In the courtyard outside the small building, there was a loud sound of firearms. The screams were continuous, and the shouts of killing resounded in the ears. Zhang Yanling stood at the door of the hall, holding a blunderbuss to guard the door.
Zhu Qingyi and Caiyun hid nervously in a corner of the hall and waited. Zhu Taihao buried his face on Caiyun's back and did not dare to raise his head. Zhu Taihao did not appear too panicked, and even reached out to pat his brother's back and whispered.
Comfort him.
I don’t know how much time passed, but the sound of firearms stopped ringing outside.
Chen Shiyi loudly reported: "Master Hou, all the enemies here have been cleared, but it seems that there are still many enemies coming ahead."
Zhang Yanling shouted: "Don't worry about them. Let's go from the back garden and go directly to the West City Gate."
"Yes!" Chen Shiyi said loudly.
Zhang Yanling turned around and said to Zhu Qingyi: "The secret room is in the back garden, right? We will escort you to hide it."
Zhu Qingyi nodded and took Zhu Taihang Caiyun to follow Zhang Yanling out. They saw dead people everywhere in the courtyard. More people were executed at the entrance of the courtyard, all of them were reinforcements from the rebel guards. There were more than ten figures standing in the courtyard, all holding weapons in their hands.
Armed with long firearms, each one looks like a ferocious god.
"Master Hou!" Everyone saluted in unison.
"Let's go!" Zhang Yanling waved her hand, and everyone escorted Zhu Qingyi, her sister and her brother out of the courtyard gate, bypassed the wall and went straight to the back garden of Prince Qing's Mansion.
There was already a chaos in Prince Qing's palace, and the rebel guards from the front courtyard and the atrium had heard the news and came. There was a lot of noise and shouting everywhere. Zhang Yanling ordered people to guard the entrance to the back garden to prevent enemies from rushing in, and he hugged Zhu Tai
Hao followed Zhu Qingyi to the side of a rockery in the back garden.
Zhu Qingyi stood still and said in a deep voice: "We're here. The secret room is under the rockery."
"It's indeed a secret. You go in and hide. Don't show your face unless absolutely necessary." Zhang Yanling whispered.
Zhu Qingyi walked to the side of the rockery, stretched out her hand and groped around somewhere. There was a rumble under the rockery, and a stone dented, revealing a cave entrance half a man's height. The cave entrance went down, leading directly to the underground chamber.
Zhang Yanling secretly praised the sophisticated mechanism. This may be just a passage, and there must be a crankshaft underneath to open the secret room. Indeed, it is difficult to find such an underground secret room if you don't know the location and how to open it. Most of the homes of princes and nobles have such refuges.
And the treasure secret room is for hiding and storing treasures at critical times.
"Caiyun, take Taihun and Taihao in. I'll be here soon," Zhu Qingyi said softly.
Caiyun agreed, holding a lantern and pulling Zhu Taihao into the cave entrance, and Zhu Taihao followed and got in.
Zhu Qingyi turned around, looked at Zhang Yanling and said: "Master Hou, I'm going in too."
Zhang Yanling nodded slightly and said: "Okay. Princess, we will see you later."
Zhu Qingyi nodded lightly, turned around and walked two steps toward the entrance of the cave. Suddenly he turned around and ran two steps forward, hugging Zhang Yanling's neck and throwing herself into his arms.
Before Zhang Yanling could react, Zhu Qingyi used both hands to force Zhang Yanling to lower her head, and then Zhang Yanling's mouth was blocked by a pair of soft and fragrant red lips. Zhang Yanling was stunned there, only feeling that her cheeks were wet with Zhu Qingyi's hot tears.
I tasted tears on my lips, both sweet and bitter.
After a hard kiss, Zhu Qingyi let go of Zhang Yanling's mouth, panting and looking up at Zhang Yanling, with a shy expression on her face covered with tears.
"Master Hou, you promised Qingyi something. Now Qingyi wants you to honor it." Zhu Qingyi whispered.
Zhang Yanling said hoarsely: "It's whatever you say."
Zhu Qingyi said softly: "If I want you, you must live. Don't die. If you die, you will have made a mistake and broken your promise to me. Okay?"
Zhang Yanling was silent. He never expected that Zhu Qingyi made such a request. He felt warm and moved in his heart.
"I'll try my best." Zhang Yanling said softly.
"It's not about trying your best, it's about doing it. You have to do it. Promise Qingyi, okay?" Zhu Qingyi said.
Zhang Yanling smiled, nodded and said: "Okay, I will definitely do it."
Zhu Qingyi smiled with satisfaction. Under the night, her smile was so beautiful that it was intoxicating. Zhang Yanling felt hot in his heart, hugged her waist, bit her red lips and kissed her endlessly. Zhu Qingyi responded actively, kissing her lips and tongue.
Tangled, extremely sweet.
"Master Marquis, the enemy is here! We have to leave quickly." Chen Shiyi's voice came quietly from the darkness not far away.
Zhu Qingyi trembled, pushed Zhang Yanling away, and said softly: "Go ahead."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said, "You go in first."
Zhu Qingyi laughed, turned around and walked quickly, getting into the entrance of the cave. With a low rumble, the boulders at the entrance of the cave were restored, and everything returned to its original state.
Zhang Yanling touched her lips, smacked the aroma between her lips and teeth, turned around and strode away.
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In the east of the city, Qiu Yue led Wang Jizong, Zhao Faqing and more than ten soldiers to break out of Baishui Lane like melons and vegetables. They rushed to the Beicheng military camp and met with more than 300 soldiers there.
The news had leaked out, and rebels from all over the streets had begun to gather to attack. However, Qiu Yue still led more than 300 soldiers to attack the east gate.
It was Qiu Yue and Zhang Yanling's plan to attack the east city. There were too many soldiers and horses in the city. Once the west gate was captured, even if everyone gathered together, they might not be able to succeed. Therefore, it was necessary to disperse the enemy's forces and adopt a strategy of seizing the east and attacking the west.
Therefore, the two people's plan is that Qiu Yue will take the lead and then storm the East City, killing people, setting fires, and creating chaos. The purpose is naturally to attract a large number of rebels in the city to the East City to reinforce the encirclement and suppression. This will give Zhang Yanling and others the opportunity to sneak into the West City Gate.
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However, the changes were greater than planned. Although Qiu Yue successfully killed Zhou Ang and left the rebels leaderless. He also gathered three hundred brothers to fight to the east city and started fighting with the rebels on the long street. However, something happened to Zhang Yanling.
Sun Jingwen was so bold that he went to Prince Qing's palace to do something wrong, but Zhang Yanling was forced to take action in advance.
In fact, Qiu Yue had already caused quite a stir, attracting many rebels to the east city for encirclement and suppression. But the sound of firearms in Prince Qing's Mansion attracted more attention. A large number of troops who went to Dongcheng began to retreat towards Prince Qing's Mansion.
Come together.
Qiu Yue and others did not know for the time being, but 300 people charged and killed them in the streets of Dongcheng. In order to attract the attention of the soldiers, they even deliberately stayed in the streets and did not hesitate to expose themselves. In the end, they were surrounded by people in Dongcheng Zhuangyuan Alley.
"Brothers, occupy the Zhuangyuan Mansion, rely on the high wall as a fortification, and hold on here. The longer we hold on, the more advantageous it will be to Zhang Houye. Zhang Houye's three thousand cavalry are outside the west city. As long as they capture
The situation in Xicheng is overwhelming. Therefore, we must hold on." Qiu Yue ordered loudly.
Everyone was Qiu Yue's old subordinates, otherwise they would not have taken such a risk to follow him. They never doubted Qiu Yue's words. Everyone quickly occupied the old Zhuangyuan Mansion in Zhuangyuan Lane and began an arduous battle to hold on.
They had no choice but to fight to the death to resist the enemy. Their only hope was that Zhang Yanling and others could quickly seize the west gate and lead the army into the city. Otherwise, they would have no way out.
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Zhang Yanling and his party left the backyard of Prince Qing's Mansion and were not in a hurry to go to the west city. Zhang Yanling had already realized that something was wrong with the plan, and the consequence of taking early action would be to expose people like himself in advance. Therefore, he had to make changes at this moment.
Taking advantage of the small number of people, Zhang Yanling and others walked through the alleys to avoid disturbing the large number of soldiers and horses in the streets. At this moment, the topographic map drawn in the afternoon worked, and Zhang Yanling and others quickly left the vicinity of Prince Qing's Mansion.
A stone tower in the northwest became Zhang Yanling's first choice.
Stone pagodas can be seen everywhere in Ningxia City. This stone pagoda is actually very ordinary, only five stories high, and it is also a crumbling waste stone pagoda. Zhang Yanling and others did not spend too much time to get there. It is not far from Prince Qing's Mansion.
.But for Zhang Yanling, this is an excellent place to observe the surrounding situation.
Everyone stepped on the rubble and dust to get to the best floor on the top of the tower. Amidst the dust stirred up by the flying bats, they stuck their heads out and looked towards the nearby streets.
But I saw torches gathering from all around like a long dragon. The location of Prince Qing's Mansion not far away was now surrounded by torches. It was unexpected that the rebels were moving so fast.
Far to the east of the city, there were also flames shooting into the sky and shouts of killing. Zhang Yanling knew that it was Qiu Yue who had already taken action.
But the current problem is that they were forced to take action in advance, resulting in a large number of rebels failing to attract to the East City as planned. At this moment, at least one or two thousand people gathered near Prince Qing's Mansion. This became the biggest obstacle to heading to the West City Gate and attacking the West City Gate.
"Master Marquis, how are we going to seize the city gate? With a dozen of us, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach the city gate from the front and seize control." Chen Shiyi said in a deep voice.
Zhang Yanling said: "There is no rush. Let them mess around for a while. We have few people and it is easy to hide our traces. It is absolutely impossible for them to hunt us down in the dark. However, General Qiu may be in trouble."
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Chen Shiyi said: "Yes, General Qiu must be under a lot of pressure. I wonder how long he can hold on."
Zhang Yanling frowned, looked at the nearby terrain, and said in a deep voice: "We have to touch the city wall. Once we touch the city wall, we can go along the city wall to the tower of the West City Gate and draw fire from the bottom of the cauldron."
Chen Shi said: "This is a good idea. But with so many soldiers and horses patrolling the city wall, it may be difficult to approach the tower. Once you get on the city wall, there will be nothing to hide. Once discovered by them, rebels from all directions will come.
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Zhang Yanling nodded. Indeed, the city wall is far less convenient for escaping than the streets and alleys in the city. However, that is also the most direct way to reach the city tower. Otherwise, even if you reach the west city gate, it would be delusional to capture the city tower head-on. You can only take risks.
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"That's the Xicheng rebel barracks. Let's go there first." Zhang Yanling pointed to a group of brightly lit houses a few streets away.
"Ah? Going to the military camp?" Chen Shiyi said in shock.
"The pups are all out. There shouldn't be many pups in the kennel. Let's borrow some dog skins to wear them. Maybe we can get through. Let's go!" Zhang Yanling said decisively.