Chapter 243: Pull on the thief ship
The most important thing is that they have already done things, what are these armies still out for? Grab the credit?
Hou Shigui was puzzled, since he couldn't figure it out, it was also appropriate to prepare first.
He immediately commanded:
"Old Xiang, you quickly go to the prison and release all the officials of the Qinggang Mansion.
Bao Ji, you quickly go to the garrison camp, pass my warrant, and order the garrison to go to the city wall to defend the city!
Lu boy, mobilize Ti Qi, ready to go out of the city to meet at any time! ”
Since he didn't know whether he was an enemy or a friend, Hou Shigui had to be fully prepared.
However, it is more likely to be an enemy.
After all, Jinyiwei has just started now, and Yang He has not yet reached the point where the birds are good at hiding their bows.
Send a large army to help you, even if it's for secrecy, you haven't told yourself before.
But now that the army is dispatched, it is at least necessary to communicate with yourself.
But now that army appeared outside the city, without the slightest warning, and without the slightest intention of ventilating with itself.
Unless Hou Shigui's brain is rusty, he will fantasize that it is a "friendly army" who has come to help him.
After arranging all the things, Hou Shigui didn't have the time to take care of Yu Wenhao anymore, so he ordered to transfer a few brocade guards to protect Yu Wenhao in case the assassin came to assassinate him again.
Hou Shigui took Fang Feibai and the others to ride on war horses and run towards the west city wall.
According to the mention, those armies appeared at the camp of the Southern Expeditionary Army outside the western city wall.
After Hou Shigui arrived at the city wall, he had already seen many garrison soldiers reluctantly driven up the city wall by the Jinyi guards.
These soldiers complained one by one, and they didn't think about their belongings, and it could be said that their morale was completely lost.
Wanting to rely on such a group of soldiers to defend Qinggang is undoubtedly a fool's dream.
Fortunately, Lu Xing'an had already gathered the cavalry at the West City Gate, which was different from those soldiers who were not in good spirits and did not seem to have woken up.
These three hundred brocade-clothed guards rode like frost, and instead of seeing the slightest fear, their heads were raised high, and they looked at the so-called army outside the city with an expression of indifference.
The horsemen sat cross-legged on a vacant lot next to the city gate to recuperate their energy, and Lu Xing'an saw that Hou Shigui was coming, and hurriedly got up to greet him:
"Childe, according to the report of the cavalry who turned back, the army that suddenly appeared outside the city was roughly thousands of people, although they were holding standard weapons, but there was no unified military uniform, that is, battle armor, and I only saw a few leading figures wearing it."
"Oh? In this way, it must not be the army of the imperial court, and there are only a few thousand people...... It may not be the opponent of the Southern Expeditionary Army......"
As soon as Hou Shigui's words fell, a thick voice sounded behind him:
"Childe must not be careless, those thousands of people have the courage to surround the southern expeditionary army of tens of thousands of people, and they must have something to rely on.
I'm afraid that Gongzi still needs to be prepared to withdraw from Qinggang as a last resort. ”
Wang Hou was busy working in the criminal room, and when he heard that an army suddenly appeared outside the city, he didn't wait for Hou Shigui's order, so he hurried to the West City Gate with the Jinyi guard in the criminal room to reinforce him.
Hearing Wang Hou's words, Bao Ji, who was pulling over from the county guard, muttered:
"How's that going to work! If we withdraw from Qinggang, won't all our efforts to go south be in vain? ”
If Hou Shigui exits Qinggang, he can only leave from the wharf.
Otherwise, if you go by land, you will be intercepted and followed by that army.
But even if you leave the dock, who can guarantee that there will be no enemy ambush on the river?
What everyone could have expected, how could those people not have expected it?
Seeing that the two were arguing, Hou Shigui was about to open his mouth to persuade one or two, but at this time, there was a panicked shout from the soldiers on the city wall:
"There is an enemy!! There is an enemy!! ”
Well? Hou Shigui's heart condensed, is it really not good?
He led everyone to climb the city tower and take a look, only to see that the periphery of the west city wall was full of villains.
Most of them were dressed as non-commissioned officers of the Southern Expedition.
There were the other half of them, but they didn't wear any military uniforms, and they didn't even fly the flag.
Wasn't the Southern Expeditionary Army besieged? How can you be in the same league with these people?
And Yu Wenhao is still in his own hands, how can these people command it...... Wait a minute...... Yuwenjia ......
Thinking of this, Hou Shigui suddenly had a feeling of sudden realization.
He originally thought that the most ruthless means that the Yuwen family could use was nothing more than arranging people to assassinate him in He'an County.
It was only now that he realized that he had underestimated the power of these great families.
The Yuwen family dares to be called the emperor of filial piety, how can there be only a hundred assassins in their hands?
Even Qian Song, the ruler of the Qinggang Mansion who is far away in Qingming and Qingming, has to look at the face of the Yuwen family, and it is not impossible for them to gather a temporary patchwork army in Xiaoping to fight to the death!!
This also explains why this army can pass through so many places without hindrance.
Because they were originally assembled in Xiaoping, and they were marching at night, they could go all the way unimpeded!!
Yuwenjia, this is going to be the opposite......
After guessing the truth, Hou Shigui was not much shocked.
After all, he caught Yuwenhao and Yuwen Hongguang, just based on the things that Yuwenhao confessed, if the Yuwen family still doesn't rebel, wait for him to return to Jingshi, and wait for His Majesty's thunderous wrath over there.
In this way, it is better to do the opposite now, as long as you can destroy yourself and Jinyiwei in this Qinggang City, you can still have a glimmer of life.
Hou Shigui is not surprised how the Yuwen family could be so coincidental to just catch up with such an incident.
After all, Xiaoping is the territory of the Yuwen family, and Qinggang is their family's base camp, and they can't keep it secret no matter how they take Yuwenhao.
If you really want to blame, you blame yourself for being too careless, I never thought that after forcing the Yuwen family into a desperate situation, they would just flip the chessboard and stop playing.
The most sufferable thing is that his last good fruit was used to save Nayu Wenhao again, if you want to turn the tables......
Hou Shigui glanced at the soldiers on the city wall who were frightened, and even some of the soldiers who were so frightened that their crotches were wet.
There's no way, if you don't want to go south, you can only rely on them!
As soon as Hou Shigui gritted his teeth, he summoned more than a dozen loud Jinyi guards, explained in their ears, and then asked people to copy Yu Wenhao's service more than a dozen sheets and ordered them to read them aloud.
For a while, the crimes of the Yuwen family confessed by Yu Wenhao set off one exclamation after another in the sound of the city wall.
Even the enemy troops outside the city could faintly hear something.
The soldiers on the city wall were just curious and shocked, they never expected that the defeat of the southern expedition was because of the insatiable greed of the Yuwen family.
At the same time, they were completely unaware that the words they heard would become their urging demons.
After the brocade guard finished reading, Hou Shigui ascended to the top and shouted:
"You have all heard the angry crimes of the Yuwen family that day, and you may be thinking in your hearts, that is none of your business.
Yes, it is really none of your business until you know these things.
But now, I want to tell you that outside the city is an army of the Yuwen family assembled to fight to the death.
So they gathered outside the city in order to kill everyone who knew about it!!
Therefore, for the sake of your lives, please join me to defend this city, this official has released a letter fire, and reinforcements are coming! ”