"The Shun army is only less than twenty miles away from us, what are you going to do," the Xinzhou defenders are now as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and there was nothing to hesitate about, but the new army sent urgent envoys several times to order the Xinzhou defenders to stick to the city, and the Dadu Governor's Mansion guards are rushing here: "Are we resisting the Shun army or resisting the Dadu Governor's Mansion?" ”

"This ......" The sweaty Xinzhou guard general was spinning around in his military tent with his hands behind his back, if Zhendonghou personally led troops to rescue Shanxi, he would be willing to see the duel between master and apprentice, and he would also put the treasure on the master, but now Zhendonghou does not know the life and death, so if he refuses to surrender and angers the Shun army, how can the new army be defeated by the Shun army in the future: "What does the prefect say?" ”

"The prefect locked himself in his study and refused to see anyone, saying that he had given full authority to the adults."

"This soft egg, he is still a jinshi, why is he so?" After learning that Taiyuan surrendered, he and the prefect had already discussed to surrender to King Shun, and the prefect even wrote a seal to King Shun, and the guard general also followed the prefect's name to sign the book, and also summoned the gentry in the city to announce their decision, and sent people to contact Taiyuan: "If there is a rebellion, King Shun will be furious, and the whole city knows about it, that is, if we don't surrender, will the court spare us?" ”

"Then we will refuse to defend the city and resist the direct guards of the Grand Governor's Mansion?"

"How's that going to work? General Xu has not yet arrived, "The guard general knows that not far from the city is a group of vanguard cavalry sent by Xu Ping to accept, the main force is estimated to be near Taiyuan, and the vanguard of the new army is also not far from the city: "With our thousands of people, how can we resist the edge of the new army?" ”

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." Another subordinate rushed in: "The new army has sent a messenger again, and the direct guard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion knows General Yang's personal soldiers, and he asked how Xinzhou is?" ”

"Did you let him in?"

"No, the little one didn't dare, the little one shouted to him at the head of the city, saying that the Shun army had already come to the city and didn't dare to open the city."

"You're talking about Shunjun?" The Xinzhou guard jumped three feet high.

"Of course not, of course the little one is still shouting as a thief."

"It's okay, it's okay." The Keeper let out a long breath.

"My lord, what should we do, give the order quickly." The generals of the battalion urged in unison.

"What's the use of asking me, I'm a martial artist, I'm going to act on orders, go and ask the prefect." The Xinzhou guard shook his arm, rushed back to his seat, and hugged his head: "Whatever the prefect says, you can do it." ”

"But the prefect is hiding in the yamen and can't come out," just now the guards sent people to urge, but the yamen was closed, and the people outside smashed the gate to the sky, and the inside was dead or alive: "My lord, you can get an idea." ”

"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know!" The Xinzhou guard suddenly jumped like thunder, his face was red, and the green tendons on his neck were exposed: "Get out, go and ask the pus-filled prefect, I don't care about this matter!" Get out! ”

The group of officers was coaxed out of the barracks in disgrace, and at this time someone ran out of the tent and was about to break into the barracks without greeting everyone. Everyone watched as this unlucky man rushed in, but he was driven out by a loud roar, and escaped from the tent before he could even say a word.

"What's wrong?"

This is when everyone had the opportunity to ask him.

"The Shun army will arrive in half an hour, but the direct guard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will probably arrive in half an hour," the new officer who reported the news cried with a sad face: "But the adults don't have an idea, what should we do?" ”

The officers who gathered outside the tent were the same as the Xinzhou guards who locked themselves in the tent, they were all hereditary Jin army officers, they had property in Xinzhou, and land outside the city, if the new army could really defeat the Shun army, then their land would be safe. If the Shun army defeated the Ming army, then Xu Ping also promised not to infringe on their property, but if the flames of war burned in Xinzhou, then nothing could be expected.

"How far is the main force of the new army?"

"Hasn't General Xu come out of Taiyuan yet?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

A Qianhu in Xinzhou, who had just taken up his post, suddenly squatted on the ground with his head in his hands and cried bitterly: "The uncle I only took last year has become a relative again, why is there a war this year?" My wife just gave birth to a son, in order to meet this shortage, I borrowed so many debts, and I haven't paid it back at all, I haven't paid it back at all, if I have three long and two short, what should they do with orphans and widows? ”

The crying of this new thousand households is not a taste for everyone's hearts

"Brothers, brothers," suddenly shouted a man, waving his arms to draw the attention of his colleagues around him, "brother, I have an idea, and I don't know if it's appropriate or not. ”

"Say it, say it."

"What thoughts?"

The officers urged him in a big way, and at the same time gathered around the person who spoke, and even the Qianhe who was squatting on the ground and crying bitterly jumped up, wiped away his tears and came over to listen with a pair of red eyes and ears.

"The Shun army is coming towards the south gate, and the Dadu Governor's Mansion guards are coming to the north gate, we are staring at these two gates, if the Dadu Governor's Mansion guards arrive first, we will cooperate with the new army to defend Xinzhou, if the Shun army arrives first, we will surrender to the Shun army to resist the Dadu Governor's Mansion, what do you brothers think?"

"But I don't know if there is the main force of the new army after the direct guard of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, who knows if General Xu is coming."

"Do you dare to say that the main force of the new army did not follow behind the direct guards of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?"

"Of course I don't know, but do you dare to vouch?"

"If I dare to vouch, do we still need to talk nonsense here?"

"Alright, alright," the officer who had just proposed waved his arm to suppress everyone's commotion, "No one dares to say this, but we can't not surrender the Shun army and not let the Dadu Governor's Mansion guards enter the city, right?" Today we can only gamble, who comes first and we help whom, it is all up to God's will. ”

The others couldn't think of a better way, so they went to the north and south gates, nervously waiting for reinforcements from the Shun army or the new army.

The Xinzhou officer on the tower of the South Gate City stared intently at the official road heading south, and just as he was looking through the autumn water, a personal soldier shouted: "My lord, look, look!" The Shun army is coming. ”

At this time, the people on the city tower saw the smoke and dust rising in the distance, forming a long trail towards Xinzhou.

"There must be a thousand cavalry, right?" The officer was relieved, and smiled at his colleagues, subordinates, and personal soldiers: "I said it a long time ago, the general's reinforcements will definitely arrive in time." ”

The surrounding Ming troops were all smiling, and with so many Shun troops assisting in defending the city, the cavalry of the direct guards of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was not too terrifying.

"Hurry up and report the good news to the prefect and the commander, the general's reinforcements have arrived!"

"Yes, my lord." The Xinzhou soldiers with excited faces shouted loudly, and ran down the city tower with all their energy to deliver the message.

"Let's go out of the city quickly to meet us," the officers at the south gate also hurried down the tower, at this time no one still wants to stay on the tower, if they are not enthusiastic, in case they provoke the general of the Shun army, thinking that they have a grudge and do not surrender sincerely, it will be troublesome.

……

"Reinforcements! Reinforcements! ”

There was a cheer on the north gate, looking at the flaming red flags that were galloping, and the Xinzhou officers who had been waiting at the north gate for a long time also fell to the ground with a big stone in their hearts:

"It's really timely rain, looking at this formation, I'm afraid there will be thousands of iron horses?"

"yes, that's it."

"I have heard for a long time that the direct guard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is Huang Hou's personal guard, and he must be able to keep Xinzhou safe."

"Open the city gate quickly," a group of officers hurriedly ran down the city tower, swarming out to the side of the road to meet the reinforcements, and at the same time, someone did not forget to order: "Go and inform the prefect and the commander." ”

"There is also the South Gate, ready to serve the intruders." The officers at the north gate also walked clean in the blink of an eye, and a sharp-eyed officer saw a big black flag raised above the south gate, and grabbed the soldier who was about to give the order: "Quickly let Zhang Qianhu remove the flag, be quick with your hands and feet, don't let the direct guards see it." ”

……

"General Liu's name is like thunder, and he is so full of admiration," the officers at the south gate ran out of the door for a mile, kneeling on both sides of the road to greet Liu Zongmin, and each of them wrapped a black cloth around their sleeves: "Dare to ask the general to enter the city quickly, Mingkou is about to come to attack my Xinzhou." ”

"How far is the Ming army from here?" Hearing the urgency of these people, Liu Zongmin did not get off the horse, and rushed to the city gate with the cavalry camp.

"It's coming soon, but General Liu can rest assured, I'm all united in Xinzhou, and I will let Mingkou come and go."

The officers of the south gate followed Liu Zongmin back to the city gate, and when Liu Zongmin arrived in front of the city, a big black flag was already waving in the wind at the head of the city, Liu Zongmin glanced at the flag, and his face showed a satisfied expression, and the smiles on the faces of these Xinzhou officers became more calm.

The first Xinzhou officer who accompanied Liu Zongmin into the city gate, saw a Xinzhou soldier running over without a black cloth, he snorted heavily, and was about to step forward to reprimand angrily.

But before he could speak, the herald had already shouted: "Lord Zhang, why did you plant the flag of the thief?" Are the gunstones ready? Li Qianhu asked the villain to ask if he had seen any traces of the thieves. ”

"Brute!"

When this herald was knocked to the ground by the Xinzhou officers who rushed up, Liu Zongmin just had time to frown, and at this time, someone had already pulled out his sword and was about to cut it off at the herald's body.

"Wait." Liu Zongmin shouted: "What's going on? ”

"This madman intends to assassinate the General!" Zhang Qianhu's face was full of murderous aura, and after speaking, he was about to plunge the sword into the person.

"No, I'm talking about that!"

Following Liu Zongmin's forward arm, the Xinzhou officers who raised their heads saw that a cavalryman with a red flag had just bypassed the yamen located at the intersection in the center of the city and ran towards the southern city.

"It's the New Army Guard!"

Liu Zongmin's subordinates who had already seen this banner shouted out.

"It's the new army of the Zhu Thief!" Chi Shude, the commander of the First Cavalry Battalion, who had already called himself an officer and soldier, also shouted.

Liu Zongmin drew his sword in his hand and glanced at the surrounding Xinzhou officers vigilantly, only to see that they were also at a loss, and they all looked at the red flag in a daze.

Turning his head back to the front, Liu Zongmin no longer paid attention to these dejected Xinzhou officers, waved the sword in his hand and rushed forward, beckoning the Dashun officers and soldiers behind him: "Sons, kill thieves." ”

The first cavalry battalion of Dashun, which had just entered the city, suddenly shouted and waved his sword and jumped forward, and the defenders of Xinzhou Nancheng, who were awakened by this shout, also shouted in panic: "Mingkou has entered the city!" ”

……

"This is the famous General Yang," Li Qianhu recognized the person as Zhang Qianhu's henchman, this person looked at Yang Huaizu and the red-robed cavalry behind him, his mouth was wide open and couldn't be closed, and the whole person was like being nailed to the ground, motionless and neither saluting nor giving way to the direct guards of the Dadu Governor's Mansion. Seeing that this rude behavior had already raised Yang Huaizu's eyebrows, Li Qianhu hurriedly came out to play a round, he bent over, his face was full of sycophantic smiles, and stood beside Yang Huaizu's horse and gestured with his hands: "Why don't you quickly inform your master to come and visit?" ”

"The thieves are coming into the city!"

Suddenly, a terrible howl sounded from the city tower behind him, and the sentinels of the northern city suddenly found that at the far other end of the city, a horse team holding a black flag was rushing into Xinzhou.

Not long after the shouting sounded, the herald who had just been sent by Yang Huaizu to summon the prefect to see him rushed back with a big banner, his face full of panic: "My lord, the traitors in the southern city of Xinzhou, they are reversed!" Got the thief in. ”

"How many thieves are there?"

"I was incompetent, I didn't see it clearly at once, but there were quite a few, and hundreds of people had already entered the city."

Yang Huaizu glanced sideways at Li Qianhu beside him, and the latter jumped up as if he had been burned: "General Yang, I will take people to reconnoitre." ”

"No need, offense is the best reconnaissance." Yang Huaizu pulled out the sword, and behind him was a sonorous voice of drawing the sword: "Sons, kill the thief." ”

The black-clothed cavalry from the south to the north and the red-clothed horse team from the north collided violently at the crossroads in Xinzhou City, and the whole city suddenly shouted murder.

Liu Zongmin, who occupied the Yamen first, ordered Zhang Qianhu, who had just surrendered to Xinzhou, to lead the way and lead some soldiers of the First Cavalry Battalion to the outer wall of the Yamen to observe the enemy situation and shoot.

At this time, Li Qianhu, who was urgently appointed by Yang Huaizu as a guide in the city, had just led a group of direct guard soldiers to the wall of the yamen, and before the direct guards dismounted and climbed over the wall, they encountered the soldiers of the First Cavalry Battalion who had just climbed the top of the wall to block and shoot.

When the guards were looking for cover to fight back, Li Qianhu's helmet was blown away by a stray bullet, which frightened him into a cold sweat, and he hid in the corner of a private house and watched the two armies crack at each other.

"Mingkou, dare to offend my Dashun Xinzhou! This is where you are buried. ”

Following this familiar voice, Li Qianhu saw that his old friend Zhang Qianhu was looking at him with blazing eyes, and immediately ridiculed him: "Thief, we swear to live and die with Xinzhou!" ”

After scolding Zhang Qianhu for a few words, Li Qianhu ran back to Yang Huaizu's side and offered a plan: "General Yang, he is familiar with the geography of Xinzhou, and the east of the city is mostly a place where traders and untouchables gather, and the houses are crowded, not a place for cavalry. ”

Yang Huaizu also felt that the battle was very tricky, the cavalry at the vanguard of the two armies was crowded in a small area in front of the yamen, and no one could show their strength, and the new army also had to guard against the cold guns fired from the wall by the Shun army that occupied the yamen: "How many people do you need?" ”

"You don't need a general to soldier, just take the locals with you, the road is familiar. The general's cavalry did not know the road and horses, but it was a burden. ”

After getting Yang Huaizu's consent, Li Qianhu hurriedly took the defenders of Xinzhou Beicheng around to Xicheng and ran south from the gap in the people's room. I didn't run far from the middle line of the city, and what I was facing was the Xinzhou Nancheng army led by Zhang Qianhu, and like Li Qianhu, he was surrounded by local officers and soldiers in Xinzhou, and there were no soldiers from the First Cavalry Battalion of the Shun Army.

"This is a problem."

After the two factions met, they complained to each other at first, but they didn't complain for too long when they burned their eyebrows, and soon gathered together to discuss: "What is it like now?" ”

"Actually, that's fine." Li Qianhu first turned the corner: "Now the outcome is unknown, we are now divided into two factions, one faction supports Dashun, the other faction supports Daming, whether Dashun or Daming wins in the end, we Xinzhou people have not lost." ”

Listening to Li Qianhu's words, everyone pondered that this was indeed the truth, and Zhang Qianhu immediately said: "Okay, now let's go to move the family out of the city first, and then go through the West Gate." It's all houses here, and the cavalry won't come, and if Dashun wins, I'll take care of the brothers' families. ”

"It's the same, if Da Ming wins, you guys are running over, anyway, this army is in chaos, and General Yang doesn't know who is who."

"Although this plan is wonderful, but I have a better one, that is, even if Dashun loses, I will follow General Liu, as long as the general and He Shuai do not decide the winner for a day, we are not in a hurry anyway, the more we can't be anxious at this time" Zhang Qianhu said: "The general and He Shuai's subordinates are a large number of generals, how can they pay attention to us small fish and shrimp?" I followed General Liu's side closely, and if Dashun won and they were in a good mood, I would never have a good word with the brothers. ”

"Brother Zhang is still right."

Whether it was the Xinzhou Shun army or the Xinzhou Ming army, they all applauded.

"Yes, Brother Zhang thinks long-term, then I'll do it here," Li Qianhu nodded: "No matter who this Xinzhou belongs to, we are responsible for taking care of the brothers' families, and patiently wait for the general and He Shuai to divide the highs and lows." ”

At this time, a Ming army spy who was stationed in the north hurriedly ran and shouted: "The herald of the direct guard is here!" ”

"Kill the thief!"

"Kill Mingkou!"

The two armies of Ming and Shun, who had a very tacit understanding, shouted while running in the north and south directions respectively.

The First Cavalry Battalion and the Dadu Governor's Mansion were in a stalemate in the small city, and because the terrain of Xinkou could not be outflanked, Yang Huaizu sent someone to ask Li Qianhu how he was doing, and before the herald approached the battlefield, he heard the sound of fighting in full swing. Then I saw Li Qianhu, who was full of hideous faces, running over with a big knife: "It was blocked by some Xiaoxiao, but let Lord Yang rest assured, he will definitely be able to kill him."

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