After the three-way gathering drum was beaten, all the generals of Runan City, big and small, gathered at the prefect's mansion. But after waiting and waiting, they did not see the arrival of the prefect Qiao Rui. The messengers outside the city and at the city gate came one after another with urgent news.
They were sent to the Prefect's Mansion. The bridge was no longer open, and the Prefect's Mansion was in chaos. A group of generals, led by Liang Gang, agreed to immediately gather troops and horses to leave the city, waiting for those who were not stable to fight for a fight. Li Feng was the leader.
But a group of civil servants disagreed. The Yellow Turban Army had been destroyed for a long time, and even if it remained until now, it was no more than a mountain bandit. Why should it care about this group of petty thieves? The two sides argued back and forth, but never came to a conclusion.
"Report...! My lords, we have found out that the people surrounding me in Runan are Liu Pi and Gong Du, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Beishan!"
Li Feng and Liang Gang were shocked at the same time. Didn't Qiaorui say that Liu Pi was one of his own? How could he come to attack Runan? Another point is that Qiaorui sent Liu Pi to lead his troops to ambush Panlong River. How could Liu Pi do this?
Appearing here? After all, Li Feng was smarter than Liang Gang. He immediately guessed that Liu Pi and Long Fei had already colluded, and Qiao Rui and them were all deceived.
"Quickly, summon the guards and go find the prefect!" Li Feng shouted and ran towards the door.
The city of Runan was in chaos, with soldiers outside the city pressing down on the territory, and all the dragons and dragons in the city without a leader. Liu Pi divided his 8,000 soldiers and horses into two groups. One group was led by Gong Du to attack the north gate, and the other group was led by himself to bypass the west gate and attack by force. The soldiers who defended the city
They desperately defended, but there was no unified coordination and command, and the army did not dare to meet the enemy without receiving military orders. Seeing that the two city gates were in danger.
The cry of killing echoed over Runan. Qiao Rui sat in his bedroom and faced Long Fei. He had already guessed who attacked Runan. In fact, he knew that Liu Pi was not very reliable, but he had always believed
There is a belief that as long as he does not fall, Liu Pi will not do anything to him. Liu Pi's goal is Runan. He also knows that after he eradicates the Yuan family's influence in Yuzhou, he can give Runan to Liu Pi, but
As of now, Liu Pi can't wait any longer.
"What do you want?" Qiao Rui glared at Long Fei.
Long Fei moved all the pastries and teapots in Qiaorui's bedroom in front of him. He was in a hurry to go out in the morning and hadn't had breakfast yet. Not to mention, Qiaorui was a very good owner, and the pastries tasted really good.
Yes, it has a bit of the taste of the palace back then. Grabbing a piece of pastry, Long Fei smiled slightly: "Yes, I didn't expect there to be such delicious pastries in Runan! Can you recommend the pastry chef, Prefect Qiao, to me?
Shall I take it back to Wancheng?"
Qiao Rui didn't answer him, and his eyes shot out fiercely. Unfortunately, he was not Long Fei's opponent. He just stretched out his hand and let someone beat him up, and when he did it again, there was a shadow in his heart. Qiao Rui breathed a sigh of relief: "General Long
, I, Qiao Rui, feel that nothing I have done is wrong to you, General Long, why on earth did you do this?"
"Hahaha!" Long Fei smiled: "Prefect Qiao is really forgetful. An assassin appeared in my camp a few days ago. It must have nothing to do with Prefect Qiao, right?"
"Of course it has nothing to do with it! I, Qiao Rui, have always been upright in my conduct, and will never do anything as sneaky as General Long!"
"Hahaha..." Long Fei laughed wildly: "Cheating? What a steal. Speaking of stealing, I will have a good talk with the prefect. The prefect Qiao was originally a minister of Yuan Yi and helped Yuan Shu steal Yangzhou, but now he wants to stand on his own.
, Yuzhou and Yangzhou, who wanted to seize Yuan Shu, in order for me to kill Yuan Shu, they did not hesitate to collude with the assassins of the Black Ice Sect to assassinate me. However, when the plan failed, Liu Pi was asked to ambush in Panlong River. Thinking about it, this kind of thing is not as despicable as sneaking around, right?
"
"Humph!" Qiao Rui snorted coldly: "I have no idea what the general said. I, Qiao Rui, am also a man and do things honestly. I have no idea what the general said!"
"So it seems that Governor Qiao doesn't admit his fault?" Long Fei slowly stood up with his blood-red dagger in his hand. He flipped his wrist and the dagger drew a big circle in front of Qiao Rui's eyes, leaving a long
A long red shadow.
Qiao Rui was startled and moved back unconsciously: "What are you going to do?"
Long Fei curled up his lips: "It turns out that Governor Qiao is also afraid of death!"
Qiao Rui didn't answer, with an angry look on his face. Long Fei's red dagger whirled back and forth on Qiao Rui's neck. Qiao Rui held her neck and didn't dare to move: "Long Fei, don't get too proud too early, kill me."
Don’t even think about going out without me!”
"You don't need to worry about this. If I can come in, I will have a way out. It's better to consider your life and death!"
Li Feng and Liang Gang led one outside the mansion and the other inside the mansion to conduct a pull-out search. A servant who was driven out of Qiaorui's bedroom told Li Feng that Qiaorui was in the bedroom with the clerk from Juxian Pavilion.
Li Feng immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly sent more men to surround the entire courtyard where Qiao Rui lived. He sent two soldiers to knock on the door.
"Who?" a voice asked at the door.
Li Feng shouted loudly from a distance: "Brother, Liu Pi is attacking the city outside the city. Come out quickly and command the enemy!" Although this sentence is simple, it conveys everything about such a major event as Liu Pi's siege.
Having said that, letting Qiao Rui come out to defend against the enemy shows that the situation is critical.
Someone in the room said: "The Governor of Qiao is not free, you can think of your own solution."
"Who are you? You held the prefect hostage, do you know it is a capital crime?" Li Feng recognized that it was not Qiao Rui's voice.
The man in the room smiled: "Take the prefect hostage? I've taken the general hostage, not to mention the prefect?"
Li Feng was immediately dumbfounded. This clearly told him that the person in the room was none other than Long Fei. Li Feng waved his hand, called over a few soldiers, and whispered a few instructions, and they immediately left the room.
There was no movement inside. Li Feng asked the soldiers to approach the house slowly, and was about to rush out. Suddenly the door opened, Long Fei's dagger was placed on Qiao Rui's neck, and he hid behind Qiao Rui, slowly and slowly
Walked out slowly.
"Slow down!" Li Feng quickly stopped the soldiers who were about to charge forward. The soldiers all gathered around and formed a circle three steps away from Long Fei and Qiao Rui. Li Feng laughed: "General Long, what are you doing?
What are you doing? Let my brother go quickly. The yellow turban thieves are coming from outside the city. Defending the enemy is the best way!"
"Yellow Turban Thief? Didn't you just say he was Liu Pi? Liu Pi seems to be one of yours too!"
"Li Feng, immediately order Liang Gang to mobilize the army and go out of the city to fight, while the rest of the people go to the city to defend!" Qiao Rui was still somewhat heroic, with the knife on his neck and issued his last order in this life. Li Feng agreed and immediately
He sent someone out to deliver the message. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Liang Gang coming back covered in blood. As he ran, he shouted out of breath: "Quick! Close the door, Liu Pi has entered the city! Runan has been lost!"
Qiao Rui suddenly felt that his legs were weak. If Long Fei didn't hold up his clothes, he would definitely not be able to stand. This is actually not a strange thing. Qiao Rui is a cautious person. Runan's army
Basically, they were stationed in the north and west. In Runan City, there were only 3,000 troops led by Liang Gang. The reason why Liu Pi was recruited to surrender was to help him.
When Liu Pi's army came, the officials in Runan were in chaos. They were not used to fighting without orders, and each one only cared about themselves. So Liu Pi quickly killed him on the city wall. When the city gate opened, the soldiers had already realized this.
As a result of the battle, they all turned around and ran away. Liu Pi and Gong Du joined forces and fought with the defenders in Runan City. The first thing to capture was naturally the granary and the weapons depot. If you mastered these two places, you would have captured half of them.
Before the defenders set fire to the city, Liu Pi personally led his troops to kill them. These Yellow Turbans were all elite soldiers who had experienced great battles. They knew the iron law of the battlefield that you can survive without fear of death. They fought bravely and marched forward.
The defenders were severely defeated.
Liang Gang led his men to look for Qiaorui outside the mansion. When they reached Sandao Street, they happened to run into Gong Du, who was coming towards him. The two sides immediately fought each other. Liang Gang led the guards of Qiaorui's prefecture.
Although their fighting strength was not weak, they were outnumbered. In a short period of time, they were killed by Gong Du and retreated steadily. Liang Gang and Gong Du fought a three-way battle, but when he was not careful, he was slashed on the left shoulder by Gong Du and fled in a hurry.
"Nonsense, how could Liu Pi conquer the city so quickly with only a few thousand soldiers and horses?" Li Feng grabbed Liang Gang and said, "I think you escaped back because you were afraid of death?"
"You!" Liang Gang grabbed Li Feng's collar: "Normally, you say I can do anything, but you say I'm afraid of death and I won't be done with you!" As he spoke, he used his right hand that was still bleeding.
He touched his own sword at his waist.
"Kill...! Kill Qiaorui! Kill Qiaorui!" The shouts outside the mansion's gate could be heard clearly. Liu Biren had already arrived outside the mansion's gate, and everyone inside was in panic. Qiaorui seemed to have calmed down.
He let out a sigh of relief: "Man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation. In the end, it is all in vain! General Long, can you do me a favor? I will never forget General Long's great kindness until my death!"
"Tell me!"
"My death is a small matter. There are more than a hundred people in this mansion who all died with me. I couldn't bear it. It was true that I sent people to assassinate the general. But the mistake was that I had nothing to do with them. I also asked General Long to take care of me. Even if I was a bridge
Rui begged the general before she died!" Qiao Rui's knees softened and she knelt in front of Long Fei.
Just as Long Fei was about to agree, the courtyard door was violently knocked open. Liu Pi and Gong Du led a group of fierce soldiers and barged in. Gong Du laughed loudly: "Brother, do it and move everything you can to me."
Get out! This will be our home from now on!" The soldiers looked excited and started to take action. Soon the sounds of women and children crying came from the backyard, as well as the grunts of wild boars in heat.
No need to ask Qiaorui's family what the outcome will be.
"Liu Pi! You are not human! Even if you become a ghost, I will not let you go!" Qiao Rui's tears flowed from her cheeks into her neck.
Long Fei couldn't bear it. Before he could open his mouth, Liu Pi stopped him and said, "General Long, you seem to have broken your promise. Have you forgotten our deal?"
Long Fei gritted his teeth and stared at Liu Pi. He pressed the top of Qiao Rui's head with one hand, and slashed Qiao Rui's neck hard with the dagger in his other hand, and a bloody human head fell out.