The troops were left behind and then there was no news. They were like kites with broken strings, never returning, and even a deserter did not return. Xu Jie knew exactly what they were like, but fortunately, the pursuit speed of the Taiping Army was still delayed, and the journey from the first one or two hours was gradually increased by about a day, which somewhat made him feel relieved.

There are basically no soldiers or soldiers in Zhengyang County. As long as he leads his troops back to Zhengyang County, he can alleviate the current dilemma. At least there will be a solid county town that can be defended at that time.

Liu Xingwen is helpless now. He pursued all the way, and Yantu's Zhengyang soldiers who originally blocked him surrendered one after another. In the end, there were as many as 10,000 Zhengyang soldiers who surrendered, which was more than the combined troops of his city gate army and the Dazhu Hanshan Camp. How to deal with these surrendered soldiers is also a headache for him.

You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must be careful of others. On the one hand, Liu Xingwen must ensure his pursuit speed, and on the other hand, he must be in charge of these surrendered soldiers to avoid causing trouble. He is really angry when he is busy. These surrendered soldiers are not in a stable mood now. After being incorporated into the chasing sequence, they act slowly, greatly dragging down the speed of the entire army, making Liu Xingwen very angry. But he was helpless. In order to ensure safety, the surrendered soldiers were taken by Liu Xingwen as hostages. Those surrendered soldiers who were not commanded by the commander could not get fast.

After a lot of hardships and running all the way, Xu Jie finally returned to the foot of Zhengyang County City. However, looking at Zhengyang County City from afar made him stunned. Above the city, the flag of Dayue was no longer flying, but the flag of the Taiping Army's fire sword.

He was frozen there, how could this be possible? Where did the Taiping Army get in front of him?

The army advanced under the city of Zhengyang County. Under the dazzling sunshine, the scene he saw made Xu Jie feel even more sad and angry. More than a dozen flagpoles were erected on the top of the city, and a corpse was hanging on each of them. Those people were very familiar to him, and the closest person was his male relative of the Xu family's direct descendant.

His father, uncle, cousin, and his son and nephew.

He screamed in grief and anger. The chaos within Zhengyang County, which he was most worried about, finally happened. The merchants at both ends of the rat finally betrayed Dayue.

"Prepare to attack the city!" He screamed loudly, "There is no soldiers or soldiers in the city gate. Take down Zhengyang County City, and turn your hands together."

The rumbling sound of war drums sounded, and the remaining 25,000 soldiers under Xu Jie began to prepare the equipment for siege. Everyone knew very well that if they could not quickly take down Zhengyang County City, when the Taiping Army behind them caught up, they would die without a place to bury them.

The second drum sounded, and the sound of trombone sounded from the city. Rows of people appeared on the top of the city. Looking at the people appearing on the top of the city, the drummers raised the drumsticks in the air and could no longer swing. The soldiers who were preparing siege equipment and silently wiped the swords and guns also put down their weapons and looked up at the city wall.

There was no soldier on it, but there were countless people, including old and young, men and women. At the forefront were the gentry in Zhengyang County.

Above the city, Tian Zhen smiled and looked at the trembling legs of the gentry standing in front. They had to come because behind each of them, there was a soldier from the Eagle Nest holding a short knife, pressing against their back.

"Brother Tian, ​​is this okay? If Xu Jie goes crazy, we will all die here!" Tian Damao's whole body was shaking like a sieve. No one was holding a knife behind him, but there was Tian Zhen standing beside him.

"Why can't it work, of course." Tian Zhen remained silent.

"But we have already killed the Xu family, it would be strange if Xu Jie doesn't fight hard!" Tian Damao said angrily: "I said before that you can threaten Xu Jie if you leave these people's lives. You have to kill them. Now, he has no way out. He hates us so much, and must think about burning all the jades."

"Da Mao, don't forget who is the army below?" Tian Zhen sneered: "Who is the soldiers of Zhengyang County who are not locals? There are no parents and relatives standing on this city? Not to mention the civilian army, they were organized by you gentry and food, and most of the officers are the relatives of you gentry. Do you think they will obey Xu Jie's orders when they see you standing on the top of this city?"

After pausing, Tian Zhen continued, "Killing Xu Jie is to tell these people that Xu is over. Xu Jie is now a lonely man. They will do what to do."

"But, this is too risky." Tian Damao's face was still pale. He was standing in the middle with Tian Zhen now. If a row of arrows came up below, Tian Zhen might be fine, he would have to meet the King of Hell because he was not familiar with martial arts.

At the moment when Tian Damao was trembling, a sharp voice rang out on the top of the city: "Son, stop beating, Dayue is over, even His Majesty the Emperor is dead."

Tian Zhen smiled. It was the people he arranged to start inciting the crowd.

Sure enough, a man spoke, and above the city, shouting suddenly came one after another.

"Son, stop beating!"

"My husband, surrender! My son and I are waiting for you!"

"Dad, I miss you, go home!"

"Brother, my father is ill and he is almost out of reach. I'm holding on for a breath and waiting for you to see him for the last time!"

The sound of calling on the city was so heartbreaking and heartbroken. The soldiers under the city looked dissatisfied. Too many people saw familiar faces from the top of the city and heard familiar voices.

With a sound of a weapon falling to the ground from somewhere.

Xu Jie was so angry that he trembled all over. He never expected that the other party would use such a shameless and vulgar move. Looking back at the soldiers behind him, there was no point in fighting spirit.

"Shoot, shoot arrow!" He shouted loudly at the general beside him.

But the general stood there like a wooden sculpture and clay sculpture, looking at the city. Xu Jie was furious and whipped it down with a whip on his back hand, knocking off the general's helmet, and there was a blood mark on his face.

"Li Qing, I told you to shoot arrows, didn't you hear it?" Li Qing was the commander of the county soldiers. When Xu Jie returned to Zhengyang County City, he was the first person to be under his command.

"Mr. Xu Jun. My family is above the city, standing next to Tian Damao. There is my father, mother, wife, son, and daughter. Do you ask me to shoot an arrow? Do you want me to kill them in person?" Li Qing looked at Xu Jie angrily.

"What are you reluctant to be loyal to the country? You are entitled to the country and take advantage of the government's salary, and you are in this crisis in the country. If you don't want to serve the country and be loyal to the emperor, what do you want to do?" Xu Jie yelled.

"Mr. Xu, your family is all dead. Of course you can say that, I can't." Li Qing yelled back with his eyes and stared at him.

Xu Jie looked at the other party with a heavy breath, slowly touching the hilt of the knife. With a swish, the sword was unsheathed and slashed towards Li Qing like lightning.

"Damn it for your ministers!"

This knife seemed unexpected and was as powerful as lightning, but Li Qing seemed to be on guard. The moment Xu Jie waved the knife, he also pulled it out to greet him. With a bang, sparks flew everywhere, and two swords slashed in one place.

"Mr. Xu, don't force me!" Li Qing roared.

Xu Jie's eyes were blood red, and he waved his knife again, "I'll kill you, an unfaithful bastard!"

Li Qing waved his sword to block it again, and the grief and anger in his eyes turned into cruelty. "Kill him!" he shouted sternly.

Behind Xu Jie, several soldiers and cavalrymen heard Li Qing's orders, raised their spear without thinking and stabbed Xu Jie directly from several directions. A few times, the spear entered the flesh and blood was scattered.

The county magistrate and the county soldiers turned against each other on the spot. All the county soldiers and officers were stunned to see the scene of blood splashing everywhere. Seeing Xu Jie falling down from his horse, a large number of breath-taking sounds sounded at the scene.

Li Qing jumped off his horse and walked to Xu Jie who was dying with his eyes open and leaning against the sky, "Mr. Xu, I'm sorry, if you want to blame, you can only blame our Emperor for being too unsatisfied. Da Yue should die, it's not the ability of people like us to turn the tide."

He suddenly swung his sword and slashed Xu Jie's head with one knife, bent down and lifted it up, and walked down the city with great strides.

He held Xu Jie's head high and shouted loudly to the city: "Listen to the people in the city, I have killed Xu Jie, I am willing to lead all the county soldiers and civilians to surrender to the Taiping Army."

On the city, Tian Damao no longer shook and his body was straight. Tian Zhen beside him finally let go of the tightly clenched fist in his sleeves, and his palms were filled with sweat.

He was on the risk, but he succeeded.

"Da Mao, let's go out to meet this General Li together." Tian Zhen smiled and took Tian Damao's hand, and the two walked side by side to the city.

When it was dark, Liu Xingwen's city gate army, Dazhu's Shanshan Camp and more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers finally arrived under Zhengyang County. However, what surprised Liu Xingwen was that the fire sword flag was flying above the county town, and Tian Zhen was happily riding his horse towards them alone. The last troops in Zhengyang County that he had been chasing were now silenced, sitting in rows of places around the city wall.

"Brother Liu, Zhengyang has nothing to do!" Tian Zhen bowed to Liu Xingwen with a smile and said.

"Brother Tian is a good method. He can take down Zhengyang County without a single soldier. This is a great contribution!" Liu Xingwen said with a sour voice. Dazhu fought in Gong County for many days and ran all the way from Shayang County. But in the end, the greatest contribution was taken away by Tian Zhen, the boy.

"What is this credit?" Tian Zhen laughed: "Without the intimidation of Brother Dazhu and your Brother Liu's army, I had been cut into meat sauce long ago. Brother Liu, now I will immediately reorganize the army and attack Yuejing City and assist General Qin in taking it down, which is the real credit!"

The two of them looked at each other and laughed.
Chapter completed!