Liu Yuanhu reined up his horse under the city wall, looked up, and suddenly felt as small as an ant.
The city wall of Bozhou was built by Yang Yinglong and was built to a height of five or six feet, even higher than the city wall of Guiyang. It was considered impregnable.
But the strange city wall in front of us is more than ten feet high. It is incomparable to Bozhou, Guiyang, and even the capital city. It is simply a miraculous workmanship and the power of an immortal.
"This city wall is really scary. It seems that there will be magicians to help the officers and soldiers. But people in the city don't want to come out. I want to see how this Zhu Renxia comes out."
The rebels' ladder is only about four feet high. Even if the officers and soldiers in the city do not guard the city, the rebels cannot enter.
But Liu Yuanhu refused to give up, and was unwilling to let the cooked duck fly away, so he ordered the entire army to camp on the spot, trapping the soldiers and civilians in the city.
Soon, the rebels built a camp outside Sinan County and waited.
"Haha... I am indeed a genius!"
Seeing the rebels swirling around like ants building a nest, Zhu Changan couldn't help but laugh loudly.
This time, I could finally change the trend of the war in the box without having to kill anyone.
Zhu Changan checked his health value uneasily and found that it had increased by 3 points today. It was probably because Zhu Renxia promoted his merits in the city and attracted the worship of the people, so he gained health value.
The rebels outside the city could not climb the city wall, and the officers and soldiers in the city were also unable to climb the towering city wall. They knew nothing about the situation outside the city, and their hearts were a little uncertain.
Zhu Renxia asked in his heart: "Tianzun, what's going on outside the city?"
"The rebels are camped outside the city. They seem to be fighting a protracted war with you and trapping you in the city." Zhu Changan truthfully told the rebels' actions.
Zhu Renxia said: "Then I'm relieved. The food in our city is enough for all the soldiers and civilians to last for several months. At most, the supply of vegetables and meat will be insufficient. I want to see what the rebels can use to fight a protracted war with me."
"Haha... With this Heavenly Lord here, are you still afraid that you won't have anything to eat?"
Zhu Changan laughed and sent a batch of supplies to the city, including rice, instant noodles, cooked beef, raw pork, and some beer and drinks.
"Give it to the people and say that Chang'an Tianzun couldn't stand the war and went out of his way to help the people."
Zhu Renxia thanked him continuously: "Thank you Tianzun. In fact, the reinforcements led by Jiang Guanjun should be arriving soon. Even without the food you funded, we can defeat the rebels."
Zhu Renxia sent Ding Xiao to distribute food to the soldiers and civilians in the city and publicize the kindness of Chang'an Tianzun. The people burst into tears of gratitude and worshiped him.
Zhu Changan's health value increased rapidly again. It increased by seven or eight points in one day, and soon exceeded the value of 90 again.
In the middle of the night, a group of men and horses suddenly arrived, and the sound of killing was loud and went straight into the sky.
It turned out that Jiang Guanjun led the Chang'an Army and two thousand other civilians to kill them. They quietly went outside the rebel camp in the middle of the night, spread their antlers to cover up and killed them.
The rebels were caught off guard and suffered numerous casualties.
Jiang Guanjun brandished his spear and charged first. Wherever the horse's hooves hit, it was unstoppable and killed hundreds of people.
The other officers and soldiers of the Chang'an Army did not lag behind. Under the leadership of leaders such as Xu Le, Zhu Junjian, Hou Jie, etc., they fought bravely to kill the enemy. The rebels who were directly killed screamed in agony, and corpses were everywhere.
When Zhu Changan saw the reinforcements arriving, he took out all the square bricks and restored Sinan County to its old state. "Your reinforcements have arrived, go out to support!"
Zhu Renxia immediately got on his horse and opened the way with Jin Zhu and Ding Xiao. He led the Junzi Company and more than 300 soldiers to rush out and join forces with the Chang'an army inside and outside.
"Chang'an Army, don't panic, we are following the mayor to support you!"
The gentlemen who came out of the city took the lead, killing the rebels and retreating steadily.
The Chang'an army who came from outside shouted loudly: "It's obviously you who are panicking, why are we panicking? Even if you are watching the show on the city wall, we can still kill the rebels and throw away their armor!"
Being attacked from both inside and outside by officers and soldiers, the rebels could not withstand it and suffered more than a thousand casualties. They abandoned their camp and fled in panic.
"Chase them!"
Zhu Renxia waved his sword and ordered the whole army to pursue him.
Jin Zhu galloped up and ran as fast as he could, relying on the "rouge blood" under his crotch, and soon caught up with Liu Yuanhu.
"Thief general, where are you going? Leave your head behind!"
Liu Yuanhu had no intention of fighting, so he fought and left.
But Jin Zhu's horse was fast and he seized the opportunity to cut off Liu Yuanhu's horse with a single blow.
After the death of their general, the rebel army was in disarray. They were chased by officers and soldiers for forty to fifty miles, and more than five hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were captured.
The remaining rebels were leaderless and scattered for their lives.
In the end, there were less than a thousand people left in the team of more than 4,000 people. They no longer dared to go to Tongren Mansion. Instead, they ran towards Bozhou and fled frantically for their lives.
Zhu Renxia said: "This place is less than thirty miles away from Tongren. Let's fight and take back the city without stopping."
Jiang Guanjun nodded in praise: "That's what I meant. Without further ado, we acted quickly and overnight."
Jiang Guanjun left a thousand men behind to escort the prisoners to Sinan County to await their fate. He led the Chang'an Army and another thousand people to follow Zhu Renxia to kill Tongren City overnight.
Before Zhu Renxia left, he said to Wang Bin: "I will leave the situation in the county to you. If I go to Tongren, I will definitely defeat the city in one fell swoop."
Wang Bin was filled with admiration: "The magistrate is really like a god in his military skills. The subordinates are so impressed that they fall to the ground."
Zhu Renxia secretly laughed in his heart and said: "I don't use soldiers like a god, but I have the help of gods."
Before setting off, Zhu Renxia ordered the prisoners to strip off their armor and put them on, then carried the flags of Yang Yinglong and Liu Yuanhu, and marched toward Tongren after dark.
Late at night, the officers and soldiers arrived at the city gate and called the door in unison.
"Open the door, open the door quickly, the officers and soldiers are chasing us!"
"Hurry up and ask your magistrate Tian to open the door, otherwise the soldiers will have to talk to each other when they enter the city!"
The Tian clan soldiers on the city wall lacked combat experience. When they saw the opposite side wearing rebel armor and carrying Liu Yuanhu's flag, they didn't think much and opened the city gate in a daze.
"Kill!"
"Come on!"
"Capture Tian Zongyi alive!"
The Chang'an Army has now become a battle-hardened and experienced elite force. After entering the city, they killed the Tian clan soldiers by surprise and quickly took control of the four city gates of Tongren.
Nearly two thousand Tian clan soldiers died, some fled, and some surrendered, and soon fell apart. Tian Zongyi was unable to escape and was captured alive by the Chang'an army.
The person who caught him personally was none other than Zhu Renxia's brother-in-law Jiang Xiaoyu.
"Guan Gu, you still want to run away, please be honest!"
After more than half a year of training, Jiang Xiaoyu, who had become much stronger and stronger, kicked Tian Zongyi to the ground and tied him up with hemp rope.
Because Zhu Renxia took Jinzhu as his concubine, Jiang Xiaoyu was so angry that he didn't talk to his brother-in-law for more than a month. Now that he had made great achievements, he was so happy that he forgot about it and personally escorted Tian Zongyi to see him.
"Mayor, I caught the dog magistrate and brought him here specially for you to deal with."
Jiang Xiaoyu pressed the steel knife in his hand against Tian Zongyi's neck and shouted loudly: "I have asked someone to verify it. This person is definitely Tian Zongyi. It is guaranteed to be true."
"Dog Magistrate?"
Zhu Renxia held up the black gauze hat on his head and felt that his brother-in-law's words seemed to be referring to Sang and Huai. However, he was too lazy to argue with him. He looked Tian Zongyi up and down and asked.
"Are you Tian Zongyi?"
Tian Zongyi nodded expressionlessly: "It's me."
"As the prefect, you are deeply favored by the emperor. Why do you want to rebel?" Zhu Renxia asked.
Tian Zongyi sighed: "Yang Yinglong took advantage of me and threatened me. Rebellion is also a death penalty, and failure to rebel is also a death penalty. I can only take a gamble."
"It's a pity that you lost the bet!"
Zhu Renxia stopped talking nonsense with him and called Xu Le, the commander of the second battalion, and asked him to send a company to escort Tian Zongren to Guiyang and hand it over to the governor of Jiangdong for his decision. At the same time, he wrote a letter reporting the victory of Tongren and asking for credit and rewards for the soldiers.
