"Hurry up, hurry up, let me in, let me in first,"

"Damn, you'd rather hurry up for me...... What, Lao Tzu doesn't care if you're in your twenties or thirty or seventy or eighty, anyway, it's the same now, hurry up and let me into the city,"

"Later, that kid, my mother is talking about you, you give Lao Tzu an honest attitude, if you squeeze it again, Lao Tzu will lock you out of the city gate alone,"

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Now it's past the ugly time, a round of sharp crescent moon in the sky, surrounded by stars, this time should be the quietest time, but now Yangzhou City, it is brightly lit, just like the scene of the New Year's celebration, especially at the east city gate and the south city gate, it is really bright and bright by the lights, and it is unusually noisy.

Since Wang Dezhao heard Zhang Fan's words that the threat was better than the order, he hurriedly ordered that the east and south gates should not be closed after dark, and also let the officials in the yamen also go to the two city gates and guard there with the guards guarding the city gates.

Those officials are not stupid, and now the army of the Japanese and Fusang is already making a fuss in the south of the Yangtze River, of course they know what the city gate is open for, but they don't understand why Wang Dezhao is the kind of person who would issue this kind of order, after all, in their eyes, Wang Dezhao, who is essentially honest to the extreme, has actually become a corrupt official because of his honor, this time Zhang Fan took down Liu Shan, a big greed, but did not move Wang Dezhao, this matter already made them feel very strange, And this time, Wang Dezhao issued this kind of order that he would never be able to make, which really made these officials a little confused.

But if you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out, since they eat the bowl of imperial grain, they naturally have to be obedient and carry out the order well, but these officials and defenders are also people, as long as they are people, they naturally have ideas in their hearts, and some people naturally support Wang Dezhao's approach, after all, it is the people who escaped, and Suzhou is indeed not too far from Yangzhou, and many of these officials and defenders in Yangzhou have family and friends in Suzhou.

But the so-called good is bad, some people think this is a good thing, some people don't think so, most of the people who hold this opinion are afraid that there are too many people in Suzhou who have escaped, but they are not afraid that Yangzhou City can not accommodate these people, but they are afraid that these people are too many, and it will take a long time to enter the city.

Originally, there were a lot of people who had this kind of thought in their hearts, but since the beginning of the time, after the first people from Suzhou escaped into the city, and more and more people came behind them, knowing that now, four hours have passed, and there is still an endless stream of people marching towards this side, and those officials and defenders who maintain order have gradually changed the original disagreement in their hearts, and they have begun to enthusiastically help, instead of the previous reason for moving because of orders.

The reason for this change is very simple, at the beginning, the first people to escape were some young adults with excellent foot strength, and there were no weak relatives at home, and the more they went to the back, the more old and weak women and children came over, and the people who came later also because they walked for such a long time, each of them was very tired, plus the crying of many children in the team, such a tragic situation gathered here, it is really impossible for people not to have a little idea in their hearts, so, Those who were still a little reluctant in their hearts before have now begun to enthusiastically maintain order, so that the people who have come over can enter the city as soon as possible, of course, because many of the officials here are five big and three rough men, so there is the kind of cursing at the beginning, but they also want these people to enter the city as soon as possible.

As for the people of Songjiang who escaped before, although they fled in a hurry, in fact, many of them did not see the faces of those Japanese robbers at all, but they knew that the Japanese invaded Songjiang City and fled with the surrounding neighbors, and this time, Suzhou City was attacked for two hours, and the people in the city also had a huge psychological burden because of these two hours, so that they had such a huge psychological burden, so that they would have the appearance they have now.

Standing on the city gate tower again, Zhang Fan looked at the people who continued to enter Yangzhou City under the city, and in addition to sighing with emotion, he was worried.

"My lord," untied the note tied to the paws of the carrier pigeon that had been flying, and handed it to Zhang Fan, Liang Chao said, "This is the flying pigeon from Xuzhou,"

As soon as Zhang Fan heard the word Xuzhou, he quickly took the note in Liang Chao's hand and opened it and looked at it, there was not much on it, Zhang Fan just glanced at it twice, but Wan Zhong on the side could see it, and Zhang Fan, who had read the note, was obviously relieved.

"My lord, what did you say above," Wan Zhong, who was anxious, hurriedly asked, although Wang Meng and Liang Chao on the side did not speak, they also looked at Zhang Fan with extremely eager expressions.

"This is sent by General Qi," Zhang Fan said, "He said that he has now received the letter sent by me, knowing the situation here, he said that he will lead the men and horses to rush over as soon as possible to rescue, but because a few days ago from Jizhou to Xuzhou, it is really tired and sleepy, and now, the soldiers under General Qi have recovered, but most of the horses are still too tired to walk, and I am afraid that they will not be able to leave for this side until Mao Shi at the earliest,"

"Mao Shi ......" Wan Zhong thought for a while and said, "Although Xuzhou and this Yangzhou belong to the same province, after all, they are located in the north and south, with a team of nearly 10,000 people under General Qi, if you go here, you will set off at the beginning of the day, and I am afraid that you will not be able to feel this place until noon the day after tomorrow at the earliest."

Wan Zhong said is actually wrong, he has advanced the time a lot, the ancient march only relied on foot strength and horses, although Qi Jiguang's subordinates have been transferred to Jizhou, in order to prevent Tartars, expanded to nearly 10,000 people, and almost all of them are cavalry, but this time from Xuzhou to Yangzhou will not go all out to urge the horses, after all, they may have just arrived here and are going to fight, if they consumed too much horsepower on the road before, and when the horses are tired here, how to fight.

"Is there any movement in Suzhou," Zhang Fan asked, since the fall of Suzhou City, Zhang Fan has sent a lot of spies to inquire about the situation there, and asked them to send two reports on the scene every hour, if there is any movement, they must come back immediately to report, he has received a copy before, saying that the Fusang army in Suzhou City is very disciplined, since entering the city, and has not slaughtered those who stayed in the city and did not escape, except to collect some baggage, This group of Fusang troops is not even too chaotic, even if they rest, they will not go to the empty houses on the side, but just rest on the ground, obviously, this group of people is ready to set off at any time, Zhang Fan was also nervous for a long time when he first heard the news, but most of the day has passed, and the news reported back is still exactly the same, and the people inside almost did not move, and gradually Zhang Fan's nervousness was put down, but he was still very concerned about the situation there.

"My lord, it hasn't been long since the last person came back," Liang Chao knew that Zhang Fan was nervous in his heart, so he reminded Zhang Fan that he was actually very nervous in his heart.

"Oh," Zhang Fan responded, he knew that he was a little too nervous, and wanted to put down his mind and say something light, but at this time, he couldn't say such things.

All of a sudden, there was silence on the city tower, no one spoke, and all that could be heard here was the noise of the people entering the city under the city tower.

"Hey, I said you kid, what do you see, don't hurry into the city," a servant's voice came, "You're blocking the people behind,"

This voice made Zhang Fan on the city tower involuntarily walk to the side and look down, only to see a person with a piece of cloth on his head was facing Zhang Fan with his face raised, and saw Zhang Fan looking at him from above, and quickly lowered his head, Zhang Fan didn't notice anything on it, and when he saw that it was no big deal, he turned around, and several other people on the city tower continued to talk.

"I just said you, why did I ask you for a long time, and I didn't even say anything, could it be that you are a dumb person," the voice of the official who spoke loudly just now sounded again, "On such a hot day, there is still a cloth on your head, is it because you dare not see people, or is it because you kid is a spy sent by those widows," the official actually didn't think so in his heart, but because the person in front of him didn't pay attention to him at all, and seemed to feel that his prestige was somewhat destroyed, so he said this, but he said this, The guards guarding the city next to him became nervous, their grips on the hilt of their swords tighter, and their eyes stared at the person in front of them more sharply.

Seeing that his words were so effective, the official was even more proud, and said to the man, "If you see it, don't hurry up and remove the cloth from your head, this is an extraordinary time, don't make yourself uncomfortable," and as he spoke, he reached out to pull down the cloth.

"My lord, my lord, don't do it," an old man who followed the man stopped the official and said, "This is my son, because he has had a strange disease since he was a child, and he has a lot of measles on his face, so he doesn't dare to show his true face, and I ask my lord to forgive me,"

"Yes, I'd like to take a look, hurry up and get it down," the official listened to the old man's words, and still wanted to watch.

The man didn't speak, but stretched out his left hand and slowly lifted the cloth around his face, and then lifted a kick, and a foul smell spread out, and the servant also saw that the exposed face was full of red pockmarks.

Seeing this scene, the guards who were like facing the enemy just now also relaxed their hands holding their swords.

"Okay, okay, it's fucking unlucky, let's go in," the official looked even more disgusted.

"Thank you, sir," the old man hurriedly thanked him, and the young man also wrapped the cloth on his head and went into the city with the old man.

It's just that in the chaos now, no one noticed that the person always wanted to look at Zhang Fan's back on the city tower, and the hands were clenched tighter and tighter.

"Strong man, I've already entered the city," the old man said to the young man behind him as soon as he entered the city, "Now you can let the little old man go,"

Half a day passed, and there was a crowd of people next to him, but the old man never heard any movement behind him, he really couldn't wait, and turned around, but there was still a figure behind him.

At this moment, the flooded city gate suddenly gave way, and a group of fast horses galloped into the city.

"My lord, it seems that things have changed in Suzhou," Wang Meng said to Zhang Fan when he saw the man on horseback enter the city.

Hearing this, Zhang Fan's brows furrowed even deeper,