"Yin Zheng four quarters, five watches day-"

Outside the office, the timekeeper struck a small gong and shouted leisurely. The gong sounded slowly and quickly, this was the time when the whole night was the most sleepy, even though Zhang Dingguo's back was sweating due to nervousness, he still couldn't help but yawn.

"Gua Wazi, when is it, and you still want to sleep?" Zhang Kewang stuck to the door, listening intently to the movement outside. After the shift, a group of officers and soldiers on night patrol passed by, and they obviously did not expect that there were still 20 or so energetic people in the dark-lit office.

The officers and soldiers gradually moved away with the sound of the gong, and Zhang Kewang said: "This group of officers and soldiers has left, and after the fifth watch, they have to hand over to their partners who have left the morning shift, and the gap in the middle will be bigger than before, so we can act." ”

Zhang Dingguo nodded hesitantly, and saw two or three points of starlight on the dark blue sky through the half-open air window, and couldn't help asking: "Big brother, you said that ...... father?"

"Shut up!" Zhang Kewang interrupted him impatiently, "What can you do, who was afraid of wolves and tigers?" ”

Zhang Dingguo's face frowned, and he didn't answer.

"Dad is such a hero, especially when marching and fighting, he has always ordered and forbidden, and said nothing." Zhang Kewang taught with a cold face, "As long as you want to do your job well, thank God, your father still wants you to worry about it?" ”

Zhang Dingguo knew that he was speechless, and said in a low voice: "What the eldest brother said is that the younger brother knows that he is wrong." ”

"Hot knives, everyone, come with me." Zhang Kewang snorted coldly, ignored Zhang Dingguo, and greeted the rest of the people crowded in a room. At their feet, in the dark corners of the room, were littered with seven or eight bloody human heads, all of which were the officials and servants of the Public Office who had had their heads chopped off one by one in their sleep a moment ago.

Zhang Kewang and 28 other people immediately slipped out after confirming that there was no one outside the office, and they were divided into two groups, one group was led by Lu Yue and five or six people to set fire to the west along the road, and the other group was led by Zhang Kewang to go to the east Changmen "Zhenhua Gate" in the east.

Not long after the separation, Zhang Kewang and the others turned an alley, but five officers and soldiers carrying lanterns came to them.

"Careless." Zhang Kewang sighed secretly. He originally said that as long as he escaped the night patrol of the city, he would be unimpeded, but he forgot that there were still Fancheng Customs inspection divisions around Xiangyang City, and they would also send people to the city to catch thieves and prevent thieves.

He led everyone to lean against the shadow of the wall to calculate, Wang Jiye, who did not want to accompany him, did not hesitate, took a step, lifted the crossbow machine, and shot the leading officers and soldiers first, Zhang Dingguo saw the situation, the leopard jumped out, and also shot an officer and soldier with a crossbow machine first, and then the short knife rushed out, impartial, and wiped the neck of the third. The remaining two were shocked when they saw this, Zhang Kewang didn't give them a chance to react, rushed forward, kicked the lantern away first, and then raised his knife to hit the jaws of the officers and soldiers in front of him. The last one turned around to leave, Zhang Dingguo and Wang Jiye threw him to the ground early on the left and right, and before the officers and soldiers could shout, Zhang Kewang jumped up and stabbed him in the back of the head and took his life.

"Hoo ......"

A fierce battle settled in a blink of an eye, Wang Jiye exhaled and extinguished the bright lanterns that fell to the ground one by one, Zhang Kewang grabbed his front collar, pressed his throat and asked: "You shit, I didn't let you do it, what are you doing?" ”

Wang Jiye laughed dryly twice and explained: "I'm not in a hurry to go to Dongchangmen, the villain didn't think so much, forgive me!" ”

Zhang Dingguo hurriedly persuaded the two of them: "The matter is urgent, and General Wang is also kind." Anyway, the result is acceptable, let's not argue first, it's better to go to Dongchangmen! ”

Zhang Kewang let go of his hand angrily, glared at Wang Jiye angrily and said: "Be honest, if you dare to act recklessly without my order, you will be killed first!" ”

Wang Jiye hurriedly agreed, Zhang Kewang gave up, and then everyone dragged the five corpses and the broken lanterns behind the big pine tree in the corner of the alley, and then continued to move forward.

When Zhang Kewang and other twenty-eight people came, they walked the big north gate "Gongchen Gate", but there was the main gate of Xiangyang Mansion City, and there was an urn city to consolidate, and the garrison was heavily guarded.

Zhenhua Gate was also guarded by Lu Zhenguo, but Lu Zhenguo focused on Gongchen Gate, and only a few dozen soldiers were deployed here. In the second half of the night, the city gate was cold and silent, except for one or two officers and soldiers who were on guard in turn, they were still fighting spirits, leaning on the battlements and staring blankly into the dark distance, and the others were all leaning against the wall and napping.

Zhang Kewang led the crowd to slowly touch the head of the city from the horse road, stood on a high place, looked back, the west of the distant city, there were already signs of fire, knowing that Lu Yue and others had already started, they no longer hesitated, rushed up, first chopped over the officers and soldiers who were put on guard, and then took advantage of the rest of the officers and soldiers to be caught off guard, on the one hand, they were restrained by killing and bluffing, and on the other hand, they were quickly put down the suspension bridge.

Three rockets roared one after another, crashing into the endless wilderness. In the darkness hundreds of steps away, countless fire points suddenly lit up, sharp and ruthless, like the eyes of a pack of wolves that suddenly appeared in the deep forest.

"Daddy has arrived!"

Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo looked at each other with joy, but saw that the countless fire points that were not warm but with chill began to move rapidly towards the direction of the city gate in an instant, and as time went by, the firelight was from the dots to the four fields more and more clearly, until Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo, who looked down from the city, were red by the bright fire at the same time, and a horse jumped out on an angry horse, raising a long whip like a bell: "Open the city gate quickly!" The speaker's swallow jaw is bearded and strong like a lion, and it is Zhang Xianzhong, the "Eight Kings of Xiying".

Zhang Xianzhong led 2,000 people this time, marched more than 300 miles in a day and night, and arrived at the outskirts of the city in the middle of the night, and has been lurking. ”

Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo went down to the city to see Zhang Xianzhong, knelt down and bowed: "Daddy is like a god, and the child is on the ground!" ”

"Get up, you and others have done a great job!" Zhang Xianzhong said happily, and then without hesitation, he immediately called the generals around him and ordered, "Pass my order, 2,000 people are divided into three parts." One Wang Fuchen, guarding the East Changmen and attacking the rest of the gates; One came with me, and attacked the barracks of officers and soldiers in the city, and the treasury of the prefectures; A Wang'er went to the palace prison to rescue Pan, Mr. Xu Er and Hui'er, and then went to attack the Xiangwang Mansion. Acting separately, I went to the yamen of Xiangyang Mansion at dawn to find me and report the results! ”

Zhang Kewang didn't expect him to arrange it like this, he expected that on the side of King Xiang's wealth, the wealth in the mansion would inevitably be like a mountain, and such a big benefit should only be enjoyed by Zhang Xianzhong. Suspicious, Wang Fuchen had already answered the order loudly, but he didn't dare to agree.

"What? Think you heard it wrong? Zhang Xianzhong saw Zhang Kewang's concerns, and grinned, "Good son, this time you have made great contributions to the city, and the Xiangwang Mansion will reward you." This is a kind gesture from my father. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Kewang had no doubts, and he was about to kneel down and bow down again when he was in a mood, but Zhang Xianzhong's long horsewhip dragged his body that was about to sink in advance: "Don't rub it, go quickly!" ”

Zhang Kewang nodded, whistled at Zhang Dingguo, Wang Jiye and others, and immediately galloped away with hundreds of horses.

Xiangyang Mansion Prison is not far from Dongchangmen, and by the time Zhang Kewang and others arrived, the officers and soldiers and the prison had already heard the wind and walked away. At the beginning of last year, the Xiying was besieged and defeated by Zuo Liangyu and officers and soldiers in Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places in the Agate Mountain, and Pan Duao, the "Mr. Dongxi" and Xu Yixian, the "Mr. Xixi" who were known as the think tanks in the camp, were both captured, and Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son Zhang Huier also fell into the hands of the officials and soldiers in order to save him. The three of them and some of the wives and concubines left behind by Zhang Xianzhong were later escorted to Xiangyang Mansion to be imprisoned, ready to be beheaded after this autumn. But these three people played a pivotal role in Zhang Xianzhong and even Xiying, so part of the reason why Zhang Xianzhong attacked Xiangyang Mansion was to rescue them.

After Pan, Xu, and Zhang were rescued, they continued to march towards Xiangwangfu with the army. Zhang Hui'er thought that she had been aggrieved for too long, and as soon as Bu escaped, she immediately asked Zhang Kewang for a pair of armor and a gun, stepped on the war horse and turned around and immediately participated in the battle. Hundreds of horsemen set fire to the road and burned them everywhere they passed, and many people who were still sleeping on their beds were dragged out of their houses and dragged behind their horses with ropes.

Approaching the Xiangwang Mansion, many officers and soldiers ran around along the way, Zhang Kewang grabbed a few inquiries, only to know that under Zhang Xianzhong's attack, the defenders of the Li'an Minbu in the city had collapsed. With Zhang Xianzhong's combat effectiveness, Lu Zhenguo's Ministry will not be much better. The friendly forces are progressing smoothly, and Zhang Kewang and others are becoming more and more stable.

In the firelight, the green shadow wall in front of the vermilion lacquer gate of Xiangwang Mansion is faintly bright, and the headlights on the two watchtowers in the mansion are bright. The gate was closed, and there were many desperate people and rebels begging in front of the gate, but the gate of Sensen never moved, and no one was allowed to enter. It seems that the garrison of this Xiangwang Mansion is much tighter than that of Xiangyang City.

Zhang Kewang stood on his horse and was observing the situation, when suddenly an arrow swept through his armor and plunged into the mud. Zhang Dingguo looked up, frowned and said, "Big brother, it must have been shot from the watchtower." He added, "There are watchtowers in all corners of the palace, and there are two more at this gate, which are condescending, which is really very unfavorable for us to attack the door." ”

Zhang Hui'er laughed and said: "Carving insect skills, what are you afraid of him!" Regardless of Zhang Kewang, he rushed to the gate with more than ten horses.

"Big brother ......" Zhang Dingguo was about to persuade Zhang Kewang to call Zhang Hui'er back, but Zhang Kewang raised his hand and signaled him not to speak, just looked indifferently and looked ahead.

But seeing Zhang Huier and others approaching the gate, the two towering watchtowers in the mansion suddenly rained arrows, intertwined into a net in front of the gate. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Huier turned his horse and fled, but several of the horses that followed him were all shot off the horse.

Zhang Hui'er ran back in embarrassment, and asked angrily, "Why don't you fucking go!" He and Zhang Guoxing, as the most respected sons of Zhang Xianzhong, the "Four Tigers", were used to being arrogant and domineering, and they didn't take the young Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo in their eyes at all, and shouted as before.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Kewang glanced at him and said coldly: "Shut up, here, I am the leader." ”

"Hello boy......" As soon as Zhang Hui'er heard this, she became angry, and raised the horsewhip in her hand, and she didn't beat it, but she saw Zhang Dingguo and Wang Jiye beside Zhang Kewang all looking at her with murderous intent, and her courage disappeared suddenly.

"Whew, that's it." Zhang Hui'er looked depressed, turned behind Zhang Kewang, and smiled dryly. After being imprisoned in the government for a year, he didn't realize until now that there was no place for his "Four Tigers" to speak in Xiying.