Chapter 358 Don't delay

Chapter 38

The two were dazzled and confused, and after dozens of rounds, they were still inseparable.

Xu Shangyi was anxious and thought that he would die today. He simply rose to fight for his life. Seeing that Liu Liu's left hand knife was covered horizontally, he did not dodge. He waved a big knife to sweep Liu Liu Liu's waist, allowing Liu Liu's left-hand knife to cut his arm, and he wanted to fight against Liu Liu Liu.

Liu Liu cursed loudly. The moment he cut Xu Shangyi's arm with his left hand knife, he borrowed strength and jumped up a few feet. He only felt that his feet were cold, and he shouted in his heart: It's over!

When he fell to the ground, the soles of his feet tingled and stepped on the ground full of rubble stones. He grinned and hurriedly looked at them. The soles of his two boots were cut off by Xu Shangyi's big knife. The boots of the two boots were intact, but their feet stepped on the ground barely. In addition to the surprise, I couldn't help but smack my tongue. If I jumped half an inch shorter just now, the soles of my feet would be gone.

Looking at Xu Shangyi, his right arm was cut by Liu's knife, and he deliberately blocked his life with his arm. This knife was cut into the bone, and half of his arm was about to be cut off. At this moment, blood gushed, and it was obviously useless. The big knife in his hand was originally a blade used by both hands, and his right arm was useless. If you hit it again, you can't hold it. The blade.

Liu Liu laughed and said, "Master, do you still want to fight?"

Xu Shangyi looked up to the sky and sighed loudly, "Your Majesty, I am loyal." After saying that, he raised a big knife in his left hand, stretched out his neck and wiped it on the blade. Suddenly, a cavity of blood splashed out, and his body stiffened and fell into the dust.

There was a loud exclamation from the officers and soldiers. For a burst of **, Yang Hu shouted, "The dog officer is dead. Do you still have to work hard? Why don't you put down your blade and surrender!"

Several hundred flag officials shouted, "Anti-thief, don't think about it, brothers, kill."

The eyes of the officers and soldiers were red, and Yu Yong roared and raised his blade. Yang Hu scolded angrily, "There is no way to find a way to die; brothers, cut them all."

After a while, the war ended. Xu Shangyi brought more than 500 officers and soldiers into the city without any of their lives and died.

Under the bright moonlight, on the gate building of the north city, a human head was picked up into the air by a long pole. With the wind lamp on the head of the pole, the officers and soldiers outside the city recognized it as the head of thousands of Xu Shangyi at a glance, and suddenly panicked. Chen Bao knew that he could not stay here anymore. The thief did not know how many soldiers and horses he had, so If you dare to go out of the city to attack, the most urgent thing now is to quickly withdraw from Baoding and report the news as soon as possible.

Chen Bao immediately ordered that the whole army turned around and retreated, and did not dare to stay for a moment.

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In the yard of Xinzhenzhaiyiguan, Chen Wei, the commander of Bazhouwei, listened to Chen Bao's account and his heart tightened. The thief soldiers seemed to have become a climate. Not only will they use tricks to seduce, but also the power of the thieves is not only hundreds as known before.

Xu Shangyi is brave and invincible and governs the army well. His soldiers and horses are not scattered. Because of this, Xu Shangyi was entrusted with a heavy responsibility and stationed alone in the new town south of Bazhou. The 500 soldiers and horses he personally led were completely annihilated. It can be seen that the number of thieves must be more than several times, and the number of thieves in Wen'an County is conservatively estimated. There are also two or three thousand people, which is very tricky.

Chen Wei quickly paced in the courtyard and thought about countermeasures. Chen Bao whispered, "Lord, we need to report to the court as soon as possible. Thieves and soldiers have become a problem, and we have to mobilize the officers and soldiers of the Hejian Mansion and the surrounding guard stations to surround them."

Chen Wei stopped and shouted, "No, you can't report it."

Chen Bao was stunned and said, "Why is that?"

Chen Wei frowned and said, "If I say that I can't report it, I can't report it. I will immediately send someone back to Bazhou and mobilization the remaining 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Bazhou Guard. Can't we deal with more than 5,000 thieves?"

Chen Bao said, "But...Your Excellency!"

Chen Wei waved his hand and said, "Hold up, I've made up my mind. I don't say much."

Chen Bao had to stop talking, but he muttered in his heart that the Bazhou guards may not be able to suppress the Wen'an thieves. First, the number of thieves may be thousands, and the number does not account for much disadvantage; secondly, the thieves are not a mob, and there are various signs that there are also calculating capable people among these thieves. Now it can only be surrounded and annihilated by the four sides. In time, the strength of the thief soldiers is bound to become stronger, which is not what a Bazhou guard can deal with.

But he muttered that since Shangguan ordered, Chen Bao did not dare to say much, so he had to bow his hand and promised. Chen Wei saw that Chen Bao's face was sad and his body was also very embarrassed, so he eased his tone and comforted him: "General Chen has worked hard. This battle is not your fault. It is caused by Xu Shangyi's contempt on the enemy. You take your brothers back to the camp to rest. New You will replace the position of thousands of households in the town for the time being. Go ahead.

Chen Baoshu was not happy and left with dejected people.

Chen Wei was not sleepy at all. He immediately ordered his personal guards to return to Bazhou overnight and ordered the soldiers and horses of the three thousand households left in Bazhou to leave to meet in the new town immediately. Chen Wei was slightly relieved to see several guards riding out in the moonlight.

Chen Wei had the intention of Chen Wei. Wen'an's rebellious people rebelled. As the commander of Bazhouwei, he sent 100 soldiers to calm down for the first time and were all annihilated. The second time, he mobilized more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the new town to suppress it. The company lost more than 500 soldiers and horses, and more than 600 soldiers and horses were damaged in seven or eight days. This pot He did not want to carry it on his back. At this time, he reported it to the court and asked the soldiers and horses of the surrounding state capitals to help him, so he would never be able to take this black pot behind his back. The only chance to turn over was to pour out and calm down the rebellion of the thief soldiers in one fell swoop to reverse the situation. This is also the reason why Chen Wei was not allowed to report it.

Chen Wei returned to the room. After denounced the two accompanying women, he sat down in front of the case, meditating for a moment and wrote the letter sent to the military department: "...Although there are many thieves, my Bazhou Guard army has arrived. Now the situation has been controlled. Although the thief soldiers are stubborn, they are difficult to defeat our officers and soldiers. They are brave and humble for several days. It is determined to quell the rebellion, and the triumphant song is playing..."

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On the night of August 19, the door of Song Mansion was knocked. The waiter knew that the person outside the door was Fuhou Dabiao, Fusi Town, North Town. He hurriedly opened the door to let Hou Dabiao enter the door and immediately called someone to report to the inner hall.

After a while, Song Nan came to the flower hall sleepyly. Hou Dabiao hurried forward and said, "Lord Song, the big thing is not good. Sure enough, you expected it."

Song Nan frowned and said, "Sit down and talk. Come on, make tea for Hou Zhenfu."

After Hou Dabiao sat down, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it over, "Your Excellency, this is a secret letter sent by Mengjiao from Baoding Jinyiwei Qianhu. Please have a look."

Song Nan took it, pulled out the letter and unfolded it under the candlelight. She looked at it quickly. Her face suddenly became solemn and slowly said, "Sure enough, it's really a big trouble. Wen'an's affairs are getting more and more difficult to deal with."

Hou Dabiao nodded and said, "Your Excellency has raised his concerns before, and now it has been confirmed. According to the news received by Meng Jiao, there are as many as 3,000 or 4,000 thieves in Wen'an County, and Bazhou guards may be difficult to deal with, but as far as Beizhi knows, the military department has not received any news about this war, and thousands of households in the new town will fight for thousands of people. The news of death has not been reported. What's the reason?

Song Nan frowned and thought, "What is Chen Wei of Bazhouwei doing? Does he really think that with his power of Bazhouwei, he can annihilate the Wen'an thieves who have been snowballing? It's simply too naive; after this battle, the momentum of the thief soldiers is even greater, and some people who were watching are bound to rebel. Next time, there may be more than 4,000 thieves, maybe 6,000, maybe 8,000, maybe tens of thousands.

Hou Dabiao rubbed his hands and said, "Your Excellency, what should we do? We can't just sit idly by."

Song Nan said, "Naturally, we can't sit back and watch, but this matter is not within our jurisdiction. We really have no right to interfere. Maybe Chen Wei's failure to report is another reason, or maybe the Ministry of War has other arrangements. Anyway, tomorrow I will explore Liu Daxia's bottom first. If he doesn't even know about this matter, it is that Chen Wei wanted to win back this game and concealed the war report. At that time, I will tell Liu Daxia the truth. How to decide? That's Liu Daxia's matter.

Hou Dabiao nodded and said, "Your Excellency is very worried. He ordered Meng Jiao to do his best to inquire about the news and report it in time. As soon as there is any news, he will report it to you."

Song Nan nodded. Hou Dabiao got up and said goodbye, but Song Nan suddenly said, "Slow down."

Hou Dabiao said, "Your Excellency, what can I do for you?"

Song Nan paced slowly, and Hou Dabiao did not dare to disturb him. Looking at Song Nan's figure without saying a word, Song Nan finally stopped and said, "You prepare tomorrow morning. I'm afraid we have to go there in person."

Hou Dabiao said in consterrenly, "Your Excellency, do you want to go in person?"

Song Nan said, "Yes, I have an ominous foreboding that this time is more tricky. I'm afraid that the surrounding county governments will be affected, and I have to prevent thieves from attacking the surrounding county governments. Although the duty of my Jinyi guard is not to suppress bandits, in Zhoufu, in the three directions of the southeast and west of Wen'an, the number of officers and soldiers in the guard is even less than mine. There are a large number of Yiweiti riders, and we have to bear this responsibility.

Hou Dabiao said, "But why did you leave Beijing? What did the emperor say when he asked? After all, it's not time for us to intervene in this matter.

Song Nan said, "I will see the emperor after tomorrow morning. I can't sit back and watch the situation collapse. I can't stay out of the matter."

Hou Dabiao nodded and said, "Okay, go and prepare immediately."