Wang Ran was in the grass next to the trail outside the city gate, and quietly raised his eyes to watch the movement in front of the city gate.

Yesterday, after Wang Xiaobo and those Ding Zhuang neighbors agreed to revolt, everyone was full of fighting spirit, and they wanted to enter the city at that time, Wang Xiaobo was afraid that things would be in a hurry, and he was afraid that he would not be able to succeed in attacking the city rashly, even if he was lucky enough to capture the county government, he was afraid that it would be a tragic victory, so he hurriedly appeased everyone's emotions, saying that for everyone's life, it was necessary to think about it in the long run. Then he arranged for more than a dozen volunteers to be led by Wang Yuyi to enter the city and lurk during the day, and agreed that at three o'clock in the evening, Wang Xiaobo himself and Li Shun would lead people to attack the gate, and the ambush soldiers in the city should be combined with the outside, and after capturing the city gate, they would go to the county prison to save people, and then go to the county government to correct the dog official.

"What's going on?" Li Shun, who had just crawled over, said to Wang Ran.

"It's been a while since the second watch. There should be more than a dozen guards behind the door, and there are only four guards on the city tower, but they have just changed shifts, and they are all in good spirits at this time, afraid that they will not be easy to deal with. Wang Ran returned softly, and then asked Li Shun: "What about over there?" ”

"Except for Li Jun and Zhang Quanyi, who were left by us to take care of those who didn't dare to make trouble, the other thirty-one people are ready to go." Li Shun returned.

Worried about the shortage of manpower, Wang Xiaobo scolded Wang Ran today to invite some people into Xichun Garden, and a few people heard that they were going to raise righteousness, and they were stunned and did not dare to make trouble. Wang Xiaobo didn't embarrass a few people, but just kept them under strict guard to prevent them from reporting the news, and promised to let them go home tomorrow regardless of whether it was successful or not.

"Brother Ren, why did you sacrifice your life to do this tooth extraction with us? My brother-in-law and I, as well as the neighboring farmers, were forced to rebel, and this matter has little to do with you, and if it is not too late for you to turn back, we will never blame you. Li Shun said with a complicated expression.

Wang Ran said lightly: "Brother Wang and Second Brother Li have taken care of me a lot, this time you suffered such a catastrophe, I naturally can't stand idly by." Secondly, the matter has come to this point, I will also tell the truth to Second Brother Li, I am from Hengqu Town, and Qi Yuanzhen, the commander of Yongkang County, is now the Xichuan Lubo Purchasing Envoy, who is my enemy, this matter is related to him, and I can't stay out of it, besides, I think he may also be in the city at this time. Back... From the moment Qi Yuanzhen led people to besiege and kill my family, there was no turning back. ”

Li Shun was stunned, then looked at Wang Ran and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go in together, kill that Qi Yuanzhen, and avenge your family." ”

Wang Ran nodded silently.

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"Boom! - Knock! Boom! The third watch of the child is safe and sound. The sound of the husband's banging came.

Wang Ran, Li Shun, and Wang Xiaobo, who were lying on the ground, glanced at each other, looked at the thirty-one rebels behind them with white cloths tied to their arms, and at the same time pulled up the white scarves tied around their necks to cover their faces, and then raised the sticks in their hands, "Kill." ”

Wang Yuyi in the city also led the righteous army to approach the city gate at this time, and the guards who were napping behind the gate were put down a few before they could react, and the rest of them made a move, but Wang Yuyi had already led people to open the city gate.

I saw Li Shunchong in the forefront, rushing into the door like a meteor, and the long stick in his hand was a slap, Wang Ran and other more than 20 volunteers followed behind him, and a few people turned around to run, but just took a few steps and were stopped by the righteous army led by Wang Yuyi in the city.

"Enemy situation!" The guards on the castle tower shouted loudly, and as soon as they spoke, they were frightened by the rushing arrows and feathers, and they crouched down and hid behind the female wall.

Wang Xiaobo selected ten farmers who were strong and often went into the mountains to hunt, found some bows, and organized a team of archers, and heard that Wang Ran said that the guards on the city tower were not easy to deal with, so he asked the archers to lie thirty steps outside the city gate, and as long as they saw the guards on the city tower move, they would release arrows. Although the bows and arrows were inferior and the level of the archers was uneven, the momentum of the bows and arrows was quite terrifying, and the guards on the castle tower did not dare to show their heads.

These guards were all the old, weak, sick and disabled left by the forbidden army, and in the past, they would only do some things to build cities, transport grain, and stand guard.

In addition, Wang Xiaobo arranged it properly, and the righteous army was in full swing, and the city gate was controlled with just a few snaps of a finger.

After the city gate was broken, a few people were left to take care of the captured city guards, and the remaining 20 or so people plus Wang Yuyi and others in the city, a total of 40 people continued to attack the county prison with great momentum. Li Shun, Wang Yuyi and others rushed forward with sticks, and Wang Xiaobo was supported by Wang Ran and followed quickly with archers. The people living on the side of the street were frightened when they heard the movement outside, hurriedly blew out the lights that were lit, and hid in the house with their children shivering. The streets were silent in the dark, and only the rustling footsteps of the rebels could be heard.

Qingcheng County is a small town, and Li Shun, Wang Xiaobo and others acted quite quickly, but they rushed to the county prison with a stick of incense. Li Shun stepped forward and kicked open the gate, and the rest of the rebels rushed in. The rebels crossed the front yard, and the jailers guarding the county jail saw the fierce and vicious appearance of Li Shun and others, and they were already so frightened that they abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and knelt to the side very consciously, raised their hands high, and kept shouting that we are willing to surrender. Li Shun and Wang Xiaobo looked at the family members in the prison who looked withered and dirty, and were distressed, and hurriedly asked the jailer to open the cell door and come forward to inquire. Fortunately, Shi Zanshan arrested Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's family members only to embezzle family property, and did not torture them, so the family members were not injured, but they were a little bumpy when they were arrested by the officials.

Wang Xiaobo pondered for a moment, then turned to the other prisoners in the prison who were scratching their heads and wondering: "We are righteous soldiers, and we are only doing this today because of the injustice of the government, and we are not given a way out. Don't be alarmed, you can continue to rest here, and tomorrow I will let you out. We are going to attack the government now, release food to the people, if there is oppression by the government and want to do something with us, I welcome it. ”

Except for a few who were arrested for causing trouble on the streets, most of the prisoners in the county government were peasant households who had clashed with the officials because of the government's forced taxes. Wang Xiaobo ordered the rebels to hand sticks to a few people, and white cloth for them to tie around their arms, and led everyone out of the county prison and to attack the county government not far away.

When he arrived at the county office, he saw more than a dozen officials on duty standing at the door with guns and sticks trembling, Wang Xiaobo stopped Li Shun, who was about to come forward to fight, took a deep breath, and shouted: "Only the county order will be punished, and those who surrender will not be killed." ”

The officials breathed a sigh of relief, glanced left and right, dropped the guns and sticks in their hands, knelt on the ground and said, "I will wait for the surrender." ”

Li Shun stepped forward and asked urgently, "What about Shi Zanshan?" ”

"Lord Stone... Phew, Shi Zanshan's dog official and another dog official from Chengdu Mansion just ordered us to stay at the county office and ran away by ourselves. A servant kneeling on the ground hurriedly said.

Wang Ran and Li Shun were so anxious that they hurriedly chased after the city gate with more than a dozen volunteers with good foot strength, and finally caught up with Shi Zanshan and the others when they were about to leave the city.

Wang Ran saw that he was surrounded by more than a dozen black-clothed soldiers, and the person who ran wildly with Shi Zanshan was Qi Yuanzhen, and he was stunned, gritted his teeth, and accelerated the pursuit. The black-clothed soldiers are very strong, far more difficult to deal with than those old and weak army and government soldiers, Wang Ran and others are invincible, only Li Shun can get started with them, but those who should be the elite soldiers in the army are very skillful in cooperation, three or four people besiege Li Shun together, and Li Shun is helpless for a while.

The black-clothed soldiers fought and retreated, escorting Shi Zanshan and Qi Yuanzhen to slowly retreat to the city gate, where someone had already prepared a fast horse and waited, Shi Zanshan and the others rolled on their horses and were about to flee outside the city. Wang Ran saw that the enemy really couldn't be slashed in front of him, and he was furious, and he was about to step forward and fight hard, Li Shun hurriedly stopped and said: "Brother Ren can't rush in, they have horses, and we can't catch up with them with our feet, but it is easy to be killed by them." ”

The two hurriedly went to the stables by the city gate to look for the horses, but the men were quite old and drove away all the extra horses. Wang Ran and Li Shun were helpless, sighed, and had to return to the county government to make plans.