Earlier, I heard that the eunuchs of Dongchang were insidious and vicious, but I never thought that they were so aggressive, Li Xingzu, who was following Chang Yu, couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he also admired the abnormality, this eunuch leader was really brave, and he was like a madman when he made a move, and three or five people couldn't stop him at all.

"Lao Tzu will come back"

Looking back at Wenshui City, which had slowly disappeared in the night, Chang Yu coldly left the next sentence.

Li Xingzu almost fell headlong, and he wanted to come back!

The west of Wenshui City is the reckless mountain, the lofty mountains are steep, the peaks and peaks are stacked, there is no end, the nearest mountain near the city is the Longwang Mountain, the mountain is deep and dense, although it is not too high, but it is steep and abnormal.

There is a temple on the mountain, and the incense burner must be quite strong on weekdays, but today there is a military disaster, and few people come.

Chang Yu and others knocked on the door for a while, but someone answered, but did not open the door, in a fit of anger, Duan Wuhu climbed over the wall and entered, after hearing a few scolding and fighting, the temple door opened, and everyone rushed in.

"Wait for the thieves ......" Several monks in the door stood with knives and sticks and scolded, and there were two monks lying next to them moaning, presumably injured by Chang Yu's men just now.

"I'm not a thief, I'm an official" Chang Yu scolded, and the monks immediately shut up, with doubts on their faces and panic.

"Close the temple door tightly, there may be thieves to disturb you at night, don't expose us and others, otherwise we will kill all of you" Chang Yu said viciously, and let a monk lead the way and set up a side house for them.

Although the temple is not big, there are many rooms, and Chang Yu and his party are more than spacious.

As soon as Chang Yu made the brazier, the abbot of the temple came, but he was a fat monk about sixty years old.

"We are secret agents of officers and soldiers, and there may be thieves looking for us at night, Zhi'er and others can't stop it, but don't leak our whereabouts" Chang Yu said coldly.

"Monks don't talk ......"

"Then Lao Tzu will slaughter you now" Chang Yu interrupted the pretending abbot with an angry shout, frightening the monk's face.

I don't care about you! Chang Yu saw that he was an eyesore and angrily scolded him for leaving, and the abbot left in a panic.

The night is cold and windy, a corner platform of the temple, Chang Yu is high and looking into the distance, the lights in Wenshui City are bright, it seems that the thief army has entered the city, and a long fire dragon extends to the far end to the south, and the main force of the thief army is also coming.

A raging storm is coming! Chang Yu clenched his fist vigorously.

"Will the thieves come and hunt us down?" Behind him, Duan Wuhu asked.

"It shouldn't come"

Li Xingzu looked at the bottom of the mountain and said in a low voice: "The thief deduced that we must have entered the mountain when we went out of the city from the west gate, and it is not easy to find people in the deep mountains and dense forests, not to mention that they will not spend that effort to search for a few spies, if they really want to come, they will come a long time ago, and they will not wait until now" He pointed to the bottom of the mountain: "But we can't be too careless, we need to work shifts at night, from here you can see Wenshui City at a glance, if the fire will come to the west again, then it is very likely to be looking for us."

"Brother Li is really old-fashioned" Duan Wuhu and Zhou Tianpeng admired each other, this is all experience.

Chang Yu listened all the time without interjecting, looking at the north from afar, there were also fires moving around, and it was obvious that Zhou Yuji's men and horses were still searching around in that area.

Tonight is not peaceful, Chang Yu sighed.

During the day, Zhou Yuji's men and horses swept through the territory of a small group of thieves to spy on the army, at this time the army of thieves arrived, naturally not to be outdone, to find the field, this night I don't know how many people will die, Wenshui to Jiaocheng has become a real hell.

"My lord, the thief army has arrived in Wenshui"

In Jiaocheng County, Zhou Yuji was discussing with his subordinates, and a spy came to report.

Zhou Yuji was not surprised at all: "How many people do you know?" ”

"There are more than 5,000 pioneers, and the main force is entering the city, and it is inferred that there are more than 200,000"

Taking a long breath, Zhou Yuji's expression was solemn, although the thief army was claimed to be one million when it sent troops from Xi'an, it was actually only 60,000 people, and the soldiers were divided into two ways, but at this time there were as many as 200,000, and this snowball rolled big and fast enough.

"It sounds quite bluffing, but it's just a rabble," Zhu Kongxun sneered, they all knew that more than 60% of the 200,000 troops were used as cannon fodder by the people and refugees who were held along the way, and the other 20% were surrendered by the imperial court, and the rest were the elite of the thief army.

"Is the pioneer Li Guo or Liu Zongmin's centaster?" Zhou Yuji asked lightly, Li Zicheng's Eastern Crusade was based on the two of them as the vanguard.

"Back to Adulthood"

The spout's expression was a little tangled: "It's General Xiong...... Xiong Tong and Chen Shangzhi ......"

"Miscellaneous, a good person doesn't do it, but he wants to be a thief" Hearing the names of these two people, Niu Yong couldn't help but scold.

Chen Shangzhi is the defender of Pingyang Mansion, and in history, he surrendered without a fight with the prefect Zhang Lanran, but Xiong Tong was a subordinate general under Zhou Yuji, and he was ordered to organize the Yellow River defense line and surrendered directly.

"They are not even thieves, at most they are a dog of thieves" Another general, Wang Yongkui, couldn't help but scold.

"When it was dark, they had a skirmish with our men, and then our men and horses retreated, and they didn't follow up." The spy continued.

"What a fucking good dog, killing your own people so hard" Niu Yong scolded again.

"If you don't bite your own people, how can you ask his new master to show his loyalty!"

Zhou Yuji sneered: "Pass the order, let our men and horses withdraw from Wenshui North Ten Miles, it is impossible for the thief army to fight with us tonight, but there will be no shortage of skirmishes, and we don't have to be soft, and kill the momentum of the other party before the big war."

After a pause, he asked again: "Is there any news from the factory superintendent?" ”。

The spy pondered for a moment: "I heard that someone killed thieves and spies in public in Wenshui City today, and then forcibly broke through the city gate, we speculate that it should be the group of people who are the factory superintendent."

Zhou Yuji and the others' faces changed: "Is there a basis?" ”。

"My lord, what we do, whether it is the night of visiting the military camp, or the meticulous work of collecting intelligence, the whereabouts are extremely secret and low-key, even if the whereabouts are exposed, they are all absconding, especially in broad daylight, they rarely do it, and today ...... In addition, the number of people in that group was the same as when the factory governor set off, so ......"

Zhou Yuji, Niu Yong and the others looked at each other, with a wry smile on their faces, this lord is really speechless, he doesn't stop anywhere, it's bloody rain at any time, he has received information before, Chang Yu and his party have already done a vote before they arrived in Wenshui City, but it is in the wilderness, inaccessible, and there is no one who is still so swaggering in the city.

In the middle of the night, the porridge shack outside Taiyuan was crowded with many refugees who had not had time to enter the city to warm up and take a rest.

In the city, the streets are brightly lit, and a large number of patrolmen are passing along the streets, and there are too many refugees in the city, and law and order must be strictly grasped.

The camp has not yet stopped, and many refugees who do not yet have shelter in shelters are crammed under the porridge shacks around the stove to keep warm.

"I heard that the temples in the city are open to welcome guests, and tomorrow is going to grab a place to sleep early...... someone muttered.

"Hey, what kind of guests are we, but if you run away, don't put gold on your face," someone laughed at himself.

"There are many temples in the city, the temple doors are opened for refugees to move in, and porridge sheds are also opened, but there are more refugees......"

"My Buddha is compassionate, and the Bodhisattva who saves the suffering is a kind-hearted ......" Someone was just about to sing praises, but was interrupted by a voice: "You can pull it, I heard that the government forced them to help the refugees, I also heard that ah, there are a few unwilling monks who have been arrested............

The west gate of the palace, here is the important place of the yamen of Taiyuan Mansion, at this time, there are no pedestrians on the street, and there is silence.

Suddenly, there was a dog barking on the street, and several figures appeared at the door of the Yamen of the Tiju Division (equivalent to the local Ministry of Education in later generations), and one person began to knock on the door. ”

"East Factory, open the door!" Someone answered the door.

With a creak, the yamen opened, and several figures walked in, and said a few words to the watchman, and the man ran quickly towards the yamen.

After a while, I saw an old man in his fifties and a short figure walk out with a puzzled face, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"But Mention Dao Li Zhisheng (a senior official of the Ministry of Education)?" Someone asked.

"Exactly," Li Zhisheng frowned.

"Take"

With a loud bang, Li Zhisheng was tied up in a blink of an eye.

"What are you doing here, why are you arresting me......"

Li Zhisheng struggled and shouted, and then his mouth was gagged, but it also alarmed the rest of the yamen, and they went out to check.

"Dongchang is doing things, let's avoid it," a few people said and tied Li Zhisheng out of the yamen and gradually disappeared at the end of the street.

At this moment, two people flashed out of a shadow at the entrance of the yamen.

"Why are you so secretive about asking for this to be done secretly?"

"This is not a public statement, this is a plan to blame the trouble, and only by being false and real can people hide their eyes and ears, otherwise there will be no one in vain, and it will be an official, and the impact will be too great."

This night passed quietly, and the city did not know the danger outside the city, and the city did not know the chaos outside the city.