If the eagle in the sky looked carefully at the county town that night, it would have seen the green shirts below like a silent tide overflowing the two sections of the city. The unfinished city wall was originally an aid to Yang Xing's capture of Dongxiang, but now it has become He broke the noose and put the Jiangshan Army in the city into difficulty.
The initial battles were carried out sporadically. The military intelligence section and the scouts were on the regiment training side, and the opponents were the Luo soldiers of the Jiangshan Army and the soldiers who came out in twos and threes to have fun.
The former came prepared, but the latter were not only unprepared, but most of them were eager to sneak back to the military camp before dawn, so they ignorantly thought that these people were just like themselves. When they found something wrong, they would either be quickly chopped down or killed. Even though they were wearing uniforms, they didn't make much noise.
But gradually the patrollers discovered that something was wrong, and someone sounded the gong to warn. No matter how few fools dared to call the police, Yang Xing was still alarmed.
"What's going on?" He put on his clothes and came out with a surprised look on his face and asked his own soldiers.
"Don't worry, Marshal, there seems to be a spy sneaking into the city. We have already sent people to investigate." Wang Xi and Feng Baishan hurriedly stepped into the courtyard gate and answered loudly. He and Yang Xing looked at each other and winked.
Yang Xing walked to the pavilion and sat down, looking at him suspiciously: "Brother Yidou, Shi Ju, do you two have something to tell me?"
Wang Xi looked at Feng Baishan, then sighed and said softly to Yang Xing: "It seems that the Qingshirt team has entered the city." He gestured to Yang Xing, who was about to get up, to sit back in his chair and said:
"I don't know how they got in. I thought they were just a few people at first, but then I realized something was wrong. Almost the entire North City has been occupied, and the number of people is getting bigger and bigger!"
Yang Xing punched the table: "What don't you understand? There must be spies who know that the northern city wall is the lowest and told them the weakness! Why don't our people fight back?"
"It's too late!" Feng Baishan glanced at the soldiers in the yard and said:
"A lot of people go out to have fun at night in casinos, brothels, and the houses of secret agents, including many leaders, so now half of the sentry commanders and 40% of the team are not in the military camp, and neither are the two captains, Qiao and Fu.
The team was in chaos because they couldn't find their leader. It was said that some people who were returning to the team were captured on the way, leading the blue-shirted team into the military camp...! "
"This is unreasonable!" Yang Xing was furious: "How dare these two bastards, Qiao Yaoshan and Fu Shishi, lead my team like this? If they come back, I will kill them!"
When Feng Zicai, Yan Yan, and Lian Daxiang were all here, there were ten captains below, and they were strict in leading the troops. Later, Feng Zicai was asked to leave by Yang He, and Lian Daxiang and Yan Yan successively led their troops northward.
In particular, Yan Yan took away almost 60% of the veterans, and most of the rest were recruits who had recently surrendered, and handed them over to the two captains Qiao Yaoshan and Fu Shiwu.
Unexpectedly, these two people only care about their own enjoyment and lead the team to become such a coward. Although Yang Xing was mentally prepared to know that the people left behind were not good enough, being so weak still made him very angry.
"Marshal, don't be upset, now is not the time to lose your temper." Feng Baishan quickly advised him.
"Brother Yidou, Shiju, you two are here, but you want me to take my own soldiers to clean up the situation?" Yang Xing asked as he put his arms into his sleeves, and called for the armor and sword.
"That's not the case. We just want to advise you to rush out of the west gate with your troops and break out of the siege." Wang Xi said.
Yang Xing was stunned: "You want me to escape? Why? The city hasn't been lost yet!"
"The marshal doesn't know. The people I just saw escaping from Xigang are our tax collectors stationed there. He said that about two thousand green-shirted troops suddenly entered the copper mine yesterday evening and took our people away. They were all detained, but he escaped because he was in the toilet.
Before he ran out, he heard them send someone to deliver a message to Mr. Zhao, informing him of the location they had arrived at, and asking where Zhu Qianhu was now. "After Feng Baishan finished speaking, he looked at Yang Xing.
Yang Xing thought about these words and understood the meaning. He took a breath and said, "This news means that the regiment training has come to two thousand people, and there may be an army team behind it, and at least a thousand-man team?"
"Marshal is wise!" Wang Xi flattered him and quickly added: "Although there are only two thousand regiments, half of the city wall defense has been lost, the enemy has entered the city, and we have no chance of defending!
What's more, there might be a large army of officers and soldiers behind? If the army arrives, the marshal may not be able to withdraw in time! "
This is the truth. Yang Xing frowned and bit his lip, and said sadly: "Brother Yidou is good for me, but I can't leave everyone alone and go away, right?"
"How about sending people everywhere and ordering our people to break out towards the west gate (the bridge has not yet been built on the city outside the south gate)?" Feng Baishan suggested: "It's hard to say how many people can break out, but it is better than asking everyone to break out. It’s better to be stuck in the city!”
Yang Xing hesitated as his Adam's apple moved with difficulty. At this time, he knew very well that if he gave an order, at most the personal guards around him could follow him, but the rest was hard to say.
How could Dongxiang's 8,000-strong army lose the city and only escape this few people? Yang Xing, who had never lost before, found it difficult to accept. He now regretted that he should not have sent out both Yan Yan and Lian Daxiang. He underestimated his opponent's confidence and determination to take the initiative to attack!
"Where's Yan Yan? There's no news about him?" Yang Xing almost blurted out. That guy took away most of his old soldiers. They were all his subordinates who faced the officers and soldiers on the plains of Huangxi Town and stayed behind for the rest of their lives!
Feng Baishan didn't want to disappoint him very much. He hesitated and shook his head: "There is no news." He opened his mouth and finally said: "I think it is more likely to be bad than good. The direction he is going is exactly the same as the direction the enemy is coming from. Since Qing Qing The shirt team is here, I'm afraid..."
He said no more, Yang Xing already understood what he meant. At this time, the noise and shouts of death outside began to get closer and closer. Some of the soldiers who could not hold back their composure began to look at each other, and some people moved their knives to a convenient position.
"Yan Yan's situation is unknown, and Yi Zhixiang is far away in Jinxian. The timing of their attack is really just right!" Yang Xing smiled bitterly: "In this case, order a breakout. If you can get out early, one by one!"
This is how the army is. Once the order to retreat is given, the will to continue fighting will quickly dissipate. Soldiers of the Jiangshan Army who have received the news from all over the place gather towards the west gate like a stream.
Because the battalion near the west gate was busy suppressing the defenders of the barracks inside the west gate, it was unable to reach the designated position for a while. Some Jiangshan troops were able to escape, but this situation was quickly interrupted.
Six catapults and the brigade's crossbow company arrived outside the west gate and began to block the main escape route. It was not until the First Company and the Second Company, led by Ji Dayuan, occupied the west gate that the escape route for the enemy troops in the city was completely blocked.
Half an hour after Yang Xing and others left Dongxiang, people from the Military Intelligence Section and several scouts protected Qiao Yaoshan and beat gongs everywhere, shouting that they would accept the surrender without killing, and instructed the remaining Jiangshan Army personnel to gather at the county school within the designated time. If caught again, he will be killed without mercy and so on.
"Everyone, you see, I have cooperated and everyone has come out. This time, I should be considered as the meritorious service, right?" Qiao Yaoshan said to the governor following behind him with an embarrassed smile.
"Chief Qiao, with your cooperation and intelligence transmission, and with today's cooperation and the guaranty of Master Shen, I guess it won't be a big problem. The key is that the Lord and Governor Zhao have given their nods to this matter, and we don't care. So please wait patiently for a while.”
The governor told him, and then said: "Where can this Fu Fifteen hide? Leader, please think carefully. Have you missed any key points or plot?"
Qiao Baishan twisted his mustache and thought hard: "This kid usually goes to the house in Linjiaxiang. Could it be that he changed his mind yesterday and went somewhere else?"
"It would be troublesome!" said an intelligence officer behind him: "The city is so big, there are so many people, and there are alleys everywhere. Who knows where he is hiding? Or he has escaped from the city, and it will be difficult to catch him again!"
"This guy commanded his men by the river and killed so many wounded soldiers and prisoners. We can't let him escape under any circumstances!" The governor said, "The Lord said, one Yan Yan, the other paid fifteen, these two The blood debt is heavy, we must catch him!
Chief Qiao, if you think about it carefully, if you catch this kid, I dare say that your lordship will personally come forward and ask the governor to pardon you! "
"Really? Let me think about it..." Qiao Baishan bit his lower lip and thought hard.
Ever since he "accidentally" met Li Tiedao, codenamed "Chai Tan", and was persuaded to pass on intelligence to the Qingshirts and pass on internal information to the Jiangshan Army, he has contributed a lot to Dongxiang's recovery, because Li Tiedao promised, saying That was the day Dongxiang was recaptured
The day of his pardon.
He, Qiao Baishan, was originally a gang leader (playing the role of the leader of the escort company) who escorted bidders and transported goods, and he had no rebellious thoughts or motives. Once, he tried to defend a little girl who was singing a song, but accidentally beat her to death, so Qiao Baishan was sentenced to death row.
Fortunately, he was able to escape when Yang Xing captured the county seat, and from then on he was included in the ranks of the rebels and moved forward.
From the bottom of his heart, he really didn't want to live this kind of life. The appearance of Li Tiedao made him see the possibility of returning to his original life path. But...where did this pay fifteen go?
He and Fu Shishi were both among Yang Xing's ten captains, and six of these ten were transferred away. Of the other two, one died fighting at the foot of the east city wall, and the other was captured by his subordinates in the military camp and presented to the Qingshirts.
Only this Fu Fifteen has disappeared. Qiao Baishan knew that he had always liked a little widow over there in Linjia Lane, but when the scouts went to find her, they were told that this person did not come to the door last night. Even if he wasn't in the military camp or at his mistress's house, where would he go?
Suddenly Qiao Baishan remembered that this boy had a close personal soldier named Wei Tong, and he hurriedly told Zhen Fu about it. "Go and check to see if there is this Wei Tong among the prisoners!"
The governor immediately recruited a scout and gave some instructions. The scout led a group of mules and ran away along the stone road.
Half an hour later, someone came to report that Fu Fifteen had been caught. Zhen Fu immediately excitedly took Qiao Baishan over to identify him. The prisoners were tied like rice dumplings and thrown into the dirt, surrounded by many noisy people. Seven or eight blue-shirted team members nervously confronted these people, including the scout just now.
When Zhen Fu and Qiao Baishan arrived, it took a lot of effort to squeeze into the agitated crowd. When they saw the man on the ground, Qiao Baishan cried out: "That's him, and he's paying fifteen!"
"Why is it you, surnamed Qiao?" The man on the ground was stepped on by a blue-shirted team member on the back, his face was pressed to the ground and he shouted with all his strength: "Damn, it's been a good life, but it's all been ruined by thieves like you who can't kill me." Mixed up!"
"You still dare to shout?" Another player in blue shirt kicked him in the face, and blood started to flow from the corner of Fu Shishi's mouth. Qiao Baishan sneered: "Brother Fu, don't talk like this. Now that Dongxiang City has changed hands, you'd better be more honest and live longer!"
"So you surrendered?"
"Don't talk about this, Qiao has been working for the Qingshirt team for a long time. We are different."
"Asshole, the seller's bastard!" Fu Shishi grinned and scolded: "You use the old man's head to buy your future!"
"What else? Do you think your head has other uses?" Qiao Baishan shook his head sarcastically.
At this time, several voices in the crowd shouted: "Kill him and avenge Master Qin's family!"
"Huh? What's going on?" Zhen Fu was surprised, and the scout pulled him aside and told him the whole story.
It turns out that this house was lived by a private school teacher named Qin and his old wife. They had no children and adopted a pair of abandoned twin daughters.
There is a pair of girls who are very good-looking with pink makeup and jade. They are also well-behaved and smart. They are twelve years old this year. The elder sister is called Ayu and the younger sister is called Azhuo.
Fu Shishi heard about it from somewhere, so he came several times to ask for marriage and insisted on seeing the two little girls. Lao Qin declined time and again on the grounds that his daughter was still young.
But this payment of fifteen is even more heart-wrenching. Last night, he came with his own soldiers in the middle of the night, broke open the door, tied up Lao Qin and his wife, and then went into the little sisters' room to play with them.
Unexpectedly, there would be a commotion on the street at this time, and Fu Shifei felt guilty as a thief. He thought that the incident had been revealed and wanted to escape. Unexpectedly, he went out and ran into a group of green shirts. His personal soldier Wei Tong was knocked to the ground before he could escape.
After paying fifteen souls to fly into the sky, he actually turned around and ran back to Qin's house, where he lowered himself to the well in the courtyard to take shelter. Unexpectedly, the scouts found Wei Tong among the prisoners and immediately learned about the situation of the Qin family from his mouth, so they brought people to check.
As a result, not only Fu Shiwu was caught in the well, but also Qin Fuzi and his wife who died of fright were found.
Zhen Fu gritted his teeth after hearing this, and suddenly thought of something: "Where are those little sisters, were they killed by him?"
"That's not true." The scout shook his head: "When we came in, both of them were
He was tied to the bedpost and his mouth was stuffed with cloth. Now you are crying inside. We have sent women to guard you in case of accidents. "
"Those who bring disaster to the country and the people should really be killed!"
The town governor stamped his feet, then stepped forward and loudly told the villagers that the case would be reported to the governor by the Qing Shi team, and that an acting county magistrate would be appointed soon. The trial would be held soon. He hoped that neighbors who were willing to testify would go to the Yamen to file the case.
After saying that, he asked where the Baojia or the elders in this lane were. He and the green-shirted team members who were present collected one, two or four yuan of banknotes and brought them over. They asked the neighbors to help bury the deceased first and take good care of the little sisters in the past few days. Then with a shout, he picked up Fu Shishi and went back to the county school to pay the order.
The county school is located not far from the south gate, which is now the headquarters of Tanzhong Xiao. When he saw Qiao Baishan, Tan Zhongxiao exchanged greetings and words of encouragement with him. When he heard about Fu Shishi, he waved his hand and said casually: "Why should I keep him? Cut him off!"
"Ah? Sir, the governor has not arrived yet. Do you want to wait until later...?" the governor reminded softly.
"It doesn't matter, the governor will only take me as his favor when he hears that." Tan Zhongxiao smiled. Seeing that the governor didn't understand, he further explained:
"Now that Dongxiang City has just been conquered, the people are in urgent need of stability. If you can't kill Yang Xing, it would be a good idea to kill his generals! A captain has been hung on the east gate, and one is hung on the west gate to make it double. How good!"
Zhen Fu couldn't laugh or cry, how could anyone be beheaded and still be in pairs? However, orders must still be carried out. So with an order, the fifteen heads fell to the ground. As Qiao Baishan said, these heads were of no use at all!
