There was a dense sound of guns in the west, and Lan Shaozhong's face changed greatly, and he shouted: "My lord, go quickly!" ”

Deng Su didn't listen to him, but continued to look at the people in the signing room, the scribes here are all talents trained by him, and now, it is the time to know Chengchen in danger.

"I'm willing to follow you!" Suddenly, someone shouted first, and then almost all the scribes in the signing room expressed their willingness to follow Deng Su out of the city to gather soldiers and horses to quell the 'chaos'.

Deng Su nodded, he looked at the scribes with emotion, didn't say much, and with the respect of the prime minister, he arched his hand and said, "Thank you." ”

In the meantime, Lan Shaozhong hurriedly half asked and half mopped the ground to protect Deng Su out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and a group of scribes stumbled behind, because there was no movement in the north, Lan Shaozhong and others hugged Deng Su out of the north 'gate' of the Prime Minister's Mansion, at this time, the street was empty, and in the panic, a group of scribes did not know the direction, and only cared about following Lan Shaozhong and other military generals and guards in a hurry. Out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, as soon as the cold wind blew, Deng Su gradually came to his senses, "Cao Di old thief ......" he asked Lan Shaozhong, "Over there in the palace, have you ever sent someone to guard it?" Your Majesty must not be caught in the hands of thieves. "The last general has already sent someone to pick up the driver," Lan Shaozhong replied as he walked, "However, it has not been reported yet." Seeing that Deng Su's face was displeased, he added, "Cao Xianggong can rest assured, the thieves came from afar, and they only succeeded for a while, and the heads of the eight armies outside the city are all reliable." As long as he goes outside the city, the prime minister can wave his army to quell the 'chaos'. ”

"Reliable?" Deng Su was dragged by Lan Shaozhong and walked quickly, feeling that he was very undignified, he frowned and asked rhetorically.

After the Liao army invaded the south, the war in the north was tight, in order to reinforce Hebei, and also to appease the princes of all walks of life, the head of the Eighth Army outside Ezhou, Yue Yun and other fierce generals and their subordinates were successively transferred to the north. On the other hand, the military department unwittingly replaced the leaders of the Eighth Army outside Ezhou with trustworthy generals, and transferred new battalion leaders from other places to enrich the ranks. However, the military department can be trusted, the soldiers and horses in the battalion do not know the soldiers, and the 'hair' disease of the soldiers who do not know the generals has flare up again, and these days they are busy dealing with side affairs, and before they have time to rectify, there is a change in Cao Di's rebellion and attack on Ezhou. At this time, the hearts of the people are all soldiers, and the soldiers and horses outside the city are unreliable, Deng Su also has to put a question mark in his heart, but the situation is forbidden, and he has to rely on them to quell the 'chaos'.

"Oops—"

Lan Shaozhong froze at his feet, grabbed Deng Su, and said in a deep voice: "There are also 'chaotic' thieves ahead. ”

Deng Su followed his gesture and looked ahead, only to see that not far away was a barricade hastily built by the army outside the city, and in front of the barricade, dozens of cavalry appeared on the street corner in the distance.

Ezhou is the center of the world, and cavalry is forbidden to gallop in the city, and this group of cavalry is undoubtedly a 'chaotic' army. Dozens of horsemen are just strikers.

More cavalry turned the corner, and the cavalry rested their horses and looked in this direction, undisguised hostility. The city guards were preparing to play the 'medicine' while looking at each other nervously.

"Lord Xianggong, will the last general escort you back to the Prime Minister's Mansion first?" Lan Shaozhong looked ahead and said nervously. Although he is a staff officer, he has not experienced a major war, and when he sees the situation of the confrontation between the two armies, he can't help but be worried, especially Deng Su's safety, the sword and arrow have no eyes, in case there is a mistake, this fault cannot be made up. The scribes who followed behind saw that the generals of the military department were like this, and they were also very timid, and they looked at Deng Su with blank eyes, and some of them wanted to pull out their 'legs' and run away immediately.

"No, return to the Prime Minister's Mansion, that is, the trapped beast is still fighting. Rush out first. Deng Su shook his head, he looked ahead, and said in a deep voice, "The art of war says, ten rules surround it." 'Chaos' thieves sneak attack Ezhou, the total number of people and horses will not be too much, but from all directions, each road must be quite weak, but take advantage of the sneak attack, as soon as they come up, they rush into the city, 'chaos' people's hearts, and fight the calculation of capturing the thief and the king first. And we want to take advantage of the fact that the traitor's army is still weak and unable to take care of it in one fell swoop! Deng Su's words became faster and faster, obviously these words were not only said to Lan Shaozhong and others, but also to himself to convince himself.

"Your Excellency is very worried." Lan Shaozhong nodded, and immediately sent people to gather people and prepare to break through.

At this time, the front barricade defenders also saw Lan Shaozhong and others, a captain trotted over to inquire, Lan Shaozhong took out the staff waist card, and asked him about the situation in turn, it turned out that the defense here was a fire battalion transferred from the palace 'pump', just after the barricade was built, it encountered the 'chaos' army cavalry, and the two sides had been facing each other for about a quarter of an hour. "It seems that there are 'traitors' in the military department." After inspecting the proclamation and seal of the defense, Lan Shaozhong said worriedly, the palace defenders were transferred, and it was obvious that the thieves had already prepared. While reporting to Deng Suyu, he asked all the officers above the head of the defending army to come over and report to him to obey orders, and after a few words, he took over the command of the battalion from the battalion commander and began to arrange a formation to break through. The commander of this battalion is a middle-aged officer in his forties, and he also has 'color', and he only stands behind Lan Shaozhong with his hands down the whole time, like an adjutant general.

A scribe took half a step forward, lowered his voice and said to Deng Su, "Coerce the words of the Son of Heaven to order the princes......

"If the 'chaotic' army is coerced by Your Majesty," Deng Su glanced at him appreciatively and nodded, this person's name is Yu Yutong, when life and death are at stake, he still thinks about the young man who gets ahead, and after this catastrophe, he is a material that can be made. However, you have to get through the current hurdle first. He retracted his thoughts and sneered: "Time has changed, and the 'chaotic' thief is just trying to kill himself by blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes. At this time, Lan Shaozhong had already arranged the arrangements for breaking through, looked at the surrounding civil and military officials, glanced at the cavalry in front, took a deep breath, and said to Lan Shaozhong in a deep voice: "Give me your saber." ”

"Your Excellency," Lan Shaozhong exclaimed, "How can you be in danger?" Immediately made a gesture to kneel down to stop it.

"Shut up." Deng Su said sharply, "There is a way, I, Deng Su, have a heavy responsibility in the world, how can I fall into the hands of thieves and be humiliated by him?" Without further ado, go quickly. ”

Lan Shaozhong didn't dare to persuade more, so he had to untie the saber and 'hand' it to Deng Su, and took another waist knife himself. The officers and soldiers of the Huogun Battalion did not know Deng Su's identity, but they knew that he was a great official, and they were ready to go into battle in person. And the scribes who followed Deng Su watched this scene and knew that he had made preparations for righteousness, and their hearts were heavy. Yu Yu and others also searched for extra swords and other weapons in their hands from the Fire Gun Camp. More than 600 people lined up behind the barricades to form a scale formation to storm the cavalry, and the first three rows of musketeers loaded the ammunition, while the rear ones withdrew the ammunition and stabbed them all with guns. At this time, the cavalry in the distance was still looking at this side very idly, and they could not imagine that these musketeers who were cowering behind the barricades had the courage to break the net.

"Protect your lords." Lan Shaozhong hurriedly 'handed over' to the two guards, turned around and beckoned to the commander of the Fire Gun Battalion, "Prepare to charge." ”

The battalion commander nodded, turned around and gave the military order with a standard gesture, and all the musketeers stood up from the half-squatting state, "Forward--" The hundred-man commander gave the order in a loud voice, and the five hundred musketeers immediately obeyed the order and marched forward. The quality of the Ezhou City Guards was immediately apparent, and although the marching speed was not fast, the pace was very neat. The cavalry on the opposite side suddenly made a 'commotion', and the officers began to shout loudly to tidy up the horse team. The fact that the fire battalion dared to attack brazenly greatly surprised the cavalry, and the place where the horses were stationed was only a few dozen steps away from the barricades, which was not enough for the horses to help them run. At this time, the momentum of taking a step back was frustrated, and the cavalry officer had to have time to hurriedly sort out the formation, and the phalanx of musketeers was almost thirty paces away.

"Straight, rush me, rush them—" The cavalry officer's loud command was interrupted by a hurried clam.

"Bang-" "Bang-" The first row of firecrackers finished putting one of the guns, and then stood in place, not bothering to clean up the scum, and took out the gun from his waist and 'inserted' it into the gun.

The fiery guns roared away, and immediately knocked over several people on their backs. The second row of firecrackers stepped forward quickly from the gap in the first row, set up the firecrackers, "Haircrackers-", and under the officer's hurried command, blew up the fire fold and ignited the fire 'powder' primer. "Damn it, rush over and kill them all!" The cavalry on the opposite side also reacted, scolded loudly, and desperately controlled the war horse to rush towards the firecrackers, and almost at the moment when the second row of firecrackers fired, the iron flow of the cavalry and the firecracker camp collided together. "Bang bang bang", "bang bang", "kill", all kinds of sounds are 'intertwined' and mixed together, blood and 'flesh' splash, the second row of guns has not had time to get on the guns, they were overturned to the ground by the war horses, that is, the first row of guns that have just been put on the guns, some of them are almost stupid, and some of them desperately stab the guns at the opponent's horses. Under the loud urging of the officer, the third platoon, the fourth platoon, and the rear of the musketeers continued to rush forward, merging into the front row of the gunners' horizontal line, compared with the front row when the guns were fired, the density of the guns in front of the firearms battalion formation increased almost three times, and a cold light flashed from a distance.

"This is really ......" Yu Yutong felt his heart jump out of his throat.

Like the other scribes, he followed behind the firecrackers with his sword in hand, and although he had not yet directly confronted the enemy horsemen, he was already shocked by the scene before him. The front was full of smoke, there was a choking smell of sulfur everywhere, blood splashed, and Yu Yutong's face was also splashed with a few drops of unknown things, which made him retch, he glanced at Deng Xianggong carefully, but found that Deng Su's demeanor was very calm, no different from when he signed the detention room in the Xiangfu. Suddenly, Yu Yutong felt ashamed, but he found that he couldn't do anything, except to force himself to calm down, he could only follow behind the Huoqi Battalion Brigade in vain. The two armies were connected, and the musketeers and the cavalry on the opposite side did not give in to each other, and soon they were mixed together. Both sides gritted their teeth and fought fiercely, the spears and the horizontal knives of the cavalry continued to rise and fall, bringing out blood splashes, and from time to time someone screamed and fell, Yu Yutong trampled to the corpse on the side of the road twice, and was almost slashed by the cavalry who rushed over once.

Soon, he had no emotion, and only remembered to save his 'life' on this 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' battlefield.