"Why hasn't there been any movement for so long?" Li Xiucheng, who was still waiting outside the city gate, faintly felt that something was wrong.

As time passed, there was no movement in the city. Li Xiucheng finally realized: "Brother Yang has an accident. Everyone was stunned, they had always been smooth sailing with Yang Xiaoshan, they had never encountered such a situation, and they were all blinded all of a sudden.

"Was Brother Yang arrested by the Qing soldiers?" Li Shixian couldn't hold it back, looked at Li Xiucheng and asked.

Li Xiucheng didn't know how to answer, and he was very reluctant to admit this fact.

"What's wrong with Big Brother? Why hasn't the gates been opened yet? Chen Yucheng couldn't bear it and rushed over from Elephant Mountain.

"Yucheng, don't get excited. Big brother may have had an accident. Li Xiucheng hurriedly comforted him, Chen Yucheng was too excited, Li Xiucheng was afraid that he would do something out of the ordinary.

"Something? No way! Don't talk nonsense, boy. Chen Yucheng's first reaction was not to believe it.

"I haven't moved for an hour, I'm afraid I'm caught by the Qing army." Li Xiucheng spoke very quietly, and his heart was also painful.

"Impossible! No, I want to save my big brother! Chen Yucheng glared angrily at the walls of Guilin, and was about to lead his troops to rush up.

"Yucheng, don't be impulsive, we are in a hurry, we don't bring siege weapons at all, how can we rush? You calm down. Li Xiucheng hurriedly stopped him.

"Don't stop me, whoever stops me, I will turn my face with whom!" Chen Yucheng was already angry, and he pulled out the saber with a brush.

"If you dare to use a knife against my brother, I will fight with you." Li Shixian also pulled out his saber, and the two confronted each other.

The scene was chaotic, and the soldiers under him didn't know what to do. "What's wrong? Is this going to be infighting? "Everyone was stunned.

"Brother Yucheng, dissipate the gas, dissipate the gas." Wei Jun hurriedly hugged Chen Yucheng, "Put away all the knives, put them all away." ”

Although Wei Jun is the youngest here, his status is actually the highest, he is the younger brother of Wei Changhui, the king of the north, and everyone has to give some face.

"Yucheng, I understand your feelings. I'm also very anxious about Brother Yang's accident, but we just have such a few people, and we don't have siege weapons, the walls of the provincial city are so high, and the moat is so wide, how can this battle be fought? It is not easy for the eldest brother to establish this team, and we can't lose the eldest brother's net worth on impulse. Li Xiucheng was still very calm, he didn't blame Chen Yucheng, he still tried hard to convince.

"Yes, Brother Yang handed over the team to Xiucheng before, and we have to trust Big Brother's judgment. Brother Yucheng, what do you say? Wei Jun hurriedly followed Ying Hedao.

"So what do you say you should do?" Chen Yucheng's anger was a little smoother, and he put the knife back, but his tone was still very impulsive.

"We write a ransom letter and send people to shoot into Guilin, and the price is whatever they want. If they are willing, that's the best, we can trade with them, even if it doesn't work, we can stabilize them, let them know the value of Brother Yang, and they won't kill them casually, at least we can save Brother Yang's life. On the other hand, we quickly asked the king of the east to move to Guilin and told him what was happening here, and when the king of the east came, he would definitely put great military pressure on them, and maybe they would hand them over. Li Xiucheng's mind was still very clear, and he quickly analyzed the situation.

When everyone heard this, they all nodded again and again, thinking it made sense.

Chen Yucheng's face also improved slightly, "It's up to you, I'll go and invite the East King." I'll leave it to you. After he finished speaking, he turned back, went to the team to lead a fast horse, and set off to Zhaoping that night to find Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, to move the rescuers.

Li Xiucheng hurriedly set up camp in Xiangshan, hurried to make cloud ladders and other siege weapons, and wrote a sincere letter of redemption overnight, with a very low attitude, for fear of causing the Qing army's displeasure. After writing it, he transcribed several more copies, and asked his men to shoot in from under different city gates, waiting for a response from the Qing army.

Governor Zou soon got Li Xiucheng's ransom letter, saying that it was impossible not to be tempted, and for him to be an official was nothing more than to ask for some money. If he had agreed to it normally, but now that Xiang Rong is here, although he hasn't gotten along for a few days, he knows that Xiang Rong is not a person from the same road, he is sincerely working for the imperial court, and he is bent on exterminating the bandits, and he will never make a deal with the bandits in private.

Governor Zou could only look at this fat sheep helplessly, although he was a governor, according to his official position is higher than the governor, but the city defense is now Xiang Rong's words, and his original soldiers are incomparable with the soldiers brought by Xiang Rong. I don't understand military affairs, and the three general soldiers brought by Xiang Rong don't listen to me at all.

At present, he is still pointing to Xiang Rong to defend the city, so Governor Zou pressed his heart to make a deal with the bandits, but he still arranged for the officials to serve Yang Xiaoshan with good food and drink. This person is too valuable, as long as he lives, maybe he will have a chance in the future. Li Xiucheng's letter still worked.

Not only Governor Zou, but Xiang Rong also took good care of Yang Xiaoshan. Yang Xiaoshan lives in a small single room in the prison of the provincial capital, and the others are a large room with twenty or thirty people. Since Xiang Rong suffered a loss in Cao Village, he paid special attention to the intelligence work of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. So he not only knew Yang Xiaoshan, but also knew that he was the prince of the East Wang, the Marquis of Tongtian, the seventh person in the Kingdom of Heaven and a series of contributions he had made. Without Li Xiucheng's letter, Xiang Rong knew the important value of Yang Xiaoshan.

Therefore, Xiang Rong will not let Yang Xiaoshan have any accidents, this person is too important to himself, if he can use it for himself, it will be a fatal blow to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The next day, Xiang Rong invited Yang Xiaoshan to his mansion and wanted to recruit him.

"Little brother, please be seated, please be seated." Xiang Rong's attitude was very good, not only untied him, but also gave Yang Xiaoshan a seat.

Yang Xiaoshan was untied, he felt that this was an opportunity, and glanced at the magnificent hall. More than a dozen guards around Xiang Rong were looking at him, he had no chance to do it at all, not to mention that Xiang Rong was not a helpless person, although he was old, the basic skills of the military camp were still there, and it was not so easy to win, so he could only dispel the intention of controlling Xiang Rong.

"Little Brother Yang, Ming people don't say secret words, I know your situation in your heavenly kingdom, old man. The old man is a happy person, so he won't go around in circles with the little brother, as long as Brother Yang is willing to serve the court, the old man can immediately give you the position of chief soldier. If you can persuade your father-in-law Yang Xiuqing to surrender, the reward will be even higher, and it will not be impossible for the old man to give you the position of admiral in the future. ”

If it is said that Yang Xiaoshan entered the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at the beginning to protect himself, but he has experienced so much with the Heavenly Kingdom, how can people be ruthless. He now has feelings for the Kingdom of Heaven, his wife, brothers, subordinates, and all the people he is familiar with are in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and emotionally he will definitely not betray the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

But now the situation is very clear, if he doesn't surrender, I'm afraid he will be executed by Ling Chi, Xiaoshan asked himself that he was just an ordinary person, and he was also afraid of death. If you didn't have a choice on the battlefield before, there was no way, but now that the other party has given you a chance to live, this is a choice, then how should you choose?