"Why does this body have no head? It looks so familiar."
This was Wei Zhong's last doubt, but until he lost consciousness and closed his eyes completely, Wei Zhong didn't understand what happened.
Immediately, Deng Xiong protected Wu Yuan behind him and shouted to the other people who followed Wu Yuan into the city: "You are so brave. How dare you become a thief and be captured without restraint?"
Those people were panicked and didn't know what to do for a while.
Deng Xiong did not hesitate and said directly to his subordinates: "Kill, no one will be spared."
The men swarmed up and hacked those people to death.
When the incident was over, Deng Xiong quickly apologized to Wu Yuan, "Just now, in order to capture the bandits, I said something inappropriate and ruined your reputation. Please forgive me."
How could Wu Yuan be angry? He bowed to Deng Xiong and said: "General, I am so grateful for saving my life. I can't even shed tears of gratitude. How dare you blame the general? General, please don't say that."
Afterwards, Wu Yuan and Deng Xiong discussed the current situation.
Wu Yuandao: "Wei Shengkai, Zuo Caifan and others rebelled. Previously, I pretended to surrender to them and deceived them into trusting them. Now it is better to use the trick and open the city gate, trick them into entering the city, and catch them all in one go."
Deng Xiong felt justified, but still said: "His men are dead. If he wants to believe it, he needs to go to him again and personally convey the news. Only in this way can he be tricked into entering the city. But in this way,..."
Deng Xiong's meaning is naturally clear. If Wu Yuan goes to spread the news again, it is difficult to say whether he can come back.
Wu Yuan shuddered all over and felt a little scared in his heart, "Well,, well, we are a place of justice. We are not afraid of bandits causing trouble, so there is no need to use any means."
Deng Xiong quickly nodded in response, "That's right, that's right. He's just the leader of a gang of thieves. Why should he be like this? What you said is absolutely true."
Immediately, Wu Yuan ordered Deng Xiong to gather troops to prepare for Wei Sheng's attack on the city. At the same time, he sent a document to inform Xiazhou and counties of the situation so that they could be prepared.
At the same time, Wu Yuan did not dare to hide anything and submitted documents to the court explaining the situation to prevent accountability later.
Besides, when Wei Shengkai arrived, Wu Yuan, who was waiting on the left, did not come, and Wu Yuan, who was waiting on the right, had no news.
Finally, news finally came out, but it turned out that Wei Zhong and several people were killed, and their heads were hung at the city gate for public display. Wu Yuan ordered Zhenjiang Mansion to guard against the news. Wei Shengkai couldn't help but become angry and angry.
He pointed in the direction of Fucheng and cursed: "Wu Yuan, you treacherous villain, I will cut you into pieces."
In anger, Wei Shengkai immediately ordered an attack on the city.
At this time, Wei Shengkai had 3,000 men and horses in his hands, all of whom were young and capable men. Most of them were members of the gentry and relatives, and their hearts were in harmony.
At this time, they received the order to attack the city. Without any hesitation, they all held up ladders and attacked the city.
However, some things are like this. If you have not experienced it before, it will often start with a loss.
I saw the rebels rushing towards the city in a swarm, but after all, they had never fought before. How could this first attack on the city be powerful, let alone cooperative.
I saw Deng Xiong commanding Ruoding at the top of the city, with his soldiers firing bows and arrows one after another.
Although these soldiers are not elite and have average combat power, they are still more than enough to deal with the first rebellion.
Dozens of people were soon shot to death and wounded outside the city, screaming in pain. The rebels' high spirits could not help but be dampened.
When Wei Shengkai saw this, he was very angry, but he also knew the gap between himself and the officers and soldiers. If they fought face to face, there was still a chance of winning, but with the city walls as support, the officers and soldiers had no chance of winning.
So Wei Shengkai had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw, and then he found dozens of loud voices to shout outside the range of the bow and arrow.
They shouted: "We are all fellow villagers and one family. Why bother working for the immoral and mediocre court? As long as you kill Wu Yuan's dog thief and open the city to join the gang, everyone will get hundreds of dollars. Those who kill Wu Yuan will get thousands of dollars. The money will be in your face."
Make sure everything is settled and we will never default on it.”
The rebels shouted over and over again that the rewards were very generous. It could be said that as long as they opened the city and joined the army, they would have a worry-free life.
Faced with such a huge bonus, the soldiers at the top of the city couldn't help but feel moved, and subconsciously looked towards where Wu Yuan was standing.
"Ten thousand guan, this head is worth 10,000 guan. What a good head."
Wu Yuan seemed to feel everyone's attention, and he felt fear and panic in his heart. He quickly shouted: "Don't listen to his nonsense. The thieves' words cannot be trusted. They are just messing up the people, and they will be destroyed in a day or night."
After speaking, Wu Yuan found Deng Xiong and said to him: "General Deng, the rebels are not afraid of the fighting power. Why don't you go out of the city to fight with the rebels and kill them all in one fell swoop."
Deng Xiong took Wu Yuan aside, shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying: "I don't know what you know. Although the rebels are nothing to worry about, our army's combat strength is not even half an empty bucket of water. Now that we have the city wall as a backing, we still have nothing to worry about."
But in a battle, if we really have to leave the city, I'm afraid a few will die and we will collapse."
"Ah, our army's combat power is so unbearable?"
Wu Yuan was shocked. As Deng Xiong said, the combat effectiveness of the official army was not even as good as that of the rebels.
In desperation, Wu Yuan had no choice but to wait quietly, waiting for reinforcements from other states, counties, and the imperial court, so that he could coordinate internally and externally.
Deng Xiong raised his head and saw that it was getting late, so he said: "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Why don't you go back to your home to rest first? I'll leave this place to the general."
"In this case, General Lao will be at your service."
"No problem, no problem, come."
Deng Xiong said politely, then summoned his close men and said to him: "You must dispatch ten people to protect the prefect at all times, without making any mistakes."
"Yes, General."
The subordinates agreed and went down to select people.
Wu Yuan was greatly moved, thanked Deng Xiong again and again, and then went down to the top of the city and returned to his government office.
After Wu Yuan left, Deng Xiong's confidant also called for Wang Wu, the general of the team, and gave him the task of protecting Wu Yuan.
When Wang Wu and others were about to leave, they were stopped by Deng Xiong. Deng Xiong said: "You must never leave the prefect's side. Remember, you must not let the prefect leave your sight."
Wang Wu was stunned for a moment, and finally replied seriously: "Yes, please don't worry, General."
At night, in the rebel camp, Wei Shengkai, Zuo Caifan, Zhang Bochu, Ma Qian, Cui Deng, He Jidao, Zeng Xiuming, Qian Zhengbai and others sat together to discuss countermeasures.
Zuo Caifan said: "Now the city cannot be attacked. If the imperial court sends troops to rescue us, we will have no way to retreat. It is better to attack Danyang County in Jintan County first. These counties have short walls and thin walls and few officers and soldiers. We will not be able to defeat them."
The problem is, if we occupy these places first, we will have a support then."
Zhang Bochu agreed, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, yes, let's attack a few counties first, recruit troops, and pull people up. We have hundreds of thousands of people in our hands, so what are we afraid of?"
Several others agreed with Zuo Caifan's proposition, but Wei Shengkai frowned.