"Is there really no hope?" Yuan Feng looked at his father begging.

If he came to Dong County alone, he would naturally be like his father, first of all, thinking about how to protect himself, but he is not alone, his father-in-law and his family are in Dong County, and he is still the county magistrate of Dong County. Even if he can escape

It is also difficult for the father-in-law and his family to escape under the noses of the bandits.

Yuan Chaoju shook his head gently.

Seeing this, Yuan Feng showed bitterness on his face and said, "Take care, my father, and the child can only wait for the next life to be filial."

Yuan Chaoju's face changed when he heard this.

Although he knew Yuan Feng’s difficulties, Yuan Feng chose his father-in-law’s family, which still made him, his father dissatisfied.

When Zhao Xing, who was next to him, saw that Yuan Chao was determined to give up guarding the city, he had to say: "Commander Yuan, the subordinate officials should also inform the county magistrate of the situation on the city, and the subordinate officials will take the lead."

After saying that, he walked away without waiting for Yuan Chaoju to say anything.

As for going back to defend the city, he never thought that the sound of cannons outside the city had already made him realize that the city was not so easy to defend, especially the commander who came to Zhenwu Guard was afraid, which was enough to show that Yi of Dongxian had fallen into danger.

.

"Father, the child is gone, too." Yuan Feng knelt down and kowtowed to Yuan Chao, got up and rode his horse away.

In the blink of an eye, only Yuan Chaoju was left.

"well!"

Yuan Chaoju sighed helplessly as he looked at Yuan Feng's departure.

The city was soon in chaos. An old man over 60 years old could easily kill him if he met two gangsters on the street.

In desperation, he had to ride a horse to chase Yuan Feng.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of cannons in the north city of Dong County continued to sound, and the sound spread throughout the county magistrate of Dong County.

The streets were already empty, and there were no people in the most lively archways in the past, leaving only the closed doors of every household.

On the city walls that were bombarded, the broken arms of the corpse were scattered all over the ground, and the blue brick walls were dyed with bright red blood.

After the end of the round of artillery, there was no living person on the city wall except for the corpse. When the defenders on the city wall were bombarded again, they all fled immediately.

The first tiger-shaped flag soldier who climbed up the city wall was stunned when he saw that there was no one in the city.

Compared with the attack on Daizhou City, the defenders in Dong County did not resist at all.

Soon, more and more soldiers outside the city climbed the city wall through the ladder.

A big flag with the word "tiger" was inserted at the highest point of the city.

The city gate opened, and the army waiting outside the city began to enter the city in an orderly manner.

The layout and important locations in the city have long been marked by the secret spies from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. As soon as the army entered the city, it began to clean up the defenders on several other walls, and at the same time sent large troops to occupy important places in the city.

"The county magistrate is not good, the bandits have entered the city." Zhao Xing broke into the rear yamen of the county yamen in a stumble.

Shortly after he separated from the Yuan family, he met the guards who fled back from the north wall and learned that the bandits had seized the north wall.

Zhou Shouchi, who was sitting in the back yamen, changed his face and asked anxiously: "If Commander Yuan was not in charge, how could the bandits enter the city so quickly?"

"Don't mention the commander Yuan, he only went around the city to the north, looked at the bandits outside the city, and said he could not defend it, and then fled by himself." Zhao Xing said angrily.

The opponent was the commander of Zhenwu Guard. He did not fight with the bandits outside the city, so he fled without fighting. From the bottom of his heart, he looked down on the other party.

"How could this happen!" Zhou Shouchi's face turned pale.

With a general like the commander of Zhenwu Guard, he thought he could defend Dong County and resist the invading bandits with the walls of Dong County, but he never expected that the commander of Zhenwu Guard would be so idiotic.

"County Master, escape, stay with the green mountains and do not worry about the lack of firewood. Although the bandits entered the city, they still couldn't reach the county government for a while. The county master might as well change his clothes and escape from the city with the officials.

Yang Qu asked for help." Zhao Xing advised Zhou Shouchi to escape.

He thought clearly.

Even if I escape to Yangqu, I will not be valued. If I do not do it well, I will become a scapegoat for the fall of Dong County. But if I can take the county magistrate of Dong County to escape to Yangqu,

If you can also make some contributions and be valued by the senior officials in Yangqu, you may even be able to bring blessings in disguise.

"No, I won't leave." Zhou Shouchi looked upright and asked immediately, "How many more people can you call in your hands?"

"Minister, you?" Zhao Xing was stunned and looked at Zhou Shouchi, who had recovered from his calmness in front of him in surprise.

Zhou Shouchi said, "Go and bring all the people you can find to the yamen. I will take you to fight the thieves here at the yamen."

"Then, the minister will do it now." Zhao Xing hesitated and turned around and left the Houya.

Zhou Shouchi looked at his departure back and smiled bitterly.

The bandits entered the city and the loss of Dong County was inevitable. He knew that even if he escaped Dong County, he would not end up being too good. It would be better to die in Dong County, which would be considered as safeguarding his family.

"Go and bring my official sword." Zhou Shouchi kept following Chang Sui beside him and explained.

Changsui left the Yai to get the sword in the study for Zhou Shouchi.

There had been news of the robbers entering the city because of Zhao Xing's arrival in the yamen. At this moment, the yamen had been in chaos, and the people in the yamen rushed to escape from the yamen.

Zhou Shouchi picked up the cover bowl on the table, touched the wall of the cup that had cooled down, put it beside his mouth and took a sip of the cold tea.

The cup brewed his favorite tea, but this time he drank a few sips of tea, but he couldn't taste any taste.

"Master, your sword." Changsui returned to Houya with a long sword.

Zhou Shouchi took it, grabbed the hilt of the sword with his right hand and pulled out a piece of sword body from the scabbard. Looking at the cold cold light on it, he felt a little calmer.

"Master, I think what the person who asked the inspector to make sense. Since the bandits have entered the city, there is no need for you to stay. Why not escape from the city early in the chaos?" Chang Sui advised.

Changsui came from Zhou Shouchi's hometown. He and Zhou Shouchi can be said to have both prospered and lost. At this time, he did not want to see Zhou Shouchi die in Gan County.

Zhou Shouchi smiled wryly and said, "Do you think I left? Now, except for the city gates in the north, several other city gates in Dong County have been blocked. If you want to leave the city, you can only go north. However, the bandits entered the city from the north.

I don’t have the chance to escape, but I want to escape. It’s better to leave my last bit of strength and fight the bandits to live, which can be considered as the last bit of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.”

Changsu rolled his eyes.

Only the city gate on the north side, and the orders to block the other city gates on the other side are all orders from your county lord. Who can you blame if you can't escape now?

"Why haven't Zhao Xing been back yet? You go outside and take a look?" Zhou Shouchi said to Changsui in front of him.
Chapter completed!