Outside the south gate of Xiangyang City, Zhang Xianzhong stood up and looked at the south gate tower. A young thief general next to him said softly: "Commander Father, Dingguo and the others just got in with about twenty people, they won't miss it!"
Zhang Xianzhong, however, did not take it seriously. He said casually: "You bastard, your son Dingguo has been fighting with the army for many years with me. Now there will be no flaws in your pretense."
"Commander Father, look, the city tower is on fire. Dingguo and the others have succeeded!" Another young thief general next to him shouted with joy.
"Son, I'll make sure that Dingguo won't embarrass me."
Zhang Xianzhong's face was also full of joy. After several days of running all the way, he finally paid off. He shouted to the young thief general who was the first to speak: "Son Wanggui, you lead five hundred cavalry to attack Prince Xiang's Mansion quickly. Seize the east gate and catch that old dog King Xiang for me, we must not let him escape."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and said to the young thief general who was the first to see the fire on the tower: "Wenxiu, you also lead four hundred cavalry to Daotai Yamen and capture Zhang Kejian's puppy alive for me. Remember to guard it." Good luck to Simon."
Zhang Xianzhong then turned around and raised his hand to pat the shoulder of another bandit general, and shouted: "Xiaobai, lead four hundred cavalry to patrol the Yamen and the gates in the north of the city. Let me catch this old boy Wang Shuzeng."
Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu and Bai Wenxuan all received the order loudly, quickly got on their horses, and each led their elite cavalry and ran straight to the south gate of Xiangyang Fucheng.
After Zhang Kewang and others rode into the south gate, Zhang Xianzhong quickly formed his team and led the remaining 200 elite cavalry into the city. He divided his troops and shouted loudly throughout the city: "The people in the city do not need to panic. Any officers and soldiers who surrender will not be killed." !”
There were only some sporadic battles in Xiangyang City. Most of the thousands of officers and soldiers defending the city surrendered and offered themselves up as traitors. Only a few officials and soldiers fled through the gates or escaped through the city in the chaos.
There are twelve miles and one hundred and three steps around Xiangyang City. The city is densely covered with dozens of streets and lanes, and there are many government offices. Zhang Xianzhong relied on his twenty-eight cavalry to complete the victory without any major battles. Occupied Xiangyang Fucheng.
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After Zhang Xianzhong galloped into the south gate of Xiangyang, he went straight to the camp where Yang Sichang stayed in Xiangyang. The military supplies warehouse on the left of the camp had already been occupied by his troops. He only took a cursory look at the military supplies in the warehouse and then decided to The horse ran towards Prince Xiang's Mansion.
Zhang Xianzhong rode to the Duanli Gate of Prince Xiang's Mansion, and met his adopted son Zhang Kewang coming out of Prince Xiang's Mansion. Behind him, a group of thieves pushed a tall old man with white hair and beard.
Zhang Xianzhong glanced at the old man's face through the firelight and asked Zhang Kewang: "Has the dog king been caught?"
Zhang Kewang smiled and replied: "I've caught it. The palace has sent troops to guard it tightly, and no one is allowed to come in or out. I only took my father to surrender."
Zhang Xianzhong was very happy and said loudly: "Okay! According to the original arrangement, send this dog king to the west city gate tower and imprison him first, and then interrogate him personally when I have time."
When he saw that King Xiang had been captured, he stopped going to the palace to see him. He reined up his horse and galloped to the Yamen of Yun and Xiangdao.
Several bandit soldiers were guarding the gate of the Bingxian Yamen. There were several dead bodies lying under the splayed wall on the left. They must have been the bandit soldiers who had been beheaded on the spot when they resisted.
Zhang Xianzhong got off his horse and walked to the Bingxian Yamen with his soldiers. At the second gate, he saw his adopted son Zhang Wenxiu greeting him.
He opened his mouth and asked: "Have you caught that bastard Zhang Kejian?"
"Back to my father, Zhang Kejian and his servants were trying to escape, but I led the cavalry to catch up. They were killed on the spot during the fight. The body was dragged under the splayed wall outside the gate, and it will be shown to the people in the city after dawn."
Zhang Xianzhong nodded, strode into the lobby, and sat down on the big chair in the middle.
At this time, Gu Shen's adopted son Zhang Dingguo strode in, stood in front of him, and said with a smile: "Father, handsome, my son has done everything he asked."
Zhang Xianzhong smiled happily and scolded: "You little bitch, you did this beautifully! You didn't encounter any difficulties when you entered the city, right?"
Zhang Dingguo smiled and replied: "Fortunately, it was easier than I originally expected. Thanks to us, we met the envoys sent by Yang Sichang to Xiangyang to mobilize troops on the road and took away their military symbols.
Otherwise, if we just rely on the flags and uniforms of the army and the official document we forged, it will be a lot more difficult to make money in the city. "
Zhang Xianzhong laughed happily when he heard this. He immediately stood up from his chair and walked forward, raised his hand and patted Zhang Dingguo's shoulder and said: "What a turtle son, he is worthy of being the adopted son of the Eight Kings of Xiying!
do you understand?
The most important thing is not the flags and uniforms of the officers and soldiers, let alone those damn official documents and military symbols, but your boy's boldness, carefulness, and calm expression, which makes the bastards guarding the city gate unable to see the slightest bit. The flaw made them believe it! "
He then laughed again, patted Zhang Dingguo on the shoulder again, and praised: "You have done this great service for me this time, and I will reward you heavily.
How did you find our hidden troops so quickly after you entered the city? "
Zhang Dingguo said with a smile: "I took a few soldiers to Xinghua Village to have a drink and occupied a room to myself. As soon as I entered, Qin Xian'er, the accountant, glanced at me a few times, and then Xiao Chen, the waiter, was also very clever. The follow-up guy came over and asked me what food and drinks I wanted. At this time, he already knew it was me.
In the past, my son followed Uncle Ma to Xiangyang City twice for business and met him several times. I quietly told him that our troops would enter the city at three o'clock tonight, and asked him to prepare quickly. Then he would lead people to set fires everywhere in the city, and at the same time shout for support.
He also told the boy that Qianzong Wu Guoxi, who was defending the Luyanyi area in the northeast of the city, came to Xiangyang City today with more than 20 servants to collect wages. Someone among his servants was secretly communicating with Qin Xian'er, and he had wanted to do something for a long time, but he never succeeded.
Qin Xian'er then sent someone to make an appointment with them. At the third watch, he would set fire to the Yangchunfang area where they lived, and take the lead in seizing the east gate of the city. If all the bottom lines in the city hadn't been connected, the twenty-eight people like the kid alone wouldn't have gone so smoothly. "
Zhang Xianzhong laughed and said: "Okay, okay, well done. Where is Lao Pan now?"
Bai Wenxuan was stepping onto the steps at this time, and replied in a loud voice on behalf of Zhang Dingguo: "Mr. Pan thought that the marshal would be at Prince Xiang's Mansion, so he and his two ladies went into the Prince's Mansion. Only later did he learn that he was here. He should be at Prince Xiang's Mansion. On the way here.”
Zhang Xianzhong glanced at him and asked, "Xiaobai, you're here! Have you caught that old boy from Prefect Wang?"
Bai Wenxuan replied loudly: "Tell him to run away. We only caught the official Kuang Yueguang, and he has been slaughtered by us."
Zhang Xianzhong asked urgently: "Wang Shuzeng's son of a bitch escaped? How could he escape so fast?"
Bai Wenxuan replied: "When the city was broken, he and Kuang Yueguang, the pusher, were playing leaf plays with the followers of King Fuqing and King Jinxian at the palace of Fuqing. When he saw a fire in the city and heard shouting, he Then he led his servants to protect the two princes and escaped, and they could escape faster than a rabbit.
I led the troops to the magistrate's office but was defeated. When I turned to Prince Fuqing's palace, I heard that he had escaped, so I hurried to the north gate to pursue him. But I didn't see this old boy until I chased him to Linjiang Gate. I heard that twenty or thirty people just ran out of the gate.
I chased them out of the trap again, but they had already escaped from Gongchen Gate and crossed the river from the pontoon. I chased to the pontoon pier, and the pontoon bridge had been set on fire by the officers and soldiers guarding it. Kuang Yueguang was a slow runner, so I caught him inside Gongchenmen and killed him on the spot. "
