Li Wei's calmness made Jiang Quan and others admire, and at the same time made them suppress the panic in their hearts.

The city gate is only a little more than two miles away, that is, he can run a thousand meters, and he can be so calm because he feels that it is relatively close to the city, and it should be no problem to retreat to the city before the Japanese invaders catch up.

Not long after Li Wei and the others left, the boat of the Japanese invaders docked, and the leader of the Japanese invaders disembarked first, waved his waist knife, pointed to the direction of Li Wei's retreat, and screamed like a chicken.

The bald and barefoot pirates behind him immediately chased after Li Wei and them as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and along the way, some people screamed loudly when they saw them from a distance and fled in all directions.

Li Wei glanced back as he ran, and saw that these black and short widows, their legs and feet were not long, but they were running like flies, and they rushed over like mice.

Li Wei was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly quickened his pace.

The distance of one thousand meters is not far or close, and he was so tired and out of breath that he was out of breath after running for less than half of the run, and Jiang Quan and other civil officials were not much better, but Wu Yong and others still had a steady breath and had spare strength.

"Strange, why are these robbers chasing after us?"

Jiang Quan gasped and said in surprise.

Normally, the Japanese robbers come ashore to rob, and they will leave after robbing, but this time these Japanese robbers are biting them to the death, as if they have a grudge against their father, in order to chase them and even rob, they don't even do the looting, and they don't ask or listen to the people along the way!

Although Li Wei killed a Japanese soldier with one shot, but it was just an ordinary pawn, this Japanese leader should not risk chasing them to the death for a pawn, you must know that Yangzhou City is not far away, they don't take advantage of the Weisho army to run away before they finish looting, and when the Weisho army reacts, they can't leave if they want to!

When Wu Yong heard this, he also looked back at these widows, and sure enough, he saw that these widows were chasing after them with clear eyes. Seeing this situation clearly, his heart suddenly cooled, and he had a bad premonition.

"The target of these people should be you, my lord, I'm afraid this matter is not so simple!"

Although Wu Yong is honest on the outside, he has been a guard for so many years, which can still be seen.

Li Wei was also shocked when he heard this, and immediately suspected Zhang Cheng!

He didn't offend anyone else when he came to Yangzhou, except for Zhang Cheng and those Haoqiang families, there should be no one else!

He really didn't expect that this Zhang Cheng was not only corrupt and perverted the law, but also colluded with the Japanese Kou, and did not hesitate to let him take such a big risk to go deep into the territory of the Ming Dynasty to kill him!

Everyone tried their best to stage a life-and-death speed with these Japanese robbers, but because Li Wei, Jiang Quan and other officials ran slower, the distance between those Japanese and them became closer and closer.

Fortunately, they could already see the city gates by this time!

On the upper floor of Xianchun Gate, Fan Guangyang looked at Li Wei who was fleeing for his life in a panic and the widows who were chasing after him from a distance, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

The hundred households guarding the city also saw these people, and immediately exclaimed: "My lord, it's a wolf!" ”

Fan Guangyang bowed his head lightly: "Well, go, close the city gate!" ”

"What, what?" Baihu was a little suspicious that he had heard it wrong, shouldn't he immediately send troops to exterminate the Japanese at this moment? Why close the city gates?

"Is there a problem with closing the city gates in order to prevent the people in the city from being attacked?"

"This ...... But ......"

"Go!" Fan Guangyang ordered coldly.

The hundred households hesitated, Fan Guangyang stared, and immediately signaled to his cronies, and his cronies immediately stepped forward to surround this small hundred households.

"Those who disobey military orders will be killed!" Fan Guangyang said sharply.

The hundred household officials were cold, and hurriedly arched their hands and said: "The last general doesn't dare, the last general will go." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly turned around and was almost escorted down the city wall by Fan Guangyang's cronies.

Li Wei and the others ran to the front of the city wall, and their faces were happy, Wu Yong also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as long as they entered the city, they would be safe, Yangzhou guarded thousands of soldiers and horses, and it was still very easy to exterminate these hundreds of Japanese robbers.

However, just as they breathed a sigh of relief and were about to enter the city, they were shocked to find that the city gate was slowly closed at this time!

"What's going on? Why did the gates close? ”

Jiang Quan and the others' faces changed suddenly, and Li Wei and Wu Yong also sank in their hearts and glanced at each other.

It's over, the guards in the city also have the other party's people, this is to block them outside the city, let the Japanese robbers kill them!

"When the horses are here, open the gates quickly!"

Wu Yong shouted as he ran.

When the other guards saw this, they immediately shouted: "The horse is here, open the city gate quickly!" ”

When the soldiers stationed in the city heard this, there was a commotion.

"Lord Tongzhi, Master Horse is outside, we must go to the city to rescue!"

The guards in the city ran to Fan Guangyang's side and arched his hand.

When Fan Guangyang heard this, the corners of his mouth hooked: "I have arranged for someone to go, you don't need to worry about it, pass the order, the master of the horse is outside, and you are not allowed to release arrows!" ”

The guard was shocked: "This ...... Why is that? ”

"What should I do if the horse master is outside, and he accidentally injures the horse by throwing an arrow?" Fan Guangyang said lightly.

"But the Woko are still some distance from the city gate, and it's a good time to stop them by releasing arrows!"

"Are you saying that this officer doesn't understand military affairs?" Fan Guangyang said coldly.

"The last general will not dare." The guard hurriedly bowed his head and said.

"Then go and give the order!"

The guard was helpless, gritted his teeth and responded: "Yes!" ”

Under the city gate, the hundred-household official who had just ordered his subordinates to close the city gate was also shocked when he heard the shouts outside.

He didn't see it clearly when he was far away just now, but now he knows that he is locked out by himself as a court, so is this okay?

"Open the door!"

After distinguishing the relationship, the hundred-household official immediately ordered his subordinates who had just closed the city gate.

Boom!

Fan Guangyang's personal guard suddenly pulled out a knife and put it on his neck: "Don't open it!" ”

The hundred household officials were shocked, felt the cold blade on their necks, and suddenly tensed.

The sudden accident also frightened the officers and soldiers defending the city, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"But the horse master is outside, if something happens to him, you and I have to be buried together!"

The hundred household officials didn't dare to move, so they could only shout.

"Hmph, Lord Tongzhi has an order, you just need to follow the order, and the rest does not need to be said!"

The Baihu official glanced at the steel knife on his neck, and was anxious, if he let the horse die outside, it would be much more serious than disobeying the military order!

However, now that the knife was on his neck, although he had the heart to open the door, he did not dare to act rashly.

Li Wei saw the city gate closed tightly, and his heart suddenly froze.

At this time, the Japanese were only a few dozen steps away from them, and they were there in a moment, and it was too late to go around the other city gates in a big circle!

"Open the door!"

"Open the city gate, the master of the horse is here, are you going to rebel?"

Everyone rushed to the city gate, and Jiang Quan and others immediately banged on the door and shouted.

In the city across the door, the officials of the hundred households were even more anxious when they heard the word rebellion, he had no intention of rebelling, but now that he was being held with a knife, what could he do?

Yangzhou Wei commanded the envoy, and Zhou Bin was already drunk with Zhang Cheng on the table at this time.

Hundreds of Japanese invaders attacked the city, and the soldiers on the city wall were condescending, and they saw it early, and before the city gate was closed, someone had already gone to the city guard to command the envoy to report.

When the commander Ji Gui got the news, he immediately led someone to hurry to find Zhou Bin, but what he saw was him and Zhang Cheng lying motionless on the table.

The situation was urgent, and Ji Gui didn't care about any courtesy, so he stepped forward and shook it:

"Commander, wake up! There are Japanese raiders attacking the city! ”

Ji Gui shook twice, but Zhou Bin was silent.

Ji Gui sensed that something was wrong, and carefully tested his snort, and the next moment his face turned white.

"Dead?"

Ji Gui's eyes widened in horror and swallowed his saliva with difficulty.

Immediately, he noticed Zhang Cheng, who was also silent, and hurriedly probed his situation again.

Zhang Cheng also died without accident!

Zhang Jingju was worried that he would not be able to drag Zhou Bin, so he poisoned the wine he brought early and sent them all to the west to ensure that nothing went wrong. It's a pity that when he came, he still fantasized that he would escape this time, but he died early!

"My lord, the situation is urgent, you better bring someone to support first!"

The subordinates who came with him reminded Ji Gui loudly.

Ji Gui also woke up from the shock, and solemnly ordered: "You stay and watch here, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!" ”

"Yes!"

After Ji Gui finished ordering, he didn't stay any longer, hurriedly gathered soldiers and horses, and rushed to the direction of the city gate.

Under the city gate, Jiang Quan and the others shouted for a while, but the city gate still showed no sign of opening, and everyone's faces turned pale.

The Japanese had already caught up at this time, and Wu Yong didn't care about shouting, so he directly formed a defensive formation with the guards, and turned Li Wei and the others in the center.

A Japanese coward who rushed to the front, after the distance was closer, jumped up directly and slashed down with a knife!

Wu Yong didn't panic, the steel knife was obliquely blocked, and the Japanese knife collided with the steel knife and rubbed a string of sparks, which was slashed obliquely to the side by the steel knife belt in the wrong direction.

Don't look at the Japanese robbers dressed in tatters, but their blades are not bad at all, after all, this is the blade they rely on for survival, clothes can be torn, shoes can be worn out, but the knife must be good!

Wu Yong blocked the Japanese knife aside, and the figure of this Japanese coward was also unstable, and he saw the opportunity to slash and kill him.

However, this is a wolf, and there are hundreds of wolfs behind him.

Although these guards given to Li Wei by Zhu Yuanzhang are all elite, they are just ordinary people after all, and they are three in the sky, but the current enemies are dozens of times!

Jiang Quan and other civil officials were unarmed, so they could only shrink into a ball in horror, constantly banging on the door and shouting, while Li Wei was not equipped with a knife, but he still had a handcuff, and after reloading, he released another shot.

But this is only a drop in the bucket, and even if the manual system is more convenient than the normal long system, it will take a long time.

"Kill!"

"Ahh

The sword flashed, blood splashed, more than a dozen guards formed a semi-circle formation to protect Li Wei and others under the city, as more and more robbers caught up, there were casualties in the guards, once someone fell down the formation, they had to be reduced by one point, and the situation was critical!

"Brothers, hold on! Be sure to take care of the pony! Wu Yong's face was covered with blood, and he shouted as he slashed and killed the Japanese Kou. (End of chapter)