The group of soldiers behind Li Yuan were all holding weapons, swords, guns, or blunderbuss. They were well-equipped with sophisticated weapons and shining armor. Their faces were expressionless, and their eyes revealed something that made Chen Zilong's heart tremble.
Murderous intent is coming.
How could this possibly be some kind of business travel escort?
He is clearly a capable soldier in every battle!
Even the careless Xu Du noticed something was wrong. The advantage he had over Chen Zilong was that he understood military matters better. When he saw the blunderbuss used by the soldiers around Li Yuan, he felt something was wrong.
Not to mention that blunderbuss are weapons used by the military and are unlikely to be owned by ordinary merchants. Looking at the shape and workmanship of those blunderbuss, they are obviously superior to the firearms used by the army.
So well-equipped, who is Li Yuan?
Xu Du always thought that he knew Li Yuan very well, and only regarded him as an ordinary scholar who admired himself and Chen Zilong. Now Xu Du looked at the half-smiling look on Li Yuan's face, and couldn't help but feel the same as Chen Zilong.
Virtual.
"Mingbo, who are you?"
Li Yuan waved his hand, and the group of soldiers quickly formed a formation and held Chen Zilong, Xu Du, and Fang Yizhi hostage in the formation.
He smiled slightly and said: "Brother Wozi, as well as Xu Sheng and Mi Zhi, I'm sorry to say that there is no use in escaping to suppress the general garden now. What kind of person is Gao Qian?
How could a domineering military man like him take care of Shi Gong when Hou Xun is dead? If we really rely on Shi Gong, we are afraid that we will push Shi Gong into the fire. At that time, Gao Qian will completely control Xuzhou in order to
City, they might deliberately send troops to kill Gong Shi together on the pretext of mutiny."
Li Yuan's words made Chen Zilong, Xu Du, and Fang Yizhi all change their expressions. Just now, Xu Du agreed to Chen Zilong's idea because he was confused and his mind went blank. Now he has come back to his senses.
Come, think about it carefully, especially after considering Li Yuan's words, I suddenly felt that if everyone went to seek refuge with Shi Gong, it might really be a way to die.
Moreover, Shi Kefa may also die together!
Fang Yizhi also said to Chen Zilong with a grimace: "Yes, now we return to Bieyuan, I'm afraid Gao Qian will attack directly. Not to mention whether Shi Gong can wake up, even if Shi Gong wakes up, can Gao Qian be controlled?
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Chen Zilong and Xu Du looked at each other. After listening to these words, Chen Zilong suddenly had a bold guess about Li Yuan's identity that was similar to Fang Yizhi. He asked with a trembling voice:
"If we don't go to Bieyuan...where else can we go? Mingbo, where do you want to make money from us?"
"The enemy soldiers are about to catch up. Brother Wozi, trust me, so come with me."
Li Yuan said no more, as the Gaozhen soldiers and horses in the rear were gradually catching up. His group of soldiers lined up neatly, loaded the gunpowder with gunpowder and fired another round, and then Li Yuan ordered everyone to break out of the formation.
Xu Du said in a panic: "Let's go? Where are we going?"
"Under the current situation, the only choice is to leave Xuzhou first."
"Leave Xuzhou? There are invaders and Donglu outside the city...ah!"
Halfway through Xu Du's words, he thought of all Li Yuan's actions, connected all the things together in his mind, and suddenly a bright light burst out.
By this time, Xu Du finally understood.
"You, you... Mingbo, are you a soldier?"
Fang Yizhi was speechless. He had already guessed Li Yuan's identity, and even had a very close guess about Li Yuan's purpose. Chen Zilong had a bitter look on his face, grabbed Xu Du's hand, and said to Li Yuan:
"Our family members are all in Jiangnan, where we are well-known. You'd better not try to make us go to Liangshan."
"When the enemy soldiers catch up, leave first and then talk. What's the use of talking?"
The soldiers fired several rounds of muskets in succession, and there was a loud bang. Several Gaozhen cavalry who pursued them first were shot and fell from their horses. The remaining pursuers found that Xu Du and others were still organizing resistance, and felt that they had fewer troops.
He was in a wait-and-see state at first and did not rush forward immediately.
Upon seeing this, Fang Yizhi, like Li Yuan, grabbed Chen Zilong and Xu Du together. Regardless of their own thoughts, he held them hostage and retreated towards the gate of Xuzhou City.
Along the way, Li Yuan commanded the group of intruders to pass through the channel of Kendeji and the Red Team, and the soldiers who were ambushing Xuzhou City reared up to kill the enemy. Fang Yizhi then took out Shi Kefa's seal of customs defense, and along the way he shouted that Gao Qian was treason, and something happened
It was somewhat effective, and a group of soldiers who were at a loss what to do gathered together in the Suppression General Base Camp.
Xu Du, who finally came to his senses, also followed Li Yuan and Fang Yizhi to break out toward the city gate, while gathering the rest of the Yiwu regiment. With everyone's efforts, they ran and pulled people in, and waited until everyone rushed to the city.
When they were near the gate, hundreds of troops gathered again.
This group of soldiers and horses, with Li Yuan's team of capable soldiers as the backbone, guarded near the Xiguan City Gate of Xuzhou, first controlled the city gate, and then occupied the restaurants and houses on both sides of the road, killing and injuring the pursuers from a high position.
Gao Zhen soldiers and horses are busy controlling important places in Xuzhou City. Gao Qian's most important thing is to seize the canal docks and ferries because he is most worried about Chen Zilong and others taking advantage of the chaos to escape to Nandu by boat. In that case, with Chen Zilong and Xu
In the capital, Fang Yizhi and others have extensive and deep interpersonal networks in Jiangnan. Even if I withdraw from the south in the future, I am afraid that I will not have a foothold.
Therefore, Gao Qian's plan is to surround Chen Zilong, Fang Yizhi and others in Xuzhou City!
Anyway, the situation has become such a mess, even Hou Xun is dead, so if one more Chen Zilong dies, or even one more Shi Kefa dies, what is there to worry about?
Gao Qian personally took command at the canal dock and ordered the several troops under his control to blockade the Suppression General Office and the Villa. Fortunately, everyone did not follow Chen Zilong's suggestion and rushed back to the Villa first, otherwise it would have been a disaster.
Falling into a trap.
After Gao Zhen's soldiers and horses entered Bieyuan, they immediately took control of Shi Kefa, who was seriously ill and was still awake. As a result, all other civil and military officials of the Xuzhou Suppression General were captured by Gao Qian.
All important places in the city were successively controlled by Gao Zhen. Only the Xiguan City Gate was resisted fiercely by the hundreds of soldiers gathered by Fang Yizhi and Xu Du. Therefore, Gao Qianshang was unable to break through it for a while.
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However, as time passed, as the overall situation in Xuzhou City was completely controlled by Gao Qian, he also mobilized more troops to rush towards the Xiguan Gate.
Xu Du and others have no backup, no pay, no supplies at all, no way out, and they can't last long. The reason why they can still withstand a wave of offensives from Gao Town is because of Li Yuan's group of intruders.
The soldiers are all carefully selected and experienced soldiers, and their martial arts skills are very good.
They formed a group to take the lead, fought hard against the attacks of Gao Zhen's pursuers, and inspired the fighting spirit and morale of all the remaining soldiers, thus temporarily stabilizing the situation at Xiguan City Gate.
But after all, it’s only for the short term!
Li Yuan himself estimated that he could hold on for another hour and a half at most. With their strength, compared to Gao Qian's strength, they would still collapse very quickly.
Now Chen Zilong, Xu Du, and Fang Yizhi all know that Li Yuan is a "spy" of the Chuang Army ambushing Xuzhou City. Then the only way out that Li Yuan can find is to "surrender to Chuang"!
After the Battle of Dangshan, the rebel army marched eastward and occupied all the prefectures, counties and towns between Guide and Xuzhou. If they were willing to surrender, they only had to break out from the Xiguan City Gate and rely on Li Yuan's contacts to quickly
It is easy to find the location of the main force of the Chuang Army.
It's just that Fang Yizhi is from a famous family in Tongcheng, and Chen Zilong is also from a famous family in Songjiang. With their status, there is absolutely no possibility of joining the Chuang army.
Even if they defect to the Chuang Army in this desperate situation, how will their family deal with it in the future? They are afraid that they will be wiped out by the imperial court.
In comparison, Xu Du's situation is better. Although he also comes from a noble family, his parents have died of illness and there are few worries at home. It is really possible for him to follow Li Yuan in rebellion.
Chen Zilong and Fang Yizhi have too many things to consider.
Li Yuan knew the concerns of the two of them, so he explained:
"Yes, I am indeed an intruder. But think about it for yourselves, did I really make you go to Liangshan? The rescue of Yuan was the plan of Wozi and Xu Sheng. You only recruited me after you made the plan. Hou
Xun was killed by Yuan Shizhong, which has nothing to do with me.
In fact, my original responsibility was only to monitor changes in the situation in Xuzhou City and deliver news to the invading army. The rapid development of the situation to what it is now was something I did not expect.
Now things are very simple. Xu Sheng has no family burden. As long as you are willing, you can immediately leave the city with me to join the camp. As for Brother Wozi and Brother Mi... Mi Zhi, you should know, right? In fact, Ruan Dacheng
The details of the counter-case investigated at the time were not false at all, and Secretary Fang is indeed the mastermind behind the current invasion of the army!"
Xu Du was obviously moved by Li Yuan's words. He was originally a first-class hero, and his temperament was completely different from that of an ordinary scholar. Now that the Chuang army had defeated the Eastern captives in the Battle of Dangshan, and had swept across the Central Plains, it showed that he was extraordinary.
Xu Du's potential and demeanor, and Xu Du's situation was such a dilemma, it was impossible for him not to have deep hopes for the prospect of joining the Chuang Army.
But this is extremely difficult for Chen Zilong and Fang Yizhi. Both of them have huge family networks. How can they take the family into consideration and just go for it?
If you surrender, you are rebelling.
Fang Yizhi smiled bitterly and said: "I have already guessed such a result... I just didn't expect Brother Mingbo to really know Leshan. How is Leshan doing? Alas, I guess he is the mastermind of the break-in army and has a prominent position, so he really doesn't need much
ask."
Chen Zilong felt anxious: "It is really impossible for us to defect to Chuangying. That would be a crime of rebellion. Now if we surrender to Gao Qian and Shi Gong comes forward, we might be able to get a leniency. But to defect to Chuangying, it is a real crime."
There's a rebellion here."
Li Yuan tilted his head and said: "It seems that Xu Sheng is willing to leave with me? Brother Wozi and brother Mi, I declare that you will only die if you return to Xuzhou City. After seeing Yuan Shizhong's ending, you have no way to believe that your life will be lost."
Yu?
King Li will be able to conquer Xuzhou soon and cut off the canal. The country will be divided into north and south, and the court will be too busy to take care of itself. The south will also be in chaos. Who has the heart to punish your family? What's more, Fang and Chen are a big family in the southeast, even if you
If two people commit suicide, such a great clan will not be shaken and destroyed!"
Xu Du immediately nodded and said: "Yes! The matter has reached this point, I think there is no other way. Mingbo, I will go with you!"
Chen Zilong was still hesitant, while Fang Yizhi gritted his teeth and said: "Okay... I won't go to Chuang. I just want to go with you to see how Leshan is doing now?"
"Brother Wozi, I'm here to send you. Please make a decision immediately."
Chen Zilong lamented: "That's all, I have heard about the benevolent policies of the Chuang Army, so today I have the right to act like Xunzi and take a look at Qin's politics!"
"Okay. Without further ado, we will immediately seize the gate and break into the camp."