Just as he was talking, countless torches were lit outside the city gate, and they moved closer to the city like fireflies. With the sound of footsteps and the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer, they saw Zhang Baihu leading the army straight to the bottom of the city gate, and the soldiers on the city tower were not there.
He didn't take any action and remained calm and guarded by the guardrail.
At this time, a soldier stumbled to the side of the Golden Spear King and said: "General Jin, oh, General Jin, Donglin's army has arrived at the city. Please open the city quickly to meet the enemy."
The King of Golden Guns walked to the guardrail with an expressionless face, stretched his neck and took a general look at the city. According to preliminary estimates, the opponent only had about five or six thousand people. To him, this small number of people was simply insignificant, so he couldn't help but wonder.
He turned around with satisfaction and said: "Tsk, what's all the fuss about? How many people do I think there are? It's just a small number of people, and it's not enough to cause trouble."
The soldier said anxiously: "General, although the number of enemy troops is not large, it is said that these people were personally selected by the best emperor of Donglin Kingdom. They are all good at fighting, especially at night attacks. Rumor has it that they also have a title, called
What 'death squads'? We can't underestimate them. Now they are approaching the city. If we don't take measures, they will attack the city by force."
"Well, it sounds reasonable." The Golden Gun King nodded lightly, and said nonchalantly: "I don't care what kind of death squad they are, since they are all desperadoes, then we simply let them go.
When they enter the city, they can do whatever they like."
"King of the Golden Gun, you are crazy. As the commander-in-chief of an army, you can actually say such a thing." Hearing the conversation between the King of the Golden Gun and his soldier, Ada in the city was anxious and angry, but there was an ominous feeling in his heart.
He had a premonition that the Golden Gun King's behavior tonight was a bit abnormal. He first planned a mutiny, and then pretended to be indifferent to the invading Donglin army. In the past, with the Golden Gun King's outspoken personality, he would have definitely rushed out.
He was at the front, but he was deliberately stalling for time and hesitating. Could it be that this guy was secretly colluding with the Donglin people?
The more Ada thought about it, the more something was wrong, so he took out a golden token from his waist and said confidently: "King of the Golden Gun, Lord Jin left a gold medal behind when he left. Seeing the medal is like seeing Lord Jin. This general orders you to send troops to meet the enemy immediately.
Anyone who dares to disobey will be punished by military law."
"What a fool, don't use Mr. Jin to oppress me. It's not your turn to teach me a lesson now." The King of Golden Guns drew out his sword angrily, with a fierce light flashing on his face, "Ada, don't forget,
Now I am the boss here, no one can act rashly without my order."
"You——, you are really hopeless." Ada shook his head angrily and sighed: "Master Jin will be back in a few days. If you don't want to lose your head, just listen to me. If not, brother, I'll be there
Even time can’t protect you.”
The King of Golden Gun snorted coldly: "It's a joke, I'm sitting upright, what's there to be afraid of? It's you, Lord Jin handed over Qixian County to you, but you made it a mess. In terms of managing the city,
You and Jin Ye should imitate the emperor of Donglin Kingdom more. Changqing City was trampled into a mess by you before. Since the arrival of the best emperor, it has been very different from before. At least they don’t have to worry about being bullied by soldiers all day long, because the best emperor has always been
He loves his people like his own children. Once he discovers that soldiers are causing trouble among the people, he will be taken out and beheaded..."
Seeing him talking about "the best emperor", his words and deeds are suspected of collaborating with the enemy. If only a few people like the Golden Gun King are causing trouble, that's it, but what if the whole camp is incited? What should I do?
Ada was panicking about this, thinking that it was an emergency period and it was not appropriate to expose him in public. Once his subordinates were angered, it would be no good to anyone. Rather than sit back and wait for death, it was better to take a preemptive strike. Thinking of this, he secretly went to Jin
The soldier next to the gun king winked.
The soldier nodded knowingly, then clasped his fists and said to the King of the Golden Gun: "General Jin, General Ada is actually doing it for your own good. The enemy is facing us. We should unanimously deal with the outside world instead of engaging in internal strife here. Please give the order to let our brothers quickly."
Let’s go out of the city to stop the enemy. If it’s too late, it will be too late.”
"What a fool, are you the coach or am I? I know whether to send troops or not. Boy, where did you come from? You can save yourself the trouble of being here." The King of Golden Guns glared at him and lectured him tirelessly.
"General, I——"
"What are you? Why don't you back off!"
"Yes!" The soldier respectfully took a few steps back. The King of Golden Guns turned around and walked towards the guardrail. Unexpectedly, the soldier rushed behind him and stretched out two palms to push him down.
In the darkness of the city tower, a black figure suddenly flashed out from one side of the city tower. It took him a little while, but he saw the soldier's claws about to push into the back of the Golden Spear King. The black figure struck out with a sword at the fastest speed.
Stabbed into the soldier's back, 'chi la', the sword penetrated directly from his back into his heart, and the soldier fell to the ground with a cry.
Everyone on the tower was shocked. Seeing that his plot failed, Ada hurriedly turned around and ran away. Unexpectedly, dozens of aggressive soldiers suddenly appeared from all around. Ada was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick. He yelled at them for committing the crime and ordered them to go.
To capture the traitor King of the Golden Spear, these soldiers only obeyed the orders of the King of the Golden Spear and did not pay attention to him at all. In this way, Comrade Ada was gloriously captured.
The Golden Gun King thought about the scene where he was almost pushed off the tower by the soldiers, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. He was so frightened that such a stupid bastard dared to plot against me. Huh, needless to say, it must have been sent by Ada. This bastard
Damn, chop him up if I don’t live!
The dark figure put away his sword very freely and walked up to him with a high head. The Golden Gun King took a closer look and saw that the person was wearing night clothes and a black cloth on his head, leaving only two eyes.
and nose, the only thing that felt familiar to him was the pair of eyes. He always felt that he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it all at once.
"Who are you?"
"Brother, I haven't seen you for two days. Are you okay?" As he said that, the black figure took off the black cloth on his head, revealing a dark and handsome face. He was none other than Shao Yan, the best emperor of the Donglin Kingdom.
The Golden Gun King laughed loudly: "Who do I think you are? It turns out to be your boy, you-" Halfway through, his face suddenly became serious, and he immediately knelt down in front of Shao Yan and faced all the soldiers beside him.
He shouted: "Brothers, this is the best emperor of the Donglin Kingdom and the sworn brother of my King of the Golden Gun. The Emperor of Nanliang believed in slander, framed Zhongliang, connived at Wang Boyan and other traitors to oppress the people, plundered the people's wealth, and was a cowardly king.
Since we have chosen another virtuous master, from now on we will follow the best emperor to conquer the world, my brothers said, okay?"
"Okay!" The soldiers on the city tower jumped up in cheers. Most of Ada's soldiers were temporary establishments. Most of them were poor children from the countryside. They were really unwilling to use knives to slaughter unarmed people. They had already
I heard that the best emperor of Donglin Kingdom was a benevolent and righteous king. From this, you can imagine how excited they were when they heard the news.
At the same time, the city gates opened wide, and more than 5,000 people led by Zhang Baihu poured into the city like a tide. Most of the Liang soldiers in the city were willing to abandon their weapons and surrender to Donglin, but there were still a few who resisted stubbornly. Zhang
With the cooperation of the Golden Gun King, Baihu quickly eliminated all these die-hard elements.
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" In an instant, all the soldiers from the two countries knelt on the ground and shouted in unison, and Shao Yan suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
…………
The night was dim, with a few twinkling stars occasionally in the sky. The faint starlight dotted this beautiful city. In an instant, the entire Qixian County was included in the territory of Donglin Kingdom, from the top of the city to the bottom of the city, and from the city to the city.
Soldiers from Liang and Lin were everywhere outside. During this mutiny, a total of 2,000 stubborn enemies were wiped out, and a total of more than 8,000 Liang soldiers were recruited.
Shao Yan stood at the highest point of the city tower. It had to be said that it felt good to be at the top. At least he could see the night view of the nearby area. It was empty and quiet. The faint cool breeze blew from a distance, making him feel very comfortable all over his body and his mind.
But I couldn't help but think of what happened two days ago
Two nights ago, after he and the Golden Gun King came back from Ada, they went to the Golden Gun King's residence and secretly discussed how to deal with Ada next. When the Golden Gun King asked about the roster, Shao Yan told
He, the roster is already on the way to Nanliang, and will arrive in Nanliang soon. Indeed, as he said, before attending Ada's Hongmen Banquet, Shao Yan had someone refer to the handwriting of the King of the Golden Gun and write an informant letter to
Jin Dingguo, mainly records some of the heinous acts committed by Ada
The next day, Shao Yan followed the same method and asked Zhang Baihu to find someone to imitate Wang Boyan's handwriting and write a secret letter to Ada, and deliberately let the King of the Golden Gun see it inadvertently. The King of the Golden Gun opened it and read,
The general meaning of the above is to ask Ada to cooperate with the surrounding troops to advance eastward and rendezvous with the Western Chu army as soon as possible. Every city they pass through will implement the three-guang policy, that is, "burn, kill and loot". The Golden Gun King was furious and cursed Wang Boyan.
Great traitor
In the afternoon, the King of Golden Guns intercepted a letter written by Jin Dingguo to Ada from a city guard. The main content was around the "roster" issue. Jin Dingguo's position was very clear, and he strongly criticized Jin Dingguo in the letter indiscriminately.
The King of Guns was jealous of his talents and gave Ada the power to kill first and report later. In other words, when necessary, he could get rid of the King of Guns, a villain who was the first to complain.
After the King of the Golden Gun read the letter, he was so angry that he almost fainted. He asked himself that he was loyal to the Nanliang court. The reason why he wanted to fight for power with Ada this time was because he did not want to see the people in the city suffer.
His persecution, ever since Ada became the head coach, whenever there are beautiful girls in any house, he will force them to be snatched to his house for his own pleasure, and then give them to his confidants, but on the surface he pretends to be beautiful.
He looks pretentious and gives people the illusion of being very decent.
When Jin Dingguo was here in the past, the Golden Gun King often accused Ada of insulting a good woman in front of him. Unexpectedly, Jin Dingguo not only did not accuse Ada, but instead blamed him for meddling in his own business. As time went by, the Golden Gun King gradually became disillusioned with the Nanliang coach.
Leng spent his whole day either drinking and worrying, or sparring with the fat man downstairs. At first, the two of them were still good friends and talked about everything to each other. But from that time on, he was often harassed by Jin Dingguo for no reason.
sternly reprimanded him, saying that he was criticizing the general behind his back.
It was not until later that he discovered that this fat man belonged to Ada. Every time he complained about something after drinking, this fat man would bring it to Ada verbatim, and then quickly spread it to Jin Dingguo's ears. From then on, Jin Dingguo
The gun king and the fat man downstairs became sworn enemies, and they provoked each other at every turn.
Shao Yan was able to strategize by taking advantage of the complicated relationship between them. In his opinion, whether it was Jin Dingguo or Ada, these two people were essentially top-notch people, and the King of the Golden Gun was an exception.
Although this guy is sometimes crazy, he is a rare good general. It is a pity for such a person to stay here, so he quietly pulled the King of Golden Gun to a very secret place and revealed the secret without hesitation.
The King of the Golden Gun was very surprised by his identity at the time. He did not expect that a majestic king of a country could deign to condescend to his noble status and form a brother with a different surname. This was not common in history.
After learning the purpose of Shao Yan's trip, the King of the Golden Gun acted very boldly. As expected, under his planning, more than half of the soldiers in the city expressed their willingness to die with him, which also led to the above scene.
The next day, at dawn, the Golden Gun King led several of his die-hard brothers to rush from Qixian County to Changqing City. Shao Yan was studying the battle plan with Zhang Baihu and other generals in the conference room. Chang Yixiao came to report,
It was said that the Golden Gun King had something to ask for. Shao Yan immediately put down what he was doing and quickly walked into the hall. He saw that the faces of the Golden Gun King and his party were covered with dust, and their clothes were soaked with sweat. They were anxious.
He said: "Brother, why are you so panicked?"
The King of Golden Gun ignored the courtesy of a monarch and said directly: "Your Majesty, according to the spies' report, Jin Dingguo returned from Nanliang yesterday and is expected to arrive in Qixian tomorrow. The general is afraid that he will hold a grudge and wait for an opportunity after knowing the truth of the matter.
Revenge on you"
Shao Yan was stunned for a moment. This guy's movements were not slow. This place was hundreds of miles away from Luo Jingshao in Nanliang. He was able to arrive in two days. It seemed that he already knew the situation here.
Then he said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of his revenge. Jin Dingguo rushed back in such a hurry. He must have known what happened here."
The Golden Gun King was stunned and said: "It's impossible. The general has told his brothers that they are not allowed to spread the word about this matter. I believe no one dares to tip off the news."
Shao Yan smiled and shook his head: "I have no intention of doubting our brothers. Brother, if you think about it carefully, can we hide such a big thing in the county for a while or for a lifetime? Besides, Qixian County
The county is so big, how can you and I stop you and everyone?"
"Your Majesty, what do you mean-" The Golden Gun King hesitated for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and said: "The general understands, it must be those common people who tipped off Jin Dingguo."
"Don't beat a group of people to death with a stick. It's only a few people who reported the news. If my guess is correct, these people were deliberately left in the city by Jin Dingguo in order to monitor your every move."
"Then-then what should we do now?"
"You have two primary tasks now. One is to relocate Ada and those generals, and the other is to inform the local people in advance so that they can take precautions." Shao Yan thought for a moment and then said: "In addition, be sure to close the door before dawn tomorrow morning.
city gate"
"The general will obey the order!"
"The situation is urgent. I won't keep you any longer. Go back quickly."
"Yes." The Golden Gun King was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly stopped and snorted: "I don't know where this Jin Dingguo got his shitty luck, but this time he actually became a horseman."