The fourth watch is the darkest period before dawn, and the whole city of Suzhou is as silent as a ghost town, and even the cats and dogs begin to fall silent at this time. The hot and humid weather in May is the most likely to make people sleepy, and the old man who fights the watch blows out the light of the lantern and burrows into his hut, and the night's duty is complete, and it is time to get a good night's sleep.

The back door of the county government opened silently, and a head stuck out of the door and looked around to make sure that there was no trouble. Turning around and waving to the door, an old horse with four hooves tied to a thick linen cloth walked out of the door, and the person on the horse was the thin figure of Yan Zhifu.

The horse's hooves were tied with sackcloth, and they ran without making a sound, and the horses were followed by a dozen servants with large swords at their waists. These officials were all cronies of the Yan Governor's Mansion, and they followed the horses of the Yan Governor's Mansion and hurried to the north gate in a muffled voice.

From a distance, Governor Yan saw on horseback that a torch was lit on the north city gate, but it was extinguished in a blink of an eye, and so on three times. Governor Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he already knew that Huang Zhan's people were already in place, and his legs clamped the horse's belly and instantly sped up.

When Governor Yan arrived at the gate of the North City, an old servant greeted him and said, "Master, everything has been arranged, do you want to leave now?" ”

His eyes swept behind the old servant, and he saw that Huang Zhan and dozens of his subordinates had already changed into the clothes of the government soldiers, and nodded casually: "You take them to the government to settle down, I have transferred the original government soldiers in the house, try to be careful not to make too much movement on the road, here I will take care of the aftermath." ”

The old servant nodded and took the order, and after going to negotiate with Huang Zhan, he set off, looking at the back of Huang Zhan and his group leaving, Yan Zhifu sighed. Dismounted and ordered his cronies to close the city gate, and then inspected the gatehouse to make sure that nothing was missing, and then rode back to the palace.

As soon as the front foot of Yan Zhifu left, the old man who had entered his house earlier flashed out of an alley, his eyes staring at the back of Yan Zhifu who had gone away, and he let out two cold snorts in his mouth, and as soon as he turned around, he disappeared into the darkness and disappeared in an instant.

The sky gradually brightened, and the government office, as usual, opened the main door as soon as it was dawn, and several subordinates in charge of cleaning began to be busy at the door.

Yan Zhifu ate well and was good, and before he had time to wipe his mouth, he heard a report from the old servant who had followed him for many years, saying that there was a large group of officers and soldiers from outside the city, and they did not play any banners, but the shape of their armor looked like the emperor's pro-army. There were two or three thousand people, and they came straight to the government.

Governor Yan's face, which changed dramatically in an instant, was about to run out of the door to see what was going on, and saw a person who came to report in a panic, and the outside of the mansion was surrounded by a group of heavily armed brocade guards.

For a moment, Governor Yan was stunned in the local area, thinking that what happened last night was done unknowingly, but he didn't expect it to be known clearly. After digging the pit, he just waited for himself to jump, he had just arranged Huang Zhan and others here, and the Jinyi guards here surrounded the mansion.

Jinyiwei's methods are famous all over the world, and Governor Yan knows that he will definitely die this time, regardless of his panicked subordinates, he turned around and ran to the backyard. The calmness of the past has long been thrown away, and the only person the pale-faced Governor Yan can rely on now is Huang Zhan.

Ji Gang rushed overnight, and finally came to Suzhou City at dawn, and before he could enter the city, he was reported by the Jinyi Guards who stayed in Suzhou. said that Huang Zhan and others were hidden in the government by the prefect, Ji Gang laughed instead of anger when he heard this, if Huang Zhan and these traitors were hiding outside the city, he would really have to waste some effort if he wanted to destroy them completely.

But now these guys are actually hiding in the city, not to mention, and even hiding in the mansion, isn't this just the right time for him to catch turtles in an urn? Haha laughing, Ji Gang ordered Jinyi Wei to surround the mansion first, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and he took two thousand soldiers and horses to speed up to the mansion.

Huang Zhan didn't wait for Governor Yan to find him, he had already waited for the report from his subordinates, and the fact that he was surrounded by Jinyi guards outside was already clear. It was only at this moment that he realized why Zhu Di suddenly brought a large army to Nanjing. The reconquest turned out to be just a façade on the surface, but in fact, the real purpose was to come at them.

At this point, Huang Zhan knew that there were only two choices in front of him, one was to surrender directly, and the other was to fight to the death. Choosing one of the two, Huang Zhan needless to say, of course chose the latter, as soon as the order was given, everyone took off their disguises, picked up their weapons and rushed to the back door.

As soon as Ji Gang arrived at the gate of the palace, he ordered the archers to prepare, no matter who dared to rush out and shoot arrows to death. And he himself took the lead, and poured into the palace with the remaining more than 1,000 men, and all those who did not immediately throw away their weapons, whether guards or servants, were killed by his sword.

The palace was full of mourning in an instant, blood flowed like a river, and the fighting in the backyard was the most intense, which attracted Ji Gang's attention, and in order to rush as soon as possible, he abandoned his horse and ran instead. The embroidered spring knife in his hand flew over, and those who stood in his way were all slashed, and the blood stained his flying fish suit red, and Ji Gang rushed all the way to the backyard like a murderous maniac.

Protected by a few loyal cronies, Governor Yan retreated to the backyard and joined Huang Zhan and others. Everywhere he saw was corpses and blood, Yan Zhifu's eyes were red, like crazy, just now he witnessed his old mother and wife and children being ruthlessly beheaded by Jinyiwei under the knife.

At that moment, his heart was dead, he regretted, regretted that he did not refuse Huang Zhan's threat at the beginning, and regretted that he should not have embarked on the road of no return to becoming an official. The tragic death of his mother, wife and children was beyond his ability to bear, looking at the Jinyi guards who were still killing the next people, Yan Zhifu suddenly snatched the knives of the people around him, and rushed towards the Jinyi guards who kept wielding the butcher knife with a miserable smile.

As soon as Ji Gang stepped into the backyard, he met Yan Zhifu, and saw him wielding a big knife like a mad demon slashing at him, needless to say, the embroidered spring knife in his hand was a horizontal split, and the back hair rushed towards his neck.

The blood light suddenly appeared, and the head of the Yan Governor's Mansion flew half a day high, and Ji Gang kicked away his corpse without looking at it, and roared in his mouth: "Archers prepare, shoot!" ”

With an order, ten thousand arrows were fired, and a master as strong as Huang Zhan couldn't hold out for long in the face of the overwhelming feather arrows, and was shot into a hedgehog like everyone else in a moment, and fell dead in the blood and water.

Ji Gang ordered his Jinyi guard to count the number of people, and he came to Huang Zhan's corpse alone, brandished an embroidered spring knife and chopped off his head. The shame of defeating his men several times was finally repaid at this moment, and the comfort of the mood was needless to say.

But things didn't end so easily, and then it was time for him to reap the benefits of his political achievements. Hundreds of people were left at the scene to guard the scene and clean up the scene by the way, and he took more than 1,000 people and began to arrest people all over the city. Anyone who was related to the Governor Yan did not let go, and the whole city was blocked and searched, and for a while, the whole Suzhou City was jumped.