Li Qiufeng thought of Liu Kang, Yang Tinghe, and Liu Sheng Zongyan without saying a word, and his heart was anxious, so he had to arch his hand to Murong Danqing and said: "Brother Murong, Yang Zhenzhong not only has deep internal strength, but he also has a treasure knife in his sleeve that sharpens iron like clay, if you are against this person, be careful." ”

Murong Danqing smiled and said, "I know, Brother Li, go quickly." ”

Li Qiufeng turned around and left, but Murong Danyan also followed. The two jumped onto the roof and ran towards the eastern city. It was nearly midnight, and the city was dark, except for the patrolmen who walked by from time to time with lanterns in their hands. When the two arrived at the head of Dongcheng City, they saw Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe, the head of the Qingcheng faction, standing under the arrow tower, looking out of the city with a worried face.

The two saw Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan go up to the city tower, and hurriedly stepped forward. Li Qiufeng said: "Two heads, is there any change in the rebels outside the city?"

Liu Yong said: "Two hours ago, more than 3,000 cavalry arrived outside the city and had already set up a large camp. These soldiers and horses are very fierce. I heard from the garrison of Yong'an City that these cavalry were the elite horses of Duoyan Sanwei. It's just that the original rebels have not moved, and the camp is quiet. It's just that the big war is coming, and the rebel camp shouldn't be so calm. I had just discussed with Master Xu, worried that the rebels might attack the city in the second half of the night. ”

Li Qiufeng nodded and said: "Two heads, Li has an important matter, I want to talk to the two of you, let's discuss how this matter should be done." ”

Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe saw that he was solemn and knew that this matter must be not small, so they retreated. Liu Yong said: "Li Shaoxia has something to do, just say it." ”

Li Qiufeng told him in detail what happened in the Gu family's old shop. Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe's faces changed greatly, and Xu Chenghe said in a trembling voice: "The imperial court, the imperial court, doesn't this want us to die in vain......

Li Qiufeng said: "After Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he continued to purge the original forces in the capital. It's just that the military department holds the power of the military, and although there have been several Shangshu, most of the officials in charge have not changed. Liu Kang, Yang Tinghe and others originally formed a party, and after the two lost power, they have been planning to make a comeback, and they have never given up for more than ten years. The officials of the Ministry of War were also dissatisfied with Emperor Jiajing's step-by-step pressing, and whenever the emperor wanted to dismiss the officials in charge, he instigated the border army to mutiny, forcing the imperial court to change course. I originally thought that Liu Kang and Yang Tinghe had been fighting for so many years, and the two had a deep grudge. Since Yang Tinghe was the mastermind of the rebellion, Liu Kang would do his best to prevent the rebels from attacking the capital. In fact, he did the same, but now it seems that things are not so simple. Maybe this old fox is deliberately doing this, and there is another plan behind it. ”

Liu Yong's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he said: "What Li Shaoxia means is that Liu Kang pretended to fight against Yang Tinghe, and the two of them joined forces behind his back to lure the imperial court rebellion army to Yong'an City, and the soldiers and horses he had already ambushed would raid the capital...... Isn't that likely?!"

Li Qiufeng said: "Liu Kang, Yang Tinghe and others have been up and down in the sea for fifty or sixty years, and almost none of what these people said is true. There is also that Fusang man, Yanagi Zongyan, who wholeheartedly wants to subvert the Ming Dynasty. These people are all cunning and scheming, how can they join forces, how can they be suppressed by Yang Zhenzhong so simply?"

Xu Chenghe said: "According to the meaning of Li Shaoxia, what should we do?"

Li Qiufeng said: "These things are all party disputes in the imperial court, and we can't afford to participate in them." Yong'an City is now just a decoy, attracting the soldiers and horses of the three battalions of Xuanfu, Datong and the capital to fight the rebels. If Liu Kang and others did not have a conspiracy, then after the war, the imperial court would have purged the officials in charge of the Ministry of War under the pretext of 'controlling the disadvantages and provoking a mutiny', and completely pulled out the root of the soft and hard resistance with the emperor. In exchange, the imperial court would not pursue Liu Kang and Yang Tinghe for the crime of annexing land with those court officials and Jiangnan gentry behind them. In other words, the imperial court, Liu Kang and Yang Tinghe wanted to play a game of chess with the lives of more than 1,000 defenders and six or seven hundred heroes of Yong'an City, as well as the lives of more than 10,000 rebels outside the city. The outcome of this game has already been decided, and they just wait for Yong'an City to be covered with corpses and rivers of blood, and then they will come out to clean up the mess. The other possibility is the most terrifying, that is, another rebel army has already been ambushed, and when the battle of Yong'an City begins, it will raid the capital, and it is difficult to say what the result will be. We can't be their pawns, because Li thinks that you should leave Yong'an City earlier, and you don't have to sacrifice for these people's conspiracy in vain. ”

Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe looked at each other, each with their own concerns, and they were just silent about Li Qiufeng's words.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the trumpets in the rebel camp outside the city, and then the drums rang out. The three of them were startled, walked quickly to the city wall, and looked out of the city with their hands on the battlements.

I saw that the rebel camp was still dark, no different from Fang Cai, but the sound of trumpets and drums became louder and louder, and the bricks under his feet seemed to tremble slightly.

The martial arts masters of all sects are all experienced in a hundred battles, but they have experienced battles in the rivers and lakes, but they have never seen battle arrays. At first, he also relied on his martial arts to fight against ordinary officers and soldiers, and it was not a problem to fight ten at a time. At this time, the enemy army had not yet appeared, and the sound of trumpets and drums sounded, which shook the heavens and the earth, and everyone's faces could not help but change color.

The garrison of the defenders of Yong'an City was also in Dongcheng at this time, but he did not mess up, drew his waist sword and stood at the head of the city, and shouted to all the soldiers: "Prepare for archers!"

The archers who were guarding the city were already lying behind the battlements, and when they heard the shouts of the guards, they immediately bent their bows and arrows and aimed them at the bottom of the battlements. The rest of the soldiers each armed with knives and guns, hid behind the battlements, and were ready to fight.

After a while, the garrison gave the order: "Light the torch and throw it at the city!"

I saw hundreds of soldiers light torches and immediately throw them at the city.

Liu Yong, Xu Chenghe and other heroes of the rivers and lakes didn't know why these soldiers threw torches into the city, and they were in shock, by the light of the torches thrown, they saw that the city was completely black and oppressive of the rebels, who were carrying the ladder and pushing the crashing car, quietly approaching the city wall.

The guard raised his sword and shouted, "Release the arrow!"

I only heard the sound of feather arrows breaking through the air, and thousands of feather arrows shot out towards the city. The rebels, however, were also on guard, holding their shields in front of them to shield them from the arrows. Rao is like this, there are still many rebels who are slightly slow with their hands and feet, and they are shot by feather arrows, and they let out a miserable sound. However, the rest of the rebels were still closing on the walls under the cover of their shields.

Qunhao hid behind the battlement with a blade in hand, all nervous. On the contrary, the officers and soldiers who they looked down on on weekdays were not nervous, and only then did they know that the battle array attack was completely different from the single fight and sectarian disputes in the rivers and lakes.

The garrison stood at the head of the city, and did not stop directing the soldiers to release arrows. Liu Yong said to Li Qiufeng and Xu Chenghe: "This official originally looked obscene, but he didn't expect the war to start, but he was not afraid of danger and took the lead. ”

At this time, the rebels were only thirty or forty paces away from the city wall, and only a rapid drum beat was heard in the rebel camp, and the rebel rear team besieging the city suddenly stood up with hundreds of soldiers, bent their bows and arrows, and shot at the city. These soldiers are all selected archers from the rebels, and they all use strong bows and crossbows, and these hundreds of feather arrows are shot out, and the sound of breaking the sky is even more poignant and amazing than ordinary feather arrows.

The garrison had been standing at the head of the city commanding, with the upper half of the city wall exposed. I only heard two "poof" sounds, and two arrows had been hit in my right shoulder and right arm. A guard soldier saw that the situation was not good, and he stood in front of him, but he heard the sound of "poof" endlessly, and the personal soldier was hit by more than ten arrows in an instant, and blood overflowed from his mouth, and he couldn't live anymore. Even so, he still stood unstood, standing in front of the guard, and from time to time arrows were shot at him.

I only heard the screams of the city, and from time to time some soldiers fell to the ground with arrows. The disciples of each faction waved their blades to block the feather arrows that came to the city, but there were still more than ten heroes of the rivers and lakes who were wounded by the arrows.

But the garrison did not dodge, but still stood at the head of the city, directing the archers to counterattack. All of a sudden, arrows flew up and down the city, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. Although Qunhao is full of martial arts, seeing such a scene of thousands of troops attacking each other, everyone is also frightened and trembling.

The rebel archers, under the cover of shield bearers, kept approaching the walls. The feathered arrows fired by these men were accurate and ruthless, and gradually suppressed the defending archers. The rebels besieging the city saw that the arrows were falling less and less, and they shouted and rushed to the city gate.

(End of chapter)