Li Chengdong showed his white teeth, and said with a smile: "You guy knows a lot, I am Li Chengdong, the general soldier of Wusong in the Qing Dynasty, let's talk about the situation in your Guangzhou city!" ”

Hearing that these people on the other side were the legendary Manchu Qing Tartars who ate human flesh, the merchant was so frightened that his upper and lower teeth chattered, and his lower body flowed out of uncontrollably fishy liquid.

Li Chengdong was frightened when he saw this guy, and couldn't help scolding: "You guy, hurry up, if you don't say it, I'll kill you!" ”

"Yes, yes! Excuse me, I must know what to say, that is, please let the villain live! ”

Li Chengdong nodded and asked, "Is there any army in Guangzhou City?" ”

This matter is really asked to the right person, this merchant walks the streets and alleys, and the government offices, warehouses, and garrisons in Guangzhou are very familiar with it.

"Master, there were originally 10,000 new troops of the King of Chu in the city of Guangzhou, but after the King of Chu ascended the throne, they were all transferred, I don't know where to go, and now it is the military households of the original guard who are guarding the city!"

Li Chengdong was overjoyed to hear that there was no new army in the city, as long as he could sneak into the city to capture the king of Chu, Guangdong would be pacified, and when the time came, he would be able to make a governor of Liangguang with outstanding military achievements.

"Let me ask you again, where is the Chu Palace?"

"Just in the north city, enter from the small north gate on the edge of Baiyun Mountain, walk more than two miles along the north gate street, and you can see the newly repaired Chu Wangfu, but now it is called the palace."

Li Chengdong didn't take the emperor to heart at all, there were only two emperors he caught himself, King Lu and Emperor Shao Wu, if there is no accident, this King of Chu will be the third.

Seeing that this merchant was useless, Li Chengdong said: "This little brother, originally Ben Shuai promised to give you a way to live, but tonight Ben Shuai wants to do a big ticket, so you can't be left!" ”

When the merchant heard Li Chengdong say this, he was shocked and just asked Li Chengdong to spare his life. A Qing soldier behind him drew his waist knife and stabbed him, killing him.

"Carry him out, give the order, rest for an hour now, let's go into the city tonight, catch the queen of Chu and give everyone a ten-day vacation, do whatever you want!"

Li Chengdong's gang of killers heard the big marshal say this, and they applauded one by one.

After finishing the incident, Li Chengdong lay down in his clothes in the ancestral hall, squinting for a while, the car and horses were tired for more than ten days, and his body really couldn't stand it.

When it was almost time to be a child, the soldiers told Li Chengdong to wake up. "Dashuai, it's time, it's time to go!"

"Good! Let's go into town! ”

Out of the ancestral hall, Li Chengdong saw that his 2,000 men and horses had been prepared, the horses' hooves were wrapped in straw cloth, and the horses and people were holding things in their mouths to prevent making noise.

Li Chengdong called the captain of his own soldiers and said, "Liu San, you take a hundred people to go first, and you must find a way to open the city gate." After success, you choose the women in the city first! ”

"Yes! Don't worry! ”

After giving the order, Li Chengdong rode on his horse and led the team towards the city of Guangzhou, which was ten miles away.

Mude Town was only ten miles away from Guangzhou, and Li Chengdong's horse team quickly rushed to the city of Guangzhou. At this hour, the city of Guangzhou had fallen into a deep sleep, and there were only a few lamps lit at the yamen in the city. There was a lantern pole every five hundred meters on the city wall, on which were hung with dead wind lanterns, and several soldiers patrolling the city below.

Although the north of the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, Guangzhou has not been affected here, that is, the displaced people go south every year in the spring, and the citizens of Guangzhou can know some news of the war from their mouths.

Li Chengdong chose the north gate of Guangzhou City, because the north city is a place where dignitaries live, the north gate is far less prosperous than the south city. There are not as many shacks under the city walls as in the southern city, is it very simple, how can there be beggars and homeless people in the places where high-ranking officials and nobles live? What should I do if the smell smokes His Majesty the Emperor? It seems that the image project has been around since ancient times.

Liu San, the captain of Li Chengdong's personal soldiers, dismounted from a distance with a hundred people, came to a low place on the city wall, and looked at the soldiers who were not patrolling above, and there were only a few shacks under the city wall.

Liu San patted a pro-soldier on the back, gestured to him a few times, and pointed to those homeless, meaning that he should take a few people to solve the homeless people in the shack of the city wall.

The soldier nodded, and walked gently with ten men, and soon there were a few low screams from inside the shack, probably successful.

Although the homeless people were gagged, the screams were still harsh in the quiet of the night. But all the soldiers on the city wall went to sleep, and none of them came out to see what was going on.

Liu San waited for a while to see that nothing happened, and then led the others to the city wall, took out the grappling hook and rope, and prepared to climb the city wall.

The north city wall of Guangzhou was first built in the Song Dynasty, destroyed in the war in the Yuan Dynasty, and later Zhu Yuanzhang won the world and built it again. But this is only this time, how can the emperors have the time to invest money in Guangzhou, which is far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains. After more than 200 years of use, the city wall of Guangzhou has been seriously damaged, and some places have leaked out of the rammed earth inside.

Liu San and the others easily climbed up with the help of ropes and grappling hooks, and looked around to see that there was no one around, the nearest lantern was still a hundred meters away, and this area was now completely dark.

When everyone came up, Liu San led people over the city wall and entered the urban area of Guangzhou.

The urban area is very different from the outside, the people who live here in Beicheng are all eunuchs, and the roads are paved with bluestone slabs, plus Zhu Hongsan cares about hygiene very much, so the Beicheng side is very tidy, and there is no mess in other cities in the Ming Dynasty at all. Because of this, there are not as many idle people here in Beicheng as in other urban areas, and it is very quiet. But at the same time, the inspection department here in Beicheng is still very responsible, and a team of officers and soldiers of the inspection department pass by here every half an hour.

Liu San led the people along the city wall to the north gate, and Li Chengdong and the others were waiting outside. Just when Liu San came fifty meters away from Beibianmen, a team of inspectors suddenly came out of a small alley and ran into Liu San and them.

Both teams were stunned for a while, but Liu San's side was a rogue who had accumulated years of experience, and his reaction speed was very fast. Liu San shot the head chome with a backhand bow and an arrow. When the officers and soldiers of the inspection department in the back saw that their heads were dead, they thought that they had encountered bandits, and hurriedly took out their swords and prepared for battle.

However, the lantern in the hand of the chome fell to the ground at this time, and the candle inside ignited the lantern paper cage, and the fire was bright within a distance of ten meters for a while.

Now the officers and soldiers of the inspection department can clearly see who is on the other side, all of them have bald heads, and a one-foot-long pigtail is combed behind their heads, which looks so funny. But in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Inspection Division, this is not funny, which means that the group of people opposite has a terrible name, the Manchu Eight Banners.

Although Guangzhou has been peaceful for a long time, the displaced people in the north have brought all kinds of bizarre news, all of which have one thing in common, that is, these Manchurians with pigtails are like a murderer, and one can kill a hundred Han Chinese.

And these inspection divisions can also say that they are official-faced figures, they know more than ordinary people, and they know that now Fujian has been occupied by the Manchus, but they didn't expect to be killed in Guangzhou so soon.

The next few inspectors saw that these people on the opposite side were the legendary Manchu Eight Banners who ate human flesh, and they screamed in fright, turned around one by one and ran, and a few were so frightened that their legs and stomachs turned and they couldn't move on the ground.

Liu San didn't see this kind of thing once or twice, in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and the Chaozhou Mansion that had just been taken, these officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty saw that they were also this virtue.

Liu San didn't have time to take care of these scared inspections, but now they have been discovered, and they can only attack.

"Brothers, take down the city gate, come in, let's kill people and set fires, and have fun!" After speaking, he led people to rush to the north gate.

At this time, the few fleeing inspectors had already reacted, and shouted loudly as they ran: "Come on, Tartars have entered the city!" The Tartars are in town! ”

There are ten soldiers guarding the gate here at the Beibian Gate, and the leader is a small banner belonging to Guangzhou Wei, who is resting in the Tibetan soldier cave on the edge of the city gate at this time, and when he heard the chaos outside, he hurried out to see what the situation was.

As soon as the little flag came out, before he could ask what was going on, an eagle arrow shot him in the neck. Only then did the soldiers guarding the gate realize that a group of fierce soldiers rushed out of the dark shadows of the city wall.

In the stunned kung fu of the soldiers guarding the gate, they had already rushed in front of them, and they were hacked to death in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the occupation of the city gate, Liu San took a deep breath and shouted: "Ten people, open the city gate, and the others set fire everywhere and shout that the Tartars are coming!" "Liu San himself is Han, and Li Chengdong didn't bring any Manchurians this time, so it's okay to shout like this.

Liu San's soldiers began to act separately, and ten people came to the city gate, lifted the bolt of the door, and let Li Chengdong outside the gate enter the city.

Li Chengdong outside the door had been waiting for half an hour, in order to be afraid that the soldiers on the city wall would find out, Li Chengdong led people to ambush a hundred meters away, and when he saw the north gate slowly open, he was overjoyed, Liu San was successful.

Now there is no need to hide at this time, Li Chengdong shouted loudly: "Sons, enter the city!" After entering, a bunch of people set fire, and the others attacked the Chu Wangfu with me and captured Zhu Hongsan alive! ”

His soldiers screamed, got on their horses, and rushed into the city.

At this time, the few inspectors who escaped in advance had fled back to the Beicheng Inspection Division, and it was Zhang San, the Beicheng Inspector, who was keeping vigil tonight. Zhang San was originally from Wuchang, Huguang, and was a fellow villager with Li Fugui. When Li Fugui was a catcher in Wuchang County, Zhang San worked as a white armor under him, and in the words of later generations, he was a temporary worker who did not receive a salary.

But Zhang San's fate was good, and when Zhu Hongsan escaped, he came to Guangzhou with Li Fugui. When he arrived in Guangzhou, Zhang San was also the old department of the King of Chu, and Li Fugui became the general judge of the Guangzhou Prefecture, so he also had to bring his own people, so he got Zhang San a Beicheng inspection. Although the Beicheng inspection is only from the ninth grade, the official who is not serious is the root, but it is the root of the imperial city, so Zhang San is very concerned about this job.