhou, and attack the tail army of the Xiang clan!" ”

"They're all cavalry, and we're eating ash behind our butts?" The county lieutenant who was beaten was unconvinced. "Even if you catch up, you will be slaughtered."

"Whether you can catch up or not, whether you can beat it or not, you have to go!" Feng Cheng sighed and said with a sigh, at this moment, he really wanted to be slaughtered by that Xiang, but instead he was gone, and he had no worries. "All the people who eat official meals have to bring me weapons and go with me to rescue Zhenzhou."

Lingshou Feng Cheng is like a madman in Lingshou County to recruit young people, Lingshou County is densely populated, there are a lot of young people, as soon as I heard that someone was going to assassinate Li Xiang, the whole county was immediately indignant, and in the blink of an eye, it was crowded with people in front of the county arsenal. One person, one knife, or one spear, or one crossbow, and among them, those who had experience in the army, stood up without hesitation and began to organize the team, and after half an hour of busy coaxing, Feng Cheng actually gathered three thousand strong men and followed the base.

At the same time, he sent his men to spread the word to all the villages and towns, and among these towns there were quite a few organized militias, which by the time the sun was about to set, there were more than 5,000 men, and with the addition of well-trained militia and the increasing number of veterans, this team actually had some weather along the way.

At this time, Feng Cheng was also much more sober, and immediately sent some subordinates with good riding skills to send a warning signal to several surrounding counties, asking the other party to immediately rectify the militia team and assemble in Zhenzhou. As for whether the other party believes it or not, he can't care at all at the moment.

Xiang Yu didn't know what was happening behind him, even if he knew, he didn't care, at this moment, he was just rushing towards Zhenzhou City with all his heart.

According to the plan, after arriving at Zhenzhou City, the people lurking in the city should have already controlled the west city gate, and they only need to go straight into the city.

In the city, all the officials can be killed, because those people are Li Ze's descendants.

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