Outside the east gate of Jianzhou City, a few camps were set up next to the official road, and more than 500 people guarded outside the city gate and did not leave. This frightened Ye Tengjiao, the county guard of Jianzhou County, Ye Tengjiao frowned, and suddenly felt that his wife and concubine were not beautiful, the tea and rice were not fragrant, and the Qinglou did not go.

Although Liu Shenjun, who had made a little envoy to the yamen, had expressed dissatisfaction with Ye Tengjiao's cowardly behavior, it was useless, Ye Tengjiao was really frightened, and he hid in the county guarding the yamen and didn't want to see anyone, he just wanted to wait for his cousin Niu to send troops to rescue him. has completely lost the prestige of bullying men and women on weekdays, arrogant and domineering. It was Liu Shenjun and Jianzhou Captain An Chongbao who dragged him to the head of the city and looked at the camp tent set up outside the city from a distance.

Liu Senjun pointed to the camp outside the city and made a suggestion to Ye Tengjiao, "Lord Ye, look at these tents, there are only 600 people outside the city, and there are 8,000 garrisons in our city, even if ten people fight one person, how can we win, what are you afraid of? King Wei has just arrived in Jiannan Road, and he has not even been able to do it for three months, his foothold is not stable, and his soldiers are not refined and his food is insufficient, so what can we use to crusade against us? This is our chance!"

Ye Tengjiao stood at the head of the city, looked at those tents and trembled, shook his head and said: "Lao Liu, no, this is King Wei's army! No matter how few people there are, they are sent by the palace, and King Wei controls the officials and people of Jiannan Province, and we all have to be under his control, he came to arrest me only after he has the evidence, and the letter also said that even my cousin Ma Yuanlu was arrested by him! We are not Wei Wang's opponents, and now I am afraid that no one can save me except my cousin!"

An Chongbao, the captain of Jianzhou next to him, finally couldn't help it, and said loudly: "Lord County Guard, you are confused! We will not oppose now, and King Wei will deal with us! Even if you do not rebel now, will he let us go? There are only five or six hundred soldiers and horses under the city, and I see that he is encamped on the flat ground, neither leaning against the water's edge, nor is there any natural danger, and the commander must be a rice bucket! As long as we form a formation and rush to kill the past, we will definitely win a great victory!"

Ye Tengjiao shook his head and said: "Captain An, don't you think this is a pit dug by the enemy? Since there are only such a few people, where did he get the courage to go down to the village? There must be an ambush behind him! He is waiting for us to go out of the city to die! Don't go out of the city, if you go out of the city, you will definitely be tricked!"

An Chongbao said disdainfully: "My lord, think about it, now the autumn harvest has already been harvested, the crops have been cut, and the east gate outside the Pingchuan can always see the roots of the mountain, ten miles of land, there are roots and human hairs can be seen, where are the ambushes?

Liu Senjun twisted his beard on the side, nodded approvingly: "What Captain An said is reasonable! My lord, we must not miss the opportunity! Let's send people out of the city to raid now, and we will definitely get something!"

Ye Tengjiao shook his head and said: "Captain An, Liu joins the army, what you can all think of, could it be that King Wei's subordinates are fools? If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, if it is you, you only bring five or six hundred soldiers and dare to stick under the city in a big way? Is that because you think your life is long? This must be a trick by those officials of King Wei's Mansion to lure the enemy!"

An Chongbao arched his hand and said: "Lord Ye, the last general is willing to ask for battle, please allocate me 3,000 soldiers and horses, and I will go out of the city to slaughter the enemy camp! If you don't win, be willing to be a military order!"

Ye Tengjiao sneered: "Captain An, I said that I would wait for the reply from the envoy, and now it will be ten thousand."

Besides, the transfer of 3,000 soldiers and horses is the limit of my position as a county guard, and a single transfer of more than 3,000 soldiers and horses requires a document from the Ministry of War, an official document from the Ministry of War, or an official document from the Imperial Envoy, or an order from the Imperial Guard.

An Chongbao, the tall and well-armored captain of Jianzhou, was so angry that he vomited blood, and after being stunned for a long time, he asked: "Lord Ye, the last general wants to ask, King Wei has already sent someone to arrest your cousin, and he has already pointed out that there is a rebellion in your charges, and he is going to investigate and deal with you.

Ye Tengjiao almost jumped up and said angrily: "An Chongbao! What nonsense are you talking about? If I am really arrested by King Wei, as a county guard, I am also a member of the fourth grade, and the evidence he found is nothing more than that I am corrupt and have engaged in some women, he said that I have rebelled, and I will not admit it to death! Even if he is a prince, he has no right to kill me, at most he will escort me to the capital, and I will admit everything else, that is, I will not admit the rebellion!"

Ye Tengjiao sighed again: "The rest of the charges can be big or small, and they are just dismissal and investigation, at most beheading, and if they die, they will be me." But if I rebel now, then if I am caught, I will be executed by Ling Chi, and I will be beheaded all over the house, and if I don't get it right, I will have to connect the nine clans! Besides, the 8,000 soldiers and horses in the city are not all our people, and it is hard to say how many people are willing to oppose me!

An Chongbao said angrily: "If there is no news from the Yamen, will we sit here and wait for death?"

Fu Ercong, the captain of the city gate, listened from the sidelines, and was very discouraged, and said secretly in his heart, "Why did we follow such a wreck?" You and the envoy of the Jing Strategy did not discuss the matter of rebellion in private? Even I know, who else do you want to hide? When King Wei catches you, do you explain to King Wei that you did not rebel?

An Chongbao and Fu Ercong glanced at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes, it was really the incompetence of the main general, and he was tired of the three armies. If you don't go to war, it proves that you don't want to rebel? As long as you are caught, the tree will fall and scatter, and it will not be easy to gather evidence of your rebellion? Will the king of Wei spare you, or will the emperor be able to spare you? Is this different from an ostrich that is chased and sticks its head into the sand and thinks that others will not see it either?

Liu Senjun also smiled bitterly on the side, and secretly said in his heart, our county guard is too bold, and Liu Senjun, who really has no choice, also stepped forward to persuade: "Lord Ye, no matter what, it is a fact that the guards are coming to the city now, and we have to come up with a countermeasure!"

Ye Tengjiao, who was standing on the tower of the city gate, suddenly burst into tears, beat his chest and said: "Don't stop me, I will surrender to the king of Wei by myself! Even if he arrests the king of Wei, as long as I don't admit to the rebellion, he can only hand me over to the criminal department and the ministry of officials, and then I will let my family spend money to do something for me, and I will definitely not die! It is better to die than to live, why bother to let me die? Rebellion is a great crime to exterminate the nine clans! This official does not want to die!"

When Ye Tengjiao heard that these people were going to rebel, he immediately regretted it, and he didn't even want to wait any longer for his cousin's reply from Niu Mandi, so he wanted to open the city and surrender.

An Chongbao's face was even more colorful, and he almost didn't pull out his waist knife and hacked Ye Tengjiao to death on the spot, this county guard is really too unproductive, where is the courage to bully men and women in ordinary times? When everyone conspired with the envoy of the economy to rebel and make a wish, weren't you also elated? Now these five or six hundred soldiers have come to the city, and they scared you into such a coward?

Seeing that An Chongbao had the urge to draw a knife and cut people, Fu Ercong, the captain of the city gate, hurriedly came over to stop An Chongbao, and said in a low voice: "Captain An, it seems that the county guard is unreliable! Let's not pay attention to him, among the military attaches in Jianzhou, you are the biggest official now, what do you think we are going to do?" I will listen to you now!"

Since the death of the former general of Jianzhou, the position of the general of Jianzhou has been vacant, and An Chongbao is a lieutenant acting as a general, so Fu Ercong said that among the military attaches in Jianzhou, An Chongbao's official is the largest.

An Chongbao gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "This county guard is really disappointing to me, no, we have to detain him to prevent him from opening the city and surrendering! In my personal judgment, the master will never sit idly by, and we can't care about it so much now!" An Chongbao pointed to the camp set up by the people of the palace outside the city, "I will take three thousand men and horses out of the city and fence this camp up!"

Ye Tengjiao heard that An Chongbao was going to lead people out of the city, and now he rebelled, his face was as frightened as earth, and he shouted: "An Chongbao, you anti-thief! This official has long heard that the king of Wei is strong in martial arts, and taking the head of the general in the army is like probing for something! Now there is still a way to survive when you go out of the city and surrender, don't harm me!"

An Chongbao's eyebrows were raised, and he scolded sharply: "The puppet surnamed Ye! At the beginning, it was you and Niu Jing who said that they were going to rebel, but now that the matter is coming, you are afraid of the enemy like a tiger! How can you be so greedy for life and afraid of death if you want to achieve great things?" An Chongbao waved his hand, "Little ones, tie up Lord Ye and put him in our camp, and wait for me to kill these rats outside the city first, and then think about it in the long run!" An Chongbao's twenty personal soldiers agreed, and they wanted to come up to tie up Ye Tengjiao.

Ye Tengjiao heard An Chongbao ask his subordinates to tie him up, and scolded angrily, "An Chongbao! You bastard, do you little captain of Jianzhou want to rebel? Using this little soldier and horse to rebel is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg! How long can the grain and grass in our city last?

Liu Shenjun stepped forward to stop him, "Captain An, you must not! Your own people, if you have something to discuss! These people outside the city can't get in for the time being, but we have time to discuss, and besides, the envoy has not replied to the letter, what are we anxious about? Are those people outside the city who don't eat food every day? We spent ten days and half a month on him, and they starved to death from hunger!"

An Chongbao was really angry, and stepped forward to push down Liu Shenjun, and scolded: "Still discuss your mother! If you discuss it again, everyone's head will fall to the ground! This person surnamed Ye is obviously a waste, and you are still protecting him! Although there are only five or six hundred people outside the city now, what if the Wei Wangfu increases the troops? Everyone has already come to the city, and they are still waiting for an egg? The matter has come to this point, but it is the best policy! Quickly, tie up Lord Ye, please enter the barracks!"

The relatives and soldiers stepped forward and tied up Ye Tengjiao, the city was in chaos, Ye Tengjiao scolded, the officials scattered and fled, and a few clever officials fled from the city gate tower, and ran back to the county guard Yamen on horseback to report the news. When the officials of the county guard heard the news, they immediately became a mess.

As soon as Mao Zongli, the warden of the military room, heard that the county guard had been tied up by the captain of Jianzhou, he was furious and scolded: "Damn, what is a little captain of Jianzhou?

In the military camp outside the city, Tang Jiusheng received a secret letter brought by Xiaoqing, this news came from Cheng Zifei lurking in Jianzhou City, Tang Jiusheng knew that the city was now a dog-eat-dog. The fat man and the others were overjoyed when they learned the news.

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