Originally, according to Li Yun's calculations, even if it was almost hopeless to defeat the "Flying Dragon Army" with the advantage of firearms, it was still possible to temporarily resist the attack of the 15,000 "Flying Dragon Army" outside the city by virtue of the prestige he had accumulated in the Zhaoyi Army for many years, as well as the topography of Shangdang City. As soon as the news of his own army uprising came out, those in various places who were dissatisfied with the control of the government by the "thieves" of the Beiping Army and understood the truth of "lip and tooth harm" and did not want to be cut down and seized power were likely to respond en masse. When the time comes, the smoke will rise in the territory of the Great Zhou, and the "thieves" of the Beiping Army will inevitably mobilize troops and horses to extinguish fires everywhere, and their pressure on the party will be greatly reduced, and they may have the opportunity to hold on for a longer time, until the moment when the situation in the world changes greatly.

But what Li Yun didn't expect was that the banner of "Qingjun's side, except for traitors" on his side had just been raised, and not only did the so-called "Flying Dragon Army" five miles south of the city immediately pounce on him under the banner of counterinsurgency, but also a "Flying Dragon Army" soldiers and horses, numbering nearly 10,000 and unaware of its existence before, suddenly appeared behind him as if they had emerged from the ground, covering up from the north of Shangdang City. In just half an hour, the two "Flying Dragon Army" in the south and north completed the operation of meeting and besieging the city, and began to camp outside the city.

With 30,000 local soldiers and horses against the "Flying Dragon Army" armed to the teeth with nearly 25,000 people, Li Yun is no matter how big and optimistic he is, and he does not think that he can hold on until the world is in chaos. In fact, with the sudden appearance of the "Flying Dragon Army" cluster on the northern front, Li Yun, who had already learned from rumors and imperial court newspapers about the process of the Zhou army's southern expedition, especially the specific situation of the bombardment of Jurong County, had already understood the combat effectiveness of the "Flying Dragon Army", especially the power of artillery, and no longer even had the luxury of hoping that he would be able to hold on to Shangdang City for more than ten days after the other side began to attack the city. Now he can only hope that the "Flying Dragon Army" outside the city will care about the lives of nearly 20,000 people in the city, and will not treat human life like a mustard like the shelling of Jurong County, and deter the world by destroying the city and destroying the people, so that he may still have a glimmer of life and can support it for a few more days. Therefore, after hundreds of cavalry out of the city to harass the headquarters cavalry of the "Flying Dragon Army" that was camping were driven back by a musket shot from the other side, Li Yun blocked all the city gates as quickly as possible, preparing to fight a city defense battle with the other party in a desperate gamble.

The short sound of gunfire faintly coming from the direction of Shangdang made Li Shoujie, who was galloping on his horse and was only less than ten miles away from Shangdang City, couldn't help but feel his heart tighten, and secretly screamed that it was not good, and he was still a step too late to hurry. However, after discovering that the gunfire lasted for a short time, and that there seemed to be no huge roar of artillery bombardment that would inevitably occur when the "Flying Dragon Army" attacked the city, Li Shoujie gave birth to a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that the gunfire just now was just a small misunderstanding between the two sides, and that his father and the "Flying Dragon Army" who came from afar had not really torn their faces, and there was still room for the two sides to turn around. Therefore, Li Shoujie waved the horsewhip in his hand and slashed a few whips from his mount, and galloped towards the party city at the fastest speed without hesitating the horsepower.

The distance of ten miles is just the time of a pillar of incense for a fast horse running with all his might. When Li Shoujie, supported by his entourage, staggered to stand up from the mount that had fallen to the ground due to extreme speed, and raised his eyes to look ahead, the situation under the Shangdang city completely shattered his last hope - the "Flying Dragon Army" under the city had already set up camp and surrounded the Shangdang City. A group of "Flying Dragon Army" rangers were rushing towards this side after discovering themselves, and the shiny horizontal knives and jet-black rifles reflected each other in the opponent's hands, which made people feel chills down their spines.

Although the siege of the "Flying Dragon Army" indicates that the face inside and outside the city has been torn and in a state of tension, Li Shoujie still decided to do his best and fight again. While ordering his entourage to put down their weapons, and throwing the saber on his body to the ground as soon as possible, he raised his hands, and while he didn't care about tidying up the dirt on his body because of the fall from the horse, he stepped towards the "Flying Dragon Army" ranger who was galloping, and shouted loudly: "The son of Li Yun, the commander of the Zhaoyi Army, and the commander of the Zhaoyi Army, Li Shoujie asked to see the 'Flying Dragon Army' General Wang and General Xu, and asked him to pass on his behalf." ”

Hearing Li Shoujie's shout, although the rangers of the "Flying Dragon Army" did not put away their swords and guns, they did not rush in an attack formation like a tiger descending the mountain like before, but outflanked them in an arc formation, surrounding Li Shoujie and his party in the middle. A platoon commander of the team lifted his horse slightly, looked up and down at Li Shoujie, who was still holding his hands up, his face covered with dust and dirt, and asked with some suspicion: "Are you the commander of the Zhaoyi Army?" ”

"It's the youngster." Li Shoujie hurriedly nodded and said, "Please ask the captain to be General Wang Feng Wang or General Xu Xinsheng Xu on his behalf, and say that the junior general has something important to discuss with the two generals about the survival of the party city." As he spoke, Li Shoujie reached out and took out his official seal letter from his arms and handed it over.

The platoon commander of the "Flying Dragon Army" took Li Shoujie's official seal and looked at it, then his face softened slightly, and said, "You wait here, and I will go and pass for you." After speaking, he glanced at the deputy beside him, signaling him to continue to lead people to stare at Li Shoujie and his party, while he turned his horse's head and galloped in the direction of the "Flying Dragon Army" camp.

The platoon commander of the "Flying Dragon Army" turned his horse away and turned around, and it was less than a cup of tea before and after, but for the anxious Li Shoujie, it seemed to wait for an hour. Just when Li Shoujie was a little impatient and was about to invite the other "Flying Dragon Army" rangers who stayed at the scene to go to Tongyu again, he only heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the camp gate, and the platoon commander who had just gone to Tongyu rode his horse and pulled the reins in front of Li Shoujie, and said: "My boss has invited Li Yanei, and Yanei please enter the camp with his humble position." ”

Li Shoujie immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, hurriedly tidied up his robe, got on the horses let out by his entourage, and followed the platoon commander of the "Flying Dragon Army" to meet the commander of the "Flying Dragon Army".

This time in Beijing, although Li Shoujie was delayed a lot of time due to the deliberate "retention" of many parties, it also allowed him to get to know many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the Later Zhou court. Among them, Wang Feng and Xu Xinsheng, who led the so-called "transit" of the "Flying Dragon Army" to "transit" Luzhou with the so-called exchange of troops and horses this time, were the ones he met at the banquet and then had some exchanges and contacts -- in addition to Wang and Xu, Li Shoujie, a civil and military official of the first series of the Beiping Army in Kaifeng, including Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, Xu Shaoan, and so on, had almost all met through various occasions, and could be regarded as the one who had seen the most officials of the first series of the Beiping Army among the local officials. The reason why Li Shoujie dared to ask to see Wang Feng and Xu Xinsheng at the risk of being detained or even arrested as a rebel party when Shangdang City was already surrounded by regiments was that he hoped to persuade the two main generals of the "Flying Dragon Army" to agree to go into the city to persuade his father to lay down his arms and stop the rebellion. If you can save the lives of your father and the Li family, even if you can't save your father and the Li family, at least you can avoid the lives of Shangdang City and the people from suffering.

However, when Li Shoujie walked into the tent of the commander of the "Flying Dragon Army" with the last glimmer of hope, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the generals of the "Flying Dragon Army" sitting inside. Because, he found that Wang Feng and Xu Xinsheng, the second general, were not in the handsome position, but they were the first to accompany each other on the side, and sitting behind the handsome case was a general he had never seen at all. Moreover, according to his little knowledge of the rank of the "Flying Dragon Army", the general sitting behind the handsome case has one more gold star on his epaulette than Wang and Xu, and it is obvious that his rank in the "Flying Dragon Army" is higher than that of Wang and Xu.

Just when Li Shoujie had not yet recovered from his stunned state, the general sitting behind the handsome case spoke first: "This Shuai is the founding uncle, the former secretary of the palace, the Marquis of Yu, the right Jin Wuwei, and the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town of the Beiping Army, Tang Chao, Li Ya's servants came to see Ben Shuai, I don't know what to say?" ”