"And Nong, don't be rude," Wang Yan glared at Wang Fu, and then sighed, "Big brother, second brother, and Nong's personality I believe everyone knows that you usually go against me everywhere, and now I still hope that everyone will focus on the overall situation." ”

"Family master, what you said is not right, why aren't we thinking about the Wang family?" The second uncle of the king husband pretended to say: "When we get over there, won't our Wang family want to send someone to the fence, and I will consider the overall situation to protect the family foundation." ”

"That being the case," Wang Yan's sharp eyes swept over a circle of people present, "I have decided that the Wang family will move south, and I am willing to follow me to the back hall to discuss specific matters, and if you don't want to, stay here, and bear the consequences!" After speaking, Wang Yan turned around and left directly.

Seeing that only one-third of the people were gone, and they all offended Wang Yan's father and son, Wang Fuzhi's second uncle had an ugly face: "Big brother, what should I do?" ”

"What else can be done, let them go, how much money can they take with them? We received most of the property, if Zhang Xianzhong called, we would take out some and send it up, it would be better if we couldn't beat it. "The second uncle of the king thought that he had considered it foolproof, but he didn't know what the outcome would be.

On the stall outside the Guiduan Palace, Yilong sat opposite Wang Fuzhi, and more than 600 people from the guard battalion and the intelligence battalion brought by this trip were dressed as ordinary people and distributed around the palace and on the road to retreat outside the city.

"Brother Wang, how is the arrangement of the family?" Yilong asked.

"My father and they have already sold a lot of their family property and gone south, and some of the clansmen who don't deal with us have nothing to do with me." Wang Fuzhi said lightly.

"Boss Long, there is news over there that Zhang Xianzhong's vanguard has appeared forty miles outside the city, let's hurry up." A man came to Yilong and sat down to drink tea, while quietly reporting at the same time.

Yilong's eyes froze: "Now that the sky is getting dark, according to previous intelligence, the rebel army generally does not march at night, and it is estimated that they will arrive tomorrow afternoon." Yilong paused,"

This Hengzhou is what I have seen so far, except for the place with the strongest military strength in Guangdong, and therefore it has become the main target of Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army's attack. Zhu Changxuan, the king of Guiduan, is also a figure, and he has long ordered the Huguang Patrol who was guarding Hunan to withdraw the Ming army stationed in Yuezhou, Changsha and other places to Hengzhou, concentrate superior forces, and prepare to defend Hengzhou, so Zhang Xianzhong was able to go all the way before. Now that the entire city of Hengzhou has been closed, we can only have a chance to fish in troubled waters when Zhang Xianzhong's troops attack the city, or when King Guiduan is defeated and flees. The young master gave me full authority for this operation, even if he tried his best and tied up, he had to tie this King Guiduan back safely, and the rest of the people were secondary. ”

Wang Fuzhi nodded heavily.

At night, in the palace of King Guiduan.

Zhu Changying, who was supposed to be in charge of the overall situation, was seriously ill in bed, and the third son, Zhu Youlang, the king of Anren County, was also very ill, and all the affairs of the palace were all taken care of by the fourth son, Zhu Youlang, the king of Yongming County.

In front of Zhu Changying's bed, Zhu Youlang asked with a worried face: "Father, do you say that we can hold Hengzhou City?" ”

"Alas," Zhu Changying sighed, "The Kou army is strong, I'm afraid it won't last long, I hope that the imperial court and reinforcements from all over the country can arrive as soon as possible." ”

After Zhu Youlang walked out of the room, he immediately summoned the palace chief and other management personnel, and ordered: "You immediately pack up the belongings in the palace that can be easily taken away, prepare enough carriages, and be ready to evacuate at any time." ”

These people's hearts trembled, and at the same time they said, "Yes, the king of the county. ”

On the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Xianzhong led his generals Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and Liu Wenxiu to lead nearly 100,000 troops to gradually rush to the outside of Hengzhou City and surrounded Hengzhou City.

In the middle of the camp, Sun Kewang asked impatiently: "King, when will we attack the city?" ”

"Old Sun, why are you in a hurry, anxious to taste Princess Guiduan?"

"Haha!" Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu on the side made jokes.

"Tell the soldiers to bury the pot and make food, do it for the teams that will arrive one after another, rest in place after eating, and take advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders in the city to attack when they are ugly, and take Hengzhou City in one fell swoop!" Zhang Xianzhong looked at the tall city wall, as if he had stepped into Hengzhou City as a victor.

On the tower of the city, the eunuch Yang Shouchun and the guard general Liu Xizuo stared at Zhang Xianzhong's every move of the Western Army.

"Lord Liu, this Kou army has come from a long journey, it seems that it will not attack tonight." Yang Shouchun said self-righteously.

"Not necessarily, maybe it will be attacked overnight." Although Liu Xizuo is not a serious general, he still has a little knowledge.

"Those thieves have eaten and drunk enough, and they have all gone back to the camp to sleep, so Lord Liu will stay here by himself, and our family will also rest."

Liu Xizuo looked at Yang Shouchun's departing figure and scolded secretly: Guy who is neither male nor female, if it weren't for King Guiduan, how could this official be able to let you point fingers here.

Liu Xizuo let himself not think about these troubles, and instructed the officers and soldiers guarding the city to maintain a high degree of vigilance.

However, these people usually waste training, and the so-called strength is relatively speaking, but now they have low morale, coupled with long-term mental tension, and they are close to physical and mental exhaustion at this time.

It was night, and the ugly hour was approaching, and Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 troops of the Great Western Army quietly gathered by the moonlight, but the defenders on the city wall were already drowsy and did not notice the movement below.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The deafening shouting and killing accompanied by the heavy drum beat like a giant hammer on the hearts of everyone in Hengzhou City, Liu Xizuo, who was not dressed and armored, immediately got up from the bed, hurriedly climbed the city tower, and roared: "Give me soberness and defend Hengzhou City!" ”

The soldiers who defended the city outside the rotation were also gradually put in place, and under the command of Liu Xizuo, they first used artillery to remotely shell the Great Western Army.

Unfortunately, the artillery was too old and too few in number, and it only slightly stopped the pace of the Great Western Army's charge.

In the sound of artillery fire, the dense soldiers of the Great Western Army rushed to the bottom of the city, set up a ladder and rushed to the city.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" Liu Xizuo shouted hoarsely, and at the same time took a bow next to him by example and wanted to kill the enemy with his own hands, but he was not a general, so it took him half a day to pull the bow away, and the arrows he shot were also soft.

However, the surrounding officers and soldiers were all infected, and for a while, arrows rained down on the city wall, and stones and hot oil were smashed on the heads of the soldiers of the Great Western Army who rushed up, screaming again and again, and the Great Western Army suffered heavy damage.

"Brothers, follow me, occupy Hengzhou City, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, and those who used to be powerful and blessed on our heads will be trampled under our feet!" Seeing that the situation was not very optimistic, Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly asked his subordinates to boost morale and stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

The Great Western Army suddenly rushed upwards as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, and rushed forward bravely, one after another, and killed the city. There were also soldiers in the city who tried to break open the city gate with a rushing car.

Naturally, the officers and soldiers defending the city were not vegetarians.

As soon as a large western soldier rushed to the city tower, he was immediately cut off by the officers and soldiers defending the city, and the blood was wild, and the head fell heavily to the ground, and his eyes were always open.

However, more and more Western troops rushed to the city tower to fight hand-to-hand with the officers and soldiers defending the city, and the latter was unable to drive the former down for a while, and the situation became more and more bad.

A burly Onishi soldier was so brave that he hacked to death the soldiers who rushed over the city, and when he looked around, a general was struggling to command, and he smirked and swung his sword at the latter.

"Lord Liu, be careful!" Liu Xizuo didn't know that a big knife was about to slash at his neck, and his lieutenant rushed over desperately to pounce on him and save his life.

The burly Onishi soldier was even more sure that the person in front of him was a big official, and rushed forward relentlessly.

Before the sword fell, the burly Onishi soldier's dream of being promoted to an official and making a fortune was not finished, the look in his eyes quickly disappeared, and a general had already disemboweled him from behind.

Liu Xizuo got up in shock, and Yang Shouchun, who rushed over from the side, turned pale when he saw this scene: This surnamed Liu almost died just now, no, I don't want to die, I can't stay here.

"Lord Liu, it's up to you here, our family will go and ask the prince immediately." Before the words fell, Yang Shouchun had already run away.

"Bah,!" The lieutenant scolded angrily, but he had no choice but to face the enemy who was constantly rushing up...

"The king of the county, the king of the county, it's not good, it's not good!" Yang Shouchun's duck voice alarmed half of the people in Guiduan's palace.

"Shut up, what kind of system is it to be so noisy in the palace!" Zhu Youlang, who finally fell asleep, was woken up, and Yang Shouchun, who looked embarrassed, scolded angrily.

"The king of the county, one hundred thousand is urgent..."Yang Shouchun took a breath, "The Kou army has already attacked the city tower, Lord Liu, they can't hold it, let's run away." ”

"What?!" Zhu Youlang was taken aback, although he was already mentally prepared to be unable to hold on, he didn't expect it to be so soon. He forced himself to calm down and ordered Yang Shouchun: "You go and inform Liu Xizuo, just say that we will evacuate to the south immediately, let him hold on to buy time for us." ”

"Huh?" Yang Shouchun's legs were weak, "This, this, the king of the county, our family just ran all the way to report the news, and at this time my legs have no strength, I'm afraid of delaying time." ”

Zhu Youlang glanced at him, and didn't care, and then ordered a palace guard to inform Liu Xizuo, and then summoned the people in the palace to prepare to flee.

Soon after, the important personnel of the Guiduan Royal Mansion got into the carriage prepared in advance, and Zhu Youlang walked out of the palace, where he had lived for nearly twenty years, and he didn't have time to sigh, but found that more than twenty strangers were approaching this side and were blocked out by the guards.

"Who's coming?" Zhu Youlang saw that there were only such a few people, so he took the initiative to go over and question.

Wang Fu took a step forward and asked without humility or arrogance: "Dare to ask where King Guiduan is?" ”

"It is not appropriate for the father to come forward, and the king of this county is responsible for everything."

Wang Fuzhi had already roughly known the situation of the Guiduan Palace, and this question made him more sure of the seriousness of the Guiduan Palace, so he did not delay, and took out the token given to him by Han Lin and handed it to Zhu Youlang for inspection: "I have seen the King of Yongming County, we are from Guangdong, and the commander of the capital has learned that the situation of the Hengzhou Mansion is critical, and he specially sent us to protect you and evacuate to Guangdong." ”

Zhu Youlang confirmed that the thing was correct, and after returning it to Wang Fu, he frowned and asked, "Just the twenty of you?" ”