There was a clamor at the head of the city, and many people ran to the place where the noise was, and some people squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards the city gate. The noisy soldiers of the pen & fun &www.biquge.info amp; pavilion wrapped Wang Shaoyu and his soldiers on the left and right in the center, and moved towards the northwest corner of the city while cursing and threatening. Although Wang Shaoyu tried his best to scold and scold, he was already surrounded by the rebels who were controlled by anger and couldn't move.

On the roof, Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said to his subordinate He Laoqi: "How, Lao Tzu can take this Nanyang City without sending an arrow!" ”

"Brother Tiger be careful!" He Laoqi's eyes were sharp, and he saw that several pro-soldiers had climbed onto the ridge of the house and were surrounding him. Zhang Xianzhong sneered disdainfully: "I'm afraid of a ball, see how Lao Tzu cleans them up!" He leaned over and picked up two tiles, and with a flick of his wrist, he heard a scream from the leader of the pro-soldier, and fell to the ground, he immediately pounced like an agile wild cat, picked up the saber from the side of the injured pro-soldier who fell to the ground, shook a knife, and slashed his backhand from the bottom to the top, the opponent couldn't dodge the knife at the root of the thigh, and suddenly fell down with a scream, stepped on the roof tiles, and fell into half of his body, Zhang Xianzhong grabbed a step and ended his life. Seeing his bravery, the soldiers behind him turned around and jumped out of the house to flee for their lives. Zhang Xianzhong saw that the enemy had fled, so he took out a horn from his bosom and blew it vigorously.

On the city tower, Wang Shaoyu was surrounded by the troubled soldiers, the mood was nervous and panicked, snorting and panting, the rebels outside pulled out their swords one after another, and shouted for him to pay him immediately before letting him out, he wanted to say something but the rebels were crowded and noisy, so that he had no chance to speak. The Chinese army beside Wang Shaoyu shouted loudly: "The master wants to speak!" Don't shout! Don't shout! Don't be rude! ”

"Now Cao Cao and Li Chuang's men and horses are under the city. We were born and died to defend the city, and we did not remember our merits for our hard work and hardships, and we did not have our share in the promotion of meritorious service. If we want to let go, the destruction of the city has nothing to do with us! So far, even if he will be the master? ”

The Chinese army was afraid that Wang Shaoyu would suffer a loss, so he hurriedly pushed him outside and shouted: "This is not the time to speak, the master will leave quickly!" ”

Some of Wang Shaoyu's own soldiers blocked the rebels, and some of them surrounded his mount and went down the city from the corner road and fled quickly. Someone raised a knife to chase after him, but was blocked by Wang Shaoyu's personal soldiers and was seriously injured. The soldier was then killed by the rebels, but Wang Shaoyu himself was rescued left and right in the chaos and fled down the city. At this time, a trumpet sounded from within the city, and flew to the head of the city and outside the city. With the sound of the trumpet, I saw a few rebels rushing down the city tower and robbing the horses, galloping from the north city to the south city, and shouting at the same time: "The thieves have entered the city!" The thieves have entered the city! "The defenders of the city ran wildly, some fled for their lives, and some rolled down the city in groups, rushing to the Tang Palace's mansion to rob the treasure.

Seeing the slaughter on the head of the city, and hearing the sound of horns coming from the city, Li Zicheng and Cao Cao immediately ordered the soldiers to use ladders to kick the city, and in the blink of an eye, there were more than ten long ladders at the same time to lift over the dry moat and lean against the city wall. The soldiers rushed to the city with great agility. The soldiers in front of them all wounded their mouths with large knives, so that if they needed to be slashed when they first went to the city, so as not to delay time by drawing their knives from their waists temporarily. After a few moments, the North Tower began to catch fire, and flames rose into the sky. When the fire started, I saw Zhang Xianzhong leading a group of rebels to open the north gate and shout outward: "Come into the city!" Fast into town! Li Zicheng saw that the drawbridge had not been lowered and the cavalry could not enter the city, so he shouted to the city tower: "Quick, let the drawbridge come down!" ”

Tang Wangfu.

The night breeze blew against the windows, making a slight rustling sound. Zhu Yujian slept soundly in the gauze tent, and the glasses of old rice wine at dinner played a role, and the requiem incense outside the tent made him snore slightly and evenly. The palace maid who kept vigil sat at the end of the bed, and took a nap for a while. Suddenly, there was a groan from inside the tent, and the palace maid who was awakened hurriedly jumped up, slightly lifted the bed tent and looked inside, only to see Zhu Yujian muttering a few words to himself and then turning over and falling asleep, the palace maid breathed a sigh of relief and was about to go back to sit down, when there was a sudden rush of footsteps outside. The door was pushed open suddenly, and before the palace maid could scream, she heard the duck-like cry of the old eunuch surnamed Cao: "Lord, lord, it's not good!" ”

Zhu Yujian, who was awakened from his sleep, was still in a state of half-dreaming and half-awake, and he subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?" The old eunuch replied while helping Zhu Yujian to get up: "Lord Wang, first there were fires everywhere in the city, and then the guards at the north gate made a fuss, and the city was in chaos, and the thieves had already entered the city!" Speaking of this, the old eunuch saw the palace maid standing aside in a daze, and slapped him with his backhand, and scolded: "Something that has no eyes, I can't come over to help the prince dress!" ”

The palace maid was slapped in the face, but she came to her senses, and hurriedly came over to help Zhu Yujian get dressed, at this time Zhu Yujian also came to his senses, and while dressing, he asked, "Where are Governor Li and Vice General Wang now?" Is it fighting with thieves? “

The old eunuch stumbled and said: "Oh, my lord, where are there any Li Zhifu and Deputy General Wang, it is because they deducted military salaries that the officers and soldiers mutinied, and the thieves entered the city." The rebels hated them to the core, and if they were either dead or had fled. Nanyang City is over, and the most important thing now is to save yourself! ”

While he was talking, there was a burst of scolding and scolding outside, and two men in iron armor rushed in, but it was Xu Hecheng and Xu Wancheng, the old eunuch didn't see his face clearly, he was so frightened that his knees weakened, and he suddenly fell to the ground, Xu Hecheng saluted Zhu Yujian with his hands crossed: "Lord, the last general is wearing armor, and he can't pay the full salute, please forgive me!" ”

"Good, good!" Zhu Yujian recognized Xu Hecheng, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a forced smile: "Fortunately, I have you!" After escaping from the city, the widow will definitely write to the Son of Heaven and reward you heavily! ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Xu Hecheng said in a deep voice: "The situation is urgent now, my people have already gathered in the shooting garden, hurry up and get out of the city!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yujian ordered the old eunuch on the side: "Cao Daban, the widow is going to shoot in the garden now, you go to invite the princess immediately, be quick, you know?" ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!" The old eunuch answered, bowed and exited the house, and Zhu Yujian said to Xu Hecheng: "Go!" ”

When Zhu Yujian came to the shooting garden, he was relieved to see that the cavalry was ready to stop, lined up neatly, and the sharp blades of the spears and the iron tips on the soldiers' helmets reflected each other in the firelight, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lord Wang!" Xu Hecheng owed, pointed to the two big cars at the end of the line and whispered: "The incident happened suddenly, only two cars are empty, and the rest of the cars have to-"

"It's okay!" Although Xu Hecheng didn't finish speaking, Zhu Yujian already understood what the other party meant: "The affairs of the army are free Lord Xu, and the widow is at the mercy of all arrangements!" ”

Xu Hecheng was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "Yes, Lord Wang!" He thought that he would have to spend a lot of effort to persuade Zhu Yujian to give up the redundant personnel and softness, after all, no one knows how many thieves there are, and he has more than 200 people, if he wants to escort the Tang Wang brigade, he is afraid that he will not be able to do it.

While he was talking, the old eunuch helped Princess Tang out, the princess was a pretty woman in her early twenties, her eyes were red and swollen, her clouds were untidy, her face was haggard, and she was followed by twenty or thirty eunuchs and palace maids, or carrying or carrying packages of different sizes, all of them looked panicked. When the princess saw Zhu Yujian, she choked up sadly: "Lord, what happened, wasn't it okay a few days ago, how did the thieves enter the city?" ”

"Time is pressing, so I won't say more!" Zhu Yujian wiped away the tears on the princess's face with pity: "You women have a lot of things, why do you have so many things?" There are so many people, you don't think it's a trip, right? ”

"It's all indispensable!" The princess retorted a little unconvinced: "You are a descendant of the Heavenly Family, the king of a feudal domain, where is there less food and clothing?" There must be a few competent people waiting for you, these rough people! ”

"Alright, alright!" Zhu Yujian impatiently interrupted the princess's complaint: "What is the king of the Yifu domain, didn't I even have a mouthful of Ansheng rice when I was locked up in the palace?" Besides, if the thieves catch up, they won't recognize me, a descendant of the heavenly family! The princess was taken aback by Zhu Yujian's words and didn't dare to say more. Zhu Yujian casually picked a eunuch and a palace maid, let them serve the princess and get into a big car, and then said to the remaining palace maids and eunuchs: "The current situation is critical, you can go and run for your life, you can take some of the property here, it is not in vain for you to wait for the widow, and when the widow returns to Nanyang in the future, you can come again!" With that, he casually opened a few cage boxes and let the eunuchs and palace maids take them for themselves.

Zhu Yujian's move Xu Hecheng saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but secretly admire the other party's decisiveness, as the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, everyone knows that life is more important than money, but when it comes to the end, it's another matter, I don't know how many people in this world have lost their lives for some money. This prince did not hesitate to give up so many belongings, and divided them among the eunuchs and palace maids under his command, and these two points alone have already exceeded how many people.

"Lord Xu!" Zhu Yujian pointed to the cage box on the ground: "Why should these things be cheap for thieves, let the soldiers also take some!" ”

"No!" Xu Hecheng shook his head: "Lord Wang, this soldier is like driving an eagle dog, if you let it be satisfied, it will be unbearable, Lord Wang, you pick a few valuable boxes and put them in the car, and you can use them in the future!" ”

"It's good!" Zhu Yujian saw that Xu Hecheng was not greedy for the property on the ground, and he couldn't help but secretly admire, he ordered a few boxes, Xu Hecheng asked the sergeant to carry it into the car, the old eunuch helped Zhu Yujian to get into the carriage, Xu Wancheng suddenly whispered to Xu Hecheng: "The prince wants someone to take care of it, why don't you let me be in the car!" ”

Xu Hecheng was stunned for a moment, and before he could answer Xu Wancheng, he flashed into Zhu Yujian's carriage, he saw that the shouting and killing outside was getting closer and closer, and hurriedly shouted: "Go to the south gate!" ”

Zhu Yujian and the princess were already sitting in the carriage, but suddenly another Xu Wanren came in, and it was suddenly a little crowded. The princess's face immediately became ugly, Xu Wanqian didn't wait for the other party to speak, and said with a smile: "Lord, if you go out later, you will have a conflict with the thieves, Brother Weichen will let me listen to your orders!" ”

The princess's face changed suddenly when she heard this, and she swallowed back the scolding sound that came to her mouth, just as Xu Wancheng said If she fights with the thieves later, what is the use of those eunuchs and palace maids, looking at the other party's appearance, she also has some martial arts, so she can cover it up a few times. She thought for a moment and said softly, "Everything is up to the strong man!" ”

Xu Hecheng and his party walked out of the back gate of the palace and went all the way to the south gate. Among his 200 men, in addition to a hundred Mongol cavalry, there were also a hundred men. After several years of refinement, the craftsmanship of the arsenal in Chaoyi became more and more sophisticated, and the newly manufactured bird gun achieved a good balance of lethality and portability, although the stability of the hammer spring was not enough to make a flintlock pistol, but there was no need for a bracket. These gunners were equipped with horses and could follow the cavalry, but they had to dismount for shooting, similar to dragoons. Temur led half of the cavalry to open the way in front of the brigade in a hundred paces, and the rest of the cavalry broke behind, while the gunners guarded on foot more than ten carts carrying baggage and Tang Wang and his wife. The gunners had already loaded the medicines, the fire ropes were wrapped around their arms, and the leaders of each group of seven or eight men had lit torches in their hands, which could be lit and shot at the slightest order.

Suddenly, there was a cannon fire from the west, which shook the windows on the side of the road, followed by a burst of shouts and the sound of continuous firearms, which shook the heavens and the earth! Xu Hecheng's face became solemn, and he looked at the place where the sound came from, only to see a firelight rising into the sky, illuminating the night sky, and after the firelight started, he could hear a crowd of people shouting: "Catch Li Xianfeng!" Catch Li Xianfeng! ”

"What's going on!" The curtain of the car was lifted, and Zhu Yujian poked his head out to reveal a pale face. Xu Hecheng hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, it seems that the voice is that Governor Li has been caught by thieves!" ”

"It's the direction of the West Gate!" Zhu Yujian's expression was a little surprised, and he looked at the firelight: "It should be that Governor Li and Vice General Wang fled to the West Gate, and found that there were also thieves outside the city, and they couldn't escape." Hey, since Governor Li is unlucky, Vice General Wang is only afraid that he will be more than lucky! ”

Xu Hecheng hurriedly comforted in a low voice: "Lord Wang, please rest assured!" Even if you don't want your life, the last general will escort you out of the city! ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yujian nodded and retracted again. Xu Hecheng looked left and right, and ordered in a deep voice: "Hurry, move faster!" ”

After the sound of cannons, there was a strange tension and silence in the city. There was no fighting in the city, no fighting in the streets, so there were no shouts of slaughter, no more cries, and no more cannons. I only heard the sound of running footsteps and horses' hooves in the nearby streets, mixed with nervous and short voices: "Go to the South Gate!" Go to the South Gate! Come on! Don't let King Tang escape! As soon as the crowd had passed, there was a sound of horses' hooves rushing from the west, and at the same time someone shouted on the horse: "The fathers, elders, brothers and sisters of the whole city have heard!" We are the men and horses of King Li Chuang, and when we enter the city, we only kill officials, not soldiers, and people. Don't be alarmed, all the people of the city! You must close the door, don't run around, and don't harbor dog officials and dog kings! ”

This (to be continued.) )