Kaifeng City.

As thousands of heads hit the ground, all the discordant sounds seemed to disappear overnight. People don't think about worrying about the future outcome, but the knife hanging around their necks right now makes them dare not slack off in the slightest.

With the tens of thousands of troops stationed in Kaifeng City, in order to support the suppression of rebellions in various parts of Henan Province, Kaifeng City was finally completely closed.

The three divisions of the yamen and the various divisions in the city, up and down, finally gathered more than 2,000 third-class officers, and even the firefighters of the fire prevention squad were also sent to the city wall.

Together, there are nearly 3,000 people in the city who survived, as well as the servants of the unfortunate victims, on the surface, they are jointly guarding the safety of Kaifeng City.

On the city gate tower in the west of Kaifeng City, as the former capital of the Song Dynasty, the thoroughfare city, this city gate tower that looks west to Luoyang and overlooks Guanzhong in the distance, is very majestic and magnificent.

Although it has experienced wars for hundreds of years and vicissitudes of life, as a thoroughfare city in the Central Plains, the investment and repair of Kaifeng City since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty has never stopped.

The city gate tower sits east and looks west, the simple and simple gray-brown main color, it looks extremely calm.

Coupled with the battlements of the city wall, those officers and servants who do not look very good-looking, and the battle posture is very loose, but they also seem to be quite sparse, and there is a lot of atmosphere on the battlefield where the mountain rain is about to come, and the black clouds are pressing the city.

At the head of Kaifeng City, where the fighting spirit is lurking, there is a long sound of the piano, which comes out of the city gate tower, and is biased to the wilderness outside the city.

Occasionally light as raindrops, occasionally heavy as thunder; Sometimes it's like mountains and flowing water, sometimes it's like stormy waves.

It's hard to tell how many kinds of people can be seen in the world by the performers above the city.

And in the city.

In the past few days, the government has issued several notices in succession, and the words are very cautious, most of them are to appease the people in the city. It's just that the more this happens, the more the people feel that something may happen to Kaifeng City.

In addition to going out to shop every day, most people will only look outside their homes at dawn in the early morning, and will continue to hide in their homes when they see no movement.

At this moment, on the west city wall, a few wisps of footsteps broke the silence of the city wall, which was originally only the sound of the piano.

Several brocade guards dressed in dark brown and with embroidered spring knives on their waists walked from the city to the front of the city gate.

In front of the gatehouse on the city wall, Pei Benzhi, the political envoy of Henan Province, was sitting under the door, his eyes were either looking into the distance outside the city, or looking down at the guqin under his hands.

Around him, surrounded by the grandson of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the prince of the Qin Dynasty, the prince of the Yan Palace, and the Jinyi Wei Baihu Zhang Hui and the Dark Guard Tianmai.

Several Jinyi guards arrived in front of the city gate tower, they bowed down and hugged their fists, and were about to open their mouths, standing behind Pei Benzhi, looking at the scenery outside the city, and listening to the sound of the piano in front of him, Zhu Yunxi, who raised his hand and signaled a few people to be restless.

Pei Benzhi glanced at the person from the corner of his eye, and the flick of his fingers increased in vain.

It seemed that on the calm battlefield, the two sides who had already finished their formations suddenly erupted into a piercing horn and drum, and then the horse infantry shouted to kill and began to charge. The two huge military formations collided heavily, and for a while, people turned over on their backs, and the stumps and arms were broken on the battlefield, and the blood flowed like a river. The warriors on either side were wailing and entering hand-to-hand combat with red eyes.

At the end, an arrow sounded in the air, and the battlefield was full of corpses, and the victorious side did not cheer or celebrate, but silently rescued the casualties of the friendly soldiers, and then made up for the enemy soldiers who were not dead.

After sunset, there was still silence in the barracks. Celebrations of victory are long years later.

Bang bang.

In the city gate tower, Zhu Yunxi took the lead in raising his hands and applauded Pei Benzhi, who had performed for a long time.

"I don't want Dachuan to have such a skill, today it seems that Zhuge Kongcheng retreats from Sima."

Zhu Gaochi also praised on the side: "Pei Fangbo has such a long time, which is enough to make us ashamed." Such an elegant thing is something I can't wait for. ”

Pei Benzhi got up with a smile, shook his head again and again, turned sideways and beckoned, and called the attendants to withdraw the piano and the piano stand together.

Then Pei Benzhi bowed his hand to Zhu Yunxi: "It's just that when I was a teenager who was not good at studying, I played around a few times, and now I am really unfamiliar with it." His subordinates did not dare to compare themselves with the Marquis of Wu, and the Ming Dynasty would never have the Sima clan. ”

Zhu Yunxi smiled silently twice, and looked sideways at Xiao Han beside him.

Zhu Shangbing walked up to Pei Benzhi and motioned for the other party to look out of the city, and then he stretched out his finger to designate the direction and position for Pei Benzhi.

Pei Ben was puzzled for a while, so he had to follow Qin Shizi's instructions to look out of the city.

Suddenly, on the originally empty and uninhabited wilderness, out of nowhere, a group of elite cavalry with long knives at their waists, crossbows hanging sideways, guns on horseback, and long firearms on their backs suddenly appeared.

The cavalry, armed to the teeth, rushed towards the undulating horizon in the distance, and the fire gun on his back was also held in his hand. The cavalrymen, armed with their guns and suspended from their horses, fired at the front of them at will.

A puff of smoke came out, blocking the rushing cavalry for a short time.

After a gust of wind, Pei Benzhi at the head of the city saw dozens of people in the wilderness, fleeing in a panic with their backs to Kaifeng City.

The cavalrymen were not in a hurry, the firearms were turned back to their backs, and the crossbows on their side waists were held in their hands. This time, the cavalry did not take it lightly, but held their breath, following the galloping of the horses under them, and only when they found the most suitable opportunity, they would shoot the crossbow arrows in their hands.

Almost every crossbow bolt will get into a person's back.

When there were only a dozen or so men left in front of the cavalry, they switched to spears, and their horses caught up with the spies who were fleeing in the wilderness outside the city.

The spear head was wrapped in red tassels and pierced into the backs of the spies, and the cavalrymen immediately let go, so as not to be dragged down by the corpses that had lost their strength.

When the cavalry rushed out again, and there were no rebel spies from all walks of life in Henan Road ahead, the cavalry turned their horses' heads and held the reins, and the horses paced slowly and rushed back.

The cavalry dismounted, and the officers and men led the horses with one hand and retrieved the spears they had discarded. Then he drew his saber from his waist and began to count the enemy spies who were still groaning and not yet dead.

After doing all this, the cavalry was even very loving, kind, and full of humanitarianism. All the corpses were tied together, and several horses pulled together, and the corpses were dragged to a pit dug in the wilderness at some point.

In the end, the cavalry picked up speed and disappeared into the wilderness, disappearing from the sight of Pei Benzhi at the head of the city.

Everything happened so suddenly, the killing so suddenly, and so without warning.

Pei Benzhi was still at a loss to know who those people were, and where those cavalry came from.

Zhu Shangbing looked at the empty outside of the city and sneered: "Uncle Fang, you are my Ming Zhuge . ”

Pei Benzhi suddenly shuddered, and he looked back at Qin Shizi, who had only made thousands of heads fall to the ground in Kaifeng City a few days ago.

This seems to be honest, but now that I really understand it, I feel how shocking it is.

Pei Benzhi was a little difficult to adapt, and turned to look at Zhu Yunxi: "Your Highness, are those spies sent by traitors?" ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded and looked at the brocade guards who had already arrived at the city.

The leader immediately clenched his fists and spoke: "Back to Your Highness, where are the rebels and thieves in Henan Province being forced to Kaifeng. There were reports from the Duke of Liangguo and the Marquis of Xiping, and there were rebels and thieves who were cautious and tried to escape, but they were all surrounded and exterminated everywhere. ”

Zhu Yunxi snorted.

Now the military strategy of the entire Henan Province is to close the door and fight the dog, and take Kaifeng City as the final battlefield.

Zhu Gaochi on the side spoke: "What is the situation of the rebels and thieves in the direction of Luoyang City?" ”

The officers and soldiers of the Jinyi Guard immediately replied: "The soldiers and horses of the Yamen of the Dusi Division, with the merging of the Liangguo Gongjun and horses as a feint, go around the east and south sides of Luoyang City, and converge to the west. The east side is vacant, and there are military horse spies going out in Luoyang City for several days, as if they are worried that our army will set up an ambush. ”

As he spoke, the brocade-clothed guard officer turned his head to look outside the city, the wilderness where a killing had broken out.

He continued: "Although it has not been verified, my subordinates think that these people today are probably the military horse spies from Luoyang City. ”

Pei Benzhi also recovered from the previous shock at this time, and came up and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the rebels and thieves in Luoyang City are trying, and the situation is not clear to them now, so they will send military horse spies again and again." ”

Zhu Shangbing walked over from behind and patted Pei Benzhi on the shoulder: "This is all an obvious thing, these people are doing business with their heads hanging now, if it weren't for General Lan's refusal to surrender, the horror would ......"

The rebellion has changed from the original waiting price to a life-and-death fight, and the rebel thieves in the direction of Luoyang City are naturally cautious.

Even if the rebellion in Henan Province and Shandong Province is now in full swing, the imperial court has enough space and time to tolerate one or two defeats in counterinsurgency. But the rebel thieves of the two realms cannot, as long as they lose once, they will lose completely, and there will be nothing.

Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth and said: "The herald, all rebel thieves and horse spies who arrive near Kaifeng City and intend to spy on Kaifeng's military situation will be killed, and no one will be left alive." ”

Several Jinyi guards who rushed to report the news immediately received the order and turned to leave.

Zhu Yunxi's eyes stared silently at the wilderness outside the west city wall of Kaifeng City.

He wants to Kaifeng City to create a scene of rumors and soldiers for the rebels and thieves in Henan Province. Let these rebel thieves who are still constantly testing and unwilling to make the last desperate fight can make up their minds to come to Kaifeng City.

Zhu Yunxi is thinking about the future of Henan Province.

Zhu Shangbing pulled Pei Benzhi out of the city gate: "Pei Fangbo, in my opinion, the rebels and thieves in Henan Province can't wait. The more time passed, the more prepared the court became, and the less chance they had of it. In the next few days, they are likely to come towards Kaifeng City. ”

Pei Benzhi nodded: "The lower officials also think so, so His Royal Highness ...... there"

Pei Benzhi cautiously looked back at Zhu Yunxi, who was standing in the city gate tower and began to discuss with Zhu Gaochi about the reform of Henan Province.

Obviously, Pei Benzhi was still worried that His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun would leave Kaifeng City, where only a few thousand Yu Lin Youwei were hiding, it was still too unsafe.

Zhu Shangbing snorted twice: "You don't have to worry about Brother Xi'er's affairs, what does he want to do, none of us can persuade him." I want to talk about Pei Fangbo's business......"

Zhu Shangbing, who was speaking, looked Pei Benzhi up and down with ambiguous eyes.

It's like an old bustard in the bar, looking at the girl who is waiting to be sold, so as to figure out how much the girl is worth the price, and how much she can sell it.

Pei Benzhi was a little upset when he saw it, and his perception of this Qin Shizi's little change in recent days had been quietly erased.

He arched his hand and said, "If the prince has anything to say, just tell your subordinates." ”

Zhu Shangbing immediately patted Pei Benzhi on the shoulder: "I know that Pei Fangbo is the most refreshing, then when the rebels and thieves of Henan Province besiege Kaifeng City, Pei Fangbo must be at the head of the city to play a song for those rebel thieves." ”

"Play a song or something?"

"Let's play a song and break the liver and intestines."

……

A few more days.

The frequency of the rebel thieves and horse spies around Kaifeng City is becoming more and more frequent, and Kaifeng City is also showing a sense of urgency, as if there is some secret hidden for fear of being known.

Finally, when the rebels and thieves in Henan Mansion, Runing Mansion, Xuzhou Mansion, Weihui Mansion and other places began to assemble, and the military reports from Kaifeng Mansion were transmitted to Kaifeng City one after another, everyone's hearts finally fell.

And the entire Kaifeng City is also running at full speed.

The survivors, who were so frightened that they didn't dare to sleep completely at night, used all their power, and some even demolished the houses that were not used at home so that they could send all the bricks, stones, and wood to the city walls.

The whole city, young and old, under the leadership of the new three divisions of Henan Province and the officials of various yamen, made every effort to prepare for the arrival of the rebels and thieves.

When those officials wearing green robes, green robes, and even red robes appeared in front of the people of Kaifeng City in person, and took them to do the same thing, the people's hearts quietly settled down.

The people thought very simply.

Since the officials and gentlemen are all in the city and have not escaped, they naturally have nothing to fear.

To die, it was these officials who were the first to have their heads cut off by the rebel thieves.

Just like the people who were beheaded on the school field in Xicheng a few days ago.

……

Outside Kaifeng, in the wilderness between Lanyang County and Chenliu County, the siltation caused by the flood has long been cleared, and new crops are growing vigorously in the fields.

Zhu Yunxi, who was wearing an indigo drag, was held by Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing, one left and one right, and under the escort of the surrounding brocade guards, he hurried in the direction of Qixian.

"You shouldn't have put me out of the city."

Zhu Yunxi was a little helpless, although he knew that he couldn't really stay in Kaifeng City all the time, and these people would definitely try their best to get Kaifeng City for themselves, which would become a place of death.

But he never thought that these people would tie himself up and send him out of the city before he woke up.

And he had already taken precautions, but he was still bypassed by these people.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at the crowd around him, and saw no trace of Yutian, so he knew that the guards around him and Yutian's gang were probably hidden in Kaifeng City at this time, and they may have been anxiously looking for themselves.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing turned a deaf ear, but under the escort of many brocade guards, they walked all the way forward.

Zhang Hui said in a deep voice on the side: "Your Highness, your subordinates are afraid that they are close to Kaifeng City, and it will be easy to attract the attention of the rebel thieves and horse spies, so the horses are placed not far in front, and they are about to arrive. ”

Zhu Yunxi was quite helpless, looked behind him, and could only see a 'low-walled courtyard'.

It was the distant city of Kaifeng.

"You let me go first!" Zhu Yunxi sank down, grabbed his heels, and pressed his arms.

In addition to Zhu Shangbing, he can also deal with it and stabilize his body. I haven't practiced before, but I've lost a lot of weight, if it weren't for the fact that my hand was still on Zhu Yunxi's body, it would have been planted on the ground at this moment.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the nervousness on the faces of Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing.

He had to chuckle: "We're going in the direction of Qixian." ”

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing nodded again and again.

Zhu Yunxi said: "The rebel thieves over there in Guide Mansion have long been wiped out by Xuzhou Wei. The Chenzhou Mansion was basically killed by the Marquis of Xiping with the Beijing army, and there were some leftovers, all of which went to Cuiqiao Town and Tongxu County, and went straight to Kaifeng City. In two directions, one is without rebel thieves, and the other is not with us, is this the case? ”

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing still nodded.

Zhu Yunxi sighed: "Then what are you doing in such a hurry?" ”

Zhu Shangbing glanced at Zhu Gaochi on the other side, and then said in a low voice: "The Chinese army of the Marquis of Xiping will wait for His Highness in the direction of Qixian." ”

"He just followed the military strategy and did things, why did he go to Qi County again." Zhu Yunxi had a big head for a while.

According to the original plan, Mu Ying was going to take people to spread out in Chenzhou Mansion, and then press the rebels and thieves all the way to Kaifeng City in the north to oppress.

At this time, Xiao Han said that Mu Ying's Chinese army was waiting for him in Qi County, so at this time, they must have arrived in Qi County.

Zhu Shangbing hesitated a little, and only after half a sound did he speak: "Xiping Hou said...... He said that the pacification of Henan Province should be your credit. ”

Seeing that Xiao Han finally told the truth, Zhu Yunxi's eyes sank instantly, and his face was blue.

Unprecedented.

Zhu Yunxi broke out in front of Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing for the first time.

I saw him snort coldly on the spot, his eyes gloomy and uncertain: "You guys are messing around!" ”

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing immediately turned around and came to Zhu Yunxi, bowed and lowered their heads.

As for Zhang Hui, Tian Mai and others, they had already knelt down with people.

Zhu Yunxi's forehead was full of green tendons, angry and hateful.

"Where are you going to put me?"

"Kaifeng City is full of soldiers and civilians, and almost all of them know that Lone and Kaifeng are together!"

"But for the sake of that inch, you will fall into unkindness, unrighteousness, and treachery?"

Zhu Gaochi raised his head and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

The truth is so reasonable, but who dares to really put the grandson of the Ming Dynasty in Kaifeng City, where there are only 5,600 forest guards and thousands of Yamen guards who are not capable of fighting?

Zhu Yunxi sighed, he was really helpless: "Besides, in order to seek merit, Lone and Kaifeng subjects defend the enemy together, wouldn't the merit be greater?" ”、

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