Several groups of Xia army soldiers with distinctive armor and unruly faces came to the four city gates in a swaggering manner, and said bluntly to the gate guards:
"Hurry and push open, we will take over the city gate!"
When the city gate guard saw this, he frowned and felt something bad in his heart, and quickly responded:
"Is there any official document from the Prefect's Palace or an order from His Highness King Qi?"
When the leader heard the words, he snorted coldly and said:
"We are the troops of the Zhenyi camp, the bandits are causing chaos, and the Yun army is harassing us. At such a critical moment, you and other county soldiers have no power to defend the state and county from outside. In this case, we and other border troops need to take over the city defense!
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When the city gate guard heard this, his eyes widened and he said angrily:
"There is no official document or order to take over the city defense. Your Shao family has taken the courage of a bear and tried to rebel!"
When the leader heard this, his eyes widened, he pressed the handle of the knife and shouted:
"You are waiting for the corpse to be a meal, unable to defend the city defense, and you have not handed over the power of city defense. Do you still want the rebels to break into the city again and wreak havoc? Oh, or are you colluding with the rebels? No wonder, those rebels before,
Why did you break into the city so easily?"
When the guard heard this, his face turned red and he shouted angrily:
"Wait till you fart!"
The person opposite pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he said fiercely:
"Do you want to surrender? If you continue to be stubborn, be careful that we ignore the feelings of our colleagues!"
The gatekeeper's face turned red, and he was furious. He even put his hand on the saber at his waist, and he had the intention of taking action if he disagreed with him.
It was a group of county soldiers around the guard. Seeing the tense situation, they quickly held down their leader and whispered:
"Boss, don't be stubborn. Guarding the city gate is hard work. If they want to take it, just take it!"
"That's right, boss, we are just the top soldiers, we can't compare to the Shao family!"
"Boss, think about your family. It won't do any good to offend the Shao family!"
Several people talked to each other and managed to persuade the city gate guard to stop.
The guard's face was ugly, he looked at the leader on the opposite side fiercely, and finally gritted his teeth and said:
"Okay! If you want to guard the city gate for us, just keep it!"
After that, the guard general threw away his subordinates and walked down the city wall angrily.
The leader snorted coldly and said arrogantly to the county soldiers remaining on the city wall:
"Get out of here too!"
All the county soldiers also looked ugly, but they still managed to endure it and left the city wall dejectedly.
Seeing the county soldiers leaving, the leader waved his hand, and the soldiers he brought immediately swarmed up the city wall and took over the city defense.
"Close the city gate! Send someone else to tell the head of the family that it's time to take action!"
"yes!"
Following the leader's order, at noon, the entire Fengzhou city gate was tightly closed amidst the astonishment of the people outside the city.
At the same time, in Fengzhou City, the gate of the Shao family, the leader of the southwestern generals, suddenly opened. Thousands of private soldiers of the Shao family were pouring out of the gate and scattering to various parts of the city.
The old head of the Shao family was sitting in the lobby holding a dragon-headed crutch.
There are still many people sitting in the hall, and the heads of families from southwestern general families in Fengzhou City are all gathered here at this time.
The old man shouted sternly with a strong voice:
"These unscrupulous people dare to collude with the bandits and hide our property secretly. They really don't know whether to live or die! You have previously asked me to come forward to uphold justice and recover the property of each family. I spent a few days and specially sent the people stationed below to
The Shao family's private soldiers from the county have been recalled to take over the city defense today, in order to search from house to house and find all our family's belongings!"
When the heads of the general family in the hall heard this, their faces were full of surprise, and they all raised their hands and said:
"Thank you, old man, for upholding justice for us!"
The old head of the Shao family nodded, raised his head and snorted coldly:
"There is one more thing, about King Qi!"
"King Qi?"
The heads of the houses here were all speechless after hearing this.
King Qi took office as the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Frontier Army, but it did not last long.
However, since his transfer, he has used various means to prevent the Yun Kingdom from invading, and has successively transferred tens of thousands of troops from various places to enhance the strength of the southwest frontier army.
But unfortunately, these southwest frontier troops are obviously not under the control of these generals!
King Qi had been working hard in the army for a long time. With tens of thousands of troops as his support and the great righteousness of the court, he resorted to frequent tactics. In just one year, the generals in the southwest had to go into hibernation temporarily.
Therefore, the heads of all the aristocratic families obviously have lingering fears about King Qi and do not want to mention it.
Seeing this situation, the old head of the Shao family said nothing and ordered his servants to send a letter to each of the heads of the family.
All the family heads took a look and suddenly looked horrified. They looked at the old head of the Shao family and asked:
"Old Master, is this true or false?"
"This is nothing short of sensational! But, is there any evidence?"
On the paper that was delivered, there was clearly written a plan for King Qi to send his cronies to disguise themselves as Yun Kingdom cavalry, harass the states and counties, and massacre their general families.
The old head of the Shao family glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice:
"This is absolutely true. If you don't believe it, you can go and ask around. The surrounding states and counties were captured by the Yun army, and all the generals and families in the city were wiped out!"
When the family heads heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. One of them couldn't help but stood up, cupped his hands and said:
"It's not that I don't want to believe the old lady, but it's too sensational at this time... I don't know, old lady, do you have any evidence?"
Hearing this, the old man of the Shao family shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"The number of men and horses sent by King Qi is only a few hundred, but they are all elite, capable of moving like the wind, brave and capable. Therefore, I did not capture anyone alive!"
He paused, saw the different expressions of everyone present, and spoke again:
"Do you still remember the Yun army who suddenly came to kill them at night after the rebels left?"
Upon hearing this, all the family heads nodded their heads and said:
"Speaking of which, if you hadn't received the news in advance and gathered the remaining troops in the city to ambush us, we would have been in danger of overthrowing!"
Hearing this, the old head of the Shao family waved his hand and said:
"I don't know which righteous person secretly sent me the news about this matter, and this saved everyone from the disaster! And the person who sent the message made it clear that this plan was the plan of King Qi, and it was to get rid of the enemy.
We are waiting for the general family!"
All the family heads felt dizzy after hearing this, but they still looked in disbelief.
Everyone knew that King Qi was not abiding by the rules, but sending troops to pretend to be enemy troops and massacre the entire family of the lieutenant general was really unbelievable!
The old head of the Shao family continued:
"In order to verify this matter, I specially ordered people to collect the corpses left by the 'Yun Army' and identify them one by one. Sure enough, one of King Qi's personal guards who was near was recognized by my private soldiers!"
With a "bang" sound, one of the family heads trembled violently and immediately knocked the tea cup he was holding to the ground. The spilled tea splashed all over him.
For a moment, the entire lobby felt as if the play button had been pressed, and the noise immediately began.
"This, how can this be good!"
"This King Qi is going too far! We have already given in many times, what else does he want?"
"Hmph, it seems that the Daxia royal family no longer wants this southwest land!"
"Damn it, I shouldn't have surrendered in the first place!"
"Tell me, what should I do?"
"The knife is on my neck, what else can I do? I turned against him!"
"The situation is different now! King Qi's ruthless methods have been mostly successful. Nowadays, the generals and families in the southwest have suffered heavy losses. How can I, with the power of Fengzhou alone, stop the imperial army from suppressing the rebellion?"
Seeing that the mood in the hall was getting more and more exciting, the old man of the Shao family suddenly hit his crutches and coughed lightly.
Only then did everyone react and looked at him suddenly.
"Old man, what can you do?"
"The time has come, so stop showing off!"
The old man of the Shao family was very satisfied when he saw that everyone was humble and looked like they were taking him as the leader, and then he said:
"Although the foundation of the Southwest General Sect is strong, it has suffered heavy losses now. Without the help of aristocratic families from all over the country, it is difficult to control the entire Southwest. Don't mention it anymore!"
"It's just that. My family of generals in the southwest has suffered heavy losses, but for the remaining people like us, it is a good opportunity to expand our power! The current plan is to dormant and develop, and re-extend our power to all parts of the southwest. We must not fall out with the imperial court.
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When all the family heads heard this, they looked at each other and couldn't help but say:
"But, with King Qi still here, how can we be allowed to develop with peace of mind?"
Hearing this, the old head of the Shao family sneered and said:
"King Qi has a high status, so he can send troops to kill us, but we can't send people to assassinate him! Therefore, the only way to eliminate future troubles is to drive him back to the capital!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a family head's eyes lit up and he said excitedly:
"We have just received news in the past few days that King Qi lost his army and generals in the war in the northern border of Yun Kingdom! Now he has sent troops pretending to be Yun's army to harass everywhere. This is also a handle. In the name of this, we will report to the court and get rid of Qi.
Wang Xinan’s position as head coach!”
When everyone heard this, they immediately slapped their thighs and cheered in unison, saying:
"good!"
"What a great idea!"
The old man of the Shao family waved his hand and coldly snorted:
"It can't be that easy! The imperial court has long been dissatisfied with me and other Southwest generals! If this is reported to the government, the imperial court may have deliberately left it unfinished for a year or two. With King Qi's cruel methods, it is impossible for everyone here to
Everyone, the grass on the grave is as tall as one person!"
"Then old man, what are your plans?"
"Sue King Qi for conspiring to rebel. In order to take charge of the southwest frontier army, he sent troops to disguise himself as the Yun Army and massacre my meritorious generals!"
Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but say:
"Old man, didn't you just say that the imperial court also wants to watch me wait for death? What if it deliberately ignores me and sends us away casually?"
"No, when it comes to serious matters of rebellion, the court cannot ignore it. It will definitely summon King Qi and go back for questioning! As for accusing him of sending troops to kill my generals, we have no conclusive evidence, so the court will naturally not admit it. But such a case
Come on, King Qi will be suspected, and he will definitely not dare to use such methods to deal with us again!"
After hearing the words, everyone pondered for a moment, then their eyes lit up, they stood up and cupped their hands and said:
"The old man is wise!"
When the old head of the Shao family heard this, he held his head up and laughed. The lively laughter could be heard outside the hall.
Along with the laughter, there were endless sounds of mourning and pleading from all over Fengzhou City.
Thousands of Shao's private soldiers broke into people's homes wantonly and plundered all their money. There were also those with corrupt military discipline and despicable morals who had lustful thoughts towards beautiful women. If they were not obeyed at all, they would draw their swords.
kill.
The entire Fengzhou City suddenly turned into a purgatory on earth, with people wailing everywhere!
