At this moment, a messenger hurried in and said to Li Quan: "General Qi, someone from Chuzhou has come and said he has important military information."
"You haven't let him in yet, what are you waiting for?"
Li Quan's face was full of impatience. He was so frightened that the ordering soldier was frightened and hurriedly retreated to bring the people in.
Soon, a person came in. He was a scribe from the Chuzhou Marshal's Mansion, named Zhang Cong. This person was following Yang Miaozhen on errands, and everyone present knew him.
As soon as Zhang Cong came in, he knelt down in front of Li Quan and cried: "General, it's too bad, Chuzhou is gone."
It was quiet, as quiet as death. You could hear a needle drop in the whole tent, and everyone was staring at the slave.
With a roar of "Ah", Li Quan stepped forward, grabbed Zhang Cong by the collar, and shouted angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? You are looking for death!"
Zhang Cong shook his head and hurriedly explained, "General, I'm not talking nonsense. Liu Qingfu, Wang Yishen, and Yan Tong, in order to surrender to the imperial court, they had the audacity to lead troops to surround the commander's mansion and kill everyone in the commander's mansion.
It was because the chickens and dogs were not spared, and the clerk happened to be away at the time, that we escaped the disaster."
"Where is my wife? Where is my son?" Li Quan asked anxiously.
"The mistress ran away with the eldest young master. The second young master and your eldest brother, the general, were all captured by Liu Qingfu and handed over to the court."
"What!"
Li Quan's blood boiled and he couldn't breathe.
However, Li Quan was also a veteran who had been on the battlefield for many years. He knew that he could not rely on the words of a small clerk to prove that such an important matter was true.
And even if this is true, he cannot admit that it is true, otherwise, the morale of the army will be shaken and collapsed, and he will not survive.
So Li Quan said nothing, rolled his eyes, grabbed Zhang Chu by the collar, and said angrily: "You stinking scholar, how dare you talk nonsense and disrupt the morale of our army."
After saying this, without waiting for Zhang Cong to defend himself, Li Quan drew his knife and killed Zhang Cong.
The generals were surprised, and just as Li Quan was about to give an explanation, he came in again to report the military situation.
Tan Ma looked in a hurry, and as soon as he came in, he saw Zhang Cong's eyes on the ground wide open, obviously unwilling to rest in death, and the knife in Li Quan's hand was still bleeding. Tan Ma couldn't help but froze, and didn't even know what to say.
Li Quanhe asked: "What's the matter?"
Tan Ma hurriedly knelt down and said: "Report to the general that Chuzhou has fallen. Zhao Shanxiang has gathered tens of thousands of horses to attack Yangzhou."
Tan Ma's words and Zhang Cong's words corroborate each other. The facts are very clear. Chuzhou was captured by the imperial court, and Liu Qingfu, Wang Yishen and Yan Tong were most likely to have rebelled.
"You bastard, how dare you disturb the morale of our army."
Li Quan was furious and immediately swung his sword and killed the Tanma again.
Killing two people in a row is not a problem for a person like Li Quan.
Li Quan circled his eyes one by one and looked at everyone in the big tent. He said in a cold voice: "My wife is talented and intelligent, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Chuzhou. How can we be conquered by the imperial court? This must be an insidious plan of the imperial court. Just wait.
Don’t fall for the trap.”
Everyone was silent for a short time, and then Zong Xiongwu was the first to say: "Yes, yes, this must be a conspiracy by the imperial court, we don't believe it."
Zhang Guoming also followed closely and said: "Yes, yes, yes, we don't believe it.",,,
Everyone unanimously agreed, denounced the imperial court as being cunning and cunning, and vowed to fight against the imperial court to the end. When Li Quan saw them like this, he let them leave.
However, as long as such a thing is exposed to the public, how can it be concealed? Moreover, so many people have heard about it, so it is impossible to hide it.
So when Zong Xiongwu, Zhang Guoming, Hu Yi, and Zheng Xiang returned, they each quietly left with their confidants, preparing to escape for their own lives.
"Chuzhou has been captured by the imperial court, everyone, run away."
With so many generals trying to escape and taking their trusted men with them, how could such a big thing be concealed? It didn’t take long for the incident in Chuzhou to spread.
Shocked to hear that Chuzhou had fallen, the rebel soldiers were immediately in a state of chaos. They were shouting and running around everywhere. Even if the generals suppressed them, it was of no avail.
In the end, the situation finally got out of control, and 50,000 to 60,000 people scrambled for their lives. Some of the impatient ones were blocked by people in front of them, and they even slashed at them with their swords.
Soon, the escape turned into a killing without distinction between friend and foe. Countless soldiers fell into madness, slashing and killing everyone they saw, like crazy people.
"Quickly, gather the troops and follow my general to kill the thieves."
Zhao Fan had been waiting at the top of the city for a long time. When he saw the chaos in the rebel camp, he immediately realized that the incident in Chuzhou had spread in the rebel camp, and the long-awaited moment finally came.
The elite troops had already assembled and were on standby. Zhao Fan took the lead with 500 elite cavalry to pursue them, followed by Zhao Kui with more than 10,000 infantrymen to pursue reinforcements.
This is true of the boldness of a skilled man, who is even more bold and skilled. Zhao Fan only had 500 cavalry, and dared to attack a rebel army of 50,000 to 60,000 people. If this was not done well, he might have fallen into it, but Zhao Fan did not
Without any fear, he headed straight for Tucheng.
As soon as Zhao Fan's troops arrived, they began to fight and chop to their heart's content, and only the Tucheng was covered in blood. In front of the five hundred elite cavalry, the tens of thousands of rebels had no power to parry.
"Quickly, capture Li Quan."
Zhao Fan shouted loudly, and immediately his men began to look around for traces of Li Quan.
At this time, Li Quan had already taken off his armor, put on the clothes of an ordinary soldier, and mingled with the rebels to escape.
Li Quan was quickly overtaken by Zhao Fan's general Li Hu and his men.
However, Li Hu and others did not know Li Quan, so they turned a blind eye to Li Quan. They only selected those who were wearing armor and looked imposing. As for the others, they would only be killed unless they were blocking the horse.
, don’t care at all.
If anyone deserves to die, even if Tang Monk's meat is placed in front of him, it won't reach his mouth. This is the case with Li Quan.
No one recognized him at first, and he had already escaped. Unexpectedly, Zheng Yande, who was also running away, saw Li Quan. Zheng Yande shouted to Li Quan: "General, come here quickly, there are horses here."
This shout really sold Li Quan. Li Hu took a glance and saw Zheng Yande, who was burly and well-armored. At first glance, he was a rebel leader with status. To be respectfully called a general by such a person, then the other party's
The identity is ready to come out.
Especially since this person is dressed as a soldier at this time, even a fool can guess who this person is.
Li Hu pointed at Li Quan angrily and said: "Li Quan is here, take it."
Li Quan looked at Zheng Yande, and his eyes were about to burst out with fire. He felt such hatred in his heart. If he had known this, he should have cut Zheng Yande into pieces with a thousand knives.
Zheng Yande seemed to realize that he had made a mistake, and was startled. He didn't care so much, and fled away on horseback, leaving Li Quan behind and running wildly.
However, his two legs were no match for his four-legged counterpart. Soon, Li Quan was overtaken by Li Hu on horseback.