Since Bao Tang was killed, Ma Guangmeng turned his army to conquer Badong County, captured Sikong Xun and others, Gao Baorong who was cowering in Zigui City was more like a frightened bird, on the one hand, he ordered to mobilize the garrison troops of Gaoyang County and Xingshan County to return to Zigui, and on the other hand, he repeatedly complained to the king of Nanping. It was precisely because of Gao Baorong's amassed army that most of the county commanders, county lieutenants, and other officials of all sizes in the two counties ran away from the ground, and the protection of Gaoyang and Xingshan counties was in vain, and the ability to control the localities was greatly weakened, and the "Qizhai" resistance movement became more and more fierce, moving from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, affecting the entire three counties of Guizhou, and growing to as many as 3,000 or 4,000 people. After the arrival of Nanping's reinforcements, they suffered two losses from Ma Guangmeng, and had to retreat in Xingshan County, which was only two or three miles away from Ziguicheng, and they were horns of each other, and they were no longer able to crusade against Qizhai.

Soon came the news of the fall of Jiangling, the capture of the king of Nanping, and the surrender of Xiazhou, Gao Baorong was dumbfounded at that time, not knowing what to do. Li Jingwei, the general of the forbidden army, persuaded: "Shizi, now that Jingzhou and Xiazhou have been lost, it is difficult to compete with the Chu army with the strength of Guizhou, it is better to send an envoy to ask for help from the imperial court or Shu State, and maybe you can keep the country." ”

Sun Guangxian, the Guizhou judge on the side, reprimanded: "General Li's words are wrong, asking the court for help, the distant water does not quench the thirst of the near, and in recent years, the court has been at odds with the Khitan, and he is too busy to take care of himself, so he has no spare strength to help us." As for the Shu State, and the Chu State are the same raccoon dogs, not to mention whether they can repel the Chu army, even if they repel the Chu army, it is easy to ask God to send God. Now the king has also fallen into the hands of the Chu army, and because of the king's surrender letter, it is better to surrender, but it is not lost in the name of loyalty and filial piety. ”

Li Jingwei hurriedly said: "Shizi, can you not listen to him say this, the king has fallen, and the last general will ask the prince to be the great throne and order Nanping to resist the Chu army." ”

Gao Baorong didn't have time to express his position, but Sun Guangxian next to him said: "Shizi, now such a field, Ziguicheng and Xingshan County are not in danger, and this matter is not the most important... ”

Li Jingwei said angrily: "Sun Guangxian, what did you say? You, a traitor and traitor, barked so wildly in front of the prince, you, are you right about the prince of Nanping? ”

Sun Guangxian was about to speak without fear. Liu Fu, the commander of Guizhou, walked in quickly and said, "Shizi, outside... ”

Seeing Liu Fu's anxious expression, Gao Baorong was shocked, fell to his seat, and muttered: "But the Chu army has attacked the city?" Sun Guangxian and Li Jingwei, who were arguing next to him, also looked at Liu Fu together.

Looking at the three people in the room who were shocked or worried, looking at themselves together, Liu Fu hurriedly said: "That's not it, the Chu army is still stationed in Huangqing Town, west of Zigui, it's just... ”

Hearing that it was not the Chu army attacking the city, Sun Guangxian relieved his heart, and said dissatisfiedly: "Then what are you doing in a hurry?" ”

Liu Fu smiled bitterly and said, "This... This... It was like this, and many people gathered under the city gate, and they ... ”

Li Jingwei sneered smartly: "Could it be that they want to enter the city?" How can it be done, among those people, maybe there will be a Chu army mixed in it, hum, just let the sergeant shoot arrows to drive them away. ”

This Li Jingwei relied on himself to be a forbidden army, and he was arrogant, and he always looked down on Liu Fu and them, the generals who returned to the state, Liu Fu was dissatisfied, but he sighed and said: "It's not very easy to shoot." ”

Li Jingwei frowned, and snorted coldly: "What's not good to shoot, didn't you say that they were under the city?" Put on a hard bow. ”

Seeing that this person was unrelenting, Liu Fu scolded secretly in his heart, but he didn't speak, just peeked at Gao Baorong.

Sun Guangxian on the side said, "General Li, let General Liu finish his words." As he spoke, he looked at Liu Fu.

Liu Fu also nodded when he saw Gao Baorong, and said immediately.

Three days ago, the remnants of Qizhai in Guizhou suddenly played the banner of "Ma's Yuezhou First Regiment", and went north to conquer Gaoyang City, and then the whole army went south. Liu Fu and they naturally did not dare to go out of the city to encircle and suppress, but continued to ask Jiangling for help, and reminded Jiangling to pay attention to the actions of the Chu army. At that moment, Gao Baorong and they immediately closed the city gate, and completely shrank up, if it weren't for Li Jingwei and Liu Fu to complete this mutual horn, Gao Baorong couldn't wait to move the garrison of Xingshan County to Zi back. Even so, Gao Baorong still transferred the forbidden army with strong combat effectiveness to Zigui, and sent slightly worse Guizhou soldiers.

For the remaining two days, there was a lot of rumors in Guizhou City, anxiously waiting for the attack of the Chu army, but this wait only lasted two days, and Zigui City didn't even look at the figure of the Chu army. Gao Baorong, who was inexplicable in his heart, hurriedly sent people out of the city to investigate the situation, only to find out that after the Chu army went south, it was stationed in Huangqing Town, 50 miles west of Zigui, and there was no day to attack Zigui.

If you don't attack, it doesn't mean that Zigui will be safe, Gao Baorong has been gathering and discussing for days. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Chu army is nothing more than waiting for reinforcements if it does not attack, and if the reinforcements come, then only more than 10,000 people will return to the state, I am afraid it will be dangerous. But even if he guessed the intentions of the Chu army, Gao Baorong and the others still looked at each other, and took the initiative to send troops to attack, if there were fewer soldiers, they couldn't fight, and if there were more soldiers, Gao Baorong disagreed, he was worried that the Chu army would take the opportunity to attack Zigui; It's better not to fight, and if you keep it like this, you won't be able to hold it for too long, because there is not much grain in the state. Someone was sent out to find out the news, and seven or eight out of ten spies couldn't come back. Whether it is a battle or a surrender, after discussing it for so many days, there is no result.

Just today, a new situation suddenly appeared in the west of the city, a large number of people came over on the official road, and the soldiers defending the city were nervous for a while, and when they got closer, they found that they were actually ordinary people. The captain who defended the city ordered the sergeant to start shooting arrows to drive away. Before they could start shooting, the crowd suddenly began to speak.

"Son, the fifth prince of Chu has exempted us from the field tax for one year. This year, perhaps, the days will pass. ”

"Husband, don't worry. The fifth prince gave us the official registration of Guizhou, and we no longer have to worry about being bullied in the future. ”

"The fifth prince said, the king of Nanping has no way, he was forced to send troops, the culprit is the family of the king of Nanping, and it has nothing to do with you. Now Jingzhou and Xiazhou have been conquered by the prince. ”

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Guarding the west gate of the city were the Guizhou soldiers, and when they saw that the people below were their parents and brothers, the arrow could not be shot at that time. not only collected the bow and arrows, but also slowly began to recognize his relatives, and finally there was a cry in the city. Although this did not explicitly say anything about persuading him to surrender, of course the officers defending the city knew that this was not a way to go on like this, and it would shake the morale of the army, but if he forcibly ordered archery, the mutiny was estimated to happen immediately, and he had no choice but to report to Liu Fu, the commander of Guizhou.