Arriving in front of Zhang Tao, Zhang Tao said: "The official army is powerful. We must fight to the death to show the unyielding fighting spirit of our rebel army. You two are ready to go out of the city to fight with the official army."
"ah!"
Zhang Tao's arrangement completely disrupted their plan, which made it impossible for them to successfully launch a surprise attack. If they went out of the city and surrendered to the army, the meaning would be completely different.
Seeing their hesitation, Zhang Tao was immediately dissatisfied. He lowered his face and said in a cold tone: "Why, you dare not obey my king's order?"
After Zhang Tao finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a group of rebels came over escorting more than a dozen people. All of these people were Ding Xing and Zhou Sheng's family members.
The family members had tears streaming down their faces and looked at Zhou Sheng and Ding Xing with hopeful faces.
Ding Xing and Zhou Sheng were shocked. Only then did they realize that Zhang Tao did not regard him as one of their own. His family members were always under their surveillance, and life and death were in his hands.
Zhou Sheng waved his hands quickly and said hurriedly: "Don't dare, don't dare. Your Majesty has misunderstood. How dare we disobey your Majesty's orders. Your Majesty, wait a moment. I will go out of the city to fight."
Ding Xing was also panic-stricken and worried about the safety of his family. He did not dare to disobey, so he had to hurry down to the city wall with Zhou Sheng.
"Brother Zhou, what should we do now? That brat of Zhang Tao is so ruthless, and with our three melons and two dates, we will definitely die if we go out to fight, and our family members will not be able to survive."
Ding Xing had no idea and had to ask Zhou Sheng.
Zhou Sheng's face was solemn, and finally he calmed down and said: "Let's attack the city and save every one we can. No matter what happens, at least we can survive, which is better than the whole family dying."
Ding Xing also knew that there was no other way, so he could only nod, "Okay, let's do it now without further ado."
The two worked together to open the city gate under Zhang Tao and prepare to send Zhou Sheng away. When Ding Xing went out to fight, the two men and their troops suddenly attacked and started fighting against Zhang Tao's rebels beside them.
The rebels were caught off guard and most of them were killed in one fell swoop, while the others fled in panic. At this point, Zhou Sheng and Ding Xing gained control of the city gate.
"General, enter the city quickly."
Zhou Sheng shouted, and then left a dozen people to guard the city gate. Together with Ding Xing, he and Ding Xing led the people to kill towards the top of the city as fast as possible.
On the top of the city, Zhang Tao looked at Zhou Sheng and Ding Xing and was furious, "You dare to betray me, you are so brave."
Zhou Sheng was worried about the safety of his family and advised him: "Zhang Tao, the imperial troops have arrived and cannot be resisted. You are cornered and should be captured without mercy. I can intercede for you in front of the general and use my merits to atone for your sins. Maybe you can also
Can survive."
"Hahaha,,,"
Zhang Tao was not afraid at all. He looked up to the sky and laughed, and then roared viciously: "Kill, kill all his family members."
With a single order, the family members of Zhou Sheng and Ding Xing fell to the ground, and no one was spared.
"Zhang Tao, I will fight with you."
"Zhang Tao, take your life."
Zhou Sheng and Ding Xing saw their relatives being killed. They looked like crazy and swung their swords to kill Zhang Tao.
Zhang Tao knew that the city gate could not be defended, but fortunately he had already prepared to retreat, so he turned around and left without any delay, leaving only his men behind to deal with Zhou Sheng and Ding Xing.
"set fire."
Zhang Tao had already ordered people to pile firewood, hay, and kerosene everywhere in the city. At this time, the army had entered the city and was chasing Zhang Tao's remaining troops. Zhang Tao was angry and ordered a fire.
"I can't get Anlu City, and you can't even imagine it. Let the people of Anlu be buried with you today."
Zhang Tao was so vengeful that after suffering a loss at the hands of Jiang Wanzai, he decided to burn the entire city to death, leaving Jiang Wanzai unable to explain to the court.
Soon, fires shot up into the sky in Anlu County. Countless people were frightened and yelled. Many people ran to the streets and were hacked to death by the rebels.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and many people were reluctant to part with their belongings and rummaged through their homes, and were eventually burned to death.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanzai had no choice but to stop the pursuit, order people to put out the fire, and move the people to a safe area, while Zhang Tao and his men took advantage of the chaos to escape.
However, even though Jiang Wanzai worked hard to put out the fire, there were still heavy casualties. More than a thousand civilians were killed and even more injured. This made Jiang Wanzai unable to help but feel moved.
"General, these are Ding Xing and Zhou Sheng who are thieves. General, please take action."
Soon, Ding Xing and Zhou Sheng were brought in front of Jiang Wanzai. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
Zhou Sheng said: "General, have mercy on me. I had no choice but to be a thief at the beginning. I was coerced by Zhang Wenxiu, so I had to become a thief. Today, when the general comes to the city, I will risk my life to help the general capture the city. I also ask the general to be aware of the situation and spare the little one."
Bar."
Ding Xing followed closely and said: "General, I was also coerced by Zhang Wenxiu, so I had no choice but to become a thief. Now all my family members have died tragically in the hands of Zhang Tao. I also ask the general to spare my life. When I meet Zhang Tao in the future, I will
We must fight to the death with him."
Jiang Wanzai looked at Ding Xing with a faint look.
On the way here, Jiang Wanzai learned what happened in Anlu County from Wang Dengxiang, the chief minister of the Imperial City Anlu, and he was naturally confident at this time.
Jiang Wanzai's tone was cold and he said to Ding Xing: "Ding Xing, do you think that I didn't know when you and Zhang Wenxiu killed the magistrate Wang Shiliang's family? Now you still have the nerve to kowtow and beg for mercy? I will spare you, so you call me General
How can I give an explanation to Wang Shiliang and Wang Shijun? If you hadn’t colluded with Zhang Wenxiu, how could the tragedy in Anlu today have happened!”
"ah."
Ding Xing was shocked. He didn't expect Jiang Wanzai to know so much about his actions when he first arrived in Anlu. He crawled on the ground and shouted for mercy, mercy.
But how could Jiang Wanzai spare him, "Since your family members are all dead, go and reunite with them."
After speaking, Jiang Wanzai waved his hand and ordered Ding Xing to be taken down and executed.
Then Jiang Wanzai looked at Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng was so frightened that he was trembling all over and was speechless.
Jiang Wanzai was silent for a while and said: "The death of the county magistrate Wang Shijun has nothing to do with you. Although you were a thief, you were coerced by Zhang Wenxiu and Ding Xing. Now you have acted in time before the war and helped our army.
Capture the city, and I will spare your life. You will serve well from now on. Go down."
"Thank you, General, for not killing me. Thank you, General. Thank you, General." Zhou Sheng saved his life and kept kowtowing. After just a few times, there was blood on his forehead.
Fujian Road, Fuzhou, Lianjiang County.
At this time, the Wenxuan rebels were attacking Lianjiang County. Wave after wave of attacks continued. Li Furui, the county magistrate, was sweating profusely at the city gate. He asked the county captain Wang Bing: "When will the government's reinforcements arrive? Why are they so late?"