When Ma Wannian rushed into the inner city, Jiang Li and Zhang Guangcai had already taken Zhang Guangcai's soldiers to fight with the Daxi Imperial Camp who stayed in the palace. The imperial camp is different from the ordinary Great Western Army, and the war camp run by Wang is also different, all of them are Zhang Xianzhong's old foundation, experienced in a hundred battles, outstanding combat power, although the number of people is not more than a thousand, but it can be compared with Zhang Guangcai's full 3,000 soldiers, guarding several places in the palace and vowing not to retreat.

Jiang Li stood behind with a black face holding an embroidered spring knife, looking at the tragic fight in front of him with a little depression, and his brows were deeply locked, more than an hour has passed since the Kuizhou army entered the city, and more than 3,000 people can't even take down the palace guarded by less than 1,000 people, which is really a little embarrassing. Listen to the movement outside, the noisy shouting and killing sound on the east and west sides is gradually calming down, obviously the progress in other directions is going very smoothly, but his side has the most people, but the progress is very slow, if you miss the big thing of Wang Zongbing, how can you explain it?

Zhang Guangcai had already been forced by him to personally go up with a knife to supervise the formation, Jiang Li was wondering if to put some pressure on him again, and Ma Wannian came.

Jiang Li recognized Ma Wannian, and saw him running in front of him with a team of white-robed soldiers from afar by the firelight, and understood that this square-faced young man was Wang Huan's confidant, so he hurriedly put on a smiling face and greeted him.

"Why haven't you attacked yet?" Without waiting for Jiang Li to speak, Ma Wannian spoke first: "How many thieves are there?" ”

Jiang Li said embarrassedly: "There are not many people, there are only a thousand people, but they are all die-hard thieves, outlaws, and the door is narrow, and we can't show it when we have too many people, so we delayed." ”

Ma Wannian frowned and looked forward, now it is indeed as he said, the outer wall of the palace is tall, the thief army standing on the wall shooting arrows and throwing stones is condescending, it is easy to defend, several palace gates are blocked by tables and chairs, Zhang Guangcai's brigade is crowded at the door, and the door has not even entered.

"Why don't you blow up the gate with a bomb?" Ma Wannian asked.

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Young Master Ma, I don't have such an artifact." ”

Ma Wannian then remembered that Jiang Li was bringing Zhang Guangcai's people, of course, it was impossible to have a large killing weapon exclusive to the Kuizhou army, so he smiled apologetically, took out two exterminating bullets from the treasure bag beside him, and said to Jiang Li: "Tell your people to get out of the way, let's come!" ”

Jiang Li stared at the two captive bombs greedily and swallowed his saliva, and asked someone to inform Zhang Guangcai to quickly retreat, and use bows and arrows to cover the people led by Ma Wannian to go up and place the captive bombs.

Ma Wannian carefully looked at the size and thickness of the door, and then bundled ten exterminating bullets into a ball, handed them to a nimble little white-robed soldier, and gave them a command. The little man nodded, took off the eye-catching white robe and rattan armor on his body, left only a short fight, and took advantage of the chaos like a monkey to quickly touch the palace gate.

A moment later, the blocked palace gate was blown into the sky with a huge roar, and the bricks and rubbles in the sky fell one after another along with the human stumps, and the smoke and dust rose suddenly, and the entire palace gate was reduced to nothing like powder.

Where have the remnants of the Daxi Imperial Camp in the gate seen this kind of battle, they were blown up to the flesh and blood, and those who were far away were also deaf and stunned, and they were frightened by the sudden fear and fled in all directions, when the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, Ma Wannian and others who rushed into the palace compound with shouts appeared, except for a few thieves who ran in the opposite direction with stupid heads and stupid brains, this palace was no longer fortified.

The palace was originally the Ming Dynasty Shu Palace, the King of Shu has been inherited for several generations, this mansion has been repaired beautiful and luxurious from generation to generation, after Zhang Xianzhong took over, it is extremely extravagant and extremely desired, and the wealth of the entire Sichuan has been accumulated and redecorated once, the whole palace is magnificent, compared to the Nanjing Tianzi Palace, it is not bad, so that Zhang Guangcai, who is almost all mud legs, saw it, and his eyes were straight.

This group of people immediately turned into robbers, and even the scattered Onishi Imperial Camp did not care, and they went crazy and looted everywhere, taking whatever they saw, even the white marble railings and the yellow square bricks on the ground, some people thought that they were jade and gold-inlaid treasures, and took knives to pry.

Zhang Guangcai couldn't hold it down, so he had to protect Ma Wannian and Jiang Li to prevent the rebels from accidentally injuring them. Jiang Li scolded and scolded, saying that Zhang Guangcai was incompetent, Zhang Guangcai laughed dryly, and he didn't dare to answer.

Ma Wannian didn't have time to pay attention to the rebels, and went straight to the Da Nei dormitory with a team of 100 people, Jiang Li's intelligence showed that the Daxi basement was on the side of Zhang Xianzhong's bedroom, and the treasures that Wang Huan attached great importance to were hidden in the basement.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the dormitory, a group of dozens of eunuchs with knives rushed out from inside, roaring and rushing towards Ma Wannian and others, it seemed that this was the last martyr of Onishi.

Ma Wannian sneered, raised his eyebrows, and swung his knife forward.

The explosion in the palace was as violent as the earth cracked, and it could be heard in all corners of the entire Chengdu city, and on a small street far away, more than a dozen people who were fleeing in a hurry were also frightened, they stopped their galloping steps, looked back in fear, and just saw that in the night firelight, a straight mushroom cloud rose above the palace, straight into the dark sky.

"Left, Zuo Xiang, that, that seems to be the direction of the Imperial Palace!" Yan Ximing trembled his fat lips, and said with a blank face: "The Ming army has captured the palace!" ”

Wang Zhaolin stared at it for a while, then turned his head and ran again, gritted his teeth and threw out a sentence: "Then what are you still stunned for?" Keep up! The wharf is in front, get on the boat and turn a corner along the Fu River is the water gate, and it will be safe to go out of the city. ”

Wang Zhaolin is more than ten years older than Yan Ximing, but he is nimble, he runs faster than Yan Ximing, a fat man, and runs away as soon as he slips through the smoke, forcing Yan Ximing to hurriedly take a step and hurriedly chase after him.

This small street is remote, there are low shacks on both sides, no one walks at the moment, a group of people rushed, and soon ran over, and at the end, I saw a clear river appear in front of me, and there were more than ten Upon boats leaning on the shore by the river.

This river is the Chengdu Fu River, which supplies the city's residents with food and domestic water, and is also a waterway for goods to enter and exit. The river bank is made of stones, the river is more than four zhang wide, the depth is up to one zhang, the cargo ship can pass, the whole river runs through the whole city, from the east of the city into the west of the city, so there is a water pass on both sides, there is a patrol Buka, check and collect taxes.

There were more than a dozen boatmen on board, looking at the sky in horror, at a loss.

Wang Zhaolin ran to the shore panting with a group of people, and shouted wildly: "Hurry up the boat, hurry up and start the boat!" ”

The boatmen looked confused, watching this group of people dressed like themselves without moving, and some of them were bold, and they scolded loudly.

Wang Zhaolin was so angry that he slapped a boatman and said angrily: "You don't recognize your true appearance? Hurry up and sail and wait to lose your head? ”

The accompanying guards also scolded vigorously, showing their waist cards, and the boatmen realized that the group of people who fled were all high-ranking officials in Onishi, so they hurriedly untied the cable and took off the springboard.

At this moment, there were footsteps from the small street, and just listening to the sound, I knew that there were a lot of people coming, and there was also the crisp sound of weapons colliding, and someone ran ahead, shouting in the air: "Bah! The boat is not allowed to go! ”

Wang Zhaolin's hairs stood up all over his body, whether it was the Ming army or the rebels, he didn't have any good fruit to eat, he jumped on the bow of the boat, urging the boatmen to hurry up.

Where has the honest boatman seen this kind of scene, shaking the rope but moving more slowly, the cable wrapped around the stone pillar, can not be untied for a long time, fortunately a guard is smart, pulled out a knife, and cut it directly a few times.

didn't wait for the boatman to get on the ship, Wang Zhaolin didn't care about the other ships, he personally picked up the artemisia in a desperate way, and supported the ship offshore with a group of guards, he figured it out, stay here and die for a lifetime, don't care about the money, save your life first.

As soon as the bow of the ship swung open, a bowstring sounded, and a puff of crossbow arrows burst through the air, and the dense fire made the several guards standing at the bow of the ship instantly turn into straw handles full of sharp arrows, and fell into the river with a scream.

Wang Zhaolin was so frightened that he threw off Chang Artemisia, got into the cabin, and lay on the floor with Yan Ximing holding his head and didn't dare to move.

There was a shout from the shore, and the group of people who were chasing them came to the shore, and of course the boat without going from the shore could not move, and the shipwrights and guards on board became prisoners, and the Wang Zhaolin boat, which had left the shore and drifted with the waves, was also hooked by many spears with horizontal blades and dragged to the shore.

Lying in the cabin for a while, Wang Zhaolin gradually recovered from his fear, pricked up his ears and listened for a while, then raised half of his body and secretly lifted a corner on the canopy to look out.

Wang Zhaolin's eyes rolled, the expression on his face couldn't help changing, and he changed his expression a few times, looking at Yan Ximing fiercely.

Yan Ximing lay on the ground, was stared at by his vicious gaze, shivered, and blurted out: "Zuo, Lord Zuo, what is your intention when you look at me like this?" ”

Wang Zhaolin twitched the corners of his mouth gloomily: "Don't worry, it's okay, the old man didn't expect that he would be able to use you so soon, I originally thought that I would keep you for the Tartar as a gift, Zanzan, it's a pity." ”

With a wave of his hand, the remaining guards in the cabin surrounded Yan Ximing.

It was Li Yan who led the team to this dock outside.

He was ordered to take the water pass, but he got lost in the dark night and couldn't find the direction to the water pass, so he had no choice but to find the river, thinking that as long as he walked along the river, he could find the location of the water pass, but he happened to meet Wang Zhaolin and his party.

Li Yan was overjoyed to see that there were so many boats here, and if there was a boat, he could go directly to Shuiguan by water, and when he ran closer, there were people on the boat, and as soon as he saw himself, he wanted to drive the boat, and the appearance was suspicious, Li Yan shouted loudly, and the boat in the first place moved faster and faster, which was not good, Li Yan directly ordered a volley of mountain-destroying crossbows to shoot down the people on the bow.

The boat was forced to stop, and the white-robed soldiers stretched out their spears and hooked the boat with the forks on the blades of their guns, pulling the boat back.

The water level of more than a dozen boats was very high, and the river was almost overflowing the board, and the boats were obviously loaded with heavy objects, Li Yan's doubts were even heavier, and he sent people to each boat to see what was inside, and before he could reply, the boat that hooked back docked.

The corpses on the bow of the ship were all dressed as ordinary people, in linen and coarse cloth, but Li Yan was born in the army, and he could see at a glance that the sharp blades held by those people were all standard long knives in the army, and they were definitely not civilian self-defense supplies.

Li Yan had a cold face and a slight look, and a group of white-robed soldiers surrounded the boat with mountain-destroying crossbows, and shouted loudly: "Are there any living people on the ship?" If you have, hurry up, or you will release the arrows! ”

"Don't, don't, sir, let's come out."

Someone on the ship immediately responded, and the curtain of the cabin was lifted, and several people came out.

These people were all dressed in ordinary clothes, cloth and linen shoes, unarmed, and came out with their hands raised, and two of them carried a man with a face covered in blood.

The first one to come out was an old man with a white beard, this person was frightened at the beginning, and cautiously disembarked while asking: "Dare to ask the official, but the Ming official army?" ”

He was very discerning, and asked Li Yan directly, maybe he could see at a glance that it was this young man who was the master and the leader of the troops here.

Li Yan looked the old man up and down, and chucked slightly: "Not bad!" We are the subordinates of the commander of the Ming Kuizhou General Soldier Wang, who are you? Why here? ”

The old man seemed to have finally found the underground party of the organization, and knelt down ecstatically, crying with a handful of snot and tears: "Official, you are here, but you can wait for us to suffer~~~!" Ah~~~Ah~~~~! ”

Li Yan's brows furrowed even deeper, and he threw the long knife with the sheath in his hand to the ground, so frightened that the old man stopped the long voice that had not yet finished: "Official, we are good people, forced by the thief army, and used as an entourage of officials in the army, but we miss the court of our father all the time, and we have been looking forward to the day when we can return to the Ming Dynasty." Heaven is pitiful, tonight the official army entered the city, the thief army Prime Minister Yan Xi ordered to force me to escape with him in a boat, after getting on the boat, I heard that the official army was chasing, and the arrow shot Yan Ximing's guard, the little ones knew that the king had arrived, and their courage suddenly became stronger, and they worked hard together to capture Yan Xi's life to avenge the revenge of the thieves. ”

He turned his head and motioned to the person behind him to carry the man with a bloody face over, and said to Li Yan like a treasure: "Official, please see, this is the order of Yan Xi, the prime minister of the thief army." ”

Li Yan knows Yan Xi's life, this person is the right prime minister of Daxi, Zhang Xianzhong's second Wenchen is relied on, and his status is high, and many of the national affairs of Daxi come from his handwriting, if he catches him, it is a great achievement, and he can't help but feel a little happy in his heart, so that the sergeant stepped forward to take over the person and carefully identified.

The man's face was covered with blood, he was already unconscious, and he seemed to have been beaten badly, but from his body, Yan Ximing's copper seal and a jade pendant with a table word were found, which was enough to prove that this person was Yan Ximing.

Li Yan was overjoyed, ordered someone to escort the prisoner, and turned his head to the old man waiting on the side and the others: "Although you are a thief, you can wake up at the last moment, and it is considered timely, not to mention that you have the merit of subduing the thief, and report your name, and wait until dawn, I will ask for credit and reward for you." ”

The old man hurriedly shook his hand and sighed: "Official, I don't dare to be rewarded, I have been in the thief camp for a long time, and I am already ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors, where do I dare to be rewarded by the imperial court, as long as the official can read that we have a meritorious role in catching thieves and letting us live, I will be grateful." ”

He raised his head, tears gleamed in his cloudy eyes, and he choked up: "Please also ask the official to behave well, let me wait to return to my hometown on my own, find my family and relatives, and spend the rest of my life." ”

After that, the old man knelt down again, kowtowing more than once, and several Mai people behind him also knelt down and kowtowed, tom-tom.

Li Yan was speechless, and was about to wave his hand to let a few people leave, when someone behind him shouted hoarsely: "That person is Wang Zhaolin, don't be deceived by him!" ”

Li Yan turned his head in surprise, only to see that Yan Ximing, the unconscious and bloody man who was carried away by the sergeant, actually woke up, and was desperately struggling to stare at his eyes, shouting frantically at his side.

Li Yan suddenly felt that something was wrong, and turned back quickly, only to see that several people behind the old man kneeling on the ground had already risen up and pounced on him.