As soon as Cao Bin led Yang Jun to leave, Jiang Guanjun took out the uniforms he had reserved in advance and quickly changed into them.
"The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable. I want to go to the city and kill Tian Zongren with my own hands!"
Zhu Renxia believed that Champion Jiang's martial arts skills would enable him to move freely among thousands of troops.
Moreover, he also hoped that Jiang Guanjun would kill Tian Zongren with his own hands to avenge this bloody vengeance for his father-in-law and the people of Jiangjiacun.
"Third uncle, please be careful. I believe you will be able to defeat this thief Tian Zongren!"
"Brother Jiang, I want to go with you!"
Jin Zhu took the initiative to ask for a fight, and as if by magic, he took out the official uniform that he had hidden in advance and quickly put it on.
"Although I have no grudge against Tian Zongren, I like to kill bad people, especially chieftains who do all kinds of evil."
Hou Jie and Xu Le knew that Jiang Guanjun had a grudge against Tian Zongren for killing his father, and they knew that he would follow Yang Jun into Liping City to find Tian Zongren and take revenge personally.
Therefore, they all secretly hid some official uniforms in order to follow the former "General Jiang Qian" into the city.
"What are you all doing?"
Seeing that in addition to Jin Zhu, more than 30 former brothers such as Hou Jie and Xu Le had changed into official uniforms, Jiang Guanjun couldn't help but look angry.
"Hou Jie, Xu Le, who asked you to enter the city with me? You are not allowed to go!"
Hou Jie and Xu Le had no intention of obeying the order.
Xu Le said: "If the battalion commander still regards us as brothers, don't stop us. You are fighting alone in the city, and we are hanging around outside the city. What kind of brothers are you?"
"What Xu Le said is that if you don't let us follow you, Third Brother, then you don't treat us as brothers. I, Hou Jie, will pack my things and leave after returning to Chang'an Town." Hou Jie echoed.
More than thirty other Qi soldiers who had received official uniforms rushed to arms: "Batalion Commander, please let us fight side by side with you!"
Jiang Guanjun showed a look of relief on his face and couldn't help but choked up his voice: "Brothers, since you said so, if I, Jiang Sanli, refuse again, it would be too unreasonable..."
As he spoke, he bowed to everyone: "Brothers, please accept my Jiang San salute!"
Everyone returned the salute: "Batalion Commander, my brother, what are you doing?"
Jiang Erhu next to him also bowed: "Thank you brothers for wanting to avenge our Jiang family. I, Jiang Erhu, will never forget your kindness."
Xu Le and Hou Jie hurriedly took the lead and returned the courtesy: "Second brother, you are serious. You are our elder brother. You must not do anything like this."
Seeing that Jiang Guanjun agreed to take thirty brothers into the city, the other thirty or so Qi Army soldiers who had not grabbed official uniforms immediately gave up.
"We are going too, we are all the same brothers, why are we left outside the city?"
"Batalion Commander, you can't leave us outside. If you want to enter the city, let's all go in together. With more people and more strength, we will definitely cut off Tian Zongren's head tonight!"
Jiang Guanjun could only explain sincerely: "Brothers, I am very grateful for your friendship, but without the cover of official uniforms, it is easy to expose your identity. And mixed in Yang's army, the more people there are, the greater the risk. If someone is Knowing that we are from Chang'an Town will cause huge trouble."
Zhu Renxia stood up in time and made a decision: "You all followed Third Uncle into the city, who will stay and fight with me? Those with official uniforms will follow Third Uncle into the city, and those without clothes will stay and listen to my command."
"Oh well!"
Since the mayor said this, Qi Jiajun, who did not have official uniforms, could only accept the order angrily.
"Then follow the mayor's arrangements, but if we take any action in the future, if the battalion commander abandons us again, he will look down on us."
"Thank you brothers for your friendship. You are the best brothers to you and me, Jiang Sanli!"
Jiang Guanjun put on his official uniform, got on his horse, led more than 30 former members of the Qi army behind Yang Bing's formation, and marched towards Liping in the dark.
Zhu Renxia ordered the remaining troops to move forward, and when they marched to about five miles away from Liping City, they would form a formation to rest and receive Jiang Guanjun's return.
Two hours later, Cao Bin led the troops to the east gate of Liping.
The defenders on the city wall stood with one sentry every five steps and one post every ten steps, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Seeing a troop of soldiers and horses coming from the east, Qianhu Yang Wei, who was sitting on the east city wall, waved his hand and ordered: "Hold my position, and I will make a decision after I find out where this troop of soldiers and horses came from."
Following Yang Qianhu's order, more than a hundred archers on the city wall fired arrows at random.
Raindrops of arrows hit the disguised Yang soldiers with the sound of howling wind, forcing them to stop their progress.
"Don't shoot, one of our own!"
"We came here to support you on orders from Magistrate Deng. It's been a long and dusty journey, and we haven't even had lunch yet. Why are you entertaining us with bows and arrows?"
"Hey... If we had known that the big boss in Liping City wouldn't welcome us, why should we be so sentimental? I think we should just return to Jinping County overnight."
Three or four hundred Yang soldiers in disguise followed Cao Bin's instructions and complained in unison, making a commotion like a wasp exploding its nest.
After hearing this, the Tian soldiers on the city wall reported to Yang Qianhu: "Master Qianhu, this is one of our own, don't shoot any more arrows."
"It's not like I can't hear your nonsense!"
Yang Wei cursed angrily, "Yang Yinglong's rebels have already attacked from the west. We are only a dozen miles away from Liping City. How can we not be cautious?"
To the west of Liping City, the continuous torches of the rebels were looming in sight, and the soldiers in the city were panicked.
After all, most of Tian's private soldiers had never fought in a battle and had no combat experience. They were extremely eager for reinforcements at this moment, and they all begged Yang Qianhu to open the city gate and let the outside teams enter the city.
"There are five to six thousand rebels. We only have more than two thousand people left in the city. We can't do it without reinforcements. How about we open the door quickly and let in the Jinping County police officers?"
"I have good eyesight. This team that came here is definitely an official. They are all wearing the soap shirts of government officials. They cannot be Yang's rebels."
"I also saw clearly that the person who came was indeed an official official, and he must be from Jinping County."
"Hey... the officials in the county government just catch petty thieves on weekdays. I hope they can resist the rebels. I'm afraid the day lilies are cold. However, having reinforcements is better than none. Maybe they can help to some extent. .”
Yang Wei grabbed the gun from a soldier next to him, raised his head and fired a shot.
"boom!"
A crisp gunshot overwhelmed the chirping sounds, and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "I'm not deaf or blind, if anyone makes any more noise, I'll shatter your Tianling Cap with one shot!"
Under Yang Wei's shock, the chaotic chatter on the city wall was suppressed.
"You said they were reinforcements from Jinping County. Do you have proof?"
Yang Wei held up a torch, raised his voice, and asked under the city wall.
A man with a loud voice from the city also replied in a loud voice: "I have the county magistrate's seal and ribbon and command arrow as proof."
"Find someone to bring and talk to."
Yang Wei waved his hand, and several soldiers immediately came over and used ropes to lower a bamboo basket large enough to accommodate an adult down the city wall.
"You go to the city wall to cheat."
Cao Bin found a man who had worked as a historian in Bozhou County Yamen, was familiar with Yamen procedures, and was eloquent, and went out to defraud with the county magistrate's seal ribbon and command arrow.
"I'm Hu Lin, the magistrate of Jinping County, don't shoot the arrows, don't shoot the arrows!"
His name is indeed Hu Lin, but he is not the Dianshi of Jinping County, but he used to be the Dianshi of Huangping County under the jurisdiction of Bozhou.
Hu Lin hung the bag containing the seal ribbon and the command arrow around his neck, raised his hands, carefully walked to the bottom of the city, bent down and got into the bamboo basket.
"Raise the basket!"
Yang Wei gave an order, and four or five field soldiers quickly pulled the hemp rope and raised the people in the bamboo basket to the city wall.
"I am Hu Lin, the magistrate of Jinping County."
Hu Lin jumped out of the basket and handed the bundle to Yang Wei with both hands. "I heard that Yang Yinglong's rebels intended to attack Liping City. Magistrate Deng specially ordered me to lead my troops to support them."
Liping Prefecture has seven counties under its jurisdiction, and there are seven of them alone. Moreover, Dianshi is only a low-ranking ninth-rank official, so Yang Wei doesn't know what the name of Jinping County's Dianshi is, let alone who Hu Lin is.
But when he saw that this man behaved like an official, and his voice also sounded like a government official, and he was wearing a green official robe, Yang Wei was already convinced.
He quickly checked the magistrate's seal and ribbon and the command arrow. They seemed to be genuine, and he was already convinced.
"The seal and ribbon are real, and the arrows are real, but why is there no document from Magistrate Deng?"
In a responsible manner, Yang Wei asked another question before ordering the door to open.
