Yu Jue is also a person who practices martial arts, of course, he is self-aware, the other party has the existence of top masters, and with the hundreds of soldiers under his command now, it is not enough to protect him!

If most of the soldiers abandoned the battle and fled before, Yu Jue's fighting spirit had lost half of it, then now, the little confidence he had was also crushed by this assassination.

Anyway, he has already failed, why should he lose his life in vain? Stay in Qingshan, not afraid of running out of firewood, with his talent as a commander of the army, he should have a better future, get glory and wealth, but if he is here now, there will be nothing.

When a group of soldiers rushed forward to support this general soldier who was not lightly injured, Yu Jue said in a trembling voice: "Pass my general's order, and the whole army will withdraw to Huaiqing City!"

The safe passage that the rebels had deliberately left behind was still there, and it would have been easy to withdraw to the city. In fact, a group of soldiers had already had the idea of fleeing back to the city, and at this time, the lord would have an order, so where was there even the slightest hesitation? The soldiers immediately took action, and several people carried Yu Jue, and hundreds of people crowded around, and ran towards the gap in the encirclement.

On the hillside in the distance, Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu had already returned to Hua Bushi's side.

Li Hu was still a little unwilling to let Yu Jue go, and shouted: "Boss Shi, it's really not fun to kill today! Obviously he can slaughter the dog officer with a sword, Zuihou still has to spare his life!" Hua Bushi smiled and said: "Although you are not enjoyable, the victory or defeat of today's battle depends on this." Yu Jue is a shrewd and capable person, with the talent of a general, and his only weakness is that he is greedy for fame, and he is a little afraid of death, as long as it really threatens his life, this person's will will collapse, and now he must have ordered the soldiers to retreat. The people looked towards the hill, and sure enough, they saw that the soldiers of the officers and soldiers had stopped resisting, and fled towards the bottom of the hill.

The rebels did not stop the fleeing enemy, but only gathered their men and horses, and followed closely behind to cover the killing. Xiaoshanbao was only a few miles away from Huaiqing City, and in a matter of moments, the men and horses on both sides were already under the city gate.

Chu Yiyi suddenly said: "The concubine finally understands the intention of not killing Yu Jue!

The 20,000 reinforcements led by Zhang Yingchang will be killed within half an hour, only in such a short time, even if the people and horses of Yujue outside the city are eliminated, it is too late to storm Huaiqing City, so the only way out is to try to win the city gate.

If Yu Jue was killed, even if the remnants of the soldiers outside the city fled to the city gate, Shi Dongchang, the prefect of Huaiqing, was as timid as a mouse, and he would definitely refuse to open the door. But since Yu Jue is still alive, he is the chief soldier of Huaiqing, and the soldiers in the city are under his command, so he naturally does not dare to open the city gate without obeying Yu Jue's orders, and Shi Dongchang, who is a civil official, can't stop him if he wants to.

Hua Bushi nodded and said: "Yes! As long as the city gate is opened, the righteous army will be able to take advantage of the situation and take Huaiqing City immediately, and Yu Jue is not unaware of this situation." However, he has nowhere to escape now, only to flee into the city is to survive, between his own life and Huaiqing City, he will definitely choose to save his life first. ”

Chu Yiyi said with a smile: "Yu Jue didn't know that Zhang Yingchang's men and horses were coming in half an hour, in his opinion, even if he lost his life, Huaiqing City would only be able to defend for a while longer, and it was still inevitable that it would be breached, regardless of the overall situation of the war, but he would order the door to open the door with the urgency of escaping his life." Childe is clever, all the weaknesses of this Mr. Yu are held in the palm of your hand, he just wants to be undefeated!"

Hua Bushi said: "Madame, this is a prize! In fact, this plan can be successful, only thanks to our news is more well-informed than Yu Jue, not that Hua Bushi is smarter than him, if I change places, I am afraid that I will also make the same choice as him, and it will be difficult to escape defeat." After all, Yu Jue has some skills, which should not be underestimated, and if we encounter him on the battlefield again in the future, we must be careful. ”

While the two were talking, the east gate of Huaiqing City was really opened, and more than 100 remnants fled in with Yu Jue, while Li Zicheng's men and horses bit behind the officers and soldiers and followed into the city gate.

The officers and soldiers in the city panicked, and some soldiers fired arrows downward, but how could the scattered feathered arrows stop the righteous army pouring into the city like a tide? For a while, there was a loud killing inside and outside the city gate, and the righteous army had already joined the guards on the city wall and killed together!

More than 30,000 rebels are more than ten times the defenders of the city, and Yu Jue has already fled after entering the city.

At the juncture of Zuihou, this ancient city of Huaiqing finally fell into the hands of the rebels.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Huaiqing City was the first capital city captured by the righteous army in Yujing.

When Zhang Yingchang led the reinforcements to the city, he could only see the flag fluttering on the city wall, but it was the banner of the righteous army, and the commander of the 36th battalion, Gao Yingxiang, wore a fiery red robe and stood under it, majestic.

The rebel army had more than 30,000 men, and it was delusional to recapture the city with Zhang Yingchang's 20,000 officers and troops. In desperation, Zhang Yingchang had no choice but to withdraw his troops, led his men and horses to Hanoi County, which was sixty miles away from Huaiqing, and quickly reported to Kaifeng Mansion, just waiting for the governor to send enough soldiers and horses, or waiting for the army of Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Ming Xuan, to return from southern Henan, and then plotting to attack Huaiqing.

Although the rebel army had also captured some small towns and county towns before, it was far from comparable to Huaiqing City in terms of size, importance, and the number of officers and troops stationed in the city. When the news reached the Beijing Division, it immediately shocked the government and the opposition, just because a fortified city like Huaiqing would be captured by thieves, then the safety of Luoyang, Kaifeng and other cities would inevitably be worrisome, and if these central cities were lost, the Ming Dynasty would be difficult to protect.

Overnight, the impeachment recital had been covered with the emperor's dragon book case, and the targets of impeachment were of course not Shi Dongchang and Yu Jue, who had not yet been placed in the eyes of the ministers of the court. Most of the canons are not listed and stated by Fan Jingwen, the governor of Henan. Crimes such as negligence in prevention, improper use of personnel, and ineffective support have all been woven into his body, and this Fan adult's black yarn seems to be difficult to protect.

Of course, there are also people who defend Fan Jingwen, saying that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Ming Xuan, both have tens of thousands of heavy troops in their hands and are responsible for suppressing bandits, but one of them let Kou into Yu and the other did not go to the rescue, so Huaiqing was lost, so all the fault should not be attributed to the governor of Fan Jingwen's side.

There are also many generals who handed over a letter of request to the emperor and were willing to lead the army to suppress the bandits and recover Huaiqing, including Zuo Liangyu, who was sometimes the chief soldier of Changping County. In the early years, the left general soldier made great achievements in the war with the Houjin on the border of Liaodong, and has always been known for his courage and good at fighting, and is known as "the first fierce general in Liaodong", but a few years ago because of the long-term arrears of military salaries in the imperial court, the soldiers under his command mutiny and suppression were unfavorable and were demoted.

Zuo Junhua, the owner of Wangwushan's "Rich Villa", is Zuo Liangyu's uncle.

How to deal with Fan Jingwen and who to send to suppress the bandits is a matter that makes the emperor Zhu Youzhen, who is far away in Beijing, a headache, and has nothing to do with others. Hua Bushi was also having a headache at this time, but the reason for his worry was of course different from that of the emperor.

In the wing room in the backyard of Ding's Mansion in Qingyang Town, the eldest young master has not been out of the house for three days, and today he is sighing at a piece of paper, looking depressed and sad.

This note is a reply letter written by Li Zicheng to him.

On the same day, the rebels invaded Huaiqing City, and Hua Bushi did not join them in the same city, but returned to Qingyang Town with a group of disciples of the "Evil Dog Gate". After all, he is not a rebel, and it is inconvenient for him to reveal his identity at such a time and cause trouble for the sect, so he can't go into the city to drink the celebration wine that Li Zicheng promised.

Although Hua Bushi did not enter the city, he asked Chu Yiyi and "Qianhuafang" to pay close attention to the movements in Huaiqing City, and soon got a lot of news.

After the rebels occupied Huaiqing City, they found the granary of the government, took out the 300,000 stone grain in the warehouse, and distributed it to all the men and horses of the 36th battalion in proportion. This was originally the purpose of the rebel army to storm the city, of course, there is nothing to blame, but what happened next was exactly what made the eldest young master unhappy.

Huaiqing City was originally a very prosperous city, and there were many wealthy businessmen in the city. Within a day of the rebels' entry into the city, almost all the shops and storefronts were looted, and the houses and houses of the wealthy families were also not secured, and many merchants were arrested by the rebels and forced to hand over all the gold and silver treasures, otherwise they would be beheaded for public display.

What's more, some soldiers killed people and set fire to the city, burning down several streets of courtyard houses and killing many people. The entire Huaiqing City suffered an unprecedented catastrophe, and the richest commercial capital in northern Henan formed in the past hundred years has been looted within a few days!

As early as when he was in Biluo Mountain, Li Zicheng said to Hua Bushi that attacking Huaiqing was only for the purpose of obtaining grain and grass, and would not encroach on other industries, and Hua Bushi also thought so. Who knew that now he had captured the city, but it was such a result, the eldest young master was extremely unhappy, just because it was inconvenient for him to enter the city at this moment, so he had to write a letter and ask someone to take it to the city and hand it over to General Li Chuang.

In the letter, Hua Bushi advised Li Zicheng that he should restrain the rebels, not to loot in the city, and not to kill people casually.

You must know that this time the rebel army attacked Huaiqing, all the disciples of the Jianghu sect have been transferred, and the rich gentry in the city have not helped the officials and soldiers to defend the city, so they can break the city so smoothly. Now after the rebels enter the city, if they want to attack other cities in the future, the local sect Shili, in order to protect their own interests, will definitely help the officers and soldiers, and the rebels' move is equivalent to adding a lot of enemies to themselves.

Two days after Hua Bushi's letter was sent, he received a reply from Li Zicheng, which is the piece of paper that is now placed in front of the eldest young master.