life-and-death struggle,

Gou Zhong received Dong Xuanxu's invitation and decided to take a risk to arrest Ruoyao, but he would die anyway, so it was better to fight.

At night, people all the way into Chang'an to find He Zhongsheng, who was still in Wenrou Township, and went straight to the county government to dignitaries.

Gou Zhong brought a thousand soldiers to the Runan County Government, and these 1,000 people were not good, because they were more or less involved in these businesses of the county government, and some even directly participated in these businesses, and their interests were deeply entangled.

Gou Zhong alone opened eight casinos in the entire Runan County, one Qinglou, one iron-making factory, and sent troops to protect these industries all year round, which was no less brilliant than the three princes and nine kings of the imperial court.

Now, these interests have been disrupted, and some sergeants not only have lost all their money, but even the money they have earned has to be burned, and they are indignant under the instigation of the main general Gou Zhong to seek an explanation from Taishou.

Early the next morning,

The air in the Taishou Mansion seemed to be frozen, all the soldiers were in iron armor and ready for battle, and the soldiers guarding the city had reported three times that Gou Zhong had led people to the south gate, and they were clamoring for the Taishou to hand over the woman who pretended to be the imperial court.

Ruoyao originally wanted to set up a Hongmen banquet to take down the main general Gou Zhong effortlessly, but he didn't expect Gou Zhong to jump over the wall in a hurry, and this time the battle to lure the enemy and capture it was a complete failure, this is to contain the Guannei army of the vassal state, speechless!

Fortunately, Liu Che can now suppress the vassal states, otherwise, these armies would be absorbed by the princes and kings in minutes.

The total number of defenders in Dong Xuanxu's hands was only more than 2,000 people, of which the city defenders were only 800 people, while Gou Zhong's garrison had nearly 10,000 people, and there were more than 1,000 soldiers under the city.

"Wang Cong, when will the rest of the soldiers and horses arrive?" Dong Xuanxu is as steady as an old dog.

Wang Cong was the general of Runan County, and the local armed forces in Runan were under his control.

Wang Cong arched his hand and stepped forward and said: "Go back to Taishou, even if you rush to the war, we will ...... it."

"What? You mean, we still have room to maneuver? Gou Zhong has jumped over the wall in a hurry, and now he is either dead or I am dead. Dong Xuanxu got up firmly and said: "If these soldiers don't rectify it, once the Xiongnu go south, if the vassal states have two hearts, these armies that can only do business will sooner or later turn against them, and at that time, the Han will be worried about internal and external troubles." ”

Since you want to see each other, let's do something real, Ruoyao took a deep breath, pulled out the eight clothes and stared for a while, since the matter has happened, then don't think about it again, killing decisiveness is the king: "Wang Cong, gather everyone at the south gate, since you want to fight, then fight, this girl is trying to practice her hands." ”

"Ke Zhong has more than 10,000 people." Wang Cong was very worried that once something big happened, it would be terrible for this group of people to rush into the city.

Ruoyao smiled faintly and put the eight suits into the scabbard: "Look, this is Your Majesty's Son of Heaven Sword, called Bafu, these sergeants are not stupid, compared with their lives and interests, which one will you choose?" Hmph, 10,000, it's already good to die for it, you have to believe that Gou Zhongyi is not a prince and a king, and he is not a capable person. ”

"No!" Wang Cong immediately replied and turned around and walked out.

……

In the south of Runan County, the sergeants of the Chaozhi Defense Battalion confronted Wang Cong's defenders.

"Ma Dan, I want to invite you into the urn to catch Lao Tzu, but there is no door." Gou Zhong waved his knife and pointed at Ruoyao and Dong Xuanxu on the city tower: "Dong Taishou, this woman is pretending to be a messenger of the imperial court, have you ever seen a woman in the imperial court ask about politics?" ”

After Gou Zhong finished speaking, he looked at Liao Yuanqing on the side, and Liao shouted at the top of his voice: "Yes, Dong Taishou, don't be blinded by this woman, hand it over immediately, let our brother go, we are not to blame for the past." ”

Facing Gou Zhong's dying struggle, Dong Xuanxu stepped forward and shouted: "Gou Zhong, don't do useless struggles, this official has arrested all your businessmen in Runan last night, the soldiers don't think about war, they think about doing business and making money all day long, you are ashamed of the court, ashamed of Your Majesty's trust, and now you dare to raise troops to rebel, aren't you afraid of destroying the Nine Clans?" ”

Gou Zhong was a little anxious after hearing this, He Zhongsheng was not there, I am afraid it will be a little difficult for these soldiers behind him to rebel with him, after all, he is a third-grade general who also spent money to get it, and the princes and kings still dare not rebel, let alone him.

The two sides had been confronting each other for a long time, and Wang Cong hurriedly ran to report: "My lord, it's not good, there are more and more sergeants coming over to the direct defense battalion, and now it is estimated that there are 2,000 people." ”

Ruoyao soothed after hearing this: "Don't panic, these people were all instigated by Gou Zhong, they don't know the truth, they all feel that Lord Taishou you moved their cheese, and it was you who made profits with them, when they learned that it was His Majesty who was fighting with them, who do you think would follow him to rebel at the risk of exterminating the clan and cutting off his head?" ”

After Ruoyao finished speaking, he stood on the commanding heights of the city tower, and here he had an unobstructed view of the front of the city defense: "Soldiers, General Gou said that this girl is a fake Qincha, so please take a look at what this is?" Ruoyao pulled out her eight clothes and pointed to the sky.

The murderous aura of the eight suits is compelling, and the sword blade is particularly dazzling under the morning light, and the momentum of Changhong is pierced.

Suddenly, the defenders of the city and the Taishou Dong Xuanxu knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live...... ”

The kneeling of the city defense army and the murderous aura of the sword of the Son of Heaven shocked the soldiers of the Chaozhi camp.

Ruoyao said that the iron was hot, and then he couldn't talk about the border and the Xiongnu to this group of people, but he had to talk about something real: "Gou Zhong, as an official of the imperial court and a general of the three grades, bears the responsibility of maintaining peace on one side, in order to achieve personal goals, bends the law for personal gain, and does all kinds of evil, Your Majesty is furious when he hears it, and he specially orders the general to arrest him with the sword of the Son of Heaven, who dares to stop and destroy the nine clans!" ”

The city defense army shouted loudly again: "Kill, kill, kill!" ”

"Don't listen to her nonsense, he Dong Xuanxu just wants to monopolize all the business." Gou Zhong angrily pointed a knife at the Taishou on the city tower and said: "Dong Xuanxu, if you don't let go of our brother today and don't arrest this woman, don't blame General Ben for being ruthless." ”

Seeing that Gou Zhong continued to incite, Ruoyao jumped and flew down from the city tower, falling straight to the Chaozhi Defense Camp.

Seeing this, Wang Cong, the guard of the "bow ......", immediately ordered all the defenders to set up bows and arrows in case of accidents.

The moment Ruoyao landed, she raised her brows and roared loudly: "If you resist the order, you will be killed." ”

The Chaozhi army that surrounded him hesitated, for the sake of business, for money, if he lost his life, it would be worth the loss if he harmed his family, so he slowly retreated under Ruoyao's pressure.

"Listen, no matter what business you are involved in, you have to believe that Dong Taishou will give you a satisfactory answer, and don't rebel with Gou Zhong because of a small loss." Ruoyao emphasized again.

A sergeant trembled and looked back at Gou Zhong and said, "I, we don't want to rebel. ”

No matter how it is death, Gou Zhong's scalp is tight, and as soon as the knife in his hand is tight, he swings the knife and slashes at Ruoyao.

The battlefield of a thousand people has become a battlefield of two people, and the facts have also proved that the soldiers who can do business will settle accounts, if it is really entangled with Dong Taishou, they will take a firm stand and rush into the county government with Gou Zhong to get people, and after they are done, someone in the DPRK will stand up to deal with this matter, because they also did the matter of soldiers besieging Runan City a few years ago.

That was when Dong Xuanxu first joined the army, he was in the city to stumble on the direct army, as a result, Runan City was under martial law for three days by He Zhongsheng to arrest King Yan, Dong Xuanxu was placed under house arrest in the mansion and could not go anywhere, although in the end the court asked for the guilt, but He Zhongsheng found the Empress Dowager Dou, and Liu Che had no choice, so Dong Xuanxu had long been dissatisfied with the direct camp of the court.