Although there were rebels here, the city was still peaceful. It didn't take them long to arrive at the governor's office. The soldier guarding the gate learned that they were under Zhang Guangcheng's command. He did not dare to neglect and immediately went in to report. After a while, he said
: "The governor is meeting guests, please go to the East Flower Hall and wait."
Wang Fugui and the other three nodded and followed him to the East Flower Hall to wait. Not long after, they saw Zhu Ji, the governor of Shandong, come in. As soon as he saw Yong Cang, he immediately burst into tears with excitement and knelt down and said: "The lower officials are incompetent.
You were so frightened by your careful protection of the twelfth brother, I really deserve death!"
Yongxun hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said: "This is because those rebels are too cunning. No wonder Master Zhu, please get up quickly."
After Zhu Ji calmed down a little, he said: "As soon as I got the news of General Zhang's defeat, I immediately took people there. When I got there, I only saw corpses all over the ground, not a single living person. Fortunately, I didn't see any
To you and Zhang
Your Excellency is among them. After returning, Xianguan sent people everywhere to search for traces of the rebels, hoping to rescue you and Master Zhang. Fortunately, God has eyes and you are not in jail. Otherwise, Xianguan really doesn’t know how to report to the rebels.
Your Majesty will explain."
Yongxun said with lingering fear: "I was able to escape with luck, thanks to General Zhang and his close associates who fought to protect me all the way. Otherwise, I might have died."
Zhu Ji nodded repeatedly, and then said: "Anyway, as long as you are safe, you can rest here for the night. Early tomorrow morning, I will send someone to escort you back to Beijing." After that, he sighed and said: "General Zhang is here.
After hundreds of battles, how could we suffer such a disastrous defeat? The whole army was simply wiped out. Less than 3,000 soldiers fled back to the city. When I first heard the news, I couldn't believe it."
Zheng Luo cupped his hands and said, "May I ask, sir, did you receive a message from the spies last night?"
Zhu Ji shook his head and said: "I have been leading troops to guard the place where I was discussing with General Zhang last night, and I have not seen any spies come to report. If I had received the news, I would have sent troops to reinforce, and things would not have turned out like this.
"
Wang Fugui sighed and said: "It seems that the spy was intercepted and killed by the rebels on the way."
Zhu Ji comforted him: "Don't worry, I will find the rebels' lair as soon as possible and rescue General Zhang."
Zheng Luo said gratefully: "Thank you Master Zhu. If Master Zhu does not give up, after we find the rebels' lair, the two of us are willing to be your vanguard and help you annihilate the rebels."
To this, Zhu Ji wholeheartedly agreed, saying: "After we rescue General Zhu, we will make arrangements carefully. I believe we will be able to annihilate the tens of thousands of rebels."
Hearing these words, Wang Fugui's expression changed slightly. After arranging a place for them, Zhu Ji left because of something else.
As soon as he left, Zheng Luo said: "Let's go too, don't disturb Brother Twelve's rest here." He always had a grudge against Yong Cang and did not want to confront him."
"Shh!" Wang Fugui made a silencing gesture to him, then walked to the window and quietly opened a crack to look outside.
Yong Cang and Zheng Luo were puzzled by his appearance, and the latter asked: "What are you doing?"
Wang Fugui said with an ugly face: "See for yourself."
Zheng Luo stepped forward and looked at it, and said doubtfully: "There's nothing wrong with it."
Wang Fugui said coldly: "We have already sent people to guard the door, so there is nothing wrong with calling?"
Yongxun was startled and quickly stepped forward to check. He saw four soldiers standing at the door, two on each side. Zheng Luo said disapprovingly: "Isn't it normal for Mr. Zhu to send someone to protect the twelfth brother?"
Wang Fugui sneered and said: "This is in the governor's mansion. No matter how bold the rebels are, they don't dare to come to the governor's mansion to kill people. I think it's more like surveillance than protection."
When he said this, Zheng Luo also felt a little strange. Before he could speak, Wang Fugui said again: "Also, have you noticed what Mr. Zhu said before? He said: We can definitely annihilate tens of thousands of people."
Rebels."
Zheng Luo thought about it for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Zhu said this. What's the problem?"
Yongxun, who had not spoken until now, said: "The information we have received has always said that the rebels only have more than 10,000 people. How could Mr. Zhu know that the actual number is tens of thousands, unless..."
Wang Fugui took the words and said word by word: "Unless Mr. Zhu saw the spies last night."
Zheng Luo thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "This is impossible. If Mr. Zhu saw the spies and knew that we were ambushed, he would definitely lead his troops to rescue us. How could there be no movement?"
"Do you still remember that the rebels chased us all the way?" After Zheng Luo nodded, Wang Fugui continued: "There are so many people chasing us all the time. It feels to me like they know Twelve Ah
Brother’s existence is the same.”
Zheng Luo looked ugly and said: "Is it possible...do you think Master Zhu is with the rebels?"
"I'm not sure, but I'm sure that Mr. Zhu must be hiding something from us. Don't trust Mr. Zhu too much until we find out."
Zheng Luo nodded, "Then let him escort the twelfth prince to Beijing tomorrow?" If Zhu Ji is really a rebel, then Yong Cang will be in danger.
Wang Fugui thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Send it off, but we will also go with him, so that if anything happens, we can protect Brother Twelve."
Although Zheng Luo didn't like Yong Cang, he would not lose his temper over such a matter. He agreed immediately and had nothing to do all night. In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Ji arranged for hundreds of soldiers to escort Yong Cang back to the capital as he said; as for Zheng Luo,
The two of them also found an excuse to go with them. Although Zhu Ji was surprised, he readily agreed.
As the wheels of the carriage turned, they soon left the capital. Yong Xun was nervous and opened the curtain from time to time to take a look at the situation outside. Seeing this, Wang Fugui rode a few steps forward and said softly: "Brother Twelve, don't worry.
, my subordinates and Zheng Luo will definitely keep you safe, remember to take the things my subordinates give you."
His words made Yong Cang feel at ease. After walking like this for a long time, the carriage suddenly stopped while passing through a mountain road. Yong Cang was caught off guard and knocked his forehead on the door frame. Before he could feel the pain, there was already pain in his ears.
A soldier shouted in panic: "No, there are rebels!"
Yongxun quickly opened the curtain and looked out, only to see the road ahead was full of rebels. At a rough glance, there were at least a hundred people. If it was just like this, these soldiers could still cope with it, but soon, they discovered that there were also rebels behind them.
Hundreds of rebels.
"Kill!" Following this voice, the rebels were like locusts, overwhelmingly attacking them. Although the soldiers resisted desperately, they still fell one after another. Soon there were only a few dozen people left. Although the rebels also
Many people died, but they were outnumbered and always had the advantage.
During this period, Wang Fugui had pulled Yong Cang out of the carriage and rode with him. He and Zheng Luo tried to break out of the encirclement many times, but were forced back. As the rebels tightened the encirclement step by step,
, the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to them.