"Master, the city is fenced off outside, I see ......"

"We will keep the food in the city for as long as it lasts." Lu Deguang said firmly, "Even if the people want to surrender, I must not just open the city and send it to death!" ”

"The barracks have been withdrawn?" He asked.

Li Yong thought for a while, "I sent Zhao Zhu before, but they have already voted for the imperial court. ”

"If it weren't for this Ye Yongjia...... Lu Deguang gritted his teeth bitterly, "you go and kill him first." ”

Ye Yongjia was lying on the chair, hearing the footsteps of the people outside incessantly, thinking of those few cannon shots, he let out a long sigh.

"Master Tongzhi," Li Yong pushed the door in, "you shouldn't have died." ”

Zhao Zhu led his troops to run to the city wall, set up bows and arrows at the battlements, and then hid behind the wall, and was about to give orders to the soldiers, but the artillery under the city didn't even greet him, and he was gray.

"Shoot the arrows!" He wiped the dust from his face, patted the soldiers beside him, and commanded loudly.

And the arrows were shot down like locusts.

The forbidden army under the city immediately set up the regimental card, but the result was a miss.

Zhao Zhu was anxious and shouted a few more times, but the bows and arrows were all shot steadily on the group card without exception.

It was the turn of the artillery under the city to speak. The row of cannons rang out continuously, and the firelight splashed everywhere on the city, and Zhao Zhi hurriedly covered his face and fled to the city, lying at the corner of the city gate; When he heard that Shi Xiushen's military horses had stopped firing, he went to the city to see that those archers were either dying, or they had fallen down from the city with bows and planted in the moat.

He hurriedly shouted to several soldiers under the city, "Come and carry people!" ”

Those people were about to go up, when they suddenly saw Hou Tou Li with the soldiers of the Tongzhi Yamen, swarming and killing; Li Yong stood in the middle and shouted loudly: "Lu Deguang dares to rebel against the government and intends to rebel!" Listen to me, kill the thieves, and go out of the city to meet the officers and soldiers! ”

"Yes!" They shouted in unison, majestic, armed with knives and guns, and pounced fiercely in the direction of Zhao Zhu's side.

The soldiers of the Governor's Office under the city were still confused, so they were forced to engage with the military horses led by Li Yong. Due to the suddenness of the incident and the lack of manpower, they were powerless to resist, and if they resisted a little, they were all defeated in all directions. Some of them were lucky enough to get out of the chaos and hide in the houses; But more often than not, they were forced into the alleys, and let the soldiers who caught up with them chop their knives into pulp, and then they chased and killed others in the blood water, and for a moment they heard terrible cries, saw a large pool of blood in the streets and alleys, and at the gate of the city, and smelled the rancid and unpleasant smell of blood.

After they killed all the defeated soldiers, they were really red-eyed, and they went straight to the city and chased after Zhao Zhi viciously; Zhao Zhu panicked, afraid that they would take his life, so he simply ignored life and death, and jumped off the city directly with the battlement, and the moat instantly stirred up a layer of waves.

Because the walls were a little shorter, he was able to struggle underwater at first, and finally did not move at all, until the body floated up from the bottom of the river.

"Put the drawbridge!"

As soon as Shi Xiushen heard the people in the city say, several soldiers stood high in the city.

"Remove the cannon!"

Shi Xiushen commanded while watching the suspension bridge slowly lower.

The drawbridge was laid down steadily.

"Into town!"

Shi Xiushen opened his throat and ordered, and then led his troops into Huaining City in a hurry, and the cavalry behind also followed.

When the people saw this large group of people, they could not help but be shocked, and they shouted and rushed in a hurry.

Shi Xiushen waved his arms and shouted, "We are volunteers sent by the imperial court!" We're here to exterminate the thieves! Don't panic, we won't bother! ”

Only then did some people stop, and those who were still fleeing for their lives, seeing that there was no movement for a long time, slowly turned back and returned.

"Lu Deguang!"

Shi Xiushen had already led his troops to the prefect's office, and when he saw that there was no one in the lobby, he shouted like a thunderbolt.

"There are spears, knives, guns, bows and crossbows...... If you can't get out, we're going to set it on fire......"

Shi Xiushen paced in front of the government with his hands behind his back, and said in a threatening tone. It was a few doors away, but he believed that his cannon-like voice could penetrate anything.

After a while, I saw a person slowly walking around the corner of the lobby wall, it was Lu Deguang.

"Tied."

As soon as Shi Siban greeted, three or two forbidden soldiers took the rope, stepped forward and dragged Lu Deguang over, one of them hurriedly moved behind him, grabbed his wrist, and saw that he just looked serious, but he didn't break free or speak, so he let go of his hand with confidence, took the end of the rope, and helped those people tie Lu Deguang's arms and tie a dead knot.

"Dumb?" As soon as Shi Xiushen poked him, he immediately cast a hateful gaze.

"Do you dare to lose your temper among the rebels and thieves?" He patted Lu Deguang's face.

"You ......" Lu Deguang was so angry that he wanted to spit in his face, but he swallowed it anyway.

"What's wrong with me? You're dying, and if you don't let you kowtow, you're cheap...... Escort to the number room, and ask for the guilt later. ”

The people on both sides escorted the prefect down.

"Well, what did you call that over, I asked him if he was okay." Shi Xiushen pointed to a soldier and ordered, and the man went straight to the team behind to find Li Yong.

"That...... What is your name, brother? Shi Xiushen asked Li Yongdao, who was standing in front of him.

"It's called Li Yong, and it's Lu Deguang's minion."

Shi Xiushen looked at him with his eyes: "Do you know Ye Yongjia?" ”

"Ye Yongjia? This is the same knowledge here, how does Lord Si Ban know......"

"I don't have to tell you about that, do I?" Shi Xiushen raised his eyebrows, revealing those sharp eyes.

Li Yong didn't expect that he was still very wary of himself, and when he saw the bluffing gaze, he was so frightened that he was numb, and said in a panic: "The slave has a lot of mouths, and he doesn't dare to ask......"

"Where is Ye Yongjia? Say it! ”

"In ...... In the same knowledge of the yamen. Li Yong, who is usually endlessly majestic, saw a big man like him, but his legs became weak.

"Lead me there!" Shi Xiushen ordered.

Li Yong took Shi Xiushen into the Tongzhi Yamen. The soldiers here have already withdrawn, but Ye Yongjia must still be locked in that study. Li Yong took the key, opened the door of the study, and Shi Xiushen walked in.

Ye Yongjia was in a daze in his chair, and when he turned his head, he saw an officer he didn't know leaning on the door panel and looking at him.

He didn't believe it at first, but then he came to his senses, and it turned out that someone from the court had come.

"The soldiers of the imperial court have arrived?" He'll have to make sure again.

"Here we are." Shi Xiushen came over with his hands behind his back, still puzzled by the vigilant expression, as if he was observing the criminal.

Ye Yongjia jumped down from the chair excitedly and shouted out the window: "I can still live!" I'm going to survive......" he said, his voice sobbing, and at last he fell to the ground and wept; He smiled bitterly, wiped his tears, and still said the words in his mouth:

"I can still survive......"