Chapter 496, Civil Strife

Hearing that Xiao An's men and horses surrounded the Hou Mansion to capture Her Royal Highness the Princess, Yin Zhishan immediately panicked, and hurriedly led people back to the Hou Mansion, those people from the East Guard did not follow Yin Zhishan to come, but killed to the south gate of Songshan City, Yin Zhishan himself took more than 200 light cavalry to run five or six miles away, killed back to the Hou Mansion, and sure enough, he saw thousands of soldiers and horses surrounding the Hou Mansion of Wuquan, and the bow was wound out of the sheath, and the murderous spirit was high.

Seeing that there were still soldiers who crashed into the gate of the Hou Mansion, but they hit it for a long time but to no avail, presumably something was used to block the gate inside the gate of the Hou Mansion.

At the head of the wall of the Hou Mansion, from time to time, someone took a ladder to expose the head and shot the soldiers outside with a bow and crossbow, and the archers outside reflected back. The two sides have been in contact with each other, but the Hou Mansion is obviously small in number and weak in combat effectiveness, so it is impossible to see if it is supported. Those soldiers were firing arrows into the Hou Mansion, when they suddenly heard the rumbling of horses' hooves, and when they looked back, more than 200 cavalry had killed them like mercury, and they were immediately in chaos.

The soldiers under Xiao An didn't expect that Wuquan Hou Yin Zhishan would lead people to kill back, and they were immediately attacked by the enemy, and there was a big chaos. Yin Zhishan couldn't control much, so he shouted and led the cavalry to kill those foot soldiers sent by the county guard. Those foot soldiers were defenseless, and they didn't have time to form a formation, and they were beaten in all directions, and in the blink of an eye, there were hundreds of corpses on the ground. The light cavalry of the Hou Mansion was surrounded just now, and they had no advantage to play, and they were also holding their breath, now they can use these foot soldiers to get angry, and the swords and swords on both sides are called killing.

The two sides fought fiercely for a while, the soldiers and horses of the county guard mansion had come to their senses, there was a captain commanding the remnants of the army, and began to form a formation, Yin Zhishan had already suffered a loss just now, and when he saw the enemy forming a formation, he immediately turned his horse's head and led the troops to rush to the back gate of the Hou Mansion, and scattered the foot soldiers at the back door of the Hou Mansion, and the cavalry retreated into the mansion in turn and began to turn to defense.

Yin Ruonan was trapped in the Hou Mansion and was anxious, when he suddenly heard someone report that the Hou Ye had led the army back to help, so he was relieved. Yin Zhishan retreated to the mansion, saw the princess, and said with a look of shame: "Your Royal Highness the princess, this marquis is incompetent, he failed to lead the troops to capture Xiao An alive, and he fought with him for a long time, but he didn't take any advantage, so he could only retreat." ”

Yin Ruonan said bitterly: "Wu Quanhou, what should we do about this? Our troops don't have an advantage! Are we starting too early?"

Yin Zhishan shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, I heard that the people of the Weiwang Mansion have also done it, so we are not alone!"

Yin Ruonan descended from the sky, took Li Lanqiu's hand beside him and said with a smile:

"Li Lanqiu, this is great! It turns out that Tang Jiusheng has also begun to attack Xiao An, so it is not yet known who will kill the deer, and we may not necessarily lose. "For half the night, Yin Ruonan hid in the Wuquan Marquis Mansion and was scared, for fear that the soldiers outside would rush in. Now that Yin Zhishan has returned, and brought the news that Tang Jiusheng's men and horses are also in the city, Yin Ruonan suddenly has a bottom in his heart.

In front of the Happy Building, Xiao Anzheng commanded the army to surround Qiu Fenglin, Zhao Tieyi, Sikong Jing and others, and roared hoarsely: "Brothers, as long as we catch them tonight, the great cause can be accomplished! The Wuquanhou Mansion has been surrounded, and the little princess Yin Ruonan is about to fall into our hands, who are we afraid of!"

Sikong Jing heard Xiao An shouting like this, and his heart also panicked, even if he died here, it didn't matter, if Her Royal Highness the princess lost, it would be a big trouble! Sikong Jing and the others were panicking, and suddenly saw the fire in the west, and they didn't know where the fire was. Xiao An looked in the direction of the firelight, it seemed to be the direction of the county guard's mansion, Xiao An was puzzled, and saw more than ten fast horses galloping over in the distance.

A lieutenant led a soldier to stop him, but he found that it was his own person and quickly let him go. The more than ten fast horses ran in front of Xiao An, someone rolled the saddle and dismounted, kneeling in front of Xiao An, Xiao An looked, it turned out to be Ding Chengxun in the county guard yamen, only to see Ding Chengxun's face bleeding, and half an arrow on his shoulder was exposed, Xiao Anxin shouted in horror: "Ding Chengxun, you are not guarding in the yamen, what are you doing here?"

Ding Chengxun wept and said: "Lord County Guard, something is wrong! Our county guard yamen is on fire! Gong Cao Long Shiyuan led thousands of soldiers and horses to occupy the county guard yamen, shouting that he wanted to capture the family of the thief Xiao An alive, and the officials on duty in our yamen were all beaten and scattered and fled! The eldest grandmother and several aunts and grandmothers were tied up by Long Shiyuan, and our county guard yamen was set on fire by them! The little one started with him, and he shot an arrow, and he only escaped with his wounds! My lord, go back and rescue the county guard yamen quickly!"

Xiao An's face changed even more angrily, and he scolded: "Long Shiyuan, this official has always treated him well, and he has sworn allegiance to this official many times, how dare he betray this official at such a time?" Xiao An turned around and shouted: "Lu Qiuling, you go, quickly mobilize the soldiers and horses in the outer defense armory, and go and take back the county guard yamen for me!" As he spoke, he threw a waist card to Lu Qiuling, the captain of the military academy.

Lu Qiuling leaned out on the horse, took the waist card, and said loudly: "Obey orders!" With more than ten cavalrymen, he went straight to the armory in the center of the city.

Xiao An scolded with a pale face: "This official really didn't expect it, it's dark under the lamp!Long Shiyuan, you bastard, this official will definitely break you into thousands of pieces if he catches you!" Xiao An calmed down for a while, and asked Ding Chengxun again: "Ding Chengxun, how many soldiers and horses did you say Long Shiyuan had?"

Ding Chengxun knelt on the ground, the arrow wound on his shoulder was painful, and he trembled with pain, and said loudly: "My lord, there are at least more than 1,000 people under Long Shiyuan! There are nearly 200 of us servants, and we are not opponents at all.

Xiao An sighed and said, "I'm just afraid that Lu Qiuling won't have enough people to guard the armory to defeat him!" Xiao An was ruthless, and turned back and said: "Liang Yuwu, you immediately take someone to withdraw the people and horses from the Lu family's courtyard, follow Lu Qiuling, go back to the county to guard the yamen, you must take the yamen back for me, and then capture Long Shiyuan alive! No matter which of you are, as long as you can capture Long Shiyuan alive, the official will be promoted to the third level!"

Liang Yuwu, the deputy lieutenant of Zhaowu, was overjoyed, agreed, and took five or six personal soldiers to fly to the Lu family's courtyard. It turned out that the Lu family courtyard was Xiao An's brother-in-law's house, Xiao An put a large number of gold and silver treasures in the Lu family courtyard, and tonight there was a war everywhere, for fear that the courtyard would be robbed, so he arranged 600 elite soldiers to guard the Lu family courtyard, and now the county guard yamen has been lost, once the soldiers know about this, their morale must be greatly frustrated, so they must recapture the county guard yamen.

Xiao An was panicking, and four or five horses ran over from a distance, and the captain who was blocking the road saw that it was his own again, so he hurriedly let it go again. The leader was a halberd chief, surnamed Su, and the halberd chief surnamed Su saw Xiao An and arched his hand: "My lord, hundreds of enemy reinforcements came from outside the Wuquan Hou Mansion, and now they are fighting with our people, the two sides are evenly matched, and it is difficult for our army to win, please send reinforcements quickly!"

Xiao An was stunned angrily, and only after a while did he ask, "The enemy's reinforcements, and where did this army come from?"

The halberd chief surnamed Su replied: "Lord Qiyu, the enemy's leading officer is Bo Sun Chengliang, the lord of our county guarding the yamen! When Sun Chengliang brought the troops, he first pretended to be sent by adults, so we were defenseless, and they suddenly slashed and killed behind us, and after we lost a group of brothers, we stabilized our position, please send troops to support us quickly!"

Xiao An was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and scolded: "First there is Long Shiyuan, and then there is Sun Chengliang, what do they want to do?

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