Then someone worried, "You say, if King Chen invades the city, will he ...... us in the name of rebellion?"

"Don't you......"

"Not really? Since the Hongguang Dynasty, every time the city is broken, there are few people who do not find a person to plunder money and kill people. ”

"Hey, it's all us who suffer in the end......"

"If you want me to say, go home first and hide the money and food, even if you don't kill people, it is inevitable to pay some military salaries."

"Yes, yes, I'm going back."

Everyone immediately dispersed.

Next to the steps of the city wall of Tianxing Mansion, there are more than ten people pulling and pulling.

"Get out of the way!" A man in a blue brocade suit glared and said, "You don't recognize the old man," he gestured to the side, "You should also recognize Lord Zhao!" You dare to stop us? ”

The man dressed as an officer on the stairs stretched out his arms, constantly signaled to his subordinates not to avoid it, and said with a difficult face: "The two adults are not embarrassed, His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King has strictly ordered that no one is allowed to enter the city." ”

"Tang Wang?" Lord Zhao sneered twice and whispered to himself, "But I don't know if there will be a Tang King tomorrow or ......not."

The blue-robed official hurriedly interrupted him and said nervously: "Lord Zhao is cautious, and he has been listened to carefully. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at his entourage. The latter immediately understood, took two steps forward, and quietly took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into the officer's hand.

The officer who had just resisted the blockade secretly weighed his weight, immediately smiled and let go of the stairs, and said courteously: "Adults, don't delay too long, the little ones are here for you to keep an eye on, and no one will know that the two of you have come." ”

The two official-looking men went up to the city, looked down through the breastwork, and immediately turned pale with astonishment.

Two or three hundred steps away from the city, tens of thousands of Cantonese troops knelt on the ground in a horizontal formation of more than ten columns, and around them were more than 1,000 soldiers in dark green military uniforms, pointing at them menacingly with firearms.

In the distance, there are thousands of green-clothed soldiers and horses, neatly dressed and waving their flags, and they are wearing armor and holding blades. In front of the formation, you can faintly see a row of dark cannons like fierce beasts on the ground, wanting to choose people to devour.

Lord Zhao pointed to the two people in front of the Yue army captives, his fingers trembling slightly, "Lord Li, those two are Zhang An and Su Ping?" ”

Although Master Li didn't see it very clearly, he still nodded and said, "It's the two of them." ”

"Shhhhh The 20,000 Cantonese army has been defeated, who else in Tianxing Mansion can stop King Chen's army? ”

Master Li nodded frequently, "But I don't know what King Chen wants?" Is it protection, or is it ......," he said, gesturing to the sky.

The two were silent for a moment, and Lord Zhao was the first to speak, "No matter what he thinks, we must always ...... with King Tang first Tang reversed the clear is. ”

"Lord Zhao is right, we should be so ......"

"Okay, the old man will go back and prepare immediately."

The two men hurried down the city, but they saw one of them hurrying towards the city.

"Lord Liu, you are ......"

"Lord Zhao, Lord Li? Hey, each other. ”

"Take care."

"Take care."

……

"My lord, another man has shot a letter from the city." Zhao Shichao raised his hand and saluted, and handed a paper roll to Zhu Linmiao.

The latter unfolded and looked at it, only to see hundreds of words written on it, to the effect that Li Weishu and Zhao Dian of Taifu Temple had always been disdainful of the Tang King, but they were limited to people who were soft-spoken and powerless to resist. This time, Chen Wang Tianbing rebelled, and he was winning the hearts of the people in accordance with the will of heaven, and the two of them would welcome the army into the city by the side of Tianxingfu Road. The other two prepared 8,000 taels of silver to finance the rebellion army's food, rice, and silver.

Zhu Linmiao smiled and handed the note to Zhang Jiayu casually, "Write it down." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu took out a thin book and wrote Li Weixi, Zhao Dian, the date, and the number of silver taels in a straight manner.

There were more than 80 similar records in the booklet, all of which had been handed out by the city officials in the past two days.

Zhu Linmiao glanced at the number of "subsidized grain, rice, and silver" of the officials in the booklet, and the total amount had exceeded 500,000 taels. He sighed and said, "If you donate this money earlier, the first emperor may not fall into the hands of thieves......"

As soon as the curtain of the military tent door flickered, Shi Lin stepped in, and saluted with joy: "My lord, I have been contacted."

"Oh?" Zhu Linmiao hurriedly said, "How do you say that?" ”

Shi Lin arched his hand and said: "Lord Hui, when Zheng Dudu planned to be ugly tonight, he raised a fire at the east gate.

"Oh, he also asked people to pass it on, saying that Wei Wei, the commander of the Tang Rebellion Army, was determined to do it anyway, and at that time, his subordinates would wrap their arms in white scarves and cooperate at the east gate."

"Okay." Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "Leave the first and second battalions of infantry on standby at the west gate, and the rest of the battalions will assemble outside the east gate tonight." The 3rd Infantry Battalion and the Chasseur Company were responsible for the breakthrough. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu quickly recorded on the side.

"After entering the city, the hussars, dragoons, and personal soldiers rushed to Ouchi to save the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother as quickly as possible."

"Yes!"

Night.

Tianxing Mansion is in the midst of a great war, the city is brightly lit, and from time to time there are officers who take people back and forth to inspect it.

In the cave of the East Gate, nearly 100 soldiers were dozing off with spears in a state of exhaustion, when they saw more than 20 black-clothed masked people quickly touching the root of the wall.

A soldier who woke up was just about to exclaim, and the few black-clothed men in front of him cut it down with a wave of their hands, and the stainless steel blade reflected the firelight, which was the embroidered spring knife.

The black-clothed masked man took the lead, and his movements were extremely fast, and the embroidered spring knife slashed up and down, and only half of the guards were left in the city gate cave in an instant.

As soon as the gatekeeper reacted and was about to fight back, he saw the black-clothed man at the head shake the blood on the knife and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness King Chen has an order, those who descend will not die!" ”

The sound alarmed the soldiers defending the city, but the officers at the head of the city saw dozens of black-clothed people rushing at the city gate, and instead of stopping them, they quickly ran into the distance, for fear that King Chen's men and horses would attack the city and involve themselves in it.

More men in black gathered around, and in a moment they removed several of the gates, pushed them open again, and lit a bonfire outside the city.

Immediately, hundreds of soldiers of the Dragon Guard rushed into the city, thinking that there would be a bloody battle, but they were surprised to find that there were people with white cloth on their arms all around.

It wasn't until the main force of the Dragon Guard Army completely occupied the east gate that Su Guansheng, who got the letter, hurried over with nearly a thousand soldiers. As soon as he reached the entrance to the east gate, he saw a flash of fire in front of him, and a volley of cannonballs whistled into his team.

Although Zhu Linwei was worried about accidentally injuring the people, he only let the three-pounder cannon be used, but the loud sound of the cannon alone made Su Guansheng panic in his heart.

He hurried into the narrow alley beside him, and when he looked up again, he saw that his soldiers were hiding faster than him.

The streets in front of the cannon were empty in an instant. Zhao Shichao shook his head, shouted, and led the cavalry straight to the direction of the palace.