In the afternoon of Dengzhou, cigarette butts rose everywhere in the city, countless rebels and people in the streets and alleys flowed around, the green-skinned loafers in the city appeared one after another, acting as the leading party of the rebels, and those honest and honest Liao people also became fierce thugs, and the resentment of many years of oppression suddenly found a cathartic channel, so that these once docile sheep became wild beasts, they spontaneously gathered, armed with sticks and kitchen knives, and rushed into the streets and alleys in droves to burn and loot.

Wu Rong led three members of the action team to shuttle through the streets and alleys on the west side of the state government, and when a few people on the side of the road who couldn't run saw their white spoon uniforms, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and knocked their foreheads on the stone slabs.

A few into the time to pay attention to these in, they need to find some grass huts that are easy to catch fire to create chaos, when turning into an east-west laneway, a group of local people to help the old and the young from the west alley, see a few members of the Ming army dressed here, all of them screamed in surprise and turned around and fled back, they just ran out of the alley, they were surrounded by a group of mobs, the mob shouted loudly in Liaodong accent, holding sticks and kitchen knives to slash indiscriminately, the men in the people fought with those ** Liaomin, and the ground at the alley mouth was suddenly full of in.

Wu Rong was reluctant to participate in this kind of brawl, and saw that the door of a family next to him was ajar, it was a grass hut, and he ran up and kicked it open, and there were two corpses of a man and a woman inside, he went straight to find the place where the firewood was piled up, opened the coconut scoop he was carrying, poured some tung oil, and a member of the team came up to light it with a fire breaker, and the other picked up a few burning firewood branches and threw them on the roof, Wu Rong saw the roof fire rising, and waved his hand to let everyone in and evacuate, and walked out of the door first.

When he got to the door of the house, the fighting at the entrance of the alley became more and more fierce, and the surrounding mob gathered more and more under the call of his accomplices, beating the people to the death, and the dancing thick sticks smashed on the men who resisted and made a dull popping sound, even those who had fallen to the ground did not let go, the sticks fell heavily with the sound of the wind, and several people on the ground fell face down, and there was no reaction under the swing.

The last strong man of the common people waved a pole to resist and retreated in the direction of Wu Rong. The narrow alley did not allow the mob to take advantage of the number, but was knocked down by the man twice, the man got a gap, turned around and fled, and a mob saw that there were soldiers behind him, and hurriedly shouted: "Catch him." ”

Wu Rong was born in the pro-guard team, and he entered Qingzhou, and the requirements of the pro-guard team have always been purely professional military entry, although he has been in the intelligence bureau for a year, although he has carried out several clearance missions, but he is not willing to kill ordinary people.

The faces of the fleeing people were distorted, their eyes were wide and they rushed over, Wu Rong subconsciously pulled out his short sword, and he was still hesitating in his heart, the man saw that there was a Ming army blocking the way, and he raised the flat shoulder with a loud cry in his mouth.

Wu Rong's instinct formed by practicing martial arts drove his body to step forward agilely, and took a step to the left, the man was in a state of confusion after fighting, relying only on brute force, he took advantage of the momentum of running, and smashed down to the left side with a loud bang in his hand, Wu Rong didn't have time to think, and lightly let go of the flat dan, and the short knife in his hand slammed into the man's lower abdomen.

The strong man's red eyes slowly became godless, Wu Rong pushed him away, and the two rebels who followed rushed up and slammed the strong man's head with bricks, until the strong man did not react, and several chaotic people looked up at Wu Rong who was standing in place, and one of them smiled and said, "Soldier ...... man"

Wu Rong stared at the strong man's flesh-and-blood face, and said lightly: "You white spoons." ”

Several rioters immediately turned their heads to search for the dead strong man, and threw aside the miscellaneous grains and cakes they had found, while the other rioters poured into the alley one after another, beating to death several kneeling sticks begging for mercy on the side of the road, and then slammed open the courtyard doors and rushed in.

A member of the team behind Wu Rong stabbed him gently, and Wu Rong reacted, and ran to another alley with a few entrances......

A group of cavalry rushed on the east and west streets of Dengzhou, and the chaotic soldiers and green skins chasing on the street hid under the eaves of the street, Li Jiucheng looked indifferently at the street full of corpses, this was his city, and a feeling of complacency surged in his heart.

He personally led the troops to clean the south gate, and worked for half a year, and the remaining southern soldiers all surrendered, and the city head of Ying'en Gate in the west also raised Chen Guangfu's general flag, and the four gates of Dengzhou except Zhenhai Gate were already under the control of the Dongjiang army.

Li Jiucheng hurriedly arranged the defense of an urn city and two water gates in the south, and asked Kong Youde to personally guard the entrance of the city ladder, not allowing those soldiers to escape and rob, and rushed to the west gate by himself. Xicheng is home to most of the Dengzhou Prefecture's zhèngfǔ institutions, where the treasury and the governor's yamen are located, and he needs to seize the stockpiles as much as possible, and those materials play an important role in the rebels' subsequent plans, and they are also his bargaining chips to consolidate his position, and he must control them in his own hands.

After passing the bell tower, the corpses of some soldiers appeared on the road, Li Jiucheng's face was a little heavy, the city was full of smashing and looting, and the battles between the Liao soldiers also broke out in Nancheng, and the troops were scattered everywhere, and even the family Ding sent out was gone, and the city was completely out of control, so he didn't dare to disperse his troops now, so he had to order Kong Youde and Li Yingyuan to try their best to gather his subordinates, and personally led more than 100 henchmen to Xicheng.

When he walked to the intersection of Zhenhaimen Street, he subconsciously looked north, many houses on Zhenhaimen Street were spitting tongues of fire, and the whole street was full of smoke, and he couldn't see the situation at the north gate at all. Li Jiucheng scolded in his heart, don't these Qiu Ba know that arson may cause the fire to spread, and what is the use of bringing an empty city at that time, but he has no time to put out the fire at the moment, so he drove his horse to Ying'en Gate, and when he walked to the head of the Shuqiao Bridge, he saw nearly 100 corpses of soldiers and wounded on the street, and he didn't pay attention to it for a while.

Li Jiucheng jumped off his horse and grabbed a wounded team, he stared at the team fiercely and asked, "Which battalion are you from, and why are there so many deaths here?" ”

The team wiped the blood on his face and replied, "Who the fuck are you, and you deserve to ask Lao Tzu." ”

Li Jiucheng was stunned for a moment, and then a cruel smile appeared on his face, and he pushed the pipe team to the ground, and the sword choked out of the sheath, and cut off the pipe team in an arc, and the pipe team didn't even have time to scream, and just showed a panicked expression, rolled around a few times and stopped on the bloodstained bluestone slab.

More than a dozen wounded soldiers next to him shouted in fright, struggled to run away on both sides, Li Jiucheng glanced at them for a while, looked at the head on the ground and said with a cruel smile: "Lao Tzu is Li Jiucheng." He walked up to a wounded soldier whose leg was injured and couldn't run, and pointed a knife at him, "Why are there so many deaths here?" ”

"Big ...... Big...... Dajin, let's all ...... It's all from the right camp, Chen Guangfu's entry killed our brothers, we fought with them here, Geng Dajin brought in to stop it, and then the west also fought, and he went to the government again. ”

Li Jiucheng put away his knife and jumped on the horse, and went to the palace office in the west gate, and saw Geng Zhongming and Chen Guangfu in front of the gate of the palace.

Li Jiucheng scolded Geng Zhongming: "Why is the city like this, there are nearly 100 dead and injured at the head of the Shuqiao Bridge, and let you go in and rob with white spoons, don't set fire everywhere." ”

Geng Zhongming said in a low voice: "Li Dajin is angry, the last general and Chen Dusi didn't let them set fire, they were all reckless soldiers and generals who robbed each other of their property, and then there was a fight, and the last general and Chen Dusi were pressed around, and now it is calm." ”

Li Jiucheng suppressed his anger and looked around, Geng Zhongming leaned over and said: "There are more than 100,000 taels of silver in the treasury, and the grain in several warehouses in Fuzhou County is piled up. ”

Li Jiucheng finally heard a more reliable news, and after feeling a little better, he asked Geng Zhongming: "Is there any return for the sentry horse sent?" Wang Bingzhong's entry? ”

Geng Zhongming was stunned, he had been busy grabbing things and fighting with the bullet suppression of the chaotic soldiers, at this time he remembered this, he naturally couldn't say that he had forgotten it, and replied calmly: "Those sentry horses have not come back yet, it is estimated that they have gone farther, as for Wang Bingzhong's side, the last general met Wang Bingzhong's general on Zhenhaimen Street, he said that Wang Bingzhong left the city tower last night, and took his family to loot near the Sanguan Temple, and he couldn't find it for a while. After finding it, he brought Wang Bingzhong to the palace to see it, but he hasn't seen it yet. ”

Chen Guangfu also helped: "If the city is chaotic like this, Wang Bingzhong must also go to fight the autumn wind, and most of them will not be able to find it." ”

Geng Zhongming continued: "At present, my Liao soldiers occupy most of the city, Wang Bingzhong is only a few hundred, and Lu Zhi in the water city only has a few soldiers and horses, what else can Wang Bingzhong do, with his style of wall-to-wall grass, he will undoubtedly take refuge in us, and he is not in a hurry to ...... for a while."

Li Jiucheng's status at this time was not the same as before, he waved his horsewhip at Geng Zhongming a few times, and scolded: "Is Lao Tzu afraid of Wang Bingzhong's dog, Wendeng's Chen Xin has already counted and there is no movement, and the surroundings are quiet, and the four doors must be held in our hands to rest assured, otherwise the things you rob may not be anyone's." asked you to look for Wang Bingzhong in the morning, and now you haven't seen half of the time, so you do this? Immediately send your family to collect the horses and go to the grass bridge with Lao Tzu. ”……

Three cavalry wearing Ming army uniforms ran from the east gate into the sandwich between the city and the water city, the water battalion soldiers and the southern soldiers on guard at the head of the water city knew that Dengzhou had been captured, at this time like a bird with a frightened bow, they all pulled the bow and released the gun, and there was a point to put the Fran machine, the wall was very lively, the roof of the house in the middle of the road was beaten to the crumbs flying, but the three cavalry flew all the way to the Zhenhai Gate urn city unscathed, and raised a waist card to the head of the city and waved it to draw a triangle in the air.

A member of the action team at the head of the city saw the code, and immediately ordered a few soldiers guarding the gate to open the city gate on the side, and the three cavalry were directly greeted on the city tower after entering the city, and saw the anxious Zhang Dong, Zhang Dong was surprised when he saw the first entry: "Zhou Da entered?" ”

Zhou Shifa took off his helmet, revealing his cold face with a few cracks in the wind, he gently patted Zhang Dong's shoulder, and then walked to the female wall facing inside the city tower, the Dengzhou City in front of him was full of smoke and dust, and there were some dazzling tongues of fire beating in it, and there were bursts of crying and howling in the wind. Only the Zhenhaimen Street below the city tower is relatively peaceful, and a lot of firewood and grass are placed along the street within a hundred steps, and some action teams walk around the empty street, directing some captured people to carry more firewood and grass. Thirty paces from the city gate, a new barricade was built, and several doors were placed to remove the Furlong machine from the city wall.

Zhang Dong followed and stood beside Zhou Shifa, Zhou Shifa turned his head to look at him, his face was full of appreciative smiles, "Qiande is good, the situation in Zhenhaimen is stable, Chen Dajin has already arrived in Pingshan, and Dengzhou is within an hour's itinerary." ”

Zhang Dong put down most of the big stones hanging in his heart, he was bent on creating chaos in the city, and the rebels had not launched an effective attack north of Caoqiao until this moment, and only a few rebels came from the ice to the west, and they were limited to looting property.

Now the army has arrived at Pingshan, which is only twenty miles away from Dengzhou, and is separated from Mishen Mountain by Ma'anshan, which is both hidden and can be supported nearby. The only thing is that he is afraid of being discovered by the rebel scouts, the rebel camp in Mishen Mountain is quite strong, if Li Jiucheng is sure that Chen Xin is coming from Qixia, he may send troops from the city to strengthen the camp of Mishen Mountain, so as to block Chen Xin in the mountainous area. So he wanted to know most about when Chen Xin was going to enter the city, but Zhou Shifa didn't like his subordinates to take the initiative to inquire, so he would naturally tell himself if he was willing to say it.

Zhou Shifa put away his smile and asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation in the city?" ”

Zhang Dong gave a general account of the situation in the city, and according to some information fed back by the action team in various places, the other three gates had fallen into the hands of the rebels, and he went on to talk about Wang Bingzhong's rebellion and his own temporary response.

Zhou Shifa listened and said: "The response is very witty, Zhang Dong, you are the first contributor to the battle of Dengzhou, but it is not yet dark at this time, Chen Dajin planned to raid the camp of Mishenshan after the dark, and then enter the city, I saw the rebel camp of Mishenshan when I came over just now, where the defense was lax, only a small number of old and weak remained, I came all the way to the competition and did not enter the investigation, the camp of Mishenshan will not be a threat to our army, I have been sent in to inform Chen Dajin, there is no need to fight there." So we only need to mix more than two hours before and after the dark, and this Dengzhou is my Wendeng camp. ”

Zhang Dong was puzzled: "Da Jin, the city has been burned by the rebels, and everything that should be cleared should be cleared." ”

Zhou Shifa looked at the hellish city and said with a smile, "This official thinks that Chen Dajin means that it is better to be more pure, and those who do not enter a thousand are more thorough than themselves after all, and what we want is Dengzhou in Wendeng Camp." ”

Zhang Dong agreed in a low voice, although Zhou Shifa had been a soldier in the city, but when it came to being ruthless, the Intelligence Bureau really didn't have much to catch up, and the plan for Dengzhou this time was that he and Chen Xin repeatedly deliberated and decided, twisted all their tricks, and finally came to harvest, he naturally hoped that the results would be greater, and he had already calculated with Chen Xin for the plan to end later.

This is the biggest advantage of the intelligence bureau, the commander will not tell the officers about many things, but will consult with the chief officer of the intelligence bureau, and the psychological closeness will gradually surpass those professional officers.

Zhang Dong was about to continue to report, there was a fierce sound of artillery in the direction of Caoqiao, and the sound of the Francophone and the general's cannon could be heard in both sides, indicating that the battle had begun there, and it was a large-scale battle, and then there was a horn sound from the south.

When Zhou Shifa heard the horn, he knew that it was the rebels, and the special service team and the action team never used these command instruments, so he took out his flint hair and filled it calmly, and said to Zhang Dong: "Who is guarding over there?" ”

"It's Li Tao, there are two Furlong machines and a second general on the bridge, if he can block it with blades and bows and arrows, he won't use artillery, there should be a large number of horses rushing hard."

As he was talking, a member of the action team on horseback ran to the city tower and shouted loudly to the city: "Li Jiucheng brought into the Chongqiao, just been repulsed, they are gathering into the horse, Captain Li is ready to light the fire along the river." ”

Zhang Dong looked at Zhou Shifa and waited for his instructions, Zhou Shifa looked up after loading ammunition and said: "You know the situation best here, do it according to your plan, if you really can't hold on, you will put a fireworks signal to inform Chen Dajin, there is a beam on the top of Pingshan Mountain that can be seen, and the official will be on this city tower, Li Jiucheng wants the north gate, unless Lao Tzu is dead." ”

Zhang Dong said with a smile: "The city is in chaos like this, they are giving orders, how many soldiers have been summoned at one time, even if they are summoned, they have just made a fortune, and they can have a little fighting spirit, and their subordinates are more at ease at this time than when they were young." ”