395 If you don't die, you won't die

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"Qi Wei, Li Tianba, Sun Dazhuang listen to orders."

"The subordinates are here."

"Order the three of you to take the headquarters and rush to Ruzhou City, if Mrs. Xu believes in current affairs, it is okay to open the city gate, if he does not know how to lift, he still refuses to open the city gate.

The three of you will give Lao Tzu to beat Ruzhou down to me, and this official is ordered to suppress bandits, but anyone who obstructs them will be punished as anti-thief companions. ”

Li Zixiao was murderous and said to Qi Wei and the others.

Li Zixiao was really angry this time, why didn't he think that Xu Taixin would do this at this time, which seriously disrupted his plan and deployment.

Li Zixiao didn't expect that as soon as he came, a five-grade Zhizhou would come out to drag him back, which made Li Zixiao angry and annoyed.

"General, no!"

As soon as Li Zixiao's order was issued, Xu Wei directly stood up and stopped him.

Hearing Xu Wei's words to stop him, Qi Wei, who received the order, stopped and didn't leave, but the honest Li Tianba and Sun Dazhuang excitedly took the military order and prepared to leave.

"Qi Wei, let's go!"

Li Tianba was still excitedly waiting to lead the troops to fight in Ruzhou City, and when he saw Qi Wei standing in place and not leaving, he asked out loud.

"Wait, don't worry."

Qi Wei grabbed Li Tianba and Sun Dazhuang and said, but he was speechless in his heart for a while, and said in his heart: These two fools were excited when they heard about the war, and they didn't move their brains at all.

"Why don't you hurry, the general has given orders, what are you waiting for." Li Tianba said puzzled.

Qi Wei patted his head and whispered to Li Tianba: "Tianba, don't worry, you will fight the battle, listen to me now." ”

When Li Tianba heard Qi Wei say this, although he still couldn't figure out why, he still chose to stay, and Sun Dazhuang also stopped.

"General, my subordinates seconded General Xu's words, and they can't send troops!" At this time, Qi Wei also stood up and said to Li Zixiao.

"Hmph, why can't you send troops?" Li Zixiao snorted coldly and said.

In fact, Li Zixiao was quite angry when he gave this order at this time, and the decision he made in anger did not go through much thought.

Now that Xu Wei and Qi Wei stood up against it at the same time, Li Zixiao's mind calmed down a little.

Li Zixiao is not a lord who can't listen to the opinions of his subordinates, at this time he wants to hear what Qi Wei and Xu Wei have to say, anyway, now that he is angry, his reason is indeed a little out of control.

"General." Xu Wei and Qi Wei glanced at each other, and Qi Wei took the lead in speaking.

"After all, Xu Taixin is the governor of Ruzhou, if we rashly attack Ruzhou City, this is equivalent to rebellion, in case we anger the Holy Lord and offend the general, all our deployments will be in vain."

The meaning of Qi Wei's words is very clear, Xu Taixin is also a member of the Wupin Imperial Court, and Ruzhou City has never been captured by the rebellious army, and now Li Zixiao ordered the capture of Ruzhou City, isn't it a rebellion?

Qi Wei followed Li Zixiao for a period of time, and he was not loyal to Li Zixiao, but only used the imperial court and a series of plans formulated by Li Yan for Li Zixiao to 'replace the Ming Dynasty'.

Qi Wei knows a little, at this time, Qi Wei and Li Zixiao, the White Dragon Army has long been a community of interests.

Besides, he was completely disappointed in Daming, but he supported Li Zixiao's plan to seize the country safely.

"Then Qi Wei, tell me, what should we do now, the grain in our hands will last for ten days at most, and the first batch of grain from Zilong will not be delivered until at least half a month later.

Do you want Yiyang County, at this time, more than 100,000 people will not be able to starve to death, and at this time, in addition to Ruzhou City, you can still get food from there.

Just the little military rations we stored in Jiaxian County are not enough for more than 100,000 people to eat a day.

That's right, we can pat our butts and leave now, and let the more than 100,000 people in Yiyang fend for themselves, but in this way, we will completely lose the hearts of the people here.

If we want to come back, we won't be able to stand here anymore.

This will make my plan to control Ruzhou and establish a frontline position to resist the eastward advance of the thieves, but it has completely failed.

I will never allow that to happen.

I don't believe that at this time, the imperial court will beat me as a rebel for the sake of a pedantic Zhizhou, and wait for more orders to punish me.

Since Xu Taixin is blocking my way, I can only kick it away, and just take Ruzhou City, not only can I get enough money and food.

When the time comes, half of Ruzhou will fall into our hands, and you must remember that the people are our foundation. ”

After Li Zixiao calmed down his anger, after thinking carefully, he still decided to take Ruzhou City.

Because he knew very well that he had already offended the landlord class by implementing the land reform policy in the future, the broad peasant strata were the ones he needed to win over the most.

At this time, he would never dare to leave Yiyang's more than 100,000 people alone, otherwise his reputation among ordinary people would stink, which would be tantamount to digging his own grave.

And taking down a Ruzhou City and killing a Wupin Zhizhou is not a big deal in Li Zixiao's opinion, and afterwards he can fabricate a crime against Xu Taixin at will.

The most important thing is that at this time, he can be regarded as self-respecting with the army, and Chongzhen is still counting on him to lead the army to suppress the bandits.

As long as Li Zixiao does not publicly raise the anti-flag, Chongzhen will never condemn him, and at most order a harsh reprimand.

Li Zixiao saw through this at this time, and was even more determined to attack Ruzhou City.

"Okay, it's decided, Qi Wei, if you don't want to take the order, I can change Luo Chao." Li Zixiao stared at Qi Wei and said coldly.

Qi Wei's heart sank, knowing that Li Zixiao was dissatisfied with him, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and at the same time glanced at Li Tianba on the side.

Li Tianba didn't seem to care, whether it was reasonable for Li Zixiao to do this, he just listened to the order and did things, which made Qi Wei sigh for a while: Sometimes it's stupid, but it's good!

"Qi Wei received the order, and he will definitely take Ruzhou City within two days, otherwise military law will be engaged."

Qi Wei said immediately.

"Go, in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, I will go to Ruzhou, I hope I can set foot in Ruzhou City by then, as for Xu Lao Pifu, you can do it, I don't want to see him again."

For Li Zixiao, once Ruzhou is defeated, the best way to deal with Xu Taixin is to let him die in the chaos, and there is no proof of his death.

When the time comes, Li Zixiao will not have a chance to refute what charges he charges.

Driving ......

Qi Wei led Li Tianba and Sun Dazhuang, with more than 3,000 white dragon soldiers, mainly musketeers, and more than 30 artillery pieces to leave Yiyang and head east.

Qi Wei led his troops in less than a day, and rushed to Ruzhou City, just when it was dark, Qi Wei decided to take advantage of the enemy's unthought that they would capture Ruzhou City, and launched a night attack overnight.

Thundered......

In the middle of the night, fierce artillery suddenly sounded outside the city, and Xu Taixin, who was still asleep, was directly in the backyard of Xu's mansion and was awakened.

"What's going on? So the sound of cannons? Xu Taixin flashed a bad instinct and questioned his subordinates.

However, those people in his house, where do they know why!

"Why don't you send someone to find Luan Garrison and ask him what's going on with this cannon sound?"

Xu Taixin saw that his subordinates were also confused, and when he didn't know what to ask, he shouted angrily.

When his subordinates went to the soldiers and horses of Ruzhou City to inquire about the situation, Xu Taixin also quickly put on his clothes and hats and rushed to the mansion.

I happened to see several heads of large households in Ruzhou, and they hurried together one by one.

"Lord Xu, what's going on? Could it be that the bandits are attacking again? But those bandits, there are so many artillery pieces from there! ”

As soon as he came, the heads of those big families in Ruzhou City surrounded Xu Taixin and asked.

Xu Taixin was also irritable, he knew what was going on!

Thundered......

Bang bang bang......

Not only the fierce sound of cannons, but also the fierce gunfire, in the empty night, it was particularly clear.

"Regardless of whether the bandits are attacking or not, let all the family members in your house go to the city gate and obey the command of the Luan garrison."

Mrs. Xu's bad premonition in confidence became heavier and heavier, and she said to the heads of large households.

And then Xu Taixin couldn't sit still in the palace, and rushed to the west gate with the most intense artillery sound in a carriage.

"Luan Garrison, what's going on? Who is besieging the city? ”

Luan Qing, the soldier and horse garrison of Ruzhou City, immediately rushed to meet Xu Taixin after knowing that Xu Taixin was coming, and Xu Taixin asked anxiously.

At this time, Luan Qing looked at Xu Taixin's eyes, but he looked a little unkind, and said in a deep voice: "This group of people who attacked Ruzhou City at night is fighting the banner of Li Zixiao, and it is Li Zixiao's Xuzhou army. ”

When Xu Taixin heard this, his body staggered, but fortunately he was supported by the attendant next to him, and he did not fall, his face was pale, his hands trembled, and he said: "Li Zixiao, how dare he!" ”

Subsequently, Xu Taixin became even more angry, jumped up and roared: "He is plotting rebellion, he is rebelling, the old man wants to impeach him to the saint, impeach him." ”

Looking at it, Xu Taixin, who jumped high at this time, and Luan Qing, who was guarding the Ruzhou soldiers and horses next to him, also felt a burst of disdain in his heart.

'You don't know whether you are alive or dead, and you directly locked up the people sent by Li Zixiao to ask for food outside the city, and refused Li Zixiao's request, but there are thousands of soldiers in their hands, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in Yiyang to feed. ’

Bang......

At this time, there was a loud bang at the west city gate, and the city gate was directly blown open by the gunpowder of the White Dragon Army, and then more intense and dense gunfire rang out.

"The enemy has broken the city, the enemy has broken the city!"

After a while, panicked shouts came from the west gate of Ruzhou.

"Xu Taixin disobeys the order, we will be arrested by the order, you must not continue to resist, otherwise they will all be punished as anti-thieves."

As soon as Qi Wei entered the city, he ordered people to shout loudly at the officers and soldiers who were still resisting in the city.

As soon as these words came out, those officers and soldiers in the city knew that it was their own army that had entered the city with their feelings, and they were worried about the chaotic army that had been brought in.

If it is a rebel army, they will definitely resist desperately, because once the rebel army enters the city, their families will all suffer.

But now, it was the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court that entered the city, mainly to arrest Xu Taixin, and their resistance disappeared immediately.

"Tianba, take your people to occupy the gates on all sides of the city as quickly as possible, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Let's go to the state office. ”

Qi Wei quickly ordered.

The sudden sound of gunfire and shouting in the middle of the night in Ruzhou City also disturbed the people in Ruzhou City at first, making the people panic one by one.

They thought it was the rebels who were attacking the city again, until the gunfire gradually died down in the second half of the night, but it didn't seem to be the same as they imagined the rebels entering the city.

When some brave people secretly open their doors and come out to watch, they will see groups of soldiers in bright armor, patrolling the streets of the city.

When these officers and soldiers saw the people secretly watching them, someone would take the initiative to shout at them, telling the people that they were the army of the imperial court, so that they would not have to be afraid.

Let them all go home, close their doors, don't go out without permission, and wait for the state government to release new news.

Seeing that the White Dragon Army had no offense against them, these people's hanging hearts slowly let go, and they all closed their doors and did not dare to come out.

And Qi Wei soon saw Xu Taixin, this guy didn't think about running away, as soon as he saw Qi Wei, he roared angrily: "I want to see Li Zixiao, he is rebelling and plotting rebellion."

I want to visit him to the Holy Lord, and I want to raid his house and destroy him, even the nine tribes, and you people are also guilty of the same crime, and one by one will not escape death. ”

"Hmph, the general is right, this old horseman is really pedantic and stubborn, and he can still call it." Qi Wei looked at Xu Taixin, who was constantly struggling, and said coldly.

"Someone, take Xu Taixin down, and dispose of it according to what I told you before."

Qi Wei said indifferently to the guards behind him.

Soon, several guards directly blocked Xu Taixin's mouth with rags and dragged him down.

It was only at this time that Xu Taixin was really afraid, and he looked at Qi Wei looking at him with eyes like a dead man, which made his heart feel cold.

"They're going to kill me." This is the idea that Xu Taixin came up with in his heart.

Xu Taixin really didn't dare to think that Li Zixiao dared to kill him, otherwise how could he not escape? Qi Wei entered the city from the West Gate before, and there were no soldiers of the White Dragon Army at the other gates, so Xu Taixin had every chance to escape.

"I suddenly remembered the words that the general often said, if you don't die, you won't die, isn't it very appropriate to use it on this Xu Taixin now."

At this time, Sun Dazhuang also walked up to Qi Wei, looked at Xu Taixin, who was dragged down, and already knew the result, and said casually.

"Hey, I hope the court won't hold us accountable too much this time." Qi Wei sighed and said.

Regarding Li Zixiao's order this time, although Qi Wei was later convinced, he still instinctively resisted in his heart.

After all, he had been a Ming official for more than 20 years before, and it was difficult for him to accept for a while that killing the five-grade officials of the imperial court was simply trampling on the majesty of the imperial court.

"Cut, what are you afraid of, if the emperor really dares to condemn the general because of this matter, it's a big deal that we follow the general and turn it back, what's so scary.

Anyway, I only obeyed the orders of the general, and when the general said that he would disrupt the army for the imperial court, we would disrupt the army, and if the general said the opposite, we would directly rebel.

Brother Qi, I don't read as much as you, and I don't have as much life as you in war, and I can see that the general values you very much, but you have to put yourself in the right position.

Now you are a member of the White Dragon Army, and you must put the interests of the general and our White Dragon Army first in everything, otherwise...... Otherwise......

Hehe, Brother Qi, the latter sentence is actually what my father has been telling me, and I forgot about the back, just listen to it! ”

Sun Dazhuang smiled embarrassedly and said.

But Sun Dazhuang's words made Qi Wei shudder in his heart and suddenly realized.

Oh, yes! I am a member of the White Dragon Army at this time, and I have been labeled as the White Dragon Army, so I have to protect the interests of the White Dragon Army, it seems that everyone understands better than me!