Over the years, under the demonization of Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others, Dongchang's evil reputation has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Chen Xuan is Chen Zu's confidant, and Chen Zu was a former disciple of Cai Jing, so he naturally knows Dongchang very well.
Chen Zu learned that Chu Yi led his army, but he wanted to show off to Cai Jing, so he ordered not to provide any help to Chu Yi's troops.
However, Chen Zu had forgotten Chu Yi's other identity. Normally, his order could indeed prevent Chu Yi and others from entering Jiaxing City.
But Chu Yi's other identity is something that Chen Zu can't do anything about. Dongchang has the duty of supervising the world. This responsibility is ridiculous. It is conceivable that if Chu Yi is willing, Chu Yi can just check the world.
Go straight into any city and any official's mansion.
Jiaxing City could only block the imperial army, but it could not stop Dongchang's footsteps.
Yang Zhi was not a fool. He immediately reacted after hearing Chu Yi's words. His face showed a bit of sparkle, he laughed loudly, walked to the city gate, and shouted to Chen Xuan on the city wall: "You guys are still waiting.
If you don't open the door quickly, do you want to rebel with Chen Zu?"
Except for a few confidants beside Chen Xuan, the rest of the soldiers subconsciously took a few steps back to distance themselves from Chen Xuan.
The name of rebellion is very scary. Once it is confirmed, it will result in the confiscation of the family and the extermination of the clan. Who dares to step forward at this time?
Chen Xuan's face changed, and a look of despair flashed in his eyes. He wanted to directly order Yang Zhi to be shot on the spot under the city gate.
But even if he gave the order, his henchmen also took action. Whether Yang Zhi could be killed or not was another question. Looking at the continuous military camp in the distance, Chen Xuan was not sure at all.
After killing Yang Zhi, he was able to withstand the anger of the imperial army.
A soldier whispered to Chen Xuan: "Dutou, what should we do?"
Taking a deep breath, Chen Xuan turned around and said: "You are here to watch, and no one is allowed to open the door. No matter what the people outside the city do, you only need to remember one thing, that is, no matter what, the city gate must not be opened."
Turn on."
After saying this, Chen Xuan walked down from the city tower and headed straight for the county government office.
Chu Yi's unreasonable play caused Chen Xuan to lose his position for a moment. It only took a while for Chen Xuan to arrive at the county government office and soon met Chen Zu.
Chen Zu, who was counting the collected coins, looked at Chen Xuando and said, "Chen Xuan, have all the things outside the city been settled? Has that idiot Wu Meng returned to the city?"
Chen Xuan looked at Chen Zu with a solemn expression and said: "Brother, something bad has happened. Chu Yi has slandered my brother for colluding with Fang La to rebel, and wants to go to the city to arrest my brother..."
There was a crash, and a bunch of copper coins in Chen Zu's hand were seen falling into the box. Chen Zu could only be heard screaming: "Shameless, what a shameless person. This county is an official of the imperial court. How has it ever colluded with the rebels? This is slander..."
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Chen Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "But brother, don't forget that Chu Yi is the master of Dongchang, and Dongchang has the power to supervise the officials of the world. Unless we really want to rebel, as long as Chu Yi uses this
With such a banner, we simply can't stop Chu Yi and others from entering the city."
Chen Zu, whose face instantly became extremely ugly, no longer cared about the money in front of him, and started walking back and forth in the room. As he walked, he said anxiously: "What should I do, what should I do...
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Stopping, Chen Zu grabbed Chen Xuan and said, "Chen Xuan, what do you think I should do? Then Chu Yi will never let me go, or let's escape."
Chen Zu, who was very aware of Dongchang's style, had already realized that Chu Yi was going to kill him when he heard what Chu Yi had labeled him.
It can be said with certainty that as long as Chu Yi catches him, he will definitely put the label of colluding with the rebels on his head. Otherwise, wouldn't Dongchang's reputation for evil be in vain?
Looking at the panicked Chen Zu, Chen Xuan shook his head and said, "Brother, don't you think we can escape?"
Chen Zu sat down and said with a pale face: "Then what should we do? What should we do?"
Suddenly, Chen Zu raised his head and looked at Chen Xuandao: "How about I go and beg Chu Yi for surrender right now and be willing to join his sect..."
At this time, a loud laugh came from outside the room. Hearing the loud laughter, Chen Zu showed doubts, while Chen Xuan's expression changed and he exclaimed: "Yang
Zhi, Chu Yi and the others have entered the city."
Now that Yang Zhi has appeared here, it means that Chu Yi and the others have opened the city gate. In fact, Chen Xuan has already expected this. The mere city gate cannot stop Chu Yi and the others. It is nothing more than the length of time.
That’s all.
Now it seems that if I leave the city tower with my front foot, the city gate may be opened with my back foot.
A shadow was reflected in the room, and Yang Zhi's tall figure was seen blocking the door of the room, and behind Yang Zhi were several shrewd and capable Dongchang fans.
Chen Xuan subconsciously stood in front of Chen Zu, his eyes full of vigilance.
Yang Zhi just glanced at Chen Xuan and didn't take Chen Xuan to heart at all. Although Chen Xuan was very loyal, Yang Zhi was also a vengeful person. He had not forgotten that he was killed by Chen Xuan on the tower not long ago.
He pointed at the scene where he was yelling curses.
Yang Zhi could only be heard staring at Chen Zu and saying: "Chen Zu, you colluded with the traitor Fang La, and you were captured without hesitation."
Chen Zu didn't know where the courage came from. He pointed at Yang Zhi and said crazily: "Well, Yang Zhi, do you know that I am an official of the imperial court, and Prime Minister Cai is Chen's uncle. If you dare to take me, you are not afraid of Prime Minister Cai."
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"It's so noisy!"
To be honest, Yang Zhi really didn't take threats like Chen Zu's to heart. Back then, in the capital, Dongchang had handled several cases that alarmed the capital. Which of the arrested officials had a terrifying background?
, but not one by one was taken down by Dongchang.
Therefore, Chen Zu's threat was not taken seriously by Yang Zhi at all.
With a wave of his hand, Yang Zhi said slowly: "Capture the rebel Chen Zu for me."
Several gangsters immediately stepped forward to capture Chen Zu, but at this moment Chen Xuan shouted: "Who dares?"
Yang Zhi took a step forward and slapped Chen Xuan with a flip of his hand. Chen Xuan's cultivation level was not bad, but it was much worse than that of Yang Zhi. Under Yang Zhi's palm, he couldn't help but fly backwards.
He was stunned and smashed the box full of copper coins into pieces. He twitched a few times among the scattered coins and lost his breath. Apparently, he was slapped to death by Yang Zhi.
Several fans walked up to Chen Zu without any hindrance and locked up Chen Zu who was lying limply on the ground.
When Bai Xin from Jiaxing City saw Chen Zu being held captive by Dongchang Fanzi as he passed through the long street, many people couldn't help showing disbelief in their eyes.
Chen Zu can definitely be regarded as a powerful being in Jiaxing City. No one can defeat Chen Zu. He is simply like a local emperor.
But at this moment, such a person who looked like a local emperor was actually locked up and taken out by a team of people. How could this not make the people of Jiaxing City stunned and shocked?
"Oh my god, who are these people? They even arrested Chen Zu for asking for money."
"God's eyes are open. This corrupt official has finally been captured by the court."
"The sky in Jiaxing City is finally going to change!"
When Chen Zu was captured, not only the people in the city rejoiced, but also the wealthy gentry and wealthy households in the city were overjoyed when they heard about it.
Chen Zu was not polite to them at all, especially Chen Zu's money-hungry temperament. Those who suffered the most were the wealthy gentry and rich households who had a lot of wealth. After all, no one could bear Chen Zu's behavior.
He is so obsessed with money.
If it were not for the fear of Cai Jing behind Chen Zu, Chen Zu might have died of illness while still in office.
Now that they saw Chen Zu being taken down, many wealthy gentry and rich people breathed a sigh of relief. If Chen Zu was allowed to stay in Jiaxing City for so many more years, they would all become tenant farmers.
As Wu Meng and his generals returned to the city, naturally some well-informed people found out why Chen Zu was captured.
Emotionally, Chen Zu offended Chu Yi, the notorious leader of the East Factory.
Although everyone has heard of Chu Yi's evil reputation, compared to Chen Zulai who brought them a lot of harm, at least Chu Yi did not touch their interests, right?
As for the evil name, to be honest, they saw very clearly how Chu Yi got that evil name. I'm afraid they can only deceive ordinary people who only know what others say.
Soon, the highly respected squires came forward to organize the wealthy gentry and wealthy households in the city. They all pooled together a sum of food and grass, prepared drinks, and went out of the city to comfort the imperial army.
Chu Yi has broken the siege of Jiaxing City, and in Hangzhou City, an army of 50,000 people has been assembled.
Manichaeism is spread all over the land south of the Yangtze River. Chu Yi led an army into the land south of the Yangtze River. It can be said that no move can escape the eyes of the Manichaeism.
Chu Yi led the vanguard army along the way and destroyed more than a dozen groups of Manichaean rebels. Although the losses of those dozen groups were not too great for the Manichaeans, this was also a Manichaean rebellion.
It was a rare failure since the war was launched.
What's more, judging from Chu Yi's marching route, Chu Yi was heading straight for Hangzhou City. Anyone who is not a fool can see Chu Yi's purpose.
Instead of waiting for Chu Yi's army to arrive in Hangzhou City, Fang La and others decided to take the initiative after some discussion and strive to annihilate Chu Yi's army outside Hangzhou City in one battle.
If the imperial army is really allowed to reach the vicinity of Hangzhou City, even if it can finally wipe out the official army, it will definitely give people in the world the illusion that Manichaeism is nothing more than this.
Fang La knew very well that the reason why Manichaeism is so successful now is because of the general trend and the will of the people. However, once those who are waiting and watching are exposed to the fact that Manichaeism is about to fall into ruin, the wall will fall and everyone will push it down.
The consequences are very terrible.
Fang La can still understand that Manichaeism can be grown to such an extent, not to mention that Fang La has Fang Fei, Shi Bao and others around him.
The huge Manichaeism, after all, there are still sober people who are not dazzled by the victory in front of them.
Fang La, who was dressed in military uniform, was riding on a tall horse, and beside him were Shi Bao, a man of unparalleled courage, Deng Yuanjue, Pang Wanchun and other Manichaean masters.
It can be said that Fangla's personal expedition directly took away 90% of the powerful Manichaeans, leaving only tens of thousands of troops to garrison Hangzhou City.
The surrounding areas of Hangzhou City have fallen into the hands of the Manichaeans, so Fang La doesn't have to worry about anyone being able to break through the city. The only nearby officers and soldiers who can really put pressure on the Manichaeans are Chu Yi's tens of thousands of troops.
Majiaji is a market town a hundred miles away from Hangzhou City. This market town is located between Hangzhou City and Jiaxing City. With a population of nearly 10,000, it is also a prosperous town.
However, on this day, Majiaji, which was supposed to be lively, seemed much deserted. Except for a few people passing by in a hurry, there were not many people at all in the town.
At this moment, a cloud of smoke appeared in the distance, and if you climbed down and listened, you could even hear the vibrations coming from the earth.
A dark group of people appeared outside Majiaji. On top of the big flags, the huge Chinese characters were so eye-catching. Needless to say, this group of people had just rested in Jiaxing City before breaking out and running.
Chu Yi's troops came from the city of Hangzhou.
A burst of fast horses came galloping, and a figure rolled down from the fast horse. After a few ups and downs in the air, it landed in front of Chu Yi. It turned out to be Xu Ning, the golden gunner.
Xu Ning said to Chu Yi with a bit of excitement and solemnity on his face: "Prince, the general was ordered to go explore the road, but he found a group of rebels heading towards Majiaji."
Chu Yi's eyes lit up and he said: "Have you ever found out who is leading the rebel band and how many people there are?"
Taking a deep breath, Xu Ning suppressed his excitement and said: "The flags of the anti-thief army are flying, with huge square characters embroidered on them, but there are many people and horses. It can be seen by my subordinates that there are at least tens of thousands of people."
Lu Junyi, Lu Da and others couldn't help but their eyes lit up when they heard this, and their faces were full of excitement. Lu Da even patted his chest and said to Chu Yi: "Prince, this anti-thief must be one of the main forces of the anti-thief.
, just ask your subordinates to go and investigate, so as to determine the truth of the other party..."
The reaction of Lu Junyi, Lu Da and others was obviously not fear, but a sense of eager anticipation. It was obvious that everyone did not take the rebels to heart at all.
Chu Yi glanced at a few people, nodded slightly, but said with a serious expression: "Everyone, although the combat power of the rebels is very average, don't forget that the opponent has a large number of people. If you are not careful,
We might lose."
Yang Zhi chuckled and said: "The opponent has a large number of people, but we are not bad either. If the news is correct, at least tonight, Hua Rong and Wu Song will lead the tens of thousands of Xiang troops to join us.
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Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. Along the way, they not only defeated many rebels, but also collected many defeated Xiang troops and dispersed officers and soldiers. In addition, those who had been surrendered
In just one month, Chu Yi actually gathered tens of thousands of Xiang troops.
These Xiang troops were handed over by Chu Yi to the command of Wu Song and Hua Rong. However, these recruited Xiang troops needed to be trained according to the military training methods given by Chu Yi, so they were one day behind them.
As he spoke, Luda picked up the crescent shovel, flicked his riding whip, and immediately rode out, leading a small team of elite sentinels and leaving with Xu Ning.
In the Manichean army, in a large and luxurious carriage, Fang La, Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue and others stared at a simple map in front of them.
Shi Bao could only be heard pointing to a location on the map and saying: "Look, Your Majesty, this is the Qingliang River. The river is only three feet wide, but it is an obstacle between us and the army. If there is nothing
By chance, we will meet at this river."
In the Manichean army, in a large and luxurious carriage, Fang La, Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue and others stared at a simple map in front of them.
Shi Bao could only be heard pointing to a location on the map and saying: "Look, Your Majesty, this is the Qingliang River. The river is only three feet wide, but it is an obstacle between us and the army. If there is nothing
If there is an accident, we will meet at this river." Among the Manichean army, in a large and luxurious carriage, Fang La, Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue and others stared at a simple map in front of them.
Check.
Shi Bao could only be heard pointing to a location on the map and saying: "Look, Your Majesty, this is the Qingliang River. The river is only three feet wide, but it is an obstacle between us and the army. If there is nothing
