After the army was left behind, and then there was no news, it was like a kite with a broken string, never returned, and not even a deserter returned, what happened to them, Xu Jie knew it at the end, but fortunately, the pursuit speed of the Taiping army was still slowed down, and the distance from the first one or two hours was gradually extended by about a day, which made him somewhat relieved. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhengyang County basically does not have a single soldier, as long as he leads his troops back to Zhengyang County, he can alleviate the current dilemma, at least at that time there will be a strong county town to hold.

Liu Xingwen is also helpless now. Pursuing all the way, the Zhengyang soldiers who were supposed to intercept him surrendered one after another, and in the end, the Zhengyang soldiers who surrendered had as many as 10,000, which was more than the soldiers and horses of his city gate army and the two parts of the Dazhu's Shaking Mountain Battalion combined, and how to deal with these surrendered troops was also a headache for him.

On the one hand, Liu Xingwen has to ensure the speed of his pursuit, and on the other hand, he has to control these troops so that they will not cause trouble, and he is really a little angry when he is busy. The mood of these soldiers is not stable now, and after being incorporated into the sequence of pursuit, they are slow to move, which greatly slows down the marching speed of the entire army and makes Liu Xingwen very angry. But it is also helpless, in order to ensure safety, the commanders of the various ministries who surrendered were all taken by Liu Xingwen as hostages.

After a lot of hard work and running all the way, Xu Jie finally returned to Zhengyang County, but looking at Zhengyang County from a distance, he was dumbfounded, above the city, it was no longer the banner of Dayue, but the fire and sword banner of the Taiping Army.

His whole body froze there, how could this be? Where did the Taiping army get in front of him.

The army advanced to the city of Zhengyang County, under the dazzling sun, the scene he saw made Xu Jie even more sad and indignant, more than a dozen flagpoles were erected on the city, and a corpse was hung on each flagpole, those people were very familiar to him, and the closest people were the male relatives of his Xu family.

His father, uncle, cousin, and his sons and nephews.

He screamed angrily, the internal turmoil in Zhengyang County, which he was most worried about, had finally happened. Those businessmen at both ends of the rat finally turned their backs on Da Yue.

"Prepare for the siege!" He shouted loudly, "There is not a single soldier at the city gate, take the Zhengyang County City, and turn the palm of your hand,"

The rumbling sound of war drums sounded, and the remaining 25,000 soldiers under Xu Jie's command began to prepare the siege equipment, and everyone knew very well that if they couldn't quickly take Zhengyang County, when the Taiping army behind them caught up, they would die without a place to bury.

The second drum sounded, and the sound of trombone also sounded in the city, and rows of people appeared above the city, looking at the people who appeared above the city, the drummers raised their drumsticks in the air, and could not wave them any longer, and were preparing siege equipment, and the soldiers who were silently wiping their knives and guns also put down their weapons and looked up at the city wall.

There was not a single soldier on it, but there were hundreds of people, old and young, men and women. And standing at the forefront are the gentry of Zhengyang County.

Above the city, Tian Zhen smiled at the trembling legs of the gentry who stood at the front, they had to come, because behind each of them, there was an Eagle's Nest soldier holding a short sword, holding it to the back of their hearts.

"Brother Tian, is this, okay? If Xu Jie goes crazy, we all have to die here! Tian Damao's whole body was also shaking like chaff, and there was no one behind him with a knife against him, but there was a Tian Zhen standing beside him.

"Why not, of course." Tian Zhen remained silent.

"But we have already killed the Xu family, so it's no wonder that Xu Jie doesn't work hard!" Tian Damao said angrily: "I said before, leaving the lives of these people can also threaten Xu Jie, you have to kill, this is good, he has no way out, he hates us to death, he must think about burning jade." ”

"Da Mao, don't forget who is this army below?" Tian Zhen sneered: "Zhengyang County soldiers, who is not a local, there are no parents and relatives standing in this city?" Not to mention the people's army, they were originally organized by you gentry with money and food, and most of the officers were filled by the relatives of you gentry, do you think they will listen to Xu Jie's orders when they see you standing on top of this city? ”

After a pause, Tian Zhen continued: "Killing Xu Jie is to tell these people that the Xu family is finished, Xu Jie is now a lonely person, what to do, they will do it." ”

"But that's too risky." Tian Damao's face was still pale, he was now standing in the middle with Tian Zhen, if a row of arrows came up below, Tian Zhen might be fine, he would have to go to see the king of Hades, because he didn't know martial arts.

At the moment when Tian Damao was trembling, a sharp voice sounded in the city: "Son, don't fight, Dayue is over, and even His Majesty the Emperor is dead." ”

Tian Zhen smiled, this is the person he arranged to start inciting the crowd.

Sure enough, a person opened his mouth, and above the city, shouts suddenly rose one after another.

"Son, don't fight!"

"Xianggong, surrender! My son and I are waiting for you! ”

"Dad, I miss you, go home!"

"Big brother, my father is sick, and I'm dying, I'm waiting for you to see him for the last time!"

The sound of the call from the city was touching and heartbreaking, and the soldiers under the city were colorless, and too many people saw familiar faces and heard familiar voices from above the city.

With a bang, the sound of weapons slamming to the ground came from nowhere.

Xu Jie was trembling with anger, he never thought that the other party would make such a shameless and obscene move, looking back at the soldiers behind him, where was there still half a point of fighting spirit.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" He shouted at one of the generals beside him.

But the general stood there like a wooden clay sculpture, looking at the city. Xu Jie was furious, and whipped down with a backhand, knocking off the general's helmet, and there was an extra blood mark on his face.

"Li Qing, I told you to release the arrow, didn't you hear?" Li Qing was the commander of the county soldiers, and when Xu Jie returned to Zhengyang County, he was the first to be brought under his command.

"Xu Junshou, my family is above the city, standing next to Tian Damao, there are my father, mother, wife, son, daughter, you let me release arrows? Are you going to let me kill them myself? Li Qing looked at Xu Jie angrily.

"What is there to be reluctant to be loyal to the country? You are eating the country's money, in front of the officials of Dayue, on the occasion of the country's crisis, you don't want to repay the country and loyalty, what do you want to do? Xu Jie roared.

"Lord Xu, your family is all dead, of course you can say that, but I can't." Li Qing stared back and roared back.

Xu Jie gasped and looked at the other party, his hand slowly touched the handle of the knife, and with a bang, the saber was unsheathed, and it slashed towards Li Qing like lightning.

"If you are disloyal to your ministers, damn it!"

This knife seemed to be unexpected, like lightning, but Li Qing seemed to have been on guard, and at the moment when Xu Jie swung the knife, he also pulled out to greet him, and with a bang, sparks flew everywhere, and the two knives were split together.

"Lord Xu, don't force me!" Li Qing roared.

Xu Jie's eyes were blood-red, and he swung his knife again, "I'll kill you, a disloyal and unrighteous bastard!" ”

Li Qing waved his knife again to block it, and the grief and indignation in his eyes had turned to ruthlessness, "Kill him!" He shouted.

Behind Xu Jie, several soldiers and cavalry heard Li Qing's order, raised their spears without thinking, and stabbed directly at Xu Jie from several directions. Porphyry snorted, spears entered the flesh, and blood was wildly marked.

The county guard and the commander of the county soldiers turned against each other on the spot, and all the county soldiers and officers were stunned to see this blood-spattered scene, watching Xu Jie fall off the horse, and a large sound of breathing out of the scene sounded.

Li Qing jumped off the horse and walked to Xu Jie, who was lying on his back and falling to the ground, "Lord Xu, I'm sorry, if you want to blame, you can only blame our Emperor His Majesty for being too angry." Da Yue deserves to die, it is not people like us who are capable of turning the tide. ”

He slashed down with a knife, cut off Xu Jie's head with a knife, bent down and lifted it, and strode towards the city.

Holding Xu Jie's head high, he shouted loudly to the city: "Listen to the people in the city, I have killed Xu Jie, and I am willing to lead all the county soldiers and the people's army to surrender to the Taiping army." ”

In the city, Tian Damao didn't shake anymore, his body was straight, and Tian Zhen beside him finally let go of the tightly clenched fist in his sleeve, and his palms were full of sweat.

He was taking risks, but he succeeded.

"Da Mao, let's go out together to meet this General Li." Tian Zhen smiled and took Tian Damao's hand, and the two walked side by side towards the city.

When it was dark, Liu Xingwen's city gate army and Dazhu's mountain-shaking battalion and more than 10,000 soldiers finally arrived under Zhengyang County, but what made Liu Xingwen stunned was that above the county town, there was a fire sword flag fluttering, and Tian Zhen was beaming alone and riding a horse towards them. And the last soldiers and horses of Zhengyang County, which he had been pursuing, were dead at the moment, sitting in rows at a distance from the city wall.

"Brother Liu, Zhengyang is fine!" Tian Zhen smiled and arched his hand towards Liu Xingwen and said.

"Brother Tian has good means, and he took Zhengyang County without a single soldier, which is a great credit!" Liu Xingwen said sourly, Dazhu fought in Gong County for many days, and he ran all the way from Shayang County, but in the end, the biggest credit was taken away by Tian Zhen, a kid, as soon as he stretched out his hand.

"What's the credit?" Tian Zhen laughed: "Without the deterrence of Brother Dazhu and your Brother Liu's army, I would have been cut into meat sauce a long time ago, Brother Liu, now immediately reorganize the army, wave the army to attack Yuejing, and assist General Qin to take it, which is the real great merit!" ”

The two of them looked at each other, and they both laughed.

Yes, that's the great credit, the time has come for Dayue to change the dynasty, and they are all the founding heroes. (To be continued.) )