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The long road from the wharf to the city gate was crowded with countless people in and out of the city, most of them traders who traded between the banks of the Yalu River, and countless mule carts "creaked" on the muddy roads -- these days, the horses were "filled" and had to be replaced by mules.

At the gate of the city, there was a long queue, and the vendors from the south and north were chatting, and there were various languages such as Chinese, Jurchen, and Korean, which seemed noisy and chaotic.

It can be seen from such a relaxed management of Zhenjiang City that the Jurchens did not defend the cities in southern Liaoning very strictly, at least allowed traders from all over the country to trade back and forth, and the Jurchens could also draw a lot of taxes from them to maintain the increasingly large military expenditures.

After Chu Xinying and the others paid taxes and entered the city, they settled down in the inn in the east of the city.

Next, it is necessary to send people to reconnoitre, find out the deployment situation of the entire Zhenjiang, and find Tong Yangzhen's mansion, and prepare for the assault.

After investigation, I learned that Tong Yangzhen's mansion is located on a street in the north of the city, which is the largest courtyard in the city and the most strictly guarded place. The people of Shancheng did not carry weapons when they entered the city, so they had to rely on Chen Liangce in the city to provide them. And Qi Liao entered the city one day early, and he would bring specific news of the operation in the evening.

Whether or not Chen Liangce can be instigated has become the key to this trip.

At this time, Qi Liao, who was dressed in civilian clothes, was sitting in Chen Liangce's mansion in the west of the city, waiting for him to read Mao Wenlong's handwritten letter with a solemn face.

"Why didn't Mao Junmen come in person?" After reading the letter, Chen Liangce suddenly asked such a sentence.

Qi Liao said: "Mao Junmen is busy with military affairs, and now there are 50,000 soldiers and civilians gathered in Longchuan Fort, as well as grain, grass, ordnance, and war horses, and many affairs have to be taken care of by Mao Junmen himself......" Qi Liao acted, and it seemed that he was not much worse than Mao Wenlong.

Chen Liangce waved his hand and interrupted Qi Liao, he was concerned about the strength of the Dongjiang Army, not what Mao Wenlong was doing now, and said, "Tell me honestly, how many soldiers does Mao Wenlong have to fight?" ”

Qi Liao was silent for a moment and said, "Don't hide it from your lordship, there are three thousand elite soldiers." He didn't dare to say too much, first, he was afraid that Chen Liangce would not believe it, and second, the defenders in the city were 1,000, and he said that it was 3,000, which was just enough to eliminate Chen Liangce's concerns, and it highlighted the importance of lobbying this time.

"Three thousand?" Chen Liangce frowned, although he said that he wanted to return to the country, but he didn't dare to risk his life, in his opinion, three thousand seemed to be a little less.

"Your Excellency." Qi Liao lowered his voice, took out an object from his arms and put it on the table, and gently pushed it in front of Chen Liangce, which was also the most important reason why Mao Wenlong insisted on him coming.

"This is ......" Chen Liangce glanced at this rectangular object that seemed to be copper but not copper, iron and not iron, his face changed, and said, "Beizhen Fusi?" "He has been an official for many years, how can he not recognize this as an identity waist card that only belongs to Jinyiwei.

"Exactly." Qi Liao said lightly.

"It turned out to be ...... Poor, lowly I don't know how to get up to it...... Please forgive your sins......" Chen Liangce picked up the waist card with trepidation, and dusted it lightly a few times, before he got up respectfully and handed it to Qi Liao.

Qi Liao took the waist card and withdrew it into his arms, motioned for him to sit down, and said: "With me, the battle in Zhenjiang can reach the heavens. ”

"Yes, yes, the superiors are right, it's the lowly and stupid, the lowly and the stupid."

As soon as Qi Liao revealed the identity of the Jinyi Guard, the last trace of doubt in Chen Liangce's heart disappeared - the imperial court even sent the Jinyi Guard, that is, he paid enough attention to Zhenjiang City, and indeed wanted to reintegrate it into the country.

Thinking of this, Chen Liangce said again: "Mao Junmen is really thoughtful, how can the situation in Zhenjiang City be controlled by one person?" Now that there is a messenger sitting here to dispatch, the humble post will let go of a hundred hearts. If there is any order from the upper mission, even if he speaks, he will do his best to complete his humble duties and live up to the trust of the court and Mao Junmen. ”

"If you have this heart, you won't be afraid that you won't be able to take down the small Zhenjiang City." Qi Liao leaned back.

Most of the border generals don't think much of Jinyiwei, thinking that they are just a group of villains who follow the emperor and act as lackeys; But in front of these civil officials, he still has a lot of weight, after all, Jinyiwei is the last weapon used by the Son of Heaven to clamp down on hundreds of officials.

Chen Liangce asked cautiously: "I don't know how to act on the errand, oh no, what are the instructions?" ”

Qi Liao smiled lightly, knowing that the goal had been achieved, he didn't worry about Chen Liangce, and lowered his voice and said, "How many people do you have?" ”

"There are a total of 100 Han soldiers and 30 family members in the lowly mansion."

"Very good." Qi Liao said, "You have prepared more than a dozen pairs of swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and there are many good players in the rivers and lakes who sneak into the city with me this time, and we will sneak to your house tomorrow night to get these weapons." At the same time, tell your people to get ready, as soon as my people arrive, they will immediately follow us to Tong Yangzhen's mansion. ”

"Rest assured, it will be done." Chen Liangce said respectfully.

Qi Liao said: "Remember to burn the letter, don't leak the news." ”

"Clearly understand, humble duty in mind."

After "done" Chen Liangce, Qi Liao knew that it was time to go to see Chu Xinying and Sun Yueling.

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In the inn, knowing that Qi Liao had persuaded Chen Liangce, everyone was very happy, and the success and failure would be tomorrow night.

At two o'clock in the evening of the second day, Chu Xinying beckoned everyone and went to Chen Liangce's mansion in the east of the city in two batches, so as not to attract too many people.

After Qi Liao took Yang Lin, Ma Hou and others to take the first step, then he and Wang Mang and Sun Yueling took the remaining five brothers to go, this time, a total of sixteen elites were dispatched to the mountain city, and all those who could basically fight were brought, leaving only a few sailors and A Qi and others who drove the boat did not come.

When the pirates attacked, Aki hid below deck in time and escaped.

This time, Chu Xinying put all the treasures on the attack on Zhenjiang, and if she failed, she would not have the face to see her eldest brother Chu Zhennan.

Sun Yueling has been getting closer to Chu Xinying these days, which has caused Yang Lin to become more and more cold to him, and he seems to be full of hostility.

But Chu Xinying, who is now in charge of Shancheng, has the favor of her and Yuan Hongdao for him, plus the influence in the Dongjiang Army brought about by his several battles with the Dongjiang Army, which has made his status rise a lot, so Yang Lin can only secretly endure this breath.

To be honest, he also admired Chu Xinying more and more, this woman who was different from ordinary weak women made him feel different from Mu Wan and Ling'er, especially the heroic aura exuded from her delicate face, which made him feel extremely beautiful.

When a few of them quietly walked out of the inn and came to the street, the night was already dark, but the whole street was still relatively lively, and all kinds of people shuttled non-stop, which showed the liveliness of this border town located at the junction of the two countries.

The eight people were divided into three groups, and they did not walk together, but Sun Yueling and Chu Xinying walked in front, Wang Mang and the other two brothers walked in the back, and the other three brothers walked in the middle.

After walking a short distance east along the main road of the main street, I suddenly heard a scream in front of me, and the crowd on both sides dodged. Then the sound of horses' hooves came to their ears, and they saw a tall horse, as if frightened, rushing towards them, and immediately sat a man, with a beard on his face, and a four-foot-long saber in his hand, with an extremely fierce expression.

When this high-headed horse rushed to Chu Xinying and Sun Yueling, the knight suddenly took the reins, and the horse suddenly accelerated, jumped up in the air, and crashed straight towards Chu Xinying.

These few changes came suddenly, and there was no room for the two of them to think about and react.

In a hurry, Sun Yueling had no choice but to push Chu Xinying away and shouted, "Everyone speed up and dodge." ”

Immediately, the knight had rushed to Sun Yueling in an instant, raised the long knife in his hand, and slashed at Sun Yueling, rolling with vigor and murderous aura.

Sun Yueling and the others had no weapons in their hands, and at this time, the long knife was only a few feet away from him, and he could even feel the chill of the blade, and goosebumps exploded on his right neck, and his body was cold.

Who is this, with such power under a single sword?

Time didn't allow him to think about it, and in a hurry, he couldn't care about so much, he only fell down, rolled over, and quickly rolled to the right side, so that he could dodge this sharp killing move.

The street was still muddy after the rainstorm, and he rolled around with this lazy donkey, and immediately made himself muddy and dirty.

The horse landed, and the knight did not pursue the two again, but took advantage of the horse's momentum to rush forward, raised the long knife in his hand again, and slashed towards the three mountain city brothers in the middle.

As the middle three slowed down, one of them had already picked up a corner stool from the stall on the road, grabbed the corner of the stool and slammed it into the long knife, trying to stop the knight and force him off his horse.

With a "gala" sound, the corner stool in the hand of the Shancheng brother was torn apart, sawdust flew, and the strength of the long knife was still non-stop, and a knife slashed at the neck of the Shancheng brother.

The horses were still castrated, and they rushed to Wang Mang, who was at the end of the line.

Wang Mang and the others no longer dared to be careless, and hurriedly dodged to both sides, one of them was still caught up by the knight, and slashed down diagonally, and immediately opened a gushing blood mouth from his right shoulder to his left waist, and the man also screamed and fell to the ground.

In just a few moments, the man galloped on horseback, not only breaking up their ranks, but also killing two people in a row, such combat power was really terrifying.

The remaining six brothers in the mountain city hurriedly gathered around Chu Xinying, all with shocked expressions.

The man turned his horse's head, his eyes glared like brass bells, and he rushed straight at them again, looking a little frightened in the moonlight, like a bloodthirsty madman.