Yuan Xingwei's point of view eventually convinced others. Lewen novel w-w.

That is, the fall of Tiannan County of the empire is almost a foregone conclusion. In this case, it would rather fall into the hands of the Taiping army than be handed over to the Kingdom of Oman. As long as the central princes did not collectively lose their heads and shout slogans such as "Rather be friends than domestic slaves", then the conditions proposed by the Taiping army to recruit security are very likely to be successful.

Occupy two counties exclusively!

Although this means that they will completely turn their faces with the Kingdom of Oman, when the Taiping Army is forced to strategically advance eastward, this result is actually doomed, but the time node is a little earlier. In terms of gains and losses, the Taiping army undoubtedly gained more than they lost.

For Chen Wu, the development of the shape has now turned a fork in the road that is different from history, and it is definitely a situation with great opportunities in danger.

"If there is no objection, the matter is settled."

Integrating the opinions of the two factions within the body, Chen Wu finalized the entire plan. Subsequently, the Taiping army acted with more vigor than before, preparing to seize Dengzhou in an all-round way. Everyone knows that if the empire wants to give up Tiannan County altogether, even if it is just a name, it must be premised on them seizing the entire county of Songjiang. Otherwise, even for the sake of decency and prestige, the center would not make concessions to a group of rebels.

This time, you can only win, not lose!

After several days of intense preparation, the crucial night finally came.

Because the Taiping army was ready to move outside the city, making tentative attacks and filling the river, the defenders in the city were also nervous. Except for the necessary military forces to maintain order in the city, as well as the guards of the governor's palace, the other troops have basically received orders to take turns to garrison the city walls. Feng Liangchen, the newly appointed general of the Protector Army and the former brigade commander of the Second Garrison Brigade, issued a strict order after the inspection, saying that the thief army was very likely to launch a siege in the near future, and in view of this, the defenders must fulfill their duties.

Unless you are ordered to do so, you are not allowed to leave the walls at will, no matter what happens.

Violators, regardless of the soldiers, will be held accountable by military law!

This seemingly innocuous order created a good opportunity for the action of the Dengzhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

Under the dark night, the defenders at the head of the city could not touch the situation in the city, and they had strict orders, so even if they found anything abnormal, they would most likely hesitate. If there are no accidents, this period of time is enough for the forces of the Dengzhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance to deal with the Governor's Mansion Guard. As long as Wei Chichang can be held in the hands of Wei Chichang before the intervention of the Dengzhou defenders, the change of ownership of Dengzhou City is basically a certainty.

The so-called older a person is, the more afraid of death, this Governor of Wei Chichang is not the kind of person who would rather die than bow his head.

What's more, at that time, even if Wei Chichang did not cooperate, the Dengzhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance could completely use the Governor Great Seal to forge orders, cooperate with Feng Liangchen's military orders, and forcibly order the defenders to open the city.

"Success or failure is here!"

Zhou Tianrui, Chi Kaifeng and others secretly summoned three hundred elite guards from various chambers of commerce and gave them orders. All were promised a staggering amount of money when they were accomplished. In case of death in battle, the family will receive an additional 200 gold and 10 acres of land.

These high bounties made them make up their minds.

One might think that only 300 people were too little. With the size of these chambers of commerce, even doubling that number is sparse and commonplace. But don't forget that the secrecy of a plot is always inversely proportional to the number of people involved. The Dengzhou Chamber of Commerce Alliance can indeed gather more people, but the risk of leaks will also increase exponentially.

Although Wei Chichang is committed to ensuring stability in the city, he is not pedantic after all.

If we really get the exact evidence that they colluded with the thieves, we will definitely dare to strike first and wipe out the deep-rooted businessmen at any cost!

Considering that there were only 300 guards and the strength was somewhat weak, Feng Liangchen also secretly transferred 200 reliable henchmen.

After the two sides converge, they will demand the disarming of the guards on the grounds that "the Governor's Guard has been mixed with Taiping agents", and take the opportunity to make a surprise attack. Five hundred against two hundred, and the guards of the governor's palace are also on duty in shifts, and it will be impossible to complete the assembly for a while and a half, and the odds of winning on their own side are extremely high.

The whole plan has been deliberated repeatedly, and the weapons and armor have been issued.

As the night grew darker and darker, almost close to midnight, five hundred people set out from the chamber of commerce in the east of the city. The sound of footsteps woke up many people along the street, and some dogs barked, but no one made a sound. With the Taiping army besieging the city outside, the atmosphere inside Dengzhou City was quite tense. With such a large-scale troop movement at night, anyone can feel uneasy.

The sentry posts along the way and the teams patrolling at night were either taken down directly or retreated by Feng Liangchen.

Five hundred soldiers followed the silent alleys of Lìtong Guò and arrived outside the east street in the dim starlight. There is also an outpost here, which can be said to be the outermost layer of defense of the Doge's Palace.

Hearing footsteps, several soldiers on the night patrol woke up from their drowsiness and asked vigilantly.

"Can't you hear Ben's voice?"

Feng Liangchen, who was walking in front, spoke in time, and with the help of the light of the torches, several soldiers quickly confirmed his identity and saluted one after another. It's just that after getting up and seeing the situation behind Feng Liangchen, questions quickly appeared in their hearts. In the middle of the night, why did the general of the Protector Army, who had only just taken office, rush to the Governor's Mansion with so many escorts?

Listen to the deliberately lightened footsteps, there seem to be more people in the depths of the dark streets!

However, they soon lost their minds to doubt.

Feng Liangchen, who was inspecting the post at night, casually asked about the situation in the first half of the night, dispelled the vigilance of several night watch soldiers, and secretly made a signal to his subordinates.

Under the surprise attack of his personal guards, these unlucky eggs were completely unsuspecting and were killed.

After dragging their bodies aside, five hundred elite caravan guards and soldiers rushed into the east front street, and approached the unguarded governor's palace with murderous vigour. At night, this official residence, which looks majestic and majestic on weekdays, gives people an indescribable gloomy and cold atmosphere.

"Who?"

Seeing the light of the torches from afar, the eight guards of the Governor's Palace who were guarding outside became vigilant and shouted interrogations.

"I am Feng Liangchen, the general of the Protector Army, and I received an urgent secret report that there are thieves from the Taiping Army who have infiltrated the guards of the Governor's Mansion to plot against me, so I led the team to investigate!"

Feng Liangchen's voice, these guards of the Governor's Mansion had naturally heard it, and there was no doubt about it. But the news he said really frightened the guards. It's just that as the distance narrowed, seeing that Feng Liangchen had brought a large number of people, it seemed that it was far beyond the need for "inventory", and the eight guards vaguely felt something, and then they had uneasy thoughts.

"It's getting late, the governor doesn't want too many people to disturb him, General Feng, please let his subordinates stop......"

Before the guard who stepped forward to intercept finished speaking, he was pushed to the side of the road by Feng Liangchen, and said impatiently: "Ben will do things, and you dare to stop a little doorman?" Sue you, this matter is related to the safety of the Governor, in case of a mistake, can you bear the responsibility? Get out of the way of Ben! ”

Seeing that Feng Liangchen, who was full of official authority, was angry, these guards were intimidated, and they didn't know whether to stop or not for a while. With such a hesitation, Feng Liangchen had already walked up. The soldiers behind him immediately swarmed up, and before the eight guards could send a signal, they suddenly struck down them.

Soon, the guards outside the governor's palace were disarmed, and their mouths were gagged with sackcloth.

However, the plan that should have been carried out along the way, there was a little accident at this moment.

A captain of the Governor's Palace Guard came out at this time to check the sentry. When I heard the movement outside, when I came out to check, I couldn't help but be surprised to see the guards being taken down by Feng Liangchen, and a large number of soldiers of unknown origin poured into the governor's palace with torches.

"Oh no! Feng Liangchen rebelled! ”

He yelled, turned around with his men and fled deeper into the Governor's Palace.

This shouted earlier than expected, and it frustrated Feng Liangchen's attempt. With an angry wave of his hand, fifteen archers immediately ran out of the ranks and shot a rain of arrows from afar. Even if this captain was killed, he was only hit by an arrow in the dark, and he was stuck in chain mail. On the contrary, he followed the subordinates who came out to check the gang, and they were unlucky to be hit by the feather arrow.

The short screams and shouts alarmed the Doge's Mansion in the middle of the night.

Almost instantly, the Governor's Palace, which had been dark, lit up. It was the panicked servants who lit candles, anxious to find out what was going on outside. The guards in the governor's palace also rushed towards the main entrance. The two doors of the atrium were killed in time by the guards guarding here.

Feng Liangchen, who led the army to rush in, saw this and directly ordered: "Smash the door and attack it!" ”

The soldiers in the front row parted spontaneously, and then a soldier with a heavy hammer came up and hammered the door of the atrium with great difficulty. Due to the fact that the gate here is both decorative and beautiful, it was hammered open in just a dozen strokes. The soldiers and the chamber of commerce's guards cheered and rushed through the collapsed gate, fighting in the dark with some of the hastily assembled guards of the Governor's Palace.

"Don't entangle with them, follow this future!"

Feng Liangchen knew that a long time would change, so he left about 200 people to fight with the guards near the atrium, and rushed into the innermost layer of the governor's palace with the rest of his subordinates. It was the most heavily fortified place in the entire Doge's Palace, and even at night, it was guarded by at least a dozen guards and a group of trained domestic slaves from the Wei Chi family.

Ordinary thieves, even if they are lucky enough to touch here, they can't help them at all.

However, such a group of guards faced nearly ten times the number of officers and soldiers!

The resistance did not last long, and the men brought by Toyora relied on absolute numerical superiority to surround and destroy them. Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Feng Liangchen took his subordinates and rushed into Wei Chichang's bedroom triumphantly.

At this time, the old man had already changed into a unicorn official robe under the service of the favored concubine with a disgraced face, and barely sat down calmly on the Taishi chair in the room. Seeing Feng Liangchen rushing in in a military uniform, Wei Chichang's face looked a little sallow under the firelight, and his expression was a little surprised, but more remorseful.

"The benevolence of a thought...... The Governor should have been ruthless at that time. ”

In the end, he shook his head and sighed, without even asking Feng Liangchen why he did this and who was behind it. In the city of Dengzhou, there is only one class of forces with the most sufficient and urgent motives.

"Please forgive me, Governor."

Feng Liangchen did not have any difficulty for the governor, and he arched his hand, which was regarded as giving him face.

Although the other party has lost ground in Songjiang, after all, it is the Wei Chi family of the Eight Great Lords. After passing the Governor's Great Seal from him, Tohiroshi instructed his subordinates to "protect" the Governor, and then exited the door and immediately took action.

The chaos in the governor's palace was quickly and basically quelled after Wei Chichang sent an old servant to pass the word. The few surviving guards chose to surrender, and the house slaves brought from the Wei Chi family also gave up their resistance on orders. Subsequently, Fengliang ordered people to take over the governor's palace and began to try to assist the Taiping army in capturing the city.

As it was about to dawn, the forged orders of the Governor's Palace, along with his own military orders, were passed out.

The first order, which was only tentative in nature, demanded that the defenders in the northeast, east, and south directions each transfer 1,000 men to the western wall. The reason is that the Governor's Mansion captured important figures of the Taiping Army and interrogated information from the other side, and the Taiping Army is very likely to launch a main attack from the west!

After last night's chaos, there was a sudden order to carry out a large-scale movement of the army, which was clearly problematic.

However, the orders of the Governor's Palace and the orders of the Protector General are there!

After a moment of hesitation, the two wings of the 1st Garrison Brigade firmly refused. He said that it was difficult to determine the authenticity of the order, and that it would be necessary to confirm it with the governor himself before it would be executed. The other defenders, especially the 2nd Garrison Brigade, which had just been formed, chose to do so in the face of orders that were completely procedurally fine.

When the news came back, Feng Liangchen's heart immediately had a bottom in his heart.

The second command went on and on.

Compared to the first ordinary transfer, the second order is even more explicit. But the defenders who accepted the order had to be reinforced. If they do exactly that, there will be only two small brigades left of the soldiers still defending the city!

You know, this is the entire wall of the county.

Because of the excesses and unreasonableness of this order, it is not surprising that the other two wings of the 1st Garrison Brigade also refused. By this time, the anomaly of the Governor's Mansion from last night had gradually spread. Knowing that the governor was very likely to fall into the hands of some people, the entire defenders of Dengzhou City were stunned.

What to do?

However, the governor was in the hands of the other party, and he took charge of the governor's palace, and did not accept any general's request to see him under the pretext of being unwell.

Forced to go in and rescue the Governor?

What if the people behind the scenes are forced to jump over the wall and kill the Governor?

The most reliable 1st Garrison Brigade coincidentally fell into hesitation and entanglement, not knowing what to do. As for the 2nd Garrison Brigade, although they were also a little entangled and knew that there must be great changes in the city, they finally chose to admit the order and carry it out immediately. >