If Bai Rui hadn't rushed out of the city and caused a big loss of troops, then the five thousand soldiers and horses and the nobles and people in the city would have been able to wait for the Qi army of Xu Chang to come back for reinforcements or reinforcements sent from the Qi State to come to support.

But during the two days of fighting, these Qi people saw clearly that the combat effectiveness of those soldiers and horses outside the city who were rebels and suddenly turned into soldiers and horses of the Qin army was far from comparable to their own soldiers and horses.

If it weren't for the nobles and people in the city who spontaneously went to the city to resist, and the soldiers and horses outside the city obviously had scruples and did not attack the city with all their might, then Shangdang would have broken the city a long time ago, and he would have known life and death a long time ago.

The escape of Qi ** Shi made the nobles who got the news look at each other, and at this time, they naturally would no longer bother with the problems that they had been arguing about for a day and a night.

They had only one idea at this time, that is, how to make this army, who did not know whether it was an official army or a rebel army, not kill the nobles after entering the city.

In the early morning of the second day, several people came from outside the barracks of Lihua, claiming to be Shangdang nobles and hoping to meet with the generals of the official army.

After hearing the report of the soldiers who came to pay the report, although he was a little surprised by the sudden change in the attitude of these nobles, he still guessed some answers after thinking about it carefully.

Lu Lihua sneered, and then ordered the soldiers to let these nobles wait outside the camp to come and go, because he had no interest in meeting the nobles who came to find out, and he thought that these people were as difficult as a cowhide plaster, and he didn't want to be entangled by them.

Besides, if these nobles were not in the right mind and suddenly asked why they had killed the nobles on the outskirts of the city some time ago, they would not know how to answer.

Since they helped the Qi people defend the city, they had to pay some price.

After thinking about it, Zhu Lihua decided not to see them.

Sure enough, after receiving the news that Lihua was not available to see them, the nobles not only did not leave but still waited silently outside the camp. Although they were all nobles who were willing to welcome Zhu Lihua into the Shangdang, they understood that the hostile attitude of the nobles and the officials and soldiers in the city in the past two days was afraid that they would make this general who did not know the details unhappy, so they did not want to see them.

But now they are not leaving, nor are they staying, and they are very embarrassed in their hearts.

Leaving was afraid of provoking the generals of the official army again, so after discussion, everyone decided to stay outside the camp and wait for a while.

Subsequently, in the conversation with the soldiers guarding in front of them, these nobles learned that the leading general of the Qin army was the legendary Zhu Lihua, and in their shock, everyone regretted helping the Qi army to defend the city in the past few days.

Although they had no choice but to help the Qi army defend the city, after all, they were helping the foreign army to resist their own official army.

In a cold sweat, everyone waited for a long time, and finally got the instructions of Zhu Lihua after the official army sounded the horn three times.

There are only six words in this instruction: forgiveness for those who surrender, and punishment for those who resist.

Later, when they saw that the official army was really about to pull out the camp, these nobles had no choice but to look at each other and hurriedly returned to Shangdang City in frustration.

When the army of Zhu Lihua came to the outside of Shangdang City again, they saw that the gates of this Hexi Xiongcheng had been opened, and the nobles and ordinary people went out of the city one after another, trembling to welcome the arrival of the official army.

And after the army of Lihua entered Shangdang City, all the nobles also received orders one after another, asking them to gather in the Shangdang Mansion, and the official and military commanders wanted to question them.

At this time, the nobles, who already knew who the commander of the official army was, received the order

, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly poured into the palace to meet with this legendary general of the Qin army. Because they had long heard of the name of Lihua, and even the monarch called this young general a "little plague", so naturally no one among the nobles wanted to touch the mold of this "little plague".

"This general is the general of the Great Qin Pi, the public Chengli Hua, this time on the order of the monarch to repel the Qi army to recapture the Shangdang, in the future for a period of time the Japanese will be garrisoned here, in case the Qi army crosses the river and advances westward."

Speaking of this, Lu Lihua looked around at the colorful faces of many nobles in the hall with a cold face, and then said aloud:

"After the Shangdang people lost and fell into the hands of the Rong people, you may not know what happened in Xijing and the current situation, so I will tell you about it first."

Subsequently, Zhu Lihua gave a detailed introduction to the changes in Xijing and the current situation in Hexi to everyone present, and after finishing speaking, Zhu Lihua found that the nobles in the hall were already stunned, and they were dumbfounded and speechless.

Zhu Lihua immediately sneered and said: "You are defending the city for the Qi people, I don't know how to feel, you can tell Zhu Li to listen to it." ”

As soon as Lihua's words fell, I saw a group of generals in the hall standing up one after another, grabbing the hilt of the sword in their hands at the same time, and looking coldly at the nobles in the hall.

In a burst of indescribable murderous atmosphere, the nobles in the hall changed their faces one after another, and with the sound of "poof, poof, poof", they saw that the nobles all knelt down in the hall, and their mouths were wronged.

Coldly watching the nobles kneeling all over the hall with their heads bowed and shivering in a cold sweat, Zhu Lihua said in his heart that his goal of establishing authority had been achieved.

After a while, he said softly, "Although you have assisted the Qi people in defending the city, you also understand your hardships and know that this matter is excusable.

And you don't know that my Hanhai army has regained Quwo and Longmen half a month ago, so it is not true that those fleeing rebels are mistaken for official soldiers? ”

As soon as Zhu Lihua's words were finished, everyone who knelt on the ground and heard the words and knew that things had turned around were stunned again, and after a while, these nobles nodded like hens pecking.

"Misunderstanding, it is indeed a misunderstanding, who would have thought that the general's soldiers and horses would be so fast, and those rebels would be exterminated by the general as soon as they came."

"Yes, I pity that all my family was killed by the rebels, I didn't expect that the general would be able to avenge us in just a few days."

"It is worthy of being a general of Zhuli, using soldiers like a god, and there is hope for the prosperity of Daqin."

……

With the shouts and praises and the occasional weeping heard in the hall, there was an undetectable ruddy look on the white face of the man sitting on the wooden chair.

He coughed lightly, as if trying to hide the embarrassment in his heart, but this light cough happened to attract everyone's attention, which made the unprepared Lihua's face start to burn.

Although the nobles in the hall praised the generals in front of them vigorously, they scolded the young man who couldn't walk in their hearts.

"I have long heard that this extremely young general is rumored to be called a plague by the king, and when I see that this is the case today, he is not only ruthless, but also extremely black-bellied. It seems that with this plague in charge, he will have a hard time in the future. ”

Everyone slandered in their hearts, and the nobles who were slaughtered even more cursed in their hearts that the inability to walk "deserved" Lihua, although they didn't know that Lihua's legs were

How can you not walk.

Zhu Lihua naturally knew that these nobles were playing with themselves in a set of false and wrongful games, and these people were more skilled than themselves, while lamenting that Jiang was still old and spicy, Zhu Lihua raised his hand and said solemnly:

"General Fang Cai already knew that the Qi people had fled back to Hedong County, and it seemed that they were bound to make a comeback soon.

Moreover, the southern Yuan right gathered more than 200,000 troops to fight, and no matter who won or lost, they would point the finger at Shangdang after the war.

Therefore, you must know that now is a good time for you to escape the war, and if you miss it, it will be difficult to escape.

However, Longmen and Quwo have been recaptured by me, and if you are willing to leave and go to the north, I will not stop you. But once you decide to defend the city with me, then the whole county of Shangdang must listen to my orders and have no chance to regret it. ”

As soon as Lihua's words fell, he saw that the nobles had solemn faces, as if they were seriously thinking about what he had just said.

Zhu Lihua understood that it was impossible for such a major matter to be concluded in a moment and a half, so he just wanted to issue an eviction order, when he saw a person in the hall get up and salute Zhu Lihua and said:

"Gongcheng Li, although my Xizihui is just a small official doctor, as long as Gongcheng allows my family to go north to Longmen to leave a bloodline for my Xizi family, then I and other sons and servants can fight hard for Daqin, there is no other thing."

As soon as the official doctor named Xi Zihui finished speaking, someone next to him immediately stood up and said similar words, and after that, ten of the nobles in the hall were willing to stay in the party.

Zhu Lihua looked at these local nobles with resolute eyes with a solemn face, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart. And he was keenly aware that these people did not call themselves generals when they spoke, but called themselves knights.

As if in response to the strangeness in Zhu Lihua's heart, Xi Zihui, who first showed his determination, gave another salute and said:

"I don't know that most of my noble fathers in the party were survivors of the massacre of the Qi people, and it is also an honor for my generation to be able to avenge my father.

A few days ago, the Qi people repelled the Rong people and occupied Shangdang, we really thought that they were invited by Xijing to come, and the Qi people did recapture the Shangdang after fighting the Rong people, so we were bewitched by them.

Now that the truth is revealed, we will naturally not let the party be invaded by the Qi people or the Rong people, as long as the public passenger has the determination to defend the city, then we naturally have the consciousness of sacrificing for the party.

Therefore, please also ask the bus to be able to do it. ”

As Xi Zihui's words were finished, Zhu Lihua's face gradually changed from calm to a trace of admiration, and he thought that these people did have good combat power when they assisted the Qi army in defending the city, so he looked around and suddenly said:

"You call me a public driver rather than a general, and I naturally understand your intentions. We are all nobles of Great Qin, and we have the obligation to die for Great Qin since we were born. Rest assured, as long as I am here, the massacre of the nobles some time ago will never happen again.

I also ask you to join me in defending the party.

However, I don't think the old and weak women and children in the city need to stay in the city to consume food and grass for nothing, and I hope you can cooperate with our army to send them to Longmen. ”