"No matter how many more people are found, it's time to come back. You can't come back just after the thieves surrounded the county government office." Zhou Shouchi's tone became a little bad.
"Should be back soon." Chang Sui said hesitantly.
But he knew in his heart that there was a high probability that Zhao Xing would never come back. If he stayed in the county government office at this time, it would be almost a dead end, otherwise the people in the government office would not have fled desperately.
"Forget it, if you can't come back, you can't come back. It's human nature to want to live, so I don't blame him." Zhou Shouchi waved his hand feebly.
He still didn't understand that Zhao Xing didn't go to gather people at all, but ran away for his life.
"The young one has prepared two pairs of clothes worn by ordinary people. Master, do you want to change into them?" Chang Sui asked tentatively.
Hearing this, Zhou Shouchi stared at Chang Sui's face, and finally turned into a long sigh, saying: "That's all, you can run away too, the ants are still alive, I can't let you accompany me for the sake of my own loyalty. Lost his life here.”
"No, Master, if you don't go with me, I won't go either. Even if you go to Huangquan Road, I'm still willing to stay with you." Chang Sui said with a tearful voice.
It's hard to survive if you stay.
"Forget it, let's go to hell together, master and servant." Zhou Shouchi took out the long sword in his hand and put the blade across his neck.
Plop.
Chang Sui knelt on the ground facing Zhou Shouchi.
tread! tread! tread!
The sound of rapid footsteps suddenly entered the back office from outside.
"It's Inspector Zhao. It must be Inspector Zhao who has brought someone here. Master, Inspector Zhao is here." Chang Sui hurriedly got up from the ground, with a bit more joy on his face.
Zhou Shouchi moved the sword in his hand away from his neck and looked outside the door of Houya.
At this moment, seven or eight men broke in from outside the house.
"Oh, I'm going to commit suicide." The leading man grinned and looked at Zhou Shouchi, who was holding a sword in his hand.
At this time, Zhou Shouchi also saw the appearance of the visitor.
It wasn't Zhao Xing at all, but a few soldiers wearing cotton armor and holding fireguns in their hands.
"You, are you called by Inspector Zhao? Where is Inspector Zhao?" Zhou Shouchi looked at the soldiers in front of him and thought they were the people Zhao Xing found.
The leading man grinned and said to his companions: "This official actually regards us as members of the government. It's really interesting."
Several companions next to him also grinned.
Seeing this, Zhou Shouchi's expression changed, and he realized that these people in front of him were not the people Zhao Xing had found at all, but the thieves who invaded Guo County.
"Don't come over here. If you come over again, I will take action." Zhou Shouchi looked nervously at the thieves in front of him.
Although he didn't want to die, he also didn't want to fall into the hands of thieves.
"Okay, we won't go there. If you want to commit suicide, hurry up and don't waste time." The leading man among the tiger-character flag soldiers signaled to Zhou Shouchi that he could continue to commit suicide with his sword.
"If you think I don't dare, I will commit suicide right now." Zhou Shouchi said nervously.
Several Tiger Flag soldiers did not speak, but quietly looked at Zhou Shouchi who was about to commit suicide.
"My officer, my officer." Zhou Shouchi's hands trembled, and he tried to wipe the sword from his neck several times, but stopped at the last moment.
Cry!
The sword in Zhou Shouchi's hand fell to the ground, and he collapsed on the ground.
"Bah, I know that few of you officials dare to commit suicide." The leading man spit on the ground and said, "Go over and arrest the county magistrate."
Two soldiers walked out from the side and tied Zhou Shouchi with ropes.
Since Zhou Shouchi dropped the sword in his hand, he let the people of Tiger Character Banner knead him without any resistance.
"Take them with you and go back to do business." The leading man waved and escorted Zhou Shouchi and his entourage out of the back office.
They were not the only soldiers who entered the yamen. However, they were lucky and captured the county magistrate of Guo County. The other soldiers could only capture some of the yamen's servants and servants, or confiscate the property of the county yamen. goods.
Zhou Shouchi, who became a prisoner, did not receive any preferential treatment and was imprisoned together with other captured prisoners, awaiting disposal.
The county magistrate of Guo County was also the target of arrest by Tiger Flag.
The county magistrate was not found in the county government office, and a group of soldiers surrounded the county magistrate's house.
At this time, the door of the county magistrate's house was closed tightly, and the back of the door was blocked with logs.
"Climb the wall."
What arrived outside the county magistrate's house was a squad of tiger-character flag soldiers, more than thirty soldiers, all of whom were gunmen, and two squatting tiger cannons.
Several soldiers climbed up the courtyard wall of the county magistrate's house, but before they could stabilize, they were stabbed down with wooden sticks by the people inside and fell under the wall.
Fortunately, the courtyard wall was not high, and the few soldiers who fell to the ground were wearing thick clothes and did not suffer any injuries.
"I don't believe it when there are a few more people from other places. With so many people, they can't take over a county magistrate's compound." Seeing that his own people had suffered a loss, the captain of the war soldier team suddenly became angry.
A dozen soldiers came out of the team, and together with the previous few, they were divided into eight groups, and they climbed up the courtyard wall in pairs.
Soon, there were wooden sticks inside the wall poking at the soldiers who climbed over the wall.
Yuan Chaoju, who came back to his senses, shook his head and said: "We can't defend it. If it were so easy to defend, Daizhou City wouldn't be lost. It's a pity that we can't leave either. I don't know how your elder brother is doing outside the city." .”
The city gate was blocked, which made him understand that he had only one option: staying in the city.
"Commander Yuan, I can prove that what Deputy Yuan Qianhu said is true. It is impossible to get out of the city through other gates. Only the gate in front of you has the chance to get out of the city." Zhao Xing also hopes that Yuan Chaoju will stay and help. Guoxian defends the city.
And he felt that there was no way out now, and the other side should put their hope in defending the city.
"Dismount, let's find a way to hide in a house." Yuan Chaoju decisively gave up riding. He couldn't get out of the city. For him, the horse had become a burden.
Once Guoxian County falls into the hands of bandits, keeping a horse with him will easily become the target of bandits.
"Commander Yuan, the situation is like this. We can only defend the city. Why are you still thinking about escaping!" Zhao Xing said speechlessly.
If he hadn't been able to confirm that the person in front of him was indeed the commander of the Zhenwu Guard, he would have even suspected that someone was impersonating him.
"Yes, father, we can only be safe if we hold on to the county seat." Yuan Feng also advised from the side.
Yuan Chaoju, who dismounted, sighed and said: "To tell you the truth, Guo County cannot be defended, and these bandits in Datong are not ordinary bandits. Even if I go to the city wall, in addition to losing one more life, It’s of no use.”
The fall of Daizhou City had made him understand that the manpower of Guo County alone was not enough to withstand the invading army of thieves from outside the city, even if the defenders in Guo County were replaced by thousands of soldiers and horses from Zhenwu Guards. He didn't even have the confidence to defend Nao County.
