Compared with Tang Peiyu, Pu Zitong's record and will can be called "proud".

After all, Hengyang City has been holding out for nearly two months.

But the news from the south has been cut off, and now Hengyang City is still crowded with more than 10,000 capable soldiers and brave soldiers under his command, plus more than 3,000 wounded, and every day consumes food and military resources in the city.

Chi Fuyong found him again.

"The Governor ......"

Chi Fuyong stopped talking, but Puzi informed him what he wanted to say.

In the west and north directions of Hengyang City, the outside of the city has fallen to the enemy. After Gu Shilong and Zhu Qi's army rested for a while, the next step was to directly attack the city walls and city gates.

To the south of the city, the defenders of Hengyang were still able to control several miles outside the city.

In the east of the city, as long as the Guangdong Navy Division can be temporarily blocked, then the Leishui battalion and the defenders in the east of the city can also help defend the back road.

If you want to abandon the city and move in, now is the last chance.

Now that the Guangdong sailors have helped Gu Shilong to stand firm on the south bank of the Huishui in the north of the city, and take down the Shizui that guards the confluence of the Huishui and Xiangshui, and the next step is to completely control the Xiangshui River section in the east of the city.

But Pu Zitong didn't know what the situation was in the south.

Staring at Chi Fuyong, his voice was a little hoarse: "You bet that Gu Shilong must hold Hengyang steadily, and he won't pursue?" The Shenji Battalion and the Guangxi soldiers will definitely be able to pursue, there is also a five-army battalion in the south, and there is a Guangdong Navy Division on the Xiangshui! ”

Chi Fuyong didn't speak.

From the current point of view, sticking to Hengzhou is a mistake in the general direction.

If you could have divided your troops to Changsha at the beginning, as long as you could resist the imperial army that had not yet been assembled at that time and win the first battle, you would have been able to boost the morale of Jingxiang. If you can enter Sichuan, which had chaos before, then there will be greater depth.

It's a pity that orthodoxy is in the hands of Pu Zitong, and he doesn't want to have one more King Ji and one more Tang Peiyu above.

But now that the armies of several provinces have been encircled, it is obvious that after the document was issued, all localities did not burn everywhere because of the pressure of the new law and new learning, as previously imagined.

Pu Zitong looked at his appearance, stood up silently, and said after a while: "How to decide, the governor of Pontus still wants to ask Your Majesty." ”

Chi Fuyong looked at his back and was speechless.

Can that kid have an opinion?

But hearing that Pu Zitong also meant to be loose, Chi Fuyong hurriedly went back to prepare.

If you want to abandon the city, it is naturally impossible to take everyone with you.

There are many troubles, we must bring enough soldiers to save our lives, and we must also have food to ensure that so many people can support Leiyang and Chenzhou.

The key question is: Leiyang and Chenzhou don't know if they have been taken down by the imperial court.

Pu Zitong was on the way to Rui Wangfu, and he didn't know either.

This water division in Guangdong was the most unexpected by Pu Zitong.

After the loss of Changning and Shuikoushan, he not only lost Zhan Huabi, an ally, but also was endangered to the retreat of Leishui.

In the past half a month, there have been bloody battles in the west and north of the city, and Pu Zitong actually has the confidence to hold on for another two months.

But it's only been two months. What if two months later, you still can't wait for a turnaround?

For his mistake in judging the overall situation, Pu Zitong has regretted not coming, and he must make a decision now.

Is it to break through Luo An, who is much weaker in the south, but under the command of Zhao Nian, he will join the army of Hengzhou Mansion and Chenzhou Mansion to the south of Hengzhou Mansion, or continue to hold on to Hengyang City.

Naturally, he didn't ask King Rui's opinion, he just needed to change his mood and think about it.

In Yan Chunsheng's temporary residence under the east city wall, Cai Jia, who had been helping him keep an eye on Tokyo in the city, hurriedly rushed over: "Brother Yan, Pu Zitong and Bu Liangzai have both gone to the Rui Wangfu, this is the best time!" ”

Yan Chunsheng gritted his teeth.

Yes, this is a good time, as long as you rush out, maybe you can take down the civil and military leaders in Hengyang City in one go, and you can also guard the Rui Wangfu until the army enters the city.

But he didn't know what Gu Shilong's arrangement was now.

Then, Pu Zitong's personal soldiers came to give an order, asking him to go to the Rui Wangfu to discuss matters.

Cai Jia looked at him worriedly, but Yan Chunsheng just calmly took two guards.

Anyway, he is already a general in the rebel army, Yan Chunsheng takes two guards, that is normal, after all, who dares to bet that there is no fine work in Hengyang City?

When he arrived at King Rui's mansion, he saw King Rui sitting on it, and Pu Zitong standing facing everyone.

Hengzhou's "prefect" Bu Liangzai was silent, and Yan Chunsheng soon saw that the two old generals under the command of Chi Fuyong and Pu Zitong who were guarding the west and north of the city had arrived here.

"The west and north of the city have been fighting fiercely for many days, and if the rebel army wants to attack the city next, it should be moved on three sides." After Pu Zitong finished saying this, he said calmly, "The west and north, especially the north of the city, have suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers also need to breathe a sigh of relief." Governor Yandu, the east of the city has not experienced a hard battle during this time, and now the governor of the city wants to entrust the heavy responsibility to you, and the east and north of the city will change the defense as soon as possible while the rebel army is resting. You might hold on for ten days first, and let the defenders north of the city rest in the east of the city first? ”

“…… He will not be dishonored! The last general has already itched his hands! Yan Chunsheng only showed a moment of stunnedness, and then immediately assured.

"The two of them immediately went to arrange and changed the guard in batches, so as not to let the enemy troops outside the city see the emptiness on the city wall."

Resolute and resolute, Yan Chunsheng hugged his fists and left with another "governor" who was responsible for guarding the north of the city.

He knew that Pu Zitong was ready to abandon the city and flee south, and he also knew that he was never Pu Zitong's descendant, and now he was going to be left behind.

However, Pu Zitong will not leave Hengyang City like this. Before he left, if he couldn't create a big mess in Hengyang City, wouldn't it allow Gu Shilong to easily pursue him?

And the southern passage also needs to be opened.

made an appointment with the "governor" who guarded the north of the city how to change the guard in the first batch, and Yan Chunsheng returned to the east of the city.

He had already made a decision on the way: "Bring all your own people together!" ”

At the beginning, those "bandits", the people who had stayed in Hengyang City, and some of the new brothers who had "admired" him the most during this time, Yan Chunsheng calculated that he only had less than one hundred and thirty people who could really be trusted.

Of course, these people still have some soldiers with them to a greater or lesser extent.

Pu Zitong can trust him, but he doesn't completely regard him as a descendant, and now let him break off, this is really the best and last chance.

Even if the imperial army outside the city had other plans, Yan Chunsheng couldn't wait.

Cai Jia quickly called the people Yan Chunsheng wanted, and most of them were left in the open space inside the door in the middle of the east city wall, and the small leaders led by them all entered Yan Chunsheng's room.

"We're going to change the defense to the north of the city."

Yan Chunsheng said this first, and the eyes of most of the people in the room changed.

"You take the people first, go directly to the city wall, and replace the next group of people." Yan Chunsheng ordered more than a dozen people to go out in one breath, and there were five more people in the room, "You are here, wait for the first batch of soldiers from the north of the city to come, and then bring the remaining brothers over with me." Do not move until your brothers from the north of the city go up to the eastern wall. ”

After waiting for the five people to also receive the order, Yan Chunsheng said to Cai Jia: "Tell Niu Sanqi that when you see the fire in the Rui Wangfu, the three cannons will be used as the number, take the guards in the north of the city, take the Zhanyue Gate, and open the door to welcome the king into the city." ”

"Brother Yan, you ......" Cai Jia was shocked.

Yan Chunsheng touched the crook of his injured leg, bared his teeth and said, "I'll take those fifty people and a few of you, it's enough!" ”

Now that he is ready to abandon the city, Pu Zitong, Bu Liangzai, and Chi Fuyong must have a lot to discuss and arrange.

The general in the north of the city still doesn't understand something about defending the city, so it's normal to ask for one or two more instructions, right?

At this moment, the stone tsui in the northeast of the city has changed owners, and Gu Shilong's big tent is located here.

Surrounded by water on three sides, it can be called a Jedi. However, the terrain is very high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and this is the last point in the north of the city to be taken.

In this situation, Gu Shilong expects the defenders in the city to sneak attack here from the narrow place on the edge of the Xiangshui in the east of the city.

But Hengyang City closed its gates.

Another advantage of Jugao here is that you can see a little bit of movement in the northeast corner of the city by peeking through a telescope.

"Next, we will recover Hengyang City, and we can't waste people's lives in vain." After Gu Shilong glanced at it a few times, he said to Yao Yi's pacesetter battalion officer, "You send a message to Yao Dutai, and the grain and grass will be transferred to the direction of Chenzhou." Within three days, Ben Hou will take Hengyang City. ”

Zhu Qi drove the defenders outside the west wall of Hengyang into Hengyang City with 3,000 Guangxi soldiers and a Jiuxi guard, which was enough.

The horse came forever, and he helped to take the south of the water, but he could also give him a good fate. The father of An Concubine will be one of His Majesty's military achievements in the future.

"Pass the order, the officers and soldiers east of Xiangshui are ready to cross the river and attack the east of the city! On the west and north sides, just wait for the chaos in the city to attack the city, but there is no need to storm it, wait for the friendly army in the east of the city to enter the city and take the gates! ”

Gu Shilong was making the next stage of deployment, unaware of the changes that had taken place in the city.

At this moment, Yan Chunsheng took the five younger brothers who admired him and the soldiers they were in charge of.

If agreed, the north of the city is the most important. First of all, Yan Chunsheng's large army of more than 1,000 people on the east side of the city went there and replaced the defenders on the city wall. After the group of defenders in the north of the city arrived in the east of the city, Yan Chunsheng took the rest of the people over and exchanged the "talismans" and the keys to the gates with the guards in the north of the city in person.

Now, the east of the city is full of defenders in the north of the city, but there are still many of the original defenders in the north of the city.

After Yan Chunsheng himself arrived, they would all be transferred to the east of the city.

Yan Chunsheng's newly adopted younger brother is now puzzled: "Governor Yan, go from the city to the north of the city?" ”

He thought he would go straight down the walls.

"Go to Your Majesty and the Metropolitan Governor, and ask for instructions on the arrangements for defending the city in the north of the city."

Cai Jia listened to Yan Chunsheng's perfunctory words while looking at these people.

It's just sixty-one people, and it's not conspicuous.

When he arrived at the gate of King Rui's Mansion, the inside and outside were naturally the personal soldiers arranged by Pu Zitong to guard here.

Yan Chunsheng swaggered inside, and only commanded: "You wait outside the door first, and I will come out after asking the Metropolitan Governor." ”

After that, he still took the two guards and went in as before.

Cai Jia stayed at the gate of Rui Wang's Mansion, only to see that the guards at the door did not react otherwise - after all, not long ago, Yan Chunsheng also entered like this.

He has been in Hengyang City for almost three months, Yan Chunsheng is a familiar face, one of the governors of the "Wang Shi", and his status in the army is second only to Pu Zitong and several other veteran governors.

But when he arrived at the gate of the main hall, Yan Chunsheng was stopped: "Yan Dudu, weapons." ”

wanted to enter the hall, but Yan Chunsheng couldn't be fully armed. The armor is not easy to get rid of, but the bow and arrows and the waist knife must be taken down.

Yan Chunsheng grinned at the two people at the door: "Is the Metropolitan Governor in the palace?" ”

"Please wait here for a while, and wait for the spread of the lowly position, the metropolitan governor is discussing with the prefect of Bu and the governor of Chi."

Yan Chunsheng nodded: "Good, good, good!" ”

Three in a row, his two guards suddenly moved like rabbits, one left and one right, and wiped their roar with short blades in their hands.

Yan Chunsheng bent his bow and arrows, and quickly shot at the guards who stood in two rows in the courtyard until the door.

The change came so suddenly, the guards over there had just looked this way in astonishment, and had already been knocked down by two arrows.

"Cai Jia!"

Yan Chunsheng shouted, but his hand didn't stop.

Outside the gate of King Rui's Mansion, Cai Jia was already waiting with tense nerves.

When he heard the movement inside, he threw out a throwing knife.

I don't know how long a few people who were lurking in Hengyang City quickly killed the guards guarding the gate of King Rui's Mansion, and the more than fifty people brought over by Yan Chunsheng were stunned and stunned for a while.

"If you don't want to die, come in first!"

Cai Jia led people to break in and join Yan Chunsheng first, and the more than fifty people were frightened.

This is in Hengyang City, how did Boss Yan get involved with the personal soldiers of the Metropolitan Governor?

But they are people who follow Yan Chunsheng, and Cai Jia's words are extremely lethal.

Fifty people looked around in horror.

After many months of fighting in Hengyang City, ordinary people have long dared not go out easily.

The battle between Zhumen was tense, and the streets were not full of guards, and the men were transferred to the city walls.

Only important places like the original palace are still guarded by personal soldiers.

They didn't know if the scene just now had been seen or not, but Cai Jia and the others obviously didn't care if they would be discovered.

Confused and terrified, they rushed in with Cai Jia in a daze, they really wanted to know what was going on.

As far as the eye could see, it was Yan Chunsheng who was ruthlessly slaughtering.

"Yan Da Niu rebelled against ......"

"Ahh

Some people want to warn, while others only react with a frightened shout.

They all saw the three people rushing out of the main hall, and Pu Zitong looked at him in disbelief.

"Yan Da Niu!"

Chi Fuyong's stern shouts were accompanied by the footsteps of the waist knife unsheathed, and the remaining Pu Zitong guards in the hall were protected in front of Pu Zitong and Bu Liangzai.

Yan Chunsheng turned around and shot arrows one after another, first hitting Chi Fuyong's legs that were not protected by the skirt armor, and then forcing into the gate of the main hall under the protection of the two brothers.

As a result, Pu Zitong's personal guards could no longer close their doors and wait for help.

"Hold the gate and light the fire!" Yan Chunsheng gave an order, and Cai Jia and the others cleaned up the guards in the front yard, took the oil they had already brought from their waists and sprinkled it on a big tree in the courtyard in front of the main hall, and set it on fire.

In the main hall, Pu Zitong's eyes were gloomy and ruthless, thinking about the new decision he had made before: let Yan Da Niu defend the north.

And beyond the north, there is Gu Shilong's army.

That Jinyi Wei Hunan walked and once said that there were fine works in Hengyang City.

But Yan Da Niu is from outside the city!

"Who the hell are you?"

Under Yan Chunsheng's arrows, Pu Zitong looked at Chi Fuyong, who was hacked to death by Cai Jia and others because of his leg injury, and shouted with tears in his eyes.

Yan Chunsheng's new younger brothers also want to know this question.

He was answered by three dull cannon shots from the north of the city.

Gu Shilong looked at the north of the city in amazement on the stone tip, and then saw a wisp of smoke in the city through the binoculars.

"Your Majesty's will, you are the leader of the bandits who needs to be captured alive." Yan Chunsheng said with a smile, "On the north city wall, there are three hundred brocade guards, and now I am afraid that the city gate has been opened, and the king will win!" ”

After Yan Chunsheng teased such a sentence, he smiled and asked: "Brother Pu knows Yan's archery technique." The general trend is gone, brothers, how do you choose? Capturing Pu Zitong alive, as well as Bu Liangzai's head, this is a great achievement, and any sin can be forgiven. ”

He looked at the six guards in front of Pu Zitong.

A sentence of brocade clothes made the heads of the more than fifty people outside the hall seem to have question marks on them.

Aren't you the big bandit leader on Hengshan?

Pu Zitong had already held his knife in his hand: "Don't listen to his gossip to confuse the public!" What three hundred brocade guards, exaggerated! I have been asking you to guard the east of the city, and you have not been wary of you as the governor of Pontus? Take him down! ”

"Then how can I rush here and kill Chi Fuyong?" After Yan Chunsheng paused, he said, "Old Mo, do you five want this great achievement?" ”

What choice does he have for the five new little brother leaders? They were born with Yan Chun.

When it was time to fight hard, the temple suddenly scuffled.

Arrows are not more effective in melee combat, but Yan Chunsheng also had someone in front of him who fought with those six Pu Zitong guards.

Pu Zitong was willing to fail like this, but Yan Chunsheng was able to accept this task with his archery skills.

It is also good to be close, and the power of the arrow can penetrate the armor.

No matter how strong Pu Zitong's armor is, it can't protect his palm.

When he was hit by an arrow in the palm of his right hand, Yan Chunsheng shot another arrow at a familiar position for Pu Zitong - the place where Yan Chunsheng was injured in the Haoyang camp.

It was an arrow that could be disabling that gave him basic trust in Yan Chunsheng.

In the melee of dozens against a mere eight, the battle was quickly over.

Pu Zitong desperately wanted to kill himself to avoid suffering, but after being injured, Yan Chunsheng was no longer afraid of close trouble, and drew his waist knife and rushed up and slashed his other hand and ankle.

"Hold on to the palace and wait for the king to enter the city! Cai Jia, go find King Rui and Queen Zhuangsu and protect them! ”

After the desperate look in Pu Zitong's eyes was revealed, what came out again was madness.

"Disloyal, unfilial, ruthless, and unrighteous dog emperor! Lay out this game, play this bait, think that if I am flat, I will be able to calm the hearts of the people in the world? He grinned, "So that the world will know how ungrateful and vicious he is with the wife and children of the former emperor as bait." Now that the hypocrisy of benevolence and righteousness protects His Majesty, won't the people of the world think much about it? ”

Yan Chunsheng remembered that he was going to capture Pu Zitong alive at first, but when he heard it, it became more and more wrong.

He heard Pu Zitong say, "Won't people in the world think too much", after thinking about it, the hairs on his body stood on end, and then he cut his throat with a knife in the frantic beating of his heart, and at the same time smashed him in the mouth with a fist.

Yan Chunsheng didn't know much, but he realized a dilemma.

Even if it's just for his own life, Yan Chunsheng, he has to kill Pu Zitong's mouth first-no, there are more mouths to be destroyed.

When Gu Shilong hurriedly dispatched troops to attack Hengyang City in astonishment, and when the rest of the guards in Hengyang City saw the heads of Pu Zitong and Bu Liangzai hanging at the gate of Rui Wang's Mansion, they collapsed and scattered in an instant.

Everything planned in advance was too late, and the Chengnan generals in the south of the city fled to the south with all their men at the earliest, and attacked the Shuikou cottage fort held by Luo An and Dan Zhaonian.

The strange thing is that Luo An and Dan Zhaonian did not go out of the village to intercept them.

But when Gu Shilong saw Yan Chunsheng, he only saw him kneeling on the ground covered in blood: "Pu Zitong has decided to abandon the city and flee south, and he didn't dare to wait any longer, so he had to act in advance instead of following the order." King Rui's Mansion was heavily guarded, and he humbled his three brothers, so he saved King Rui's mother and son. It's a pity that you can't capture Pu Zitong alive, you can only kill it! ”

The reason was explained by him, but then Luo An, who came to Hengyang City, saw a very unusual situation from the excessive corpses in King Rui's mansion.

Yan Chunsheng's injuries were severe, and his remaining three brothers were also in danger.

Not only that, but the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were all killed.

After Gu Shilong and Luo An looked at each other for a moment, they all saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.

Then, Gu Shilong said categorically: "Order all the armies, give up the sheep herding plan, and don't let any of the rebels go!" ”

Whatever your Majesty's long-term plans may be, try to prevent some rumors from appearing.

When Zhu Houxi returned to Huai'an at the end of November, the good news from Hengyang finally came.

There is another sentence in Gu Shilong's recital.

[Whether King Rui was coerced or not, the ministers and Luo An are finding out. However, the remnants of the rebels should be eliminated as soon as possible. The minister has ordered all the armies and sent a message to Wang Bo'an, be sure to transfer to Chenzhou, encircle the remnants of the army, and ask Your Majesty for permission! 】

Zhu Houxi fell silent, and the people who were standing here also fell silent.

Could it be that Gu Shilong was coerced by military exploits and disobeyed?

The court said to the outside world that King Rui was being coerced, but Gu Shilong now said that he, Luo An and others were investigating this matter, so what was the order to rescue King Rui's mother and son?

Zhu Houxi didn't want to show his very confused side in front of his already intimidated courtiers, so he thought silently.

If it is played, then the plan to replace training with suppression will be bankrupt.

The Emperor was silent, and no one else spoke.

Until Cui Yuan gritted his teeth, bowed down and said, "Please play it alone!" ”

(End of chapter)