Binh Duong Province is an important town in the southern part of Shanxi, connecting the Shanxi Plain with the northern mountain range.

Due to the dangerous geographical location, it has always been a battleground for soldiers.

"Did Taiyuan reply to the letter? Is there any action in the direction of Xianyang? Any reaction from the city of Beijing? ”

Lu Ruoqing wandered left and right in the hall with his hands behind his back, and when he saw that Shen Ji had arrived, he hurriedly asked.

Since the beginning of February, Lu Ruoqing, the prefect of Pingyang, has not slept well for half a month.

The chaotic people who wandered in Shanxi and Tongguan are now huge, gathering nearly 30,000 people, and after capturing Puzhou County without much effort, after looting on a large scale, without waiting for the Ming court to react, they gathered troops to the north and suddenly came towards Pingyang Mansion.

God is pitiful, since Puzhou Mansion was captured, Lu Ruoqing has been nervous all day long, there are fierce tigers on the side of the couch, and no one can sleep steadily.

And now Binh Duong Mansion has been besieged by the chaotic people for ten days, and the people are in danger, and the people are panicking.

Lu Ruoqing knew that if no reinforcements arrived, Pingyang Mansion would not be able to hold out for three days.

The wolf-like rebels will overturn the entire Binh Duong province, fill their stomachs, satisfy their desires, and nourish their ambitions - the people in Binh Duong will suffer even more.

"My lord, Taiyuan Mansion, Xianyang is not willing to send troops, and they can't send troops," Shen Ji, a staff member, didn't have time to take a sip of water, just stumbled, and said with a bitter face: "Shanxi Governor Yu said that without the will of the imperial court, even if Pingyang Mansion is really breached, they can't move a single soldier, after all, no one can guarantee that this is not a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain by the chaotic people." ”

At this time, everyone is only willing to protect themselves, and any risky move has long been stifled by the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

"Where's the capital?"

Lu Ruoqing was almost in despair.

Shen Ji pursed his lips tightly and shook his head.

The reinforcements in the capital can't quench their thirst, besides, in today's capital, the attention is on the cities of Shandong, who cares about the small Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi?

With a plop, Lu Ruoqing sat back on the chair in a daze, his face was extremely pale: "The matter has come to this, what can I do?" What about it? ”

"My lord, do you want to. Before the city is broken, let's go out of the city first, right? Shen Ji spoke in a low voice, also leaving a way for himself to live.

Silence, Shen Ji was answered by an embarrassing silence.

As the parent official of Pingyang Mansion, Lu Ruoqing is unwilling to bear the infamy of abandoning the city and home, greedy for life and afraid of death - unless, of course, at the last moment.

"My lord, if you don't make some preparations, it's too late, when Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang and others break through the city and come in, you and I will be divided into corpses and eaten, and end up with no graves and no graves," Shen Ji and Lu Ruoqing have known each other for many years, and the temperament of the prefect of the way of nature, if he is unwilling, it is because he cherishes his reputation and cherishes his feathers, I am afraid that his heart has long been waiting for him to make this suggestion.

"I don't want to make this choice unless I have to," Lu Ruoqing's face was pale, and his tone was already trembling.

"That" Shen Ji is a question sentence.

"The important thing is to prepare in secret, not to let others know"

Even if it was Shen Ji, who knew Lu Ruoqing's temperament well, he was speechless for a while at this moment.

However, it is also good to act in secret, after all, you also have to run away together.

"Xia Guan understands."

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At this moment, outside Pingyang Mansion, Xiaodangshan, Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai and others have converged.

More than 10 families, totaling more than 36,000 people, have already blocked the entire Binh Duong Province, and it is bound to take this important town in one fell swoop.

"We have been planning for many days, and victory or defeat is in this move," in the big tent, Wang Ziyong sat in the center of the head, and a pair of tiger eyes scanned everyone: "As long as you take Pingyang Mansion, gold, silver and jewelry, women's fields and acres are equally divided!" But I can't take Pingyang Mansion, and when the officers and soldiers react, it will be a failure, killing and injuring countless brothers in vain, and making other allies look down on us! ”

After Wang Ziyong finished speaking, he first looked at the people in the tent, and saw that no one spoke, and then moved his eyes to Gao Yingxiang on the side.

"Hey, since everyone is not interested in the first work, there are brothers and I will wade into this troubled water first to make proofs for you!"

Gao Yingxiang grinned and said loudly: "General Wang, don't worry, tonight, I will personally lead 3,000 of my brothers to carry out a general attack on the eastern city of Pingyang Mansion, and there is already our own receiving team in the city, and when the time comes, we will definitely take Pingyang Mansion in less than twelve hours!" ”

Gao Yingxiang's voice was extremely loud, and at this moment, there was a buzzing in the tent, which shocked everyone dizzy.

Before everyone could react, Luo Rucai had already spoken:

"Big brother Gao is attacking, brother, I can't stand on the dry shore."

The leader of the rebellious people, nicknamed Cao Cao, smiled: "I'll do the frontal feint!" Our department is responsible for attracting the main firepower of the Ming army and pinning down the enemy army for you, so that the Ming army can also be divided and reduce the pressure on the brothers! ”

With Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai's vanguard and main force fighting, the rest of the people were also aroused to fight, of course, they were afraid that the results of the battle would be divided, and most of them began to open their mouths to take their own tasks:

"In this case, then we will be responsible for carrying and attacking the city gates!"

"Our department is responsible for the perimeter response, and at the same time intercepts the fleeing rout!"

"We're in charge of covering the besieging allies."

In less than half an hour, the plan for this operation has been decided, and everyone will go down to prepare for the battle tonight.

Only Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang were left in the tent.

After glancing at Gao Yingxiang deeply, Wang Ziyong said meaningfully: "Brother is really heroic!" As soon as he opened his mouth, he united the leaders who were fighting each other, and his prestige was very high. ”

"It's not my hero, it's General Wang who can command everyone, and as for me, it is also relying on you, General, to gather so many people! If Pingyang Mansion can be successful this time, it will be the first to recommend the adult as our leader! ”

Gao Yingxiang has always boasted of being a hero, but this is not the time to be a bird, whether it is in front of the inner brothers, or in front of the Ming court, it is not suitable to be the king at this time.

Before the peasant army was gaining momentum, Gao Yingxiang was reluctant to be too exposed to the eyes of the Ming court.

After all, too much experience in history tells us that the first to raise the banner is often not the final victor, they can only become the first target of the imperial court, except for being quickly eliminated, there is no better ending.

"Hahaha," Gao Yingxiang touted a little excited, Wang Ziyong said with deep understanding: "If you take Pingyang Mansion, you can take it yourself!" ”

"Thank you to the general for your love, and you will fight to the death to take Pingyang Mansion!"

Gao Yingxiang got up, and then bowed deeply.

At this moment, no one can see how gloomy and cold the face of this giant in the late Ming Dynasty is.

(End of chapter)