Chapter 33 should be combined inside and outside

After Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang led their troops to leave Tanzhou, Cui Jin had been uneasy and prayed every day that he could really realize the cooperation between the inside and outside of the city proposed by Hu Zhen, and to delay the besieged army of Meng Kai and Yue Lingfei. Zeng Yuanyu and the soldiers and horses of the surrounding towns came to relieve the siege earlier.

However, after waiting for more than ten days, there was no good news, but bad news kept coming. The remnants who narrowly escaped back to Qianzhou from the east coast of Xiangshui reported to Cui Jin that Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang led their troops to attack the "thief" grain road, and the camp on the east coast of Xiangshui was attacked by the "thief" Zhu Wen. Cui Jin was so angry that she almost vomited blood.

Cui Jin felt that the situation was quite serious. Meng Kai and Yue Lingfei would definitely attack Tanzhou next. Thinking of this, Cui Jin couldn't help shivering. Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang took away 5,000 elite soldiers. Now there are only a little more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, while Gao Jie accounts for about half of the troops. Gao Jie has always been unruly, but now he is in control, and he is even more arrogant and domineering.

Just as Cui Jin was anxious to turn around, a personal soldier came to report: "Cui Lashi, the thief has begun to attack the city!"

"Ah, what I was worried about finally happened! Come on, call a few more soldiers to inform the generals separately, and immediately lead the troops to your own defense zone to resist the thief!" Cui Jin sweated coldly and ordered his own soldiers.

"Yes!" The soldier answered and left quickly.

At this time, Meng Kai led people to attack the North City, and Yue Lingfei's command attacked the East City. Jianda defends the North City and the East City, and Gao Jie defends the West City and the South City. After receiving Cui Jin's order, Jianda immediately sent more troops to strengthen the defense and notified Gao Jie to quickly transfer reinforcements to Beicheng and Dongcheng.

Gao Jie's generals Li Jian and Yang Neng came to Gao Jie's house. Li Qian said, "General Gao, the thief has begun to attack the city. Beicheng and Dongcheng have fought. Now it is very critical. Jianda seems to be unable to withstand it. Cui Lashi ordered you to quickly transfer the people stationed in Xicheng and Nancheng to rescue them!"

"Rescue? If I transfer the elite soldiers away, what can I do to defend Xicheng and Nancheng? There is something wrong with my defense zone. Who will save me? Gao Jie took a sip of tea and said slowly.

Yang Neng sighed: "It seems that whether we can save Jianda or not this time, we will be finished! Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang, the two bastards, must have led the troops to resist for a while and break out. They slipped away and saved their lives, but they hurt us. Next time I meet this fox, I will have to tear him up!"

Gao Jie sat on the sandalwood chair without saying a word. Just then, Gao's wife came in from the outside, looked panicked and said with tears, "husband, now Meng Kai and Yue Lingfei are attacking the city, and the offensive is becoming more and more fierce. If it goes on like this, Tanzhou will be broken in a few days. There are hundreds of people in our family. What should we do?"

Gao Jie smiled bitterly: "What should I do? The soldiers in my hand are not the opponents of Meng Kai and Yue Lingfei at all. I am now considering whether to lead the soldiers to break through.

"Did you lead the army to break through? What about your wife and children? You are selfish and selfish, regardless of the life or death of your relatives, and I will never end with you!" After saying that, Gao Jie grabbed Gao Jie and cried and made trouble. Li Qian and Yang Neng hurriedly came to persuade.

Gao Jie shook his sleeves, broke away from his wife, stared at her, and roared; "When is it? Crying, what's the use of crying?! Aren't I trying to figure it out?"

As soon as Gao Jie finished speaking, a personal soldier came in to report; "General Gao, a self-proclaimed Zhao, is the leather businessman who came last time. He came to you and said that he had something important to discuss!"

As soon as the soldiers finished speaking, Zhao Zhang walked into the living room. When he saw the people in a room, he held his fists, saluted the crowd deeply, and said calmly, "General Gao, you are so idle. Now the thieves are attacking the city fiercely. I'm afraid you can't stop this little soldiers!"

"How can you stop it? What if you can't stop it? You are in business, and you don't have the ability to solve military matters. Mr. Zhao, I'm going to go to the front line to refuse thieves now. I'll talk about it next time!" After saying that, Gao Jie was about to pull his legs and walk out.

Zhao Zhang stretched out his second arm, stopped Gao Jie, and said, "Wait, General Gao, now the lives of your family and subordinates are in the hands of me, Zhao. As long as you listen to me, you can turn evil into good luck and turn danger into safety!"

Gao Jie listened and was very surprised. He looked up and down at Zhao Zhang: "Do you have a way? Are you not a leather merchant, but someone sent by Meng Kai and Yue Lingfei?

Zhao Zhang looked up to the sky and laughed: "General Gao, you are right. If the Ming people don't say anything in secret, I am Zhao Zhang, the fourth village general of Daqi. I came to rescue you and others by the order of Yuezhai. Now the situation is clear. If General Gao and the generals of Daqi fight to the end, it will be a dead end! As long as General Gao is revolting now, Meng Kai and Yue Lingfei will guarantee the safety of the lives of General Gao's family and his subordinates, and there will be a heavy reward after the Rebels enter the city!"

"You are so bold! How dare you break into my house and instigate me to betray the Tang Dynasty in front of my subordinates! Come on, tie up Zhao Zhang!" Gao Jie was angry and said tremblingly.

Zhao Zhang shouted, "I think who dares to tie me up?! Whoever binds me will die!" Several Tang soldiers who walked to Zhao Zhang's side heard a trembling and stood still, hesitating.

At this moment, there was a sound outside Gao Jie's house, and Lu Qi was holding a pair of big hammers and confronting two or three hundred volunteers and Gao Jie's own soldiers. It turned out that the volunteers had drilled from the west tunnel to the city to join Lu Qi and brought Zhao Zhang and Lu Qi's weapons. Lu Qi took these darests to Gao Jie's house.

Lu Qi raised the big hammer and shouted, "Brothers of Tang soldiers, Cui Jin is cruel and unkind. As long as you obey Daqi, Daqi will ensure your life safety and reward you again!" If we resist, we will be rude to the big hammer! The army of Qi is about to come in!"

Gao's wife heard this and rushed to Gao Jie's side and cried, "husband, now that Daqi has sent a general to save us, why don't you thank General Zhao? If you kill General Zhao, I don't want to live!" Your family and subordinates are going to be ruined!"

Gao Jie said that he wanted to tie up Zhao Zhang in front of his subordinates. In fact, he had a desire to surrender, but he couldn't find a suitable person to negotiate this matter. At this time, Gao's wife said this, and Gao Jie looked at Li Jian and Yang Neng to see what their confidants were like.

Yang Neng saw Gao Jie looking at him and understood seven or eight points in his heart, so he said, "General Gao, Mr. Zhao came here at the risk of his death to save us from danger. To be honest, Li Tang has long been devastated, the people have been displaced, all parties have supported themselves, and the world has collapsed for a long time! I think Daqi led by Huang Chao is a blessing for all the people. Taking this opportunity, it is better to abandon the dark and follow General Zhao to return to Daqi. One can save the lives of soldiers and their families, and the other can follow Daqi and do something!"

Everyone listened and agreed with Yang Neng's suggestion. Gao Jie quickly walked to Zhao Zhang, took Zhao Zhang's hand, and said affectionately, "General Zhao, please forgive Gao Jie's abruptness just now! I decided to lead the army back to Daqi immediately. From now on, if Gao Jie betrays Daqi, everyone will be killed!"

Gao Jie said this, Li Qian and Yang Neng immediately ordered Tang soldiers to relieve the confrontation with Lu Qi, and notified the defenders of Xicheng and Nancheng, and quickly went to Gao Jie's house to gather and wait for Zhao Zhang and Lu Qi to be dispatched.

Zhao Zhang's tongue was like a sharp blade, and he subdued the soldiers without fighting. Gao Jie's 5,000 to six thousand horses revolted on the battlefield.

Zhao Zhang ordered the volunteers to surround the West City and the South City, from Gao Jie ordered the Tang soldiers to open the West Gate and South City Gate to enter Tanzhou, attack Jianda's people and horses, and ordered Gao Jie, Li Yu and Yang Neng to lead troops to surround Cui Jin's mansion and capture Cui Jin.

After Cui Jin ordered the generals to defend Tanzhou, he came to the bedroom of the house. Somehow, his eyelids kept jumping. Cui's wife came over and asked, "My husband, I think you are a little uneasy. Is it the thief attacking the city? Tanzhou is about to be unable to defend it?"

Cui Jin sighed: "There are fewer people burning incense, and more temples are demolished. Since Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang led 5,000 elite soldiers to leave Tanzhou, they have been defeated by Zhu Wen and there has been no message. Now there are more than 10,000 defenders in the city, and their morale is low. Most of the generals are afraid of the enemy like tigers. Especially Gao Jie, which reassures me the most. I'm afraid that Gao Jie will betray the Tang Dynasty at the critical time of defending the city, so we will be all over!"

Cui's wife scolded: "It's all your fault that you don't know who you are. Gao Jie is from Tanzhou. If you come to Tanzhou to be prehistoric, Gao Jie is very powerful. But you reused the outsiders Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang, used Jianda to contain Gao Jie, and sent his own soldiers to monitor him. Is Gao Jie still willing to do his best? Now the attack of the thief army is getting stronger and stronger, and this time we are likely to be doomed!" After saying that, Cui's wife cried.

Suddenly, Yu Ming ran in from the outside, with a frightened face and said to Cui Jin, "Cui Lashi, the big thing is not good. Gao Jie will lead the soldiers to kill from the outside!"

"Ah, this traitor! God-killed traitor of the Tang Dynasty! If you really rebel, hurry up and order your own soldiers to resist to the death!" Cui Jin's eyes turned red, and his voice also changed.

With a bang, the gate of Cui Jin's mansion was smashed away by Gao Jie's men. Gao Jie took the lead, Li Yu and Yang Neng followed closely, and hundreds of Jiashi shouted and entered. Seeing that it was not the head, Cui Jin's own soldiers knelt down and begged for mercy one after another. A few resisted immediately turned their heads in different places.

Knowing that the general trend had gone, Cui Jin pulled out his sword, chopped Cui's wife to the ground with a sword, and came to the living room. He saw Gao Jie sitting on the rattan chair with his legs crossed. Li Yu and Yang Neng stood on the other side of Gao Jie with swords, and more than a dozen armored men stood around the living room with weapons. Cui Jin walked to the center of the living room and asked, "It's really rebellious that you dare to collude with the thieves and betray the Tang Dynasty!" I am the history appointed today. Who dares to kill me?!"

Gao Jie sneered: "Cui Jin, why are you putting on airs when you die! Your reward and punishment are unknown, and you are greedy and corrupt. You should have killed thousands of knives and said that no one dares to kill you. Today, I will let you die clearly!"

"Gao Jie, you are a traitor of the Tang Dynasty, don't mess around... Ah, I'm the emperor, the appointed, the history!" Cui Jin was nervous because of fear, and her voice stammered and speechless.

"What a bullshit, go to hell! Come on, tie up this corrupt official!" Gao Jie ordered loudly.

Several armored men came forward, knocked down Cui Jin's sword, cut Cui Jin's hands back, tied them with ropes, and pressed them on the ground. Cui Jin couldn't move. She raised her head and howled like a pig: "Gao Jie, you bastard, you can't do it. It's good to die!"