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An hour was not enough for the people of the Eastern Capital to flee cleanly, or even enough for many to make up their minds to flee, and those who moved a little slower, after encountering the rebels on the road, either fled into the alleys or knelt down to bow down as a sign of submission.

Ning Baoguan didn't have time to deal with the people in the city, so he assigned soldiers at the gate of the city, first to occupy the gates of the eastern capital, all of them were closed, and without his order, they were not allowed to open to anyone, even if the king of the world himself knocked on the door, and then guarded the palace, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, especially the soldiers of the righteous army, who could only guard the door, not enter the palace.

The palace is a place of ointment, and Ning Baoguan will never allow others to taste it before him.

Ning Baoguan's understanding of the eastern capital was limited to this, and he couldn't think of any other places that needed to be defended urgently, so he led the remaining soldiers to patrol the streets and order the people to go home, and they were forbidden to go out without an order.

Many of the people of the Eastern Capital have run away, and there are still many people left, and Ning Baoguan does not want to be entangled with groups of people on the street.

The eastern capital is too big, and as soon as Ning Baoguan ran out of a few streets, soldiers chased after him, "King Ning, go and take a look, there are officers and soldiers outside the city!" ”

Ning Baoguan assigned generals to continue to expel the people on the street, and he wanted to go to the city to watch the situation.

Xu Ji has been following Ning Baoguan, or being taken by him, at this time he said to the ordered general: "Just go home, don't use knives and guns, and immediately go to the city to support after no one is on the street." ”

No one knew that King Wu had annoyed Ning Baoguan, and the generals were still respectful to him and left as promised.

Ning Baoguan did not recognize the road, Xu Ji led the way, galloped to the north city, and climbed the building to look at the outside.

The rudimentary camp set up by the rebels has now been occupied by another group, and there are many torches, and there is no sign of siege for the time being.

Ning Bao cared a little wider, left his cronies and generals to guard the northern city, and patrolled along the city wall himself, rearranging the defenses everywhere, especially the city gate, which must be closed and guarded.

Found a lot of problems along the way, Ning Baoguan corrected them one by one, his composure also infected many people, the soldiers went from surprise to horror, and after seeing King Ning, they finally gradually stabilized.

Ning Baoguan always paid attention to the situation in Beicheng, and deployed more than half of his troops on that side, and someone would come to inform him of the situation at any time.

There were more and more torches outside the city, and a small group of people and horses rushed to the city to shout and question, it was indeed officers and soldiers, and the righteous army obeyed the order and did not answer a word.

Although riding a horse, it still took a long time to patrol the city, Ning Baoguan returned to the north city, and saw that there was still no attack outside the city, so he was greatly relieved, looked up to the sky and smiled, causing the surrounding soldiers to look sideways.

"The officers and soldiers are incompetent, the east is ours, and I promise you that as soon as the day dawns, the officers and soldiers will retreat."

Ning Baoguan said it categorically, and the hearts of the soldiers were a little more relaxed.

Ning Baoguan sat in the city tower due north, and ordered people to rebuild a batch of flags of the Descendant Army overnight, and at the same time transferred all the soldiers who could shoot arrows together, facing the main road to the north, so that they could shoot when they saw people, and they did not have to be polite.

Everything was arranged, the generals were guarding one piece, Ning Baoguan was not so calm, pacing back and forth, walking faster and faster, muttering in his mouth, suddenly stopped, and listened, "Why is it so quiet outside?" ”

Xu Ji walked to the window and looked at it for a while, "The officers and soldiers are hesitating. ”

"What are you hesitating about? Do you want to escape? ”

"It doesn't look like it, the torches are lined up in an orderly manner, and the officers and soldiers should be arranging the formation."

"Array? Are they going to attack the city? Ning Baoguan rushed to another window, stared for a long time, and muttered: "The officers and soldiers are well-equipped, if the city is besieged and attacked, our army will not be able to hold out for half an hour." ”

"The officers and soldiers saw that the camp outside was vast, and they did not know the reality of the city, so they did not dare to attack the city easily. King Ning did the right thing, and the banner of Dobu ......"

Ning Baoguan turned around suddenly, his face was full of anger, facing ordinary soldiers, he could show calm and confidence, but in the face of Xu Ji, he couldn't hide the anger in his heart, "If the officers and soldiers encounter the fleeing people, they can immediately understand the reality of our army." ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "I told Fei Yu that there are 30,000 rebels, and the people fled in panic, which will only exaggerate this number, and the officers and soldiers dare not attack." ”

Ning Baoguan sneered, "Who the hell are you busy with?" ”

Xu Ji arched his hand, "This was my plan to break the city, I was worried that King Ning would not allow it, so I didn't tell the truth earlier, please ...... King Ning"

Ning Baoguan walked in front of Xu Ji, "Bullshit's plan to break the city!" ”

Xu Ji did not back down, and replied: "Fei Yu will never surrender, I look at his appearance, there must be elite soldiers, so he openly declared that the righteous army was only on one side of the eastern capital, and ordered the soldiers to open the door and flee on their own, so that the righteous army had the opportunity to enter the city smoothly." Fortunately, didn't King Ning already stand on top of the city tower and look at the officers and soldiers? ”

"No, if this is your strategy, I have no reason to disagree, and as soon as the people of the Eastern Capital flee, I can enter the city, and I don't have to wait an hour. Your persuasion of me to be emperor is nothing more than a deliberate delay in time, so that I can ignore the abnormalities in the city. Hey, I still haven't been able to guard against your ghostly eyes. ”

"It's not uncommon to plant trees on the side of the road to protect you from the wind and cool from the wind, and one thing has two or more benefits. My strategy is the same, one is to let the people of the Eastern Capital open the city gate by themselves, and the other is to ask King Ning to break off at the opportunity and use the imperial technique to control the imperial capital in order to achieve a great cause. ”

"Your so-called imperial art is that you can't rob the people?"

"The art of the emperor is stored in the heart of the emperor, and it is not something that others can teach, King Ning thinks to himself, why are the people of Qinzhou opposed, and he will naturally understand how to deal with the eastern capital."

"Hey, it's because of the excesses of the Eastern Capital that the Qinzhou people were forced to rebel, and now they finally have a chance to take revenge......" Ning Baoguan thought for a while, "Leave you alive today, I will definitely regret it in the future." But I won't kill you, not because of the nonsense you said, but because the soldiers respect you, and killing you will arouse the suspicion of the Wu people. From now on, you should keep your head in check, keep your mouth shut, and don't say a word of nonsense. ”

"Yes, I have nothing to say, just guard King Ning."

Ning Baoguan turned out the window, looking at the torch, he was afraid for a while, and every time he was afraid to the extreme, he wanted to pull out his knife and cut down King Wu beside him, but the longer he waited, the weaker his murderous intent became.

The night wind gusted, the chill became deeper and deeper, Ning Baoguan finally calmed down completely, and said: "You kid has some ability, sooner or later I will need you to speak again." ”

"I'm here, King Ning can command at any time."

"I heard that Liu Youzhong once gave you a face, saying how you shut up and open your mouth, is it true?"

"That was when I was a child, Liu Youzhong finally gave the generals all the sons, just joking, in order to please the general."

"A joke can be said so accurately, Liu Youyou is really a living immortal in the end." Ning Baoguan sighed, it was a pity that Liu You refused to use it for himself, and when he divided the army, he did not hesitate to go to join the King of Jin.

"Officers and soldiers are going to attack the city." Ning hugged his body and stared at the window.

A field of torches was slowly moving towards the city gates.

Ning Baoguan immediately went downstairs and arranged for the nearby soldiers to prepare, especially sixty or seventy archers, who had to shoot a thousand people.

"Wait for my order, don't shoot indiscriminately!" Ning Baoguan ordered, after learning the salvo of officers and soldiers, he knew how important it was to release arrows at the same time.

Just a stone's throw away from the city gate, the torches stopped, and only one continued to move forward, Ning hugged the pass and said: "Put down the bow and arrow first, the officers and soldiers are going to negotiate." ”

Sure enough, only one person rode to the wall, raised his head and said in a loud voice: "The general respectfully asks the righteous army, can the seventeenth son of the Lou family be in the city?" ”

Ning Baoguan called an officer and whispered to him, and the officer replied loudly to the city: "He is not the seventeenth son of the Lou family now, he has changed his surname to Xu, he is the ruling king of Wu and the governor of the capital, leading an army of 100,000 and just capturing the eastern capital. Go back and tell the general that if you have the ability, you will come to attack the city with real swords and guns, and Hugh will talk about the relationship between father and son. ”

The people under the city said: "The general is not here to talk about the relationship between father and son, but only asks King Wu to remember the grace of eighteen years of nurturing, enlarge the general's family out of the city, and the officers and soldiers will retreat immediately." ”

The officer didn't know how to answer, Xu Ji whispered a few words, and the officer said to the city again: "Lou Gang has fled with his family, not only the Lou family, but the Lan family and the Liang family have already fled with the emperor." ”

The people under the city turned around and left, and soon returned, "The general greeted King Wu, and he said that with King Wu here, the eastern capital will be safe." The officers and soldiers will leave before dawn, and the general asks King Wu to take care of the old man a little, so as not to cause harm to the innocent because of the father and son's rebellion. The general also said that the son does not recognize the father, and the father cannot disown the son, and the blood is connected, and it is not a surname that can be changed. Say goodbye today, and maybe there will be a time when father and son will recognize each other in the future. ”

The people of the city waited for a while, and when they saw that there was no answer from the city, they turned around and left again, and joined the torches behind them, and returned to the camp together.

The soldiers of the rebel army in the city peeked at King Wu.

Xu Ji hugged Ning and said: "Please prepare King Ning early, before dawn, the general will definitely attack the city." ”

Ning Baoguan laughed loudly: "Lou Wen did this trick, did you think I would be fooled?" If King Wu has two hearts, why wait until today? When Lou Wen is in person, he can go to the past. ”

The soldiers nodded one after another, relieved of their suspicions about King Wu.

Ning Baoguan said to Xu Ji: "The general can't do this, I'm still a little worried, it's okay now." I'm not familiar with this place, so you can take someone down and watch the streets, and collect something useful for me. ”

"Yes." Xu Ji gave up his hand to receive the order, and did not pick someone himself, but waited for Ning Baoguan to appoint.

Ning Baoguan sent 50 soldiers of Wu Yue to patrol the city on horseback with King Wu.

Xu Ji has grown up in the Eastern Capital for 18 years, and he can't say that he knows every street and alley, at least he knows the main road and some important places.

The arsenal of the eastern capital was built on the edge of the imperial city, and the gatekeeper was not there, so he couldn't open it for a while, so Xu Ji looked for equipment in several military camps in the city, and sent guns, fork rakes, stones, rolling logs and other things to the city one after another.

Soon after dawn, the shouts outside the city shook the sky, and the officers and soldiers launched an attack, but they made a mistake in judgment, and really thought that there were tens of thousands of righteous troops in the eastern capital, so they did not besiege it comprehensively, but concentrated their forces to attack the northern city.

Xu Ji did not go to the city, and continued to patrol along the main road, in case someone in the city gathered to make trouble, especially Fei Xun, in case he did not leave and remained in the city, it would be a big trouble.

There were not many people with Xu Ji, but the sound of horses' hooves was constant, which was quite deterrent, and no one dared to come out to check along the way.

The sky was slightly bright, the shouts outside the city weakened, and a horse chased after him, and the knight shouted excitedly: "The king of Jin has arrived, the officers and soldiers have retreated, and the king of Ning has asked the king of Wu to go to the city immediately!" ”

Everyone cheered, Xu Ji smiled, but his eyes were attracted by something nearby.

It was a red lantern hanging in front of a family's house, and it was not lit at night, so it could only be seen at this time.

Xu Ji looked from afar and found that many homes were hung with lanterns, and he said to the rebel soldiers beside him: "It's almost the New Year." ”

"Yes, it's the New Year, it's a good year!" The soldiers were elated.

For the people of Dongdu, this year has not been easy.

Xu Ji suddenly felt for the first time that the eastern capital had changed hands, he walked on the street, as if walking in his own courtyard, no longer had to bow his head to avoid the eyes of others, and the doors of the houses on both sides were no longer obstacles, he could enter if he wanted, and he would kill all the people he wanted......

Dongdu has become a piece of fat surrounded by wolves, and the question is only who can bite first and who can bite the biggest piece.

(End of volume)