Chapter Eighty-Nine: Ming Dayi, Xiao He, Tell His Father
Liu Ji led the rebel army to the city of Peixian, only to see that the city gate had been closed, and from a distance, under the light of the torch, he vaguely saw that the city was already full of soldiers. It turned out that the county order had already found out that Liu Ji was coming to attack Pei County, so he was ready to fight, and the Qin army held the spear and held the ge, and lined up on the city tower with murderous spirit.
Liu Ji came to the city, stabilized his position first, and then asked Fan Hao to come out of the team and shout. Fan Hao slapped his horse out and yelled at the city: "Dog official, why don't you believe what you say? Zhao Xian Ling said in a strange manner: "Butcher, who do you think of me?" I am the parent official of Pei County, the head of a county, what are you? Dare to say that I don't believe in my word? Liu Ji picked up the horsewhip and pointed at the county order and said angrily: "Since you summoned me here, why did you turn me away?" Zhao Xianling laughed coldly: "Okay, I can welcome you into the city, but I have one condition." Liu Ji asked what the conditions were. Zhao Feng said: "Send Xiao He and Cao Shen into the city first, and then I will welcome you into the city!" Liu Ji laughed and said: "You dog official, Xiao and Cao are both contemporary heroes, Pei County's dependence, how can I hand over you to this dog official?" Zhao County ordered: "This official has long known that you are colluding and acting in embarrassment, and I almost fell for you thieves!" I only hate that I didn't catch the two traitorous thieves last night, otherwise I would have broken them into pieces! Liu Ji! You are just a small pavilion chief, and you are secretly releasing disciples in Fengyi, and now you are bringing a group of fox friends and dog parties, Diao people and beggars, and you come to the city with great power, what do you want to do? Liu Ji scolded angrily: "The dog official is so long-winded, give the city early!" Otherwise, they will come in and skin you! Zhao County ordered: "Do you want to take my official seal?" Fan Hao couldn't help it for a long time, and shouted: "Brother, don't talk nonsense with him, quickly let me cut it in, and chop off his dog's head first!" The county magistrate laughed, and asked the county lieutenant to go out of the city to arrest Fan Xu. The county lieutenant Wan Qi suddenly led a team of officers and soldiers to kill Pei County.
It turned out that the county lieutenant had long wanted to suppress the uprising and cooperate with the county order to contribute to the Qin state, so he enthusiastically went out of the city. He came to the front of the battle, spear in hand, and shouted: "The butcher shall dismount and die!" Fan Hao gritted his teeth with hatred and rushed over angrily. The two of them fought together under the city, Fan Xu was powerful, and cut dozens of axes in a row, Wan Qi suddenly couldn't parry, fled in the wilderness, and ran into the city. Fan Hao chased to the bottom of the suspension bridge, and Wan Qi suddenly lost his front hooves and fell off the horse. The county commander was shocked and hurriedly ordered the sergeant to pull up the drawbridge. Fan Hao captured Wan Qi suddenly alive, and then grabbed Liu Ji in front of him and threw him on the ground. At this moment, Zhao Xianling suddenly ordered the sergeant to take all Cao Shen's family to the city, and then threatened: "Liu Ji, if you don't retreat, cut them down from the city one by one!" When everyone looked at it, they saw Cao Shen's family tied to the head of the city. Cao Shen was shocked and wanted to attack the city in person. Xiao He hurriedly stopped: "Virtuous brother, don't worry! He turned back to Liu Ji and said: "Quickly retreat, I have a plan to break the city!" After speaking, he said to the county order: "Lord Zhao, we will not kill the county lieutenant, and you are not allowed to harm Lord Cao's family, we will withdraw immediately!" Withdraw now! Liu Ji ordered the team to retreat.
After everyone stabilized their position, Cao Shen asked Xiao Hedao: "What is the best plan for my family?" Xiao He said: "Zhao Feng has done a lot of evil on weekdays, and the people have long hated him, but now they are just forced by the might of the army, so everyone does not dare to kill him." I only need to write a letter now, and let Zhou Bo shoot into the city after dawn, and there will be an incident in the city, so that Zhao Feng will die, and the county will be killed! After listening to Xiao He's words, everyone was puzzled.
Xiao He hurriedly found pen and ink, and immediately waved his pen and wrote a copy of "The Book of Fathers and Elders of Pei County". Wait for dawn. Xiao He ordered Zhou Bo to shoot the letter into the city. Zhou Bo took the letter, rode to the city, raised the bow and pulled the string, "whoosh", the arrow passed through the city, the arrow was just tied to the flag pole of the morning market, someone had already climbed the long pole and took down the arrow, and opened the letter tied to the end of the arrow, only to see that it was written:
The world has been suffering for a long time, and now Chen Sheng is the first to revolt, and the heroes of the Quartet have responded, this is God wants to destroy the Qin State. Fathers and villagers of Pei County, you defend the city for the tyrannical Qin, and fight against the loyal and righteous people of the Chu State, once Zhang Chu's army comes, Pei County will be slaughtered. If you can teach the heroes of Pei County to kill the county order together and respond to the uprising as soon as possible, you will be proclaiming justice and saving your own life, so defending the city for the county order is to help the abuse, and it is a meaningless thing. Please make a major choice as soon as possible, and do not go against the wishes of the suffering people, Xiao He Jinshu.
The person who picked up the letter saw that it was Xiao He's handwritten letter, so he circulated it to people everywhere, so that one passed ten, ten passed hundred, and people all felt the same way: "The county order relies on Qin law on weekdays, and I don't know how many innocents have been harmed?" Now that Liu Ji is in the Chu uprising, this is a great opportunity to kill the dog official and avenge his relatives! So they took to the streets one after another, hyping it up, and those old people immediately encouraged the young people to turn their backs on Qin Yingchu and not to miss the opportunity.
At that time, there was a group of young and strong children who were ready to move, they were Zhaoou, Peng Zu, Zhu Zhen, Zhou Ding and others, all of whom were heroes and heroes in Pei County, so they gathered together to discuss, and finally decided to respond to Xiao He. After some discussion, everyone elected Peng Zu as the head, and came to meet the county commander: "My lord, the protector of Pei County is the county lieutenant, and now he is captured by Liu Ji, and the city will be unguarded, if Liu Ji attacks the city again, Pei County will not be able to keep it." Zhao Feng said: "The whole city is guarded by the army and the people, and besides, someone has been sent to report to the county guard, are you still afraid of Liu Ji?" Peng Zu said: "I have a way to save Pei County." The prefectural order asked what the solution was. Peng Zu said: "When the county guard gets the report, it may not arrive immediately, and besides, there are not many soldiers in the county, but the battle is right now." Isn't Cao Shen's old father in your hands, why don't you exchange him for the county lieutenant? When the county lieutenant returns to the city, we will definitely be able to defend the city, and then wait for the county guard to come to the rescue, and everything will be fine! Zhao Xianling thought for a while and said, "Your idea is not bad. "Just ask who is willing to go out of the city to negotiate with Liu Ji. Peng Zu volunteered: "I'll complete the task!" The county order ordered Peng Zu to go out of the city to discuss the exchange of hostages with Liu Ji. Peng Zu was secretly happy in his heart, so he went straight out of the city.
Peng Zu came to Liu Ji's military camp, and after seeing Liu Ji, he said: "We have read Lord Xiao's letter, and we all want to welcome you into the city, but the county order does not agree. A few of us who are like-minded have secretly discussed, and want to go out of the city to discuss things with you on the pretext of exchanging Old Lady Cao for returning to the county lieutenant. Liu Ji was overjoyed when he heard this: "This is great, but you must protect the old man and Lord Cao's family." Peng Zu said: "The city is full of friends of Lord Cao, and I have made proper arrangements, please rest assured." In the afternoon, you will come to the city again, and then exchange hostages, but it is better not to let the county lieutenant into the city, and someone in the city will definitely respond! Liu Ji was very happy and sent Peng Zu into the city. Peng Zu came to the city and told the county magistrate about Liu Ji's promise to change back to the county lieutenant. The prefectural order was very pleased.
In the afternoon, Liu Ji led the brigade to the city again, and then beat the drum and shouted. When the county magistrate heard the news, he ordered the sergeant to escort Cao Shen's family to the city. After a while, the two sides began to exchange hostages. The city gate of Peixian County slowly opened, and several officers and soldiers escorted Cao Shen's father out. Liu Ji saw that Old Man Cao was out of the city, so he asked the sergeant to put the county lieutenant back. But when the county lieutenant walked to the gate of the city, Zhou Bo's arrow had already flown in, and Wan Qi suddenly fell to the ground. Zhao Xianling was furious and ordered the officers and soldiers to cut down Cao Shen's mother from the city first. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted behind the county commander: "Dog official, don't come nonsense!" Your days of power and blessing are over, take your life quickly! As soon as the words fell, a knife was slashed, and Zhao County Ling fell to the ground in response.
Everyone saw that it was the famous fast knife man in Pei County who killed the county order. Zhao Ou is burly and strong in martial arts. At that time, he hacked the county order to death, pulled the knife in his hand, and scolded loudly: "The dog official relied on Qin Fa to harm how many people, and he died innocently!" Liu Tingchang is a hero, and there are two adults, Xiao He and Cao Shen, who are plotting. It is our wish to raise an army against Qin now, so why not welcome the rebels into the city? The officials had already been stunned, and just when they didn't know what to do, Peng Zu had already taken more than a dozen strong men to cut down all the sergeants guarding the door, and opened the city gate and shouted: "I'm Peng Zu, Liu Tingchang, hurry up and enter the city!" Liu Ji waved his hand, and the rebels swarmed in. Only a few of the city's resistors were killed, and the rest surrendered to the rebels. After Liu Ji entered the city, he arrested all the family members of Zhao County Ling and took them to the city to be killed, and the son of the county order was no exception, which fulfilled what Lu Gong said.