Chapter Ninety-Five: Dark Room Melee Combat

After a while, the family led a burly man into the city tower, followed by three family members, and after coming in, he smiled at Wang Bingzhong and said, "Wang Qian, don't come unharmed." ”

Wang Bingzhong carefully looked at this Geng Jingcai's face, and found that his expression was also a little anxious, at this time, Dongcheng shouted and killed loudly, and the sound of bird guns and three-eyed guns was continuous, and then there was a rapid sound of the Fran machine, which was obviously already in a fierce battle.

Wang Bingzhong said: "Brother Geng doesn't need to go around the bend, he has something to say. ”

Geng Jingcai turned his eyes to look at Wu Bingzhong's family members around him, and pretended to be calm: "Are these people all your henchmen?" ”

There was a loud bang on the east gate wall, the light outside brightened, and soon dimmed, everyone heard that it was a Hongyi cannon, everyone in the room unconsciously turned their eyes to the east, only Zhang Dong and Li Tao were still watching Geng Jingcai, at this time they must not let the rebels have the opportunity to kidnap Wang Bingzhong.

Wang Bingzhong was nervous, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "It's all my henchmen, if you have a fart, let it go, did the people in your middle camp do it at the east gate?" ”

Geng Jingcai squeezed out a smile, "My family asked me to give Mr. Wang Qian a fortune." ”

"Tell me about it."

"They are all brothers from the Dongjiang River, we were born and died in Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Shuai, although he was ambushed, but there is no one to say, that is, Lord Sun came later, see what he did again, Huanglong and Liu Xingzhi made people angry and resentful on Phi Island, and the hearts of our Dongjiang people are scattered, and now Li Jiucheng is about to enter the city, and my family wants to invite Wang Qianzong to rise up together and share the wealth."

As he spoke, several more red cannons were fired from the east gate, and the fire shone through the gate on the wall.

Wang Bingzhong stared at Geng Jingcai and didn't speak, Geng Jingcai licked his lips lightly under his gaze, the two sides were actually also weak in their hearts, Wang Bingzhong was worried that Geng Zhongming had already known that he had taken refuge in Chen Xin, and now he was just here to stabilize the army at the North Gate, and he would have to clean himself up after entering the city, and Geng Jingcai was worried that the army at the North Gate was on Sun Yuanhua's side.

Wang Bingzhong finally spoke: "What's the good of Lao Tzu?" ”

Geng Jingcai hurriedly said: "Lord Li and Master Kong have all calculated, as long as Dengzhou is defeated, they will rob all the gold and silver cloth in the city, and with silver and grain, they will gather our old brothers from the islands of the Dongjiang River to come over, and turn Dengzhou into a place for our Liao people. Master Li plans to give Wang Qian a deputy general, still in charge of the original army, and the land is at least 3,000 acres......"

When he said this, there were two consecutive red cannon shots in the south, and the cannon flame reflected the sky red, Geng Jing paused for a moment and took a sip of saliva, "From the north of the grass bridge to the south of the painting river, it will all belong to your people." ”

Wang Bingzhong's eyes began to change a little, Zhang Dong stood at the door, facing Wang Bingzhong's front, he could clearly feel that Wang Bingzhong seemed to be a little tempted, Zhang Dong didn't expect Li Jiucheng to open such a big price to win Wang Bingzhong, Dengzhou from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty is the important place leading to Liaodong, when the Ming Dynasty recovered Liaodong, Dengzhou supplied the army of grain and grass, and later it was also an important trade route on the sea, since the fall of Liaodong, smuggling at sea is rampant, plus Dengzhou and Dongjiang two towns of the stock zài, a large amount of silver and grain gathered here, There are countless gentry in the city who have made a fortune because of this, and it is extremely easy to give Wang Bingzhong's territory to grab a million taels, of course, it is more exciting than 10,000 taels.

And he can't persuade Wang Bingzhong now, nor can he kill Geng Jingcai, Zhang Dong wants the rebels to break the city, and needs time to drag them from making a move to the north gate, once Geng Jingcai is killed, Geng Zhongming may be suspicious of the north gate, and then attack the north gate in advance, which is also the reason why he agreed with Wang Bingzhong to see the rebel envoy, and also discussed the pretense to agree to Geng Zhongming, but I didn't expect Geng Zhongming to spend a lot of money, and the situation became complicated, for Wang Bingzhong, he promised to take refuge in Chen Xin because Li Jiucheng had no future, Now there is great hope for separating one side, of course, the benefits are more than 10,000 taels of silver, Zhang Dong can't help but regret letting him see Geng Jingcai at this time.

But he couldn't let Wang Bingzhong rebel, not only would the plan be over, but they would also be killed, he slowly put his hand on the side of his leg, and there was a short gun inserted in each of his legs, but the first action had to be to lift the skirt armor, so his hand gently grabbed the edge of the skirt armor.

Geng Jingcai saw Wang Bingzhong's expression, and said harder: "Shuicheng does not have a city to rely on, it must not be able to hold it, we just need to enter the city, clean up the old Dongjiang brothers and Liao people in the city, and conquer Shuicheng in one fell swoop, there will be a way to live, the brothers on the islands can come over, no matter how bad we can go to the island, think about Liu Xingzhi's ancestral birthday, the court can't help us, and then we can still be appeased." ”

Wang Bingzhong lowered his head and quietly remembered, Wang Bingzhong's eleven family members in the hall were all in the know, they saw Wang Bingzhong hesitate, it was estimated that Wang Bingzhong might change his mind, turned his body slightly to the outside, looked at the people of the special service team with the corner of his eye, and put his hand on the handle of the knife, Zhang Dong pulled the collar with his hand and issued a secret signal, and several special service members in the corner also made subtle movements, and the two sides prepared the fire without Geng Jingcai's knowledge.

Geng Jingcai didn't know about this, just stared at Wang Bingzhong expectantly, hoping that he could say that he could move him to make trouble together, Geng Zhong told him that once Wang Bingzhong agreed, he would let Wang Bingzhong's department attack the powder magazine in the northeast, and then attack the Penglai County Office, but after all, it was to persuade people to rebel, this is Wang Bingzhong's territory, in case Wang Bingzhong did not agree, Geng Jingcai must have no way to live, so his plan is to pull two people on their backs, and it is best to pull Wang Bingzhong himself, so that the north gate will fall into chaos, and it can be regarded as serving Geng Zhongming.

Zhang Dong focused all his attention on Wang Bingzhong, and Wang Bingzhong's family was also in his hands, which was also something that Wang Bingzhong had to weigh, Wang Bingzhong turned sideways, frowned and walked back and forth.

The cannon sound of the east gate continued to sound, the flash of the cannon flame illuminated the hall through the doors and windows, the hall was strangely silent, only the slight footsteps of Wang Bingzhong walking, the three parties were waiting for Wang Bingzhong's decision, secretly observing the position of the enemy closest to him, planning how to do it in his heart, and the people who knew it were beating faster, and the whole body was in a tense state.

Zhang Dong was like a cheetah about to attack, his years of experience in his career finally showed its value, and he keenly felt that Wang Bingzhong was taking advantage of the opportunity to turn around and walk around to observe the situation around him, and to make a look at his family.

, Geng Jingcai's eloquence is average, what Fang just said is what Geng Zhongming taught him, and now he doesn't know what to say for a while, he is so nervous that he can hear his fierce heartbeat, and he looks at Wang Bingzhong intently, and he didn't notice anything strange around him, but the three family members behind him finally found that the atmosphere was slightly wrong, two of them turned their heads to look around, and just showed doubts in their eyes, Wang Bingzhong suddenly pulled out his waist knife, and slashed Zhang Dong head-on with the brilliance of the fire in the hall, and shouted, "Kill Wen Dengying!" ”

The stillness of the room was broken in an instant, and everyone began to move at the same time, almost at the same time, drawing their swords, and the sound of unsheaths was endless.

Zhang Dong shouted: "We are Li Jiucheng's people." Taking a step back, his right hand lifted open his robe like lightning, pulled out a short hammer and half-opened the hammer at the same time, aimed at Geng Jingcai, who had not yet reacted, and pushed the door leaf with his left hand at the same time, closing the door tightly.

The rest of the special service team members also quickly kicked the tables and chairs in the room to block each other, and at the same time pulled out short guns in their hands, five or six short guns in the hall exploded continuously, everyone was shocked to the ear drums roared, and the room was brightly illuminated by gunfire flames, and the six special service members and Zhang Dong all shot at their nearest people.

Geng Jingcai and the four of Wang Bingzhong's family members fell to the ground screaming at the same time, and the rest of the family members were also stunned by the sudden burst of close-range musket fire, and the blinding gunfire and deafening sound brought their movements to a halt.

The special service team has never leaked a short gun here, Wang Bingzhong never expected them to have such a short gun, he was already tempted by Li Jiucheng's conditions when he walked around, he calculated the manpower in the house, there are twelve people on his side, Geng Jing only has four people, and the other party only has seven people, which can be taken, and then he can mobilize the manpower on the city wall to attack the rest of the Wendeng camp in the Wengcheng Grass Factory, no matter how powerful they are, there are only fifty people.

At this time, as soon as the opponent's short gun came out, the shape shì turned sharply, and he quickly slashed at Zhang Dong, who was still a brother not long ago, Zhang Dong's wrist flicked, and the short gun was smashed towards Wang Bingzhong, Wang Bingzhong subconsciously avoided it, Zhang Dong used this moment to get out of the attack, his right hand pulled out the short knife from the belt, and his left hand pulled out the left short gun, and there was another roar, and one of Geng Jingcai's three family members on the left fell in response.

The three of them stood in the middle of the hall, although they drew their knives quickly, but they were obviously confused by the sudden infighting around them, Wang Bingzhong's "killing Wendeng camp" has too little information, they are just ordinary family members, they don't want to understand what the relationship between Wendeng camp and the current Dengzhou is, the remaining two people are still blankly drawing their knives and looking around at this time, they are dazed by Zhang Dong's sentence "Li Jiucheng's people", and they have not figured out what the situation is, and they don't know which side to help.

Zhang Dong's second handcuff smashed at Wang Bingzhong again, and his body rushed towards the two Geng family members as quickly as a cheetah, at this time the special service team also fired the second round of handcuffs, and the attention of the two Geng family members attracted the attention of the other side, Zhang Dong rushed over and stabbed the knife into the waist of a family Ding, pushing the family Ding to stick to the other family Ding, blocking the line of another family Ding waving the weapon, Zhang Dong did not pull out the knife, and shook the handle of the knife vigorously, the family Ding who was hit by the knife opened his mouth in pain and bowed down, Zhang Dong immediately followed by a short figure, Quickly moved to the side of the remaining family, and his right hand went around the neck of the family, clasping the Adam's apple, and before the family could react, the calloused fingers pinched his Adam's apple like iron tongs.

Wang Bingzhong saw that he was frightened, and ran to the door, but the door was opened inward, and he was covered by Zhang Dong just now, he had to stop first to open the door, just this short delay, a thick back waist knife has been roaring, Wang Bingzhong blocked, the light knife collapsed a gap under the attack of the opponent's thickened waist knife, Wang Bingzhong was also repelled two steps, and lost the last chance to escape.

"Leave him alive!" Zhang Dong's voice sounded softly.

Li Tao, who was about to pursue Wang Bingzhong, stopped and guarded the doorway, Wang Bingzhong turned his head to look in the direction of Zhang Dong in a daze, just in time to see the last family member fall to the ground under the attack of two enemies, his right hand was cut off, his waist was stabbed, and a wail came out of his mouth.

Zhang Dong only let go of his hand at this time, and the Geng family member who had been pinched off his Adam's apple covered his neck and protruded a mouthful of blood foam, writhing on the ground and making a loud sound.

Wang Bingzhong's desperate waist knife was held in front of him, although he had also fought Tartars in Liaodong, but it was the first time that such a close-quarters indoor fight was the first time, and the other party only took a few breaths to kill his men, he never expected these people to be so strong.

The sound of running footsteps sounded outside the door, and Zhang Dong took out a short gun from his arms, aimed at Wang Bingzhong and smiled: "Don't let them in." ”

"It's okay here, stay outside."

Wang Bingzhong's younger brother's voice sounded, "Big brother is really okay?" Why is there a sound of firecrackers? ”

"Lao Tzu cleaned up the people of the Geng family."

After Wang Bingzhong finished shouting, it was quiet outside, he turned his head to look inside the house, several special service members were already standing around him, Wang Bingzhong faced Zhang Dong who walked in front of him and threw down the sword, and said dejectedly: "Hands and feet are neat, send Lao Tzu on the road, I just ask you not to hurt my brother and family." ”

Zhang Dong put down the fire and said with a smile: "Lord Wang is a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, although you are unjust, I can't be unkind, our agreement is still valid, and I will give you an extra benefit." ”

Wang Bingzhong raised his head in surprise, with hope in his eyes.

"After Lord Chen enters the city, Lao Tzu will also let you rob the northern city, but ......"

"Master Zhang said."

"You have to grab the list given by Lao Tzu, and there will definitely be benefits for you at that time."

Wang Bingzhong knelt down for Zhang Dong at once, and promised with a mouth: "The villain is wolf-hearted and dog-hearted, thank you for Lord Zhang's grace not to kill, what should the villain do now?" ”

Zhang Dong called Li Tao, the two discussed a few words in a low voice, Zhang Dong turned his head to Wang Bingzhong and said: "Gather your men and horses, build earthen ramparts on the city walls on both sides, send people to garrison, and let your subordinates pile up firewood and grass in the streets near the city gate and sprinkle fire oil, in case the rebels attack, light a fire to block them." ”

"Yes, yes." Wang Bingzhong knelt down and promised again and again, "What should Geng Zhongming do there?" ”

"After a quarter of an hour, you sent someone to the east gate to look for Geng Zhongming, and said that you promised not to fight him, but you also said that you would not raise troops immediately."

Wang Bingzhong smiled and said flatteringly: "Master Zhang, the villain thinks that he can add one more sentence, just say that we still want half of the things in the treasury, and a villain like Geng Zhongming believes it even more." ”

Zhang Dong couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard the villain's son, as if he heard a black humor, at this time, the muskets and artillery at the east gate were more intense, dense like firecrackers for the New Year, and a large number of firearms equipped by the Dengzhou Army appeared in the internal fighting.

Wang Bingzhong continued to use his brains to relieve Zhang Dong's worries, and he asked in a low voice: "Then what if Geng Zhongming asks about Geng Jingcai?" ”

"Just say they're gone." Zhang Dong smiled and said to Li Tao: "Find four of our people to come in, change into Geng Jingcai's clothes and go out, bury your head low when you go out, remember to swagger away, and say goodbye louder." ”

He then turned to Wang Bingzhong, "You just find a few people nearby who saw them leave to talk to Geng Zhongming about the conditions, if Geng Zhongming asks, they will naturally say that they only left when they saw Geng Jing, this kind of truth is the most true lie." As for Lord Wang, you ...... yourself," Zhang Dong touched his chin, "I have no choice but to wronged you to stay in this room and direct the overall situation." ”

Wang Bingzhong knew that this was inevitable, after the one just now, Zhang Dong would definitely not trust himself, he only wanted to survive now, and he did not dare to disobey Zhang Dong's order, Zhang Dong finally stared at him and smiled: "Do it well, as long as the big thing is done, Lord Chen will not treat you badly." I also advise you not to make other ideas, do you think Li Jiucheng can really succeed? He thinks well, how can the emperor tolerate him as a rebel general to divide Dengzhou, this person is cruel in nature, harsh and vicious, you have no good end with him, it is better to follow our Wendeng camp. ”

Wang Bingzhong kowtowed three times in a row, "Thank you, Lord Chen, thank you, Lord Zhang." He looked up and said flatteringly to Zhang Dong: "Then where is Lord Chen now?" It's time to arrive, Geng Jing has not returned for a long time, Geng Zhongming is afraid that he is suspicious, if it is late, we are afraid that we will not be able to hold here, the villain's life is small, and it is a big matter to mistake Lord Chen's plan. ”

Zhang Dong said with a calm face: "Naturally, it's almost here, and this matter will not be worried about Lord Wang, you can do your own thing." After he finished speaking, Wang Bingzhong walked to the innermost part of the hall, let him sit on the top, and he found a seat to sit down, and the corpses in the room had been dragged to the wall, leaving only a blood stain.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although there were twists and turns, but the situation was still under control, and then he remembered Wang Bingzhong's question just now, and subconsciously glanced at the south, where did Lord Chen go, and did the army in Ninghaizhou move again? If they don't arrive in time, will they be able to leave Dengzhou alive?