Ma Hedong was able to hold his breath, but he also thought it was time to evacuate. The structure of the city defense battalion is quite complete, and the target of more than 100 people is too large, and if the trace of the line is exposed and bitten, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Almost, let's withdraw."

"What about Zhang Xuan's gang?"

Zhang Xuan has now become a heart disease for Ma Hedong, Chen Lan impulsively detained Zhang Xuan, forcing him to detain the entire Yu Hou team, Zhang Xuan is Li Mao's confidant, the members of the Yu Hou team are not Li Mao's hand-selected young people who are pinned on high hopes, he is tantamount to turning his face with Li Mao, why is he just imprisoned and not killed, this question Ma Hedong himself can't say, but it is certain that this has nothing to do with his personal friendship with Zhang Xuan.

Chen Lan once again urged Ma He's to make a final decision, he took a deep breath and said coldly:

"Ignite the fire."

Zhang Xuan and his Yuhou team are being locked up in the granary of Su Gui's house at the moment, and a fire can solve the problem.

Chen Lan was arranging for manpower to carry it out, and the soldier overlooked Li Mao to Zhuangkou, and Ma Hedong was shocked: "How many people did you bring?" The pawn replied, "Bring only one attendant." Ma Hedong frowned, and Chen Lan waved his hand: "Let him go!" If you don't listen, shoot him. Ma Hedong hurriedly stopped: "Absolutely not." He called Chen Lan aside and whispered: "The city defense camp was created by him, although Zhang Qi and Xia Chun are gone, there are still not a few cronies in the camp, hello and I am good when everyone doesn't turn their faces, once they turn their faces, who do they listen to, who can say accurately?" If we provoke a mutiny, we will be self-defeating. ”

Chen Lan also hesitated: "Others have arrived outside the village, what should we do?" ”

Ma and Dongdao: "This person will do some sideways, and listen to what he has to say." Then he said to his soldiers on the right and left, "Look at my eyes, and act with me, and you must not act rashly." ”

These words were not only said to the pro-soldiers, but also to Chen Lan, who snorted sullenly.

Li Mao strode in with a knife, his face was gloomy, Chen Lan followed behind Ma Hedong, beating a drum in his heart, and his momentum was three points timid. As soon as they met, Li Mao scolded the two of them with a slap on his face: "The city has become a mess, what kind of fame are you doing here, do you plan to get a vote and go back to be a bandit?" ”

Ma Hedong and Chen Lan hung their heads, and they didn't dare to take a mouthful, and the soldiers around them surrounded them when they saw that there was a lively scene to see, which made Ma Hedong and Chen Lan's personal soldiers very nervous, but they didn't dare to act rashly in this situation now. In less than ten days, the control of Gushan Town has changed hands several times, but the soldiers stationed in the camp do not know, and the military orders issued in the name of preventing thieves when they move outside the camp and even enter Sujiazhuang, except for a few henchmen and cronies, most of the soldiers do not know the details.

In their eyes, Li Mao is still the envoy of the city bureau, the top boss of their boss, the most strict rank in the army, it is natural for the boss to reprimand his subordinates in public, and it is absolutely taboo for his subordinates to bump into their bosses in front of the soldiers.

Waiting for Li Mao's anger to subside a little, Ma Hedong hurriedly gave a military salute, signaling Li Mao to take a step to speak, Li Mao moved to the watchtower, Ma Hedong said: "General Chen and a certain are both recommended by Shang He, he rebelled and rebelled, and was killed, although the two of us did not participate, but it is difficult to argue, and now I can't think of banditry." Ma Hedong's words were very moving, and the cronies around him lowered their heads silently when they heard the words. They are different from ordinary soldiers, they know a little bit of news in the city, and Shang Helai, who recommended Mahe and Chen Lan, became rebels overnight, and their reputations were shattered, and everyone felt that their future was bleak.

Li Mao peeked through everyone's thoughts, and said earnestly: "If the bandit is good, there will be no Qing Navy, and if you are used to eating military pay and then go back to be a thief, can you still get used to it?" "Being a thief seems to be chic, but it is to pin your head to the belt of your pants all day long to beg for a living, the hard work of those who have not been a thief can not be experienced after all, the city defense battalion soldiers are mostly the old and weak eliminated in the Qing Navy, most of them have had the experience of being a thief, and have experienced the sadness of being a thief, listening to Li Mao's words, everyone is silent.

Chen Lan suddenly resisted and said: "What if we are not thieves, we can't wash it even if we jump into the Yellow River now, and there is no way out." ”

Li Mao said: "If I remember correctly, back then, the two of them became their own family, doing businessless business in Mizhou, and they defected to the Qing Navy because of the general's prestige, and they had nothing to do with Shang Helaiben, what you are worried about is nothing more than that he recommended you to General Yu." If I say so, I am also his comrade, I am the envoy of the city bureau, he also has the merit of recommendation, when I was the envoy, he was a general, it was he who recommended to General Yu that I was diligent and capable, and General Yu appointed me as the envoy of the military material of the camp. If all the people he has recommended are to be implicated, then am I also implicated? ”

At this statement, everyone grinned. Chen Lan said: "You are different from us, you killed his head with your own hands, and since then you have been cut in two, who can tell the two of us clearly?" Li Mao said: "You can't trust me, can you trust him?" He handed the letter to the two of them, and the letter promised that as long as the two were willing to lead the army back to the city, he would guarantee his life and his life, and he would not be to blame for the mistakes of the two. ”

When the people heard this, they were overjoyed, and Ma He said, "The lives of my brothers are in the hands of the city envoys, and they obey the orders." "As early as when he was a pirate, Chen Lan was the first to look forward to Ma and Dongma, and Ma and Dong were finalized, and Chen Lan had nothing to say.

Ma Hedong personally went to the grain depot to release Zhang Xuan, apologized in person, Zhang Xuan's people were angry, and they were indignant at the moment, so they gave up under Li Mao's persuasion. Li Mao immediately gathered all the generals of the city defense battalion and admonished in public: "This time I entered the city to seek a way to live and live, and I hereby declare three commandments: do not kill innocents indiscriminately, do not rob the people, do not **** women and children, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" After that, he took the saber and paid it to Zhang Xuan, and said: "Yu Hou enforces the law, you can cut it first and report it later." ”

In the lonely mountain city, many quick pawns have filled their bags with looted things and are ready to evacuate, and more people are in the finishing stage, the Qing navy is composed of more than a dozen pirates, estrangement and disagreement are inevitable, there was no big problem in the town of Hualong before, after Yu Hualong and Yin Mu went, Zhao Hede's prestige was not enough to suppress the overall situation, the Qing navy that seemed to be monolithic had already been divided, and when Zhao Hede died, the Zhao family collapsed, and the soldiers' hearts not only had the concept of the Qing navy long gone, but even the concept of the Tang Guanjian, Now they are thieves, bandits who regard the discipline of the country and the French army as dung.

They were in groups of three or five, in groups of seven or eight, showing off their might in front of the people, but when facing the city defense battalion with strict military discipline and bent on finding a way out for the rest of their lives, they were vulnerable.

Ma Hedong was ordered to enter from the north gate, Chen Lan from the east gate, Li Mao led Zhang Xuan and Qingmo to kill from the south gate and led the crowd to kill from the south gate, and the three people and horses killed the whole city, and met at the intersection of the streets, and the soldiers were divided into two roads, Chen Lan killed to the north, Ma Hedong killed to the south, Qingmo killed to the east, and killed again in an instant.

Li Mao was well aware of the truth of leaving one side of the gate on three sides of the siege, and allowed those stragglers who gave up resistance and voluntarily withdrew, and allowed them to leave on their own without hindrance, and even for those who were disobedient, the city defense battalion mainly dispersed, neither drove them all away, but even let them take away the looted property, and only a few stubborn resistors gave a devastating blow.

This may seem cowardly and unreasonable, but it is the best way at the moment, to stabilize the situation in the city as soon as possible, and to relieve the suffering of the people is more urgent than to liquidate the soldiers who are in rebellion.