In the next two days, Xue Wei conducted several sieges.
Although there was no substantial progress, it also made people in Taiyuan City even more panic-stricken.
Soon, the time came to the early morning of the fourth day after Shen Xu entered the city.
It's just past midnight now.
Shen Xu took his father Shen Ming, his wife's sister, several nephews from the wife's clan, and several servants from the Shen family, and led by a Qi military captain to the west gate of Taiyuan.
On this day, Guo Gui from Qianhu took turns to be on duty at Ximen.
After arriving at the west city gate, Guo Gui hid several members of the Shen family in the corridor of the city tower and ordered them not to come out.
The Shen family was very obedient and hid honestly for more than two hours. When many of the defenders at the west gate were drowsy, Guo Gui came to the hiding place in the tower and brought Shen Xu out. , he took Shen Xu's hand and said, "Second son, wait another half an hour, and I'll have someone open a crack in the door for your family, and you can sneak out."
Shen Xu raised his head and looked at the sky, frowned and said, "Brother-in-law, it's dark right now, why don't you let us out at this time? It will be dawn in half an hour."
"Just waiting for daybreak."
Guo Gui whispered: "At dawn, it will be time to change defenses. In about half an hour, Ximen will change defenses. When the time comes, you can go out from here. Even if the people above know about it afterwards, there are brothers. Isn’t that just rhetoric?”
Shen Xu smiled bitterly and said: "Brother-in-law is too cautious. You are already a member of the military..."
"Have to be careful."
Guo Gui said in a low voice: "The southerners have been attacking the city for the past two days, and a death order has been issued from above. No one is allowed to open the city gate. If the people above know about it, my brother and his family will not be able to survive." "
Having said this, he paused and continued: "Second son, if I asked you to bring it to Prince Jin, have you brought it?"
"of course?"
Shen Xu smiled and said, "Don't worry, my brother-in-law is in charge."
"In case the southern bandits enter Taiyuan, brother-in-law, you should go directly to Taiyuan Mansion. I have already said hello. When the time comes, Prince Jin will directly recruit your brother-in-law's Qianhu Camp. You will not need to be on the frontline battlefield. You can follow. Prince Jin withdrew from Taiyuan and went directly to Yandu."
Guo Gui was overjoyed, patted Shen Xu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Good brother!"
"This disaster is over. We brothers will meet in Yandu in the future. Brother, please have a good drink!"
Shen Xu nodded and smiled: "When the time comes, I will ask my brother-in-law to go around the alleys in Yandu..."
Guo Gui quickly waved his hand and coughed: "Second son, you can't say this."
"Your second sister has a very good ear. If you listen to her, I'm afraid I won't have a good life for several years."
Shen Xu laughed.
"Brother-in-law has no future either..."
Guo Gui was a little embarrassed. He stretched out his hand to push Shen Xu and said, "Okay, Erzi, I will call you when the time comes. Just go in and hide."
After saying this, he paused and continued: "Second son, after dawn, the person who will be on duty at the west gate is Huo Shan Huo Qianhu. You have to remember this name."
Shen Xu was startled for a moment, then understood and laughed dumbly.
"Don't worry, brother-in-law. If something happens in the future, I will definitely insist that it was this Huo Qianhu who let me out."
Guo Gui then smiled and patted Shen Xu on the shoulder: "Good boy, you are really smart. No wonder your family can earn such a big fortune!"
Shen Xu smiled slightly, said nothing, but said goodbye to Guo Gui, hid in the tower, and continued to hide.
After entering the corridor of the tower, he found his old father Shen Ming, his palms already covered with sweat.
"father…"
Shen Xu took a deep breath, and his voice was trembling: "In the future, we can only wait."
Shen Ming took Shen Xu's hand, patted the back of his hand gently, and whispered in Jiangdu dialect: "My child, you must stay calm during big events."
"Your Seventh Brother is carrying thousands of troops and horses, and he can still bear it. Now our situation is just a small scene."
Shen Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves and said with a wry smile: "I'm so frightened that I can't help myself."
"Seventh brother is like a human being, and I can't compare with him."
…………
The sky is slowly dawning.
While it was still dark, the West Gate of Taiyuan began to change its defenses.
Guo Gui, who was a member of Qianhu, went to hand over the defense with Huoshan and was not at the city gate.
Near the city entrance, a small flag carefully came to the corridor of the city tower and whispered: "Second Young Master, you come with me."
Shen Xu and others took a deep breath.
"Okay, I'm sorry to bother you."
After that, he took his father and Guo Gui's family members and carefully left the corridor. Under the leadership of this little flag, he came all the way to the city gate.
At this moment, the door bolt has been opened.
The flag officer silently waved his hand and whispered: "Open the door a crack!"
The city gate was so thick that even one or two people could not push it. A group of officers and soldiers guarding the gate worked together and quickly pushed the city gate out into a gap that could allow one or two people to pass through.
Shen Xu first let Shen Ming go out, and then asked Guo Gui's family members to go out through this gap.
The last ones walking were himself and several servants of the Shen family who accompanied him.
Shen Xu walked last, carrying a huge burden on his back.
The baggage was wrapped tightly and was very big.
No one asked what was in the baggage.
After all, everyone knows that the Shen family has a great business. When leaving Taiyuan at this time, it is natural to take some gold and silver with them.
If it was an unfamiliar army, they might be greedy for money, but Guo Gui's men and Shen Xu had taken care of it, and no one paid attention to this big burden at the moment.
Soon, all the people in the group passed.
Shen Xu was the last one to go out. After he walked out of the door, he saw that the crack in the door behind him was about to close, so he quickly spoke out.
"Brothers, wait a minute!"
He put down his baggage and placed it on the ground. He lowered his head and rummaged through it and said, "Brothers Chengqing let us father and son go out of the city. Some gifts are not respectful. Brothers, wait a moment."
What kind of existence is the Shen family in Taiyuan?
He is the undisputed richest man in Taiyuan!
He can even be said to be the richest man in Shanxi!
Now that the richest man wants to give something as a reward, naturally no one will be tempted.
The movement of closing the city gate stopped.
Shen Yi rummaged for a while, and everyone could clearly hear the sound of gold and silver colliding in the bag.
Crisp, sweet and melodious.
Shen Xu rummaged for a long time, and when he looked back, he saw that his old father had walked more than ten steps. He took a deep breath, looked up at the Qi troops, and said, "Which brother brought the fire discount? Tiantai Hey, I can't find the gold cake. Let me use the fire to shine."
Soon, a Qi army soldier took out the fire seal from his arms, blew it brightly, and handed it to Shen Xu's hand.
Shen Laoba smiled at the man who handed over the fire fold, nodded slightly, then threw the fire fold directly into the baggage, and threw the entire baggage through the crack of the door into the city gate!
"This small gift is not a sign of respect, it's all for the brothers!"
After saying this, Shen Laoba stood up straight and ran away!
As he ran, he shouted angrily: "Don't do it yet!"
As soon as he yelled "You haven't done anything yet", the "baggage" he threw into the city gate exploded with a bang!
A huge explosion came from inside the city gate!
A whole bag of gunpowder hidden in the bag exploded the gold and silver in the bag and flew everywhere, injuring many people in an instant!
And with Shen Ba's roar, twenty or thirty Huai'an Army officers and soldiers hiding in the water on the moat outside the west gate of Taiyuan, dressed in black, rushed over quickly!
When the soldiers at the West City Gate were bombed to pieces, these people shouted angrily in unison.
"Capture the city gate! Capture the city gate!"
After doing all this, Shen Xu couldn't care less about the war situation. He didn't even dare to look back. After catching up with his old father, he grabbed his father's sleeve and breathed quickly: "Dad, run!"
Shen Ming was dragged by him and staggered, but instead of running away, he turned back to look at Guo Gui's wives and children.
Shen Xu followed his gaze, gritted his teeth, took two steps back, pulled the woman and child, and said loudly: "I guarantee that your family will be safe!"
As the Huai'an army's shouts of killing came, Shen Laoba shouted loudly.