Xuzhou Mansion, Xiao County.

Zhang Xiaojun and Gao Ran led two young men to successfully capture Qulipu, and it was soon sent to Liu Juntao.

This good news made Liu Juntao very happy, especially the good news that it was written that hundreds of craftsmen, equipment, and baggage in the seized Quli shop made Liu Juntao overjoyed.

Originally, Liu Juntao planned to establish a large-scale ordnance institute in Xuzhou on the basis of the original industry of the Xu family after the extermination of the Xu family and Ye Zongliu, and take over all the mines of the Xu family.

In this way, Yushan Town can completely solve the problem of insufficient iron ore and coal, and the output of various military equipment will also increase significantly.

At this time, Liu Zi'an also said happily: "Mr. Lian, now that Qulipu has been taken, we must also take Xiao County as soon as possible, so as to seize the time to join the cavalry department in the east and eliminate the thieves of Ye Zongliu's department as soon as possible!" ”

Liu Juntao shook his head and said: "The county seat of Xiaoxian County is not an ordinary town or dock fort, it is very difficult to fight!" Moreover, there are still 30,000 miners of the Xu family in the city, and Xiao County is the lair of the Xu family, so I can't risk huge casualties and attack rashly, we must be cautious. ”

Liu Zi'an couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Then how is President Lian going to act?" ”

Liu Juntao shook the good news in his hand and said: "Since Qulipu has been taken by us, I hope that Xu Zhaohui and the 30,000 miners in the city will also know the news earlier!" ”

Liu Zi'an is also a human spirit, and he understood in an instant, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Lian, this matter is on me!" I not only want Xu Zhaohui to know the news, but also let the 30,000 miners in Xiao County also know the good news, so that they can also have fun! ”

The next day, Liu Juntao led the young men of the Chinese military to retreat ten miles and set up camp again, and the news soon spread to the city of Xiao County.

After Xu Zhaohui learned about it, he was also temporarily relieved, so he hurriedly asked his miners to go out of the city as much as possible to collect grain and grass and transport them into the city, and the city gates of Xiao County were also opened, allowing the people and horses in the city to enter and exit by themselves.

And Liu Zi'an also took this opportunity to leave the camp of the Central Military Department with a team of elite soldiers from the Investigation Department, and then disappeared.

A few days later, there was a sudden dark tide in Xiao County, and the news of the loss of Qulipu began to fly all over the sky, and all kinds of information continued to spread in the city.

For example, the 100,000 troops in Yushan Town will arrive in a few days, the imperial court has ordered to send a large army to expropriate the Xu family, and the imperial court has designated the Xu family as a thief, etc., these news made the 30,000 miners in the city tremble, and everyone was panicked, even when Xu Zhaohui heard these news, he was shocked and almost collapsed.

However, it didn't take long for Xu Zhaohui to come back to his senses, and hurriedly ordered that his subordinates be forbidden to talk about the loss of Qulipu, and it would be forbidden to talk about all remarks that were unfavorable to the Xu family, stating that this was a trick of Yushan Town, and the purpose was to shake the military spirit of the Xu family.

At this time, the 30,000 miners in Xiao County have gradually stabilized under Xu Zhaohui's high-pressure policy, and the number of people who talk about the loss of Qulipu has gradually decreased, at least no one dares to talk about these things blatantly.

But the good times didn't last long, and the 30,000 miners of the Xu family seemed to have just forgotten the rumors of the loss of Qulipu, and the rout of Qulipu appeared in Xiao County one after another, so frightened that Xu Zhaohui hurriedly ordered all the gates in Xiao County to be closed, prohibiting anyone from entering and leaving on their own!

There were hundreds of these routs, and they found the old house of the Xu family, and they knelt outside the gate and wept bitterly, telling the strength of the people and horses in Yushan Town, and the defeat of the people and horses stationed in Qulipu!

Xu Zhaohui was so angry when he saw this, and he wanted to catch and kill the hundreds of defeated soldiers outside the door.

However, Xu Zhaohui also understood that if he really killed these hundreds of defeated soldiers, then there would be no need to fight this battle, and the 30,000 miners in the city would be separated from the Xu family in an instant, and he would become a loner.

Therefore, Xu Zhaohui hurriedly ordered all the hundreds of defeated soldiers outside the gate to be gathered in several large courtyards in the city, and sent henchmen to guard them all.

Xu Zhaohui breathed a sigh of relief, and then concentrated on stabilizing people's hearts.

Xu Zhaohui issued an order, stating that these defeated soldiers were indeed retreating from Qulipu, but they were not defeated, but after being defeated with the people and horses of Yushan Town, they had to retreat to Xiao County.

This statement really worked, and the 30,000 miners in the city gradually calmed down, although the morale of the army must have been affected, but finally the morale of the army was stabilized and no longer declined.

Who knew that the good times would not last long, Xu Zhaohui was thinking about how to defend Xiao County, and after repelling the people of Yushan Town, when he and the Xu family would go where they would go, his henchmen hurriedly ran over and said, "Family master! Now rumors are spreading in the city, saying that the hundreds of brothers who withdrew from Qulipu have all suffered accidents and were ordered by the head of the family to kill them all! ”

"What!"

Xu Zhaohui said angrily: "It's just nonsense! Take those routs to the streets at once! ”

"Order!"

After taking that subordinate away, Xu Zhaohui also realized that there were always rumors in the city, it must not be accidental, it was very likely that it was a ghost made by the people of Yushan Town!

So, Xu Zhaohui gathered a thousand men and horses to investigate the spies in Yushan Town in the city.

But it backfired, and before Xu Zhaohui could finish clearing the spies in Yushan Town, the 30,000 miners in the city blew up the nest.

It turned out that when Xu Zhaohui found dozens of rout soldiers to patrol the streets, thousands of nearby miners flocked to watch, and the Xu family's men separated everyone in order to maintain order.

At this moment, I don't know who shouted: "These people are all fake, and the brothers in Qulipu have been killed!" ”

At this moment, thousands of miners on the entire street suddenly blew up their nests, and they all roared angrily to rush to check and see if the dozens of routs were fake.

The rest of the Xu family members who were maintaining order were also angry, and they blocked the miners from coming forward, and the two sides immediately fought on the street, and the scene was very chaotic.

When Xu Zhaohui learned the news and hurriedly gathered people and horses to rush to the scene of the incident, thousands of angry miners had already killed and injured more than 200 Xu family horses, and the entire street was full of wailing Xu family horses.

Xu Zhao was also angry when he saw the complaint, and immediately ordered the two thousand miners he brought to rush up to quell the chaos, and the street became chaotic again, and thousands of miners on both sides fought together in an instant, with roars and scolding endlessly.

On the same day, thousands of miners in Xiao County were killed and injured, although Xu Zhaohui later stopped the further expansion of the situation in time, but it also made the 30,000 miners in the city feel cold, and the Xu family was even more detached, and Xu Zhaohui was also detached.

At the same time, Liu Juntao led his troops to be stationed north of Xiao County for a few days, and Liu Zi'an also kept sending news about the situation in the city.

When Liu Juntao learned that there was a civil strife in the city and that thousands of miners were killed and injured, he couldn't help laughing and said to Liu Zi'an: "Okay! This time the exploration department has done a beautiful job, Xu Zhaohui has reached the point of exhaustion this time! ”

Liu Zi'an was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lian, the city of Xiao County is completely lively now, when will we attack the city?" ”

"What? In a hurry? ”

Liu Zi'an said; "I'm not in a hurry. It's just that the Xuzhou Mansion has sent people to urge it twice in a row, and wants us to recover Xiao County as soon as possible, but I think this matter is sooner rather than later, and we can sell it to Xuzhou Mansion a face. ”

Liu Juntao pondered for a while, and then said, "It's okay! Ordered Zhang Xiaojun to immediately lead his troops to converge, and at the same time ordered Gao Ran to lead his troops to stay in Qulipu to be optimistic about capture and capture. After Zhang Xiaojun's headquarters arrived, we will take advantage of the discouragement of the Xu family to attack the county seat of Xiao County! ”